Everytime I close my eyes,

I see your faceSo I try to read

But all I do is lose my place

Am I obsessed with you?

I do my best not to want you

But I do all the time

I do all the time

Miley Cyrus - Obsessed

Chapter 10 ~ Swimming Pool Delights

Bella POV

"Eurghh!" I groaned, as I slowly awakened from my sleep.

An unfortunately lonely sleep, me and Edward fell asleep last night in our own beds; which I guess was okay, but I couldn't help but miss the warmth of his chest and arms around me. I always hated sleeping in new places, so the previous night's sleep was nowhere near as peaceful as the last; that probably was why I was feeling so rough.

"Knock, knock!"

The door knocking again was a reminder of why I had woken in the first place. I got out of bed, quietly so as not to wake the sleeping Edward next to me and found my silk dressing gown.

I ran to the door, quietly cussing to myself about why anyone would be knocking on our hotel door at this time of day!

"Bob?" I asked, as I opened up the door to the fully, typical dressed in black, bodyguard.

"Hey Bella. You're awake then?" He laughed.

"What the hell Bob! It's 6am!" I quietly shouted at him.

"Well I was thinking, that if we had our conversation early, then someone could spend the rest of the day with Edward?" Bob cunningly said.

"Oh," I replied. "Yeah, sounds good- can I just get changed and ready though?"

"You have 5 minutes," Bob warned me though I could tell by his smile that he was joking.

I quickly and quietly rushed back into the bedroom and put some sweats and a loose jumper on. I ran to my mirror and decided to tie my hair back in a ponytail, as it really needed washing. I had planned to the last night, but was too occupied with wondering what was wrong with Edward. Ever since he had a random shower after tea, he'd looked sad and always on a different planet. I tried to ask him several times what was wrong, but he simply replied every time that nothing was wrong, it was very frustrating.

"Ready?" Bob pretended to sigh, as I ran to the front door to him. I lightly punched him on the arm before closing the door behind me.

"Ahh crap!" I cussed, as I un-did the lock on the door and ran back in to grab some paper and a pen.

I wrote:

To Edward,

I'm out with Bob for a quick coffee, won't be long.

Bella xxx

I mused over whether 3 kisses was being unprofessional or not, but quickly realised that sleeping with Edward had definitely made our relationship unprofessional, even if it did mean nothing.

"Done, now?" Bob asked as I locked the hotel door again.

"Yup." I nodded, as I followed Bob down the corridor.

***

"2 black coffees please," I asked the counter person at Starbucks. I was just glad that so far we'd encountered no paps or people recognising us; well I guess I did kind of look a state.

"Coming right up, that'll be $6.00 please." The lady smiled politely, she looked at me in the eye for a couple of seconds, before shaking her head and looking down at her till.

"Here you go thank you," I replied, exchanging my money for the 2 coffees. I then walked over to where Bob was sitting on the far side and gave him his coffee.

"Thanks Bella." He nodded, taking the mug off me.

"No problem," I replied.

"So… where do we start Bells?" Bob asked.

"I…I have no idea." I sighed.

"Well lets start with the obvious, you like Edward right?"

I sighed. "Yes. Yes I do. I can't deny it anymore; he's all I ever bloody think about!"

Bob smiled brightly to himself like he knew a secret. "That's… really good Bella."

"Is it? Because I don't see it being! What are the media going to do, if we ever got together?! They'll bully him! And me liking my own assistant! What kind of boss am I? And… and Edward doesn't even like me, so it's unrequited… which I guess is the biggest problem." It really was true, telling someone your problems did feel like a weight being lifted off.

Bob nodded like he understood. "Bella… love… love makes all of those things sound stupid! You definitely shouldn't give a shit what the press say!"

"Love?" Did I love him?

"Bella, all that you have been saying about him definitely sounds like love." Bob spoke the words softly.

I shook my head. "No… I know I like him, but love? I don't know…"

"Well anyway, that doesn't matter yet. What does, is if you want to be with him?"

"I.. I can't, he has a girlfriend." I tried to shrug my shoulders like it didn't matter, but we both knew it did.

"That hasn't stopped people before!" Bob pointed out, taking a sip of his drink.

"Well it stops me; I'm not that kind of girl!" I bit down hard on my lip. "M-maybe I should just leave it? Maybe if I just ignore these feelings for a while, they'll go away?"

Bob raised both his bushy eyebrows up at me. "You really think that'll happen?"

I leant back in my chair and sighed. "No," I admitted. "But it's worth a try, isn't it?"

"I guess it's up to you Bella. Just… follow your heart for a change and not your brain?"

"The last time I did that everything went wrong. I'm stronger now, different, I don't need a man. I don't want one. Even if I do trust Edward more than… well most of the people in my life, I know how easily that trust can be abused. And… and it hurts okay. I'm just not ready to put myself on the line like that again." I knew Bob wouldn't understand half of it, but I hoped he understood.

