A/N: Hey guys! This is Tasha, and I know you all were expecting Macauley to write this chapter in Edwards POV, but I wanted to have the chapter up soon and he had a little bit writers block. So we decided that I would write chapter 4 and he would write chapter 5, so chapter 5 will be in Edwards POV. Here's Chapter 4 of Hero, hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 4

Bella's POV

I sat around the house the rest of the day yesterday after meeting Edward. I hoped he might call, but I figured he wouldn't considering that I just met him that day. I couldn't understand this urge to hear from him. To see him again. I moped around the house when he didn't call the next day. Everyone asked me what was wrong, but I told them it was nothing. I went to bed early, hoping that Edward would call tomorrow.

I woke up to bright light shining into my room. I groan and pull the covers over my face. I hear the door open and the feel someone sit on the bed. I pull the covers down to see Esme with a smile on her face, but she gasps as soon as she sees my face

"Oh, Bella, honey," she frowns.

"I'm fine," I assure her. She wasn't here when I got home yesterday. Rose told me that she was out of town and would be back tomorrow.

She sighs and then nods. "I made breakfast, your favorite."

I smile. "You didn't have to."

"I know but since you've had a rough couple of days I figure it's the least I can do," she says with a small smile.

"Ok, I'll be down in a minute," I say stretching my arms over my head. I'm surprised to find that I'm not as sore as yesterday.

Esme leaves and I get up and use the bathroom before going downstairs. Everyone is sitting at the table already with plates. I make a plate and take a seat next to Emmett.

"Good morning," I say. Everyone says their good morning and continue eating.

Once breakfast is done I help Esme with dishes, before heading upstairs to read. I couldn't stop thinking about Edward. His eyes, his hair, his smile, his voice. I could hardly focus on my book. Around 12:20 I heard my phones ringtone and rushed to answer it. I searched my room quickly, not finding anything. Suddenly the ringing stopped.

"Shit," I say. What if that was Edward.

I rush down the stairs and into the living room. Rose is sitting on the couch reading a magazine.

"Rose, have you seen my phone?" I ask.

"Ya, it was ringing, so Emmett answered it. He's in the kitchen," she says not looking up from her magazine.

I rush into the kitchen and see Emmett on my phone with a smile on his face. He changes his voice as he speaks. I walk over and reach for the phone, he tip-toes and lifts his head out of reach.

"Naw, this is Emmett who's this?" he says in a deep voice. I hear a soft reply, then Emmett looks to me with a knowing look.

"Well, Edward, I don't appreciate you tryin to talk to my woman," he says. I reach for the phone again excitedly, Emmett laughs.

"EMMETT!" I shout. He laughs again and hand me the phone. I put it to my ear quickly. "Edward? Hello, Edward?" Its quiet and I frown, assuming he hung up. Thanks, Emmett, I huff. Then I hear his voice.

"Bella?" he asks in a hesitant voice.

"Yes, it's me," I assure him. "I'm sorry, my brother was just being an Idiot," I glare in the direction Emmett left.

"Oh, that's ok," he says with a nervous chuckle. Its quiet for a few seconds. "So… umm… how are you?"

"Good," I say with a smile. "How are you?"

"Good," he says. Its quiet again.

"Do you… do you wanna do something with me today?" I ask, to break the silence.

"I'd love that," ha says, I can hear the smile in his voice. "How about we meet at the park?"

"Great," I agree. "It's 12:30 now. How bout I meet you in a half hour?"

"Ok," he agreed.

"Great, see you then," I say and wait till he says bye before hanging up. I turn quickly and start running to my room, but trip.

I get up and run up the stairs, finally reaching my room. I run to the bathroom and take a quick shower. When I get out, I wrap the towel around my body and go to my closet and start searching threw what I have. Alice come in my room and gives me a funny look. I ignore her and pull out a white sun dress.

"Where are you going?" She asks, eyeing the dress.

"Just to the park," I say. "Too much?" I motion to the dress.

"Why are you going to the park?" she asks, as I put the dress back and pull out some dark jeans and a flowy shirt. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to be out by yourself."

"I wont be by myself," I say. "I'm meeting a…friend."

"Ooo, a friend," she said wiggling her eyebrows. I roll my eyes and go into the bathroom to change. I come out and look at myself in the full length mirror.

