My longest chapter ever! 2,499 words without the author's notes! This was a fun, but hard, chapter to write. There are references to sex and conversations about birth control. Consider that your warning. This story is rated T...if anything happens like that between Edward and Bella, I will be changing the rating. But, wanted to warn everyone about the content of the chapter.

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The next couple weeks flew by, bringing the first day of school closer and closer. Edward and I got closer then I thought possible. I didn't want to start going to school, because that meant I would have less time alone with Edward. During those weeks, I also became best friends with Alice and Rosalie. Edward, Jasper, Emmett, Alice, Rose and I were almost joined at the hip. Though we always had time alone with our "significant other," as friends we would go on triple dates. Stay at one of our homes to watch movies and order in pizza. It felt nice to feel belonged, to have friends who wanted me around and would listen to me. In Phoenix, I never had any close friends.

Edward and I had not quite gone all the way yet. It was nice to wait, but I think I was getting sexually frustrated. We had some heavy make-out sessions, where we would end up with out our shirts, and then we would realize what we were doing. How far we have been getting makes me worry. I want to, but the last thing I want to be is a pregnant senior in high school. This is why I called an emergency girl meeting. The guys were told, rather sternly, they had to hang out with themselves and not us for the day. That caused some grumbling because we started school in three days.

"What's going on Bella?" Rose asked, from my desk chair.

I sat on my bed and wouldn't look at her or at Alice. Alice sat next to me on my bed. She scooted next to me and asked Rose's question in her own way, "What's up? You can tell us anything."

Without looking up, I said, "I want to get on some sort of birth control but don't know how to get it."

They stared at me then started laughing. "Are you and Edward having sex?" Alice asked.

"No. But we are getting close, so I want to be ready. I am SO not having a kid anytime soon."

Rose stood up. "All right. Let's go."

Confused, I asked, "Go where? Don't we have to have an appointment where ever I would get birth control?"

"Yeah, but Alice here was pretty sure you would be asking us this question today and set up an appointment with her doctor." Rose and Alice started walking towards my bedroom door.

"What about Charlie? What am I going to tell him?" I cried. "I can't say that I am getting birth control!"

"Wow, Bella. You really never had a boyfriend before. Just tell him that your period is irregular and you wanted to get on the pill so you know when you'll start. Guaranteed Charlie will either go very pale or very red and never bring it up again. He is a dad. He wants to hear nothing about your period. He'll be so embarrassed, you'll never have to worry about it again," Rose stated.

I laughed. I could see my dad getting extremely embarrassed hearing about my period. Nothing more would be said about it. That just leaves me having to deal with Emmett. I am sure he would be much more likely to realize what Edward and I will be doing and want to lock me in my room and bury Edward. What a silly, overprotective older brother.

The three of us took a trip to the hospital. Embarrassingly enough, it was Carlisle who ended up being my doctor. "I thought you worked in the ER!"

"I do work in the ER. But, I only spend half my day there. The other half, I see some patients and do paperwork," Carlisle explained. "Now what are you here for?"

I blushed a dark red. How was I going to explain to the father of my boyfriend that I wanted to get birth control pills? I wished that Alice and Rose could have been in the room for me so I didn't have to tell Carlisle what I needed. "I want to get some sort of birth control," I mumbled, looking down at the toes of my shoes.

Carlisle chuckled. "That's a good thing, Bella. Glad you came in for some birth control." Hearing him say this, made me blush even more. "Does Edward know you are getting this?" I shook my head, no. "Does Charlie know?" Once again, I shook my head. "I have a pretty good idea of what you want this for, but does Charlie know that you and Edward are sexually active?"

"Oh! But we aren't!" I half yelled with a look of shock on my face.

"You aren't? Well, that's good. It's always better to use condoms and the pill. As much as I like you Bella, I don't want to be a grandfather right now," Carlisle laughed. I just blushed. "I think you should talk to Charlie about this. Also, talk to Edward."

After the embarrassing conversation with Carlisle, we finished my appointment and I walked away with a year's worth of birth control and a box of condoms. Apparently, I can start a condom collection. Rose and Alice told me we were going to go save the boys from their selves. I had to swear them to secrecy. I did not want Edward or Emmett to know where I was until I was ready to tell them. Hopefully, I would never have to tell Emmett, but I am sure I will eventually have to talk to him once Edward and I became…active.

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At my house, the six of us were sprawled around the living room. "Edward, Dad says that he and Mom are going out to dinner tonight so we are on our own," Alice stated.

"When did you talk to Dad? He's been at work since 7 this morning and he never answers his cell phone while there," Edward asked.

I stared at Alice, quietly asking her to SHUT UP! "Oh, well, uh…" Alice stuttered. We all laughed at her because she is never at a loss for words, though Rose and I knew why her words were lost.

Finally, I spoke up. "I had a doctor's appointment today and Rose and Alice took me. Carlisle was the doctor who saw me."

Edward, whose arms were wrapped tightly around me, nuzzled my neck. We were sitting on the floor, leaning against one of the couches. "Why did you let them come with you? Why couldn't I go with you?"

"It's a girl thing I wanted to take care of."

"A girl thing that my dad knows about? That doesn't seem fair," Edward stated.

"Your dad is a doctor. You aren't. I'll talk to you more about it later." Why did I have to say that? Emmett was already staring at me, but that made his eyes narrow at me. He stood up, walked over to me and reached for my arm. "What do you want, Emmett?"

"We are going into the kitchen. Let's go. Now."

