A/N: Sorry guys!! I didn't realize how long it was since I last updated this story. Well, how did you guys like Breaking Dawn? I thought it was good at first, but then I started to read what other people thought and I got to thinking. It wasn't as great as it was made up to be. But I won't say more for those who haven't read it still. So on with the chapter!

August 11, 2008 (Wow summers going fast!)

I don't own anything.


Tic. Tak. Tic. Tak.

I rolled over in my bed. Who was throwing rocks at my window? It's three in the morning. That should be against the law. I groaned as I sat up in my bed. I could barely see anything in my room it was so dark. I really didn't want to risk falling over anything.

Tic. Tic.

Fine, fine I'll get up, I thought to myself as I pulled myself off my bed and over to the window, tripping in the process. I opened it up and peered outside. Edward was standing in my lawn with rocks in his hand getting ready to throw the next one. "What are you doing?" I asked in a loud whisper.

He smiled at me. "Trying to get your attention. You know you are a very hard person to wake up," he teased.

I turned my head hoping he wouldn't see me blush. "Well, why are you trying to get my attention at three in the morning on a weekday. You know normal people are trying to sleep."

I heard him chuckle. "Yes, well, I'm not normal. I couldn't sleep. So, I wanted to know if you wanted to go for a walk, or something."

I raised an eyebrow. "You want to go for a walk at three in the morning?"

He shrugged. "Why not? Come on, it won't be that bad."

I sighed. "I'll be right down." I went to my closet and got out a pair of shoes. Great I could barely walk without tripping in the light. I'm going to need a body cast after this.

When I got outside, Edward was standing there waiting for me with a smile on his face. I smiled back at him as he took my hand in his. We started walking around the streets, not talking. I never realized how peaceful it was a night. I never thought I would enjoy being in the dark like this.

"What are you thinking?" Edward asked whispered to me as we turned a corner on another street.

I looked at him. He was staring down at me with a smile on his face that made me catch my breath. The smiled looked like he adored every minute with me, and his eyes were warm and caring. "I'm just thinking about how peaceful it is right now. I never thought I would enjoy walking in the dark this much."

He chuckled and pulled me closer to him so he could put his arm around my waist. "See it's not so bad out here. Are you happy?"

"Yes, I am. More than anyone in the world right now. I don't think anyone could be as happy as I am," I said putting my head on his shoulder briefly.

"I can think of one person," he said kissing the top of my head.

I smiled as we continued to walk. When we got back to my house, he pulled me down to the ground with him and put my head on his lap as he looked up into the night sky. I looked up with him, but at some point I fell asleep.

"Bella, love, wake up," a soft voice said in my ear, softly shaking me awake.

I opened my eyes to the darkness of the outside. Once I realized where I was I shot up and looked around. Edward was still sitting on the ground looking at me. "What happen last night? What time is it?"

"Well," Edward said pushing a piece of hair out of my eyes, "we took a walk and when we got back here we sat down and were looking up at the stars. Then I guess we fell asleep, and then here we are. The time is 5:45."

I groaned and stood up. Edward, quick to his feet, helped me up. "I guess I'll see you in a few hours," I said sleepily.

He chuckled and kissed me softly on the lips. "I'll pick you up for school."

I smiled and nodded. Then I walked into the house and up to my room. As soon as I hit my pillow, I was out again. When I woke up this time, it was light. I could feel the heat of the sun. It felt really good compared to the coldness of the rain.

Knock. Knock.

I walked up to the door to see a smiling Edward standing there. I smiled back at him as he bent down to kiss me on the lips. Unfortunately he pulled away too quickly for me. He laughed when he saw my disappointed face. Then he grabbed my bag out of my hand and put his arm around my waist as we walked to his Volvo.

He opened the door for me and then walked over to his side. "So," he said once he turned on the car and started driving to school, "I was wondering if you were doing anything tonight."

I turned my attention from the window to him. "Well, I was thinking about watching the baseball game with Charlie tonight, and then I was going to go for a run. Why?"

He rolled his eyes at my sarcasm. "I wanted to know if you wanted to go out tonight. You know, for our first date."

I blushed. "Yea, I would love to."

At school everyone eyed us as we walked to Alice's car. What happened? I mean we weren't even holding hands or touching for that matter! We didn't want many people to know yet, but they probably did because of Chris yelling at me.

"Why hello, love birds," Emmett sung in a whisper as we walked up to them.

