Chapter 6

I had not spoken to Edward in 2 weeks; since we kissed in his classroom and I bolted. I was in his class; he asked me questions but as soon as class was over I was the first one out of there. He tried to talk to me after class a couple of times but I avoided him as best I could. Alice had tried getting me to talk to him but I couldn't do it. I had to get over him, and if I was ever going to; I had to cut off all contact.

It was Saturday morning; I was lying in bed reading my favourite book withering heights. I was contemplating getting out of bed and being proactive. I had washing to do and an assignment to finish but my mind was in another place. I thought about Edward every day. Avoiding him and not speaking to him was not really working as well as I'd hoped. But I knew it was for the best so I had no other choice.

About 11am I heard a soft tap on my door. Placing my book down I sat up "Come in"

Alice's head peeped through the door with a smile on her face "Hey Bella, you know it's a beautiful day outside and I'm bored. You want to do something?"

I knew Alice wouldn't let me stay in bed so I placed my book down and jumped out of bed.

"Yeah ok, what are we going to do?" I tried to act excited

"Well I thought we could go to the beach" she said excitedly

I forced a smile which I'm sure see saw right through "sounds good, Let me have a shower and I'll be out soon"

"Ok Bella, We going to have such a fun day" She bounced around; giving me a tight hug then gracefully left the room.

20 minutes later we had left the dorm and were on our way to the beach; it was a gorgeous day outside, not a cloud in the sky. It was typical California weather. I had decided to put my pink halter bikini on; along with a denim mini skirt and a dark blue tight t-shirt. Alice had worn a similar outfit but with a black bikini instead.

We reached the beach 15 minutes later; we found a park and jumped out; grabbing our towels and beach bags which carried the essentials; magazines, sun block, food and drinks. My mind constantly thought about Edward but I was excited to be here. It would take my mind off things and also hopefully I could get some sort of tan on my pasty white legs.

I looked over at Alice as we headed down to the packed beach; Kids were everywhere running around with parents in tow. I noticed she was glancing around looking.

"Alice, what are you looking for?" I asked "There is a spot here" I pointed next to us to an open spot on the sand to set up

Alice suddenly turned to me with a huge grin on her face "let's go this way, I have found the others"

My breath hitched up in my throat, I grabbed her arm just as she was about to take off "Found the others? What others" I demanded.

The smile disappeared off her face "You know my family. Emmett, Rose, Jasper and Edward"

I let go of her arm "Alice, why didn't you tell me he would be here. I would not have come if I had known" I said felling my eyes well up. I couldn't believe she brought me here when she knew my feelings on the matter

"Bella, can't we just have a fun day and all be friends and get along" She pleaded

I didn't know whether to just turn around and bolt or face him. I knew it was no use. I lived with Edward's sister; she was my best friend. We were bound to run into each other at some stage. I could do this. I didn't have to talk to him; we could be amicable and have a fun day. I can do this; I pep talked myself up in my head.

"Ok Alice" Is sighed in defeat

She jumped up and down and hugged me; this girl loved to hug "yay" she laughed pulling away and linking arms with me.

We headed down the beach to the others, I couldn't see them anywhere; I looked to my right and found them, my eyes scanned the group and then found him. His gorgeous eyes were looking directly into mine. My mind went into a complete haze; I could feel my heart rate pick up and my hands felt clammy. He was standing next to Emmett with a football in his hands, his bare chest and lower abdomen dripping wet. He had obviously just been in the water.

His hair was dripping; hanging in his face. He smiled softly at me; which I ignored and broke the eye contact; quickly throwing myself on the sand.

"Hey guys" Emmett smiled loudly "You finally get here"

"I had to drag Bella out of bed" Alice exaggerated and glanced over at me. She threw her bag down and embraced Jasper; sharing a long kiss

"God get a room guys" Rosalie laughed, making her way over to me and sitting down

"Hey Bella" She smiled at me

"Hey Rose" I faked a smile back

I looked up to see Edward had moved since I last saw him and was now heading down the beach with the football. Emmett bounced over to us giving Rose a quick kiss on the check and bolted off to join Edward. They started throwing the ball back and forth to each other, giving each other grief when one of them didn't catch it.

Alice had placed her towel down next to Jaspers and they sat arm in arm talking quietly to each other. I smiled at them; I wish I could be as happy as them.

