Forever Love

Written By:sherrie cherries
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Bella Swan and Edward Cullen have been together since middle school. They were best friends, and once their inevitable hormones took over, they could not deny their attraction to one another. They did everything together, and had everything in common. They both loved music, movies, and sports.

Edward was thrown into football by his father at a young age, and what started as a way to make his father happy soon turned into his second love. Of course, Bella Swan had always being his first love.

Bella was always into frilly things, she was in dance classes throughout childhood, and once she got to middle school she became a cheerleader. Although she never thought she would join the varsity cheerleading squad on her first try, they wouldn’t have it any other way. She loved it, she was always energetic, and it was an added bonus that she could cheer on her Edward at games.

It was now the first day of her senior year. She was so excited. It was tradition that the cheerleaders would go to the football player’s homes on the first day of school and decorate their cars. She had to be up before dawn that morning, which didn’t thrill her to the least. She exhaustingly got up and got dressed in her favorite outfit…her uniform. She couldn’t believe it that at cheerleading camp not even 2 weeks before that the squad voted her to be captain. It was her dream all throughout high school, and Edward kept telling her it was inevitable for her to get it. He, of course, was the captain of the football team. At every dance they won king and queen, so it was only fitting that his beautiful Bella would be the varsity cheerleading captain.

As she ran out to Alice’s car, she noticed Rosalie, and Jessica drinking coffee and yawning quiet loudly. She giggled to herself, glad that she wasn’t the only one in this zombie state. Alice giggled at her as she hopped in the car…staring down the star buck’s coffee cups. “Here you go sleepy head…I knew you wouldn’t live with out this.” Bella chuckled and said, “Alice you are the best, did I ever tell you that.” “Nope” was all Alice could get out before cracking up, of course Bella always told her she was the best.

Bella had demanded that they headed to Edward’s house first, because he was an early bird and she wanted to have it done before he got out of bed. When they got to his house, his father, Carlisle, was on his way to his car. He was the chief of pediatrics at Forks hospital and always got there early.

He grinned as the girls got out of the car and got the bags from the trunk. “Is it that time of year already girls?” Carlisle said. “Yep, is he out of bed?” shrieked Bella at the possibility that she got there too late. “No, he is still in bed, I could still hear him snoring, when I got to the kitchen this morning” Carlisle chuckled. Everyone knew what he was talking about. Edward was such an active person, that when his bed hit the pillow at night, he would start snoring so loudly, it was surprising he never managed to wake himself up. “That’s my guy” said Bella. She ran over to Carlisle and gave him a hug. “See you later, Doc, hope you have a great day”. Bella said as she ran over to Edwards Volvo.

The girls quickly went to work, hanging the Go Forks magnets on his doors, and writing Cullen lead them the Hornets to victory this year. The finished up by drawing a football on his passenger side window. Jessica, Alice, and Rosalie new that Bella would want his driver’s side window all to herself. Bella went over, and wrote I LOVE YOU CULLEN on the window and drew pouty lips below it. She smiled at herself knowing that Edward would get a big kick out of that. Edward had no problem with mushy stuff. If he wasn’t such an amazing football player everyone would give him a hard time for being so open with his emotions for Bella.

Bella said “let’s get outta here before he wakes up, I don’t want to get distracted, and we still have a lot of cars to decorate before school”. Alice jumped up and down, all giddy, and said “can we please go decorate Jasper’s car next.” Rosalie looked frustrated and said “what about Emmett”. Bella spoke up and said “Rosie, we will do Emmett’s after Jasper’s; I already promised Alice she could go second this morning.” Rosie giggled and said “oh, alright”.

Alice had met Jasper through Bella. Alice and Bella had been best friends forever; their families grew up with each other, so it was a guaranteed match. One night when Bella wanted to go see the new Reese Witherspoon movie, and Edward decided not to go much to Bella’s surprise, Alice went with her. As they were sitting in the movies, Edward surprise her and nearly scared her to death. She was sitting there and then all of a sudden a pair of heads covered her eyes. She nearly came unglued when a sexy voice said “hey, is that seat taken”. She grabbed him and pulled him over the seats. Alice was really frustrated at the thought of having to sit through another Edward and Bella make out session. She was about to leave, when a shy, low voice said “do you mind if I sit here”. She looked over and seen an angel. He was a tall, slender blonde, with the most breathtaking eyes. She couldn’t muster any words so she just nodded. He sat down beside her and his arm grazed her arm, and that was the beginning of Jasper and Alice. Edward had later explained that Jasper had been eyeing Alice forever, and that he decided to help introduce them.

The girls headed to Jasper’s house. They quickly decorated his car, not with mushy stuff however, she was much more perverted when it came to Jasper. She wrote “if you beat them, you will get a BIG surprise”. When Alice was happy with all of the decorations, they headed over to Emmett’s house. There, Rosalie took over. She was determined to make Emmett’s car the best decorated car out of the bunch.

Rosalie had been with Emmett for only 6 months, but knew it would have been longer if they had known each other. Emmett recently transferred to Forks High School and the minute Rosie’s and Emmett’s eyes met, they never were apart. They were immediately one of the most popular couples in the whole school. Rosalie was a slender, blonde who looked like she stepped out of a fashion magazine. Emmett was 6”5 and was nothing but muscle. It was no surprise he quickly made the football team without trying out. The coach seen him and said he had to be on the team.

Once the girls were done with decorating the cars, they decided to go and get more coffee. They knew they had a long day ahead of them, and there was no way they would survive without caffeine. Once they were at school, they all sat on the picnic table close to the car. They were waiting for the particular mates to drive up. They heard a lot of honking…and they knew it would be only a matter of minutes before the entire football team would be driving into the parking lot.

Edward arrived first, followed by Jasper, then Emmett. Edward jumped out of his car and ran over to Bella. “hey love, nice job with the decorations” he said to her, before applying a deep passionate kiss to her lips. “I thought you might like it” as she tried to catch her breath. Ever time Edward kissed her, her heart would race, and she would blush. Bella noticed out of the corner of her eye, that Emmett was now with Rosie, and Jasper was with Alice. Emmett being his perverted self said “babe, I love the decorations, but I would rather have had you wake me up in your birthday suit”. Rosalie snarled and slapped him on the arm. Rosie was more reserved when it came to their romantic life, she didn’t like people to know what she did behind closed doors. Alice jumped into Jasper’s arms and kissed him wildly. Jasper sat her back down on the picnic table and said “what do I get when we beat the cougars”. Alice grinned and said “you beat them…then you find out”. Jasper just smiled, and grabbed Alice by the hand to lead her into school.

As the three couples entered the school, they went over to the table marked for senior’s registration. They were all happy because they besides for a few classes that they would all have the same schedule. They made that pact at the end of last year that they would try to have the same schedule so they wouldn’t miss a minute apart. They were like the three amigos only it was the three amigo couples. They quickly headed to their lockers, and put up their books.

This was it, the beginning of their senior year, the best year of their lives. They knew that no matter what the future brought they would always be together. Nothing could ever tear them apart, or could it?

Senior year had been amazing so far, although it seemed to be going so quickly. It was already time for the big game against the Spartans, which was the night before Halloween, and everyone at school was excited because the Spartans were the Hornets biggest rivals. Every year, the Spartans would try and play pranks, and much to their disliking the Hornets always would get the better of them.

This year with Edward leading the team, they were determined to blow past pranks out of the water. Although, that wasn’t the only thing on Edwards mind. Halloween was Bella’s favorite holiday by far, and he had big plans for her. She would never see this coming. He only told Jasper of his plans, because he knew he could keep a secret. Not that he didn’t trust Emmett, well actually he didn’t, but only because of Rosalie. Rosalie was a little vixen, and could read Emmett better than anyone. He knew if he told Emmett, he wouldn’t be able to keep it from Rosie and then of course, Bella would find out. He still didn’t know exactly how he was going to do it, but he was determined that Halloween night would be the best night of her life, and of his. As his mind pondered the preparations for the big event….he was brought back to reality by Jasper.

“Edward, man, what are we going to do to the Spartans this year…I don’t have a single idea on how to blow them out of the water” Jasper said.

“We will figure it out, we still have 2 weeks until the big game, don’t worry about it so much, besides I have so many things on my mind right now”. Edward said.

“Edward, don’t worry about Bella. You know you won’t be disappointed. I still can’t believe you are going to do this”

“Man, I love her more than anything, if I can’t be with her next year, I won’t be able to concentrate on anything else, and you know our parents. They will not let us live together, if…” Edward broke his words to make sure no one else was around.

“Dude, seriously. No one has any idea what you are planning on doing. Don’t worry, not even Alice has any idea, which is hard to believe”. Jasper giggled has he finished his statement. “Can we please concentrate on this prank; I hate waiting until the last minute. We have to make this historic, it’s our senior year after all”.

“Alright, where’s Emmett, you know that he always has the best ideas”. Edward said trying to calm himself down.

“He and Rosalie are otherwise engaged, if you get my drift”. He said smirking at Edward as Edward figured out what he meant.

“I tell you what, I’m surprise those two haven’t been caught. I think they have done it everywhere in this school”. Edward laughed.

“I’ll tell Emmett we need to head to your place after school so we can brainstorm. You tell the rest of the team to head to your house after school, ok”. Jasper said as the bell rang, and he headed off to gym.

“Ok, see you later” Edward said as he seen Bella walking up to him.

Bella smiled as she wrapped her arms around his waist pulling him down into a kiss. “Hey there gorgeous”

“Hey love, are you ready for Bio”, Edward said leading her down the hall to class.

“Only because I have the smartest, most gorgeous lab partner”. She giggled.

He looked down into her beautiful brown eyes, and kissed her lightly on the cheek. When they made it to class, they took their seats, as the teacher began to tell them they were watching a movie. Edward sighed a deep relieve. He hadn’t prepared for the quiz that was rumored to be given today in class. Bella looked over at him, knowing to well what the sigh was for and giggled.

As class lead out, Edward lightly tugged on Bella’s arm to get her to stay for a moment.

“What’s up babe, you don’t look so well” Bella said with a worried look on her face.

“Oh nothing, I’m fine. I just stood up to quickly is all”. Edward looked at her trying to reassure her with a smile and a wink.

“Good, because I have plans for you after school” she winked and giggled.

“Sounds good to me…oh wait… I can’t. The football team is coming over to go over strategies for the game against the Spartans”. He stopped, knowing she would read right through that lie.

“Oh please Edward, you do not have to strategize on how to beat the Spartans…you are trying to come up with a prank”. She tried to look angry, knowing she couldn’t keep it up. She started to giggle, when he pulled her into his warm embrace.

“Babe, I’m sorry. You’re right, but we have to get back at them for their stunt they pulled last week. They can’t come to our school and do…” She stopped him by planting a kiss on his lips and said “I know, I know, have fun with the boys. Call me when you done if it isn’t too late”.

“Love, you are the best” He pulled her back into his arms, and whispered in her ear “I love you Bella Swan, forever and always”.

They walked out the cars where the gang was waiting for them. Rosalie said goodbye to Emmett by pecking him on the cheek, telling him to have a good time but to not get into trouble. Alice managed on letting Jasper go with simple kiss, and Edward pulled Bella into a warm embrace, “Bella, love, I will try to make this as quick as possible so maybe we can go to our spot later”. He winked at her and walked over to Emmett’s Jeep and hoped in the back. Jasper got in the passenger seat, and Emmett jumped in the driver’s seat, and sped off out of the parking lot.

The girls looked at each other and giggled. “So what shall we do to fill our time, while we wait for our crazy boyfriends to come up with a plan to get back at the Spartans” said Alice as she jumped in her car, signaling for Rosie and Bella to get in. “I know, SHOPPING” before you knew it. They were off to Port Angeles to go shopping for costumes for the Halloween party.

They were determined to win the best costume awards at the Halloween party at Jessica’s house. Every year, Jessica’s parents threw the biggest party in town and everyone came. There was always a DJ, tons of Halloween inspired games, and of course, the best costume prize. Every year it was different, but because the girls where in close with Jessica, they knew what the prize was going to be this year, a paid trip for 2 to Cozumel, Mexico for spring break. It was the best prize by far, and because it was senior year, Jessica’s parents figured it would appropriate. The whole senior class was going to the party, so it was a shoe in that a senior couple would win the prize.

Edward and Bella had decided to be a vampire couple from the very popular movie “Twilight”. Ironically enough, the main character’s names where Bella and Edward so it worked out beautifully. Alice and Jasper were going to be batman and cat woman. Only because Alice was determined to be in a leather costume. Emmett and Rosalie decided to be Romeo and Juliet. Rosie has always said the Emmett was her Romeo, because from the minute their eyes met, she knew they would be together forever.

The guys had already told the girls, because they had to wear ridiculous costumes, it was their responsibility to get the costumes ready for them to wear. All they wanted to do was put them on. Alice had no problem with this condition, only because she was a shopaholic and it satisfied her craving of shopping.

It didn’t take the girls long to find the appropriate costumes. Rosie quickly found a set of costumes at the costume shop. It was perfect; it took out all of the guess work. This shop had specialized in couple’s costumes, and with Romeo and Juliet being a pretty popular pairing, it was guaranteed in stock. Alice was determined to make her and Jasper’s costumes unique. So she forced Bella and Rosalie to almost every costume store in Port Angeles before finding the right combination of clothing items, which for Alice didn’t take long. Bella’s costume was a little easier to handle. In the movie Twilight, Edward wasn’t her typical vampire and neither was Bella (yes, I’m straying away from the story of Twilight a little bit, in this version they are both vampires). So she simply found white costume make up, she new their faces had to be pale white and beyond that they could simply where regular clothes. Alice was not having this at all. She was determined that they would be the best versions of vampires. To Alice vampires were sexy and desirable. She found Bella a black halter top with silver sequins lining the v-neck trim. She located a very short black skirt, and told Bella she had no choice in the matter. She also found a pair of black high heels. Bella giggled at those, knowing she wouldn’t last five minutes in those shoes. “Bella, you just have to practice walking in them, everything will be fine” Alice giggled as she pictured Bella walking around in them.

“Alice, you are going to be the death of me yet”. Bella snarled at Alice, knowing she couldn’t stay mad at her and just complied with her wishes.

Alice then found a black button down long sleeve shirt for Edward, and a pair of stonewashed, boot cuts pants for Edward.

As the girls headed back to Forks after only an hour and half of shopping. Bella’s phone rang. “Hey babe, how’s the strategizing going”. She giggled.

“We are all done, the Spartans are not going to know what hit them” He exclaimed as Bella heard Emmett in the background, howling. She started laughing; only imagining what the boys have come up with.

“Bella, I know I said we would go to our place tonight, but would you mind if I made it an early night. I’m exhausted and I really want to go to bed”. He said quietly, almost as if he didn’t want to say it.

“Um..sure babe, are you ok?” Bella said with concern in her voice.

“Yeah, I’m just beat. And I should probably study for the Bio quiz. I know I won’t get lucky two days in a row.” He said trying to reassure her that he was fine.

“Well, ok then. I guess I will see you tomorrow, Love you”. She said, disappointed that she wouldn’t be heading to her favorite spot with her favorite guy.

“I love you to, forever and always, remember that…oh and Bella.?”

“Yeah” Bella said trying to sound not distracted.

“How about I pick you up for school tomorrow, instead of riding with Alice”. Edward said in a chipper voice.

“Sure, I would LOVE that”. She said, definitely out of her bad mood. It wasn’t often that she could ride to school with Edward, only because of his morning practice or if it wasn’t his practice it was her cheerleading practice.

“Night love, see you in the morning”. Edward said.

“Night sweetie, get some rest”. Bella said as she hung up the phone.

Edward was definitely starting to worry her; it wasn’t like him at all. She remembered how in Bio he looked faint, and it was only 6:30 and he was saying he was going to bed. She would definitely have to find out what was going on. She would talk with Jasper tomorrow. She knew that out of everyone in their group, if he didn’t tell her what was going on, he didn’t told Jasper.

The night of the big game against the Spartans brought a huge turn out of fans. Most likely everyone in the small town of Forks was there to cheer on the Hornets. The football team had decided to wait until the night of the game to pull their big prank. They knew that the Spartans wouldn’t have the slightest idea that tonight was going to be the BIG night. The coach was in the locker room trying to get the team excited about the big game, and with all of the guys screaming, hollering, and growling he thought he had succeeded. He had no idea the guys were more excited about the prank.

