Hello again my fellow readers.

Well, I have been coming up with so many ideas on future chapters for the gang. So far, I have a few prank ideas, water gun fights- maybe even paintball- and of course something most teens might do; jobs.

So far, I have come up with a lot of job ideas for them.

But, right now, I really need to get Bella and Edward together-together. So, I might do that in this chapter…

Well, only one way to find out! On with the chapter!

Chapter 10

Bella's POV

After a very awkward weekend, we were finally able to go back to school and do the same boring routine like every other day. Edward has been acting really weird lately after I had to wear that outfit for his birthday present. He was always only staring at me, and usually didn't pay attention to most things around him. Plus, whenever I asked him a question, he was just jumped and gives me a confused look.

He looked so cute when he did do that. Woah! There I go again, saying he looks cute. Well, I guess I'm just stating a fact. Anyway, the others were also acting weird around me, like everyone was hiding something from me. Grr! They're leaving me in the dark here!

Now, it was the beginning of October, and everyone was now wearing sweaters, jackets and pants more than usual. I walked out of the school building to see that Edward and the others were sitting on the fountain rim. Emmett, Jasper and Edward were all looking at the newspaper; Alice and Rose shared one with Jasper and Emmett. I plopped down beside Edward and skimmed over the newspaper. "What are you looking at?" I asked him and he turned his head towards me.

"Jobs, want to look with me?" I stared at them. "Wait, you guys want jobs?" I asked, and they all lowered their newspapers. "Well, we need something to do." Alice told me, shrugging. "And, we're looking for jobs that need two people." Rose added, as Emmett held up the paper again. Jasper did the same and soon all four of them were looking at the paper again.

"Okay, found anything yet, Edward?" I asked him as I turned back to him. "Plenty." He stated and held up the paper again. He circled the jobs that needed two people.

Daycare workers

Garbage committee

Pet Caretakers

Ice cream workers

Car Wash workers

DJs

Doctor assistants

Game Designers

Clothing Retailers

Cashiers

"So, since I looked for them, you pick our new job." Edward told me, chuckling. I looked at the list over and over, before deciding on three. "I can only come down to the first one, third one and fourth one." I said, pointing to the jobs. "Well, we can try out those three and see if we pass." Edward said, ruffling my hair. I ducked away from him, causing him to laugh. "Fine." I stated blandly.

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(Job finding montage now…)

The next day found me and Edward heading to the Ice Cream place first. The manager of the place was a tall older man, maybe about twenty-three or so, with salt-and-pepper hair. He wore a red t-shirt with black pants. "You two need to change into these outfits." He handed us a pile of clothing- the uniform.

"Go to the worker changing room, then come back out and wait in the back." He instructed, before heading behind the counter of the store. Edward and I looked at each other, shrugged, then headed behind the counter as well, heading in the back of the store. I went inside the girls' worker locker room, changed into the outfit, then came back out. Edward stepped out at the same time, looking amazing in his outfit.

The manager was there waiting for us, a clipboard in hand, as he jotted things down. "Now that you are ready, let's begin." He started, walking over to a very large ice cream machine. He showed us how to work it, and how not to mess it up. "As long as you don't spill any ice cream, you'll get the job. But, if you don't do it right, you get the boot." He instructed before heading back to the front.

"This seems… sort of easy." I said, as we walked to two machines. "It is easy, Bells. Trust me when I say we'll get this job." Edward whispered to me, when he heard the manager give the first order. He got a cone, pulled down at lever, as vanilla ice cream came out of the machine. I, meanwhile, got chocolate ice cream in a bowl with whip cream.

The orders kept coming, while I usually stumbled my way through the room. Soon, the machine stopped abruptly on me, groaning loudly. I grunted in frustration and began hitting the thing, as Edward came back over to me.

"What are you doing, Bells?" he hissed at me, as I thwacked at the thing again. He rumbled loudly, as it began to shake. "Um, what did you do?" Edward told me as we stepped away from the thing hesitatingly. I shrugged at the rumbling noise grew louder. "Why didn't he tell us how to avoid this?!" I exclaimed, as the machine continued to rumble.

We ducked quickly under the table that had the machines on top, and huddled together. It exploded, ice cream flying everywhere. "Great, how can we tell him about it exploding?!" I exclaimed again, after the explosion was done. Edward shrugged, and we walked out from under the table. Ice cream was everywhere, from dripping from the ceiling, to the walls. Hopefully we won't slip.

Great, I just jinxed ourselves; as soon as I thought that, Edward tried running away, only to slip and fall flat on his back and slam his head on the hard linoleum. "Edward!" I screeched, and stumbled my way over there, only to slip myself and fall on top of him. We groaned in pain, just as the door opened.

We looked up slowly, to see the manager standing there, not looking too pleased. After he lectured us and kicked us out of his store when we finished changing, we laughed at each other, since we had ice cream in our hair.

