I couldn't go out tonight because of the damn snow, so I decided to not leave you all hanging. Here is chapter eight, one of my favorites, definitely sappy ;). Enjoy, I know I had fun writing it.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.

BPOV

Today could definitely be categorized as one of the worst of my life, it was too bad to be considered just an off day. It was just my luck to have a date with Edward Cullen, a guy that I have come to the conclusion that I like…a lot, and now end up sick.

I attempted to get up in the morning, I was even capable of getting into the shower, but once Charlie saw me in the kitchen he was forcing me to stay home. "No Bella, you look awful."

"I feel fine." I croaked out, I barely had a voice.

"Stop trying to kid yourself Bells, I want you to take some medicine and get into bed. I'm putting my foot down on this decision."

"It's my first-" I sneezed loudly, it almost blew me right over. "-week of school, I can't be absent already."

"I'll call the school and explain that you have the flu."

"The flu? No way, this is just a tiny cold, honest." I smiled, trying to look convincing, but the fact I could barely keep my eyes open was making the situation harder.

"I know you want to go on your date tonight Bells, that's why you are doing this. Now if you actually listen to me and get into bed, then there might be a chance of a date in the future." He handed me a glass of water and two cold tablets. "Now take this and crawl back up to your bed, I'll try to get out of work early, and I'll bring home dinner."

I knew I had lost at that point, so I groaned loudly, and made my way up to my bedroom. I threw my pajamas back on, black sweatpants and fitted white t-shirt. I had to admit, it was much more comfortable than the tight jeans I had been wearing. I swallowed my pills, and laid down in my bed.

As I was about to fall asleep my cell phone vibrated loudly, meaning I had a new text. I was hoping it was Edward, but I forgot to give him my number, so I knew it wasn't him.

The caller id said Alice, and that made me smile a little, it was my next favorite Cullen. I read the message, 'Hey Bella, where are you? Edward and I are worried. –A'

I was happy Alice was worried, but even more excited to know that Edward cared about me too. I wrote back slowly, 'Alice, thanks for caring. I'm so sick, I woke up just feeling awful. I noticed my window was broken last night, so all the cold air got into my room, and now I have the flu. Tell Edward I am so sorry, I was looking forward to our date.'

I wasn't just looking forward to the date tonight, but also I liked seeing Edward in school as well. Seeing that crooked smile he would give me made my day better. The silent walk to gym class alone made school worth going to, it definitely made me like gym a little more.

A little while went by and my phone buzzed again, when I looked to check if it was Alice, it was a number I'd never seen before. I opened my phone confused to who it would be. 'Hey Bella, its Edward…Alice gave me your number.' My heart started beating a thousand miles a minute, a smile formed on my face instantly.

'Edward, I am sooo sorry, I thought you would think I was trying to stand you up again.' I typed back quickly, at least now I could give him a decent apology.

The phone buzzed again and I opened it, 'What did I say about apologizing to me, you can't. This isn't your fault Bella, you can't prevent getting sick.'

I let out a sigh and wrote back, 'Yeah…but I saw the window broken and ugh, this sucks.' I should of told Charlie about the window last night, he could of done something. When I told him this morning he said he would go to the hardware store during his lunch break today and get something to fix it, although right now I appreciated the cool air coming in because I was burning up.

'You don't have to tell me twice, but it's not the end of the world.' I read when the message came. I liked that he was trying to cheer me up, but I still felt awful, it would take a miracle to save this day.

'It feels like it, I'm pretty sure I've never felt this shitty before.' I typed back to him, regretting after I sent it, I didn't want him to feel bad for me.

'I'm sorry.' I smiled, knowing he cared.

'Don't be, you didn't break the window…or did you? ;)' I wrote back, I could still be flirty even if I did have a fever that was boiling my insides.

'You caught me. Now you should really get some sleep so you can get better.' It was true, I was pretty exhausted.

