Hey everyone. Guess what? Love One Cup At A Time is being translated to french! Isn't that great? Well it is for me. I love this and I'm so excited. It makes me want to learn how to speak french. But enough of my jibber jabber ON WITH THE STORY!
Chapter 4
Edward's POV
Bella kissed me. She just kissed me. At first I thought it was an accident but then she did it again. And again. My mind is blank. For once in my life.
I have finally kissed someone outside of family and it felt nice. Not wet like I thought it would be. This has got to be a dream. She brings her hand up to my cheek and the warmth radiating off of her palm is very real. This isn't a dream, she really kissed me and by the way her eyes are closing she's going to do it again. I shut my eyes and moments later I feel her lips pressed to mine. Soft, like marshmallows but ten times sweeter. Like honey and vanilla almost. She pulls away quickly and I feel her rest her elbows on my knees. Her sweet breath floats across my face. I hear her chuckle and I open my eyes.
"What?"
"Nothing." My brows furrow together and I look at her confused. She raises a finger to my forehead smoothing out my eyebrows.
"Why are you laughing?"
"It's just funny we kissed during your tutoring me in Physics, this is more like Biology." She says.
"Oh are you having any problems in that?" I ask.
"No, but you could still help me, you know study for tests and stuff."
"Oh, like study dates?" I ask.
"Yeah study dates." The way she says it makes it sound like there is a hidden meaning in it. Then it hits me. Study dates in Biology. She wanted to kiss me more. My cheeks flush from excitement
"Edward you ok?" She asks.
"Yeah." I say. She smiles at me.
"Edward? Bella? Can I come in?" My mother asks.
"Yeah mom, you can come in." The door opens and she walks in rubbing her hands on her jeans.
"Dinner's ready." She says. He nods as she leaves.
"Come on." He says. I stand up.
"I have to get home and feed my dad."
"What time does he get home from work?"
"7."
"It's after 5, you've got plenty of time. Plus mom is gonna give you some food for Charlie."
"Edward, how am I supposed to have dinner with the same people that caught us post- kiss? Even if they didn't see us do it I'm pretty sure they knew what was going on."
"Bella do not worry they will not be mad at you. If anything they would probably thank you for ensuring their son is not going to die and not kiss a woman." He says. I laugh.
"They can't be that bad." I say.
"You'll see." He says. "Now come on." He leads me out of his room holding the door open for me.
"Thanks." I say.
"You're welcome." He follows behind me down the stairs. I stub my toe on one of the steps and trip forward. He grabs my shoulders pulling me towards him. "I think my clumsiness is rubbing off on you." He whispers. I laugh nervously because he parents are watching us. "You ok?" He asks.
"Yeah, thanks." He walks me over to the dining table.
"Bella this is my dad." He says. I shake his father's hand.
"It's nice to meet you Sir." He laughs heartily.
"Well ain't you a mighty sweet looking girl." I'm taken by surprise by the heavy southern accent decorating his words. He laughs again at my expression. "You probably didn't except me to sound like this did ya?" I shook my head. "Don't let this yer boy fool you. He's a Texan born and raised." He pats Edward's back. "And don't call me Sir, makes me feel old, call me Ed." I nod. Ed chuckles and pulls out his wife's chair. Edward does the same for me.
"Thanks." I whisper.
"Alice!" His mother calls.
"Yeah mom?" She asks.
"Dinner!"
"Coming!" Alice replies before her small footsteps are heard. She skips over to her chair. Edward pulls it out for her and helps her sit. "Thanks Eddie." She says kissing the tip of nose as he straightens us. Awwwww. That is just adorable.
I see them all join hands and both Edward Jr. and Sr. Hold out their hands for me to take. I place my hands in theirs and Elizabeth prays. After blessing the food I see them pick up different containers with different types food and pile it on the plates.
"Just pick up what you want." Edward whispers to me. I nod and head straight for the salad.
