A/N – Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and all its characters.

The reviews, what can I say? Sincerely, thank you all. I love getting them.

I'm sorry for the delay, I took the kids on holiday and had no internet access, (It was a bloody nightmare!) and then I was fretting over this chapter.

This chapter has to go out to Wendemyre, who gave me the confidence boost to post it. Thank you so much. x

I know some people won't like it, because we only see Bella's side of things, so there's no gun fight. One day I might do some things in Edward's POV, but that would be separate to this, this is all Bella. So less action, more worrying, I would say.

There's swearing, guns and sex. Pretty much similar to the last few chapters, so if you don't like that, don't read.

I do hope you enjoy. x

Chapter 11

I could say something cliché, like the minute I spent in the elevator was the longest minute of my life, or, time seemed to stand still as I watched the lights of the floor numbers glow and fade until the ping told me I'd arrived at the top floor, but the truth was, it passed really freaking quickly in a blur of utter panic and terror. As the doors opened, I half expected something to happen, but the hallway was empty and as soon as I gathered my wits about me, I rushed to our room. It took three attempts for me to swipe the card correctly but as soon as I heard the door click open I entered the room slamming the door shut behind me.

I made my way shakily through the suite, turning as many lights on as I could, as I cautiously checked each room. The place was empty and if what Edward said was true, only two people could get in here, so I felt relatively safe.

I didn't know what I was supposed to do. Was I just supposed to wait until Edward did or did not come back?

I stood for a while thinking, I paced, I sat down and then stood back up, I couldn't do nothing. I put the TV on, channel surfed, and turned it back off, I put some coffee on, and pottered in the kitchen. A couple of times I thought I heard movement in the hallway but when I stopped and listened it was clear it was just my over active imagination. I was desperately hoping to hear the ping of the lift. Edward said he would come to me and I just had to trust that he would do that.

I didn't know what I'd do if something happened to him. It was agony not knowing what was going on. What if he was in trouble, hurt or shot and I was up here doing nothing. I felt so useless. It wasn't like I could go down and help him and I knew Edward would go mad if I didn't follow his instructions, but it didn't stop me from wanting to. Finally after what felt like hours I heard the elevator doors open on our floor.

"Bella!" Rose called through the door. "Alec gave me the key. I'm coming in." The door clicked open. I walked into the living room and met a stressed looking Rose, Esme and Carlisle.

Esme walked straight to me and pulled me into a motherly hug, falling to the sofa with me still in her arms. I let myself be comforted by her. Carlisle sat beside us and Rose got everyone some coffee.

"What's happening? Where is everyone?" I asked.

"Em, Jazz and Alice went to help Edward. Alec and Marcus are talking with Aro." Carlisle explained.

"They're still talking? Why? Surely he can't go after Edward like this." I cried, it made no sense to me that they were still trying to negotiate.

Carlisle sighed. "It's complicated Bella. I know it probably seems crazy to you, but Aro is a boss and until Edward joins the family, he doesn't have the same protection as the rest of us. Even though he is a Cullen, until he's sworn in, he is fair game. This is Aro's last chance, on Tuesday Edward will join and he will be named as the man who will take over the family, but until then Aro isn't breaking any rules coming after him. That's why he's striking now."

I looked at him flabbergasted, this was his son, and he was saying that it was ok for Aro to try and kill him.

He must have read the look on my face because he added.

"I don't like it Bella, I tried to keep Edward and Alice out of it completely, they didn't ask to be born into the Cullen legacy, but I've had to resign myself to the fact that Edward wants this. This is his choice. If I could, I'd take Aro out myself, but that's just not the way it works." He told me earnestly, and I knew this was true. Edward had never hinted that he didn't want to be part of this world.

"So we just wait?" I asked the room defeated, there was nothing else to do.

Rose handed me a coffee and gave me a reassuring smile. I took it gratefully and sipped at it. We sat in silence for a while, Esme kept a comforting arm around me as I tried to get my head around everything.

Carlisle's phone ringing startled us all and we looked at him as he answered. He kept his face neutral as he spoke to whoever was on the line.

"I'll be two minutes." He closed his phone, grimaced and stood up. I looked at him, waiting for him to fill us in. Rose and Esme wore similar expressions.

"Carlisle?" Esme asked.

"I'm needed downstairs." He told his wife. "I'll call as soon as I can."

"Who is it?" Rose demanded.

"I don't know all the details." He evaded her as he hurried out of the room.