'Yeah :(. I want you to know I really really really wanted to go on our date tonight. Goodnight Edward.' I sighed, I really wanted to keep talking to him, but I felt the medicine kicking in and I quickly went to sleep.

I spent the day drifting in and out of sleep, each time I woke up feeling a little better. At noon, I woke up to find Charlie fixing my window, but then ended up just falling back into a deep sleep. At three I was up again, there were two pieces of stale toast on my bed side, Charlie's doing, it was a nice gesture but it made me nauseous just looking at it, so I rolled over and went back to sleep.

When I woke up again, I glanced at the clock, it was already past seven. My heart ached, right now I would have been on my amazing date with Edward, but nope. The only good part about this moment was that I felt so much better, my throat barely hurt and I could breathe out of my nose again.

I heard a knock at the door and Charlie talking, that's weird…who would be here right now. I got out of bed and went down the stairs, curious.

"Dad, who was at the door?" I called as I got to the door, my eyes went from my dad to a dazzling Edward Cullen. My eyes widened, and I quickly ran a hand through my hair, I probably looked absolutely awful.

"Edward stopped by to see if you wanted to leave for an hour, but I said no." Charlie said, then turning to a nervous looking Edward. Oh god dad.

"Can I go, please?" I didn't have my usual voice, but I sounded better than I did this morning. I was really excited, Edward still wanted to take me out, even after he saw me looking like I did right now.

"Bells your sick and its cold out tonight…" Charlie said letting out a sigh.

"I'll wear a coat, two coats even." I said, giving him a sad puppy face, he wouldn't be able to resist it.

He shook his head, giving me a look, I knew I had won this. "Fine, but only for a little while."

I smiled wide, then looked at Edward, "Give me five minutes?"

"Of course." He said, giving me that crooked smile that I've wanted to see all day. I ran upstairs and into my bedroom, seeing Edward has given me an instant adrenaline rush. I wanted to be quick, seeing as though I left him alone with my dad, and that couldn't of been good.

I put on a pair of jeans, the ones that made my butt look nice, even if I was sick it's nice to look good from behind. I put my UGG boots on, they would keep me warm tonight. I slid my gray zip-up hoodie over my white t-shirt, and quickly sprayed myself with perfume and put some deodorant on.

I ran to the bathroom and brushed my teeth, I wasn't expecting a goodnight kiss since I was sick, but I didn't want to be talking to him with my breath smelling like it did. When I looked in the mirror, I noticed my hair was a crime within its self. I threw it up in a messy bun, knowing it couldn't improve any more than that. I went back in my room throwing my black coat on, since I had promised Charlie.

I took a quick look in my mirror one last time, oh well…I guess this will have to do. I walked downstairs, seeing a relieved Edward standing next to Charlie. I would ask him about that in the future.

"Okay, I'm ready to go." I smiled at Edward, and then looked at Charlie. "I'll be back in a little bit." We both went outside and as I was about to go open my door, Edward was there holding it open for me, I smiled at him and got in.

"This was very unexpected." I said once he was in the car, I saw his eyes move to my lips when I was smiling.

"Is that a good thing or bad thing?" He asked, starting the car.

"Definitely…good." I said, smiling again as we pulled out and started moving. "So what are we going to be doing exactly?"

"That is a surprise actually, and if you look in my glove compartment there is a blindfold that I want you to put on."

I laughed loudly, "Why do you keep a blindfold in your car?" I said, opening the compartment and getting it out, was this a normal thing?

"Doesn't everyone keep them there?"

"Oh yes I forgot when you get pulled over they ask for your license, registration, and your black blindfold." I smirked and put it on, everything was now dark. Was he going to take me to a field and kill me?

"Can you see anything?"

"Nope, just black. I'm not too found of surprises Mr. Cullen." I really actually hated surprises, but since it was coming from Edward, I didn't mind as much.

"Don't worry it's a good one."