"How do I look?" I ask, turning to Alice.

"Who's your friend?" she asks, ignoring my question.

"I'm going to meet Edward ok?" I say, exasperated. I look at the clock, 12:48.

"Edward? Wait, the guy who saved you?" she says with a big smile on her face.

"Yes, ok?" I say. "So how do I look?" I ask again.

"Not bad," she says looking me over, then she frowns. "Your eye…"

I had forgotten about my black eye. "Oh," is all I say.

"Come with me," she says standing up.

I follow her to her room and she motions for me to sit at the vanity table. I sit in the soft chair and wait as she looks through her makeup products until she finds what she wants. Cover up.

"Alice, I tried that already," I say.

"Not my cover up, its special," she explains. I shrug my shoulders and she begins to apply it to my eye. I look in the mirror once she's done. My bruised eye is still slightly darker then the other but other then that it wasn't as noticeable.

"Thanks, Alice," I say. She gives me a smug smile and hurries me down the stairs.

"Emmett, drive Bella to the park," she calls. Emmett stands and grabs his keys.

"Sure," he says. "Why?"

"She's meeting someone," Alice says with a sly smile.

"Ooo, it Edward," he says making a kissy-face as he says Edward's name.

"How does he know?" Alice says with a disappointed look on her face.

"Emmett was there at the station, remember?" I explain. "And he answered the phone when Edward called," I say glaring at him. He laughs.

"Alright lets go," he says walking out the door. I grab my purse and Alice hands me my phone as I walk out the door.

We get in Emmett's jeep and her starts toward the park. He looks at me as he's driving.

"You look nice," he complements. "You eye looks much better today."

"Thank you," I blush. "Alice put some cover up on it," I explain

He nods and we reach the park. I thank him for the ride and jump out of the car. I watch him drive away before going to sit at the bench near the playground. I look around and don't see Edward anywhere. There's a few parents watching their kids play at the park. After a few minutes I check my phone, 1:10. Was I late? I sit and contemplate the possibility that he could have left because I was late. I wasn't that late, was I? just then I hear someone clear their throat. I look up to see Edward and smile.

"I was beginning to wonder if you where coming, or whether I was to late and you left," I give a small laugh.

He chuckles and my heart speeds up at the sound. He sit next to me. "Sorry I was late, I had to… walk here."

"No problem," I say.

"You look very nice," he complements. I blush and look down. He's dressed so casual, I feel over dressed.

"Thank you," I say. He stares at me for a long moment. "What?" I ask, self consciously.

"Your eye…" he says, reaching to touch my eye. I close my eyes and let the heat of his touch rush through me as he lightly brushes his finger against the covered up bruise. "I'm sorry I was late."

"You already apologized for that," I remind him. He drops his hand and I open my eyes, trying to clear my head.

"I meant that night," he said softly.

"Don't you dare apologize. I owe you my life," I say, shaking my head. "I was lucky you came at all."

He sighed and I tried to think of a way to make him feel better. "Lets talk about less depressing things, ok? How bout a game of twenty questions?" I ask

"Alright," he gave me a small smile and seemed to relax a little.

"Alright, you first," I say with a smile. I seem to smile a lot around him.

"Favorite color?" he asks.

"Green," I say with a slight blush, looking at his gorgeous emeralds. He gives me a crooked smile and my heart speeds up again. "Umm… same question."

"Brown," he smiles at me and I blush again. "Do you want to walk?"

"Sure," I say. "And that doesn't count as a question."

He laughs and we start walking down the path around the huge park.

"How many siblings do you have?" he asks.

"Technically, none," I say. He gives me a confused look. "One question at a time." I playfully scold him. "Do you play any instruments?"

"I used to play piano," he replies.

"Used to?" I question.

"One question at a time," he mocks. I laugh and nod. "What did you mean, technically?"

"Well, my parent died in a car accident, and I didn't have any brothers or sisters," I explain. "When my parents died my Uncle Carlisle and Aunt Esme claimed custody over me, and they have four adopted children. So its like they are my siblings."

"I'm sorry about your parents," he says.

"Thanks," I say. We're quiet for a moment. "That boy you saw the other day, the one you thought was my boyfriend, he's one of their adopted children. He's also the one who answered the phone today." I explain with a blush.

He chuckles and nods. "Oh. I was afraid, when he answered the phone, that you gave me the wrong number."

