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Chapter 13

Bella's POV

As I put my skirt on, Edward went to get my shirt, which was only fair since he had been the one to throw it to the other side of the meadow.

"Here, love." Edward said handing me my white shirt. I quickly put it on.

"Stupid short skirt!" I mumbled under my breath, trying to make it cover more of my legs. "I'm going to tear it and burn it as soon as I get a hold of something else to wear."

"Well, I kind of like it even though I agree that it's a little too revealing to wear in public. But right now, that it's just the two of us... I can't keep my eyes off of you." He hugged me from behind, pressing my back against his chest.

"Or your hands, for that matter." I teased wiggling out of his grasp.

"Until a few hours ago I thought I would never be able to touch or kiss you again, I think I'm still wrapping my head around this…" He whispered and caressed my face. "... around the fact that you're mine, again." His right hand moved to my hair, stroking it and he pressed me against his chest letting his arms embrace my waist in a gentle but possessive grasp.

"I was and always will be yours, no matter what happens, Edward. I know that I'll never love anyone like I love you so I'll always be yours. Always." I declared. He buried his face in my wet hair for a moment, inhaling deeply.

"Thank you, love." Then he placed a small kiss on the right side of my neck, where one of the marks from when Aro had bitten me, all those years ago, lay. "I wish I had been the one to make you like this... like me." His hold on me tightened.

"You know that was what I wanted too but there's nothing we can do now so let's not dwell on the past. Let's just put it behind our backs, shall we?" I smiled and he kissed me sweetly before a crooked grin appeared on his face.

"Come on, let's feed you." He growled jokingly throwing me over his shoulder and starting to run as I laughed.

"I may not be at the top of my strength but I can run."

"I don't want to take any chances besides, I like to carry you."

God, I love him!

***

I caught two deers as Edward settled for one, spending the rest of the time watching me. I could feel his stare as I moved fast and fluidly to catch my meal.

"What were you looking at?" I asked teasingly after I carefully buried the second deer's body.

"You." Was his simple answer. His voice was full of passion and amazement. I found a little hard to believe that it was because of me but the way his eyes bore into mine, as if he was looking at my soul told me everything I needed to know... it was such a reverent look. "Only you." In less than a second I was back in his arms and found myself, for the second time that night, trapped between him and a tree.

I smiled as he leaned down to kiss me. First his lips only brushed lightly against mine but then he pressed harder, deepening the kiss. Our lips moved together and I relished in the quiet that surrounded us, focusing solely on him. I wanted to make the most of this moment, while it was just the two of us and the problems that our reunion would bring didn't bother us.

When we broke the kiss he simply stared at me.

"Why are your eyes green?" He asked.

"Honestly, I have no idea. They're like this since I became a vampire."

"They're beautiful. I could stare at them forever and I would never get bored."

"I love you, Edward. I love you with everything I am." I wouldn't get tired of saying it, after all I had eighty years to make up for.

"I love you too Bella, more than anyone can ever imagine."

"We should go back. Everybody must be worried about us."

"As much as I want I can't keep you all to myself can I?"

"No, you can't." I answered. Even though I wanted the exact same thing, Esme and Alice were probably worried and anxiously waiting for some kind of news, besides I would have to deal with my brothers sooner or later so…

"Okay but before you go I want to apologize…"

"Edward, please don't…"

"Wait! Let me finish. I want to apologize for kissing you, against your will when I found you in the meadow, a while ago… I'm sorry." He looked expectantly at me and all I wanted to do was laughing.

"I don't accept your apology… and I'm sure you're not sorry about it."

"What? It was a very ungentlemanly thing to do and I am sorry…"

"If you hadn't done it, we probably wouldn't be here now, I would have left and you would never find me again. " I pointed out.

"Seeing it that way… you're right, I'm not sorry." He replied grinning.

I grabbed his hand and pulled making a movement to start running but he didn't move; instead he pulled me against his chest and looked at me.

"Are you sure of this?" His tone was perfectly serious and his beautiful golden eyes were filled with a mixture of sadness and hurt but also hope.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. The only thing that occurred to me was that he was having second thoughts.

