A/N: I hope this note won't be too long, but that's the way shit happens sometimes. Anywhoo, a big thanks to all my super supportive readers. I got over 100 reviews the last chapter, which was huge for me! I hope we do just as well with this chapter *hint hint*

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BPOV

I said yes. What the hell? Even as I sit on the couch with a glass of champagne in my hand about to toast my engagement with Edward, I was still in shock I had said yes.

"I thought I wasn't supposed to drink while on my meds," I asked curiously as Edward raised his eye brows at me, as though I shouldn't be questioning him.

"You've been after me for booze for a week and now that I relent, with permission from your doctor, you get all up my ass about it," laughed Edward with a sneaky grin as he settled beside me on the couch and raised his glass to toast us.

Life had been a whirlwind of activity since I was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. When Edward brought me home, his parents were waiting for us inside our apartment. Esme was actually making lunch for everyone while Carlisle watched golf on TV, yelling about some horrible putt by Phil Mickelson when we walked in. It certainly didn't take them long to make themselves at home I thought to myself. I wonder if they want to trade houses.

They ended up spending the entire afternoon and as much as I hated to admit it, I was horribly relived when they ended up leaving just before six. I couldn't understand Esme's behavior, which was more excitable and chipper than usual until about ten minutes ago when Edward finally asked me to marry him again, this time with the ring.

I had no words except incredible to describe the ring. Edward had explained to me that it was a cushion cut diamond and had been in his family for generations. I would definitely be visiting Wikipedia later to figure out what a cushion cut was because it looked like an emerald cut to me but fancier. The main diamond was framed by a band of smaller diamonds and several more went down onto the actual band of the platinum ring. If I wore this ring for the next eighty years I would still be in awe. "So, Esme knew yesterday huh?" I asked curiously as Edward nodded his head eagerly.

"Where do you think I got the ring from? I think it was my great grandmothers' on my father's side. Rosalie has had her eye on Esme's grandmothers' ring since the first day Emmett brought her to the house in high school," explained Edward as I smiled and lifted my hand again to admire my ring.

"You haven't said much since we got engaged you know," said Edward sounding slightly exasperated as I turned and laughed at him. He scowled at me for a moment before I finally managed to compose myself.

"How's this… I'm still in shock that we are engaged less than eight months after finally meeting. I'm even more surprised that you want to marry me considering my deplorable mood swings since the accident and I honestly think the ring is a bit much, but I love it," I exclaimed happily, practically bouncing on the couch. He laughed at me as we finally clinked our glasses together and took a drink of our champagne.

"Did you want to set a date?" he inquired curiously as he reached his hand out and began twirling a section of my hair between his fingers. I could tell he was extremely excited to move forward.

"Can we wait until the book tour is done and I actually have time to plan it?" I asked reluctantly. I knew he was eager to begin our life together but considering everything, I thought a long engagement might be a good idea.

"Whatever you want Mrs. Cullen," he snickered as he kissed my lips sweetly. I really liked the sound of that, especially coming from him. Bella Cullen. "Be forewarned that once my mother knows you have officially accepted the ring, she will probably be on the war path. She already mentioned setting up engagement photo shoots to me yesterday when she gave me the ring."

"There's no use in hiding this, especially since you can see this rock from the space station," I said with a hearty laugh as I stared at my left hand again in appreciation. "Why don't we just tell everyone at your parent's Fourth of July pool party next weekend? I'll call Charlie and make sure he joins us."

Edward nodded his head and pulled me close to him tenderly as we sipped our champagne and let our new found bliss over the engagement settle in. I knew the three ring circus would start the moment Alice, Rosalie and Esme heard the official announcement.

Five short days later, Edward and I were pulling into the driveway of his parent's house to spend the weekend, at their insistence. I think that the moment I called Esme to confirm we were attending and that my father would be joining us, she realized we were going to announce the engagement. She practically begged us to stay the night, most likely to start making plans for the first Cullen wedding.

I got out of the car and quickly stretched, my ribs no longer feeling sore, and walked behind the car to help Edward with our luggage. As he swatted my hand away, Esme practically ran from the front door to embrace us both. "I am so glad you guys agreed to stay the weekend," she exclaimed excitedly as she looked down at my hand and was disappointed to see my left ring finger was bare. Edward was holding onto it until we made the announcement so that no one knew beforehand, particularly Charlie. Edward was planning to ask him officially for my hand in marriage before we made the announcement.

