A/N: I'm back. Can you believe it? Thanks to everyone for the kind wishes on the move. Everything went smoothly and my daughter was a pro at the airport, except security where they took a hissy fit because they took her blue's clues dolls to scan through the machine. That was fun.

I hope everyone enjoys the after Thanksgiving chapter and reviews their little hearts out.

Special thanks to Maggiemay14, lysvia, flightlessbird11, glo4twilight and all the other awesome readers and reviewers.

As I have mentioned previously, I will be doing a sequel but I still need ideas for funny places to visit across the U.S. Thanks to those who had made suggestions, they have been awesome! I haven't started it yet, but I do know the entire concept and once AG is done, I will start it. So send your ideas so I can get started on the sequel ASAP! LOL

I don't own twilight but I do own every single Harry Potter book and movie and cannot wait for the new movie!

BPOV

The rest of our Thanksgiving visit was fairly uneventful, with the exception of the seemingly genuine apology from my mother for her behavior, which Edward accepted a little too willingly in my opinion. He kept laughing while explaining to me that if we ever saw our selves together in the long term, he had to get on my mother's good side and this was his way of doing it. I couldn't say I agreed with his methods, but at least he was making an effort, which I still felt my mother wasn't. Even as we left the house to head back to Port Angeles to catch our plane out of Washington, I reminded my mother that Edward wasn't going anywhere.

"Bella, you're still young, don't you want to experience all that life has to offer?" she said a bit tensely as Edward and my Dad were shaking hands out by the car, and we were on the porch. I was thankful that they were both far enough away to not hear what she had said to me.

"Why do you seem to think I can't experience these things with Edward?" I asked curiously as we began to walk down the steps and towards the cruiser.

"I never said you couldn't Bella. You're a smart girl and I know you will do what is best for you, but just remember there is a big world out there to see," Renee said as she offered me up an awkward hug. She knew I was upset about her flip actions around Edward, but didn't say anything further about it.

"Yeah, there is a big world out there Mom," I said angrily as I leaned forward to her as I kissed her goodbye on the cheek. "Everything exciting and worthwhile I have seen with Edward. Anything else I want to see, he will be right by my side." I didn't give her the chance to respond as I watched Edward hold the door to the cruiser open to me, and I slid in the backseat where he joined me seconds later.

When we finally got back to New York City, I could honestly say I had never felt more relieved in my entire life. Forks hadn't been as stressful as I had initially thought, but it wasn't a picnic either. When the cab pulled up to Edward's apartment, he made me get out with him, insisting on driving me back to my dorm after we unwound for a little bit. The rest of our friends weren't due back till first thing in the morning, and if it wasn't for the fact that I had a class at 10, I would probably be sleeping over at Edward's. He didn't have class at all tomorrow. Lucky Bastard.

"Want to watch a movie?" he asked curiously as I looked at him in confusion. He had brought our bags up to the apartment from the cab and I was sitting on the couch, simply waiting for him to grab his keys and take me home, it was almost eleven after all.

"No, I don't want to watch a movie," I said with a nervous giggle as he sat down beside me and I again wondered why we weren't going anywhere. "Don't you have to drive me home?"

"Yeah, in a minute. It's not like you're in a hurry to get to someone," he grinned to me as he leaned forward and kissed me sweetly on the lips and then the neck.

"I'm in a hurry to get my head onto my pillow so that I can get to class tomorrow morning," I said with a groan as I realized just how badly I didn't want to go to back to school already.

"Okay, well give me two minutes to talk to you about something," he said gently as I simply laid my head against his shoulder and he began to stroke it softly. "I talked to your Dad today before we left." My heart almost leapt out of my chest as he spoke because he sounded so serious about this. I was suddenly paranoid he had asked my dad for permission to marry me. "I asked if it would be cool if you came to spend Christmas with my family, and he turned me down."

"Shit," I replied quickly as my heart started again. I knew I would marry Edward someday, but that day was definitely not in the immediate future.

"You looked frightened," he said smoothly as I simply giggled.

"No worries, it's all good. So, no go on the Christmas huh? I didn't think so, but thanks for asking without my permission," I replied, still giggling.

"Well, I had to take a shot. We'll figure it out someday, your family gets Christmas and mine gets Thanksgiving, whatever works right?" he said confidently as I simply nodded my head, not quite ready to get into the discussion of which family gets what holidays.

"That's it?" I said in surprise. I thought there was going to be something much bigger going down when we started our conversation.