"I'm talking about... us! What I want to know is if you are sure that this is what you want."

"A while ago you were practically groveling and begging me to take you back, do you... regret it?" My voice broke a little in the end.

"No! No! I love you Bella and I will always want you by my side, I don't regret anything of what happened tonight and I've never been happier in my whole life. I just want to..." He breathed deeply and grabbed both my hands, holding them between his. "This is going to be so hard on you because of your brothers. I know that they hate me and now... I can't even imagine how difficult they'll be. I may not know them well but I do know that they would do anything to protect you. What if the fact that we're together will push them away from you? What if they hate me so much that they'll never accept our relationship? I know that they are important to you; I know that you love them and I don't want you to be unhappy. I don't want to take anything from you, much less your family, those who've supported and helped you during all these years."

"Stop Edward! I've been living on what if's for eighty years, I'm not going to keep doing it. I can't keep on living like that. I don't want to. I'll deal with my brothers when the time comes. Sure they're not going to be too thrilled about this but they'll come around eventually. They will see that I'm happy with you." I stared at his golden orbs watching my words sink in. "Everything will be okay." I assured.

"I'll do everything to prove them that I love you and that I'll make you happy."

"You don't have to prove anything. I know you love me! Now let's get a move cause I still want to go to the meadow; I left my cloak there."

***

Alice's voice could be heard even before entering the Cullens' lawn. She was shouting like a madwoman; at least they don't have neighbors, because they certainly wouldn't be happy with all this screaming at these ungodly hours.

"What's happening? Why aren't they back already? Do you think something bad happened? We should have gone with him or tell him what he should say! He's an idiot! He's probably going to say something rash and we'll never get Bella back! And why can't I see anything?" I laughed as silently as I could.

"Well it's good to know that Alice trust you that much." I mocked between laughs.

"Let's show her how wrong she is, shall we?" He whispered with a crocked grin.

"And I thought she was infallible..."

"Come on!" He pulled me forward with his hand and I almost laughed at his eagerness... if I wasn't as eager...

We sprinted the last few meters to the door and when I was about to knock, Edward grabbed my hand, stopping me. I looked at him confused.

"Why would you knock at your own house?" His eyes were shinning so much that I was overwhelmed by the happiness they showed.

A scream was heard from the inside the house, less than a second later the door opened, almost being pulled out of its hinges, and something collided with me, hitting me so hard that if Edward hadn't his arm around my waist I would have fallen to the ground.

"Bella! Oh Bella, I'm so happy you're back!! I can't believe the moron I call brother actually managed to bring you back! I'm so happy!" Words left Alice's mouth faster than I would have ever thought was possible, even for a vampire.

"Alice, please let them in! They are soaking!" Esme asked, the pleasure that graced her tone was contagious but I couldn't feel more blissful. Alice's hold on me did not loosen for a while.

"Ugh! You're all wet!" She exclaimed jerking away from me; once again Edward held me steady as everybody laughed.

"Come here you two, let get you some towels! How long have you been in the rain?" Esme said pulling us in. I'm sure we looked awesome: dripping wet, standing in front of the Cullen family, well, our family.

"So little bro..." Emmett started. Oh god... what's coming there? "What happened to waiting till the wedding?" How in hell did he know? Alice didn't see anything and...

"I bet you didn't notice that there are missing two buttons in your shirt, did you Bella?" Alice asked smiling smugly. I looked down to my shirt to find that there were, in fact, two buttons missing. How hadn't I noticed before? Oh yeah, my mind was inebriated with Edward

"What if you mind your own business?" Edward replied defensively.

"So you did it!" Emmett laughed. "You should compose your hair Eddie, even with all this rain it's a mess, clearly Bella had her hands all over it." If it was possible I would have died from embarrassment right then.

"Enough kids! Edward is right; you should mind your own business." Esme said, handing us two large towels. Edward helped me take my wet cloak of and we both wrapped ourselves in the soft pearly white towels. We sat on the couch, next to each other and, instinctively, Edward's hand sought mine. Esme beamed as our fingers intertwined.

