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EPOV

We all looked on in silence thinking about what had just happened. I couldn't still come to grips with the situation. I was so happy that Bella was sure of what she wanted. I had in fact felt the need to talk to her again about children and her friends all of whom she might have to give up once she changes. Now I knew she had indeed thought about everything before hand. To my surprise it was Bella who recovered first.

"That was very rude. I'm sorry if I offend you but it was all uncalled for and I will not stand by and watch her hurt my mate or my sister."

Bella stood tall and was glaring at Rosalie's retreating back. Rosalie slowly turned around. Oh god no not another confrontation. I hated it.

"What did you say? Your mate and your sister? They were my brother and sister before you were ever born on this earth." Rosalie huffed in indignation.

I looked at Alice trying to understand what was going to happen now. I needed to be ready to take care of Bella if a fight broke. She was no match for Rosalie. But Alice was looking on with amazement her eyes huge on her pixie face. I had never seen her this surprised. Esme's mouth was hanging open and she was trying to say something but nothing was coming out. The next moment I saw Bella step forward, her hands still on her hips.

"Well you had better treat them like brother and sister if they are your siblings. And for the record if you want to be my sister you had better change your attitude."

"You .. you insignificant little human who are you to talk to me like that?" Rosalie fumed moving forward.

"I'm Bella Swan soon to be Cullen Edward's mate and I do not have time for your little drama shows right now. Edward, we've got to make a move. Do you have all your gear ready? I want to have a look just to be sure that everything looks normal. I don't want Charlie to be suspicious about anything."

Rosalie stood frozen in her spot while I saw Alice run off to get my gear. Esme was still holding on to me for dear life. I could tell that her poor soul could not understand where all the animosity from Rosalie was coming from. She was surprised by it although I wasn't. I had been at the receiving end of it for a very long time silently ignoring her insults to me.

"Yes love, you'd better give it a human touch." I smiled at her.

"Are you going to let her stand there and talk to me like that Edward?" Rosalie finally spoke up finding her voice.

But I wasn't going to just stand there and let her insult my mate. She had stood up for me and I was going to stand up for us both. It was time I revealed who Rosalie was to my whole family. Jasper and Emmett were on their way back and had heard the last part of the conversation. I knew they were also angry at Rosalie for insulting Bella.

"Yes. I am going to do just that Rosalie. Like she said she is my mate and she will soon be a part of this family. She has every right to defend me and Alice. And for the record if you want to be our sister you had better change your attitude." Alice smiled at me nodding her head at Rosalie.

"That goes for me too." The little pixie asserted. Just then Emmett and Jasper walked in. Rosalie ran to Emmett trying to hug him.

"Oh Emmett talk some sense into Edward and Alice they are taking Bella's side. And the ungrateful little human doesn't even seem to remember how I defended her to her pathetic human friends." Emmett didn't hug her back. He just soberly looked at her.

"Well I'm also taking their side. I think even Jasper is with me. I also think that you should change your attitude. Bella is right if you want to be her sister, as well as Alice's and Edward's you had better start treating them as such. Specially Edward. I know how you had been tormenting him all this time and I will not have it. If you want to be my mate you have to show me you are worthy of it."

"Yes Emmett. Remember Rosalie I know what you are thinking if you don't honestly change your attitude towards me and Bella I would know it and will not hesitate to tell the others if you start tormenting me with your thoughts again. I have had enough of your childish behaviour. You have to understand that different people want different things. And what Bella and I want most may not be what you want. Try to think of things from other's point of view for a moment without thinking that you know best. Let's go Bella. We are getting late."

Bella was closely inspecting my backpack and fishing gear. Rosalie huffed and went upstairs. I could tell that she was clearly very upset. She found it difficult to understand why Bella would be so adamant in her decision and why she wasn't listening to her. She had actually wanted to be Bella's sister and friend even with the jealousy, and in her own way tried to act like a friend. I realised it was a change of attitude that she needed the most and more compassion for others. She also had to understand that not everyone wanted the same things she did.

"How did all this wear and tear happen? I thought you never used this equipment before." Bella asked me in surprise.

"Well actually we sort of used them yesterday and Alice aged them." The pixie was grinning from ear to ear.

"Wow. That's great. I was actually scared that you might take brand new equipment with you. I hope you know how to use all this?" She pulled something out of the bag.

"Aren't you going to take some water and snacks along with you? And what about bait?" We all looked at each other in confusion.

"Oh we forgot bait. Aiming right at the fish made it easy to catch them without bait." I smiled at her.

"Well I suggest you take some bait and Edward you'd better not catch too many fish humans can't see as well as you do or calculate the distance between the rod and the fish like you." We should have had Bella teach us how to fish. If Bella hadn't checked the equipment I might have been exposed as a phoney. Come to think of it the fishing tutorials mentioned bait but we had ignored it. We stopped on our way to get some bait and some sandwiches.

