So I've been procrastinating this update because I didn't want to end this story. I wish it could go on forever, but I'd run out of ideas(; Sigh...I hate endings. I hope this ending satisfies you guys. This story was so fun to write, although the beginning really sucks. I also want to thank each and every reader. I don't care if you just read the first chapter, you took your time and looked at my writing. I love you all! Please leave a review and enjoy the final chapter:)

BellaPOV

After Edward told me Alice was in the hospital, I immediately got up and turned off the TV. My mind was racing with horrible scenarios. I couldn't let Edward see how worried I was though. He needs someone to be strong for him.

"I'm ready to go," I tell Edward with a smile. He gives me a grateful look, and we have Edward's bodyguards drive us to the hospital. I was a little upset that it wasn't Edward's Volvo, though. The SUV we were in wasn't bad; I just have good memories in his car.

Right before the bodyguards started the car, I quickly texted Angie about the situation. She never replied though.

Edward and I are sitting in the back seat of the car, while two bodyguards are up front. We also have a car behind us and in front of us. I always forget how famous Edward is. He never had much protection in LA. I don't get why it's so different now. I'll have to ask him about that.

I'm sitting in the middle seat of the car, while Edward has a window seat. I grab his hand and hold it tightly.

"Do you know why she's in the hospital?" I ask him quietly.

He turns to me and shakes his head. "It was my mom who called. I could barely understand a word she said, she was crying too much. I did make out 'baby', 'Alice', and 'hospital' though." Edward squeezed my hand a little tighter.

"Alice is so strong. Whatever it is, she'll be okay."

Edward looks out the window, and then back at me. His eyes looked glassy.

"What about her baby?" he croaks. Damn, he caught that. I turn to him fully and set my free hand on his thigh.

"We will make it through this. We'll all be okay." Edward visibly calmed down a little. Edward even smiled. It was a small smile, but it was a smile nonetheless.

"You're right," he says. "Our family is strong. Even Alice's baby." Edward grabs both of my hands and kisses them. I couldn't stop the smile from coming to my face when he called it 'our' family. "Can you speed up, please?" Edward asks the bodyguards.

The guards don't reply to him, but the driver presses down on the gas pedal a little harder. Edward and I sit in the car and wait.

...

When I saw the hospital come into view, I took and deep breathe and prayed that Alice was okay. Edward was getting paler and paler, the closer we got to it. He glances at me and tries to smile.

"It'll be okay," I whisper. I hold his gaze for a few seconds before kissing him lightly. "It'll be okay," I repeat. Edward doesn't break our gaze as he nods.

Edward ignores the bodyguards and jumps out of the car as soon as it was parked. I quickly followed. It was hard to catch up to Edward, since I was wearing those dumb heels. When I finally did though, he was standing outside the hospital doors.

I slowly walk up behind him.

"Edward?" I say slowly.

He turns to me with a look filled with so much grief, my eyes started getting watery. My heart ached for him. Alice and Edward were so close. If anything happened to her or her baby, the whole family would be broken.

"We'll be fine," I tell him fiercely. Edward hugs me tightly and we stay like that for a few minutes. We only broke apart when the bodyguards came running up. Edward and I glance at each other before we walk in.

I knew though, that Edward and I will be there for each other always. I saw it in his eyes, and I hope he saw it in mine. I love him so much, and I know he loves me. We're inseparable.

Walking to the hospital and searching for Edward's family seemed like it took a million years. I was almost in a daze. Edward and I held hands tightly. We refused to let go of each other. He was my rope to hold on to, and I was his.

My stupor broke as soon as I saw Alice standing in the waiting room.

Edward and I both froze mid step, staring openmouthed at her. Alice's eyes were filled with tears. They were of joy though.

When Alice spots us, she shrieks and runs over, hugging us tightly. I felt her big belly hitting my side. She quickly greets the guards before she starts chattering excitedly.

"I can't believe it's happening today!" Alice yells. She turns and has us follow her back to her family. There were three people missing: Carlisle, Emmett, and Rosalie. It clicked in my mind and I let go of Edward's hand, shrieking like Alice.

"Oh my god! Rose is having her baby!" I turn to Edward, shocked that he misheard Esme.

"W-what?" Edward asks. He was so confused, I had to giggle. You could see relief in his eyes though.

