Chapter 2
When I woke up I didn't want to open my eyes. The blankets were coiled tightly around my body and I pulled my pillow against me. I felt so peaceful and I didn't want it to end, I squeezed my pillow tighter but it was unusually hard.
I snapped my eyes open and was looking directly at Edward's neck. My arms were draped around his neck while his were wrapped around my waist. I couldn't believe I actually asked him to sleep in the same bed as me; it wasn't like me at all.
Edward stirred in his sleep, tightening his grip on me unconsciously. I smiled pleased to be this close to him, He smelled so nice, no cologne could ever compare to his fragrance. I was so relaxed in his arms I didn't want to move, it felt right to be here, and I even felt protected,
I glanced over Edward's shoulder to check the time, it was almost nine. I quietly groaned, I had slept in way later than I wanted to. I closed my eyes and rested my head on the pillow, but Edward tightened his grip on me again making my head rest on his chest instead. I sighed, closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep again, but the damn phone started to right.
I carefully slipped out of Edward's arms so I wouldn't wake him. I grabbed the phone and walked swiftly out of the room.
"Hello?" I asked quietly.
"Hey Bella!" Alice's chirpy voice came over the phone.
"Hey Ali, what can I do for you this fine morning that you woke me up on?" I asked a little annoyed.
"What? I can't call my best friend and just talk with her anymore?" I laughed.
"You can, but I know you to well. You are calling me after the night something big happened that you can get gossip on." There was a pause on the other end of the line.
"Ok so that is true," she admitted, "so what happened last night after you two left?"
"Well…" I really didn't want to get into this now.
"Isabella Marie Swan spill right now!"
"He stayed the night," I blurted out. There was no squeal of delight or a flood of questions. "Alice?"
"I'm here; I am just trying to figure out how that happened."
"I'll explain later, I have to get ready right now."
"Okay, hey are you going to my parent's house tonight?"
"Probably, I haven't seen them in a long time and I miss them."
"Good you can spill there, well bye!" and with that she hung up.
"Evil little pixie," I grumbled. I look at the clock and decided to actually start getting ready. I wanted to have breakfast ready for Edward when he woke up so I started making my special chocolate chip pancakes.
The process of making them was a mess like always but they were always delicious. I set the table for two and put the big mound of pancakes in the middle with syrup and butter. After that I put the dishes next to the sink so I could wash them after. I grabbed the milk out of the fridge and set it on the table. Now that I had everything ready all I had to do was wake up Edward.
I walked to my room and peeked in, Edward was still asleep. I walked up next to him and saw how beautiful he was. His face looked so peaceful and perfect that it took everything in my power no to stroke it. I sat on the edge of the bed next to him so he was facing me and put my hand on his shoulder.
"Edward," I shook him genteelly, "Edward it's time to get up." He groaned like a little kid and tried to pull the blankets up over his face and I couldn't help but giggle.
"Come on Edward, get up"
"Five more minutes," he moaned and rolled over to the other side of the bed. He was so cute when he was like this. I crawled onto the bed and sat next to him. I leaned over and whispered into his ear.
"If you don't get up I'll tickle you," I threatened playfully. Hi eyes snapped open and looked at me.
"You wouldn't dare,"
"Oh really," I challenged raising an eyebrow. He took a minute to think about that.
"Okay maybe you would," he laughed and I smiled.
"Come on," I rolled my eyes and hopped off the bed, "I made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast." His eyes lit up.
"It's been forever since I've had those," his eyes hazed over as he started to daydream.
"Well then stop daydreaming and get your butt out of bed and come eat, or you don't get any." He gasped. He jumped out of the bed and started to run to the kitchen, but not before he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.
"Edward!" I laughed, "Put me down!" but he ignored my protests as we walked into the kitchen. I was still laughing as he sat me down in a chair. He ruffled my hair a bit, making it even more messed up.
"You're lucky that Alice didn't do my hair yet, she would murder you. It wouldn't matter if you're her brother." I told him as he sat in the chair across from me, he laughed.
"Does Alice do your hair every morning?" he asked stabbing some pancakes out of the pile with his fork and put them on his plate.
"Almost, I regret the day I gave her a copy of the key to the apartment." I shook my head; I stabbed two pancakes out of the pile for myself and cut them up. I was about to put one in my mouth when I heard Edward scoff.
"What no syrup?" he asked in disbelief.
