"I want to marry her," Jacob said, his eyes staring at the top of the trees intently.

"No way in he%*," Edward said, with a tone that sucked away any feel of happiness.

"Edward…" Bella said very slowly attempting not to upset her already distraught husband.

"What?" Edward asked.

"Jake, we'll get back to you. I, uh think it would be best if we discussed this in private. We'll

talk to you about this later," Bella said in a calm, but motherly tone. Both Edward and Jacob were

shocked at how much she has changed since her first day in Forks.

"Okay," Jake said, "Look, I am sorry, but I love her. I need to be with her. And I want to

marry her and be with her forever." He then walked away leaving Edward and Bella to ponder his

previous statement.

"Edward. Don't think about Jake. Think about Nessie. She loves him. More than anything,"

Bella began, speaking slow while watching Edward's facial expression, "And what about you and

me? What if Charlie hadn't allowed us to get married? Huh? What would you have done? You know

we would have run away! Do you want Nessie to do that? Leave us?"

"She is only sixteen years old!!! She is just a kid!" Edward growled.

"You are only seventeen! And I was eighteen when I married you! It would be pretty

hypocritical of us to not allow her to marry him because of her age! You and I both know she is

mentally in her 20's. She is a senior in high school. She can make her own decisions. She can

choose not to marry him, but we will allow him to propose!" Bella said obviously infuriated.

"Okay, Okay. We allow him to propose. I just.. she's our daughter. I don't want to lose

her," Edward said, his topaz eyes filled with melancholy.

"We won't lose her," she said pulling Edward into a warm embrace, "She will always be our

daughter. We won't lose her."

"So, we allow him to propose?" Edward said, sighing in defeat.

"We allow him to propose," Bella said with sadness in her voice as well.