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Lucky Coincidence - Chapter 7 – Unexpected

The next few days flew by fast. I consumed myself in my work trying to keep my mind off of all the cryptic messages I had got from Edward. It was all just so confusing. I mean he is happily engaged to someone! And I mean sure he said I was cute, and said that he had a great time at our coffee social, that is what I called it now to get the date part out of my head, and he had said he wanted to have coffee together again. And the way he always smiled at me when he saw me at the gym the past couple of days. Everything was just pointing in different directions. To say I am confused as to what to think is an understatement. I am so confused about everything I don't even know what to do!

The Thursday and Friday after we had met for coffee Edward smiled at me nicely from across the gym where the weights are. He waved when I first saw him, but whenever our eyes would meet he would smile that so-adorable-it-was-heart-breaking crooked smile that made me weak in the knees. It would make me blush and I would turn away smiling bashfully looking down at my iPod. I would catch him watching me, as I would look up to look at him. He would just smirk at me a smile that was close to his crooked ones and my heart would still flutter. I would look away blushing again with a small smile. I couldn't help but get a little excited that he was watching me, even though it was so wrong. But I couldn't help my feelings, and he just made me feel good. I feel like a little high school girl again, not caring that the guy I liked was single or not and became just giddy at the littlest acknowledgement from him.

I missed going to the gym on Saturday and Sunday, but I knew he probably wouldn't be there on the weekend, and I really didn't want to have to go to the gym, but I really did want to see him. On Sunday I had to go grocery shopping for the week. I hopped in my truck and drove the mile to the small local store. I parked in the back corner, wanting to get the exercise. I walked quickly across the parking lot, it wasn't that big of a parking lot seeing as it was a smaller store in a small town. The automatic doors slid open and I walked through turning to grab a cart. I saw a silver Volvo screech into the parking lot squealing to a stop in a spot, parking perfectly without having to fidget the car around. My mind wondered briefly if it was Edward. But I pushed the thought away not wanting to get myself excited, and knowing that it probably wasn't him. I was being silly.

I pushed the obnoxiously squeaking cart into the store and looked around. I never made a list, just getting whatever I knew I would eat over the next week. I started in the produce section; I grabbed cartons of strawberries and blueberries, a bunch of bananas, and a bag of apples. I grabbed a whole pineapple also, seeing that it was on sale and knowing how much I love pineapple but they are a little too expensive and take a little too long to get ready to eat. But I would treat myself. I moved onto the vegetables, grabbing a bag of onions, a carton of mushrooms, some stalks of asparagus, a couple heads of broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, a couple green peppers, and a head of lettuce. I placed in a bunch of fresh herbs too, barley, thyme, etc. I really only liked to use the fresh stuff. I moved on into the meat department, grabbing a package of ground turkey and a couple rolls of ground turkey to put in the freezer, I took a couple packages of chicken and tossed them in the cart also. I went to the deli meats and asked the girl behind the glass counter for a pound of some smoked turkey. I then went into the dairy department and grabbed a carton of eggs, a block of cheddar cheese, two gallons of milk, and an orange juice. I then moved onto the aisles, I usually got at least something from each aisle so I go up and down each one picking out what I will need. I grabbed some pasta and some spaghetti and alfredo sauces, some ketchup and mustard. I threw some cereals, frosted mini-wheat, and lucky charms feeling like spoiling myself into the basket. I grabbed a box of Ritz crackers for cheese and crackers, and just to eat plain because they were good both ways. I picked out a yummy sounding flavor of pop tarts, and a few boxes of Fiber One granola bars in chocolate because I was obsessed with them, and a bag of pretzel nubs. I grabbed a bunch of other random stuff, health drinks, a big package of water bottles, propel, and one box of cherry coke, my favorite. I got some peanut butter, and jelly for sandwiches.

