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Chapter 3
The Kiss:

The following day, Bella made sure she caught the early bus. It let her off at the bus stop at five to three. She glanced up to the street and saw a group of boy's was standing a few feet away from the hospice's front door. They didn't look friendly.

Frowning, Bella pushed through the heavy glass doors on the café and headed straight toward the counter. She sat down on one of the stools, dug her physics text out her pack, and flipped open.

"What'll it be?"

Bella looked up straight into the eyes of the rude huge boy that'd been on the bus yesterday. Up close he was even cuter than she'd thought. Brown eyes, dark hair and shoulders broad enough to make a girl's heart skip.

"Uh, just a Coke, please."

"Anything else?"

She shook her head and breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't recognized her as the idiot who didn't know how to open a bus door, she thought, watching him from the corner of her eyes.

"You a student?" he asked as he set the coke in front of her.

"I'm a senior at Santa Ana's Academy" Her heartbeat picked up. His voice was cool

"Hey Jacob," a man called from the other end of the counter."Can we have some more coffee?"

Jacob didn't speak to her again, but Bella was conscious of him glancing at her whenever he thought she wasn't looking. She pretended to find her physics textbook madly fascinating.

Fifteen minutes later, she paid her check and left. The group of the boys was gone when she got to Rosalie Place but she hurried inside anyway. Her spirits were high as she climbed the steps to Rosalie's Place. Her good moods changed when she was told what her duties were, Cleaning bathrooms.

The last time she cleaned a bathroom was when she ten. They'd had a cleaning woman since then.

It wasn't as bad as she'd thought it would be, she decided ninety minutes later. She even spent ten minute talking with Jamie Roland, an AIDS patient who had been an airline pilot before getting sick.

Only two more to go and then she could go down and do dinner trays. Bella pushed the cart down the hall; frowning as she realize the next bathroom oh her list was in Edward's room.

She knocked softly and then peeked inside.

Edward was sitting by the window, "Come on in." he called softly.

"I'm… uh, going to clean your bathroom." Bella announced.

"Be my guest."He gave her a wide grin.

Bella put her bucket of supplies on the tile floor and started to close the door.

"Leave it open."Edward called.

Her head come up and saw him standing just outside."Why?"She asked.

"You get some exited out seeing me scrub the sink?"

"No sinks," he said leaning against the door fame, "but toilet."

"Very funny." She was tempted to slam the door in his face , but the truth was, she was glad to have someone to talk.

"How come you not in bed?" Bella asked

"I'm not tired, And I'm in the mood for company…Even yours." Edward replied smiling.

So that meant that yesterday he wasn't in the mood for company…?

"oh, so now that you want my company you treat me all gentlemanly… when yesterday you where a total fucking jerk?" Bella said scrubbing harder.

Edward sighed "um…sorry about that, when Rosalie brought you yesterday I was a little tired…" he said Bella remained silent waiting for him to continue.

"But I guess that it doesn't give me the right to treat you like I did…" he said Bella simply nodded as she rinsed the cleaner from the toilet.

"I'm sorry" Edward added

"You're forgiven"

Bella sprinkled the cleanser on the tub & shower, "You must really be desperate if you want to talk to me…What's the matter… don't you have any friends?"

He laughed and pushed a lock of hair off his face. The movement drew her gaze to his hand and arms. The veins on his hands were clearly outlined against his pale skin.

"Most of my buddies live down in L.A. Unlike your friends, Daddy didn't buy them a set of wheels on their sixteen birthdays."

"FWY: I take the bus," Bella snapped.

"really?" Edward said

"Yeah, but I bet you've got a car."

She clamped her mouth shut not wanting to argue and stuck her cleaning cloth under the faucet. Dying or not, he was a jerk. Since she didn't deny or agree Edward kept talking.

"You do have one, don't you?" he continued.

"What is it…? A snazzy little convertible?"

"It's not convertible," she said, turning on the water and splashing it around the side of tube, "It's a compact."

"How come you taking the bus, then?"

"When I got arrested my parents took my driver's license."

"Tough break." he mumbled.

"But at least when you've served your time, you'll get it back. How long you going to be here anyway?"

"I got two hundred hours of community service. And I'm here fifteen hours a week. You figure it out…If you need help, i've got calculator in my backpack."

"Keep your calculator, I made A's in math," he said laughing again.

That surprised her, "You did?"

"Yeah," he said proudly."What did you think? And why you look so surprised?"

"I just was that's all."But he was too close to the mark of comfort. Bella was startled herself.

He entered the bathroom, "Well I was an A's straight student all my life. I got full scholarship from UCSD…"

He shrugged and dropped his gaze to floor tiles.

"Course now I'll never get to use it."

Bella stared at him. She had no idea what to say, A full scholarship and he'd never get to set foot on a college campus. Jezz, it just wasn't fair, Jerk or not Edward Cullen had obviously worked his tail off to go to college.

"Man, I'm really sorry." she said, "You must have really worked hard. Four-oh's don't grow on trees."

"Don't be sorry for me," He said, lifting his gaze to meet hers.

His eyes were dark pools of ancient wisdom, infinitely sad and infinitely understanding.

Bella felt lump form in her throat, her lips moved as she struggled to say something...but there weren't any words.

There was nothing to say.

"Sometimes," Edward continued softly, "you get the bear…Sometimes, the bear gets you." he looked into her eyes.

"You have beautiful eyes Bella" Edward said "you too" she replied.

He continued looking at her for a few more seconds, or minutes? Bella lost track of time…she was in a trance, all the sudden Edward wasn't a jerk to her anymore, for that moment she forgot that he was on the edge of death…

Softly he lifted her chin up, and kissed her.


OMG! THEY KISSED...SEE YA! R&R 3