A/N: Do we like the story so far? I am starting to feel better about this story. Well on with Bella and Edward hanging out in college!
BPOV
I slowly opened my eyes as I saw the sun pouring into my room. I then noticed a set of arms around me. They seemed cold. I pulled the covers up and softly rubbed his arms.
"What are you doing Bella?" his velvet voice softly asked me.
"Your arms are freezing. You should have pulled the covers up. I think you may have a circulation problem Edward your skin is always so cold."
He giggled to himself. "I will have my father check it out this weekend."
"I am going home too this weekend. Maybe we can drive together. Angela went home last weekend and she doesn't want to go back so soon."
"Um, sure that sounds good. I am going to have to tell my family. We will just make sure to take two cars."
"What time is it; I do not feel like looking over to see what time it is."
"We have to get up and get moving if you plan on being on time to class."
I groaned. I buried my face into Edward's chest and pulled away. "Well I am going to get into the shower. Do you want me to swing by pick you up on my way to class?"
"Sure that sounds awesome," Edward told me as I rolled out of bed. He climbed out too. I went hunting for something to wear today. I looked out the window and it was cloudy, but not raining and I was glad for that. I was tiered of the rain.
I grab up my clothes and placed them in the bathroom. I walked Edward to the door and smiled at him. He gave me a soft kiss on the cheek and started to walk to his door. I was standing in the door frame smiling when I saw the door next door open. I saw her long strawberry blond hair peak out. She glared at me and mouthed WHORE. I rolled my eyes and closed my door.
I rushed through my shower and got dressed quicker then I ever had. In the process I fell over and hit my head on the sink. It was nothing major so I did not make a big deal out of it, just cursed and went about my business.
After 20 minutes I was ready to go to class with Edward. I knocked on the door and Edward answered after a few moments. He gave me a wonderful smile, the crooked one, and grabbed my hand and we started to leave the building.
"It is nice to see you smile Edward," I looked up at him during the elevator ride.
"It is nice to finally smile Bella. You do not know how long it has been since I truly smiled."
I did not understand what he meant but I let it roll off my shoulder. We walked in silence as we headed to the campus. Finally Edward said something, "So would you like to go out tonight?"
I frowned and patted my bag, "I have some research I have to do tonight, but after that we can hang out."
"OK that sounds good. Do you mind if Alice and Jasper join. She is going to be very excited to know what is going on with us."
"We do not know what is going on Edward; there is nothing to tell her," I gave him a cute little side smile.
"I know, but if you have not noticed yet, Alice needs to know every detail about everything."
I giggled. He was right. Alice was a strange little girl. We got into the English building. We got in the classroom right before the lecture started. Edward sat next to me and we where quite during the lecture. Even though we did not speak a single word during class we had plenty of contact between us. He would run his fingers along my hand while I wasn't writing. Every time he touched me I felt a little jolt of electricity. It was not a painful shock, but actually very pleasurable. I smiled to myself when ever he touched me.
I was hoping that I would wait a little before I gave in to him. I had to wait at least till the end of the week. I had to hold some kind of ground. I would make sure of it. No matter how hard he made it on me. I mean it was Tuesday I would wait till Monday. I would make him wait a week till I made my decision. I knew what I would tell him. I knew that I would be with him in the end, but a little game of cat and mouse never hurt anyone.
EPOV
The day with Bella was wonderful. She was so sweet and very cautious. It seemed like she was calculating every move she made around me. I knew I had to gain her trust and I would work at it. I could tell that it was not going to last too long because I was about to catch a few times when it seemed like she was willing to give in to me. I has already given in to what I knew was inevitable. I loved Bella and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I had tried for a few weeks now I saw where that got me. It was fate; I would end up with Bella no matter what I tried.
I had to be careful because she was starting to notice things. Today at lunch she asked me why I never eat. I had to force myself to eat a slice of pizza. It was nasty. I will be throwing that up later today. Alice gave me a wide smile as she watched me eat it. She thought it was funny. Alice always made it look like she was just done eating something when someone looks at her. She thought she was so smart.
I hated leaving Bella but I knew I had to do it. She has classes to go to that I could not follow her to. I would just look weird and desperate at that point. She was a strong women and I knew I could not follow her around. It did not mean that I had to be happy about it. I met up with Kate who was in my next class. I sat down next to the blond and she looked at me funny.
"Are we not talking cause of Tanya?" I asked her.
"No, she is being a total bitch. I just have never seen you so happy before. You seem like a whole new man Edward. She really is good for you."
She was right. I knew she was. I had not been able to stop smiling all day. Spending the night with Bella last night was wonderful. The only thing that worried me was her bad dream. She seemed to be freak out by it. She said my name a few times before she started to scream. I did not know if I where the good guy or the bad guy in the dream. I had a weird feeling that I was the bad guy.