I groaned. The last thing I wanted was to talk to Emmett about birth control. Granted, I knew he was getting more sex than I was and I knew what sort of birth control him and Rose were using, but that doesn't mean I want to talk to him about what I was going to be using. Emmett and I walked into the kitchen. I felt Edward staring at me until the kitchen door closed. "What, Emmett?"

"Why didn't Dad and I know you had a doctor's appointment today? Don't you think you should have told us? Are you okay? Are you sick? Is there something wrong? Can I do something to help?" Emmett answered. He started to ask more questions, but I raised my hand to get him to wait.

"Will you stop with all the questions? I can only answer one at a time. I didn't tell you guys because Alice set it up for me, so I couldn't have told you. I am fine, I'm not sick. So, nothing is wrong and no, you don't need to help with anything," I answered.

Emmett looked at me, crossed his arms and leaned against the kitchen counter. "You aren't telling me something."

"I answered your questions. I was only telling you what you wanted to know."

"Fine. Why did you need an appointment?"

I groaned. "What if I don't want to tell you?"

"HOLY SHIT! YOU'RE PREGANT!" Emmett yelled.

My eyes got huge and I heard feet running towards the kitchen. Edward came up to me and stared at me. "What?" he whispered.

"Thanks Emmett. I am not pregnant! I went to get birth control!"

I turned around and pushed past everyone and ran up to my bedroom. I slammed the door shut. I couldn't believe that is what Emmett thought I was at the hospital. I put on some music and threw myself on my bed. My bedroom door opened softly and shut again. The last thing I wanted was to talk to Emmett again. "Bella?" It was Edward. I didn't turn towards his voice. I was way too embarrassed about what, even for a moment, he thought. Cause if I was pregnant, he would know that it couldn't be his child. I felt him sit on my bed. "What's wrong, love?"

When I wouldn't answer him, Edward laid down next to me and put one of his arms on top of my waist. He just stayed next to me, stroking my hair, rubbing my back. A little bit of everything. After a couple of minutes, I started to realize I felt guilty for not talking to Edward. He was my closest friend. He was comforting me, even though he had no idea of what was going through my head. Slowly, I rolled around, so I was facing him.

I looked him in the eyes, which could have been a mistake, because I immediately felt lost in them. Edward smiled. "Hey."

"Hey," I responded. "How are you doing?"

"I thought I was going to have a heart attack earlier, after hearing what Emmett said," Edward answered. His arm was still over my waist and was slowly rubbing my lower back with his hand. "Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to get birth control?"

I gave him a small smile. "I was embarrassed. I didn't know if you wanted to wanted me to get on it." I blushed. "You haven't made a move to take our kisses any further. You always make us stop. How do I know if you want me like that or not?"

Edward laughed. "How can I not want you like that? I just didn't know if you wanted me."

Our conversation continued about what we wanted and when we wanted to start having sex. It seems like we were both thinking nonstop about sex (yeah, yeah, typical teenagers) but never brought it up with the other person. We talked for hours, never wanting to leave the others presence. Our goodbye only happened when Charlie popped his head into my room and calmly stated it was time for Edward to leave. It was nice; Charlie always gave us a ten to fifteen minute warning. Like he knew we wanted to have a personal goodbye. We filled our personal good-bye with one of our kisses, knowing within the near future we would be scratching our itches.

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"I don't want to go to school," I groaned to Emmett and Charlie Monday morning. "I don't want to be awake right now."

Emmett just laughed at me. "It's our senior year, Bells! It is suppose to be exciting. Prom, graduation, parties…"

"Homework, tests, PE," I threw back at him.

"PE is only your problem. Only you could hurt yourself while waking on flat ground."

I stuck my tongue out at him. "Well, I am taking off. I promised Rose I would give her a ride to school."
"What about me? Why should we take two cars to school?" I asked.

"Edward is giving you, Alice and Jasper a ride. Didn't he tell you that yesterday?"

"Maybe…"

Emmett laughed at my confused look. He went upstairs to finish getting ready because Rose didn't live to close to us and was not near the school. When he came back down, shouted goodbye, and when he grabbed his backpack and coat. I ran upstairs to finish getting ready. I brushed my teeth, made sure my clothes matched, then the doorbell rang. I ran down the stairs, tripping on the last stair, falling. I landed on the rug in front of the door, which skidded me part way into the living room.

Edward opened the door and looked down at me on the floor. He quickly walked over and crouched next to me. "Are you all right?" he asked, worried.

I smiled up at him. "All is normal in Bella-Land."

Edward laughed at me. Once on my feet, we walked hand in hand to his silver Volvo. Alice and Jasper were in the back seat. Alice was leaning against Jasper, her eye closed and her body was relaxed. Japer had his arms around her, keeping her close to him. He smiled at me when he saw that I was looking at him and Alice. I smiled back.

It only took us ten minutes to drive to school. The entire drive I was fidgeting, quiet and nervous. As much as I loved being in Forks, I didn't want to feel like starting all over at a school the year that I graduate. Edward kept saying little reassuring things, holding my hands and he had made sure the Wailin' Jennys were in the stereo to help calm me down. Nothing seemed to work. Once we arrived at school, the four of us went into the main office to pick up our schedules. Edward and I had all but 2 classes together. We didn't have 1st or 2nd together. Alice and Jasper had every class together; they were in 5 of my classes and 3 of Edwards. It made me feel better that I had every class with someone I knew.

Edward walked me to my first class, kissed me quickly, and then walked to his class. I went inside and sat down. Who would give anyone Calculus first period? Talk about pure torture! "Hello, gorgeous. You must be new. I'm James."

I looked towards the voice. James was…cute, I guess. Nothing compared to Edward. "I'm Bella," I responded with a slight smile.

"It's a pleasure. It's nice to have same fresh meat in this school."

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