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chelllo! it's almost eclipse time and i think i've finally landed on a name: It's Never Going to Be Bella! yes? no? tell me what you think

and here's your suprise for my reviews: Tanya, the most annoying person in the world to Bella, is coming to Forks in the next story! and she's going to be after Edward and she might just get him! oh, and riley and bree and diego and victoria (of course) will all be around...and maybe not in the way that Bella and the book planned. Jacob is also going to be very upset with Bella because he believes she is completely blowing him off without giving him a proper chance just because the book ends with Edward and Bella together. And, finally, the seduction scene...well, I can't tell you anything about that yet because...because it's so juicy I can't tell! :)

so, anyway, enough of a slightly spoiler-y intro to my version of eclipse, but here's the vote scene! filled danger and hilarity! soooo enjoy! 10 DAYS TIL ECLIPSE!


Let's Rock This Vote!

"That stupid jerk! I hate him. I hate him. I hate him so much! Grr! Why didn't he at least stay for two minutes so he could at least give me a ride to his stupid house! This is so not fair. I am in so much effing trouble now. I can't believe I had to drive my own truck to the Cullen's house. At least I know where their driveway is, not that Edward seems to care! And all because of my stupid mouth! Why did I have to call Jacob 'Jake'? I work hard to not be that stupid! But Edward is, so now he probably thinks I'm desperately in love with Jacob instead of him. Well, he should know that there really is no one but him that I'll ever love besides him, except for maybe Robert Pattinson, but that's just because they could be identical twins!" You know, ranting while you drive is quite a terrific way to get rid of some frustration that you don't necessarily want anyone else to hear.

"I didn't even get to say my absolute favorite line from the story! No dice! But you go ahead and make yourself at home. That would have been hilarious for me to say to him because I have much more sass and attitude than the stupid Bella in the book! And I would have actually tried to jump out of the window after that horrid speech about how I don't trust him and blah, blah, blah! Of course I trust him! I love him for God's sake! Why wouldn't I trust him? I mean, I trust Jacob, don't I? Well, I sure as hell don't love him like I do Edward! Why did I do this? This is so much worse than having Edward gone! He's going to be my friend? Ahh, I give up!" I stopped my car in the middle of the road to slam my head onto my steering wheel multiple times. After all, I'm in Forks. There's no way I would be hit on this road. Even if I did get hit, I would deserve it!

"Now why did you go and do something stupid like this?" A voice broke through my head banging.

I screamed bloody murder. If the person in my car wasn't a vampire, she would have probably lost her hearing. Looks like I'm going to have to buy a hearing aid. "HOLY CRAP! Ava! Scare the shit out of me why don't you!"

She looked unrepentant. "Sorry, Alice told me about your situation and she thought you might need a friend, and not the kind that used to be your boyfriend."

Great, I'm crying again. "She told you about that?" Of course Alice would be watching! I am not that bright tonight, it seems.

"She did."

Oh Jesus, this isn't going to be good. "Did she tell you to come tell me how stupid I am because of that? Because I know I am already! I really don't need to hear it from someone else as you could probably tell from the way I was shouting in here a few minutes ago."

Ava surprised me by pulling me into a hug. Okay, where is this going? "Hey, calm down. It's okay, Bells. I think you're being really courageous by not going exactly according to the book. If you need some time to get back into the groove with him, then take all the time you need. You've been my best friend since forever, which means I know you pretty much better than anyone else in the entire world. You did the right thing for you, trust me."

I am totally shocked. I pulled away from our hug to make sure that she wasn't actually laughing hysterically because she was kidding, but her face was completely serious. "Really? Wait, what happened to the thing about me finally seducing him that you were so excited about?"

She rolled her eyes at me. "There's plenty of time for that, and with this arrangement, you might get to hook up with that gorgeous werewolf of yours too!"

I glared at her. She knows I don't like Jacob like that! Although, even I must admit he has spectacular abs, but still not as spectacular as Edward. "I knew you were being too sincere for your own good."

She smiled and shrugged. "I was just trying to make you feel better, but obviously we are a little too far past depressed for random sex jokes to make you feel better."

I hugged her again, only because I needed someone to make myself believe I wasn't dreaming and that she really was here and agreed with my choice. "You're right! I did need my best friend though. Thanks. I promise I won't hit my head against my wheel anymore if I have a problem."

