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CHAPTER 18

I suddenly stopped my pacing and looked at him. As I watched, he pulled something small from his pocket, got down on one knee, took my hand, and looked up at me. "Isabella Marie Swan, I love you more than anything else in the world, all that I am and all that I have is yours. I don't know where we'll be in a year, or ten, or a hundred, but I want to spend those years with you. Will you marry me?" he said so sweetly that I would have been sobbing if I could.

As it was I smiled so brightly I was sure it rivaled the sun, and nodded, "yes Emmett, yes! I love you so much! Of course I'll marry you!"

He stood up and took me in his arms, twirling us around as I held on to his neck. After a moment, he set me down and opened the tiny box he was holding. I gasped when I saw the ring.

It was beautiful with one large diamond nestled in between two smaller ones. There were tiny crystals surrounding these three, all of it set into a silver band. When I inspected it closer, I noticed that the words Yours Until I Die were etched into the band.

"Oh Emmett!" I gasped. "It's gorgeous!"

"It matches the owner then," he whispered. When I looked up at him, he was looking down at me with love and adoration practically leaping out at me.

"I love you so much," I whispered back, kissing him passionately.

"I love you too," he replied when we broke apart.

Suddenly I giggled.

"What?" he asked, smiling.

"Alice will be so mad that she wasn't here to watch this," I said, giggling some more.

"Alice didn't know anything about this," Emmett replied confidently.

I shook my head, "no, she knew. She told me that day we went dress shopping. That's why I was mad at her, because she wouldn't tell me when you'd do it. And now she wasn't even here! I wonder why she didn't see it," I mused aloud.

"Maybe because I hadn't planned on doing this tonight," he replied. "It was kind of spur of the moment…"

I knew I looked surprised. "But, you had the ring and everything…"

"Yeah, because I was going to propose. But it wasn't supposed to be tonight. I was going to take you to dinner and ask you then…"

"Well, I think this is much more romantic," I replied, wrapping my arms around his waist. "I mean, we're at a fancy ball, I've just chosen you, the knight, over the prince. It's just like a fairy tale. Thank you so much for making my life complete Emmett."

"No, thank you."

I decided not to repeat it again and instead just wrapped one arm around his waist so we could go back inside. As I was expecting, Alice came up to us right away, looking very happy.

"Oh my gosh!" she squealed hugging me. "This is so exciting! Please, please let me plan the wedding!" she pleaded.

I smiled at her, "alright Alice, but nothing too crazy," I replied. Then my face fell a little, "well, really it can't be crazy, because I'm supposed to be dead remember?"

The rest of the family had followed Alice over and seemed just as happy for us, all except Edward, who was glaring at us. "Actually Bella, no one needs to know anything. You forget that people try to stay away from us, and so they won't just show up at our house. And Charlie already knows and I'm sure he won't tell anyone about it. I'm sorry to say that you're other friends won't be able to come, but…it's something we have to give up in order to live lives like ours," Carlisle said.

"I'm going to invite Jake too," I replied.

The Cullen's exchanged a glance. "Bella, I don't know if that's a good idea," Carlisle said hesitantly. "Werewolves and us, we don't really mix…"

"I don't care, I'm inviting him. Jake is one of my best friends and I want him to be there."

Carlisle nodded in resignation. "We're very happy for you both by the way," he added, hugging us then moving aside so the rest of the family could congratulate us.

"Thank you all," I replied for us both as I took a step back and felt Emmett wrap an arm around my waist.

"Have you decided on a date?" Rose asked. Even though Edward was being a jerk about things, Rose and I were actually coming to like each other and she sounded almost as excited about the wedding as Alice.

"Um, no, we…Emmett just asked me outside. We haven't really talked about it…" I replied, caught a little off guard.

"Oh, well, if you need any help I'll totally be there for you Bella."

"Thanks Rose, you'll probably be spending a lot of time with Alice then, because I told her she could plan it…"

"Wonderful!" Rose said and I couldn't tell if she was genuinely happy about this or if she was being sarcastic because she knew how Alice got when she was planning big events like this.

"Yes, I think it will be quite a wedding," I replied, not exactly sure what I was supposed to say.

"I'm sure it will be, with you and Emmett as the guests of honor, and Alice planning it. I think it might just be the best wedding imaginable. I mean, you look stunning tonight, I almost wonder how you can be any more beautiful for your wedding, but I know that you will be," Rose replied with a compliment I had never expected from her.

"Thanks Rose."

Carlisle's head jerked around suddenly, just as the main door to the building burst open. I gasped when two men, both with dark complexions and long black hair came in. They looked around almost frantically before their eyes fell on us and they came toward us.

"Jacob?" I asked. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Bella, it's, it's Charlie!" Jacob burst out.

I felt almost icy from dread and my breathing sped up. "What, what's happened?" I asked quietly, fearing his answer.

"He, we found his squad car a few miles from town. Bella, he's gone. We looked for him, but we didn't find anything. He just disappeared."

"What do you mean you found his car? Where is he?" I asked softly, overcome with grief.

"It, it was in the ravine, we think he went off the road…we don't know where he is Bella, he wasn't there when we found the car. We have the rest of the guys looking still but we thought we should come tell you," he replied, his voice as full of pain as mine. When he said "we" I finally noticed who his companion was. Sam Uley looked the same as ever, though he did seem to be admiring me more than he should have, or perhaps more than I thought he would be.

"I need to find him, take me there Jake," I said, already moving.

I didn't register Carlisle making our excuses. I didn't notice the rest of the family trialing behind us. I didn't realize that I was still wearing a tight fitting, backless emerald ball gown. All I knew was that my father was in trouble and needed me.

Almost right outside the building, Jake and Sam changed into werewolves and bounded into the forest, me and the Cullens on their tails. Ten minutes later, they pulled to an abrupt halt at the edge of the ravine. Without a second thought or a register of Emmett's yell of my name, I leapt over the edge and down into the darkness.