Chapter one: Engagement and Enragement

I was in my own personal heaven again when I woke up this morning. Everything was perfect. I had my own personal angel snuggled next to me. We were fresh out of high school. Edward, Alice, and I had graduated almost a month ago and the night of our graduation party, in front of the entire Cullen family, both my parents, and my stepfather, Phil, Edward said he had an announcement. Much to my horror and a little to my delight, Edward took my hand, got down on one knee, and pulled out an engagement ring. It had belonged to his birth mother. He told me how much he loved me and that he wanted to let everyone know it, to be with me forever. I wasn’t shocked about the proposal its self. We had already made a deal that he would turn me into a vampire if I married him first. The one thing I wanted most in the world was to be with my vampire sweetheart forever. At the moment, I was shocked that he was proposing in front of everyone now. Like I said, everything was perfect. Well, almost everything. After I said yes to Edward’s proposal, and after a long kiss with my fiancé, everyone started congratulating us. That is, everyone except for the one person present whom I wanted approval from. I thought that it would be Rosalie who would not be pleased but even she smiled and hugged us. She actually wanted me to be her sister. I was so happy about my engagement that I didn’t notice the storm of fury building in the corner. I felt Edward stiffen and glance at my father, Charlie. His face was bright red and his nostrils flared in anger. He started raging forward and I could tell without Edward’s ability that Charlie intended to punch my fiancé. I stepped in between the two men I loved most in the world. That made Charlie more furious.

“NO, NO, NO,” he started to shout,” You are way too young to get married. Especially to him!” Charlie’s voice was full of spite and dripped with venom at the last word. “I wont have you throwing your life away for a guy who has nearly destroyed you once before. I wont let him do that again!” he was still shouting.