A/N: Hey everyone. Thanks for reading. I am seeing more and more people read ever day! Thank you so much for that, it cheers me up on crappy days! Well I hope you enjoy we are gonna finish Bella and Edward's first date!
Music: Evanescence- The Open Door and Taproot- Welcome (I listen to whole CDs and not just songs)
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We were in the car and driving. I was excited to see what we where going to have for dinner. Since our day was already so perfect I could only imagine dinner even better. I kept on opening the bag and looking at my stuffed whale. I smiled every time I saw it.
"You can take it out of the bag, it will not break it," Edward joked with me.
I shot him a dirty look. I took his advice and pulled the whale out again. I was going to keep this close to me in my room. I was also going to make sure Stormy would not play with it. She liked to take my things and make them her own. I could not wait to let her have free roam of the house.
"Am I dressed OK for dinner?" I asked Edward. I suddenly realized that I might not be dressed nice enough. I mean I did try and make sure that it looked nice but that does not mean that I succeeded. I looked over at Edward and he was in a green button up and black pants. We looked about even in the way we where dressed. I started to feel relaxed a bit.
"You are dressed perfect. You look casual but still nice."
We were finally at the place for dinner. I was a little confused. We pulled into a parking spot under the space needle. I looked over at Edward confused. "Aren't we going to dinner?"
"This is where dinner is."
"This is the Space Needle."
"They have a restaurant in there. We are going to go eat and also see the lights of the city at night." Edward got out of the car and come over to let me out again. I waited in the car like a good girl.
Edward opened my door and let me out. We walked over to the bottom of the needle. Edward talked to someone and they escorted us to an elevator. I was nervous on the elevator. It moved very fast and I hated to be up this high. Edward held my hand for moral support and I smiled at him. Finally the elevator bounced to the floor, here was a DING, and the doors opened.
I made a gasping sound when the elevator doors opened. It was beautiful inside. The walls were all glass. You could see the whole city. There was a ton of people in there both waiting for tables and at their tables. We were going to be waiting forever to be seated. I was going to have to call Charlie on our way home to give him a heads up about how late we where going to be.
Edward went over to the hostess and told him his name. He looked at his book with big surprised eyes. Edward and I stood there for a total of three minutes then we where whisked away to a table. Not just any table, but a table against the window. The table was beautiful. There was a live band playing softly. The city looked amazing at night so high up. Then I realized how high up I actually was.
"You are not going to fall. Just think about how beautiful everything looks," Edward said with a smile.
"Yeah well your biggest fear is not heights, mine is."
He laughter and pushed on the glass, "Look nothing is going to happen; this is sturdy as an oak tree."
"Fine," I said with a smile. "How did we get in here so fast?"
"Well I did make reservations, plus my dad is here a lot, a name goes a long way," he said with his crooked smile.
"Hm. Must be nice to be a somebody," I joked with him and playfully pushed his shoulder.
He looked up at my with smoldering eyes that had a hint of evil, "I am a no body Beauty, my father is a somebody," he uttered softly with great regret. Then he was looking at his menu again. I would not press the subject. He will want to tell me when he is good and ready. I am just glad that I already know the truth; I would be going nuts if Alice had not told me.
"You are a somebody to me," I told him with love in my voice and grabbed his hand so he knew I was telling the truth. He looked over his menu at me and smiled. "So what is good to eat here?"
"I like almost everything. You pick out whatever you want, this is your day."
I stated to look over at the menu. It took me a moment to start to notice the prices of the food. I had never been out to dinner at someplace like this so I did not know what to expect when I saw the prices. Everything was so expensive. I looked over my menu to glare at Edward. Maybe he would let me pay for my own food. He could not expect to pay for this by himself; he does not have a job. Then I realized that he does have daddy's credit card, probably.
"How about we get the crab cakes and the onion and blue cheese tarts for appetizers," Edward said to me.
"Edward we do not need to get appetizers," I told him sheepishly.
He looked over at me trying to figure out what I was trying to tell him with out saying the exact words. Then he took his napkin and placed it over the edge of the menu where all of the prices where. I gave him a glare and he gave me a smile.
"Dinner is on the good Mr. Mason!" Edward said with a chuckle.
