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Chapter 29

BPOV

I heard my phone vibrate from my bag shortly after Edward has tapped out a quick message back to me after my defense of Gavyn but I chose to ignore it as the professor walked in the door and begun class.

"Okay, guys, there will be a quiz on Friday. Please bring a scantron and a pencil please." Dr. Fox said as she dismissed the class for the day. I folded up my notebook and stuffed it back in my bag before pulling my phone from its spot in my bag.

"Hope to see you guys at the party on Friday!" Cheyenne said as she pranced out of the room as the rest of us packed our belonging up.

Emmett high tailed it out the door before any of us could even say bye to him. "I guess he's anxious to get back home to Rose and Blakely." Edward said as he hooked both of our bags across his body.

"I guess. You know I can carry my own bag." I told him as I wrapped my arm around his waist as I slid my finger across my phone to see what his message had said.

I let him lead me blindly out the doors as I checked my emails first before checking my messages. I deleted a few emails before I clicked on my messages. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw his message.

Marry us?-Edward

"Edward…" I said quietly as he suddenly dropped to one knee in front of me.

"Isabella Marie, I love you with all of my life and my son's life. I can't imagine a better mother for my children than you nor can I imagine sharing my life with anybody other than you. Will you do me the explicit honor of becoming my wife?" He asked me quietly as he held a gorgeous obviously antique ring up for me.

I gasped and looked around seeing our entire family standing there along with a shit load of students who were chanting 'say yes'. I looked back at him with tears in my eyes and nodded quickly as a smile spread across my face. "Yes!" I said loudly enough for everyone to hear.

He jumped to his feet and wrapped me up in his arms kissing the life out of me as he placed the ring on my finger. "I love you, baby." He whispered against my lips.

I giggled and pulled back. "This is a surprise. How did you know I would say yes?" I giggled as he twirled me around quickly, kissing me the entire time.

"I had inside informants saying you were ready." He told me as he kissed me again as he sat me on my feet.

I looked at my sister and Rose and Esme who all just smiled and shrugged their shoulders. "You guys all knew?" I asked my family.

They all nodded and descended on us wrapping us both up in their arms as congratulations went round and round until the babies started fussing.

"Congratulations, Edward, Bambi." Cheyenne said from behind us. I smiled as Gavyn chattered away excitedly with his daddy.

I turned to face her. "Thanks, Cheyenne. Oh by the way, I would like you to meet our monkey, our son." I told her and smiled broadly at the look of shock that spread across her face.

Later that evening, Edward, Gavyn, and I were relaxing in the play room. Gavyn was slapping at the toys on his exersaucer, Edward was copying my notes from American Government, again, and I was reading the pages I needed to for my English Lit class. We had a recording of Edward on the piano playing softly in the background for just some noise besides Gavyn's babbling. "Do you like the ring, baby?" Edward asked me suddenly.

I looked at the beautiful ring that sat on my finger again. He had explained the history of the ring to me in the car on the way home from school. It had been his mothers who had gotten it from his father's mother who in turn had gotten it from his grandfather's mother. It had been passed down through generations and now it could go on for another generation. It was a beautiful white gold ring with a beautiful topaz gem in the middle surrounded by several small diamonds to create a huge yet beautiful oval design. It was gorgeous. "I love it, Casanova, along with the history it represents. It's perfect." I told him as I gazed at the ring some more.

He just chuckled. "That's what everybody said you would say. When do you want to do it?" He asked as he slid his notebook shut and set them aside as he joined me on the carpet in front of our son.

I shrugged because it really didn't matter to me. "It doesn't matter to me, babe, I just want something small and simple." I told him honestly because the only people I cared to invite either lived in this house or were close by.

"You know, my parents went to the courthouse and got married because of everybody throwing ideas at them and trying to get them to have some big splashy wedding that would take the front page of the newspapers." He said as he closed my book pulling me on top of him as he laid flat on his back.

I placed my hands on his chest as I straddled his waist, my hair creating a curtain around our heads as I leaned forward touching my forehead to his. "I don't really care, Edward, I just can't wait to be your wife." I whispered as I sealed my lips to his in a passionate kiss.

We made out for I don't know how long until I got his in the head with one of Gavyn's rattles. "Ow, monkey, that hurt." I scolded him gently when he laughed at it.

He immediately turned his smile upside down and stuck out his bottom lip. "No sir, you don't throw things. No pouting is going to get you out of trouble." I told him firmly as I ducked back down below his eye sight.

"Bad mama." Edward whispered against my neck.

I just giggled as Gavyn whimpered a few times before sighing deeply and going back to playing like nothing had happened.

