Happy early hump day! The showdown you've all been waiting for is here, but first I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who shared their lovely relationship stories with me. It was so awesome to see I wasn't the only one who knew she found her other half. I loved reading about all of them.

A thank you to Team Coffee Girl: Brie, kitchmill, Jenn, Kelly, Kim. They're awesome, but I still tweak.

Rebadams7's celeb encounter is up today. Here's her account:

"As for a delightful celebrity. I give you the tale of my encounter with Harrison Ford. It was on the set of "The Fugitive". My son was requested to be a background extra/actor while we were in Chicago for a few years as he'd impressed the director with his ability to do exactly as told. Great skill for a 5 year old. After 2 days of having Mr. Ford whizz by us take after take we came to the end and were being signed off set. The director thanked my son and asked if there was anything he wanted. My son said his only regret was that he hadn't had a chance to say a hello to Mr. Han Solo Ford as we must keep quiet onset. With a smile he led us back to the area reserved for the principals and introduced my son To Mr. Ford. He picked up my son and put him on his lap without hesitation and They chatted for a few moments and I even got a picture. It was a huge thrill for my son as well as for me. Turned out my dad knew him too as he was the chief at the Airport hanger where the private and charter planes used His genuine interest in my son marked him forever as a favorite actor as well as a gentleman."

Chapter Twenty-Nine

I shook my head in disgust. "You know, I have so many things I could say, so many things I know, but why waste my breath on someone who has never taken the time to get to know me in the first place?"

I really had nothing else to say to Alice, but I knew I was stuck with her now that I had accepted Edward's proposal. She was like a bitter cup of coffee that you really didn't want to drink, but you needed the caffeine so you drank it anyway because you didn't have another four dollars to buy a new cup. She was destined to be a part of my life, even if I would have rather written her off.

"Well, I have plenty to say." Her voice grated on my nerves like a female cat in heat's meow. I wanted to let her out in hopes a Tomcat's hard fucking would sate her long enough for me to make a quick getaway. Maybe Jasper hadn't ridden her hard recently and that was why she was so uptight. That or all the lies she'd told were about to catch up with her and she was trying to prolong the reprieve she had.

"I'm sure you do, but I just don't care what it is." I turned to Edward; I was through with her tantrums and frustrated beyond belief with Edward at that moment, needing to be far away from the both of them before I said something I would regret. "I'm going inside, but we'll continue our conversation later. You can deal with Malice."

I didn't wait for a reply. Instead, I walked right past the two of them and Jasper, who'd been quietly watching from the side, and into their parents' house. Carlisle was sitting in the family room reading, while Esme was in the kitchen fixing something that made my stomach announce my entrance for me. They both looked up at me as my face flamed. I couldn't help but laugh and they joined in. It was a perfect way to lighten the moment.

"I think someone might be a wee bit hungry." Esme was teasing me, but I didn't mind. She was so amazing.

"I didn't know I was until the rumbling started. What smells so good?"

"I've got a roast cooking. It should be ready within the hour. Do you want something to snack on until then?" She was the consummate hostess.

I shook my head. "No, I'm okay. Besides, I wouldn't want to spoil my appetite for that delicious meat."

"That's what she said!" Emmett's booming voice yelled, making his presence known.

I chuckled at his crude humor. "Yes, she did."

His boisterous laugh filled the air as he picked me up and spun us around. "You're the best sister ever!"

"Put my fiancée down!" Edward shouted. "You're going to make her sick."

"Lighten up, Eddie. I'm fine." I was still pissed off, but I wasn't going to start anything in front of his family.

"Yeah, Eddie, she's fine." Emmett never missed out on the chance to tease anyone, especially not Edward. It was a trait of his I'd come to love. He always kept things light and fun.

"I've told you not to call me Eddie," Edward growled and I groaned while Emmett shook with laughter at my small noise. He still hadn't set me down and I was still clinging to him like a spider monkey, afraid I'd twist my ankle trying to close the distance with the single foot I was off the ground.

"You've got to relax, Eddie, or you're going to have a heart attack before you're thirty!" I couldn't stop the snort from escaping at Emmett's gall.

