Finally the week that lasted an eternity ended and I was heading back to Seattle. Back to Edward.

I had boxed up a few books and clothes to take back to Seattle. I had to limit what I brought because these would be the things I took with me to New York. We would have limited space in the small apartment that we were renting.

I went down the highway at an excruciatingly slow pace of 55 MPH. My truck couldn't handle much more than that and I didn't want it to break down and make my trip take even longer. I was drumming my fingers on the steering wheel trying to make time go by faster.

Yes, I was pathetic. We both were. After the second day, Edward and I called each other several times a day and the last call would be just before we would both go to bed for the night.

As I drove into the city, I realized that I didn't live in the dorm anymore and that I was actually going to stay with Edward and his family. It seemed strange that I didn't really live here anymore. I would just be a long term visitor in the Cullen home.

We only had about a month and a half before we needed to head out to New York. The plan was to take what we could on the plane and have Emmett ship the rest once we got settled.

I pulled into the Cullen driveway at a little past three on Sunday afternoon. As I got closer to the house I noticed someone lying on the porch swing. Edward. He was waiting for me!

I stopped the truck and turned off the engine. I got out and carefully shut the door to the cab and walked up the steps to the front porch.

Edward was lying on his back with his legs bent because he was too long to stretch out completely on the swing. One of his arms was bent and behind his head and the other was resting across his stomach. I swear that once that boy was asleep it took a miracle to wake him. The sound of my truck could wake the dead but not Edward Cullen.

I sat on the edge of the swing and watched him sleep for a few minutes. His lips were slightly parted and his hair was a wild mess.

"Edward, wake up." I said rubbing his arm. He just took in a big breath through his nose and sighed.

I leaned over putting my face just inches from his. "Ed-ward." Still no response.

I leaned in further and placed my lips on his kissing him gently. I could feel his mouth turning up into a smile before I felt his arms wrap around me pulling me closer.

"Welcome home." He whispered against my lips. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." I sighed.

He sat up and pulled me into his lap never separating our lips. He had one hand placed on my hip and the other tangled in my hair. I held his face in my hands. I felt his tongue brush my bottom lip and I opened my mouth to him.

"Woo Hoo! Rose, do I see tongue?" Emmett yelled from the driveway. "It's getting hot out here!"

I dropped my head to Edward's shoulder. "Every time…" I whispered so that only Edward could hear me. I felt Edward's hand leave my hip.

"Put that finger away little brother before you get hurt." Emmett scoffed.

Edward's other arm released me and I turned to see what he was doing. Edward had a smirk on his face and both of his hands in the air flipping off his brother.

Emmett rushed up the porch steps and grabbed Edward in a head lock. "Step aside little Bella, Mr. Cranky Pants here needs to be taught a lesson!"

Emmett pulled Edward off of the porch and out onto the grass. He was trying to pull him around the side of the house.

"Boys." Rose said as she came to sit on the swing next to me.

"So what are you guys doing here?" I asked watching the brothers struggle against each other on the lawn.

"Carlisle and Esme are out of town, ironically enough, they went to New York, and we thought it would be fun to spend a couple of days over here. Alice and Jasper should be over shortly."

"I didn't know that they weren't here. What do you wa- "I was cut off by Emmett howling in pain.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" He yelled holding the right side of his chest and glaring at a laughing Edward. "That's gonna bruise you dick."

"Don't be such a baby!" Edward said laughing but suddenly got quiet and held up his hands in front of him like he was surrendering.

Emmett looked like a bull seeing a red cape being swished in front of him. He charged forward while Edward retreated backwards. Emmett put Edward into another head lock and forcefully dragged him around the side of the house.

"Well that doesn't look good." I said getting up from the swing and jogging after them.

"Yeah" Rose agreed.

We reached the back of the house to find Emmett about to throw Edward into the swimming pool. Just when it seemed that Emmett was going to be the victorious one, Edward jumped and latched his arms and legs around Emmett and pulled him into the pool with him.

"Fuck!" Emmett wailed as the hit the water. Edward came up from the water and shook his head to get his hair out of his eyes and swam to the side of the pool.

"Lucky for them the pool is heated." Rose informed me. Even though it was summer it was still too cold for swimming. The Pacific Northwest was not known for its great sunbathing weather. Rose and I sat down on a couple of lounge chairs on the far edge of the pool. We didn't want to get splashed by accident, or on purpose for that matter.

Edward pulled himself out of the pool and peeled off his wet t-shirt. His jeans normally hung low on his hips but now with them being heavy with water they were practically falling off exposing the well defined "V" starting at his hips from the front and the top curve of his ass from behind. I don't think he was wearing any underwear.

"Whoa, those Cullen men are hot!" Rose whisper yelled at me.

"I know." I said laughing and pretending to fan my face. Edward looked over at me and winked when he saw what I was doing. I blushed and bit my lip.