I eventually got the bread aisle, where a lot of things then changed for me, even though I would never know it. I walked down the long aisle staring at all the breads, reading the labels, trying to find something healthy and cheap, one of those breads with lots of fiber, with whole grain and all that jazz. I was putting all of my attention towards the breads, not paying any attention as to where I was going when my basket crashed into someone else's.

"Shit!" I said as my hips bashed into the push bar of my cart, and the metal on both made a loud crash and rattled together. "I am so sorry." I held onto my head from the loud noise still looking away feeling very embarrassed.

"It's alright. No harm done." Said a velvety voice I instantly recognized and my head snapped up in recognition. So it was him in the Volvo.

"Oh Jesus. Do I always make a fool of myself in front of you?" I sighed exasperated.

Edward just smirked, "No harm done. I just never thought someone could have so much attention on bread."

I blushed looking down. "Yeah well when you are looking for just the right bread that is cheap enough but yet has fiber, whole grain, wheat, and seeds, you need to have complete concentration." I chuckled lightly.

"Ah yes, the infinite search for the perfect loaf of bread." He smiled at me chuckling along with me.

"Yep, definitely the hardest exploration I will ever have to make." I turned over to the breads and finally saw the just right bread right in front of Edward. I pulled my basket back and away from his, and slipped between the two reaching over and grabbed the loaf. "My search is finally complete for this trip to the grocery store. "

"Phew. That was so hard." He said mockingly serious, wiping his brow with a smirk.

"And now it is for the hard search to pick out hamburger buns; sesame seed, plain, or onion? White whole grain or wheat?" I teased walking over to the buns and gesturing with my hands and holding the up as I listed off all of the different kinds.

"Hmm. Well, I personally like," He said walking over closer to me, standing right next to me, our arms practically touching as he reached out and grabbed the whole grain with sesame seeds, "This one. It is classic with the seeds, but yet modern with the healthiness of the whole wheat. They may not taste just as good as the white or wheat ones, but they are healthy and taste good enough they work fine."

"I totally agree." I said as I grabbed the package of hamburger buns from his hand, our fingers brushing a little, and tingles ran up my arm. I tossed it into my cart, smiling. I turned back to look at him and got caught in his gaze, our eyes locking. I couldn't look away, his eyes were such a beautiful emerald green and they were swirling with emotion but I couldn't quite understand what he was feeling, I saw a sort of awe, and a look of deep thought, confusion and something else I couldn't point. It confused me even more than I already was about him, but I still couldn't look away, just locked in his intense gaze. We just stared into each other's eyes for a long moment until he looked away shaking his head a little almost as if trying to rid himself of a thought, a thought of what is what I was curious about.

He finally spotted my almost full basket, and smiled, "Throwing a party or something with all that food?"

"No. I only go grocery shopping once a week, so this is my supply."

"But you have such a variety of things. From the multitude of fruits and veggies I see, and all the health stuff I would think you are a health nut. But then I see the pop tarts, and crackers, and peanut butter and it puts me off course."

"Ah, but there is the thing! I am not a health nut, but I do eat healthy. I like to have some treats though, hence the pop tarts and crackers. And the reason I do have so many vegetables is because I like to cook homemade meals, not freezer microwave oven stuff. And you can only make the best home cooked meals with fresh vegetables."

"Wow, see if you notice in my cart, all it has is the frozen microwave stuff. They are good, fast, and cheap. See like this chicken fettuccine alfredo is just as good as you could make homemade, but a lot faster." He said holding up the box of pasta. I practically choked at his so naïve thoughts. It also angered me because he was comparing my cooking, to a frozen dinner you put in the microwave. And he had never even had my cooking.

"Oh no you did not just say that! Homemade is always better, I will just have to show you. I will just have to make you my fettuccine alfredo sometime and show you just how delicious homemade is."

"Ok. Cool. How about instead of coffee on Wednesday, I will come over to your apartment and you can show me the joys in a home cooked meal, and maybe even get me to help."

"Yeah! Sure! Wednesday night. Oh and bring that shit in a box so you can compare and see just how much more amazing my cooking is."

