We finally arrived at the city and he parked the car. As I got out I almost had a heart attack.

Mike Newton, his mother and my mother were there, coming this way!!

I was so dead!

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"Crap! Edward, I'm not supposed to be here!"

"Why? What's wrong?" he asked, concern written on all his features.

"Mike, his mother and my mother are all here!" I said as I pulled Edward towards me, burying my face in his chest. Surprisingly, it felt... nice and soo... right...

Edward stole a glance towards them and Karen spotted him.

"Mr Cullen! Do you have a minute?!" she called, hurrying over to us.

Edward shook his head, but Karen didn't care.

"Mr Cullen, I- Oh my! What is going on?!" she said, as she spotted me with my head in his chest.

"Bella! What are you doing with him?" asked Renee.

"Um... something?"

"Isabella! You're getting married! This means that you shouldn't be with boys who aren't your fiancée! And you're supposed to still be at school! Why are you out here?! We're going home and you have a lot of explaining to do," said Renee.

"Um, I guess I'll be going then. See you Edward."

Renee walked me to the Nissan. She got in and started driving.

"Bella, Bella, Bella," Renee sighed. "Who was he?"

"His name was Edward Cullen and he's a friend from school."

"Where were you going?"

"He was taking me to grab a bite to eat and watch a movie."

"You're grounded and you can never see him again. We're going to have to home-school you."

"Wait! What?! That's not fair! I go out one time and I'm grounded and home-schooled! You didn't even scream at Alice for taking your credit card for her shopping spree! That's so unfair!" She couldn't do this to me! She can't... but I... I want to... I... I... Ugh! First my idiotic parents force me to marry an asshole and then they ground me for hanging out with Edward!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh!!!!!!

"You- You can't do this to me! I didn't do anything wrong!!"

"You didn't do anything wrong? Sure! And I'm actually a guy!"

"OMG Mum! You had a sex change! Good for you! Girls are better than boys! And less smelly."

"Isabella! You know very well that I'm a lady! And you're lucky that your father hasn't gotten to you yet. You're in so much trouble young lady!"

"Again, I didn't do anything wrong! If hanging out with a guy in wrong in your books, then I shouldn't be forced to marry Newton!"

Why?! Why do my parents hate me?! Aren't your parents supposed to love you and be happy with what you chose to do with your life? Even if you want to become a bum, they might not like it, but wouldn't they support you? If they really loved you?! If I wanted to become a bum, they'd probably tie me to the fanciest chair in existence and then marry me to the most arrogant, rich jerk they can find.

"Bella, Mike Newton is not just any boy, but he's your fiancé!" I think I just threw up in my mouth, hearing those words aloud.

"So, just because I am getting married to a guy I DON"T EVEN LIKE, I have to stop hanging around with boys. Does that mean Emmett can't see me again? Or I can't see Dad ever again? Or Alice's boyfriend? Or I can't thank the postman for the mail? Or see or talk to any guy in the world? What is wrong with you?!"

"Bella! Do not talk to me like that!"

"Do you know what, mum? I hate you!" I screamed, and with that I opened the car door and jumped out. The car was stuck in traffic, so it's not like I jumped out of a moving car and injured myself. I started running as fast as I can, but really where would I go? There was nowhere to go. Unless...

I picked up my phone and dialled the number.

"Hey Alice, what's Jasper's number?"

"Bella? Is that you? Where are you? Renee's called the police and..."

I cut her off. "Alice what's his number?"

"Fine." She gave me the number and I hung up.

I dialled Jasper's number and hoped he would pick up.

"Hello?" he said.

"Jasper, thank God! It's Bella. Is Edward there?"

"No. He's at the Newton's, I think."

"Oh. Um, then would you mind picking me up? Please?"

"I don't know Bella. I-"

"I'm sure Alice would really appreciate it."

"Where are you Bella?"

"I'm near the shopping centre."

"Okay, stay there. I'm coming."

"Thank you! Bye!"

I hung up. Alice chose well. I just hope he would come in time. If Alice was right, and Renee really had called the cops... I guess it was only a matter of time.

I waited for about 5 minutes, anxiousness building inside me every second I had to wait, until Jasper came around in a blue Honda Jazz. I opened the door and got in.

"Thank you so much! Can you take me to your place? I need to see Edward."

"Um, yeah, I guess so."

The car ride was silent and I guess that was good. I contemplated how long it would take for them to get posters up and a search party ready. Charlie could probably get a warrant to search everyone's houses in a matter of minutes.

The car pulled over in a nice clean driveway in front of a white two-storey house. To my delight, Edward's silver Volvo was also in the driveway.

Jasper opened the door for me. Rosalie was in the first room watching a movie and greeted me. Jasper told me where Edward's room was and I followed his directions. On the second floor, on the first door to the left was Edward's room. I stood in front of the door and knocked.

"Come in," he said, in a bored tone.

"Hey," I said, walking into the room. There was a queen sized bed in the middle of the room, a stereo system and TV on one side and a small bookshelf on the other, containing books and music.

He stood up quickly and visibly brightened at the sound of my voice. "Hey Bella. What are you doing here?"

"Renee was being a real bitch and I couldn't take it any more so I ran away. I came to the only place I thought I would be able to go to. I got Jasper to drive me. You don't mind me being here do you?"

"No, not at all. What Renee do to you?"