Later that night after Gavyn's bath time and bed time routine Edward and I crawled into bed exhausted. "Do you want to do that party Friday night? Esme offered to keep both Gavyn and Blakely overnight so we could all have a night out." I asked Edward as I snuggled into his side, my designated spot it seemed.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't really want to deal with that chick, Cheyenne, but it would be nice to get out and be young adults again. We've not really been out since we found out Tanya was pregnant." He said quietly.

I sat up straddling his hips so we could have this conversation face to face. "We have too been out since we found out about Gavyn. We've been out on plenty of dates." I said defending our relationship.

He chuckled as he sat up and scooted us back towards the headboard so he could prop his back up against it. "I wasn't talking about dates, baby. I was talking about being teenagers or college freshmen, parties, drinking, having fun, staying out late." He explained as he tugged me close.

"We have other priorities than most 18 year olds do, though. I've not got one complaint about our life, Mr., do you?" I asked laying my arms on his shoulders threading my fingers through his hair.

He shook his head. "Absolutely not, baby. I just don't want to get old and boring if we can prevent it. If we have the opportunities to go out and act our age it won't hurt anything because neither of us would dream of taking advantage of the situation. We will always keep Gavyn and each other in our immediate thoughts while we are having fun. I just want to be able to go out dancing with you and to just have a night of fun. If we want to drink a little we can because our monkey will be completely taken care of by his nanny and poppy." He explained.

I sighed and nodded. "It would be nice to be able to go dancing with you but I hate having to fight off all of your groupies that seem to flock wherever you go." I told him as I hugged him tightly to me.

He sighed. "No competition for my baby and monkey. You guys are the very reason I wake up each day. You guys are the reason I take my breaths all day." He said sweetly as he sealed his lips to mine.

The next day was quick and easy. Gavyn and I drove Edward to class still in our pajamas before going back home and having a quick bath and breakfast before getting dressed for my one class that was right after Edward's. I just tossed Gavyn in his green striped Oscar the Grouch outfit that said 'I'm grouchy' on the front, since he was being grumpy today from having to get in and out of the car so much. I slipped into a pair of blue cut off blue jean shorts and a white t-shirt that I tied at the bottom on the side along with a pair of white flip flops before grabbing Gavyn, his bag, and my bag before hauling ass out to my car. We had bought a matching base so his car seat could go in either of our cars without having to take the base back out.

I fastened him into his car seat, popped his binky into his mouth, tossed our bags in beside him and jumped in the driver seat. "We need to hurry, monkey, so we can catch daddy as he's walking out of his class. He just texted and said he is almost done." I told him as I backed out of the driveway. I rarely used his pacifier but I wasn't so worried about it because he doesn't have any teeth to chew it off yet.

I pulled up to the curb outside of Edward's building just as he along with a stream of students came pouring out of the building laughing with one another. I heard him tell one of the guys "We'll find you tomorrow night, Brian, we'll be there somewhere!" just before jumping in the car.

"Hey beautiful." He said as leaned over the console to give me a quick kiss.

I just giggled. "Hey yourself, handsome." I told him as I put the car in gear and headed for my building.

"How's daddy's monkey?" He asked as he reached back to tickle Gavyn's bare feet.

He spit out his binky and began babbling like crazy at his daddy. "Why does momma have you in your grouchy outfit?" He asked as he teased him causing Gavyn to babble back almost like they were having a real conversation.

"Are you being grouchy this morning?" He asked him and got more babbling back in response.

I just laughed as I pulled in front of my building. "Am I parking or are you going back home?" I asked him.

"Park, we will get out and play in the grass while you are in class. It's not too hot out today." He said as he turned around in his seat.

I nodded. "Sounds good. I shouldn't be in there long, I've heard his tests are pretty straightforward and simple and I studied hard." I told him as I parked and turned the car off.

Edward hopped out grabbing Gavyn's bag and my bag. "Here is your bag, baby. Have a good class." He told me as he pecked me gently on the lips.

I giggled as I ducked in the car to smother Gavyn's face in kisses too causing him to squeal and slap at my face. "I love you monkey." I told him with one last kiss. "You be good for daddy."

I backed out of the car and spun around to face Edward who had a dazed look on his face. "Edward?" I asked snapping my fingers in front of his face.

He shook his head with a sly smile. "Sorry, baby. Have a great class. I love you."

I nodded kissing him one more time. "Love you too, Edward."

We weren't in the class even a full hour and it was supposed to be an hour and a half long. I walked out of the building and scanned the shaded area off to the side and spotted my fiancée and baby surrounded by a gaggle of girls. I walked up to them and Gavyn spotted me first from the blanket and started babbling like crazy. I smiled as I stepped around some of the girls without a word, bending down to scoop Gavyn up in my arms. "Excuse me miss, he said he doesn't want his son picked up." One of the long haired perfect blonde's from behind me said tapping me on the shoulder. I was glad he wasn't letting all these vultures handle my son.

