Chapter 6 – Little progress?

EPOV

I had terrible headache when I woke up in the morning. The memory of talk with Rosalie plowed into my mind again. Her screaming still echoed in my head.

I was surprised that I wasn't even upset about our argument. Maybe Rosalie's scream was not something I enjoyed but after all, I wasn't upset about us. I was only relieved that I didn't hear her anymore.

When I gave it a longer though, it was funny. Pathetic-meaning-funny, of course. Our talk was long but even when she was talking to me, I was miles away. Unfortunately Rose noticed it.

"Is it some girl that turned your head? You're so lackadaisical"

Her question stuck me again. She laughed right after that. It was a joke but when I said nothing, she flew off the handle. She started to yell and tell me she knew it. Eventually I spoke because I couldn't listen to her anymore. I said that she was ridiculous and she heard what she wanted to hear. Well, it wasn't a good move because she was even more angry after that. She was yelling something about my opinion about her. Then she shouted that she had to think about that and she put down the phone.

I sighed and after doing my every morning stuff, I went downstairs. Esme was bustling in the kitchen and making breakfast.

"Hey, sweetie" she said and kissed my forehead.

"Hi mom" I murmured and sat down. I buried my face in my hands. I heard some happy humming behind me but I was too tired to turn around.

"Hey, what's up? Was there something that interrupted your sleep yesterday?" Jasper sat down beside me and winked. Esme gave us some sandwiches and went shopping after saying goodbye to us.

"I fell out with Rose" I murmured. "She thinks that somebody turned my head. And something else too but she was yelling too loud for me to listen. I think she was also mad because I called her ridiculous".

Jasper started to laugh.

"You certainly denied, right?" he said, still chuckling.

"Right?" he asked again, hearing only silence.

"Edward!" he yelled. "She's your girlfriend! You can't tell her she's ridiculous when she thinks somebody turned your head".

"Yeah, right" I murmured. "Just say what you did yesterday"

Jasper chuckled again and shifted a little.

"I asked Alice out for movies" he said proudly.

"She said yes?" I asked a little amazed, a little amused. Jazz punched me in my arm.

"Of course. How could she resist?" He was serious and I laughed out.

When we finished breakfast, I took all my stuff and went to my car to drive to Bella. I waited for a minute before I called her.

"I'll be there, Edward. Just a minute. You know how Alice is" I heard her quiet voice and chuckled. I nodded, not caring that she couldn't see that and hang out.

I was waiting for about ten minutes, listening to Clair de Line and calming myself down. I closed my eyes and put my head on the headrest, when I heard somebody opened the door. Bella smiled widely at me and got into the car.

"Ooo Clair de Lune? I didn't know you like classic music" she smiled again. I was amazed that she knew the title.

"There are a lot of things you don't know about me" I said.

Looking at her, I forgot about my headache. Even my bad mood was gone and I smiled back.

I noticed light make up that was asserting her beautiful eyes and emphasizing her lips. Today was one of this warm days in Forks. Bella noticed that and put on pretty thin, short, blue dress.

"You look nice" I said and put the car in gear. I could notice her smiling and blushing. Damn. When she was doing that, she was hard to resist.

"So…" she started. "today is our first day as a couple. Are you nervous?"

I laughed.

"Don't be nervous, Bells. Everything will be ok. Just be natural and everything will go well"

I think I calmed her down a little because she unclenched and smiled.

We drove to school fast because there was everything in the nearby in this podunk. I got out and opened Bella's door and she gave me her best smile. I could watch her all day.

I put my arms around her waist and we walked together to the office to take my schedule. Alice wasn't ling. We had every lesson together apart from English before lunch.

"Do they always stare at you like that?" I whispered in her ear. All people were staring at us like we were some big event and they were whispering something to each other.

"No, you gowk. They're staring at you" she whispered back. I winced a little and we went to our first class. I noticed that most guys were giving me death glares but I just ignored them. Bella seemed slack and she was smiling to everyone.