The coach left the locker room to head out to meet the coach of the Spartans, when the guys put their plan into action. They quickly grabbed their supplies had headed to the parking lot where the Spartans bus was parked. They quickly put everything together, and laughed at the site of what they had accomplished. They new the Spartans would be pissed and that there was a real chance they could get into some serious trouble for what they did. But they didn’t care; it was their senior year, what was going to happen?

As the game began, Edward ran over to Bella and gave her a deep passionate kiss on the lips, and twirled her around in his arms. This had been their personal tradition before every game, and Edward wouldn’t let this game begin without that. He knew Bella had been worried about his weird behavior, so he was trying everything in his power to get her mind off of her worries. It looked like it worked. She had that same beautiful grin on her face, and her eyes lit up as they sparkled from all of the lights. Grinning, she told him “Good luck, babe”. “I love you Bella Swan forever and always” Edward grinned from ear to ear.

It was no surprise that the Hornets beat the Spartans by 27 to 0. The Spartans never had a shot in hell to win that game. The best and the brightest seniors were on the Hornet’s football team, and they would not let the Spartans ruin that for them. The guys ran over to the parking lot to watch as the Spartans faces as they seen what the Hornets had done to their transportation.

The Spartans were completely shocked, and completely pissed. They were hollering “what the heck is going on, when did they have time to pull this one off” Edward yelled across the lot “well if we knew you guys felt that way, maybe we would have given you the time of day” winking over at Jacob, the quarterback for the Spartans. Behind them, spray painted in red on their bus was the words, We love the Hornets, we wished they were playing for our team. Jacob snarled up “you just wait, this isn’t over”. Edward was sure it wasn’t but he didn’t care. By far this was the greatest prank of all time, and nothing was ever going to beat that. He grinned as he thought about the Spartans having to drive home in a yellow bus that claimed they were gay.

They ran back to the locker rooms, and quickly changed. They had plans to go to the beach with the girls and didn’t want to keep the girls waiting. As they were running towards their cars, they could see the girls waiting anxiously for them. The coach walked out in front of them, and stopped Edward. “Can I have a word with you, Edward” He said, obviously peeved about what the guys had did. “Um, sure what’s up coach?” Edward trying not to grin, and be serious. He knew it was only a matter of time before he got in trouble for the prank.

“Edward, I know that you and the Spartans have issues, and that you are always playing pranks when it comes time for you two to play against each other, but this one went a little bit to far” coach said sternly. Edward was about to speak again when the coach put up his hand and said “No, do not make excuses, this was uncalled for Edward. You and the team are going to have to find away to pay for the damages you did to the bus.” He said as he started to walk away. Edward was shocked that the coach didn’t go any further, and he wasn’t worried about having to pay for the damages, after all he wasn’t poor by any means.

“Edward Masen Cullen” Bella screamed as she ran up to him, hitting him on the shoulder. Oh great, he thought, now he was going to have to hear about it from Bella.

“You are absolutely hilarious, Edward, how did you guys pull that one off”, She grinned from ear to ear. Edward smiled back at her, relieved that she wouldn’t give him a hard time. She was always his biggest fan in everything that he did, why would he worry that she would be mad.

“Bella, love, why are you so wonderful to me, I don’t know how I ever deserved you”, He said looking into her beautiful eyes as he pulled her into a warm embrace.

“I don’t know, I guess I was having a lapse in judgment when I said yes the first time you asked me out on a real date” she said as she thought about the happiest day of her life. The day Edward finally asked her out brought her so much joy, she couldn’t believe it. She honestly thought he only seen her as one of the guys.

“Love, let’s get going to the beach. I love watching you in the moonlight”. He said sweeping his lips across hers. She giggled, and turned to walk towards his car with her fingers intertwined with his. When they arrived at the beach, everyone else was there. They already had the bonfire already going.

Bella ran over to Rosie and Alice and started chatting with them. Edward stayed back a little and just watched in amazement in how she had this beautiful glow. He couldn’t believe that in less than twenty four hours she would officially be his fiancée. His thoughts went back to a week ago when he was over at Bella’s house with her parents. Bella had gone out with Alice and Rosie, and this was his chance to have a heart to heart with her parents. He was completely nervous because he knew that it would take a lot of convincing to get them to allow them to marry before college. He knew that they approved of their relationship and was happy that they had finally decided to date, but this was definitely going to test their trust in Edward. He was shocked at how well the conversation and went. Bella’s mom Renee was grinning from ear to ear when she said ‘oh my, Edward, you really are going to be my son in law”. Charlie was a little less excited at first, but after Edward explained how much he loved Bella and couldn’t be apart from her even if it only meant separate dorms. Bella was very accident prone, and he wanted to be there to protect her at all times, although that wasn’t his only motivation. He knew that he would never love another; Bella was it for him, his best friend, his love, and his soul mate. He didn’t want to wait for her to be his wife and for them to start their lives together. Charlie finally consented, and gave Edward his seal of approval.

“Um, earth to Edward, are you in there” Jasper said in a worried tone. Edward snapped out of it and looked at Jasper. “Oh, hey man, how’s it going”. Edward said.

“We were just wondering if you were planning on joining us sometime this evening” Jasper giggled as he patted Edward on the shoulder before pulling him over the bonfire.

The rest of the night was a blur to Edward. It was a typical night at the beach. Alice and Jasper were always the first to leave, because Alice always preferred to be alone with Jasper. Rosie and Emmett left next, only because Rosie demanded on getting her beauty rest so she could be most beautiful Juliet at the Halloween party the next night. Bella just sat down on the sand, and stared up at the moon. Edward sat down next to her and pulled her back to lay with him. “Bella, love, don’t you think we should be heading home. It’s getting late, and I have a feeling it’s going to start raining soon”. Bella looked up at him and sat up. But before Edward could sit up, she rolled on top of his and straddled his legs. “Edward, I love you so much, I wish we never had to go home” she said. He looked into her beautiful eyes, almost tempted to ask her for her hand in marriage tonight, but restrained because he knew Halloween night was the perfect night for that question. He sat up resting on his elbows. He leaned into her and kissed her passionately. “Love, no worries we will be like this forever soon enough”. She kissed him harder, and then got up. She offered her arm to him to help him up and he took it.

In the car on the way home, they stared silently out the windows. The only touching was their fingers intertwined in his lap. As he pulled up to Bella’s house, he parked the car and turned the ignition off. He turned to her and leaned in to give her a kiss tonight. She smiled at him and leaned in and gave him a quick peck on the lips. As she turned to get out of the car, he put his hand on her shoulder and halted her movements. She turned around and gave him a look that he didn’t understand. He hadn’t seen that one before. “Edward, are you ok love?” Bella said. “Love, I’m fine, I just wanted to tell you that I love you”. “I love you too Edward Masen Cullen…with all my heart”. She through her arms around his neck and pulled him into a warm passionate kiss that seemed to last forever, even though it was only a few seconds. He nodded back at her, and with that she got out of the car and ran up to her house, before disappearing behind the door.

As he drove back to his house, he felt his phone vibrate. He looked at it and it read one new text message. He flipped his phone open to see that it was from Bella. He grinned from ear to ear when he read the message. “Edward Cullen, tomorrow is going to be the best night of both of our lives. I love you so much, sweet dreams”.

Yes tomorrow was going to be the best night of both of their lives. And he was excited to know that Bella had no idea at exactly how wonderful it was going to be.

“Bella Swan, I have loved you since the first moment I met you, you are the reason for my being here, and I don’t want to live another moment of my life without you has my wife. Will you please do me the honor of become Mrs. Edward Cullen”.

The thoughts raced through Edwards mind as he was rehearsing exactly how he wanted to propose to Bella tonight after the Halloween party. He rehearsed it a million times, adding things, taking things away. His palms were sweaty and he could barely catch his breath when he took out the engagement ring he had bought last month. He couldn’t believe that Miss Bella Swan would soon be wearing this beautiful princess cut one carat diamond ring. He decided to rehearse his proposal one last time before heading over to Emmett’s house to get ready. “Bella Swan, you are my everything, my best friend, my love, and my soul mate. I cannot wait to begin the rest of our li-“he was interrupted by a knocking on his door.

“Come in” Edward grunted as he was obviously agitated. “Who were you talking to dear?” his mother, Esme, said as she opened the door, with a sweet smile on her face.

“No one mom, I was just thinking about Bella and what I was going to say to her tonight, I’m starting to get nervous….what if she says no!”.

“Edward, don’t be silly. You and Bella are soul mates, you were before you even liked girls” she giggled, but continued “Bella loves you with all of her heart, and I guarantee you that you two will be happily married by the beginning of college…..although I really do wish you to would wa-“. Edward shot a look at his mother, as if he was saying please don’t start with this again. “Mom, I love you, but I am not waiting to be with Bella. She is going to be my wife and I want that to happen before college ok. You had dad, and her parents will not allow us to live together if we are not married…so” Edward trailed off as he realized his mother was grinning from ear to ear. “What”. Edward said. “Oh nothing dear, you started rambling and I realized that there is nothing that is going to stop you…so I’m going to be happy for you. I know things are going to last forever with Bella, so you are right…why wait!”

“Thanks mom. You and dad have always been so supportive. I don’t know what I would do without you.” Edward said with a smirk on his face.

“Your welcome dear, now I hope this goes without saying…but you better treat Miss Bella Swan right, or else you will deal with me.” She said giggling as she headed for the door.

“You know I always have, and always will mom. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and she will never forget that”. Edward said as he ran up to his mother and gave her a kiss on the check.

“You have fun tonight Edward….oh yeah….Me and your father discussed it, and you have no curfew tonight….Bella’s parents are in agreement…so you to have fun…and make this a night she will never forget.”

“Thanks mom, you’re the best” Edward had a tear streaming down his face as he realized that this couldn’t be any better. He had the best parents in the world, the greatest girlfriend…soon to be fiancé, and he had the families blessing. Nothing could ever get in the way of true happiness with Bella.

When he arrived at Emmett’s house he realized that although tonight would be the greatest night of his life, he would have to be a vampire while he did it. He was now wishing he had talked Bella into a different costume, but he knew that would never happen. Bella had quickly become obsessed with the Twilight Saga, and was determined that she wanted to dress up like the other Bella and Edward for Halloween. Luckily his costume was pretty basic. It was a black button down shirt, with stonewashed boot cut jeans, and of course the pale white makeup he would have to apply to his face to make him more like a vampire.

Emmett was a little less than happy with his costume; he was Romeo and was not excited to be wearing tights. After all he was all muscle and these tights were not the most comfortable things to wear. “Oh man, I look like a fag in this costume” Emmett said while looking in the mirror. Edward giggled and said “well, maybe you should head over to Spartans country and see what they think. After all they are in love with us remember” Edward cracked up as he managed on getting the last part out. Emmett quickly growled at him and before they knew it they were fighting on the ground. Emmett had Edward in a head lock, when a knock at the door interrupted them. They quickly got up and straightened out their costumes. “Come in” Emmett said. Jasper came walking in the room in his Batman costume. Emmett and Edward started cracking up laughing at Jasper because he looked utterly ridiculous. They were both thanking their lucky stars that their girlfriends didn’t force them into that costume. “Very funny guys, give me a break. You know Alice and her kinky ways. This was the only costume that came close to matching Cat Woman”. Jasper spat.

“Alright Emmett leave him alone, at least he is not wearing tights” Edward burst out laughing at Emmett. When Emmett realized what he was talking about, he hit Edward in the arm as hard as he could. Edward looked stunned at how hard Emmett had hit him, but he quickly starting laughing again.

“Look at the time, we better get going. What’s the plan? Are the girls meeting us there?” Edward said.

“Yeah, they wanted to help Jessica and her parents set up the party” Jasper said as he headed to the door. They all followed out to Emmett’s jeep and jumped in.

When they got to the party, they were shocked. This year’s Halloween party looked to be the biggest yet. The outside of the house was decorated in decorations. There were black lights facing the house, to make it glow green. They heard the music booming from inside, it was pretty loud because the windows were vibrating. A lot of people had already showed up and everyone was in costumes.

They made their way in the house and quickly started hunting for their dates. Alice spotted them and ran over to Jasper, grabbing him and throwing him up against the door. She started kissing him passionately. Jasper allowed her to kiss him but then pulled away from her tight embrace so that he could give a quick look over. His eyes brighten up at the thought of his gorgeous girlfriend in a leather costume. She had a black leather halter top, and a way to short leather skirt, black leather boots that came up to her knees, and a mask over her eyes and nose. He grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back in for a deep passionate kiss. “You are absolutely naughty in this costume, are you sure you want to stay at this party, we could mayb—“She stopped him by giving a quick peck on the lips. “NO! we are staying. I think we have a shot at the spring break trip, and we have to be here to win” she said and slapped him lightly on the arm.

Emmett was paying attention to the public display of affection going on between Jasper and Alice, when out of no where two hands were covering his eyes. He grabbed a hold of the hands and could tell instantly they belonged to Rosie. He turned around and was stunned to see Rosie in a gorgeous old fashioned style dress that went all the way down to the ground. It was mostly maroon with hints of green along the lining. The dress accentuated ever curve. “WOW!” was all that could escape his lips. He leaned down and lightly pressed his lips to hers. “Baby, you look cute in that Romeo costume” Rosie said while she gave him one more peck.

Edward quickly walked towards the stairs so he could get a better view of the room to try and find his Bella. He spotted her walking into the kitchen. He jumped off the stairs and started following her. Bella was putting ice in a bucket when she seen Edward walk in the room. She looked absolutely beautiful, no surprise there he thought, she was always beautiful. In this costume, however, she actually looked a little naughty.

“Hey love, you look absolutely breathtaking” Edward said as he walked over to her. “Oh babe, you look pretty hot yourself” Bella exclaimed has she leaned up to peck him on his lips. She stated to lift the bucket, Edward quickly stopped her and said “let me get that, you are too clumsy and…you’re in heels after all. Do you want to end up on your butt” Edward giggled as lifted the bucket up. They headed to the porch where the drinks were set up. He set the bucket down, and grabbed Bella in his arms. “Bella, love, you are the most beautiful vampire” he giggled. They leaned into each other, and went into a deep passionate kiss. They headed back into the family room where everyone was dancing to Muse. The night passed too quickly, before Edward new it two hours had passed. The music halted, and everyone stopped dancing.

“Everyone come gather around the stairs, it’s time to announce the winner for the best costume award”. Jessica’s mother, Tanya, said. Quickly Edward, Bella, Jasper, Alice, Rosie and Emmett gathered in front. When everyone was gathered around, Tanya spoke.

“This year was very difficult to decide on a winner. Everyone really went above and beyond with their costumes, and there are some amazing costumes out there.” She said looking over at her husband “So, this year for the first time ever, we have decided to award the prize to two couples…only because you all have made this very difficult”. The suspense was killing Alice.

“The winner’s are……Alice and Jasper for being Batman and Cat woman….and…….Edward and Bella for their betrayel of Edward and Bella from Twilight!” Alice let out a scream and grabbed Jasper kissing him deeply. Bella had a smile on her face and leaned up and kissed Edward on the cheek. Rosie was not all excited at this…neither was Emmett…after all he was in TIGHTS!!!.

“Oh…..hold on just a minute….My husband just told me that we would be also awarding one other couple this evening….and the third couple is…….Rosalie and Emmett for being Romeo and Juliet.” Tanya said grinning as she looked over to Rosie. Rosie’s frown quickly was replaced with shock. Emmett grabbed her up and planted a huge kiss on her lips.

“The prize for the three winners is a trip to Cozumel, Mexico for spring break. Enjoy guys, you deserve it” Tanya said as she quickly stepped off the steps, and grabbed the group into a big hug. Tanya was like another mother to the group. They had all been friends with her daughter since grade school, well except for Emmett, but with his personality he quickly became the son she never had.

The music was turned back on, and everyone quickly started dancing again. No one gave the three amigo couples any grieve about winning. Edward and Bella, Jasper and Alice, and Emmett and Rosalie were by far the most popular couples in the entire school. Through out high school they were always couples. Unlike the majority of the rest of their class, their relationships lasted. No one could ever question them as the winners. Everyone loved them. They were not the stuck up, popular kids, they were just like the rest of their class. They were nice to everyone, and everyone liked them.

“Bella, do you mind if we go outside for a bit, I need to get some air” Edward said nervously. He knew this moment was coming and he wanted to get the question over with, only because he wanted to officially be able to call Bella Swan his fiancé. “Sure Edward” Bella said awkwardly. She had never seen his so nervous before, and all night something was on his mind. She didn’t ask him about it because she knew he would tell her when he was ready.

