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Just to clear things up:
No, Edward is not a vampire.
I finished this one early. Aren't you glad? This is still in Edward's POV
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face. I walked towards the window to welcome the sun. But even that couldn't compare to the beauty that radiated off her. I decided to shower since I hadn't last night. I felt sticky all over. After undressing, I stepped into the shower. I jumped slightly when my feet hit the cold marble floor. But I relaxed as soon as the hot water hit my body. The muscles on my back un-knotted themselves as the droplets of water ran down my back. After a good ten minutes in the shower, I turned off the tap and got out, drying myself with my favorite blue towel.
I put on my boxer shorts with duck patters on it. Emmett and Jasper always did laugh when I paraded around with these shorts but I couldn't care less. They were so comfortable. I decided to go topless since I had no intention of leaving my room for the entire day. I turned on my stereo and grabbed the book on my night-stand. It was 'Wuthering Heights'. I had yet to finish this book though I had borrowed it from the library about a week ago. That reminds me, I had to return it soon. I'd rather not get fined for returning this book late.
An hour and a half later, I finally finished the book. I put on some pants and a button-up shirt and checked my hair to see if it was decent. After deciding that I was presentable enough to leave the house, I grabbed my keys, wallet and the book and jogged down the stairs. I then started the car and drove to Port Angeles. When I arrived at the library, I headed over to the librarian. She was an old woman who was wearing large framed glasses. I placed the book on the counter and cleared my throat. She looked up at me and grunted before taking the book and placing it on top of the pile of books beside her.
"Thank you," I said as I left, not wanting to be rude.
Just as I was about to start the car, I heard a grumbling noise. It was then I remembered that I hadn't eaten breakfast yet. I glanced down at me watch. It was five minutes to twelve. I decided to have an early lunch. I got out of the car and walked to a nearby cafe. As I took a seat in one of the tables outside, I heard two girls giggling. I turned and saw the two waitresses looking at me. I rolled my eyes and took a look at the menu.
"What will you be having sir?" asked a voice. I looked up and saw one of the waitresses from before. She had blonde hair and pale green eyes. She was batting her eye lashes so much that it look like she was about to go blind.
"Uh," I looked down at the menu again, "I'll have the chicken sandwich and a glass of water please," I said looking up at her.
She nodded but didn't leave. She just stood in front of my table, twirling her hair while batting her eye lashed as me.
"Uh, do you have something in your eye?" I asked trying to get rid of her. Luckily for me, it worked. She scowled and walked off, trying to make a dramatic exit. I, for one, couldn't care less. My mind was too clouded with thoughts of Bella. I would do anything just to see a smile on her face. And her brown eyes pulled me in deeper and deeper every single time. No one could compare to her.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by the voice of another girl. This one had frizzy brown hair and pale blue eyes. "Here you go," she said, placing the sandwich and glass of water on my table. She bent down much more that necessary with a smirk on her face. I looked away with a bored expression.
"Is there anything else I can do for you?" she said in what was supposed to be a sultry voice.
"No, thank you," I said, taking a bite of my sandwich, completely ignoring her.
"What ever. He's just playing hard to get," I heard her mutter under her breath. This nearly made me choke on my sandwich. Yeah, right! I thought.
After finishing my sandwich, I got up and headed over to the counter to pay. The girl at the counter had brown hair and dark blue eyes.
"Sorry about those girls earlier. They always act like that around guys," she said with a smile, handing me my change.
"Yeah, don't worry about it, uh.." I looked at her name tag, "Angela. See you around," I replied. She waved a hand in response. I then got into my car and zoomed back home, hoping to get a nap before heading over to the Seattle again tonight.
After parking my car, I headed over to the house. As I opened the door, I noticed it was unusually quiet. I closed the door quietly but the loud creaking sound the door made gave me away.
Then, I heard footsteps from the top of the stairs. Alice appeared, holding a bag of some sort... I gasped. That wasn't just any bag. It was her special make-up bag. Oh, no.
"Hey, Edward! Let's play dress up," Alice said innocently with a grin plastered on her face. My eyes widened in fear. Suddenly, Emmett and Jasper tackled me from both sides. I thrashed helplessly against their arms as they tied me to a chair.
"Alice, no! What ever it is you think I did, I didn't do it! It was probably Jasper or Emmett framing me," I said, trying my best to weasel my way out of her torturous make-overs.
"Oh, you didn't do anything wrong. Jasper and Emmett refused to play dress-up with me so they agreed to help me get you to play," she squealed, her hair bouncing up and down.
"Rose!" she called. Uh oh. If Rosalie was involved, my chances of living through this decreased dramatically. Rosalie came down the stairs with all these gadgets which I had no idea what they do.
Rosalie stood behind be and fixed my hair, putting glitter gel on it while Alice was busy applied eye shadow and blush on my face. I kicked my feet helplessly. Then, Alice applied blood red lipstick on me. Jasper and Emmett were laughing hysterically and snapping pictures of me for future blackmailing. Rose was busy putting all kinds of clips on to my hair. Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, Alice pulled out a bottle of pink nail polish. That was it.
Just as she was about to apply it onto my big toe, I shouted,"Okay! OKAY! Stop! Alice, I'll accompany you shopping this weekend!!"
She smirked. "Deal," she replied, putting down the pink nail polish. I sighed in relief. Jasper and Emmett finally untied my from the chair.
"We got some really nice shots of you. Wanna see?" Emmett taunted, wiggling his eye brows up and down.
I grunted and stomped up to my room. I saw Esme passing by.
"Hello, Edward. How did it go yester-" she looked at my face and my murderous expression, "Oh, my." I could tell she was trying her best to stifle her laughter.