Edward rolled his eyes at him. "Will you shut up?"

"That's impossible," Rosalie said.

"Quite, especially when I can do this all the time and still see Bella blush," Emmett said laughing.

"Emmett, stop. No one really knows about us yet," Edward said.

"Well, unless you count all the people who heard Chris yelling at Bella yesterday about you two," Jasper said leaning against Alice's car.

Edward whipped around and looked at me, who was looking at the ground. "He yelled at you yesterday? When?"

I sighed and glared at Jasper, who gave me an apologetic look. "After school yesterday…"

"I'll kill him if he does it again."

"Edward, let me talk!" I said raising my voice. "He wanted to know what happened between us because Jessica told him about us sneaking around. But before you get all defensive, you should know he came over later and apologized. He was really nice about it."

Edward took a deep breath. "Okay, fine I won't do anything. He still had no right to yell at you in front of everyone."

"He sort did. I mean I was the one who hurt him, and I probably should have told him so he wouldn't have been taken by surprise."

"Maybe you're right. Just tell me next time he does something like that."

"I promise I will."

The rest of the morning was very strange. Everyone was giving me a dirty look. I mean they were earlier because I broke up with Chris, but the way they were looking at me now made me feel like I did something wrong, or was doing something wrong. Also no one was talking to me besides the Cullens. Even Angela and Ben weren't talking to me.

At lunch I didn't chance anything so I went to the Cullens table and sat with them. "Bella," Alice said when I sat down, "are you okay? You seem uneasy about something. What's happening?"

"No one is looking at me. No one is talking to me," I whispered to her. "It like they all just decided to hate me suddenly. Do you know what's wrong with all of them, or with me?"

Alice sighed. She knew. "It's not what's wrong with you really. It's more like what's wrong with them. They just hate the fact that you are with Edward. I bet a lot of them are mad because they couldn't get Edward if they tried. No Angela and Ben are just taking sides right now. They are sure if they should believe what Chris and Jessica told them or not."

"Wait, what did Chris and Jessica tell them?"

"Well, they told them about you and Edward. They told them that you were sneaking around with him whenever you were going out with Chris. Now I know that part is true, but they also said some other things I know aren't true."

"Like what?" I asked horrified.

"Well…"

"Bella, what's wrong?" Edward asked sitting down next to me.

"Hold on. Alice, go on," I said not turning my attention away from her.

"Jessica said that you guys were doing more then you were," Alice said being very vague. Probably so Edward wouldn't freak out.

I could tell he already got what she was saying. "Jessica was saying this? What gives her the right to say what happened between Bella and me? She doesn't even know what happened with us," he said in an angry whisper.

I put my hand on his arm hoping that would calm him down. He did relax, a little. "I should have known this would happen. Jessica told me this was going to happen. I just thought she was bluffing," I said softly.

"Don't worry; most people aren't really believing her, but some people believe what Chris is saying," Alice said looking down at her food.

"What is Chris saying?" I asked.

Alice glanced up at Edward and then looked at me and shrugged. I looked at Edward and then at Alice who were both looking down at their food now. "Guys, tell me what's going on."

"Nothing love. Don't worry about it. It will all blow over before you know it," Edward said kissing the top of my head.

I rolled my eyes at them both knowing that would never happen. I just let it go, however, because I knew nothing big would happen. At least I hoped…

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I sighed looking at my closet. I had absolutely nothing to wear for my date tonight. What the heck? This one of the only moments in my life where I really could have used Alice's fashion sense. She would have saved me.

I rolled my eyes at myself and pulled out my jeans that had paint on them from the time I had to paint the bathroom. That was a nightmare. Then I looked at the shirts I had laying out. Most of them held some memories I really didn't want to remember tonight. Most of them included ones I had with Chris.

For example, my black baby t-shirt. I wore our second date when he took me to a drive-in movie with Angela and Ben and Jessica and Mike (back when they dated). I laughed so much that night, and not at the movie. But now it was just a sad memory I didn't need right now.

What I'm wearing now will go into the memories I will have with Edward. Meaning I would have to put all the other stuff into a box labeled CHRIS. Half of his memories are already away. I just didn't get a chance for the rest. Ugh I'm so screwed up right now.

I then closed my eyes and picked up a dark blue blouse. That works, I thought. I put it on and combed my hair, and then went downstairs. Charlie was sitting there watching a baseball game. I almost started to laugh.

"Hey dad, what's up?" I asked sitting down.

