Fearless Chapter 4: Hey Stephen, a twilight fanfic

A/N: hey guys sorry for the semi-long wait…I'm juggling three stories at the moment so it's a bit challenging, but fun at the same time, I love writing all of them. It was kind of hard getting this chapter started…but I think I fixed it just the right way this time so as always I love the comments and reviews!

Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue. I don't own twilight and neither do you. [Courtesy of twihard-fanpire] :)

"Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving But I know I saw a light in you And as we walked we were talking, I didn't say half the things I wanted to. Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window, I'll be the one waiting there even when it's cold. Hey Stephen, boy you might have me believing I don't always have to be alone

Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel, Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you, Can't help it if there's no one else, I can't help myself

Hey Stephen, I've been holding back this feeling So I've got some things to say to you, I've seen it all so I thought But I've never seen nobody shine the way you do. The way you walk the way you talk the way you say my name It's beautiful, wonderful don't you ever change Hey Stephen, why are people always leaving, I think you and I should stay the same

They're dimming the street lights, you're perfect for me, Why aren't you here tonight I'm waiting alone now so come on and come out And pull me near. Shine, shine, shine

Hey Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons Why I should be the one you choose. All those other girls, well they're beautiful but would they write a song for you? Haha

I can't help it if you look like an angel Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you Can't help it if there's no one else, I can't help myself

If you look like an angel Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you, Can't help it if there's no one else, I can't help myself, myself, Can't help myself, I can't help myself"

Hey Stephen- Taylor Swift

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BPOV

"But I don't know Alice, it's not like we're in junior-high here," I said as I consulted Alice about what had happened with Edward the previous night. She had almost ripped my head off for not telling her sooner. "Just because we kissed doesn't mean he's in love with me," Edward, in love with me…it was just too much to think about. "I mean what if the kiss didn't mean the same thing to him as it meant to me?" We had been referring to it as 'the' kiss all morning, like it was the only kiss I've ever had in my life, but at this point it was pretty much the only one that mattered.

Alice's eyes popped out of her head. "Well what exactly did it mean to you Bella?"

Oh gosh. I had never really talked about his with Alice before. Edward and I had always fooled around with each other before, just joking to him although I always knew I had a tad bit of a crush on him, but Alice probably always thought of it as two friends, two buddies, screwing around with each other. Occasionally when I was feeling stronger about liking him, Rose would be my go-to confidant.

Alice had taken my silence as a confirmation of her thoughts. "OH MY GOD, YOU TOTALLY LOVE HIM!" she squealed.

"You aren't mad are you?" I asked sheepishly.

"Are you kidding me? Mad?" Oh no. "Bella, you two are the two most important people in my life, besides Jasper," she added, "how could I be any less than thrilled?!" she smiled. "But I am really mad that you've never told me about this before!" she threw a pillow at me from where she was sitting on our couch.

"Well it's never been anything serious…"

"Until now!" she squealed and clapped her hands a few times. "So, what are we going to do?!" she asked, probably eager to make up a plan.

"Well, I don't really know…that's my problem." I sighed, "What if he just thought of it as just a kiss, a regular, every day kiss. You know as well as I do how he could get a kiss every day if he wanted to…" I trailed off. "And what if he thinks that way and finds out what I think, it'll be embarrassing and awkward. Ughh." I buried my face in the pillows of the couch.

"Right. So…we need a plan…first step?" she asked.

"Let's start with finding out how he feels; we can't do much more without knowing that."

"Ok so how do we find out? Do you think Emmett or Jasper would tell us?"

"I don't think so…would you tell Jasper what I've just told you if he said Edward wanted to know?"

Alice paused for a second. "True, ok so we need a different plan…Oh my gosh I know!" she blurted out. "Remember what Rose told me to do about Jasper?!"

I had almost forgotten about that, Alice and Jasper had been together for nearly two or three years now. But before those years, Alice had asked Rose for some advice and what Rose had told her ended up being the reason she and Jasper had a relationship to begin with. Rose had asked Alice what she would say to Jasper if there were no limits or nervousness and she just wanted to express her feelings. Somehow after Alice told us what she would say she found the guts to go tell Jasper flat out that she was crazy about him. He, of course, felt the same way and he took her in his arms on the spot and kissed her.