Edward led her out side and down to the deck overlooking the water. She sat down and took her high heels off. She was rather excited to get those things off of her feet. They were killing her literally. The moon was cascading over the water, and Edward knew he had chosen the right setting for this moment. Edward set down next to her and began rubbing her feet, because he knew how uncomfortable the high heels were, and he was sure she wouldn’t have worn them if it had been for Alice demanding it.

“Bella, love, I love you more than anything in this entire world. I couldn’t imagine my life without you” he said watching her face as she started blushing. “Edward, I know that. I feel the exact same way about you. You so important to me…I could never want anything more” Bella exclaimed as she leaned into him for a kiss.

“Bella, you are my everything, my best friend, my love and my soul mate.” Edward said as he leaned in for another kiss.

“Edward, how is it that you can describe this feeling between us so perfectly” Bella said.

“I don’t know…when I’m with you everything is perfect. The emotions flow through me with such ease” Edward said. He stood up and offered his hand to Bella. She looked at his curiously wondering why he wanted her to stand up. When she stood up, she grabbed him around the waist and stood on her tippy toes to give him a long passionate kiss. He kissed her back with such force that took her breath away. She backed up and looked up at him. He couldn’t believe just how beautiful she was; now the lights from the water sparkled against her soft check. He now knew that this was the moment. He bent down on one knee. Bella looked down at him with a confused grin.

“Bella Swan, I could never ask for anything more perfect than you. You are the love of my life, you give life meaning. I do not want to live a moment without you….Bella Swan, would you please do me the honor of becoming Mrs. Edward Cullen” he finished his statement while he watched her face. Her emotions went from shock, amazement, to deep love. She smiled as she fell to her knees. She looked up at him and tears were streaming down her face.

“Edward, oh my gosh…..yes I will marry you.” Bella exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around his neck had kissed him so passionately. Edward’s emotions ran away from him. He couldn’t believe that Bella had said yes, that soon she would be his wife and that they would start their future together.

“Bella, love, you have just made me the happiest man on the planet” Edward said while he pulled her in for one more kiss.

Bella’s tears were still cascading down her face when Edward took the Tiffanies box from his pocket. He opened the box and Bella let out a deep sigh. He looked up at down at her to make sure she was ok, and when he saw the smile on her face he knew she loved his choice. He took the ring out of the box and slid it onto her finger. She looked at it, and looked back up and Edward and said “Edward, I love it, I love you. You have made me the happiest person…..Edward…oh-“was all she could get out before she attacked him again with another kiss.

Edward was so amazed at how well things went, his heart was pounding at the thought of spending the rest of his life with Bella. Bella was in complete shock at what had just transpired. She was going to be with the love of her life forever, and nothing was going to get in the way of that.

Nothing at all….or could life actually end up being this perfect?

The fall semester was starting to wrap up. Edward couldn’t believe that in a matter of weeks it was going to be Christmas. This was by far the best year yet, Bella had accepted his marriage proposal, the Hornets had one every game during the football season, and it looked like he would be attending Darmouth with Bella. They both had their acceptance letters and had decided that’s where they wanted to attend; of course, this would be after the wedding in June. Bella and Edward had decided on June 3 for their wedding. June 3 was the date of their first official date almost 5 years earlier. He couldn’t believe how wonderful things were going; this must be why he has been so exhausted over the last few months.

Carlise had convinced Edward to have some tests taken at the hospital, just to be sure that everything was ok. Edward gave in only after his parents promised him that they would purchase a home close to the Darmouth campus. Edward didn’t want them to do this but he knew it would take a lot of stress away from Bella. She was so busy making preparations for the wedding that when it came to living arrangements he wanted to take care of that so Bella wouldn’t worry so much.

The first tests results showed some abnormalities in his blood work, but Carlisle had told him not to worry about it just yet. He was going to order a few more tests but the results wouldn’t be back in for weeks. Edward was determined to keep this situation a secret from Bella. He didn’t want to add the worry of his health to her already long list of things to get ready for.

Edward was in his room reading when he heard a knock at the door. “Come in” Edward stated as he got up from his bed. “Son, could you come down to the living room, me and your mom need to talk to you” Carlisle said in a very worried tone. “Um…sure. What’s wrong dad?” Edward said with concern written across his face. “I will tell you as soon as we are in the living room” Carlisle said.

Edward followed him down to the living room, where he noticed his mother sitting on the couch crying. “Mom…what’s wrong…why are you crying?” Edward said with concern in his voice. “Oh, dear…your father and I have some bad news..please sit down”. Esme said almost as if she was trying to choke on her words.

“Edward, I got the results back from your tests…..son…the results are not good” Carlisle said as tears were forming in his eyes.

“What is it dad, what’s wrong with me”. Edward said, immediately starting to cry. He knew it had to be bad otherwise his parents would be crying.

“Edward, you have advanced stages of Leukemia. The oncologist I have been talking to doesn’t have a good prognosis.” Carlisle was now sobbing at the news he just told his son. He never imagined that HIS son would have Leukemia or that there was a good chance he wouldn’t survive it.

“Oh…WHAT…your joking. There is no way I have Leukemia or that I’m not going to live…..I am marrying Bella and we are going to live happily ever after….you can’t live happily ever after and be dy—“ Edward stopped in the middle of his sentence as he seen his father come over to the side of the couch and sit down. Carlisle wrapped his arms around Edward and said “I know this is wasn’t you were expected. But sometimes…things just don’t go the way we want them to…We are not giving up. The oncologist wants us to head to Los Angeles tomorrow so he can run more tests”.

“Tomorrow….I am supposed to go out with Bella tomorrow after school. We are supposed to pick out the wedding bands, and go see a couple of photographers” Edward exclaimed as he jumped up from the couch glaring at his parents.

“Edward, we have to do this. The oncologist said that the sooner we start treatment the better chance you have. Now if you want to marry Bella please do this. If not…I don’t know if you will even be around in June” Carlisle almost screamed.

Edward backed off knowing that his father was at his wits end. “Dad, I’m sorry. Alright. When do we leave?”

“Our flight leaves at 7 in the morning, so you might want to get some sleep” Esme said as she stood up to head to the kitchen. She couldn’t stand the thought of having to Los Angeles and possibly deal with loosing her son.

“Dad, mom, do you mind if I go see Bella for a little while..I can’t leave the state without telling her something” Edward trailed off as he was trying to fight back more tears. The thought of having to leave Bella was terrifying, especially since he didn’t know if things would turn out ok.

“Are you going to tell her about what’s happening” Esme said as she leaned against the kitchen door.

“I don’t know. I think I want to wait until I have better news. I would hate for her to deal with this right now” Edward said as he headed towards the front door.

“Edward, I think it’s better if you tell her the truth, after all she is going to be your wife, and honesty is always the best policy” Carlisle said.

“Dad, please let me find out what’s going on first before I tell her. If I tell her now she is going to have a lot of questions that I don’t have the answer to. I can’t tell her my prognosis is bad and then walk away from her” Edward said as he put his hand on the door knob.

“Carlisle, I think he might be right. He doesn’t want to scare her if there is a possibility that he will survive this” Esme said before turning around and heading into the kitchen.

“Alright son, you do what you feel is right. But remember the flight is early in the morning, and you need your rest…now more than ever.” Carlisle exclaimed as he walked up to his son and gave him a big hug.

“Thanks dad, I won’t be back to late” Edward said as he headed towards his car.

As Edward drove to Bella’s house he had no idea what he was going to say to her. He knew that if he told her what was going on that she would want to drop everything and go with him. And although he wanted her with him always, he knew that it was better for her to stay here. After all they had a wedding to plan, and he didn’t want her to get behind in her studies. She was the most important thing in the world to him, and he wanted to protect her as long as he could.

His mind was racing as he pulled up in her drive way. He had decided to tell Bella that his parents wanted to take him on a little trip before Christmas, so he could go visit relatives. He knew she would be disappointed but not as much as she would be if she found out that he might be dying.

He went up to the house and knocked on the door. When the door opened Charlie said “well, what brings you over here at this hour Edward” “I was hoping to speak with Bella for a few minutes sir, I know its late but my parents are taking me on a short trip tomorrow and I wanted to see her before I left” Edward said trying to keep an upbeat tone in his voice.

“Well, I suppose that would be alright. Where are you guys heading to?” Charlie said.

“We are going to Los Angeles to visit my grandparents before the holiday season, they are taking a cruise during Christmas, and my parents want to see them before they head off” Edward said, almost concerned at the idea of lying to his future father-in-law.

“Well that sounds like fun, Bella is up in her room, I think you know where that is” Charlie said with a chuckle.

“Thanks, I won’t keep her up long. I promise” Edward said as he started heading up the stairs. He got up the stairs and was standing in front of her door. He could here her signing and it was the most beautiful voice in the world to him. He couldn’t believe he was about to leave his beautiful fiancé Bella to go fight his impending doom.

Why did this have to happen to him now, after everything was going so smoothly. His life was perfect just an hour ago, and now that perfect state was being ripped away from him.

He lightly knocked on the door and heard Bella say “Come in”.

This was it; he would have to put on his poker face now. This was no longer about him, it was about protecting his beautiful Bella from this nightmare.

I drove with the Cullen’s to the airport this morning. I wanted to be able to have every possible moment with Edward. I couldn’t believe after last night that he wouldn’t convince his parents to let him stay. His behavior is totally off the wall lately. I just don’t know what to make of it. I know he loves me, that’s never a question, but something else is going on. I just can’t put my finger on in.

After they headed through the security check point Edward turned around and yelled “Bella Swan, I love you forever and always…remember that” and with that he blew me a kiss. I had to have the biggest smile on my face while all of the other passengers were staring at me. I yelled “Mr Cullen, hurry back, I love you too!” He winked at me as he disappeared.

I quickly drove over to Alice’s house, on my way I called Rosie and begged her to go to Alice’s house. I couldn’t wait to tell my two best friends what had happened between Edward and I last night. It was huge, and I’m sure I was glowing. I pulled up to Alice’s house and she and Rosie were outside waiting for me.

“Ok, Bella Swan…what’s going on. What couldn’t wait!” Alice exclaimed with a grin on her face. “Yeah Bella, what’s going on?” Rosie snarled.

“Edward and I…..i mean we….made love last night!!” Bella said below her breath.

“Oh my god…Bella…what, why, how…..i mean oh my god” Alice screamed. Rosalie just stood there staring at me with her jaw almost hitting the floor.

“Edward came over last night to tell me he had to go out of town, and he was being so attentive. He starting telling me how much he loved me, and couldn’t live without me, telling me that I was his soul mate” Bella was explaining.

“What a minute, Edward tells you those things everyday, how could that lead to the biggest event between you” Rosalie said.

“Well let me finish…” Bella said agitated. “We were laying on my bed cuddling, talking about what we would do without each other for the next 2 weeks, and he pulled me in for a kiss. But the kiss just kept getting more passionate, deep, and overwhelming. Before I knew it he was laying on top of me and we were both naked” Bella said while her face turned bright red. “He looked down at me almost panting and said ‘Bella, love, I want to make love to you, I need to be with you in every possible way’ I couldn’t believe it” Bella exclaimed. “I mean sex was never a issue between us, I guess we always assumed that our first time would be on our wedding night, and there he was asking me to make love to him, that he needed to be with me in everyway. All I could do was nod.” Bella said.

“Bella Swan, oh my god, that is so romantic. How was it” Alice said with a grin written across her face.

“It was amazing…perfect..everything I was everything I could have possibly imagined” Bella said.

“Well let’s head to school, we wouldn’t want to be late for practice, after all you are the captain, Bella, we wouldn’t want to set a bad example” Rosalie said as she heading to her car. Alice and I quickly followed and got in, and Rosie started speeding to school.

On our way to school my mind went back to the events that happened less than 12 hours earlier. He was so slow, gentle and attentive. I could actually see a few tears escape from his eyes, as he told me how amazing I felt and how much he loved me, and how perfect I was.

After it was over, he lay down beside me and pulled me into a warm embrace. He held me until the sun broke through my windows. I couldn’t believe that we had made love. He woke me up by kissing me on the forehead. “Morning love, time to wake up” Edward said with a grin. “mmm…I don’t want to move from this spot…I want to be like this forever” I said as I rolled over and pulled the covers over my head. He giggled and said “love, I need to get going. My flight leaves in an hour and half and I’m sure my parents are thrilled I’m not at home yet” Edward said as he got up and started putting his clothes on. He quickly pulled the covers off the bed and said “Love, why don’t you go with me to the airport. I want to be able to hold you as long as I can” Edward said with a wink.

“I would love that, let me get dressed” I said.

We quickly drove to his parent’s house; luckily my parents weren’t up yet, so I wouldn’t have to explain why Edward was still there. We arrived at his house, and ran up stairs to his room. He threw a bunch of clothes at me and I started folding them. In a matter of minutes we were done packing. We heading downstairs, and that’s when things started to feel weird.

That’s when I noticed that both of his parents looked exhausted, and I could have sworn his mother’s eyes were swollen from crying. When I asked Edward about it he just shrugged it off. For the first time ever, Edward wasn’t telling the truth and it read all over his face. I tried to ignore it; I didn’t want to ruin my goodbye with Edward by starting a fight. I knew he would be back soon enough and I would finally get some answers.

He would be back right? I mean why wouldn’t he be, its just a vacation to visit his grandparent’s after all.

Edwards POV

I woke up to that annoying beeping sound again. How does anyone expect you to rest when all you here is “beep beep beep”. This place is really starting to get on my nerves. I have been in this place for 2 weeks now, and according to my dr I can’t leave just yet. I don’t understand why they won’t let me just curl up and die already. They have already told me that my chances of survival aren’t good, and yet they won’t let me leave. Don’t they realize that I cannot stand this anymore? I can’t accept dying, I can’t accept never seeing my beautiful Bella again. I want to see her beautiful face, I long to touch her, and to tell her I love her and that I’m sorry for everything.

The last time I saw my beautiful Bella, I lied to her. I told her a stupid lie about going to see family when I should have told her the truth. I would die and my Bella would be so hurt I never told her the truth. No matter how many times I pick up the phone to call her and to tell her everything…I can’t. How could I possibly tell her this over the phone? It’s Christmas, I can’t tell her this now, it would ruin everything for her. I have to find a way to tell her that I am still thinking about her, there has to be a way for her to see me tell her I love her.

My thoughts were halted by my father walking in the room, “hey, your awake?” Carlisle said with a smile on his face.

“Yeah, that stupid beeping woke me up…again” I snarled at that thought again.

“I’m so sorry son, I know its hard for you to be in here, especially at Chrstimas…I know how much you miss Bella” Carlisle said as he started to frown.

“I miss her so much dad, I think I made a mistake by not telling her the truth. I mean I could die without her knowing why I did it, why I didn’t tell her the truth” I said as tears started coming freely down my face.

“Edward, I have an idea” Carlisle said while pulling a laptop from behind his back. “Why don’t you send Bella an email, there is a way for you to do a video message” Carlisle said as her turned his frown upside down.

How can my father be so wonderful, I mean he knows how much I miss Bella, and instead of grieving over the possibility of me dying he is trying to comfort my longing for Bella. I loved this idea, although I wouldn’t be able to see her face, she could see mine on Christmas morning. I couldn’t think of a better gift to give her.

“Dad, that’s a great idea. Thanks so much….but do you mind if I do it alone….i want to try and be happy and if you’re here I may start crying” I said as I was wiping away the tears trying to get ready for yet another big lie. I still couldn’t tell her, it would be wrong. If I am going to tell Bella I am going to be with her holding her in my arms trying to comfort her.

Bella’s POV

That was the strangest phone call I ever got. It was Jasper telling me to check my email, that it was important. I quickly went over to my laptop not knowing what to expect. I typed in my password, and “you got mail” about scared me out of my seat. I had forgot to turn down the volume earlier. I am so jumpy lately, it has to do with the fact that I haven’t spoken to Edward since he left. Every day I get random, cryptic text messages from him saying how much he misses me, but no explanation besides that. Nothing telling me he was coming home. I miss him so much, how could I live without him here with me? I quickly clicked the link that said 1 new message. It was from Edward and it had a link to click. I clicked the link, and my heart jumped into my throat.

There was my gorgeous fiancé smiling at me.

