Author's notes: I had to cut a lot of things from this, because it would of gone on forever.

Chapter Twelve: Accomplishment.

When Edward arrive at his home, after leaving Bella's and asking if he could get his blessing from Charlie, which he agree to, he noticed the note left on the work bench.

Edward,

Alice had a vision about Charlie. Congratulations. I'm glad he didn't shoot you or something. It would be hard to explain why you didn't die. Jasper and me set up the bed in your room. Get some action now. Oh, and we've got your stag planned out. We'll tell you in person.

Your 'big brother',

Emmett

Edward smiled at the note and quickly found a pen next to it. He quickly wrote on the back.

Emmett,

Thanks. I'm gone to Bella's for the night, see you tomorrow.

Your 'little brother',

Edward.

Even though Edward was technically older then Emmett, he looked older, so if anyone asked, Emmett was a year older then him. He grinned and placed the note back down in the same place as before. He took off into the forest. He needed to make a small hunt first.

A few minutes later, Edward returned the Swan residence. He listened to hear Charlie's snores. Good. He listened to Bella's voice finish the conversation and hang up. He was in her room in a flash. His smile grew wide and waited for a reaction from Bella.

"...thanks mum... Yeah... I love you too. Bye." After Bella finished up the conversation with her mother she replaced the handset in the cradle and leant back in her seat, in a slight state of shock. Renee isn't angry. She thought in disbelief. Running a hand though her hair she smiled. In her shock she hadn't noticed Edward's arrival.

She rose from her seat and turned towards the window. She gasped slightly as her eyes came to rest on her fiancé. Her hand shot to her heart and she took half a step backward.

"Jeeze Edward. You nearly gave me a heart attack, and I can think of better ways for you to do that." She laughed lightly walking over to him, taking his hands in hers.

Edward smiled. and walked towards her as she did. "Sorry love, I didn't mean to startle you, just didn't want to interrupt you conversation with your mother." he said, taking her hand in his.

"You just need to learn to be more heavy footed!" She laughed as he took her hand.

"So, I spoke to Renee." She said quietly, looking into Edwards eyes, a small smile on her lips. "She can't wait to help Alice plan everything." She grinned, laughing slightly again.

"That's great Bella. Like I said, there is nothing stopping us now." he whispered in her ear. He put her hands on his shoulders and wrapped his arms around her waist.

Her fingers interlocked at the back of his neck as he whispered in her ear. "Nothing except my clumsiness." She grinned, "You know I'm going to trip before I make it down the aisle!" she laughed lightly.

Edward laughed with her, but a soft smile grew on his face then. "So I hear you want another way to get a heart attack, correct?" he cooed before he leaned down, crashing their lips together.

She moved her body slightly closer to his as he spoke again, and as their lips met her heart pounded in her chest and her breath faltered. "That's much better." She whispered between kisses, smiling.

Edward grinned as he kissed her. "You'll be fine, you'll probably be so nervous all you'll be thinking about is one foot after the other." he whispered, gently kissing her again. He pulled back for a moment, and stared at her. Her eyes were magnificent, her heart shape face glowed and her cheeks were a bright rosy colour. Her fingers playing with his hair as he pulled away, a slight blush rising in her cheeks as he stared at her, she really hated it when he did that. Edward smiled crookedly down at her.

"You sure you want to do this, your not just doing this to make me happy, are you?"

As he spoke she rolled her eyes, "I want to do this Edward. The fact that it makes you happy is an amazing bonus." She laughed slightly before kissing him again, then whispering against her lips she added one simple sentence, without stumbling over any of the words.

"I want to be your wife." Her lips joined with his once more.

Edward smiled softly as she gave him words of reassurance. He wrapped his arms her softly again, his fingers gently tracing her arm.

"Good." he whispered across her lips. "Because I want to be your husband." he whispered again. She closed her eyes momentarily as he said the word 'husband'. She still struggled with the words, but she smiled at him anyway.