"Ok I will. Now are you done with all of your shopping or do you have more stuff to get?"

"I think I have all I need. This was the last aisle I needed to go into."

"Great! Because I would love to go make these arrangements for my home cooked meal over coffee."

"Umm… Ok. Sure. Coffee. Sounds good." Why in the world is he asking me to coffee again? He shouldn't be doing that. And why did I offer to cook him dinner. WHY WHY WHY? I mean he is engaged! He definitely shouldn't have accepted it. Won't Tanya be mad? Ah, what was I thinking? I thought I was going to try to keep my heart from thinking we have a chance. I thought I was going to keep my distance! Well that is all screwed now! All that will happen out of this is that we will get closer! And he will have to see my… crap … apartment. I am definitely going to have to clean the apartment until it is spotless. Ah crap. What if he doesn't like my cooking after all? Oh jeez.

"Bella…?"

"Yes?" My head snapped up out of my rambling thoughts of pessimism. As soon as I saw him I realized that I couldn't care less about Tanya. He wanted to have dinner with me. And it was going to happen. Even if it was just as friends, he was going to have dinner with me. And I would enjoy it and have a good time with him.

"Do you want to check out then?"

"Yeah! Yeah sure." I turned around blushing, feeling embarrassed for letting myself get so distracted. I took hold of my basket and skidded it around in a circle to face the front of the store. I started pushing it, realizing just how heavy it was as I pushed it with my whole body and it still didn't go very fast.

"You want to switch baskets? I can push that to check out for you if you like." I heard his velvety voice from right behind me.

"Oh, no. It's ok. I got it." I said straining to get it going again.

"No really I can get it. It's no problem." His hands reached out and grabbed the bar of my basket, one of his arms reaching over one of mine. Our hands touched, and the now almost familiar tingles were shooting up my arm. I looked up to see his face not too far from mine, his lips pulled up in a friendly smile, and his eyes glimmering with happiness from his smile. Our eyes locked and I just couldn't look away from them, not with the wonderful feeling in my hand, and the joyful look in his eye that showed he really did want to do this for me. "Sure." I breathed, as I pulled my hands back sadly.

He smiled a little wider and then started to push my cart forward with ease. All that weight lifting was doing him some major good.

I smiled lightly to myself as I walked quickly back to his cart that was half full of mostly frozen dinners. I shook my head smirking. Tanya really has to learn how to cook; this is just not healthy for someone to only be eating frozen shit. And it doesn't even taste good! I pushed his cart to the front of the store after him and froze when I saw that he just started to pile all of my stuff on the conveyor belt, taking a while, but eventually got it all on there. I started trying to maneuver his basket so I could get through to pay when he started to stack on his entire basket too.

"What are you doing?! I can't let you do that…"

"It's no problem. And from what I heard you say earlier about the cheapest bread it looks like you need to save money, and I with my parents, I have a trust fund, and have no problem paying for your groceries."

"But. But. I can't let you do that! Even if I do need to save the money. Which you are right is pretty much true. But still! I can't!"

"Well it is too late now, my groceries are being rung up and I am not going to let you pay for mine. So it looks like these will all have to be put on my credit card." He smirked, pulling out his wallet from his back pocket; he turned to the cashier "Oh and miss? If you could bag all of those frozen dinners in separate bags from all the normal food that would be great."

"I am so paying for coffee and you have no say over it."

"Fine if that is all you need to let me buy your groceries, then so be it."

"Thank you."

"Sir? That will be $217.63. Will you be paying in cash or credit?" My eyes bugged out of my head. I will definitely be paying for coffee, and a few other things. I cannot believe he is paying for all of that.

"Credit. Here you go." Edward swiped his credit card in the little credit card thing and then quickly signed his name pressing accept. He then started grabbing all of the bags and sat them in the cart filling that one, pulling it forward and filling the second one. I just stepped back and watched as his muscles in his arms roll as he lifted the bags. He finally looked up at me when they were both full, wiping his hands together. "You ready to go?"