Chemistry was our first lesson which was completely calamity. We sat together, of course. Lesson was really boring – the teacher explained our plans for the year. I had nothing to do so I drew up to Bella and started to play with her hair. They were soft and velvet. And smelled so nice. Was that strawberry?

The next lesson wasn't any better. That was Bella who keep me conscious. She was constantly beside me. Her smiles and looks were all that meant to me.

We successively got to last lesson before lunch so I walked Bella to her class and kissed her cheek before going to my class. Some small brunette sat beside me, introducing herself as Jessica. Fortunately I didn't have to talk to her because there was a ring which rescued me.

English was almost unbearable. Sitting there without Bella was completely without any sense. In addition, that girl sitting beside me was giving me strange looks. When lesson was over, I walked quickly to pock Bella. There was this idiot beside her, of course. He was leaning over her desk and trying to look cool. I snored.

I heard silent chuckle behind me and somebody touched my arm. I turned around but I didn't find the person I wanted to talk to.

BPOV

"So, you're dating Cullen?" There was indifference in Mike's voice and I was thinking if he even cared. Maybe Alice's plan was a wrong idea, after all? I just nodded and smiled.

"Nothing serious" I said while collecting my books. "I just benefit from his company. He's really cool. You should get to know him better."

"Yeah … I'm sure he's fascinating personality" he sort of laughed but I wasn't sure what that sound was.

That was definitely not nice. However Edward's laugh was one of the most wonderful sounds I ever heard…

"I think you should leave him" he said seriously. I raised my brow. "You know, I don't like him. Are you sure he doesn't want to just show off that he's dating such chick?"

I laughed at his tone and hidden compliment. I nodded. Suddenly I remembered that I was supposed to meet Edward in front of the classroom and not noticing Mike.

"Sorry, Mike. I have to go for lunch" I said and took my bag. "See you soon"

"Wait!" he yelled and took my hand. "Don't you want to eat with me?"

Oh no, Mike. It won't go so easy. You will have to ask me out for a real date, not lunch in school canteen.

"I can't, Mike" I answered. "Edward's waiting for me"

I noticed boy winced and nodded a little and then hide feelings behind a smile. I turn around and went out.

Edward was leaning over the wall, running his hand through his hair and looking even more sexy. There was Jessica who messed all the picture. She was putting on airs and graces and chuckling like an idiot.

"You rushed out of the classroom so fast that I couldn't even talk to you" I heard Jessica's annoying squeak and chuckle. I couldn't watch it anymore. I shook my head with repulsion and walked to Edward.

"Hey sweetie!" I stood on my toes and kissed him gently on the lips. It was only a peck, in principle. God, his lips were so soft. The kiss was so fast and gentle that Edward couldn't even react. He stiffed under my touch a little but released after a second and smiled at me.

"Oh! Hi Jess! I didn't notice you" I smiled sweetly at the girl. Her face was priceless. Confusion mixed with nervousness and anger. Yeah … something like that.

"So … you two …" she cut and took a breath. I noticed her boiling from the inside. "You know each other?"

I looked at Edward who was fighting not to laugh at the moment. I realized that he's not going to tell anything so I filled in for him.

"Pretty good, actually" I answered with my nicest tone. "Now, excuse us, Jess. We have to go for lunch" I winked at the girl and took Edward's hand, clasping our fingers.

When we went away from redding Jess, Edward laughed out and I followed his steps. After a while he calmed down and enfolded me and we went into the school canteen. All looks were focused on us again. I caught Mike's grimace and Alice's thumbs up.

Edward told me to sit down while he was going to collect something to eat.

"You kissed him?!" Alice smiled at me widely, chuckling lightly. I looked at her with confusion. How, the hell, did she know about that?

"God! How fast are gossips in this school?" I yelled amazed and sat down next to Emmett. Em laughed out and Jasper chuckled lightly.