He lifted her into his arms, cradling her, walking at a slow pace towards her bed. Her arms tightened round his neck as he lifted her into his arms. He laid her down gently and sat besides her. Her fingers ran gently down his cheekbones and along his cold lips. His hand moved to her ring finger, playing with the ring gently and smiled as he twirled it on her finger. As she watched his hand play with the ring she grinned, moving her hand so their fingers entwined.

"After nearly a hundred years of waiting, I'm finally going to get married. This is a big accomplishment for myself." he mused.

"Well done you." She laughed moving her face closer to his and kissing him gently before pulling away. She bit her lip slightly as she thought about his words, "It doesn't seem fair." She mused quietly.

Edward slid down beside her, wrapping his arm around her, into his cold grip. She moved her body gently into his as he slid down beside her and wrapped her in his arms. His placed his head in her hair and closed his eyes for a moment. He took in her scent and then thought about what she said so quietly. She must of forgotten he could hear everything. He moved his head over to her shoulder, his mouth on her ear.

"What's not fair?" he whispered, kissing her ear gently. She shivered slightly as his cold breath tickled her skin as he spoke.

"It's not fair that you've waited so long for this, and I seem to get it so easily. Not only have you waited for so long, every moment you spend with me hurts you. Whereas every moment I spend without you hurts me. Like I said, it just doesn't seem fair." She shrugged slightly, her fingers playing around the collar of his shirt, her eyes fixed on them as she bit her lower lip slightly.

Edward laughed quietly and squeeze Bella. "Bella darling, its not your fault you were born a couple of decades after me. Thinking back to it, I don't really mind the wait, now that I see the prize." he gently kissed her neck, smiling gently down at her. She rolled her eyes as he started talking, still unable to accept the fact that she, Isabella Swan, was worth waiting a century for

"And its hurting me less and less now. I'm used to the smell of your blood, I don't feel like sticking my teeth into your neck anymore. Another accomplishment by me." he whispered, kissing her neck again, proving a point. She laughed lightly as he explained how the effects of her blood had diminished slightly, mainly though her laugh was about the ease with which Edward mentioned the fact that he had once wanted to stick his teeth in her neck, and the ease with which she had accepted that.

"And if you want, I can stay with you all the time, I'll get Jasper or Emmett-- Jasper to hunt whatever and bring it to me, I'll get my food and be back." he said hugging her gently. If he knew it hurt him so much when he left her, he would try to do it less and less now, to make the pain no existent. Edward would not have Bella hurt anymore.

When he started about not going hunting she sighed slightly, "Edward I'm perfectly capable of surviving without you for a few hours while you hunt. You're not asking Jasper, or Emmett, or anyone else for that matter, to go hunting for you. And besides it's more fun having you make up for being away." She smiled kissing his lips lightly.

Edward smiled as he kissed her, but pulled away for a moment, raising a finger to her lips before she could protest. "I know you do. By the way, I've only just started to make up for my big leave." he said. He moved his finger away from her lips and place it on her back as he leaned down, their lips met and her kissed her passionately.

Her lips pouted under his finger as he pulled away, but her eyes stayed on his. She laughed slightly as he spoke, "Oh really?" She grinned as he kissed her again, her eyes closing as the kiss continued.

He rubbed her back gently as he did. He smiled, enjoying the moments as their lips touched. His cold hands sending tingles down her spine as they moved along her back, her hands moved from the back of his neck, one resting on his cheek the other on his chest. He slowly began to move his lips over to her cheek and down to her neck. He kissed along her collarbone, and waited for her heart to stop racing. As his lips moved from hers and towards her neck however, her heart, instead of calming down, raced faster. Her breaths became shallower, as his cold, gentle lips moved along her collarbone. Though the hand which rested on his cheek guided his face back towards hers, their lips meeting again as she kissed him passionately.