Everyone's eyes turn to me in surprise at the noise I made and we all broke down in giggles. It was just too bad the moment couldn't last because of the company they kept.

"That's disgusting. Were you raised in a barn?" Malice was up to her usual games.

Before I could even respond, Carlisle voice echoed through the room. "That's enough, Alice." He hissed her name with so much venom that it sent a chill down my spine.

The entire room went silent, and Emmett carefully set me back down while Carlisle continued on with his chastisement. "I don't know what is wrong with you or why you've been reduced to this spite-filled child before me, but this has to stop.

"You're not a child anymore, so act like the adult you are. Bella has done nothing wrong. She loves your brother, and we love her, so why don't you enlighten us as to why you're treating her like garbage?"

Alice said nothing. She just looked at her father in shock from his outburst. I hadn't wanted to call her out in front of her family, but maybe it was time to let them in on what Alice had been up to thanks to the information my dad had obtained for me.

"If you have nothing to say, Alice, why don't you just come clean about the dirt Tanya has on you?"

Everyone's eyes snapped toward me, and Alice's complexion took on a gray hue. She looked like she was about to puke. I would have felt bad if it wasn't her own family she had been selling out.

"What is she talking about, Alice?" Edward was at a loss as to what was going on and I felt bad that I'd kept something from him, but I had hoped I would never have had to share the information my father had given me after he hired someone to follow her.

Since Alice still wasn't talking, so I continued. "You see, after Thanksgiving, my father hired a PI to follow Alice around. I had no idea he'd done it until I asked him to look into her after everything that went down New Year's Eve and he said it was already underway. He figured turnabout was fair play since she'd looked into me without cause. When we got home from Paris, he had all the answers for me as to why Alice was so against us—though I didn't find out exactly what she'd done until a few days ago when I finally got up the nerve to ask my father." I directed that information to Edward, who nodded in understanding. "It seems that Alice has been selling you out to the paparazzi for years and she gets paid a hefty amount of money for the info she provides. Tanya found out and has been blackmailing her ever since."

"You didn't!" Esme cried. I hated that I had to share this information, but enough was enough. Alice needed to take responsibility for her own actions.

Alice looked down, and Jasper made no attempt to comfort his wife. I guess he'd been in the dark about how deep Alice's lies went as well.

"But Tanya didn't want money, did she Alice?" I kept on because it ended now. She really needed to acknowledge the things she had done. "Her choice of payment was you getting your brother back into her crab infested clutches, but I came along and ruined any hope you had of taking your secret to the grave."

Alice finally looked me in the eye and hissed out, "You bitch! You've ruined everything!"

"No, Alice, you did when you sold your brother out. I am absolutely repulsed that you could do something like that. You're not my daughter." Carlisle shook his head in defeat as he pulled a crying Esme into his side. "You're no longer welcome in our house. Get out."

"But, Daddy—"

He quickly interrupted her. "Don't you 'but, Daddy' me. You made your bed, now you have to lie in it. I said get out!"

"Jasper," she whispered, and he shook his head.

"How could you, Alice? I thought you had stopped after I caught you. This is my career you've messed with, not to mention your own." I couldn't believe he had known she'd sold Edward out before.

"You knew?" hissed Edward.

Jasper shook his head. "I didn't know it was still going on or that Tanya was blackmailing her. I thought she'd stopped when I caught her and told her I wouldn't put up with her doing something so disgusting and underhanded. I'm so sorry man; I've been blinded by my love for her. I'm going to leave, let you all figure out how you want to handle the situation. Alice," he shook his head once more, "I need time."

He turned and walked out. The status of their relationship was up in the air. I really wanted to feel bad for her, but I just couldn't.

"You!" she shouted, pointing her finger at me. "You did this! It's all your fault!" She rushed at me in a blur and tackled me to the ground before I had a chance to act, my head hitting the tile floor with such force that I blacked out.

~o~o~o~

"Bella, wake up," the voice pleaded, but the fog was too thick and quickly pulled me back under.