"No prob, that's what I'm here for! So, where are you off to at this hour? It's a little late to be making a nighttime run for Ben and Jerry's."

It's never too late for Ben and Jerry's. But, I'm not in need of that right now. "I'm off to the Cullen's house. I figure they should vote on whether one of them turns me or if I wait until the Volturi come for me. But I really hope one of you all volunteer to vote to turn me because the thought of Aro coming anymore than twenty feet from me makes me nauseous."

She scared me yet again by snarling. "I know what you mean. I have to live with the fact that James turned me." Oh, whoops! I momentarily forgot about that. I bet she would feel a bit odd about not having Angel turn her when I'm gunning for Edward to turn me. Oh, well she's got eternity to get over it! She silence calmed her down quite a bit. "So, what's your game plan?"

"I'm telling them."

She started to ask me who I was telling exactly what to, but realization dawned on her quickly. "Oh, God. No freaking way! Now? Really? After all the crap you just fed to Edward, you're going to give him and the rest of the Cullens more information to digest? Exactly how much do you plan on telling them?"

"Well, they aren't about to find out about their grandchild. Nor what that gift you gave me for my birthday meant." I glared, remembering how humiliating receiving that one piece of lingerie was on my horrible birthday. "No, they're going to learn how to catch Victoria. Maybe we can save some people from dying at the royal bitch's evil clutches."

Ava nodded, clearly thinking about something. "Royal Bitch, huh? I like it. I'm totally calling Vicky that the next time we see her."

Am I the only serious person around here? "You better watch her, or you'll be the one getting your head ripped off." I took off down the road faster than ever. Uncle Charlie always told me they didn't have people watching for speed on the roads around here, anyway, so I'm pushing the truck for all its worth to make it to my appointment with fate!

Alright, we made it. Not that I was worried or anything about my truck making it to the house; I was more worried that I would turn the truck around sometime along the way. For some inexplicable reason, I'm nervous out of my mind. Now I find that I can't get out of the car. "Ava, can I ask you something before we go in?"

"Sure, what is it?" She must have thought we already finished our little heart to heart back on the road, but I still need some more confidence before I go inside.

"Did you see Edward when he got back? Is he ok? What's he acting like?"

I saw her grimace from the corner of my eye. This can't be good. "He's perfect! He's definitely taking everything in stride and respects your decision." I know that fake smile, she's totally lying. I narrowed my eyes at her, but she kept smiling back until my look became so much like my mother's that she finally cracked. "Alright, fine! He's a total wreck! He went straight upstairs and smashed some things around for a while, and then it went quiet. Then I heard some sobbing, possibly some moaning, followed by some yelling to himself, and then I got bored and Alice told me to get you because you were pretty much doing the same thing."

Oh, God, I'm going to cry again! I didn't mean to hurt him like that! I'm the biggest bitch in the world! I deserve for Victoria to kill me, slowly and painfully! I think I'll just slam my head on the wheel some more.

"I thought we were past all of this!" Now I'm freaking Ava out! What kind of evil being am I? "Bella, I mean it, calm down! Now! They can hear you in the house, you know. Edward can hear you."

I snapped my head up immediately. "Shit. Let's just pretend that didn't happen, kay?"

Ava clearly thinks I need psychological help. "Okay…can we go vote now? I have an opinion that needs to be addressed in front of everyone!" Hmm, I wonder what that could be…whatever it is, it can't be good! Ava hopped out of the truck, and motioned for me to hurry up. I didn't really want to drag this out, but I didn't want to hurry and get my Edward viewing time completely over with.

I groaned yet again. "Let's get this over with." Ava led me inside, carefully avoiding that darn crack in the driveway that started all of this crap. She flipped on the lights insides. I'm happy to report that none of the evidence from my earlier escapades inside were visible, not even my banging on Edward's piano. It might be more evident if he tries to play on it and the strings are a little worn out, but he'd probably just blame Emmett or Jasper.

"Angel? Alice? Jasper? Carlisle? Esme? Rosalie? Idiotic older brother? Even more stupid older brother?" I smacked her arm, not that it would hurt her or anything. She grinned and yelled again. "I mean, Emmett? Edward?"