"I'm sorry about him, he likes to joke," I say. I pause. "So, my turn? What did you mean by used to?"

"I used to live in a house and I owned a grand piano," he started. "But when I had to move to a smaller place I had to sell it."

"I'm sorry," I say. "I wish I could hear you play."

He smiles at me and we continue our game. I learned that he was an only child, and his parents also died in a car accident. He's 25, his favorite food is French, he's a dog person, and his favorite subject in school was English. He's the most interesting person I've ever met. And very mysterious, he easily answered all of my questions, giving my very little detail. It took forever to finish our game of twenty questions, since we would stop to tell funny stories about the previous question or get to talking about a different subject and by the time we were done the sun had started to set. My phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered on the third ring.

"Bella, are you ok? Do you need Emmett to come pick you up?" I could hear Alice's worried voice.

"I'm fine, Alice. Umm, hold on," I say turning to Edward and asking if he can walk me home, I didn't want him to go just yet. He agreed and I got back on the phone. "No Alice. Edward's going to walk me home."

"Alright, I'll see you soon," she says and then hangs up. I put my phone back in my purse and turn back to Edward.

"It seems that I have a curfew," I said with a frown.

"Well, I'm sure they're just worried, with what happened the other night and all," he says with another crooked smile. I'm learning to love those. I smile back. "Shall we go?"

"Alright," I agree and we start walking. "Its not that far."

It was quiet for a long time, or at least it seemed like a long time. But it wasn't an awkward silence, it was comfortable. We exit the park and start walking the long way to my house, since cutting through the cemetery was out of the question.

"So, where do you live?" Edward asks

"I live on craven drive," I say wondering if he knows where that is.

"Oh…" he says, looking down sadly. "Nice neighborhood."

"Well, we had to get a bigger house since there's five kids," I explain, he just nods. "So, what about you?"

"What?" he responds, his face turning a little pale.

"Where do you live?"

"Oh, I… umm…" he didn't say anything for a few seconds. "I move around a lot."

"Really? How come?" I ask as we turn the corner down craven drive.

"Well… I just don't like to stay in one place for to long,"

"Oh," I reply. I look up and see that we're a few houses away from my house. I point. "It's the pale green one."

He stares at the house for a while. We reach the steps and I turn to him not sure how I should say goodbye. This wasn't a date right? He smiles looks to the ground awkwardly.

"So I had a good time," I say, he looks up and smiles.

"Me too."

"Maybe we can do it again tomorrow?" I ask. "Same place, same time?"

"Sure," he agrees with a crooked grin. He looks at the house again, and a confused look crosses his face.

"What's wrong?" I ask. He doesn't say anything, just looks down both ends of the street.

"What street did you say this was?" he asks looking at me.

"Craven drive," I tell him. He looks frustrated for a moment, then he looks to my neighbors house.

"Oh, umm, I got to go," he says, pausing for a moment before turn away. I give him a confused look.

"Will I see you tomorrow?" I shout as he's walking down the sidewalk.

"Ya!" he yelled back walking faster down the street and around the corner.

I frown, confused, and make my way into the house. I guess I'll just ask him tomorrow, I sigh. I make my way up the stairs to my room and flop down on the bed. Alice comes in and sit next to me.

"Hey you," she says with a smile. "How was your date?"

"It wasn't a date, Alice," I roll my eyes. "We're just friends."

"Sure," she says with a sly smile. "So how'd it go?"

"Great, I'm gonna meet him tomorrow."

"Oooo, where are you going?" she asks.

"Just to the park again," I shrug, pretending its no big deal, but inside I was giddy.

"That sounds nice," she smiles.

There was a distant voice calling for Alice. She rolled her eyes and leaves the room. I went to the bathroom and took a quick shower before deciding to go to bed early. The earlier I get to sleep, the soon I'll be able to see Edward again. I close my eyes and dreamed of his perfect face.

Soooo? Whatcha think? I hope you guys liked it. I tried not to make her seem to desperate, but I think I may have failed. LoL. I think Macauley is writing the same chapter in Edwards POV, so we can see what kind of mischief Edward is up to. Hehe.

I would love if maybe you guys could give me some suggestions on how to make Bella sound less needy and desperate. So if it's not too much trouble I would love some advice. Thanks.

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Tasha ^_^