When we arrived in La Push we were greeted by Charlie, Sue and Billy. The wolves were also present but only Leah, Seth and Jacob were out in the beach with the others. I knew where everyone else was reading their minds as well as with my sense of smell. Although my natural instincts said I was in danger I knew that none of the wolves meant any harm to me specially after the way I had treated Jacob.

Billy smiled at me and greeted me while Charlie nodded.

"Glad you could make it Edward." Said Billy.

"It would be a pleasure to go fishing with you." I told Billy.

"The pleasure is all mine." He gave me a wicked grin and thought "I'm going to have a very interesting day observing how you catch fish young man." I didn't reply but gave him another grin with my eyebrows raised in challenge. I knew Billy really loved the whole fishing idea and was really looking forward to getting to know more about vampires. I guess I will have to give him a private demonstration some time later on how we really catch fish.

"Just the person I wanted to see!" Bella rushed forward kissing Sue and then to Leah's total amazement hugging her. Leah wrinkled her nose I knew she could smell me and the others on Bella. She was only able to say "Ha" in return to Bella's greeting in her surprise.

"Edward and I are getting married and I want you to be my bridesmaid! You have been one of my best childhood friends in Forks and I would really like to have you by my side at my wedding."

To say we were surprised was an understatement. I could see the shock in everyone's faces around me and I saw my face reflected in their thoughts with my own surprise showing. I quickly masked my emotions. The only person that didn't seem to be surprised by the news was Sue.

"Congratulations Bella. Oh that is such a wonderful idea Bella! Leah would love to be your bridesmaid. It is so nice of you to ask." The older women rushed forward and hugged Bella.

"Ah oh.." Words would not come out of Leah's mouth. She was struggling to make sense of all this. She hated the vampires and she blamed us for what happened with Sam and also for her transformation into a wolf. The thought of being bridesmaid at our wedding was a really revolting idea to her. She was trying to think of a way out of this. But to her credit she actually did not want to hurt Bella's feelings. She had really loved Bella when she was her childhood playmate. She had also got close to Bella again during my absence when Bella came to visit Jacob. But she had really disliked the idea of Bella dating me and being friends with vampires.

"Well, I don't know Bella.. I mean.. I" She was stammering. She cast a glance at me too knowing I could read her mind. I could tell she had seen the surprise in my face. She was scared that I would be upset in some way. She couldn't figure out whether I would be more upset if she said yes or if she said no. But she did trust me after the way Seth and I had worked together at the fight against Victoria. She knew that we would not harm her in anyway. I decided it was time I made my feelings known.

"Leah we would really love to have you as a part of the wedding party." I smiled my best 'putting the humans at ease smile' at her.

She seemed to relax a bit after that.

"And I want you to design the bridesmaid dresses Leah. I know you were very good at art and design work even when we were children."

Bella was blabbering. I could tell she was really excited about this whole project. She had not really shown much interest in the wedding preparations before and it was with this thought that I remembered how Bella had said that Alice would not get to design the bridesmaid dresses. I also remembered how Alice could not see what the bridesmaid dresses would look like. I couldn't help laughing. Bella had found a way around Alice's visions to keep things from the little pixie. This was going to be a really good way for me to also keep the pixie in the dark. I was sure everyone else would also love to know this way around Alice's visions.

"Well, I .. I guess I could may be do something.."

Leah did indeed love the idea of fashion design she was thinking about her dream to go to Paris to learn fashion designing some day. She had had so many dreams as a young girl and had had a very vibrant personality like Alice, I saw this through Sue's memories. I couldn't believe the change that I saw in her now after her transformation into a wolf and after she got hurt when Sam left her. I felt partly responsible for the loss of her dreams. If we hadn't returned to Forks she would have still had Sam and her dreams. She now thought it impossible to pursue her dream. She anyway lacked funding for a design course. I decided I would find a way to help her attain her dream. That was the least we could do for her. Although she resented us for taking her dreams away from her she had still cared enough for Bella to accept her invitation to be her bridesmaid. Unlike Rosalie she cared about the feelings of other people. I could also tell from her thoughts that she knew that some thing was going on with Sue and Charlie. She did not want to cause any problems between them so she was making the effort to try to be friends with Bella. She really did like Charlie and was happy that her mother and Charlie had forged a friendship.

"So this is how you kept Alice out of your head when you wanted to keep a secret from her, getting the wolves involved in your decisions love?" I quietly murmured to Bella when everyone was looking away.

"Yes. It came in handy when I wanted to keep you and Alice both out of my thoughts and decisions" Bella smiled at me and gave me a peck on my cheek.

"See you later Edward. Remember to fish the human way." She turned around and walked towards Billy's house. I stared at her admiring the way her hips moved in her jeans. I had to have her again very soon. She had figured out something that even we hadn't been able to figure out with our vampire abilities, that is how to keep things from Alice. My beautiful intelligent Bella, I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have her.

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