"Carlisle!" Rose yelled. "Who is it?" She followed him out of the suite.

"What's happened?" I asked Esme.

"Carlisle's a doctor, if he's needed, then someone's hurt." Esme explained and my hands flew to my mouth and tears welled up in my eyes.

"Who?" I whispered.

"I don't know." She said her face ashen and tense. I felt terrible, here Esme was trying to comfort me, but it had to be a hundred times worse for her, her children were downstairs. I loved this family, I would be distraught if something happened to any one of them, but it was nowhere near how utterly devastated Esme would feel.

"I'm going to find Rose and see what's happening, do you want to come?" Esme asked me.

"Edward told me to stay here until he came back." I said quietly.

"Ok, I'm sure he'll be with you soon." She hugged me and left me alone again. I sat on the sofa waiting for Edward to come and get me. Hoping, wishing and praying he would be here soon.

I don't know how long I sat there until I heard the door of the suite open.

"Princess!"

I yelped as I heard Edward. I stood instantly and turned towards the lobby. I was in shock that he was here and although I wanted to rush to him, I was frozen where I was, I still couldn't quite believe that he was back. He walked into the sitting room and stopped.

We stared at each other for a few moments. I was taking a mental inventory of him. He looked the same, he didn't look harmed, he had no outward signs that he'd had any kind of altercation, his tux, while not as impeccable as earlier, was still intact.

As soon as I saw that he was in one piece I ran towards him and threw myself into his arms. He hugged me tightly as I clung to him. I put my hands up and ran them all over his face, reaffirming that he was indeed ok.

"What happened?" I asked as I pushed his jacket off his shoulders and hung it up in the lobby.

"Long story Princess." He sighed and kissed me firmly on the lips.

"Who got hurt?" I asked urgently, I was overjoyed that Edward was clearly alive and well, but I needed to know.

Jasper and Alice appeared behind him, both of them nodded at me in greeting.

"Emmett?" I cried in understanding.

Edward nodded. "He'll be fine Princess, it's just a graze, my dad's with him now, he'll be back to normal in no time. We'll go over and see him in a few minutes." Edward stalked towards the kitchen and poured four drinks of something. Him, Jasper and Alice all downed theirs and I sipped mine. It was disgusting, so I pushed it towards Edward and he threw it down his neck.

Edward pulled out his gun, checked it over and pulled a box of bullets from one of the kitchen drawers. He reloaded his gun and stuffed it in the back of his trousers.

"What are you going to do E?" Jasper asked, as we stood around the kitchen counter, the mood sombre.

"What do you think?" Edward arched an eyebrow at him.

"Marcus won't allow it."

"Then he best keep that fucker away from me. Marcus can't really believe I'm going to do nothing when Aro sent his men to shoot at the Princess."

Edward's phone rang and he spoke for a few minutes. Nodding and agreeing with whoever was on the line.

"We can head over to Em now." He told us all and we all traipsed across the corridor. When we entered the room, Rose was sobbing on Esme's shoulder. Edward and Jasper walked straight into the bedroom and I stood awkwardly with Alice.

"Rose." Edward said as he walked out into the sitting room. "He's asking for you." She stood up and gave him a weak smile, Edward patted her back awkwardly. Jasper came out just as Rose disappeared into the room, Esme followed her, shutting the door as she entered the bedroom.

We were all startled when the door to the suite opened and Aro walked through the door like he lived here, with Marcus and Alec and another man I'd never seen before following him. I stared at them stunned.

"Very impressive Edward." Aro greeted him happily, as if he hadn't just sent people to try and kill Edward. "Six of my best men and you took them out almost single-handedly. Everything I've heard about you seems to be true."

Edward's nostrils flared and he was obviously trying really hard not to lose his temper.

"Come on Princess, let's go." He held out his hand for me to take and went to leave the suite when Marcus stopped him.

"Edward you need to stay. It was you that wanted him here, you need to see it through." He patted him on the shoulder and indicated he should take a seat. Edward nodded reluctantly.

"Do you want to stay or go?" he asked me quietly.

I was torn, I didn't want to leave Edward, I wanted to know what was going to happen, but I was tired and I really didn't want to be anywhere near Aro.

"I want to stay with you." I whispered. "You won't leave me?"

"Never Princess." He kissed my forehead gently and sat down, pulling me down next to him.

