"Are you sure you've got everything?" Edward called to me from the doorway of mine and Alice's flat.
"Yeah I've got everything" I said walking out my room with my last bag.
"Good. Lets go" Edward grinned picking up the two bags at the door
With that we headed down to his car and put the bags in the boot and headed off to pick up Jasper and Alice. It was a 10 minute drive to Jaspers place and then a 1 hour's journey to the airport for an 8 hour flight. Alice was already outside waiting when we arrived and Jasper and Edward put the bags in the boot. Alice was about as excited as I was to head home. Charlie loved her and she loved him too so it was no surprise when I'd told him we were heading back that he was more than happy. We were going to be staying back at my apartment for our trip. Me and Edward would take my room while Jasper and Alice would take the guest bedroom. Mum was going to come down for the second week with Phil to see us. She was all excited to meet the man that had won her daughters heart. Charlie on the other hand was being the protective father. If he had found out what Tyler was like I think he would have never let a boy near me again.
The whole way to the airport me and Alice talked about everything we'd have to show the boys when we got there. We arrived at the airport and got checked in. An hour and half later we were seated on the plane about to take off. Alice and Jasper were sat in the two seats in front of me and Edward. I was sat next to the window with Alice in front of me. I'd found it hard to sleep the night before and knew that I'd need as much sleep as I could. We'd touch down at 9 am and me and Alice planned to spend the day saying hi to everyone. So I closed my eyes and let sleep take over me.
It felt like 5 minutes later when someone was waking me up. I peaked my eyes open at Edward and saw him looking at me with half asleep eyes. He told me we would be landing in 10 minutes. I stretched then and peaked in front of me at a still sleeping Alice. I grinned and kicked her seat. She shot up and once she got her bearings turned to glare at me. I just smiled innocently at her and said good morning. She through her pillow at me and I laughed. We touched down then and we started to get off the plane. As soon as we were off the plane me and Alice ran to the bathroom to reapply our make up and sort out our hair. Once we believed ourselves to be presentable we met the boys at the baggage claim. Once we'd got our bags we made our way out of the airport to call a taxi to take us to my apartment. Once in the taxi I told the guy where to go and sat back to relax for a bit. We arrived at my flat 45 minutes later and I paid the guy.
I literally ran up the steps to my apartment. I'd missed this place. As soon as I walked through the door I smiled. It still smelt the same. It looked like it had when I had left it the night before I left. Things were obviously dusty and I'd need to put sheets back on the beds. But most things looked the same. There were photos missing but there were still plenty mostly of me and Alice from college. Alice grinned at all the photos and I guided the guys to the rooms to put the bags in. Once the bags were in the rooms and everyone was ready I ran back down the stairs to the garage where my old car was. It was sat the like old times and I smiled looking at it. I missed having my own car to drive around. I think they all thought I'd gone mad because I was so happy to see my car but you would be too if you hadn't been allowed to drive for the past 6 months. I unlocked it and got in while the others followed.
Soon we were making our way to Forks to see Charlie. It was about an hours drive but I didn't mind I loved the scenery of Forks when I'd first moved here I had hated the fact it was so green. I always thought that trees where meant to be brown not green but looking at it now it made me feel young again. Soon we pulled into the town of Folks Alice was pointing out all the places as we went past and I couldn't help but at bits in. Alice had come home with me most holidays when we were in college and I'm sure she had fallen in love with the little town even if she did hate all the rain. Luckily today the sun was out with a few clouds. I pulled onto my dad's road and saw the cruiser sitting in the driveway. He must of taken the day of work to welcome us. I grinned at the thought. I pulled in behind the cruiser and before I'd even turned off the engine Charlie had the front door open. I jumped out the car and headed over to him. He pulled me into a hug and I hugged him back.
"Hey girl, I've missed you" he smiled at me
"Hey dad I've missed you too" I grinned at him
"Charlie!" I heard Alice shout from behind me
"Alice! Still as loud as ever I see" Charlie smirked at her "And still as beautiful"
"Aww Charlie you're a charmer" Alice stated hugging him
"Dad this is Jasper Whitlock Alice's boyfriend" I introduced Jasper
"Hello Sir" Jasper smiled at him holding out his hand
"You better be treating my second daughter right" Charlie told him
"Of course sir I wouldn't even dare to hurt her" Jasper replied
"And Dad this is Edward, Alice's brother and my boyfriend" I explained holding Edwards hand
"It's a Pleasure to meet you Mr. Swan" Edward gave him my favorite smile
"Same to you son. Bella and Alice have told me a lot about you" Charlie actually grinned at him. Where had my protective father gone? "Well why don't we all head inside for a drink"
So with that we all followed him inside and sat down around the kitchen. We stayed with him and talked about stuff for ages. What had been happening in Forks lately. How things were in London. I was thankful nobody mentions the fact I'd been offered a permeate Job in London. I wanted to talk to him about it. About two hours later was when I heard the whistle. It was something I had heard in a very long time but I knew what it meant straight away. I didn't even excuse myself I just ran out the back door and there he was smiling just like he use to when I was a teenager. I ran up to him and jumped into his arms. He spun me around smiling.