"It's no problem mother," laughed Edward as he had apparently also caught the Esme staring at my hand. "Bella and I figured we could both get drunk tonight and then not worry about driving home." I laughed right along with him as we followed Esme up the stairs and into the house. Edward carried our bags up to his childhood bedroom as Esme grabbed my hand and led me into the kitchen.

"Can you help me with the preparation Bella?" she asked as I noticed she was making a fruit salad to go with everything.

"Sure Esme, just tell me what you need done," I replied as she handed me a cutting board and a big bowl of fruit.

"Why don't you cut up all of that into tiny chunks for the salad," she advised as she handed me a knife. She had already washed all the fruit so I simply need to cut everything up. When Edward walked into the room, she forced him to go join Carlisle in the back yard to finish prepping the pool and the patio. "We haven't used to the backyard much in the past few years so it's nice to have the family all with us."

"I can understand that," I mentioned to her as I thought about the backyard Charlie had let go to waste only a few miles away. "Charlie and I tried to fix up the backyard once with disastrous results."

"Perhaps I should offer him my green thumb," suggested Esme as I smiled brightly at her. She had her work cut out for her if she wanted to beautify that mess. "So… how are you feeling dear?"

"I'm fine Esme. I actually went to see the doctor yesterday and he gave me a clean bill of health which was wonderful. I'm actually looking forward to relaxing in the pool a bit today. They are saying it might go past 90 today." I thought I was talking way too much, but Esme didn't seem to mind. In fact for the next thirty minutes as I continued to chop fruit, she engaged me in all sorts of topics including the book tour, my family history and whether I wanted children. "Yes Esme, I want children eventually. I would really prefer to be settled down and married for a while before they come into the picture."

I chuckled slightly as I heard her huff at my response, no doubt desperate for a baby in the family. Then as though they were sent down from the heavens, Emmett strolled in with Rosalie and Logan looking like the perfect family. "The party can start, I'm here now," shouted Logan as he strolled in like he owned the joint. Emmett patted him on the back, apparently proud of the scene he made. "Daddy made me say that. I was supposed to say it in front of grandpa though, where is he?"

"He's out back with Uncle Edward getting some leaves out of the pool," explained Esme as Emmett followed Logan out to the backyard, where he had already run into Edward's arms. "It's lovely to see you again Rosalie."

"Thanks Esme. It's great to get back out here for such a great day. I'm guessing Alice and Jasper haven't arrived yet?" questioned Rosalie as I stepped back into the kitchen to finish chopping the last strawberries.

"No, Alice had to finish up something quickly at home before leaving this morning," sighed Esme as I snickered to myself. Yeah she probably had to finish fucking Jasper before being stuck with her parents all day. "They should be here around two."

Rosalie simply nodded her head and began helping Esme marinate the ribs she was preparing for dinner. They had a veritable feast planned for the family and my mouth was watering at the thought. I was pulled from my thoughts when Edward wandered in and wrapped his arms around me. "What time is Charlie getting here?"

"He gets off his shift at three and should be here an hour later. He wanted to go home and get cleaned up," I explained as I felt Edward's warm breath on my neck.

"Logan wants to go swimming and I offered to join him. Care to come with us?" he asked as I nodded in agreement. "We're going to go get changed. I hope you don't mind that I'm stealing her," he asked his mother anxiously.

"No it's fine. Rosalie and I will probably be outside to join everyone soon," she exclaimed as I laughed when I heard her question Rosalie about having more kids. She was desperate wasn't she?

I followed Edward upstairs to his bedroom and started to rummage through my luggage for my bikini when I felt Edward behind me, his hands firmly on my hips and his hard on rubbing against my ass. "I thought we were getting dressed to go swimming?" I asked curiously as Edward turned me around and kissed my neck fiercely.

"Well, first we need to get undressed," he said with a growl as he pulled my t-shirt over my head and threw it onto his bed. He had his hands in the waist of my shorts, tugging them off with my panties in one swift movement.

