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I stood on the deck outside of Bella's apartment, and watched her as she ate Chinese food and watched Greys Anatomy alone, cuddled up on the couch.

She didn't think I still watched her -I knew that for sure- she had been living in a blissed out little bubble that was void of the supernatural world for years now. She had her life with the normal human and turned a blind eye to the supernatural, forgetting the dangers that still awaited her. Of course she didn't know that I was out here, or that tonight wasn't the first night I had stood for hours and watched her waiting for the right time to show myself, and I wondered, not for the first time, how she would react if she knew that I hadn't left like she thought I had all those years ago, but instead have been watching waiting for the opportune moment to show myself.

I wondered tonight how a human who had obviously had such close contact to the horrors that the world really contains, could sit so contently by herself looking as though there was nothing to harm her, how she could hear a noise on the patio and ignore it when she had to know deep down there were monsters in the dark. If only she knew the things that were still a threat to her.

She fell asleep watching television and I snuck my way in and stood over her. I had heard that the Cullen's were back in her life and that was why I had come tonight, yet I didn't see any sign of them around her so perhaps the info I had been given was wrong.

I bent down and picked her up, taking her to her bedroom and tucking her in. Her smell was unbelievable as always and it drove me crazy. I slipped back out the balcony door when I heard her fiancé walking down the hall looking for his keys to the apartment. No -tonight wasn't the night, but soon it would have to be soon.

Last time....

Damn she wasn't going to make anything easy on us was she I thought, "no not easy at all" Edward said answering my thoughts as we just stared at the empty door she had left us through.

BPOV

I rushed to my next class since I didn't have a lot of time in between my Wednesday TA class and my English lit 320 class and they were on opposite sides of campus. It was an inconvenience yet at the same time it was kind of a miracle at least this way I would never have time directly after teaching Edward, Emmett, and Jasper to stay behind and chit chat.

I had been prepared for today, thanks to my visit with Rose on Monday. I knew that I was going to have to teach the guys today so I had spent my time mentally preparing myself. I didn't know what could go wrong but after some of the horrific things I had pictured over the last two days, what I did have to deal with was nothing.

I knew that those two boys were just testing me, trying to see if I was going to be a push over and if they could intimidate me, unfortunately for them they had signed up for the wrong class. Not only was tougher these days but I had to put on an even tougher front if I was going to make it through a semester of teaching all 5 of the Cullen's.

I made my way to class and managed to get there with time to spare. It was my last class of the day and I was excited, I wanted nothing more than to just go home and relax.

I sat in class while my professor rambled on and on about digging deeper into the meaning behind the short story we had read for today's class, and I just couldn't care less today. I liked literature don't get me wrong but sometimes I think the professors are digging for some deeper meaning that just doesn't exist, Sure that doesn't mean I can't make some philosophical meaning up and apply it but come on, sometimes can't a story just be a story.

I zoned out in class, I just couldn't be here in both mind and body today, and instead started thinking of what I could grab for dinner on the way home that I didn't have to cook. Nothing appealing came to mind and I realised that I have had nothing but restaurant meals or Chinese leftovers for dinner this week and finally talked myself into stopping at the market on the way home in order to make Will a proper meal.

The next hour found me wandering the isles of the supermarket trying to decide what Will might like best for dinner, I gave up on perfection and decided to just make a nice pasta bake that would be simple and filling.

On my way home I started to think about the last couple of weeks, so much had changed and I felt like I was in some sort of warped version of my life. I was happy of course Will and I were strong and what we had was strong but it just seemed different now and I hoped that we would be able to get back to the simplicity of before. I think that as much stress as the Cullen's reappearance caused me, and the unpredictability of what would occur in my life while they were a part of it had on me, it was perhaps for the best that they had returned; at least now I knew I had changed in the years since they had left me and I knew that the love I shared with Will was a stronger, healthier kind of relationship but I think I had needed to face my past with the Cullen's before I could truly move forward with Will.

WPOV

Wednesday...

Bella had been off for a couple days now, and I wasn't really sure why. I hated seeing her struggle in any way especially when she tried to go through it silently. I knew Bella better then I knew myself now and as hard as it was to watch her work out whatever was bothering her by herself I knew timing was everything with her.

It wasn't that she thought she couldn't talk to me about whatever it was, and that fact eased my worry, She knew I was there for her and we had always tackled our issues together relying on one another to get through, It just always took Bella some time to get it all straight in her head first before she would come to me. She liked to have a game plan or at least a grip on her feelings.

