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Chapter 1 – The Invitation(s)

It was another sunny day in Forks. Three days in a row, and that was depressing me.

I sat in English class drawing in the margins of my notebook, listening to Jessica babble on about getting to second base with Mike's cousin Andrew who lived just a few towns south of Forks. I could tell she was looking for me to share a few details. I wonder, how far she thought Edward I got. Hmm, I would have to ask him what she thought the next time he is in school - which by the way was beginning to feel like it would never happen.

Suddenly, I was starting to feel paranoid about the subject. I mean, everyone probably thought we were close. It wasn't like we didn't have some PDA's. If she asked, maybe I should lie, not that I am a good liar, she would probably see right through me. If I told the truth, well then she would probably think I was lying, because even thinking it to myself felt ridicules. I closed my eyes and thought of her face when I said Edward and I have only gone to first base.

Ugh, this was going to be tricky. Why did it have to be sunny out for three days?

"Um, Bella – have you been listening to anything I was saying?" Jessica's voice seemed strained. "Yes, second base with Andrew, got it." I hope I didn't miss anything. Her voice was annoying, "Well, are you going to double date with us tomorrow night or what?"

I was still thinking about the bases but a double date could be fun, it would almost be normal, and wasn't Edward always saying we should not miss out on the human things. Certainly a double date was human, although I already suspected a double date with Alice and Jasper would be allot more fun. Well a double date with Emmett and Rosalie would probably be the most fun, if Emmett left Rosalie at home, I smiled inwardly at the thought.

"Sure Jess," I heard myself say, "Where do you want to go?"

She had obviously put much thought into this plan already,

"Ice skating in Port Angles, and then dessert, I would say dinner, ice skating and then dessert, but Andrew",

(the way she inflected on his name caused me to look up from my doodling, the look on her face confirmed what I had already suspected she was thinking, she clearly thought Andrew could hold a candle to Edward, why does everything have to be a competition with her),

"and I are to have dinner with his parents. This will be the first time I am meeting his family, can you believe it, and we have only been dating for about a month?"

I suspected this wasn't really a question.

She continued, "What was it like the first time you meet Ed's parents?"

Over the last several months Jess had taken it upon herself to call Edward – Ed, which he clearly thought was annoying, and it was funny to see the expression on his face when I thought she was thinking "Ed" something or other in his head, although I was probably the only one who noticed.

"Well, Jess," I began "I had already meet his Dad, at the hospital, but I was still nervous the first time he took me to introduce me as his girlfriend. I was really afraid they wouldn't like me", or bite me, or something I thought. " I am sure you will do fine, how could they not like you?" She smiled when I said this and then the bell rang and class was over.

As we walked outside the classroom, I noticed the air felt different then it had this morning, it was wetter, and I sighed deeply and smiled. The sky was heavy with clouds, and I couldn't help search the parking lot, hoping "Ed",(I laughed out loud as I thought the word to myself), would surprise me by showing up for lunch.

The cafeteria was cold, and wet. It seems everyone felt it because most of the student body arrived to school with t-shirts, and without jackets hoping the sunny days would never end. Thankfully they did.

I quickly scanned the cafeteria and utter disappointed filled my stomach, which must have shown on my face because without warning, causing me to almost fall over from the sudden movement, I felt cold arms encircling my waist, "Are you upset because it's raining, or because you were hoping I wouldn't show up?" He whispered this playfully in my ear as we stood in the food line. I sure he could feel my cheeks heating from the blushing. "How is it something so cold makes me so warm?" I retorted, trying to be coy.

He laughed and picked up a tray. "What would you like for lunch, Bella?"

The way he said my name it made me think,-- "Well, I am pretty sure I know what you want to----"

I purposefully paused to build the suspense

"drink, but really, honey now is not the time, and if I am saying no, you can only imagine how inappropriate the timing is."

I tried a southern accent with this last part, so he would know I was kidding.

He chuckled lightly. I took the tray from him, filled it with a coke, fries and grilled cheese sandwich, and walked passed the register while he paid.

I should have used the time on the lunch line to fill him in on the plans I made with Jessica earlier, but I was having too much fun. We sat at the table with Jess, Mike, Angela, Eric, Dawn (a new girl) and her twin sister Carol. I was busy salting my ketchup and picking out the good fries, and Edward looked deep in thought starring aside, when his face turned toward me eyebrows raised, looking like he expected me to explain something about a question he hadn't asked me yet. I could only guess he was eavesdropping on Jessica.

We only had two weeks of classes left before graduation, and finals were behind us. Attendance was laxed around the school and most of the seniors took to cutting out early a couple of days a week. I was normally too chicken for this, but looking at Edward sitting across from me, I was starting to feel a little frisky, and the earlier discussion about the bases had me wondering if I could get Edward to go to second base (although in the back of my mind, I am not too sure what exactly second base was, I am sure, however, that it is something I wanted to do with Edward).

I leaned across the table, asking him with my eyes to lean in so I could whisper. He obliged. "I think I would like to ditch school the rest of day" His eyes looked into me, "And what would you like to do for the rest of the day?"

I am not sure where my sudden surge of forwardness came from, but without hesitating or blinking I responded "Lie in bed naked with you." I almost didn't get the whole sentence out, without laughing at myself, and it took every ounce of self control, I had to not so much as smirk when I said that, but somehow I was triumphant and it had the desired effect I needed.

He reached his hand across the table to take mine, we stood together and without so much as saying "goodbye" to our lunch buddies we were walking out of the cafeteria.

It was very hard not to start making out immediately when we got into my truck, and the quietness as we drove was driving me insane.