A/N: I'm back with another chappie! Hope you like it! Thanks for all the reviews! I love you guys! Anyways, READITH ONITH!! I would also like to thank my beta! Your AH-MAZE-ING!!
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Soundtrack (look for A/N to start song)- Vulnerable by Secondhand Serenade (just a song that would fit the mood of the scene) (suggested by my beta, hyacinthgirl18.)
Chapter 10: EDWARD JR.?
(Bella's POV)
The next few days few by quickly. Now it was Friday and Rosalie and Alice said that we had to go shopping for our formal dresses. I loathed shopping with a passion. I got what I wanted and I got out. But I had a feeling that this process was going to take longer than five minutes.
"Please don't make me go! I'm begging you!" I pleaded to Rosalie and Alice as they tried to drag me to Rosalie's car.
"You're going whether you want to or not. Get into the car," Alice said, pulling on my arm. For someone so small, Alice was very strong.
"Fine," I huffed. "But I'm only buying one thing and one thing only."
Alice bounced up and down happily. "Yay!" Then she turned to Rosalie. "I told you she would come."
Rosalie grumbled, "Whatever. Let's just go. I want to get a decent dress for this year's formal. The one I had last year was atrocious!"
"Oh, no it wasn't. Only you thought it was," Alice said climbing into Rosalie's BMW M3.
"Yeah, yeah. You two stop your bickering. I want to get this over with," I said to them.
"Fine, let's go," Alice said, starting to bounce in her seat again.
We drove for about thirty minutes and then stopped in front of a expensive looking dress store.
I groaned, "Do we really have to go in there?"
"Yes, we really have to. If you don't come willingly then I'll just drag you in by your arms," Alice said.
I grumbled something under my breath and got out of the car.
We walked into the store. There were racks upon racks of designers dresses.
"Alice, you know I can't afford any of these," I said.
"I'll buy it for you then," she said simply.
"No you won't. I won't let you," I said seriously.
"Yes you will, whether you like it or not," she said back.
"I don't want you to spend money on me," I said trying to convince her not to.
"Well that's just too bad. Bella, you're my friend, I'm supposed to spend money on my friends," she said with a smile. "And besides, I want you to look good for Edward. He hasn't been this happy in I don't know how long. He's happy now that your here. He likes you a lot and I have a feeling that you feel the same way. I've seen the way you two look at each other."
I hesitated for a second and then said, "Fine, Alice but only one dress."
"Yay! Let's go," she grabbed my hand and pulled me farther into the store.
After about an hour of trying on different dresses we all found one that we liked. Rosalie found a long red strapless dress that clung to her body. Alice found a long green dress with diamond-studded straps and no back. I found a royal blue floor-length dress with beaded straps. I liked it and it was one of the cheapest I had tried on.
"Are we done now?" I whined, hoping it would get them to take us back to the dorm.
"No. We still have to get shoes," Rosalie said. "I promise this doesn't take as long as the dress shopping."
"Fine. Let's make this quick," I grumbled as we headed to the shoe store.
It doesn't take as long my butt I thought to myself. We had been sitting in the shoe store for almost two hours now.
This is why I hate shopping. I find the one thing I want and then I'm stuck here waiting for everyone else to finish , I grumbled to myself.
"Oh, Bella, we're almost done," Alice said when she saw my expression.
"That's what you said thirty minutes ago," I muttered under my breath.
When Rosalie and Alice finally found a pair of shoes that matched their dresses, we paid and were about to walk out of the store when we ran into Lauren and a group of her creepy little followers.
"Well, well, well. Look girls, it's Bella and her little friends. How's the baby doing?" Lauren asked with a snicker.
"Oh, it's doing just fine. Edward and I have decided to get married in a month and name the baby Edward Jr.," I said sarcastically. Rosalie and Alice were cracking up behind me.
Lauren and her friends mouths were hanging open. I laughed along with Rosalie and Alice as we pushed past them and to Rosalie's car.
"That was brilliant, Bella," Rosalie said between laughs.
"Did you see her face?" Alice said. She was holding her side from laughing so hard.
"Yeah," I laughed as we all climbed into the car and headed back to the dorm.
I was tired of Lauren making fun of me, so I stood up for myself. She had been saying things like that all week and I was sick of it.
When we got back to the dorm to put our dresses away, when my phone rang.
"Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Hey, Bella. Guess who?"
"Oh, I know this... are you Bryan?" I said sarcastically, messing with him.
"Um, no. Who's Bryan?" Edward asked.
I laughed. "No one, silly. I made him up. So... why did you call?" I asked him curiously.
"Oh, no reason. I just wanted to hear your voice," he said sweetly.
