Hey Henry, can you hear me,
let me see those eyes
this distance, between us
can seem a mountain size
but boy, you are gonna stand your ground
they rise to you you'll blow them down
let me see you stand your ground
they rise to you you'll blow them down

My darling, my sweetheart,
I am in your sway,
two cold climbs, come spring time
so let me hear you say, my love

The Decemberists – Rise To Me

Edward

I stared out of the bay window of my house for hours.

Just let her go Edward, she wants him, not you. For the love of all that is good on this earth just let her go.

Alice's words rang through my ears as I tried to remember this is what Bella wants, she's happy, just let her be. No matter how hard I tried to let it go I just couldn't. I picked up my phone and called my travel agent.

"Alex, hi this is Edward Cullen. I need to schedule a flight.

Hours later as I sat in my hotel room, I tried to go over in my head the things I would say to Bella. Alice begged me to stay away from her, to let her be happy but I couldn't let her go no matter what I tried to do. I walked back and forth from the decanter of whisky to the window overlooking Vancouver. The city lights lit up the night sky. My cell phone buzzed at my side.

I know you are in Vancouver. Don't screw this up for her Edward. I'm begging you.

I sent her back a text telling her to mind her own business and I needed to see Bella soon. Ever knowing Alice struck again. I pushed the off button and refused to answer any more questions to my nosey sister.

I took another sip from my drink and sighed. This was going to be a long night.

Jasper

Bella sat in my lap for hours just crying her heart out. I held her like a parent would hold their child and as her fingers wrapped around the strands of hair that fell from my ponytail, I smiled. She eventually quieted her sniffles and for a moment I thought she quit crying.

"Jasper, I want to say something but I don't want you to think I'm saying this just to prove to you how much I want to be with you. I'm doing this because I want to."

She lifted her head to meet my curious eyes.

"Jasper, I want to marry you. Not next week or even a month from now. I want to do this tomorrow. No questions about it. I'll call Alice and ask her to be our witness or something but I want you forever."

My eyes widened. This girl, the one of my dreams, the one that I'd fought so hard for had finally seen the light but a huge part of me wanted to think she was doing this only to make me happy.

"Bella, I just don't know if that's a good idea. I mean we just made amends."

She nodded. "I knew you would say that but Jasper if there is anything that the death of my father taught me is that life is too short to push away happiness. You make me happy and I want this."

I sighed as I held her hand to my chest.

"Bella, if we are going to do this, I want to do this properly."

I slid Bella off my lap onto the bed. She scooted to the edge as I dropped to one knee.

"Isabella Swan. I love you more than life itself and if anything has been proven it's that you and I can get through anything. I want to love you now and forever as your husband. Will you marry me?"

Bella nodded as I reached into my pocket. I pulled the ring that she gave me back the first time I asked her.

She quirked an eyebrow at me.

"A former Boy Scout is always prepared." She laughed and for the first time in forever, everything felt right.

"I love you Jasper," Bella said as I pushed the ring onto her finger.

"I love you too baby." I reached up and held her in my arms.

I kissed her cheek then as my lips found hers she sighed.

"So you are serious about this," I asked as I pulled away from her.

"Very much so. I'll text Alice in a minute and ask her and Aro to be our witnesses."

My heart was heavy with love for this girl. I couldn't believe she would do this for us.

She stood up to find her cell phone and text messaged Alice. Not even two seconds after the text was sent, Alice called Bella and the two girls began their squeal fest over the impromptu wedding. Alice would have Aro come up tomorrow afternoon and the wedding would be on. No questions asked.

Even as happy as I was about this whole wedding, I had a feeling something would go wrong. I had no idea what it was but there was a feeling in the pit of my stomach that Edward would try to ruin this for us. Not that he would know. I'm sure Alice would keep her mouth shut about this.

Bella

The mere idea of marrying Jasper the next day had me feeling like a giddy school girl. I felt so happy and even though this was impromptu, I knew that I could and would be happy with Jasper. I could finally let all my feelings for Edward or anything in my past go.