"As long as the words meat and loaf aren't included, it should be fine." We both laughed.

He groaned, "Damn, well than you won't like the surprise."

"I hope you're kidding?"

"It's a possibility." I could picture his lopsided smile in my head.

"What made you decide to come and get me anyways?" I asked, I mean it was pretty spontaneous of him.

"I actually wanted to see you and make sure you were alright." I immediately smiled, it made me happy to hear. "So are you?"

"I am now." I smiled, "and I feel really stupid right now because I winked at you from under the blindfold, but you wouldn't have been able to see it anyway."

He laughed, "You can wink at me after you take it off." Mmm, maybe I would.

"If I had a dollar for every time I heard that one..." I smirked.

He laughed, "You are so fucking cute." I was not expecting him to say that at all, and I bet my face was about a thousand dark shades of red.

"I'm glad you came though, I really wanted to see you too." I smiled, "Although I'm really not seeing you because of the thing on my face, but you know what I mean."

"I do." I felt the car pull over, it was too close to be anywhere I could think of "Okay we're here but don't take that off yet."

He got out of the car, so I unbuckled my seatbelt and heard my door open. "Okay, just so you know I'm still as clumsy as I was in sixth grade which means I could fall at any moment and the risk factor has increased a great deal because of the blindness."

He grabbed my hands and helped me up. "Don't worry, I've got you." He walked me a little ways away and stopped me, "Are you ready?"

"I hope so." I smiled taking off the blindfold, I saw his smiling face first, and then I looked around. My jaw dropped immediately, it was amazing.

We were in the park, the same park that I was supposed to meet my so called secret admirer in six years ago. On the bench that I had sat on, there were candles and what looked like dinner. "Holy shit…" I smiled at Edward.

"I'm a little late and it might not be Valentine's Day anymore, but I wanted to tell you I'm your secret admirer." He said, giving me a crooked smile. "Do you like it?"

I nodded, "This is amazing."

"That's definitely what I wanted to hear." He took my hand and led me to the picnic table, I sat down and he sat across from me.

"How did you do all this?" I asked, completely stunned.

"A lot of it is Alice's doing, she did all this for me." He said, pointing to the table.

"I will definitely have to thank her for that." I smiled, "This is so surreal to me, I remember being excited when I got that valentine all those years ago…" I looked at Edward who was frowning. "What?"

"I feel like such a fucking ass for doing that to you."

"It was the old you, it's in the past, and right now I want to enjoy this time with the new you." I gave him a reassuring smile. "Now I really hope that is food in that Tupperware because I am starving."

"Well you are in luck, I have brought chicken soup." He smiled, opening the container and putting some in a bowl for each of us.

It looked and smelled amazing, but then again anything would since I haven't eaten in what feels like years. "I'm going to guess you didn't make this yourself…" I smiled.

"I am very offended, I happen to be a great cook." I rolled my eyes jokingly. "Okay, my mom made it…but still I make a mean cheeseburger."

"You'll have to make it for me sometime." I smirked, taking a bite of the soup. Edward's mom was a great cook.

"I'll make you whatever you want." He smirked at me.

"Well, well…I believe you are trying to charm me Mr. Cullen."

"Is it working on you?" He smiled, raising an eyebrow.

"I think it just might be." I nodded, "Or it could be the medicine I took earlier that is blurring my better judgment."

"Both." We said at the same time, and then laughed. We ate our soup, it was really good, I even had seconds of it. I would have to get the recipie from his mom. We talked about each others families and friends, different hobbies we liked. I found out that he has played the piano for eight years, musicians were extremely hot.

I started coughing, and Edward handed me a bottle of water, so I took a sip. "Thank you." I choked out.

"Don't worry about it." He smiled, finishing his soup. He even looked good while eating and I looked like complete crap. How did I get this lucky?

"How was school today?" I asked, taking my last bite of the soup, I was full.

