Hi everyone! Happy New Year! I hope everyone's holiday was full of love and happiness! Mine...was full of sickness! GAH! we are finally all getting better, but we got hit hard!

I hope you are all still with me. I just needed the time to spend with family and get us all better. You have all been in my mind, and I promise, I have some good things coming. Some mafia action, lemons, lemons, some dancing, some surprise turns, lemons! I promise to make up for the two weeks I have been MIA.

I am going to be making a change in post updates. I am working part time now, so I will only be updating three times a week. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I am going to be keeping the length of the chapters the same, maybe if I get a bit more written, beta'd and stock piled I will give you a bit more.

And I am pleased to announce that I have a beta again! YEA! So please, everyone, give it up for the awesome queen cullen0527. Thank you so much for helping out and giving me input.

All that is Twilight belongs to miss Stephanie Meyer.

BPOV

Sunday dinner was beyond amazing. Much to my surprise, there were more happy tears than tears of anger towards me. Oh...and Mom's cooking, (Yes mom. You heard me right I said mom.) I don't think I can go back to calling her Esme every again. Mom's cooking was the best food I have had in...Well, in five months. She cooked my favorite, chicken parmigiana. I was about ready to fight Emmett for the last piece, we called a truce and split it, to everyone laughter.

I felt mom and dad's (Yes, Carlisle will forever be called dad now too.) I felt their eyes on me all night long. Every time I looked up at them, I got a smile. If I have to spend the rest of my life trying to gain their trust again, I will do it.

Edward, well I don't think he has stopped touching me all night long. There is the slight brush of our legs and feet under the table at dinner, holding my hand, stealing small kisses to my lips, cheeks, and neck. If he keeps this up I am going to have to take him up to my old room and have some private time with him.

"Mom, dad, Bella...we need to talk about some business." Edward says, pulling me from my dirty plot. There goes the naughty thoughts for now.

"Shall we go into my office?" Dad asks.

"No, Emmett and Jas already know all about it. Rose and Alice may as well too, so that they can keep alert when out."

"You're freaking me out baby." I say crossing over to where he is standing.

He wraps his arms around me, pulling me to his side. "For a while now, we have been clocking the Volturi. Ever since the threat was made on Bella we have..."

"What threat was made on me?" I ask, whipping my head around to look at him. "And when was it?"

"A few months ago the chain of events began the day of the ball. We found the mole we were looking for was Benjamin. Turns out he is Aro's nephew. Well, Aro blackmailed Benjamin into working for us and give him information on our shipments so that they could infiltrate them. He was just doing it to protect his pregnant fiancé. Dad and I got him out of the country and in a safe location, in the process Aro thinks we found him out and killed him. We caught Alec sniffing around the old warehouse looking for him. Alec threatened that it would be a shame if something happened to our 'little ballerina'."

I felt his hold on me tighten. "I know you won't let that happen. Whatever you need to do, more guards, I'll wear the chip again, whatever you need me to do. I'll do it." I said to him.

"Baby, thank you." He said, while kissing the top of my head. "We actually found something, well, Jasper found it." He said, looking over at Jasper.

Jas looked at me, then at Carlisle, then back to me. "Charlie is working for Aro."

I heard mom gasp, "Wh...wha...what?" I stammered out.

"We only know that he is working the books for their shipments. There is currently nothing else right now Charlie is doing for the Volturi. We got a hold of one of their guys and we questioned him, and that was all he could tell us. The Volturi are keeping..."

That was all I heard. My mind started to swim with visions of his face filled with hatred, and disgust. Of him hitting me, and coming at me with the bat. The room began to spin, and before I knew what was happening the floor was coming closer and closer to my face. I felt strong arms around me just before I connected with the floor. "Bella!" is all I heard before everything went black.

"Damn it! I should have told her when we were alone, then just filled you all in." I heard his velvet voice say.

"It is just a shock to her son." I heard dad tell him. "That man did terrible things to her. Half of the stuff she still never told us."

"I know. I'm just...fuck! I am so glad I found her before they did." I hear him breath out a shaky breath.

"What does that fucker want with my baby?" I hear mom ask.

I couldn't stifle the giggle that erupted from me. "Fucking hell Bella!" Edward says, pulling me into a hug. "Could you please stop scaring the shit out of me?" I hug him back. I bury my head in his chest. "What were you laughing at?" He pulls back, looking at me, running his thumbs over my cheeks.

"I heard mom say fucker!" I say, giggling again.

"I'm glad I amuse you young lady." She says, coming over to me, pulling me away from Edward and hugging me. Looking around, I notice that we are in my old bedroom. Just being in the room surrounded the people who are around me make me feels safe. I cuddle into mom's arms.

