Chapter Seven
Edward POV
Holy shit, she agreed to have coffee with me! I smiled at the memory as if it just had happened. I paced my room a bit before I decided to go take a shower which relaxed me. I hummed as I started the shower and grinned thinking I'm acting like such a girl. No one has ever had this kind of effect on me, not until Isabella Swan. Usually, girls chase me and I swoon them to lure them in for a one night stand, but Bella is totally different. She's straight forward without having a bitchy tone. I feel like she's the only one I can really be comfortable around right now.
I quickly washed my hopeless hair and my body, and rinsed off before I turned the shower off and grabbed my soft towels that mom insisted I should stock up on. I'm glad I listened to her and bought them because they feel like heaven against my body.
I grabbed my robe and walked into my bedroom and sat on my bed as I grabbed my phone and dialed Bella's number. That's right, I memorized her number! Be jealous!
"Hello?" She asked in a sweet voice which sounded a bit distracted.
"Hey, it's Edward." I said and smiled until I heard something drop in the background.
"Jake, stop making a mess!" She yelled and sighed and replied. "Hey, I was just about to call you, where do you want to meet?" She asked, sounding a bit stressed.
"I was thinking the Nespresso boutique bar?" I asked biting my lip, hoping she wouldn't freak out.
"But that's in Beverly Hills Edward!" She shrieked. Yup I was wrong.
"Bella, it's quiet and I really want to get to know you. Plus, it's not too expensive." I totally lied on that one. I knew she was not going to settle for it when we got there so I will make sure to order the specials there without her looking at the prices. I could hear her sigh on the other end. I pretty sure she is biting her beautiful bottom lip right now.
"Do I have to dress fancy?" She asked with hesitation. I laughed which resulted in a huff from Bella. "Seriously Edward!" She exclaimed.
"Wear something nice that can be casual as well." I smirked and waited for her reply.
"I'll meet you in forty minutes." She muttered and made me chuckle and say bye before I got up to pull out a light blue fitted button up polo and some jeans. I went into my bathroom to tame my hair but only tamed it a little. I can't wait to see her beautiful face, Lei era mozzafiato.
BPOV
Jake bumped into me as he was engrossed into his Ipad.
"Watch wear you're fucking going!" I snapped. I knew it sounded terrible, especially when Jake was stressing out to propose to his girlfriend in the perfect setting. He looked up, almost hurt and sighed.
"Sorry, bells…I'm just freaking out about it." He sat down and I went over to him and wrapped my arms around him. I was supposed to be helping my friend out here but I couldn't get my mind off of the coffee date that was going to take place in less than forty minutes.
"I know, Jake."
"I think I'm just going to ask her. It doesn't have to be perfect, does it?" He pleaded and I giggled.
"Jake, just remember why you love her and why you are going to ask her to marry you okay? I'm positive she will say yes." I smiled at him which resulted in a bone crushing hug.
"You're the best Bells!" He exclaimed and I giggled.
"Okay, okay. Before you kill me, I have to find something nice to wear." He pulled away while wiggling his eyebrows.
"Ohlalala, Swan has a date." I turned red and got up to grab my stuff.
"Oh shut up, I'm going to meet up with a friend." I said vaguely.
"So why must you dress up to meet this so called friend?" He smirked. I really wanted to see Edwards smirk. Focus Swan!
"Go fuck yourself Jake." I laughed and hugged him before heading for the door.
"Hey, take my car. It's safer, especially if you're going to Beverly Hills." I blushed and thanked him and grabbed his keys to the Toyota Tundra. I honestly loved his truck! Although I knew I could have told Jake who I was meeting up with, I wanted it to be a secret for a while. I don't even know if Edward and I will even click, although he seemed like a great guy.
I sped to my apartment and raced up to my apartment and opened the door. I went straight to my closet and bit my lip. I shuffled around and finally found a sky blue dress which had spaghetti straps that would hit my knees. I quickly changed out of my dress and pulled on my strapless bra and pulled over the dress. Thank god it still fits! Renee bought this for my high school graduation. Simple yet cute. I went to my accessory's drawer and pulled out a thin braided tan belt and put that around my waist and pulled out my tan t-strap sandals which were flat. The last thing I wanted to do was fall flat on my face in front of Edward Cullen.
I pulled my hair into a knotted pony tail and applied some mascara along with some lip gloss. Damn, for someone who didn't dress up on a daily basis, I definitely cleaned up well today. I blushed and headed downstairs with my tinny purse, to the tundra.
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It took me about twenty minutes to get to the damn place, and still made it on time. I got out of the truck and walked into the coffee shop which was beyond fancy. I walked to the front desk where a hostess directed me inside and I found Edward looking amazing in his outfit. Fuck, can he look any better? He looked over and dazzled me with his smile. I smiled back and walked over to our table.
"Hey" He smiled and hugged me briefly. Goodness gracious he smelled amazing!
"Hey." I smiled and pulled away. He pulled out my seat and snatched the menus as I sat down, which caused a confused reaction on my face. He smirked and explained.
"I don't want you to look at the prices."
"You know, we could have just gone to Starbucks." I huffed and crossed my arms.