"Um did you put mayonnaise in the mashed potatoes?" I ask Elizabeth. She shakes her head.
"Why?"
"I'm allergic to eggs." I say. She nods.
"Well I can guarentee there's nothing here has eggs in it." I scoop some potatoes onto my plate. I looked around at everyone at the table.
"Liz this is excellent as usual." Ed said taking a bite out of his dinner. Alice is sitting and eating her meal with a big smile on her face talking about her day at school while Elizabeth listens keenly along with her husband, who has an enormous amount of food on his plate which isn't much of a surprise because of his size. I mean he is tall and muscular, almost Emmett's size. What is surprising though is Edward Jr. He has about the same amount of food on his plate as his father if not more and it's disappearing very quickly. I look at him closely. Where on earth is that going?
He notices me staring at him.
"What?" He asks the fork half way from his mouth.
"Nothing." He puts down his fork and swallows.
"Tell me."
"Where does it go?"
"Where does what go?"
"The food. I mean one minute the plates full and now it's empty and you look like you could go for seconds."
"I am a teenage boy. I eat. A Lot." He goes back to scarfing down the rest of his dinner. I finish mine a few minutes after him. The last person to finish is Alice. Liz starts picking up the dishes.
"No darlin' I'll do that, why don't you sit down and rest those pretty feet of yours." Ed says in his thick southern accent. He's a very charming man. And I can see why Liz fell for him. But aside from charm he's a good looking guy and the accent is something I think any woman would love.
"Edward." I call to him.
"Yeah?"
"Come here." I say. He sits beside me on the couch.
"Is anything wrong?" I shake my head.
"No. I just want to know."
"How come I was born in Texas but I don't have an accent like my dad?" I nod. "I was born there and I had the accent. But when we moved out here when I was 13 people teased me because of how I looked and my accent so I forced myself to get rid of it."
"Is that why you hardly use contractions in your sentences?" I ask.
"No, I just feel like I am cheating the english language."
"Oh." Alice jumps on the couch beside us.
"Eddie?" She says. "Can you and Bella read to me now?" She asks. Edward looks up at me in question and I nod.
"Sure." He says. She squeals and pulls on my hand. I stand and let her drag me up the stairs into what I assume is her room. It's big and very pink. Fit for a princess. She skips towards her bed.
"Come on." She waves us over. I sit down on her extremely soft bed and she pulls a book from under her pillow.
"This is a new book Eddie." She says. "I'm dys-lex-ic." She tells me shyly. I nod in understanding. "But I wanna read for you guys. I've been trying really hard."
"Go right ahead Alice." I say gently. She smiles up at me before opening the book in her lap. Her eyebrows furrow in concentration and she reads the first line breaking it down into syllables. She reads slowly but she doesn't misspronounce anywords.
"I'm done." She says shutting the book with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Are you finished your homework Ali?" Edward asks.
"Yup." She says.
"You sure?" She nods. "Let me see it." She goes over to her table and hands him three large books. He opens them and I see tracing and very simple addition. He checks over the pages making sure all her answers are right. He kisses the top of her head. "You got everything right Ali." He says.
"Really?" She asks. He nods. "Good, 'cause it took me a really long time to do it." She says.
"Well I'm proud of you." He says. She takes her school books from him and puts them back in her pink school bag.
"Eddie can you read to me?" She asks.
"Sure." She hands him a book. Beauty and the Beast. He opens giving a brief introduction for each character. When Belle is being introduced Alice insisted on calling the poor girl Bella saying that she likes it better. At the end of the story we expect to hear Alice say something but she doesn't I look down in my lap to see her eyes closed.
"She's asleep." I say. Edward chuckles and lifts her out of my lap tucking her into bed properly. She doesn't even stir from the movement.
"You ready?" He asks. I nod and leave her room shutting off the light.
"It's awfully quiet, where's my baby girl?" Ed asks.
"She fell asleep." Edward says.