"Aww. That's so sweet," I said with a giggle.
He laughed too. "Well, actually the guys and I wanted you and the girls to come over to our dorm if you wanted to."
"Yeah, we'll come," I said happily into the phone.
"'K. See you in about twenty minutes. Bye bye," he said in an alluring voice.
I laughed. "Okay, bye."
I hung up the phone and turned around to find Alice standing behind me. "Ahh," I screamed. "You really need to stop doing that. Your going to give me a heart attack."
She giggled. "Oops. Anyway, who was on the phone?"
"Don't act like you don't know," I said with a laugh.
"Okay fine. What did Edward want?" she sighed.
"He and the guys wanted us to come over to their dorm for a while," I said to her. She started to bounce up and down again for like the fifth time today.
"Okay, let's go now. Rose! We're going to see the boys. Come on," she called as she turned around to get her things.
After about five hectic minutes, we in front of the boys' room about fifteen minutes earlier than we were suppose to be. Rosalie just opened the door without knocking and Alice and I followed her.
"Hey! Close the d-- Oh, hi Bella," Edward said as we walked in. He was standing there with only a towel around his waist. Emmett and Jasper were rolling on the floor laughing.
"Well, this is a nice surprise," I said, looking his chiseled body up and down. He blushed. This was the first time I had ever seen him blush... or without a shirt on, for that matter. Not that I minded or anything.
"Um, yeah. I'm going to go change now," Edward said awkwardly. He shot Emmett and Jasper a glare before he left.
Rosalie and Alice were laughing with Emmett and Jasper now. When Edward came back, his cheeks were still stained from his blush. He came to sit next to me on the couch and took my hand.
"You're so cute when you blush," I said with a giggle.
"Thanks," he said sarcastically. We all laughed.
After the laughter died down we all started to talk about different things.
"Do you want to know what Bella did today?" Alice asked the guys.
"Yes, I would love to know what Bella did today," Edward said with a smirk as he looked at me.
"Well... today we were shopping for our dresses and stuff and we were about to leave when guess who we ran into," Alice said.
"Um... was it Bryan?" Edward asked raising his eyebrow when he looked at me. I laughed.
"Who's Bryan?" Alice asked, confused.
"No one, Alice. Just continue with the story," I said to her.
"Anyway, we ran into Lauren," Alice said, continuing the story.
"And this is a good thing because?" Emmett interrupted.
"I'm getting there! Now be quiet so I can tell the story," Alice snapped. "Anyway, Lauren said something like 'how's the baby?' to Bella and then Bella said. Well, Bella, you tell them," Alice said looking at me.
I was blushing now but I started to tell them anyway. "Then I said 'oh it's just fine. Edward and I are going to get married in a month and we're going to name the baby Edward Jr.' You should have seen her face."
At that everyone burst out laughing. The boys were on the floor again and the girls were clutching their sides.
After we all calm down enough to form a coherent sentence, Edward asked sarcastically, "So when is the wedding again?"
"In one month, you should know that," I giggled again as I lightly slapped his chest.
He rubbed the spot where I hit him in mock pain. "It's not nice to hit your fiancé."
"Oh, I'm sorry, honey. I didn't mean to hit that hard," I said trying not to giggle.
We were all laughing again. I loved my friends. We could laugh at almost anything.
After a little while we split into couples. Emmett and Rosalie went to Emmett's room and Alice and Jasper went to Jasper's room. Edward pulled me into is room. This was the first time I'd seen his room. It was surprisingly neat for a teenage boy's room.
"Wow. Nice room," I said and I meant it. It was painted a golden color with golden colored carpet and a bed with a black bedspread. There was also a wall of CD's across from his bed.
Next to his bed, on his nightstand, were pictures of him and his family. The first was of him and Alice and Emmett. Alice was on Edward's back and Emmett was sticking his head into the frame with his tongue sticking out. They looked like they were laughing. The next one was of him when he was younger with his parents. His mom was hugging him from behind and his dad was standing behind them. The last one was of him and his whole family. Emmett, Alice, and he were wearing their school uniforms and his parents were dressed nicely.
He saw me looking at the pictures. He chuckled once. "Silly aren't they?"
"No. I actually think it's sweet. I don't have any siblings and my parents are divorced, so I don't have any pictures like this, but I'm okay with that," I said. "Now, that one right there," I said pointing to the one of him and his siblings. "That one is silly." He laughed.
I looked at the next one of him and his parents. "You were so cute when you were younger," I said with a giggle. He blushed again. I laughed. "That's twice you've blushed today."
"Well thank you for pointing that out to me," he said sarcastically.
