DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.

BPOV

Hell no!

This was not happening.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" I hissed, making my way off the bed. "Haven't you done enough already?"

She smirked at me. "Such a cute couple." She looked at the picture in her hand. "Too bad."

"Get the fuck out!" I pointed towards the door but she just laughed.

"You can't tell me what to do, Isabella." She smirked again. "This isn't your house, your room."

"Actually, I share this room with Edward. So technically, it is my room." I walked towards her. "And as for you, you can be done for breaking and entering and harrassment, you insane psycho bitch!"

Her expression turned sour. "You have no idea who you're talking to."

"Oh, I think I do." I snapped. "I'm talking to a cheap, nasty, bleached blonde tramp, that thinks she can get what she wants if she bothers people enough. I'm talking to a snippy, snidy, cheating whore who can't learn to accept when she's been beaten. Get it through your thick skull Tanya,. He doesn't fucking WANT YOU!" I ended up screaming the last part at her.

"How dare-"

"How dare I?" I snapped, losing what little control I had managed to keep a hold on. "How dare I? What the fuck are you on Tanya? You come in here. Break into my fiance's house, when his parents are still here, mind you, you break into his bedroom, go through who knows what, and you have the audacity to have a go at me for talking to you in a way that you're not happy with. You need your head checking!! You know that right? You cannot just break into somebody's house because you like them. You know what that's called? Huh, Tanya? Do you? It's called being a fucking stalker! And you know what? You can land yourself in prison for that! Now, I am going to make sure that your little skank ass doesn't come anywhere near my Edward, yes my Edward, not yours, or anybody else's. Mine! I am going to make sure that you don't come anywhere near him, ever again, you hear me. Now, GET THE FUCK OUT!!!!"

"Bella?!" I heard people coming up the stairs as I glared at the psychotic bitch that was standing in the doorway to Edward's, well if you thought about it rationally, Edward and my closet. I didn't notice who it was who came into the room, but there were a lot of them. I was guessing that it was everybody, possibly minus the Denali's, that had been sat downstairs.

"What the fuck?!" I heard Rose cry. She stormed over to the skank standing in front of me and grabbed her by the front of her shirt, pinning her to the wall next to the closet. "What the fuck are you doing here? You fucking psycho!" This was why I never got on the bad side of Rosalie. She could be scary when the time called for it, and now it definitely did. Tanya dropped the photo that she was holding and I heard the glass break as it made contact with the floor.

I looked over and saw the others standing in the doorway. Esme had a look of horror on her face. Alice was making her way over to me, and I leaned into her slightly as she wrapped her arms around me. Emmett and Jasper were standing either side of Edward, although Emmett was slightly in front of him, as though protecting him from the psycho that was now feeling the wrath of Rosalie.

Edward's face was one I never wanted to see again. It was a look of sheer horror. His gaze was fixed on Tanya and Rose, his eyes wide with worry and fear. I could tell he was trying to process how somebody could have been in his room, the way that she had been. He had never had anything remotely like this happen before. I couldn't really say that I had either, but I knew how terrified he must be. I removed myself from Alice's grasp and made my way over to Edward.

His gaze snapped to me and his features softened as he started to make his way towards me. I met him in the middle of the room and threw my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist and nuzzled his face into my neck. I kissed his shoulder gently and he clund to me tightly, but not painfully. I pulled back slightly and crashed my lips to his, something that he reciprocated.

I heard a scream come from across the room and I broke the kiss to see Rose clutching at her head and Tanya launching herself at me.

She knocked me away from Edward and we both went crashing into the wall, causing one of the stands that held a collection of Edward's many CD's to fall to the floor, which barrelled into a stand that held some of his numerous books, creating a domino effect. She had her hands around my throat and I knew she wasn't going to let up any time soon.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" She was screaming at me. "HE'S MINE! HE SHOULD BE MINE! IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT HE'S NOT WITH ME!! HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU!! HE LOVES ME!" She kept screaming at me, pressing down on my throat. I reached around for something to hit her with and my hand fell on something hard. A book! Perfect! I thought as I brought it up to connect with her head. She screamed and rolled off of me.