I quirked an eyebrow at Edward who just shrugged his shoulders in indifference at the woman's comment because it was obvious she didn't know I was the mother. "I guess she can hold him." He said quietly.

"Why does she get to hold him and we can't?" The same blonde asked snootily.

Edward stepped up behind me holding his arms out for Gavyn who curled into my neck whining a little bit. "It's okay, monkey." I whispered to him with a kiss to the top of his soft head as I rubbed soft circles on his back. He was starting to cut his bottom teeth so he was a little crankier than normal lately.

"What is your name?" I asked the blonde who was facing me with her hands on her hips.

"What difference does it make to you. The man obviously wants his baby back." She snapped pointing to Edward who was standing behind me. "Chy told us that he was so nice and available. We didn't know he had a baby though." She said haughtily. "You are going to have to wait your turn. It's not like he wants to be with the likes of you when he could have someone like me." She whispered quietly so Edward couldn't hear her.

I smiled as I rubbed my baby's back with my hand that held my gorgeous engagement ring. "He may be 'so nice' as you put it but he is so not available to the likes of you or anybody else. We're engaged and this" I said pointing to Gavyn who was snoring lightly against my neck without a worry in the world "is my baby, too. I think I can hold him whenever I want and I don't need anybody's permission to do so. Now if you don't mind. Go back and tell your slut of a friend, Cheyenne, that if she keeps this up she will have me to deal with. Edward and our son is off limits to you, her, and everybody else at this God forsaken college. Spread the word, people. Shoo!" I snapped at her as I headed towards the car without another word.

I was breathing heavily from my anger and rant by the time I got to the car. I don't know what was triggering my protectiveness lately but I was never like this in high school and it kind of scared me a little bit. I didn't know if it was my protective instincts coming out in full force or jealousy but I had finally reached my breaking point.

I buckled Gavyn into his car seat gently so as to not disturb his nap before I climbed into the front passenger seat to wait on Edward who was coming with Gavyn's bag and the blanket they had been laying on.

"You okay, baby?" He asked as he sat the bag and blanket on the backseat beside Gavyn's car seat before shutting the door softly.

I waited until he climbed in the driver seat before answering him. "I'm just sick and tired of this little girl who thinks she's God's gift to man making our lives a living hell and we are only a month into a four year college career." I told him as he backed out of the parking spot.

"I talked with her ex-boyfriend earlier today, Brian from my morning class, about what she's been doing and he said she's ruthless and for us to be super careful. She befriended his ex-girlfriend then one day when they were out shopping Cheyenne stuffed some stolen things in Sandy's purse causing her to get arrested for shoplifting." Edward explained as we drove past the turn off to our house.

I was shocked at what he was saying. "Why would she do something like that?" I asked as I settled in for the ride.

"Apparently she had gotten to know Sandy's family and knew that their reputation was everything and she wanted Brian but he was too in love with Sandy to pay her any attention. When Sandy got arrested her parents sent her to a boarding school in Texas. She dumped Brian the day before she left and he rebounded with Cheyenne for all of about a month. He said she's crazy and obsessive. He warned me to tell you to not become friends with her, and to avoid her at all costs if possible." He told me as he took my hand in his kissing my engagement ring.

I groaned and laid my head back against the head rest. "Great. Just what we need; someone trying to break us up while we are trying to raise our baby, get married, and get our education." I groaned.

Edward kissed my ring again as he drove to some unknown destination to me. "Where are we going?" I asked him when I noticed we were leaving town.

"I was looking up places to propose in Savannah a few weeks ago and came across Tybee Island. Since I proposed suddenly yesterday at school I figured we could get married here if you are game. They have a lighthouse, houses we can rent out and everything." He explained in a rush.

"Get married on a lighthouse?" I asked with curiosity.

He just shrugged. "It was just an idea. Something different."

I giggled and shrugged. "Sounds interesting; wouldn't hurt to check it out. Is that where we are going?" I asked him as he kept driving.

He smiled and nodded. "Yep. I figured we could use a little personal time away from everybody with just us and Gavyn. Our house is awfully crowded sometimes."

I wound my fingers through his and looked out my window as we drove by the ocean. "Sounds perfect, Casanova. It's lovely out here. I'll be glad when Gavyn gets a little older and we can go to the beach." I said randomly as he pulled to a stop outside of a huge gray and white lighthouse and out buildings.

"Me too, baby. I want to experience that as a family so I suppose it will be next year before he will be old enough to go in the water without us worrying about germs and stuff." He commented as he climbed from the car coming around to open my door.

"This is beautiful, Edward. Can we go up the lighthouse?" I asked craning my neck around to take everything in while he grabbed Gavyn's car seat.

"Yeah." He said as he shut the door and grabbed my hand.

We spent the next few hours exploring the lighthouse and the immediate grounds and we both came up with the same conclusion. We wanted to get married at the top of the lighthouse in a few weeks if at all possible. We didn't want to wait any longer than necessary. We were under the same thinking that if we knew it was forever then why wait.

