Bad Day by gillyuk84

Disclaimer - I (unfortunately) don't own anything to do with twilight it belongs to the brilliant Stephenie Meyer L

Authors Note: I had a particularly bad day at work which inspired this. Let me know what you think! Thanks for those that have added this to there alerts - your all lovely too!

Chapter 4

BPOV - Thursday

Ok I think I quite possibly had one of the best nights of my life last night. Dinner with Edward - wow. From the minute he opened his door last night I couldn't stop smiling and he couldn't either by the looks of it. His apartment was very much like mine but had that distinct boy touch to it. He had made spaghetti, his mom's recipe he told me, it was delicious after I finished I nearly pulled him across the table to kiss him to show my appreciation but my restraint kicked in.

After we sat on this couch and drank the bottle of wine that I had brought with me and we discussed everything from musical tastes to our jobs. We had very similar tastes which made me fall for him even more than before, I didn't think that it was even possible. Well ok I don't just like him - I love him and last night just justified those feelings. While drinking the wine we put on a movie, The Day After Tomorrow - ok not the most romantic movie I know, Alice would kill me as it was my choice of film she would have made me pick a rom com but with it being Edwards place he didn't have any. Somewhere after Jake Gyllenhaal got stuck in the library myself and Edward somehow seemed to have gravitate towards each other on the couch, our shoulders touching and as it was getting tense in the movie I leaned my head down rest there. I could smell is aftershave, an alluring mix of Hugo Boss and pure Edward essence. Fair to say my concentration on the TV screen was minimal after that.

When the film ended we both didn't move while the credits rolled, I started to panic, what do I do now? So I lifted my head off his shoulder and looked right in his eyes and what I saw there took my breath away. I saw his eyes flash with what was the same in mine lust, our faces were so close if I had just moved three inches my lips would be where they wanted to - on his. But I am looked down and said the following idiotic sentence "Its late, I should get back to my apartment now and go to sleep" and after I spoke I started slapping myself on the inside. I should have leaned in to kiss him and took my chance then, but I realised I wanted to tell him how I felt before I did that. After I spoke he looked down and said of course, he didn't realise how late it was.

I knew Edward was a gentleman but what he did next proved it, he walked me to my door. I didn't even think men did that anymore, I had only read about it in books. I opened my door and turned around to bid him goodnight, but he beat me to it "Night Bella, sweet dreams"and then he leaned down and kissed me on the cheek. If I had a mirror in front of me at that point I swear I would have been as red as a rose. "Night Edward" and I closed the door.

EPOV - Thursday

Last night was undoubtedly one of the best nights of my life, we ate, talked for what seemed like hours even though it wasn't that long and I got to sit close to her while we watched a movie that I didn't really pay attention to as I was very distracted by the fact that 1) I had the woman I love sat next to me and after a while during the film she had rested her head on my shoulder and 2) All I could smell was her strawberry shampoo. After the film she lifted her head off my shoulder and I thought that I was going to get what my heart wanted a kiss, but just as I was about to lean in she said it was time for her to go home. My stomach flipped for the wrong reason, but when I looked in her eye I saw the same look that I must have had in mine that gave me hope. Lust. I then realised I didn't just want to kiss her then, I wanted to wait until I had told her how I felt.

I walked her back to her apartment and somehow plucked up the courage to kiss her on the cheek. After we had said goodbye and she had shut the door I walked to the lift, while I was waiting for it something took over me and I found myself walking back to her door. I knocked and she answered after the first knock. "Will you have dinner with me again tomorrow night?" how I got that out without stuttering like a fool is beyond me. She then gave me the most dazzling smile and uttered the one word that made my heart leap "Yes". I smiled and said I would come and get her at 7:30 and bid her a goodnight once more.

So this leads me to today, I'm stood outside her apartment in my best shirt and trousers my hands shaking like crazy, I raise my hand to knock on her door. When she answers I think my heart actually stops for a second. She was wearing a bottle green dress with a black cardigan, her hair in light curls similar to how she had it the night before. "You look beautiful" I say as I gaze in to her eyes and she starts to blush. After she locks her door I hold my arm out for her to take it. "I have a table booked for 8pm at the new Italian down the road, I know we had that last night but this place is meant to be amazing" I look down and she smiles up at me "No that's great I love Italian" she says, "I love Italian too" I say but I didn't mean Italian in my head I meant her.

We make our way out of the building and start walking towards the restaurant on the way we fill each other in on what's been going on with our days. Somewhere along the way her arm leaves mine but before I am disappointed I feel her fingers making there way between mine and I smile. I give her hand a squeeze hoping that conveys that I like what she just did. We enter the restaurant and get seated in a little booth at the back, I order a bottle of wine for the both of us and I feel a small glow inside as we stare at each other from across the table and I get the feeling that tonight is going to be in my top 10 of my all time best nights.

A/N - Nearly Friday! Will be updating early tomorrow as I am off to see New Moon with my housemate, only my fourth time of seeing it! For any office fan's the I Love Italian is a nod to what Jim and Pam said in season 4 J my other favourite fictional couple!