I didn't know how long it had been before I heard the raspy voice again.

"Please, coffee girl. I love you. I can't live without you."

I fought hard to open my eyes, but the bright fluorescent glare from the overhead lights caused me to groan out and I snapped my eyes closed. The throbbing pain in my head had me on the verge of puking.

"The lights," I moaned. "Too bright."

"Oh thank God," the voice that had been floating through my head spoke. It was then that I realized it had been Edward. "The light's off now, so open those coffee colored peepers that I love so much."

I forced myself to open my eyes again and was thankful the room was dark, but I was confused as to why I was in the hospital. "What happened? Why am I here?"

Edward sighed next to me and took my hand in his. "What do you remember?"

"Um." I tried to shake my head but the pain made me gasp. I reached up and found my head had been wrapped in gauze. "Ow. I can't remember anything after we left La Jolla."

"Well, Alice—"

Her name was the trigger and everything came flooding back. "Alice!" I exclaimed. "She did this to me."

He nodded, and I remembered I had been mad at him too.

"I bet this just adds to you wanting to call everything off." There was no beating around the bush.

His eyes shot to mine and he vehemently shook his head. "Never."

I tried to raise my eyebrow at him, but my pain was still too intense. I did snort though, and that brought a smirk to Edward's face before he grasped that it wasn't the usual funny notion from me. "You were ready to fold after the paparazzi; how is this any different? I mean, your sister did actually put me in the hospital, they didn't."

He dropped my hand and stood up. He began pacing the floor, all the while tugging at his hair once more. He looked so distraught and helpless. Normally I would have done everything in my power to soothe his worry, but we needed to both be on the same page if our future was going to work.

"I was scared that you were going to walk away." He paused and turned to me. The heat of his gaze made me melt, but still I said nothing. This was his time to make me understand.

"Nothing and no one is more important to me than you. The idea of you getting hurt scared me, coffee girl, and that was my gut reaction and not how I truly felt. I couldn't imagine you being harmed because of me, but the worst happened anyway, and it was by my own sister's hands. I know now that I wouldn't have survived losing you. I can't lose you. You're everything."

He was crying by the time he finished, and so was I.

"I love you, Isabella Marie Swan, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that I cannot live without you. I want to be your husband…and sooner rather than later. We have our dream house, so now all I need is for you to be my wife. What do you say, will you still marry me?"

I nodded through the tears, but before I could respond, the doctor walked in.

As odd as this might sound, I was kind of grateful for Alice's attack because it made us both realize what was more important than anything else: our love.

~o~o~o~

When I was finally released from the hospital, Edward wouldn't let me out of his sight. We'd been going back and forth between his guest house and my parents' home. It was exhausting.

Not to mention the lack of sexy times. Edward was still worried about me, though when we were at my parents' I think he was more afraid of my dad's guns than how I might be feeling. If I hadn't been so horny I would have found it funny.

I didn't understand his hesitation. My stitches had come out two days before and I was given a clean bill of health. I was ready to resume our love making.

"Seriously, Edward, if you don't get your crap together I'm just going to have to take matters into my own hands." I crossed my arms under my breasts and I was immediately taken back to the day we met when his eyes dropped down to my chest.

"Edward!" I growled.

"Huh?" He was still staring at the girls.

I guess the fact that I wasn't wearing a shirt had rendered him incapable of speech.

I huffed and pushed him out of the way so I could show him exactly what I was talking about.

I pulled my rabbit out of my nightstand and said, "If you're not going to fuck me, then I'll just have to fuck myself."

His eyes widened at my toy. "You wouldn't dare!"

I climbed onto my bed and spread my legs. My wetness increased when I twisted the toy on, the vibration turning me on even more as I smirked and moaned out, "Watch me."

And watch me he did…at least until the pressure was too much and he couldn't help showing me why he was better than my toy.

So there you have it. Malice truly was an evil person. No the final outcome of her actions hasn't been announced, but at least you all know why she was always a bitch. Were you surprised? Anyways, see you all Friday with more. Thank you reading and reviewing. xx Dee