Edward was by my side in an instant. He took me in his arms and held me close to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked over to where Tanya was being held back by Emmett. She may have been able to fend off Rose and take me by surprise but there was no way that she was going to be able to fight off Emmett.

Carlisle appeared in the doorway behind Jasper at that moment in time and surveyed what was going on around the room. Alice and Esme were now tending to Rose, who was bleeding slightly from a cut right above her left eye, Edward was comforting me on the ground by his bed and Emmett was holding back Tanya who was trying to attack me again. All in all a calm morning in the Cullen household.

"I've asked the Denali's to remain downstairs, although they all wanted to come up and, um, "take care" of Tanya in their own way, after I explained that she was in our house." Carlisle explained. He saw that Edward had his hand tentatively on my neck and he came over to check me out. "Hmmm, it'll bruise." He said after taking a look at my neck. "But other than that it'll be okay." He stood up again. "I've called the police. Bella your father should be here momentarily." He turned to face Tanya. "You." He moved over towards her. "You are in big trouble. Not only do you tell people about my son, when it's obvious that we don't want people to know. Then you decide to break into my house, you physically harm my daughter, before you attack Bella, who is practically my daughter. And for what? Because someone else has something you want?"

"I don't just want him." She snarled at Carlisle. "He belongs with me. He loves me, don't you Eddie?"

I felt Edward, physically shiver and cringe at her words. He held on to me tighter and I increased my hold on him.

"Well," Jasper said walking into the room. "I think it's safe to say that he doesn't."

"He's just pretending, aren't you Eddie?" She seemed so convinced. "He doesn't want to be mean to her and tell her outright that he loves me. My Eddie's much to nice for that. We're going to run away together, aren't we Eddie?" She fluttered her eyelashes at him and I looked up to see him looking at her in utter disgust. He actually looked like he was going to throw up at the thought of going anywhere with her.

"Get her out of here!" Carlisle hissed. I had never seen him so pissed. Well, maybe once, but still, Carlisle pissed was not something I enjoyed seeing. He may be the calm and passive doctor most of the time, but even he can't be blamed if he gets a bit annoyed when some psycho has broken into his youngest son's bedroom attacked his family.

"What do I do with her?" Emmett asked, keeping a firm hold on Tanya, who was still trying to wriggle free, not realising that there is no escape from Emmett's grip.

"I don't know." Carlisle admitted, walking over to Rose, making sure that she was alright. "Shove her in a closet somewhere. I don't really care. Charlie will be here soon anyway. Just don't let her leave." He added onto the end and Emmett nodded, dragging Tanya out of the room, grinning evilly, Jasper following closely behind. I didn't want to know where he was thinking of putting her. Hopefully the basement. There were no windows or anything in there, there was no way of escape from the basement.

Edward pressed his lips to my temple and ran his fingers through my hair. Something caused him to freeze. He pulled his hands away and a look of shock appeared on his face. "Carlisle!" He called and Carlisle's head snapped towards us. Edward showed his hand to Carlisle and I really wished that I hadn't been looking at the time, as I immediately started feeling ill and dizzy.

His fingers were coated in blood.

My blood.

"Bella? Bella?" Carlisle called and I opened my eyes to look at him. "Bella, it's okay." He moved around to inspect the back of my head, gently moving my hair out of the way. "Can someone get some ice!" He called and Alice immediately ran down the stairs. "It doesn't look too deep. It doesn't look as though it'll need any stitches, which is good." He was mumbling to himself but I could hear every word. At least Tanya's attack hadn't done too much damage. Alice appeared moments later with a bag full of ice cubes that she had taken out of the freezer. "Bella, do you want one?" He had obviously felt that having ice cubes would be better than a glass of water. I nodded and Alice popped one out of one of the individual holders for the ice. I popped it in my mouth, relishing the cold feeling of it. I felt something cold touching the back of my head and I knew that the rest of the ice bag was being held against my head.

