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I don't think I could be any happier right now, after our kiss and then a few more, we finally set off. Edward had sung along to old songs on the radio while I'd just adoringly watched him, not even bothering to hide it when he caught me staring.

Right now we were still in his car, parked outside of my apartment.

"Thank you for today, it was actually really nice. Even though at the beginning I thought we'd end up lost and maybe bear food right about now."

"There aren't any bears in the woods Bella." he said with a laugh.

I decided I'd put a momentary dampener on his light mood, "Well that's nice to know Edward, goodnight." I said flatly while getting out of the car. I'd barely shut the door before Edward had threw himself across the chair and was winding the window down.

"Can't I come in?" he asked.

"Would you like to?" I asked faking innocence.

"You know I want to, today's the third..." he trailed off helplessly before realisation dawned on his face "are you winding me up?"

"I said maybe... Oh okay yes you can come up for bit just stop looking at me like that." I said while turning my back on him.

"Like what?" he asked confused, but closed the window and got out of the car before waiting for my reply.

"Oh don't pretend you don't know, you and Alice have the exact same look when you don't get your way."

"We do?"

"Yes you do, and it's incredibly annoying." I said as we entered the lobby and made our way upstairs.

Edward was smiling from ear to ear when we reached the door for my place "Can I get a tour to?" he asked excitedly, "I mean Alice got one so it's only fair, right?"

"Sure, she only really wanted it to annoy you anyway."

"I thought as much."

Now most people, they learn from their mistakes, but I'm obviously not most people. We walked into my room which I'd remembered to clean however his attention was on something completely different, yeah you've guessed it, the photo frame on my nightstand. Alice seeing it was one thing, but Edward? Although even if this was the most mortifying moment I've ever had, it was somewhat worth it to see the smile on his face. It wasn't one of his normal dazzling ones, nor was it a smug one, if anything it was one of pure happiness.

"Where did you get this?" he asked, picking it up and examining it closely.

"Alice took it when she was getting ice cream." I mumbled embarrassed, waiting for him to laugh at me.

"You look beautiful." he said, finally looking away from it and at me.

"I'm blindfolded." I said with a nervous chuckle.

"Doesn't change anything,"

"Thanks, I-" I cut myself off realizing I didn't want to finish my sentence.

"You what?" He asked curiously.

"Nothing, do you want to watch T.V or something?" I asked while turning and making my way to the door, but was cut off by Edward gently halting me by laying his hand on my shoulder.

"Please?" he asked.

I knew as soon as I turned around I'd cave so I decided to get it over with as quick as possible.

"I'll show you." I said while leading him back into the living room. I walked over to the coffee table where I'd left the envelope from when Alice was here and handed it to Edward. I sat on the sofa not daring to look at him. But I felt the sofa dip meaning he'd taken my lead and sat next to me.

"You have two?" he asked.

I looked up at him to see that same smile on his lips, "Yeah Sue made two copies. To embarrass me I think." I said, leaving out the part that I'd printed off the one from my room myself.

"Can I have this one?" he asked showing me the picture as if I haven't already memorized ever detail of it already.

"Sure I was going to offer you it but..."

"But?" he prompted.

"I thought you might think it's a bit weird." I said shyly.

"Oh it's definitely weird." he said seriously, but smiled at my panicked expression "it's weird for me to like you so much over such a short period of time. But this shows me that maybe you're just as weird as I am."

"We are a pretty odd pair." I said seriously, while fireworks we're going off inside of me.

"Yeah, you're pretty and I'm odd." he said with a laugh.

I laughed along with him, "I think you've got it the other way around."

"I don't think so." he said putting his arm around me and pulling me closer to him so my head was resting against his chest.

"Does that offer to watch television still stand?" he asked.

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I'm not going to lie; the rest of the night was very blissful. We cuddled up on the sofa for the rest of the night watching movies and various comedy shows, sneaking in kisses here and there. When we realized the time it had got a little late so Edward stayed in the spare room.