Carlisle was suddenly chuckling beside me. "Welcome back, Bella. What can we do for you this morning? I imagine, due to the hour, that this is not a purely social visit?"

"You are correct in assuming that." Well, at least Carlisle isn't mad at me for breaking his son's heart. Let's just hope everyone else is as happy to see me as he is. "If it's okay with everyone, I kind of need to talk to them about something very important to me, and I think it's time that I finally told you all about." Carlisle looked to Ava as if she could give him some idea of what was going on, but she just shrugged at him as if to tell him I'm just the one who Alice sent to get her out of the middle of the road.

"Of course. Why don't we talk in the other room?" Alright, Bella, just take a deep breath. They weren't mad at you when you told them about Twilight, so they shouldn't be angry at you about this. Carlisle held out the chair at the head of the dining room table for me as the rest of the family filed in after him. Except for one. Edward hadn't shown up yet, which made me even more nervous. He needed to be here too if he wanted to hear anything about the books from me.

Esme gave me a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder as she walked past me to her seat. Alice was grinning madly. She's too excited for her own good. Jasper and Emmett looked curious, and Rosalie was trying her hand at smiling at me. I resisted the urge to shiver, so I looked at Angel. He was smiling just as reassuringly as Carlisle. I want Edward here, though. I need to make sure he's okay! "The floor is yours." Carlisle interrupted my thoughts.

"Is Edward not here?"

Everyone looked apprehensive to answer me. My answer came from behind me a moment later. "Did no one care to tell me we had a guest?" Edward came in behind me and took a seat right next to mine that Alice had left open for him. He was keeping his eyes strategically away from me. "Please continue, Bella."

Great, now I have to concentrate more on not crying than shoving away my nervousness. Thanks a lot, Edward. "Well, I guess Alice and Edward have told you all about what happened in Volterra?"

"Everything." Alice nodded, starting to jump in her chair.

"Including my deal with Aro?"

She stopped jumping immediately. "That, too."

"Good, then I don't need to relate to you bad memories." I took another deep breath to shake away my feelings that Edward's eyes were now on me. "I have a couple of things I need to work out with you all. I think I'll go ahead and get the least important part out of the way first. I pretty much am ordered to become a vampire soon, and the Volturi are going to be coming to take me with them. So, because of our proximity, this involves you all now, too, and I'm really sorry about that. More sorry than I can say. But, since I did what I did so they wouldn't hurt Edward, I guess this has been about you all since the beginning." Everyone looked sympathetic, except for Emmett, who I'm guessing just wants to beat up the Volturi for me. Edward looked down the instant I reached him. Butt head.

"Ava and I talked about something on our way here that made me think. She was turned by a really creepy guy and pretty much has to live with the fact that a part of him is always going to be inside of her. Not to disparage any of the rest of your sires, or whatever you call them, I would really enjoy not being turned into a vampire by one of the Volturi, especially not Aro. What I'm asking is if one of you would be willing to turn me, rather than me waiting for the Volturi to come and change me themselves. But, if you don't want me in your family even for whatever short amount of time before the Volturi come for me, then I won't force myself on anyone." Esme opened her mouth to interrupt me, but I held up my finger to stop. "Hang on, I'm on a roll. I'm positive that you heard what happened between me and Edward earlier this evening, so if you decide to keep me away because of that, I completely understand. I'll go to Italy myself if I have to so that the Volturi don't come here and disturb you all." I heard Edward grumble under his breath, but I ignored him. "Taking into account, then, that I won't put any of you in danger either way, I want you to vote yes or no on the issue of me becoming a vampire."

Damn, I can talk for a long time. I turned toward Carlisle for him to begin, since I didn't expect Edward to have any sort of opinion on the matter. But, boy was I wrong. "Just a minute." His voice rang out unexpectedly. Everyone looked shocked, even Alice. "I have something to add before we vote."

"If it's about me being in this family, you can just talk as we vote."

Edward glared at me with a fire in his eyes. "We may not be together at the moment, but I'm still your friend, and I think everyone can agree with me when I say we all love you and want you to be in our family." Must quash the urge to kiss him! "But, about the danger that Bella's referring to, I don't think we need to be overly anxious." Never mind, I don't want to kiss him anymore. "You see, there was more than one reason why I didn't shake Aro's hand there at the end. There's something they didn't think of, and I didn't want to clue them in."