I don't know what it was this time though; it could be any number of things.

I knew it bothered her sometimes, just as it did me, that we had to hide our relationship; in all honesty we weren't as secretive as we probably ought to be about it, but even what we did conceal hurt her sometimes. I think it was the little things that got to her, she was never really one to want to flaunt her private life but she did hate that she couldn't attend work events with me, or that she couldn't let her few friends at school come over to our apartment when I was home, and even then she had to make sure no pictures of the two of us were lying around. I told her time and time before that I was willing to risk it, that I didn't need to work at WWU, I told her we could tell them all and if they fired me so be it I would find a new job, but she was afraid that if we did that we might need to move further away, and I knew she needed to stay close to Charlie.

Then there was the Cullen's, I knew she was unsure about them for some reason, It could just be because they knew about us and therefore posed a risk or perhaps it was just embarrassment about the whole Carlisle walking in on us thing. Either way it was going take some time for her to be comfortable with them I think.

As always her mom was also an issue as well. I hated how her mom acted, I don't care generally what she thinks about me, she has never met me and never shown an interest in ever doing so, but I hated that she hurts Bella with her opinions. I guess in a way it was my fault, because our relationship was somewhat taboo, I had at first shied away from telling family, in the beginning I didn't know if we would last and the last thing I needed or wanted was the chief of police of Forks Washington to accuse me of seducing and taking advantage of his daughter.

Bella and my relationship had started somewhat unconventionally, I had ran into her at that coffee shop she used to always frequent, and I began to find reasons to bump into her and get to know her better, I had been courting her in my mind the whole time pretending like I had a chance. When I had been there to help her when her father had the accident, I couldn't hold my feeling's back any longer and just threw myself to the wolves so to speak yet it had turned out better than I could have wished for.

Our relationship had excelled fast after that, Bella gave all of herself to me from the moment we had decided to try and be more, putting everything she had into our relationship and it had gone smoothly ever since. By the time we decided to break the news to her parents we had been dating for no small amount of time and I think the fact that Bella opened up to me and let me heal her from her past, hurt Renee and she felt like I had stolen her daughter from her.

I understood Renee's pain but she had to come to terms with the fact that I loved her daughter more than my own life and that Bella was 21 years old, whether it was with me or not Bella was an adult who was going to live her life separate from her parents.

On top of all the stress of school, people and everything else Bella had been off a bit lately, her appetite seemed to be all over the place, she was moodier lately, and she seemed more fatigued then normal but I guess that could just be from her workload at school; I just hope that spending the weekend back in Forks would allow her to relax and get back on track.

~*~*~*

Thursday....

It was Thursday –Bella and my last day of school for the week- and I was excited to get today over with. Bella and I were leaving tonight for Forks to visit Charlie and Amanda for the weekend, and I knew it was just the break Bella needed. Forks had a way of forcing a person to relax.

I had gotten up early today and come into the office in order to get some of my weekend work out of the way early, Charlie and I were going fishing on Saturday and I didn't know what else we would be up to.

When I left for work this morning, Bella had asked me to meet her in her office on Campus at 2 as we were both had that hour free and she said she wanted to show me her office. I got through my morning classes easily, first year Biology classes were a breeze in the first few weeks of the semester, it wasn't until the end when all of their procrastinating became apparent and then I would be inundated with students needing to make up work or asking for extra credit.

I made my way into the Dafoe Building and up to the 5th floor to Bella's new office, the door was closed and I didn't know if she was here yet or not so I just knocked.

"Who is it?" Bella's beautiful voice called from within.

"It's Professor Campbell" I answered just in case there was anybody nearby listening.

"Come in" she said, and I wasn't sure if she realized how seductive her voice was being. I opened the door to her office and the sight that was before me stopped me in my tracks and I had to remind myself to keep breathing – Bella dressed as a sexy headmistress- She was wearing a Black mini skirt with black thigh highs, she had a black bra on under a sheer white blouse, and was wearing what I called her sexy librarian glasses that she used sometimes to read. She had pulled her hair back into a tight bun and had her feet resting atop of her desk showing of the length of her gorgeous legs ending in the sexy black pumps she knew drove me crazy.

"Close the door Professor Campbell" she said in such an authoritative voice I felt for a second like I was in the Dean's office.