Alice was fine. Everyone was fine. Edward walks over to one of the chairs and slumps down in it exhaustedly. Alice looks at Edward, question in her eyes.

"Alice, just let it go for a few minutes, please," Edward says to her. I go and sit next to him and start rubbing his shoulders. He relaxes against my touch immediately. I got a small tingle in my stomach when I noticed.

I glance up at everyone and they're all staring at Edward and I. Alice had a knowing look, Jasper looked like he wanted to say something, and Esme looked beyond happy. The bodyguards just kind of sat around everywhere, surveying the room.

I held onto Edward's hand and lay back when he got completely relaxed. Edward turns to me and smiles gratefully.

"I love you," he whispers to me. His words make me smile. Even though we've said that to each other multiple times today, I still can't get over how amazing it sounds to come from his lips.

"Love you too, Edward," I tell him. Esme, Jasper, and Alice finally stop staring at us and find something to do.

Edward and I sit in silence for a few minutes before I say, "Tell me something you've never told anyone before."

He turns so that our knees are touching. "I'm not really sure…" Edward thinks about it for a few seconds, and then he leans in close to me. "I'm afraid of fans," he says. It took all I had to reply, with him being so close.

"Then why'd you become famous?" I ask.

Edward sits back and chuckles.

"I mean the ones that spin around on the ceiling."

"Oh," I say, giggling. "Really? Why?"

Edward shrugs. "I just feel like they're going to fall down and chop my head off." I see a hint of a blush on his cheeks. "What about you?"

"I have no clue," I tell him. I'm actually surprised he thought of something.

"Come on. I told you something."

"Um…Oh! When Angela and I were kids, she had this huge sleepover with a ton of people and I shaved this one girl's head. Well, it was actually half of it. There was no evidence on who it was, but ever since then, Lauren has hated everyone." Edward's face was shocked.

"Why would you do something like that?" he asks.

"She stole my new Barbie that I got. It was really expensive and I didn't even get to take it out of its box." I pout at the memory. Edward chuckles. "I have no regrets on it."

"How old were you when this happened?" Edward asks.

I blush and say, "When I was ten."

Edward looks shocked again. "What! You still played with Barbies when you were-"

"Oh, shut it! I had, like, no friends as a kid." He gives me a look, and I say, "Okay, maybe I did have a few, but it's not like I hung out with them all the time!"

Edward shakes his head and sighs. "Thank you."

"For what?" I ask.

"For distracting me and calming me down. I can't believe I misheard my mom." Edward wraps his arm around me and pulls me close.

...

I yawn and check the time. It's been five hours since Edward and I came here. I'm tired, bored, and a little cranky.

It's almost eight o' clock. Angela finally replied to my text a couple hours ago, and it just said okay.

I turn to Edward. "I'm not meaning to sound rude or anything, but I kind of want to go home now." Edward looked like he was almost asleep. I hope he won't get mad.

He quickly jumps up and says, "Let's go." He turns to his mom and says, "I'm taking Bella home."

I hug Alice, Esme, and Jasper before leaving.

"Text me if you find out anything new," I tell Alice. She nods tiredly.

When Edward and I get in the car, Edward thanks me.

"What?" I say, confused.

"Thank you for saying something. I was getting so bored in there and I couldn't just up and leave. My mom would've made me stay until she left, which is a long time." He gives me a lazy smile, and I cuddle into his side.

"Well, then you're very welcome."

Edward and I stay cuddled for the rest of the ride to my house.

"Will you stay with me? Please?" I ask when the car stops.

Edward looks torn. "I really didn't want to tell you this, but I can't stay. I have a tour coming up and I'll be busy for a while. I promise I'll call you as soon as I can, during every free moment."

I closed my eyes so he couldn't see how upset I was. I held him tighter before letting go and hopping out of the car. "I love you, Edward," I say hoarsely. I should know what I'm getting myself into. He's famous. It'll be hard for us to have a relationship. We'll make it work, though.

I start walking towards my house, when I feel someone's arms circle around my waist and turn me around. It was Edward. He gave me a long, sweet kiss that turned me to mush.

"I love you too, Bella." His gaze was so tender; I felt tears spring to my eyes.