I laughed and looked at the last one of him and his family. "You're so handsome," I said, giggling again.
"Why thank you," he said with a laugh. Then he was silent for a second, like he was debating with himself, then he said, "Come here please," as he sat down on the bed and held his arms out to me. I came over willingly and sat down in his lap. He scooted back until he was leaning on the pillows and then he turned me so that my back was leaning on his chest and then he wrapped his arms around my waist. I leaned my head against his chest. (start song now) "Do you want to listen to some music?" he asked. I nodded, completely content.
After a little while of listening to the soft music, he said, "Edward Jr., huh? It has a nice ring to it." We laughed quietly together, our laughs harmonizing with each other.
Then we sunk back into a peaceful silence, just listening to the music. I would occasionally look up at him to see him looking back at me and smiling. Sometimes I could feel him press a small kiss on the top of my head. We had never had a real kiss, just a few pecks on the cheek or forehead. I was hoping that would change soon.
The music was really calming and I was just happy where I was and then I drifted off to sleep in Edward's arms.
I woke up the next morning not remembering where I was. I felt someone's arm around my waist. I turned around quickly and then I saw a peacefully sleeping Edward and I relaxed.
Even when he was just lying there, he was perfect. His soft even breathing. The way his chest felt against my back when he breathed. I tried to twist back around so my back was to him again without waking him but that didn't work out too well. His bright emerald eyes opened and he smiled. Then he said, "Good morning, beautiful." I smiled up at him.
"I think we fell asleep," I said stating the obvious. He laughed.
"I think we did," he said, his velvety voice not even groggy from sleep.
We laughed again and then someone burst through the door. Alice.
"Aww, isn't this just the cutest thing you've ever seen," she gushed. I blushed and buried my face in Edward's chest. He chuckled quietly.
"Alice, now what are you doing?" I heard Rosalie's voice say. Oh no, I thought to myself. I buried my face deeper into Edward's chest. He tightened his grip on my waist.
Rosalie appeared next to Alice and said, "Aww, that's so sweet."
Apparently Emmett and Jasper wanted to know what was going on, so they stuck their heads into the room. When they did, they looked like they were trying not to laugh.
"Okay, guys. You can leave now," Edward said to them. They were snickering as they left.
"Sorry about that," he said when we were alone.
"It's alright," I said with a small laugh.
We were silent for a little while until Alice came through the door again and said, "We're going out in a little while. Do you want to come?" I looked up at Edward and he shrugged.
"Sure, we'll go, but I think I might need to change first," I laughed when I realized that I was still wearing yesterday's clothes.
"That is true, but I've already got that covered," she walked into the other room and then came back and threw a bag of clothes at me. "I already went back to the dorm and got you something." Then she turned around to find Jasper.
"I guess this means that I need to change now," I said trying to get up but Edward's grip on my waist tightened.
"Don't go yet. This feels so good," he said, looking into my eyes.
"Okay," I breathed. I leaned back against his chest. He kissed the top of my head and I relaxed my whole body. We sat there in the silence. Occasionally Edward would place a small kiss on the top of my head or my neck.
After a little while, Edward said, "Bella..."
I turned my head to him to see what he was going to say. But he was just looking at me with something in his eyes that I couldn't quite make out.
Then he tilted his head a little and started to lean down to kiss me. He was an inch away when Alice came through the door. We both jumped back from each other.
"Hey, we're about to leave. Bella, why aren't you dressed?" she asked, then she realized what we were about to do. "Oh," she giggled and then she skipped out of the room.
Dang it! I thought. We were so close.
"I guess I need to get dressed now," I sighed.
"I guess so," he sighed as he let go of me. "You can use my bathroom, if you want."
"Thanks," I said as I walked to his bathroom. When I got into the bathroom, I could have sworn that I heard Edward bang his head against the wall and whisper, "Dang it! So close!" I was ecstatic. He was disappointed that we didn't get to kiss as well.
When I was done changing, I walked out of the bathroom in a strapless navy blue floral-printed top with denim shorts (pics on profile).
Edward was standing there already dressed in a navy blue polo shirt and khaki cargo shorts (pics on profile).
He laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked, starting to feel self-conscious.
"We match," he said. I laughed too when I saw that we were both wearing navy blue shirts. "You look beautiful," he said as he kissed my forehead. I blushed.
"You don't look half bad yourself." He chuckled as he took my hand and led me out of his room.
"Let's go, people!" Alice said as she started to pull Jasper out of the room. We all laughed at her enthusiasm as we followed her out of room.
A/N: Well, there you go. This is sorta a filler chapter but I hope you liked it. The formal chapter is next. So excited, right?
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