"Ah Edward, where are your manners, aren't you going to introduce me to the lovely Isabella?" Aro smiled as he took a seat opposite us, looking calm and relaxed.

"Fuck you." Edward spat, as Jasper and Alice sat down on my other side and Marcus took the armchair. Alec stood at the doorway with the other man.

"I see we're skipping the pleasantries." Aro's eyes narrowed. "So what can I do for you?"

"I want you to lift the hit." Edward said without preamble and Aro laughed delightedly, as if he'd said something highly amusing.

"Of course you do, I know this."

"Do it tonight."

"And tell me Edward, why would I do that?" Aro said coolly, as he leant towards us.

"Because if you don't I'm gonna shoot you." Edward said just as coolly.

"You can't kill me Edward." Aro chuckled, but I saw Jasper shift nervously.

"I can and I will." Edward pulled out his gun and pointed it directly at Aro's head. I saw the man standing with Alec reach for something, presumably a gun, but Alec was quicker and had his own pointed at the man's chest before he could reach it.

"There are rules." Aro hissed, looking a bit taken aback that Edward had drawn a weapon.

"I don't give a fuck about the rules." Edward stated calmly.

"Marcus, control your grandson, I thought your family held honour and code of conduct above all else." Aro said angrily.

"Edward." Marcus sighed. "He's right, you have no grounds to do this." Even though he was reprimanding Edward with his words, he didn't look like he was going to jump into action to stop Edward if he did decide to follow through on his threat.

"There are two ways this can go." Edward said to his grandfather. "Either he can lift the hit on the Princess, or, I can shoot him. She has nothing to do with any of this and I'm not going to spend the next however long looking over my shoulder waiting for this motherfucker to come for her. I'm not fucking around and I know you can't stop me. There's no one here that can make a move, before I take him out." Edward said almost arrogantly.

The door of the bedroom burst open and Rose stormed in. "Good. You're all here." She said. "Are you gonna shoot this fucker E?" she asked angrily. "Because if you don't I will."

Aro's eyes widened comically as Rose glared at him, she was stunning in her fury.

"My fiancé is in there being stitched up because of your fucking men. You even think of harming one hair on anyone in this families head again and I will personally put a bullet in your fucking skull." She promised, before turning back to the bedroom and slamming the door.

Edward smirked. "Look around Aro. Who's gonna stop me. My grandfather might be pissed if I shoot you, but he'll cover it up. We're a family, and every single person in this room would rather you were dead. So what's it gonna be?"

Aro swallowed audibly and raised his hands. "I'll lift the hit on the girl, but it won't stop me coming after you." He told Edward.

Edward nodded once, and I gaped at him, I didn't want anyone coming after him.

"Edward, no!" I gasped, I didn't want him sacrificing himself for me.

"Its fine Princess, I can look after myself." Edward told me, not taking his eyes off of Aro.

"You cannot continue like this, your luck will run out one of these days. Come Tuesday, I will have no choice but to abide by the rules, but don't think I'm going to let you get away with this Edward." Aro said coldly. He stood to leave. "Marcus, God help your family when this young man is in charge." He said disdainfully.

"Let me worry about my family, you worry about yours. I believe it was James stealing from me that started all of this." Marcus said viciously. "You better make good on what you've agreed to here tonight. If I get even a hint that you've gone back on your word, I will take you down, don't make me regret letting you out of here alive."

Aro stared at Marcus for a good few moments before nodding "I'll make the order tonight." And with that he swept out of the suite with the man he had bought with him following.

Edward put his gun away and exhaled loudly, pulling me into his side and kissing my temple.

"What the fuck was that Edward?" Marcus hissed. "You just let him know how important she was to you. You never show your enemy a weakness, it will be used against you in the future."

"He's going to lift the hit isn't he? That's all I care about. The Princess can enjoy her summer, and I'll know she's safe." He told his grandfather.

"Don't be pulling that shit again Edward." Marcus warned. "You know better than that. We can take care of Aro, without breaking any rules. He hasn't lifted the hit, he's just switched it from Bella to you. You just agreed to let him come after you!"

Edward shrugged. "As long as she's safe, I don't care."

Marcus shook his head, muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, 'I'm surrounded by a bunch of love sick fools' and left.

Alec looked at Edward and smirked, "You're gonna be just as whipped as Emmett and Jasper."

Edward gave him the finger and Alec laughed.

"I'm not fucking whipped!" Emmett yelled.

