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Chapter 7

As Edward pulled up to Angelo's, he noticed Bella's Jaguar park next to an ice blue Porsche Cayman. Both gorgeous cars. He saw Bella sitting on the hood of the Porsche with Alice and Emmett. He knew that it had to be Alice or Emmett's car. Edward parked in the open spot beside Bella's car. And Jasper and Rosalie were behind him in Jasper's Camaro. Jasper parked on the other side of Edward's Aston Martin.

Edward got out of his car and walked over to where Bella, Alice and Emmett were. Jasper got out of his car too, but Rosalie hesitated to get out. She finally did though after a few seconds of composing herself.

Bella, Alice and Emmett hopped off of the hood of the car to meet Edward. Rosalie and Jasper came up behind him slowly.

"I'm glad you guys could make it. I hope we can all enjoy some time together. This is always one of our favorite parts of our week when we get to come here." Bella said.

"I hope you guys aren't completely freaked out over what we are. We would never dream of hurting any of you. The only problems we've ever had is with others of our kind. So we've never had a real problem with any humans. You're safe around us." Alice said.

"I know we are. And I'm glad you invited us to join you tonight. Should we go inside?" Edward asked.

"Yes, let's go." Bella said.

Then they all turned and walked into the restaurant.

They went to the back of the restaurant where they usually sat at a large table. Angelo's was set up like bar, mixed with a restaurant, with a dance floor and a jukebox. It was one of the reasons why Bella, Alice and Emmett loved coming here. It was more than just a regular restaurant.

Bella, Alice and Emmett sat down first. Then Edward sat down next to Bella. And Rosalie made sure she sat between Edward and Jasper. She wasn't comfortable sitting next to a vampire yet.

They ordered their food and made some small talk. While they were waiting on their food, Edward noticed something in Bella's head. He wondered how this would go.

He leaned over and said, "Why don't you go put that song that's in your head on the jukebox." Then smiled at her.

She smiled back and got up and walked over to the jukebox and pressed the number of the song she wanted to hear. The song 'I wanna love you forever' came on and Edward decided to go ask Bella for a dance. He got up and walked over to where she was standing in front of the jukebox.

"May I have this dance?" he whispered in her ear from behind her.

She turned around and looked in his eyes. She stared into them for a few moments.

"I'd love to dance with you." Bella smiled.

They walked to the dance floor and he took her hand, and spun her into his arms.

"Wow, I'm impressed. I guess I didn't see when you became such a good dancer." Bella said.

"Don't think, Bella. Just go with it." Edward said.

They danced closely to each other, without thinking about who the other one was. They were just there. There were no vampires, no witches, no freaked out siblings. They just danced like they had been dancing together forever. They seemed like they fit right together with each other, perfectly. Edward noticed how sweet Bella smelled. It was almost a mesmerizing scent. Not like anything he had smelled before. It was intriguing. He buried his face in her thick, curly hair. It felt really natural to both of them.

Bella noticed what was in his head and found that interesting that he was so captivated by her. She didn't realize she was giving off that vibe. Was she even doing that? She reached her hand up and ran her fingers through the hair at the nape of his neck. But she then realized, she was captivated by him too. The way he was so at ease around her, how he seemed to be magnetized to her. His scent was quite appealing too, now that she thought about it. It was so crisp. Like sea island cotton. It was almost mouthwatering.

The song ended, and they didn't even notice. The only way they did, was when Alice gave Bella a heads up.

Um, you guys do realize that everyone is staring at you, right? Alice thought to Bella.

Bella looked up and around and saw people staring.

"Wow, that's really uncomfortable." Bella said quietly.

"Who cares? Let them look." Edward said as he buried his face in her thick hair again.

"We can dance again later. I think our food is coming." Bella said.

"Promise?" Edward said in a sweet, pleading voice.

"I promise." Bella said with a smile. Then they both walked slowly back to the table and sat down. Edward sat closer to Bella than he had before. Bella felt the need to take a breath after their dance.

"You two really didn't notice everyone staring?" Alice asked.

"No, we were having fun out there." Bella said, then turned and smiled at Edward.

Then their food came out and they started eating. Emmett couldn't help but go to the vampire subject. But he did it discreetly.

"I guess you guys are more than a little worried about us being who we are." Emmett said where only the ones sitting at that table could hear.