Edward couldn't stop himself. He knew he should stop, she could get hurt. But he couldn't, knowing that this would be making up a lot for what he had missed. His lips met her again and his hand moved to her cheek, his cold hand felt like melting as it touched her warm cheek. It was soft as a lamb's wool, he could let his hand leave her cheek. His other arm pulled her gently onto his body. Her body seemed to warm his cold one, sending it through a fire as she kissed back. He didn't protest, he like the feel of human warmth. His hand left her cheek and found its way to her hair, pulling gently on a few strands as he continued to push his lips to hers.

Her heart raced in her chest, her breaths became even more shallow as their kiss continued. Finally she had to pull apart for a moment to take a breath, the oxygen flooding into her lungs. She smiled at him, still taking slightly deep breaths into her body. She hated her humanity in that moment, her stupid need for oxygen had broken the moment. A moment she wasn't sure he'd let happen again, when he was out of it. Edward was far too sensible sometimes. But she consoled herself with the thought that soon, she wouldn't need to stop to breathe. She wouldn't be as breakable, so he wouldn't need to stop. Another moment and she kissed his lips lightly again.

Edward let out a heavy sigh as she pulled away. He had gotten carried away, as he did sometimes. He was grateful Bella needed air, because he probably wouldn't come back to if she didn't have to breathe. He chuckled quietly as she kissed him once again, he kissed back, but not as passionately. He pulled away again and sighed gently, rubbing her cheek with the back of her fingers.

"If you didn't have to breathe just then, I probably wouldn't of stopped." he whispered, pulling her gently to his chest. He knew she would take that as a bad thing, but he was frighten he would end up killing her before she became indestructible. He sighed again, a sigh of relief now. He couldn't wait for that, not worry about crushing he fragile body. He wasn't looking forward to her being stronger then him though, and the fact that she was giving up her soul just to be with him. That what he found unfair about the whole situation. He wouldn't let her know that though.

"I know." She muttered sourly. Stupid lungs. Stupid Oxygen. She thought to herself, chewing on the inside of her cheek slightly. His fingers traced absent minded patterns on his chest through his shirt. Her head tilted to one side as she looked at him, a smile flashing across her face. She wouldn't have to wait for the blinding agony of the change before they got too carried away. That was her single, solitary demand when she'd agreed to marry him. A human honeymoon. She bit her bottom lip slightly, before she kissed him gently again, before resting her chin on her hands which laid on his chest.

Edward held her to his chest and closed his eyes. He began to hum her song and turn her so she was on her bed once again. Once he got through it, he face filled with wondering, trying to remember something. His eyes opened quickly, remembering of her tell him about her nightmares. "Bella." he whispered quietly, hoping he didn't wake her. He was sure she wasn't asleep yet, it was only early.

She'd closed her eyes and allowed him to move her back onto the bed, shuffling her body into his. "Yes Edward?" She responded to his question, wondering what was on his mind now. If it was yet another question about whether or not she was sure she wanted to marry him, she had half a mind to tell him that she had actually changed her mind. Not that she'd mean it, but it might shush him for a while. She turned her face to look at him, her eyes quickly scanning over his angular face and ending on those golden, soft amber eyes.

Edward smiled back as she looked into his eyes, he looked down into her big chocolate brown eyes and smiled. He lifted his hand to the bottom on her chin and held it in his hand, making sure she wouldn't move. He couldn't resist to give her a small peck on the lips. "Sorry, I couldn't resist." he explained.

"You never have to apologize for kissing me Edward." She laughed.

"What I wanted to ask though, have you had any nightmares since I've returned, I remember you telling me about having them before I came back, but have you had any since?" he asked, letting go of her chin, moving it towards her hair, wrapping a few strands around his finger gently

Her smile faded slightly as he asked about her nightmares. She frowned slightly as she thought about his question, "No. No nightmares as such. Why?" She asked wondering why he was asking her this, curiosity filling her face.

Edward sighed. He was afraid of the answered. "I was hoping there would be. This probably means they are going to come back every time I leave now." he cuddled into her.

