*Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns all things twilight! Other than the names of the characters, this story is my original work, no copyright infringement intended!*

Prologue

BPOV

"Bella!"

I rolled my eyes; I wonder what Alice was up to now. She was always so full of energy and so dramatic.

"I just found the greatest place!"

"Um Alice, how much is this "greatest place" going to cost us?"

"Well… that's where the fun part comes in…"

"Alice… we can't afford anything really big… you DO remember right?"

"Well if we get roommates then we will be able to afford it!"

"Alice… how many roommates were you thinking of?"

"There's 4 bedrooms so we would just need 2 more!"

"Okay I guess we can find 2 more girls to live with us…"

I groaned internally… this is not what I was planning on! I wanted a bigger place then the student dorms but I didn't want to have to get used to living with 2 strangers! Alice was so frustrating sometimes!

"Well… I kinda already found some roommates…."

"Um… okay who are they?"

"Edward and Emmett!"

The color must have drained off my face, I was sure that I had a look of horror on my face! This could not be happening! There was no way in hell I was going to be living in the same apartment as Edward Cullen!

"Alice! How can we be living with 2 GUYS?!?!"

"Oh come on Bella! Its not like you don't know them! Its Edward and Emmett!"

I had met Edward and Emmett 4 years ago when I moved to Bellevue my senior year of high school. Edward and Emmett were brothers and Alice was my very first friend at Mount Saint Moore Academy. I was the awkward new girl, but soon became fast friends with Alice and her whole group.

That's when I saw HIM. He looked like a living and breathing Adonis. Everyday I would see him and his smile would turn my legs to jelly, but to my dismay, none of those smiles were ever meant for me. It seemed like every time I looked up he would have a new flavor of the moment.

"BELLA!"

"SORRY! What?" I didn't realize that I had stared off into space as I reminisced about the past…

So after my attempts of objections were futile, we actually did move into the apartment. As it turned out the Cullen's owned the apartment and the rent that were paying was actually just going towards utilities and food. I was about to object some more, but then Alice pointed out that I was looking to save up money and this was the best plan. Plus it wasn't like it was a bad living situation; Alice and I were sharing a bathroom as opposed to having to share with 4 other girls at the dorms. After this year I was hoping to get that internship in Seattle, so I would have had to get out of the dorms sooner or later. At my current financial situation this was my best alternative. I just didn't know if my mental sanity would stay intact. There was only one problem that arose with our living condition. We had only 3 months of bliss until Alice and Emmett both decided to get married. Emmett moved out with Rosalie to her condo, and Alice moved in with Jasper to his apartment, so that just left me and Edward all alone in our apartment, it was just getting a little too cozy for my comfort. Before when Alice and Emmett were there at least I had some kind of buffer but now we were officially "living together".

Ch 1

BPOV

I don't know when the sparks began; I never seem to really notice them when Alice and Emmett were here. I was cooking dinner one night and I didn't hear Edward come in. I was so engrossed in chopping vegetables I didn't notice Edward walk up right behind me, his breath whispering across the back of my neck. I immediately got goose bumps all along my arms. I whirled around as my hand flew to my chest and gasped," Edward! You scared me!" I could feel his intense stare as his eyes bore into mine. I could feel the heat creep into my cheeks, as I quickly looked down. I glanced everywhere but his face, when I finally built up the courage to look up again, I could see that Edward was indeed STARING at my chest! And I could see that he was having a hard time swallowing.

"Um… I think I'll go take a shower, dinner should be ready in about an hour" I reached out to turn everything on low, and practically ran into my bathroom. I slammed the door and leaned against it breathing so hard like I had just run a marathon or something.