"So are you and Bella official yet?" ate asked me knocking me out of m thoughts.
"No. She needs time to trust me to make sure I do not flake out like I did before."
"She is a smart girl. I think I am going to like having her as a cousin."
I rolled my eyes. I still did not know what I was going to do about the future. I did not want to make her a vampire, but I knew things might not end up like that. I could try and just see how long I can keep up the act of a normal human. After a few years she will notice that I am not changing. Then I will have to tell her something. "I am not sure what I am going to be doing about that Kate."
Class dragged on. I wanted to see Bella again before she went to go and bury herself in the library. I knew she was doing research on that silly vampire paper. She was probably going to be getting all kinds of silly information like we burst into flame in sun light, garlic hurts us, and silver is also bad for us.
When we where dismissed I went over to Bella's class to see if she was still in there, she was. I saw her look over at the door and see me. She smiled and held up a finger signally she would only be a moment longer. She was right. She was now picking up all her books and leaving with everyone else.
"Hello Edward," she told me in her beautiful voice.
"Bella."
"How was your class?"
"Same as always. How was your mythology class?"
"It was fun. We started my topic today"
"So vampires are fun?"
"They sound it," she said and giggled. I rolled my eyes, if she only knew the truth.
"Well I guess I will walk you to the library now?"
"Yep."
"So how about you text me when you are on your way back so I know what time to expect you. I could also come and pick you up. I do not feel comfortable with you walking back by yourself."
"Edward it is 2-3 blocks. I think I can take care of myself. Plus my father gave me pepper spray for things like that," she told me bringing out a little can.
"Well I am there for you if you need me," I reminded her. I did not want to push her too hard. We were now at the library. I smiled at her and she smiled at me. "Text me?"
"Yes I will. I should be back by 8," Bella gave me a quick hug and then turned to go into the building.
I was done for the day. I started to walk back to my place when I heard a voice that I did not want to hear.
"Wait Edward, you know I can not run outside," Tanya called to me.
I stood and decided that I would be the mature adult. She was probably still hurt I would have to act kind to her. I waited until I knew she was at my side. I started to walk with out looking at her. I felt her arm snake around my waist. I pulled away.
"Oh Edward why are you being so still?"
"What do you want Tanya? I do not want to play any more of your games."
"I am not here to play games. I want you back. I can forgive you for the Bella thing. I understand how humans can be so tempting. I mean I have gone after how many?"
"Tanya we are over. I am going to be with Bella. I need you to leave us alone."
Tanya flipper her hair and started to walk ahead of me, "Whatever you will come around."
I rolled my eyes. She was going to be a pain. I just hoped that she does not plan on bothering Bella. Tanya can be nasty when she wants to. I do not want Bella exposed to that. I was back in my apartment and getting thing ready when Emmett and Jasper came in.
"Wanna do a little hunting before Bella comes over bro?" Emmett asked.
I thought it over. I looked in the mirror and noticed my eyes where almost black. It would be a good idea incase she wanted to have another sleep over with me. I nodded to my brothers. I grabbed my cell phone and keys and left with my brothers to get a little mid-day snack.
BPOV
I found a small table that would be around the books I needed. I pulled out my book that I had been reading. I also brought out my note book and started to read. I had almost filled up a whole notebook on my different notes. This paper has to be over 20 pages. That is what I get for taking a 300 level class.
I was on the chapter about physical characteristics. There was a legend from Italy that talked about them being white as snow and having beauty that is unmatched to anything else in the world. Edward popped into my head but I pushed it away. He was beyond handsome and I know I am not the only person who thinks that. I have noticed that just about every girl on campus check him out when he walks past.
There was another legend that talks about their abilities of speed, strength, and agility. It talked about how they had super speed which would make them look like a blur. They said their strength was enough to lift up a car. I thought of Emmett and giggled. That man could probably lift three cars, without even breaking a sweat, with how big he is.
As I kept on reading the book the image of Edward and his family kept on popping into my mind. I push the book away. I was going crazy. There was no way that this could be. I mean vampires where not real. They did not actually exist, did they? I had to be just doing too much research and letting it get to my head. It must be because they are new and I want to make them what I am learning.
I pulled another sheet of paper out of my notebook and made 2 columns. One had the name Cullen and the other had Characteristics. I slowly started to write down things that I had been reading. They eyes color, strength, speed, cold skin, they list slowly went on. When I was done I checked to see if these things corresponded with what I was noticing about the Cullen's. I had eight check marks, out of the ten characteristics I had written. I was going crazy.
I noticed that my breath was coming out in tiny burst. I was having a mild panic attack. I was falling for a vampire? Isn't that something that you read about in stories? I placed my head between my legs and tried to take deeper breathes. There was no one around me so if I passed out that would be very bad. I slowly started to calm myself down.