“Bella, love, I am so sorry I can’t be with you today. I really wish I could be. There are so many things going on here..and…my parents don’t want to leave yet. Don’t worry its nothing for you to worry about…..i pro—I promise. I wish I could see your beautiful face right now. I miss you so much. You are the most perfect part of me…I wanted to let you know how much our last night together meant to me. It was so beautiful, and perfect. I never thought I could love you more, but after that night it has truly intensified. I promise I will come home as soon as I can, I will do whatever it talks to hold you in my arms again….i promise…you believe me right? I’ve got to get going, we are heading out. I hope that this email can ease your need to see me a little. I cannot wait to hold you again my Bella, my love….my fiancé…the future Mr. Edward Cullen. I love you babe, with all of my heart. Merry Christmas. See you soon”. And then the screen went blank with a play button in the middle.

I quickly pressed the play button again, I needed to see his face again..to hear his voice again. I think I played it like 10 times before my mom came in the room and told me it was time for dinner, and that everyone was waiting. I couldn’t get passed the feeling that Edward was telling me goodbye, although he was actually saying he would see me soon. It was something in his eyes telling me that nothing was going to be the same again. He called me his fiancé, the future Mr. Edward Cullen, he wouldn’t do that if it wasn’t true, right?

Edwards POV

I had called Jasper and asked him to call Bella and ask her to check her email. If she heard my voice, she would know something was wrong. If I heard her voice, then I would never be able to continue lying to her. I wanted so much to tell her the truth, but I couldn’t….not like this.

My thoughts were flying everywhere. I was thinking about getting on the next plane back to Forks and seeing my beautiful Bella. I couldn’t believe that the stupid doctor told me it was only a matter of weeks before this would all be over. OVER…my life would be over. I couldn’t understand. How could this happen to me. How could life bring Bella to me, and then tear me away from her. Life is truly cruel.

I was forced out of my thoughts when I felt someone sit on the corner of my bed. “Oh, hi Dr. Williams, how long have you been here”. I said even though I didn’t care to know the answer, nothing matter anymore besides my beautiful Bella.

“Edward, I have been doing a lot of thinking about your situation. I know that what bother’s you the most is Bella. I truly think you wouldn’t be so distraught at the possibility of dying if it wasn’t for her” he said looking deep in thought.

“Dr Williams…” I said trying to form logical sentences.

“Please call me Alex” he said laying his hand on my shoulder.

“Ok, Alex, your right. I could accept this fate if it wasn’t for her. She is the love of my life, she is my fiancé, and she has made me the happiest person on the planet. And now……I have to leave her which will undoubtedly will make her the saddest”. I said with tears forming in my eyes. I cried so much lately.

“Edward, I had that type of love once. It was ripped away from me so suddenly. I know how it must feel to loose someone” Alex said.

“You couldn’t possibly understand how I feel” I yelled at him.

“Your right Edward, your situation is different than mine. I’m sorry. I was just trying to ease your pain a little” Alex said

“I’m sorry. This situation is killing me. Ironic huh, the thought of dying is killing me, the thought of not living with Bella is killing me” I said almost chuckling at how ridiculous I sounded. Wow, I really must be loosing my mind.

“Edward, I never do this but I have something that might be the answer to all of your problems” Alex said hesitantly.

“What could you possible do to solve all of my problems, you already told me I’m dying. What were you lying to me and my parents when you said that or—“ Alex cut me off by putting his finger in front of his mouth as to tell me to be quiet. I closed my mouth waiting for him to say something. It seemed like forever, and then the next words he said confused me. Was he for real?

“Edward, what if I could offer you eternal life” Alex said with a grin on his face.

Edwards POV

Was he for real? Did he just tell me he could offer me eternal life!!! I think this guy needs a shrink seriously. “What…you have got to be joking” I said trying to not look uncomfortable in front of this crazy person….who is my DOCTOR.

“Edward, I am serious. I can offer you something that will let you live forever, that way you never have to leave Bella. But, it does come with a price” Alex said.

“You are out of your mind. There is no way to live forever…what kind of drugs are you taking!” I exclaimed.

“Edward, please calm down and let me explain. I know it will be hard to believe, but trust me. I really think you should consider this. Edward, I am a vampire. You do know what a vampire is?” Alex said as if it was a normal question. Is he serious? He can’t be serious.

“Um…yeah a vampire is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER in books and movies!” I said, trying to bring him back to reality. He really is nuts.

“Edward, vampires are real, and they are not all bad. The movies you see portray vampires as these evil beings; well we are not all like that. Some of us try our best to mingle in with society, and we do not kill humans” Alex said.

I really think I’m loosing my mind. This guy…my doctor is trying to tell me that vampires are real. Either he is nuts, or I am seriously loosing it. “Really, so…um…there are good vampires out there..huh?” I said with a questionable look on my face. I couldn’t help but want to start laughing at him.

“Ok, I can see this is going to be difficult. Let me see…would you like me to prove it?” Alex questioned.

“Oh yeah, sure…prove to me you’re a vampire…this I have to see” I couldn’t believe I just asked him to prove it to me. This is going to be hilarious. Then within a split second…my eyes deceived me. This doctor disappeared before I knew it he was standing by the door. There was no way he could have done that in a split second, he is extremely fast. And then he was back at my side placing his hand on mine. Wow, his hands are ice cold. I never paid attention before but his eyes are gold. His EYES ARE GOLD?!?

Oh my god….vampires are real. Not only that but this vampire was offering to turn me into a vampire….to be with Bella….my beautiful Bella….could this be true? I mean I could be with my Bella forever. I wouldn’t have to die, I wouldn’t have to say good bye to my beautiful Bella. Could I do this, could I turn into a vampire? I decided I need to know more about this option.

Quickly Alex filled me in on all of the specifics. He would have to bite me, he said it would be excruciating pain for days, and then I would awake as a vampire. I would have to drink blood, although I wouldn’t have to drink human blood. He called his kind “vegetarians” they survive on the blood of animals. The sun wouldn’t kill me, but I should avoid it around people. There was a chance I would have “powers” and that if I choose to, I could live a pretty normal life. I would only have to move every so often so people wouldn’t notice I wouldn’t age. I would be the same age for the rest of my life…no scratch that..I would be the same age for the rest of eternity. And I could be with Bella.

“Wow, that…I don--….I don’t know what to say” I said.

“Edward, this is a big decision to make. This life has its perks, but eternity is an awful long time. You still have a few weeks before you need to decide. Take you time, once you’ve made it. You can’t go back” Alex exclaimed as he headed for the door. “I will be back later, but don’t worry about deciding by then” he said as he walked out the door.

“Thanks, I guess. I will think about it and let you know” that is all I could say. I was dumbfounded, truly dumbfounded. The last few weeks all I could think about was dying, and how I would never see my Bella again, and now this person is giving me the option of living. Well sort of...

I can’t make this decision by myself. It affects my Bella. I mean would she want me if I turned into a vampire, or would she rather I die. Surely she wouldn’t want me to die, but would she want me to be a VAMPIRE. I need to talk to her, I need to see her. No matter what I chose, I need Bella to know the truth. I need to hold her, even if it is the last time I can do that. I know I can’t leave the hospital, so I will have Bella come here. I’m sure my parents will be fine with this. They wanted me to tell her the truth after all.

Bella’s POV

I just got off the phone with Edward. He wants me to come see him in LA. I couldn’t be happier. I FINALLY get to see my gorgeous Edward. He told me he couldn’t wait to see me, that he missed me. His parent’s bought me a ticket to come see him tomorrow. I cannot believe that in less than 24 hours I will see Edward’s face. I will be with my fiancé at last, after all of this time. I will finally get my answers, with us in the same room there is no way he is going to get out of answering my questions.

“Bella, what time does your flight leave tomorrow?” Alice said, pulling me out of my daze. She was here while I was talking to Edward. She heard him say that there was a ticket waiting for me at the airport. Before I even got off the phone, she was in my closet pulling out clothes.

“Um, he said the flight leaves at 10am, so I guess I should be there around 8:30” I said, all too excited. I didn’t even care she was packing my clothes for me.

“I am so happy for you. It’s about time that man get’s his act together. I can’t believe he has been gone for a month, and is just now trying to see you.” Alice exclaimed. She quickly picked up her cell phone and started typing away.

“Alice, what are you doing?” I asked curiously.

“I’m texted Rosalie, I told her to head over here and help me pack for you” Alice said with a smile. Great, now I have both of them packing for me. This should be an interesting wardrobe.

“Great, well what should I do” I questioned.

“Well, I don’t know” She started laughing as she realized I was so anxious I was jumping out of my skin practically.

“Ok, well I’m going to go talk to my dad while I wait for Rosie to arrive, ok?” I said as I headed for the door.

“Ok” Alice said.

As I walked downstairs, I realized that maybe my parents wouldn’t want me to go. I would die if they wouldn’t. They have seen me this past month, I have been miserable without him. They had to say yes.

“Dad, mom, I just got off the phone with Edward” I said, trying to test to mood. My parents were not happy with Edward lately. Only because I have been so miserable without him.

“And, what did he have to say?” dad asked as the concern built up on his face.

“He wants me to come out to LA to see him. He said he couldn’t come back here, and he can’t live one more day without seeing me” I exclaimed as the excitement started building in my stomach again.

“When does he want you to come visit, you know school starts back up in a week and half” mom said. She was smiling.

“Well, his parents bought me a ticket. The flight leaves tomorrow at 10am. Can I please go…I promise to be back before school starts back up” I would try anything to convince them to let me go.

“Well, Charlie…dear…what do you think?” mom asked dad.

“Well, if you promise to be back before school starts” dad said as a smile crossed his face. He said YES….I can go see Edward.

“Dad…THANK YOU SO MUCH….thank you…thank you…thank you !!” was all I could get out as I smashed into his lap and wrapped my arms around his neck.

“Your welcome, dear…I know how much you have missed him. I want you to be happy” dad said.

I am happy, I am so happy. I finally get to see Edward, and I could stay with him for a week. Hopefully he will come home with me. He has to know how much better we are together than apart.

All too quickly I heard the beeping sound. It was my alarm. “ughh” I grumbled as I rolled over to hit the button. Alice and Rosalie had stayed the night so they could see me off, and of course doll me up for Edward. I didn’t care, I wanted to look my best when I say him.

The flight was the longest 3 hours of my life. I could barely sit still; I just wanted to get there already. I tried to sleep thinking that would make the time go by faster, but I could sit still along enough to fall asleep. As soon as the plan landed, and the seat belt sign went off, I jumped out of my seat and grabbed my stuff. I was on of the first people off of the plane. I couldn’t wait to see Edward.

As I passed through the security check point area, I saw Carlisle and Esme. My heart started pounding. I knew it would be a matter of seconds before I could see Edward. I ran up to them and threw my arms around both of them…pulling them into a warm embrace. “Esme….Carlisle…it is so good to see you…um…..where’s Edward” I questioned. I just realized he wasn’t with them. Where was he? Why wouldn’t he be here to welcome me? This is not like him at all, what is going on?

Esme cleared her throat “Bella, Edward couldn’t come with us to pick you up. You’ll understand soon, let’s go get your bags…and then we will take you to Edward….ok?” Esme said. Tears started forming in her eyes. What the hell is going on?

We quickly got my luggage and headed out to the car. They didn’t tell me where we were headed, so I just stared out the window, taking in all of the scenery. LA was absolutely amazing.

“Why are we going to a hospital Esme?” I questioned as we starting to pull into a parking lot at a hospital? Why are we at a hospital? IS EDWARD hurt?

“Bella, this is where Edward is. I can’t tell you anything more than this is where Edward has been since we left. Edward told me to not say anything else, he wanted to explain everything to you” Esme was almost crying these words.

They pulled up to the front door, they weren’t parking??? “Are you not going in with me” I questioned.

“No dear, Edward wanted some time alone with you. We will be back in a couple of hours” Carlisle said with a nod.

I got out of the car. “Oh Bella..he is in room 4002, take the first elevator on your right and go up to the 4th floor. It’s the first door on your right….ok” Carlisle said as he drove away.

I nodded. I headed into the hospital quickly, and on to the elevator. Soon I was standing in front of room 4002. What is going on? Why is Edward in the hospital? Why didn’t he tell me this before? I definitely need some answers.

I walked into the room, and saw the most beautiful man staring at me with tears building up into his eyes. He opened his arms signaling for me to come to him. I walked…well…almost ran into those beautiful arms. I nuzzled my face into his chest. I felt like I was home. “Edward” was all I could get out before I started crying.

“Bella” Edward sobbed pulling my face to his and pressing his lips to mine.

I’m finally with my Edward, my love, my fiancé, and I would finally get answers.

Edwards POV

I saw my beautiful Bella walk into my room. Immediately the tears started forming in my eyes. It really has been too long since the last time I say her. All I could do was hold out my arms for her, and she quickly came into my embrace. Bella, in my arms, the world is whole again.

“Bella, I am so sorry. I did—“ she quickly interrupted me before I could finish.

“Edward, what is going on? Why are you in the hospital? Why didn’t you tell me?” Bella said, she was talking a million miles a minute; I couldn’t make out have of the questions she was asking.

“Bella, please let me explain. The last few months I have been feeling tired, dizzy…and finally dad talked me into to taking some tests. I was sure the exhaustion was from everything going on but I finally agreed. The day before I came here, dad got all of my tests results back. Bella, it wasn’t good news. That’s why I came to L.A.” I said. I was trying to gauge her expression to see if I should continue.

“Edward, what’s wrong with you? Are you going to be ok?” Bella starting crying as she finished her statement. She quickly ducked her head into my chest and started hugging me.

“Bella, I don’t know how to tell you this. I have been trying to avoid this conversation all together, because I didn’t want to hurt you, that’s why I didn’t tell you before. But I have to tell you now” I cradled her deeper into my chest. I didn’t want her to pull away when I told her.

“What is it, please tell me” Bella started to pull away, but I hugged her even tighter. I couldn’t loose her now.

“Love, I have leukemia. The doctor’s didn’t find it in time…I’m not going to ma—“ I couldn’t finish that statement, the sobbing starting to take over me, and I was shaking.

“WHAT…..you mean…your dying?” Bella gasped as she started to realize the situation. I had leukemia, and I wasn’t going to live, I wasn’t going to be around to marry Bella, and to live a happy life with her.

“Bella, I wish it wasn’t true. I have been here hoping that the doctor’s would find a miracle cure or something. But everything they have tried doesn’t work at all. Not even a little bit. Love…..they say I only have a few more weeks to live” I cried out. I never wanted to say those words to Bella, but I didn’t have a choice. She had to know the truth, the whole truth.

“NO…Edward…this can’t be true….our lives together has only started and now you’re dying. What…how….can this be happening?” Bella sobbed.

“I know love, I have been dying inside….wanting to be with you forever….and there isn’t anything anyone can do” I was starting to feel the anger build up inside of me. I was breaking Bella’s heart, and I never wanted to do that.

“Edward, we only have a few weeks left? I don’t think I can live without you. I don’t know what to say or do. What can I do? Bella questioned. She had pulled out of my embrace. She was sitting facing me on the bed. Our faces were inches apart. She was looking at me with pleading eyes. I did the only thing I could think of that might bring her some happiness.

I pulled Bella to me, and cupped her checks in my hands. I leaned in and kissed her passionately. As we were kissing I could taste her tears that were streaming down her face. Could this possibly be one of the last times I kissed my beautiful Bella?

I pulled away from her, and stared into her eyes. I know its now time to bring up the offer. “Bella, love, there is something I need to talk to you about. Its going to sound utterly ridiculous, I thought it was when I heard it, but I want to know what you think”

“What is it Edward?” She looked at me questionably.

“Well, my dr. His name is Alex. He um….he made me an offer, which could possibly solve our problems….if I take him up on his offer…I could um…..live…”

“WHAT…I thought you said that none of the treatments weren’t working, and that you only had a few weeks to live. Edward, why would you tell me your dying if there was a way you could survive this” Bella exclaimed. She was becoming confused and angry.

“Love, it is true that none of the treatments are working and that I only have a couple of weeks to live. What Alex is proposing is something else. Yes I would die, but I wouldn’t really be dead.” I said. I really wasn’t sure how to go about explaining this to Bella. I mean hey, I can live but I would be a vampire, doesn’t roll of the tongue so easily.

‘Edward, you are not making any sense. What do you mean that you would die, but not really be dead? What he is going to turn you into a vampire or something?” She smirked at thought of that. I mean vampires are fictional characters in the movies.

