A/N: So this is probably my last chapter of Cabin Fever before I go away for a few days. I will be writing while I am away, but not posting. I will probably post at least one chapter on Sunday Night or Monday morning, once my beta has reviewed.

I will love whoever writes the very next review, because that will put me at 900. Woo Hoo!

I'm glad everyone hated Lauren as much as I did, although she was fun to write. If it makes you all feel better, she won't be showing up again, although there may be future references from Rosalie.

Bacmel79- The library can't be that bad, although I can understand your frustration. I hope you are back in the real world soon!

OH- FIC REC TIME. I highly recommend 'His Personal Assistant' by Northernlights17. Awesome Fic that is currently a WIP. I love it so far; I spent most of today reading it, which is why I slacked on my work and my own stories! Sorry!

I don't own twilight, but I do own a lot of books about art.

EPOV

When Bella stormed off with Lauren into the other room, I was immediately scared, not for Bella but for Lauren. Every since she had arrived, Bella had become a wee bit possessive, and by a wee bit I meant she was absolutely hell bent to prove to everyone in the apartment that I was hers. "Is she usually off her rocker?" asked my father with a laugh as we watched both girls disappear down the hallway.

"Are you talking about Bella or Lauren?" I asked him with a curious grin.

"I meant Bella. We can already see Lauren needs to be medicated. I should recommend some good doctors for her out in L.A.," replied my father with an evil grin, which made me laugh. I could tell he was wondering why the hell I had dated her in the first place, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him that I couldn't shake her off of me, no matter how hard I had tried.

"No, she's not like this," I added as I shook my head from side to side and immediately stood up, following them, but not letting them know I was listening by the door. I knew I shouldn't be eavesdropping, but part of me was worried this would become some knock down drag out fight with hair pulling and clothes being torn. Not that that thought wasn't appealing; I just didn't want it to happen during Logan's sixth birthday party. I could practically see the headline on the 'Seattle Times' in the morning; Two women seriously injured during 'Pin the Tail on the Donkey'.

Emmett and Rosalie saw me perched outside the door, ready to pounce if things got ugly, but I brushed them off and they continued into the kitchen to get the cake ready."I'm sure that deep down you are a wonderful girl and some guy will be lucky to have you or whatever, but that guy isn't Edward," I heard Bella say calmly, even though I knew if I was in her shoes I would be livid as hell.

"How do you know that?" retorted Lauren as my face grew hot in frustration. I was seriously considering having their girl committed to an asylum. How could she think she had a future with me?

"I know that because he is in love with me. He's stuck with me forever, if he'll have me," said Bella fiercely as I decided to make my presence known and strolled into the room to find both women shocked to see me.

"Of course I'll have you forever Bella," I said sweetly as I walked to her and wrapped my arms around her as tight as I could, lifting her small body off of the ground, desperate to never let her go. "I love you so much," I added after I finally realized that Lauren had left the room. After a few more intense kisses with Bella, we walked out into the living room, hand in hand and found Lauren deep in conversation with Rosalie. Bella went to sit with my mother as I stepped over to Rosalie and Lauren.

"I know you guys are friends or whatever, but I don't want to make this day more awkward than it already is," I said genuinely as Rosalie looked at me sympathetically. She was clearly having issues with Lauren's attitude; combine that with all the stress of Logan's party and Rosalie looked like she might break at any minute.

"Then why don't you and your little girlfriend leave?" snapped Lauren as both mine and Rosalie's faces turned red in fury, although I was more scared of Rosalie's reaction than my own.

"I'm his uncle. If anyone is leaving it's you," I replied forcefully, pleased that I was finally standing up to her more than I had in the past. "Bella is his aunt and has been in his life more than either of us, so she's not leaving either."

"She's not really his aunt and I was there when he was born. Where were you Edward?" shouted Lauren as Rosalie grabbed Lauren's arm and pulled her back into Emmett's bedroom, while everyone watched them intently. How I wished I could be a fly on that wall right now and I really hoped that Rosalie was tearing Lauren a new one. I went to the living room and sat down on the floor, in front of Bella's feet and started to play with Logan, who kept expressing his excitement at using his water gun collection when we visited Esme and Carlisle in the summer.

When the girls came out of the bedroom a few minutes later, they both seemed reasonably calm and Lauren even helped Rosalie finish putting the candles on the cake, which Rose then brought over to the living room table, completely lit so that we could sing to Logan.

