I don't own anything. Well I own these ideas, but...yeah. I'm just make SMeyer's characters do whatever I want and I get away with it.

It's been awhile for this one, I know it. And this is a short update, I know. But to be fair, I'm writing something else that's taking up my time. I have one chapter left to write on this, I think it's about 8ish chapters total. I'll try not to be such a frigid bitch about updating from now on :)

Enjoy!

One Call Away - Chapter 2

He left the next morning when Bella got up for work. She didn't want him to leave, and she sure as hell didn't want to go to work, but she didn't have a choice in either matter. She wanted to lay in her bed all day, preferably with him on top of her, doing absolutely nothing.

Totally NOT possible in her world.

She was in the shower when he poked his head in to say goodbye. After trying (and failing) to convince him to join her, he said what he always said when he left her.

"One call away baby."

When he had started saying that, she'd roll her eyes. She thought it was cheesy as hell. But the more attached to him she got, the more endearing it seemed to her.

She assumed that when he said that, he meant that when she wanted to have sex again, she'd just have to call. And while that was true, it wasn't what he meant when he said it. To him, it meant she could call for anything - sex, lunch, if she was in trouble or if she just wanted to talk. She'd never know that though because he wasn't going to tell her.

Neither of them could see what was really going on, but everyone around them could. Alice had made a comment to her one night on the phone.

"When are you finally going to admit to yourself that it's more than just sex, Bella? I see the way you look at him, and how he looks back at you. That look says way more than sex, and we both know it."

She, of course, had shrugged it off, telling Alice that she had no idea what she was talking about and that she was totally wrong.

She had really taken what Alice had said to heart - but not for long. He did look at her differently than most guys did, but she blamed that on the fact that he wasn't "most guys". He was polite, he had manners and she had never seen him objectify a woman in the years she had known him.

The idea that he could be in love with her crept into her mind. The way he looked at her while they had sex, how he called her baby, the way he said her name - all of that pointed towards love. But she quickly pushed the idea out of her head. If he was in love with her, he wouldn't sneak out of her apartment when Alice was around, and he'd be doing more with her than just having sex. But he wasn't, so Bella assumed that Alice's claim was SO farfetched and completely ridiculous.

Over the next week, he almost let his feelings slip twice. The first time was at lunch. She had called and said that her mother had to cancel on her, and he immediately told her he'd meet her at the restaurant. During lunch, he made her laugh so hard she thought she was going to burst. He thought she was stunning when she laughed, and when she caught him staring at her and asked him what he was thinking about, he almost just blurted it out. Instead, he said he thought she might need medical attention from laughing so hard and he was trying to think of an excuse for her if she accidentally pissed her pants.

Somewhere in her mind, a little flag went up when she caught him staring. She knew the real reason why he couldn't help but look, but she again wrote it off and ignored it.

The second time he almost let his feelings out was during sex. She was under him, completely oblivious to the thoughts running through his head - the thoughts of always having her in his life, about making their situation permanent and more serious. She had her hands in his hair, and before he knew it she had pulled him into a kiss. When he pulled his head back, his gut told him to say it, but he didn't. Instead, he rolled over so that she was on top, and he ignored his feelings.

If he ever had one true regret in his life, not telling her how he felt was it.

I decided I was going to start recommending other fic down here because...well, because I'm a fic whore really. I read too much. Oh well :)

First rec will be my current obsession, Written in the Stars by Lissa Bryan. It's a little bit out there (it IS sci-fi after all) but I'm in love with it, and I think it's fantastic.