"Yes you are honey." We heard Rose tell him as Carlisle opened the door to the bedroom and came out followed by a smiling Esme.

"Hey Little B, come see me, I just took a bullet for you." Emmett called.

I gasped and my eyes welled with tears, he was right. None of them would have been down there if Aro hadn't been coming after me.

Edward tightened his hold on me. "This is not your fault Princess." He whispered to me. "Em, you fucking idiot!" Edward shouted through to him.

"Ow, shit Rosie, what the fuck are you hitting me for?"

"You've just upset her." Rose whisper yelled at him. "If you don't go careful, E will shoot you properly, then you'll know it."

"Oh! Fuck Little B, I was just messing with you, I'm sorry. Tell your boyfriend not to shoot me, it hurts like a motherfucker." Emmett begged from the bedroom.

Carlisle laughed. "He's fine Bella." He reassured me.

"What's that dad?" Edward asked loudly. "Em can't have sex for four weeks, shit that's harsh!"

"What the fuck!" Emmett bellowed as Edward, Alice and Jasper all collapsed, laughing silently beside me. Even Esme was giggling.

"I think it'll probably be more like six, son." Carlisle said playing along. "The trauma may cause temporary erectile dysfunction."

Edward snorted, his whole body was shaking as he tried not to laugh out loud.

"Oh, hell no!" Emmett was up and in the room. He had a bandage around his left arm, but other than that he looked ok. "I didn't get shot in the dick, it works just fine." He looked around at everybody laughing. "Motherfuckers." He scowled, before turning back to his room and slamming the door.

I stared at this mad, crazy family who were laughing and joking and making fun of Emmett. Emmett who just got shot! They were all insane. I felt totally overwhelmed. I suppose the saying was true, if I didn't laugh I'd cry, because right now I felt like I was teetering on the edge of some kind of breakdown, and I didn't know whether I was going to burst into tears or giggle hysterically.

Edward seemed to pick up on the fact that I wasn't coping all that well and he took my hand and said goodbye to everyone, before leading me back to our suite.

"You need anything Princess?" He asked me. "Do you want a drink, something to eat?"

"No." I whispered, shaking my head, the enormity of everything that had happened tonight catching up with me. I was on the verge of tears. Edward had me in his arms before a single tear could fall.

"You're too beautiful to cry Princess." He told me and I let out a sob against his chest. "Shhh. Everything's fine. Aro won't come after you now."

"Everything's not fine though is it? Emmett's shot and hurt, Rosalie is upset, and you just sold yourself out to Aro and all because of me Edward!"

"Emmett will be ok, it's just a little scratch. Rose will get over it and Aro was always coming for me. The only thing that's changed tonight is that now you're safe. That's all that matters." He tried to reassure me.

"I don't want you to get hurt." I cried.

"I won't. Tomorrow, we'll all go back to Forks. We're well protected at home, we can stay there until Tuesday. Once I'm in the family officially, Aro can't just kill me, it has to be justified. This was his last opportunity to get at me and he knew that, that's why he backed down. I'll be ok Princess, we'll be ok. I promise." He kissed the top of my head and I collapsed against him.

"Let's get you into bed." He led me to the bedroom and sat on the bed next to me. "After Tuesday, life won't be this hectic. We can all relax then." He smiled and I didn't understand how he could be so calm. His cousin had been shot, Edward had been shot at, he'd survived this time but I worried he was over confident. I didn't want to lose him, not when I'd only just found him.

Edward handed me one of his T-shirts and pulled the zipper down on my dress. I pulled his top over my head and let my dress fall to the floor, before I got into the bed. He stripped out of his suit, something I'm sure I would have appreciated much more if the night hadn't ended the way it had.

Once he was down to just his boxers, he crawled into bed beside me and pulled my back against his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the back of my head.

I turned in his arms so I was facing him and kissed him fiercely. I was all over the place, but he was here and he was ok, I needed to feel him, to be close to him. He pulled me on top of him so my body was flush against his and moaned.

He lifted his hips and I gasped as he hit me in just the right spot.

"Princess you should sleep." He groaned.

"I don't want to sleep." I told him wantonly, straddling him as I sat up on my knees.

I looked down at him and Edward smiled lazily at me, his hands found their way under my top and he ran his fingers over my bra, using his thumbs to tease my nipples. I steadied myself by putting my hands on his chest as I moved myself over him, his erection causing delicious friction between my legs.

"Fuck Princess, I want to be inside you."

