Author notes: As the chapters progress, I find it harder to write, in which cases the chapters aren't out as fast as some of you would like. Things are starting to progress, though. I have a few ideas that I'm trying to decide how to introduce without looking like a dork. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.

Chapter Ten

Bella stared at Edward's bare chest as he wrestled with Emmett. She sighed dreamily. He was the only one who she didn't consider a brother. Every since she was young, she always had a crush on him. Sighing dreamily again, she saw him take down Emmett.

Bella was now 15-years-old and becoming a sophomore in high school. They recently moved back to Forks after living in Alaska for a few years and a few other places. She hated Alaska and the constant cold. She had grown up into a beautiful young lady with long brown hair that has natural curls in it. She was 5'4 and slender and pale, though not as pale as her family, since she had some color in her cheeks.

The wrestling match turned more violent as they tossed each other on the ground, causing Bella to jump. She still wasn't used to the rough housing the boys displayed, though she knew they couldn't really get hurt, and so she watched. She was so into her own little world that she didn't notice that Rosalie and Alice came up on either side of her.

Silently counting down, when they got to one, they grabbed her by the arms and kidnapped her. She was too shocked to protest as they gently tossed her in the car and hurried off with her. Towards the mall. Bella groaned as her sisters laughed. They had been trying to get Bella to go to the mall with them for the past two weeks, but she always refused.

"Guys! This isn't fair. I don't want to go." She moaned. "I was perfectly happy watching Edward beat up Emmett." Her whole family noticed that she didn't like being too far from Edward. She hated it when he went hunting. Her crush was growing into something more, now that they were reaching the same age, well at least in the physical sense. Bella sighed as she pictured Edward's half naked body.

She's never seen him fully naked before, just shirtless. She did try peaking once but was foiled by Carlisle who gave her a stern talking to. It was quite embarrassing. She was lost in her own thoughts. Maybe she'd pick up Edward something from the mall. She tried to decide on what. He was difficult to buy for. Maybe a new journal. His current one was getting full and she overheard him talking to Carlisle about getting more. Yes, she'd get him a new journal.

"Can we stop at Barnes and Noble first?" She asked her sisters and they glanced at each other. Last time, Bella made them stay for three hours while she browsed the whole store, only to buy one book and a magazine. "I know what I want to get so I wont take as long. Besides, you kidnapped me, so you have to do this favor for me."

"Alright, lets go to the bookstore. But we're dragging you out if you take more than 30 minutes." Rosalie said. Bella promised and they drove to the bookstore first. Bella hopped out quickly as soon as the car was parked and ran in, nearly running into a little old lady walking slower than a turtle. She apologized and hurried to the sections where they sold journals. She grabbed a leather bound one, that Edward would love. She grabbed two. One black and one brown. He would appreciate them. She dug in her pocket for money and paid.

She hurried to the car. She was gone less than 15 minutes and sat down, panting. "I told you I knew what I wanted and I didn't even trip."

"No, but you did almost run into a little old lady." Rosalie said, trying not to smile, looking serious. Bella stuck out her tongue. "On to the mall."

Edward frowned when he saw that his sister kidnapped Bella. Of course, he knew it was going to happen so why didn't he warn Bella? He was planning on taking her to the meadow. His feelings for her grew. He still found it hard to resist her. The way her blood sung to him. He never fully could get used to it like his siblings did. Perhaps that's why he kept his distance sometimes.

Especially when it was that time of month. Everyone except Carlisle and Esme would leave to hunt for a week. Not just to avoid the scent of her blood, but also to avoid her mood swings that came with it. Carlisle told them that she could get very, very uptight and moody, taking out pent up anger on them, later apologizing profusely to them, and so to cure the PMS, Carlisle had Bella invest in Midol, a girl's true best friend.

Edward sighed. He was falling in love with a human. How interesting. He would have to be careful, not to hurt her. Not to accidentally kiss her and bite her. Kill the girl he watched grow from child to woman. He shook his head and sighed, no longer in the mood to play.

However, Emmett hadn't caught on yet, and sent Edward flying through the front window. He landed inside the house, glass around him, surprised. He was so into his own thoughts, he wasn't paying attention to Emmett's thoughts and what his plan of attack was, and so he laid on the floor in shock, golden eyes wide. Edward Cullen was taken by surprise.

And outside, while he was in shock, Emmett was laughing really hard. Edward felt someone lift him up and looked up to see Carlisle and Esme looking displeased at Emmett. Emmett caught the look and became quiet, giving his mother a innocent look. A look she didn't believe for one minute.

"Clean up the glass right now. You know you're going to buy a new window." Emmett nodded. This would be his fourth window this month. "Edward, are you okay?" She knew he was okay in the physical sense. Edward nodded.

"Yes, just…surprised." He confessed and this caused Emmett to laugh again, but stopped when Edward growled. "I'm going to…go… outside. To hunt. Yes…" He left and took off running to clear his mind. He had not been successful. Bella stayed on his mind.

He would watch her sleep sometimes at night, when he didn't have anything else to do. Listen to her talking. Absorbing everything she said in his mind. He sighed. Sometimes, he wished he could sleep, to be able to dream. To Dream of his Bella. He's always thought of Bella as his, though she's always favored Carlisle, her hero, her daddy.

He came to a stop and sat down on a log and thought about his new found feelings for Bella. He was glad he never got attached to her as a brother. Edward sighed as he thought about Bella and wondered what she was up to with his sisters.

Bella was being dragged around several different stores, though she really wanted to get home to Edward. To watch him play fight and see the sun hit his skin, making it sparkle like diamonds. She's dreamed of him, in the most erotic way, before. She was really glad she didn't think of Edward as a brother, really glad that she thought of him as something more.

Finally, after two hours of shopping, she put her foot down once her stomach brought her back to reality. When it came to shopping, her sisters forgot that she was human and humans needed human food to eat and survive. Alice looked at her, frowning when her hand was knocked out of the way, holding a blouse up to Bella.

"What?" She asked, pouting.

"I need a human moment. I'll catch up later." Bella said and handed the unpaid merchandised to Rosalie. "I'm going to eat." She went towards the Cheesecake Factory and was glad to find that, for once, it wasn't busy. She quickly got seated. Her thoughts went to school. Tomorrow was their first day. She hoped she had classes with Edward. Him and Alice are starting out as sophomores as well. Her stomach gurgled at how hungry she was and she hoped the waitress or waiter would come soon.

Alice and Rosalie appeared next to her and sat down, and the waiter came back, a young man in his early twenties. Bella sighed, glad he was back.

"I'd like to order now," She said and the waiter turned to her. She placed her order, getting a sandwich and fries. The waiter turned to Rosalie and Alice, but they just simply said they weren't hungry. But Bella knew better, their eyes were pitch black. With shopping, they can resist their thirst even more. Shopping takes their mind off of it.

Bella nibbled on bread that the waiter brought for her and stared at the table, a faint smile played on her lip as she continued to think of Edward. She sighed dreamily. Alice and Rosalie looked at each other grinning, each knowing what that sigh meant. Their little baby sister was in love.

To Be Continued…

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