"Charlie's here." Alice told him. "He wants you to show him where she is and explain to him what happened. The Denali's are worried about what's happening up here. You know, if everyone's okay."

"I'll take it Carlisle." Edward said softly. I felt the bag move slightly and Carlisle got up and went down to meet Charlie. I leaned my head against Edward's chest and looked around at the people in the room.

Jasper had returned and was now over with Rosalie and Esme. He had one arm around his twin, gently rocking her, calming her down. He had hold of Esme's hand with the other, gently rubbing his thumb up and down the back of her hand, also trying to calm his mother as well as his twin sister. Jasper was the only person who could. Rose looked shaken up. She had obviously not been expecting Tanya to lash out like she had. I could see that she had a slight purple bruise forming around the cut that Esme and Alice had cleaned up. Her face was now clean of blood, thankfully, or I think I might have passed out. Blood plus Bella equals not good. Esme looked extremely worried. She was probably freaking out about the fact that someone had managed to break into her home while she and Carlisle were here and sneak into her son's bedroom. She looked at me and a fresh wave of worry and panic passed over her features. I smiled at her to let her know that I was alright but that did absouletly nothing to appease her. I knew Esme too well to know that it would. Alice was now sat next to me, rubbing her hand up and down my arm, watching me intently. I smiled at her as well, and she offered a small smile in return although I knew that she was still worried about me.

Edward still had his tight grip around me. He wasn't holding on to me tight enough to hurt me but his grasp made me feel comfortable. Safe. I didn't want to leave his embrace ever again. I knew what I needed to do. And I had to do it today.

I would go home tonight, to talk to Charlie.

It had to be tonight.

I turned my head and kissed Edward on the jaw lightly. He smiled down at me, obviously freaked out by the events of the morning.

"Maybe we should go downstairs." I said softly and he looked at me and smiled. I stood up slowly after removing the ice bag from my head and turned around to wait for Edward to stand up after me. I took his hand and we walked downstairs, Jasper and Rosalie following us as we went.

As we reached the bottom of the stairs I saw that Charlie's police cruiser was still outside. I looked around and I saw four worried Denali's, Felix and Garrett all walking up to us.

"Oh my God, Bella." Kate gushed, her eyes filled with unshed tears. "I'm so sorry, Bella!"

"No, Kate." I told her. "It's okay. It's not your fault."

"But she's our sister." Carmen agreed with Kate. "We can't help but feel that this is our fault!"

"Don't be stupid!" I told them. "Any of you! It's no one's fault but hers. She's the only one to blame here and I won't be accepting any apologies from any of you."

"But-"

"NO!" I said defiantly and they all stopped talking, looking at each other as if judging whether or not to carry on apologising to me. Eleazar opened his mouth but I held up a finger to shush him and he closed his mouth instantly.

Just then a shrill screaming that I knew all too well erupted into the silence. I looked around to see Charlie wrestling a handcuffed Tanya through the kitchen. Emmett had obviously put her in the basement like I thought he would. She caught sight of us, Edward with his arm around me and started screaming again. Who knew that an airhead like her knew such colourful language.

I was thankful when Charlie was able to wrestle her out of the house and into the cruiser, but I did feel a bit sorry for him having to put up with her in the back. He locked her in the car, so she couldn't escape, not that she'd get very far with the both the Cullen and the Denali families watching for her to try. Better to be safe than sorry I guess.

Charlie jogged his way up to the house and walked up to me.

"Bells, are you alright?" He sounded concerned and he wore a look of worry.

"Yeah, Dad. I'm okay." I gave him a smile and he returned it even though I could tell that it was forced.

