Bella's POV:
Monday came around a lot quicker than I expected. My father was very surprised when I came home Saturday morning, looking completely different. He said that I looked absolutely amazing, and that gave me the confidence that made me feel as if I could take anything on.
My alarm blared, which meant its was 7:40 a.m. and I needed to start getting ready for school. My outfit for the day was already ready, thanks to Alice. It hung in my closet ready for me to wear.
I took a hot shower, and quickly scrubbed every inch of my body. I slowed my movements when I got to my hair. I always liked washing my hair slowly, it did wonders to my nerves. Five minutes later, I was drying off in my bathroom. I took out all my new makeup, Alice, Rosalie, and I picked out on Friday. They didn't allow me to buy any black makeup, other than eye liner of course.
I brushed my teeth, then applied my Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation on my face, then a loose powder to set it. I thought about the mini argument Alice and I got in over this foundation. It cost a whopping amount of $42 for a small amount of product. She insisted that it was the best foundation in the world, so we settled on each paying half of it.
My eye makeup consisted of a light brown eyeshadow all over the lid, with a deep green eyeshadow in the crease. I quickly applied some mascara on my eyelashes, and brown eyeliner.
I made sure my robe was securely wrapped around myself when I stepped out the bathroom and into my closet. I struggled with putting on my ripped light wash jeans for a while, until finally I got them on. Next was my grey long-sleeved off the shoulder shirt. I actually really liked this shirt, even though it was simple. It allowed me to breathe, unlike my very tight pants. My favorite part of the outfit had to be the shoes. They were light brown suede scrunch boots with a thick heel, which made them a dream to walk in.
The next twenty minutes were spent with me straightening my hair. I wouldn't make a habit out of applying so much heat to my hair because it would damage it, but it was okay if I did it once in a while.
I made my way downstairs and fixed myself some cereal, which I ate while getting all my books together and put them in my book bag.
My drive to school was easy. My thoughts wandered to the lyrics of the song that were playing at the time. My whole mood was just happy, to say the least. I had this gut feeling that today would be good, great even. When I pulled into Forks High parking lot, and saw Alice and Rosalie wave frantically at me, while Edward tried to smile cockily at me, though it didn't reach his eyes, I knew I was correct in the feeling.
I shut off my truck, and stepped outside. My feet moved me towards my friends, while my ears heard nothing but silence. I lifted my head to try to see what attracted everyone's attention, when I was met with tons of staring eyes. I felt a sense of déjà vu because this is exactly what happened on my first day, several months ago.
I was about halfway there when Alice and Rosalie decided I was taking too long, and ran towards me. When they reached me, their arms engulfed me and we shared a hug, while laughing. "Bella! You actually straightened your hair like I told you to! It looks so good!" Alice exclaimed.
"It does!" Rosalie said, while patting it down.
"Well, I try." I said cockily.
"Come on, let's see what your husband thinks." Alice said casually, while taking my hand and tugging me along with her and Rose.
"My husband? And who would that be?" I asked.
"Oh, like you don't know," Rose rolled her eyes at me.
"Guys, he's not even my boyfriend." I conceded.
"Well, not yet anyway." Rose mumbled.
Once we reached the guys, Emmett pulled me into a hug as usual, while Jasper smiled at me. My eyes drifted to Edward, and I saw that he was staring wide-eyed at me with his mouth open.
"Hello, Edward." I said. He didn't respond, he only continued to stare at me. I moved my hands in front of his face, trying to get some kind of reaction out of him, and after a while of trying he finally seemed to snap out of it.
It took him a couple of seconds to respond, but he finally did. "Bella, you look... really hot." He admitted, while his eyes raked over every inch of my body.
"Thank you." I said sincerely, and continued, "Hey, there's something I need to talk to you about. Do you mind if we're a couple of minutes late for Biology?" I asked.
"I need to talk to you too. And no, it's cool with me." He continued to stare at me, and I liked the fact that he was being obvious about it.
"Okay," I brought a finger to his chin, and lifted his head slightly so that he was actually looking in my eyes and not at my body. I laughed when I saw him simile sheepishly. "So, we'll meet at your locker, okay?"
"Got it!" He smiled, and continued, "Can I walk you to class?" He asked, already reaching for my hand.
"Actually, Rosie and I are going to do that today. If you don't mind, Edward." Edward looked like he was going to respond, but Alice cut him off. "Oh? You don't? Thanks, Bro!" Alice yelled, already pulling me and Rosalie away.
"Alice, I actually wanted to walk with him, you know." I said, a little annoyed at her.