Thankfully, the rest of the afternoon went by peacefully and Lauren was quiet and reserved, so much so that she was making a lot of other people uncomfortable such as Bella, Emmett and me. Once everyone had finished devouring their cake, I leaned over to Logan to let him know that Bella and I were leaving.

"That's okay Uncle Eddie. Thanks for the presents and don't forget about what we were talking about," he said with a wink that looked more like a nervous twitch and I kissed his forehead and nodded in acknowledgment.

"We're working on it Champ," I said as I stood from the floor and grabbed Bella's hand, bringing her to her feet from the couch she was sitting on with my mother and Rosalie's mom. "We're heading out because we have some things to attend to," I said forcefully as Emmett and Jasper both smiled at me and Bella simply looked confused. As I went to grab our coats, I came back and found Bella in the kitchen with Rosalie in a heated discussion. The moment she saw me she simply smiled at Rose and hugged her, before slipping into her coat and leading me out into the hallway.

"Why did we have to leave?" asked Bella as we stepped into the elevator and I immediately pushed my body up against hers until we were flush against the wall, my lips against her neck and my hands gripped firmly on her ass.

"You wanted to stay with Princess She-Bitch up there?" I asked curiously as she broke into laughter over the nickname I had given Lauren. Technically, Emmett had made it up several months ago, but she didn't need to know that right now.

"Well, no," she started to say as I silenced her again with another kiss. When we finally broke apart, the doors to the elevator opened and I led her to the Volvo, unsure of where we were going, but desperate to get away from Lauren and the birthday party from hell. I drove us back to my place and when we got upstairs, we quickly removed our coats and settled comfortably on the couch, where Bella was all too willing to continue what we had started in the elevator.

I pulled my lips away from hers for a brief moment, quickly remembering her exchange with Rosalie in the kitchen. "What did you and Rosalie talk about in the kitchen?" I asked as I pulled her down onto the couch, beneath my hovering body.

"She told me she set Lauren straight and that if Lauren wanted to stay friends with Rose, then Lauren had to snap out of it. Apparently a fight almost broke out, which would have been priceless, although I honestly would have been upset not to get a few slaps in myself," laughed Bella as I kissed her forehead sweetly. "Rose said she was surprised by how much Lauren had changed since they graduated Cornell."

"L.A. will do that to people. Why do you think I wanted to get the hell out of there?" I asked with a grin as I leaned down and started to lick her neck. Things were about to get hot and heavy, and I was tempted to just throw her over my shoulder and take her to the bedroom, but her cell phone started to ring and when I grabbed it, I noticed it was my mother.

"Hi Esme," said Bella calmly as she smiled brightly and they began discussing something about Bella's job. "Yeah, she's the one. I can't believe you know her," said Bella enthusiastically as she pulled herself up to a seated position and my face immediately fell, as well as my hard on.

It was almost ten minutes and a strong shot of Jameson's later, when Bella finally got off the phone. "Did you know your mom knows my boss Angela?" she asked curiously as I shook my head. "Apparently they had lunch the other day and when your mom mentioned you and me, Angela told her a bit about my book and how promising it is." Bella's eyes grew with excitement as she jumped off the couch and gave me a quick kiss and a hug. "Angela told me she liked it, but that was it."

"Of course she likes it Bella, you're a fantastic writer," I said forcefully although I had never read a single thing she had ever written. "My mom hooked me up with an Angela for work. They were looking for a new advertising company for some upcoming campaigns and they are coming to our office on Tuesday for a presentation that Emmett is running," I explained as I suddenly had a thought. "What is the name of your company Bella?"

"I work for Hancock Publishing, why do you ask?" she said curiously, clearly not noticing the coincidence I was mentioning.

"That's the company Emmett is working with," I said with a smile. "I guess my mom has friends in high places."

"Ooh, I should try to come to the meeting. That would drive Emmett nuts," said Bella as she finally tossed her phone on the coffee table and curled up next to me, my hands immediately deep in her thick brown hair.

"He has enough trouble presenting on his own, so let's not make it worse for him," I said with a sigh as I kissed her forehead and we turned on a movie as we continued to talk about work.

