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Chapter Sixteen: Home

Once we stepped off the plane, my nerves hit me full force and I actually started to shake, which Edward of course noticed because he had his arm around me.

"Bella, love, are you alright?" Edward asked with concern.

"Yes, I am just nervous about facing Charlie," I admitted while resting my head on Edward's shoulder.

"Why?" Edward asked.

"Well, when I left I didn't talk to him face to face. I just left a note," I explained. "Also, I only called home when I knew he wouldn't be there, so I could let him know that I was fine without having to listen to him panic and try to convince me to come home."

"So what your saying is, you haven't talked to him in months," Edward said, and I could tell he wasn't pleased.

"That would be correct," I answered. "I knew if I talked to him it would be difficult for both of us."

"You are still as stubborn as always, aren't you?" Edward asked while looking at me with a crooked smile.

"Yep," I replied, just as he leaned down and kissed me.

"We get it - you love each other. Now could you move? I would like to see Rose sometime this year," Emmett said sarcastically from behind us. As soon as Emmett said this I noticed that Edward and I had indeed stopped walking, holding up the people behind us.

"Sorry," I muttered as we began to move again.

We made it to baggage claim, and Esme, Carlisle, and Rosalie were there waiting for us. Emmett ran to Rose and they were soon full on making out in the middle of the airport. Esme and Carlisle came to greet the rest of us, because it didn't look like Emmett and Rose were going to stop anytime soon.

After the four of us hugged both Esme and Carlisle, and Esme scolded Edward, we got my duffle bag and made our way to the car.

The drive to the Cullen house was quiet, which didn't help distract me from my nerves. Once we arrived, Edward and I immediately got into the Volvo and he drove us to Charlie's house.

"Edward, you are going to be with me the whole time, right?" I asked, because I knew I would need him by my side.

"Yes, love," Edward said while grabbing my hand and rubbing soothing circles into it.

With Edward's crazy driving we made it there in about two seconds, and my heart sped up at the sight of my house and the cruiser in the driveway.

"Relax love, it will be okay," Edward said when he heard my heart racing.

I took a deep breath and took Edward's hand when he opened my door for me. I quietly opened the front door and Edward and I entered the house.

"Dad," I called out, and I heard the TV turn off and his footsteps as he made his way to us quickly.

"Bella, thank god! Are you all right?" Charlie asked as rushed in to the room and hugged me.

"Yes," I replied as I hugged him back. Charlie let me go and turned to glare at Edward and I could see his face turning purple.

"You get out of my house!" Charlie exploded when he noticed Edward standing there.

"Sir," Edward started to explain, but Charlie cut him off.

"You left my daughter, and she ran off to find you, and in doing so she could have been hurt or killed" Charlie said still fuming.

"I know, and," Edward tried again, but was once again cut off by Charlie.

"I haven't talked to her in months; just messages here and there, all because she was too busy finding you," Charlie said.

"Dad, I purposely called when I knew you wouldn't be home so I wouldn't have to talk to you," I explained, hoping it would take some of the blame off of Edward.

"What? Why?" my dad asked while turning to glare at me.

"I knew you would try to make me come home, and I couldn't do that until I found Edward," I said.

"Well, you found him. It doesn't matter, though, because you are never going to see him again," Charlie said, causing rage to build quickly inside of me.

"What?" I screamed. "You can't do that!"

"I can, and I will," Charlie said with authority.

"Dad, I am eighteen. You can't tell me who I can and can't see," I said as I lost some of my rage.

"As long as you live under my roof I can," Charlie said.

"Fine, then I will just have to move out," I replied.

"Bella, you don't have a job or money. Where would you live?" Charlie asked.

"With me," Edward answered, which caused Charlie to turn red again. "My family and I would love to have Bella live with us."

"Bells, you can't leave," Charlie said in a defeated voice, and I could tell he really didn't want to lose me.

"I won't, if you let me see Edward," I said.

"Fine. But there will be rules," Charlie said, and I nodded.

"I am going to leave so that you two can talk," Edward said. I kissed him goodbye and he whispered in my ear that he would back later.

Later that night, after hours of talking to Charlie, I crawled into bed and Edward wrapped his arms around me.

"Love, I have to say I didn't know you had that much rage in you," Edward said with a smirk, referring to my earlier outburst.

"Honestly, neither did I," I said, and we both chuckled before I pressed my lips to Edward's.

Once we came up for air – correction, when I came up for air, I explained to Edward the new visiting hours Charlie had put in place for him.

"Well, maybe I should go then, because visiting hours are over," Edward said playfully.

"Don't you dare," I said while wrapping my arms tighter around him. We were quiet for a few minute before I brought up a subject I couldn't put off any longer.

"Edward, we have to talk about Victoria," I said, and he nodded.

"Why exactly is she after you, Bella?" Edward asked.

"Well, since you killed James, she wants to kill me," I explained.

"Mate for mate," Edward said, after quickly putting the pieces together.

"Right," I said.

"Well, we will talk to my family about it to tomorrow," Edward said.

"Okay" I replied.

"Bella, I want you to know that whatever happens, we will face it together," Edward said.

"Promise?" I asked.

"I promise," Edward replied as he brought is lips to down to meet mine in a passionate kiss.

"I love you, Edward," I said when we pulled apart.

"I love you too, my Bella," Edward said before he started to hum my lullaby.

As I drifted off to sleep, I realized I could face anything that came my way because I had my Edward back, and that was all that mattered.

The End

AN: So this was the last chapter you guys! I really hope you enjoyed my story. Thank you to my beta fnmom68 for all the amazing work you did on this story! Thank you also to all of you that reviewed especialy those of you who reviewed every chapter it means so much to me! I will be starting a new story soon and will post a note on this story when I get the first chapter up! Thanks again to everyone! :)