He nodded again, like he did. "Okay Bella, just you do what you think is best. I… I really think Edward could be the one for you." His eyes told me that he really meant this.

"Maybe… maybe one day, just not now."

***

"Swimming?" I asked, checking again.

"Yeah, I managed to book the whole swimming pool just for us!" Edward smiled brightly.

"And… why?" I asked, confused.

"Because we both need a break and swimming is fun! And something that I'm good at." Edward now smiled proudly.

"Okay, I need to see if Alice packed a swimming costume though." I walked into my bedroom and pulled out the suitcase.

I rummaged through the endless silk underwear and found a tiny blue bikini. I could hear Edward chuckling from behind me.

"You have got to be joking! No way am I wearing this!" I complained, looking at how small the bikini was in my hands.

"Aww come on Bells! You'll be in the water for it most of the time." Edward came and knelt by me, to show his sad face expression.

I groaned. "Argh the things I do for you!"

Edward chuckled. "Quit being a wimp Bella!"

I stood up and faced Edward with a faked shocked expression on my face. "I. Am not a bloody wimp!"

"Well wear the bikini then!" He smiled playfully at me.

"Fine, Edward Cullen. Just you watch me!"

***

"Bella, hurry the heck up! It'll be Christmas soon!" I could hear Edward shouting out from the pool.

"Argh!" I sighed, looking myself in the mirror for one final time. I hated what I saw, but a part of me hoped Edward liked it. I took a deep breath, before nervously walking around the corner and into the swimming pool room- thank God Edward had booked it out for just us two.

"Blue suits you Bella," Edward said seriously. His emerald eyes stared straight into mine, making me almost forget where I was.

"Thanks." I blushed, as I leant down to join him in the massive clear, blue pool. Luckily Edward was in the shallow end, letting me see again his gorgeous chest. It drove me crazy; I wanted to feel those perfect abs and stroke them.

"It's warm," Edward commented, as he started to splash about in it.

"Yeah, I hate cold pools." Visions of Forks' only freezing pool came flooding in my head, causing me to shake.

"Wanna race?" Edward asked, shooting me a crooked grin which made my knees wobble- luckily they were underwater so Edward couldn't see them.

"Er.. I don't know.." I was a pretty good swimmer, but with Edward's muscles, I was sure to be made an idiot out of.

"Aww come one!" Edward begged.

"One," I agreed.

"Great!" Edward smiled.

We both went to the shallow end of the pool, to take our places. "To the end?"

"Yup." Edward nodded.

"Okay." I took a deep breath, before taking my place, which made Edward laugh.

"On the count of 3. 1.…2.…3!"

I lunged as fast as could under the water, deciding to do front stroke, as that was my strongest. The water and chlorine burned my eyes but I didn't mind. I made my arms and legs so as fast as they could, until they started to ache. I allowed my self a quick glance, to see that Edward was already in front of me- so I kicked faster.

I kept up the fast speed until I hit the hard wall, to find Edward of course already there.

"N'aww, Bella I was even going easy for you!" He laughed. He wasn't even out of breath! How did he do that?

"Hmm…. Well… I told.. You!" I spat out between breaths. Then an idea came to me. "Hey Edward, what is that out there?!" I pointed to the window directly behind Edward, which made him spin around. I took the golden moment, to splash a whole load of water over him and burst into a fit of giggles.

Edward slowly span around, with a shocked expression on his face which soon turned into a playful smile- ready for revenge. Crap. I didn't think about that.

"Oh, Bella Swan, you should not have done that!"

"I'm not scared of you!" I bravely spoke, poking my tongue at him.

He chuckled. "Oh, you really shouldn't have said that."

Suddenly in one swift move, he had grabbed me and put me onto his shoulders- fireman carry. I screamed instantly, begging him to put me down, which just increased his laughter more.

"Hmm, now where should I dunk you?!" He laughed again, trying to run around in the pool.

"No where!" I begged. "Edward please!"

"What happened to not being scared of me?" He laughed even louder, though it sounded like church bells to my ears- I could listen to it all day.

"I'm not! I just would like to be put down!"

"Here you go then!" He suddenly grabbed me around the waist and pulled me off of his shoulder, to then throw me under the water, with him coming down with me. As soon as we were under, he started to tickle me again- which nearly choked me to death, laughing under water. I then decided to start to fight back, by tugging on his way too baggy shorts and playfully kicking his legs. But Edward was much stronger then me; he grabbed my hands and feet away and started to pull me through the water. It wasn't until we got to the shallow end again, that he finally let me up to get some air, though I was still laughing to death, and so was Edward.