"Alice are you kidding me?! There's no way I could ever do that. Just…no." I shuddered at the thought.

"Come on, can't we at least try? You never know, before I told Rose, I never thought I would either but look what happened with that! Let's get Rose; she'll hate us if she misses this."

"Fine." I sighed. "I'll call Rose…" I picked up my phone and mentally groaned as I opened it, the background was a picture of me and Edward at his apartment sitting on the couch, he had taken it a few weeks ago and set it as my background and then sent it to his phone, setting it as his background too.

"Hey Bella, what's up?" Rose answered.

"We need you!" Alice called over my shoulder.

"Yeah, we need you." I repeated Alice's words.

"Ok I'll be right over."

Alice and I watched some TV while we waited for Rose.

"Hey guys what's up?" Rose walked in.

"Rose! OhmygoshBellaistotallyinlovewithEdwardandwehavetohelpthemgettogetherASAP!" Alice said in a blur.

"Seriously?! Oh my gosh Bella!" Rose ran over and hugged me. "Ok so what's the plan?" she let go of me and turned to Alice.

"I was thinking an approach similar to the Alice-Jasper technique…but Bella is a bit resistant."

"Oh, come on Bella. Let's at least try it for the sake a venting…and maybe practicing out loud."

"You guys, I am so not doing this."

"Come on; just pretend he's in the room." Alice pointed to the chair across the room. "He's sitting on that chair napping. Now's your chance to say all you've ever wanted to him. So what do you say?" Alice prompted me.

I sighed loudly. "I don't know, I still feel silly."

"Come on already! Let's start with the beginning of last night…how did you feel then? I'll start if off for you. You know Edward; I've been holding back this feeling so I've got some things to say to you…"

"As we walked around, avoiding the party and being miserable together, I didn't say half the things I wanted to." I finished Alice's sentence.

"Ok, great, what else?"

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EPOV

I walked over to see Bella and was about to walk in when I heard Alice screaming.

What was Alice talking about…they said my name…so they were talking about me? I knew it was rude to eavesdrop but my curiosity got the better of me.

"As we walked around, avoiding the party and being miserable together, I didn't say half the things I wanted to."

Wait was that Bella? I had to hear more. Please say more.

"Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window, I'll be the one waiting there even when it's cold. You might even have me believing I don't always have to be alone. I can't help it if you look like an angel, can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain."

"Oh my gosh Bella you're so good at this!" Alice laughed.

"Can't help it if there's no one else, I can't help myself." She laughed. "The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name, it's beautiful, wonderful don't you ever change. These days, why are people always leaving, I think you and I should stay the same."

Is Bella really talking about me? I hope she wasn't talking about anyone else…

"Thought I'd seen everything, but I've never seen nobody smile the way you do."

Bella likes my smile?

"They dimmed all the street lights; you're perfect for me why didn't you say it, there that night? I was waiting alone now but then you come out and pull me near."

A night when all the street lights were dimmed, the night of the dance? I had loved holding her that night and she had looked so beautiful.

"Don't think of all those other girls, I could give you 50 reasons why I should be the one you choose. All those other girls, well they're beautiful, but would they say this all to you?"

I could hear Alice and Rose laughing in the background. "Wooo!" Alice 'whooped' and Rose kept laughing.

"See Bella wasn't it just good to vent all that?" Rose asked,

"Yeah you guys were right I guess…but that still doesn't mean I'll be as brave as Alice was." Bella said.

I stood there at the door, just staring at it, thinking. So why had Bella told all of this to Rose and Alice? I know that they were all really close but it made me sad to know that Bella wasn't the type of person to straight out tell me those things. Maybe now that I knew how she felt I could tell her how I felt about her.

I heard Alice say, "I'll be right back!" and she opened the door, leaving me standing there right in front of her.

"Oh, hey Edward…." she looked at me strangely and I saw Bella fall off her chair in the background. "I was just coming to get you and Jazz."

"Oh...um..." I was at a loss for words considering all of the things I just heard.

