First I would like to apologize for the last chapter being so short. FYI, I'm dressed up as Bella for Halloween. Ha! Anyway, a lot of viewers asked me not to put Jake into this story. I agree so I'll not be putting him in this story.

Edward and I drove in a silent joy to my house. I could barely contain my happiness and relief. Edward could tell because every few minutes he would look at me and smile that loveable crooked smile. He seemed to be deep in thought about something, though.

I decided to quench my curiosity. "Edward are you all right? You look a little…paler than usual."

He looked at me for a split second, and then focused all his attention on his driving. It was a little late for that. We were pushing one hundred miles and hour, and my curiosity was peaked. I found it funny how Edward refused to let me drive my truck back home. He said it would be there in the morning.

"Come on Eddie tell me," I used his nickname for the first time. His head whipped around, and his eyes pinned me.

"Eddie? You have got to be kidding me. I will not answer to Eddie," he guarded.

I couldn't help it; I laughed. Long and hard, too. I had never in all my time of dating him, heard him get so worked up over something such as a nickname. He must have agreed because he focused back on the road. His hands were putting dents into the steering wheel; he was gripping it so hard.

"Ed-ward," I pouted.

He ran a slightly shaking hand through his hair and turned to glance at me from underneath those long eyelashes.

"I really don't know how to say this," he finally said.

"Just say what's on your mind Edward. I won't be mad. Promise," I encouraged.

He groaned in his frustration. He seemed to run over what he wanted to say before he began to speak. "I've been… well…we've been working really hard lately right?"

I nodded. Where was he going with this? "And you know I would do anything for you right. No matter how hard it might be."

"Yes."

"I love you Bella, and I've never been happier since the day I fell in love with you! You are my entire world, and you don't know how much I want to sing to the heavens that I'm going to be married to an angel!"

By now we were sitting in the driveway; our faces dangerously close. "I guess what I'm really trying to say, Bella, is that," he took a deep, unneeded breath and caressed my cheek, "I'm ready Bella. I'm ready to do everything and so much more."

And then he was kissing me. So hard and passionate that I thought he was going to devour me. The kiss lasted about a minute, and then he was staring into my eyes again.

Unfortunately, that did nothing to help my confusion. What was he talking about?

"Edward what do you mean by "I'm ready"?" I quoted.

He blinked once. Twice. Then he laughed and brought a hand to his forehead in relief. "Silly Bella. Has the good news of Charlie accepting our engagement made you forget?"

I huffed in my own defense, "Apparently because I have no clue what you're talking about."

"Really Bella. Sometimes I wish I knew how that mind of yours worked."

"Fine. If you're not going to tell me, can we go inside now?" I was angry. He was stalling on purpose. I wanted to know damnit!

Edward quickly grabbed my face in his hands which made my hand, which was half way to the car door, freeze. "Bella. Silly, beautiful Bella. When I said I was ready, I meant I was ready for you. I was ready to love you. For real. Not the little sessions we've been having, but full blown, over-the-top love Bella. I'm ready to make love to you. You have given me what I asked for and so much more. I know for a fact that I have enough control. I swear on my damned soul that I would never hurt you."

His thumbs rubbed gentle circles on my cheeks. Not knowing what to say, I blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "Y…your soul is…isn't damned," I stuttered.

He smiled at my realization. My mind must have completely shut down when I found out that Charlie had accepted our engagement. How in the hell did I forget about our deal!?

"Bella you are so unpredictable," Edward laughed again.

I rolled my eyes and leaned in, "Just shut up already and kiss me."

"Yes ma'am." Sealing his lips over mine, we forgot that we were sitting in the driveway. We were also unaware of a pair of eyes watching silently from the kitchen window.

Edward ended the kiss much too soon for my liking. "Ed-ward. Don't stop yet."

He laughed, "I wouldn't if your father wasn't watching us from the kitchen."

I shook my head, and Edward turned to get out of the car. "Oh! Wait Edward!" I yelped.

"What is it?"

I gazed at him, "You really love me right?"

"Yes," he chuckled.

"Then can you wait for me until I talk to my mom?" He knew what I was talking about.

"I would wait for an eternity for you Bella."