As he pulled away from me and began to undress himself, I continued to search through the bag for my bikini, finally finding it right at the bottom beneath a sundress I planned to wear later in the night. I tossed the dark blue bikini on the bed and closed my luggage. Just as I was about to toss it on the floor, Edward was back up against me, his hands reached under my raised arms and began to massage my breasts as I felt his cock again against my ass.

"Dr. Thomas said you were healthy enough for every possible activity," whispered Edward as I felt him push against my lower back and he began to bend me over the edge of the black leather couch which took up almost an entire wall of the bedroom. There was no way I was going to object seeing as it had been almost three weeks since we last had sex, but I gasped slightly as I felt his cool hand run the length of my slit. "Oh fuck, you are so wet for me Mrs. Cullen."

"Fuck me Mr. Cullen," I replied as I practically turned around and forced myself on him when he called me Mrs. Cullen. We hadn't even announced our engagement yet, but every single time he called me that I felt my girly bits tingle in excitement. Shouldn't my heart flutter? Instead my clit twitched. Before he had a chance to reply, I could hear the familiar ripping of the condom as he covered himself and thrust his cock inside of me.

EPOV

"I will fucking do back flips on the day we no longer need to use condoms," I said with a groan as I gripped Bella's hips tightly and continued to fuck her. Sure this wasn't the way I envisioned the next time we had sex after we got engaged, but as I spent the morning outside with my dad watching her in the kitchen, I couldn't take it anymore and had to have her.

"If I hadn't been full of meds for two weeks I would say we could stop now seeing as I am on the pill, but I am not taking any chances, now shut up and fuck me Edward," she panted breathlessly as I reached down and began to rub her clit furiously. I had to admit it turned me on to no end knowing that my family was gathered downstairs and I was fucking my future wife against a couch I used to study on when I was in high school.

"Oh fuck Bella," I groaned as I felt her body tense up and she began milking my cock, bringing on my own release. I growled loudly as I came hard and was suddenly woken from my orgasm filled thoughts by a loud knock on the door.

"Uncle Edward… I thought you were coming swimming," cried out Logan as Bella and I covered our mouths to keep from laughing, even though we both looked mortified.

"Sorry Champ. Auntie Bella had some trouble with her bathing suit. Did you get yours on?" I asked as I made sure the door was locked and went over to find my own green plaid boxers from my luggage, tugging the condom off as I went. I tossed it into the garbage can in the bathroom and pulled on my shorts quickly.

"Yup, but Momma and Daddy say I can't go swimming without you," explained Logan as he beat on the door again. "So hurry up. I want to eat some of Grandma Esme's cookies but if I do it now, she said I have to wait an hour before going swimming."

I giggled as Bella slipped on her bikini and when I looked at her, I felt the need to fuck her all over again. She was wearing a dark blue bikini and the top tied around her neck, revealing her bare shoulders. The bottoms had small ties on the side and I imagined untying them in the pool and shoving myself inside of her. "Don't worry Logan. We're almost done," called Bella as she punched me gently on the shoulder and gripped my hand. "Are you ready?"

"As I ever will be," I sighed as she unlocked the door and pulled me downstairs with Logan leading the way.

We spent the next hour playing in the pool with Logan, including several rousing games of Marco Polo which he cheated at. He kept jumping out of the pool and my father kept tossing him back in each time which made him laugh happily. The moment Alice and Jasper arrived, Jasper shocked us all by jumping in the pool in all his clothes and yelling 'cannonball'. Unfortunately, Emmett then followed suit and I was worried Carlisle would need to refill the pool. I actually couldn't complain one bit about the day until Charlie arrived and I started to get nervous.

"Hey Dad," called Bella as she wandered over and gave him a quick hug. She had already been out of the pool for almost an hour, lying on one of the lounge chairs with Alice and trying desperately to get a tan, which I think was impossible in Washington.

"Hey sweetie," he replied as he returned her hug, albeit a bit awkwardly. Things had improved vastly since her accident, but things definitely weren't completely repaired in their relationship. I had hoped that him coming to the family picnic and our engagement would help the situation.

"Hey Charlie," I exclaimed as I wandered over and gave him a quick handshake. "I'm going to go get dried and dressed, but I was hoping we could talk when I got back?"

