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I'd like to thank both of my betas – Tiffany (Vampiremama/readingmama) Her story Sinful Thoughts was moved to fanfic only ~ but it is totally worth it to go check it out!

Tanya (AcrossTheSkyInStars) is an awesome beta! She keeps everything in line! Thank you girly! Y'all should check out her stories too! Forgive me, please is a great story!

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Chapter 7

Strap on my Chastity Belt…

"Thank you, for everything Edward." She smiled and I could feel her shiver.

"Bella, you are freezing! Here, take my coat." I pulled it off and wrapped it around her shoulders. The sun was beginning to descend on the mountain tops to the west and the city of Gunnison's lights began to sparkle. The view was spectacular up here, and I was enjoying it with my Bella.

"Oh Edward, I need to tell you…if we are going to be friends, I stole your frat flag."

BPOV

I winced as his arm dropped from my shoulder, and fury replaced his gorgeous smile. I knew that telling him about the frat flag on the top of the mountain, where he could easily throw me off the top was not the brightest move, but I felt a small inkling of trust for this guy.

I hated the thought that stealing his frat flag could mean that I would lose whatever we had between us. I want to say that we could be friends, but his gorgeous eyes were too damn alluring for me not to imagine kinky sexy and…oh so many naughty things that I could do with him.

I hoped that this whole Zeta mission wouldn't ruin anything.

"What?!" His furious tone snapped me back into reality. "What do you mean you stole the frat flag? Why would you do something like that?" Edward stood up and started to pace.

"It's a long story. So the shortened version is – the Zeta girls didn't think I deserved early acceptance and wanted me to prove that I belonged. They are making me steal all of the frat flags on The Row." I was looking down the entire time, picking at the wild grass at my feet. I didn't want to look him in the eyes, in fear that he would see what a freaking loser I was. I wanted to be accepted, and it came at a steep, ridiculous price.

I continued, "I know that it is stupid…and I'll get it back to you after this weekend. Nothing will happen to it, Edward. Please don't be upset. Tanya and Rose are letting someone help me with the rest, so it shouldn't be that bad. I just hope that I don't get caught, because I don't know what the repercussions will be." He hadn't said a word, but out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that as soon as I said 'Tanya' he had stopped and was staring at me.

I peeked up and apologized again, "Please, please don't be mad at me, Edward. I just want to fit in. She said she was going to kick me out of the house if I didn't do this. I know it is wrong and I'm so, so very sorry…"

He cut me off, "Stupid BITCH!" He shouted and crouched down, pinching the bridge of his nose.

My head snapped up. I knew that I was in the wrong, but I didn't deserve this.

"Excuse me?" I said as my brow furrowed. He must have noticed my tension and shot up.

"No, no Bella. I didn't mean you. I meant Tanya is a stupid bitch. None of this is your fault. She always finds a way to screw with me. I knew it wouldn't take long for her to figure this out and try to fuck it up." His hand gestured between us.

"Wait, what? What do you mean this?" I mimicked his motion.

EPOV

Oh shit. I shouldn't have said that. It knew that it was way too soon to state my feelings for her, but there I was, opening my big mouth. I knew that I had to explain. I was upset about the frat flag, but one glance at her made my anger melt away.

"Bella, I um…Tanya…err…I mean." I opened and shut my mouth numerous times, trying to form something logical. Anything at this point would be nice.

"A complete sentence would be nice here, Edward," Bella teased.

"Okay. The night of the party, when we first spoke, Tanya saw right through me like a window. The way I looked at you, she could tell that I…liked you. She obviously could see the attraction that I had for you. That is why she jumped in. She does that with every girl who steps within ten feet of me. I just didn't think she would go to such drastic measures to hurt you, because of me. She is putting you through this, because of me. We sort of have a past. She doesn't want me to be happy." I took a deep breath of the cool, mountain-fresh air. I had shied away from admitting all of my feelings for Bella because I didn't want to scare her off.

I peeked over at her and she was shaking her had.

"What do you mean, 'liked' and 'attraction'?" she said repeating my words with air quotes and then shivered. How could she not understand?

"Why didn't you bring warmer clothes like I told you to Bella?" I shook my head. "What if I didn't have a coat for you? You'd freeze." I dodged the question.

"Please knock off all the protective crap, and answer my question Edward. I'm not a fucking damsel in distress." She had raised her voice and I had to hide my smirk. She was so hot when she was riled up.

