So, sorry it's been a few days. Now that the ice is almost all melted, I've been busy.
I also wrote out a few chapters of this. :]

And if your curious...the music I listened to when I wrote this chapters was Beautiful World by Dierks Bentley and Dreaming Out Loud by OneRepublic.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.


Chapter Seven.
BPOV.

Edward called me the next day to set up our date. We would go out Sunday, to a 'nice' restaurant, as he had put it. I was a little afraid of what his denfetion of a nice resturant was, but I agreed to it anyway, and I found myself looking forward throughout the week. Now that I was getting to know Edward better... I was starting to really like him. He wasn't what I expected at all... and for some reason I didn't understand, he seemed to like me too.

Rosalie was just as excited about this as I was, if not more.

"This is awesome," she practically squealed when I hung up the phone with Edward and told her what he had said. "I knew he liked you!"

"Sure you did," I grinned, setting my phone down on the coffee table and standing up. "I'm gonna make some cookies or something."

"Oh, chocolate chip?" She followed me into the kitchen.

"All right," I agreed, grabbing the ingredients out of the cupboards.

Rosalie sat down on the counter top and watched me. I didn't bother to ask for her help, and she didn't offer it; we both knew she couldn't cook or bake.

"Where is he taking you?"

I set a bowl down on the counter and started measuring out the flour and sugar, as I listed off the name of the restaurant.

Her blue eyes lit up as she recognized the name. "Really? Bella, that place is so nice! And romantic. And he's taking you there!" she gushed.

"How nice?" I asked dryly. Yep, just like I'd thought. My 'nice' did mean the same as Edward's did.

She grinned at my wary expression. "Like extremely nice. You'll have to get a new dress. The only one you have that is nice enough is the one you wore to that party, and you can't wear it again, so we'll have to go shopping. I saw this dress in this store on the way to work that would be perfect for you!"

I started stirring together all the ingredients in the bowl, glancing over at Rose. I guess I probably should have seen the shopping trip coming.

"And this is great, because I'm going out with Emmett on Saturday, and I want to get something new to wear too. We can go Friday since we can leave work early," she went on.

"Sounds great," I said, no enthusiasm in my voice.

She laughed at me and reached over to steal a few of the chocolate chips I was about to pour into the batter.

"Do you like him, Bella?" she asked me suddenly.

I looked up at her in surprise. "What?"

"Edward. Do you like him?"

I blushed. "Yeah, I do."

She smiled. "I'm happy for you, then." She jumped down from the counter and squeezed my shoulders. "You and Edward will make an adorable couple."

I continued to blush. "It's just one date Rose, we aren't a couple."

"Oh, give it time," she said confidently.

I smiled, hoping that she was right. I stirred the cookie batter more. "How are you and Emmett doing?"

"Great. I really like him, Bella. I think that he might be the one."

I looked up at her in surprise. "The one?" That was...wow, sudden. Sure she had known Emmett for a while, but she had only been out with him twice.

She nodded, and blushed-something she rarely did. "I know it's really fast. But I don't know...I just know. I can feel it. And I kind of think that Emmett feels it too."

"That's great, Rose. Really." I smiled at her. I wanted to see my best friend happy, and I really hoped that Emmett was the one for her, too.

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EPOV.

"You did it, you asked Bella out," Emmett looked strangely smug as I snapped my phone shut and set it down on my desk, next to stack of paperwork that I needed to work on.

I was enjoying my work, and I had just gotten assigned my first real case today. I had only glanced over it so far, but I was extremely excited about this. I couldn't wait to start this case.

"Yes, I did," I agreed, watching as Emmett sat down in one of the wooden chairs on the other side of my desk.

Our lunch earlier this week is what had given me the confidence to call Bella and ask her out on a real date. It seemed like she liked me a lot, now that we were getting to know each other more, and I definitely liked her a lot.

"Good for you," Emmett said. "And you are taking her out to La Bella Italia? Nice," he approved.

I was a bit unsure about that choice. It was a very nice restaurant, one I usually took people when I was trying to make an impression, and I wasn't sure what Bella would think of it, or if she'd think it was too much, too soon.

"Where are you taking Rosalie?" I asked.

He shrugged. "I don't know yet. We are going to a club-to go dancing-and I'll probably let her pick a place on the way there."

"Who are you guys taking about?" A chirpy voice asked from the doorway. We both looked up and saw Alice standing there. She was wearing a light yellow dress, her dark hair spiked up as usual.

"Hi, Ali," I said, ignoring her question.

She came over and sat in the chair beside Emmett. "Hi. Who were you guys talking about?" she pressed again.

I loved my pixie-like younger sister, but she could be really nosy.

"He was talking about Rosalie." I blurted out.

She turned to look at Emmett. "Rosalie....Rosalie Hale? The reporter?" Her violet colored eyes lit up. "You finally asked her out?"

He rolled his eyes at me, and nodded. "Yeah, Rosalie Hale."

"Wow, that's great. I was wondering when you'd finally get around to it, you've obviously liked her for a while. Where are you taking her?"

"A club. She wants to go dancing."

"What are you going to wear? Hm, I wonder what color she is wearing? I don't suppose that I could call and ask her, since I don't really know her very well. It would be so great if you matched her though..." she trailed off, gathering her thoughts.

Emmett and I exchanged looks. We knew the look on Alice's face. It was her I'm-getting-carried-away face. This was one reason why we didn't announce our dates to the entire family.

"If you talk to her again before the date, you'll ask her, right?" she practically begged Emmett, giving him that puppy dog face we both knew so well.

"Uh, sure, Ali," he gave in right away.

She grinned at him, then turned to look at me, pursing her lips. "Now if we could just find you someone, Edward..."

Emmett grinned. "Oh, don't worry about him, Edward."

"What do you mean?" she demanded.

"Thanks a lot, Em." I rolled my eyes.

"Hey, you told her about Rose," he retorted.

Alice ignored our exchange, still waiting for one of us to answer her question. "I need details."

"It's Bella Swan," Emmett offered.

She forehead wrinkled as she tried to place the name. "Who? I don't think I know a Bella."

"You probably don't know," I cut in quickly. "She's a reporter too. She does front page sort of stuff. She works at the same newspaper as Rosalie. They are best friends."

"Oh, so Rosalie introduced you guys?" She asked. Of course she would have to know everything.

I shrugged. "Sort of. She came to the party, with Rosalie. I met her there, and then when Rosalie and Emmett went out last week, they dragged," I grinned at Emmett, "us along with them. We went to lunch a few days ago, and I'm talking to Italia on Sunday."

She squealed. "That's great! Oh, Edward, it sounds like you really like her. That's so awesome. I bet she's great. When do I get to met her?"

I winced at her high pitched squeal. "Er, I don't know, Alice. It'll just depend on how things go."

"Well if it goes well-which it will, I can feel it-you'd better bring her over for dinner soon. I want to meet her, and I'm sure that Mom and Dad would love to too. Oh, and Emmett, same with you. They've already met Rosalie, of course, but-"

"Sure, Alice," he agreed.

She grinned and looked at me, waiting.

"Yeah, sure," I mumbled. "Now if you don't mind, I actually have work to do." I looked pointedly at the papers on my desk.

Emmett stood up. "Yeah, same. See you later, Al."

"Bye Em," she said. "I'm meeting with a designer in a little while, so I'd better go too. Bye Edward."

"Bye Alice," I said, shaking my head as she walked out of the office.


The next chapters will be out pretty soon, though I don't think I'll do them quite as often as I did in the beginning, maybe once or twice a week.

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