Author's Note:Hi lovelies!!! I hope you are all doing well and are preparing for Halloween this week!!! I know that I haven't updated in a while. Shame on me!! But I'm back and sadly this is a short chapter I'm sorry! But I will update again on Friday so have no fear! Alright when we last left Edward and Bella, Edward just confirmed their coffee date (while he was only wearing a towel!) so here we go! Have a good day and happy reading!
Bell's POV
"Emmett does know that it is going to be freezing cold when we go camping, right?" I asked him once we were both sitting in the Volvo.
He let out a soft chuckle. "Yeah, he thinks that Rose will be forced to snuggle up closer to him or something."
"Well that's all good and well for the two of them, but I really don't want to get hypothermia." I huffed.
He took one pale hands off the wheel and unwrapped my arms before taking my hand in his. "Don't worry; I won't let you get cold." I blushed and turned to look out the window. We were currently on our way to one of Edward's favorite local coffee places. We had spent the last twenty minutes driving and talking—which was great—but I was beginning to wonder if he had just planned on kidnapping me and never returning…that doesn't sound like too bad of an idea.
After a period of silence, which surprisingly wasn't awkward at all, I let my mind drift off to the images crossing my vision.
"You're doing again."
I turned to face Edward and came face-to-face with a look of—what was that emotion? Love? Surely not. But could it? Shut up, Bella. Wow, I really need to stop talking to myself.
"What am I doing?" I asked, allowing my confusion to infuse into the tone of my voice.
He gave me a beautiful crooked grin and cocked his head to the side softly, looking like he was debating about telling me or not. Finally, his resolve broke. "You're humming again."
Crap, I really need to stop doing that. He's used to hearing beautiful pieces of music and I'm humming completely tone-deaf right beside him. "Oh, I'm sorry; it's just a habit I guess. I'll stop." I said apologetically.
"No!" He shouted suddenly. "I mean, uh, you don't have to. I was enjoying it really. You do have a beautiful voice, which I'm pretty sure that I've already told you."
I felt my cheeks flush as I bit my lip and turned to continue my gaze out of the window.
We finally pulled up to a small café that was nestled in between two overflowing willows. It was a quaint little place and it reminded me of a cottage in a fairy tale. The Cottage Café was written in an elegant script above the doorframe and a delicious aroma flowed through my senses. Edward quickly walked to my door and opened it and held out a hand for me. Did this boy grow up in the early 1900s or something? No one did this every single time. The wonderful scent came full throttle at my face as soon as we opened the doors.
"Okay, I already love this place." I said while taking in a deep breath.
"Good, I had hoped that you would." He said placing a cool hand on the small of my back to push me forward ever so gently.
"So, what are you in the mood for?" His velvety voice asked. Oh, how badly I wanted to say that I wanted him, but he bit find that a tad weird one a first date. This was a date wasn't it?
"Uh, I'm nor sure. I guess a vanilla cappuccino." I said spotting the first thing that I could pronounce on the menu that was written on the brick wall behind the counter.
"Sounds great, why don't you find us a place to sit and I'll grab our coffees?"
So he was buying. This is something that guys normally do on dates. But, then again, he did say that he owed me coffee for helping him out with his bedroom. I quickly found a small table set off to the side of everything else and went to sit and continue my thinking. Maybe this was a date. We did have a huge make-out session until Jasper and Alice interrupted us. Plus, he was flirting pretty heavily just standing in my doorway clad only in a very tiny towel.
"Ow! Fuck!" I was snapped out of my thoughts and turned to face the source of commotion. I nearly burst out in laughter when I saw Edward. That sexy, god of a man was standing there with two now empty coffee cups in his hands and the entire front of his shirt was soaking wet.
I grabbed a handful of napkins and ran over to help him. Okay, maybe he's not as graceful as he appears to be sometimes!
"Oh my God, Edward. What happened?"
He looked away from me and I could immediately tell that he was embarrassed. "I don't want to talk about it…" he pouted.
With his bottom lip puckered out, he looked like an adorable little five year old.
"Come one, you know that you want to tell me." I urged him.
He let out a frustrated breath, even upset he looked sexy.
"I—well—okay, don't laugh. I tripped and I went to catch myself forgetting that I had the drinks in my hands and threw them up and they landed square on my chest." Wow the Edward Cullen had tripped. He had a clumsy moment and not me. Was I in the twilight zone?
"Aw, I'm sorry. At least you didn't fall on your face, that's what I normally do!" I said with a laugh. "Here, let me help you get cleaned up."
I folded the napkins that I had grabbed earlier and started blotching at the huge coffee stain on his green shirt—a shirt that just so happened to bring out his emerald eyes. I felt him looking at me but I refused to look up to meet his gaze, instead, I bit my bottom lip and continued to dry him off. As I started to near his waist, he grabbed my hand and held it still. I looked up this time and saw his eyes being straight into my soul. Oh no, I took this too far.
"Uh, I'm sorry I was just trying to—" he cut off my explanation by placing one of his slender fingers over my lips.
