Chapter 9
The Date
BPOV
As soon as Edward and I walked through the front door Alice was at my side pushing me upstairs. I didn't even care that Alice was about to attack me with questions. I was so happy right now and nothing could bring me down. I just saw my baby girl and have her back in my life and I have a date with the most perfect man in the world. I don't care that I just met him yesterday. None of that matters. All that matter is that I am happy. Then Alice interrupted my wonderful thoughts.
"Hello? Earth to Bella, return from lala land please and talk to me. What did Edward want? He seemed pretty anxious to get rid of me. What's going on? Did something happen last night that you two had to talk over? Like did you bang and then realize it was a huge mistake and just decide to stay friends? Hey are you going to tell me where you were this morning?" I was right, she bombarded me with questions. By the time she got all that out I had forgotten her first question.
"Jeez Alice slow down. Edward wanted to go for a walk so he could ask me out for tonight without you over hearing. We did not 'bang' as you so crudely put it, so you can get rid of that thought right now. And as for this morning I just went to see an old friend, oaky? Now calm down, you are dragging down my mood." I tried to explain, still smiling. Alice took in all I said and was grinning like a maniac.
"ROSE!! GET YOUR BUTT UP HERE! WE HAVE TO HELP BELLA GET READY FOR HER DATE WITH EDWARD TONIGHT!" Alice shouted downstairs. Oh god, now his whole family knew. Let the embarrassment begin. Just then I heard Emmett's booming laughter and Rosalie telling him to shut up. Rose came into Alice's room and smiled at me.
"You see Bells?" She started. "We told it would work. Look at that response time. He hasn't even known you for two whole days and he already asked you out. Damn that boy works fast when he knows what he wants." Rose laughed and then turned to Alice. "Oh and Alice he said he is going to kill you for announcing to the whole word that he was going on a date as he put it. Jasper started teasing him about it being his first date and about how he can finally get laid. Esme came in and started yelling at
him for being so childish. It was all quite hilarious." Now we were all laughing but something stuck out to me.
"Wait. Edward's a virgin?" That was a shocker. I was sure that with those looks he could get girls into bed all the time. Sure he said he never had a girl friend but I thought for sure that by now…
"Nope." Alice said popping on the 'p'. "I think he's hoping you'll be his first. Which reminds me. Are you a virgin Bella?" Alice and Rose both looked at me intently and I started to blush. Oh crap, I was hoping to avoid that one. I said nothing but just kept blushing furiously and looked down. I wasn't ready to tell them about Jacob and Roxy yet.
"Oh. My. God. Bella!" Rose gasped. "You aren't a virgin? You naughty girl! I thought for sure you and Edward were on the same playing field with that one. Not that I doubt your ability to get a guy in bed but still. I just never thought…" she drifted off and I blushed more.
"When? Who? Was it that guy across that hall that always hit on you?" Alice asked excitedly.
"Umm when I was 18. And you don't know him, I just used to go to school with him." I said quietly. Still looking down.
"But wait, you told me you have never had a boy friend." Alice was confused.
"I haven't." I replied with a bit more confidence. Rose's mouth dropped open.
"Bella you are a bad girl!" Rose giggled. I looked at Alice expecting the same response but her face showed no emotion. She raised her eyebrow at me. Oh shit. She knew there was more to the situation than I was telling them. When she saw I wasn't going to say anything she got up off the bed and went into my room to get me some of my new clothes.
When she came back she said "Okay Bella, let's get you ready for your big date, it's going to take a while so you can tell us all about last night." Oh boy. It was five hours to 7. What could they possibly do to me that needed five hours? I was officially scared.
EPOV
I felt really silly doing this. It was an invasion of privacy and the girls would kill us if they ever found out but I had to know what they were talking about up there. I mean I just asked Bella out on our first date; girls talk about that stuff. I really had to know. At least it wasn't my idea; it was Emmett's and he's the one that actually went to do it. They wouldn't let me go and Jasper said he would feel stupid standing outside the door to his own bedroom when he could just go in, but the defeats the point of eaves dropping. See, childish right?
Emmett was gone for then minutes so far. How much could they be saying about me? I hope he didn't get caught. But just then I saw him coming down the stairs smirking.
"Did they catch you?" Jasper asked sounding like he had wanted them to.
"Nope." He popped the 'p'. "I got some real juicy stuff too. Edward I hope you know what you're getting yourself into. Alice and Rose are telling her about your prude existence. They were all like 'your Edward's first girlfriend and your probably also gonna be his other first if you know what I mean.' They didn't say it in quite so many words but that was the general idea. Bella was shocked that you were a virgin even though you told her you never had a girlfriend. And here comes the good part. Bella isn't a virgin. I mean it's to be expected that a 21 year old isn't still a virgin, you are just a rare case, but Bella seemed like the shy type." I knew I had no right to expect that she would be my first and I would be hers but I still felt a pang in my heart as Emmett said that.
"She's not 21 by the way. She's 22." I said nonchalantly as if nothing he had said before had any effect on me. Jasper raised an eyebrow at me. I just shrugged.
