Edward's POV

I slipped quickly out the door right after I said goodbye to Bella. I wanted her to have her fun tonight with her girlfriends. I had to admit I was a little nervous about what Alice and Rosalie had planned for her, mostly because I had no idea what they were doing. I figured Bella wouldn't let anything get too out of hand; she was pretty conservative when it came to parties.

I on the other hand, insisted that I didn't want a bachelor party for myself. I had been alive for over a century, and I had seen women in all different shapes sizes and generations. I had no desire to live out the stereotypical bachelor party and opted to spend a nice night with my brothers hunting.

Jasper, Emmett and I ran about a mile into the woods to search and I could hear Emmett grumbling along the way.

"..Don't know why she doesn't want me to stay," he muttered under his breath.

"It's a Bach-elor-ette party Emmett," said Jasper, annunciating every syllable. "Of course were not invited."

"Do you have any idea what they planned?" I piped in, leaning against a tree.

They look surprised. "We were gonna ask you, Edward. How do you not know?" Jasper looked at me questioningly.

"I don't know, I've been…distracted." I decided to answer honestly. I had a lot of things on my mind, and the party had slipped my notice.

"Well that's just great," mumbled Emmett. "I say we go back there, and just you know, take a peek."

"No Emmett I'm not going to spy, this is Bella's party, they wouldn't do anything too outrageous," I answered confidently.

Jasper laughed. "Edward, your girl may be a bit on the shy side, but ours are not. They are going all out for this thing; Alice has been busy cooking up ideas for weeks."

"So why didn't you ask her what they were doing?" said Emmett in an annoying voice.

"Well why didn't you ask Rosalie?" replied Jasper. Emmett grumbled under his breath and I laughed.

"Look, I know Bella, there really is nothing to worry about. Well, I do know that they're drinking a little."

Emmett and Jasper looked at each other and burst into an uncontrollable fit of laughter.

"Bella! Drunk!" Jasper sunk to the ground holding his sides.

"Now I'm really upset I'm missing this, Bella drunk would certainly be very entertaining," Emmett said to me in between guffaws.

I watched them on the ground and I couldn't help but crack a smile, she was probably such a cute drunk. Jasper felt the adoration coming off me, and changed his laughter to a sincere smile. He got up and patted me on the back. "Congratulations Edward, you've got a good one, you do. Our family is finally going to be complete."

Emmett stood up beside me and grinned. "Yeah man, I can't wait until you turn her; it's going to be awesome to have another extra powerful vampire among the ranks."

"Extra powerful," I repeated, watching Emmett's face carefully. "What do you mean extra powerful?" Emmett and Jasper exchanged a furtive glance at each other quickly, but I had caught it nonetheless.

I must have missed a lot of stuff this week while Bella was gone; I hadn't been this confused in years. "What's going on?" I asked irritated.

Jasper looked at me in the eyes while Emmett crossed his large arms over his chest, watching my face anxiously.

"Well," Jasper began. "Carlisle and I have been talking, about Bella when she turns into a vampire."

"What about it?" I searched his mind for details hurriedly. Flashes of him and Carlisle talking, flashes of conversations they've had this past week flooded into my thought process.

I slowly slid down the tree as the wave of understading tore at my heart. I had never encountered a human mind as strong as Bella's. She was actually able to repel the powers of other vampires, why didn't I realize this before. Bella was going to carry over strength of the mind, a mind that was indescribably strong already. Whatever extra ability Bella was going to have, was going to be terrifyingly strong. I closed my eyes and pressed my face into my hands.

"What's wrong?" exclaimed Emmett. "I thought it was great news! We all love Bella and couldn't be happier that you chose her, her being extra powerful is just like bonus or something!"

Jasper leaned down; he must have felt the concern that was radiating off me. "Don't worry; we won't let anything happen to her. She's family."

"Yeah, it's probably going to be a lot easier than watching out for her while she's human don't you think, Edward?" Emmett said while trying to lighten the mood. Jasper elbowed him in the ribs and Emmett squealed and jumped back.

I looked up at them, and realized that no matter what happened to Bella, I could count on my family. Besides, I knew I would die before I let any harm come to her. I was certain of that, so there was really no need to worry, at least not right now. I stood up and wiped off my jeans.

"You know, you're right," I said starting to walk farther into the woods. "Having the most powerful wife in the family probably won't be so bad after all," I smirked, knowing it would ignite the friendly spark of competition.

"Oh yeah? Well Bella is my sister, don't you forget," called Jasper coming up quickly behind me.