"Right. I'm going to go and take care of her and then I'm going to come back here and find out what happened." Charlie said looking between each of the Cullens. "If that's alright."

"Actually Dad, I have a few things I need to do at home so I can talk to you at home." I told him and I felt Edward's grip on me tighten ever so slightly, though Charlie didn't seem to notice.

"Okay then Bells." Charlie sounded weary. "I'll be home at the normal time, so...I guess I'll see you then." I nodded, before realising I really shouldn't have done and he left.

"Hey you guys, we're going to head off." Irina said softly from where the Denali's were. I hadn't noticed that they were all wearing different clothes to the ones that they had come in. They had obviously been given the chance to change and shower before any of the Cullens' did. The Cullens' may be crazy and immature at times, but they were the perfect hosts.

We hugged them all goodbye, the guys giving each other handshakes and they left. I wondered whether they were going to go to the police station or whether or not they were going to abandon their sister. If I were them I would have left her there, but then again that's just me.

We all moved into the living room in silence and Edward and I curled up in the loveseat, rather than the sofa. The sofa was too big. We needed something that was a little more confined. We just wanted to be together after all that had happened this morning. We needed to be close together, and the sofa didn't offer that kind of closeness. The rest of the Cullens', minus Alice and Esme, who were busy doing whatever it was that they were doing, curled up on the sofas and armchairs, not saying anything. I knew that they were all thinking of things to say, but weren't really able to come up with anything that fit the moment. I rested my head against Edward's chest as we curled up and sighed. With Edward there, I knew that everything would be okay. Who cared about psycho bitches when I had my Edward's arms wrapped around me.

Alice and Esme came in a few minutes later and they settled down as well. Esme went straight to Carlisle and he wrapped his arms around her. Alice went and curled herself up next to Emmett, who put a reassuring arm around her shoulders. Jasper was sat with Rosalie in his lap, comforting his twin.

"How's your head feeling?" Edward whispered in my ear, loud enough so that I could hear him but not so loud as to disrupt the silence. I smiled and nodded at him to show that it was okay. I kissed his jawline softly and he pressed his lips against mine ever so gently. I deepened the kiss slightly before breaking away and leaning my head back on his chest, closing my eyes and sighing in contentment.

This peace was welcome after the disruption of the morning. I opened my eyes to find both Esme and Carlisle grinning at Edward and me. I smiled back and nuzzled my head into his chest even more. This action only caused their grins to become even wider. I knew what they were thinking and it probably went along the lines of "aww, they're so cute" but you know what, when it was Carlisle and Esme I really didn't give a damn.

Seeing as it seemed none of us wanted to move from our spots for a while, Emmett got up and put a movie on. I didn't know what movie it was, but I got the feeling that it was an action movie because I could hear explosions and screams every couple of minutes. I wasn't paying attention to the movie because I was too lost in Edward's eyes to pay attention. The deep green of his eyes was intoxicating. I could lose myself in them forever.

And it appeared that I did.

When I finally snapped back to reality, I saw that the movie was over and everyone else had cleared out of the living room, leaving Edward and I alone.

"Guess we were a bit to wrapped up in each other huh?" He chuckled and I smiled. He seemed to be okay. This mornings events didn't seem to be troubling him too much. I knew that he would talk to me when he was ready. He had opened up to me about everything before. We had no secrets. This would just be one of those things that I would have to wait out. I couldn't push him into talking.

I was content to just remain there for the rest of the day, but it seemed that our stomaches had other ideas. They both decided that they were going to make their emptiness known at the same time and we couldn't help but chuckle at the timing.

I stood up first and pulled him off of the loveseat, taking holding of his hand and leading him into the kitchen.

"What do you want?" I asked him, before letting go of his hand.

"I have no idea." He admitted chuckling. "What do you want?"

