Cullen's Patisserie - Chapter 7

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Hi everyone,

Thank you to my lovely new followers and the reviews I recieved.

A few people feel that I've turned the story in to something a bit too high school. I can see where you're coming from, but the Cullen kids and Bella are in their early 20s, and I don't know about the rest of you, but people in their early 20s really aren't that different from teenagers. Yes, we have jobs and more responsibility, but when it comes down to it, we get pretty excited around the opposite sex.
Bella doesn't realise she loves Edward yet, and vice versa. They both think there's no way the other person could possibly have feelings for them.

Anyways, just wanted to clear that up.
Thanks for reading, and enjoy!

Sam :)


Bella's POV

I opened my eyes and looked around. Where was I? And why did I have a massive headache?
What happened last night? Then it hit me.
After Edward had asked me who I liked, I'd proceeded to get drunk. So, so drunk.
I'd also found Edward later in the night and we danced together. We then somehow ended up in his room. In his bed. Naked. Crap.

I looked under the covers and discovered that I was still naked. I winced and looked at Edward, who was sleeping next to me. He was also naked. I couldn't believe I'd slept with him. He's going to want to talk about this. I'm going to have to avoid him. I don't want to have that conversation with him. I knew what he would say.
"I'm sorry Bella, it was just a one time thing. I only see you as a friend."

I really didn't want to have the friend-zone conversation right now.
I snuck out of bed, found my clothes and crept out of the room.
It didn't seem like anyone else was up, and I made it to the front door.
Unfortunately that was where my luck ran out.
"Bella! Do you want some breakfast before you sneak out?"
It was Rosalie, and when I turned around she was watching me with a sly grin. Damn it, I'd been caught.

Rosalie looked like the cat who'd got the cream.
"No thanks Rose, I'm just going to head home. I've got some stuff to do."
I hoped she'd let me go. Of course luck still wasn't on my side.
"Oh nonsense, come and join us!" She marched over, still grinning, and dragged me into the kitchen.

The whole Cullen family with the exception of Edward, were sitting down with large plates of bacon and eggs. My stomach growled at the smell and I allowed myself to be dragged over to an empty spot at the table.
Everyone was watching me with big grins on their faces. I decided to ignore them and tucked in to the delicious food.

"So Bella, did you have fun last night?" Emmett was wiggling his eyebrows up and down. This was going to be torture. I had a feeling, a very bad feeling, that I was going to be very embarrassed during this conversation. Sighing I decided to pretend like nothing happened between Edward and I.

"Yeah it was a great party. I think I had too much to drink though, my head is pounding." Esme passed me some painkillers and I smiled gratefully at her.
"Is Edward still sleeping? He must be so tired today..." Jasper had a serious look on his face but I could tell he was close to cracking up. Everyone else was barely restraining their laughter.
I of course, was turning tomato red. I leaned over my food and continued eating. I was so embarrassed. Something occurred to me. What if they'd been able to hear everything?

"Yeah, you know it sounded like he was up pretty late. How about you Bella, were you up late too?" Emmett was the picture of innocence. I wanted to kill him. The rest of the family laughed at that, unable to control themselves now. Even Carlisle and Esme were laughing. I decided it was time to go, before I died of embarrassment, or Edward woke up. Whichever one came first.

"I've gotta go. Happy Birthday, Alice." I left the room as fast as I could without breaking into a run.
"Bella, wait! Hang on." Alice ran to catch up with me.
"Yeah, Alice? I've really got things to do today."
"Don't worry about them, they're just happy you and Edward are together. Finally." Together? Was she crazy?

"Alice, we're not together. We were both drunk and made a mistake, that's all." She looked at me in disbelief.
"Seriously? It wasn't a mistake!" I just shook my head and opened the door.
"Bye Alice." I had to get out of there.

The next couple of weeks, Edward and I avoided each other. I figured he didn't want to have that awkward conversation either.
The family tried talking me into talking to Edward again, each of them trying a different tactic. Edward and I spoke to each other about work related issues, and we were very polite, but we never spoke on a personal level.

I told everyone in the family that I wasn't going to be the first one to speak. If he wanted to talk to me, he would. If he didn't want to talk to me then I certainly didn't have anything to say to him.


Edward POV

I woke up after Alice's party with a splitting headache. I looked around my room struggling to remember what I'd done the night before. Since I was naked I had to work out who I'd done. The night was a blur, but I could remember dancing with Bella, in a pretty raunchy way. I think we'd kissed too. I couldn't remember anything else though.

I got up and had a shower, before making my way downstairs to the kitchen. Some breakfast would make me feel better, I was sure of it.
Esme was sitting at the breakfast bar, nursing a cup of coffee. I poured one for myself as she watched me.
"What happened last night, Esme?" She looked a little shocked.
"You don't remember?" I shook my head. I really wished I could remember. Had something happened with Bella?

"I'm not touching this one, I'm sure Alice will tell you all about it." Esme walked out of the kitchen smiling happily. Oh no, this can't be good.
Alice bounced into the kitched, smiling at me gleefully. I narrowed my eyes at her.
"What are you so happy about, Alice? Aren't you hungover?" She giggled and shook her head.
"Nope, I'm not hungover, some of us have more self control!" She winked at me. I groaned, she was so loud when she was excited.

"I'm so happy about you and Bella, I've been waiting for this for ages!" She jumped up and down on the spot.
"What do you mean? What happened with Bella and I?" I frowned. Was it Bella I'd slept with?
"You don't remember, do you? Oh Edward, you're hopeless. You and Bella slept together last night. How can you not remember that?" She looked disappointed with me. I didn't blame her, I was disappointed with me for not remembering.

"Seriously? Wow." I tried to remember what happened, but nothing came to me. Then, as a took a swig of my coffee, it came back to me. Dancing to some 80s song, drinking, stumbling back to my room, getting naked. I couldn't believe I'd actually slept with Bella and that she'd left before I woke up.
"Did you see her this morning? When did she leave?" I wanted to know if Bella had said anything about what had happened.

"She left early, when we were all having breakfast. Rose convinced her to join us." Alice looked like she wasn't telling me everything.
"Did she say anything, Alice?" She wasn't meeting my eyes. Damn pixie.
"She denied it, even though we could hear everything. You guys were pretty loud, you know." I looked down at my coffee, blushing. I defenetly remembered that. "Okay, she denied it, but did she say anything else? There's no way Emmett didn't tease her." I knew what Emmett could be like.

"Yes, Emmett teased her, Jazz did too. She just said she was drunk, nothing else. She left before she said anything else." She smiled at me sympathetically. Maybe Bella regretted it. Maybe she wanted nothing else to do with me.
I realised then that even though we'd both been drunk, it had been an amazing night. I wanted more. I didn't just want drunken sex. Or any other kind of sex. I wanted to wake up to her every morning. I realised then what I hadn't admitted to myself or anyone else before now.

I was in love with Bella.