Disclaimer: I'm not Stephanie Meyer; I don't own these characters or Twilight.
B POV
I'm late, I'm late, and I'm late. Oh good grief Alice this is your entire fault. I'm suppose to be meeting the guy about my apartment but you thought it would be a good idea to be "fashionably late". Again. I swear her idea of fashionably late is it's ok if you're late as long as you look fashionable. All of a sudden my phone rang.
Ugg. "Yes Alice?" I asked with a slight twinge of annoyance.
"Are you there yet? What's it look like? Can I have a key?" she rambled out almost to fast for me to comprehend.
"Alice I already told you what it looks like you even saw it online. No you cannot have a key, you would sneak in at night and try to replace all my clothes. Don't forget you tried that once when I still lived in Forks." I reminded her smugly
"But Bella", she whined, "all your clothes are so plain. You need a little UMPH in your wardrobe."
"I let you put a little UMPH in my wardrobe once when we went to the club and I ended up wearing a hooker dress with the death traps you like to call high heeled boots." Oh shit! Now I was really running late. "Alice I got to go, we can finish this later, or not that's fine with me too."
I was just a few blocks away from the building when I tripped and stumbled and bumped my knee through my low-rise jeans Alice had forced me into. I blushed as I realized how many people just saw that. Damn my clumsiness, I also had a tendency to blush very easily. It was almost like my blood was scheduled to rush to my face every 5 minutes. I got it from my father. I had been too preoccupied cursing my family traits that I almost didn't notice my building. I hurried inside as fast as possible without tripping and into the main office area. Once I got there I turned to the receptionist.
"Hi, I'm Bella Swan, I'm here to see Robby McDaniels about apartment 756 on the top floor." I inquired as politely as I could still kind of annoyed by my previous phone call and near introduction with the ground. Right as I said that I felt I startling tap on my shoulder that caused me too jump, and inevitably fall as I whipped around. I waited for the sudden impact that never came. I felt too strong arms encircle my waist. As I opened my eyes to see what had happened I was met with the two most beautiful piercing green eyes I ever saw.
"Are you alright?" the owner of the eyes asked with concern evident in his voice.
I was at a loss for words. His voice was so velvety almost like silk. Standing there with his arms around me keeping me from falling was not only the owner if the most beautiful eyes but the most beautiful man I had ever seen. He had the cutest messy bronze hair with perfect pale skin and perfectly chiseled features, I had to resist the urge to reach out and touch his face. You could see his perfectly sculpted muscles from the tight fit shirt he wore. I was hyper aware of our close proximity, and that smell. I knew it couldn't be cologne but still it smelled so good. I hadn't even realized that I hadn't said anything until the receptionist cleared her throat snapping me back to reality, and I felt the burning in my cheeks signaling my embarrassment.
" I..I..I'm fine. I just lost my b..b..balance for moment." I stuttered finally finding a few words to mutter.
"I'm Edward. Edward Cullen." He stated while helping me right myself steadily on my own two feet again.
"I'm Isabella Swan, but please call me Bella."
"Bella it is then. I was just wondering about that apartment you mention a moment ago. What number was it?"
I couldn't figure out why he needed to know anything about my apartment. I answered his question nonetheless. "Apartment 756 on the top floor." I replied cautiously. He sighed and shook his head. I was so confused by this.
"I was afraid of that. It seems Miss Swan that we were promised the same apartment."
I was sure this was not possible. I turned around to talk to the receptionist once more. "Could you please get Robby for us." I asked now concerned that I would indeed have to share that dreadfully tiny apartment with my brother Emmett for even longer. I turned back to face Edward.
"Oh and remember it's Bella." I corrected him on his previous statement.
As I finished saying this Edward looked like he was about to say something else when Robby walked in from his office. "AHH! Bella!! Edward!" He said very cheerfully. "I thought I had you two down for different times." I was about to say something when I heard Edward's silky voice,
"Hey Robby," he greeted, "Not only did you have us down for the same time, but we recently figured out that you had us down for the same apartment."
Robby's face was a mix of shock and disbelief. "That's impossible." He then turned to the receptionist, " Rosalie…could you bring get me Mr. Cullen's and Miss Swan's lease agreements please." It was just then that I actually noticed what his receptionist, Rosalie, looked like. She was pretty and curvy. The complete opposite of me, the plain jane. She had long silky blonde hair that she threw over her shoulder as she began to type. She reminded me of a girl I remember Emmett trying to tell me about. I wasn't really listening to him because I was off in my own little world reading Wuthering Heights as he spoke. Ugg. I really needed to get out of his apartment and find my own. Which I thought I had until I few short moments ago.
"Oh dear," Robby's voice interrupted my thoughts. "It seems you two did lease the same apartment. How did this happen?" he whispered the last part mostly to himself. " Well Edward here has never actually seen the apartment. He was always running to late to see it, but I suppose we could go up and check it out now. If that's all right with you Bella then we can figure out what to do up there. Once Bella has seen it again and Edward sees it through and through."
