Chapter 1

BELLA'S POV

I laid my head down, looking at the picture in my hands underneath the desk. It was a picture of Edward, Charlie, and I.

Alice had taken the picture a few days after Charlie was born, in the meadow.

Edward was on his knees, while I sat between them. I held Charlie in my arms, looking at the camera. Edward was looking down lovingly at Charlie. It was my favorite picture of us, besides our wedding picture.

School had been in session for a week, and it was finally Friday. I knew now how bored Edward and the others must have been – returning to school for the same subjects, the same quizzes, the same everything.

"Ms. Cullen, would you like to answer the question?" I heard the highly annoyed voice of Mrs. Appleton.

There's no way she was listening. She has no idea that the answer is 2,343…she'll probably say something stupid…one can only hope.

I lifted my eyebrows in surprise, and saw Edward suppressing laughter out of the corner of my eye.

"2,343," I leaned in, "but I could be totally off."

Her eyes widened in surprise.

"That's correct."

She continued on with her talk of math, while I returned my gaze to the picture.

Excited for the weekend?

Are you kidding? Of course.

I looked over at Edward, motioning with my finger to the picture. He leaned over, looking at it, and then smiled at me.

"Mr. Cullen, would you like to-"

"Negative four point five." Edward said without looking away from me.

Mrs. Appleton sighed heavily.

The bell finally rang, and I shoved the picture into my pants pocket. We only had one more period, which was gym. Since my vampire transformation, I had realized how fun gym could actually be. Edward and I slowed ourselves down a bit, for the benefit of the class.

I changed into my gym uniform quickly. I wanted to speak with the dean about them, the shirts were very tight, and the shorts were too short.

I frequently heard guys thinking very inappropriate things about me – including the coach. Edward hated gym class just for those reasons.

Edward was waiting for me outside the locker room.

"I wish we were alone." He groaned, putting his hand on mine, which rested on my hip.

"I wish these uniforms were a little looser."

He leaned close to my ear.

"The uniform is the reason why I wish we were alone."

I smiled as he pulled his face back.

"Cullen, why don't you join the others in the gym," the coach was walking down the hall towards us, "I need to have a talk with…Cullen."

"Alright." I started walking towards the gym, but the coach grabbed my arm.

"No, I meant…I needed to talk to you."

Edward stared at him.

Is he nuts?

Just go, I can take care of myself.

Edward walked away, instead of throwing a temper tantrum. I knew he hadn't wanted to leave, which made me love him more.

"Cullen, it seems to me that you and your boyfriend are moving pretty darn fast." The coach circled me, stopping behind me.

If only you were a few years older.

I rolled my eyes, disgusted. I would have been highly creeped out if the coach weren't in his early 20's.

"So?" I challenged, turning just in time to catch him staring at my butt.

"So I just want you to be careful," he rested a hand on my shoulder, "I care about my students."

You in particular.

I brushed his hand off.

"Whatever."

I turned to walk down the hall, feeling his eyes on me.

She is so beautiful.

I turned, my hands on my hips.

"Coach?"

"Yeah?"

"Oh nothing…I just felt like I was being watched, so I thought you wanted something." I shrugged, and turned.

Maybe I should tone it down a bit.

You think?

I do.

Edward was standing on the other side of the door, thoroughly disgusted.

"I'm going to kill that man." He snarled.

"Don't worry…I might just beat you to it." I turned to see the coach coming.

"Let's just get our laps in…and I'll try not to hurt anyone."

We ran into the group of other people who were doing their laps already. The coach watched us for a second.

Look at those things bounce…

I grabbed Edward's arm as he moved away.

"He's not even worth it."

Edward snarled again.

During gym class, as we started a lesson on baseball, Edward launched a home runner right at the coach. Let's just say that his manhood was injured twice that day.

Once class was over, I rushed to get dressed. When I was finished, I headed to my locker.

I'll be at the car.

Okay.

I grabbed the textbooks I needed, and was about to shut the locker door when someone shut it for me. I almost groaned when I saw Max standing there.

Max Devour had been after me since my first day. He hadn't been one of the ones who tried to sneak a peek at me, but he had wanted to.

"Hey Bella, nice shirt."

Nice body.

"Thanks, I wasn't aware that we shopped at the same store." I turned and walked away.

He caught up.

"I don't, I just like it. Anyways," he tried to keep up, "I was wondering if you wanted to go out some time."

"Max, I'm dating Edward."

"I know I just figured that maybe if you knew I liked you, you would dump Edward. I know you like me."

"Oh really?" I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, I can tell."

I turned.

"I would like it if you backed off."

"Bella, you don't have to play hard to get."

Edward was at my side in a second. Max was intimidated by his height and the muscles that showed through his shirt.

"Devour," he took my backpack and put it on his shoulder, "I suggest you take a walk far away from Bella."

"Oh really?" Max folded his arms.

Edward bent down, close to his face.

"Really."

He's so damn tall…he could take me.

"Seeya around Bella." He fled.

Edward took my hand, and led me to the car.

"It's not fair to scare him so bad." I laughed.

"He flirts with you the most…well, besides the coach."

"I hope he's not too upset."

Edward smiled.

"I do."

EDWARD'S POV

I turned up the music, and turned to Bella. Alice, Rosalie, and Esme had taken Charlie to the local park to play, while Carlisle, Emmett, and Jasper had gone to hunt.

"Mr. Cullen, what is this?" Bella asked, a smile on her face.

"This is a romantic night," I kissed her hand, "for us."

"Well, until the girls get back with the baby."

I nodded, and pulled Bella into an embrace. Our faces were very close as I pulled her onto my feet. We slowly moved in a circle, holding each other.

She kissed the side of my neck, moving her cheek up and down against my skin.

I put her on the ground, and went around her, pulling her shirt off.

I kissed her naked shoulders, and waited as she slipped off her pants. I held her around the waist, swaying us back and forth to the music.

She then slowly turned, and pulled off my shirt.

She kissed my chest lovingly, and waited for me to take off my sweatpants.

I picked her up, and laid her out on the bed.

I kissed from her belly button, all the way up to her lips.

We were just getting dressed when the girls returned.

"Did you guys have fun?" Alice asked slyly, handing Charlie over to Bella.

"Yes, if you must know." I nodded, buttoning up my shirt.

"We were going to go check out some stores, want to come?"

"No thanks." Bella sat Charlie down in his playpen.

"Well we should be back in a couple of hours," Alice headed for the door, "so don't have too much fun."

"Ha-ha." I rolled my eyes.

When they were gone, I went to Bella, and kissed her.

"Let's go again." I murmured against her lips.

"Not in front of Charlie." Bella pulled away.

"We'll put him in another room."

She shook her head.

I sighed, and sat down next to her on the bed.

"So." I messed with my hands.

"So." She tugged at her shirt.

Before I knew it, we had our arms wrapped around each other, kissing, as we laid back down.