Then she looked at me, and her eyes got wider. “Edward, are you serious. This doctor is saying he is a vampire, and he is willing to turn you into a VAMPIRE!” she screamed this statement. “You have got to be kidding me” she added before standing up and walking over to the window.

“Bella, I know it sounds ridiculous, I didn’t believe it at first either. But then he proved it. Bella, he is a vampire, and he knows how much it is killing me knowing that in a few weeks I will be gone and you will be alone” I exclaimed.

Bella looked out the window, and crossed her arms against her chest and hugged herself tightly. She didn’t look back at me for what seemed like an eternity. Tears were streaming down her face and she was shaking.

“Bella, love, I don’t know what to do. I couldn’t make this decision without you. I can simply die in a few weeks, or I could take this chance and get to be with you forever. Bella, the thought of not being able to marry you, and spend the rest of our lives together is killing me” I exclaimed.

Bella finally looked over at me, but if looks could kill I would already be dead. I didn’t want to hear the words she spoke.

“Edward Cullen. You disappear for a month, but it felt like eternity. You never called, only sent me text messages telling me how much you missed me. Then out of the blue you call and ask me to come here. You tell me you are dying…and then you tell me that you are considering becoming a vampire…..how do you expect me to react? What do you want me to say? The way I see it, either way you’re going to die” Bella said.

I couldn’t believe that Bella just said that. But what could I expect.

“And Edward, if you had been honest with me this last month; I could have been here with you, spending our last moments together. But NO, you deprive me of that chance. What do you want from me? Are you asking me to help you decide? Well, I’m sorry Edward, but you can make that choice for yourself. You chose to not have me, when you decided to not tell me the truth.” Bella was heading for the door.

“Bella, please don’t leave. I was only trying to protect you from all of this. I know I made a mistake. But I need you….I want you to be here with me…no matter what happens. Bella, I can’t die.. without you knowing how much you mean to me. I LOVE YOU, please don’t go” I yelled.

She stopped in front of the door, and turned around. She stood there for a few minutes contemplating what to do. I could tell that look from anywhere. I thought about trying to say something but I knew when she was that deep in thought it was better to be quiet. Then by surprise she walked over to my bed.

“Edward, I love you too. You should have told me the truth. I could have handled this. I am so confused right now; I don’t know what to think. I really need some time alone. I have to go, because I don’t want to say anything else I might regret later” Bella said as she lowered herself into my embrace. She looked up at me and kissed me gently on the lips. She walked to the door again, and opened it. She turned around and looked at me “Edward Cullen, I love you so much”. That was all she said before she disappeared.

Bella’s POV

I cannot believe everything that just happened. Edward is dying. My fiancé is dying. No scratch that, he was thinking about turning into vampire. This is too much to handle right now. I never would have thought that Edward would lie to me, never in a million years. But, he had kept a secret from me. Would he have died never telling me the truth? What made him finally tell me? Was it that he had the opportunity to live forever, and never have to leave me? Did he truly want to know what I thought?

I wish I wouldn’t have left before finding out the answers to those questions, but I had to get out of there. I was so pissed off at him that I wasn’t thinking clearly. No matter how angry I am, my Edward, my love, my best friend, my FIANCE is dying.

How could this be happening, what did he do to deserve this? How am I going to live without my one true love? Or is there truly another option?

If Edward became a vampire, he wouldn’t have to leave me, but I would eventually have to leave him. There was to be another way. I need to find this doctor, and get some answers.

Bella’s POV

After I left the hospital, I quickly found a cab. I asked the driver to take me to a nearby hotel. I needed rest.

Once I was in my hotel room, I took a shower, and unpacked. I knew I would be in LA for a while. I felt bad that I didn’t call Carlisle or Esme, but I needed to be away from that situation. If I stayed with them, I would undoubtedly forgive Edward only because I felt sorry for him and his parents, and I couldn’t do that. I needed to be sure of how I felt before I went to see him again.

I picked up my cell phone and called my parents. I had to tell them what was going on, well except for the vampire scenario. They definitely wouldn’t take that well. I need to tell them that I am staying until this whole situation is resolved, whether or not school was back in session. Edward had already denied me a month with him; I had to be sure I could be here if I wanted to spend his last weeks with him.

“Dad, hey, I made it to LA ok” I said quickly when my dad picked up the phone.

“Bells, I’m so glad you made it, your mom was starting to worry. How’s Edward” Dad said.

“Dad…..Edward is not doing well….he has leukemia dad” I exclaimed. Immediately I was sobbing.

“What, Edward has leukemia? I thought he was there visiting relatives?” Dad started sounding concerned.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought. He found out that he had leukemia the day before he came down here. It wasn’t for his family; it was because he is dying!” I could barely get the statement out.

“Dad, Edward lied to me!!” I yelled into the phone. The anger was starting to build up again.

“Bella, calm down honey. I’m sure he had good reasons for not telling you. What do the doctor’s say, is there any chance?” dad asked.

“According to Edward, he only has a few more weeks to live. I guess they have tried a lot of different things but nothing is working” still sobbing.

“Bella, baby, I’m so sorry. I know this must be killing you. Do you want me and your mom to fly out there?” dad questioned.

“No, dad, I can’t ask you to do that. I need to do this by myself. I just need to know if it’s ok if I stay until this is all over.” In my head I kept saying please say yes, please say yes.

“Bella, well um..” dad stopped.

“Please dad, I can’t go back to school if I know Edward is dying. It would be a waste of time. I need to spend these last few weeks with him” I was sobbing even more now. I only had a few weeks left with the love of my life.

“Ok, of course honey. You can stay. Where are you going to stay?” Dad questioned

“I checked into the Holiday Inn across from the hospital, I’m not staying with his parents. I need to figure things out for myself. If I’m around them all the time, I will get so confused.” I exclaimed. I needed dad to understand that I hadn’t forgiven Edward yet.

“Ok honey, what’s the hotel phone number, and I will call and pay for the room for the next 2 weeks. How does that sound? What room are you in?” dad said with a sigh. I knew he wasn’t happy about me staying by myself, but he understood.

“I’m in room 705, and the number is….201-222-9987 (random number). Dad, thanks so much for understanding. I’m going to get off the phone now, I need to sleep. This day has been so overwhelming” I sighed. That was the understatement of the century.

“Alright honey. Get some sleep and make sure and call us everyday, or if you just need to talk, alright?” dad said.

“Of course dad, I will call you everyday. And, thank you for letting me stay here, I love you dad, and tell mom I love her too” I said with a yawn.

“Love you too Bells, and sorry this is happening” Dad said as he hung up the phone.

I woke up to my phone ringing. I looked over at the clock and it said it was 9:02. Oh my gosh, I had slept all day. I picked up my phone and looked at the caller ID, it was Alice.

“Hey Alice” I said as I sat up on the bed.

“Hey, so how is he. What have you to been up to today?” Alice said with a giggle. I almost questioned why she was so happy and then it hit me, Alice didn’t know.

“Oh, Alice, things are not good. He lied to me, he said he was visiting family and he is in the hospital….Alice he is DYING” I yelled in the phone; then the tears starting flowing again. How is it possible to cry this much? I couldn’t figure out why, it was either that he was dying or because I was so angry with him.

“WHAT…Edward is dying…what…what’s going on Bella” I heard a voice, but it wasn’t Alice. It was Rosie.

“Rosie, Edward’s dying. He has leukemia” sobbing so hard I could barely get the words out of my mouth.

“Edwards dying” now that was Alice. They must have me on three way.

“Yes, he has leukemia and the doctors say he only has a few weeks left to live. I guess he was hoping for a miracle and that’s why he didn’t tell me before” I exclaimed.

“Oh my gosh, Bella. I don’t know what to say. …..is he there with you.. put HIM ON THE PHONE…I have a few things to say to him” Alice exclaimed. Alice was always so protective over me.

“No, I’m not with him. I left the hospital after he told me. I just couldn’t be around him. I was so sad that he was dying. …and so angry that he lied to me…I just had to get out of there” I sighed. I started to feel bad for leaving him that way. I mean yes he lied to me but I still loved him, and he needed me.

“Bells, I’m so sorry, and I know how hurt you are, but he is the love of your life right? You need to be there for him now” Rosalie stated. I knew she was right, I needed to be with Edward every moment I possibly could be, but I was still angry.

“Rosie, I know what you are saying is right. I know that I only have a few weeks with him, but he LIED TO ME” I yelled.

“Bella, are you going to let him die without you just because you’re angry. You will regret it for the rest of your life. You only have a few weeks left with this man you wanted to marry…now get over yourself and get to the hospital” Rosie exclaimed.

It hit me like a ton of bricks, I was being selfish. I promised to love him forever and always. I was going to marry him, and what’s that vow, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. He could have done worse things than lie to me, but he didn’t. He only lied because he was trying to protect me.

“Rosie, your right. I need to get to the hospital; can I call you guys later?” I questioned, while I was throwing on my clothes.

Both of them screamed into the phone “YES, go get your man. Call us later”

If I wasn’t so sad, I would have laughed at them. They were such cheerleaders, always in sync.

I ran across the street as fast as I could. I made my way into the hospital, and up the elevator. I stopped in front of his room only so I could catch my breath, once I had it. I rushed into his room. He didn’t even have time to see what was happening. I ran up to him and threw my arms around his neck, and planted a kiss on his gorgeous lips.

“Edward, I am so sorry. I was so stupid. I LOVE YOU forever and always remember?” I exclaimed as the tears started forming in my eyes.

“Bella, love, I’m so glad you came back. I was worried that I would never see you again” Edward was sobbing too.

“Edward, I can be such a jerk sometimes. This isn’t about me, it’s about you. I’m going to be here for you….no matter what….please just don’t lie to me again. Please” I was sobbing almost uncontrollably.

“Love, I will never do that again. I promise. I’m so glad you are here…but your wrong about one thing….this isn’t about just me, it’s about us” Edward said as he pulled my lips back to his. He kissed me so passionately that I almost couldn’t catch my breath.

I got up into his bed with him. He pulled me in close and started running his fingers through my hair. I felt like I was home. My world was finally complete again. Quickly I started dozing off.

I was having the most beautiful dream. Edward and I laying in our meadow; we were talking about our lives and how everything had turned out. We were laughing, and kissing. I looked up into his eyes, only they weren’t green….they were golden.

Bella’s POV

I feel asleep in Edwards arms and had the most beautiful yet frightening dream. We were laying in a meadow talking about life and when I looked into his eyes they were golden. It didn’t make any sense because Edward’s eyes were green. I knew that we needed to talk about the “choice” that needed to be made but all I wanted to do was lay in his arms and feel safe again. My mind was still running around in circles trying to get a grasp of things, and I was still at a loose for words.

I woke up the next morning curled up next to my beautiful Edward. He was still sleeping, although I couldn’t understand how. That beeping noise was really annoying. I tightened my arms around him and placed a sweet peck on his lips. This caused him to stir.

“Mmm…Bella…love…Good Morning” he said with a smile on his face. He looked more relaxed today than he had been yesterday. It was so nice to see that smile again.

“Morning..gorgeous…how did you sleep?” I asked. .winking at him.

“Absolutely perfect. How about you?” he grinned from ear to ear.

“Wonderful…except for that beeping sound” I groaned.

“Yeah, it took me a while to get used to it too…but having you in my arms seemed to make that annoying sound go away” he pulled me into a kiss. It seemed to last forever and was really starting to get heating before we were interrupted.

“hum..mmm..” followed by a chuckle. I looked at the door and saw Carlisle and Esme standing there.

“Oh Carlisle, Esme…hi” I said as I got up from Edwards bed, blushing.

“Hey Bella, I’m glad you came back. We were worried.” Esme said with concern on her face.

“I’m glad I came back to. I was just really confused and upset about everything. I needed time to clear my head” I said with almost too much enthusiasm. I was so glad I came back. I would hate myself if I wasn’t there for Edward. And I would hate myself even more if he died without telling him how much I loved him and that I forgave him.

“Us too dear. Did you sleep here last night?” Esme said with a questioned look.

“Um…yeah…didn’t plan too. I just ran back here when I realized how stupid I was being and lay down next to him, and then I woke up a few minutes ago. I hope you’re not mad?” I was a little worried now.

“Of course not Bella. We completely understand. The first few weeks he was here, we never left the room. We slept in those chairs while he slept. There was no way we would leave his side…but then our bodies started telling us that we needed better sleeping arrangements.” Esme chuckled.

“Bella, would you like for us to arrange for the hospital to bring in a cot, so you can stay here?” Carlisle said with a smile.

“You seriously wouldn’t mind? That would be great if you could. I want to spend every possible moment with Edward” I almost jumped into Carlisle’s arms at that suggestion.

“Sure thing. I’m glad you will be here with him. Let me go talk to Alex and we will have this set up in no time” Carlisle said as he walked out of the room.

When Carlisle returned we all set around talking about different things. Edward’s illness was the main topic at hand. There were a lot of tears coming from everyone. We all were in agreement that this was going to be the hardest thing for all of us to handle. Carlisle and Esme had made me promise that I would stay in contact with them afterwards, because to them…I was the perfect daughter. They couldn’t stand the thought of losing Edward and then me as well. I was the other half of Edward, they explained, and if they couldn’t have him they wanted to be around me. It was very hard to hear them talking about what they wanted after Edward was gone, but I knew they had a lot more time to prepare for this than I did. There was no way in the world that I wouldn’t stay in contact with them. They were like my second family.

Soon after that conversation was over, the nurses brought in a cot for me to sleep in. Then it was time for Edwards’s breakfast. It looked absolutely horrible, but he said he didn’t mind it too much. The nurse’s had brought in a few extra trays of food for the rest of us, and so we ate in almost silence.

Edward was starting to look very tired, so Carlisle and Esme took their leave. They gave Edward a kiss and walked over and pulled me into a tight embrace. “Bella, we are so glad that you are apart of our family. I’m so glad Edward meet you and brought you into our lives” Esme said with tears forming.

“I feel the same way about you and Carlisle. You two made the most important part of my life and I will always be grateful” I exclaimed as I started to cry as well.

As soon as they left, Edward started dozing off. I walked over and gave him a kiss on the cheek and was starting to walk over to my cot when he pulled me back to him.

“Where do you think your going?” He said with a grin. He didn’t have to say another word, I know what he meant. I quickly got up on his bed and curled my arms around him. He sighed as said “I love you Bella Swan, always and forever”

“I love you Edward Cullen always and forever” I sighed starting to feel extremely tired.

We woke up around 3 in the afternoon. There was a note on his tray that said…”sorry that we didn’t wake the two of you. You both looked so tired…we will come back later on this afternoon. Love Carlisle and Esme”

“Edward?” I said with a concerned tone.

“Yes, my love” Edward said

“I think we need to talk about this other option. I mean we don’t have much time…and I don’t want to leave it until the last minute” I said sternly. I knew he wouldn’t want to talk about it, but we had too.

“I know love. What are your feelings about this?” he questioned.

“I really don’t know what to think. What all did Alex tell you?” I said.

He starting telling me everything that Alex had told him. He said that Alex would bite him, and that it would be excruciating pain, but that he would wake up approximately 3 days later as a vampire. He said he wouldn’t have to kill humans for blood that he could survive on animal blood. He told me that he could possibly have powers and that beyond having to move every so often to keep people from catching on that he wasn’t aging that he could live a pretty normal life.

He wouldn’t age, which meant he would live forever. I would continue to grow old and die, but he would stay the same forever. I know I don’t want to loose Edward but what were we going to do, have a life together…me growing old and him staying the same age forever. Yeah, that would look really good. I could picture it, Edward and me at a café; me being 50 years old and Edward being 17. Oh, that would definitely get some looks.

“Edward that would mean you would live forever, and I would grow old and die. It’s kind of defeating the purpose isn’t it? I mean although I wouldn’t loose you, you would eventually loose me??” I said with concern in my voice. I quickly added “unless I turned into a vampire with you.”

He looked at me with concern in his eyes, and they got bigger. I could tell he hadn’t taken that into consideration. “Bella, I would never ask you to turn into a vampire. I mean the only reason why I would even consider it is so that you wouldn’t have to live without me. NO WAY…are you turning into a VAMPIRE” he almost screamed at me.

“Well then what’s the point in you turning into a vampire Edward. I mean, yes I wouldn’t loose you in a few weeks but you would loose me eventually.” I said sternly.