Edward came back with the tray full of food and put it in front of me. I noticed the looks that he and Jasper exchanged before they both smiled. I took a banana from the tray and started to eat it. Alice's attention was focused on Jazz who was whispering something in his ear. I noticed that Edward wasn't eating, just looking at me.

"Want a bite?" I took half-eaten banana nearer to his mouth. He just smiled and bit the fruit. There was silence again and everybody stared at us.

"What?" I yelled but they just smiled strangely. I looked at Edward but he shrugged and took some piece of a pizza.

"It's not fair!" Emmett said with his 'offended' tone. "I feel lonely and discriminated sitting here with two couples!"

I chuckled at his words.

"What happened with Lauren?" I asked, recalling that she was Emmett's last date.

"I got bored. You know, conversations with her are not really interesting."

"You've got me to talk" I snickered.

"Nevertheless, I think she found a new target" Em pointed at something and I followed his look to find Lauren sitting two tables away. The girl was staring intensively at Edward. I looked around and spotted that most girls were staring at 'my boyfriend'. I felt weird at first. Like something pricked me. But then I smiled when I spotted Edward not noticing that and still smiling at me. I frowned but he just shook his head. The ring interrupted our unspoken conversation.

After another two lessons I stated that I was missing Edward's presence and his hands in my hair before lunch. I think he liked my hair because he played with it on every lesson. I couldn't stop smiling when he was doing that. It was so nice.

"Any progress with Mike?" Alice asked when we were all heading to the parking lot.

"I don't know" I answered. "He wanted to eat lunch with me."

I felt Edward's arms stiffed a little and I squeezed his hand and smiled.

"Why didn't you agree?" Jazz asked, looking at me.

"I probably would be jumping with joy a week ago but he has to ask me out on a real date now. Not some lunch in school canteen" I snickered.

"You're completely right" Alice said. "And everyone would figure out what is going on if you went to Mike on first day with Edward."

I squeezed his hand again because, damn, it could sound weird. Edward squeezed back.

We said goodbye and got to Volvo. I had to ask him something but I didn't know how to do that.

"Edward?" I asked with the sweetest voice I could manage. The boy gave me a questioning look.

"Yeah?" he asked shifty.

"I was just thinking … Alice is going to have a birthday soon and …" I stopped, not knowing how to say that.

"Just say that, Bells"

"I would like to make her a birthday party but my house is too small and Charlie is constantly there and I heard that your parents are out of town this weekend so I thought …"

"No problem" he interrupted.

"Really?" I asked with joy.

"Sure, Bell. How could we not make a party for …" He wanted to finish the sentence but he couldn't because I hugged him as tight as I could in a car and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you!" I said and came back to my seat. I'm sure Jazz would like to help me. Alice would have a great party!

Edward was probably a little amazed with my behavior because he just laughed.

"You will have an opportunity to meet more people from school" I argued. "I'm sure Jazz won't mind"

"Oh, yeah! Jazz for sure not!" Edward laughed.

"So Alice's birthday is on Thursday but it's better to make a party on Friday" I started. "We will sleep on Saturday and clean on Sunday until your parents are back. I will leave some lessons on Friday to make some preparations. Do you mind?"

"No, not at all. I'll leave some lessons with you" Edward smiled. Then I noticed that we arrived at my driveway.

"7 a.m.?" I asked. Edward nodded. "See you tomorrow."

I smiled and came out. I waited for silver Volvo to disappear and then went into the house. I had to prepare a talk with Charlie. It was hard to persuade him to sleepover, what would it take to persuade him to all-night party?

"Char… Dad? " I yelled, coming into the house.

"Here, Bells!" I heard a voice from the room.

I sighed, coming into the room. It will be a long talk.

A/N: Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I know it was like a month since my last upload but I've got so many things to do now! I'll try to give you the next chapter sooner and I hope you'll enjoy this one!

Did I mention I'm sorry? Just be patient because there is going to be a breakthrough at Alice's birthday party :) I don't know if you would like that but it will be there soon (in 10 and 11 chapter, I think) waiting for you to review.