I awoke to birds singing. It was the beginning of fall but I couldn't care less. If I would be colder than ever, I wouldn't care. All of my thoughts were focused on Edward. I grabbed my navy blue jacket and headed down stairs. I sighed. My new home was beautiful and comforting.
"Good morning Bella," I heard Alice chirp from upstairs. She was in silky pajamas and bunny slippers. "Would you go get the news paper for me? I'm nothing without it."
"Sure," I smiled as I opened the door. Just then, a car drove by and I hurried inside. I didn't want to be seen in my flannel pants and camisole covered with only a jacket. Alice was already in the kitchen taking out a pan and some eggs. I decided I should help, so I started to grate some marble cheese.
"How do you like your eggs?"
"Oh, it doesn't matter to me," She cracked the first egg but the yolk popped when it hit the pan.
"Scrambled then," she muttered to herself. Opening her door, Rosalie yawned and stretched her arms out. She made her way to the stairs and sat on a bar stool.
"I need my coffee," She rumbled looking around our kitchen to try and spot a coffee machine.
"Sorry Rose, we don't have one. Why don't you ask Emmett to buy you a Starbucks. I'm sure he'd do anything to see you again," Alice teased her.
"I just might. Then you could ask Jasper to bring you some Dutch chocolate," She spat back. I smiled in amusement; wrong choice.
"Then Bella can ask Edward to bring her flowers," She whispered to Alice knowing I would hear.
Oh so slyly, Alice snuck both Rosalie's and my cell phones.
Could you bring me a Starbucks coffee?
-Rosie
Could you bring me some flowers?
-Bella
We both saw her but she didn't know it. Right when Rosalie almost had her phone, she snatched it, "No! He really will bring me Dutch chocolate and I don't want him to think I'm pushy."
"Well Emmett will think I am pushy too," Rose looked over at me for some support.
"Edward will really buy me flowers. Alice be fair," Alice looked at me, then Rose. Her eyebrows were pushed up at Alice.
"Hand it over, honey," Rose said while smirking.
'Was she really worth it? Was she everything, that you were looking for. (Feel like a man) I hope you know that you can't come back. Cause all we had, is broken like shattered glass. You're gonna see me in your dreams tonight, My face is gonna haunt you all the time'
Rosalie let her phone ring; it was her ex. Apparently the one that broke her heart because of the ring tone she had. Instead she grabbed Alice's phone and sent the message. The rest of our breakfast was peaceful and we got everything washed before:
'Would Ya spare a minute? Give me a single chance to look in your eyes let-'
I cut of my message ring tone. It was from Edward.
Go outside.
Edward
"What? Bella? Breath!" Alice knew who it was from and made me more embarrassed. I stood up, walked to the door, took a deep breath, and reached for the handle.
"Bella?" Rose and Alice were now standing behind me. I opened the door.
Flowers in a vase, steaming Starbucks coffee, and Dutch chocolate were sitting on our front porch along with a card addressed to all of us.
Thank you girls for letting us know what you like.
-Edward, Emmett, and Jasper
"Awww," Alice screeched. "How sweet." She was starting to tear up.
"Oh Alice, it's not that big of a-" Rose's eyes wandered down to her coffee. "He got coffee!" Alice walked up to her room with her chocolate, Rosalie with her coffee, and I sat the flowers down on the counter. I dialed his number and it rang twice.
"Hello beautiful Bella. How are you this morning?"
"I'm fine but…how do you know where I live?"
"Do you remember getting the newspaper?" I could tell that he was smirking. "That car was yours? You saw me? You knew that was me?"
"How could I not? You were the most beautiful thing in that whole neighborhood." I couldn't stop my smile.
"Are you free today?" He asked with hope.
"Um, Ya," I stuttered.
"How about lunch? Would 11:30 be ok?"
"Ya."! I tried to be as normal as possible but in my head I was screaming.
"ok. I'll pick you up then," his voice was flawless.
"Bye" was all I could say before I hung up. I ran up the stairs to tell Alice what my plans were. One loud scream from Rose and Alice later, we discovered that we all had plans with the guys. It was our first date with them. We were all very thrilled. I had been on plenty of first dates, but when I got there I usually didn't want there to be a second date. I had never been in love before I didn't know I would be, but that meant I was a virgin.
"What?" I asked Alice. She scurried to her room.
"What what?" She was staring at me before. She sighed.
"I just don't know what to do about Jasper and you handled Edward so well. It's different with him, he's shy, sensitive, emotional-" She trailed off on her own thought. I patted her on the shoulder, "You'll be fine," I promised her.