"That was quick. What'd you two do? Knock her out?" We shake our heads.
"I just read to her."
"But you read to her all the time and she never falls asleep. I guess little miss Swan has the magic touch." My cheeks heat up.
"Um, I have to get going." I say ducking my head.
"Oh, let me get the food Liz packed for your dad." Ed says and goes into the kitchen. I look at my feet noticing how ratty my converse look. I need a new pair.
"Bella?" I look up to see Edward staring at his shoes as well.
"Yeah?"
"You left your Physics book upstairs." He says.
"Oh."
"I'll get it for you." I nod and he walks upstairs.
"Did my son just leave you down here all by your lonesome?" Ed asked.
"He's just getting my physics book. I left it in his room." He nods and hands me a sealed container of food.
"Thanks." I say.
"Come child sit with me." He says taking my hand and leading me to the couch. His hands are surprisingly soft and the couch is very comfortable.
"So tell me. How are you settling in?" He asks.
"So far it's been really good."
"You making any friends child, 'cause a nice girl like you should be making friends like chickens lay eggs on a Sunday morning." I snicker. "You think that's funny do yer?" He asks. I shake my head and he raises an eyebrow at me. "Oh really?" He reaches over and pokes my side and I giggle. "You ticklish aye?" He says poking me again. I put the container down so it wouldn't spill.
"Eeep." I say as he pokes a partically sensitive spot.
"Ed, leave the poor child alone." Elizabeth says.
"I'm just having a little fun with Edward's friend." He says.
"I know hon. But Edward's back so come here." She says. Ed looks over his shoulder to see Edward standing with my book in his hand. Ed gets up and pats his son on the back and heads into the kitchen with his wife.
"Here you go." Edward says not making eye contact with me. I take up the food Elizabeth gave me.
"Yeah, thanks." I say. "Um can you drop me home please?"
"Sure."
"Bye, Mr. And Mrs Masen."
"Bye dear." Elizabeth says.
"You come back now you hear." Ed replies.
"I will." Edward drives me home.
"I'm sorry about my dad, he's a lot more friendly than I am."
"It's ok. He seems nice. I can see how your mom fell for him." He nods.
"Good night Bella." He says stopping outside my house.
"Night Edward and thanks." I walk up to the front door.
"Bells is that you?" My dad asks as I step inside.
"Yeah. I'm home.
"So how did things with Edward go."
"They were good, I'm understanding what he taught me with. Oh yeah his mom sent over food for you." He nods. "It's still hot." I say handing it to him. He went into the kitchen with it.
"You want any hon?"
"No I ate over there."
"Alright. So did you meet Alice?"
"Yeah, she's the sweetest thing ever." He laughs.
"That she is. She might be a little dyslexic but that doesn't stop her. Anyone close to the family will know that."
"Yeah she read for me." I say.
"Me too." He looks me over. "Bells you ok?" I shrug and he touches my forehead.
"You don't feel warm. How do you feel?"
"Just a little tired."
"You sure that's all?" I nod. "Well go on up to bed."
"Ok, Night dad."
"I'll see you in the morning sweetheart."
The next day I wake up with a smile on my face. I get into the shower and clean myself from head to toe. I towel dry my hair and put it up in a bun as I get dressed. Then I remember last night. Oh last night. I kissed Edward and what a kiss it was.. We didn't use any tongue but it easily topped any of my previous makeouts, I mean the spark wasn't a spark it was a fire and there weren't any fire works, that was not even close when our lips touched,it was like the world exploded every single time. And his lips are so full and soft, I could taste a hint of him on my lips last night and if he tasted that good I couldn't wait to taste him fully. I think I'm addicted only after three pecks. And I'd rather be kissed by him those three times than any other guy, but did he want to kiss me again? Crap, I never thought of that last night. When I was on top of him my mind shut off and my body thought for me. I never thought about the repercussions until now. But the ball in in his court now. It's his call.