"I was going to go to North California this weekend with Jasper, Emmett and Carlisle. They are apparently having a bad mountain lion problem. But if your going to have nightmares again, maybe I shouldn't go too far. A mountain lion from Forks is just as good as a Northern California one." he whispered cuddling her into his chest again. He wouldn't let Bella go through any pain anymore, well any pain that wasn't necessary. He make a short day trip to the mountains and find some, get enough to last him and then come back before Bella went to sleep. That way there would be no chance of the nightmares, or pain.

"Edward." She sighed quietly. "Go with the rest of them. Enjoy yourself. I'll be fine. Honest." He could be infuriating at times. But as Alice had pointed out he did have a tendency to be a tad over-protective. But if he was away this weekend then that meant she could take a trip down to La Push. She could see Jacob. Her smile came back to her face.

"Besides, I'm going to be working this weekend, I'll have plenty to occupy myself with." Well, that at least was true, she was working this weekend. As for occupying herself, her motorbike hadn't been ridden in a while...

"You sure?" Edward asked as he nestled into Bella once again. "And that's good. At least you don't have to think about me while your gone. You'll be to busy." he replied in a way that he knew she would understand that he meant it in a good way. He would have to get that Porsche sooner then this weekend then, he needed Alice to babysit Bella while he was gone. He was sure she would try to go off to La Push. He sighed a quiet sigh and gently stroked her hair, humming her lullaby gently as he did.

"I'm positive." She laughed, running her fingers gently up and down his arms. She looked up into his eyes, "I'll still be thinking about you." She smiled.

"I can't help but think about you, whatever I'm doing. But I'd rather think of you off having a good time with your family, than stuck near Forks because you feel guilty about the past few months." She spoke softly, watching her fingers as she finished speaking.

Edward gently pulled her closer, moving her head down to her shoulder again. "Again. I am sorry. I know, I'll stop for tonight, but I will never forgive myself for what I did to you." he whispered. He stroked her back for a moment the pulled away from her, looking down at her heart shaped face. He smiled softly and lowered his lips onto hers. He pulled back shortly after and his smile became crooked.

Never. That word had more meaning when you knew just how long Edward would be able to berate himself for this. "Edward..." She sighed, she wasn't about to start an argument tonight. Not after everything she'd one today.

"So, what now?" he asked. He was well aware she wasn't ready for sleep yet. She hadn't gotten a full night's sleep since he had gotten back, he was sure it was unhealthy for her.

"Now?" She smiled looking up at him. Holding her head up off the bed slightly she pressed her lips to his. "I have no idea." She laughed, once again her lips found his, though they were more passionate this time. Her arms snaked around his neck her fingers drawing circles on the cool skin on his neck.

Edward smiled gently as she kissed him. His hand made its way to the her hips, puling them closer to his. "Apparently you do." he whispered lightly, a soft laugh escaped his lips before he placed them back. He would make sure he wouldn't lose himself again, he was sure he was going to. Her beauty, her smell, her lips, they were to hard to resist. He heard her heart racing again and came back. He moved his lips away from hers and placed his head on her heart and smiled.

"Its beating faster then a humming bird's wings. I'd better stop for a moment, I wouldn't want our hearts to break on us." he whispered, laughing. Our hearts. He said that because he had told her once that he had given his dead heart to her, for her to keep. If her heart died, so would his, well, he would. He kept his ear to her heart, listening intently to it

"Don't worry, no heart attacks are pending." She grinned, kissing the top of his head. Edward let out a laugh. He pulled away a moment later and looked into Bella's eyes. They were spectacular, one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. Better then the seven wonders of the earth. He raised his hand gently to her cheek and smiled crookedly. He sighed gently and pulled her into his arms.

"Bella darling, are you ever going to get a good night's sleep?" he asked, laughing gently. His finger slid to the back of her neck and gently traced a figure eight back and forth.

"I will this weekend when there's nothing better to do." She smiled at him, another shiver flying down her spine as his icy finger drew patterns on the warm skin on the back of her neck. She looked into his eyes, almost losing herself in the now warm golden irises. But, she was dragged back out of them by the need to blink.