"Sounds good to me." Edward interjected.
"Let's go." I replied.
The whole way up to the apartment I was very aware of just how close Edward was to me. Maybe he was worried I'd fall again. Every time I dared to even peak up at him he had a look like he was trying to figure something hard out in his head. I peaked up at him once more only to find him staring at me. I turned my head back down as quickly as possible and slid my hair down so it would hopefully cover the blush that was quickly spreading over my cheeks. As the elevator dinged signaling we had arrived to our floor I could still feel his eyes watching my every move.
Robby exited first. That's when Edward extended an arm signaling for me to exit.
"Lady's first." He said softly.
For some reason this just made me blush even redder. I had only just met him and I knew that he was a gentlemen. We walked down to the apartment and Robby opened up the door for us to enter. As we walked in the door the apartment opened up into a big living room with a balcony and a beautiful view of the city. On the other side of the room was a very well equipped kitchen containing state of the art appliances such as a steel refrigerator, a flat top stove and a very expensive looking matching steel microwave.
When you followed the hallway on one side you found a medium sized bathroom complete with a cozy looking shower and bathtub, oh and of course a toilet and fancy looking sink. If you went to the other side of the hallway you found a fairly large room with a mildly big closet but not walk in and a comfy looking window seat sharing the same view of the city as the living room. Perfect for reading.
The final room at the end of the hall was the mother of all rooms, as Alice would say. It has a full bath with a Jacuzzi tub and a separate shower. A big walk in closet and about 3 steps in the middle of the room leading to a platform where your bed would go. It also had a very nice view of a forest and also had a cozy looking window seat. I don't know what made me think I needed all this space it was just such a nice apartment. If Edward really needed it I would suffer a few more horrible weeks with Emmett.
"You really like it don't you?" Edward asked bringing me out of my previous state of awe at the sheer size of the apartment.
I tried to down play how much I liked just in case he would offer it to me, knowing he probably needed it more anyway. "It's ok I guess." He just chuckled and shook his head. We were facing each other looking around the living room. When I finally looked at him he was staring again. Just like before I could feel my cheeks getting hot under his gaze. Only this time I could not look away. I felt like looking into his eyes forever. They were holding my eyes locked in place. Melting away every care in the world. Once again, though, his expression became calculating. He surprised me when he finally spoke unexpectedly.
"How much do you want this apartment?" What was he getting at?
"I don't know it's ok." He kind of shook his head as if acknowledging that, that was a lie. So he asked again.
"Bella…how much do you really, really want this apartment?" This time I decided on the truth.
"Ok I want it. I want to marry it. It's just so beautiful. I don't know what to do." He seemed pleased with this answer.
"What would you do for this apartment?" Once again I found myself stunned by his question.
"Anything." I heard myself blurt out unthinkingly. He was quiet for a moment, still thinking.
" I think we should share the apartment." I just stared at him questioning is sanity. Of course the thought of moving in with Edward made my insides do summer salts but we just met. He understood the look and proceeded to explain his reasoning. "I'm still in med school so I was going to start looking for a roommate soon anyway to help pay rent and stuff and I know you really want this apartment so this way we both win."
I let my expression soften up into a calculating one while I digested this. It made sense I mean I was technically going to start looking for a roommate my self soon anyway. This way I get a roommate and I get to see Edward everyday and get to know him. As I was thinking he decided to try to persuade me more by taking both my hands in his and bringing his face down to my level to make puppy dog eyes while pouting. I felt an immediate surge of electricity go through my arms as he grabbed my hands and I wondered if he'd felt it too.
I gave a small sigh. "Ok Edward." He immediately perked up giving me a kiss on the tops of both my hands, which made me blush. I loved the way his perfectly smooth lips felt against my skin. He let go of my hands and I immediately missed his touch. Wanting to feels his hands on mine once more. Edward let out a long breath.
" A beautiful apartment with a beautiful lady. What could be better?" he asked Robby who had been silent through our little debate.
"Don't know man, don't know." Robby replied shaking his head. "But what I do know is that now all I have to do is merge your two lease agreements have you sign a couple things, give you two the keys. Then you should be able to move in as early as tomorrow."
When Robby was done talking I was just recovering from the previous blush from when Edward called me beautiful, when I started to turn around. I tripped on something, air probably, and was headed face first into the ground. Once again I expected to fall but didn't. Instead I felt Edward's arms wrap around me and stop my fall. I was probably as bright as a tomato.
I heard Edward chuckle. "I guess I will have to stick around for a while or you might get hurt." The thought of 'a while' with Edward made me giddy. "It looks like saving you is going to be a full time job."
A/N: tell me what you think honestly. this is my first fanfic so be nice but honest reviews are always wanted. even if they are bad.