"Fine and both of those sound AMAZING!" I told him going along. As long as Edward was going to use his father's card it was OK I told myself.
I looked out the window at the beautiful skyline. Then I finally noticed something. We where moving, we where in a giant spinning restaurant. I saw the buildings slowly moving an inch or two at a time. What the hell kind of place is this?
"Do you know we are moving?" I asked Edward.
"Why yes Beauty I do. Did you not know that the earth is constantly spinning on its axis?"
"Thank you for the smart ass answer," I giggled. "I meant the restaurant that we are inside of. It is spinning, on the space needle."
"Yes Beauty that is one of the selling points of coming here. You get to see the whole city at night."
"I have never been anything like this. It is like I have been in a whole other world since I have moved to Forks."
Before Edward could say anything the waiter came over to take our drink order. Edward ordered cokes for both of us and the two appetizers that we had talked about getting before.
"Beauty are you ready to order your entrée?"
"Yes," I said to Edward and then turned to the waiter, "I would like to have the Double R Ranch Signature Northwest Beef New York Strip style cooked medium."
"Soup?" the waiter asked.
"What is your soup of the day?"
"We have tomato bisque and a cream cheese potato."
"Tomato please," I said as I closed my menu and handed it to the older gentleman with a large smile on my face. Edward ordered some lobster dinner and the same soup as me.
"So Forks is a different world?" Edward joked.
"Yes it is. I came from a large city. I come from a place where I was lucky if I knew my neighbors names. I went to a school where we had to talk though metal detectors before we entered the building. We had bomb scares all the time and people just walking the halls during classes," I was watching his face to gauge what he thought about my previous school experience. He seemed to have no change at all. "Now I go to a place that is the safest of safe. I do not have to worry about anything here. Everyone in this town knows who I am. They stop me just to talk. I am not use to people being so new and different. Forks is truly a whole other world, for me at least."
"Do you like this new world?" Edward whispered to me.
"Yes I do. I enjoy this brave new world," I joked back.
We both started to laugh at my lame joke. Everyone who sat around us gave us a dirty look and then went back to their loving conversations. It looked like the people who where here where of two groups. The first group was people on a romantic date, probably birthdays and anniversaries. The second groups was of tourist who where visiting the Seattle area. Then there was Edward and I, two high school kids who just barely know each other.
The waiter came back with out soups and told us the appetizers would be out in a moment. The soup was amazing. I had not had a soup this good since I was a young girl and my grandmother would make me soup when I was sick. I made a pig of myself as I ate it way to fast. I was done by the time the appetizers came out.
Edward gave me one of each appetizer and then did the same for himself. We ate our food in a comfortable silence. I loved looking out the giant window to me left and seeing the city. It looked absolutely amazing. I wished I could go to sleep looking at the skyline like I use to be able to.
"What are you thinking about?" Edward asked and broke me out of my trance.
"Wishing how I could go to sleep looking at a skyline like I did at home. I loved looking out my window and seeing the familiar lines and angles of the city. I mean it was not huge and noticeable like it is here in Seattle, but it was home."
"Well maybe I can bring Phoenix to you," Edward joked as he finished up the appetizers. Not even three minutes later our entrees where on the table. They certainly are efficient here.
Dinner was the same as appetizers, comfortable and quite. I could always look up and Edward to just see his face. I kept on seeing Edward do the same. We where not trying to talk to one another. He was truly the most beautiful man that I had ever seen. His face was perfectly symmetrical, his lips where full and sexy, and his hair was AMAZING. I had never seen his color, besides on a box. I also loved the way that it was long and just everywhere. It stood up in areas and laid flat in others. It looked like he had just spent all of last night having crazy monkey sex, got up, and went out.
I wonder if he found be as attractive as I found him. OK let's redo that one, I wonder if he just finds me attractive. I mean he calls me Beauty but that just must be to be nice. I mean surely he could not call me Plain. That would be rude and Edward is not the rude kind of guy.
"Are you happy?" Edward again broke me out of a trace to start conversation.
"Yes. I am very happy. This is the happiest I think I have been in awhile," I told him the truth. Since Jacob I had never been really happy. I had smiled and let everyone think that I was happy and things were fine, but it was not always true.
