DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!

BPOV

That was one of the longest shopping trips in the history of the world.

Alice called the boys out to get the shopping bags even though she was more than capable of carrying the car little known a couple of shopping bags, ok so maybe I was exaggerating the couple bit. I wouldn't be surprised if Emmett and all his vampire strength could handle the amount of bags that Alice had obtained by dragging me to every store possible.

Trust me I am not dramatizing anything. But the bright side of shopping for seven hours if that there is only five hours left until Edward arrives!

I got out of the car as Emmett and Jasper lifted the bags out of the back of the car. I let out a loud yawn and Emmett burst out laughing.

"Gees Alice, she can barely stand up! How much shopping did you guys do?" Emmett said still laughing at my expense.

"No more than usual" Alice replied nonchalantly.

I rolled my eyes at her and made my way up the front steps, I didn't bother to ask if they needed help because they had it covered and I would probably faint of exhaustion if a picked up a single bag.

I walked into the house through the door that the boys had left open and plopped down on the couch in the living room and let another yawn out.

"Oh Bella you look exhausted" I heard Esme say and I turned in my seat to see her standing behind me.

"I am" I yawned out.

"Why don't you get some sleep" she said as she reached down to take my hand and then pulled me up.

"But Edward-" she cut me off.

"Don't worry about that Bella, i'm sure Alice will have you up in time to get you ready for Edwards arrival" she said sweetly and I mustered up the best smile I could manage.

"Thankyou" I said and then made my way up the stairs to the awaiting bed.

I fell asleep almost immediately with thoughts of Edward turning into dreams.

I was walking down the beach at La Push, Jacob is usually with me when i'm down here but he wasn't here today.

I picked up a rock and threw it into the water, I watched the ripples in the water until they disappeared. I bent down to pick up another rock so I could repeat the process but I heard something behind me.

I turned around and was faced with the woods that lined the beach, I couldn't see anyone though.

"Hello?" I don't know why my voice was trembling but I just brushed that off.

I heard the rustles of shrubs and I took a couple of steps back.

"Bella?" I knew that voice.

Jacob stepped out of the woods and I sighed in relief.

"Jacob" I breathed out and started to walk towards him. But he started shaking violently.

"Jacob" I said more urgently and started to walk faster.

I kept walking faster but a voice stopped me.

"Bella!" I knew that voice, although I hadn't heard it in a year I knew it anywhere. I looked to my side and there stood Edward.

He looked pained though, scared even. I have never seen him so worried before.

"Bella run!" it was Jacob that said this and I looked towards him to see him walking over to me.

He was right in front of me and I could hear Edward growling.

"Stay away from her" Edward hissed out.

I looked back at Edward to see him glaring at Jacob.

"Edward?" I said and started to walk towards him but Jacob grabbed my arm and I started shaking, I don't know why but I looked at Jacob to tell him to let me go but I realized that he was reason I was shaking.

The hand that was holding my arm was shaking me but he wasn't doing it intentionally, no he was shaking so much it was like he was just a blur.

It all happened in a second. Edward was shouting, I was screaming and Jacob was letting out a pained roar as he exploded into a bear like a animal, a giant wolf even.

I fell to the ground as Edward and the wolf Jacob lunged at each other.

"NO!" I screamed as I shot up in bed. I was breathing in gasps and I was sweating.

I took in my surroundings and let out a relieved sigh. It was just a dream, it was just a dream!

"Bella?" I looked to my side to see Alice sitting on the bed next to me.

"Are you ok?" she asked me and I numbly nodded my head.

Alice seemed to sense that I didn't want to talk about so she brought up a subject that could cheer me up in the darkest of times.

"Edward will be here in just over an hour" she said in an excited tone and I smiled an almost painful smile.

"You should get ready" she said and I shot out of bed and ran to the bathroom to get in the shower. I heard laughing and she called through the door that she would leave the clothes on the bed.

I undressed and turned the water on.

I rejoiced in the feeling of the water running over my body but then the dream came back to me.

Was it supposed to have some sort of meaning?

I hadn't seen Jake in weeks, he keeps avoiding me and every time I called his dad said he was either out or he was unwell.

I went down there, Alice didn't want me going but I went anyway. He wasn't at home but as I was driving through the reservation I saw him with that gang he was telling me about. It was all very confusing, Jake was scared of that gang and now he was apart of it?

I followed him but he disappeared into the woods and I lost him. Alice and the rest of the Cullen's try to get me to stay away from the reservation, I have a feeling they know something but they aren't telling me and it is frustrating the hell out of me.

I turned the water off with a frustrated sigh and wrapped the towel around my body. I stepped out of the bathroom to see the dress Alice brought me lying on the bed. It was nice, not to formal but not to casual either.

I got dressed and wrapped my hair up in a towel go it wouldn't wet my dress. Alice came in the second I was dressed and sat me down to start doing my hair and apply a little make up.

"Alice" I whined and she just sighed.

"I'm almost done Bella" she said.

I let her do her thing, she would occasionally do this to me but my impatience would usually get the better of me and I would make up some lame excuse, like an extended toilet trip.

"How long?" I asked impatiently.

She laughed at me.

"He's just about to pull up" she giggled.

"What?!" I shouted and jumped up, Alice just laughed at me but I didn't take notice I just threw the bedroom door open and ran down the hall way.

I basically flew down the stairs and threw the front door open. A foreign car was just pulling up in front of the house and I watched as the man I live for stepped out of the car.

I was in some sort of trance, I couldn't move, I could hardly breath. He's home, he's really here, he came back just like he said he would.

He walked forward never breaking his eye contact with mine. I might have been smiling, I don't really know but he had the biggest smile on his.

He stopped at the bottom of the steps, whereas I was still at the top.

