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Ed POV.

I had been driving for a few hours already when the tire burst. "Damn it" I growled out as the car veered in the road, which was thankfully deserted. I soon slowed down and somehow maintained control of the car at the same time. Once we had fully stopped I banged my head back against the headrest in frustration and asked "What do we do now?"

I heard Emmett say in an 'Isn't-it-obvious' voice beside me, "We change the wheel and carry on." I heard him rummage through the glove compartment, then his door open and close.

His shout from outside snapped me out of my trance, "Come on! Get out and help me ladies!!" I soon felt the car shake as he opened the trunk.

Jasper and I both sighed and got out. Emmett had already pulled half of our luggage out, so Jasper and I got the rest out of his way. Emmett handed me the flash light that he'd taken from the glove compartment and ordered me to hold it steady when he started on the wheel.

We stood aside while Emmett whistled some tune and started taking out the spare wheel the wench and the jack from the trunk. I glanced over to Jasper to see him watching Emmett intently. I guessed that he knew as little as me about changing a wheel.

Jaspers phone started to ring as Emmett jacked up the car. I heard snippets of the conversation as Jasper strolled around the car,

"Rosie, hi. We're going to be a little late, we got a flat tire…….no don't panic! Emmett's changing it now. It shouldn't take long. I will, bye."

I watched as Jasper returned with a huge grin on his face. When he got near enough he called out to Emmett, "My sister wanted me to remind you to double check the lug nuts once you set the car down." Jasper came over to stand beside me and whispered, "Whatever that means."

Emmett had jacked up the car by now and was holding the wench. He turned to look at us and said "Today…no wait tonight, I will be showing you two she-men how to change a tire."

He turned back to the car and ordered at me "Edward, light, STAT!" I rolled my eyes and steadied the flashlight to give the 'surgeon' light to work with. With his back to us he began to explain the way to change a tire,

""First, you jack up the car….you missed that bit, and no, I'm not doing it again! This is a wench" he wiggled the wench in the air, then pointing to the nuts on the tire he said "Those are lug nuts; I'm going to take them off, then the wheel."

As he did this, I watched, while Jasper began trying to subtly make shadow puppets over Emmett's back. He quickly whipped around and smacked Jasper on the shin with the wrench.

"Ouchhh! I think you chipped a bone there!" Jasper wailed as he hopped about. I tried my best to regain my composure to hold the light steady, while battling my laughter at the sight of Jasper at the same time.

Emmett caught me battling with the laughter, and gave in. He and I laughed and pointed at Jasper who was now sat on the floor a small distance away, using his phone light to check his leg for damage. He caught us looking and smiled back at us, joining in the fun I heard him say, "Your lucky Emmett, the doctor said I'd live this time….it was touch and go for a little while though" he added as he stood up and made his way back to us.

After our childish moment, Emmett finished putting the new tire on and made a big show of making Jasper and I watch as he checked over the lug nuts once he'd set the car down.

Once the three of us had put everything back in the car, we carried on to the girl's apartment.

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We finally arrived, better late than never, at 11pm. I parked the car in front of their building. As I got out of the car, I could feel my nervousness and excitement increasing. I heard Jasper open the trunk and pull out the luggage. I collected myself and grabbed mine.

As I was stood there, I only just resisted the sudden urge that I had to look up at their window as a thought ran through my mind. I wander if she's stood at the window watching me?...like she used to do when we were younger.

I hated those sorts of memories now, they only reminded me of how slow I was to realise that she was infatuated with me. Only after we all moved away did I realise how much I missed her company and deep down felt the same way.

On the way up the stairs I silently wondered, Does she still like me? Will she still watch me and think that I don't notice?

We approached their door which was wide open showing Rosalie and Alice beaming with happiness. I felt my excitement elevate, and followed Jaspers lead as I dropped my bags and scooped Alice into a twirling hug. She was only nearly a year younger than me, but we were both in the same school year, so we were always together in school. At that moment, as I set her down, I realised just how much I missed my little sister.

"I've missed you Alice, no matter annoying you can be!" I admitted as she snaked her arms around my waist in a vice like hug whispering to me "I love you too Eddie"

Emmett came over to greet Alice, so I went to Rosalie. She graced me with a superb smile and hugged me tight. I quickly asked her how the garage was going before Emmett butted in once again. As I walked away I heared Rosalie giggle after Emmett mentioned something about lug nuts.

I walked up behind the person who'd been making me feel nervous since I stepped out of the car. I clasped my hands over her eyes and waited for her to get angry or laugh. Instead, beneath my hands I felt her eyes move around.

I quickly dropped my hands and made my way to stand in front of her. As I passed her I smelled strawberries, I smiled as I realised that it was a smell that always reminded me of her.

As I stood in front of her I collected myself to act normal, so I asked, "Did you just manage to roll your eyes" Her sense of humour was always a factor that I liked about Bella, which I found out that she still had as she replied, "What can I say? I'm a woman of many talents!"

I watched her, entranced by how beautiful she still was. I realised that she hadn't changed at all. My eyes scanned as I listed the things about her that were still the same, her voice, the way she stood, the sparkle in her eyes, the plumpness of her lips……Holy cow! I stopped my train of thought and crushed her into a tight hug.

I shocked her with my sudden movement and felt my chin hit her head. For a few seconds, I was frozen, first from the direction that my thoughts were headed, and secondly due to the fact that I had her body against mine in a tight hug. As she wrapped her arms around me, I started rubbing her back. I marvelled at how she felt so perfect and so warm in my arms.

All too soon, we broke apart and sat on the sofas with the rest of them. Alice, Rosalie and Jasper sat on the 3 person sofa, while Bella sat on the floor in front of them. Emmett and I sat on the two person sofa which ran in another direction to create an L shape.

From my seat, I could easily see Bella and throughout the night I realised that she had gotten over her infatuation with me. It was the little things that I noticed. A few years ago, in this situation, her eyes would have been flicking to me every few minutes, most of the time I wouldn't notice, but sometimes I'd catch her looking at me and I'd see a slight blush cross her cheeks as she'd look away.

I grasped to the fact that it was foolish of me to think that she'd still feel the same way about me after the last few years of minimal contact. As the night drew on, I put my thoughts of Bella in the back of my mind while the six of us chatted.

The night came to an end as Rosalie declared who was to sleep where. When Emmett mentioned Bella and I share a room, I almost had a heart attack! Being under the same roof as her was torture enough, I couldn't imagine how sharing a room, or worse bed, with her would feel like.

Emmett and I said our goodnights and went into Bella's room dumping our bags in one corner. I shut the door and noticed the rocking chair that she used to have at home was in the corner of the room. I sat in it for a bit while Emmett teased, "Edward you look like an ok fart sat there!" I heared his laughter die away as he went to the bathroom.

As I sat on the chair, I noticed a picture over on her bedside table. I walked over to get a better look. It was an 18th birthday frame, and the picture inside was one that Alice took.

It was a picture of Bella and me, outside her house on the morning of her 18th. I had got her a bunch of flowers, which were a mix, but mainly freesias. That smell was another that always reminded me of her.

She was holding the bunch in both her hands and staring down at them, while I had one arm wrapped around her waist and the other toying with a ring on her finger that Charlie and Renee had bought her for her special birthday.

I smiled to myself as I remembered how Alice had chastised us for not looking at the camera, but Bella thankfully shot back at her, that she should be thankful that she was getting any pictures at all of her, due to the fact that she hated having her picture taken.

I put the picture down and lay on the bed. I quickly decided to make the most of the week or so that we'd be here for, so I'd do my best to be a good friend for her. She'd gotten over me; it was time that I got over my infatuation with her now.

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