BPOV

I knew what he was doing. I knew it, but I couldn't bring myself to pull away, or lean towards him. I was frozen. He kept coming. Every fiber in my body wanted to reach out to him. Help him close the distance faster. They screamed and screamed, but I was frozen. He was too slow. MUCH too slow.

He finally reached me. His lips were so warm, so soft. I lost myself in this feeling of bliss. My arms instinctively reached out and wrapped around his neck. His arms slithered down and held my waist. I pushed myself closer to him. Our lips moved together with perfect synchronization, as if they were made for each other.

This moment was perfect. That is, until Jessica started screaming my name.

"BELLA! BELLA!!" Noooo! My perfect moment was ruined and Edward pulled away, grinning.

"So... Do I still have a chance with you?" he said conversationally. I was mad at him. How could he surprise attack me and then act so normally?

Before I got to answer, Jessica's shouting got louder. "BELLA! BELLA!! BEL--" she stopped running and screaming. Tanya stopped beside her and said something to her. Jessica replied back and pointed at us. Actually, only Edward. My arms were still around his neck, and his were still on me, too. I couldn't move my arms. They seemed to fit perfectly there. So perfectly. I decided that we were made for each other. Our lips were made for each other. Our arms fit perfectly where they were, and my body mold fit into Edward's perfectly. I reluctantly separated from him so Jess and Tanya wouldn't bother me.

Jessica and Tanya finally reached us. Jess was wearing a bright blue two piece, which looked way too tight for her. "Bella! Hey!" she said as she stopped in front of us.

"You made it Bella..." Tanya said, her eyes wandering to Edward's body. I suddenly felt angry at her.

I moved in front of Edward, blocking him from her view, and said as pleasantly as I could,"Hello, Jess. Tanya." Tanya was trying to see past me to look at Edward again. My sharp tone brought her attention back to me. "This is Edward Cullen. I ran into him earlier and he helped me out. He's only here to make sure I don't get into any more trouble." I tried to make it sound as if nothing happened between us, but, evidently, they saw us kiss.

"Hey, Bella, can we talk to you in private?" Jess said, her chin was thrust up, pointing to Edward. I didn't want to talk to her about this. I knew what she was going to say. A small part of my mind said what I knew was the truth-- I just didn't want to leave Edward. Never wanted to leave him.

I sighed. "Sure, Jess." To Edward, "I'll be right back, Edward." I smiled flirtatiously at him and Jess rolled her eyes. Arrgh. She has to ruin this for me doesn't she? It's her duty as a friend I quoted and then scoffed.

Jessica and Tanya pulled me away from Edward, who rolled out his towel and lay there, closing his eyes. I sighed.

Once we were far enough, they started screaming. "Bella! I'm so sorry I yelled at you! Now I can see why you nearly ditched us!"

"Jess, I--" i started, but was cut off by Jess.

"Oh, boy!You guys were getting it on!" I blushed

"I know!" Tanya squealed. "I mean, even from a distance we could see the passion buildin' up! Whoo!" I turned scarlet.

"Omigod! He is hot! So hot! Seriously! How did you meet him?!"

"Jess... I told you! I bumped into--" I exclaimed, stressed out.

Tanya and Jess bothe scoffed. "Come on, Bella. A hot guy doesn't just pop out of no where and kiss you."

"Well apparently that happened!" I was angry, now. I stomped up towards the place I left my towel. I heard Jess and Tanya sigh. Jess started to follow my, but Tanya held her back.

"She'll tell us when he's not here. I'm sure." She shouldn't be so sure. That big, fat, pretty head of her's was empty. I don't even know her and she acts like we're BFFs. She doesn't know me. Not at all. Ugh. I wish I had a real friend. Someone who would listen to me, someone with an actual brain. Not someone who pretends to know me. Someone who does know me. I sighed.

I got to the spot where I dropped my towel, but I couldn't find it.

"Bella!" a velvet voice called to me. I turned to see Edward patting a towel next to him. My towel. I forgot of my anger at Jessica and Tanya. I only thought of how sweet Edward was to do that for me. But my towel was a little too close to his. As I got closer, I saw that they actually overlapped. Is he trying to make me feel so nervous?

"Thanks," I said, blushing. I sat down next to him.

"Let's continue about your family, shall we?" He said, propping himself up on his elbow.

I'd forgotten all about that, but I agreed. "Well, my dad, Charlie... he's... normal... enough. He's Chief Swan in Forks, Washington. I used to live there.

"Chief. Cool. Does he take your boyfriends well?"

My breathing hitched. Is he saying that he's my boyfriend now? I tried to keep my breathing even as I answered. "I've... never really had a boyfriend." I looked down at my hands, which were lying on my lap. edward didn't say anything for a while, so I glanced up at him. He looked... confused. Now I was confused. Why was he confused?

"How could you never have had a borfriend, Bella? I mean, you're... beautiful, smart, and overall wonderful to be with. How could guys not be interested in you?" I blushed. I'm a tomato again. I should be in the Veggie Tales. Edward smiled at me and my heart melted. Oh, Lord, oh Lordy, Lord, Lord. Edward put his hand on my hot cheek, and I felt more blood rush to my head.

To cool myself off, I thought about taking a dip in the ocean. "I'm going to go swim, now." I said, getting up.

"I'll come with you," he got up , also. No! Don't you realize that I'm trying to get away from you!

"Sure, that'd be great." I lied. Before Edward was fully up, I walked quickly to the water. I waded in, and Edward came after me. As soon as I was deep enough to swim, I swam farther out, deeper into the ocean. I got up and looked around. Edward was nowhere to be found. I sighed in relief. He probably decided I'm not as great as he thought and went home. My heart hurt at that thought and I frowned. I wanted to get away.

The, a sudden splash came out from beside me. I screamed as I was splattered with water.

"Hey, Bella," Edward said as if he didn't just scare the hell out of me. I sank lower into the water, so my chin was just barely touching the water.

Something hit me and took me under. I screamed underwater and let all of my air out. Oh no! I'm going to DIE!!

Then a pale arm reached out and grabbed my shoulder. Ow. I surfaced and Edward rolled his eyes at me.

"Bella, it's the beach. There's bound to be waves." Edward was treading water and holding me up. I could never do that. He's pretty impressive. I already knew that, though.

I started up towards the shore again. I have a thing against beaches, now. "Edward, I'm going to go back to campus."

I already knew what he was going to say before he said it. "Oh. So soon? I'll come with you."

Walking up to the car, I accidentally bumped into someone. He was wearing a long, brown trench coat, and a hat to match it. Odd clothing for summer.

"Excoose me," he said with a strange accent.

In the car, I felt like something--or someone was following us. I felt I was being... watched.