Rosalie was the first to respond to him. She had been thinking quietly since Bella left their house earlier. And she started getting the feeling that they could be ok as vampires. And the vampires had never really posed a threat to them so far. And they hadn't heard of any people dying from vampires or mysterious animal attacks when they were looking for a new town to live in. So they obviously hadn't been hunting for human blood.

"I think that's an understatement. But I guess if we're still alive now then I'm not quite as afraid. I think it's just what we've always heard about your kind, has always scared the hell out of me. And when Edward said it earlier, I guess my instincts just took over and I reacted. And I want to apologize for that, Bella. I probably should have listened to what the whole situation was first. But I guess most people would react that way. But the fact that Edward trusts you makes me start to trust you too. It may take some time, but I just get the feeling that you're all not as bad as you've been perceived in history. And I'm sorry." Rosalie said.

Everyone at the table stopped and looked at Rosalie. No one, especially Edward and Jasper, thought that Rosalie would have this quick of a turn-around with something like this. But if she would be ok with this now, then there was only one bigger hurdle to get past now. Their mother.

"Wow, Rose. I didn't know you'd have a change of heart this quickly. Are you feeling ok?" Edward asked.

She gave him a small slap on the arm.

"I guess if all of this is happening with the two of you, then there has to be a reason behind it. I don't think the reason is that we're all going to be killed by you three. But I think things could turn out ok with all of this. At least I'm hoping so." Rosalie said.

"Well thank you Rosalie. I really appreciate that. I know it's not easy for you guys to accept what we are." Bella said.

"I don't want to make enemies. I don't think being on a hit-list with vampires is a very wise move. I mean you guys seem to be normal everyday people right now. You don't seem like you could kill a human." Rosalie said.

"Well we could, but we don't. The only people we've had to kill are ones that tried to kill us first. We're not blood-thirsty monsters. But we will protect our family." Alice said.

"And as of now, that includes protecting your family too. We're not going to let anything happen to you guys, if we have anything to do with it." Bella said with real conviction.

Everyone looked at Bella.

"What? Edward is basically an extension of me now. We are somehow connected and I'm not going to let anything happen to him or his family." Bella said towards Alice and Emmett.

They both nodded, understanding.

"Thank you, Bella. We'll try our best to do what we can to protect you all as well. We need to watch each other's backs." Edward said.

"Ok, Jasper. Let's go dance." Bella said when most everyone was done eating.

Jasper looked at her and didn't know what to do.

"Don't worry; I'm not going to bite." Bella said with a smirk on her face. Then she, Alice and Emmett all busted out laughing. "Ok. I'm serious. I promise I won't." She said with a smile.

Edward couldn't help but smile at her. Jasper got up and they walked out to the dance floor.

"Let's see what you got, Jasper." Bella said with a joking tone.

Jasper took her in his arms, leaving some distance, and danced around the dance floor with Bella.

"Wow, you and your brother both have moves, don't you?" Bella said jokingly.

"You bet your blood-thirsty ass." Jasper said with a big laugh.

Bella laughed with him too. She knew he was a joker. She love that about this family. From what she could see, Edward was always the rock, like she was. Jasper was the joking, free spirited one, but had a really calm streak in him at times. And Rosalie was usually a worry-wart. But Rosalie had her times of being care-free too. But over the last year, she'd become so much more cautious.

"Just be careful how loud you say that. Ok?" Bella said still laughing.

"You got it." Jasper said. "I like the three of you. You just seem so normal compared to what I've ever been told about you. I don't understand though why the difference in stories?" Jasper said.

"Well, I guess in the beginning it was to throw people off of what to notice from us. And it just kept going. People started coming up with some of the other things about us. So we've been well concealed over the years. But there have been some that caught on to us. That's usually when we move on suddenly. Does any of that help you understand?" Bella asked.

Jasper thought about what she said. It made sense to start rumors that vampires were something they weren't to throw humans off their trails. It was very clever.

"Yes, it does. I just never thought that it was a cover up to hide you guys. Well played, whoever started that." Jasper said with a laugh.

"Well you three know. So I trust all of you not to give away our big bad secret and cover up story." She said smiling.

"The secret's safe with me." Jasper said.

The song ended and they went back to the table where the rest of the group was.

"Alright Rose, let's go show 'em what you've got now." Jasper said from behind her.