"Thank you," I mouthed, and then stepped out of the car.

We made our way to the door where Edward kissed me before we entered. "Brace yourself. He wants to 'talk' with you."

I groaned. We entered the kitchen where Charlie was sitting at the table trying to act like he hadn't seen anything. Not able to contain my happiness any longer, I ran up to him and threw my arms around him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Charlie laughed and hugged me back. I could see Edward smiling out of my peripheral vision. Charlie let me go and sat back down. "I have to say that that Esme really opened my eyes Bella. I also believe I owe you an apology Edward."

Charlie held out his hand to Edward which he gladly took. "Thank you sir. You don't know how much this means to me."

"Yeah well Esme gave me a pretty good idea," Charlie laughed. Edward and I laughed along with him. After a few minutes, I suggested that I start preparing dinner. Charlie offered Edward a place at the table, but he politely declined, saying that he needed to talk to Carlisle. I gave him a quizzing look before he left, and in return I got a cocky smile. Realization hit me, and I glared at him. He continued his walk to the car without as much as a second glance.

"Hey Bells. Since Edward's gone there's something I want to talk to you about."

"Alright," I agreed and sat down at the table.

Oh my god! Charlie was blushing! "Dad you're not about to try and have a 'talk' with me are you?"

He choked a little but kept his composure. "Actually, that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about. I know that you and Edward are engaged an all, but please take things slow."

"Dad you have nothing to worry about. And even though Edward and I have made some decisions regarding our physical relationship, we have not gone so far as to…you know… 'it' yet."

Charlie paled a bit, "What do you mean by that?"

"Don't make me say it Char…dad."

He sighed, "I guess this means that you and he have not exactly done anything yet."

I blushed, "Dad! Don't say that please! It's so embarrassing."

"Sorry. Just looking out for my little girl."

I smiled. I was a little freaked out; this was not like the usual Charlie. It was still nice to know that he cared so much, though.

We stopped having the embarrassing conversation enough for us to eat dinner. Right before I headed up the stairs Charlie said something that had me shaking with nerves. "Be aware of this Bella. Your mother will not be as easy to convince as I was. She has very high standards. You know that. I just hope you're ready for some of the things she'll say to you to try and convince you to not get married. I guess what I'm trying to warn you about is that you need to be ready for her to say anything to get you out of this. Good luck."

I was lying on my bed with my cell phone in my hand. Edward was right beside me waiting for me to make the call. I took a deep breath and began to dial the number.

After about three rings a voice picked up, "Hello?"

"Hey Phil it's Bella."

"Oh Bella! What a pleasant surprise. How are you?"

"I'm great. Can I talk to Renee please?" I asked politely to cover my nervousness.

"Sure thing." I heard him call for her.

Another moment passed before, "Hello? Bella?"

"Hey mom!"

"Oh Bella. It's been forever since I've talked to you. How are you?" she squealed.

"I'm great mom."

"That's fantastic Bells. So anything new?"

"Not really, but there is something that I wanted to talk to you about." Here it goes. Edward was rubbing soothing circles on my back. My nerves were going haywire.

"Is there something wrong?" Renee's worried voice rang through my ears.

"No mom nothing's wrong."

I heard her let out a sigh of relief, "Oh thank god!," then she laughed, "I thought you were going to say something stupid like you're getting married."

I was silent. "Bella? Bella you didn't?" she screamed.

"Now mom before you freak let me explain. Edward proposed to me and I said yes. I love him mom. I love him so much. Please don't hate me!"

My please fell on deaf ears. "Bella swan I cannot believe you! You disgraceful, unethical…why…why I'm so angry with you Bella. How could you do this to me? You know how I feel about marriage!"

By the end she was yelling so loud that I was cringing at every word. Tears started to fall. "Mom p…please st…stop," I begged.

"NO Bella! I am so utterly disgusted with you right now Bella. Grr… that is it. Tell your father that I'll be at Forks, Washington by tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, you won't be fully corrupted by then. I am so appalled. Goodbye Isabella Swan. Enjoy your evening," and she hung up.

I slowly lowered the cell phone from my ear. It wasn't until Edward wrapped me in his embrace did I realize I was sobbing uncontrollably and shaking mercilessly.