I shrugged my shoulders and began searching for things that I could make into a decent meal for the both of us as neither of us had eaten at all today. That kind of thing might be alright for me, but for Edward, skipping a meal could start the cogs in his mind going. The ones that told him that going back to how he was a year ago was the best way. I couldn't have that happening. Not after all the work he had put in.

I opened up the fridge and saw a plastic tupperware box on one of the shelves. It was labelled "lasagne". It was obviously what was left of Carlisle and Esme's dinner from the previous night. I was sure they wouldn't mind us having it now. "Aha!" I said, pulling out the box. I turned around and showed the label to Edward, as if I was displaying something on the home shopping channel. Edward grinned and chuckled at me, which I took as a good sign.

I looked at the bottom of the box and it told me that it was microwaveable, so I loosened the lid and popped it into the microwave. Tuning in the amount of time I wanted it in there for, I busied myself with getting out plates and cultery. I pulled out two glasses and noticed the bottle of Edward's antidepressants that where in the cupboad. I pulled them out and showed them to him. He nodded his head, smiling, silently telling me that he'd had it for today. I grinned and put it back. No harm in making sure, I thought to myself as the microwave beeped.

I knew that Edward was watching me and for some reason it didn't bother me. It would have if it was anyone else but with him, it felt oddly reassuring to be under his gaze. He was the only one I felt one hundred per cent secure and safe with.

We both ate our meal greedily, laughing at the other one as we ate, getting the sauce everywhere. I couldn't help it. He was just so cute.

After we ate, we went back up to his room. Upon entering we saw why Esme and Alice had been late coming down to the living room with the rest of us. Edward's CD and bookcase were back in upright positions and seemingly all in order. The photo that Tanya had taken had been placed back onto Edward's bedside table and the glass had been replaced. Looking around you wouldn't be able to tell that there had been any kind of scuffle in here at all. It looked as it always did. But there was some sort of atmosphere in the room now. It wasn't just between Edward and myself now.

It had been violated.

I just hoped that the atmosphere would dissipate soon. I couldn't stand it to come into this room, a safe haven that I shared with Edward and feel awkward. This was the one place I didn't feel awkward. And I wanted it to stay that way.

We lay in his bed for a while, before I looked at the clock and realised that I had an hour before Charlie would be home. I needed to get home so that I could make him dinner. Small thanks for what he did today, but I knew it would be appreciated at least. I hadn't spent that much time with Charlie lately, and I was starting to feel bad about it. I needed to spend time with him.

"I gotta go love." I told him, and he sat up.

"I'll take you home then." He said smiling. He always felt better knowing that I had gotten home. I could tell that it wasn't because he didn't trust his family, but I think it was security thing with him. The knowledge that I was okay, just made him feel better. I knew this because I felt the same way about him.

We got up and we went downstairs. I didn't bother to pack up anything that was in the bathroom, as I had all I needed at home. I had bought extras and brought them here because it was evident I was spending a lot of time here. I realised that I needed toiletries in both places. I really did have two homes.

The drive back home was quiet again, but it was a comfortable, easy silence. I held his hand again but unlike this morning, he squeezed it back. Everything was going to be okay. It had to be. Nothing could stop us. Nothing could break us apart. I had to hold on to that belief and everything would be okay.

We pulled up outside my house and found that Charlie wasn't home yet. I turned to face Edward and he smiled at me. "You wanna come in?" I asked and he nodded, smiling.

We got out of the car and I let us in, using the key that was always hidden under the eaves. We walked in and took off our shoes and jackets, hanging them up. I had barely hung my jacket up when I felt a pair of strong arms encasing my waist. I leaned my head back on his chest as he kissed the top of my head. I sighed in contentment as I turned around and pressed my lips to his jaw. He moaned gently, pressing his lips to mine in a loving and tender kiss. I reached behind me and took his hands in mine as I walked into the kitchen and sat him down on a chair.

