A/N Hey all! As always thanks to those I couldn't thank personally for favoriting/alerting/rec'ing my story. You guys all rock my socks and I love each and every one of you. And an extra special thanks goes out to those who take the time to review. I keep saying this but your reviews are like a drug to me. I get such a high off of all of your reviews good or bad (so far all have been good) and it's so wonderful to know that people are really enjoying my story.

I also hope that all my fellow Americans had a lovely Labor Day weekend. Lord knows I did. ;) I had my first Jagerbomb and Blue Moon beer this weekend with the hubby. It was lovely.

Also...Thanks to my kick ass beta Dragonfly336 because without her my story would be a total cluster fuck.

Make sure you read the extra special A/N at the end of this story. It's totally epic! Well...at least to me it's epic! lol. With that I leave you with this...

SM owns all things Twilight. Me...I just happen to be the proud owner of the totally kick ass new Disturbed album called Asylum! If you don't own it yet...You must! Enjoy Chapter 7.

Chapter 7 Connections

BPOV

"I had those exact same dreams about us last night, too," Edward says to me.

I was rendered speechless. It must have been a while since I said something because Edward's voice pulled me back into reality.

"Um...now it's my turn to worry. Are you OK?"

"That's impos...No. No! No! No! There's no way we had the exact same dreams! It's just not humanly possible!"

"Well...I guess there is only one way to solve this mystery. Tell me about the first dream you had. Don't spare ANY details."

"OK. We're in a beautiful meadow, full of purple flowers and the sun was shining. There was a breeze making the flowers dance across the meadow. I was sitting up at first and then I noticed that you were there with me. I laid down on the blanket that we were on. It looked as though we were having a picnic. I beckoned you over with my finger. You made your way over to me slowly and you told me that I was beautiful..." I stop there because Edward's eyes are bugging so far out of his head that I'm worried they are going to pop out into his lap. I notice that all the color in his face just to fade as he turns white like he has just seen a ghost. Before I could continue on with the dream, Edward steps in.

"I told you that you're beautiful and then you smacked me playfully on the shoulder and asked me how I could think that with the scar on your face. I looked at your face where it should have been and it wasn't there. So I asked you 'What scar?' That's where it ended for me."

Now it was my turn to go completely white.

"Um...Yes. That's exactly what happened in mine, too. It shocked me so much when you said 'What scar?' that I woke right up. What do you suppose that could mean?"

Edward leans over the center console and puts his hand on the right side of my face, the one with the scar.

"That's an easy one. I don't care that you have a scar. You are still the most beautiful girl I have ever met." He leans in for a kiss.

God! He is so sweet. Have I mentioned how much I love kissing this boy! No? Well, I do.

That's when I hear the bell ring.

"Well, I guess that means we better get going before we're late," he says and steps out of his car. I step out as well and walk with him to the school. Edward walks with me to my first class.

"I will see you in Biology then."

"See ya then," I said. It was awkward. Did he want me to kiss him goodbye or were we just going to go our separate ways? Edward answered my silent question by placing a sweet, chaste kiss on my lips. He smiled that beautiful crooked smile at me and walked away. I sighed and floated into my first class.

The morning couldn't have gone by any slower if it tried. At least Alice made Math class fun. About halfway through Math, Alice passes me a note. I discretely open it so Mrs. Cope doesn't notice and read it.

So...You rode in with my brother, did ya?

I couldn't help but smile when I read this. So I wrote back.

Yeah...What's it to you?... lol.

I see Alice's shoulders shake with laughter as she tries to hold it in. I'm beginning to think that she likes the idea of Edward and I together. She is such a matchmaking pixie, I tell ya. I see her drop the note on my desk again and I read it.

You better tell me all the juicy details later.

I look over to Alice and give her a smile and slight nod of my head. Just then, the bell rang.

Finally! Time for lunch. I'm starving!