I averted my eyes back to Edward and Emmett; after a few minutes of silence Rose interrupted my thoughts "I don't understand the problem Bella"

I looked over at her confused "What do you mean?"

"I mean with you and Edward, Its obvious you to are meant to be, He is you teacher; but so what"

I had no idea that Rosalie would ever try and talk to me about this; she didn't seem like the deep and meaningful type of person "um..." I didn't know what to say "It's complicated Rose"

She laughed "Bella, life is complicated. Ok Edward is your professor, but He loves you. I have never seen him this way before, He hardly talks to us, he never really comes out of his room. He is hurting to Bella. I just think if two people really feel this way about each other; nothing should stop them being together"

I lay back on my towel and placed my hands over my face "Rose, he lied to me. He knew and he didn't tell me. He could lose his job, I could get kicked out of college, and I can't let either of those things happen. And look at him; he is perfect in every way, and I'm...well I'm just plain old me"

I looked over at her "I can't be with him, end of story"

"But Bella..."

I had heard enough. I jumped up, taking my skirt off and tossing it in the sand and removed my shirt.

I ran down the sand until I hit the water; Diving head first in. The water was beautiful and warm; I slowly reached the top of the surface; I ran my hands through my hair and out of my face. I looked over to the shore to see Edward at the edge of the water looking directly at me.

He started walking toward me with a concerned look on his face. I stood there waiting for him to reach me. He was slow, never once taking his eyes off mine. I wanted to break the contact but I couldn't tear my eyes away from his.

"Bella are you ok?" he said, his body only inches away from mine.

"I'm fine professor Cullen" I said, intentionally calling him what I do in class

He sighed and ran his hands through his hair. I couldn't help but be dazzled by such a small thing.

"Please don't call me that, it's me Edward. The guy you went to dinner with, the one you shared the most amazing kisses with, not your professor" he pleaded with me.

"But that's what you are Edward" I raised my voice "My professor"

"Bella, I'm sorry this has happened and if I had known I would have not taken the job, but I am in love you, you are all I think about. My heart aches for you. All I need is for you to give this a chance" he said visibly upset.

"Edward...I...can't" I sighed "This is your career; this is my future...I...just" I was nearly in tears. I couldn't finish. My heart ached for him to. My body ached for his touch.

He stepped forward and cupped my face in his hand. His eyes gazed into mine.

I hesitated and moved my body back from him, walking deeper into the ocean. It got to my neck and I stopped; Looking around no one else was out this deep. Edward of course had followed me.

He stepped closer to me so our bodies were touching. His bare chest touched my skin; sending a wave of desire and tingles throughout my body. I looked up to his beautiful bronze eyes; He was smiling down at me

"Give us a chance Bella"

His arms wrapped around my waist and I felt his lips on my neck and he placed soft kisses all the way up to my jaw line. I could feel my body reacting to his touch as I breathed in and out deeply trying to catch my breath.

"Edward" I whispered "We can't do this"

He didn't pull away; instead he moved his lips over to mine kissing me with so much passion. I couldn't stop myself after that. Our lips moved together as one as my arms made their way around his neck. He kept a firm grasp around my hips and pulled my body closer to his. I felt his hand leave my hip and glide its way up the side of my body to find its way up to my bikini top. I left out a soft moan; this giving him more incentive to continue.

As he was about to move his hand under my bikini top he heard a cough coming from behind me.

We instantly split apart and spun around to find Emmett standing there with a grin plastered on his face. "Sorry to interrupt guys" he chuckled "But we are thinking of heading off back to our place and having a BBQ and some drinks, you guys keen?"

I felt the blush on my face so I kept my head down "Yeah sure Emmett" I mumbled

Edward came behind me and wrapped his arms around me and rested his face on my shoulder

"Yeah we will come back in soon, give us 5 minutes Em" he smiled

"Yeah ok" He said and turned around and swam off

Edward turned me around; He was still smiling brightly "So?" was all he said

"So, we should go in now" I replied

He leaned down and kissed me softly again. "Yeah we should, Alice will start getting impatient" he laughed. "Can we talk later?"

"Yeah I think we need to"

We headed in and dried up; putting our clothes back on and headed off to Emmett's and Edwards place.

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So I am thinking of taking this into M rated and next chapter getting pretty steamy. Not sure how you will all feel about it so let me know...but I always love a bit of E/B romance...

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