"I don't mind syrup on regular pancakes but I can't stand it on chocolate chip ones because it dilutes the chocolate flavor." (A/N: that's what I do I can't stand syrup on chocolate chip pancakes! Yuck!) I explained, he shrugged and ate a piece.
"These have got to be the best pancakes I've ever had," he moaned, "don't tell Esme I said that, she would kill me." I giggled and nodded. We talked while we ate, got to know each other more. I was beginning to really like Edward, he was smart, kind, caring, fun, and as a bonus smoking hot to!
Even after we finished eating we kept talking, it was so easy to do it to. It felt natural and comfortable, like breathing. I looked at the clock, it was ten-thirty.
"Whoa I didn't realize it was this late already." I said bewildered by the time. I got up and put my things in the dishwasher, I loaded all the things by the sink to. Edward put his things in the dishwasher to and help me put everything away.
"Hey I'm going to take a shower quick then you can after." I said when everything was put away.
"Alright," he smiled and walked back to the guest room.
After I was done in the shower and dried off I put my clothes on and brushed my teeth. I threw my towel and pajamas in the hamper and went to find Edward. I walked into the guest room and found Edward napping on the bed. I smiled as I leaned on the doorframe, admiring the god lying on the bed. I wanted to just let him sleep so I could look at but that wouldn't be stalkerish at all. I walked to the bed and sat on the edge.
"Edward," I shook his shoulder gently and slowly he opened his eyes, "the shower's open." He nodded and sat up.
"Thanks again for letting me stay here Bella, it was very kind of you." He grinned that crooked smile and I felt my hear skip a beat.
"Really I don't mind, you can stay over whenever you need a place to stay," I was so happy that I wasn't shy around Edward like I normally would be around other guys.
He nodded and went to the bathroom for his shower. I stood up and walked to the living room and lay down on the couch and turned on the TV. I put the sound on mute and stared at the ceiling, listening to the sound of running water. It relaxed me and I let my eyelids droop over my eyes, I was at perfect ease, I must have dosed off because I woke up with a blanket over me and Edward sitting at the end of the couch reading a book.
I sat up and looked around; I hadn't realized that I was so tired. I looked at the clock it was eleven-thirty.
"Wow time flies when you're asleep huh," I said in a joking tone.
"Welcome back to the world of the living sleeping beauty," Edward chuckled, "sorry I didn't wake you up, you looked so tired so I thought I would just let you rest." Aw, he was so caring.
"Thanks Edward, I feel completely refreshed." I said while stretching, "So do you want to stay for lunch?"
"Sure, then we can go to Alice's and see if your truck will work again." He suggested, in truth I had already forgotten my truck.
"Sounds good, so what do you want for lunch?" I didn't care what I had today.
"Well, why don't we go out for lunch? My treat," he offered. I thought about it.
"Sure, I haven't been out to eat in a while." Mostly because I couldn't afford it but hey what am I gona do about that. My answer seamed to please him because he smiled crookedly again.
"Then I'll just grab my keys and we can go," he closed his book and walked to his room. I stood up and stretched a little bit, when I noticed he left his book. Curiosity got the better of me and I picked it up. I was shocked, I didn't think that Edward would be a guy for the classics. I set down Wuthering Heights and went to my room to grab my purse and jacket.
When I got back to the living room Edward was waiting for me.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Yup, let's go," we walked down to his car and got in. "So, where are we going?"
"I think that I'm going to keep it a secret," he smiled.
"Not fair," I pouted, he looked at me and I gave him my best puppy face. I was really good at it to, I could see it working. His face said it all; nobody could can withstand the puppy dog look.
"Alright I'll tell you something about it, but not what it's called how about that?" he compromised.
"Ok so what are you going to tell me?" I asked eagerly, I hated surprises so I was really hoping for a good clue.
"It's my favorite restaurant," he smirked at me.
"That doesn't count as a clue!" I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest with and scowled at him.
"You're kinda cute when you're mad," he chuckled and I blushed, "the blush looks lovely on you to." He mumbled and I blushed crimson, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to hear that or not.
We drove into the parking lot of a fancy looking Italian restaurant. I recognized it immediately.
"La Bella Italia?" I grinned, "This is my all time favorite restaurant to!"
"It is?"
"Yeah, I always used to come here with Alice when we were teenagers." I explained still smiling.
"Used to, don't you ever come here anymore?" he questioned, I sighed.
"I want to but I can never afford to come," I explained sadly. Edward got out and came around to open my door for me, I giggled.