EPOV

Damn that was a long day at work. Oh hey! That smells good! I wonder what Bella's cooking for dinner… Bella… I could really get used to this coming home after a long day at work to a home cooked meal by the woman that you loved… man it couldn't get any better than that… except that Bella wasn't my wife, hell she wasn't even my girlfriend… she was… a friend? No that didn't sound right … my Bella was much more than a friend, she was the girl of my dreams, back in high school I used to have wet dreams about her, hell who am I kidding I still have wet dreams about her. She was my angel, but none of us had ever made a move. She was still single as far as I knew. The thought of her in the arms of another guy made me want to punch something. I was currently on a two-year dry spell; I mean I went on casual dates with acquaintances but none of those girls meant anything and anytime I went out with them I made sure that I was never alone with just them, it always ended up being a group date, I mean I had fun but what I really wanted to do was take Bella out on a date, with just the 2 of us. I remember back to the day that I had first seen Bella, it was my senior year of high school; I was leaning up against my locker waiting for Jasper or Alice to show up and in walked this ANGEL. She had long silky brown hair and the most alluring pair of deep brown chocolate eyes that I have ever seen. I was dazed just looking at her. Alice walked up to me with the angel by her side and started talking to me, but I didn't hear a thing, I just kept staring at this captivating girl who had made my unbearable school year a whole lot more bearable.

I know it seemed like a sickness, Bella became a part of the "crew", she and Alice were like joined at the hip, and I was so affected by Bella that I was starting to get indecent thoughts about my angel. That first month I had my first wet dream about my angel, and it was exquisite. After that I was embarrassed to see Bella, afraid that I would embarrass myself in front of her if I was to get an erection in her presence, so I tried dating, but the attempts were futile with each and every girl that I dated, not one would compare to my angel. I had finally gotten past the point of constantly staring at her, but I would always be watching her from afar. I would get this silly infatuated grin whenever I saw her walking in the door or down the hallway, but I trained myself to quickly turn away before she could catch me. To put myself out of temptation's way, I started to hang out lesser and lesser with Alice and Jasper, I didn't want to feel awkward around Bella, and it always seemed that she would get really nervous around me and the clumsiness factor would come rushing out, causing Bella even further discomfort, so I removed myself from intimate "hanging outs".

Then when college began we all decided to go to Seattle University, Bella and Alice dormed together and I had found a new roommate. I had thought that with some distance between me and Bella maybe the attraction would go away, but as the saying goes, absence just makes the heart grow fonder. When my parents decided that they were going on a 6 month world cruise, they bought this apartment in Seattle and decided to temporarily close up the house in Bellevue, since Emmett and I would be in Seattle for school there was no point for us to be driving back to Bellevue to house-sit.

That's when Emmett came up with the ridiculous plan of having roommates. I would be living in the same apartment as my angel. She was even more beautiful now then she had been in high school. I didn't think that was possible. I had gone to Mount Saint Moore Academy since elementary, I had seen those same boring uniforms on the girls for all those years, but I never thought that they could be provocative. That day when I saw Bella walk in wearing that short plaid skirt and a tight white oxford shirt stretched across her magnificent chest I was drooling like Pavlov's dog.

Imagining Bella in her old high school uniform did not do wonders for my pants because those indecent thoughts had me "pitching a tent". I hurried and unlocked the door to the apartment and right as I opened the door the mouth watering aroma hit me head on I almost moaned out loud. I heard chopping noises coming from the kitchen, so I went to investigate, hoping that I could sneak a bite before I headed for the shower.

As I rounded the corner the image before my eyes brought me to a halting stop. There was my angel dressed in very short shorts and a thin camisole. I felt my mouth dry up as I took in the scene before my eyes, I thought that my pants had felt uncomfortable before, but now it felt like my erection was trying to break its way out from behind the zipper. I knew that this was risky, but I just couldn't pass up the chance. I slowly and quietly walked up behind her and bend my head down and barely managed to whisper behind her ear.

"Mmm something smells delicious."

I heard Bella gasp, and straighten her spine as she whirled around to look at me with a startled look on her face. She may have said something to me but I didn't notice, I was too busy looking at her paper-thin camisole and the way her breasts were pushing up against the fabric as her chest heaved up and down. I throat felt so dry I had trouble swallowing, I swear for a moment I thought that her nipples were pushing against the fabric! She wasn't wearing a bra! Oh My God, Breathe Edward Breathe! Next thing I know she was rushing past me and into the bathroom, as I heard her bathroom door slam shut.

Great! It had just dawned on my what I had just done; I stood there staring at her chest like some kind of pervert. Just the impression that I wanted to make! I heard the water turn on a few moments later, and suddenly I felt the definite need for a very cold shower.