I have a feeling that you'll like this chapter…
Having him so close to me made me calm down. I closed my eyes and didn't open them again until the next morning.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I was getting up to turn it off, but Edward's arms tightened around me. I looked at him. He didn't look like he'd just woken up. How long had he been awake?
"How long have you been awake?" I expressed my thoughts.
"A while," he said before giving me that crooked smile that makes me speechless.
We sat there for a few minutes, just staring into each other's eyes, until I heard Emmett's voice from the room next door, "Bella! Could you please turn off that alarm clock? It's driving me crazy!"
"Yeah! Please!" I heard Rosalie say.
"Rose! You're here!" Alice squealed. Then I heard her footsteps going to Emmett's room.
I tried again to get up, but Edward extended his arm to my bedside table and turned the alarm clock off. His eyes bore into mine. Not a word came from either of us; we just stared at each other.
Suddenly the door burst open. "Oh my. Um, I'm sorry. Uh, see you guys downstairs!" was all Rosalie said before closing the door, squealing and calling for Alice.
"So, I see you didn't like the bed?" Edward asked.
"Well, uh—you see, um. I'm going to go shower now," I said, getting off the floor.
"Yeah."
I grabbed my clothes and went to the bathroom. I got in the shower and let the hot water run down my back. That immediately relaxed me and made me forget how embarrassed I had been moments ago.
I got out of the shower and started putting my clothes on. It was then that I realized that I hadn't brought a shirt. I quickly analyzed my options. I could either run as fast as I could out of the bathroom, grab a shirt, come back and put it on, or I could ask for help. I got rid of option one, given that it involved risking my life because I'd probably just trip and hit myself in the head.
"Edward?" I called from the bathroom, partly hoping he wasn't there.
"Yes?"
"Um, could you pass me a shirt?" I asked, glad that he couldn't see how red I was right now.
"Sure," he said, and before I knew it he was knocking on the door, "here you go."
"Thanks," I said as I put it on.
I brushed my hair and got out of the bathroom. I knocked on my door before going in.
"Come in," Edward called from inside.
"Nice choice," I said once I was in the bedroom.
"Say again?"
"The shirt, it's one of my favourites," I pointed to the shirt he had given me. It was a nice shade of light blue.
"Yeah, looks good on you," he complimented me.
"Thanks," I blushed.
"Let's go have some breakfast now, shall we?"
"We shall," I said as I got out of the room.
Edward and I went downstairs and into the kitchen.
"Morning, Esme. Morning, Carlisle. Hi guys," I greeted everyone.
"Good morning," Edward said.
"Hello dear! How d'you sleep last night?" Esme said, kissing me gently on the forehead.
"Oh, she slept really well," Alice giggled.
"Yeah, she did," Emmett chuckled.
I just glared at them.
I sat down beside Rosalie, and Edward sat down beside me.
"So…tell us!" Rosalie whispered in my ear.
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about," I said as I ate a spoonful of Cheerios.
"Come on! Tell us! I saw you just now! You were on the floor with him, and he had his arms around your waist, and you were just staring at each other!" Rosalie whispered, again.
"Well, last night I might've had a nightmare, and I might've decided to lay beside Edward on the floor, and he might've put his arm around me as soon as I got close to him."
"Oh. My. God. That is so sweet! Bella, did you tell him?" Alice squealed.
"No, I didn't tell him."
"By the way, thanks for telling me that he told you he loved you Bella. I had to hear it from Alice here! I am hurt!" Rosalie pretended to be offended.
"Sorry, won't happen again," I apologized. She smiled.
The whole day went like that. Alice and Rosalie trying to get me to tell Edward that I liked him. Emmett and Jasper bugging me about what happened this morning. The whole school finding out that I had "slept" with Edward.
I rode home with Edward again. We chatted about our homework, and about how everyone had been bothering us asking if we actually had slept together.
When we got home, I found Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and Rosalie all sitting in the family room in a circle.
"You guys! Come here! We're playing Truth or Dare!" Emmett shouted in excitement. That was his favourite game.
"Do you want to play, Edward?" I asked him.
"Sure," he said, "This should be fun."
"Can I start? Please!" Emmett asked.
"Sure, Emmett, you can start," Jasper said.
"Bella, truth or dare?"
I had learned throughout the years that one should never say truth when playing with the Cullens. Especially not now; they would probably ask me if I liked Edward, and I would have no choice but to say that I do. "Dare."
"I dare you to kiss Jasper for fifteen seconds!" he screamed.
"Does she have to?" Alice asked.
"Yes, she does. She chose dare, she has to do what I dare her to," Emmett explained.
"Sorry, Alice," I said as I walked to Jasper. "Sorry, Jasper."
"That's okay," he said.
"Kay, start…now!" Emmett said.
I leaned in and collapsed into Jasper's lips. Our mouths danced with each other's, but I didn't really feel anything. We kissed until I heard Emmett's voice say, "fifteen seconds." I quickly pulled away and sat back down beside Edward.
"Alice, truth or dare?" I said.
"Dare."
"I dare you to ask Mike Newton out, if he says yes, you have to go to the date and make him think that you like him. After the date you can just dump him."
"Will do," Alice said, "Edward, truth or dare?"
"Dare," he said. I think he got that he should never say truth.
"I dare you to kiss Bella for a minute, with tongues," Alice said, grinning at me.
"Okay," he said.
I was going to leave it there, but then I thought it would be too mean so I kept writing. :o)
He turned to me, and when Alice said, "Go," he leaned in quickly and his lips touched mine. I closed my eyes and let my body absorb the amazing feeling of his mouth on mine. I felt his tongue run across my bottom lip, begging for an entrance. I didn't hesitate and opened my mouth. Our tongues crashed into one another's, and I let his mint fresh breath invade me.
I pushed him down so that we were now lying on the couch. I knotted my hands in his bronze hair and pulled him closer to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kept kissing me.
Nothing could ruin this precious moment, nothing but Alice's voice saying, "one minute." I pulled away and got off of Edward. I sat down next to him on the couch.
"That was so hot!" Rosalie said.
I started blushing furiously. I looked at Edward; his cheeks were turning pink, too.
"Um, I'm going to go now. I need a shower," I said. A cold shower was just what I needed to get my mind off the amazing kiss Edward and I had just shared. Did he think it was amazing, too?
I took a long, cold shower and went to my bedroom to do my homework. I didn't dare to go downstairs again. When I had finished my homework, I got on my bed and started reading. It wasn't until Edward came into the room that I realized that there was another bed in my room: Edward's bed.
"Hey," he said.
"Hi," I replied, closing my book.
"Bella, I—" Edward started saying, but was interrupted by the ringing of my cell phone.
"One sec."
I picked it up. It said "ONE UNREAD MESSAGE". I started reading it.
Bella, that was so friggin' hotttttttt!! You absolutely have to tell him now! Don't worry, I could totally see how jealous he was when you started kissing Jasper! You guys look so cute together!
Alice!
I closed my cell phone. Alice was right. I had to tell him now. I had to tell him how I felt.
"Edward, um, I…" I started saying. How was I going to do this?
"Bella, yesterday you asked me what I had said when Patrick had asked me if I still loved you when we played Truth or Dare, do you still want to know?" Edward asked in a very soft voice.
"Yes," I answered.
"I told him I did," Edward said as he walked towards me and grabbed my hand, "I love you, Bella."
"I love you, too," I said before collapsing in his arms while his lips searched for mine furiously.
Oh yeah! Two chapters in one day! That's cuz I won't be able to update as often these days. They finally told each other! Yay! Review, review and review!!
Andrea!