Author's notes: YAYAY FAVORITE CHAPTER(is a loser)

Chapter Eight: Passing notes

Edward watched as his beautiful, dare he think it, fiancée fall asleep in his arms. He lowered his lips kissing her forehead gently. He sighed and waiting for the talking to begin, one of his favorite things she did, without realizing it.

It didn't take long, she began muttering Alice name, probably dreaming of tomorrow. But Charlie's name got thrown in a couple of times. And one point he was going to wake up, because it was like she was hyperventilating a little. But then she calmed down. Dream Alice probably helped her. He couldn't imagine what she was dreaming of until she began to mutter his name. It was quiet for a long time, he thought the speaking was over, so he looked around her room for a book to read. He would have to pick one up for others night. But he was caught in mid thought.

"Mmmm... Edward.. mmmmm..." he looked down, thinking she had awoken. But her eyes were shut tight and she had a straight face on.

"I do." she mutter finally. Edward beamed and kissed his sleeping beauty's lips. She smiled and cuddled into him. He pulled her close and watch as she fell into a deep sleep once again.

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As the light filtered through her curtains it hit her closed eyes, making them scrunch up tight against the glare. Yawning and stretching a little she felt his cold frame under her head and smiled, though before she opened she tried to remember if yesterday had actually happened or if it had been one of her more elaborate dreams.

The images flickered by behind her eyelids, too vivid and green for dreams, too absurd for reality. She took a deep breath, had she really agreed to marry her Romeo? A smile flickered across her lips as she realized that she had indeed, that she was now technically engaged to one Edward Cullen. Though she mentally cringed at the memory of what that meant, a big white wedding, Alice style.

Finally she opened her eyes, squinting against the light. Lifting herself into the sitting position she smiled stretching her neck a bit, she looked at Edward. Her.... fiancé, no she still couldn't use the word.

"Morning." She greeted him, knowing they didn't have long before he'd have to disappear to go and collect his car and change while she got ready for school.

He smiled at her. "Morning Mrs. Cullen. But the sounds of it, you had a wonderful dream." he whispered to her. She probably didn't remember the dream, but it was something he was soon not to forget.

"Careful with the Cullen talk Mr." She smiled. Then nodded slowly as he told her his plan for the immediate future. Edward shot her a grin.

"I let you sleep in a little this morning, I'll go pick up the car, deal with the family.." he smiled at her, thinking of last night. "and be back. Try talking some sense into Charlie about not killing me. He not pleased with me this morning." Edward said. He had heard Charlie's thoughts this morning about him, and how he was not enjoying another polite Edward Cullen morning. Of course he thought he was playing on for Charlie, just so he could date his daughter. Oh how wrong that man was. He leaned down and kissed her forehead, standing up now, waiting for an acknowledgment from her, to know she agreed with the plan.

"Why isn't he pleased with you?" What could Edward have done now? Besides sneak into her room every night, but Charlie didn't know about that, did he? She thought for a moment, running a hand through her hair, then looked back at him. Edward's smile frowned.

"He does not appreciate the whole running away from you and leaving you in a state.. I'm really sorry Bella." He said leaning down, wrapping his arms around her. He knew she could never accept his apology completely, what he did to her was wrong, he'd never be able to forgive himself. He got up slowly, looking at the time. She sighed as Edward explained, not that she hadn't already had a vague idea. Why couldn't her father just get over it? She shook her head slightly.

"Don't keep apologizing, you're here now." She said quietly. He shot her a smile.

"I have to go Bella, I'll be back shortly. I love you." He bent down, kissing her forehead before he got out of the window and bolted into the woods.

"Love you too." She smiled as he vanished out of her window. Climbing off the bed she grabbed a plain white vest top and some jeans before heading to the bathroom.

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Edward made it to the house in no time. He smiled, wondering if he should go to his room first or get bombarded. He sighed, knowing either way they were bombarding him. He decided to go through the front door. He opened the door, and even before he had a chance to say hello, the pixie girl came running, leaping on to Edward, embracing him in a hug.

"You did it! You did it! And thank you Edward, its going to be the best wedding ever!" Alice squealed. Edward laughed hugging her back and then pried her off him to see the rest of the family beaming at him. Esme was next with Carlisle, saying words of congratulations. Jasper and Emmett we next, patting his back and throwing a couple of punches, he laughed at everyone and then looked to Rosalie. She smiled a small smile to him and then walked over.