I was starting to head towards the parking lot so I could eat in my truck when I remembered that I didn't drive.

Well shit! Now what?

I didn't eat lunch in the cafeteria yesterday and I was beginning to wonder if I would find anybody I knew that had lunch with me. I figured that I would take a chance and see who was there.

I walk into the cafeteria and there in all his beautiful glory, is Edward. I notice that he is sitting with Alice and a bigger guy with dark hair. Alice is sitting next to another guy with lighter hair. I take a breath and walk towards Edward. He turns around and smiles this huge, panty dropping smile at me.

Dear God! Why does there have to be other people around right now? I have to try to keep my cool around him in public places with him smiling at me like that or I just might drop my panties right here in front of everybody.

"Hey there, beautiful!" Edward pulls me into a hug. "I didn't know that you had lunch at this time? I could've met up with you after your Math class."

I could just melt into this guys arms. I love his hugs. Hell...I just love the idea of him touching me. Who am I kidding?

I playfully smack him in the arm. "You and you're damn pet names." As much as I love to tease him about them, I think I'm secretly in love with each and every one he has given me.

"Oh! Bella, this is Emmett, my brother, and Jasper, Alice's boyfriend and my best friend, and of course, you already know Alice."

"Well, hi there Bella. It's nice to finally meet the woman of my brother's dreams," Emmett says with a very creepy looking grin. It kind of reminds me of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. I look up at Edward and see him turn a shade of red that I didn't know was even possible, but at the same time, it was absolutely the most adorable thing I had ever seen. Edward chose to smack Emmett on the back of his head. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Ow! What the hell dude?" Emmett exclaimed as he rubbed the back of his head.

"You're asking me what the hell dude? I should be asking you that question, Emmett." Edward gives him the evil eye and it almost scares me.

"Don't mind those two. They are always like this," a smooth voice comes from next to Alice, "It's very nice to meet you Bella," he says while holding out his hand.

I smile and take his hand and shake it, "It's nice to meet you too, Jasper." I give Alice a you-better-tell-me-all-the-juicy-details-later-about-this-man-of-yours look that makes her smile as I take a seat next to Edward.

Jasper and Emmett wanted to know what brought me here and so I told them my story of how I came to this area, without giving too much away. After telling my story, Emmett was the first to speak.

"Wow. I'm so sorry about your mom. I can't imagine what I would do if I didn't have my mom...Ouch! Dude! Stop kicking me, Edward, ya douche bag!"

"Well stop being rude and making her upset and I will stop kicking and/or smacking you."

"Hey, Edward really it's OK. I'm starting to find that it helps if I talk about my mom. Yeah I get sad, but talking about it really is helping me," I look over to Emmett, "thank you by the way. It means a lot." Jasper then spoke up.

"I'm sorry to hear about your mother as well."

"Thank you, Jasper." I say.

"Can we please talk about a happier subject like say shopping?" Alice pipes up and makes everybody laugh, including me. I really start to feel like a part of their group which is very nice. They accept me even though I have this scar and I feel a bit more confident in my looks the more they make me realize that no matter what I look like, they would still want to be my friend. Or in Edward's case...more than friends.

We continue to talk about whatever and laugh at the funny things until the bell rings. Edward holds out his arm for me to take.

"May I walk you to your next class, meh lady?" he says in this cheesy but yet semi-sexy British accent.

"Why sure you can, meh dear," I reply back with a country twang. He smiles and we are off to Biology arm in arm.

Biology class is, well, it's Biology class...boring as hell. Having Edward next to me makes this class that much more enjoyable. We hold hands under the table during the whole class. It's a good thing I'm right handed and he's left handed otherwise we would have had to break contact when we had to take notes. I wasn't willing to let go of him anytime soon.

Wow! I literally have now known Edward for 24 hours and I'm already thinking I want to be with him? This is crazy!

Edward starts running circles over my knuckles with his thumb and I just want to purr like a kitten.

Umf! That feels so good.