Rosalie responded, "Bella, there's one thing you need to know. Always leave them wanting more."
"Oh..." I trailed off.
They laughed at my callowness. We talked about other things I "needed to know" until it was time for us to go our separate ways.
I was a little early to my first class, but I didn't mind. It gave me a few extra minutes to myself to just relaxed.
"Hey, Bella!" I heard Angela's voice say. I looked up and smiled at her.
Angela and I got a lot closer, than we were before. Next to Jacob and Alice, she was becoming a good friend of mine. "What's up, Ang?
"You look amazing!" She smiled brightly at me, while I blushed.
"Thanks," I said, and gestured for her to sit next to me so she'd be more comfortable.
"Did Edward like it?" Angela said while waggling her eyebrows at me.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
She scoffed, "Bella, you know good and well what I'm talking about. Although you and Edward aren't 'official' yet, it's pretty clear that you guys are kind of together."
"Yeah, well I guess he did."
"Wait, now that I think about it... why aren't you guys together?" She scrunched up her eyebrows, obviously deep in thought as to why we aren't together by now.
"He wants to. And I do too. But it's just complicated."
She stared at me, confused. "How so?"
"Well, I might ask him out later on today." I mumbled.
"You'll ask him out? But you're the girl. I mean, you could. But it's tradition that the boy was the one who did the asking. Then again, it is the 21st century, women are more empowered now-a-days. I guess we shouldn't have to wai-"
I cut her off, "Ang, calm down. He did ask me out, but at the time I wasn't really ready to accept. Now, I am. Hopefully, I'm not too late."
"Oh." She mused, then smiled at me, "Believe me, you aren't too late. I feel like Edward would wait forever for you. You really don't see just how much he likes you."
The bell rang, meaning class was just starting. Angela quickly waved goodbye to me, and moved to her assigned desk.
The rest of class zoomed by uneventfully. Soon, it was time to go to Biology. Or in my case, skip Biology. I wasn't technically going to skip, I was just going to purposefully be late so I could talk to Edward.
I picked up my books and walked slowly down the hall to Edward's locker. I rounded a corner and walked a few more paces to find the right locker, and stood next to it. Not two minutes later, Edward came around the same corner, and smiled as he saw me.
"You made it." I said with a small smile of my own.
"So did you." He pushed my hair behind my ear, and left his hand their a second longer than necessary.
"Do you mind if we talk outside, on the bench? Just so no teacher will walk by, and see that we're not in class." I asked, already heading in the direction of the benches.
"Whatever you want, " He said.
We walked side by side, neither of us saying a word. I didn't want to start talking to him, until I had his full, undivided attention.
Soon, we were seated next to each other on the benches. The weather was really windy, but I didn't really care. "So do you want to go first, or should I?" I asked.
"I think I should." He said, and I made a gesture for him to continue.
He took a deep breath to steady himself and said, "Well Bella, I just wanted to say I was sorry."
Even though he just started talking, I was already confused. "What in the hell do you have to be sorry for?" I asked with a bit of an attitude. He was so self-sacrificing, that sometimes he didn't realize that he wasn't the one at fault.
"I kind of pushed my feelings onto you, the other day. I shouldn't have done that."
My eyes widened slightly in realization. "No, Edward. You should have let me gone first. On Friday, when you told me you knew I liked you, you were right. I do. A lot." I said slowly, gauging his reaction. "Do you remember when you first gave me a tour of your house?" I asked randomly.
His facial expression changed from one of surprise to bafflement. "Yes..."
"And you asked me what I was scared of?" I took one of his hands in both of mine, and stared down at them, instead of his eyes.
"Yes."
"Well, I said I was not afraid of anything. That was a lie." I said nervously.
"Well, what are you afraid of then?" He tightened his grip on my hands as a supportive gesture because they were shaking slightly due to my uneasiness.
I have never really told anyone the truth of why I never got into relationships. The only other person I told was Jacob, and that was only because I trusted him. He had asked me why I never had a boyfriend before. And after a long while of persuasion and coaxing from him, I told him the truth. He was a little surprised at first, then he simply replied with, "Love is an amazing thing that you can't experience without putting yourself out there first." I mulled over what he had said, and concluded that he was right. But the realization didn't make things any easier for me.
"Truth is, I'm afraid of getting into relationships. I'm afraid of trusting someone with my heart. You're vulnerable that way. And they have the ability to hurt you." I said quietly. After a few seconds of silence from him, I continued, "I don't even know why that is my fear. I guess I've always been that way."