"It sucked, well school usually sucked but the day went by way fucking slower than usual…because you weren't there." He said, not meeting my gaze.

"When you say things like that its hard to believe that I used to hate you." I laughed.

"If you don't hate me now, then how do you feel?" He smirked at me.

I bit my lip, "If I'm going to be honest then, I like you."

He had a wide grin on his face, "That's too bad because I'm not really into you." He joked

"Wow, just make a girl feel even lower when she's already sick." I said sarcastically.

He smiled, his face getting more serious. "I like you too, a lot, really it's kind of bad how much I like you Bella."

I blushed, there was no way I would be able to stop smiling tonight. "I don't even know what to say to that."

"Your smile is a good enough answer for me." He smiled at me. The moment was ruined again by another coughing fit, so I took another sip of my water. "I shouldn't of done this tonight, it is way too cold out here for you."

"No, I'm-" I sneezed "-fine."

"Bless you." He sighed, "I'll take you home."

I frowned, "I've been home all day, I'm going to go crazy if I go back too soon."

He started cleaning up the stuff, "How about we drive around for a little while, we'll tell your dad we got lost." He said smirking.

"Deal." I smiled.

We got everything picked up and put it all in the backseat of the Volvo. He opened the door for me again, so I slid in the seat and buckled. He got in, turning the car on, and blasted the heat, which I was grateful for because I was kind of cold.

Edward put some music on, it sounded familiar and I was shocked when I figured out what it was. "Clair de Lune?"

"You know it?" He seemed as surprised as I was.

"Yeah, my mom is really into classical music, and I only remember my favorites."

"This is one of my favorites too." He smiled, "You aren't like any other girls at school, none of them would listen to this…it's all about Rihanna and all of those other shitty pop stars."

I groaned, "I hate Rihanna."

"I like you even more than I did before, if that's possible." This made me smile and I'm pretty sure blush.

We were silent for a long time, it was just like how it was when he walked me to gym class, it was comfortable. We shared glances every now and then, and then smiled. Edward's hand was just resting between us, here it goes, I slid my hand into his nervously. He closed his hand over mine and squeezed it.

After about a half hour we pulled up in front of my house, I definitely felt like groaning, I wanted to stay with him longer. He squeezed my hand one more time, and got out of the car, walking to my side. He opened my door and helped me out, he grabbed my hand and walked me to the door. "I'm glad you came." I said when we were in front of the door.

"Me too." He smiled at me.

"I really wish I wasn't sick right now." I sighed. The night would have been so much better if I could have gotten a kiss, but I didn't want him to get sick too.

"Oh and why is that?" He raised an eyebrow, rubbing the hand he was still holding with his thumb.

"You can use your imagination to figure that one out mister." I said, poking a finger to his chest.

"I might take you up on that suggestion." He winked.

"I should probably go in before Charlie gets his gun out." He immediately looked nervous, which made me laugh. "I'm kidding, he keeps it at his office…I think." I hoped, I wasn't exactly sure.

He let go of my hand, which instantly made me feel like crap, but then brought me into a hug. I put my arms around his waist and lightly squeezed, he held me for a minute and kissed the top of my head. I was scared that I would fall right there because my knees got weak.

When he pulled away I felt sad, I knew the night was over and he would be leaving. "Thank you, tonight was amazing." I said, biting my lip in a smile, I figured out he really likes when I do that.

"When you are better we'll have to do it again." He gave me one last crooked smile, "I'll see you soon Bella." He said, walking away. I stayed there and watched him leave, he gave me a wave as he pulled away.

When I walked into the house, I saw Charlie sleeping on the couch, which made me laugh. Who knew he could be so protective of me. I made my way to my room and got changed back into the sweats I was wearing earlier. I laid down in my bed, releasing a happy sigh.

I've been on dates before but that was by far the most amazing, and I would definitely have to take up his offer of going on another date with him. The start of the day was horrible, but it ended up being one of the best nights I've had in a really long time.