The bell rang and I actually was kind of bummed about this. I didn't want to be away from Edward. I found myself wishing we had more classes together so that we could at least see each other more than just lunch and Biology. I sigh a little louder than I thought.

"What's wrong sweetness?"I giggle.

"I'm sorry. That wasn't supposed to be so loud. I'm just...just bummed that I have to leave you is all."

"Oh no. I'm not leaving you so quickly," he says with that panty dropping crooked smile of his.

Seriously dude. You need to stop doing that!

I raise my eyebrows at him as to say "what chew talkin' bout Willis?" He just laughs at me as though he knows exactly what I was thinking.

"I'm going to walk you to your next class at least. So we can spend a little more time with each other." He takes my hand and we start heading to my next class.

We get there and he leans down to give me a kiss. As always it's very sweet and tender and I love every minute of it. We pull away from each other and he begins to speak.

"You can meet me at my car after your last class. I need to get going." He bends down for another quick kiss.

"OK. I'll see you there." He smiles and takes off.

The rest of the day went by as painfully slow as this morning. Actually, I think time finally found a way to go even slower than it was going this morning. I finally hear the last bell ring for the day and I make a beeline for the parking lot.

When I get there, I see Edward standing next to his shiny, silver Volvo in all his fabulous glory. I smile and walk up to him and he greets me with one of his amazingly wonderful hugs and I'm just putty in his hands.

Have I mentioned how much I love this man's hugs?

"So, how was your day?" he asks as he lets me out of our embrace.

"Long and boring. That is until I got to see you in lunch and Biology and time just suddenly realized that it was going way to slow and sped right up. That Father Time is one nasty bastard."

Edward just laughs, brings me over to the passenger side of his car and opens my door for me. I smile and jump in. He goes around to his side and the next thing I know we are driving back to my house. The car ride was quiet as we both were deep in thought. Well, I don't know about Edward but I was deep in thought at least. I'm trying to figure out what we have. Are we boyfriend/girlfriend? Just friends? I can't imagine that he wants to be just friends. Not with the way we kiss each other. If we are boyfriend/girlfriend, does he expect MORE out of our relationship like skipping all the bases and just sliding into home? That's what made me nervous. I'm still a virgin and I have NO experience in that department whatsoever. But the all important question is if he expects sex in our relationship, would I just give myself up that easily to a guy I barely have known for 24 hours? The thing that scared me the most was I think the answer was yes. Yes, I would give up my virginity to this god sitting next to me. He dazzles me in ways no other guy as ever made me feel before. Next thing I know, I'm crashing back to reality by a velvety voice.

"You're awfully quiet. Everything OK?" I realize that we are now in my driveway.

"Yes. I'm sorry. I was just doing some thinking is all. Would you like to come inside for a while?" My voice cracks a bit at the end. Edward chuckles.

"Sure. I would love too. And to be honest, I was hoping you would ask." He smiles and winks at me.

I suddenly had this vision of me getting out of the car and just dropping my pants but quickly recovered from my thoughts.

I smile back and jump out of the car.

We get inside and I tell him that he can have a seat at the kitchen table and ask if he wants anything to eat.

"Sure. I'll have whatever you are having."

"How about some english muffins with peanut butter on them?" I ask with a smile and a wink.

He smiles shyly.

"Sounds perfect, Bella." Oh my! Hearing my name roll off his tongue just made the flood gates between my legs burst. Yeah...may need to change the underwear the next time I go up stairs.

I make up our english muffins with peanut butter and set one set in front of him and I got the other. We sat in silence as we ate our after school snack, glancing and smiling at each other every once in a while. Once I was done, I cleaned myself off of all peanut butter I could find and looked at Edward.

"Can I ask you a question?" I say. He looks up at me and smiles.

"Of course. What is it?" I take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"I want to know how you feel about...well...about...us?" I ask gesturing between the two of us.