"You have to promise me that you'll see me when you can, okay?" I sniffle. Stay strong, I told myself.

Edward pressed me into him tightly. He kissed the top of my hair and whispered, "I will."

Watching him get into his car and leave was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life.

...

3 months later

I sat in my desk at school anxiously. You could tell my Ceramics teacher, Mr. Hawks, was starting to get irritated with me.

"Is there somewhere you need to be, Bella?" he asks. I shake my head quickly.

"Just excited," I reply to him. The whole class listened to what I said, like it was the most interesting thing in the world. It's still like that here. Everyone assumes if they're nice to me, I'll let them see my boyfriend. Thinking about him brought a smile on my face.

The whole, 'Oh my God you're Edward Cullen's girlfriend!' thing hasn't died over yet. Some people have realized that I wasn't going to let them see him, but others are still determined. Like Jessica. She talks to me everyday about anything and everything, assuming I'm listening. I stop after she's said like more than five times in a sentence.

Angela and Jake have gotten incredibly close. I swear he's going to be down on his knee any second now. I want them to get married. They'd be so cute together.

"Bella!" Mike whispers from behind me.

I ignore him. He's been the biggest prick I've ever met in my life. He thinks he's so hot. He hates Edward too. I think he thinks he's better than him. That's so far from the truth, though. Edward is better than anyone I have ever met. He's fun, gorgeous, kind, caring, considerate…I think I'm going to have to make a list of everything I like about him.

"Bella!" Mike whispers again. I turn and glare.

"What do you want?" I hiss.

He smiles at me and says, "Are you a book? Cuz I'm checkin' you out."

"F off!" I spat back.

I ignore his feeble attempts at asking me out for the rest of the class and went back to being anxious. It's been three long months since I've had any contact with Edward. Well, physical contact. He's been on his tour for a little while, and every time he calls me, he sounds happy. I know he misses me, but I also know he loves his fans a lot.

Today was our last day until Winter Break started. I was sort of hoping that Edward got a small break too. Do they let celebrities have breaks for the holidays? I know Edward didn't get one for Halloween, but surely for Christmas.

Every time Edward calls me, it's short and sweet and turns me into a pile of goo. He tells me how badly he wants to kiss me again, but he never tells me when he'll get to. The closest Edward and I have been was when he was in Portland, Oregon for a concert. He started last month. He's been working his way through the East Coast and going to the West.

I know all of this because I've been acting like a crazy fan and tracking his process, watching his concerts online. It's so hard not seeing him, after everything we've done together. I love him. I've been away from him before, so I have been trying to do it again.

My phone started vibrating in my pocket and my stomach starting to turn upside down. I discreetly checked who it was. My phone read, 'That One Guy'. I never got around to changing it. My heart picked up speed and I jumped out of my seat.

"I need to use the restroom, Mr. Hawks. It's an emergency." I left the room without waiting for his approval.

I ran to an empty classroom and answered my phone after taking a few deep breaths.

"Hello?" I say.

"Bella," Edward replies. I sit down in a seat with a huge grin on my face.

"I miss you so much." My eyes started getting a little glassy.

"I miss you too. Don't get mad, but I want you to know that I sent you a Christmas present. Or maybe a couple. I hope you like them. I don't think I'll be able to see you myself yet." Edward sounded as upset as I felt. This reminded me of my birthday. He couldn't be there, but he gave me an iPad that had a video of him telling me how much he loves me.

I still replay it.

"Oh, okay," I reply, trying to add some enthusiasm in my voice. "How are your concerts going?" I ask.

"They're great. I did mess up once though. I saw a girl that looked like you and I tripped on stage, in shock. Everyone got a kick out of that." Edward chuckled. I saw that concert. I couldn't help a small giggle escape my lips.

We stay silent for a few moments, just enjoying our contact.

"I have to go now, but I'll call you soon. Okay? I love you."

"Love you too!" I quickly say before he hangs up. One of the other problems with him traveling is that we have different time zones. He never knows when I'm awake or asleep. I don't care, though. I'm awake almost every night anyway.

I hang up too and hold my phone to my chest. The lunch bell rang before I got back into the classroom. So when I did come back, Mr. Hawks was the only person in the room. He was sitting in his desk, giving me a disappointed look.