Once I was calm I packed up all of my things and I had to head home. This stupid paper was getting to me. Maybe I might causally bring this up to Edward; hopefully he won't think that I am too crazy.
APOV
Rosalie and I where lying around the apartment waiting for something to do. It was so boring when everyone else was hunting and we stayed home. Rosalie was playing some video game that I had no interest in playing when I felt one of my visions coming on. I sat up and watched with intensity.
It was Bella. She was sitting in a library. She was reading a book and pushed it away. Then she started with a list. I saw our name and characteristics. She started to write down things. She knew. I saw her freaking out. She did calm down so I was not too worried. Yep, Bella knew what we where. I looked over at Rosalie when it was done.
"Another Bella vision?" she asked not sounding entertained.
"She knows."
"How does she know?" Rosalie was mad now.
"She figured it out reading books."
"What are we going to do?" She was looking at me now.
"It's Edward's issue."
"Well where is that brother of ours?"
"I will call him out in my head; if he is close he will come over." I closed my eyes and silently screamed my brother's name. I told him he had to come quick that I had news. Then I started to replay my vision in my mind. He would get the message.
Not five minutes later all of the boys come running into my apartment. Edward was first through the door; he had a look of fear. He was shaking. I tried to give him a smile.
"Edward, did you watch the whole thing?"
"What? Yes, I think, why?"
"Did you notice how calm she is by the end? She becomes relaxed. I do not think this is going to be as bad as you think. She seems to take the information very well at the end," I tried to tell my terrified brother.
"WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON," Emmett yelled. He hated Edward and my conversation that where always one sided.
"Bella is about to find out about us. She is doing a school report about vampires. She is taking all of her reading and the way we act and putting 2 and 2 together. She is a very smart girl."
"Is there anyway to stop her?" Jasper asked me.
I closed my eyes and checked, I shook my head no, "By now she is just starting to make her little list."
Everyone nodded. I could tell how mad Rosalie was and how worried Edward was. Jasper sent out a wave to calm everyone down. I really did feel bad for him sometimes. I mean he knows how everyone feels and he experiences it too.
"Jasper stop! I do not want to be OK about this. We were stupid. I am not going to another school. We have ten years here guys. What now?" Rose shouted.
The Denali sisters should be over soon. They are going to hear our yelling and know something is up. I gave Jasper a look and he sent out another wave of calm. I smiled at him. I wonder what I would do if I never had him. I have a feeling that if I did not have my vision and never got to meet Jasper and the rest of the Cullen's I would not have been a good person. I guess that is what it is going to be like with Edward and Bella. They had the connection that all of us had already found.
"We are going to let Edward decide how to deal with this. It is his life and we are not to mess with it. Bella is going to be his mate and I always figured she would know the truth at some point since she does become one of us," I tried to tell everyone. Rosalie just gave me a look.
"And what if THEY find out?" she asked.
"Then we will cross that bridge when we get to it. But if we do not make a big stink they have no reason to bother us. We got the pleasure of meeting Jane and Felix a few years ago when they checked in on us on Alaska. They are not going to be coming around to find us any time soon."
"Alice you know they already do not like us because of our life style and our size. All we have to do is one small thing, then we are ALL done."
What she was saying is true. We all knew this. We knew the risk of what would happen if THEY knew we let a human know the trust and did not kill her or turn her. Everyone looked over at Edward who was pacing and holding the bridge of his nose. He was a mess. I was about to ask Jasper to help him out but I did not want to take advantage of him.
"I will deal with it. I will handle this someway. Just let me deal with this my way please," Edward pleaded.
"You have one chance to make this OK Edward; I will not hang around while you endanger this family. You make sure that if she knows she keeps her mouth shut, or I shut it for her," Rosalie told him.
"Do not worry Rose I will not put us in danger, but I also will not let you harm Bella, do you understand me? Even if she knows she will be able to keep the secret. You will not take matters into your own hands."
"Well then you make sure that she doesn't fuck up," Rosalie spat and left. Emmett stood there confused. He never knew what to do when they had differing view points. He finally stood his ground and started to talk to Edward. I could hear Rose going to tell the sisters. They did have the right to know. I mean they where in this with us so there would be no need for them to keep up an act if there was no reason. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett where talking when Edward's phone rang.
"Hello?" he said.
On the other end we heard Bella, "Hey I am done in the library. Do you still want to hang out?"
"Sure. Do you want me to come and get you?"
"No I am fine I want to walk and clear my head a bit. Can we talk before we hang out with Alice and everyone. I have kind of a silly question to ask you."
I saw everyone's faces go grim. "OK sure Bella. I will be at my place. Just knock when you get here."
"OK I will see you in a little bit Edward."
"Bye." Edward hung up the phone and then went to the door.
"Where are you going? She will not be here for another ten minutes or more."