"Oh Bella I'm so sorry," he kept saying.

"H…how could…sh…she s…say some…something…l…like…that?" I cried.

"Shh I know Bella; I know."

He continued to soothe me until I fell asleep. I was so stressed with the knowledge that my mom would be here in the afternoon tomorrow. Also, tomorrow was Saturday. I would be going crazy with worry. I was so afraid of what Renee would say to Edward and his family.

That night I barely slept a wink. I kept waking up over and over. At one point Edward moved to the rocking chair. By morning I was so stressed that I barely realized I was moving until Charlie threw a cold rag in my face.

"Huh? What?" I blinked.

"Bella you've been in a daze all morning. What is the matter with you?" he asked.

"Renee," was all I managed.

Charlie's eyes widened, "Oh lord. What did she say to you?"

"She'll be here by this afternoon."

If possible, his eyes got even wider. A knock on the door broke us out of our trance. I opened it and Edward stepped in. He knew what I was going through and led me to the couch to lie down for a while. It did little to settle my uneasiness.

The time seemed to hate me today too because four o'clock arrived before I knew it, and there she was pulling into our driveway in a cab. Thankfully, all of the Cullens…and Hales had arrived at the house before she got there. It shocked us all, and immediately brought me to tears when she marched right up to Edward and yelled, "How dare you? You insignificant bastard! What makes you think you have the right to marry my daughter?"

We were all stunned into silence. Carlisle, Esme, and Charlie looked appalled. Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper looked offended and shocked. Edward looked calm and collected. Then he said the most amazing thing in the entire world!

"I asked her to marry me because she makes me happy, and I love her more than anything. If you refuse to accept that then I'm sorry you have to miss the wedding, but I will NOT let you come in and assume you have a right to tell Bella who she can and cannot love!" Edward never raised his voice once at my mother, but he got his point across because she looked about ready to murder him. Then she rounded on me, grabbed my hand, and drug me into the house and to my room.

An hour later, and I had gotten nowhere. She had said some of the most hurtful things I have ever heard in my entire life. When I refused to give up, she called a cab and left. To where I don't know, but my first guess was the mall.

FOUR HOURS LATER

Alice pulled into our driveway with my mother in the passenger seat. This I was not expecting. Another thing I wasn't expecting was for her to run up to me, tears cascading down her face, and wrap me in a bear hug.

"I'm so sorry Bella! So very sorry. I've acted so immature and selfish! Can you ever forgive me?"

By then I was crying and all I could do was nod. She continued to cry on me until she was through. Then she pulled away.

"Bella Alice told me everything," she said.

"That's good. Now you can come to the wedding right?" I tried to sound giddy and happy.

"No Bella. I mean she told me everything."

I blinked. She didn't? I stared at Alice, "You mean?" Alice nodded. "You told her what you are?"

"Yes Bella. She told me all about the things you and Edward have been through together. Even at the dance studio," mom informed me.

"I had a vision Bella, and this was the best outcome. You'll be much less stressed now," Alice smiled.

"Does everyone else know?"

"Yes. I told my family and Charlie. He took the news rather well."

"My Bella. I see now that you and Edward have something very special. Something that I can't come between. If you are willing to sacrifice your life to be with that man, well baby, that is not love. That is something much much more. If you look at it, I would say you two are soul mates," Renee breathed.

I laughed and hugged them both. I wasn't sure how this was going to end, but forget worrying, I had a wedding to plan and shopping…a lot of shopping to do with Alice and Rosalie. I just couldn't wait to tell Edward although he probably already knew considering he can read minds, and Alice told him everything, but at least I could tell him we didn't have to wait anymore. I was more than ready to have Edward to the fullest.

Ch.10 is finally finished. Sorry it took so long. Anyway, I was asked by my friend to have Alice tell the family they were vampires. I thought it was a cool idea. I hadn't thought of that, and it sounded like a good idea. By the way, for anyone who wanted to know why I kind flipped really fast through Renee's freak out, well I didn't want her to be the mean one who got in the way. Also I didn't want her to be like a bitch. So REVIEW PLEASE! But be nice! Ch. 11 I'm working on now!