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Bella POV
I woke with a start. Looking around. I tried to figure out where I was I was on a couch. In a house. That was all I could figure out for the moment. Then it all came flooding back to be. Edward, dinner, movie. A kiss, a kiss on this very couch. I sat bolt upright on the couch and looked at the clock. Ten AM.
"Shit." I cursed jumping up and almost collapsing on my half asleep legs. I stumbled and righted myself by catching the edge of the couch. I grabbed my phone which was thankfully near. "Damn it." There were three missed calls from my mom.
"Hey."
I turned to see Edward coming out of what I assumed was his bedroom.
"Hi, I'm sorry I feel asleep on your couch. I have to go or call my mom or something I'm surprised I didn't get more calls then Three." I went to make the call but Edwards hand on mine stopped me.
"Don't worry about it. Emmett called me last night they know you're here everything is okay."
I breathed a sigh of relief and then I blushed bright red. I could just imagine the things that were going through my mother's head at that very moment. I would never live this down. "I uh thanks for that. Sorry if he called you a bunch. My mom doesn't stalk my every move or anything It just if I'm home on break and I'm going to be late I usually call or text."
"Whoa. Take a breath there." He chuckled. "It's fine I understand. The roads were a bit icy last night so I'm sure your mom was worried about accidents."
"Yeah. Though I should probably get home so she sees I'm actually in one piece." I joked. Really I wanted to flee and flee fast memories of the night before racing through my brain. "I guess I'll see you at Christmas."
"Yeah Christmas." He echoed my words but I could tell he wanted to say something else. I stood there waiting for him but he didn't say anything else and finally I gave a wave grabbed my purse and headed out to my car.
When I pulled into my driveway I sat there for a few moments trying to catch my breath and get my balance back before I faced the Rosalie Hale Inquisition. Taking a deep breath and getting out of the car I headed up the walkway being careful of the few icy patches that were around. I let myself in wondering if I'd be met at the door.
"Good morning." Emmett said as I walked into the living room. He was in front of the TV watching who knows what
"Good morning." I greeted in reply. "Is my mom around?"
"I'm right here." She said coming out of her bedroom. "So my lovely daughter decided to come home at last, where us old people just to boring for you." She teased.
"Mom." I rolled my eyes.
"Come on I'm making breakfast and then I want to go over a few wedding details with you."
"Sure." I agreed well at the same time bracing myself for what I was sure would be an avalanche of questions.
I grabbed the eggs from the fridge while she started on pancakes. "So…" she let it trail off and looked at me.
"I feel asleep on the couch. We were watching Harry Potter and I feel asleep it's as simple as that." I shrugged. Okay so I'd left out the part about the kiss but I wasn't going to tell her that, she'd never drop it. I don't think she'd be mad. No I think she'd be thrilled and I'd never hear the end of it. She always said I needed to get out there and date. That I couldn't let Michael crush me forever. I'm sure she didn't mean her future brother and law though.
"Harry Potter, Edward doesn't even like Harry Potter." Emmett said coming into the kitchen and filling up a coffee cup."
I looked at him. "Well he had it in his DVD collection."
"Oh I bet that was a joke from Jasper. I'm surprised you got him to watch that." He chuckled shook his head and took his coffee back into the living room.
"Okay then." I turned back to my mom. "So anyway I feel asleep and didn't hear your three calls."
"Yeah sorry about that but you didn't call or text and that isn't like you. Edward finally called Emmett."
Mom poured the pancake batter and turned back to me. "I think I freaked him out begging him to call Edward multiple times. He seemed to take it like a champ but I think it freaked him out a bit."
I bit my lip stopping myself from asking a question that had been nagging at me for a few days now. Would they have more kids?" My mom was still young. Kids could be in there future, I didn't think I was ready to broach that subject yet though. I poured the eggs into a pan and we worked together silently.
"So what did you want to talk about for the wedding?"
"Well we need to pick colors. You're of course the maid of Honor and Edward will be the Best man." I felt my heart beat faster at the thought. Maid of honor and best man. I should have thought of that but it all but slipped my mind. I nodded my head. "You'll be able to get the time off right?"
"Yeah that should be easy, I agreed to work for Edward so I doubt he'd schedule me on your wedding. It's a Sunday so there is no school in the way."
"Good, so you are going to work for Edward?"
"Yeah it just seems easier. I mean it's no different than where I work now, it's better in all ways and I have the certification needed to take drink orders and carry them to the table."