"Oh but it gets better." Emmett grinned. Oh here we go. "She said it was when she was 18 and it was a guy she was friends with in high school. That means he lives here, or at least he did and there is still a good chance he does. Bella said she was visiting an 'old friend' this morning. Do you think that maybe
the reason she was gone so long was because she reunited with this guy for a quickie for old times' sake seeing as how you would do her last night." Emmett teased. I can't believe he would even think that about that sweet little angel. I scowled at him. "Oh come on Edward, it's totally possible. She did come back looking very happy, practically glowing. Sex does that to some people, maybe she's like that."
"Oh please Emmett. Just because you are a sex fiend doesn't mean everybody else is. I highly doubt that Bella went to go find that guy to have sex with him again. That doesn't seem like her." As I said the words I wasn't even sure I even believed them. No, I can't think like that.
"You know what brother, I will make a bet with you. Tonight at dinner you ask her who her friend was that she went to go visit that maybe you might know her. If she gives you a girl's name then you win. But if she gives you a guy's name then I win and you except that she went to go screw him this morning." I hated my brother and his bets. But that did sound like a good way to get information.
"Okay, Emmett, I'll take your bet. What do I get if I win?" I wasn't sure I was going to like where this was going.
"I'll stop teasing you about your virginity. But if I win, when you do finally have sex you have to tell me so I can tell everybody I see that my baby brother is no longer a virgin." Oh god damnit. I walked right into that one. But I had no choice; I had already taken the bet. Why oh why had I not waited to hear the terms until I agreed? I'm so stupid sometimes.
BPOV
It was now six o' clock and I had showered, had my hair straightened and makeup done all in 3 hours. The part that had taken the longest was the finding of the perfect outfit. Alice and Rose kept throwing combination after combination of clothing at me. They had decided to go with the casual but sexy look. I had one hour left till my date and I finally had on the perfect outfit. It was a red silk cami with a see thought black short sleeve shirt over it. The cami had a plunging neck line and the only part of the front of the black shirt that was closed was at the very bottom. I had on a pair of very low rise, tight fitting skinny jeans with black boots over the pant legs that went halfway up to my knees. I felt like a disaster waiting to happen in the 4" heels (AN: sorry I don't have a picture for this outfit). Alice assured me that if I feel Edward would catch me. That somehow made it all better to me.
"Bella I think you are finally ready." Alice smiled at me and led me out of her room towards the stairs. "His reservations are for 7 so you two better get going now if you want to make it on time. Remember, you still want to be mysterious and alluring. You have to make him fall head over heels in love." She was obviously way too excited for this.
"Alice, it just the first date. I'm already nervous enough." I was too, I was practically shaking out of my skin.
When I got to the bottom of the stairs I saw Edward standing there waiting for me smiling. He looked so good. He was wearing a light blue button down shirt and dark jeans that rested low on his hips. I suddenly had the urge to jump his bones but I knew Alice would kill me if I messed up my hair. Oh ya and maybe he wouldn't like me jumping him too much.
"Are you ready?" Edward asked. All I could do was nod shyly. He hooked his arm through mine and lead me towards the door. I looked bad at Alice and Rose and they were both giving me the 'thumbs up' and grinning like maniacs. What is it with people in this family and smiling all the time? But I guess I have been smiling a lot since I got here too. I kind of liked it.
It would have normally took about an hour or so to get to Port Angeles, but apparently crazy driving runs in the family. The car drive was silent, but unlike back in the woods, this was not a comfortable silence. This was an 'I'm nervous' silence, and I didn't really love it, I don't think he did either. But we arrived at this very cute, small restaurant. Edward got out of the car and I was about to open my door when he opened the door for me. "Oh, thank you. Alice was right, always the gentle man." Wow, I am an idiot. Sure bring up his sister on a date. Real smart Bella, real smart.
The sight inside was breath taking. It was simply beautiful. The lights were turned down low with those strings of twinkling lights all round the molding of the walls and on the booths. There were intricate patterns of vines and exotic flowers painted on the wall. This place was absolutely perfect. I wasn't even paying attention to what was going on, I was just too absorbed in taking in the ambiance. The next thing I knew was Edward was sitting down in the booth across from me, just looking at me, and not paying attention to the waitress. I hadn't even realized we moved let alone sat down.
"Can I start you off with something to drink?" The waitress asked, looking at Edward, as if I wasn't even there. Perfect, it was going to be one of those nights. Edward turned away from her and looked at me.
"Bella, what would you like to drink?" Edward asked me, making it sound like a very serious question. I tried not to laugh at his expression.
"A coke." I said to the waitress who was still staring at Edward. He finally looked back at her.
"Two cokes please." Edward told her, and then looked back at me. The waitress reluctantly walked away to get us our drinks. "So do you like it here?" He asked.
"Oh Edward, this place is great. You really do know how to pick restaurants. I have lived in the area all my life and drove by this place at least a thousand times and never knew it was here." I gushed. He seemed pleased that I liked it so much.