I quickly put my clay away, hoping that Mr. Hawks will ignore me. Everyone else has made progress on their stuff, but I never touched mine. I was afraid of messing it up.

"Bella," Mr. Hawks says when I start to leave. I stop and turn around.

"Yes?" I ask. Please don't be mad at me…

"You have been so distracted for the past few weeks. Maybe even months. What's going on with you?"

I start to fidget and say, "Nothing. I told you, I just have been really excited for Winter Break."

Mr. Hawks gives me a look that shows how disappointed he is in me. "I know that you really like that Edward guy, but your grades are going to start to lower if you keep acting how you are."

I look at the ground, embarrassed. "I'm sorry. I'll be better after Winter Break. I promise." I turn and leave before he can say anything else.

Heading into the lunchroom always sucks. Everyone looks at me. I don't dress up all fancy like, so people probably think I'm a slob. I don't care anymore, though. The only person I want to think I look good is Edward. Since he's not here, I don't have to dress nice. Jeans and a hoodie works for me.

When I got my food, I head over to the only table that was empty and sit down. I know I'll only have a few minutes to eat by myself before everyone crowds around me, so I cherish the moment.

I took a small bite of my pizza and thought about my day so far. Nothing much happened that entertained me, except for Edward's call.

"Hey Bella!" Jessica says, sitting down right next to me. "So when I was in my History class, this one girl…"

I tuned her out and took another bite of my pizza, realizing that my clay in Ceramics will be hardened before we get back. That put a frown on my face.

"I know! Isn't that just, like, so sad?"

I glance over at Jessica and couldn't help but feel bad for her. She just can't live with being by herself. She has to have someone she can spread gossip to, and Jessica has to be the center of attention. Although, no one really thinks she is. I guess it's just in her mind.

The rest of the day was really boring, and I was relieved to get out of school. Angela told me before lunch got out that she was going to Jake's, so I had the car to myself. When I got inside, I called Alice.

"Bella!" Alice answers excitedly.

"Hey Ali," I reply. "How are you feeling? Is today the day?"

Alice sighs. "No. It's getting annoying. My big belly gets in the way of everything! I just want her to come out!"

"It's a girl?" I ask.

"Yeah! I thought I told you already. I found out, like, a billion years ago."

"Maybe you did. I just didn't listen." I laugh.

"Butt nugget!" Alice yells. I start the car and start driving. I put my phone on speaker and set it on my leg.

"What?" I reply, giggling at the weird word.

"Never mind," she says.

"So how's Jason doing?" I ask. Rosalie's baby boy is the cutest thing in the world. He has Rosalie's blond hair, but you can see he has Emmett's face. I got to see him when he was a week old. Since they're all back in California, I don't get to see them much.

"He's so cute! That little kid is already full of energy. All he does is cry and stay awake all night, though. It's only going to get worse." Alice laughs.

"You'll tell me when your water breaks, right?" I ask, changing subject.

"Yeah, as soon as I feel like I've peed myself, I'll call you." I couldn't tell if she was being serious or sarcastic.

"Good. So I have to go do some homework, so I'll talk to you later. Bye." I pull into my driveway and hop out with my backpack on. I was home alone, and felt lonelier than ever.

"Don't feel sorry for yourself," I mutter to myself.

I head over to the fridge and see some bacon. It sounded like a good after school snack, so I got the frying pan out and started cooking.

Ten minutes later, I was sitting up in my room with a plate full of bacon, doing my homework. I hate having homework on vacations, but it has to be done. I'll forget everything if I procrastinate. It was 5 o' clock when I was done with all the Math and Literature stuff. Biology could wait though, since I was dead tired already.

I cuddle up in my bed and try to sleep, but I get a text message.

December 11, 5:07pm

To: Bella

From: Angela

Staying at Jake's. Tell dad for me. Xxx Angie

I groan. Last time I told my dad that she was staying over at Jake's, he freaked. He gave us an awkward conversation about sex and he wouldn't let Angela see Jake for a week. I wonder what he'll do now that she's doing it again.

When my dad came home, I waited until he was full with food.

"Just so you know," I start when the food on his plate was completely eaten. "Angela is staying over at Jake's."

If he was still eating, he would've choked. His eyes bugged out and his face turned a lovely shade of red.