I grab a breakfast bar and head for school. When I drive in Edward is waiting in his usual spot leaning against his car. I park beside him and once I shut of the engine he opens my door and helps me down.
"Thanks." I say and he smiles. I take that as a sign that we're ok. He reaches into the cab to pick up my bag and while he is bent over I take a look at his backside. Above the top of his jeans I see a pair of blue boxers with a black waist band and the end of the word Wars alond with a familiar logo. Star Wars boxers. How cute, in a nerdy kind of way. He straightens and swings my bag across his shoulders.
"You ok?" He asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure why?"
"You seem different."
"I feel happier." I say.
"Me too, sort of free in a way." He says. I look my truck and we walk to our lockers. I take my bag form him and unpack my books into my locker.
"How's Alice?" I ask.
"She's good. Her friend, Jasper from school is coming over so she should be busy with some homework." I nod and smile. Alice must be really happy that Jasper is coming over. I shut my locker ad he walks me to my homeroow.
"I'll see you at lunch." I say looking up at him hoping he'd kiss me.
"Yeah." He turns and walks away. My shoulders slump forward. No kiss. Not even on the cheek.
"Hey Bella." I turn around and see Rose in a black and white dress with converse. Her blonde hair was in a neat ponytail.
"Hey Rose. Nice outfit." I say.
"Thanks." She looks me over. "You look different."
"How?" I ask.
"You kissed him didn't you." She accuses. I blush. "You did!"
"Yeah." I admit.
"So how was it?"
"It was really good."
"Really? His lips weren't too dry or too wet?"
"Now they were perfect. Full and soft."
"You can thank his mom for that. She's a big believer in moisturizer. The Masen men have to softest hands I've ever felt." She says and I nod. "So is he good with his tongue?" I shrug.
"We didn't kiss with tongues."
"Oh my God. I can't believe him. He didn't make out with you like he said he wanted to even though he had the opportunity." She says upset.
"Wait he wanted to make out with me?"
"Yeah hon, I mean who wouldn't? You're gorgeous. I mean if I didn't have Emmett and I swung that way I'd totally make out with you, and I sure wouldn't chicken out like Edward did." I laugh.
"Yeah, you're pretty hot too." I say.
"You know what I think?"
"What?"
"One day when you and Edward are together we should act like lesbians. It'd probably freak Edward out but knowing Emmett he'd think it's hot."
"That sounds like fun. I'd love to see Edward's reaction." I say noting that she said when Edward and I are together not if. The bells rings and we both leave for class.
At lunch Edward comes up to me while I'm in the line.
"Hey." I say. "No lunch today?"
"Just need to buy something to drink."
"Cut in." He steps behind me.
"Hey Masen, the line starts there." Mike says pointing to the back of the line.
"I let him cut in front of me." I say.
"Well others have been in here longer."
"Whatever." I say turning my back to him. Edward pushes me out of the line. "What the.."
"Can you go outside please?" He asks.
"Why?"
"It's sunny, which is rare here and it looks nice out there. I have lunch covered." I walk outside and see his bag on the bleachers in front of the field. I climb the stairs and sit beside his bag on the bench and take out my note book. Taking out my pen I find myself drawing random hearts in my book. Edward comes to my mind and I write down his name surrounding it with hearts. He sits down beside me and I snap the book shut.
"What were you doing?" He asks. I shake my head.
"Nothing." I say.
"Oh." He hands me two bottles of orange and apple juice. "Hold this for me." I do and he opens his bag taking out two containers of food. He hands me one.
"What's this?"
"Um, it's chicken with angel hair pasta and alfredo sauce. Don't worry it doesn't have any eggs in the sauce. We made it from scratch. I carried lunch for you."
"We?"
"My mom and I." Awww. That is the sweetest thing ever.
"Thanks." I say accepting one of the containers from him. When I opened it the scent floated up to my nose. He handed me a fork and I dug in. "This is really good." I say.