"Yup. Let's go shove all these into our cars."

We both pushed the carts out into the parking lot, me shoving it with my whole body, him pushing his without much effort.

"So… Where's your truck?" He remembered that I drove a truck?

"Oh. I parked it in the back corner over there. You know, to get some exercise. That is really far to push these carts though … uh, do you want to just stay here and I will park it closer to yours. You are the one in the Volvo right?" I only asked this because I didn't want him to think that I remembered everything about him like I was obsessed.

"Ok. That sounds good."

I dug through my purse and finally found my keys, and then I started to jog across the parking lot. When I reached the truck, I peeked back at him, and he seemed to have been just as I had left him, literally hadn't moved. And I am pretty sure he was staring at my ass. And he had a smile on his face. He was checking me out. But he had a fiancé. He wouldn't do that. Ugh, all the cryptic messages.

I pulled into the parking lot of the nearest coffee shop, right behind Edward. I parked my truck right next to his. And turned the key to shut it off, hesitating to open the door. Giving myself a moment to breathe in deep breaths, and calm down. I was just getting calm enough, getting ready to get out, but just not quite ready to get out and face all the puzzling messages.

A sharp tapping on my window snapped me out of my calm reverie. I jumped, my hand flying to my chest as my head snapped to my window where Edward was standing holding his stomach as he was laughing over scaring me.

I grabbed my purse, shoving my keys into one of the pockets, and slowly pushed open the creaking door.

I lightly smacked Edward on the upper arm, who was still shaking some from his laughter. "Shut up. That was so not that funny."

"Yes it was! You jumped like a mile in the air!" He laughed, as we both started to walk towards the coffee shop.

He held the door open for me, and my arm brushed his chest as I squeezed past him into the shop and I felt the tingles again. We waited in the short line, and I made sure he let me pay for whatever he wanted. We both got a large coffee and a muffin. This coffee shop had awesome muffins; they were huge and tasted heavenly. We sat down in two comfy leather chairs in a corner positioned so they were turned toward each other that had a little round coffee table in between them.

"Thank you. For buying me my coffee and muffin."

"Ah! Don't start that! I owe you much more than a coffee and muffin after you bought all of my groceries."

"That was no big deal. And it was worth it to help a pretty girl." He smiled at me, his eyes sparkling with… happiness?

Wait. He just called me pretty. Why would he do that? "Thanks…" I couldn't help the blush that reddened my cheeks as I looked away.

"What? You don't think you're pretty do you?" He looked at me with wide eyes, surprise covering his features. My eyes widened in shock over his question, why would he ask that?

"Um… well… uh… not really…"I muttered awkwardly.

"That is ridiculous. You are very pretty." I looked down at my hands, twisting them around awkwardly. No one had ever really told me I was pretty. "You have beautiful chocolate brown eyes," he reached out and lifted up my chin, brushing my hair aside, "And you have gorgeous brown hair." He caressed the hair on the side of my head, "And you have soft plump lips," He trailed his fingers over my lips, I parted my lips a bit and sighed at the wonderful feel of his fingers on my lips, my eyes drifted close reveling in it.

His light touch on my lips was there for at least half a minute until he pulled back. It was sad, I loved his touch, and it was so sweet. I slowly opened my eyes, and when I finally looked, his bright beautiful green eyes were mere inches in front of mine. My breath caught as I saw him lean forward, bringing his lips toward mine. My eyes fluttered closed once again, and I felt my whole body tingle as his lips brushed with mine.

BA BA DA BA BA BA BA BADABABA!

I pulled back abruptly as I heard Angela's ring tone sound off on my phone. She really had the worst fucking time to call for the first time in two weeks. Edward was still frozen his eyes and face looking saddened that we had been interrupted.

I realized as I dug through my purse trying to find my ringing cell phone that it really was a good thing that she called. I finally found my cell phone deep within my purse.

"Hey Angela! How are you I haven't talked to you in ages!"

"Bella?! THE BABY'S COMING!"

"SHIT!"

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