"I told you!" Edward laughed, shaking his head side to side. He looked even more sexier, with no glasses on and his hair dripping wet; I literally could have eaten him up then and there.

I pulled one eyebrow up at him. "Oh, it's not finished yet." I smiled cheekily back.

I decided that if I wanted to touch his abs then there was only one way, lunging at him. I knew I had no chance of pushing him over, but maybe my surprise attack would help him? Surely he should be tired after all of that!

I quickly darted around him, and lunged a full attack on him; unfortunately he could tell what I was going to do instantly and did the same to me. I fell backwards, with his protective hands around my back, what I didn't judge though was how close the swimming pool wall was behind me. Edward could see though and instantly moved his hands up to grab my head and use his hands as a soft cushion for me.

We were trapped in the corner of the swimming pool, our bodies inches away from each other, with Edward's hands around my head. All I could do was stare into the endless emerald eyes in front of me; I was completely trapped in them and never wanted to look away. I could hear now that both of our breaths were heavy and could feel the electricity, even in the water, circulating around all the points where our skin was connected. I could see a tiny droplet of water fall from Edward's sexy hair onto the tip of his nose, and carefully reached my hand up to remove it.

Then slowly, like we both weren't even properly thinking about it, it was just a natural reaction- both leant in towards each other. The closer I got towards his face, the more I could smell the sweetness of his breath, it smelled amazing- like my own personal brand of heroin.

The moment our lips touched, the electricity grew stronger and so did the force of the hands on my head. I could feel the force of the kiss from Edward, the way his hands clung and tugged onto my head, I instantly reciprocated it, by sliding my hands onto his soft hair and tugging hard at it, it felt so good. His lips were so soft on mine that it made my body beg for more, more depth. His sweet breath was even stronger now on me, it helped to feel the electricity in my body build up like I was on an eternal high. Then, too soon, our lips and bodies parted and we were left back staring at each other, though this time the breathing was much heavier, but also our faces were both in complete shock. I took this as a very bad sign from Edward, so instantly let go of his soft hair and removed myself from him, which he followed fast.

"I… my crap is that the time? We… I mean I, better go." Edward instantly stood up and headed out of the pool.

"Yeah." I nodded quietly to myself.

I took in a big sigh, though half of my body was still reeling from the kiss, and followed Edward out of the pool, but making sure to keep my distance. I then made my way into the changing room, to take a shower and change.

When I was done, I half expected Edward to have left without me; but when I walked out into the reception, he was there talking to the receptionist. His hair was still wet and his glasses were off, with just a white t-shirt and jeans on, making him almost look like a different guy. I guess Alice had packed his bag. The receptionist obviously noted how good he looked as well, as she was blatantly flirting with him, with the fake laughter and looking up at him under her massive eye lashes. I took a big gulp, upset by the image in front of me- I knew Edward was more than blind to the obvious flirting and was probably just trying to be nice, but it still hurt inside to see him like this.

"Ready?" I asked him, earning a big glare from the receptionist.

"Sure." Edward nodded as he turned around to face me, with a towel and sports bag in his hand. "Nice speaking to you." The receptionist looked like she was going to say something else, but Edward had already walked away.

The car journey home, in the taxi, was more then awkward. We were both completely silent, looking out or windows. I wanted to say something, anything, but nothing right or appropriate seemed to enter my head, so I just decided to live with the quietness.

When we both got to the hotel room, I decided to take the coward way out and head straight to the bathroom. I heard Edward calling out to stop me, but just pretended like I didn't hear.

I locked the door behind me and face the small bathroom, well I guess it wasn't small for a hotel, it had a bath tub and separate shower with toilet and seat. Above the toilet was a massive cupboard, with a hug mirror on the front, which was where I kept my toothbrush and paste. My teeth felt all weird after the chlorine so I decided to brush them.

I stopped and stared at myself in the mirror. What had I just done? I completely just went behind what I said to Bob this morning! I… I flirted with Edward and did what I did, because I thought we were just being friendly, of course a part of me hoped it meant more, but in my heart I knew, or thought it didn't. I… I wasn't ready for a relationship yet; I'd learnt that no matter what you think, a guy can turn on you a any time. I was sure Edward wouldn't do that to me, but I had been that sure James wouldn't at the time!

Or maybe I was just being stupid? Maybe it was me who kissed Edward, and he was just trying to be nice? Or trying not to lose his job? Or maybe he just got caught up in the moment and now he probably regretted it. I decided the last sounded the most plausible and decided was probably the best as well, for me.

I leant on the sink with my arms and let out a big sigh, before going into the cupboard to take my tooth brush. But when I opened the cupboard, there was a big box, some kind of board game? I took it out and saw it was Scene it - Star Trek. What was that doing here?