I looked up at Edward, and I saw that he was smiling slightly at me. "Well, you don't have to be that way with me. You can trust me with your everything because I promise I won't hurt you."
"How do I know that?" I was surprised at how weak and vulnerable my voice sounded, and looked away from him.
Edward took my chin in his hand and made me look at him in the eye. "Just trust me..." He whispered. His voice was soft and comforting, but it somehow came at me seductively.
He leaned his head towards mine slowly, and I saw his eyes become transfixed on my lips. At the last second, they switched to my eyes, as if to see if I approved. A slow smile crept onto my lips that gave him the "go ahead" to continue. With that, he surged forward and captured my lips in his.
At that moment, I felt pure bliss. His lips were warm and steady against mine. Suddenly, it felt like my entire body was on beautiful fire. My hands found their way to Edward's bronze hair, and tugged on it, hard. Edward moved his hands to tightly grip my hips. My greedy side came out when I licked his bottom lip, practically begging for entrance. He moaned at the feeling and quickly opened his mouth to me, where we began a dance with our tongues.
We continued to kiss for like that for a while, but neither one of us minded. In fact, neither one of us ever wanted it to end. The wind rippled around us furiously, causing me to tremble. Edward sighed and reluctantly broke the kiss, but not before planting a few extra pecks on my lips before pulling away.
He smiled brightly at me and said, "Bella..."
"Edward..." I mocked him.
"You don't know how long I've waited for us to do that." He brought his hands to my face and gently caressed my cheeks with his thumbs.
"Let's do it again." I said.
He chuckled, but I cut him off by bringing my lips to his.
I felt like I could never grow tired of the feeling of his lips on mine. The wind decided to interfere once again, and blow violently around us, causing both of us to shudder. This time I pulled away from his lips, angry at the wind's constant interruption.
"We should go inside. It's cold out here." I said, while Edward kissed my cheek.
"I agree, but do we have to go class? I really do not want to go in there." He whined.
"Well, you don't have to, but I am." I really wanted him to go too because now that we were together, I never wanted to let him go.
"Bella, you know that means I'm going too." He smiled at me, and kissed me again. It seemed like I wasn't the only one who loved the feeling.
"We should get going then." I stood up, and he pulled me back down. But this time it was on his lap, not the bench.
"Before we do, I want to know something." He said seriously, which caused me to scrunch my eyebrows at him.
"What do you want to know?" I ran my fingers through Edward's hair, reveling in it's soft texture.
"Are we together? I mean..." He stuttered, before he took a deep breath and tried again. "Would you be my girlfriend, Isabella?" His piercing green eyes bore into mine.
I smiled at him, and touched his cheek. "Yes, Edward. I'd love to be your girlfriend." I answered truthfully.
His entire face lid up in excitement and his kissed me, long and hard.
Edward's POV:
Bella made me the happiest man on earth when she told me she'd be with me. All through Biology, I couldn't keep my hands off of her, even when I actually tried. We were watching another video on mitosis, but I couldn't care less. All I knew was that this perfect goddess sitting next to me was mine.
Bella belonged to me.
That one fact made me feel like I was invincible, like I could do anything. I put my hand on Bella's knee and gave it a tight squeeze. Her eyes found mine, and she tried to look annoyed but her smile gave her away. I kissed her on the cheek, and continued downward, until I was just hovering over her lips.
Bella didn't really like public displays of affection. Well, that was what she whispered to me all through the film when I went to kiss her, but that didn't dismiss the fact that I still wanted to kiss her.
She sighed, and quickly pecked me on the lips before pulling away.
I didn't know what the big deal was when it came to kissing in public. One, it was dark, meaning no one would see us. Two, no one was paying attention to us anyway. Three, who cares if they did see us? When I voiced my thoughts to her she replied with, "Edward, I'm just uncomfortable with it, okay?"
I apologized to her because that was the last thing I wanted to do to her. Is make her feel uncomfortable. I knew with Bella, this was all new to her. So I had to take it slow, and I was okay with doing just that. Now that I finally had her, I never wanted to let her go.
A/N: THEY FINALLY GOT TOGETHER! I hoped you liked it! I wrote this chapter at 2 a.m. because for some strange reason everything was flowing perfectly then. Maybe I should start writing more at night...hmm... Anyway, I'm sorry if the Chapter 9 update confused you. I was trying to fix Chapter 1 because it had a lot of errors in it, but some things went wrong, and all my chapters ended up getting mixed up. Hopefully, their fixed now, if not I'll continue to work on them.