"Congrats." she said hugging his shoulder. The coolness was different about her. He absent-mindedly read her thoughts. He of course knew exactly what she was thinking before hand though. He knew she wasn't for the whole Bella becoming a vampire, but could she be a bit more happy for them? He looked at his family.

"I have to go get ready and pick up Bella, I'll see you guys later." He said, rushing up to his room. He got changed quickly and ran to the garage, grabbing his silver Volvo and zoomed to Bella's house.

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A few minutes later Bella was dressed, showered and ready to face Charlie. She headed down the stairs slowly and entered the kitchen.

"Morning." She greeted her dad, to which she got a mumbled greeting. Then as she prepared her cereal Charlie cleared his throat, never a good sign.

"Bells...."

"Yes dad?"

"You taking your truck to school today?" This was about as subtle as Charlie could manage.

"No, Edwards picking me up, like normal."

"Normal." Charlie scoffed, causing Bella to take a deep breath before speaking again.

"Yes, normal." Another deep breath. "Dad, please try to get along with Edward, or at least be civil. For me. He makes me happy."

"He made you very unhappy a few months ago."

"But not anymore." She sighed, finishing her cereal. She put her dish in the sink and turned back to Charlie, "I'll see you later Dad, have a good day." She smiled before heading back up to her room to grab her bag.

As she finished shoving her book for the day into her rucksack she glanced out of the window, there sat the silver Volvo. And leaning it against was Edward. Normal. She thought to herself with a smile as she pulled on her boots and headed for the stairs. She almost flew down them, grabbed her coat and opened the front door. She stepped out into the cool morning air, shutting the door quickly behind her, not giving Charlie any time for another conversation. She headed towards Edward.

"Hey. How's the family?" An innocent enough question, if she didn't know how Alice would've been when he finally got home.

Edward grinned as she walked up to him. "Well, as soon as I walked through the door, Alice leaped on me. Besides that, everyone was happy for us." he smiled. He didn't want to mention Rosalie, they would deal with her later. He opened the car door and turned to Bella, his golden eyes shimmering.

"After you." he said, waving his arm in the direction of the open door, like some chauffeur.

She smiled, but raised an eyebrow, "Everyone?" Bella knew Rosalie disliked her, not that she understood fully why, but Bella didn't think that Rose would be too happy about the pair of them getting engaged. But she climbed into the car smiling, glancing back towards the house, noticing the curtain falling back into place, Charlie. She sighed as she pulled her seatbelt on, always a requirement if Edward was driving, and waited for him to join her, it would take longer than usual as he had to at least act human around Charlie.

Edward smiled. "Everyone." he assured gently, watching her buckle her seat and turned the window. He closed the door and watched as the curtain close abruptly. He walked over to the drivers seat and opened the door, closing it behind him. He buckled up and looked at the window again, to see if Chief Swan was still watching. He pulled out into the road at a regular pace, but as soon as he could no longer hear Charlie's thoughts, he sped up a little. Rolling her eyes as Edward sped up she set her jaw. She wasn't going to say a word now, he knew she didn't like him driving fast. Not that he ever paid much attention to that fact. He looked over at Bella and grinned gently.

He pulled up into Forks High School a few minutes later, pulling up next to Emmett's truck. Jasper had drove Alice to school today, since he went to pick up Bella. Alice was very eager, Jasper was holding her shoulder, smiling.

Alice looked about ready to burst. As Edward parked, Bella sighed, "I think I'll stay in the car." She muttered, knowing that regardless she was about to suffer Alice's joy. Jasper smiled at her and Alice was beaming. As Edward opened her door for her she stepped out. Looking into his eyes for a moment, as if searching for the strength to turn around and face Alice. She bit her lip and walked around the Volvo towards the others. Bracing herself.

Alice nearly jumped on Bella, but restrained herself enough just to hug her. Bella laughed slightly. Edward placed his hand on the back of his neck, hearing the thoughts of the other students wondering why his sister was so happy to see Bella. Some just thought because they were all back now. Others didn't understand. He walked to Bella's side and wrapped an arm around her. Jasper stood behind his little pixie and pulled her off Bella, whispering to her to calm herself and wait while no one was looking, and took a deep breath as Jasper pulled her off. It was easy to forget just how strong the little, pale girl could be, just as it was with the rest of the, except Emmett of course. She slid her arm round Edwards waist as her laid his arm around her. Edward laughed as his sister and kissed the top of Bella's head.

It was just another, normal, school day. If you ignored Alice's obvious hyperactivity. Not an easy thing when it foreshadowed an even bigger outburst later, when they were all alone. Bella sighed slightly at the thought, but her smile didn't waver, she was happy. So was Edward, that's all that was important. Not the looks from the rest of the school.

