Lovely Readers – When I wrote the chapter mentioning Emmett's fraternity, I hadn't done any research. I know, stupid me, but I was impatient (story of my life) and in a rush and didn't take the time out, so I just made something up. His fraternity from here on out will be Phi Sigma Kappa (I also went back and changed it).

A lot of this (and the next chapter) is filler, but I wanted to show Edward's naivety(?) naiveness(?) whatever... Anyhow, I'm still really happy with the chapter, as short as it is. Don't worry though, after the next chapter, the goods will come about again!

Routine routine - I don't ownt Twilight. I do have a living room filled with toddler toys.

9. CHECKING OUT

I woke up the next day to my cell phone ringing. I was laying on my right side and my left leg was bent at the knee, taking up much more space than I needed on the king sized bed. My left arm was up over my head, covering my ear. I blinked a few times to get a good look at my surroundings, but someone with the messiest reddish brown hair I'd ever seen in my life was blocking my view. He was laying on his back with his left arm extended as far as it would go, and I was evidently laying on his hand, while his right hand was under his head. His shoulder is gonna be killing him today. The covers only covered his left leg and part of his torso.

Edward's mouth was hanging wide open and he was snoring. You know how you see couples in movies snuggle up to each other and wake up in the same position, making no sounds other than steady breathing? That's all bull shit.

My cell phone was still going off somewhere in the room and Edward's snore broke. I looked down to make sure I was still dressed, and when I realized I was, I stumbled around the room looking for my phone. My purse and its contents were scattered all over the floor by the door, and I found my phone underneath a pile of my wallet and a bunch of old receipts.

"Bella, are you okay?" Rosalie didn't even let me say hello before she started speaking.

"Yeah, I'm fine. A little better than fine actually, but we need to talk about something really important."

"Bella, you can't make me stop seeing your brother."

While the thought had crossed my mind, that wasn't what I needed to speak to her about. "No, that's not it. It's about that pledge, Tanya something or other."

"Tanya Denali?" Her tone was incredulous and I could tell this would be quite the argument.

"The very one. Look, she's the reason I got so sick the other night. Sort of. She was there with James –"

She cut me off, "I know who her date was."

"Well, she and I had a little encounter that day about breakfast, and she brought me a shot at some point. After the shot, she just kept looking at me, smirking. I'm telling you, she did it. We all know about James' little hobby, it can't be a coincidence that she used his drug of choice on me."

"Bella, have you seen a doctor?"

"No." What the hell sort of question is that?

"Then you don't know what you ingested."

"Rosalie! She drugged me!"

"You can't know that for sure."

"And you're not going to talk to her about it either, are you?"

"Of course not. Her family's got boat loads of money Bella, think about the donations that could bring us."

"You've got to be kidding me, Rose! Not only am I your sorority sister, but you're also dating my friggin brother! Not to mention, I could have you kicked out of Kappa Delta if you don't at least question her."

Rosalie groaned, "Fine, I'll talk to her. But I'm telling you, it could just be a coincidence. How do you know she didn't mention wanting to buy you a drink to James and he offered to get it and drugged them both? As you said, we all know about his little hobby."

"What ever Rose. Just check it out."

"Yeah, okay. Just don't tell anyone. I can't have it getting out that one of our own pledges may have drugged a sister."

"Uh huh, bye Rosalie." I hung up the phone.

Edward grunted a few times and started snoring again then rolled over. I noticed it was already nine thirty. Shit! I ran over to shake him awake.

"Edward. Nerdy Boy, come one, get up."

I saw a playful smile form on his lips before he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to his chest.

He nuzzled his nose into my hair. "I'm not ready to get up." His voice was thick with sleep, and if I thought before that Nerdy Boy couldn't get any sexier, I was wrong. I could've jumped him right there if I wasn't afraid I'd scare him to death.

"Oh well lover boy, it's already nine thirty, and unless we plan on paying for another night in this room, we have to get a move on."

"Shit. Alright." He laid back and stretched, causing the covers to come off of him completely and I noticed his morning wood.

"Need a little help with that, Captain?" I asked and gestured to the tent he was sporting in his boxers.