I tuned and closed the door, not saying a word.

"Lock it, unless you would like others to see you get your punishment?" she said while my face was still tuned to the door. I couldn't help but smile, this was very Un-Bella like. She was adventuress and fun but she was shy still and role play wasn't generally something she would do without prompting.

"And what am I being punished for may I ask?" I asked her walking closer to her desk.

"I have heard some serious reports about you Professor Campbell, as the head of this school I cannot let them go without further investigation." She said still serious and sexy as hell.

"What reports have been made?" I wasn't sure where she wanted this to go but I liked the direction so far.

"It appears you are far too sexy for your own good Professor, Tempting and teasing your female students, while seducing others. Hardly fair I think, what do you have to say about these allegations against you?"

"I guess I've finally been caught then, but I assure you I have only seduced one of my student's surely she hasn't complained" I replied

"Mm, no she seems well satisfied I think, it is the others who cannot have you that have complained. Still a punishment is in order, Student professor relationships are not allowed something you were well aware of were you not?" She said as she removed one foot first from atop her desk sliding it to the floor and revealing to me the fact that she had not felt the need to wear underwear to this affair and then moved her other foot. She was killing me, I wanted –no I needed her now. She sat up straighter now behind her desk looking down at me, studying me, I actually felt like a knotty Professor who had been caught, well I guess in a way I was.

"You WILL answer me professor when I ask you a question" She demanded

"Yes, I was aware of the schools policy headmistress, though I am fuzzy on a few details." I responded

"And what details would those be?" she asked

"The policy for relations between co-workers" I answered looking up into her eyes

"Aww, well there you see, I have no restrictions." She smiled and I couldn't wait any longer – I took her there on her desk.

~*~*~

I met Bella at home around 5:30 she had our bags all packed for the weekend and she was wearing her favourite pair of distressed jeans and a black t-shirt featuring a picture of Casper the friendly ghost saying Boo. Her hair was up still, but now in a loose messy bun while she was checking to make sure all the windows of the apartment were locked.

"Well don't just stand in the doorway Will, come in. Do you want to change into something more comfortable before we leave?" she said spotting me standing in the doorway staring at her.

"Right, yes of course. I'll only be a moment, are you all ready?" I asked putting my briefcase by our bags and moving towards our bedroom.

"Yes everything is ready when you are, I'll call Charlie from the car and tell him we are on our way, and we will need to get something to eat on the way, It'll be around nine by the time we get to forks" she was saying while she watched me change into a Jeans, t-shirt combo of my own.

"Yes, of course... You look beautiful by the way." I said while I kissed her forehead and walked back out to into the hall and then my study.

"You're just saying that because you got lucky this afternoon" she said smiling, following me to my study, "What do you need from here" she asked

"Oh well Charlie asked me to pick him up some brochures the other day, and I put them in here somewhere." I answered while digging through my top drawer. "And I said you're beautiful because you are, even in jeans and that t-shirt you take my breath away."

"Thanks" she whispered and then "What kinds of Brochures?" She asked coming over to my desk to help me look

"Well there's a couple travel ones and then two on new fishing equipment, he says Newton's isn't caring anything he likes right now." I told her "Ah ha, here they are" I grabbed them out of my bottom drawer and started for the door, Bella following me.

"Are you sure Charlie asked you for Travel brochures, I mean I don't think he's been further from Forks then Seattle in the last 6 years at least, and before that it was only to visit me in the summers when I lived with mom, even then he grumbled the whole time."

I laughed and slid the brochures into my briefcase before I grabbed our bag and slid my free arm around her waist.

"He's trying to plan their Honeymoon doll." I told her walking out of the apartment. She didn't say anything at first, just turning and locking the door.

"I keep forgetting that Charlie's changed as much as I have these last few years. Amanda has been great for him, breathing life back into him. I know Renee didn't intentionally break his heart but still... I'm just so glad he's happy again." She was quiet again while we walked down to the car park below the building, thinking deeply again. "So what kinds of Brochures did you get him? Where does he want to take her?" she asked.

"Well I grabbed him a bit of everything just in case, one on Europe, one on different Islands, you know the usual. He wants to do something more special than just Mexico or somewhere in the US, he said he was thinking the Dominican Republic or something." I told her.

She snorted getting into the passenger side of my car

"What's so funny Bella?" I asked

"It's just ...I can't picture Charlie all relaxed and on some beach somewhere drinking fruity cocktails in board shorts, it's so not Charlie." She said with a huge smile on her face.