"Yeah, that's it. I hope you're not mad that I asked your dad. You were talking to your mom about something on the porch and it was in my mind that you would be back in a few weeks and I wouldn't be with you, but I wanted to be with you on Christmas morning." Edward titled his head down as he talked to me and I leaned up and kissed him gently. His heart was always in the right place when it came to us, and some days I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Those were the days I was with him. Every other day fricking sucked.

Edward drove me home shortly after we indulged in an intense make out session that would have required me to stay over if I hadn't pulled away, common sense ruling out for once rather than my body. When I finally got into my apartment and was lying on my bed, I couldn't sleep. Today I had insisted to my mother that Edward was a major part of my future, but when he mentioned future holidays and I freaked out about marriage, I wondered why the hell I was being so indecisive. I wanted him. I would always want him. But if he proposed right now, I would say no because I wasn't ready. As I fought to fall asleep, I resigned myself to discuss this with Edward and get his take on the situation.

The next few days were hell because I was so busy with class and getting settled back into my routine. Edward and I hadn't seen each other since he dropped me off at the dorm and I was so glad that Friday was finally here. Emmett kept insisting to both Edward and Jasper that they needed a guy's night in, but Edward had apparently forced them into rescheduling till Saturday night because we had special plans. I had no idea what this meant. I thought we were going to dinner at some place near campus, but I could have been wrong. When I finally stumbled out of my room that night in a pair of black dress pants and a cute blue sweater, Rosalie simply scoffed at me and mumbled incoherent phrases as she pushed me back into my room and forced me to change. Apparently everyone but me knew what was going on.

When Edward finally picked me up for dinner around seven, he seemed nervous, thus driving me nuts with worry. "You look beautiful," he said with a sigh as he checked out the simple blue and black dress of Rosalie's that she had forced me to wear. I muttered a quiet thanks and took his hand as he led me from the dorm.

"I hope you're not really hungry because we're running a bit late. I've made reservations for afterwards though, so we'll have a late dinner. Is that okay?" Edward asked as he fidgeted with his hands while we were stuck at a stoplight.

"I'm good. I had some Doritos like five hours ago, so I should be alright until whenever," I said with a laugh as Edward looked at me remorsefully. "No really, it's fine babe. Am I allowed to ask where we are going?"

"Since I'm starving you, it's only right that you know it's for a good reason," he laughed as we pulled up out front of Lincoln Center, before he turned into their self service parking garage. "We're going to the Ballet."

"The Ballet? Seriously Edward, you are not a Ballet kind of guy," I said with a laugh as we drove around for a bit to find a good parking spot.

"I'm not a Ballet kind of guy, but I am a Bella kind of guy and my Bella likes Ballet," he said confidently as he finally pulled into a spot and turned off the car. "Don't think I've gone all out or anything. My parents had tickets and my dad ended up having to fly to Phoenix for a meeting, so my mom offered them to us." I smiled happily and reminded myself to call Esme tomorrow to thank her for her generosity. Edward was around to my door to open it before I had the chance and I quickly wrapped my arms around him and kissed him gently as I straightened his tie slightly.

We ended up having great seats a few rows back on the floor and I sat in awe the entire evening both at the ballet and my boyfriend. It was a few weeks before Christmas and we were seeing 'The Nutcracker', which although I knew a bit about beforehand, was actually a lot better than I expected. I found myself to be excited as we watched the children perform the entire show, dancing across the stage with the nutcracker and the sugar plum fairy. Every time I glanced over at Edward, he was staring straight ahead at the stage, smiling happily while he held my hand in his.

Shortly before the performance ended, I found myself thinking back to my previous worries earlier in the week, our future. I looked at Edward again, the smile plastered on his face like a kid at Christmas, literally, and I knew for certain that I wanted nothing other than him for the rest of my life. Even if I wasn't ready for marriage, I could handle a four year engagement, I laughed to myself as Edward finally glanced at me, noticing the change in my behavior.

When we finally walked into a nearby restaurant for dinner, it was already after ten and my stomach was growling fiercely. I patted it gently, as though telling it that it would be fed soon, but Edward looked at me curiously. "I'm talking to my stomach," I said with a grin as he relaxed, having clearly been thinking of something else, which made me laugh out loud.

"Are you laughing at me?" he asked when we were seated at a quiet booth near the far side of the restaurant.

"Of course I am. When I patted my stomach, you assumed I was pregnant, which is frickin hilarious Edward," I said with a smile as I patted his hand that was lying across the table.

