Bpov

The next two days went by without talking about it. Every time I tried to bring the subject back to his past or the attraction between us, he started talking about something else. I wanted to talk about what happened to him, to tell him how incredibly stupid he was to think he could keep himself from falling in love.

It's not like I thought he would fall in love with me. Even if he was attracted to me, I tried to be realistic. But I knew someday he would meet somebody who was able to get past the walls around his heart.

So we talked about our lives now, what kind of music we liked, which movies we loved and about our friends. I never really thought about what he studied in college, but I wasn't surprised it was medicine. His father was a doctor after all.

Edward told me some stories about him and Emmett in Alaska. Emmett apparently had this talent for coming up with the stupidest plans and somehow they always backfired on Edward. I told him it was his own fault, because he knew the plan was stupid, but he still went along with it.

I told him about Alice and Rosalie, how it had been for me to grow up between two girls who were without a doubt much more beautiful than I was. He gave me a strange look, but didn't say a thing.

Talking to him only made me realize how much I really liked him. It also gave me the confidence I needed to go on with the plan.

The first night, after our talk, we decided to go to sleep. Edward had wanted to sleep on the couch, so that I could have the bed all to myself. I told him that I didn't believe in the bullshit that a man and a woman couldn't sleep in the same bed without having sex, and reminded him that he had wanted this room for the comfort. Sleeping on the couch wasn't comfortable, so he could say nothing back.

And nothing did happen, though I really wanted it to.

I felt a bit like a hypocrite, because every time I had had a boyfriend, I had kept them on a distance. I let them kiss me, and they could touch me through my clothes, but anything that even resembled sex was to much for me. And now here I was with some guy I hardly knew, and I wanted him to touch me and kiss me and make love to me.

The second day we went for a walk in a nearby park. After two days in the hotel room it felt really nice to be outside for a while. It was the middle of the summer, and the temperature was good enough for picnic by the lake.

I felt really relaxed around Edward, except for my constant need to jump him. At first I was afraid that after a while we wouldn't find anything to talk about anymore. I was scared he would become bored, but it wasn't a problem. It seemed we could talk about anything, except the one subject he avoided of course.

That night we watched a movie, Into the Wild. I really loved that film, but the day in the park had made me sleepy, and around eleven Edward lifted me up and walked me over to the bed.

"I can walk fine by myself you know." I said sleepily.

He just laughed. "Sure you can, but we're almost there so it would be stupid to put you down now."

He laid me down and started to tuck me in.

"Will you read me a bedtime story as well?" I asked , the sarcasm very obvious in my tone.

He chuckled. "What would you like to her, Snow White? Sleeping Beauty? Hmmm… Sleeping Beauty actually seems appropriate."

I looked into his eyes and saw a sparkle in them. 'Did he just call me beautiful?'

"No thank you. Will you be joining me anytime soon?" I asked him innocently.

The sparkle in his eyes changed to something else. It looked like desire, but I wasn't sure.

"No, I think I'm going to finish the movie. Good night." And he walked back to the couch.

'Way to go Bella… you had to ruin it again didn't you?'

I rolled to my side, facing away from him. I tried to sleep, but I couldn't. So I just lay awake.

After about half an hour, turned off the television, stripped to his boxers and got into the bed.

I glanced at him through my almost closed eyes. His body was amazing.

'Shut your eyes and go to sleep. He's not yours, you can't touch him so stop torturing yourself.'

After that I fell asleep. Apparently I was already adjusted to sleeping in the same bed with him, because I couldn't fall asleep until he was next to me.

Epov

The third morning I woke up with the feeling I couldn't move my arm. I opened my eyes and immediately discovered why I couldn't move it. I must have moved over to Bella's side of the bed in my sleep, because her back was pressed up against my chest and my arms were around her waist.

I started to enjoy the feeling. Her butt was pressed against me in just the right place, and I could feel myself getting hard. I looked over her shoulder and was amazed how beautiful she looked. It hit me every time I saw her. She was the most amazing, beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on.

I remembered our conversation from before, when she was telling me how it had been for her to grow up between Alice and Rosalie. I hadn't realized before that she thought about herself as being plain. I couldn't believe it. Sure Rosalie and Alice were beautiful, but Bella was stunning. How could she not know that?

But I didn't tell her. I couldn't tell her.

But then last night I had let it slip anyway. 'Sleeping Beauty…'

I started to lean towards her shoulders to kiss her back, but I froze.

I couldn't let her wake up to me holding her. It would ruin everything.

So I gently pulled my arm out from under her and quietly made my way to the bathroom. I really needed a cold shower to relieve the tension.

About 10 minutes later I walked back into the room, fully dressed.

Bella was sitting up in the bed, still wearing her pajamas.

"Are you done in the bathroom?" she asked.

I just nodded. Seeing her in her nightclothes had been difficult before, but since waking up with her in my arms it was just plain hard. Just like me.

'Dammit Cullen… keep it together. Think about other things, like Emmett and Rosalie going at it.' That image did the trick.

Bella had gotten out of bed and was in the bathroom.

Thinking about Emmett and Rosalie formed a plan in my head. There was no way I would be able to spend another day alone with Bella after this morning, so I decided to call Jasper and Emmett and ask them if they wanted to spend the day doing something together with the girls.

I called Jasper first.

"What the hell Edward, it's 9 in the morning! Why are you calling me? I didn't sleep much last night you know.."

"Too much info Jasper! Sorry to call you so 'early' but I wanted to see if you were in the mood to spend the day with me, Emmett and the girls."

I heard Jasper chuckle through the phone. "So Bella is getting through huh… hmm didn't know she had it in her.."

Stupid Jasper, he knew me too well.

"No Jasper, I just thought it would be nice to someone else for a change. I bet you and Alice haven't left the bed since you got home three nights ago." I replied

He just laughed. "Okay, if you say so. Just let me check with Alice first."

I heard some groaning and then Jaspers voice asking Alice if she wanted to see Bella. Then there was a loud squeal.

"Hi Edward, Alice here. I would love to hang out with you and Bella today. How about we meet at the mall in 2 hours. We can go see a movie and then have lunch and after that me and the girls can go shopping and you and the guys can talk about us."

"Okay Alice, can you put Jasper back on please." I laughed.

"She just pulled the phone out of my hand…" he sounded shocked.

"For such a small person she makes a lot of sound. Good luck with that one Jasper." And I hung up.

I called Emmett next. He sounded a bit annoyed by the idea of leaving the apartment, but I heard Rosalie on the background swearing and Emmett quickly agreed to meet us in 2 hours.

Just as I put my phone down, Bella reappeared from the bathroom. She was wearing a slim fitting jeans and a plain white T-shirt. She looked amazing.

"Who were you calling?"

"Uhmm…" I had to think about what she asked, but then I remembered.

"Jasper and Em… I asked them if they wanted to hang out today, you know the six of us. We're meeting them in 2 hours at the mall. Alice has the whole day planned out."

At first she looked happy and sad at the same time, but then the happy look gained the upper hand and she started to smile.

"That should be fun… let me guess. There will be shopping."

I started laughing out loud. "You know Alice."

"Hmm… well at least I'll still be with you, so it shouldn't be that bad."

My heart made a little jump at that comment. Jasper was right, she was definitely getting through.

This could become a problem.

A/N: first of all… HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! So this was a bit of a filler chapter, I figured Bella and Edward should learn to know each other a bit so wrote it. The next chapter will be about the six of them. How are Emmett and Rosalie going? I promise to update quick…

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