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Chapter ten

I took a staggered step back – the shock of her words physically kicked me. I was a hundred percent sure my face twisted into a distorted grimace. Like someone egg-farted on my face.

"I'm…err…sorry, I shouldn't have." I apologised whilst awkwardly staring at my feet. My cheeks heated with chagrin and I hoped that the ground would open up and swallow me whole. And I even told her I had been wanting to do it for a while! Straightforwardness is not the way to go. No matter how good looking you are.

"Aww Edward! Not like that! You've got all my snot on your face, you'll get sick!" She croaked out.

So it was the snot? Was that it? As disgusting as it was, I'd already kissed her so, it couldn't get much worse. And anyway, I didn't even notice the snot until she pointed it out. I casually wiped at my nose and felt nothing there. No snot, no problem. God, Bella was such a wuss. I probably shouldn't ever acknowledge that out loud.

"So it's not that you don't like me?" I asked sceptically.

She didn't reply, instead she stepped forward and pressed her lips to mine, softly catching my lower lip between hers. She lingered there for a moment.

"If you get a cold, not my fault, buddy." she whispered against my lips.

I stepped back, smiling. I'd take a cold for Bella any day. And this is when it's safe to say I'm whipped.

"So does that give you your answer?" She teased.

"Yes - yes it does." I grinned.

"You know I have Chinese, enough for two. Care to join me?" Bella offered.

"Yes please." I replied, wanting nothing more than to spend some more time with Bella, you know, because I was whipped and all.

We brought the boxes out into the burgundy living room and got settled down on the soft leather sofa, with background music from the television to soothe the atmosphere. Bella had ordered stir fry noodles, dim sum (whatever that was, I just ate it to be nice) and peanut chicken curry.

Our conversation was light hearted and we were really getting to know the finer things about each other, which would usually be of no importance, but I was keen on knowing everything. By the end, I knew that Bella preferred Colgate toothpaste and her favourite colour was green, at which she blushed.

"Why are you blushing?" I asked, curious.

Bella bit her lip, a sign of hesitation, but soon she gave in, "It's the colour of your eyes."

I smiled the brightest smile possible; that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said, not even the "Oh my God! He is so hot!" That Tanya exclaimed when she first saw me couldn't have beaten that.

I leaned in and gave her a kiss that displayed all my emotions; hot and passionate. I tangled my fingers in her hair while she traced all my features with her soft hand. She ended up straddling me and things got pretty intense.

THUD!

I froze and Bella jerked up and fell onto the floor. I didn't know what to do – laugh at her bewildered state or check if she was okay.

So I did both.

"Now a day just wouldn't be a day without you falling or tripping would it?" I teased, while giving her a final look to see if all bones were intact.

"Pfft, watch it, you. You're just jealous that the ground is attracted more to me than to you." She slapped my arm in mock annoyance. Why was everyone hitting me? First Jasper, then Alice and now Bella. What was I, a walking punch bag? Yeah that must have been it.

"What was that?" I asked, knowing Bella landing smack on the floor wasn't the only noise.

THUD!

Bella cowered into me and I smiled like an idiot every time her body pushed up against mine.

"I don't know, I'm scared Edward!" Bella whispered.

I carefully manoeuvred us towards the source of the sound which was near the door. "Stay here, I'll go and check." I ordered.

"No way, I am not losing you to that thing out there!" She yelled, but her voice came out very raspy. She was swaying on her feet; the flu was really getting to her.

"You look like a fungal zombie! You need to rest." I insisted.

"Oh quit being such a pussy. And thanks, that really boosts my confidence." She throttled out in a hoarse voice while pulling me out the front door. I was rather insulted; a wuss? She needs to check out my abs.

I snaked my arm around her waist and towed her to the driveway, "You're beautiful, lady, you just need to relax." Bella rolled her eyes as if I was telling her a joke in pig Latin.

A white thing (as Bella had put it) came flying out of the bush on the opposite side of the street and crashed onto the main window of Bella's house. My eyes flickered to the window to see dozens of…eggs splattered on it.

"At least they weren't bombs." Bella breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bombs? You would be dead by now!" I gave her an are-you-fucking-stupid look.

"Doesn't hurt to speculate." She shrugged, and ignored my remark.

Suddenly, the bush started rustling and muffled voices were heard.

My eyes widened.