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So this chapter is specifically dedicated to Azalea, for not only being a fantastic beta, but for the new friendship that has grown because of her being my beta, thank you so much for all your hard work!

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The next morning I woke to the smell of coffee. I put on my pajama bottoms and walked into the kitchen to find Bella standing over the stove. She hadn't heard me enter the room and when I pulled the chair from under the table she jumped and a squeal escaped her lips.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you." I said as I walked closer to her instead of sitting.

"It's fine. I just didn't hear you come in." A faint pink filled her cheeks. "I hope you don't mind." She pointed to the stove where a skillet held eggs, a pot had gravy, waffles were being cooked in the waffle iron while biscuits were in the oven. "I was going to make bacon too, I just needed to finish the eggs."

"Thank you very much." I told her as I kissed her forehead gently. "You really didn't have to cook." I told her, narrowing my eyes playfully.

"I know. But you offered me somewhere to stay and you carried me to bed last night, it was the very least I could do."

After only ten more minutes, we were both sitting in the dinning room with our plates of delicious food.

"I didn't know you were this good of a cook." I said after I swallowed my mouthful of eggs and gravy.

"I had to learn when I lived with my father. He was just as bad as my mother in the kitchen." She giggled and a smile spread across my face.

"So your father, he still lives in Forks?" I asked her.

"He does. My mother still lives in Florida too, still with her husband." She had told me about her childhood and her parents divorcing, but she didn't say much about anything recent.

I took a sip of my coffee and smiled at her. Just being near her made my mood lift ten fold. I wasn't sure how I was going to handle her going back home, I didn't want her to. I wanted her to never leave me again.

"What are you concentrating on?" Bella's question stopped my thoughts. I decided to be honest...somewhat.

"You." I smiled and she blushed while taking another bite of her food.

"I've never seen anyone do that before." Bella said as she pointed to my eggs with gravy poured on top.

"I'm not surprised." I chuckled. "My mother got me addicted. When I was a child, I saw her do it to her eggs and told her she was disgusting." I smiled at the memory. "She stuck her fork out to me to offer the bite she was about to take. I frowned and opened my mouth letting her feed me the bite. I stood and got the gravy and poured it over my own eggs while my mother smirked at me. Since then, any time I have scrambled eggs and gravy is near by, I pour it on top." I smiled and scooped up a small bite offering it to her. She scrunched her nose but opened her mouth allowing me to feed her. Once she chewed it up she smiled. Her hand reached for the gravy bowl and poured the gravy over her own eggs causing me to laugh. "Better than you thought?" I asked with a cocky tone in my voice causing her to blush.

"Yes." She answered simply as she took a bite of her gravy topped eggs.

After breakfast, I allowed her to take a shower first. I wanted her to be able to use all the hot water she wanted.

Her shower didn't last but ten minutes. I shut off the t.v. and entered my room once she was out of the guest shower and entered my own. My shower lasted the same amount of time and I was quickly dressed and ready for work. Today we were going to work on Victoria's case which would take up our whole day as we would have to get as much evidence and information as possible.

"Are you ready?" I asked her as I entered the living room again. She beamed at me and nodded. We walked hand in hand to my car. I opened her door for her and then walked around to my side, I started the engine and we were heading quickly to the office. Upon our arrival, James was standing outside smirking as he watched me help Bella out of my car.

"So Jenks didn't fire you yet huh?" James asked angrily. Bella and I ignored him, walked right by and entered the building. I faintly heard James growl and I smiled to myself.

"Edward, Bella! Victoria is coming by today, I set a meeting for her with you two. She will be by around two this afternoon." Jay, our boss, told us.

"Thank you, sir." I told him as Bella and I came to a halt in front of him. He eyed us both and his gaze fell to our hands that were linked together. A smile spread across his face and he nodded.

"You two have a nice day." Jay told us as he walked passed us. Bella smiled as she entered her office and I to mine. She had to get a few of her things together before we could even start planning.

"Sir?" Lauren entered my office."Is there anything you need?" I couldn't fail but to notice her trying to be seductive.

"No." I answered shortly but still tried to be polite. But since you don't seem to have enough work..." I picked up a huge stack of papers and walked to her, I placed them in her arms, they reached to her collarbone. "You could file these." I finished my sentence. I saw a hint of frustration in her eyes but it disappeared and she smiled.

"Anything for you Edward." She stated and walked out the room. I shivered and stuck my tongue out in a disgusted face. I snapped my tongue back in my mouth when I heard that familiar giggle right by my door.

"What was the face for?" Bella asked as she walked to my desk, she placed a few papers, pictures, and folders down on my desk.

"Nothing." I said as I pulled a chair out for her. I didn't want her to know that Lauren was hitting on me...again. It's only gotten worse since Bella and I were called out by James. Jessica has gotten worse too.

"Was it Jessica or Lauren this time?" Bella asked, she could see right through me.

"Lauren." I answered as I shivered again causing her to laugh.

"I'm glad to see that you are so repulsed by the idea." Bella told me as she laughed again. I pulled her into my arms.

"You have no idea." I kissed her lips softly then gently pushed the tops of her shoulders so she would sit in the chair. I wasn't one to be intimate in public. Small kisses and holding each other was as far as it got. Especially at work. So many things could be stirred up around here, she and I both agreed that our personal life should be left out of work.

Bella and I started to plan a strategy to win the case for Victoria while we looked through old letters James had written to her, pictures of injuries, papers, and all sorts of other things. It wasn't long until lunch flew by and Victoria was sitting in front of us.

"So, why is it you wanted to set up an appointment today?" I asked her as she looked down at her hands nervously.

"I just wanted to check on the progress of the case. I want to do this as soon as possible, before I lose my nerve." She admitted.

"We will work as quickly as we can. I assure you. This case should only take about two more weeks and then we should be in court." Bella told her comfortingly. "During these few weeks, feel free to contact me any time at all. Even if you just need to vent. Anything and everything you can give me can help in this case." Victorias head dropped again.

"Are you sure we can win this?" She asked as she met Bella's eyes. The two girls took comfort in each other, that was easy to tell.

"I am positive." Bella said confidently.

"We will do everything that is humanly possible to win this case." I assured her.

After we talked to her a few more minutes, we found some interesting things that really would help against James. They had a friend, Laurent, who wanted to help Victoria. He had never been abused, obviously, but he had witnessed many beatings that he tried, unsuccessfully, to end for Victoria. She told us they traveled together for a while and that he only stuck around to try and protect her, but James was difficult to calm down and when he was angry, he was almost impossible to control. Although I was sure after what he did to Bella that I would have been more than capable to do more than keep him from touching her.

Victoria left our office an hour later and Bella and I vowed that no matter what, we had to win this case.

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There you have it. By the way, the eggs and gravy thing, true story. That happened to me as a kid :) You really should try it, it's delicious. White gravy though, not brown gravy. Anyway, you all know what I love, REVIEWS :) They are like Edward Cullen kisses, everyone wants more than one :)

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