Edward sat on one of the lounge chairs that was in the sun and kicked off his shoes and removed his socks before lying back with his hands clasped behind his head.

Emmett walked over to Rose and me. He had removed his shirt also and I understood Rose's comment better. He had his hand on the right side of his chest and he was pouting. "What is it Em?" Rose asked.

"Look what he did." Emmett said pointing over at Edward. He removed his hand to reveal a purple bruise around his right nipple.

Rose and I burst out laughing at the sight.

"It's not funny!" Emmett shouted.

"What's not funny?" Jasper said from the back door.

"Edward gave Emmett a pretty intense 'titty twister'. I think he may be scarred for life." Rose said in mock horror.

"Not funny." Emmett mumbled when it seemed nobody was on his side.

Emmett and Edward changed out of their wet clothes and we ordered pizza. We were all sitting in the living room in our pajamas acting like a bunch of school girls at a slumber party. We decided to watch a DVD.

Rose and Emmett were sitting on one of the couches, Alice and Jasper were cuddled up on the other couch, and Edward and I were laying back in a recliner with a throw blanket over us.

I had missed Edward so much over the last week and I just wanted to be alone with him. After the lights were switched off and the movie was started Edward and I shifted in the chair and were now facing each other. We really didn't care about the movie; we just wanted to be together.

He started kissing and sucking at my neck, and I had my hands rubbing up and down his back under his shirt. He pulled back and looked me in the eyes before bringing his lips to mine in a slow gentle kiss. I was so lost in our small 'make-out' bubble that I forgot that there were four other people in the room.

"Don't make me get the garden hose from the back and spray you two down!" Rose laughed. "Take this little 'sexcapade' upstairs because we don't want to see it!" Everyone except Edward and me started laughing and I just bit my lip. I'm sure that if it wasn't dark in here they could tell that my skin was bright red.

The next morning we were all sitting around the kitchen table eating breakfast. We had forced the boys into making pancakes, but we were sadly disappointed at their lack of cooking skills. So in the end we girls had to cook since we wanted something edible for breakfast.

"So is the plan still the same to get you two to New York?" Emmett asked.

"Yeah. We will pack up everything and have it ready to be shipped before we leave. This reminds me, we still have to get plane tickets." I looked at Edward and he nodded.

"Well, I was thinking that maybe we could make an adventure out of it." Emmett stated.

We all looked at him waiting for him to clue us into whatever he was talking about.

"We could rent a trailer and I could pull it behind my Jeep. We could drive to New York."

I looked over to Edward to see him shrugging his shoulders. "Emmett you do realize that you have to drive home too?"

"Duh little brother. I just figure that me an Rosie would have fun driving home together. You know, alone."

I glanced between Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice. They seem to have already thought this out before telling us this news.

"Sorry Bella. We can't go." Alice said with a sad look on her face. "I wish we could, but we both have jobs to attend to this summer."

"I think it would be fun." I said to Edward. "What do you think?"

"I'm good with it. But I warn you all right now that riding in a car for more than a couple of hours with Emmett can be somewhat torturous."

"I have no idea what you are talking about." Emmett said glaring at Edward.

Rose looked confused too.

Edward sighed. "You'll see."

With this new plan for our move we would have to leave sooner than we were planning. It would take us a few days to get all the way across the country driving. We could all take turns, but I was not one for a nonstop drive. I had to have sleep in an actual bed to rejuvenate myself. I didn't think that a few hours here and there in a car would leave me feeling rested. A car full of four tired people, one who gets agitated easily, one who agitates the former, one that needs a shower and clean clothes to live, and me would not make a fun trip.

Carlisle and Esme returned from their trip a few days later. They seemed to have had a good time, even though it was for some sort of conference that Carlisle had to attend.

Esme was her normal cheerful self. She seemed thrilled to have me in their home. It was weird really. I don't know why, but she was constantly smiling and would hug me for no apparent reason. Carlisle would greet me pleasantly, but usually kept to himself in his study.

The tension in the house was still there. Edward barely said two words to his parents. I would have to relay any important information to them, like our plans to get to New York and where we would be living. I had shown Esme the pictures of the place we had chosen online. She would comment on how exciting it was going to be for us, but she also looked sad and worried. I hated that Edward still had not opened himself back up to them, but he needed to do that on his own time. It wasn't made any easier for him to reconcile with his father, Carlisle was just as distant to Edward as Edward was to him.

A few days before the longest road trip in history took place, Edward and I drove my truck back to Forks to leave it with my father. I also wanted to be able to tell him goodbye. It would be a long time before I would see Charlie again. I would miss him. More so now that he wouldn't be just a few hours away.

Rose and Alice took the trip with us to Forks so that they could drive us back to Seattle in Rose's car.

As I watched my dad disappear as we drove away, I felt a tear slide down my face.

Edward placed his hand on my cheek and wiped away my tear with his thumb. "I love you Bella. Thank you for doing this with me."