"Bella" he breathed out. That did it, every single happy emotion in the world overwhelmed me at that moment and I felt every little thing in that moment.

I flung myself at him, knowing that he would catch me, and he didn't disappoint, he caught me around the waist and hugged me to him. My arms were around his neck and if he were human he would probably die from lack of air.

He twirled me around and I laughed at the care free feeling coursing through me.

He put me down on the ground and cupped my cheeks in either one of his hands while I kept my arms around his neck. He looked into my eyes and I looked into his.

Of course the Cullen's all had the same eyes but they didn't have the ones a longed for, needed. I looked into his golden eyes and felt at home.

He brought his face down to mine and pressed his lips against mine. He treated me like glass, like as if one wrong twitch of his finger could kill me, which was exactly the case but Edward treated me with more care than any other.

Nothing could compare to the feeling of kissing Edward, I don't think I could even describe it, it was way too perfect to put into words.

He lifted me off the ground so I didn't have to reach up so far to kiss him. It felt weird just hanging in his arms so I swang my legs up and wrapped them around his waist while I continued to kiss him with so much force and passion that I didn't even think I was capable of.

I ignored the figures that were emerging from the house behind us and kept on kissing Edward with all my might and he eagerly returned it.

He finally pulled away to look into my eyes and although i'm sure he didn't need it he was gasping for air just like I was.

I heard a deep chuckle from behind us and Edward looked over my shoulder and smiled. I turned my head slightly to see the whole Cullen family standing on the porch with huge smiles on their faces.

"What's up little bro?" Emmett said in his booming voice.

"Again, leave it to Emmett to ruin the moment" I heard Alice mumble and I giggled which caused Edward to look back at me with a dazzling smile.

I put my hand on his cheek and he leaned into my touch.

"I missed you so much" I whispered but i'm sure everyone heard it.

He looked into my eyes and they were smouldering, I just couldn't look away.

"You have no idea how much I have missed you" he breathed out and I gave him a small smile.

"Oh I think I have an idea" I said with a small laugh and he let out a small chuckle.

He placed a soft kiss on my lips and then engulfed me in a hug, he showed no signs of ever letting me go. I didn't care one bit, he could hold on for me forever and it still wouldn't be long enough!

After a long time he pulled back and looked over my shoulder again.

"I cant thankyou enough for staying with her" Edward said in a tone that was just above a whisper.

I felt someone approach us but I was too busy looking at Edward to turn to see who it was. Edward put me down and held me close to his side, it was Carlisle who approached and he was standing in front of Edward and me.

Carlisle put a hand on Edwards shoulder.

"She's family, we wouldn't have it another way" he said as he gave me a smile. Edward squeezed my waist a bit and he smiled at Carlisle.

"Besides, Bella kept us well amused" Emmett said in his booming voice. Alice glared at him and the rest of the Cullen's rolled their eyes while Edward laughed.

"I bet she did" he said as he looked down to me and smiled.

EPOV

I kept her tightly by my side, as tight as I could without harming her. I wasn't about to let her go and I had no intentions of that ever happening.

Nothing can describe the feeling I felt when I saw Bella at the top of the stairs, I wanted to run to her and pick her up and never let her go but I couldn't even move. Just seeing her sent me into some sort of bodily coma and all I could do is take in the sight of her.

I was memorising her face, humans change so quickly, but much to my surprise and pleasure the only thing that had changed in Bella was the length of her hair which was slightly longer.

Luckily I managed to shake off my immobility to catch Bella as she threw herself at me.

She was perfect, absolutely wonderful and I thanked my family for staying with her.

That last thought brought me to realisation that my family were here, it was hard to remain focused when I looked into Bella's eyes and I remember the joke Emmett made about Bella keeping them entertained.

"Edward" I turned to look at Esme whom had approached me, I smiled at my mother.

"Esme" I breathed out as I embraced her, but never letting go of Bella, no I would never let that happen.

Esme returned the embrace and dried sobbed into the crook of my neck.

"It s ok Esme, i'm home and i'm never leaving again" I whispered to her knowing very well that everyone heard it, including Bella because she was so close to my side.

Esme pulled back and looked at me with a mixture of emotions in her eyes

'I missed you so much Edward' she thought to me, probably not trusting her voice.

"As I have missed you" I told her with a small smile.

I looked over Esme's shoulder to the rest of my family and smiled.

"I have missed you all" I said to them. Jasper smiled at me, Alice bounced up and down, Rosalie smiled slightly, and Emmett grinned an impossibly huge grin which I had to laugh at.

I looked back down to Bella and kissed her on the forehead. Which caused an amazing blush to form on her cheeks. Emmett boomed out laughter and Bella glared at him.

I laughed softly as she reminded me of a kitten who thought it was a tiger.

She turned back to me and threw her arms around my neck and hugged me tight which I eagerly responded by wrapping my arms back around her.

She pulled herself up so that she was on her tip toes and snuggled her face into the crook of my neck and I buried my faced into her strawberry smelling hair.

She turned her face and pressed her lips against my throat.

"I'm so glad your back" she whispered to me and I held her tighter.

"So am I" I replied and I felt her smile against my neck.

As much as I didn't want to I had to talk to Alice, I had to know if Aro was planning anything.

I looked over to Alice and she still had a smile on her face but it was a charade.

She seemed to know what I wanted but she knew that now wasn't the time to discuss it.

'Later' she thought.

Later? That means that there is something to discuss. Has she seen something? Has Aro got something planned?

I pushed those worries away, for now all that mattered was Bella and the fact that I am finally with her. I wouldn't let Aro ruin this moment.

Ok, i'm terribly sorry for the short chapter but I hope you like it anyway.

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