"I am glad that you are happy Beauty. I want to make sure you are always happy," he told me as he took both of my hands into his and held then to his face. His eyes where burning into mine.
"Are you happy?" I asked back, keeping with the game that we had played before.
Edward picked up on that and smiled then responded. "I am so happy with you right now you would not believe. I am smiling and I do not have to force myself to do so, it feels wonderful."
We sat there holding hands looking into each other's eyes until the waiter came over and ruined the moment. He asked us about desert. Edward told him two of their most famous deserts. The waiter nodded and was off to get us some more food. I was so stuffed I did not think that I would be able to eat it. The food come out two minutes later and it was amazing. I was glad that Edward did order it for us. Once we were done we receive the check. Edward put the card in there with out even looking at the bill. The waiter came back with the card and the receipt. Edward signed it and we where now leaver. I took one last look at the skyline and went into the elevator. We were silent until we were in the car again. I looked at the clock on Edward's dashboard and it said that it was almost 9 at night. I decided to call Charlie to let him know I was on my way.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket and found Dad and called the house. After two rings Charlie picked up the phone, "Hello?" he asked half asleep.
"Hey Dad it is me. We just got done dinner and we are now on our way home."
"That was a late dinner kid. OK. Well I am glad that you called, that was very responsible. I will see you when you get home. Have a fun ride home." Charlie hung up the phone and I closed mine too.
"So you wanna get back to the fun questions?" Edward asked.
"Sure. You ask first," I said excited to get back to this questioning.
"OK. If you could have a super hero power what would it be?"
"Easy, see the future," I saw with out thinking. "You?"
"Mind reading," he replied.
"Hm. That is interesting. Why would you wanna know everyone thoughts?"
"Do I do not have to wonder what you are thinking all the time," he joked back.
"I wanna change me super power."
"Oh, what do you want to have now?" he asked.
"I wanna be a shield so you can not read my mind," I boasted and smiled proudly.
"Then who we see what our future holds?" he asked having fun playing this game.
"Why Alice of coarse!"
We both laughed long and hard about what our life would be like if we where super heroes. It would be fun to have super powers, but I know it is not logical. It would be funny if we did have those powers. I started to think up an equally fun question to asked Edward. I finally got it!
"Vampire or werewolf?"
"Easy, vampire wolfs smell."
"I agree. Plus I would not want to have to keep on ripping out of my clothes all the time and be naked."
"Favorite book?"
"Classic love story of Romeo and Juliet."
"Moby Dick."
"Favorite movie?" I asked.
"Haha, I am a man so Star Wars."
"Moulin Rouge!"
"Really?" he asked.
"Yes. It is a musical and a lovely tragic story."
"Favorite type of ice cream?"
"Cookies and cream."
"Chocolate."
"Favorite child hood memory?" I asked Edward temping him. I wanted to see if he might open up, just a little bit.
"Um. Well I do have one good one," he finally said and I saw a smile go across his face. "When I was young, like fiveish, there was a carnival in town. My brother and I wanted to go to bad. We begged our parents and they told us that they did not want to go to something so low class. So we asked our nanny if she would take us. She asked out parents and they said fine as long as they are not going. So the next day Maggie took us to the carnival. It was so much fun. We rode every ride once, some twice. We played every game and ate almost everything that we could get our hands on. We rode the ponies and had our faces painted. I did not want that day to end. That Beauty is my favorite childhood memory."
"I was five in my favorite memory. It was the summer so I was with my Dad. He took me down to La Push for the day. We where on the beach and then he told me about these magical places called tide pools. I asked him if he could show me, and he did. We walked thought a little patch of woods to them. When I saw them I was so excited. There where these little areas that looked like mini seas. There was fish and plants and star fish, and everything. I was so happy. Then Charlie reached in and picked up a star fish and held it out for me to touch. I was so happy and so excited. Ever since then every summer when we go to La Push Charlie takes me to the tide pools."
"That is a beautiful memory," Edward replied in a sad tone.
"It is," I said with a smile.
"I am glad that your favorite memory is with your father and not your nanny," he said flatly.