Alice let out a growl. "Edward, the Volturi can use Demetri on us! And I can't watch the decisions of every single member of the Volturi until we figure out who's coming for her!"

"You don't think they'll be able to find me because of my gifts?" Everyone except Edward, me and Alice were totally confused. Emmett still just looked like he wanted to pound someone into the ground for me.

"Quite obviously, Alice will be able to tell when they're planning a visit, and I'll hide you. They'll be helpless. It will be like looking for a needle in a haystack!" And everyone tells me I'm the reckless one in this relationship.

"Brilliant, Edward, but they'll be able to find you, and Aro's smart enough to figure out that you'll be with me." I oozed sarcasm into every word.

Edward was acting much too cocky for his own good. "And I can take can of myself."

Emmett was definitely enjoying this way too much. "Excellent plan, my brother."

Rosalie and I can do something together! We both glared furiously at Emmett, but my voice was quite a bit louder than hers. "Emmett, sit or I will kill you!" Emmett shrunk down back into his seat faster than Felix shrunk when I yelled at him. I think I'm intimidating to large men who rely on their size to be scary. "You too, Edward. Alright, then. Edward has offered a ridiculous alternative for you to consider. Let's vote, then, shall we?" I was still fuming when I turned towards Edward, but, sadly, I couldn't hear anyone's thoughts at the moment. I wonder why not… "Edward, do you want me to join you family?"

I saw him fiddling with something in his pocket again, and I couldn't help but imagine him popping the question right here in front of his family, but that would be inappropriate since we were just friends. "Not that way. You're staying human."

Funny, now I have to resist the urge not to beat him up. Oh, well. "Alice?"

"You know I think of you as a sister already. Yes." I rolled my eyes at her, but grinned nonetheless.

"Jasper?"

"I vote yes. It would be nice to not to want to kill you all the time." Alice beamed at Jasper. She totally told him to say that.

"Rosalie?"

"No, but let me explain! I don't mean that I have any aversion to you as a sister. It's just that…this is not the life I would have chosen for myself. I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me."

"Ava?"

"Nope."

Okay, I couldn't retain my business-like manner for that one. "What? Are you crazy?"

"No, I most certainly am not! I told you in the car I have an opinion about it and you know how well I can persuade people." I just raised my eyebrow at her. She was so going to pay for this. "I want some nieces and nephews before you turn into a vampire! I can't have any kids of my own, so you're my only way to be a mommy!" Well, that made me blush. And if Edward could blush, I'm pretty sure he would be too. "So, my vote is temporarily no."

I narrowed my eyes at her triumphant smile and moved on. "Angel?"

"You seem to know what you're talkin' about, so yes." Oh yeah! Ava doesn't totally control Angel! Yes!

"Emmett?"

"I vote hell yes! We can find another way to pick a fight with these Volturi." Did I ever mention how much I love Emmett?

"Esme?"

"You know I already consider you a part of the family. Yes." Never mind, I love Esme more!

I knew the count. I totally kicked Edward's ass! Even if Carlisle and Edward both said no, I would win. I didn't bother saying Carlisle's name since he was only paying attention to Edward. "Edward." I was too scared to look at Edward because I had a feeling he was about to throw a chair across the room.

"No," he growled loud enough for Uncle Charlie and Sue to hear it back at the house. Oh, boy, here we go.

"It's the only way that makes sense," even Carlisle can see how close Edward is to flying off the handle, "You've chosen not to live without her—we all have—and that doesn't leave me a choice." Edward wasn't holding my hand, so he didn't get to throw it down like he does in the book, but he still stormed out of the room. I heard some crashing in another room. I hope he doesn't break anything valuable! "I guess you know my vote."

"Thank you all! You know how much I love you guys too, and I can't wait to be in this family with you all. Nor can I wait for the day that Jasper stops wanting to kill me all the time." Everyone came and gave me a hug, except for Rosalie and Jasper. I glanced at Alice, wondering if she would mind making Edward just a little bit angrier. She nodded and grinned at me. Well, at least we'll get Edward back in the room for part two. "Well, Alice, where do you want to do this?"

Alice covered her mouth to stop from laughing as Edward launched himself into the room. "No! No! NO!" He had me up against a wall before I could move out of the way. "Have you utterly lost you mind?"