It was now about 10 a.m. and I was making my way into the kitchen to make myself some coffee, but got stopped in my tracks by a topless Edward sitting at the counter with his own cup of coffee, flicking through this morning's paper.

"Your hair looks like a haystack … but I like it." he said with a smirk while sipping on his coffee.

"Very funny," I said while using my fingers to comb through my hair "want some breakfast? There's only cereal or toast I'm afraid."

"Um, you might want to save your appetite, mum's known for her Sunday lunches." he said with a hopeful smile.

"And that affects me how?" I said feeling uneasy over where this is going.

"Well I told you yesterday the deal was she'd helped me if she got to meet you, I just neglected to mention that the meeting will take place over Sunday lunch." he said giving me that hopeful smile which he now knows works like a charm.

"Okay, but will I have to dress up?" I asked in a somewhat disgusted tone.

"Well, yeah, I know mum would love you either way she just sees this as kind of a big thing." he said with a smile before finishing off his coffee and hopping off the counter and going back to the spare room.

I made sure to have a quick shower and iron some fresh clothes to wear which consisted of a red shirt and a black knee length skirt paired off with some black pumps. My hair was just unmanageable after my quick shower so I just put it up into a high ponytail.

When I had finished, I found Edward sitting in my living room dressed in the same clothes as yesterday. I smirked at the wrinkles in his shirt. It wasn't like Edward to ever be less than perfect, but it seems he had no choice today.

"Need to stop off at your place first?" I asked.

He nodded "Dad once turned up from an all-night shift with a slight crease in his collar and she marched him upstairs, refusing to let him have anything to eat until he changed into something fresh."

"Love me either way, huh?" I said with a smirk as we made our way out of my apartment.

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We pulled up outside a building that could only be described as a mansion. We'd already popped back to Edward's place so he could throw on some fresh clothes, and after all this wanting to see my place nonsense, he made me wait in the car while he did so. He was only a few minutes but now I'm curious, although maybe this means we'll have to go on more dates with one another, which isn't exactly a bad thing.

"Ready?" Edward asked giving my hand a squeeze.

"Nope," I said with a nervous chuckle.

Edward, as usual, did the gentlemanly thing of opening my door and took my hand while we walked up the long pathway. It was obvious that a lot of care had gone into the big gardens surrounding us.

Another car arrived and parked up behind us, which caused Edward and me to stop and look to see who it was. The incarnation of pure beauty, also known as Rosalie, stepped out first. Followed by the still somehow loveable Emmett, it made me happy to see him fiddling with the cufflinks on his shirt. Looks like I won't be the only one who's uncomfortable today.

We exchanged pleasantries before Edward and Rosalie took us into their beautiful home. They asked us to wait in the living room while they went to see how Esme was doing. Apparently, she doesn't like being disturbed and it was best we stay away for the time being.

I perched on the end of one of the sofas, while Emmett practically jumped on it next to me, causing me to fall back a little while he sprawled out. We stayed silent for a few minutes, admiring all the pictures dotted around the room.

"Nervous?" Emmett asked me.

"Very, you?"

"Not at all, parents love me." he said with a smug smile, "Although I wish Rose hadn't forced me into this shirt." he said undoing a couple of the top buttons, revealing some of the white wife beater he wore underneath. I immediately realized his discomfort; the shirt he wore was barely big enough to cover his mountains of muscles. If he hadn't undone those top few buttons, they probably would have flown off at some point. I'm pretty sure Esme wouldn't love him for having that happen during a meal she's probably spent all morning perfecting.

I was about to respond when Edward came back in.

"Sorry about that, mums ready for us all now." he said with a smile, slipping his hand into mine and pulling me off of the couch.