“Bella…love….I don’t want you to be hurt by me dying!” he exclaimed.

“Love…I don’t want you to be hurt from me dying either!” I sighed. This wasn’t getting us anywhere. We were still going to end up hurting. I didn’t want him turning into a vampire just so I wouldn’t loose him…and he didn’t want me turning into a vampire just so he wouldn’t loose me.

“What a predicament we are in huh?” he almost grinned, if it wasn’t so sad.

“Edward, I love you for wanting to protect me…but I really don’t think I want you to do this. I mean, the only way I would agree is if we were both to turn into vampires so we could be together forever. But even then, we would both be sad because eventually we would loose everyone we loved. And sooner then we think. We would have to leave them eventually” I sighed.

He contemplated it for a while. Then sighed “Bella, I think you are right. Although I don’t want to leave you or the life we would have together, it just wouldn’t work out”. Edward frowned.

“Edward, I love you so much. I don’t want to loose you but it’s not as simple as saying let’s turn into vampires, so we won’t loose each other. We would loose so much more than that” I exclaimed.

“Bella, your right. We will just spend the last few weeks we have together and make them as memorable as possible. And although you will be loosing my body; you will never loose my love. I will be with you for the rest of your life!” he said.

I started crying. I knew that he was right…but it all came at me at once. I was going to be loosing the love of my life in a few short weeks. I had to make sure that every moment from here on out was the best moments…for him and me.

“Bella, love. Can I ask you a favor?” He said with a huge grin on his face. What was he up to?

“Edward. Anything. I will do anything you want!” and I meant those words. I would make sure these next few weeks were the best weeks of his life.

“Marry me!” he said.

“Edward…huh? I already agreed to marry you (waving the ring on my hand around in his face)…but your dying??” I looked at him.

“I know you said you would marry me, but let’s not let the fact that I’m dying stop that. Marry me now…tonight!” he said with tears in his eyes.

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. This man could still surprise me. Even knowing that he was dying; he still wanted to marry me, and make me his wife. This brought tears to my eyes and a huge smile on my face.

“For you love…anything” I was sobbing.

“Bella, you just made me the happiest man in the world…again!” he chuckled.

“You just made me the happiest woman in the world…Edward…I can’t wait to be your wife” I exclaimed pulling him into a warm embrace. I placed my lips on his and it was the most passionate kiss we ever shared. It was so warm, soft and urgent.

Edwards POV

Bella has once again made me the happiest person on the planet…she has agreed to marry me. Yes I know she already did that but I thought I would never get the chance to actually marry her with everything that has been happening. I figured I would die without being able to call her my wife. I still don’t know how I feel about leaving her…but I understand where she is coming from and she’s right. If I turned into a vampire I would eventually loose her…and I think that would kill me. Since I would never agree to let Bella turn into a vampire, it would mean loosing her one day. And even IF I would agree to let her turn into a vampire, then together we would loose everyone we loved. I’m sure our parents would go ballistic if we turned into vampires.

Bella talked me into waiting until the next day to get married for many reasons. For one, we are 17 and would have to get both of our parent’s consent to get married. Of course she would want them here, as well as Rosie and Emmett, and Alice and Jasper. She also wanted to be able to find some sort of wedding dress, so all of these things would take time; precious time that I wouldn’t have her as my wife. I know it is only 16 hours until our ceremony….it would be the longest 16 hours of my life.

I was brought out of my daze with Bella running back into the room and throwing herself into my arms. “Edward, my parents are on their way, so are the rest of the gang. My parents agreed for us to get married…I’m so excited….oh yea…I also found the perfect dress…it is so beautiful….oh ye—“ I cut her off…she was starting to turn blue from the lack of oxygen.

“Bella, love, calm down. You’re turning blue” I exclaimed with a giggle. It made me so happy to see her excited for the first time in days.

“I’m just so excited……we will officially be husband and wife. I have wanted this for so long and in less than a day it will be official” she took a deep breath and started to calm herself.

“I know love, I’m excited too, but I don’t want you to end up in the ER before our wedding!” I exclaimed.

“Oh Edward…I’ll be fine. How are you feeling?” She was definitely starting to sound more calm now.

“I’m feeling ok, actually I’m kinda glad I’m stuck in this bed….at least I don’t have to help plan the wedding” I barely got the statement out before she slapped me on the arm and glared at me.

“Oh really, well…I see how you are” she giggled. She knew that I would be with her every step of the way if I could. Once my parents heard the good news, together with the doctor, they made me promise that I would try and stay relaxed and rest as much as possible. Alex explained that too much stress might make things go south sooner. I had taken this information to heart. I didn’t want to loose any precious time with Bella.

Even though I was stuck in this horrible hospital bed, I had still managed on coming up with the perfect surprise for Bella for tomorrow night. My parent’s helped me convince Alex that to have a honeymoon in a hospital would be the worst idea; so Alex agreed to let me leave the hospital for 24 hours after the wedding. My parent’s booked me and Bella a suite at the Hilton by the airport, so we could have a proper honeymoon. Bella deserved at least that much. I was so excited to get to spend my honeymoon outside of this hospital. I have had enough of this place, I really wish they would just let me go back to Forks and die happily at home.

“Um…love, what are you thinking about” she said bringing me back from my thoughts.

“oh, nothing my love. I was just thinking about how I can’t wait to say I do to you tomorrow” I looked at her trying to gauge her reaction to what I just said. I hope she hadn’t caught onto that little white lie. Although it was true I could wait to say those words; I was truly thinking about the honeymoon.

“I can’t wait either. I am going to go with Carlisle and Esme to pick up everyone from the airport. Do you want me to pick you up something to eat?” she was grinning from ear to ear.

“Yes, please, that would be great!” I smiled back at her.

“Ok, well I’ll be back in a few hours. I can’t wait to see everyone. I love you Edward Cullen forever and always” she jumped up from the bed placing a lingering kiss on my lips and then walked out of the door.

“I LOVE YOU TOO MRS CULLEN!” I yelled out the door. She popped her head back in the door grinning “I will never get tired of hearing those words…Mr. Cullen” and she was gone again.

I lay in bed pondering over everything that was happening. I was full of so many different types of emotions…love…happiness…lust….sadness…and despair. How could anyone possibly feel all of those emotions all at once?

I had just started to drift off to sleep when Alex walked in my room to check on me. We had become very close since I was admitted as a patient. He was truly a good friend and confidant.

“Hey Edward, how are you feeling today?” he was looking over my chart. From the look on his face, it was as if he was hoping the prognosis would magically change.

“I’m feeling pretty good I guess….just tired.” I sighed.

“Well, I hope you are remembering to rest as much as possible. You have a big day tomorrow and will need all the energy you can get for your honeymoon” he giggled.

“Yea, I’m really excited. I cannot believe she will be my wife in less than a day. I am truly blessed” I grinned.

“I know…every time I see her look at you, I can see the love radiating in the air” he sighed. “Edward, did you discuss my proposition with Bella?”

“Yes. I am extremely grateful that you were willing to do this for me, but Bella and I decided it wasn’t right. I mean, we would end up loosing each other eventually” I sighed.

“I see. Well it is your decision to make, but if you wanted. I would be willing to turn Bella into a vampire as well??” he said with caution.

“I don’t think I could do that to Bella. We both agreed that even if we both turned into vampires, we would still end up sad when we had to watch the rest of our friends and family die off. I mean it’s not like you can turn everyone into vampires” I huffed. Although I had truly thought about it. It would solve all of our problems, we would never loose each other or our families; we could life the rest of eternity being together.

“Well, now that would be a task” Alex giggled and than get a very serious look on his face, almost as if he was considering it.

“Alex, you couldn’t do that for me. It seems like an awful lot just to keep me in Bella’s life forever?” I looked at him with a question mark all over my face. This was definitely a different turn of events. When I had considered asking him to change us all, I shrugged it off because I knew he would never be willing to do that.

“Edward, I can say I would consider it. I mean Carlisle and your mom has been close friends of mine for years. I wouldn’t mind having them around for centuries” he giggled.

“You mean my parents know about what you are?” I questioned. This I never expected.

“Actually yes. Your father figured it out about 15 years ago actually. We had met a few times over the years, and one day he looked at me and point blank asked me if I was a vampire…..I was truly shocked” he exclaimed.

“Wow, I never would have thought my parents even believed in this stuff” I was even more confused now. Did he tell my parents about his offer, and if so what did they think?

“Alex, does my parent’s know about your offer?” I questioned.

“Actually yes, I spoke with your father about it before I even asked you. He said it was up to me to make that decision, but he would forever be indebted if he could keep you from dying” he exclaimed.

Wow…my parents had given him their blessings. “Alex, I’m going to ask this as a hypothetical. Do you think my parents would consider turning into vampires as well?” I don’t know what answer I was hoping for, but I was definitely curious.

“You know…I honestly don’t know. Its never came up in conversation” he looked at me questionably.

“Oh, I was just wondering” I sighed. My thoughts were racing around in my head. I mean could this truly be the answer to my prayers. I mean if Bella and I and my parents turned into vampires, which would mean I would never loose any of them.

Quickly Alex changed the subject, probably guessing what I was thinking about. We talked for another hour or so before the whole gang arrived. I was excited to see everyone, but most importantly I was excited to get Bella back into my arms.

I definitely want to have a conversation with Bella about the recent conversation I had with Alex. Maybe this would convince Bella to change her mind.

Maybe this will turn into happily ever after forever….after all….

Edwards POV

Last night was definitely different. After I had my long talk with Alex everyone arrived. There definitely some sad moments but for the most part everyone was happy to see me, and even more excited that Bella and I were going to be getting married today. Quickly, Rosie, Alice, Renee, and my mom pulled Bella away from me. They said it was bad luck to see the bride the night before the wedding, so that left Emmett, Jasper, Charlie and my dad to keep me company. It was definitely nice to have an all guys night; those were few and far between.

Emmett didn’t disappoint he brought his Wii and Xbox so we could play video games, as well as poker. It wasn’t your typical bachelor party but I liked it simple. I wasn’t sad to see my bachelor days disappear, really because I never knew what those were like. Ever since I was interested in the opposite sex, I had been with Bella. So the bachelor party was more or less just a guy’s night in. Alex had even made an appearance, he really got into the Wii, and he managed on beating Emmett at every game, which was hilarious because Emmett was a sore loser. All the guys stayed the night in my room with me. Alex was nice enough to bring in extra cots, so when I woke up this morning everyone was already there to help me get past the anxiety of waiting to see Bella.

We all arrived in the small but romantic chapel in the hospital. The minister was there, and we started going over the details. Bella’s parents and my parents were there, as well as Jasper and Emmett. Alice and Rosie were with Bella helping her get ready for today, which meant a make over. Alice could never pass up a make over. I only had one more hour to wait, and I was really hoping it would go by quicker; but like they say when you watch the clock it seems to stop. I was lost deep in my thoughts when I heard a commotion outside. I started for the door curious as to what was going on, when my dad stopped me.

“Son, everything is alright, the girls are out there gushing over Bella. She’s here, just doing a few final touches and then she will be in here to marry you. Be patient!” he chuckled. Dad knew me all to well; when it came to Bella I was never patient to see her. I wanted to be with her every moment I could.

“Tell them to hurry up; I can’t wait to hold her in my arms again!” I exclaimed. This only caused my dad to start laughing again, but this time Emmett and Jasper joined in.

“Alright son, I’ll go see what’s taking so long, but you need to calm down. This stress isn’t good for you” he said as he headed for the door.

As soon as my dad came back in the room, I knew it was only a few more minutes. He had this calm expression on his face that told me instantly that Bella was breathtaking; of course I already knew that. But I was definitely curious to see her in a wedding gown. Soon the music started playing.

Rosalie was the first to walk in the room, followed by Alice. They were both smiling from ear to ear. They had told me last night how happy they were for me, and glad that I could fulfill Bella’s dream of becoming my wife. I was determined that if I could give her nothing else, that at least I would give her my hand in marriage. I was still sad I couldn’t make her a mother, and that possible someone else would have that honor, but I would take what I could get.

Quickly the music changed to the wedding march, and the doors opened up. I suddenly felt faint at the sight before me. She was more beautiful than I could ever have imagined. She was standing there with her father by her side, and she stared straight into my soul. She had the most beautiful smile on her face, and I could see tears building in her eyes. She started walking towards me and I started to weep myself. I had always known I would marry Bella but after the news of my illness I thought that dream was lost forever.

And now here she comes, walking towards me and our future, no matter how short that future would be. She was soon by my side, and I took her trembling hands into mine. The minster started with a prayer for eternal love between me and Bella, and I almost fell to my knees to beg for god to give me more time, but I didn’t. I had to be strong for Bella, my beautiful bride. As soon as Bella said “I do” and the minster said “you may now kiss the bride”. I pulled her to me with as much force as I possibly could and kissed her with more passion than I ever thought possible. I wanted her to remember this moment forever.

As our lips parted she said “I love you Mr. Cullen forever and always”. She had tears streaming down her face.

“And I love you Mrs. Cullen forever and always” and with that we walked down the alter and this was the beginning of our beautiful future.

We all headed back to my room so that we could get our belongings. I told Bella about the honeymoon suite that my parent’s had got us and she was ecstatic to have a real honeymoon. I’m sure she was also glad to get my out of that horrible hospital room even if it was only for one night. The whole gang gave us kisses and hugs, and our parents told us to have a wonderful night, but to take it easy. I was determined that no matter what, I was going to make love to my beautiful bride tonight.

When we walked out of the hospital there was a limo waiting there for us, and on the back window it said just married. We both looked at each other and smiled. We jumped in the limo and headed to the hotel. We were already checked in; my parents took care of that first thing this morning. So we headed straight up the honeymoon suite. When we got to the door, I picked her up and carried her across the threshold. She started crying even harder.

The room was absolutely beautiful; there was a full kitchen, big living room, and bedroom. In the bedroom, there were rose petals spread across the big king size bed, and candles lit all throughout the room. I didn’t know if this was my parent’s doing, but I had remember to thank them tomorrow.

Bella walked over to me and pulled me into a warm embrace; she looked up at me and then kissed my lips. “Edward, this is so beautiful. I couldn’t ask for anything more” she exclaimed, She was trying her hardest not to cry.

“Bella, my love, and my wife I would do anything and everything to make you happy. I’m glad you like the room” and with that she pulled me over to the bed, and pushed me back onto it. I repositioned myself so I was lying in the middle of the bed. She looked at me with deep passion in her eyes, she hoped up on the bed and gave me a kiss.

“Ill be right back husband, I need to freshen up” and with that she darted to the bathroom. It seemed like hours before she reappeared in front of me. She was breathtaking beautiful, and even those words could not truly describe the vision before me. She had on a white lacy number that fell just above her knees.

“Bella, you are so beautiful. I don’t think I could be happier than I am right at this moment” I sighed. How I wish I could truly describe all of the feelings inside of me right now. She jumped up on the bed, and crawled over to me, and pulled her leg over me so that she was straddling me. I almost lost my breath at the thought of Bella being on top of me.

“Shh…Edward, I want you to make love to me, slowly and passionately. Are you up for that my love” she questioned in a seductive voice.

All I could muster up was “yes” and with that last word we were lost in each other’s arms. It was the most passionate event of my life. It was so perfect in every way, we moved in perfect harmony in each others arms. It lasted all-night long. I don’t know where I got the strength but I never got tired of being with my Bella this way. When it was over, she rolled over and laid her head on my chest. Before she fell asleep she told me “I love you” and quickly she was out like a light. I whispered in her ear “I love you too” and I feel asleep with my beautiful wife in my arms.

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I woke up to the strangest sound. I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom. There on the floor was Bella throwing up in the toilet. I ran to her side and pulled her hair out of her face while she finished. She stood up and I pulled her to me. I then walked her over to the sink so she could brush her teeth. I had never seen Bella sick before, I don’t know what brought this on.

“Bella, love, are you ok?” I questioned.

“I am now, I don’t know what came over me, but all of a sudden I felt like I was going to get sick and I ran to the bathroom” she sighed as she walked back over to the bed and laid down. I quickly joined her and pulled her close to me so that her had could lay on my chest.

“Bella, are you coming down with something?” I asked.

“I don’t think so, I never get sick. I mean you would almost thing I was preg—“ she stopped and her eyes get so big.

“What is it love, what were you going to say” I questioned. I was really getting concerned now.

