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EPOV Summer 2005-

She finally said yes and I was speechless, who wouldn't be? It was Bella.

And Bella was mine, awesome.

The random Thursday that she said yes was without a doubt the greatest day of my life. I wasn't even prepared for it, after asking her to be my girlfriend for like a year, I was used

to her saying no followed by an eye roll.

But on a random Thursday, I sat down, took my hat off, pulled her tiny hand into mine and asked her to make me the happiest guy in the world. Instead of her immediate no, she

was quiet, biting on her lip, the same lip biting that had been the cause a more than a few hard ons in school. I took a second to ward off another 'uncomfortable situation' and once I

had myself in check, I went to walk off but she didn't let go of my hand. She was smiling and shook her head, just a little but my insides were jumping, she was saying yes, I

thought.

She had turned me down so many times that I a bit skeptical and asked if she wanted, 'to be in a couple with me?' like a complete moron. This time she actually said the word, yes

and squeaked when I pulled her up and into a hug. I whispered that she would never regret it and walked her to social studies.

The next day, I took the long way to school, picked her up with a small bouquet of wild flowers in hand and threw her books in my bag. We were the talk of the school, she was Bella,

the nice girl, the straight A student and was dating me the bmx-ing, mouthy but somehow still a straight A student. She was embarrassed by all the attention so I silently stared down

anyone who looked at us wrong when she couldn't see, she wouldn't have liked that. And she definitely wouldn't have liked when I twisted Mike Newton's wrist behind his back,

shoved him into a locker and told him shut his fucking mouth and take Bella's name out of it. He was telling his boys that Bella was being charitable by dating a loser like me and he

was going to make a move on her. His tuned changed after I roughed him up a bit.

We were the typical couple, so the stares and whispers only lasted a week until some other trivial gossip came up. For the rest of the school year, I proudly walked around on a Bella

high and laughed off jokes about being whipped from my boys because it was true. Most guys would have stopped the flowers, the book carrying or any of the other things I did for

my girl but I wasn't any guy. I didn't wear down Bella for nothing and now I needed to make sure her 'yes' stayed that way. James and Riley would make kissy noises when Bella

would eat lunch with us and fake sob when she didn't. I wasn't that bad, well I hoped not.

My parents were ecstatic that Bella and I were finally an item as my mother called it; she claimed that we were fated for one another, always had been. I didn't usually believe in her

new age bullshit but hell yes, Bella and I were definitely fated for each other.

Our summer was spent at the park, Bella would write or hang out with Vicki while I did my thing and we ate over at each other's house practically every night. My favorite days were

when the sun was really shining and Bella's ridiculously tiny shorts made an appearance. She always looked good but the shorts were really tiny.

When we were a week away from our annual vacation to Disneyworld to visit my retired grandparents my mom called Bella's mother and asked if Bella could come with us. Renee

agreed, she trusted my mother and knew that no funny business would go down, not that we wouldn't try. I couldn't wait to see Bella in a bathing suit, it had been years and Florida

was hot. Disney was the same as it was every year but being there with Bella, it was funner. Both Bella and I blushed when my grandma gushed over how beautiful 'my Bella' was, I

couldn't have agreed more. Her bikini made a few appearances then starred in my dreams and were my private time material. We took a million pictures together because Bella said

we needed to, I usually made a goofy face to fuck with her. It was the best vacation ever.

A month later, Charlie returned the vacation invitation. There wasn't a chance I would turn that down. But this wasn't Florida, this was camping. I was dragged off for a few full days

of fishing, seriously cutting into my time with Bella but I endured and was rewarded with an entire night alone with my girl. Charlie and Renee decided to go off the campground for

dinner leaving Bella and I to attend the ho-down just for teens at the lake. It was lame but Bella looked hot in a too short jean skirt and one of my flannels knotted under her bikini

top, showing off her perfect stomach. It took little convincing to get Bella to sneak back to our site; we made a small fire and ate smores.

It was only nine o'clock when Bella started yawning and wanted to go to bed but I wasn't finished poking at the fire and told her I would be in when I was ready. I didn't think

anything of Bella taking the long stick out of my hand and kissing me hard or when she sat in my lap to deepen the kiss. It wasn't until she whispered for me to take her into the tent

and me telling her again that I wasn't tired, that she spelled it out for me.

"Edward, we are alone so take me in the tent," she said against my neck, wiggling in my lap. I finally got it and jumped up like a fool, almost sending Bella to the ground, luckily for

me she laughed it off and walked me to the tent.

My shy, sweet girlfriend was totally in control, crawling up the air mattress and straddling my thighs. When I was too nervous to move my hands under her shirt and unhook her bra,

she did it for me. She lifted her shirt over her head and snapped me out of my boob daze; she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. We kissed and touched and she rubbed

me over my shorts but neither of us were ready for anything more. Groping was just enough for right now.

"You're my life now," I whispered trying to convey how much I loved her and always had; Bella had stolen my heart before I even knew it. Bella's loud laughter broke me out of my

thoughts, "What?" I asked.

"They were just boobs, Edward." Bella said still laughing, making me laugh right along with her. My declaration did sound a little heavy for two almost freshman in high school but it

didn't mean it wasn't true.


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