2012
Carlisle POV
Forks, Washington
I watched Edward stand up from the table and walk away to look at our huge fish tank that had a lot of tropical fish in it.
I whispered to Bella, "Is he okay little one?" She just nodded her head.
I started to get up to talk to him when I saw Bella wave me back. She walked over to him and took him to a couch so that he could still see outside as she sat down on his lap.
"Alice, no matter what he decides or when he decides you have to let him tell us." I told her, knowing that she would be the first to know and would want to announce it.
Then I turned to Jasper, "Please keep the emotions contained." I implored him.
"Yes dad." They parroted to me.
Edward POV
I needed to think, so I walked away to look at the huge fish tank that the Cullen's owned. I could see what they were thinking, they all wanted me to become one of them. I knew my choices, I had to choose either Bella or no Bella. I knew what I wanted.
Bella walked over to me and then pushed me down onto the couch and then sat on my lap. I wrapped my arms around her waist and gave her head a kiss.
"Edward remember you are safe here and that I love you so much." Bella kept repeating this, I guess she wanted to make sure I believed it no matter what I decided.
"Can they hear us?" I asked, wondering how good their hearing really was.
"Yes baby, but they are not listening to us, they are discussing the move to France." My Bella told me, easing my nerves only slightly.
"I don't really have a choice do I?" I asked, not sure what I was feeling at the moment.
"Oh Edward, of course you do. There are a few options, if you say no that you don't want to be one of us, we leave and you will never see me or any of the Cullen's again." When she said that, it started to get hard to breathe and my chest hurt.
"No, I don't want that at all! I want to be with you always Bella, I love you so much!" I told her, she needed to believe me.
"So now that you have made that choice, you now need to make the choice of when you would like to be changed. I will give you three options." Bella started to say but I cut her off, needing to let her know how greatful to her I was.
"Thank you baby for taking some of the stress away. What are my three options?" I asked, now that the pressure in my chest was going away.
"The first option is that I give you a big kiss and then start the change now. The second is that we wait for us all to graduate school and the last is to change you only when you get hurt badly." I sat back on the couch thinking about my dilemma.
Did I want to wait to start enjoying my life with Bella?
No I wanted her now.