A/N: After much deliberation and excitement from readers, I have decided to continue this story. I'll be honest and say that I do not really have a plan for a full out plot. I think it will all be interconnected but mostly just random stuff when the characters interact. I'll stick with Bella's point of view. There will be Edward/Bella moments as well as group outings with everyone. I know for a fact that Jacob will make an appearance. As will Emily. I'm just going to see where it goes. I don't like to fully map out stories. Spontaneous writing is much more fun! Lol

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Shopping and IHOP

BPOV

I awoke to the bright sun streaming through my bedroom window. The glorious rays seemed to reflect my elated mood. I was being held in the arms of the most wonderfully gorgeous man I've ever laid eyes on. Edward's arms were wrapped around my torso as I felt his soft, even breaths that indicated his peaceful sleep.

I sighed contentedly. I definitely could get used to this.

As I fell deeper in thought, I began to worry. How would this continue? Could something come of last night? I mean, we hadn't done anything. We just kissed chastely. I had been exhausted and fell asleep shortly afterward. Apparently Edward had decided to move us at some point. So surely, he would be up for trying. Granted we had both been through a lot and would not by any means be moving quickly.

Time passed as I sat in deep thought and before I knew it, it was eleven in the morning. Edward began to stir. I slowly turned myself around in his arms to where I was facing him. I placed a light kiss on his forehead, trying to wake him up as nicely as I could. I heard him sigh slightly, a small grin spreading across his face. Within a few seconds his eyes flickered open, allowing me to peer into their crystal depths.

"Good morning to you, too, love." My heart skipped a beat. Had he really just called me love? Was I really so luck as to have an amazing man by my side? He chuckled slightly at my lack of response.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked.

"Yes, I did. And I see you did as well." I gave his cheeks a pointed look. He had a bit of drool on them as well as imprints from the sheets. (A/N: Don't pretend that it's never happened to you! I know it has!)

"Same goes for you, missy," he retorted weakly. I laughed at his fail of a joke. "Don't mock me, Swan!"

I began to giggle uncontrollably. "And why, may I ask, not?"

"Because I'll tickle you," he responded as if it was obvious. My eyes widened and I tried to squirm away.

"No," I whispered. "No!" I said getting louder. "NOOOO!" I squealed and writhed against his lithe fingers as they danced across my body. I was having a hard time breathing by the time he stopped.

I glared at him playfully. "That was far from necessary, Cullen." I mocked him again, patronizingly.

"Well, do you have any better ideas?" he asked.

"Not really…" I trailed off.

"Well, let's start with some breakfast," he proposed.

"Sure, except, I'm not sure we could call it breakfast. It's almost noon."

Edward jumped slightly. "Oops," he said. "I hadn't realized we slept so late. But chocolate chip pancakes from IHOP still sound just about amazing right now."

"Mm," I responded. "Yes, they do."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Get ready."

I rolled out of bed (quite literally) and made my way to my closet and dresser to grab the clothes I would need for the day. I turned to face him before exiting the room. "What about you?" I inquired.

"No worries," he replied. "I had just gotten into town last night and had not dropped off my things at Emmett's. All of my close and toiletries are in my trunk."

I nodded and trotted off to take a shower. I couldn't seem to take my mind off the fact that Edward was potentially naked in my bedroom. His personality was so attracting, but his body certainly had nothing wrong with it. I smiled goofily as I dressed in a short black skirt with matching leggings and colorful tee and did my hair. I didn't spend much time. I ran mousse through the strands to curl them and let them dry for the day. I applied minimal make-up; just enough to cover the few blemishes present on my creamy skin.

I made my way back to my room to find the man of my dreams (quite literally, as of last night) sitting in my old rocking chair in the corner of the room.

I pounced on his lap and gave him a chaste peck on the cheek. Though before I could say a word, Edward turned his head for a full on kiss. And it was amazing. Full of passion and pure love. How could I get so lucky?