"Breathe!" I exclaim. Dad takes a long, deep breath. Then he groans.

"I should've known that's why she wasn't with us." Dad gets up and heads for the living room.

"That's all you're going to say?" I ask.

"I don't know what to say, honestly." he replies with a tried voice.

It was hard not to feel bad for him. If it were Edward and I, I wouldn't have listened either. I love Edward too much. I understood Ange, but I sympathized with dad.

I go back upstairs and listen to the radio. With nothing to do, I decided to stage my own dance party. I turned it up loud enough that I could sing without being heard, but quiet enough that dad won't come up here yelling.

My dancing consisted of jumping and moving my arms around, gorilla style. Thank God no one actually could see what I'm doing. It went on like that for about an hour, but I got tired. Going to sleep came easy for once.

...

"Guess what!" someone screams, jumping on my bed.

"What?" I groan. I open my eyes and see Ange all dressed and happy.

"Look what Jake got me!" She holds out her hand and I gasp. There was a ring on her ring finger. Then I realize it's her right hand. "It's a promise ring between us. He promised that he was going to marry me in a few years!" She squeals excitedly.

"Oh my fat Jesus…" I mumble, rubbing my eyes. That definitely wasn't something I wanted to wake up to. "That's…wow."

"You can't tell dad!" she whispers.

"Why are you whispering?" I ask.

"I actually don't know." Angela replies, getting off the bed and pulling me with her.

"No. Let me sleep some more." I say.

Angie huffs and says, "No. We have Christmas shopping to do!" I glance at the clock.

"It's only nine o' clock!" I yell.

"It'll be eleven by the time we get there, unless you take a hundred years to get ready." She gives me a pointed look.

"Fine. Whatever."

I quickly get ready and head downstairs. Angela already had a bowl of cereal out for me.

"Thanks," I tell her. She nods in acknowledgment. I eat half of it and throw the rest in the sink. If I can't enjoy it, I'm not going to eat it.

Angela drives us up to Seattle's mall. The entire time, she's talking about Jake. I wanted to shoot myself. I get out my phone and send a message to Jake.

December 12, 9:26am

To: Jake

From: Bella

What did you do to my poor sister? She hasn't been able to shut her mouth for five minutes!

I waited for Jake's reply and laughed when I did.

December 12, 9:28am

To: Bella

From: Jake

I didn't know that she was the Kiss N' Tell type…Well, I am a pretty damn good kisser.

December 12, 9:28am

To: Jake

From: Bella

That's funny, because she told me she only keeps you because of your looks.

Angela, I realized, has stopped talking. I look over at her and she's looking at me quizzically.

"What?" I ask.

"Who are you texting?" she asks.

I shrug and say, "No one."

She raises an eyebrow and says, "Oh really?"

"Yep."

Angela lets it go.

When we get to the mall, it was so crowded. I'm surprised that we even found a parking space. Shopping was hell. There weren't many shopping items that we wanted to buy, yet Angela went through every store.

I did find some baby stuff for Alice and Rosalie, along with stuff for the rest of that family. I planned to send their stuff pretty soon to them. Angela mostly bought stuff for Jake. It was kind of funny, actually. She'd see something and freak out, saying it reminded her of Jacob.

I couldn't keep the smile off my face when she said that we were going home. We left at three, and didn't get home until almost seven. The traffic was horrible.

Our Dad waited for us. He was in the living room, watching TV. He stood up when he saw us. "Where have you guys been? Did you not think to call me?"

"You could've called us, Dad," Angela says.

Then I saw the giant Christmas tree in the corner of the room.

"Oh, Dad," I say wide eyed. It was so perfect.

"I wanted us to decorate together, but you guys weren't home. I still waited though." Dad looks uncomfortable.

I smile and say, "Thanks."

Angela gives him a big hug after setting down all of her shopping bags.

"Just let me and Bella put our stuff in our rooms and we'll be right down. Okay?"

Dad nods and we race off to our rooms.

Decorating the tree was super fun. Angela and I had a war with the fake snow we put on it. It was our first year using it, so we weren't really sure what to do with the fuzzy stuff. My dad just watched us and put on the star. Ange and I were still little kids at heart.

"Oh and Bella?" Dad says.

"Yeah?" I reply.