"Sure," he replied as he took the beer my father offered him and they began talking easily about the crime rate in Forks. I walked away quickly, grabbing a towel to try to dry myself off and ran to the bedroom nervous as hell. I had a quick shower in the bathroom before putting on a pair of khaki shorts and a loose button down green shirt. Just as I was about the leave the room, Bella wandered in and my nervousness instantly melted away.

"When do you want to tell them?" she asked as she kissed my lips tenderly and my hands immediately fell to her hips.

"After dinner or after Charlie gives the okay?" I asked her in return as she scowled at me.

"How about after Charlie gives the okay? That way we're not interrupting anything else your mother has planned. I think she only wanted us to sleep over so that she could start with the wedding planning in the morning, she's certain we're telling them all today," said Bella was a sigh as I hugged her to me supportively.

"I'll pull her aside and tell her to wait three months. She'll understand, she knows how busy you are baby," I explained to her as I felt her tension disappear. "Now put on that sexy sundress and meet me in the backyard in five minutes. I have to go talk to your dad." Bella leaned up and kissed me on the lips as I gripped the door knob harder than I needed to. I didn't want to leave her, but I needed to get this over with.

As I crossed the back yard towards Charlie, he was sitting with Esme discussing the possibility of her doing some gardening for him, which surprised the hell out of me. "Are you ready for a conversation with me Charlie?" I asked, not wanting to interrupt them, but desperate to talk with him.

"Sure thing Edward," he said with a grin as he grabbed his beer and stood up. He promised Esme to continue their conversation when he got back and she simply smiled, knowing full well what I was about to do. We walked across the yard silently, moving towards the small arbor that Esme had arranged that was surrounded with flowers. "So, what's going on? You look like death."

I couldn't help but chuckle at his words and I prayed to god he had left his gun at home or in the car at least. "I wanted to talk to you about something serious."

"Shoot," said Charlie calmly as I laughed at his poor choice of words.

"I asked Bella to marry me and I know I am doing this out of order because I should have asked your permission first, so I suppose I am asking for your blessing instead," I finally choked out as I felt his hand pat me on the back.

"I know we don't know each other well and I have my reservations about how long you've been dating my daughter, but I know you would never hurt her. I knew you loved her the moment I met you. You reminded me of me when I met her mother Renee," said Charlie as I heard him pause for a moment, no doubt reflecting on Bella's mom and the love they shared. "Did Bella say yes?"

"Yeah," I replied nervously as I ran my fingers through my still damp hair.

"Then I'd be more than happy if you married her. She knows better than anyone what's right for her. I should have realized that a long time ago before the entire situation with Jacob," he explained as I shuddered at the mere mention of him. "I'm just glad things are getting better between Bella and me."

"I have a feeling the wedding will only improve things," I added as he smiled at me and took a swig of his beer. Bella was now crossing the yard to join us, looking gorgeous as ever in a white eyelet sundress that made her look like a bride and I couldn't help but smile.

"You boys aren't planning something bad are you?" she asked as she giggled and wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Not at all Bella. Edward here was just doing something honorable and I respect him even more for it. When are you telling everyone?" he inquired as Bella glanced up at me and I tugged the ring from my pocket, slipping it back where it belonged on her left ring finger.

"No time like the present," said Bella happily as she tugged on both of our hands, leading us across the yard where the entire family was gathered. "Edward and I have an announcement to make," she declared as she pulled me up onto one of the steps leading out from the house so that we were above everyone and they could hear us. I couldn't help but notice my mother start crying before we even got the words out. Everyone looked up at us expectantly with the exception of Charlie and Esme.

"Bella and I are getting married," I exclaimed as everyone practically jumped out of their seats and started screaming. I looked over at Logan and he looked a little confused.

"OH MY GOD," screamed out Alice as she wrapped her arms around Bella and began chatting a million miles a minute. "Did you guys pick a date yet? Are you going to have it here or in Seattle? Oh my god, have you picked colors?"

"Alice calm down," chucked my dad as he pulled her away from Bella so that he could offer up a congratulatory hug. "Welcome to the family, officially of course," he said with a snicker as I noticed Logan come up and give Bella's leg a hug.