When we entered the dining room, which like everything else here including the people surrounding me, was beautiful. I had to stifle a gasp when I saw the table. It was huge with expensive looking plates and mats, but what surprised me the most was the amount of food there was, it was enough to feed a small army. Rosalie and Carlisle stood next to a woman with caramel coloured hair who was smiling warmly and me and Edward, turning into an all out grin when she saw our interlocked hands. Rosalie walked over to take Emmett's hand, I thought to reassure him but I saw her glaring at the newly undone top two buttons. Emmett just gulped in fear. Edward seemed to notice the silent communication as well.

"Mum this is Bella, Bella this is mum." he said with a laugh.

"Call me Esme." she said extending her hand toward me.

I shook her hand, "It's nice to finally meet you Esme," I said, "and it's nice to see you again Carlisle."

"Oh no, thank you for coming Bella. Esme would have driven us all mad otherwise. She probably would have been badgering Edward or Alice for your address right now." he said with a smile looking fondly at his wife who was giving him a playful glare.

"Speaking of," I said pointlessly looking around the room, "where is Alice?"

Edward opened his mouth to answer but shut it and smiled before tilting his head toward the door. Within a few seconds Alice bounced in towing along Jasper.

"Sorry we're late, Jazz let me pick his outfit so I had to look through his whole wardrobe first..." she trailed off, giving her parents a butter wouldn't melt smile before dragging Jasper to the nearest chair.

Edward followed suit sitting me down between him and Alice, I smiled in appreciation.

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We'd been eating for about ten minutes. Everything was laid out so you could pick what you wanted, and Emmett was using this to his full potential by putting almost double of everything on his plate. Rosalie would try to silently scold him, but he'd just give her a sheepish grin before getting more.

"So, Bella," Esme said while reaching for a few more stuffing balls, "I've been hearing a lot about you from my family, how did you all meet?" she asked.

I was pretty sure she'd already heard how we all met so I decided to give her the short hand version, "Well I met Edward at work, we... bumped into each other a few times and Edward asked me out for a coffee." I said looking at Edward and giving him a shy smile, he reached over and affectionately cupped my cheek in his hand which nearly made Esme's eyes pop out. He reluctantly removed his hand so I could carry on. "Then Alice and I got put together in Health and Social Care and decided to pair up and the rest was history really." I said with a laugh looking at Alice.

"If it wasn't for Bella's sloppy speaking skills during our blindfolded challenge I would never have met Jazz." Alice said happily, giving Jasper a peck on the cheek.

"And if it wasn't for Alice's sloppy directing skills I would have never met Emmett." I said with a laugh, causing Emmett and Alice to laugh along.

"Wait, I haven't heard this bit." Esme said curiously, not even bothering to try and correct the slip of information.

"Neither have I." Edward said sounding confused.

"Remember that bump on my head where I got hit in the head with a ball? It was Emmett's mighty force behind it. Alice neglected to properly warn me that it was hurtling towards me. I think Emmett thought he'd killed me at one point." I said laughing.

"Oh and don't forget he thought you were really deaf." Alice added, causing everyone else to laugh along with us.

"Well, how was I to know?" Emmett grumbled, but cheered up when Rosalie gave him an affectionate pat on his shoulder.

Conversation carried on much like this for the rest of the meal and dessert, Esme was an amazing cook. It was an odd sensation. Since I'd started living on my own I didn't see Charlie or Renée often, which I know is my own fault. I was never one to stay in one place. I was bored far too easily of such a small town, but today filled that void for me. We really pulled together and acted like one big family, it was impossible to deny Emmett as the protective and cuddly big brother, while Jasper played the more reserved card, but if his calming presence wasn't there, it wouldn't feel right. And me? I'm pretty sure I've secured the role as the young, clumsy one; it's a good job Carlisle and Edward choose medical professions.

At this thought, I looked toward the Greek God whose knee I currently sat on. He was twirling a strand of my hair around in his fingers, smiling or nuzzling my neck whenever he caught my eye. As stupid as this might sound, being with everyone today really felt like I was truly home.

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