"Right I remember when you took that." She said flipping the pancakes as I scrambled the eggs. "So Dress colors," she got the conversation back on the wedding. I'm thinking red of course I mean it is Valentines but then I'm not sure."
"Well lets go after Christmas and see what we can find on short notice. Something that won't have to be altered. We also have to find you a dress. That's going to be a big undertaking because I know how picky you can be." I pointed out.
"Well I'm only getting married once."
"Mom it took you two hours to pick a sweater once they were almost identical the only difference was the shade of blue they were."
"So." She flipped the last of the pancakes on to the plate and put them on the table well I finished scrambling the eggs and put them in another dish.
"So if it takes you that long to pick out one sweater I hate to see how long it's going to take you to pick out a dress." I sat down the eggs down. I was going to sit down but I wasn't sure how this would all work now. "Should you go and get Emmett?"
"Emmett the foods ready." Mom called out. I just shrugged sitting down and putting some on my plate. Emmett came in and grabbed his own plate sitting down.
"So you got Edward to watch Harry Potter and you feel asleep on his couch." He looked at me as if trying to figure out a puzzle.
"Uh yeah."
"How did the Mac and Cheese go over?" Mom asked I'm sure trying to cut the odd tension in the room.
"It went well he's going to serve it. Another reason he offered me a job."
"Working for Edward too. My, my." Emmett speared a pancake and put it on his plate.
"Yeah, is there a problem?" I asked him. It was almost as if he was mocking me but I didn't know the man I couldn't be sure.
"What no, I'm sure you'll do great working for Edward, just he seems to be paying a lot of attention to you."
"Well she's going to be family I'm sure he's just being nice." Mom pointed out. Well I tried to not throw up at the thought of me and Edward being family."
"Maybe." Emmett agreed though he was still looking at me in a way I couldn't place exactly. I finished my food and took my plate to the sink.
"I'm going to call Alice." Walking out of the kitchen I stopped as I heard my mom say something to Emmett.
"Honestly Emmett," I heard her say but I quickly walked away not really wanting to hear the rest. I went into my room shutting my door and sitting on my bed. Calling Alice I was sure would help calm some of these nerves.
"Hey Girl how is the new Step Father." She answered.
"He's not my step father yet but it won't be long before he is. Wedding is on Valentine's day of course you have to come."
'Ooh Valentine's day wedding how romantic." She cooed.
"Or you know Crazy. You realize how close that is. we don't even have dresses. We have nothing."
"Well when I get back I'll help with what ever you still need.
"Thanks. I got a new job too."
"Really where?"
"Cullen's bar it's Emmett's younger brother.
"Ooh I've been there they have a sexy bartender. I think his name is Jasper think you can get me his number."
"Alice." I laughed. "I'm not going to go and try and get Jasper's number for you crazy girl. Though I'm sure if you come in yourself and ask for it you'll get it. I don't think he's seeing anyone."
"You're no fun." I could hear her pout over the phone.
"I know I'm told that all the time. So how are you're parents?"
"Ah they're my parents nothing interesting. They are redoing the kitchen so a lot of eating out. We're going to some fancy restaurant for Christmas."
"Oh I think we're going to the Culllen's for Christmas."
"See your life is interesting. A new family and all within a few months.
"Yeah interesting or nuts either way."
"Bella you really need to learn to go wit the flow a bit more."
"I know I know. Unclench. Have some fun, don't be so much a stick in the mud. I hear it all the time." I sighed.
"Sorry Bella you know I love you."
"Yeah, yeah love you too Alice. I sighed. I didn't tell her about me and Edward, I don't know why honestly I just felt like holding those experiences to myself not letting the bubble around us burst just yet. Afraid that everything was too good to be true. That I'd wake up and none of it would be true. Edward would be a figment of my imagination. Or worst yet he was real and just playing a game. A horrible, game. I don't think my heart could take such a thing. "Oh Alice I got my hair done." I clicked a picture and sent it to her.
"Sexy, I'm surprised."
"My mom's idea."
"Of course it was. Oh sorry Bella my mom is calling me I'll talk to you later. "
"Yeah later Alice." I hung up the phone sighing laying down on my bed. Life was spinning on in crazy circles and I wasn't sure I'd ever truly gain my balance back again. Did I want to? Did I want to go back to living my old boring life, or did I want to give life a chance again and jump head first into uncertainty? Would I even have a choice?
A/N thank you so much for all the responses so far to this story. Next up More Edward, Jasper and Emmett. Please send in your reviews.
