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Dinner With the Cullen's/Swans

Bella's POV

I was seething when I walked through my door, "Stupid, arrogant, smug, think-he's-all-that, selfish, creep. No respect, degrading women, typical ass!" I muttered as I climbed up my stairs. "That self-centered, egotistical, idiotic JERK!" I screamed; I was really fuming right now.

The door slammed into my wall as I forcefully pushed it opened. I dropped my bag beside me and grabbed my towel. Perhaps a nice shower will relax me from this angry state I was in.

And the shower provided what I wanted. It calmed me down a lot and got me thinking, 'Maybe I am being to rash about this whole Edward thing. But he did hurt me, ugh I don't know,' I sighed, getting out of the shower.

Going to the Cullen's tonight, I'll stick with something casual. It's not like it's a formal affair or anything.

I decided on a pair of comfy jeans and my favourite blue blouse. I tossed my red hoodie overtop, it was a bit cold out. I heard rustling downstairs and voices, so I quickly slipped on my converse shoes and went quietly headed down the stairs. It was going so well until I tripped on the third last step and fell all the way down, landing very hard on my back.

My loud squeak and thump on the floor alerted Renee and Charlie who came bustling out of the kitchen, and they're surprised looks turned into worry as they began to fret over me.

"Bella, Bella are you alright?" Renee asked, taking hold of one of my arms, dad had the other, and lifting me up to sit upright.

"Yeah," I replied, "I figure there's going to be a lot of bruising,"

Charlie sighed in relief, "Thank god, you've got to be more careful Bella," he scolded.

I smiled back at him, "I'll try dad,"

I staggered onto my feet, my side and my back feeling a little numb.

Renee steadied me before she set me down into a kitchen chair, "When are we going?"

Charlie glanced up at the clock, "Well Edward should be here around ten to six,"

I glanced up at the clock, it was 5:30, then I backtracked, "Wait, Edward's coming to pick us up?"

Charlie nodded, "Yeah, my cruiser is making these funny sounds so I'm getting that checked out tomorrow, you're car, I'm not going to even comment on that, and your mother can't find her car keys in her room anywhere,"

"You make me sound like I'm that forgettable," Renee exclaimed, hitting her husband lightly on the chair.

"What's wrong with my car?" I asked, defending it quickly, I loved my car dearly. Sure it's a little old, a little loud, but it was mine.

Charlie sighed, "You really need a new car Bella. Your truck is beat up and old, and also rusting,"

"Your father is right dear, how about if we get you a new car?" Renee interjected.

I shook my head definitely, "No way, I love my truck, besides Jacob said he's coming to fix it up this weekend so end of discussion," I quickly stated.

"But -," Charlie attempted to speak up but I glared at him, "End of discussion," I repeated, standing up and walking out of the kitchen.

In my mind, I could see both of them shaking their heads at me. I smiled and headed up the stairs, slowly and cautiously, it's even worse when you're falling down the stairs backwards.

I took a quick look at my alarm clock, Edward would be here in fifteen minutes, so I decided to find something to bring along to occupy myself, just as Angela suggested.

I grabbed my shoulder bag, almost resembling a shoulder purse, and stuffed in my sketchbook, some pencils, my Dracula book and my I-pod would be good to as well. It's going to take every ounce of my strength not to argue with Edward again, we would we get into one of our famous arguments over some stupid matter, and I wanted the rest of the evening to be peaceful and relaxing.

I didn't realize I spent a while in my room, just brooding over my thoughts until I heard the doorbell ring.

I sighed and tossed the shoulder bag over my shoulder, "This should be fun," I muttered to myself as I headed downstairs.

Edward was waiting there, in all his glory, wearing a white, silver pinstriped dress shirt and black pants. I froze for a moment on the last step, for some reason, he actually looked…stunning.

I shook my head, trying to rid my mind of these horrid thoughts. Edward, having caught my staring, smirked confidently at me. All I did was scowl and push passed him with everyone else following behind me, although I'm pretty sure that Charlie and Renee were a tad confused at my sudden anger.

Renee and I slipped into the backseat with Charlie in the front and we were off.

Edward's POV

I couldn't help but smirk to myself when I caught Bella staring at me. She was still incensed during the entire car ride to my place.

The car ride took about ten minutes until we finally reached my Victorian home. I loved my home, big and beautiful and in a place where I can get some privacy away from all those annoying reporters.