We where quite again. We where holding hand again which was nice. Edward's hand was much larger then mine, but fit perfectly into mine. I did not want today to end. I do not think that I was ever going to have a day as wonderful as today was and it was slowly coming to an end. I looked up at the full moon and smiled. Even thought it was cold out today was a beautiful night. I did not think that I was going to be able to be the same with Edward on Monday. Monday he was going to be with his friends and in his element. I did not want him to feel like he would have to pretend to like me and be with me on Monday.
We sat in silence listening to the radio quietly, holding hands, for the rest of the ride. As soon as we drove into Forks I was upset. The night was over. The date was over. Edward and I where over. Why would someone like him, want to be with someone like me. I knew this to be true.
Edward pulled up my drive way and turned off his head lights. I looked over him and smiled. I grabbed my band from the back and took off my seat belt.
"Wait," Edward said.
"Yes?"
"Um…are you going to be at school Monday?"
I laughed in my head. He wants to know if he is going to see me in school and make things awkward. "Yes Edward. Do not worry. I am not going to make thing awkward for you. I know today was like a one time deal. I thank you for giving me a wonderful day and I will never forget it."
I took my seat belt off and I opened the car door and let myself out. I shut the door and saw Edward sitting in the car with a hurt look on his face. I started to walk to my door when I hear a car door open and close. I turned around and saw Edward there. He grabbed my wrist a little too hard to hold me there.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Listen Edward I know I am no much and I know you can have more then me."
"Bell, Beauty, I want you. I want to be with you. I want to see you every day. I want to go out on dates like this every day. I want to hold you and never let you go. Last night when we where sleeping in my bed together I was happy. I knew at that moment that I wanted you. It was you who made me happy. Please do not try and leave me." Edward pleaded with me.
I smile. He wanted me. I was wrong like normal. Edward and I where going to be together. "Why did you ask me about Monday then?"
"I wanted to give you a ride to school. I want to make sure I have my girl by me at all times," he joked. Good the mood was lighter now.
"I am your girl?"
"Yes Bella you are my girl."
I smiled at him and gave him another hug. We held each other like that for awhile. Then it was time for me to go in. I sighed and pulled back. Edward smiled at me when I looked at him.
"I will pick you up on Monday then?"
"Duh!" I said and climbed the stairs and went to my door.
"Good night Edward."
"Good night Beauty."
I opened my front door quietly and snuck in. I closed the door the same way and then leaned by back against it. I was in 7th fucking heaven. It was Edward and I. I smiled at the thought of the two of us as a united front.
"Jacob called for you like 30 times," Seth's soft voice broke my heaven.
"What? Why?" I asked back.
"Something about getting his ass kicked." Seth chuckled.
"Does Charlie know?" I asked in a whisper.
"Naw. Jake kept on telling him that it was really important. That you two NEEDED to talk. Charlie did tell him that you where on a date and then Jake freaked. He started calling me yelling and screaming. Jared told me about the fight last night with him. I am glad he got his ass kicked. Next time you need to invite me though!" Seth whined.
"I promise you can come to all of the parties with me. Your mom was really cool about it."
"Yeah I know, she rocks. Well the parental units are asleep upstairs. Charlie went to sleep as soon as you called him. He was raving about how responsible you are calling him like that. He was a proud mama hen." Seth joke again and then disappeared into the kitchen. I followed him.
Seth and I where friends but not close. I was glad that he was my step-brother and wanted to get closer with him. "So what do they have planned for tomorrow?" I asked. My dad was started to become real possessive over Sundays. That has now become family day.
"I am not sure. I know Charlie did say something about fishing then Mom yelled at him because it is too cold."
"That Charlie," I said grabbing a bottle of water out of the fridge. "I am gonna head up. Did you go in and give Stormy food?"
"Yes I gave your stinky cat food," Seth joked.
I walked up the steps super quite to not wake Charlie or Sue up. Since my room was far away it was not that hard to do. I went into my room and Stormy was waiting for me on the bed. I quickly got changed into my pajamas. I petted Stormy for awhile so she would not be mad at me for leaving her. She purred in response so I was forgiven. I my pulled the whale out of its bag and placed it on my night stand. Stormy went to go look at it and I gave her a firm NO. She understood and moved away from it. I turned off my lights, turned on my TV, and laid under my covers. I thought about my wonderful day with Edward and I was asleep before I could think of anything more then his face.