The bell rang. Edward looked up as the students of FHS headed to their first class. He sighed, English was their first class. He and Bella just passed notes all class while Mr. Wayne blathered on about literary devices. English was Edward's easiest subject, as was it Bella's, so they barely paid attention. Mr. Wayne was too frighten to tell Edward Cullen to pay attention any ways, and with the grades he was getting, he didn't really need to pay attention. It was just the same thing over and over again, English hadn't changed since the early 1970's. No wonder most kids feel asleep in English class. Edward looked down at Bella.

"Shall we go then?" he asked Bella, glaring down Mike Newton as he did. Mike was of course starring at Bella and him, surprised and disgusted at the fact that Edward was back and that Bella had taken him back so easily. Edward's glared burrowed into Mike's head, making him turn away from they from the pressure. Shame on him for staring at them, especially with that grossed out face he had implanted on his face.

"Yeah, I guess we should, when you stop glaring at my friends." She sighed shaking her head slightly. It was common knowledge that Mike didn't like her and Edward's relationship, but he was usually ok about it, around her at least. Well he had been, until Edward had left. Now it seemed like Mike couldn't stand him again. She slid her backpack over her shoulder and smiled at Edward.

"Come on, we best not be late." She said heading towards the building.

Edward sighed as Bella walked off towards the building, touching his fingers against hers, a blank expression on his face. She looked up at him, his smile faltering a bit at his blank expression. He smiled down at her as they entered the school and headed to English class, trying to prove to her he was alright. He took his seat near the back and pulled Bella's out her, waiting for her to take his spot next to him. He pulled out a piece of paper from the desk and quickly wrote a small note. He slid it on her desk and looked down at it, raising his eye brow. The note read:

I'll lay off Newton when he lays off me. He was glaring at me, so I glared back. I thought we were having a staring competition.

She slid into her seat beside Edward, getting her books out, at least she tried to look as if she was going to pay attention in class. She watched as Edward quickly wrote a note and slid it over to her. As she read it she sighed and rolled her eyes, taking her pen out.

Let him glare. Who cares? What is it about boys and passive aggressive behavior? If it's not you arguing with Jacob you're glaring at Mike. Seriously, why do teenage boys take so long to grow up?

She smiled slightly at her choice of words as she passed the piece of paper back to Edward, her eyes glancing up at him, though she made sure her face still pointed towards the teacher.

Edward sighed as he read the note. He wrote back quickly.

Its just friendly competition Bella. And I'm winning, right?

He grinned as he passed the note back. He looked up at the teacher as he slowly wrote out some important terms on the board. Ones he already had memorized from years ago. He sighed, he could already tell this go going to be an extra boring English class. He listen to the thoughts of some of his classmates, surprised he was back and how Bella acted as if nothing happened. Some of the girls pitied her, thinking that she was doomed. Others were mad, knowing that there was no chance now that he was back. He smirked and leaned back in his seat.

As Edward read their classmates thoughts, she read the note and shook her head a little once more. She wrote her reply:

Friendly? And right at this moment in time it's debatable as to whether or not you're winning Edward. Please just try and be nice. For me.

She smiled slightly as she passed the note back, then copied some of the things off the board into her notebook, she'd covered all this back in Phoenix. She rested her head in her hand, her elbow resting on the table. Her other hand ran through her hair, her fingers idly twisting strands around themselves.

Edward smiled as she played with his hair. He glanced down at the note, reading it swiftly through twice. He hung his head backwards, thinking for a moment. His head shot back and began to write again. He passed the note back.

I promise I'll be nice. For you. Also, Alice wants to know if you are going to come to the house after school. I can hear her all the way in chemistry.

She watched his movements for a moment then waited for his reply, as he passed it to her she read it and smiled. her fingers left her hair and picked up her pen as she scrawled a response.

Thank you. And as for me coming to yours tonight... well that depends on whether or not you actually manage to be nice today. And how hyperactive Alice is going to be.

She smiled up at him as she passed the note back, setting the pen down her hand returned to play with her hair. The light catching it as it moved around her fingers.

Edward smiled as she replaced her hand back in his hair and read over the note. He picked up his pen and thought for a moment, thinking quickly and began scribbling.

I can say right now that I will be on my best behavior today. I'll have a talk with Alice, and make sure she doesn't go berserk for you.