"Ok I'm gonna go get Jazz…" Alice slipped awkwardly past me, probably wondering why I was acting so weird.

"Hey Edward come on in." Rose called. I noticed Bella still struggling to get off the ground around her tipped over chair. I laughed a bit and tried to hide it as she looked up at me. I walked over to her and helped her up, sitting her on the couch extremely close to me.

I couldn't help but get a burst of confidence after all the girl talk I had heard. I saw Bella blush out of the corner of my eye and Rose eyed me strangely as I smiled.

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APOV

I walked up the stairs and didn't even bother knocking as I walked into the boys' apartment. Jasper was standing in the middle of the room putting his shirt on; I could still see his wonderfully toned abs. His hair was dripping so I'm guessing he just got out of the shower.

"Ooh sexyyy!" I joked as he pulled the shirt over his head and he rolled his eyes.

"Hey beautiful." He smiled and kissed me sweetly.

"Edward just came down and I came up to get you…since you obviously didn't feel obligated to come with him."

"Didn't miss me very much did you?" he joked, "Edward's been down there for quite a while."

"No, he just came in as I was leaving to get you…"

"Really?" Jasper seemed confused. "Well I saw him leave right before I took a shower."

"Wait a minute…" I was thinking about how strange Edward was acting as I walked out. "OH MY GOSH!!!" I screamed.

"What?" Jasper asked, concern now crossing his face.

"EDWARD HEARD US!!! OH MY GOD IM GOING TO KILL HIM."

"What did he hear?" Jasper asked.

"Well I can't tell you!"

"Oh…ok…well shall we go down there? I really don't think you should kill Edward though…"

"He heard Bella telling me and Rose how she felt about him!"

"Ok maybe you should kill him." Jasper laughed, shocked, and took my hand, leading me back to my apartment.

"EDWARD ANTHONY CULLEN. GET YOUR SORRY BUT OUT HERE RIGHT THIS SECOND." I yelled as Jasper walked in, I waited outside, wanting to have a little chat with my brother.

"Umm…" Edward walked out and closed the door behind him looking confused. Clearly he had no idea I knew he was listening, but I am very observant so he should have known he'd get caught.

"You have some 'splainin to do."

"What are you talking about?" he asked.

"Edward, you know what I'm talking about. How long were you standing out here before I opened the door?"

"Oh…that…"

"Yes, that! How could you?! That is such an invasion of privacy and not to mention that Bella clearly didn't want you to flat out hear what she said." I paused, trying to calm myself down; I did not want to see this blow up in Bella's face.

"I'm sorry Alice, I swear I didn't mean to but I heard my name and I really just couldn't help myself."

"You better not ever mention this ever. No person wants to lay it out and be so vulnerable like that, especially not Bella, and you better not bring it up."

"Alice how could you think that I would do something like that to Bella?"

"I'm sorry; I guess I'm being a bit harsh…I know you would never do that to Bella…" I paused. "But you do have a tendency to mess things up sometimes with girls, especially if…oh my gosh, wait," I can't believe I didn't see this one coming, "Do you like Bella?!" I whisper-yelled.

"Shh! Alice I am so not talking to you about this." He turned around and opened the door, letting himself back in. I noticed how he sat extremely closely to Bella again and he seemed really happy. I think this is all going to work out perfectly.

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BPOV

Maybe I was in such a good mood after openly admitting my feelings out loud to Rose and Alice… and to myself, or maybe it was the fact that Edward was sitting dangerously close to me on the couch. Maybe it was also the fact that he had his arm around the back of the couch and his hand was touching my shoulder. He was laughing a lot too, and since I was sitting right next to him I could feel him shaking from laughter, it was nice and…comforting.

We decided to watch a movie and once the lights went out I became extremely aware of every breath that Edward took and every time he so much as twitched a finger.

Towards the end of the movie my eyelids were starting to win the battle I was having with myself to stay awake. I slowly drifted off and leaned back against Edward's shoulder.

What seemed like a few minutes later I was awakened by the sound of whispers.

"See you guys later." Jasper whispered and I heard the door open and shut.

"Alice will you shut off the DVD player, I want to go take a shower before I go to sleep." Rose whispered.