"Want to go get our marriage license today?" I asked Edward as we sat eating our lunch at Joe's Homemade Café a little bit later.

He stopped mid bite of his Panini and looked at me wide eyed. "Huh?" He asked after he had swallowed his bite.

I chuckled as I jiggled the bottle that was in Gavyn's mouth. He was half asleep trying to finish his bottle. "I don't believe there is a waiting period in Georgia but I'm not certain, better to be safe than sorry." I said shrugging my shoulders.

It was his turn to chuckle. "It's really not a big deal for you, is it?" He asked curiously.

I shrugged my shoulders. "Should it be? Why waste a bunch of money and energy I don't have on a ceremony to celebrate when we can spend the rest of our lives celebrating? If it was just us, without our friends and family, I would say just go to the courthouse and do it." I told him as I bit into my sandwich.

Edward shook his head. "You amaze me. Most women would want to make a big deal about getting married, but you? Nope, let's just do it and get on with our lives."

I laughed and shrugged my shoulders as I sat my sandwich down wiping Gavyn's mouth since the last bit of his milk had dribbled on his chin. He was snoring lightly away in his carrier. "Does that bother you?" I asked curiously.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't guess. I see your point but at the same time I want to shout it from the rooftops that you are about to become mine for all of eternity."

I giggled at his silliness and sweetness. "Casanova, you can shout it from every rooftop around without spending a bunch of money on a big splashy wedding. That's just not me. I'm sorry." I told him as I took another bite of my delicious sandwich.

He just shook his head. "It's fine, baby, I knew when I got with you that you weren't a materialistic type of person. You are perfectly happy with nothing but your family around you, piss on everything else."

I nodded in agreement. "Yep. So marriage license?" I asked again.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't care, baby. It will be one less thing we have to worry about in a few weeks. I'm glad we went ahead and booked our date while we were there though." He said as he wiped his fingers and mouth.

I smiled and nodded as we finished our lunch in relative silence.

A quick trip to the courthouse revealed that we no longer needed blood tests, witnesses, or a waiting period to get marriage license. Thirty minutes after we walked in, we walked out with our license that just had to be signed by a court official and turned back in.

It was just starting to turn dark when we pulled into the driveway after our productive day. I laughed as I looked up at the roof of our house. Rose, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice who was holding Blakely were sitting in lawn chairs on the lower roof just outside of Gavyn's bedroom facing the street. "What's up, guys?" I called up to them as I pulled Gavyn from his car seat.

They all laughed and waved at us. "Just the sky, Bell. Come join us!" Rose called down from her chair.

We laughed and did just that. We sat on the roof that faced the street because we got the best view of the sunset from there. "What have you guys been up to today?" Alice asked as she handed Blakely back to Emmett and we passed Gavyn down to her for few snuggles and loves.

"Nothing much, dealing with Cheyenne's bullshit, fending off Edward and Gavyn's vultures, picking a wedding location, and date, and picking up our marriage license." I said shrugging my shoulders.

"Excuse me? Didn't you just get engaged yesterday?" Rose asked shocked.

Edward and I both nodded. "Yeah, and your point is? We've been talking about getting married for months now." Edward asked her as he tugged me back against his chest as he leaned back against the house.

"How did you get so much done in just a few hours?" She asked curiously. Her and Emmett had gotten engaged over the summer but had yet to settle any of the details for their wedding. They hadn't even set a date yet.

I giggled. "I don't need or want a big splashy wedding, I just want my family and you guys there to see us commit our lives to one another for eternity. Edward had the perfect place picked out already. The lighthouse at Tybee Island, he was going to propose there but couldn't wait apparently. They had an opening in two weeks from Saturday between 5 and 9 that evening. We went to the courthouse and filled out our marriage license that we just have to get signed and turn back in." I explained to them.

"Wow." Rose said as she smacked Emmett on the back of the head. "Why can't you do things like that?" she asked as she smacked him again.

Emmett just glared at Edward as he rubbed the back of his head, Edward just shrugged his shoulders kissing me on the back of the head.

"So let me get this straight. You guys just got engaged yesterday and you are getting married in two weeks?" Alice asked as she leaned forward round Rose and Emmett.

Bella nodded. "Yep. We have it set for two Saturday's from now at sunset. No decorations, no food, no nothing, just us eight, Esme, Carlisle, and Dad." I told her with a smile.

"What about your dress?" She asked in a squeaky shocked voice.

I giggled. "I figured if you are not busy we could go this weekend and find a simple sundress or something. Get you and Rose something too. There aren't going to be any bridesmaids or groomsmen but I figured we could all stand to match a little bit."

Alice and Rose both nodded eagerly. "It's a date." They said together.

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