By the time Thursday rolled around, I was beyond excited to see Bella. I was picking her up from work around three and we were driving up to Victoria, with a ferry trip into Victoria, across the Strait of Juan De Fuca. Bella had spent Wednesday night trying to pack and kept calling to make sure she had certain items. As far as I was concerned, all she needed was her passport because I didn't really plan for us to be out of the room for three days.

When I wandered into her building, I was surprised to see Emmett talking to the guy at the security desk. "What are you doing here man?" I asked curiously as Emmett glanced back at me, also shocked to see me.

"I could say the same thing to you. I'm meeting Angela at Hancock about the presentation from Tuesday. I'm assuming its good news because otherwise she just would have called and said 'Dude you suck ass," laughed Emmett as I patted him on the back.

"I'm picking up Bella. We're getting a head start on our weekend away and she works at Hancock. Small world huh?" I said with a grin as he followed me down the hallway to the elevators and up to the fifth floor where Bella's office was located.

We must have looked like quite the pair as we wandered up to the reception desk, Emmett in a crisp new grey suit and me in a laid back pair of dark wash blue jeans and an oversized button down check shirt, covered in a dark hooded jacket "Emmett Cullen here to see Angela Weber," he said politely as the receptionist turned to me and glared a bit at my clothes. What the fuck people, couldn't I be comfortable as I travel?

"Oh, I'm here for Isabella Swan. Edward Cullen," she glanced between us and picked up the phone to page Angela first. "Yes, we're brothers," I said with a grin as she smiled back at me sweetly and informed Angela that Emmett was here. She then called Bella and we waited patiently for anyone to arrive for us. Angela was the first to arrive though and Emmett took the opportunity to introduce me, even though I look like shit.

"Angela Weber, this mess here is my brother Edward, CEO and Co-Founder of the firm," said Emmett genuinely as I held out my hand for her. "He's actually here for his girlfriend though, not our meeting," he added as Bella strolled up beside Angela and started to laugh.

"It's delightful to finally meet you Edward. Since you are here, why don't you stay for the meeting we are about to have. Bella, I know you are supposed to leave at three, but do you mind staying for a bit?" asked Angela as my heart sunk to the floor. All I wanted to do was get my girl into the car and head off to Victoria. Please say no Bella.

BPOV

"Sure Angela, we can stay for a little bit. What's the meeting about?" I asked anxiously as she led Emmett, Edward and I to the board room where some of the other high ranking staff had gathered.

"Well, since we are all here, how about we begin right away," suggested Angela as she stood at the front of the room and we sat at the remaining seats. Edward sat beside Emmett rather than me, so that he didn't drawn attention to us. I felt completely out of place with all the major players of the company and I had no idea why Angela would consider bringing me into the meeting in the first place. "First of all, some of you already know Emmett Cullen from Cullen Advertising from the meeting on Tuesday."

Emmett raises his hand acknowledging himself as Angela nodded her head and quickly continued. "The rather comfortable looking gentleman beside him would be his brother and co-founder of Cullen Advertising, Edward Cullen."

"Pleasure to meet you all," said Edward politely as everyone else in the room was silent, probably from checking out his clothes and wondering how the hell he became the founder of an advertising firm.

"We have officially hired Cullen Advertising to run our next major campaign, the release of the next big author, Isabella Swan." I looked at Edward first, because I was excited about his big news. This was a major coup for Cullen Advertising and they all knew it. I hadn't even grasped that Angela had said I was going to be a published author until Edward jumped from his chair and threw his arms around me excitedly.

"What did you say?" I asked in shock as Angela looked at me with a wide smile, Edward's arms firmly around my chest.

"Well, we're basically firing you as an editor Bella, and signing you to a contract as an author, if you want it?" laughed Angela, knowing full well that this was all I wanted since I was six years old. I jumped up from my chair and began to hug her eagerly as I heard the room erupt into laughter.

"You deserve it Bella. Angela gave me the completed draft and it's an excellent first effort. I'm certain future works will be just as wonderful," said Robert Hancock, president of the company. I didn't even know that he had any idea who I was, but to hear him speak so highly of my work was jaw dropping. "Angela tells me you have a special weekend planned, so get out of here."

Edward was at my side within seconds as we watched Emmett discussing some formalities with Angela. "I'll update you on Monday, Edward," said Emmett as he practically pushed us out of the room.