"I'm glad you like it. You know, this is where Emmett asked Rosalie to marry him. Apparently she said yes for some reason so I figured this place must be lucky. Besides, their food is great. I made it a habit to try to come here at least once each summer." She smiled shyly and blushed. I wonder what he was thinking about that would make him blush. "So it's been a day and you haven't run screaming yet. Are Rose and Alice driving you nuts? With them it only takes a few hours to completely scare someone away." He laughed a deep throaty laugh that I absolutely loved.
"I am enjoying my tie with your family very much. It's only been a day and a half and I'm already having the best summer ev-" I was interrupted by my phone ringing. "Oh, sorry let me just shut this off." I said quickly glancing at the caller ID. "Oh crap." I muttered. It was Roxy. I forgot 5 year olds go to bed around 7 at night. The waitress was coming back with our drinks. "Edward I'm so sorry but I have to take this. Can you order for me? I like everything so just get whatever is good." I gave him an apologetic smile.
"Oh go ahead, it's not probable at all." He said. I stood up and walked to the bathroom as the waitress started to asked Edward for his order. I hope she didn't try to hit on him, stupid slut.
"Hello?" I answered my phone.
"Mama!" Roxy screeched happily. I smiled and laughed.
"Hi Roxy, baby. You going to bed?" I loved the sound of her sweet voice, I wanted to ask her so many questions just to hear her answer them.
"Ya, daddy's making me but I wanted to say goodnight to you first." She replied happily and then I heard a sleepy yawn. I thought I could start walking back to Edward for this conversation would be over in a few more syllables. 5 year olds can only talk so much before they fall asleep. I walked out of the bathroom and back towards the booth.
"Well mommy's got to go now sweety." I said as I got closer. "I love you baby." I said softly to my sleepy angel.
"I love you too mommy." She whispered and then hung up as I sat back down.
"Sorry about that, I had to take it." I smiled apologetically to him again. He just smiled right back at me.
"Oh no problem at all. Is everything alright?" He asked sounding concerned but there was some other hidden expression on his face that I couldn't make out.
"Oh yes, everything is fine." I didn't know what to tell him so I made up a lie. "I usually have a summer job when I'm back home. That was just the woman I work for telling me she was going on vacation this summer so her book store will be closed." I wasn't completely a lie. I did work for Mrs. Magarity's book store during the summer and she did call me to tell me she was closing for the summer, that just wasn't this call.
"Oh really?" He asked sounding interested. "What book store do you work for?"
"I work at Mrs. Magarity's place. She was good friends with my parents. I have been working there every summer since I was 16. She was always like another grandmother to me, she was practically family." That is also all true. I can make little lies work sometimes, see? I just wasn't ready to tell him about Jacob and Roxy.
Just then the waitress can back with a platter with a large, delicious looking pizza on it. She placed it on the table, scowled at me and walked away without as much as a glance at Edward. Something must have happened while I was in the bathroom. "I hope you don't mind." Edward said when he saw me eyeing the pizza. "Every time I come here I get this. I promise you it will be the best pizza you have ever eaten." He grinned at me and started to cut me a slice and then himself.
"You eat this whole thing yourself?" I asked him teasingly. I laughed and so did he.
"No, I eat a slice or two here and then bring the rest hope. Emmett usually eats it all before anyone else can have a piece though. He'll be mad that I'm bringing home less this time. Too bad for him." He chuckled and we started to eat. After a few minutes he asked what I was dreading and hopping he would never ask. "So, you went to visit a friend? Who was it, I might know this person." He asked nonchalantly yet I could tell the curiosity was killing him. Maybe I shouldn't lie for this one, it would be too hard to get out of. I just won't tell him the whole truth.
"Jacob Black. He lives in La Push. He was my best friend all my life. His dad and my dad were best friends and used to go fishing together all the time where Jacob and I would get thrown together. I never had many friends in school but Jacob was always there for me. I just wanted to see how he was doing." I said. That was a safe explanation right? I looked up to Edward just in time to see his fallen expression before he quickly composed it. I wonder what was wrong, but I didn't ask.
"Ah yes I know Jacob Black. He's the best mechanic around here. I've meet a few times when I had car trouble. Nice guy." Edward said quickly. I couldn't help but feel something was wrong with him.
"Ya Jake's always been great with cars. He has been talking about opening a garage since we were 14. He loves it almost as much as I love dancing." I said playfully. "Because of course no one can love
anything more than I love dancing. Not even you Edward Cullen. There is no way you love medicine more than I love dancing." I teased. He left his thoughts and smiled.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that Bella. There could be something that I love that is more than how much you love dancing." He said quietly. I felt my heart jump. Gulp.
A/N: I hope you liked there date. The restaurant was how I imagined the restaurant they Edward and Bella had their first 'unofficial' date at in Twilight that night she tells him she knows he's a vampire. Sorry if this chapter wasn't so good. I have writer's block and this chapter was very difficult to write. It will get better. I have some new ideas so bare with me. Until next time. Reviews are nice.
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