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Edward's POV-

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Carlisle was calling me down through his mind, I wondered what he wanted. As I walked downstairs my cousin's scent hit me, Tanya. An instinctual growl roared out from my chest.

"Tanya has come to apologise Edward," Carlisle explained. My eyes flickered to Tanya then back to Carlisle, the wild look explaining every emotion I was feeling.

"I err, I'm... I didn't mean, I shouldn't of... what I want to say is," Tanya stuttered.

"Spit it out before Bella wakes, I'm sure she would be delighted to see you," I said coldly, praying that Bella would lie in today. My luck seemed to have left me, Bella had woken. She walked over to me and kissed my cheek before sitting down on the sofa next to Emmett, ignoring Tanya.

"I'm sorry," Tanya eventually apologized.

"Huh," Bella mocked. The tension in the room was rising, Jasper was desperately trying to calm everyone down, he wasn't doing very well though.

"YOU DON'T DESERVE EDWARD!" Tanya screeched. Bella instantly pinned Tanya to the wall.

"And why not?" she hissed.

"Because I know him better than you, I love him more than you, I am prettier than you and Edward loves me more than you!" I was shocked, like the rest of the family; we didn't know what to do. Bella was going to kill Tanya after what she just said; I had to stop her, somehow.

"Who is he engaged to? Who does he kiss? Who does he love? ME! NOT YOU!"

"Don't worry, he'll be kissing me very soon," Tanya announced before fleeing. Isabella let out a frustrated screech.

I immediately went to comfort her but she threw her physical and mental shield up, I wanted to know what was wrong, I, wanted to help. As did the others, we tried to break her wall.

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Bella's POV-

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Their banging and attempts to break my shield was tiring. Tanya was right, she was prettier than me, smarter than me, she deserved him not me, but I had him, even if I didn't deserve him, he was mine. Out of realization and exhaustion I dropped my shield. Edward rushed over to me, pulling me into a tight hug. If he didn't love me then he wouldn't of asked me to marry him, he wouldn't kiss me, he wouldn't have bought me a car for Christmas.

"Do you love me?" I asked.

"Bella, you are my only reason to stay alive if that's what I am, you're the best thing that has ever happened to me, I love you, I would give up my life for you, I would do anything for you," Edward whispered into my ear.

"But Tanya is much prettier than me, you are the most handsome man on the planet, you deserve someone much, much prettier than me."

"And the most beautiful girl in the world is you, Tanya wants me for my body, you want me for me, I wouldn't care if you looked like a troll, you are my soul mate,"

I kissed him gently on the lips, everyone had left the room. I looked into Edwards warm topaz eyes, filled with love. He leant forward and kissed me, I kissed him back. He did love me and I love him.

Our lives, at this moment, were perfect.