"Do you know what? Anyone would think you prefer me asleep to awake, the amount of time you spend trying to get me asleep." She laughed, kissing his lips gently.

Edward kissed her back gently. "I'm just looking out for your well being darling." he said, shifting in his arms gently.

"Sleep, my Bella. Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep, my only love." he whispered in her ear, trying to send her off to sleep. He slowly hummed her lullaby, hoping she would finally drift off to sleep. But he knew Bella too well, and was sure she would protest.

"But I'm not tired." she protest turning to him. She looked up at him, and it was hard for him not to notice the perfect curls, the perfect heart shaped face, the soft rosy cheeks and of course, the wondrous big brown eyes.

"Bella Swan, you are very beautiful." he said quietly. "And I love you." he said, staring lovingly into her eyes.

"Edward Cullen, you are a pathological liar, I swear. But I love you too. More than you'll ever know." She grinned her hand running back up his cheek and into her hair as her lips crushed themselves onto his, almost as if they were hungry for the cooling effect his skin understandably had on hers.

"Liar?" Edward laughed. "Bella darling, you're the most beautiful person I have ever met. More then any vampire I know as well. Don't you say I'm a liar for saying you are beautiful. I'll agree with anything else, but really, you are truly beautiful. And I love you more. Your love for me is like one tree in my forest." he laughed and gently shoved his face into her hair. He smelled her sweet scent and his body relaxed again, as it always did when he smelt her. It was his heroine, after all.

"I only tell you you're a liar when you lie, Edward." She laughed, her hand running from his hair down the back of his neck, down his arm and ended drawing swirls and other random patterns across the skin of his palm.

"You can't know that Edward. I love you more. So there!" She laughed kissing him lightly once more, though when he'd said she was the most beautiful person he'd ever met one image in particular had swum into view in her mind. The most beautiful woman she'd ever laid eyes on, Rosalie.

She sighed slightly at the thought that appeared with the image, and not for the first time, why did Edward seem indifferent to Rose's beauty when every other person on the planet who was not madly in love, and sometimes even then, couldn't deny it?

"What's wrong Bella? Tell me what you are thinking about." he asked her, tilting his head gently, his eyebrow raised.

"Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking about..." She swallowed slightly, then smiled knowing how odd her thought would seem, "...about Rosalie, actually." She laughed slightly as she looked into his face, worried as usual.

Edward sighed and shook his head. "Bella darling, I do agree, Rosalie is beautiful, but am I with her right now? No, I'm with you, correct? When I first spotted you I do agree, you were just another girl for me. But then I tried to read your mind, and it wouldn't let me. I kept trying and it just didn't work. It annoyed the hell out of me. Then in biology, I smelt your blood, and it was the sweetest smell I've ever smelt. I was trying to figure out away to kill you and the rest of the class without getting found out the whole first class. But then once I got passed all that, and I couldn't help but stay close, I became very protective of you." he explained, gently stroking her cheek as he did.

"Bella, to you, you are just one star in a sky a millions, for me, you the only star I see." he whispered gently in her ear. He turned to her face and smiled crookedly, kissing her gently.

"And for the record, your wrong Bella. I love you more then anything. And that's the end of it." he smiled playfully at her.

"I don't think Emmett would appreciate it if you started chasing after Rosalie. Do you? Come to think of it neither would I." She laughed.

Edward smiled. "I can already see the Volvo now, tore to bits right outside the house. But you, what would you do? Try to kill off Rosalie?" he grinned fiercely, laughing along with Bella.

"No, I wouldn't be foolish enough to try and kill Rose. And I never said I'd do anything, did I? I just said I wouldn't be best pleased." She spoke quietly, thinking for a moment.

Edward smiled. "I'm glad, that Rosalie is a fierce one. I might kill her if she tried anything." he laughed gently, watching her think.