Edward blushed furiously before covering himself up. "I uh… fuck… I'm sorry… I uh, never had a reason to hide in the mornings."

"Eddie, It's no big," I shrugged before I leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "I'll even help you take care of it if you like."

"I… I… I… I…"

I'm sure he would've continued to stutter like a fool if I hadn't leaned in to kiss him. I slowly worked my hand down under his boxers and when I grasped his rock hard pole, he shivered. Knowing we were in a hurry, I didn't really take my time to prolong it for him. Maybe it was cruel of me, but at least he got off, right? And not by his own hand, for only the third time in the poor boy's life. After only about three minutes, he got off all inside his boxers.

"Shiiiiiit." He groaned with his eyes closed.

I kissed his lips and ran into the bathroom to wash my hand, brush my teeth and get ready in general. When I came out, Edward had the comforter wrapped around his waist and looked confused. This is going to be the longest relationship of my life.

"What's wrong Edward?"

"I didn't bring a change of clothes. I didn't know… uh… what was going to happen."

"So put on yesterday's clothes. Minus the boxers, of course."

"That's not gross?"

"It's called the walk of shame Nerdy Boy." He looked confused, "You go home wearing the same clothes you left in the night before, and everyone knows you got some. You should be proud to take your first walk of shame. It's like a right of passage. Besides, I'm sure you, like all guys, have put on yesterdays jeans before."

Edward glanced at his pile of dirty clothes on the floor and half shrugged. I walked to my own pile and started getting dressed, but Edward still didn't move.

"What is it now, Edward?"

"Uh… I've never gotten changed in front of a girl before."

Oh now this is too much! "It's not any different than changing in front of a guy, except I won't be laughing at the size of your peen."

"What's wrong with the size of my… uh… stuff?!"

I sighed, "Nothing Edward. In fact, it's perfect. Don't guys do stuff like that though? Laugh at each other's dicks or something? I've heard Emmett and his friends laugh at each other's dicks on numerous occasions, even in public."

"Oh…" He sounded relieved and finally started getting dressed.

Edward carried my bag out to my truck, like the shy gentleman that he was.

"So… do I uh, call you later?"

I laughed, "What do you mean 'do I call you later'? Do you mean would I like you to call me?" He nodded shyly, "Then yes, absolutely. But give me enough time to run by my brother's. Oh, and I've got to take a nap later. I didn't get much sleep last night, you wouldn't believe how loud you snore." I shook my head.

"Sorry."

"Don't worry about it. Hey! I've got some homework I need to finish up, do you think you could come over later and help me with it? You are my tutor after all." I winked at him.

"You mean to the Kappa Delta house?" He sounded concerned.

"Well yeah, that's where I live."

"O-okay… uh… sure. I guess… just call me when you're ready or something."

"Edward, is there a problem with where I live?" I made sure my voice let on that I was genuinely worried for him, and not being an uber bitch.

"No I uh… I've never been in a sorority house before. And yours is supposed to be the best sorority at the school or something… it…" he let out a big gust of air, "it makes me kinda nervous."

Oh sweet Jesus! "Nerdy Boy, you've got nothing to worry about. No one will mess with you, especially since you'll be there to see me."

"Okay. So I'll see you later then."

"Yep." I climbed into the drivers seat of my truck and Edward was still holding my door open. I leaned over to grab the door handle.

"Bella…"

"Yes?"

"Can I… kiss you?" He whispered the last two words and I smiled.

"You can kiss me any time you want Eddie Baby."

Edward leaned in to kiss me and at first it was sweet and slow, but after a few seconds of contact, his lips became urgent and forceful. I turned myself so that I could pull his upper body further into the truck cab and deepened our kiss with my tongue. He tasted like toothpaste and a little bit like the bacon he'd had with breakast, and that combined with his smell of ocean and sandalwood nearly had me hypnotized. I slammed my head back into the sea and groaned when he let go of me.

"So I guess I'm good at something at least."

"You're good at more than you give yourself credit for. Trust me, last night was damn good."

I leaned over to kiss him again before closing my door and driving to the Phi Sigma Kappa house. There was a giant ass ape I needed to have a long conversation with there.

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