"Well Boston's losing," he said with a grunt. Then he looked over to me and did a double take. "Bella, why are dressed like that?"

"Because I'm going out tonight," I said as vaguely as possible. Please don't ask with who…

"With who?"

I groaned internally. "With a friend dad. Don't worry I'll be home by ten."

The door bell rang then and I saw Charlie thinking about getting up. I rushed to get my coat and then I went straight out the door and closed it right behind me. "Why are you in such a rush?" Edward asked me confused.

I looked up at him nervously. "I haven't told my dad about us yet and I just don't want to overwhelm him with this. I mean he was just such a big fan of Chris I don't want him to get mad at you and me all in one. So I was just not going to tell him for awhile."

He rolled his eyes and grabbed my hand and pulled me back into my house. "Edward what are you doing?" I whispered at him.

"We are going to tell him we are dating. You have to tell him, love," he whispered back.

I groaned as he ushered me into the living room. "Hey dad."

"Bella, I thought you were going out with…" he stopped short when he saw Edward standing behind me. "What are you doing here?"

"Dad, this is Edward Cullen. Edward this is my dad Charlie Swan," I said awkwardly.

"Nice to meet you Officer Swan," Edward said confidently.

He grunted a reply. "Dad, I was going out with Edward tonight."

"Like as a date?"

I didn't know what to say. I wanted to say no, but that was a lie and Edward would get mad at me, and just tell him anyways. But I just couldn't bring myself to say yes.

"Yes, we were going out on a date," Edward said saving me.

Charlie looked from me to Edward to Edward's hands on my waist. Well, this was going good. "Bella kitchen."

Great. I looked at Edward and then went to the kitchen where Charlie already was. "What's the matter dad?"

"Why are you going out with that Cullen boy? Didn't he get in the way of your relationship with Chris? Why would you want to go out with him?" Charlie asked in an angry whisper.

"I'm going out with him because I like him a lot, dad. He was really sweet to me the whole entire time I've known him. And no dad he didn't come in between me and Chris." Lie, I thought. "I made the decision to break up with him by myself."

He shrugged. "Okay, well he seems like a gentleman. I'll let you go. Be home by 9:30."

"Dad."

"Fine 10, but no later."

"Okay, bye," I said going back into the living room to get Edward.

We pulled up to beach one in La Push. He stopped and went around to let me out of the car, I blushed when he did. Then he went to the trunk and got out a picnic basket and a blanket for us to sit on. Once he found the perfect spot he put everything down.

"Wow, Edward, this is really nice," I said when he pulled me down onto his lap.

"I thought we needed the perfect first date, and I thought of this place," he said softly in my ear.

I snuggled up against him, due to the breeze. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," he said.

After we finished eating everything that was in there (mac and cheese, water, and pie), we laid down next to each other and talked about everything. Then suddenly we fell into a comfortable silence watching the stars.

Suddenly I felt Edward's arm go around my waist and pull me up on top of him. "What are you doing?" I asked breathless.

"This," he said pressing his lips to mine.

I locked my arms around his neck as we kissed. I felt his hands go down my side and to my knees. Then he flips up, supporting himself on his hands, so I wouldn't get all of his body weight on me. When we parted, breathlessly, he groaned and flipped onto his side.

"What's wrong?" I asked trying to remember how to breathe.

"I shouldn't have gone that far," he said. Of course he could breathe just fine.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't want to give you the wrong impression. I don't want us to take this too fast, Bella. I'm all in on this. I don't want anything wrong to happen. I want to make sure everything works out between us," he said. Then he took a deep breath. "I don't think I could lose you like I did."

I turned to my side and lifted my head up on my wrist. "Edward, I don't want to mess this up either, but you shouldn't apologize for it. It was perfect."

"But it went too fast. Just sometimes around you I just can't control myself. I know I took more risks when we weren't together, but I was hoping that would make you break up with Chris," he said bitterly. "Now that we are together, I don't want anything to come between us."

"I don't think anything will. We have this connection that I never had with Chris. I felt that the first time we kissed back in September. I don't think anything can come between us."

"I won't let anything," he said putting his arms around my waist again and pulling me closer to him. "I love you too much."

"I feel the same way," I whispered back.


A/N: I hope you guys liked it! I will try not to go a month without updating again, but school is starting in like two and a half weeks :( ugh not looking forward to it. Oh and that's not all that is to come from Chris and Jessica, by the way... Well review please! Brighten up my day.