Ok guys! It's time for chapter eight! Last day of August! Oh no! Where has the summer gone? Oh well. I guess we'll have to wait another nine months for it to come back. Oh god…nine…freakingMONTHS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'M GOING INSANE! AAAAAH! Oh wait…Christmas vacation…I'm better now 8D

Lol anyway, let's get back to Bella and Edward, shall we?

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I woke up the next morning to the greatest smell. A smell I knew all too well.

Edward.

As I turned over, I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face.

Edward Cullen, aka Panty Dropper, was lying on the bed with me staring at me with smoldering emerald green eyes.

"Hey."

Hey? Bella! This man is a gorgeous sex god and all you can give him is a "Hey."? WHAT THE HELL?

He gave me my favorite crooked grin. "Hey."

It was then that I realized something odd. "Not to sound rude but why were we practically spooning each other?"

Edward laughed loudly. "We weren't spooning, Bella. I was at least six inches away from you."

I rolled my eyes.

"Well, when I put you to bed last night, you gave me quite a performance."

I raised a brow. "What are you talking about?"

He smiled wider as he continued to explain. "While you were sleeping, you were singing Prince songs all night."

I gasped. "No way. You're lying, don't lie to me."

"I would never lie to you. Bella."

My name rolled off his tongue easily and if I weren't so caught up in the sleep-singing thing I probably would've melted.

I covered my face with my hands as a dark blush flooded my cheeks. "Oh my god, I am so embarrassed, I could just die," I said with a muffled voice.

Edward chuckled next me and removed my hands from my face which only caused my face to get redder. "Don't do that. I think it's cute when you blush."

Is he trying to make my face explode.

"Stop complimenting me, you're only making it worse." I cast my eyes downward only for Edward to force me to look at him again.

He tilted my chin up slightly. "You don't see yourself clearly."

I sighed. "You know, everyone keeps telling me that. It's starting to get old."

"That's because it's true."

"It's not. I'm so…plain."

"Plain? Why on earth would you think you're plain?"

"Hm, let's see. Brown hair, brown eyes pale skin. Is that really so attractive?"

"Not in the dark."

"Huh?"

"In the dark, you're eyes start to turn a gold-ish color. And do you know how much money people spend to get your hair color? And your skin type? I know tons of women who would kill to have porcelain skin like you."

I wanted to tell him he was lying. God, how much I wanted to tell him. But as I stared into those perfect little emeralds, all I could see was the truth. And that's when it hit me.

I was completely and utterly falling in love. And I was almost certain that I was falling alone.

"Um, thanks?" That was the best I could do. I mean, what do you really say to someone after they say that?

Edward smiled. "Your welcome. Now let's get downstairs before Emmett eats all the food."

I was relieved that this conversation was over. Because all he was doing was making things worse for me. Every breath I took, every word he said…the faster I fell. And I wasn't exactly sure if I was ready to hit the concrete yet.

The human body can only take so much pain. And I'd like to be mentally prepared before that pain really kicks in.

So Edward and I walked down to the second floor and into the kitchen.

I sat down next to Rose and Alice.

Emmett was in the kitchen making his "special" pancakes.

"So," Rose started, "you and Edward, huh?"

"What?" I inquired.

"C'mon, Bells," Alice chirped. "We know the two of you slept together."

"We slept together?"

Well duh, Bella! You woke up next to him!

Well, how was I supposed to know? The only thing he told me was that I was singing in my sleep. Did that mean he got absolutely no sleep at all? Ugh, what's wrong with me?

Rose and Alice laughed.

"Don't try and play coy with us."

"I'm serious," I half laughed. "Nothing happened between us."

"Edward!" Emmett boomed. "Go sit down with Jazz and the girls!"

I looked over and saw Jasper ogling Alice with a glint in his eyes. It made me smile to see how much they enjoyed each other.

Rose looked away from the two in the kitchen and looked back at me. "Bella, you really expect us that nothing happened?"

"Yes, because it's true! You-"

"Ew! Bro, you wanna put blueberries in my pancakes? Dude! Pancakes aren't supposed to be made out of a salad!" Emmett yelled, yet again.

We were getting better and better at blocking out the two cook stooges in the other room.

"You can ask Edward himself. Nothing happened," I continued.

"Whatever," Alice sighed. "I'll get the story somehow."

"Dude! Do I tell you how to play piano? How to pour your soul out into the keys?" Emmett growled.

"No," Edward answered.

"Then get your friggin hands away from my pancakes!"

Thud thud

Edward walked out into the dining room rubbing his right shoulder and then sitting down next to me with a pout.

I had to stifle my laughter. He looked so cute when he did that.

"Edward, what happened between you and Bella last night?" Rosalie asked as she sent a glare my way.

"Nothing. I carried her to the guest room and then when she started singing Prince songs," he paused to laugh, "I ended up next to her as she sang."

I blushed again as everyone laughed.

"And when she started singing When The Doves Cry, she literally said,

I can't remember this part, this is what it sounds like, when the doves cry!"

I couldn't help but laugh. Renee used to listen to that song all the time and still I couldn't remember the words.

When Emmett served breakfast, Alice moved over next to Jasper and he started whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

At first it was cute. But now it kind of getting annoying. I had to fight the urge to gag.

The pancakes were amazingly good and I kept telling him that the entire time we ate.

But of course, it would've been better if those blueberries were added. But I decided to keep that part out.

"By the way, did you get any sleep last night, Edward?" I asked.

