okay, so this chapter is pretty short, but the next one will (hopefully) make up for it. I am ecstatic about the reviews I'm getting; please keep them coming- they really give my morale a boost!

If you're interested, below is a sneak peek of the next chapter...

I never saw Edward again until 1 o clock in the morning. True to my 'word', I was forced to stay in the god-damned living room watching a load of soppy movies. I was so bored that I just leaned my head against the settee and closed my eyes. I was concentrating on nothing in particular when I heard footsteps and a ruffle of clothing.

"May I join you?" asked a velvety voice. I jumped up, springing to attention to find Edward leaning against the wall with an amused expression on his face.

"Er...sure," I said, moving a little to the left to make space for him and he silently slipped next to me. Just as he did, his arm brushed against mine and an unexpected jolt swept through me. He immediately stiffened and I wondered if he had felt the same thing.

We sat in silence, watching the movie. I was amazed by his tolerance to watch such a girly chick flick like '27 dresses.' It was going fine until the kissing scene came on and I involuntarily shifted more to the left and I thought I saw his lip twitch.

"So," I started, trying very hard not to look at the two idiots kissing passionately on screen. "What brings you downstairs?"

" I heard you grumbling something about 'these stupid movies' and I came downstairs to investigate the reason for your...discomfort," He smiled to himself as he watched, as if very clearly pointing out the reason of my discomfort.

"Hmm," I said to myself. I saw him flash me a look of frustration out of the corner of my eye.

"What is it?" I asked. He sighed.

"Nothing. It's just that not being able to hear your thoughts is very..."

"Irritating?" I offered. He flashed me the crooked grin.

"Not exactly..." I turned my attention back to the television.

"You know, Tanya's going to flip if she catches you down here." He turned to me.

"Why?" I shot him a perplexed glance.

"You don't know? I thought you could read minds."

"Oh, I can," he assured with a smile. "It's just I was too busy trying to read yours."

"Trying but failing," I said smugly under my breath. He chuckled. And I swear it was like she was spying on us or something because suddenly, Tanya jumped out of nowhere. I sprung up with a little shriek whilst Edward stayed where he was, completely calm.

"Hello," Tanya sang, walking into the room. "What are you two watching there?" She paused. "27 dresses? I always knew you had no taste, Bella." A growl sounded low in my chest and Edward just smiled at no one in particular. I looked up at Tanya and was, as usual, amazed by her beauty. She was dressed in a long skirt and a shirt, I inspected as she pushed herself between Edward and I.

"Why don't we change the movie?" she suggested, and without waiting for agreement, she switched videotapes so fast, she was a blur. She settled down between us again.

I sat, completely puzzled, thinking how utterly absurd is this? I mean, it's not like I'd staked some sort of claim over Edward (Not that I wouldn't want to). And it was certainly obvious that Edward didn't like me in that way... While I was lost in contemplation, the title of the film shot up. Romeo and Juliet? To Tanya's evident annoyance, I started giggling. When I looked over, Edward had his lips pressed tightly together to keep from laughing. Tanya remained motionless.

I watched the film intently, until it reached the scene where Romeo swallowed the posion. To my embarassment, a sob caught in my throat. Tanya's head whipped around.

"Are you okay?"she asked in a soft tone that I hadn't heard for the past couple of hours.

"Yeah. It's just this scene. It always gets me." I could feel Edward's gaze on my face and it took all my self- control to not look back at him because I knew if we held eye-contact, I wouldn't be able to look away.

The film was over as quick as it had started and the three of us sat in silence. I willed desperately for someone to break it so I wouldn't feel so awkward and, as if hearing my thoughts (ironic, huh?), Edward politely asked Tanya, "How is Irina?"

"Oh," Tanya said, turning to him with a smile. "She's off visiting some friends in Portugal. She should be back this week." She flipped some of her hair back and it whacked me in the face. Oh my god; how can Edward not notice all of this?

Edward smiled; finally showing some sort of sign that he was reading Tanya's thoughts. I leaned against the settee again and closed my eyes.

"Bella, why don't you go and have a little chat with Alice? All you've been doing is watching movies."

"Yeah," I sighed with exaggerated sadness. I suppose you're right." I got up and stretched.

"Actually, Alice is talking with Rosalie now. You can still stay downstairs if you want," Edward said, still looking at the screen.

"Edward!" Tanya said, faking offense. "Don't you want to be in my company?"

"Who would?" I muttered under my breath as I walked up the stairs. I turned just in time to see her link arms with Edward. Bitch.

Preview

"Tanya, I'd just to tell you that I'm really not interested," said Edward in a very sincere voice. There was a long pause and I craned forward in case I missed something.

"I know," Tanya sighed. "I wasn't doing it for me. I was doing it for Bella." There was another pause in which I knew he was scouring her thoughts. And then he spoke.

"Oh. Well that was unexpected..."