"Something came for you. It's from Edward." Dad hands me a small brown package that says Open Now. on it.

I hesitantly did and gasped at what I found inside of it. There was a small diamond ring in it, along with a letter.

Dear Bella,

This is the first present I have set out for you. There are plenty more to come. This ring is for you to put on your third finger, on your right hand. With this ring, I promise to love you forever. You're kind, funny, and smart. You're beautiful and you're the only person I can really tell everything to. I'm going to marry you one day, just so you know. This ring is going to help with that promise. Jacob did the same with your sister and it was my idea. He wanted to do something special for her, but didn't know what. Don't tell Angela though.

The ring is real, by the way. I wanted to get you a bigger one, but that one just called out to me. I love you and I miss you so much. I hope you like it!

Love,

Edward

I took out the ring and put it on my finger. It looked like it belonged there. I really did love it. Edward is so perfect.

"Can I read the letter?" Angela asks.

"No!" I yell, grabbing it protectively.

She holds up her hands in surrender.

"Sorry."

I nod at her and take the stuff to my room, saying goodnight to the both of them.

...

For the next week and a half, everyday, Edward has sent me a present. It gets more and more expensive after each day. There's a letter with each one too. He's gotten me a ton of jewelry and a few dresses. Edward has gotten me a shelf filled with books he thinks I'll like, which is like my own personal library. He's given me tickets for vacations too. The most recent present, yesterday's, was a concert ticket with backstage passes to his concert. He even gave me a plane ticket.

That was my favorite. It's going to be in Texas. I'll get to see him. Today is Christmas Eve, and I'm anxious to find out what he has for me this time.

Deciding not to dwell on it, I head downstairs to watch TV. I plopped down on the couch and surfed through the channels. Every show I wanted to watch was on commercial.

"Damn those dumb commercials. Someone is doing this on purpose!" I huff to myself. I decide to just go out and get some fresh air. I run upstairs and pile on some clothes to keep me warm. When I was done bundling up, I walk outside. The cold air hit me hard and fast. There wasn't any snow out, just slush.

There was a small path into the forest next to my house, and I decide to take it. I'm not much of a nature freak, but I really like this forest. It's very pretty. You'd think I'd get tired of looking at so much green, but these trees have so many shades of it. It's hard to get tired of it.

The path got skinnier and skinnier, the more I walked. There wasn't any slush in here, since the trees blocked it. It wasn't really wet either. I really liked how quiet it was. I was paying too close attention to this one bluebird, that I didn't notice the giant tree root in front of me. I fell forward and landed on my face.

"Ow," I say, getting up. I started to laugh at myself for being so retarded.

I decided to walk back, since there didn't seem to be an ending point. I was actually really exhausted too. As soon as I got out of the forest, my phone started ringing. My stomach got a swarm of killer bees, until I checked the caller ID. It was my mother.

"Hello?" I answer.

"Bella! How's Forks? I wish I could be with you for Christmas. I'm having a blast over here. Alice comes by and visits me. She's such a sweetheart. She even got me a Christmas present." My mother continues and starts a long story about something. Usually I'd listen and reply her, but I saw a truck pull into the driveway. It's the same one that has been coming for twelve days.

"I have to go Mom, love you!" I hang up before she can reply.

The truck backs in and Leah hops out. She's one of the delivery people. Sometimes it's her brother Seth, or her mom, Sue. They own the package company. When she spots me, she smiles. She is really pretty. She has tan skin, with dark brown hair. It had natural blond highlights though. She also had a killer body.

"You're in for a treat on this one." She winks at me and opens the back. There were about ten boxes all addressed to me.

"Really?" I ask.

"Yeah," she replies.

I watch as she starts to move some boxes away from a spot. Then I see a kennel.

"No way!" I screech.

Sitting in the kennel was the cutest little puppy ever.

"What kind of dog is that?" I whisper.

"A Staffordshire Terrier, mixed with a Pitbull, I think," she replies. "It's a girl, also."

She was adorable. She's black and white. She was mostly white, though. She had one spot on her left eye that was black. She's perfect.

"I love her," I whisper. "What's in all the other boxes?"

"Dog stuff," Leah answers.

"Oh," I reply. That's cool. I hope my dad lets me keep him, though. "Is there a letter with it?" I ask her.

