He sighed loudly.

“Well, Bells. I guess you're right. I know what we would've done if my parents had told us no. We just would've snuck behind their backs and did it anyways. So, I guess, you have my permission.” he said, sighing again.

“Oh thanks, Dad. You have no idea how much this means to me. I really wanted you to be there to walk me down the aisle.” I said, holding back tears as I flung my arms around him.

He hugged me back tightly and I heard him sniffle back his tears.

“Well, I guess you'll have to go tell your mom.” he said, wiping the mist from his eyes.

“Yeah. Edward and I fly out tomorrow.” I said, pulling back to look at him one more time before I left.

I was staying with Edward since our flight was at six in the morning, putting us in Jacksonville in the late afternoon. Edward, of course, made us get first class, and made sure we had only one stop to change planes. I was little worried about Edward and Jacksonville, considering it was summer and there was sun, but Alice had predicted quite a bit of cloud cover during our stay.

Edward still opted to stay inside for most of the three day trip.

I woke up before the sun was up, though you wouldn't have been able to see it anyways, through the heavy cloud cover. I got into Carlisle's Mercedes sleepily, Edward joining me in the back, while Carlisle drove. He was able to drive us because his shift was late at night for once.

Before I knew it, we were at the Seattle airport, shuffling through security with our bags.

We boarded the plane and I immediately fell asleep, feeling bad that Edward had nothing to do.

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We arrived at my mom's around 6:30 at night because Edward had trouble finding us a rental car that was fast enough for him. I didn't have a key to the place, yet, but luckily my mom was home to open the door for us. She hugged us both tightly before we were even able to cross the threshold.

“Uh, hi, mom. Nice to see you, too.” I said, finally able to walk past her into the house.