"It's not hilarious, it's terrifying. A baby is the last thing we need right now." He was glaring at me, his eyes clouded over in misplaced fury and I continued to laugh at him and his overreaction. I mentally advised myself to never pat my stomach around him.

"What do we need right now?" I asked as my laughter finally died down and he seemed to relax.

"Food. We need food right now," he said with an anxious grin as he picked up his menu and held it in front of his face, as though hiding himself from me for some unknown reason.

EPOV

When Bella patted her stomach while we waited for her table, I honestly thought I might crap my pants. The first thought that came to my mind was that she was pregnant, and I was suddenly terrified, not only for myself but for the child, who definitely did not need me as a father, not right now anyways. When Bella explained that she was simply talking to her hungry stomach, the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders, even though it only rested there for a few seconds. She spent the next five minutes laughing at my assumption before I explained that a baby was not something in the cards for us, right now. Eventually, yes but right now, no way in hell.

Dinner was very casual and Bella gushed for most of the night about how much she had enjoyed the Ballet. I knew she was a whore for basically anything culture related, so when my mother called and offered us the tickets, I jumped at the chance. I knew there was no way that Rosalie could convince Emmett to go even if she offered up innumerable sexual favors in return and while Alice would surely have loved it, she was busy finishing up some classes so that she could make it to Parsons for the winter semester.

We had started to review the dessert menu when Bella suddenly laid hers down on the table and looked at me very seriously. "Can we talk about… the future?" she asked nervously as I laid my menu down on top of hers, having already decided on the Tiramisu and smiled back at her, excited that she wanted to discuss it.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"When you told me that you talked to my dad outside of the house, I immediately thought you had asked him permission to marry me. Funny huh?" she said as she shrugged her shoulders, but she didn't look as though she was laughing.

"If I asked your dad that, I wouldn't have told you Bella," I said with a chuckle as she suddenly turned whiter than usual. "I didn't ask him sweetie, so relax."

"Well then don't fuck with me Edward," she said in frustration as the waitress appeared and we ordered two coffees and two tiramisu's. "I think a discussion of our future is needed, a serious one."

"Okay, well let me ask you this, what do you see in your future?" I asked curiously. I had been wondering for a few weeks now what she thought of when she looked into her future and this was the perfect opportunity to ask her.

"I see you."

"That's it? I see you, babies, mini-vans, houses in Martha's Vineyard for the summer and you see just me?" I asked with a laugh as Bella nodded her head slowly. I leaned forward and took her hands into mine as I started to speak again. "As long as you see me with you, doing whatever the hell it is you want to do, I'm happy."

"What do you want to do in the future, career wise?" she asked quickly as she brushed a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I want to play piano and compose, and I can do that anywhere in the world, so I'm going where you go Bella," I said with a grin as I ran my fingers along her palm, which always seemed to calm her.

"I'll be honest; I don't care what the hell we do, as long as we do it together. Any chance you can give me some sort of heads up before you propose so I am not a nervous wreck constantly?" she asked sincerely as I kissed her hands.

"I'm not planning to propose in the immediate future Bella, so relax. As much as I want you in my life for the rest of my life, I think the tattoos are sufficient enough to bind us together right now. When the ring comes, it will be down the road, after we've lived together and I am certain I can handle you 24/7," I said with a laugh as Bella seemed to relax significantly. "So, you're paranoid about me proposing huh?"

"Maybe," said Bella with a small giggle as our coffee and desserts arrived, taking us away from our conversation for a few moments. Once dinner we done, it was almost midnight, but we walked back to the Lincoln Center to pick up my car, and then drove past Rockefeller Center to see the Christmas Tree all lit up before we headed back to my apartment.

Emmett and Rosalie were staying together at the dorms tonight and Jasper had gone back to Boston for the weekend for his dad's birthday, which helped make my plans for the night even easier. "I didn't bring an overnight bag Edward," said Bella with a sigh as we headed up the elevator to my apartment.

"Does it really matter?" I asked casually as I reached into my pocket to pull out my keys. Bella said nothing in response, but the moment we walked in the door, she had unzipped the dress and left it in the hallway as she ran towards my bedroom. I was a little bit surprised by her boldness, but I realized nothing should surprise me about her anymore. I quickly locked the door and headed to my room, where I now found her lying on the bed in simply her bra and panties.