I look over at dad, who has a worried look on his face. I breath out a sigh. I don't want to tell him, but I know now that I have to. "Can you sit down dad? I need to tell you something." I say. I let out a breath, and try to muster up some strength. "OK, I need you both," I say looking to dad and then to Edward, "to stay calm and just..." I shake my head, trying to get my thoughts in order. "I only know what my scared ten through fourteen year old brain will let me remember." I sigh, scooting up on the bed a little bit. "Charlie always wanted me gone. He 'hated my face', is what he used to tell me all the time. I remember him coming home one day and going on and on about how lucky he was that there was a 'meat eater' who was going to take me off his hands as soon as I was ready. 'Just a few more years', is what he would always say, just before I came to live with you." When I said that last part, Edwards fists clenched and dad swore under his breath. "I didn't really know what it meant, but Charlie was happy and just kept saying that for once I was worth something to him. It wasn't until I was older and had been living here for a little while, learning about...things with the family business, that I realized that he was going to sell me to a dirty cop, who must have worked in an organization somewhere."

Everyone was silent for a while. "I am sorry that I kept it from you. It was just really embarrassing that...that Charlie never loved me. That he hated me so much. That he sold me." I said in a whisper.

"He doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as you." Dad said, grabbing me and pulling me to his lap. "I should have killed him the day we found you hiding in the closet. Mi dispiace tesoro. [I am sorry darling.]" The last part he whispered in my ear.

"There is nothing for you to be sorry about. You saved me."

"I should never have given him the choice; I should have just killed him then. I just didn't want to take your only blood relative away from you tesoro [treasure]."

"We need to find out who the cop was and find out if what Bella suspect is right." Edward said. I was sort of worried; he was in total Boss mode now, not Edward. He was freaked out, and that made me nervous. He only goes into Boss mode when he doesn't want to let his emotions out. "I assume it was someone in the Volturi. We need to track down their men and find out if anyone is associated with a cop. We need to find out who the 'intended' was."

I felt dad nod to him. Mom got off the bed, "Come on Carlisle, Bella needs rest." She took my hand, "Please, stay here tonight baby. Humor your mom?" She pleaded with me. I just smiled and nodded in agreement. She bent down and gave me a kiss. Dad kissed my head and moved me back to the bed. They walked out the door, waving and saying goodnight.

Edward just stood there looking lost in thought. I climbed out of bed, and stood in front of him. "Kiss me." I said. His hands cupped my face, thumbs stroking my cheeks. A low primal growl rumbled in his chest. "Mine!" He growled to me. I moaned in return, and in an instant his lips were on mine. His lips were hard, and full of passion. My hands found their way into his hair, pulling him as close as I could get him to me. The need to feel him was over powering. He needed me close, and I needed to be close to him.

He pulled back from me, running his thumb over my bottom lip before walking away and moving towards the door. I start to go after him, but stop as I realize he was just locking the door. He makes his way back to me, toeing off his shoes, lifting his t-shirt over his head. He stalks over to me, pushing me up against the post of my canopy bed. "I had dreams of doing this after I saw you in your prom dress." He says, pulling down the straps of my sundress. It falls to a pool around my feet, leaving me standing there in a strapless bra and panties. He reaches behind me and unhooks my bra, letting it fall to join my dress on the floor. He softly palms my breasts in his hands, running his thumbs over my nipples, making them pucker. I throw my head back, moaning, arching my back, pushing my breasts further into his hands. "So beautiful." He says, slowly dropping down to his knees in front of me. He kisses me just above my panties, making his way to my hips. He hooks his thumbs under my panties and pulls them down. "I want to keep these in tack," He says with a smirk, I smile back at him, remembering the ripped panties from the hotel room. "A reminder of a fantasy fulfilled." He says. Pulling them down the rest of the way; I step out of them.

He runs his hands up my thighs, stopping just at the sides of my pussy. "So perfect." He whispers before running his nose up my wet slit. "God, you smell amazing Bella." He whispers, before plunging his tongue into me. Throwing my head back, I moan as his tongue take tortuously slow laps around my pussy, never once touching my clit.

"So good Edward!" I moan.

I feel him take my leg and lift it over his shoulder. I place my hand on his head, to balance myself. I take the chance to pull his face to where I want him to be. He laughs just before his lips take my clit into his lips and suck. This pushes me over the edge. "Oh God! Yes! This is so fucking good!"

"Fuck yes Bella! Cum on my face!" He says, and then continues lapping up my juices, as my pussy clenches and pours into his mouth. He continues to lick me, slowly, bringing me down from my high.

He stands slowly, running his hands up my sides, making their way up to my face. He holds my face. His eyes pierce into mine as he brings my face to his for a soft, sweet kiss. I taste myself on him as his tongue snakes its way into my mouth. His hands leave my face and make their way down to my ass. His hand palms the center of my ass, pushing upward; I take the hint and hop up, wrapping my legs around his waist. He carries me to my bed and lays me down. He pulls back, standing and pulls down his pants, boxers, and socks. He crawls back on top of me.

I reach up and run my hands over his face. "I will do everything in my power to keep you safe Bella. I promise you. I will protect you." He says, looking into my eyes. "Please say that you trust me Bella."

"Yes." I say to him, looking him in his eyes. With that one word answer, he pushes into me. We both gasp at the amazing feeling of being joined. His thrusts are slow, and magical. He is taking his time weaving his spell around me, showing me that we are one.