"Hey Jake" I grinned when he put me down
"Welcome Home Bella" I smirked back
"You come alone?" I asked
"Like hell he did!" I looked behind Jacob to see Paul, Sam, Seth, Quil, Embry, Leah and Emily.
"You all came to welcome me home. Aww aren't you guys getting soft" I mocked them
"Us soft never" Paul grinned coming over to hug me
"Yeah were to tuff. We just missed you that's all" Seth stated hugging me next
"I missed you guys too" I explained
"JACOB!" I turned to see Alice sprinting at him he caught her just in time.
"Hey Alice" Jacob laughed "See your still as hyper as ever"
"See you're still as buff as ever" Alice replied
"Well your still a little Pixie" Jacob grinned at her
"And your still a dog" Alice said sweetly before attacking the rest of the gang in hugs.
Edward and Jasper slowly made there way toward us as we stood talking with everyone. I turned and run over to Edward taking his hand. I couldn't wait for Edward to meet Jacob. "Jake, This is Edward Cullen my boyfriend" I grinned at him "And Edward this is my best friend Jake"
"Nice to meet you" Edward smiled
"You too" Jake commented not really meaning it. I gave him a look. I knew what his problem was but he had no need for it.
"Hey guys, I'm going to light up the baroque why don't you get your parents over will through a party" Charlie shouted at us from the back door.
"Sure Charlie, Will head back and round up the old gang" Jake smirked at me "Want to come?"
"I should stay here" I said but I really wanted to go
"Bella go. It's fine I'll go help your dad" Edward told me
"Are you sure?" I asked him I didn't want to make him uncomfortable.
"Yeah I'll be here when you get back" He smiled at me
"Thank you. I love you" I grinned at him and gave him a quick kiss. I turned to Jake then who had a frown on his face. I shook my head and grabbed his hand pulling him towards the front of the house where my car was. Once we were in the car Jacob decided to speak.
"So how long have you and Mr. Smith been together?" Jacob questioned
"His name is Edward and we've been together about 5 months" I told him. I saw him frown "Jake he's not like Tyler. He's a really great guy"
"Does he know about Tyler?" Jake asked
"Yes he does and he was really good about it" I replied "Can you give him a chance Jake? He means a lot to me" I told him
"Fine, I'll go into this with an open mind. So how's England going for ya?" Jake promised
"It's amazing Jake. It actually has better weather than Forks. You should see some of the scenery and the people are amazing. There's so much going on in that place and it's an amazing place to live" I told him
"Sounds like you really like it there" Jake sighed
"Yeah of course I do. I love it here Jake there's some amazing memories but we all have to move on at some point" I explained
"You'll be back in 5 months though" Jake smiled
I didn't say anything to that as I was unsure if I was actually going to come back to Forks for good. The rest of the way to the reservation was spent talking about all that I'd missed with the guys. I'd missed hearing about all the dangerous things they got up to from cliff diving to motorbike riding. I'd done it all when I was younger but they were boys and they never grew out of it. I parked the car outside Jacob's house and jumped out. Billy appeared in his wheel chair at the front door and I smiled at him.
"Now there's a face for sore eyes" he smiled at me
"Nice to see you too Billy" I replied hugging him
"So what you two doing back here?" He asked us
"Charlie's throwing a party to welcome Bella and Alice home" Jacob explained "Were here to tell everyone"
"Well better go tell Sue she'll get upset if she knows Charlie hasn't invited her" Billy winked. I was confused. I'd have to talk to Charlie about that later.
"Will do. Come on Bella lets go round everyone up" Jake grinned pulling me along behind him.
"See you later Bella" Billy called after us
"See you" I shouted back.
So with that me and Jake set off to tell everyone about the party and once we were done we headed back to Charlie's. We arrived back to find Alice talking admittedly with Leah and Emily while the boys were throwing football around. Edward was with Charlie sorting out the Baroque. It was nice to see them getting along. Jake left my side to go join the guys and I walked over to join the girls. I sat down next to Leah and both she and Emily turned to me.
"So want to tell us how you got your hands on that fine chunk of man over there" Emily stated looking at Edward
"Not much to tell really. I just got lucky" I grinned at them looking over at Edward
"Oh no girl! You are not getting out of this tell us the whole story from beginning to end" Leah demanded
"Okay, Okay well it all started when I got off the plane in London…" And so I told them the story that was me and Edward. I showed them the necklace he got me for my birthday.
