"Bella?" I sucked in my breath, whirling around anxiously, hoping it was not someone who knew my dad, he would be livid if he could see me. He would deem my make-up tarty and would probably have a heart attack at the length at the length of my dress, not to mention the cat ears my friends and I had worn for the evening. I breathed in and turned to face one of my dads business associates or one of their snooty uptight children that I was forced to speak with at every work function, instead I came face to face with a good-looking twenty year old. I blinked twice trying to place him, he didn't look like any of my dads friends sons, I definitely would have remembered him. I narrowed my eyes in confusion and he chuckled nervously at me, running his hands through his hair "Edward Mason, we have some of the same classes at the university" his voice was so soft and smooth, making me feel relaxed, almost like he was singing the words to me. I realised he was still waiting there kind of nervously to see if I recognised him, I mentally shook myself.
"Of course, hello Edward" he held out his out until I realised that he wanted me to shake it, apparently his good looks cause me to revert back to having the intellect of a two year old" I reached for his hand, electricity ran through my hand as I touched his, instead of a sharp shock, it was more like a gently hum running through my body, my heart raced. I swallowed nervously, looking at him, he smiled at me I return and looked towards the bar "Can I buy you a drink?" I nodded and followed him. My friends winked a me and made cat calls as we passed, I glared back at them. They were so embarrassing, I glanced swiftly at Edward out of the corner of my eye to make sure he hadn't noticed, he had but he was just staring at Emmett who was blowing kisses at us and raising his eyebrows suggestively, I felt my face heat up. Grabbing his arm, I pulled Edward towards the bar "sorry about them, they like to think they are funny" he grinned at me and then sharply back at Emmett, his smile fading slightly "you and him, are you..?"
I shook my head "he's like an older brother, protective but goofy, definitely not my type. He is with my friend Rosalie" i pointed out the blonde, he nodded understandingly and looked to the floor. I swiftly asked if he had any siblings to make this a little less awkward, he shook his head "no, my parents could not have any more children after me. I have my best friend jasper, he has known me most of my life though, so they are kind of like my adoptive siblings. Though he got together with my cousin when they were seventeen which was a bit weird at first but." He shrugged "you know, they make each other happy" I smiled and Edward bought us another round of drinks.
"What about you, any siblings?" I swallowed nervously, just stick to the facts. o need to pour your heart out to a complete stranger, it was a simple question. "I have an older brother called Benjamin and cousin called Tanya who stays with us a lot" he nodded but didn't press me. "Hey Bella" rose called across the room, somehow I heard her over the loud music pounding in my ear "you doing shots with us? Or are you planning to keep your boyfriend to yourself all night?" I blushed, I'm going to kill her one of these days. "Rose..."
"We'd love to" Edward interrupted then bent down to whisper in my ear, I shivered as I felt his breath against my skin "I have a feeling she wasn't going to let us out of this without a big scene so might as well play along nicely. You playing?" I nodded leading us over to my friends, easily recognisable by the girls wearing cat ears and the guys sporting drawn on moustaches. They had already been out a few hours longer than us girls, their eyes were glazed over and they sang along drunkenly to the music playing.
"Edward, this is Rosalie, Kate, Carmen and Tia" I introduced them with a point and a warning glare as they winked at him in turn " and Emmett, Alec and Seth" Seth and Alec shook his hand whilst Emmett just thumped on the shoulder, guys I thought shaking my head, a mystery to us all. We each grabbed a shot glass whilst the woman at the bar who i think knew rose- I was pretty sure her name was Victoria- slid a bottle down to us and walked back off to serve the two guys who looked at Victoria appreciatively. Rose took the responsibility of keeping our glasses filled, we each downed the first one with no problem. After the fourth shot tia, Seth and Carmen had bowed out after that. By the eighth shot, I had given up along with kate, Alec and Edward. Emmett and Rosalie were battling it out but I was too busy watching Edward to care who won, god he was gorgeous. I wanted to run my fingers through his wild untameable hair while kissing those heavenly lips. I moved closer to him, he nodded to a pair of seats, grinning broadly as we sat down.
Another couple of rounds later and Edward was slurring "Bella you're so beautiful" his eyes slid up and down my figure, his shyness suddenly forgotten. I laughed "no, you are and so smart. I love that." He smile lazily, his head resting on the back of the seat "so beautiful" he mumbled again. He leaned in close to me "Bella, can I tell you a secret?" I nodded, leaning in closer, his lips near my ear. He turned his head to press his lips to mine tentatively, I was shocked at how softly he kissed me. Cradling my face in his hands as if I was breakable. It was amazing but it wasn't what i needed, I moved onto his lap, my knees either side of his thighs. I kiss him harder, he tightened his grip on my hips, pulling me closer.
I felt soft kisses being placed on my face, soft barely-there kisses, I moaned slightly at the contact. I opened my eyes slowly and immediately regretted it, I groaned at the sudden light making my head thump rapidly, i pulled the duvet back over my head. I rolled onto my left and came face to face with an Adonis. His green eyes bored into mine, I tried to swallow but my throat was suddenly really dry. "Hi" he whispered linking his fingers with mine, I smiled tentatively "hi" his eyes searched mine and then he dropped a light kiss on my lips, pulling away immediately. I frowned and he looked panicked "what's wrong?" He whispered brushing my fridge out of my face and behind my ear "nothing, I just..." it was then I noticed his very naked chest and realised how nice he looked, I didn't take the chance to really enjoy this view last night. Last night. Oh god, I crossed my arms in front of my chest and shifted back a bit letting the duvet fall between as I ducked my head out from under the duvet, I felt my face heat up as i looked anywhere but at Edward. I felt his finger under my chin, tilting my face to look at him "never hide yourself from me" he pleaded "your beautiful." I smiled and gently loosened my grip on the duvets but I was still happy he did not try to move them, he smiled at me warmly. He tucked me under me arm and I snuggled into his side, gently twisting my neck to place a kiss on his jaw, he smiled down at me kissing my nose.
An hour later we were grabbing a coffee and breakfast at Starbucks, he tried to insist on paying but I did not want him to. I did not want to explain to him about my dad just yet so I let him just this once but he just grinned, something tells me this was going to central to a lot of arguments. Walking hand and hand, I suddenly noticed the time "I better get home, I promised Kate we could study together today" he ran his hands through his hair "Can I have your number? We should do this again some time" I raised my eyebrow at him pretending to be insulted, his face went pale "I don't mean..what I meant was..." I chuckled, swiping a pen out of my bag. I grabbed his hand, quickly scribbling my number and signed my name xbellax. "See you later, Edward"
It was only hours later when I checked my phone after a study session with Kate that I saw I had a voicemail from Edward.
"Umm hi, and I just wanted to call and make sure you are ok and maybe see if you wanted to get breakfast tomorrow morning. I really enjoyed being wi.. seeing you last night and umm yeah so give me a call back. Ok bye"