"Edward, she was kidding." Alice was giggling uncontrollably behind us.

Edward slowly released me, clearly not wanting to, and looked quite bashful if I do say so myself. "Oh, sorry, Bella."

"Tell that to my chiropractor," I cracked my neck just for effect, and Edward smiled ruefully at me. Well, at least I haven't lost the ability to make him smile. "Anyway, take a seat. I'm not quite finished with what I wanted to tell you all. We've agreed that I'll become a vampire before the Volturi come for me, and that one of you will turn me and only when you're okay with it. And I'm very grateful for everything you've ever given me, so I feel like I should give you all something in return. Something that I've owed you for a long time, and I finally realized that I've been betraying your trust in me by not telling you this before."

Esme looked particularly worried. "Bella, dear, what is it?"

"It's about the book. Or rather, books." I paused, allowing everyone to realize what I said. "I don't know if Edward or Alice told you, but there's more than one book about all of us. There are four, to be exact: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. All of the events from my birthday til a few weeks from now are included in the second book. I didn't want to tell all of you beforehand because I thought it was pointless because I planned on changing the major plot point: Edward and the rest you leaving. I told Alice about it, but even our minds working together couldn't stop it."

"You didn't get a paper cut, Bella! We did stop that!" Alice had to point out.

"Thanks, Alice. A minor detail that doesn't really matter. Anyway, I'm not going to make that mistake anymore. The third book is filled with a bit more action. It revolves around what all of us are going to do about Victoria." They all hissed when I said her name. I think her name automatically makes anyone have that response. I'll have to test that later with Jessica and Angela and see if they make any sort of loud reaction. "Yeah, I know, I hate her too. But, in my perfect world, I let you all read Eclipse, and we'll be able to stop Victoria before she kills a lot of innocent people. We might actually even be able to stop a whole entire book from happening. You see, there's this new book that the author wrote about this one girl in Victoria's newborn vampire army that she creates in the third book that eventually gets killed at the end of the book, and it's uber sad because her mate gets killed too! But, if we stop Victoria fast, maybe that girl and her boyfriend might be able to live the rest of their lives together as humans! Oh, and there wouldn't be a newborn vampire army."

Emmett raised his hand. "I'm confused. What is the last book about if we beat this Victoria in the third book?"

I blushed at the thought of what happens in Breaking Dawn. Luckily, no one can read my mind nor can Alice find out about it. "It's…private. There's nothing to really worry about in it if we play our cards right. But, anyway, as I was saying, I'm going to let you have Eclipse, but I'm going to have to cut out a few parts in it that are a little too…personal…for you all to read." Such as the multiple times Jacob tries to kiss me, Edward's proposal, the whole seduction scene, and the bit at the end where they almost do it in the meadow! "You've seen the bits of Twilight that I should have prohibited you from watching in the movie that led to a little bit of an argument while we watched the movie."

Carlisle seemed enthusiastic about the fact that there were more books written about them. "Do they have anymore explanations about any of our pasts in it?"

I sighed. There's no use in lying to them it since I was going to let them read it anyway. "Yeah…Rosalie's and Jasper's and a bit of Emmett's." Okay, now I'm totally at a loss at what else to say. "I didn't want to tell you all about those because I sort of wanted you to tell me yourselves when you wanted to tell me instead of me spilling that I knew everything already." Still silence. Grr! "Um, I'm really, very sorry for not telling you all this before, but now we can work together to stop Victoria from killing people! Yay!" Oh, God they hate me! They're going to change their minds about letting join their family. I think I'm having a panic attack!

I suddenly felt calming waves hitting me in rapid succession. Thanks, Jasper! "Bella, it's okay. No one is angry with you. We're all a bit stunned by the news."

"I'm not stunned! This is freaking awesome! Vampire armies? Bring 'em on!" I'm thinking Emmett was the one in the asylum, not Alice. Alice, of course, took all this news in stride since I already let her read Eclipse. She was smiling at everyone, except for Emmett, but then again everyone was glaring at him.