I watched as Bella was the first one out of the car and I couldn't help but stare at her while she walked up to my doorstep, well ran to my doorstep.

Her body looked so perfect, and her beautiful hair, oh and that dazzling smile. I shook my head, c'mon Edward, you have to think straight here!

I hopped out of my Volvo and followed the Swans, more specifically Bella, into my home to see Carlisle and Esme, my parents, greeting our guests.

That went out for a couple of minutes until Charlie went off with Carlisle to watch the game I assume, Renee went off with Esme to help prepare dinner, and all there left was Bella.

She looked up and her eyes met mine. Giving her one of my famous crooked smiles, I saw her blush and quickly turned away. Sometimes I know how to work her up.

"Hey Bella," I crooned; I believe her blush is turning redder, "What's up?"

She simply shrugged her shoulders in reply, but I also noticed she wouldn't look at me. For a moment or two, it was just an awkward silence as we stood there, I was looking at Bella, and she was looking…elsewhere.

Then an idea popped into my head, "Hey Bella, I want to show you something,"

She simply nodded and followed me upstairs to my room. My room was on the third floor, it was rather large and had another room attached to it, a room for me to get some inspiration and such. I wonder if Bella remembers it.

My room was awesome; my room was painted a rich red colour with a wall-sized window covering the whole south wall. A lot of my wall space was either covered with family photographs, some concert pictures, and childhood drawings that mom made me keep on my walls. My comfy bed with a gold and red bed set on top was near the west end with black shelves on either side containing my large CD collections, I probably had more than 300 I would assume…or was it 400?

I had a few table stands around my room; one was beside my large black sofa, placed near the window, one beside my bed, another beside my bathroom door and hallway door and the last one beside my stereo speaker.

On the opposite CD was a huge and also very sophisticated stereo system. I had a computer desk beside it and then to top it all off was a matching gold rug. Beside my door that led from the hallway to my room was two doors, a blue one that meant the bathroom and a white one that led to my studio or inspiration room.

"Wow," I heard Bella breathe out, "I haven't been in here in so long. Things haven't changed one bit, well maybe except for the pictures,"

It has been a while since I've just talked to Bella like this, just her and me.

She turned around to look at me as I shut the door behind us, "So what did you want to show me?" she asked.

Right, uh I didn't have anything I wanted to talk to her about. I just wanted to get her someplace where we wouldn't be disturbed.

Then a thought came into my head, "Well uh…I was just wondering if you wanted to start hanging out again. I miss the ol' days where it was just you and me. We were almost inseparable," I smirked to myself, that was good, and true I suppose. That thing mom had mentioned earlier really got to me, and also what Alice had said.

What was it that had separated between me and Bella? It couldn't have been because I was famous, right?

She was gaping at me, completely shocked about my sudden question.

"Oh… uhm…I uh-," I listened to her stumble on her words. It really bothered me, most people would quickly answer yes to this question but why was Bella having so much difficulty with it? The reason we split up couldn't have been that bad.

I walked over towards her and lifted her chin so she could look at me. The moment I lifted her face, I was immediately mesmerized in those beautiful brown eyes she had. They stared back at me, almost as if they were boring into my soul. Bella's eyes were so…stunning, so innocent.

But what I also noticed was this jolt I felt when I touched her. It shocked me at first but I stayed calm, even though my mind was all over the place. I've never felt that before when I touched Bella, so why now?

I mentally slapped myself, 'Get a grip Edward! Focus on the real goal!' my mind screamed at me.

"Bella?" I asked, catching her off guard. She also seemed like she was put into a trance. "Oh," I heard her whisper softly.

She tried to get out of my grip but I held onto her tightly, wrapping my other arm around her waist. "Bella, please answer my question," I whispered softly into her ear.

It was completely silent in my room, and through the quiet, I could hear Bella's heartbeat, loud and fast. What was wrong with Bella? My answer couldn't have made her like this.

I felt her place her hands on my chest and with a soft grunt, she pushed me away, escaping from my grip, surprisingly.

"I gotta go," she explained quickly, running past me and out the door.

What just happened?

Bella's POV

I ran out of the room as fast as I could. I rushed down the stairs, surprisingly I didn't trip, and into the living room where I plopped myself down on the couch.

I placed a hand over my frantic heart. What was that? What just happened?

My heart was beating so fast, and when Edward touched me, I felt this shock of electric waves flow through me, starting from my chin then spread throughout my entire body.

