1Disclaimer: All characters and related works are property of Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 1
Edward's pov
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I groaned and rolled over, burning my head deeper into my pillow to try and drown out the constant knocking that had been sounding at my door for the last five minutes. You'd think that by not answering the door, the person knocking would realize that you don't want to be bothered and leave you alone. Not in my family. In my family not answering the door after the first few knocks tells them that they have to knock harder.
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"Edward!" A muffled voice yelled through the door. I sighed in exasperation and got up running my hand through my hair as I walked to the door.
"Yes, Alice?" I asked as I opened the door without unlocking the chain lock I had put on it last week. Alice's eyes narrowed.
"Open the door, Edward." She demanded, crossing her arms. I covered the grin of amusement that threatened to play over my face at the sight of her.
Alice stood in front of my door with her arms crossed over her chest. She hadn't yet gotten changed for the day. She was still in her Pink sweatpants with her boyfriend, Jasper's shirt on. She was practically swimming in it, the sleeves were probably a good foot longer than her hands. Really, it looked much more like an oversized dress on her than a shirt. Her short black hair was pointing everywhere on top of her head, and fro once, she had absolutely no makeup on.
When I didn't open the door she gave me the infamous puppy dog pout, her lips slanting downwards and her eyes growing wide and watery. I sighed as I closed the door and slid the lock free. When I reopened the door Alice was standing there with a big grin of accomplishment plastered across her pixie-like face.
"So you know that today's Bella's Birthday?" she said, walking in a straight line towards my closet.
"Of course, Alice, you've been planning her surprise party for the last two weeks." I lay back down on my bed and flung my arm over my eyes, trying unsuccessfully to shield my eyes from the light spilling in from the large window that took up the entire back wall of my room.
Bella was Alice's best friend, she had been since she moved here when Alice and I were 13, her father, Charlie was a cop, and her mother, Renee worked from home for a travel agency. When Bella was 15 her parents were going on a second honeymoon and Bella was staying at our house. About an hour after her parents dropped her off we got a phone call. It was the sheriff station telling us that their car had been hit by a drunk driver in the way to the airport. Charlie was killed instantly when the car flipped over and Renee was on her way to the hospital in critical condition. The whole family rushed over to be there with her.
When we got there Renee was hooked up to a ventilator, she had broken four ribs and had both of her lungs punctured. Carlisle took over her case and told us what we had all been dreading to hear.
"She's bleeding internally; both her spleen and kidneys have been ruptured. Her body's beginning to shut itself down." I will never forget the look on Bella's face, I had never seen someone so genuinely broken. Her eyes were wide and staring but she saw nothing, her breathing was shallow and she was trembling. I had been expecting her to cry but she hadn't to this day she still hasn't, not even at the funerals. That was nine years ago.
After the accident Bella moved in with us, and she's been here since. None of us minded though, we certainly had the room and she was a part of the family now.
"Here, put this on." Alice said, throwing a pair of dark jeans and a white dress shirt on the bed next to me. I grumbled at her, not removing my arms from my face.
"Hurry up and get ready, were leaving for breakfast in an hour."
"Who's going?" I really wasn;t in the social mood at the moment, I've always preferred small groups.
"It's going to be: You, I, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Bella, and Jacob."
Emmett was my brother and Rosalie, was his fiancé. Jasper was Alice's boyfriend, and Jacob was Bella's. I didn't even have to ask who was, meeting us there, they all had stayed over last night to make it all easier. We all got along well, with one exception. I had never liked Jacob. He had never done anything wrong to me but for some reason I found myself disliking his company. We were amicable towards each other but I could tell that he didn't like me either.
"Someone say my name?" speak of the devil and he shall appear.
"Edward and I were just talking about Bella's birthday breakfast." Said Alice. I didn't have to look to know he was standing just inside the door.
"What's the matter, Jacob, you look a little green. Are you feeling alright?" Her voice sounded concerned.
"No. I have something I need to tell you guys." And with that he walked fully into the room. The look on his face was enough to make me sit up at the edge of the bed. He4 looked like he was about to puke.
"You don't have to be afraid of us, Jacob, just come out and tell us." Alice said calmly. By now, I was more than a little curious about what this all about.
Jacob took a deep breath as he pushed his newly cut hair back with his hands.
"Tonight, I'm going to ask Bella to be my wife." My heart plummeted.