"But they still didn't answer my question!" He whined. "What changed your mind on the waiting-till-marriage matter, Eddie?" Edward was fuming and openly glaring at Emmett, unfortunately he seemed unfazed by it. "I thought you still lived with the 1800's mentality."

"They were eighty years apart; they have the right to celebrate their reunion. Also, they were already practically married, I mean, the only thing that was left to do was put on the great clothes I had picked and say 'I do'. I believe that half of a wedding is in the planning so they are technically half married." Alice piped in.

"It's just a shame that the half part that they didn't do was the most important so I would say they are living in sin." Emmet stated in a perfectly serious voice. If the situation was so embarrassing, I probably would be laughing.

"I've said it's enough!" Esme exclaimed. "We don't go around discussing your sex lives I'm sure Edward and Bella would appreciate the same courtesy." She scolded.

"So Bella... you'll let me plan your wedding again, right? There will be so much to do... and the time... how long..."

"You'll have plenty of time to plan everything Alice, trust me."

"What do you mean?" She asked immediately. "I thought you would want to get married as soon as possible!"

"Alice..." I sighed as a wave of sadness washed through me. I thought I could delay that part of the night for a while longer but sooner was better than later... I guess. "I won't get married without my brothers and you can be sure it will be a while before they can even hear Edward's name without complaining let alone be present at my wedding with him. I feel horrible for having to make Edward wait, when I know this is so important to him, but having my brothers there is just as important to me. I would never do this without them, just like Edward wouldn't want to do it without you. They've been my family for the last seventy years and I owe them more than they will ever know. They helped so much without even knowing."

"It will be fine Bella;" Esme comforted me. "They'll understand; I'm sure they just want what's best for you, what makes you happy."

"But they don't think that Edward is the best for me. They don't believe he'll make me happy so no, they won't understand, not now. They'll need time to adjust, to realize that this is what's going to make me happy, but till then it won't be easy. Yelling, cussing and a lot of broken things is some of what' in store for me as soon as I break the news... but sooner or later they will calm down and then they will realize that this makes me happy, being with Edward makes me happier than I've ever been." Everyone was silent and it was cell phone that broke the silence, filling the room with a sweet calm melody. I reached for a small pocket in my skirt and took it out.

"Hello Catherine!" I greeted after looking at the ID.

"Bella! Thank god you're okay. Everybody was worried sick, you don't know how relieved we all were when Kurt called saying you were fine! Gran was going to have a heart attack if you took any longer to wake, you know how she is." Catherine was granddaughter of Mr. Jones and his wife, Rosie, and she was also my personal assistant at the company. I got up, releasing Edward's hand.

"I'm fine now, Catz. Actually, I'm better than fine, I'm really, really good."

"Dear God, Bella. What happened? I don't think I've ever heard you like that. You are so happy, you don't even sound like you! What got you so happy? I thought things hadn't gone very well..." I remained silent; she was a smart girl and soon would figure it out. "Don't tell me that you... you two... you made up? You forgave him? Oh my dear god!" She exclaimed.

"I forgave him and we're back together." I confirmed.

"God Bella, do you know what you're getting yourself into? Do you have any idea how much trouble that will bring...?" I paced around the couches

"I'm perfectly aware of that Catz, and it will be all worth it in the end."

"If you think... So did you just forgive him? After everything he's done? Don't you think that was a bit too easy for him?"

"We're going to have lots of problems as it is. Better start dealing with them as soon as possible, don't you think? Besides, eighty years is enough. I'm tired of putting my life on hold because of my fears."

"I trust you know what you're doing. And I assume you haven't told anyone yet." She knew me all too well: I wouldn't be this calm if I had already talked to my brothers.

"Please don't tell anyone. I want to speak to David in person."

"You are coming back then?"

"Obviously. This is not something to discuss through the phone and I'll need stuff, like clothes and I'll have to organize everything so that I can work from Forks."

"When will you come?"