"She grounded me, said I couldn't see you again and said that I was going to be home-schooled. Did you get in any trouble?"

"Yeah a bit. Karen called my mother, who proceeded to yell at me. Mike got all possessive and threatened to go to some other hotel, which got Esme even madder. It was all fun!"

"I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for?"

"Well if I hadn't touched you, you wouldn't have gotten into any trouble."

"Bella, please, don't blame yourself."

"Edward, do you mind if I stay the night? It's just I don't have anywhere else to go and I'm certainly not going back home willingly."

"It's fine. I'll see if I can get Rose to lend you something. C'mon."

He walked out the door and I followed him. We walked to a door painted light pink, with a rose stuck in the middle. He knocked.

"What do you want?" called Rosalie from the other side.

"Can Bella borrow something? She's staying over for the night."

Rosalie opened the door. She pulled me in gently and shut the door in Edward's face. I laughed quietly.

"Okay, let's see now," she said, taking a glance at me, then back to her huge wardrobe. "Um, wait! I have just the thing!" She rummaged in her closet pulling out some clothes in attempt to find what she was looking for. She found it and handed it to me. It was a loose, light blue top. She also handed me a pair of white short shorts. She pointed to the en suite.

I walked over to it and got changed. I have to admit; it looked quite nice and felt comfortable. When I walked out she was still looking for something. "Thanks Rose. What are you looking for now?"

"Well, you're going to need something for the morning. Ah, I have just the thing." She handed me a blue top with an empire waist (A/n: link on profile) and a pair of black velour short shorts.

"Thank you so much Rose. I owe you." I hugged her and opened the door only to find Edward still standing there.

"Hey. So... wait, where am I going to sleep?" I said, on the way to his room.

"On my bed, of course."

"Yeah, but where are you going to sleep?"

"On the couch."

"I don't think so. I'm the uninvited guest. You should take the bed."

"Bella, I am not sleeping on the bed!"

"Well, I'm not sleeping on the bed either."

"Okay, okay. What about if we both sleep on the bed?"

"Good idea. This way it's fair. I think."

I looked at the clock in his room. It was only 5:00.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" Edward asked.

"Yeah sure. What do you have?"

"Everything." He smiled his crooked smile. He directed me to a cabinet full of DVD's.

"Wow, you're right. Hm, how about Drive Me Crazy? Or 10 Things I Hate About You? You pick?"

"I like Drive Me Crazy," he said putting the DVD into the player.

(A/n: for those of you who haven't watched Drive Me Crazy, this is the storyline: lead boy is dumped by his girlfriend. Lead Girl doesn't get invited to social dance by the guy she thought she would. The lead boy is her next door neighbour and they decide to pretend to get together: the girl for the show, the boy to get back at his ex. fall in love after girl gives him a makeover. But girl's best friend kisses guy. They break up. They make up. Happily ever after... It's a great movie... I just can't be bothered to give a great summary. Sorry for the A/n. keep reading)

We sat on his bed and I was so focused on the film that I hadn't even noticed that Edward hand was in my own. It was nice.

After that movie was over, Edward let me chose again. I chose '10 Things I hate about you'. (A/N: Storyline: this (lead) guy likes a girl (lead) but girl can't date unless her sister does and her sister is an outspoken 'bitch'. Guy tricks another guy into paying the school rebel into dating her. Girl finally starts to like the rebel but then she overhears the other guy talking about the paying stuff they break up. Rebel buys her a guitar, they make up, and the lead boy and girl work out well. Happily ever after. Sorry, again).

I must've fallen asleep during the movie, because I woke up to Edward carrying me bridal style into his bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow I fell asleep.

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I woke up to find Edward lying next to me, his arms around my waist. I liked it and I didn't want to get up from his grasp or wake him up. He deserved his sleep too. But he must've woken up because he said, "Good morning Bella."

"Good morning Edward," I replied.

He removed his arms from my waist and I got up. I grabbed the clothes Rosalie had given me yesterday and got changed in his bathroom. I came out to find him already dressed and sitting on the already made bed.

"Do you want to go somewhere today?" he asked as I came out.

"Yeah. Where to?"

"Hm, do you want to go out for lunch?"

"Yeah, but isn't it a bit too early for lunch?"

"Bella, it's already 12:30."

"Really?" I had been asleep for a long time. "Okay let's go."

He led me to his silver Volvo and opened the door for me before getting in. He drove fro about ten minutes before parking. We had stopped in front of a restaurant called La Grotta. (A/n: la Grotta is an actual restaurant near me. It is Italian and has the nicest pizza and tasty nuggets. Anyaway, moving on)

We got a table at the back of the restaurant. We ordered a margarita pizza to share. It was so nice. Almost as nice as having Edward here with me.

"So, how do you like it?" I asked.

"It's great! What do you think?" asked Edward.

"I like it! It's nice. Thanks for bringing me here!"

"It is no problem. You look nice, by the way."

I blushed. "Rosalie has great taste in clothes. She picked my outfit for me."

"Mm. Blue looks nice on you."

I blushed again. It was perfect: no Renee or Charlie, perfect food, perfect location, and perfect man sitting across from me. Did I just think that?! I have some serious issues. Oh well, I'm breaking all the rules now.

"Bella?!" came an all-too familiar voice. Shit! I was soo busted!

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