"Don't worry Bella, It's their honeymoon they probably won't leave the hotel room" I said smilong

"Aww come on Will, I may know what's happening but I so did not need the visual you just gave me." She exclaimed.

I laughed again and grabbed her hand, holding it the entire way too Forks thinking about where I should take Bella for our honeymoon.

~*~*~

Friday

Bella and I slept in this morning not getting up until 11am, Charlie had taken the weekend off so he could spend more time with us so he was sitting downstairs reading the Paper in his lazyboy when we finally made it downstairs.

"It's about time you two" Charlie said looking up from his paper, "Can I make you guys some Breakfast, or maybe some lunch" Charlie chuckled.

"Uh, no thanks' dad I don't feel so good." Bella said laying down on the loveseat and pulling a blanket around her. I had noticed that she seemed a little pale this morning but hadn't thought too much about it.

"What's the Matter Bell's, Should I call a doctor? Do you want Amanda to take a look at you" Charlie started going off.

"Dad, calm down I think I am just starting to get the flu, nothing to freak out about. I'm just going to lay low this weekend and try and get lots of rest k, I'll be good as new come Monday." She told Charlie.

I made Bella some tea and grabbed her, her new favourite book, some love story about an English women and a highlander in the 1700's... all I knew is she kept talking about this Jamie character like he was real.

Amanda Promised me she would take care of Bella and kicked Charlie and I out for the day saying we were nothing but trouble while she kissed Charlie goodbye and then slammed the door.

"Well son it looks like we're going somewhere." Charlie said staring at the door

" Yea I got the idea that's what she is hinting at too" I laughed "any ideas of what to do now?"

"Uh... Well what do you think about heading to Port Angeles, we could grab a couple beers and watch the game" he suggested

"Sure, why not" I said

We made our way there and spent most the day huddled inside Charlie's favourite bar watching game after game. Around 4:30 I left Charlie to run to the RiteAid and grab Bella a few things in case she wasn't feeling better and then picked Charlie back up to head back to Forks.

When we got home Bella was helping Amanda make dinner.

"How you feeling Babe?" I asked wrapping my arms around her and pulling her into my chest.

"I was feeling fine for a while but for the last half an hour I haven't felt so good again." She said leaning back into me. "Have you guys already eaten?" She asked

"Sure did Kid, grabbed a pizza before leaving Port Angeles" Charlie told her.

"Do you guys mind then if I head to bed early?" she asked.

"Not at all, we'll see you in the morning kiddo, feel better" Charlie said heading for the fridge and the beer. "You want another one Will?" he asked pointing at the beer in his hand.

"No Thanks' I'm actually going to hit the hay with Bella, I'll see you both in the morning"

"Goodnight, you both sleep well" Amanda called as Bella and I made our way upstairs.

We got ready for bead and crawled into her small double bed from when she was a teenager, the same bed that I had made love to her in for the first time- her first ever.

"I hope they never decide to change this room" I said to Bella while she was cuddled up to me with her head on my chest.

"Hmm?" she said

"We have so many memories in this house now, especially since living her for a month this last summer."I said to her and kissed the top of her head

"I know what you mean" She said then yawned.

"Sleep babe, you need your rest." I told her and held her close until she fell asleep.

~*~*~

Sunday

The weekend had gone by in a flash, and it was now 3pm on Sunday and Bella and I were packing our things to go.

Charlie and I had spent all day yesterday on the lake and managed to bring home a nice catch for supper. Bella had been looking up when we got home and I had thought she was in the clear – that was until Amanda started to fry the fish- Bella then went green and ran for the bathroom, I managed to get a few crackers in her to settle her stomach and then put her to bed early again, while I stayed up and visited some more.

She wasn't feeling great still this morning but around 1 she seemed to be coming out of it.

We unfortunately had to leave now though as it was a 3 hour drive back to Seattle and we both had early classes. We packed our bag, said our goodbyes, made plans for them to come visit us in 3 weeks and were back on the road in no time.

Poor Bella was mad that she wasted a nice weekend being sick and refused to accept that she had no way of preventing it.

Soon we were pulling up to the apartment and getting ready for yet another week.

A/N: This is my Easter gist to you all!

Thanks for all the reiews and support, hopefully I'll update soon but if not I'll see you in May as promised!

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