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Here's Bella's Starbucks date and other stuff!
DISCLAIMER: ALL TWILIGHT CHARACTERS BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.
"Hey, beautiful," Edward flirted as I walked into the Starbucks.
"Hey, sexy," I said, and then covered my mouth. What did I just say?!
Edward's eyes widened and then he just laughed. I was probably blushing bright red.
"You must have missed me a lot," he said, raising an eyebrow.
I giggled self-consciously and mentally kicked myself. Just because he liked me didn't mean I could flirt excessively. Well, it did…but…whatever!
I sat down and put my head in my hands. Edward lifted my chin with his fingers.
"Don't be embarrassed," he said softly, his green eyes smoldering into mine.
God! Why did he have to look at me like that?!
"Umm," I mumbled stupidly. "Argh!" I exclaimed out of frustration.
"What?" Edward laughed.
"Stop dazzling me! I can't think," I spewed.
"Dazzling? You're dazzled by me?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said, blushing. Surely he noticed the affect he had on women, right? "You don't know that?"
"No," he admitted, shrugging his shoulders. Could he be anymore perfect?
"Tell me something," he said, reaching across the table and swallowing me into his green eyes. His face was inches away from mine. "Does this dazzle you?" he asked,
his breath warm on my face. He kissed me gently. His lips were warm and soft. He pulled away with a crooked grin on his face.
Turn on Bella-cool mode. "Nope," I said casually, crossing my arms and leaning back comfortably in my seat.
Edward's face was something to see. His green eyes suddenly lost their light and his crooked grin faded to a forced smile. I gasped and laughed.
"I was just kidding! Jeez, Edward! You've got to know that you will always dazzle me no matter what." And I spoke the truth. The first time I saw him he dazzled me. He dazzled me when he came to apologize to me, he dazzled me on our first date, and he was still dazzling me as I thought about it all. His green eyes were full of love.
How I'd ever thought about him hurting me I'll never know. I shouldn't have even given it a thought. He was Alice's cousin and Alice loved him a lot. The moment his lips had been on mine, I'd known that he wouldn't leave me. I'd accepted his care and acceptance even when I was still full of the pain Jacob caused me. He was someone special, someone I wanted to keep around.
"Edward?" I asked after he'd hugged me, having an emotional moment. "Now that I'm your…girlfriend," I blushed, "you can tell me anything. The first time I met you I wondered what was going through your head. I wondered if something was wrong. Will you tell me about your life?"
He smiled and nodded. "Yes, but not here. Want to go to your place? I still need to find an apartment," he admitted sheepishly.
I kissed him on the cheek. Something about Edward made me feel bold and confident. "As long as I'm the first person that sets foot in your new apartment after you."
He grinned and escorted me to his Volvo. We got in and drove to my apartment in a comfortable silence. Then, I remembered that Alice had slept over the night before and usually when she sleeps over, she makes it a two-day.
"Crap!" I shouted, nearly making Edward swerve with surprise into the lane next to us. A horn blared.
"I forgot that Alice slept over the night before and she and Rose must be doing stuff right now," I explained.
"Oh."
"I think we can still go…if we stay in my room and whisper very quietly."
"Or we could just kick the fairy out."
I laughed. "That would be a challenge, since Rose is very capable of beating us up if we do anything she doesn't like. She's been giving my dates the "hurt her and I'll kill you" line like an older brother since the beginning of time," I laughed. He laughed with me.
We got to my complex and practically ran to the elevator and to the apartment to see if they were still there.
"Knock, knock," I sighed.
Rose opened the door, dressed in a robe and a shower cap. She looked up at Edward and gasped.
"What the hell?! Bella! You should have called! This is so embarrassing! UGH!"
She continued to cuss under her breath as she grabbed Alice, who was listening to her ipod, dragged her into her room, and slammed the door. We had cautiously walked into the room behind her and now we stood in the quiet.
"I guess this means that we can talk in my room," I said.
We walked into my room and I was immediately embarrassed of what he would think. My full-sized bed was against the wall to our left. My dresser was against the opposite wall with Alice's perfumes, lotions, and jewelry scattered everywhere on top. My closet was open, showing my unimpressive wardrobe. My walls were covered with the scrapbook of mine, Alice's, and Rosalie's friendship as well as a huge poster of Michael Jackson on the far wall.
"Interesting," Edward said, and the way he said it made me blush.
"You said you'd tell me about your life. What's up?"
"You go first," he said uncertainly. Fine. I was probably the one with the problem anyway.
"Okay," I breathed, "do you remember the night we met at Jasper's?"
He grinned. "Of course. It was the best night of my life."
How could I keep talking if he was going to be this sweet? "Well, do you remember when you said, 'bye…Bells' I stiffened up?"
"Let me guess, you don't like the nickname?"
"It's so much more than that." I stopped talking. He waited patiently. A tear leaked out of my eye.
"Bella!" He exclaimed. "Bella, are you okay? Why are you crying? Shh, it's going to be okay, it's all right," he soothed me as I started the waterworks. Jeez. I had to stop doing this. One minute I was ready to forget Jacob and the next, I was crying about him in my boyfriend's arms. Boyfriend. I liked that.