"Thanks." We eat in silence.
When the bell rings he takes the containers and puts them back in his bag.
"Thanks for lunch Edward." I say.
"No problem." He says. We walk to our lockers and I exchange my books from my morning classes for the ones in my afternoon classes. I feel Edward looking at me. He shuts my locker door for me and his eyes drift down to the floor.
"Edward you ok?" He looks up and quickly leans in to kiss me before walking away. I'm left standing surprised. I raise my hand to touch my lips. I can't believe it. He finally kissed me.
Edward's POV
I finally kissed her. My mind finally shut up about it. I have been thinking about it since she stepped out of my house last night. It felt so right, but I wasn't sure she'd react the next day so I didn't kiss her as soon as I saw her. Then again walking away right after kissing her doesn't really clarify anything for me. I sigh and sit down in my seat for class. A class I have with her. She walks through the door just as the bell rings greeting the teacher quietly and sitting beside me at our bench moving her chair to the furthest end. Her back is to me. Great, I ruined our friendship. I take out a slip of paper and right on it.
I'm sorry. I send it over to her. She doesn't respond and I slouch on my stool not listening to my teacher because I already knew what she was talking about.
In Physics class Bella asks the teacher for a new seating arrangement. The teacher puts her in front of me. I guess I offended her worse than I thought. She opens her book and I see among her pages of notes she stops at a specific one. I peek over her shoulder to see what it says. I see a lot of hearts and writing. I guess she found someone she likes. Then I see the writing is actually my name. She likes me? But then why did she move? Girls are confusing.
On Friday Bella doesn't come to school, I wait in the parking lot for her until 8 but then I had to get to class. I figured she was running late si I figured I would see herduring one of our classes. I couldn't hid the fact that I missed her though.
"Rose. Was Bella at homeroom?" I ask.
"No, but dad called me and told me she was sick."
"Really?" She nods. "You think she'd mind terribly if I stop by?"
"I don't think so."
"Alright. I go after school." She nods and I go to my first class of the morning.
At the end of the day I rush to my Volvo and drive home.
"Hey mom." I say as soon as I walk through the door.
"Hey baby." She kisses my cheek.
"Ma you know any recipes for chicken soup?"
"Yes why, are you feeling sick?"
"No, Bella's at home sick and I wanted to get some things for her."
"Really?"
"Yeah, Uncle Carlisle called Rose and Rose told me." She nods.
"I'll get right on that for you." I go upstairs.
"Hi Eddie!" Alice says.
"Hey Ali." I ruffle her hair.
"What you doing?" She asks as I head into the bathroom.
"I'm going to take a shower."
"Where you going?"
"To visit Bella, she's sick."
"Oh." She runs off to her room. I shake my head and shut the door and shower thinking about the mixed signals Bella has been giving me since Tuesday. One minute she's talking to me the next minute she's avoiding me like the plague. When the water turns cold I dry off and wrap my towel around my waist walking to my room. I pull on a pair of black boxers and skinny jeans. Looking through my closet for a shirt I hear a tiny knock.
"Come in Alice." I say. The door opens.
"How'd you know it was me?"
"Because mom doesn't knock and Dad's hands are heavier than yours."
"Oh. Anyway, I want you to give this to Bella." She says handing me a neatly cut red cartridge paper. It had white construction paper inside of it and said Get Well Soon and a picture of an equation. A picture of a girl with brown hair who I assumed was Bella sick plus a thermos of chicken soup equals a happy Bella shown by the same girl smiling. That is the thing with Alice, she can draw, at her age people are drawing stick figures but she's drawing things with movable body parts and joints in the right places.
"She'll love it." I say. Alice smiles at me.
"Wear the green shirt with the black box on it." She says. I take it out and put it on. "You look fine now."
"Thanks, oh great one of all things art." I say. She sticks out her tongue at me and scurries out of my room. I walk downstairs to the kitchen.
