A Second Chance

Chapter Seven

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A Second Chance

Chapter Seven

The drive back from Angela's office is filled with euphoria, for both me and Edward. It's like finding out that we're going to have a little baby girl, had set some new boundaries for us, or rather pushed the previous ones.

Edward and I hold hands freely during the entire drive back to my house. We also chat back and forth about anything and everything, but mainly about the preparations we need to make for the baby.

We even discuss the wedding and moving to New York. Edward thinks we should have the wedding in Forks, so our friends and family won't have to fly all the way to New York to attend. Although it's going to be a very small affair with only our parents and best friends in attendance, I still felt like I was betraying Riley. Here I was living my life to the fullest. Getting married, having a baby, and possibly even getting a job in New York; Edward had mentioned a few publishing companies there that he knows of that would hire me because of my English degree.

I was so happy about that last bit. At last I'd get the chance to put my degree to work.

But I couldn't stop the guilt from creeping up on me every time I thought of moving and beginning a new life.

I don't want to be that woman who lost her husband and then just stopped living. I'm always going to love Riley and I miss him like hell, but I need to go on, for me and for my baby.

I need to start thinking of the future.

And of Edward.

I glance towards the driver's seat where my fiancé is seated.

I never, not in a million years, would have imagined myself getting married to Edward Cullen.

What happened to the cold and aloof man I knew him to be?

How is it that he changed so quickly, and why?

He was such an enigma to me, and I actually can't wait to get to know him more. Maybe then I can figure out why he acted the way he did before Riley passed away.

Maybe then I can get some peace of mind.

"What are you thinking so hard about over there?" Edward asks suddenly, smirking at me.

"You." I answer before thinking and immediately my face turns beat red.

Edward looks surprised. "Me? What about me?"

"Nothing, it's just that…sometimes, I can't figure you out." I shrug. "There are times when you're the sweetest person on earth and then other times when it feels like you're hiding something."

Edward's smirk falls for a second, but then he covers it up by smiling.

"You think I'm the sweetest person on earth?" He teases me and I blush again.

"Cut it out." I swat his shoulder softly with my hand and to my surprise Edward captures it in his and kisses the back softly.

"What was that for?" I almost whisper. It feels like I've lost my voice.

"Just felt like it." Edward shrugs, still smiling.

I pull my hand slowly from his grasp and face the front in my seat, unable to look at him.

"Bella, I'm sorry if I overstepped my bounds…" He starts apologizing.

"No, it's fine. You just caught me off guard that's all." I hasten to reply.