"It's not that. That spot's just a little…sensitive." He purred. Duh, Bella. He burned himself on hot coffee and here I am pressing down on a sore spot just so I can't get a chance to try and feel his abs.
"Oh! I forgot that you got burned! That was so stupid of me."
He looked confused for a second before quickly recovering. "What? Oh yeah, the coffee." He seemed breathless, that was certainly strange.
Well, I'm gonna go get us some more coffee."
"Don't trip!" I joked back to him while returning to my seat at the table.
He looked so sexy just standing in the now long line for the second time tonight. He hand was brought up, involuntarily most likely, to stroke through his unruly hair while the other pulled on his still slightly damp shirt. I could tell he was mumbling something but I was too far away to hear what it was.
Edward's POV
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was I really clumsy enough to trip on nothing but air? I mean, yeah it was adorable when Bell did it but a grown shouldn't be tripping and spilling coffee on myself. But it did have a good consequence. I nearly exploded when she was trying to dry me off, yeah right. It took every bit of self control in my body not to take her right there. I just really hope that she didn't notice my excitement over the situation.
I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world! Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
Damn you for changing my ringtone, Emmett.
I quickly searched through my pockets to find my phone before anyone else could throw me odd stares.
"I'm going to beat the hell out of you when I get home." I growled into the receiver.
I heard him bellow into the phone. "Oh come on, Eduardo! You know that you love you some Aqua!"
"Emmett, please tell me that you did not change Edward's ringtone to Barbie Girl." Oh, that has to be Rosalie.
"Yeah I did! Anyway, I just called to see how things were going on your date."
"It's not a date Emmett." But I wish that it was.
"Come on dude, it's a date. You like her and she likes you, and yes I know that for a fact because Alice told me so. And you rode together and you had better be paying and—wait, is she with you right now?"
"No, I'm in line right now." I turned to look at her and saw that she was also on the phone but she was blushing like mad. Who was she talking to?
"Okay, well don't be an idiot. Yeah, Alice, tell her to do that! It will drive him nuts!" What the?
"What are you talking about? Who is Alice talking to?"
"Whoa, had anyone ever told you that you are majorly nosy? Just shut up and enjoy your night. And stop trying to get into my head!"
"Very funny. But Emm—"
"Sorry Edw—I thi—I'm go—g—th—gh—a tunn—" he cut himself out. There was a static sounding noise going with his voice but I could tell it was just him crinkling a gum wrapper into the receiver.
"Bye Em." I said with a sigh.
"Bye, Eddie!" I cringed when he called me that.
"Hey! Don't forget: wrap it before you tap it, little brother! I don't want to be an uncle quite yet!" and with that, the line went dead. Oh my dear brother and his sexual phrase clichés. I made it to the counter and reordered out drinks and went to join Bella at the table.
"Look, I didn't fall once!" I told her placing a cheesy grin on my face.
"Good job!" She laughed and took a sip of her drink. I watched as she took the slow drink and her eyes roll back into her head. I had to quickly shift in my seat to get into a comfortable position after my "excitement" made a comeback. Damn this woman.
"Mmm, this is so good, Edward." She moaned. Oh God.
She slowly opened her eyes and I was almost lost in them immediately. I looked down at her full lips and noticed that some whipped cream and stuck to her top lip.
"You have a little something on you lip." I chuckled.
She blushed and blindly searched her lips with her tongue trying to find it.
"Here, allow me." I leaned in closer hoping to just lick it off myself when we suddenly bumped heads. Wow, good job Cullen, you're acting like an inexperienced teenager again.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Bella." A small smirk spread across her face.
"Don't worry about it. I have a hard head anyway." She said as she pretended to bang a hand on her head. "And I'm pretty cure that you were right in the middle of helping me out…" wow, I love this girl. Wait a second…
I shook my head clear of those thoughts and leaned in once more. This time, I was successful as I brought my tongue up over her lip, sucking and licking the froth off. My lips soon fell down to hers on their own accord and she responded immediately syncing her into motion. I was lost in the kiss and was fixing to deepen it when…
I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world! Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
She broke off the kiss and starting cracking up. "Wow, is that really your ringtone?"
I was so angry at Emmett and I could literally feel the steam coming from my ears.
"No, my idiot of a brother will do just about anything to embarrass me." I explained.
"I now what you mean! You should have heard what Alice wanted me to d—"
So, so what? I still a rockstar! I've got my rock moves, and I don't need you tonight!
"Speak of the devil." She opened her phone and started Alice while Emmett called me yet again. I guess I better answer it something might be wrong.
"What do you want, Emmett?"
"Dude, you need to get home quick." He said in the most serious voice that I've ever heard come from him.
"Why, what's wrong?"
"I can't talk about it right now just get home." He rushed out.
"Okay, we're on our way." I shut the phone and saw that Bella was also in a state of worry.
"We have to get home NOW." We said simultaneously. I jumped up and pulled her out of the chair and out the door. What could have happened?