"Oh Bella, you can finish the editing job next Friday. I want you to finish up with the Harding manuscript you've been reviewing," added Angela as she peeked her head out of the conference room for a moment. I nodded my head at her, relieved that I didn't have to empty out my office today, but still in shock at becoming a published author. When Edward and I finally got into my office, he closed the door tightly behind us and swept me up into a huge hug, lifting me off my feet.

"Can you believe it? You're going to be published," shouted Edward so that everyone in the greater Seattle area could hear him. "My company and Hancock are working together and your book is our first big project for them. This is so sweet. I need to give Emmett a raise," laughed Edward as I smiled and kissed his lips eagerly.

"Okay, this is totally a celebration weekend now. I brought some clothes to change into; can you give me a few minutes while I run to the ladies room?" I asked as Edward nodded and made himself comfortable at my desk and I grabbed my bag and headed down the hallway.

When I came back, Edward was talking animatedly to Angela about Esme. "She was a wild one in her younger days," laughed Angela as Edward listened carefully to her. "I remember one night when she got really drunk and almost flew down to Vegas insisting that she was going to marry Wayne Newton. She ended up puking on the bouncer at the bar and we took her home where she slept it off for several days, but she was crazy in her youth." I laughed heartily at the story Angela had to share, but the moment she was finished, Edward stood up and took my bag from me.

"It was wonderful to meet you Angela. I'm sure when we get back into town we will be heading out to dinner to celebrate the venture. Emmett will keep in touch and I'll see you soon," he said sweetly as I waved at her and led him from my soon to be former office.

When we finally got into the Volvo, I leaned my head back against the headrest, still in shock from the events of the past half an hour. "I know, it's a little overwhelming huh?" asked Edward as he pulled the car from the parking spot and we pulled out onto the street, heading towards the I-5 N out of the city.

"A little. I mean, I'm sure there is a signing bonus and everything, but very soon I will be technically unemployed," I said with a nervous smile.

"Well, if you are worried about money, I can always help out," offered Edward genuinely as I scoffed at his suggestion. I had a few months worth of salary saved up, so money wasn't a big concern, but I hadn't been without a real job since I was sixteen years old.

"It's not the money. It's what I will do with this newfound freedom. No longer having to answer to 'the man' or 'woman' in my case. I have no idea what my next story will be about," I sighed as Edward's hand reached across the console of the car and he grasped my hand firmly in his.

"It'll come to you. How did you come up with the idea for your last story?" he asked nervously. I hadn't shown Edward my book and there was no rhyme or reason behind it. I reminded myself to send him a copy as soon as I could, so that he could read for himself how I came up with the idea.

"I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming," I said honestly as he smiled at me brightly.

"Well, maybe this trip to Victoria will inspire you," Edward said as he squeezed my hand and I leaned my head back again, closing my eyes. Everything was way too surreal at this point. I was going on a weekend getaway with my successful advertising mogul boyfriend and I was about to be a published author. I let out a loud 'squee' as we turned onto the highway and Edward laughed at me while grinning stupidly.

"I'm a fucking writer," I said proudly. Everything seemed to be falling into place for me, which was not how things usually go. When things seem to go good for me, the other shoe always drops and I find myself even worse off than I was before. Case in point, Jacob Black. I was happy, I thought I was in love and I felt like I was on cloud nine the moment I walked into my apartment, until I saw him fucking someone else.

I had even commented last weekend at Logan's birthday party how I thought things were going too well for Edward and me these days, but as we continued the drive, I tried to push the thoughts from my mind. Instead, I focused on the sexy man beside me and the three mind blowing nights we were going to spend in a suite in one of the most expensive and lavish hotels in Victoria. I had totally Googled that shit when I got home after Edward told me where we were staying.

"What are you thinking about sweetheart?" asked Edward as we had been driving for over half an hour in complete silence, with the exception of the Coldplay coming from the stereo.

"I'm just over thinking everything, you know how I can be," I admitted nervously as Edward brought my hand to his face and kissed it gently.

"Just enjoy the ride Bella," exclaimed Edward as we turned onto WA-104 and the song on the stereo changed to 'The Way Things Are' by Fiona Apple and I burst out laughing as I sang along, watching the tress pass in the window as I tried to enjoy the ride.

I'm much better off the way things are
Much much better off, better by far, by far

A/N: Logan is officially on holidays for a few chapters. So no cuteness, unless it comes from Bella or Edward. Most Likely Edward.