"Does this mean you won't be my girlfriend anymore?" he inquired with a sad frown on his face.

"Sorry sweetheart," said Bella as she bent down and he hugged her tightly. "I'm going to be your real Auntie Bella someday soon. Until I get married though, feel free to call me your girlfriend."

"Hey," I retorted with a grin as Logan hugged me too.

"Sorry Uncle Edward, but you need to help me find a new girlfriend now," he said with a sly grin as I mussed his hair up a bit.

"No he won't" laughed Bella. "You can use your father for that young man."

The rest of the night was honestly a blur as my mother and Alice kept cornering Bella and making suggestions for the wedding which I knew Bella didn't care for. She wanted small and simple, which made me more than happy. I honestly didn't care about the specifics, I just wanted to stand at the altar, declare my love for her and keep her safe and happy for the rest of our lives. We could do it while jumping out of a plane while we were being officiated by Elvis, I didn't care.

When it finally started to darken outside, Carlisle walked from the garage with a huge box of fireworks and I couldn't help but laugh at Logan's enthusiasm. "Do you have a permit for those?" asked Charlie with a laugh as he went to join Carlisle.

"I didn't know I needed one Chief," replied my father nervously as Charlie patted him on the back.

"You don't. I'm just messing with you," he replied as I laughed heartily. I had no idea Charlie had jokes. Well, he probably had jokes about fishing, but who wanted to hear those?

As the fathers prepared everything for the fireworks show on the back lawn, I lay down on a lounger near the pool and Bella joined me, her body resting between my legs, her back against my chest. I immediately began to kiss her neck and wished there were less people around us so that I could do some very naughty things to her.

We laid together for the longest time until we finally heard Carlisle scream out that it was time and then we both turned out heads to the sky to watch the show they had planned. Logan was oohing and ahhing at all the bright lights and loud noises which used to make me just as happy when I was his age. Of course now I had Bella and she made me a hundred times happier than any fireworks display ever could.

"Oh, I have a great idea," called out Alice from a few feet beside us. "We need to celebrate the engagement… let's go out tomorrow night? Just the adults, dinner… dancing… all that jazz?"

"Who will watch Logan if all my usual babysitters are out with me?" asked Rosalie curiously as Esme suddenly appeared, as though out of nowhere.

"Leave him here for the rest of the weekend. Carlisle and I can manage him for two days," suggested my mother as I noticed Rosalie give her a grateful hug before returning to Emmett's arms. "He's got plenty of clothes upstairs in the little bedroom we made for him."

"Thanks Mom," said Emmett easily as Logan continued shouting about the fireworks.

"So it's settled. I'll make reservations for seven Saturday night down at Tangerine and we can go dancing afterwards at some club. By the way, Mom… do I get fireworks when I eventually get engaged?" asked Alice with a grin as she looked over at our mother in surprise.

"This wasn't for their engagement Alice, this was for the fourth of July. Independence Day. If you want fireworks, talk to Jasper," she said happily as she walked over towards Logan with a plate of cookies in her hand. How that kid didn't weigh a hundred pounds by now shocked me.

"If you want fireworks, I'll take you to the bedroom," I heard Jasper tell Alice as I mocked puking and everyone started to laugh, even Logan although he had no idea why he was laughing.

Just as the display ended, we said our good nights to everyone, including Charlie and reluctantly dragged ourselves up stairs to my old bedroom. We both stripped down to our underwear and climbed in, not really caring that we had brought pajamas but we weren't going to use them.

"Your mother is going to be the death of me with this wedding," Bella sighed as she curled up next to me, her lips against my chest.

"I'll talk to her before we leave tomorrow. I'll tell her that if she doesn't let up we're never having babies," I said with a laugh as I felt Bella chuckle against me. "She's been asking, hasn't she?"

"Yeah," said Bella reluctantly.

"She is a sneaky thing. Hell, we'll probably go out for coffee one morning and come back to find the apartment transformed into a bridal salon with dresses everywhere. Have you made any decisions about any of the wedding plans?"

"I know where I want us to get married," she said happily as I smiled down at her, checking her face for a hint of what she was going to say.

"Where?"

"Jackson Hole."