I pondered what she had just said and the smirk slid off my face. I needed to man up, and tell her how I feel.

"Isn't it obvious, Bella? I like you. You're very attractive, and your personality is…well you are nothing short of amazing." I bit the inside of my cheek and slid down beside her again. I put my arm around her and rubbed it, trying to create heat.

"I'm flattered. Thank you, Edward…but I am really not looking for a relationship right now. I'm very attracted to you also. I mean, how could I not be? You're flipping gorgeous. However, I just got out of a really long relationship that ended horribly. I'm broken, and need time to find myself. I'd really like to be friends though." She slid her bottom lip between her teeth and sighed.

"That's fine, Bella. I understand, but I don't think that my feelings are going to change for you. I will be your friend, but you have to understand that this isn't a switch that I can turn on and off." I was crushed, but began to realize that I would wait. I would do whatever I could to be there for her.

We sat there for awhile in silence. She didn't comment on the last thing I had said. I hoped that was a silent agreement. It was dark and the lights in the city were beaming. I was amazed by the beautiful view, and I was happy that I was here with her, even if she was just going to be a friend.

"I think this is my favorite place in the entire world," she admitted. "It is so quiet, so peaceful. Everything looks so small down there, like we are just tiny pawns in this big game. Does that make sense? When I see myself down there I feel so worthless, small, and hardly important in comparison."

"I know exactly what you mean, except you are very important Bella." I grabbed her chin lightly and looked deep into her chocolate eyes. She looked so hurt and fragile. I didn't understand where the lack of confidence was coming from. She was beautiful and looked like she could carry her own. I suddenly grew very angry. Someone had hurt this girl, and I wanted to break his legs.

"You are not worthless. We are sitting on top of the world. Of course everything will look small. You have to remember that to someone, you're everything."

To me, you're everything.

"Ha, yeah right. Anyway, we should probably be heading back. I told Alice I'd be back around sundown, and here it is almost 9 P.M.," Bella said as she stood up and dusted her ass off. Mmm, what I would do to be the one who could do that for her.

As we walked down the mountain, I shined the flashlight to guide the way. We were lucky that the path was well traveled, because otherwise, there was no way we would have made it down to the car without the light of the day.

We made comfortable small talk on our hike back, and I knew that I was falling deeper for this girl. I was going to have to work some serious pimp magic skills to win her over. It didn't matter how long it took. I wanted to be with her.

BPOV

Edward was so charming, respectful, wise, and downright gorgeous. I knew that it was going to be difficult to keep a platonic relationship with him. Don't get me wrong, I've had good looking male friends before. In fact, Jackson was a great example.

Ahh, who was I kidding? This was nothing like Jackson, whom I knew I could keep my clothes on around. Jackson was beautiful as well, but Edward and I had this connection. As much as I refused to admit it, the electricity did spark and was more vibrant with him than anyone else. I was going to have on hell of a time keeping my thoughts and dreams out of the gutter. If I slipped and went for him, one of us would end up hurt. I didn't want that.

I was going to have a talk with Alice when I got home and ask her how common chastity belts were nowadays.

As we reached my car, I decided I should probably apologize again. "Edward, I'm really sorry for being so rude today. I'm normally not like that. Also, I'm really sorry for the frat flag. I know you say that it is Tanya's fault, but I am responsible for my own actions."

Edward's beautiful smile creased his face, "Please don't apologize. You're forgiven, if anything, I should be the one begging forgiveness. I called you a slut, and now I understand things clearly. Well, sort of. That guy in your room, is he your boyfriend?"

"No, we are just friends. You just caught us at an awkward time. It isn't like that with us." Okay, so that wasn't the full detailed story, but he didn't need to know everything!

We were sitting in my car and he looked at the clock and back up to me, he was anxious.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to keep you out here all late. Do you have a hot date or something?"

"No, I just want to get back and rip Tanya a new asshole before she is in a complete belligerent drunken state," he admitted.

"What? No! You can't say anything to her. She will throw me out of the sorority. If I don't complete the so called 'missions' they have set up for me, I'm out. There isn't any other place for me to stay since the semester has already started."

He reached for my hand and gave it a gentle, reassuring squeeze. "Okay, Bella. It is fine, I won't say anything. But the least you can do is let me help, and if all else fails, you can always move in with me!" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Not a chance, Cullen," I giggled.

We began to plot how I was going to steal the remainder of the flags on the way home. I was really happy to have Edward on my side.

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