He nodded. "Yeah. But I made sure not to get a lot because I didn't wanna miss your private concert."

I rolled my eyes as he chuckled.

Carlisle and Esme came home that afternoon to find Emmett and I playing Grape Toss as Edward kept track of many grapes were hit and missed.

I grabbed another grape and tossed it again and Emmett caught it perfectly in his mouth.

"Wow, you guys are up to twenty-three in a row."

The two of us smiled as I tossed another one.

"Another hit!"

Alice cheered in her little blue cheerleading outfit. I asked her where she got it and she said she had it in her closet for a while.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to know how she got a hold of that.

But unfortunately, we had to stop and forty-one because we ran out of grapes.

Then my phone rang.

I excused myself and answered it by the back door.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Bells."

"Oh hey, Dad. What's up?"

"Well, there's somebody here to see you but since you're over at the Cullen's, I'm guessing, I decided to call you."

"Oh, ok."

"Hey, Bella, I'm Sam Utley."

Sam, Sam, Sam…why does that sound familiar? Oh yeah! The boy who wore yoga pants at Jakes birthday party! Ah, now I remember. Oh great, he probably wants my help now, doesn't he?

"Hi," I said as I tried to sound upbeat.

"Um, I know you don't know me but-"

"You're friends with Jake and Seth," I finished.

"Yeah. And Jake-"

"Told you what I did for him and you want me to do the same for you," I finished, yet again.

"Yeah. So whattaya say?"

No. "Yes." What?

"Really?"

"Yeah, but we have to go shopping first. From what I've seen so far, your wardrobe isn't really gonna help convince people right. Are you free tomorrow?"

"Actually no. I have to take my little brother to the dentist. What about Monday?"

"Can't, I have to study for a calculus test." God knows I'd be lucky to pull out with a C.

"Ok, um the only time I can think of is now."

"Um, hold on a second."

"Sure."

I walked back into the family room and called for Alice.

She looked up.

"You feel like shopping today?"

"Bella, I always feel like shopping! It's so fun! Do you have another client?"

I laughed at her choice of words. "Yeah, and he for the rest of the week he's filled with stuff to do and he only has today to go."

"Yeah, let's go!"

"Can I come?" Rosalie asked.

"Sure, I could use all the help I can get." I put the phone back to my ear. "Sam?"

"Yeah?"

"Meet me at the mall in a couple of minutes."

"Ok. Thanks again, Bella."

"No problem."

When I hung up and stopped my façade and groaned. "You were right, Emmett. I'm officially in business."

His booming laughter echoed throughout the house and I couldn't help but wonder how long it would be before everyone needed hearing aids.

After changing, the three of us left to the mall in Rosalie's red Mercedes.

As we drove, Alice and Rose chatted about everything while I sat in the back and glared at nothing.

"Bells, are you ok?" Alice asked.

"Yeah, you're a little quiet," Rose said as she looked at me through the rearview mirror.

"I'm fine," I answered.

"Then why do you look like you wanna tear the armrest to shreds?" the little pixie giggled.

"I'm just kinda frustrated at the moment."

"You wanna talk about it?"

"No, I'm more of a…suffer in silence type."

"You'd feel a lot better if you just rant. That's what I do," Rose suggested.

I took a deep breath. "This is ridiculous! I didn't know there could be so many gay people in one town! And this is Forks! It's pretty damn small! So what? Half of the people who live here are gay? What the hell? And why do they need my help? It's not that hard to be straight! I've done it for about sixteen years! It's easy! And when they ask me I wanna say no but apparently, my brain won't except that. So it says yes! And goddamnit! I just wish that I could drop this already! I don't wanna be known as the girl who FUCKS GAY MEN!"

I panted slightly. That was a lot of ranting and raving in a short amount of time. But I felt so much lighter now.

"Wow, that felt good."

Alice and Rose erupted in laughter.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't know where that came from," I stuttered.

"It…it's ok," Rose said through her laughs. "That's gotta be the best rant I've ever heard."

"I know right! Damn, Bella, I didn't know you could be so bad!"

"It's just really annoying. I didn't mean for all this to happen. I just wanted to help out one friend and now it seems I'm gonna be getting pretty much everybody now."

"I know, sweetie," Rose sighed. "But you're helping lots of people right now. I'm sure they appreciate it greatly."

"Psh, they better."

Sam was waiting by the entrance when we arrived so I just let Alice and Rose drag him everywhere.

It was a little mean to do that to him but I wasn't enjoying giving up my free time to help out some wimpy-ass gays.

Not that there's anything wrong with them, I just didn't know it was possible to be any more vulnerable than a baby.

A couple hours later, Sam was practically leaning all his weight on me as we walked back to our cars.

"Can I call you tomorrow?" I asked.

"Sure," Sam called from his car.

"Alright. I'll figure something out, ok?"

"Kay."

When we got back to the house, Edward asked me how the shopping was.

"Agitating," was my answer.

He chuckled next to me. "So what do you wanna do? Jazz and Alice are gonna watch a movie and Rose and Emmett…well they're being Rose and Emmett."

I laughed. It was amazing how his presence could make all my nerves go away. "I want to have a rematch on Guitar Hero."

He cackled evilly. "You're so going down."

"We'll see about that."

The two of us raced upstairs and into the game room.

Ok, that's it for now. And before we go, I'd like to that one of my reviewers named jay. You definitely boosted up my reviews so I thank you for that. I hoped you and everyone else liked this chapter.

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