Edward stops in mid chew for a second. Then he starts chewing again, swallows, and wipes off his mouth with the napkin I had given him.

"Well, I'm really enjoying your company if that's what you're wondering. I would love to spend as much time with you as humanly possible." he gets up, sits down in the chair closest to me and grabs my hand, "This connection I feel for you, I know that I can't stay away from you. It's that strong."

I breathe out the breath that I didn't even realize I was holding.

"Well that makes me feel a lot better. I would love to spend as much time as humanly possible together, as well. I know I won't be able to stay away from you, either. It would just be too hard for me. So why torture myself?" I put my other hand on his cheek and he leans into it closing his eyes, "I want to give into this connection I'm having with you."

Edward's eyes open and bulge out of his head. I almost swear he trembles a little bit, but I'm not sure.

"Um...can I ask you a question then?" He asks in a nervous voice.

"Of course. You can ask me anything."

"When you say 'give into this connection' what do you mean by that exactly?"

"What I mean is I want to get to know more about you, spend as much time as possible with each other, and when the time is right...maybe...maybe...other things too."

"Like sex?"

Now I'm the one who is starting to tremble. He lets go of my hand and puts both of his hands on my face.

"It's OK sweetheart. There's no need to be nervous. I'm glad we are airing things out. I will be happy to let you know that I'm just as nervous, and maybe even a bit scared of having this conversation with you. But at least it's with you. I wouldn't want it to be any other way." He leans in and licks the corner of my mouth then kisses me very sweetly. I giggle.

"Um...what was the licking for?"

He laughs shyly.

"Sorry...you had peanut butter in the corner of your mouth that you missed and it was just begging to be licked off. Plus, I wanted to break the ice a little bit after that conversation we just had." We both laughed and I continue on with our conversation.

"OK...I should at least warn you, I'm probably going to be the most terrible person to...do it with anyway as I have no experience in that department."

"So...you're a virgin then?" He almost sounds relieved but I didn't want to get my hopes up too much.

"Yes. I'm a virgin." Edward lets out a huge sigh of...relief maybe?

"I'm so glad to hear you say that. I really don't have too much experience in that department either. We're in the same boat. I'm a virgin too. Besides, even if I wasn't, my mother brought me up to never pressure a girl into doing something they aren't ready for. So you have no worries."

Well, there ya have it. I guess I got my answer to all my questions. He isn't going to pressure me into doing anything I don't want to do. Lord knows I probably would give in to him if he was expecting it, but knowing that it's not expected just makes me feel that much better. I smile at him and move to sit on his lap so I can give him a proper hug.

"Thank you," I say to him as I wrap my arms around his neck.

Edward chuckles. "For what?"

"For being you." I lean in for a quick kiss.

"Hey. You don't need to thank me. It's only the right thing to do after all. I couldn't live with myself if I knew I forced you into doing something you thought you were ready for but found out later that it was the worst mistake of your life. It would just eat me alive because that wasn't the way I was raised. If I'm meant to be your first and you mine, I want it to come naturally anyway. I was always told by my mother that you will know when you have found somebody special because you will feel it in your heart..." he just stops in the middle of what he was saying and looks into my eyes. After what feels like ages of silence, he smiles and puts his hand on my cheek. I also notice a slight wetness in his eyes as he whispers to me, "I think she was right."

A/N Aww...I got the warm fuzzies just writing this chapter. It's so sweet. **le sigh** What can I say...I love my Edward more and more every time I write. Which brings me to my next thing.

Edward needs a nickname cause I can't seem to come up with an original enough name for him so I'm seeking your help. The person that can come up with the best nickname for Edward in this story will get a bit part in the next update. (Yeah sorry...it's the best I could come up with...lol) So put your thinking caps on peeps and make sure you follow me on Twitter marriedmyedward or give me your idea in your review. And speaking of reviews, hitting that review button is like having Edward being all lovey dovey with you. So hit that button darlings!

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