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"Do we have to do this next?" Edward whined, as I dragged him across the street. "Yes, Edward. I thought you said you liked kids?" I questioned him as we opened the daycare doors and stepped inside.

"I do. I just don't like bratty ones." He mumbled as we stepped up to the front desk. The secretary called for the boss of the place and she walked inside the front entrance room- a small woman with stringy brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, with dark eyes. (I can't remember her eye color…) She wore a white button down t-shirt with dark jeans and brown boots. (I'll tell you who she is…)

"Hello, you must be the two students who want this job?" the small woman asked us and we nodded. "Well, my name is Jean (My very awesome old babysitter!) and I of course run this place." Jean introduced herself, shaking our hands. "Follow me and we'll meet the kids here today." She instructed us as she led us into another room.

The room she led into was very wide and narrow, with toys scattered across the floor and many play stations around the room. Jean laughed and caught a kid that ran past her, picking her up. "Emma, (The actual girl that I knew) this is Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. Edward, Bella, this is Emma. The other kids are Brady, (Another little boy that I knew)" Jean said, pointing to a small boy with dirty blond hair with light greenish-blueish eyes. "His brother, Conner, (Another boy I knew)" she pointed to another boy, who looked exactly like Brady, except older. "And finally, Sadie. (Another girl I knew.)" she pointed to a little girl with short curly blond hair and light eyes. (Emma is a pale girl with dark curly hair and dark eyes.)

Jean set Emma down, and she scampered off with her friends, while Jean turned towards us. "Now, all you two have to do is keep these kids occupied while I go to a store and get some things. Other workers will be here, in case something happens. All you have to do is watch them and keep them entertained." She gave us instructions on how to keep them safe, what they like and what they don't like.

She left us, as Edward and I walked over to the leather couch by the TV. "So, what do you suggest we do to keep these entertained?" Edward asked me, but I shrugged. I looked around, but couldn't find any kids around. "Um, where did they go?!" I asked him, looking around frantically. Edward looked around with me, and hissed, "Shit!" very quietly, just in case any of the kids were near us. We didn't want little kids repeating "big words".

"Let's split up and try to find them." Edward whispered to me, and I nodded. We scattered around the room, looking by the toys, behind the couches, under tables, but we couldn't find any of the kids. "Where do you think they went?" I asked after searching for ten minutes. "I don't know, they were around the room when we just walked over to the couch." Edward told me, glancing around the room.

"Well," I began as Edward checked under the table again. "As we're looking for them, why don't we just talk about stuff?" I asked him and he nodded, laughing. "About what, Bells?" "Well, the talent show is rapidly approaching…" I trailed off and Edward smiled. "Hey, did you sign up for it?" he asked me.

"Well, Rose and Alice roped me into it." I mumbled, and he laughed again. "What are you going to do?" he asked me, and I just shrugged. "I was planning on singing." I stated, and he stared at me. "Really?" I nodded to his question, and he smiled crookedly down at me, causing my heart to speed up. "Do you know what you'll be singing?" again I shrugged.

He came closer to me and hugged me, as I returned it, my face heating up. "I know you'll do great, Bells." He whispered to me after he pulled away, looking down at my face. "Well, I know you guys are in it. And, you guys were awesome at playing Green Day." I mumbled, and he chuckled. "You never see yourself clearly, Bells. All you have to do is sing, and you'll be even more perfect." He told me, causing me to blush darker. Wait a minute…

"M-More perfect?!" I stuttered, and I looked up to see Edward was blushing as well, his face a light pink. "Um, uh, I mean- since you're already um, nice and pretty, also caring and sweet, that when you'll sing, that it'll bring it all out." Edward struggled to find the right words for the sentence. I giggled at him, still blushing.

"Well, thanks Edward." I whispered to him, touching his cheek, causing an even more intense electric shock to flow through my arm than the other touches we shared. Edward closed his eyes, smiling dreamily. "Um, I think we should find the kids." I stated nervously, as I withdrew my hand from his face. Edward nodded, still smiling and we set off again. But, before I could fully walk away, I heard Edward shout, "Bella!"

I whirled around and instantly started giggling. Edward was dangling from the ceiling by his ankle thanks to the rope that was fastened around it. How could a roof support human weight. "I guess this ceiling is cement." Edward breathed out, his face turning red. "Are you blushing from this, Edward?" I asked him through my fit of giggles and he glared. "No, I'm not. You know that your face gets red if your upside down." He told me, still glaring.

I walked over to him, still smiling and giggling. "This is not funny, Bella." Edward grumbled drunkenly, suddenly looking like he's about to pass out. "Sorry, Edward. Let me help you down." I said, as I grabbed a sturdy looking chair and stepped on it. "Better not fall down, Bells." Edward warned me. "Thanks for caring if I fall, Edward." I commented as I worked on the rope that was tied around his ankle.

