Chapter One: Accidental Truths

Telling Charlie was not going to go over well. Edward was driving me home from our meadow, giving me the proper time to think through what I was going to say. He kept hold of my hand, squeezing it in reassurance, while I sat with my thoughts.

Charlie was my father, and I desperately wanted to tell him the whole truth. I knew that I couldn't. That was not an option in any way, why think it? It was for the best that I didn't tell him or my mother, for their safety.

I really just wished I was able to give them a proper goodbye. This was going to be the best I could do, but nothing but the truth could really give them their closure. I was going to marry Edward, I wanted to marry him, but then I would disappear. I would not be able to see them ever again.

The pair of them would be heartbroken. 'What happened to our Bella, our little girl,' they would ask. They would assume me dead, but how horrible is that? It's always such a shame when a child passes on before their parents.

I would be absolutely fine. I would be in my own little heaven with Edward in Alaska, but what about them? I was about to bring so much sadness to them, so much gut-wrenching heartache. How selfish am I?

Before I knew it he had us parked out in front of my house, ready to face the beast within. Oh god, I could feel myself start to hyperventilate. Luckily, Edward was there to soothe me. He pulled me on to his lap, pressing my face up against his hard chest. He was very cold, even through his clothes, and right now I was very glad for his temperature difference. It really helped to slow my breathing.

"Bella," this vampire god whispered into my ear. "Everything is going to be alright. He is your father and he loves you, as do I. I swear I will not leave your side for one moment. We will do this together."

He began placing little butterfly kisses up and down my jaw line, and I finally calmed down all the way, well the most you can calm down when someone is kissing you the way he was doing. Sometimes his amazing dazzling powers really did come in handy. He refused to let me go, and opened up the driver's side door to get out, pulling and holding me close to him.