"You look beautiful," I said as I adjusted myself quickly, my hard on clearly evident as Bella looked me over and began to lick her lips.

"Aren't you going to join me?" she asked nervously as I forgot that I was simply standing in front of her, fully dressed, staring at her. I was quick to pull off all of my clothes, including my boxers and join her on the bed, hovering my body above hers as I kissed her lips sweetly.

"Can I say something before I ravish you completely and make you moan my name until you pass out?" I asked her curiously as I leaned back on my knees, thinking of something that had been bothering me since dinner. Bella nodded her head and as my hands ran up the length of her smooth thighs quickly, I blurted out my question. "If I asked you to marry me right now, would you say yes?"

"Yes," she replied immediately as I took a deep breath of relief and leaned forward to kiss her stomach gently, before moving my way up to her neck, which I began sucking on furiously. Bella's hands were on my shoulder and she was pushing me away slightly. "Don't you want to know why?"

"Not really," I replied seriously as I slid the straps of her bra down her shoulders, completely revealing her breasts to me. As I leaned forward to suck one of her nipples into my mouth, she pushed me away again.

"Would you ever consider proposing to me now?" she asked curiously as I leaned back again onto my knees.

"I'd be lying if the thought hadn't crossed my mind, but I realized at Thanksgiving that being with you forever doesn't mean I need to put a ring on your finger right now. If, god forbid, you ended up pregnant tomorrow, I would marry you in a heartbeat though. I meant it all the times I said I couldn't see my future without you in it. Can we have sex now?" I asked breathlessly as Bella nodded her head and I yanked her panties from her, throwing them onto my dresser, where they landed on my unlit lamp. I laughed for a moment as I watched Bella remove her bra completely and drop it onto the floor.

I bent my head forward, my hands moving in time with the rest of my body as they grasped Bella's breasts firmly in my hands, my mouth now wrapped around one of her nipples as I sucked on her gently at first and then harder as I listened to her moan my name in pleasure. It was truly one of the happiest moments of my life when I heard her say my name while I was pleasing her. I immediately lifted her hips up slowly as I moved back on the bed, positioning my face between her legs.

I slowly ran a finger between her folds as she whimpered beneath my touch and I smiled smugly. I spent the next five minutes licking, sucking and fingering every inch of her wetness as she writhed under my fingers. When Bella finally climaxed, screaming my name repeatedly, I smiled again before reaching into my dresser desperately for a condom. She stole it from my fingers and ripped open the package, sliding the condom onto me eagerly as I leaned forward and kissed her lips again.

I thrust into her slowly as she wrapped her legs around my waist, pulling me deeper inside of her. It was heaven on earth, I thought to myself as Bella grinned at me before throwing her head back in ecstasy as I moved faster within her, my cock plunging deep inside of her heat. I groaned quietly under my breath as I rolled off of Bella for a moment and turned her onto her side, as I spooned myself up behind her. I lifted her leg into the air, placing it over my thigh as I plunged myself into her again. This time my hands were wrapped tightly around her, holding her entire body close to me as I filled her over and over again with my hardness.

"Sweet Jesus," exclaimed Bella loudly as my finger found her clit and began rubbing quick little circles around her nub. I was near the edge of exploding when I felt Bella tense around me, her entire body shuddering as she came, loudly screaming my name again. It drove me completely over the edge and I bit down on her neck a little too hard as I burst deep inside of her, unable to speak.

I slipped out of her as I tried to relax my breathing and Bella turned around to face me, her hands now wrapped around my neck as she kissed me passionately. I began to stroke her hair softly and thought quickly for a moment about how lucky I had gotten when I saw her at the airport in New York six months ago. "I love you," Bella mumbled quietly as she curled up against my chest and began to fall asleep. I repeated her words softly to her as my hand found the small of her back and I pulled her as close to me as I could, without being inside of her.

I laid awake for part of the evening, trying to think of ways to celebrate Christmas with her. Bella had told me repeatedly that Christmas was one of her favorite holidays and I desperately wanted to be with her. I knew Bella would suggest us celebrating here before we went away to Boston and Forks, but I already knew Rosalie was planning a party for all five of us and that Emmett was recruited to get a Christmas Tree for their dorm room. I slept restless for the remainder of the night, my mind working in over drive about the holidays. Christmas was quickly becoming my least favorite.

A/N: Just so everyone knows, the next chapter will be the last one in this story. Of course, I have already mentioned the sequel, so you guys don't have to stress to long about being away from Travelward and Bella.