I got it loose and Edward fell out of it, heading towards the floor. He pushed his arms out, as they stopped him from falling on his head. He now was doing a hand-stand, and he flipped down on his shoes, back facing upward. He stayed there for a few minutes, while I asked, "Are you alright?"

"Mmhmm." He answered me, slowly standing upright. He swayed on his feet and I rushed over to him, helping him back on his feet. He thanked me, shaking his head. "We really need to find the kids." I stated again and he nodded. "Without splitting up this time." I added and he rolled his eyes at me.

After another half hour, Jean returned, only to find me and Edward tied up, back-to-back as the kids watched T.V. "So, I'm guessing you couldn't handle them?" she asked us and we shook our heads. She untied us, and we left the Daycare center, not getting the job.

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"AH-CHOO!" I sneezed and Edward laughed. "Maybe you shouldn't be here, Bells. You said your allergic to animals." He said between chuckling and I glared at him. "I'm fine. Besides, I said I was only allergic to certain animals. And, we work together as a team!" I protested. Edward looked like he was about to argue for me to go back to the school, but the secretary greeted us perkily.

"Hiya! You must be to two new students applying for the job, right?!" we nodded, smiling fake smiles at her, but she didn't notice. "Okay, right this way!" she exclaimed again. "Who put twenty pounds of caffeine in her?" Edward asked me sarcastically, snorting at the lady's perkiness. I elbowed him in the ribs as he yelped in pain. "Want this job or not?" I asked him rhetorically and he rolled his eyes, as the lady led us to a large room with many animals.

I sneezed again, and the lady looked at me skeptically. "Are you allergic to any animals, miss?" she asked me and I clamped my hand over Edward's mouth before he could speak. I put the fake smile on again. "No, it must be something in the air that's make me sneeze." I answered. The lady smiled perkily again and shrugged.

"Well, the owners of these pets wanted them to be nurtured back to health and washed before they come and pick them up. So, I want you two wash the animals as best as you can before their owners come. Okay? Good!" she instructed us, still perky. She skipped back to the front, leaving me and Edward in the back. We took out the first animal- a Saint Bernard- and put it the large tub.

We rinsed down the dog, getting it completely wet. "This doesn't look so bad." Edward commented as I held the dog down. I nodded, my nose started to itch. I wriggled my nose, and Edward looked at me confused. "What are you doing?" he asked me as he squirted shampoo on the dog. "Nothing." I murmured as I lathered the dog up. He helped as well, still not believing my answer.

The dog shook its fur, causing me to breathe in. "Ah great…" Edward mumbled. "AH- AH- AH- AH-CHOO!" I sneezed loudly, causing me to jump and let go of the dog. The dog got frightened and hopped out of the tub. "No!" Edward shouted. The dog tackled him to the ground, shampoo and water flying everywhere. I continued to sneeze, as I walked over to Edward and helped him to his feet. But, the dog got the floor slippery causing us to slip and fall. Shampoo soaked on my shirt thanks to Edward and his soapy shirt.

The door opened, revealing the secretary and the Saint Bernard owner. The secretary shook her head at us, and we walked out the door. "There go our chances for jobs." Edward grumbled, as we got on the city bus. I turned my head away from him, afraid that he would see my tears. It was my entire fault that I ruined our chances for our jobs. First with the ice cream place and now the pet place. That set the tears over the edge, making me sniffle.

I felt a finger under my chin, as Edward pulled my face back to him. "Bella, why are you crying?" he asked me, pressing his forehead against mine. "Well, if I would listened to you, we would have a chance for a job by now! But, no, I had to be stubborn and not listen!" I blubbered quietly, thanking that no one could hear me.

"Bella," Edward started, wiping away some of my tears with his thumbs. "You didn't cause us to lose our jobs. We both screwed up equally," I laughed shakily at his attempt of making a joke, and he smiled. "And, I don't care that you were stubborn. That's what I love about you. I love it that you're stubborn, beautiful, smart, funny; everything about you, I love it every single minute of my life.

"I have to bring this out, Bella. I have only known you for two months, and… I'm already in love with you." I gasped, causing him to stop. "I'll be okay if you don't love me back; I'll wait for you until you're ready. I'll give you time if you need it. But, just know that I love you no matter what." Edward whispered, stroking my face.

He began leaning in, our noses touching and breaths fanning each other. Then, he closed the gap between us, our lips sealing around each other.

YAY! I FINALLY GOT THEM TO TELL EACH OTHER!

I was planning to make them tell each other way later, but everyone was persisting me to do it sooner. So, now they have told each other!

YES! I'll have more fluffy scenes of them together, trust me!

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~LionsAndLambsMakeAnAwesomePair~

(By the way, at the end of the chapter, I think that "Halo" by Beyoncè goes great with it!)