She jumped up out of bed and ran over to her bag, she shuffled through a few things and then fell on the ground in tears.

I ran over to her and pulled her into my chest. “Bella what’s wrong”. I was almost crying now. I never liked to see her upset.

“Edward, I think….i mean…I think I’m pregnant” she said with her eyes looking up at me with concern.

What, my Bella is pregnant. Oh no, this can’t be happening. I never even thought about this as a possibility. We had only been together that one time before I came up here and oh no, we didn’t use protection.

“Bella, you’re pregnant?? Oh my god. What have I done?” I exclaimed. I am going to leave her alone with my child this isn’t how this was supposed to work out.

“Edward, love, please don’t blame yourself. It takes two to make a baby and I’m pretty sure I was there too.” She giggled with concern. She was such a complex creature. Here she was pregnant and about to loose me and she’s trying to make me feel better.

“Bella, this isn’t funny. I should have been more careful. I should have made sure we used protection” I exclaimed.

“Edward, love, yes the timing sucks, but I’m going to be the mother of your child. I couldn’t be happier” she was now smiling. She truly looked happy. This was killing me; she was going to be here raising my child without me. I cannot let this happen. I have to do something…. I have to make her change her mind about the other option. Before it was just she wouldn’t loose me, but know it’s so much more than that. I cannot leave her alone with a child to raise. I don’t want to miss out on this experience; I have always wanted Bella to be my wife, and the mother of my child. I have to make her see that it is more than just her and I now, that we had a child to consider.

“Bella, love, I want you to reconsider the option Alex gave us. I was planning on talking to you about this later, but Alex is willing to change you as well. And if our parents agree he will change them as well. That way we wouldn’t loose our family Bella we would be together forever. You and I could raise our child and never have to worry about missing anything.” I huffed out the last bit. I was trying to get out everything I wanted to say before she could stop me. When I looked up at her, she was starting at me with a look on her face like she was actually considering it. Please say she is, please god, say she will let me do this.

I added in “Bella love, I want to watch my child grow up, I want to watch you pregnant with my child, and I want to be there for you through everything. I can’t do that if I don’t take this option”.

“Edward” she said

Bella’s POV

My world is spinning; Edward and I are going to be parents. Oh wait, I’m going to be a parent, Edward is dying. At least that is what we decided 2 days ago, we decided that it wouldn’t be right, but now things are different. We are different. Before it was two soul mates trying to fight for each other, and now its Edward and I fighting for what our child deserves. Could we actually do this, turn into vampires and have our families turn with us? Would our parents actually agree to this crazy idea?

“Edward…” I said. I thought I was ready to speak but I hesitated. I was looking into his beautiful green eyes reminiscing at what we had created together. We had made love and in turn created a wonderful gift for both of us.

“Love, I really want to do this now more than ever. I want to be here for all of this, but I won’t do it if you are not ok with this” Edward sighed. He was always more worried about me than himself.

“Edward, I want you to be here for everything. I said I do to you because I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you, and now we are going to be parents. Do you even think it’s possible that our parents would agree to this, I mean, it’s crazy” I exclaimed. Yes Edward and I had accepted what Alex had said to us, but would our parents. They would likely have us committed for these insane thoughts.

“Love, I meant to talk to you about all of this later, but my father already knows that Carlisle is a vampire. He realized it a few years back and is ok it. In fact Alex talked to my dad before he asked me if I wanted him to change me, and my father said he was fine with it” Edward said.

I looked at him confused, I mean Carlisle knew what Alex was and he was ok with it. “Edward, your father knows and wants you to change?” I exclaimed.

“Well, I don’t know if he wants me to change, but he was ok with Alex giving me the option. I guess he doesn’t want to loose me anymore than I want to die” Edward said

“Edward, let’s talk with our families and lay everything out on the table. I’m not saying no, but I’m not saying yes just yet. I want to know what they think. Let’s give them a call and have them all come over for breakfast. We can order room service” I was actually a little excited about the possibility of them being ok with it. I mean, I wanted them to be ok with it, because I wanted to be with Edward forever and if this was our only option and I want to take it.

“Ok love, you get cleaned up and I will call them. I’m happy that you are at least considering this” he said with a grin on his face. He walked up to me and put his hand on my belly and his grin grew even more. “Bella, I love you for making me a father” he finished and walked out of the room.

Edward’s POV

I’m not going to lie and say that I wasn’t worried about the reactions of our families and friends. I knew my father knew but I didn’t know if he would be willing to change with me. In fact, I didn’t know if any of them would but I had to give it a try. I know Bella would be more likely to agree if we could have those we loved around too. My parents were going to gather everyone up and bring Alex as well. I had spoke with my dad and gave him the heads up for the conversation. He thought bringing Alex along so that he could answer any questions would hopefully help.

Bella quickly joined me in the living room. She sat down on my lap and hugged me, then kissed me slowly. We were starting to get worked up again when we heard a knock at the door.

“It’s now or never” Bella said with a grin. She got up off the couch and went to answer the door.

“Bella, dear, how was the room. Was everything good” Esme said as she entered the room. Behind her were Alice, Jasper, Rosie and Emmett they were grinning from ear to ear and winked at Bella who quickly blushed.

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Once everyone was done with breakfast, we all took our seats around the living room. Alice was sitting on Jasper’s lap as well as Rosie on Emmett’s lap. My parents were seated on the couch with Bella and I and her parents were seated on the love seat.

“Everyone, we have some exciting news” Bella exclaimed as she intertwined her fingers with mine giving me a sweet smile.

“What’s the news!” Alice almost screamed.

“Well, we believe that we are pregnant” I said softly. I really didn’t want our families to know that we had been together before we were married, but under the circumstances I didn’t have a choice.

“Edward, don’t you think it’s a bit early to tell if someone is pregnant” Esme looked curious.

“Well, let’s just say last night wasn’t our first night together.” Bella blushed as she made her comment.

“Oh…oh!” Esme looked shocked, and she blushed a little. She had never thought about the possibility of us being together intimately.

“We are very happy, and we want you all to be happy for us” Bella said shyly.

Everyone together said “of course we are happy for you”.

“Good, now on to business. We have something we need to discuss with you, and we need you all to have an open mind, can you do that?” Bella said sternly. She always knew how to get down to business.

“Of course, dear” Renee broke her silence.

“Ok well, where do I began…..We all know that Edward is dying in a couple of weeks, but there is a chance that we could save him…in a way.” Bella stopped herself so she could gage the reactions of everyone. Everyone’s eyes were getting bigger and their jaws dropped.

“Bella, dear, would you like me to continue. I might be able to explain it a little better” Alex interrupted.

“Yes, please” Bella sighed. She looked relieved that she didn’t have to tell everyone that Alex was a vampire and was willing to change all of us.

“Well, I will just get straight to the point. I am a vampire…yes…a real vampire. I’m not typical vampire, meaning that I do not kill humans and I try to blend into society the best I can. I am what my kind calls a vegetarian vampire because I do not feed on the blood of humans, rather I survive off of animal blood” he stopped. He was trying to figure out what to say next.

“You’re a vampire?” Rosie slouched back into Emmett’s arms looking for protection.

“Yes, Rosalie, I am a vampire. I have been a vampire for a very long time. When I found out about Carlisle’s son being so close to death, I immediately took interest in his case. Mostly because Carlisle and I had been close for so many years, but also because I had heard about the epic love of Edward and Bella, and it sadden me that they might loose each other. Carlisle had known I was a vampire, he figured it out years ago so I went to him and offered him this option of turning Edward into a vampire” he looked over towards Esme expecting her to be furious, but she actually looked calm. Was it possible she knew as well?

“Edward, you are going to become a vampire” Jasper exclaimed. He looked like he had seen a ghost.

“I don’t know, I talked with Bella about it and we had originally decided we couldn’t live forever without our families that it would hurt to bad. But now, she is pregnant with my child and I don’t want to miss out on this, so we decided to talk to you guys and see what you thought before we made our final decision” I looked towards Bella as she squeezed my hand.

“Aww…I think it is so sweet that you would do that for Bella” Alice had tears building up in her eyes. She was always a hopeless romantic.

“We know this is a lot for you all to handle, but we have one question for all of you” Bella said quietly.

“What is it Bella, you can ask us anything!” Charlie broke into the conversation.

“Well, if Edward does this I want to do it with him, of course. I mean if he turns into a vampire he will live forever and I don’t want to leave him one day myself, so I would be turning into a vampire as well. The thing that is holding me back is the idea of loosing all of you in return, I don’t think I would want to live for eternity without all of you by our side” she said shyly. I tightened my grip on her hand as tears started falling down her cheeks.

“So…you want us to turn as well?” Rosalie said.

“I would understand if you didn’t want to, but I couldn’t imagine our lives without you” she glanced over at Emmett and Rosalie.

“I’ll do it, Jasper will too won’t you” Alice exclaimed as she repositioned herself to face Jasper. “Jasper, I love you with all of my heart, and I know I want to be with you forever, let’s do this so that we never have to loose each other” she continued.

Jasper looked like a deer caught in the headlights of a semi, but he quickly composed himself. He too knew that being with Alice forever was something he was counting on. “Love, are you sure that you want to do this. I mean once you’re changed, you can’t go back” he put his hands on her cheeks and pulled her towards him.

“Jasper, I want to do this. I want to be with you forever and ever, and I want to be with our friends too. This is the perfect solution” Alice leaned into his kiss.

“I can’t believe I’m going to say this but I’m in too.” Jasper said as he wrapped his arms tighter around Alice. She let out a tiny scream as she fell in for another kiss.

“I don’t know about this man, I mean this is crazy” Emmett said. He had the most confused look on his face. Rosie gave him a death glare before getting off of his lap and coming over to the couch to sit next to Bella.

“Bella, you are my best friend, and I want you to be happy. I know that without Edward you will fall apart, and I don’t want to see you hurting. I couldn’t imagine my life without you guys either. I will do this for you, because you would do anything for me” Rosie finished with a grin. She wrapped her arms around Bella and gave her a tight squeeze.

“Oh, and Emmett I love you too, and we are meant to be together forever, so the only problem now is that forever is going to be a lot longer” Rosie giggled at that thought.

“Rosie your right. We are meant to be together forever, and we will be. Edward, Bella I’m in” Emmett said. He was starting to look more relaxed. Rosie ran back into his arms and gave him a deep kiss.

“umm…Edward. Your mother and I have already talked. We decided that if you and Bella wanted to do this that we would join you in this choice. We love you both very much, and never want loose you either” my dad said with a slight smile on his face. He pulled my mom into a tight hug, and she too was smiling.

The only people left to decide were Renee and Charlie but when I looked at them they looked horrified. Bella noticed this too, and got up from the couch and sat down next to her parents on the love seat.

“Mom, Dad, I know this is a lot to take in, but I want you guys to consider this. I want to be with Edward forever, but I won’t do it if you guys are not ok with this. As much as I love him, I love you the same.” Bella had tears falling down her cheeks again. It almost looked like she was shivering.

“Bella I don’t know exactly how your mother feels about this, but I’m ok with the choice you are making. I have known since you and Edward were little kids that you would end up together. I could never have chosen a better husband and father than Edward for you. I know how Edward is feeling about the idea of leaving you behind pregnant and I would make the same choice as him if I had too. If you mom is ok with it, then I will be glad to join you guys” Charlie said with such dignity and pride in his voice.

“Dad, you are the best” Bella exclaimed as she jumped into his lap. She looked over at her mother, who was smiling.

“Bella, your father is right. Edward is the perfect man for you, more than that; he is your soul mate. I will do this for you, and so that I myself will never loose the man of my dreams either” she winked at Charlie. He pulled her closer to him and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“This turned out better than I ever could have imagined” Bella sighed as though a ton had been lifted off her shoulders. Everyone quietly chuckled.

“So now that we have decided, how is this going to work. I mean isn’t that the most reasonable question” Emmett said.

“Well, obviously Edward will have to be changed first. He is the one on a timeline. But then I can change each of you one at a time. It will not happen over night. But hopefully I could have you all changed by the end of the month, well, except for you Bella. You’re going to have to wait until after the baby is born. If I tried to change you now, it would only end the babies live as well” Alex said with a grin.

“Oh, yeah, I hadn’t even thought of that” Bella said with a giggle.

“I want to say something that might sound a little odd, but I’m happy that you all will be joining me. I have been alone for a very long time, and it will be nice to be apart of a family” Alex sighed.

“Alex, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving Edward. I wouldn’t know what to do without him, and now I will never have to find out” Bella exclaimed. She got up from the couch and walked over to Alex, and she gave him a hug.

“You’re welcome Bella” Alex said as he returned the hug.

Edwards POV

The next few hours we all talked about the impending events. We were discussing who would be changed after me; of course I would have to be first. I was actually really scared about it. It would be easier to see someone else go through it before me, but it was urgent that I get changed first. We had decided that after me, all of the girls would be changed first, that way if there was a problem then the guys would be around to take care of it.

Alex had all but confirmed that Bella was indeed pregnant, he could tell by her smell, but just to be sure he did a pregnancy test. We were both so happy. Unfortunately, Alex had told me that once I was changed I would have to be away from Bella for at least a little while. He said that it was possible that I would be a little wild after the change, and it would be necessary to be away from Bella just in case I would loose control. That thought drove me crazy; I didn’t want to be away from Bella at all, I wanted to be with through every step of the pregnancy.

My parent’s quickly checked me out of the hospital, and Bella and I and my parents went to stay at Alex’s home. Bella would stay with me until the main event, and then she would leave and go back to Forks to wait along with my parents. Rosie, Alice, Emmett and Jasper all went back to Forks, so that they would miss anymore school. We had decided that we had to keep up appearances as much as we could, so the rest of the gang would not be changed until after graduation. We would all then “go away to college together” and no one would think any different. Bella’s parents also went back to Forks that way they could start settling their affairs and selling their home. We would all have to be ready to go in a few months.

Alex had told us that we would head to Alaska before everyone else was changed, until then I would stay with Alex until my ‘thirst’ was under control. I couldn’t imagine me killing anyone I loved but he said it was a necessary precaution.

Once we were all settled at Alex’s, Bella and I went back to the hotel for one more night together before my change. We both wanted one more night together as ‘humans’. We went back to the Hilton and in our honeymoon suite, the one we had as our first night as husband and wife. We ordered a lot of room service. In fact Bella was determined that I would enjoy every one of my favorite foods before I was changed, and of course she was definitely having a lot of food cravings. It was quite disgusting actually. She was really into pickles and Ben & Jerry’s double chocolate fudge ice cream. I would cringe every time she would dip a pickle into the ice scream.

“Oh Bella, love, that looks disgusting!” I exclaimed.

“MMM…but it is soooo good Edward, you really have to try this” she giggled as she put one the of the ice scream covered pickles under my nose. I backed away from her.

“No thanks, love, you enjoy that. I’m going to stick to chocolate chip cookie dough” I giggled. I loved raw cookie dough. I don’t know why, but it was the best thing on the planet. She had this look in her eye, like she was daring me to deny her.

“Oh, Edward…please….just try it” she pouted….but then she started giggling. I was starting to get nervous and I was backing away from her. Just as my legs hit the bed, I now had an ice cream covered pickle slammed into my mouth.

“Oh…babe….why did you do that” I was muffled by the pickle. It was disgusting as it looked.

“oh come on….I know you like it, your just being difficult” she was smiling from ear to ear. I quickly picked her up, and laid her down on the bed. I was lying on top of her, and started rubbing my lips across her cheeks to cover them in the ice cream that she had shoved in my face.

“uugh…Edward…your sticky” she huffed…she was pushing me up off of her. That only made me start laughing. I rolled off of her, and laid on my back facing the ceiling. I was laughing so hard, it was hard to catch my breath.

“Bella, this is so much fun. It’s like before. Everything is so relaxed” I sighed. I really liked being with Bella like this. It was almost as if everything was like before; just us together, with no worries.

“I know what you mean” she rolled over looking into my eyes. Her eyes were staring into my soul, and I pulled her closer to me and began kissing her softly.

It soon turned into a passionate kiss with much need behind it. We quickly became tangled into each others arms. We only broke from our kiss when we needed to breath.

“Mr. Cullen?” she sighed.

“Yes, Mrs. Cullen” I giggled. I still wasn’t used to calling her Mrs. Cullen, but I was beyond happy that she was my bride.

“I want you to make love to me” she now had a lustful look in her eyes, and I couldn’t deny her.