I shivered, his words causing a rush of lust to wash over me.

I put my hands on the hem of my top, and was about to pull it over my head when Edward stopped me.

"No! Keep my T-shirt on, you have no idea how fucking sexy you are wearing my clothes." He instructed me and I let my top fall back down.

His hands went to the top of my panties and he pulled on them, letting me know that he wanted them off. I swivelled my hips once more, just to tease him before I lifted myself off him so he could remove them. He took off his boxer shorts at the same time.

I sat back on top of him, sliding over him a few times, my eyes rolled back into my head as I moved over him in a way that felt so good. He raised me up slightly and positioned himself underneath me and I sunk down onto him. I groaned as he filled me, I didn't know if I'd ever get used to being with Edward this way.

I moved up and down on him while he watched me, being in his T-shirt stopped me from feeling so self-conscious, I didn't really know what I was doing, but Edward seemed to be enjoying it, and I certainly was. Being on top meant I could control how it felt and I could grind myself down on him.

I moved over him quicker and he moaned. "Don't stop Princess." He whispered.

He sat up suddenly and I gasped feeling him deeper. He kissed me and grabbed my hips, thrusting up in time with my motions. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he moved a hand between us, using his thumb to rub at me. White lights clouded my vision as I fell apart, and I threw my head back as he kissed at my throat. He thrust a few more times until I felt him find his own release, his head falling onto my shoulder while his breathing calmed.

Edward's arms came around my back. "Princess," He said simply. He was still inside me and I squirmed a bit, as I felt the wetness between us. I tried to get up, but he held me tighter. "Don't move, not yet." He begged against my shoulder and I relaxed again, just holding him close to me.

We sat like that for several minutes before he lifted his head. He looked me straight in the eyes before he raised his hands to cup my face and he kissed me.

My eyes widened as I felt him harden again and he leant back, pulling me with him, then rolled so he was on top of me. He began thrusting his hips, taking my hands from around his neck and holding them over my head, intertwining our fingers, he was slow and gentle as he moved inside me, my body stretched out beneath him.

I couldn't do anything but wrap my legs around his waist, trying to meet his hips with mine as he took my body higher and higher towards ecstasy. His eyes never left mine as he moved in such a way that he made sure to hit me in just the right spot with every thrust and I came again, gasping his name, as I shuddered and twitched, he followed me quickly, releasing my hands and collapsing on top of me. We were both panting, slick with sweat and sticky with bodily fluids.

"Shit Princess, that was….," He gasped, rolling off of me and leaving me feeling empty. "Fuck! That was something else."

I turned onto my side so I could see him. I know I had no other point of reference, but I had to agree, that had been something else, that wasn't just sex, that had been more, something deeper that Edward and I had shared.

He reached to the bedside cabinet and pulled a box of tissues down, handing me some.

"Ugh." He said, swiping at himself. "That was really fucking messy. I need a shower."

"Sorry." I said embarrassed, trying to hide my face.

"Why? I think it was me who made the mess. Twice!" He smiled, taking my chin in his hand and not letting me hide. "It was hot as fuck Princess." He kissed my nose.

"Really?" I did worry sometimes that maybe with my inexperience, things were a little tame for him. "Do you, um…, want more?" I asked him nervously.

"What now?" he said looking confused. "Uh, you might need to give me a bit of time Princess."

"No I meant…., uh, well do you want…," I pulled the covers over us thinking it might help me string a sentence together if I wasn't staring at his naked body. I took a deep breath. "Just sometimes, I see this side of you, and I feel like you hold yourself back, um, go slower or gentler than you really want to, like the other night, you thought you hurt me and you stopped, but you won't hurt me, and I want you to be like that, um, with me, I, uh, liked it." I blushed.

Edward was staring at me a bit gobsmacked.

"I mean, not all the time, but maybe sometimes you could be a bit uh, well, um, less cautious or something, maybe?" I was rambling because Edward was still looking a bit shocked.

"You want me to fuck you?" He asked bluntly.

"Uh yeah, I suppose." That was what I was saying really wasn't it. He looked unsure. "You're not going to break me Edward." I rolled my eyes at him.

He raised his eyebrows and nodded, a speculative look on his face. "I'll tell you what." He leant over and kissed me quickly. "The day you ask me to fuck you, I will." He jumped off the bed, taking his deliciously naked self, off to the bathroom.

"I thought I just did." I sat up and called after him.