As we pulled apart mutually I sighed contentedly. "Thank you," I said softly.

Edward chuckled. "You're welcome. So…IHOP?" He was like a little kid.

Giggling, I responded affirmatively and we went off to the restaurant. We were seated rather quickly by a blonde haired bimbo of a hostess. The woman (if you could even call her that) was rather sluttish. She wore a pair of too tight black pants. I swear you could see her thong, they were so tight. Not to mention her low cut shirt that practically begged a man to take her. Sadly she didn't have much to fill it out. I stifled a giggle.

The most upsetting part was when she looked straight into Edward's eyes and gave him a devilish grin. "My name's Tabitha. Let me know if you need anything." She said with 'hidden' meaning.

I rolled my eyes and glared at her. She simply sniffed and walked away.

I scoffed and Edward turned to look at me, his eyebrows furrowed. "What's wrong Bella?"

"Oh, nothing. Just the ho-bag waitress that was practically undressing you with her eyes" I replied as nonchalantly as I could.

To my dismay, Edward chuckled. "I hate girls like that. She was-erm-something, wasn't she?"

"I guess you could say that."

"Uh-huh…" was all he responded with.

A waiter came up to the table then. Starting to talk to Edward, his eyes caught me mid-sentence and he stuttered. "My name is John and…I'll…b-be your server?" The sentence ended up as more of a question. I had to try my hardest to not laugh at him.

I saw out of the corner of my eye Edward glare viciously at the poor boy. He couldn't be more than nineteen. "Hi, John," I said trying to help him relax. Unfortunately, this did nothing for him. If anything it made it worse.

"We'll have two coffees with cream and sugar," Edward said rather shortly. The boy nodded swiftly, not wanting to upset him and walked away quickly.

"I hate boys like that," Edward said bitingly.

"Uh-huh," I responded. We both laughed at our ridiculousness.

"I must admit, Bella, I feel rather protective of you. I'm not sure why, but I feel like you should be mine and mine only."

I nodded. "No, I understand. I feel the same way. I was close to pulling that girl's hair in a full out cat fight if it would keep you from liking her." I grinned a Cheshire Cat smile.

Edward shook his head in disbelief.

Conversation continued in a relaxed state despite the constant appearance of John, our waiter. He was a nice kid though. I somewhat pitied him. He must encounter so many women every day. It would be hard to hold your tongue after awhile. But he held strong.

After we both finished our individual monstrous stacks of chocolate chip pancakes (with whip cream) we exited the restaurant.

"Where to next?" Edward asked.

I thought quickly and realized that even though the destination might be boring, I knew a place I needed to go. "Actually Rose, Ali, and I are low on groceries. Can we go shopping?" I hoped he didn't mind. But we were nearly completely out of food.

"Sure. Anything you wish, Ms. Swan." I laughed a bit at his delivery.

We made our way to the nearest Wal-mart. I luckily had stuck a list I had made in my purse. I had intended to go shopping the day before, but Alice and Rose had kidnapped me, so the list was still in there.

I made my way around the store expertly. I always did food shopping. My two best friends new the detailed maps of every clothing, shoe, and accessory store in a fifty mile radius, but they were completely lost in a grocery store. As a result of my expertise, I usually ended up making the food as well.

Edward followed close to me, either pushing the cart from directly behind me (I was between him and the cart) or walking to the side with his arm around my waist. We would steal chaste kisses every now and then but we kept it clean for the other shoppers' sakes.

"What's for dinner?" He asked curiously.

"Way to invite yourself," I said sarcastically. But I grinned to let him know I was okay with the idea. "I'm not sure," I continued. "We had originally planned to go out, but I want to make something."

"How about lasagna?" He suggested. I felt my stomach growl at his suggestion. It was one of my favorites.

"Sadly," I responded, "that is one feat I have not yet attempted."

"Well that's okay," he said reassuringly. "Because I make a mean lasagna."