"I am going to make sure that she makes it here OK. I do not like her walking alone in the dark."
"Such a good boyfriend," I joked. He shot me a look and went out the door.
BPOV
I was going to deal with this head on. I was just going to ask Edward flat out. He may think I am crazy and never want to talk to me again but that was a risk I was going to have to take. I had to know the truth if we where going to be an item. I would not be able to start something if I didn't know.
It was cold when I left the library. I wrapped my hoodie around me tighter and headed back to Edward's. Once I got off campus it was a short two and half block. I had never had a problem walking home before so I did not think I would have one tonight. Well I was very wrong.
About a block off of campus I heard foot steps. Two sets. I figured it was just students going back to their places; our apartment building had tons of college students living there. I heard the two hushed voice speak quickly to one another, they where male. I started to speed u my pace a bit. I must have looked paranoid. Then they stopped talking and then picked up their pace also.
When I turned the last block I saw my apartment complex. I was going to make it. Then I felt something hit me in the back on the head. I let out a scream and fell. I landed face first on the sidewalk. I turned to see if anyone was around. There was no one there besides the two men I heard. I turned to see the two men looking down at me.
"We are going to have a good night with you little girl," she one slurred to me.
I saw him pull his foot back to kick me in my gut. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the kick, but it never came, instead I heard a scream. It was a man's scream and it truly sounded scared. I opened my eyes and saw a blur move the man away from me. Then I saw another blur hit the other man. My head was spinning and I could not tell what was really going on but I swear I heard three different sets of growls. I kept on looking around to try and see what was going on, but I could not focus on anything. My head was spinning and I was trying to follow everything.
I saw one of the blurs move towards me and I closed my eyes and braced myself for some kind of beating. He probably wanted to do the same thing to me as the others did. Instead I was being lifted off the ground. I started to scream, hit, kick anything to try and get this thing away from me. I was not going to go down without a fight.
"Shhh, Bella please calm yourself. You are safe now. Your with me. I am sorry I was not here quicker," it was Edward. I opened my eyes and saw him carrying me bridal style just like with the fire.
"What just happened?"
"You where attacked. You are safe now. Emmett and Jasper came to help me."
"You where those blurs?"
"Yes, Bella you where hit in the back of the head, I do not think you know what you are saying. We will talk when we get inside. OK?"
I nodded and let him carry me. I rested my head on his shoulder. He smelled as wonderful as always. When we got into his apartment he placed me on the counter top again. He turned so he could look at the back of my head were I had been hit.
"OK it does not look bad. I do not think you even have a concussion. You should be fine. Let's just put some ice on it."
I nodded my head. "What were you doing out there Edward?"
"I was trying to make sure you got home safe. I was trying to keep a safe distance so you did not know, but I kept too far of a distance."
"You where following me?" I asked a little confused.
"Yes I am sorry. I know you told me I did not have to come, but I feel very protective about you."
This should be weird and creepy, but it was sweet in a way. He wanted to make sure I was OK even though I did not ask him to. Since he was telling the truth now was my time to ask him.
"Um Edward…I am sorry for asking this…I know its weird… but…ummmm… are you…oh god I am weird…areyouavampire," I finally sputtered out as one word.
I looked into his topaz eyes that where almost black this morning. He held my face in his large hands.
"What if I was?" he asked. His voice was shaking. He was scared about what I would say.
I took a deep breath and tried to act like it was no big deal, "That's fine."
"You would not care if I where a monster that thirsted for your blood?" he sounded more mad than anything else.
I shook my head no. I was in too deep. He sucked me in the first day and had me ever since, even though I tried to resist. I tried to not be affected by him. I tried to be mad at him. I tried to ignoring him. I tried to be friends with him. Nothing I did worked. It did not work because I cared about him. I loved him.
I pulled my face from his hands and he let me. His face flashed upset for a moment but then it calmed again. He did not want to show weakness. I grabbed his face with my hands and pulled to down so we where nose and nose. He needed to know.
"I would not care if you turned into an apple every fifth night. Or if you had to go bath naked in the lake every Thursday because you thought the water god's wanted you to do it. I do not care if you are a vampire. I have these intense feeling for you and I have since I first laid eyes on you in the hallway weeks ago," I leaned my face in and kissed him. At first it was soft and sweet. This it got deeper and more passionate. He wanted this as much as I did. I wrapped my hands in his hair and pulled his body closer to my body. I felt his mouth open slightly and our tongues touched. Then he slowly moved away.
"This is not good Bella. I am not good for you. What we are, you can get very hurt."
"I trust you," I told him and pulled him closer to me. I did not kiss him, but simply laid my head on his chest. I felt his chest rise and fall. For the first time I noticed that there was no heart beat. He was dead. Edward Cullen and his family where what I thought they were, vampires.