He turned in the doorway and smirked at me. "You have to say the words Princess." He waggled his eyebrows at me and shut the door so he could shower.

I flopped back on the bed, letting my eyes close and I must have drifted off because the next thing I was aware of was light filtering under the curtains and Edward nuzzling at my neck.

"Morning Princess." Edward said roughly when I moved and he realised I was awake.

"Morning." I replied equally as rough, I cleared my throat. I surprisingly felt like I had slept well. "Do you know how Emmett is?"

"He's fine, fucker phoned me at half four in the morning to tell me his dick still worked. He even had Rose confirm it!" He shuddered behind me.

I giggled.

"It's not funny Princess." He moaned, but I could feel his smile against my neck.

"I need to shower, I'm all sticky." I grimaced as I moved, I really should have showered last night, I felt disgusting.

"I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not." Edward told me. "That was the best sex I've ever had."

I smiled to myself, "Have you had a lot?" I asked him, turning to face him.

"Of sex?" I nodded. "Uh…, what's your definition of a lot?"

I shrugged. "Just tell me how many girls Edward."

"You really want to know?" I nodded again, I don't know if I really wanted to know, but I'd asked so I had to see it through. "Um, maybe twenty."

"Twenty!" I screeched, wide-eyed.

"I went to boarding school Princess, we, uh, got bored in the evenings." He tried to explain.

"You got bored!" I exclaimed in disbelief. I couldn't process this, so I got up and went into the bathroom, turning on the shower. I cleaned my teeth and stepped into the steaming water, scrubbing myself and washing away the remnants of last night from my inner thighs, when a horrific thought struck me. I rushed out of the shower and flung open the door to the bedroom.

Edward was pulling on his clothes and he looked at me startled, God knows what my face must have looked like.

"Were you safe?" I yelled at him.

"Huh?" He seemed frozen in place and was staring at my chest, I looked down and realised that, in my fury, I hadn't put a robe on.

"Hey, eyes up here." I clicked my fingers at him angrily. "We should have had this conversation before now. Jesus Christ Edward! Were you safe?"

He finally made eye contact, looking like a deer caught in the headlights. "Yeah, always Princess."

"Really? I mean, how am I supposed to know?"

"You don't trust me?" He looked taken aback.

"I do. I…,just , we haven't exactly been all that careful, you've never…, you know….,used a condom." I finished in a whisper. My anger was slowly slipping away and now I was embarrassed that I was standing here dripping wet and naked, screaming at him. In fairness to him, I'd never asked him to, I couldn't believe I'd been so stupid, I was mad at myself more than him.

Edward's eyes widened. "Uh, well you didn't mention it, so I assumed you were on birth control." He waited for me to give him some kind of confirmation of this and I nodded. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I can from now on if you want."

"Thank you." I nodded, with as much dignity as I could muster. "And you were always, always, safe in the past?"

"Yeah, um, can you put something on, it's really fucking distracting when you're all naked and wet."

"Oh uh ok." I disappeared back into the bathroom. Grabbing a towel and wrapping it around me. I took a few deep breaths and re-entered the bedroom.

Edward was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting. "Are you mad at me?"

"Not really, I'm mad at me, I just didn't even think, what with everything else going on around us, I got too caught up in the moment and it didn't really occur to me until just now."

"Do you regret it?" He asked quietly.

"No! Not at all, none of it."

He nodded. "I had my dad run blood tests after I fucked T. I know I don't have anything, she was the last person I was with and I was careful, but she's a whore, so I wanted to be certain I was clean."

"Uh ok." I don't know why his bluntness still shocked me.

"He can show you the results if you want." He told me earnestly.

"Um, no thanks, I can't ever imagine asking your dad for those." I sighed. "I do trust you Edward. I was just upset."

"I wouldn't put you at risk like that Princess."

"Why were you with Tanya if you dislike her so much?" I asked, curious.

"Um, she was there and I wanted to get laid."

"Nice."

"I can't change the past, I fucked girls in school, I fucked a few others, but it's never been like this." He pointed between us. "It's different with you. We weren't just fucking, we were…, I don't know…, it was just different. I mean, you're, uh…, you're the fucking Princess."

I snorted.

He rolled his eyes at me. "You're my Princess." He amended.

I smiled at him. "I'm sorry I went off on you like that, I just panicked."

He nodded. "You were right though, we probably should have talked about it before."

"Have you noticed we only ever fight about sex?" I laughed.

