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Edward didn't leave even when Charlie woke up. I quickly got dressed, ate breakfast and jumped into my truck where Edward was already waiting. I drove us to their house at a slow and steady pace dreading the confrontation with the Denali coven. Edward assured me it safe for me but he couldn't promise the same for Irina.

We neared the house and I looked over at Edward who was smirking. The Denali's cars were gone and the house looked the same except their door looked different. I could have sworn it looked brand new.

"Is there something I need to know?" I asked him.

"I'll tell you inside," he said as he got out of the car. I followed him inside where the whole family was waiting.

"What's going on?" I asked them. "Where are they?"

"They're gone," said Edward. "It seems I didn't have to do anything. Rosalie took care of Irina." My jaw dropped open as I looked at Rosalie. That's when I noticed she had a large gash on her neck.

"Oh my God! Rose!" I ran over to her and hugged her.

"It's no big deal, Bella," said Rosalie as she let go. "Irina looks worse than I do."

"You should have seen Rosalie!" exclaimed Emmett. She jumped up and started reenacting Rosalie and Irina's fight. "Then she went like woosh! And then pow! Baboom!" All of us burst out laughing at his silly antics.

"Now, now children," said Carlisle. "I don't want to tolerate that kind of behavior but since we couldn't restrain Rosalie, we didn't have a choice. It's a good thing you're mother isn't upset about the door." So the door really was new.

"It's okay, darling," said Esme. "I still have two spare doors in the basement." I turned to Rosalie and thanked her for standing up for me.

"But you didn't have to get hurt," I told her.

"Don't you worry, Bella," she reassured me. "This little scratch will have healed by noon. I couldn't let her get away with trying to kill you."

"We're sorry, Bella," said Carlisle. "We didn't think Irina would take out her anger on you. I'm so disappointed in them. I never thought they would do this to our family."

"It's okay," I told them. "I'm such a danger magnet that I'm actually expecting demons to crash the wedding and eat our cake."

"I hope not," said Alice as she chuckled. "If someone, supernatural, paranormal or otherwise tries to ruin the wedding, there's gonna be hell to pay!" Everyone else laughed except for me. Edward seemed to notice so he took me outside to the porch and asked me what was wrong.

"It's just this life, Edward," I told him. "It's one thing to keep tripping on my feet and getting bumps and bruises but if my life is always in danger, how can we live happily ever after?"

"That's why I'm here, Bella," said Edward. "I will protect you no matter what."

"That's just it!" I huffed. "You can't always protect me Edward. I'm glad you're turning me into a vampire, which lessens the risk but what if I'll still be in danger after? I don't want to have to drag you or your family into any other mess."

"We care for you; that's why we do it." Edward said gently. "I don't care if even the devil himself comes, I will always be there to save you. Haven't we established that already when I first saved your life?" I couldn't help but smile. He was right, but I couldn't keep hoping that Edward will ride up on a horse to save me all the time.

"Why can't I have little problems, like a hole in my shirt or a bad hair day?" Edward chuckled and held me close. It was always comforting to be in his arms. For a moment, I could believe that everything is perfect.

The next day we were supposed to go back to New York for the final fitting. Alice insisted that we bring Angela along because we weren't staying overnight, anyway. Esme came too so she can be fitted in her dress.

"Oh my gosh, Bella!" exclaimed Angela. "I can't believe I'm in New York. The farthest I've gone from Forks was to Utah." I laughed and then thought about our other friends. Jessica hadn't been much of a friend to me lately, but I still considered her as one. I wished that I could still maintain contact with Angela after I become a vampire but I knew that was impossible.

After our dress fitting, we went back home to Forks. When I got back to our house, I checked my e-mail. Renee sent me one everyday asking about the preparations and how much she wanted to be here for it but Phil's schedule was booked. I opened my mom's e-mail and saw that she and Phil were flying in tomorrow. I told Charlie that night so we called Renee to check out the details of their flight. Tomorrow we would be picking them up from the airport and then we were having lunch.

That night I asked Edward for a favor. I knew he would agree but I needed to tell him nonetheless.

"My mom's flying in with Phil tomorrow," I told him while we were lying on my bed.

"That's wonderful," said Edward. "You'll get to spend more time with her before the wedding then."

"That's exactly what I was thinking," I told him. "Since we only have three days left before the wedding, I wanted to spend them with my family. Is that okay with you?"

"Of course Bella," replied Edward. "I insist that you do. I'll see you the day before the wedding so Alice won't have to pry us off each other on the wedding day."

"Thank you, Edward!" I said to him as I kissed his cheek.