"Oh good, you're here. I was just gonna call you. Here." My mom says as she shoves a thermos at me.
"Thanks mom."
"What's that?" She asks referring to the card in my hand.
"Oh Alice made it for Bella." I show it to her. She smiles.
"I tell you that girl is gifted. She just doesn't know it." She gives me back.
"Yes she is."
"Go before the soup get's cold." She says. It's in a Thermos and she knows it'll hold the heat for a good amount of hours but I don't argue with her. I really want to see Bella again so I drive over to her house remembering the way from when I followed her here on Monday. Before I get there though I stop at a pharmacy and pick up and few things, namely a few boxes of Puffs plus with Aloe and some cold medicine and headache pills. I knock on her door. Chief Swan answers it.
"Edward?" He asks.
"Good afternoon sir." I say.
"What are you doing here?"
"I heard Bella was sick, so I came by to give her some soup my mom made and some other things." I say showing him the thermos and the things I bought at the pharmacy.
"Come in son and go right up. Third door on the left." He says. I walk up the stairs of the house noticing all the pictures of Bella and her dad. One of her fishing with him at a few years old is especially cute. At her door I knock.
"Come in." She says. I open it and step around it.
"Oh Edward, what are you doing here?" She asks.
"Rose told me you were sick." I say.
"Oh. I sent you a text."
"Really?" I took out my phone and there it was one unread message.
Edward, I'm not coming today. Sick.
-Bella.
"Oh, I left my phone at home this morning I just grabbed it when I got home."
"Ok."
"My mom made you soup." I say.
"Really?"
"Yeah. You want some right now?"
"That would be nice. My dad can't cook at all so I haven't really had much to eat. He tried to cook but it didn't look very edible." I hand her the thermos and she sits up in bed to take a sip. Her nose is red and her eyes are watery and her hair was a haystack sticking at all angles around her head but she still looked pretty.
"This is so good." She murmured.
"Oh and Alice made this for you." I gave her the card.
"Alicemade this?"
"Yeah."
"Wow."
"She's seriously talented. She just doesn't know it yet." I say. There is a knock on the door.
"Come in dad." She says. The door opens and her father walks in.
"Bella honey, I have to get to work, but I don't want to leave you here alone, you want me to call Carlisle to watch you?" He asks.
"No, dad don't call Carlisle he has other lives to save. Plus Edward's here." She says.
"Boy, will you watch her for me?"
"Yes sir." I say not wanting to sound too excited.
"Call your parents and ask them if you can spend the night. Try anything though and I'll make sure you spend a few nights in the slammer." He threatens.
"Dad." Bella whines before sniffling. I hand her a tissue.
"Thanks." She mumbles before wiping her nose.
"Excuse me sir." I say. He steps to the side and I walk out of the room to call my house.
"Hello?" Alice answers the phone.
"Alice is mom near you?" I ask.
"No she's outside, but Dad's here watching TV." She says. I hear my father in the background asking her who it is. She tell him its me. I hear the sound of the phone being handed over.
"Son?"
"Hey dad."
"You still at the Swan's?" He asks.
"Yeah."
"How's the lass doing?" Only my dad refers to a girl as lass.
"She's really sick...about that...Chief Swan asked me if I could watch Bella for him, he has to go to work."
"Alrighty."
"Yeah, can I spend the night with her? Oh that came out wrong. Can I spend the night here so I can watch her?" He laughs.
"Sure thing ma boy. I'll drop by in a few to drop of some clothes for you and I'm sure once I tell your mother she's gonna cook something for you two to eat."
"Thanks dad."
"Don't mention it, and give Charlie my salutations." He says.
"I will." I hang up and reenter the room.
"My dad says I can stay."
"Good. Now let me show you around." He says walking out of his room. I notice he has on his uniform.
"Alright, Bella's bathroom is here." He says pointing to the door. "Over here is the closet where we keep extra blankets in case she gets cold come in here." I nod taking it all in.