"Ok," I think I heard Alice get up but I was still too sleepy to move. "Edward, want to wake Bella up? I'm gonna go visit Jazz for a bit so you stay here and you can go sleep when I come back."

"Sounds good." Edward's mouth was right near my ear and I could feel his cool breath.

"Edward, I'm serious about what I said earlier." Alice said in a strong tone.

"And I was serious when I said I'm not talking about it with you."

"Fine." I heard the door open and close again.

As much as my mind was telling me to get up, I just couldn't find the strength to open my eyelids. My feet were curled up on the side of the couch and I was leaning against Edward, it was really the most comfortable position I've ever slept in on a couch, especially since Edward was there. I could feel this rise and fall of his chest and it sent thrills through my body.

His arm was still around me, although now it was actually around me and not the couch, and I felt his thumb rub little circles around my arm. He moved his mouth and nose down to my neck and nuzzled his nose there moving up and down along it.

At this point I was having trouble breathing as much as I should have been and I struggled to get in each breath. And then he started humming, a beautiful song although I didn't recognize it, maybe he had written it, he did seem to be around his piano more during the past week or so.

He suddenly pulled away and kissed the top of my head. "Bella…" he whispered, kissing the side of my head. And then again, "Bella," he paused, sighing. "Bella, wake up…" he said quietly.

I pretended to stir and opened my eyes slowly. "Oh," I whispered, "How long was I asleep for?" I asked groggily.

"Only twenty minutes or so." He smiled.

"Oh well…" I shrugged. "I guess everyone else left…"

"Yeah…Alice is up with Jasper so she said I can go back up once she comes back down…"

Well at least he didn't have to go right away. "Oh, ok." We sat there in a bit of awkward silence, which was really strange; Edward and I were the ones who always had the nice comfortable silences. Ugh, these feelings were starting to get in the way already. "So want to tell me what the rest of the movie was about?" I prompted, trying to start a conversation to avoid silence.

"Not really…I wasn't really paying attention…"

"How could you possibly not be paying attention when you're just sitting in front of a screen?" I asked.

"Oh, I had plenty of things distracting me." He said quietly and started playing with my hair.

I still hadn't moved since I'd woken up so Edward was still dangerously close to me and this close contact stuff really wasn't helping my lungs very much. I looked up at him and that did it, I stopped breathing completely.

He slowly leaned in closer and closer until his lips were almost touching mine. He kissed me softly and set my heart on fire. His lips moved slowly against mine, with no rush or worry, just a care free, sweet, wonderful, amazingly romantic kiss. His hand moved up to my neck and he gently pulled me closer and I did the same, moving as close as humanly possible to him and enjoying the feel of his muscles against me. His tongue traced across my bottom lip and my stomach exploded with butterflies. I opened my mouth and he took control of the kiss, exploring my mouth and I could have sworn I heard him let out a groan.

I heard Alice opening the door but to my surprise Edward didn't pull away, I was guessing he hadn't heard the door. I was too occupied to care but I heard Alice walk past us, not even saying anything; very un-Alice, and then room to her door closed. All the while Edward continued kissing me and I eagerly kissed him back. Edward pulled away a few minutes later.

"We should go on a date tomorrow." He whispered, knowing Rose and Alice were probably both asleep by now.

I was too shocked to respond.

"I mean…um…" he seemed to be discouraged by my silence.

"I'd love to." I smiled.

"Ok, after class?" he asked.

I nodded. "I should probably get to sleep though…"

"Oh, right you have an early class tomorrow." Was it weird that I loved that he knew my schedule. "I'm sorry, I kept you up."

"I'm glad I did." I smiled.

"Me too." He kissed me softly. "But you really should get to sleep…I'll call you tomorrow."

"Ok, bye."

"Night Bella." He kissed me once more chastely on the lips and I floated to bed on a cloud.

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A/N: so did you guys like this chapter? Please let me know, I love reviews from you guys! And obviously I had to change the song a bit…to fit the story ya know..? and i thought id throw in some APOV just to keep it interesting...so yeah..

big...change coming in the next chapter...which should be obvious if you know the album and which song is next

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