His hands reach down and hikes my knee around his waist. His face is never less than an inch from mine. "You, you are everything my Bella. I love you so fucking much." He says, as he continues to slowly love me, kissing me softly.

I tilt my hips up to meet his thrusts, pouring all of my soul into every push I give back. "I promise...ah God Edward!" I begin saying, as the coil begins constricting in my stomach, with each thrust from Edward. "I promise, I will always t...tr...Trust you, love you, and never leave you again. I will tell you every day if I have to." I run my hand down his sides, landing one hand on each of his ass cheeks. I give them a slight squeeze, helping him push into me.

Everything about this moment is slow, and intense. He dips his head to mine and captures my lips with his. The rhythms of our lips, tongues are matching the rhythm of our hips. I pull away, gasping for breath as his lips make their way down my neck, then back up to my ear. "Per sempre." [Forever.] He whispers into my ear.

"E sempre." [And always.] I whisper back. He groans into my ear, and flicks his tongue over my ear lobe. Then he sucks on the sweet spot at the back of my ear, which sends me over the edge. My pussy walls clamp down on his cock as I scream out "Edward! AHH AHH! Edward! I love you!"

Two more thrusts and Edward follows my climax with his. "I love you too!" He yells out.

After we come down, he cups my face, staring into my eyes while we are still joined. "I wanted to do this better, make it more...more romantic, but I can't think of a better time than after what we just shared. You are my world, my breath, my air, my sunshine. Without you my world is dark, sad, and lonely. I can't live another day without you by my side." He pulls back and pulls me up so that I am straddling him. He takes my hand and puts it over his heart, then places his hand over my heart, never loosing eye contact with me. "I nostri cuori sono uno, sono sempre stati, e lo saranno sempre. [Our hearts are one, they always have been, and they always will be.] Isabella Swan, I have loved you every day since I met you when we were ten years old. Let me share the rest of forever with you. Please, will you marry me?" He says, taking my left hand into his and kissing it.

"Yes!" I say, without even having to think.

"Yes?" He says, with a smile on his face.

"You, Edward Cullen, are my forever. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else. I know that I have made mistakes, and have done things to make you think differently these past five months, but I love you. I have always loved you, in some form. Over the years it has grown from loving the sweet little boy who protected me from the bullies. To who shared his treats with me and who shared his family with me. To the admiration of the young man who protected me from the abuse and the ridicule. Who included me in his group of friends, who helped me to belong. To the absolute love of a man who still protects me, loves me, and makes me feel sexy and special. I've loved you Edward Anthony Cullen, since we were ten years old, and I will keep loving you everyday of our forever." I say to him looking into his eyes. I take his hand and put it back over my heart, and place mine over his. "I nostri cuori sono uno, sono sempre stati, e lo saranno sempre." [Our hearts are one, they always have been, and they always will be.]

His smile lights up his face. "Wait right here, don't move." He says, as he lifts me off of him, setting me on the edge of the bed. He bends over to his pants and pulls something out of his pocket. He walks back over to me and gets down on one knee. "I got this from dad tonight while you weren't looking." He said. "Isabella Marie Swan, will you marry me?"

"Yes!" I cry out. He takes my left hand and slips on the cushion cut ring. Once it is in place, he brings it to his lips and kisses it. "This belonged to my grande nonne Cullenza [great grandmother Collenza] . The last time bisnonno [great grandfather] was here from Italy he brought it. It was just after she passed away. It was her wish that I give it to the woman I would spend the rest of my life with."

"Oh Edward It is so beautiful!" I cried as I held my hand out to look at it.

"We can get you another, if you would like something bigger."

"No! Never! I love it! It is perfect." I say kissing him pulling him into bed with me. We kick down the comforter and snuggle together. I am resting my head on his chest. His arms snaked around me and are holding me to him.

We lay together for I don't know how long just holding each other. "I would like to get married sooner rather than later." I hear him say.

"So would I." I agree. I giggle.

"What?"

"I sort of always had this dream of getting married on Christmas Eve under the mistletoe."

"Why Christmas Eve?"

"Well, I just always thought Christmas Eve was magical, a night of anticipation, fun, laughter, love. It became even more magical when I came to live here. And. because Christmas is a day to spend with family and not sit at someone else's wedding."

"Do you want to get married this Christmas Eve then?"

I look up at him, "Really?"

"Whatever you want tesoro [sweetheart]."

"That is what I really want."

"Then we'll make it happen." He says, smiling at me. I reach up and kiss him softly.

"Should we go and tell mom and dad?" I ask.

"No, let's wait until tomorrow. I just want to hold you, and sleep." He says, yawning. "I love you Bella."

"I love you Edward." Not long after that, we are asleep.

Well, what do you all think? Who do you think is the intended? I hope you all enjoyed. I have been going through some serious writers block, but I really feel like I am finally back on track. Leave me some love and I will see you all on Wednesday. MUAH!