A low chuckled escaped my throat, and I couldn't help myself. She looked up at me with that same observant expression that I loved.

"You know Edward this would be much easier if you weren't laughing at me." She said coolly.

I tried to hold back my smile.

"Bella love," I said reaching out for her hand. "It's just gym class. You don't have to strain yourself." I said flashing her an innocent smile.

"Easy for you to say your good at everything?" She said.

This was not the first time I've heard those words escape her mouth. Bella simply didn't understand that I wasn't good at everything, but it was Bella, and of course she would think that.

I tossed the tennis ball in the air and hit it gently with my racket, it crossed over the net and Bella took a swing.

"oww!" Mike yelled as the racket hit the back of his head.

"Holy crow!!" Bella yelled as she ran towards him. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"uh...um yeah." He said rubbing the back of his head where the racket struck.

I could feel the smile forming on my face and Bella looked at me stubbornly.

"Sorry." She stammered.

"I'll see you later." She said walking away.

I listened to what Mike was thinking.

Uh thought that was Cullen at first. What is he even doing here anyways he's never been in gym?

Mike had been right about one thing, gym was never one of my permanent classes but I couldn't think of leaving Bella with Mike Newton as her partner, he had been getting too close lately.

I looked away from Mike and followed after Bella.

"You know he had it coming." I whispered into her hair.

"Maybe, but I didn't have to give the guy a concoction." She replied.

I wrapped my arm around her waist as I walked her to the locker room.

I sat on the tiny wooden bench outside the doors of the locker room while I waited.

I couldn't help but read Jessica Stanley's mind as she passed by me into the locker room.

Must be Bella's changing, not like she has to, she already has Edward Cullen, Why should it matter?

I felt my face frown as Jessica continued to rant in her head about my relationship with Bella. She was clearly envious.

I glanced up to see Bella walk out of the locker room, biting her lower lip and fidgeting with her hair. She look nervous and her heart sped up as she made eye contact with me.

I smiled at the sound of her heart racing; it was like a steady rhythm.

She frowned when she saw my smile. Typical Bella.

"You look beautiful." I assured her.

"Yeah, I guess if you consider knotted sweaty hair attractive." She muttered.

"On you I find anything attractive."

And that was no lie. Bella was always beautiful and she could never see her beauty, it drove me crazy every time she rolled her eyes as I complimented her on it.

I couldn't read Bella's mind and I knew that made her happy. She didn't want me to know about her emotions, but she always wore them on her face. I noticed how she bit her lip when she was nervous or flushed a rosy undertone on her creamy face, when embarrassed.

Something seemed wrong though. The way she kept running her hand through her hair and avoiding eye contact showed she was upset.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing." She replied. Too quickly.

"Bella." I pressed.

Her face showed a sign of defeat.

"Charlie, had a talk with me this morning." She said letting her hair fall across her face.

"About what?" I asked as my lips pressed into a hard line.

If only I could tell what she was thinking.

"Renee, wants me to go to Jacksonville for a couple weeks this summer, maybe even a month."

"And it's a bad thing to spend some time catching up with your mother?" I asked suspiciously.

She looked sad at my response, her eyebrows knit together with confusion.

"No, but… it's a month away from you." She said looking up at me.

"I mentioned to Charlie that you might be able to…come with me." She finished.

Reality crossed my face when she mentioned this.

"That would be wonderful Bella, but you need to have time with your mother." I explained.

"ughh you sound just like Charlie." She groaned.

I let out a low chuckle.

"In what way?" I asked as we made our way to the lunchroom.

"Well quote on quote he thinks I need to spend time with other friends and not just my boyfriend. He thinks I'm getting attached."

"I thought you said I was more than just a boyfriend?" I asked teasing.

"Exactly, but those were Charlie's words. And I didn't exactly want to tell him all the details of our relationship." She said.

I thought I could see her cheeks blush violet pink.

"And I know the whole sun situation could be a problem, since it is Florida, but I really don't want to go without you. That sounds really selfish of me." She continued.

"No it sounds very reasonable. If I was gone for a month I would be just as selfish to ask you to spend your time with me."

I could tell she let out a sigh of relief beside me, as her heartbeat slowed down.

I smiled to myself.

"So you'll come? I mean Renee hasn't seen you since…" she cut off mid sentence. "Well since James was after me. She would be more than happy to see you again!" I could tell from the look on Bella's face she was persistent on me going with her.

"I'll think about it." I reassured her.

Even though I had clearly made up my decision in which I was going with her no matter what. I would run there to her everyday if I had to, even if it meant I had to spend every moment inside away from the sun that would reveal me.

Bella wanted me there and who was I to tell her no?