Chapter 6

Edward abruptly sat up and pulled me up with him. I looked at him with panic in my eyes and he put a finger to his lips, telling me to be quiet. Then I heard laughing.

"Ha, yeah right, you are so not a better dancer than me!" someone called, Emmett. Thank god. Edward immediately relaxed our position so that we were once again laying on the couch once he realized it was just the gang getting back from the dance. I let out the breath I had been holding in and so did Edward. Just then they all walked in the living room.

Jasper and Alice came in holding hands, while Emmett and Rosalie snuck upstairs together. I don't even want to know what they are up to.

"Hey guys, how was the dance?" I asked them.

"It was so much fun, Bella! I wish that you guys wouldn't have bailed on us, but next time I get to dress you up!" She grinned evilly. While Edward sighed and Jasper rolled his eyes. She looked around and inspected the living room. Edward and I were curled up on the cough together and the TV was playing the movies menu on a loop.

She narrowed her eyes and looked at me, "Is their something you two would like to tell me?"

I looked at Edward silently begging for him to talk, and he did, "Mmm....Fine, Alice, you win. Bella and I are officially dating."

She squealed and jumped up and down. "I knew this would happen!" She ran over to me and pulled me up off the couch "I"m going to take you home, and we can talk on the way."

Edward was immediately at my side with his arm around me, "Back off Alice, I can handle driving Bella home." He frowned at his sister.

"Nonsense Edward, you bond with Jasper while I take Bella home, we need some girl talk."

I rolled my eyes at him but nodded. He gave me a hug and a quick kiss. "I'll call you tomorrow, OK?" I nodded and he kissed my forehead and let go.

"Bye" I said.

The second we were in the car Alice began to grill me on what happened at the house. I told her everything and she gushed about how she didn't know how romantic her brother was.

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The rest of the weekend was pretty great. I spend most of my time with Edward, getting to know him more. We either did homework , watched movies, or hung out with the rest of the gang. I thought things couldn't get better, and I was right. They only got worse.

Monday at lunch is when the shit started to hit the fan.

Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and I were all enjoying out lunch outside, it was a rare sunny day in Forks. Edward and I were trapped in our own little world when my phone vibrated in my pocket. Weird, I never get text messages I'm not a big texter. I pulled my phone out and saw who it was from and I couldn't help but gasp. Kyle.

Bella,

I've missed you.

I know you're in Forks with Charlie,

but I need to see you.

I'm sorry about everything.

Kyle

Edward gave me a worried look, "Who is that Bella?" he asked me after I had shown him the message.

"My ex-boyfriend from Phoenix."

Alice and Rosalie both gave me a questioning look and I nodded at them. Emmett and Jasper looked confused. Edward looked pissed.

I passed my phone to them and they all read it.

"Why is he texting you Bella?" Edward asked in a restrained tone, I knew he was trying to control his temper.

"I have no idea, he's not supposed to be in any contact with me, he's the reason I left Phoenix" I admitted while staring at the table.

"So what happened, did it end badly or something?" Jasper asked seeming concerned.

"Yeah, you could say that I guess."

I turned to Edward and he was looking at Alice, obviously mad that he was out of the loop.

I took his hand, "What do you say we skip the rest of the day, I really need to talk to you." I had no idea what I was going to say, but I did need to talk to him alone.

He looked into my eyes for what seemed like forever, then nodded and led me away from the table and to the Volvo. I looked back at Alice giving her the nod that it was okay for her to tell them the story. I knew she would understand.

Edward opened the passenger door for me and closed it after I got in. The whole ride there he was silent. I desperately wanted to talk to him, but what was I supposed to say, Oh yeah my ex-boyfriend used to beat the crap out of me and know he wants to talk to me, so are we still on for dinner tonight? Yeah right, he would run for the hills.

No one was home once we got to his house, Carlisle and Esme were still at work and would be for a few hours. We went up the stairs to his room and sat on the bed facing each other.

Then he finally spoke.

"Care to tell me what the hell is going on?"