Bella's POV
Edward is in my house. Edward is spending the night with me. Why on earth do I have to be sick? I cough again. It's a horrible sound. If Edward liked me before he won't after tonight. I haven't seen myself but I know I look horrible. Then my dad went and threatened him. He so hates me. My doors opens and they both come back from their tour.
"Bells, I'm heading out now." My dad walks over to me and kisses my forehead. "Get better honey." He whispers.
"Bye dad." I say. He straightens up and clears his throat going into cop mode.
"Edward if anything goes wrong call the station and ask for me ok?" Edward nods and my dad leaves. The two of us are left alone.
"So how was school?" I ask.
"It pretty much the same. How you feeling?" I shrug. He walks over to me and touches my forehead. "You feel fine but let me just check." He picks up the thermometer and wipes of the end. "Open." He says. I do and he sticks it in my mouth. I wrap my lips around it and he looks at his watch. Once the minute is up he takes it out. "94. You're fine." he says. I nod. He sits next to me on my bed and takes my hand.
"Bella?" He asks.
"Yeah?" I reply looking at our hands.
"Look at me." I hold my head up and meet his eyes. "Can we talk?" He asks.
"About?" He leans in to kiss my forehead.
"Us."
"What are we?" He asks. I shrug.
"I like you but I don't want to rush into anything right now." I say.
"Alright, so friends?" He asks.
"No. We've kissed friends don't kiss like that."
"Ok."
"How about friends with benefits."
"What are the benefits?"
"Um, kissing for now I guess."
"Alright fair enough." He leans forward again but I stop him.
"Edward, I'm sick."
"I know."
"But won't you get sick too if you kiss me?"
"Flu shot." He says. I nod and pull him by the collar of his shirt to me leaning back in my bed so he falls on top of me. His arms go to either side of my face and his lips don't leave mine. I run my tongue against his bottom lip and he gasps a little. I take advantage of the that and slip my tongue into his mouth. It's a shame I can barely taste anything because of my cold. He moans and I feel a cough coming. I pull away not wanting to cough in his mouth.
"Sorry." he says rubbing my temples as the coughing gives me a headache.
"It's ok, I instigated it." I say.
"But I was selfish, you're sick so I shouldn't have stopped."
"Edward, you're a guy, guys don't have the best self control." He sighs and rolls off of me. He sits up in my bed and I sit up behind him resting my head on his shoulder wrapping my arms around his torso.
"I can feel your heartbeat against my shoulder." He whispers.
"How does it feel?"
"Heavy and it is beating really fast."
"Well now Edward that's what happens when I get a good makeout." I feel his body shaking from his laughter.
"I was a good makeout?"
"Yeah, making out is always pretty good once the person doesn't try to lick your face like a dog or bite your tongue."
"Alright, no licking and no biting. Got it." He says.
"Your mind is like a sponge Edward. And I'm going to fill it."
"With?"
"You'll see." I kiss the corner of his jaw. It is hairless and smooth, not a drop of stubble. "You don't shave do you." I state. The part of his face I can see turns pink.
"No, I could never grow hair anywhere but my legs." I wonder if he meant the area in his pants as well. I clear that thought from my mind. Not ready for that yet. I cough covering my mouth with my hand.
"Here." He hands me another tissue. I wipe my nose.
"Thanks." He takes my hand and rubs sanitizer all over it.
"If I don't you'll use the same hand cover your mouth and reinfect yourself and be sick for longer." He says. Well I'm glad I have a genius to take care of me. "I'm not a genius."
"Wait, I said that out loud?" He nods and turns around in my grasp.
"Lie down." He orders. I do and he touches my forehead again.
"You're burning up." He says taking the thermometer again. I open my mouth and he leaves the room. When he comes back he has a basin with water and a washcloth. He removes the thermometer and reads the temperature. "Crap 102. How did you go from 94 to 102 in less than an hour?" I shrug and he places the cool wash cloth on my forehead.