"Damn why can't are man be that romantic" Emily sighed
"Cause they act like a loud of dogs" Alice joked
"The men. So Alice how'd you meet the cowboy over there?" Leah asked looking over at Jasper
"Oh tell me about it. I barely remember life with out him" Alice grinned and told them how they'd met. It was just before Alice finished her story I noticed it. It caught the light that had come on when it began to get dark. I took Emily's hand straight away.
"Is this what I think it is?" I asked her holding her hand and looking at the ring that sat on it. She smiled and nodded at me "When? And how?"
"about 3 months ago down by the lake we'd just had a picnic on the beach like our first date and he purposed." Emily explained
"Aww I'm so happy for you both!" I cooed.
"SAM!" Alice screamed
He looked at her like a puppy that'd done something wrong. Everyone was looking at Alice by now "Why didn't you tell me you purposed?" Alice demanded
"Err" Sam was speechless
"Because he didn't want you to think he's gone soft" I grinned at Alice
"Well at least one of the Dog's is turning into a man!" Alice smiled at him "Congratulations!"
"Alice I actually wanted to ask you something?" Emily said "Will you make the wedding dress?"
"Oh My God! Of Course I will" Alice squealed and with that we'd lost Alice and Emily in wedding talk.
Me and Leah decided to leave them to it and went over to the boys. I jumped on Jake's back and he smiled at me lifting me up higher. It was nice to be like this again. To be able to act like teenagers with out a care in the world. But I could feel it in the wind times were changing. My boy's had all become men. Sam and Emily the teenagers that fell in love in high school were getting married. I mean looking around at the guys they were all older and there faces held less of the childishness I'd remembered. But it was times like these with us throwing a football around while enjoying each others company. I decided to just enjoy the now and I'd think about the future later. I jumped off of Jacobs shoulders and Seth came over to me putting his arm around my shoulder. I smiled up at him. Seth was about 4 years younger than me but he was always the sweetest of the boys. He was the guy that no one hated but he'd beat up anyone who hurt his friends.
I turned to look at all the parents that had arrived while we'd been playing. They all looked older. It was creepy to see it. I felt like soon it would be us standing there looking at our children messing about. Charlie was with Sue talking to her. There was something going on there. Sue had lost her husband over 8 years ago to a heart attack it really had shaken up Seth and Leah to lose there dad. He was one of Charlie best friends and it had been a horrible day the day we lost him. Edward was talking to Sam and they seemed to be getting on; which was good cause normally if you could get on with Sam you could get on with the rest of them. Music was playing from the stereo in the kitchen. Seth took my hand and forced me to dance with him. Soon Alice joined us dancing with Paul. It was fun I felt 16 again. I looked over at Edward who was smiling at me. I left Seth to dance with Alice and walked over to him.
"Hey you" I grinned once I'd reached him
"Hello love" He smiled kissing my forehead "You seem to be having a good time"
"Yeah it's nice to be back here like this. Too see them all together having a good time. It reminds me of the old days" I looked at everyone dancing and chatting
"There good guys. They care about you a lot" Edward commented
"How'd you know that?" I asked him
"Cause when they heard the word boyfriend they all looked like they were ready to murder me if I did something wrong" Edward laughed
"What can I say there like my big brothers. They look out for me but you have nothing to worry about" I told him
"You got that right I don't plan on doing anything that would mean getting chased by that pack" Edward grinned at me
"Very true" I chuckled
"Jacob doesn't seem happy about me" Edward sighed
"Don't worry about Jake he's just a bit protective after the whole Tyler thing" I explained
"I hope I can show him that I am nothing like that" Edward stated
"I know you can" I smiled at him
"I love you" he smirked at me
"I love you too" I grinned at him
"Let's dance" Edward suggested pulling over to where people were dancing. After a full half hour of dancing I walked over to Charlie who was smiling at me.
"Hey girl. Look's like your having a blast" Charlie exclaimed
"I am it's so nice to come back and be like nothing has changed" I told him
"Yeah it is. So Edward seems like a good guy" Charlie started
"He's amazing" I smiled
"He obviously cares about you a lot and same goes for you" Charlie stated
"I Love him dad. I know it sounds mad but I do. I've fallen for him more than I thought I ever could" I sighed leaning on his shoulder
"Its nice to see you this happy. Your literally glowing with happiness" Charlie explained
"Is that why didn't give Edward the whole I'll shot you if you hurt my daughter" I laughed
"Yeah and I'm sure Jacob will do it for me" Charlie grinned
"Oh don't worry he has. I hope he tries with Edward" I told Charlie
"Jacob will come around eventually" Charlie assured me
"So what's going on with you and Sue?" I asked him
"You always were very observant" Charlie laughed "We've gone out a few times and it's been nice"
"I'm happy for you Dad. It seems we've both found happiness" I said sincerely
"Yeah it would appear so" Charlie hugged me
So here it is another Chapter! Yeah! I'm good! Anyway! I know it's shorter but I felt it needed to be finished there. Next chapter will be up as soon as I can write it! So enjoy there Chapter people! And Please Please Please Please!
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