"Yeah," agreed Emmett. "I'll be happy to accept her as most powerful. Besides, I've already got the best looking wife, I can't have every-"

We didn't even let him complete his sentence before we tackled him to the ground in a fit of laughter. After a few moments our heads all jerked up at the same time.

"That bear is mine," growled Emmett already tearing into the woods. But we were fast on his heels, and the joy of competition filled the air surrounding us.

(Half hour later)…

I watched as Emmett drained the last bit of blood from the bear. He had beaten us by a fraction of a second, so Jasper and I settled on some large deer we had found. Nothing special, but I didn't want to stray too far away from the house, just in case. I wondered when we would be allowed to return.

Emmett let out a contented sigh and came to sit with us amongst the trees. We fell into a companionable silence. Well, it wasn't silent for me. Jasper was thinking about Alice, Emmett was worrying about Rosalie, and of course my mind was on Bella.

"Humph," I interrupted in a high pitched tone. "We are some love sick vampires, that's for sure."

Jasper smiled while Emmett looked stricken. "How can you two sit there, calm and collected while they are at that bachelorette party!?" Emmett jumped to his feet and started pacing around.

"Would you calm down," Jasper said annoyed, "What's the problem?"

Emmett gave Jasper a look that suggested he just asked how to count to five. "Don't you two remember Alice's bachelorette party?" I searched my memory but couldn't conjure up any images. "No, why?" I asked, ready to pull them from his mind. Before I had the chance to, Emmett waved his hands wildly and shouted. "MEN!"

He began pacing back and forth wringing his hands. "HUMAN MEN! Didn't you know that not just girls strip, but MEN! They actually shake around naked in little underwear!" Emmett turned to us looking disgusted and outraged. "Alice had one at their last party!"

An unwelcome wave of panic suddenly overwhelmed my senses and I snapped my head in Jasper's direction. I took one look at his face and knew he had gone off the deep end with Emmett.

"I'm going back," announced Emmett, turning around and stalking in the direction of the house. I grabbed the back of his shirt. "Would you try to at least retain some your dignity Emmett," I hissed at him.

"Actually Edward, I think I want to back too, I want to see what they're doing," said Jasper completely devoid of shame. Emmett looked at me triumphantly.

"Fine," I said while inside I was oozing with confidence in Bella. "We'll get close enough so I can see what's going on, agreed?"

They remained silent but followed me while I jogged toward the house. As we got closer, I started to become a bit anxious. Not only was I catching a lot of unfamiliar scents, but everyone's mind started to come up in quick flashes; they were clearly drunk. I couldn't get a good read on the situation unless I was closer, so I picked up speed and felt Jasper and Emmett do the same.

"There are over ten people in there, and every single one of them is drunk," I said flatly as the house came into view. I heard Emmett growl behind me, and the next moment we were in the backyard. A loud retching noise forced my head to the left. There was a large boy, wearing nothing but boxers, throwing up by the far corner of the house. I felt my eyes narrow and my chest involuntarily take a large unnecessary breath. I felt that same breath rush out of my nostrils and took a moment to try and control my rapidly growing anger. But the feelings that Jasper was sending out were only doubling my own.

He sensed our presence, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and stumbled to turn in our direction. "Your too late guys," he said in a strained voice. "They've already chosen the winners." He quickly bent back down to throw up again.

Disgusted, I turned back toward the house and streams of images came into a blurry focus. It was as if I was watching a movie in slow motion, laughing, drinking, talking, was that kissing, dancing, and strippers. Suddenly, I heard Alice. "Oh no, the boys are here. We've got to move Bella, Edward will kill him!"

My mind went into overdrive and I stormed toward the house, fists balled at my side. I ripped off the screen door which would have probably struck Emmett if he didn't have vampire reflexes, and grabbed the sides of the doorframe with both hands. I lifted my right leg, and slammed it into the door, shattering the wood to pieces.

I walked in, Jasper and Emmett in tow. I felt my anger skyrocket to outrage as I took in the shocking scene in front of me.

It took two seconds for my eyes to scan the room and look for Bella.

I found her.

She was sitting in a chair, squeezed next to Angela Webber, and there, two inches away from her face was some guy's-"

I felt my arms instinctively furl at my sides and I let a loud growl erupt from my constricted throat. Jealousy forcefully tore through my system and fury clouded my brain. I struggled to open my mouth and release the words.

"Back away from my fiancée RIGHT.NOW."