As Alice babbled on with wedding plans, I kept looking over at Jasper who looked as happy as he had ever been. A part of me believed I was doing this just to make amends with Jasper and to prove to him that I really wanted to be with him. However, a huge part of this was because I was tired of being alone and I did love Jasper very much.

After Alice finally finished with quickly outlining details which included and early morning shopping trip to a local store that she worked with for a wedding dress, I hung up to hold Jasper for a little longer.

"Are you a hundred percent sure you want to do this?" Jasper asked as he stroked my hair.

"No. I'm two hundred percent sure I want to do this," I said jokingly.

"Good because I don't want you to regret this later."

I sat up from his arms and scowled. "Honestly Jasper, this isn't something I take lightly. I had a horrible marriage with Edward. I thought he was the one for me until I realized that he was too controlling. You give me something he never did, the freedom to be myself. Yes I was completely destroyed from the death of my father but seeing you here with me has made me realize that I can't go through life alone. You make me happy. That's all I need to know."

Jasper smiled as he pulled me back down to him. He softly kissed my forehead and sighed. "I'm glad to hear. So what did Mrs. Alice have to say about tomorrow?"

"She is taking me shopping first thing in the morning. She thinks sun down by the park would be the ideal place for the wedding to take place. Aro is an ordained minister so he'll officiate and she'll be our witness."

"That sounds like an amazing plan," Jasper said.

"Did you bring anything to wear?" I asked.

"Nope, but tomorrow while you are out with Alice, I'll stop by a shop to find something presentable."

I laughed. Jasper would look amazing in a plastic trash bag.

I reached up to kiss Jasper on the cheek when my cell phone buzzed beneath my leg. I hit the button to see who could be bugging me at this hour and realized the text came from Alice.

Um, crazy news. Edward is in Vancouver. Wants to see you. I didn't tell him where you are.

My eyes widened as I quickly closed the text message.

"Who's that?" Jasper asked as he sat up.

"Just Alice. She was asking about tomorrow. No big deal."

However it was a huge deal. Edward was in Vancouver which meant he would track me down. Even if Alice didn't tell him where I was, he would find me. I'm sure he knew of Alice's vacation home and it would only be a matter of time before he would come here, starting trouble and raining on my wedding day.

I reached down to my cell and erased the last message Alice sent in the hopes that just in case Jasper decided to go through my cell.

I spent the night tossing and turning. Half of the sleeplessness came from my wedding but the other part came from Edward.

I told him to leave me alone. I told him that I didn't want to be with him. Couldn't he just get over that? Why did he have to keep finding ways to stay in my life?

I finally had enough and tried hard to not wake Jasper as I walked to Alice's study. I looked through my contact list and pressed the send button.

"Hello?" A groggy voice answered.

"Edward, it's Bella."

I heard shuffling and then finally, "I miss you…"

I sat for a moment on the couch and felt the tears well up in my eyes.

"Edward, I can't. I just…I can't do this…"

"Yes you can. It's very easy. You just have to be with me. I promise that I won't be the overbearing, jealous asshole of a husband that I once was. I just want to be with you."

I wiped the tears from my eyes as I tried to find the right words to say.

"I'm marrying Jasper tomorrow. I'm happy with him, please accept that." I sniffed a little bit, trying to keep my tears muffled.

"Bella, don't do this. Please, I'm begging you."

"I'm so sorry Edward. This is the last time you'll hear from me. I'm moving on with my life. I just can't…"

"Please, Bella… don't."

I sniffled again as I pressed the end button and then turned my phone off. I let out a huge sob as I cried, not so much for the pain I caused myself, but knowing that I'd hurt Edward nearly killed me inside.

It was then that I realized that maybe I still loved Edward.

But which was the right choice? Listen to my head and marry Jasper? Or my heart and be with Edward?

A/N: So are you mad at me? Have you forgotten about this story? I hope not because I'm finally going to finish this sucker!