"I know, it's fine, Edward, just listen," I said, smiling through the few tears that were still left. "This is my normal reaction to when I have to talk about him."
"Who's him? I don't understand," he said, pouting impatiently. I traced his bottom lip and he looked at me questioningly.
"Jacob Black. He used to call me that all the time. I still like it. I dated him in high school and thought he was my soulmate, but he broke my heart by breaking up with me just because I didn't want to sleep with him," I cringed as I said it. Edward's hands turned into fists and his knuckles were white.
"Why would anyone do that to you?" he choked out.
I loved seeing him so protective. (Believe me, it was beyond attractive)…but I didn't want him to get all his anger out on someone that didn't matter anymore. I stroked his cheek and his face actually smoothed out. I laughed.
"You don't have to get angry over him. He's gone from my life," I assured him. He smiled and was happy again. I kissed him and asked him to go next. He laughed.
"We have similar stories. Kate. I thought she was my soulmate too, until she left me for a guy named Garrett."
"Does it still hurt?" I asked.
"Not as much as it did before," he smiled.
I smiled too. "Same. What were you thinking about at Jasper's? Why were you so…disconnected?"
He paused, looking up at me with his emerald green eyes. I had to hold back a weird, girly sigh. "To be honest, I was thinking about how great you looked and how much I wanted to take you out. Kate's face kept popping into my head, and that still didn't stop me from thinking about that. What about you? Why were you being so mean?" he said, trying to sound offended.
I slapped him playfully on the arm. "Alice has been setting me up with many guys since the Jacob incident. I hated it, even if she was just trying to help me. I got angry seeing you there. I thought a guy like you would probably just date me to make Alice happy and then dump me later."
"What do you mean a guy like me?" he asked, really offended this time.
I stroked his face. "A guy as good-looking as you shouldn't be dating a plain girl like me," I said quietly.
His face was full of astonishment and then anger. "You are not plain," he scolded, his eyes burning into mine. "You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."
I nodded, too frightened for words. His expression smoothed out and he laughed, taking me in for a hug.
"Can I call you that nickname now? Or is it too soon?" he asked thoughtfully.
I squeezed him, still in embrace. "You can."
He pulled back and kissed me on the forehead.
"What do you want to do now?" I asked.
"Want to watch a movie?"
"Sure."
Against my will, Edward forced me to watch I Am Legend and I shrieked and hid in Edward's arms through the whole thing as he laughed at me. We spent the whole day together, and Edward actually carried me to my bed while I was pretending to be asleep. He tucked me in and whispered, "Good night…Bells."
I smiled as he left and bragged to myself about my perfect boyfriend.
Rosalie POV
Bella is an idiot. My sister's the most stupid person that has ever walked the earth. She knew Alice was sleeping over! Why did she bring her boyfriend home when she knew?!
I answered the door wearing just a robe and shower cap and to my horror, Edward was standing right there. Sick. Disgusting. Embarrassing!
I would have screamed, but instead I swore. I swore and dragged Alice into my room. I hoped they'd get over with their stuff fast.
I growled as I sank down on the bed. Alice giggled.
"What's so funny?" I snapped.
"Nothing, just your mood."
"Shut up."
We stayed in my room and did all our sleepover stuff until we heard Bella screaming and Edward laughing as they watched a movie. I listened for a minute. Yup, it was I Am Legend. We walked out of the room to see Bella snuggled in Edward's arms as he rubbed circles on her back.
"Alice!" I hissed. "Going back into room!"
She peeked and shook her head. "Who would have thought our Bella would be on a date tonight and we wouldn't? We have to get out."
"I have Emmett, but who do you have?" I asked, and a light bulb went off in my head, but I didn't want to do that without Bella.
"How about we just go over to Nicole's house tonight and we'll think about going out when you actually have a boyfriend."
She started to protest, but fell quiet. What could have she said? She rolled her eyes and we quietly got our stuff and went out. I doubt they noticed us leave during their love fest.
Bella POV
I was in the living room, picking up my half-graded essays and heading to the university, when Rose called me into her room.
"What is it?" I asked, annoyed. "I have to go."
She smiled. "Hope you and Edward had a good time snuggling last night," she said. I blushed.
"We did, thank you. And I told him about Jacob."
"Really? And he was supportive? Awww, I'm so proud!"
"I know," I laughed.
"Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that we need to get Alice and Jasper together. Fast. Otherwise, pixie's going to be the only one of us without a boyfriend and she's going to start annoying the crap out of us."
"Too late," I mumbled.
Rose laughed. "It could be a lot worse!"
"Okay," I said. "Jasper and Ali will look cute together, anyway."
Rose smiled and clasped her hands together. "Project Get-Jasper-And-Alice-Together has officially begun."
AN: Haha, I used my friend's name:) ur welcome, friend!
In this chapter, Bella and Edward told each other what they had thought and talked about their past. Rosalie is now planning on getting Alice and Jasper together and will be asking Emmett and Edward to help out as well now that she's asked Bella. Even I can't wait until the next chapter! Lol :) Jacob's probably going to reappear sometime later, too. Dun, dun, dun!