"I'm gonna call Uncle Carlisle." He says before taking out his phone.
"Uncle Carlisle....yeah it's Edward....it's Bella...yeah at her house....listen she's sick...her temperature went from 94 to 102 in less than an hour....yeah..I am doing that.....cough medicine?...I'll have to check if they have any." He leaves the room to go to where I assumed was the bathroom. I sigh.
He is so cute, being all caring and sweet. I mean he visited me and carried soup for me. He also made out with me and I'm sure I look horrible. There is a knock on the front door. I hear Edward answer it and two sets of footsteps near my room door. The person knocks.
"Come in." I say. The door opens and reveals Edward and his father who has a small bag and a few food containers.
"Oh Bella, sweetheart looks like you've got quite the case. Eh?" Ed says.
"Hi." I wave. He walks over to me and touches my forehead.
"Damn your hotter than summer day in Texas. You could fry eggs on your forehead." I chuckle despite how horrible I feel. He seems to know exactly what to say to make people smile. "Son, get to cooling this one down before she melts in her bed." He says. "Get some ice in this water." He hands his son the basin with water and pulls the sheets away from my body leaving me in only my loose shorts and a tank top. He pushes my hair off of my forehead.
"You kissed my boy didn't you." He says. I cough.
"What?"
"It's about time." He patted my arm.
"How did you know?"
"He's my son. I know these's things. You know how you have maternal instincts?" I nod. "Well I've got paternal instincts. It's only common in single fathers and men from the south."
"Ok." I say. He chuckles.
"I'm kidding, I didn't know until you told me."
"You tricked me."
"Well not tricked. More like made you believe I knew something about you when I didn't to get you to admit something." I frown. "Advantages of being a lawyer."
"Where did you study?"
"Harvard."
"Wow."
"How did you and Elizabeth meet?"
"Oh this is a funny one." Edward says leaning against the door.
"Hardy har har."
"Why is it funny?" I ask sniffling. Ed hands me a tissue. I blow my nose and throw it in the garbage.
"It's funny because my mom couldn't stand him at first."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she threw her so-"
"I'll tell her." Ed says.
"Fine, fine." Edward sits down on the chair beside my bed and pulls my hair away from my face before placing the wet cloth back on my forhead.
"I was at the county fair in Texas. Yer know ferris wheels, sodas, hot dogs, barbeques the works." I nod. "Well she was there. I saw her strugglin' to move a cart. So I walked over to her. I asked her if she needed help, she said no but I helped her anyway. She thanked me and we walked around. She saw a teddy bear she thought was cute so I won it for her. I'll admit I was showin' off a bit but hey what a pretty little thing she was. It's not everyday I meet one that was worth conversin' with... Anyway, a girl I knew when I was growing up asked me if I wanted to go and rock Mr. Jenks' truck like old times. I said not today and Liz threw her soda on me. I remember her callin me tons of colourful names." I burst out laughing.
"How was I supposed to know that she thought I the girl wanted to know if I wanted to go have sex with her again? I meant the literal thing. Mr. Jenks had this really old truck that when I was a teenager I used to tip over."
"So how did you guys end up together?" I ask.
"Thankfully before she stormed off I had gotten her number. I called her 2 days after. I figured I would give her some time to cool off. Angry woman equals heels in the ass. And I like my backside just the way it is. So anyway I apologized. Somehow she agreed to go out with me and I got explain myself, well you know the rest is history. Missy are you laughing at me?" He asks. I shake my head giggling. "Well I've got to get to work right now. My secretary needs to clarify something with me that can't be down over the phone."
"Ok." Edward and I both say. He chuckles.
"Seems you too are already thinkin on the same brainwaves. I'll call your mother and let her know I'm leavin now." He says.
"Bye Ed."
"Bye dad."
"Have fun kids. And don't do anything I wouldn't." He says before leaving. Edward follows behind him to lock up.
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