I groaned, well I guess Charlie wasn’t that easily distracted after all. “Go on,” I motioned to Edward and I went to sit on a fallen tree.

He sat down next to me but I could smell the fear pouring off of him as he studied the leaf strewn ground. “Sue and I are sort of dating,” he began hesitantly.

“Sort of?” I smiled. Whew, we weren’t dissecting my life anymore, now it was his turn to squirm.

“Well, it’s a bit more serious than all that,” he sighed. “But maybe I don’t know her as well as I thought I did.”

I clutched his arm. “Don’t do this, dad. She wasn’t allowed to tell you about the wolves. About any of it.”

“Then why are we having this conversation now?”

I filled him in on the Volturi and the earlier fight, leaving nothing out. May as well be completely honest. “So things are a little different now. I mean, we still have to keep it secret from everyone else, but I just couldn’t stand lying to you. I’m not even going to tell mom and you can’t either. I’m sorry to burden you with this, but please,” I begged. “Please keep my secret.”

He laughed. “Who the hell would believe me, Bells?” He put his arm around me and pulled me into him, laying a kiss on my forehead. “So what do you think of Sue?”

I smiled. “I think you two are perfect together. Come on. Let’s join the others.”

“Not yet,” he said softly staring off into the woods. “I asked her to marry me,” he admitted.

So much for sort of dating. Even though I’d seen him getting married during my transformation, I hadn’t exactly thought it was going to come true. At least not this soon. Once I got over my initial shock I wrapped my arms around him. “That’s great, dad!”

“So, you’re okay with this?”

I laughed. “If you can handle me being dead, I think I can deal with a new step mother! Oh! And I get Seth as a brother now!” I exclaimed excitedly. I’d really taken to him after he helped us against Victoria. His earlier words came back to me. This was why he was so excited and why he was all grabby. Whew. For a moment there I was beginning to think I might have another wolf pining for me.