My breathing was heavy and I lifted my legs to hug close to my touch. "Just what was that?" I asked allowed.

"What was what Bella?" a deep voice asked behind me. It sounded so light and feathery, but had a certain masculinity tone behind it than made it so attractive.

"Oh my god!" I shrieked at the sudden voice. I jumped and fell off the couch, landing on my stomach. "Oww…" I muttered, although it was slightly muffled because I lying face down on the ground.

I felt two strong arms lift me up and place me back on the couch and I looked up to see Carlisle looking down at me. I mix of amusement and worry on his face.

"Are you alright Bella?"

I relaxed on the couch, grabbing a pillow and hugging it close to my chest while I closed my eyes. "Yeah, just peachy keen," I answered.

I felt my legs being lifted up and placed back down into his lap. "You make a good foot stool Carlisle," I mumbled.

I heard him chuckle once more, "So what's bothering you Bella?"

I opened my eyes to look at him suspiciously, "Why?"

"Isn't it usually what?" he asked, he was having too much fun in this. I believe it's some life-long goal of the Cullen's to pick fun at my life.

I rolled my eyes, "I mean why do you ask?"

"Well the first sign was that you were talking to yourself, and the next one was that you sounded a little worry Bella,"

"Oh…" I relaxed once more, closing my eyes.

"So what i-,"

"Where's dad?" I asked, cutting him off quickly. I really needed to sort of my thoughts first before I talked to anyone.

I'm pretty sure Carlisle noticed it, but he was wise, he's known me since I was in diapers and he knew when to talk about something and when to keep it quiet.

I heard his quiet sigh before he answered, "Your mother called for him,"

I just simply nodded, "How come you're not with Edward?" he asked.

I simply shrugged my shoulders, "he was being an idiot," was my reply, and it was somewhat partially true.

I opened my eyes to see him staring at me contemplatively, something suspicious was working in his mind, and thank god when Esme called for dinner.

Carlisle patted my leg, "Let's go Bella, dinner's a-waiting,"

I nodded and got up, following Carlisle in the elegant dining room where a magnificent feast was set up.

Beautiful china sets were set up on the dark mahogany dining table, about six dishes altogether, and mom and Esme really outdid themselves.

They had prepared some roast beef, half of it in slices while the other half was still whole and had tiny garlic pieces cooked inside, mash potatoes and gravy, a series of salads, a bowl of mixed vegetables and a bottle of sparkling apple juice. Edward and I were still underage and mom doesn't drink.

"Wow, it looks delicious, a wonderful job honey, and you as well Renee," Carlisle exclaimed.

Renee and Esme smiled as well all sat down, Edward was heading down I think, "Well it's also thanks to the kitchen staff," Esme commented, she was really modest because I knew she made more than the staff, same with Renee.

Moments later, Edward arrived and we were all ready to dig in into this wonderful feast.

During the dinner, I was silent pretty much through all of it. I was too busy brooding over my thoughts about what happened in Edward's room. I knew I was an idiot, worrying about it too much, but for some reason I couldn't' get it out of my head. That moment just felt so…intimate.

I would usually drift in and out of conversations, mostly whenever I was addressed directly, but throughout the dinner, I was quiet. Every so often, I could also see Edward glancing at me from the corner of my eye, and sometimes I would find myself staring at him. What was wrong with me? Snap out of it Bella!

Soon it was dessert and Renee and Esme had made their famous banana, vanilla cream pie. Usually I would love there pies, but I was too contemplative at the moment to really pie any attention to what was going on at the moment, I merely just picked at my slice. But I did happen to notice that Edward was gone, he excused himself before dessert arrived.

"Well if Bella agrees, then she will be staying here. Bella?" I heard Charlie call for me.

I jumped out of my trance to see everyone staring at me. I smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, what?"

Renee laughed softly, "Do you agree to stay here than?" she asked me. I was completely oblivious and sort of disoriented to understand the question so I just agreed so I could quickly return to thinking over my current predicament.

Esme clapped her hands together, "Wonderful Bella, then you'll be here with us for two weeks than! Edward and Alice will greatly love your company."

I just smiled and nodded until what she had said had registered through my mind.

I stood up quickly, almost knocking over my chair, "I'm staying WHERE?"

So much for my peaceful and relaxing evening.

Well there's chapter 4. I'm sorry about the cliffhanger, it needed to end somewhere and that place seemed the best. As promise, I will try to update as soon as possible, but it might take a while because of all my school work...cursed school!

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