He smiled and passed back the note, placing his hand on Bella's leg, rubbing it gently. He felt Mr. Wayne look for a second, but looked back to the board right away, before anyone noticed. Edward smiled, he loved how the teacher didn't say anything to him and his family, but if it was any other student he would flip out.

She held back a laugh as Mr Wayne looked at them, decided to say nothing and went back to the board. She looked at the note and smiled, a tingle flying through her as she felt his cold hand on her leg. Picking up her pen she bit the end lightly as she thought how to phrase her reply.

I'm glad to hear it. As for Alice, be nice to her as well, she's allowed to be excited. After all she's had to put up with you for nearly a century. And you're not always the easiest person to be around. I'll come round to yours, but we can't get back too late. Charlie won't be pleased.

She smiled and passed the note back to him. Her hand dropped the pen quietly onto the desk before joining his on her leg, entwining their fingers. Her eyes flashed to his face once more, and she smiled widely.

Edward smiled, and squeezed her hand looking down at the note. He read through it quickly and looked at her, his face grew from an unamused face into a grin, he couldn't help by smile. He looked down at the note and quickly scribbled something down. He thought for a moment then wrote something down, pushing the note to her.

Neither are you sometimes, but we have eternity to work that out. Alice thanks you. She's excited for tonight, something about how she's been unable to get you away from me since we've gotten back.

It helped that he taught himself to be ambidextrous, his hand never left Bella's.

She almost laughed out loud when she read his reply. She looked at him and glared playfully. Unfortunately, Bella wasn't ambidextrous, so she pried her hand from his and picked up her pen. She paused for a moment.

If I'm so difficult to live with, are you still sure you want to marry me? I'll tell her she's welcome later. And as for getting me away from you, it's kind of difficult at school, what with you being in practically every class with me. And it's not like I've been at yours much. She'll understand. But if she starts rabbiting on about wedding stuff, you may end up with only one sister.

She laughed slightly and passed the note back to Edward, her hand finding his again. His cold skin making her smile slightly.

Edward held his laugh as he looked down at Bella's response. He squeezed her hand as she placed it back in his. He picked up his pen once again and quickly wrote back a response.

Bella, there are a few reasons why I want to marry you. One being that I love you, and you love me and that's what people do when they are love. Two being that I want to make it official that we belong to each other forever. And three, you aren't difficult to live with. Actually, your quite the opposite, I look forward for us living together. I'm sure it will be a never dull moment. I know, she's just has to understand that we can't be apart now. Terrible, I know. And I'm sure Jasper will be sad, but he'll understand over time.

She grinned as she read his response, once again her hand had to leave his as she wrote her response.

Well there's never been a dull moment so far in our relationship, has there? Lets see if I'm not being hunted by James, I'm hanging out with my werewolf best friend, or running off to Italy to stop my boyfriend being an idiot. Oh yeah and I regularly spend my free time in a house swarming with vampires. No dull moments there. Maybe he would be. Best not kill Alice then. Shame.

She sighed as she wrote the last word, though there was a smile on her face as she passed the note back. Her hand remained occupied with her pen this time, twisting it around her fingers, seemingly without thinking about it.

He smiled crookedly as she wrote. As she pushed over to her to him, he began to read, a surge a pain rushed through him. All those things were his fault. James went after Bella because Edward. She was forced to hang out with the werewolf because Edward left her. And she went to Italy because he believed she died. Okay, so the last one was half her fault to, stupid girl getting into danger. He pulled the sheet over to him and began to write fiercely.

All those things were my fault. James came after you because of me. You hung out with the dog because I ran away from you. And the last one was because I thought you died. I told you before, I can`t live in a world were you don't exist. I swear, if you go cliff jumping again I'll be right behind you to carry you out of the water and then.. well I don't know what I would do then, probably freak out with you.

As she finished reading what he'd written she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and bit her bottom. She also counted to ten. She couldn't start shouting at him in the middle of class. Composing herself she opened her eyes and started writing, exhaling slowly before her breathing resumed its usual pace.

Edward Cullen. Only one of those things was your fault, and even that was mostly my fault. James would've come after me regardless, you kept me alive! I would've spent time with Jake regardless, its really hard to avoid the son of your dad's best friend you know. (And I thought you were being nice today, that includes Jacob.) And, yeah, you ran off to Italy to try and get the Volturi to kill you, but only because I jumped off a cliff, because I couldn't do what was best for me at the time and let go. Though I'm not gonna take all the credit there, you were an idiot, a complete and utter idiot and if you ever do anything that stupid again.... I don't care what happens to me, you are staying alive. Forever. Ok? As for cliff jumping, I think I'll live without ever doing that again. I'm over the extreme sports.