"Probably tomorrow. I'm at the Cullen's now. I'll leave in a while to talk to Scott, Kurt and Luke and as soon as they finish yelling, cussing and breaking stuff we'll be on our way." Edward got up and walked to me. I raised one hand, silently asking him to wait. "What have you done with the appointments I missed?"

"Postponed them, some are urgent though, like Mr. Randall's."

"Damn! I had completely forgotten. I had given Jack the guidelines to the changes that were necessary in Mr. Randall's project. Go to him and have him send the renewed project to my PDA, which is with my brothers right now, I'll look at it in my way there and as soon as I arrive we'll set up a video conference meeting with Mr. Randall. Then I'll need, at least, a free day to deal with my brothers, especially David. Set up all my other appointments after that. When I come to Forks, I'll do all the meetings through video conference."

"Will do, boss." She answered.

"And if you have time, start separating all the files of the company's actual projects. I want to bring them here; you know I like to have things in paper. Technology still fails too much, for my taste."

"Sure Bells, don't worry. We'll handle everything here as fast as we can so that you can go back to your loverboy as soon as possible." She teased.

"Thanks Catz. Don't know what I would do without you."

"Yeah, yeah. I'll see you soon. Bye"

"Bye." I ended the call and returned the cell phone to the skirt's little pocket.

"You're going to leave already?" Edward asked, reaching for my hand. His voice showed the sadness that he was so forcefully trying to hide.

"I'll have to go back home to talk to David and I'll also need my stuff if I'm going to move in. I'll need more clothes and I'll need to prepare everything so that I can work from here. I promise I'll be back as soon as possible."

"I guess I should be counting on this already, right?" I nodded, smiling a little. He smiled too.

"You still didn't tell us what your company worked with." Carlisle pointed.

"Oh we design houses, something like an architecture and interior design atelier. We have other companies associated to us that take care of the practical part of the projects, like building the houses; we also overlook the process, making sure that everything goes as planned."

"Architecture and interior design, Bella? Never imagined you'd like that." Jasper commented.

"Kurt practically forced me to go to college with him, when he was strong enough to resist the appeal of the human blood. He chose architecture and insisted that I studied that too. The interior design came after."

"So... do you do some nice stuff? Do people like your work? Or isn't the company going very well?" Emmett asked.

"Why don't you tell me?" They all stared confused at me. I proceeded. "How did you like your new house in Alaska?"

"You were responsible for that?" Edward asked surprised.

"I designed the house myself and overlooked everything to make sure it was perfect. I think it was the best project I ever developed." I answered truthfully.

"That house is simply amazing, Bella. We love it. It's totally us; it could have only been done by someone who knew us very well... all the details in the rooms..." Alice said.

"I think it was the only house that I didn't decorate myself." Esme stated. "And when I saw it, I was really glad I hadn't. The house is perfect dear. Thank you." She hugged me.

"You're welcome. I really enjoyed working on it. I think I should go see my brothers now."

"I want to go with you! I can't let you face them alone."Edward pleaded.

"Are you insane Edward? The minute you walked through the door, Kurt wouldn't hesitate to kill you. You have to stay here. They won't hurt me! They'll be mad, they'll think that I'm doing a bad choice but they would never hurt me. You on the other hand... You have to promise me you'll stay here until I come back!" I bored my eyes into his and we stared at each other for a while.

"I promise." He finally sighed.

"Thank you. I love you."

"Love you too, my Bella." His hand stroked my hair and then came down caressing my face. He leaned to me and pressed our lips together in a chaste kiss.

"I'll be back before I leave with my brothers." I said to them.

"Don't take too long, love." Edward pleaded. I didn't want to be away from him, right after we've come back together but I had no other choice. My brothers had to know and I couldn't delay it much more.

I returned the towel to Esme, put my cloak on, left the Cullen's house and headed to Charlie's where I knew my brothers waited.

When I got through the door they were already waiting for me. Kurt immediately took me in his arms.

"You're back, I was..." Suddenly he tensed and put me on the ground, releasing me from his hold. "Why is his smell all over you?" He screamed. I knew exactly who he was referring to and could see the anger rising in his eyes and showing in his voice.

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