I entered my room and slammed the door shut, locking it just in case Alice changed her mind. I ran to the bathroom and caught my reflection in the mirror. I looked like a china doll! This is very unmanly. I quickly turned on the water and rubbed all the make-up off my face. The mascara and eye liner took a lot of scrubbing to get off but I managed. My lips still had traces of lipstick no matter how hard I scrubbed. After 20 minutes of scrubbing, I gave up and decided to just lie down on my bed. I closed my eyes and drifted of to a dreamless sleep.
I woke up and the room had already gotten dark. I turned to face my clock which read '7:46 PM' I got up and washed my face with cold water to fully wake myself up. I ran down the stairs and shouted "Going to check the shop out. Be back later," before closing the door.
By the time I got there, the place was packed. After a few performances, Bella finally appeared. She undeniably got the most applause. Her eyes caught mine while she walked down the stage. She was more beautiful than I remembered. And she was nice as well. I truly loved this girl. Wait, what? Did I really? I hardly knew her. Love at first sight isn't real. Was it? She blushed and looked away. Suddenly, a man stood up and smacked her butt. Bella looked appalled and glared at him. I clenched my fists, holding myself from attacking that man. Bella soon disappeared backstage and I went back to my papers.
Before long, I was alone in the room again. Then I heard the shuffling off feet and Bella stumbled into the room. She was about to say something until she heard me and turned around.
"Hey," I greeted, smiling widely.
She asked me how my day was. I told her about the whole make-over ordeal with Alice and the gang. She started laughing. I crossed my arms and narrowed my eyes at her. She soon stopped and was gasping for air.
"Are you done?" I asked, my eyes still narrowed at her.
She nodded, biting her lip to refrain from laughing.
"What happened next?" she asked.
"Hmph, well, the put all kinds of stuff on me. As much as I struggled, it was no use. They had taken multiple pictures of me, for blackmail material. I had to beg Alice to stop when I saw her pull out her pink nail polish,"
After saying this, she burst into a fit of laughter once again. This time, I relaxed a little and joined in. Her laughter was just too contagious.
Suddenly, she stood up and started walking towards the bar. I saw that she was about to step on an empty can of beer and it was already too late to warn her so I dashed towards her, hoping to catch her before she hit the floor. She closed her eyes and held out her hands towards the floor. I wrapped my arms around her waist, stopping her from landing flat on her face.
She turned around and stared deep into my eyes as I did into hers. I truly did love this woman. Faults and all. Her beauty took my breath away. Holding her body this close to mine was heaven. I could feel her heart beat quickening. My eyes then traveled down to her lips. It made me wonder how they would feel against mine. Her soft lips pressed against mine...
I was pulled out of my thought my her voice. "Thank you," she whispered.
"No problem," I replied. If only this were to happen more often...
I stared into her eyes again. I was lost in the moment until Bella finally cleared her throat and murmured, "Umm, Edward?"
"Yeah?" I looked deeper into those brown eyes.
"I can't get out when you're holding me like this," she said grinning.
"Oh," I said, disappointed that I had to let go. I dropped my arms, letting her stand.
She looked out the window and looked back at me. She suddenly grabbed my hand, making me jump. "Follow me," she said excitedly. "I want to show you something,"
For some reason, we were running. She pulled me up the stairs all the way to the building roof. When we finally got there, she opened the door and stepped out. She walked towards the edge and leaned against the railing. She looked up and stared at the brightly lit night's sky. I stood there, watching here. This woman amazed me to no end. I was infatuated with her. She then turned around and walked towards me. "This is where I come up to think or read a good book or twi to clear my head,"
She gently took my hand and laid down on the floor, staring back up at the sky.
"Don't worry about getting your clothes dirty," she said. "Its surprisingly clean up here."
I stared at her and wondered if I could love her any more than I already did. I finally sighed and laid down with her. I would do what ever she asked, even if she asked me to walk with her to the ends of the Earth. I stared up at the sky. Life had its ways of tying fate's together. I must be the luckiest man alive to have stumbled across someone as wonderful as her. I just wish I knew if she felt the same way. But even if she didn't, even if she loved another man, I would be there for her - no matter what.
"Don't you ever wonder," she said, her voice so calm and gently, "What it would be like if you were a star? Forever shining brightly, lighting the darkness of the night?" she turned her head towards me. I just stared at her. She was already a star. I no longer felt lost in the darkness because of her. For once, I felt whole. I was about to say something when I heard a voice call Bella's name.
"I guess we'd better get back before Jerry finds out," she said, getting up and wiping off the dirt from her costume. I nodded and we hurriedly made our way to the main room, laughing the whole way like little kids.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye for now," she said disappointedly.
"Yeah.." I replied, just as disappointed if not more.
Just as she was about to leave the room, I grabbed her hand. "Wait,"
I took out a card from my coat and handed it to her. "If you need anything, just call," I said.
She nodded and I kissed her gently on her forehead, not wanting to rush into things. I was sure of my feelings but I knew she needed more time. She then left quietly.
I sighed contentedly. Just then, Jerry entered the room and we discussed more business details. After we finished, we shook hands and I left - my mind once again on Bella. I knew I loved her. I was sure of it now. I just hoped that in time, she would love me back. I smiled at the thought.
Sorry for the short chapter. I just wanted to post something up A.S.A.P just incase I don't update next week. Please inform me if there are any mistakes. I don't like them. To me, they're like termites. So tell me if I've created any termites. For the next chapter, we'll be going back to the story plot! Yay! Review because if you do, then there's a chance I might update quicker. ;) [Constructive criticism is always welcome
-Sabrina-