She sighed as she passed him the note, though she set her pen down and rested her hand on his once again. Her fingers twisting around his. She wasn't angry, just annoyed at his constantly blaming himself for things that weren't his fault.

He sighed and pulled over her message, reading through it carefully. He picked up his pen and began to write.

Bella Swan. You were just barely alive. I nearly killed you that night. And Jacob, he and I are mortal enemies. We have been ever since we met his great grandfather almost seventy years ago. I'm sorry I'm so mean to him. But, its hard sometimes. I'll try being nicer. And I'm glad you have decided against the extreme sports, it gives me some relief.

As she read the note she was careful not display any of the annoyance that was coursing through her body. She slowly untangled their fingers and picked up a pen.

If you hadn't of done what you did then I would've either died or changed. And since you really didn't want the second option to happen you did what you had to. If you don't start accepting the fact that I'm grateful for what you did, I'm going to get extremely annoyed! I'll repeat, you saved my life! Mortal enemies? More like a rock and a hard place which I'm caught between. Both of you make things very difficult for me you know. What with all this hating each other. He's my best friend. You are my fiance. It hurts me that you two are so ready to hurt each other! Please, try to understand, Jacob was there for me. It's not his fault he's a werewolf. Just like it's not your fault you're a vampire. And like it's not my fault that I love you both! I need both of you in my life. Can you understand that?

She slid the paper over to him. Her right hand a fist, covered by her open left hand as her elbows rested on the desk. She rested her chin on her hands, closing her eyes and breathing steadily, though it was taking some effort to do so.

Edward watched as she replied to the note, noticing the tension. He looked at her worryingly as she passed back the note. He bit his lip and looked down at it, reading it thoroughly. He picked up his pen and quickly wrote back.

Bella, I'm am sorry, this is so selfless of me. I'll try, I really will try, for you.

He pushed it back to her, a sad look in his eye. He would really try for Bella, but he wasn't sure she would let her go off by Jacob by herself again, he didn't want her to end you like Emily.

She sighed, exhaling all of her annoyance and anger at the same time, as she read his note, her fist relaxed and she picked up the pen again.

Thank you. That's all I ever ask.

She smiled slightly as she passed the note back. Her hand resting on his thigh. She was sure he'd try, but not quite as convinced that he'd succeed. Not that Jake would even bother trying to be nice to Edward if she asked, he enjoyed the possibility of fighting Edward far too much. Now as for her going to La Push anytime soon.... No she wasn't about to push it.

Edward watched as she placed a hand on his thigh. He looked down at the note, read it quickly. He turned to her and smiled crookedly, place his hand on hers, taking it in his and gave a gentle squeeze. He knew that Bella thought he was the grown up in this situation between him and Jacob, he would easily forgive him if Bella asked him, just for her. But he knew Jacob would hold a grudge, and might release that grudge on to her. That is why he didn't want her to go see Jacob, he knew the chances of her getting her hurt over there. And with Victoria still preying on her, he didn't want Bella out of his sight until she was destroyed. He couldn't trust Jacob, not to protect his fiancee. The only one he trusted Bella with was his family.

She smiled at him as the bell rang signaling the end of class. She sighed and took her hand back for his, closing her notepad and sliding it into her bag. Her pen was tossed carelessly in after it. Zipping the bag shut she dumped it on the desk, rising from her seat she pulled her jacket off the back of her seat and pulled it on.

Picking up her bag once more and pulling it onto her shoulder she looked at Edward and smiled again, "Shall we go?" This had been a highly productive lesson in her eyes, maybe not quite in the way Mr. Wayne had intended, but certainly in an important way.

Edward smiled stand up and reaching for her hand as they walked out of English class. He looked back at Mr. Wayne and smiled. He had a look, and he knew exactly what it was. He couldn't be they intensity of his and Bella's relationship after him just returning and leave her in a state. He held back the pain for a moment of remembering the woods day and remembered why their relationship was so intense. He had asked her to marry him yesterday, and she surprisingly said yes. He was sure though, in a few days, that would all change. She'd realize what she's done and be like "Not now Edward." He sighed and looked down at her and smiled. "What do we, or you, have next?" he asked.

Author's notes: I liked the whole beginning where Bella talks in her dream and the note passing. I had Edward's font in pretty script but of course it won't let me do it on here, so you're going have to use your imagination there. Another update later today.