"Yes, we could have but there would be limited privacy there." He gazed into my eyes and I blushed. Our waitress came over and Edward gave her the order for two latte macchiatos' and two mini ham and cheese's. My stomach grumbled and I blushed, which made Edward chucked.
"You have beautiful blush." He smiled.
"Why, thank you." I smiled and bit my lip.
"So you're studying psychology?" He asked and I sighed.
"Yeah…I have no idea what I will do with that degree but I love the major." I chuckled.
"You could open a clinic here." He smiled and I relaxed a bit.
"I know, it's just that the competition is really high for this career. I just want to help a few people, ya know?" I smiled and drank some water which we got before we ordered.
"Yeah, I guess I know. I was studying to become a doctor myself." He said which shocked me.
"Really? So why the singing?" I asked
"Dad stressed me out. He constantly told me how important the income was. Plus all the studying and stress and pressure began to wear me out." He chuckled and I bit my lip. Our orders came to us quickly and it smelt delicious.
"So did you finish college?" I asked while taking a sip of my coffee which took me straight t heaven.
"Yeah, I finished with a major in music and minor in business. I graduated about a year ago. How do you like your coffee?"
"It's really good! And that's cool, unique really." I sipped more of my coffee.
"Well enough about me, tell me about yourself!" We both giggled.
"What do you want to know?"
"Tell me about your childhood." I froze a bit and fidgeted. Why did he want to know about my childhood?
"I…Uh…I'm an only child." I said, biting my lip. Edward sighed.
"Bella, relax. It's just me." He smiled the smile that relaxes you. It was the smile that I saw at the dance studio.
"My childhood was good. I had the best parents, Renee and Charlie. Renee stayed at home with me and played dress up while Charlie went to work. He's chief of police. Everything was great, in fact it was so great and sweet, that those sweets soon turned into fats." Edward looked at me confused and I laughed. "I was overweight." He looked shocked and choked on his drink.
"No way! Not you!" I laughed again and sipped on my coffee.
"Yes way! I was overweight my entire life! I had great grades in school but a terrible social life. My middle school years were the worst. I was bullied which soon resulted in a terrible gpa and depression setting in. Puberty didn't treat me right and I had a terrible attitude which resulted in mom and dad being disappointed in me rather than asking what was going on." I sighed and took another sip.
"Disappointed parents are always the worst." Edward responded and I nodded my head.
"Everything was getting better as soon as freshman year hit. Somehow, I made the basketball team and made the Speech and Debate team. I found better friends, had better teachers and although my relationship with mom and dad was still rocky, my GPA was a lot better which made them happy." I smiled at the faint memory as I wrapped my arms around myself. "Are you sure you want to keep listening to my story?" I giggled and Edward nodded his head, engaged into my story.
"I want to know you, Bella." He smiled and I smiled back.
"Well when sophomore year came around, my best friend Brandon, who I had the biggest crush on, began dating someone. We never talked much after that entire year. In fact I tried to ignore him as much as I could. I was getting more irritated that year and began to hang out with many of the popular people at our school, who were more irritating than all my problems." This caused him to laugh.
"So shy little Bella was in the popular crowd?!" He laughed again and I gave him my glare.
"No, I was snarky bitch back than which made them think I was funny." I rolled my eyes at him. "And one night, I was at my friend's house where I had my first seizure and was diagnosed with epilepsy." I said and sighed, taking a bite of my Ham and Cheese. We both stayed quiet for a while until Edward spoke up.
"Do you still have sezuires?" I shook my head.
"No, but I'm still considered epileptic. I never told anyone I had epilepsy and begged my parents not to tell anyone. They kept it a secret from all our friends and family for about a week until my mother's big mouth opened." I looked at him and we both laughed. "Everyone pitied me, but I shook them off. Soon after the incident, I heard my parents arguing about something. At first I thought they were stressed about my medical bills but it turned out that my mother could not live with my father anymore. She wanted to move, whereas Charlie needed his job. Soon they filed for a divorce, separated and put me in a state of depression. I gained more weight and got snappier in junior year." Edward nodded and reached for my hand. I put my hand in his and butterflies erupted in my stomach. I looked up to see his beautiful face which made me look into his understanding eyes. He squeezed my hand.
"Is that why you moved out to L.A?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah…I wanted to get away from everyone…from everything." I sighed.
"Well I'm glad you did." He smiled and I looked at him confused.
"And why is that, Mr. Cullen?" I smirked and he chuckled.
"Because it brought you to me." he smile and kissed my hand which made my heart stop beating for a few seconds.
"Me too." I whispered. He smiled more and brought my hand to his cheek where he kept it.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked.
"Well…What does this make us?" I asked, nervously,
"Whatever you want us to be." He answered calmly. Well whatever we are now, we can't tell anyone, not just yet.
Awww Edward is a sweetie! But why can't Bella tell anyone? Is there something she's hiding? Stay tuned! Thank you for staying tuned in! Review this, follow this, Favorite this so Edward can sing you lovelies a song soon! One love, Vampiresim and that's a Wrap! MWAH! ;)
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