Alice stood up and motioned for me to sit down. Did I forget something? "I've been in on the secret too, everyone. I bugged Bella until she gave me the third book because I wanted to find out when she and Edward were going to get married." That's it! I'm out of here! "Bella, don't you date get up!" Damn it, I forgot she would see that coming. "I know the two of you are going to be ridiculous and try to act like friends, but I think I'm with everyone when I say that you two are completely fooling yourselves if you think you're going to last ten minutes as friends! You belong with one another!"

"I'd just like to point out that we've lasted for about an hour as friends, which is more than ten minutes." Alice glared at me. "Shutting up now."

Alice's glare turned deadly when she pointed at me and Edward. But, most of her anger was pointed at me. "You and Edward will be together forever, Bella, and I will be planning your wedding whether you like it or not." All of a sudden, Alice plopped down in her seat and started…stroking the table. "Whoa, did you ever notice how pretty this table is?"

I can safely say that I am not the only one who's more than a bit freaked out. "Thanks, Jasper. I think she was on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. Luckily, she didn't go too far with everything." I won't be able to look at Edward for a while, at least until I stop blushing so furiously.

Jasper was staring at his wife like the rest of us. "I didn't do that…"

"That was me!" Ava said happily. "I've been working a lot on my powers while we were all apart, and I've gotten really good at them! I even persuaded Bella's truck to stop working one time." Yeah, that one time was when Alice forced me to go to La Push as my behavior was bordering on life-threatening. I'm pretty sure we've all had too much excitement for the night because no one really had anything to say, not ever Esme. Ava stopped smiling, and sighed. "Maybe I can help everyone with any clarifications that you might need when you read the book since I've read it too."

"Excellent idea, Ava." Carlisle was still too enthusiastic about having more than one book written about him and his family. But whatever, at least he isn't mad at me. "Bella, do you have anything else to add?"

I am so utterly exhausted, I doubt I'll be able to walk to the door straight. Plus, my head kind of hurts from when Edward flipped out and slammed us against a wall. "Sort of…I'm not quite sure what you want to do about the pack and all of this. I sort of gave the first movie and the second book to one of them that I'm friends with because he was really worried about me leaving for Italy. So, they're all going to know about the books as well. They're going to be valuable allies against Victoria, but if you're in any way uncomfortable with them reading about you, I can just tell them about the Victoria stuff in the books. If you want…or I can just not tell them anything…or not…or I don't know." My brain is so muddled with thoughts and conflicts, I can barely get them out in some sort of order.

Carlisle started to talk, but Esme came up behind him to silence him. "Carlisle, I think this can wait until next time. Bella is looking a bit peaked. Do you want to stay here for the night, Bella?"

"You know, you would think that I wouldn't be so tired since I've practically been sleeping for a whole day since we got back from Italy! It's amazing how tired I am! I kind of want to join Alice and talk about the pretty table."

I felt something cool on my forehead, so I looked up to see Esme holding her hand against my forehead to check if I had a temperature. "She's not sick. Carlisle? Edward? What do you think?"

More cool hands were probing my forehead and shoulders. Carlisle's voice broke above the sudden worried outrage. "I think she's just been a little over stressed lately. Along with the exhaustion from the trip, she's beginning to be delusional."

I am so out of it. "Hey, Carlisle? Will you change me after graduation? I don't want Ava or Alice to kill me if they try, and God knows Edward won't do it unless I agree to marry him or something!"

Everyone exchanged amused glances, excepting Edward, of course. Carlisle laughed and patted me on the back. "Of course, Bella, if that's what you want. You would be in no danger of me losing control."

"Carlisle," I heard Edward warn, but he was cut off.

"Don't worry, Edward. She won't remember this tomorrow, most likely. Ava, would you and Angel mind driving her home?"

"I'll take her." Whoa, I'm in the air! I am in the air! Oh, never mind. Edward scooped me up in his arms and is carrying me outside to my truck. Wow, that's so sweet of him! He's such a good friend. Man, I love him!