"Thank you, it's nice to know that chivalry isn't completely dead." I said as I got out of the car.
"Well my mother always taught me to always be a gentleman whenever I could." He explained as we walked in. As soon as we were through the door we were greeted by a girl with fake bleach blonde hair and an annoying nasally voice.
"Welcome to La Bella Italia," she batted her eyes at Edward. Was she blind? I was standing right next to Edward and could easily be mistaken for his girlfriend, couldn't I?
"Table for two please," Edward asked politely. The hostess's eyes flickered to me and her face said it all. It basically said, 'how can a girl like her be with a guy like him?' she kept glaring at me as if I stole her boyfriend or something.
"Miss," Edward asked. She snapped out of it immediately and tried to flirt with Edward again.
"Right this way sir," she purred; trying to be sexy, it didn't work. I couldn't help but smirk at her failing attempts all during lunch. Edward didn't even look at her; he only looked at me the entire time.
When we got the bill Edward refused to let me even see it so he could pay for it. There was a card that the waitress gave to Edward when she thought I wasn't looking, saying that it was the number of the restaurant. I couldn't help but notice Edward trying to keep a straight face as we walked out into the parking lot. As soon as we got to the car he started laughing, earning a questioning look from me.
"Look," was all he said as he handed me the card. I was laughing by the end of it to, it said:
Hey hottie, listen dump your
Girlfriend and give me a call. I can promise
You that it will be worth your time.
3 Tanya
776-3495 (please please don't call this number!!! It's not real!!)
"How desperate can you get?" Edward chuckled as we drove out of the parking lot.
"I know right?" I looked at the clock and saw that it was 2:45. "I think I'll call Alice and tell her we are on our way."
"That's probably a good idea," I dialed Alice's cell phone.
"Hey Bella," she picked up after the first ring.
"Were you waiting next to the phone again?" I laughed.
"Maybe," she replied after a minute.
"Wow Alice, anyway me and Edward are coming over to pick up my truck."
"Alright see you in a bit then," she said in a chirpy voice.
"Ok Alice bye," I hung up, "I think Jasper might have made Alice regular coffee this morning instead of decaffeinated."
"What makes you say that?"
"She sounded more hype than normal today," I explained.
"I think that's bad," well thank you Captain Obvious.
"You think it's bad? It is bad, like hide in a locked closet bad," I shuddered at the memory.
"Do you have experience in this?" Edward asked as we pulled into Alice's driveway.
"Yes, I'll tell you the story sometime when we aren't by Alice," I pointed to the pixie walking towards us.
"I'll hold you to that," he grinned again, I giggled.
"The day I hear Miss Isabella Marie Swan giggling, well I don't know because you never giggle." Alice exclaimed leaning in the open window of the car.
"Nice to see you to Ali," I rolled my eyes.
"I'm serious, when did you start giggling?"
"Alice leave her alone," Edward stood up for me.
"Fine, anyway Bella, Jasper tried to get your truck going again this morning and it wouldn't start so I think that you should have Rose look at it." I sighed; I hated it when my truck did this.
"I'll talk to her tonight at your parent's house," I told her, she nodded.
"Wait, you're going to our parent's house tonight?" Edward asked, I could hear some enthusiasm behind those works even though he tried not to sound excited.
"Yeah, I haven't seen them in a while and I miss them." I smiled at the thought of seeing Carlisle and Esme again. They were practically my parents I was so close to them.
"Awesome, well I guess you would need a ride there since your truck is obvious no good right now. Do you want me to pick you up?" he asked.
"Sure," I nodded.
"Well I'm obviously forgotten now," Alice spoke up. I had actually forgotten her completely.
"Sorry Alice," me and Edward said at the same time.
"That's ok, anyway I better go pick up Mary and Jimmy from their friends house, they had a play-date this morning." She rolled her eyes.
"Sounds like fun," I remembered having 'play-dates' when I was younger.
"Yeah I'm sure," Alice said, "anyway I better go and pick them up now or I'm going to be late."
"Alright we'll go, by Ali,"
"See you tonight," she waved goodbye to us as Edward pulled out of her driveway and back to my apartment.
"So want to just hang out today then go to your parent's house?" I asked as he put the car in park.
"I'm not really doing anything else today so sure," he smiled.
"Awesome," I couldn't help but notice the excited feeling in my stomach at the thought of spending the entire day with Edward.