For some reason, he found watching me very interesting indeed. He sat there and watched as I wrapped two potatoes in foil, popping them into the oven to bake and set two steaks to marinade. I placed them into the fridge and went and sat down next to Edward. My only problem was he wasn't having any of that. He pulled me onto his knee and buried his head in my hair, inhaling deeply.

"You okay, love?" I asked him softly, running my hand through his hair.

He lifted his head up and smiled at me. "Perfect." He whispered and I pressed my lips to his. He sighed against my lips and I felt my own forming into a smile.

I heard Charlie's cruiser pull up and I pulled away from Edward. I knew he liked Edward, but I still don't think he would be too impressed about finding the two of us making out in his kitchen. I stood up and moved to heat the steaks so they would be ready soon just as Charlie was walking through the door.

"Hey Bells." He called as he hung up his jacket and, thankfully, his gun.

"Hey Dad." I called back, turning around to face him.

He walked into the kitchen, saw Edward and smiled at him. "Heya Edward."

"Good evening Charlie." I couldn't help but smile. Edward was ever the gentleman. Always polite, no matter what the occassion, however formal, my Edward was always perfect and polite. He stood up and wrapped his arms around my waist. "I should go."

I nodded and kissed him on the cheek.

"So, what did you do for the rest of the day?" Charlie asked, sitting himself down in the chair that sat across from the one Edward had just been in.

"Nothing really, did we?" I replied, facing my Dad and turning my head to look at Edward.

He shook his head. "Perfect lazy day." He agreed, smiling at me. He kissed me on the cheek. "I'll talk to you tomorrow." I nodded, kissing his jaw. "Goodnight Charlie."

"Goodnight Edward." Charlie called as Edward let himself out. I felt Charlie's gaze on me as I finished making dinner. Unlike Edward's gaze it didn't make me feel as safe as it should have done. As I served him his dinner I found him grinning at me.

"What?!" I asked earnestly, and he chuckled, shaking his head.

"Nothing." He ate a mouthful of steak, mumbling his thanks and compliments. He swallowed and looked at me. "You two really are in love aren't you?" I nodded and he smiled. "You know, I didn't really think that the kind of love I see from you two existed outside of the movies." Was Charlie actually expressing his feelings? We never really did that. With each other that is. "I'm really happy for you Bells."

"Actually, Dad," I put down my fork and looked at him. "I wanted to ask you something."

"Shoot," He mumbled, taking a gulp of his beer.

"Well," I looked down at the table. "You know Edward and I are engaged." He nodded, his smile faltering ever so slightly. He wasn't happy that Edward and I were choosing to marry so young, but, even though he would never say it, he felt Edward and I were meant to be together. I knew he did. Then why was I so nervous in asking what I wanted to. "Well, I've decided that I want to marry him .... before .... I have to move back to Phoenix."

"Bells-"

"I know what you're going to say." I cut him off. "You're going to tell me that I'm too young, and that I should think about it before making any rash decisions, but I can tell you, it doesn't matter how young or old we are, Edward and I are always going to be together. And I can also say, I have done nothing but think about this. It's all I've been able to think about recently. Well.....other than the psycho this morning, anyway. That's how I feel. Please. I just need your permission."

"Bells." He put down his cutlery and reached across the table, taking my hand in his own. "Yeah, you're right. I do think that you're too young, but I've also seen how you and Edward are together. I know that the two of you are made for each other and that's something that is never going to change. Even though I don't want to let you go, I realise that I have no choice. You'll always be my baby, Bells. My little girl. And if I have to give you up sooner than I'd hoped, I wouldn't choose any guy but Edward."

"So," I said slowly. "Does that mean I have your permission to marry Edward before I have to move?"

"Yes." He nodded. "You can marry Edward before you have to move."

And I did something that I never thought I would ever do.

I squealed like Alice and jumped into my father's lap, hugging him tight.

If Edward agreed, I could be moving to Phoenix not as Bella Swan, but Bella Cullen.

Bella Cullen.

Nice ring to it, don't you think?

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