He chuckled, "Any time you want to come out of the shower naked and dripping to yell at me, is fine by me. It was pretty fucking hot."

I blushed. "I'm gonna go finish my shower. I think I left the water running." I scuttled back into the bathroom.

I washed my hair and cleaned myself up and dried off. Edward wasn't in the bedroom when I came back out, I dressed and found him in the kitchen. He handed me a coffee. "They're sending breakfast up and then we're gonna make a move. Sorry you didn't get to see much of Seattle. I'll bring you back another time and show you around."

"I had a good time." I shrugged and he looked at me incredulously. "I did!" I laughed. "It was nice being here with you."

"Good." he smiled his crooked smile and kissed me sweetly.

We ate and made our way back to Edward's house, I slept for most of the journey. We sat on the sofa and watched crappy TV for the rest of the day and I went to bed early that night. Monday morning I woke up with my newest dilemma. What the hell was I going to buy Edward for his birthday. It was tomorrow and I was running out of time.

What do you want for your birthday?" I asked him.

"You, naked in my bed, all day long." He smirked.

"Ha ha. I'm serious."

"So am I!" He laughed, but stopped when I glared at him. "Nothing Princess, don't worry about it." He shrugged.

"I'm getting you something." I told him, huffing, as I went into the bathroom.

The trouble was, what do you buy a boy who has everything he needs or wants? He's my boyfriend, but we've only been together a short while, so it can't be overly sentimental. I was thinking all through breakfast and eventually asked Rose to drive me to the department store in Port Angeles, I couldn't be seen in Forks, because my dad still thought we were in Seattle.

Edward and Emmett came along because Edward refused to let me go with just Rose, but they waited outside the store so I could get what I needed. I traipsed through the whole place, begged Rose to give me some ideas, but she was no help. Eventually, I found the perfect thing, it was fun, not something I thought he'd have, cheap and I knew that he'd enjoy it. I got them wrapped and made my way back to the car, happy with my purchases.

"What did you get?" Edward asked excitedly.

"You'll find out tomorrow." I told him and he pouted.

Esme was cooking a huge dinner when we arrived back at the house, there were several people in the living room, all dressed smartly and all pleased to see Edward.

"Who are they?" I asked him when he'd said hello to them all and we had retreated to his bedroom for a while.

"They're all people who are high up in the organisation, they've come to witness tomorrow, when I'm sworn in."

"And you definitely want to do that?" I asked, I'd never asked him before and I was assuming he did.

"Yeah. What the fuck else am I gonna do?" he shrugged.

"Go to college, Edward you graduated early, you have money, you could go anywhere you like."

"Not really for me. I like killing people too much. I hear that's frowned upon in college." He laughed.

I shook my head at him trying to hide my smile. He was too flippant for his own good.

"You want to go to college Princess?"

"God yeah! I've been desperate to get out of Forks since the moment I arrived." I answered automatically.

"Oh right." He mumbled.

I thought about what I'd just said and realised that while it was still true, I hadn't even thought about leaving Forks for the last two weeks, usually it was my mantra to get me through the day. Would I leave Edward here and go off to college without him? Would I want to stay here with him? We were still new, but I couldn't picture being without him, it was too early for us to make plans together, but I didn't want to make plans to be apart either.

"That was before….," I tried to explain.

"If you want to go to college Princess you should go to college." He shrugged. "Where did you apply?"

"Uh, Alaska, Boston, Florida, and Chicago." I cringed.

"Shit, you really do want to be far from here."

"I did." I said, hoping he understood that things had changed slightly.

"Hey." He pulled me into his arms. "When and if the time comes, we'll sort something out, it's a year away. I could be dead by then." He smiled.

"Wow! Interesting way to make me feel better Edward." I looked at him horrified.

"I just mean, no one knows what's going to happen next week Princess, let alone a year down the line. No point worrying over things now."

I nodded, he was right, look how much things had changed in two short weeks, who knew what my life would be like by the end of senior year.

A/N – I hope this wasn't too disappointing for anyone.

As I've said before, I'm not a member of a mob family, so if the rules and terminology are off, that's why, this is just for fun.

We have Edward's birthday next and then things are going to speed up.

Let me know what you thought. Anyone trust Aro to stick to his word? Anyone hoping Bella finally curses out loud and asks Edward to fuck her? I do, I find it really hard to write without swearing, it's a bit like writing Alice without talking. Not easy!

See you soon. x