So we walked through the store picking up the needed ingredients. He had the recipe memorized apparently. He also made it all from scratch minus the noodles. We got a box of the ones you can put straight in the oven without boiling. The sauce was all to be made from scratch. I couldn't wait.

After checking out (Edward had insisted on paying half of the bill because of the lasagna) we made our way home to start the cooking. It was around three thirty and according to Edward it took at least couple hours to make.

We chopped and cooked and mixed. I've never seen so many herbs and spices go into one dish before. It smelled spectacular from where it sat in a massive pot on the stove.

After he had constructed the wonderful concoction and put it in the oven, we began the garlic bread. Halfway through I decided to call Alice, Jazz, Rose, and Emmett. We certainly couldn't eat a salad, bread, and lasagna by ourselves. Well, at least not in one night. I giggled at the though of Emmett shoveling down three helpings worth of the meal.

"Hey Ali," I said when Alice had answered the phone.

"Oh my gosh! Bella! How are you! How was last night? And this morning and afternoon? Where have you been?!" She wasn't mad. On the contrary, she was overly hyper and excited. "Whoa there, Alice!" I exclaimed to calm her down. "Last night was nice and it really helped me open up to new possibilities. As a celebration, Edward and I made a huge dinner for tonight and we are inviting all four of you. We're at our apartment."

"That sounds splendid, Bells!" She exclaimed. "But you didn't answer all of my questions. What did you guys do today? I thought we would have heard more from you!"

"Well, we didn't wake up until around eleven. We went to lunch at IHOP around twelve and then went shopping for groceries. We've been cooking for a couple hours now."

"Aw, Bells! I'm so happy you've found someone to do so many boring things with!" She giggled.

"Thanks, Alice," I responded dryly. This just made her laugh harder.

"Anytime, Bella! Speaking of time, when do you want us over?"

"We're set to eat in about thirty minutes. So, now?"

"Sounds good! We'll be there shortly. We've been at the guys' apartment all day. We played Rock Band for like five hours!" She was so peppy. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, I'll see you all soon!"

"Bye, Bells!" I hung up the phone and went to help Edward who was setting the table.

"Are you excited?" he asked, noting the smile on my face.

"Yes," I replied simply. "They are all my best friends. I love sharing my life with them. I would have nothing without them."

"Well, you would have me," he said, walking over and draping his arms around my waist, pulling him closer to me. I kissed him sweetly and he returned the gesture with much more fervor. I couldn't help it. I started laughing.

He raised his eyebrows as he pulled away. "What now, Bells?"

I shook my head, trying to gasp in as much breath as I could. "I - gasp - don't - gasp - know - gasp!" Edward gave me a strange look and then helped me off of the floor. I had fallen from laughing so hard. (A/N: Okay, who has laughed for no reason before? Raise your hands! No lying!)

"You are so strange, my Bella. But that's why your so awesome."

It was such a simple remark but it really hit me deep. "Thanks, Edward."

A knock came on the door then. "Oh, no!" I said dramatically, earning a laugh from Edward.

I opened the door to find my four amazing friends standing there grinning like fools. Rolling my eyes, I let them in. Let the games begin.

A/N: So the next chapter, I think I'm going to have them eat and play some games. Like…Never Have I Ever, Truth or Dare…If you have anymore ideas for fun games like that, let me know!

I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself with the tickling episode. I love the idea so much. It's just too cute! Ha, ha! So clearly, Bella doesn't quite know how to handle the relationship. She believes that it is healthier to go slow, but it is more fun and comfortable to just have a full out relationship.

So let me know what you think!

Also, I'm going to start a question and answer session. I'll pick one or two questions from any reviews I get and put them in the author's note along with an answer. They can be about the story or about me. Anything is cool!

Author's notes won't be as long as these. Sorry. Also, in order to get chapters out faster, they will probably be around this length. (5 pages)

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