She looked up at Jasper and said, "What the hell. May as well." Then she got up and walked to the dance floor with Jasper. It was an upbeat song this time so, Bella grabbed Edward's hand and dragged him to the dance floor too. Alice and Emmett usually danced as a group with Bella, so they both got up too and went and joined the others and started dancing. They started dancing as the couplings they went out there as. But soon, everyone was dancing with everyone else. It turned into their own little dance party. Everyone was having a blast. Even Rosalie. Once she let loose, and let her guard down, she started enjoying herself so much more. She didn't even think about the fact that Bella, Alice and Emmett were vampires. They were just… friends.

When the song was over, they walked back over to their table, laughing. They continued to cut up and joke around with each other throughout dessert. They did seem like they had been friends for a long time, finally. Despite the fact that they just met.

After a couple of hours, and a few more dances between Edward and Bella, they realized it was getting late. And they needed to get out of there before they closed.

"Alright guys, let's get out of here. It's getting late and we've got school tomorrow." Bella said.

Wait, I still want to talk to you more. I like spending time with you like this. Edward thought to her. And it was true. He felt so comfortable and so at peace around her.

Ok. Well we can go somewhere and just hang out for a while. Do you want to go to one of our houses? Bella thought. She found that she enjoyed being around him too. He wasn't like any of the guys that had drooled over her or Alice or Emmett. And it was nice to have someone who knew the truth, and didn't run for their life. He stayed.

They all got up and started walking to the door.

Well is there anywhere else around here that we can just be alone and talk? Somewhere we won't have any distractions. Edward thought.

Bella thought and quickly came up with a pretty good place.

Well how about this little area near my house. It's quiet and no one will disturb us. Bella thought.

"That sounds great." Edward said out loud.

"What sounds great?" Alice asked.

"Oh," Edward said, he didn't even realize he had said it out loud. He was going to have to work on that. "We were just gonna go hang out for a while longer. We just wanted to talk some more."

Are you sure that's a good idea, Bella? What if something happens? Alice thought to her.

They reached their cars then.

Jesus, I wish you guys would stop worrying so damn much about him. He's not going to hurt me. Bella thought. Then she saw further what was in Alice's head.

"Ali!" Bella almost yelled.

"What?" You know it could happen. Maybe not tonight, but what if you two do this kind of thing on a night that you haven't hunted in a while? Alice thought to her.

I am not even talking about it going that way. I wouldn't even consider taking his blood. Are you out of the fucking mind? Bella thought back.

Ok fine. Just don't let yourself get that far, in the future. You know you have before. Alice thought.

"Ok, you just stop. Nothing's going to go wrong, or anything. We're just going to go talk through some stuff and see what we can figure out in quieter surroundings." Bella said. So quit with the third degree! She thought to Alice.

"Ok. Well we're heading home then. Don't do anything we wouldn't do." Emmett said, smiling.

"Oh that's funny coming from you, Em." Bella said laughing.

The three vampires all laughed at that. Edward just smiled at Bella for being able to be so fun-loving.

Emmett and Alice got in her Porsche and drove home.

"Jasper, why don't you guys go ahead and head home too. I'll be home later. Don't worry about anything. I can take care of myself." Edward said.

Rosalie looked at him with a very worried look on her face.

Edward could tell what she was worried about.

"Rose, just go. Ok? We're not going to get in any trouble or anything." Edward said.

Rosalie didn't say anything. She just turned and walked back to Jasper's Camaro.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow Bella. Night you guys." Jasper said. He started walking to his car.

"Good night Jasper. Don't worry; he'll come home in one piece." Bella said.

Then Edward started laughing at the joke. She joined in after he started laughing.

"Well, should we get out of here too?" Edward asked with a smile.

"Yeah, let's go." She smiled right back. Then they both ran and got in their cars.

If you haven't noticed yet... i'm a car junkie. The cars in this story are some of my absolute favorites:)

Rec's for this week: (I'm doing the same ones on this one that I did on 'Last Kiss' for those of you that follow both) 'My Sun and my son' by Littlemissyter

And 'Love Like Winter' by MandyLeigh87 (I don't know if I've already done this one, but I don't care. It's good. So read it.)

Let's get some Gamecock baseball going! Woohoo! (sorry if you're not a Carolina fan:p)