"So let me get this straight, you first took an interest in me, because my mind was stubborn and kept you out? Oh, and the fact that you wanted to kill me every time you saw me, right?" She smiled, her hand resting on his cheek.

"And yes. At first, when you were ten feet away from me in the cafeteria, it was a little different, you were just interesting. Biology, it was a little harder to ignore you. And the fact that I wanted to kill you drew me closer to you, in turned out for the better, didn't it?" he smiled crookedly down at her. He laughed gently.

"I still don't completely believe you, but..." She shrugged slightly, they were both too stubborn to give in.

"And I can't help it if you have selective blindness, can I?" She grinned up at him, her heart missing a beat as their lips met.

"My blindness is pretty great isn't it?" he laughed,

"It did turn out for the better, and it's beneficial to me that you have your blindness." She grinned, kissing him passionately.

"I'm never wrong Edward. I know I love you the most. Subject dropped." She laughed, running her hand through the side of his hair, her eyes fixed on his as she kissed him gently. A large snore could be heard from the other room.

"We should learn to be more quieter. We're going to wake up Charlie." he whispered against her lips as she kissed him. His hands fell to her hips again, moving her closer to his body.

She moved her body closer to his, "Charlie can sleep through anything." She smiled, running her hand through his hair once more.

"What would you do if Charlie came in here right now? That I was so distracted that I didn't even hear his thoughts or him getting up to come and bash my head out?" he whispered gently on her neck.

She thought for a moment, closing her eyes, as she imagined what she would do if Charlie happened upon them now. She smiled a little before she answered, "Probably laugh." She grinned moving her head slightly so his lips met hers, "After all he knows we're engaged now..." She sighed slightly as she said the word 'engaged', but this time it was a happy, contented sigh. Her dad would just have to get over it, if he ever found out that is.

"Bella I love you, so sleep, for soon, you will sleep no more, but don't be afraid, we'll find other things to do in the night." he smiled playfully, stroking her stomach. He began to hum her lullaby, know she needed some help going into her slumber. She yawned gently, turning over, but still close enough to his body for her liking. Then laying back on her pillow she closed her eyes, her head leaning into his chest as she allowed sleep to overcome her.

"Night." She whispered sleepily, "Love you."

Edward smiled and gently pressed Bella to his chest as she said goodnight. "Goodnight my Bella, I love you, always." he said gently. He leaned his hand on hers, closing his eyes gently, as if he was going to sleep as well. He looked out the window, the moon could been seen from the window, a crescent moon. He gently stroked Bella's stomach. He couldn't believe the past couple of days, they had been so wonderful, so unbelieving in a way. How much had happened, for the good of it all of course. He lowered his lips of her forehead. "Love you. Always."

She smiled as he wished her goodnight, but was asleep before he kissed her forehead. Her breathing had slowed into a rhythmic pattern, slow and steady. Her heartbeat had returned to normal. Dreams washed through her mind, varying topics of course, the wedding, the honeymoon, then...

Edward was in the kitchen, making her breakfast. "Morning dear." she called sitting down to a large plate of eggs and ham. "Morning darling." he said back, cleaning the dishes. She was half way through her meal before she looked up at him. "Edward, honey, I thought you said traditional vampires couldn't be out when the sun is up." she said curiously. "Oh, right you are." said Edward, looking out the window into the sunlight, suddenly bursting into flames in front of her. "Sorry Bella." he said before turning into ashes.

She sat bolt upright a sheen of cold sweat along her forehead, her hair sticking to it. Her breathing ragged and quick. She looked around her frantically, checking that all it had been was a nightmare. Her rational mind started to return as her breathing slowed slightly, it would never happen, Edward wouldn't let her harm anyone, least of all her dad. Speaking of Edward...she looked round her eyes searching for him.

But he wasn't there, no note, no nothing. It had all been a dream.

Author's Note: I told you there would be a twist by chapter twelve. 'WHAT A TWIST!' Believe me, this isn't the end to it. Loads more to come.