It was now 11:00 and I was dressed in my best casual date clothes; dark blue jeans, a long-sleeved gray flannel shirt, a royal blue jacket, and black converse. Alice was wearing a cherry top with a bright red long-sleeved shawl, shorts, and red high heels. Rosalie, however, was wearing a tight denim mini skirt, a low-cut lacy pink top, and some black Coach high heels with a Coach bag. My hair was down and normal, Alice made the bottom of her hair flip out, and Rose had big, loose curls in her hair. We were ready.
"Hey Alice, do you have any hoops?" Rose asked.
Alice rolled her eyes, "No, but you do." Alice nodded her head upstairs toward Rosalie's room.
"Fine, But if I damage mine it will be your fault," she muttered.
"Alright," Alice said unsure while raising her eyebrow.
'I want you to want me-' I opened my phone to find a new text from Edward. Rose was giggling a little to hard for my taste.
"What? It's not like your not thinking that about Emmett," I said then smiled to let
her know I was joking and she smiled in response.
Are you, Alice, and Rose ready?
Emmett wants to leave a bit early
Edward
I smiled and answered.
We're ready
-Bella
"Oh oh oh! Bella, I have a necklace and I want you to wear it," She ran up to her room and then came back down. She held out her hand. I did the same.
Dropping it into my hand she said, "It's a live laugh love necklace." Sure enough, in a circle no bigger than a quarter, live laugh love were repeating in a loop and a heart separated each word.
"Thanks Rose," I didn't know what was urging her to do this.
"Alice hurry up, Jasper is on his way," Rose shouted up the stairs.
"I'm coming!" We heard her song-like voice exclaim.
A jeep pulled up. Rosalie screamed, "It's him! Ohmigosh! Emmett is here. Do I look ok?" She asked me suddenly freaking out.
"You look fine. Go!" I said shooing her out the door. She took a deep breath, heard a knock on the door, and took another deep breath before opening the door.
Emmett was standing on doorstep wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and a jacket that hugged his huge muscles gazing into Rose's eyes, "Hey Rose," He just stood there and took in every inch of her.
"Hi," She stood on her tip toes, put her hand on his left cheek, and kissed his right one. She stepped out and closed the door behind her.
"Do you think he'll break her heart?" Alice asked me.
"I don't know. I hope not," I looked out the window, "Alice? Jasper's walking up to the door."
She took a deep breath and opened the door.
"Hi Jasper," She smiled and put her hand in his.
"I was hoping it would be ok if we took a walk," He smiled with all his heart; she did the same. Smiling, she closed the door and walked off.
As soon as they were out of sight, I saw a Volvo pull into the driveway. I was more calm than Rose and Alice were and didn't need that deep breath. I stood up and peeked through the window. When I saw him walking to the doorstep, all the breath in my body vanished. The doorbell woke me from my unconsciousness. My hand touched the cold doorknob and I turned it.
"Hi Edward," I said I couldn't believe how happy I was to see him.
"Hello beautiful Bella. Are you all ready?" He asked.
"Ya. So where are we going?"
He flashed me a crooked smile that made me melt away. I took a step forward but tripped on the little metal strip that held the door in place. I fell right into Edward and he stood me up. When we looked up, we were gazing into each other's eyes.
"Sorry, I'm a little clumsy," I said looking down at my toes. Edward took my face in both his hands making me look at him.
"As long as I'm with you, you'll be safe," He intertwined his fingers with mine and I didn't mind. He opened the passenger door to his Volvo and I buckled the seat belt. He came around and didn't buckle his. I chose not to say anything about that.
"So where are we eating?" I asked, he didn't answer me before. He looked over at me and smiled.
"Do you like surprises?" Edward asked enjoying that the suspense was going to drive me crazy.
"Ya, I guess," I sighed. "I just hope it isn't some stuffy place."
"Don't worry, it's quite the opposite," He said looking out the window at a park but it was totally empty. He pulled into the parking lot and parked.
"I hope your not allergic to grass," He opened the door for me and reached in the back seat to grab a blanket and a picnic basket.
When we had everything all set up, we ate the food Edward packed. We had sandwiches, salad, and hot cocoa. When we were all done eating, I laid down on the soft blanket and sighed.
"Did you know that this is my first picnic?" I asked inching my way over to him without him knowing.
"Is it everything you thought it would be?"
"Better," I said without thinking.
"Really, why?" He asked already knowing why. I guess he just wanted to her me say it.
I thought quickly. "Because I'm not cold." I answered but he didn't buy it.
"Really? Your just not cold?" He asked. I nodded.
***
We were back at the house and we were the first one's there so I decided to give Edward a tour of the house.