I quickly started undressing her, and began kissing her softly from her neck, down to her stomach. When I reached her stomach I stopped and looked back up at her. I began rubbing my hand along her belly button before placing a deep kiss on her abdomen. She was pregnant with my child and she was more breathtaking than ever.

She leaned up and started tugging at my shirt. I let her remove it was instantly aroused at her fingers running down my chest. She quickly undid the button of my pants, and pushed them down to my knees. I lifted up slightly so she could push them all the way off. I gently laid her back down on the bed, and was now on top of her. I started placing quick kisses on her neck and collarbone. We were both exhaling loudly, and soon we were lost in the urgency of our kisses.

We made love so slowly but it was too intense to speed it up. We both like to take our time with each other, and wanted things to last forever. That was just another thing on my list of things I loved about Bella. As we finished I rolled off of her, and pulled her close into my arms. She laid her head on my chest and whispered “I love you forever and always”.

I love you forever and always, love” I whispered. We both quickly feel asleep.

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The next morning when I woke up, Bella was looking at me intently, almost like she didn’t want to loose a minute.

“Morning, love, did you sleep well?” I asked

“Morning, yes I did; did you?” she smiled.

“Mm…yes. It was the best night of sleep ever!” I exclaimed. I pulled her closer to me and kissed her.

“We should get up, today is the big day. I promised to have you back to Alex’s by noon” she said while she was stretching.

“Mmm..love…what time is it?” I asked

“It’s 10:30” she said as she got out of bed. I quickly pulled her back into bed and snuggled with her.

“We have plenty of time….I want to lay here with my beautiful wife” I sighed.

“Mmmm…ok…you don’t have to ask me twice” she giggled as she pulled me closer to her.

We laid there for another hour or so. Then we got up and ordered room service. While we waited, we took a shower together. We both washed each other, it was almost errotic, but very passionate…it was filled with love.

As Bella was getting ready I was quickly reminded off today’s agenda. We would be going back to Bella’s and Alex was going to change me this afternoon. Although I knew it had to be done, I still wanted more time with Bella. I didn’t know how long it would be before Alex would let me go back to Forks.

“Edward, you ok?” she walked up behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist.

“Love, I’m just thinking how much I’m going to miss you when your gone.” I sighed. I hated bringing this because I knew it would make her sad.

“I know love, but Alex’s seems very determined that at least at first we should be apart” she said.

“I know, but I don’t want to miss anything during the pregnancy, I want to be there for you through everything” I exclaimed.

“I know that, but besides morning sickness nothing really happens through the first few months, I mean you can’t even tell I’m pregnant until later on. So you won’t miss much, and I’m sure that we can talk on the phone everyday. Maybe even send each other video messages.” She looked so certain that everything was going to work out.

“I definitely want video messages, I want to see your gorgeous face everyday…promise me” I almost yelled it, although I’m not sure why.

“I promise love, I will do it everyday. Edward…just do me one favor” she whispered.

“What is it love, I will do anything” I said.

“Remember our love, and how much we mean to each other. I just know that if you keep the love we share in your heart during the change that you will come home to me sooner than you think” she had tears building in her eyes.

“Of course love, I promise. My love for you is the reason behind all of this. I will keep it with me forever. No matter what” I exclaimed.

“Good, now let’s eat. I’m starving” she giggled.

“Oh, so what is the pregnant lady having for breakfast this morning?” I giggled. She quickly swatted at my arm. “Ow” it only made me laugh harder.

“I will have you know, that this is the best breakfast on the planet” she quickly lifted the lid off of her plate, and I was immediately disgusted. I wasn’t quite sure what it was but it looked disgusting.

“Yuck, what is it” I exclaimed.

“It’s biscuits and gravy mixed with eggs and hash browns, covered with mayonnaise.” She exclaimed as she look a big fork full into her mouth. “Mmmm”

“Bella, I think I won’t miss the food cravings you have” I giggled. I pulled the lid off of my plate. It was French toast and sausage links. It was my favorite breakfast food.

“You don’t know what you are missing” she giggled.

“I do actually” I giggled back at her.

Once we were done with our breakfast, we packed our bags and left the hotel and we drove back to Alex’s house. As soon as we pulled up in front of his house, Bella started crying as I did. We pulled each other in a warm embrace and tried to calm each other down.

“Bella, love, it’s going to be ok, I promise, but if you don’t want me to do this then I won’t.” I whispered in her ear. She quickly started shaking her head.

“No, Edward, I want you to do this. I can’t live without you in my life and our child’s live. We already agreed. I am just going to miss you so much” she sobbed.

“I’m going to miss you too Bella, but I will keep my promise to you. I will keep our love in my mind, and maybe that will make the difference and I will be back to you before you know it” I sighed.

“I hope so” she had stopped crying and was wiping her tears away before she started focusing on my tears. I pulled her towards me and placed my lips to hers. I began kissing her softly and when I broke the kiss all of our tears were gone and we both looked into each other’s eyes and smiled.

“Let’s get in there. The sooner this starts, the sooner it is over” I said.

We walked into Alex’s house and in the living room he had already set up a bed for me. I assumed it was where the transformation would take place. My parents and Alex were talking and stopped to look at both of us. My mom’s eyes were swollen and my dad looked like he was stressed way beyond his years.

“Ok, how do we start this” I said more determined then ever to get it over with so I could get back to my Bella.

My parents stood up and walked towards Bella and me. They pulled us both into a warm hug. My mom broke the silence “Edward, I’m so scared” she said with tears building in her eyes.

“I know mom, but everything will be ok” I sighed. I hated seeing my mom like this.

“Son, I am so proud of you. You are so full of strength and dignity. I couldn’t ask for a better son” my dad said as he back up.

We all began saying our silent goodbyes. It was all in the looks, everyone had scared looks, looks of longing, love and sadness. Bella had never left my side. Even if my hand would flinch she would only tighten her grip on my hand. Every chance she got she would kiss me. I would do the same things to her. I never wanted to let go of her but the time was getting close that she would have to leave my side even if for only a little while. That thought was killing me slowly, but I was trying to keep my promise to Bella. I was keeping nothing else but the love we shared for each other on my mind.

“Edward, I think we should get started” Alex almost whispered. I could see how hard it was on him as well.

“Ok” I said as I sat down on the bed in the living room. “What should I expect?” I looked at him.

“Well, first you will feel the bit but that feeling will soon be replaced by a burning sensation. It will be excruciating but I’m hoping with me giving you morphine that it might take away some of the pain” Alex said.

“Ok, well then let’s get this over with” I exclaimed. I was so anxious to get back to Bella.

“Ok, lay back” Alex whispered. He began walking over to my side; he moved my head to the side to expose my neck. I gasped at his cold touch.

Bella walked over to my other side, and took my hand into hers. She leaned forward and kissed my lips slowly. “I love you so much Edward, remember that. Remember our love” she pulled back; tears were beginning to form in her eyes.

“I will love, I promise, Bella, please kiss me again” I whispered. I wanted to feel her lips against mine when this whole thing began. I was hoping it would help me hold on to the feelings even more.

“Of course” she smiled and again our lips met.

It was as if Alex knew what I was trying to do, because as Bella started kissing me I felt his teeth graze my neck, and then it went black.

Bellas POV

The last few months have been the longest of my life. I am always tired, and my belly is getting bigger and bigger every day. At least I’m over the morning sickness that was the worst. I kept my promise to Edward and video messaged him everyday. I would make video’s of all of us together doing normal everyday things. In every video, everyone would give him words of encouragement. I would always show off my ever expanding belly. I hoped that would bring a smile to his face. Man I missed him so much. When I would go to the doctor Alice would come with me so she could video tape it so that Edward would feel like he was there.

Edward would only send my voice messages however; he said he didn’t want me to see him like that. He had remembered me as promised, and he knew how much he loved me but it was still hard for him. Alex would test him every week or so and take him out among people. From what Edward said at first he did fine, but inevitably he would start loosing it and Alex would have to hold him back. Alex had decided that maybe Edward needed to hunt more often. So that was what they were doing currently. Edward and Alex went out every night to hunt, even if Edward wasn’t thirsty. Alex said it would keep the edge off. Every voice message I received from Edward I would cry. I missed seeing his beautiful face, and every time he would tell me that he is working very hard because he missed me too much and couldn’t wait to get back to me.

I kept myself concentrated on classes and the impending graduation. Although I really didn’t need to worry about grades anymore, it was the only thing that could take my mind off of Edward even if it was only momentarily. Graduation was only 3 weeks away and prom was in 2 weeks. Originally I hadn’t planned on going but Alice wouldn’t have it any other way. She had said it was a required rite of passage and that Edward would be mad at me if I didn’t go. I had thought I had convinced her to let me out of it, but then when I received my next message from Edward, he informed me that I had to go. He told me he would hate himself if I missed out on it. So I decided I would go, but only for Edward. Alice and I were going to go dress shopping today after school. I really wasn’t looking forward to it, well because I had this huge belly and would look absolutely ridiculous but she told me that we would find something that would work beautifully.

“Rosie, me and Alice are going dress shopping after school today, would you please go with us? I need someone who can keep her at bay” I giggled. The only person that could pull Alice in was Rosie. I don’t know how she did it but she did it well.

“Of course silly, Alice already asked me to join you guys. Don’t worry I will be there to protect you” she giggled and tugged on my arm pointed me towards our next class.

“ugh..thanks Rosie. I wouldn’t know what to do without you” I hugged as I dropped my bad and sat down.

“Ahh…Bells, I would do anything for you. You after all are the mother of my god child after all” she sighed. I had decided to have Rosie and Alice both be god mother’s to my child. I knew I couldn’t decide between them and if I did…I didn’t want to be around to see what happened.

“Thanks Rosie” I said, as the teacher started class. It was my literature class which was my favorite. It was of course the class of the day, so soon I would be forced to go to Seattle for unnecessary shopping. I was pulled from my thoughts when the bell rang.

“Ugg…let’s get this over with shall we?” I huffed as Rosie giggled.

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Once we made it to Seattle, I forced Alice and Rosie to let me at least eat before we started shopping. They happily obliged after all I was pregnant. I quickly grabbed some Chinese food which was my recent craving. I wanted it all the time. I could eat it 6 times a day if they would let me.

“Come on Bella, time to get shopping” Alice hissed. She knew I was prolonging the inevitable. I was purposely eating very slowly.

“Alright, fine. Where to?” I said as I got up and walked over the trash.

“I know just the store, they will have something for each of us” she exclaimed as she pulled both me and Rosie towards the shops.

After about 20 dresses and 2 hours later Alice found the perfect dress for herself. It was a red strapless dress that fell just above her knees. Rosalie found hers next, it was a deep red alter dress that fell all the way to the floor. They both looked absolutely beautiful in their dresses; this only made me more aware of how big I would look in a prom dress. I was just about to give up when I heard gasps. I turned around and saw Rosie and Alice holding a dress in their hands. They turned to me and in unison said “Try this on…”.

I huffed and took the dress from their hands. I knew there was no point in arguing with them. The looks in their eyes were determined. I went into the dressing room, not even paying attention as I put it on. I walked back out of the dressing room and their eyes got huge, and their jaws dropped. “What” I questioned.

“Bella that’s the perfect dress; it fits you perfectly, and you look absolutely breathtaking in it” Rosie said. I turned around and looked in the mirror. They were right, I did look beautiful. I started blushing and quickly went back into the dressing room.

“Come back out here Bella” Alice hissed.

“No” I whispered.

“Bella you look absolutely breathtaking. You have to buy that dress, and if you don’t I will buy it for you” Rosie giggled. I knew there was no way out of this. I did love the dress, but it was more than that. It started to hit me that I would be at prom without my Edward; my love, my best friend, and my husband. I started crying…more like sobbing. I fell to the ground and pulled my knees up to my chest and held onto myself for dear life.

I quickly felt Rosie and Alice around me hugging me tightly. I felt so lucky to have friends like them who were always there for me, and I realized it more and more everyday. They were willing to give up their normal lives for me, and I couldn’t love them more.

“Aww.. sweetie, it’s going to be ok. Edward will be back soon we promise” Rosie whispered in my ear.

“Don’t worry Bella, everything is going to work out perfectly. Edward will back to his old self in no time at all” Alice grinned, almost as if she knew something I didn’t.

“I love you both so much, I’m so sorry. It just hit me that I’m going to be at prom without Edward. I know you all want me to go but I don’t think I can do it” I sobbed.

“Bella, I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize. I feel so horrible” Alice started to tear up.

“Don’t be sorry Alice, I know why you wanted me to go, and Edward wanted me to go to. I agreed for him, not for you” I whispered.

After I was done crying, they helped me up and we got the dress off of me. They left the room so I could finish getting dressed. When I walked out of the dressing room, Alice and Rosie was standing by the door with bags. I looked at them hesitantly, but walked over to them.

“Guys, did you buy that dress?” I asked

“Yes, but not for the reasons you think. My and Rosie decided to do something different with it, but it’s a surprise” Alice giggled. She knew I hated surprises, what was she up too?

“You know I hate surprises, please just tell me something” I exclaimed as I walked over to the bench.

“Ok well, it’s for prom but a different prom. Our prom” Alice exclaimed.

“Huh, what are you talking about?” I questioned

“Well, we are going to have our very own prom...no body else, just us!” Alice was jumping up and down like a cheerleader. It always amazed me when she went into that mode.

“That doesn’t make any sense. I was upset about prom because of Edward, how is having our very own prom make that any different Alice” I was concerned.

“Well, that’s all I’m telling you, so come on let’s get going” she huffed, and pulled me towards the doors. I was way too confused. I couldn’t understand how she thought that having our own prom would make things any better. Then it hit me, yet again Rosie and Alice was giving up on their dreams because of me. They were going to ditch prom for me, I couldn’t let this happen. I was going to have to put on my happy face and go to prom. I couldn’t have them give up something else for me. They had been looking forward to prom since well forever.

“Guys, I really want to go to prom. I was just having a moment. I want to spend the night having fun with all of our friends before we leave” I hopped I was being convincing. “Can we please just go to prom with the rest of our friends” I finished

“Are you sure Bells?” Rosie questioned. She looked over to Alice and back to me.

“Yes, I want to do this. Let’s go to the real prom please” I almost yelled it.

“Ok Bella, we will go to the real prom” Alice jumped over to me and gave me a tight hug.

On the way back to Forks I fell asleep in the back seat. I was always tired, and today’s shopping events left me physically and emotionally exhausted.

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(2 weeks later, the night of the prom)

Alice and Rosalie had come over to my house to help me get ready. We were all praying that I didn’t gain to much weight in the last two weeks so that my dress would still fit. When Rosie and Alice arrived they were both already ready for the prom. They looked breathtaking.

“Come on Bella, we don’t have much time” Alice hissed as she pulled me up the stairs to my bedroom.

They took 2 hours to get me ready. I was really getting tired of all the poking and prodding. Before I was pregnant I didn’t mind getting all done up, but now my nerves were shot.

“Are you done yet” I hissed looking up at Rosie who was curling my hair.

“Almost…done….hold…on…ok you’re done” Alice exclaimed. She turned me towards to mirror and when I looked at myself, I was beyond shocked. I truly looked beautiful.

“Thank you guys, you did an amazing job!” I was grinning. I was playing with the fabric of the dress when they starting pulling me to the door.

“Come on Bella, we have to get going the limo is waiting for us downstairs” Rosie giggled.

“The limo?” I asked.

“Yes, the limo, know come on” Rosie groaned.

I was trying to stop them so I could ask them where the guys were. I mean of course Jasper and Emmett would be there to have pictures taken and stuff.

“Where are the guys?” I asked.

“They are waiting for us in the limo” Rosie snorted.

We walked outside and I saw a stretch limo. The limo driver opened up the door to the limo. First Emmett stepped out and his chaw dropped when he saw Rosalie. “Oh my god, Rosie you are absolutely breathtaking” He quickly picked her up and twirled her around. She started laughing as he sat her down and pulled her into a kiss.

Next Jasper stepped out of the limo and had the same reaction to Alice. He ran over to her and pulled her into a deep kiss. This was too much for me to handle. I looked down at the ground and tears starting forming in my eyes. I wanted nothing more than to run back into the house and hide.

“Bella, you are absolutely beautiful” a velvety voice said. I didn’t recognize the voice. I looked up and gasped at the most beautiful person standing in front of me. He was gorgeous. It couldn’t be him, could it?

“Edw—“ was all I could get out before everything went black.