I think he just ran me back to my house because the next clear—well, slightly clear, anyway—thought I had was being tucked back into my bed. "Thanks, Edward. Love you…"

I'm not quite sure if I dreamed this part or not, but I'm pretty sure that Edward said something back. I might have heard wrong, since Carlisle said I was over stressed and exhausted and it was causing me to be delusional. "I love you too, Bella. You know, since Carlisle says you'll forget this, I have something to confess to you. I sincerely hope that Alice was right about planning a wedding. In truth, I had something planned out to ask you when you woke up, but I didn't realize how you felt about us. I understand why you want this, and I'm going to try to be…your friend…so I can regain your trust. But, you should know, even if you won't remember this in the morning, I was going to ask you to marry me." He chuckled quietly. "I'm nearly one hundred and ten. It's time I settled down, don't you think?" He leaned down to kiss my forehead. I shivered in response. "I wish I could know what you would have said. Knowing you there would have been misguided opinions and a string of curse words." He sighed. "Goodnight, my Bella. I'll be waiting for you."

What a dream! This is so much better than anything in the book! So what if I'm dreaming? Or if I'm being delusional? At least everyone in the house is still asleep for now, and I won't have to talk to them for another couple of hours. "Bella? Are you awake in here?"

Crap it. So much for sleeping off the stress. "Sadly, yes. May I ask who's at my door?"

"It's Seth." I hopped out of bed faster than I thought myself able. I ran and gave him the biggest hug I've ever given a person before in my entire life.

"Oh, Seth! I'm so so sorry for hurting you like I did! I didn't even realize I was being such a bitch to you! And now I've gone and turned you into a werewolf too gosh darn early! I promise I'll never ignore you like that again! And if I do just yell at me for being oblivious or something!" My God, he is on fire! I guess I'm lucky he didn't do any damage to the house when he phased in my room. "Can you ever forgive me?"

I looked up to his face to see that the rumbling in his chest was laughter, not growls like I thought he was doing. "Of course I can forgive you! You helped me! This is so amazingly cool. I was just worried about you because I smelled a vampire in your room."

"That was just Edward."

"Edward? I thought the Cullens were gone?"

"They were. They came back! You know, when I sort of…left in a hurry, I was actually off to save Edward from killing himself because he thought I was dead, so he didn't want to live in a world where I didn't exist because, and get this, he loves me! He didn't just stop like he told me when he left! He really does love me! And I'm a huge bitch because I told him that I didn't trust in him in my room this morning and now we're going to have to pretend to be just friends because that's what I asked him to be for me." Wow, I needed to get that all out to someone who wasn't directly involved.

Seth laughed and hugged me again. Didn't he hear all of what I just said? "Wow, that's all great, Bella!"

I smacked him, which, of course, only hurt my hand now that he was a werewolf. Not fair! "Great? There's absolutely nothing great about the fact that he and I are going to be friends instead of a different 'f' word!"

Seth was still laughing at me. I'm going to have to go get the baseball bat out to beat him! "No, right! You're right. It's just that you're babbling again!" Does he have fleas or something? Don't those things make dogs go crazy? "I'm not crazy, I swear. I'm just trying to point out that you always babbled before the Cullens left, and then you were sad and I don't think you even ranted once! It's kind of nice to have the normal babbly Bella back." There was too much alliteration in the last part of his idea that I can't even comment on that.

"Right…so, what have Charlie and your mom said about my little trip?"

"Bella, is that you outside? If it is, you need to get in here right now! And don't even think about sneaking back into your room!" Jesus, can everyone read my mind tonight?

Seth grimaced at Uncle Charlie and Sue's bedroom door. "Looks like you're about to find out."


There you go! aren't you happy Seth isn't going to be a meany butt? i am so pumped for him to be in the movie! so, anyway, i'm thinking there might be two more chapters, one being the epilouge where everyone is going to watch the New Moon movie like I did at the end of the first story!

now, go review!

Preview for the next chapter:

I joined Sue in glaring at him. "Oh, trust me, I am. You see, I didn't mean 'Fine, I'll stay away from him'. I meant 'Fine, I'll get my stuff and move out if you're going to act like that about him'. Because, Uncle Charlie, while I may be very mad at Edward right now and I refused to be his girlfriend because I, myself, do not trust him completely at the moment; I still find myself to be very much in love with him. And this isn't the kind of love that'll end after high school does. This is more than just puppy love. So, I guess I'll go move in with him if he'll have me. So, I guess I'll see you all sometime around town..." Walk slowly towards the door, put a big pouty face on, and wait for him to crack.

"Bella, wait!" Told you!

"Don't forget to take the truck when you leave." Both Sue and I stared at him in horror. He can't honestly kick me out! Is he on crack or something? He can't honestly mean that. Can he?