She shrugs. "I don't know. He did tell me to tell you if you can't have her, to send it all to his sister."

I nod. "Is this the last time I'll see you?" I ask.

Leah nods.

"Let me give you my number. I'd love to hang out with you sometime." Leah smiles and I give it to her. Once she gets my number, she helps me unload all of this stuff in the garage. I hope my dad won't get mad. I really want to keep her.

Leah leaves soon after. I start to organize all the stuff. By the time I was done, all I had on was a t-shirt. I got really hot. I hear the puppy bark. She's so tiny, that it came out as more of a whimper.

"Awww!" I say, walking over to her. I make sure the garage door is closed before I open her kennel. She walks out hesitantly and looks around. She starts to walk around, sniffing everything. Out of no where, the pup starts running at me. I yelp in surprise.

The puppy yelps back, licking my neck. It sends me into a fit of giggles.

Angela opens the door to the garage and says, "What's going on out here?" She sees the puppy and squeals.

She shouldn't have done that.

Angela ends up scaring the piss out of the puppy. Literally. I felt the warm liquid on my stomach almost instantly.

I started yelling profanities and running her back into the kennel. The puppy went into a barking frenzy. She looked so upset to be put back in there, that I just set her in it and left the cage open. Angela walks over and coos at her.

"Well aren't you just the cutest little thing?"

I take off my shirt and look at my stomach in disgust. The pee smelt so bad, I started gagging. I dashed for the door.

"I need a, gag, new shirt." I start running through the kitchen, when I spot my father sitting down. As soon as he sees me, his face turns purple with embarrassment. I'm sure mine looked the same.

"What are you, um, doing?" he asks.

I hide behind the stairs.

"I have something to tell you, just give me a few minutes to clean off."

Five minutes later, I'm in my pajamas, on my knees, begging my dad in the garage.

"Please! We don't have to pay for anything! We just have to give her care!" I point at the little puppy. She gives my dad the saddest look ever. "How can you say no to that face?"

Dad looks at the dog, and his tough face falters.

"Damn." He shakes his head and sighs. "Fine. But you guys are cleaning up the barf, poop, and pee."

Angela and I nod. We both know he'll end up doing it, though.

I pet the puppy lovingly.

"What are you going to name her?" Ange asks me. I didn't know. That's really hard to do. I'm not going to name her some dumb name like Spot.

"Um…" I think really hard before my face lights up. "Elena! No…Lena! Just kidding. Um…"

"What about Luna?" Angela interrupts.

"Yes," I say without any hesitation. That was another name for Artemis, that goddess of the moon. It's a really pretty name.

Angela smiles at me. Dad leaves the room and says he's ordering takeout.

"I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow," Angie says.

"I know."

Once dinner comes, Angela and I eat fast, wanting to go to sleep ASAP so Christmas will come sooner. We both race up the stairs, pushing each other to get to our rooms first. I let her win, just so we wouldn't fight about it.

"Goodnight Sissy!" Angela says before shutting her door.

I fall asleep with a smile on my face.

...

I wake up to something tickling my neck. I groan and start to turn over, only to feel a body next to me. My heart starts racing and I sit up abruptly. When I turn and see Edward's smiling face, I jump into his arms. I hug him tight and feel a tear slide down my cheek.

"Shh," he says. "It's twelve in the morning, and I don't want you to wake anyone up."

His eyes are blazing with happiness. Hopefully mine look the same. I drink in his appearance. His hair is a little longer, and his face is a little tanner. He's also shirtless and more muscled.

He's really hot.

"Thanks," he whispers. I guess I said it out loud. "You're not too bad either. Now lean closer so I can kiss you."

I lean in quickly and sigh when my lips touch his. He turns us over so quickly, I giggled and gasped at the same time.

"I really missed you," I tell him. "Oh, and Merry Christmas." Edward smiles and kisses me again. It left me dizzy and wanting more. I run my hands up and down his strong arms and kiss him again. I press my hips into his, and then take off my shirt, leaving my chest bare to him.

"I want you," I whisper, hugging myself tightly to him.

When I look into Edward's eyes, they're full of everything I hoped they'd be: love, lust, and joy.

He's all mine, and I plan to keep it that way.