Edward POV

I ran my hands through my still damp hair as we entered our hotel room. Part of me, was still in absolute shock about that kiss, my first ever kiss with a girl! And, geez, it was Bella Swan! Though I guess what hurt the most, was seeing her reaction to the kiss, she couldn't have pulled away quicker. What would happen now? Surely we couldn't work under these conditions? Surely.. I'd get the sack or something. Damn. Why did we have to kiss? It was all going so well and fun! Though, I didn't regret the kiss, it was the most amazing thing ever- my body ached for more of it.

I looked up from my daydream to see Bella retreating to the bathroom. Shit no, I'd stuffed that stupid game in there yesterday to hide it from her! What if she saw?!

"Bella!" I called out, as my brain thought of some excuse to tell her why she couldn't go in there. "Bella!" I tried again, but she hadn't heard me and was already in the bathroom.

Hmm, maybe she wouldn't open the cupboard? I mean she had no reason if she just needed the loo?

I sat down nervously on a wooden seat which was outside the bathroom door. My mind went through excuses to why is was there, and came up blank.

Then too soon, the door came flinging open, with Bella carrying the stupid game. Shit! I instantly rose.

"Edward, what's this?" Bella asked, confused, showing me the box. She'd tied her hair back into a sleek ponytail, showing me her beautiful pale face and endless chocolate pools of eyes. It reminded me of how good she looked earlier, with the blue skimpy bikini, making her pale skin look like peaches and cream and showing off her perfect slender figure.

"Err… a game." I sighed, stuffing my hands into my pockets and looking down to the floor.

"It's… yours?" Bella asked quietly.

"Yeah." I decided to stick with the truth; I was a crap liar to Bella. "I bought it yesterday… it's for me really."

"Edward, why didn't you say? I feel so bad now! I would have so played this with you!" I looked up to see Bella's face filled with concern.

"Bella… you and I are so different! We act like we aren't, but we both know we are." I knew this needed to be said, I completely disagreed but I could tell from today Bella didn't. I was just giving her a hole to let her say that she regretted the kiss today, and that I was fine with it.

"What? So are you saying you regret getting to know me a lot this weekend?" she asked, biting down hard on her lip.

"I… I just think maybe our relationship should be just Boss and assistant?" Why the heck was I saying this!?

"It was the kiss wasn't it? Look I know, that was a mistake okay and I'm sorry, but Edward I really like you and I need you as a friend!" I could see Bella trying to keep the tears pouring out of her eyes, it broke my heart- but this was for the best right? I couldn't be just friends with Bella; it was unfair for me and for Tanya!

"Bella, you're not good for me okay." I tried to say.

"Why not?" Bella asked, shaking her head.

"Because we are so unalike! You're a bloody celebrity! And I'm your assistant. I hate fame, I hate all of what you are Bella! I took on this job because I needed the money, there was no other reason except maybe Alice. My last boss, was a bitch okay! I don't need you to turn out like that on me as well!" I knew now I was just getting heated in the moment, but I couldn't act like a fool and tell Bella I was bloody in love with her! I knew she would never feel the same way, she just needed a friend to lean on, now Jessica was gone and I just couldn't be that! Not when I had these stupid strong emotions about her!

Bella's glare suddenly turned evil. "Well at least I'm not a stupid Geek! I like who I am, and like all that I am!" I flinched at her words, but knew they would be coming; so just nodded my head and licked my upper lip.

"Yeah Bella, and I like who I am. The geek. The class clown. I've lived with it all my life and the same insult from you isn't going to make a difference to me." I leaned closer to her as I said that; now that the true feelings of what she thought of me had came out, I could maybe now move on? "I'm getting some tea before we leave," I muttered as I made my way out of the hotel room door.

AN: Sorry, sorry, sorry sorryyy!!!I know I promised to update like two weeks ago, but my FLAMING INTERNET BROKE FOR TWO WHOLE WEEKS! And I am being serious, I nearly DIED DIEDD! D:

Anyway, it's back on now (thank god!) and I did try to update asap :D so hope I'm forgiven (:

First kiss! And argument :L What did you think about it ? And Bob's back ;) (who steph hates ? :'( ) Umm Bob isn't just being friendly, he has a reason- but a nice one (; oh and BOB IS GAY! Thanks to Steph! All credit to her (: He's now gay! :L

I have the next two chapters done! So hopefully, this time a very early update, but im having a birthday day out to London on Sunday and going to madame tussards to see was robert! :D soo excited! And OMG REMEMBER ME IS AMAZING!! It's just.. Wow! I LOVE it! I like it as much as Twilight… maybe more? :S Just because robert is soooo amazing in it. Seriusly, go out and see it guys! Its weeell worth it! And the ending.. Omg :'(

Soo thank you to steph for making Bob gay and oh yeah beta-ing ;) hope you had a good easter (;

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Laura (: