Chapter 9: Storytelling Part 2

(Bella POV)

I looked up and my heart started beating faster than I thought it usually did. Did I always have heart attacks around him? It wasn't because of embarrassment, or fear, but it was staring at his all to beautiful face that made my heart run wild. I smiled to him as best as I could manage while coming up with a lie believable enough to get the worried features erased from his perfect face.

"Nothings wrong…" I started to say, but Edward paused my lying when he raised his eyebrow. I chuckled, obviously I had to work on this lying thing much better. I put up my hands as if in defense and tried to make my lying much more believable. I didn't want him to think I was a monster because I snapped at my friend so viciously earlier. "Okay, okay. I am just really frustrated about my memory is all. An old friend came over hear to tell me stories and help me remember. I was so hopeful it would work that I just got bummed out when it didn't. As for what you can do…" I paused for a moment, the next statement still didn't make sense to me. "I heard you were my boyfriend…" How could such a god-like creature belong with me, I will never know. Just the thought of me kissing him just made me ecstatic!

Keep it causal Bells, don't scare him off I thought to myself before I spoke to Edward again. "Are there any memories you could tell me about, I'm sure you must have something to tell me?"

"Of course Bella, what would you like to know?" Then he smiled a crooked smile so beautiful all I could do was ogle. It felt like my cheeks were on fire, and that realization only made them hotter so I looked down at my hands and asked, "Where did we meet?"

His answer was immediate, so immediate I started to wonder how much that day meant to him, because clearly it was a lot. "The first time I saw you was in the cafeteria, the first time I talked to you we were in biology class"

"Did you ask me out first, or I you?"

He chuckled as he said "Me."

"Where was our first date?"

He frowned for a reason unknown and said "In a clearing were my family and I played baseball."

I laughed out loud while he gave me a quizzical look. Was he serious? "I played baseball?" His confused look turned to humor when recognition dawned on his face.

"No, I didn't want your klutziness get in the way. Charlie wouldn't have liked me much if I had returned you home dead." I chuckled a little more while Edward gasped, as if he just found out something he said was a lie. (if you didn't understand, it was the death part that shook him)

"What's wrong Edward?" Was it something I said? Stupid Bella I thought to myself.

"Nothing." Though I could tell he was a very good liar I had a strange urge not to believe him at this moment. I raised an eyebrow toward him, it seemed like our roles were starting to get reversed.

"Any other questions?" I could tell that he wanted to drop the subject so I did, for now anyway.

"How long have we dated?"

He smiled again, knowing that whatever he didn't want to talk about wouldn't be pressed. Or maybe he just liked being able to focus on us. I really hoped so, even though he seemed much more fantast that reality. "A little over a year."

"Did we ever break up?" his smile faded and he answered "Yes."

It stung that he would have wanted to be away from me, I was certain I wasn't the one who broke up with him, he was too perfect. From his talking to me and his devotion to stay with me during most of the hospital visiting hours he was allowed I could tell he was kind inside and out.

"How come?"

"Next."

"But Edward, I need to know as much as I can about our past, please tell me." Edward looked conflicted until he finally shook his head. I guess whatever it was, it was too bad for him to even mention. I took a deep breath, I vowed to myself I would not explode like I did to Jake. The guilt of that still stung me while I thought of a different question to ask him.

"Did either one of us ever date anyone else in the school before we got together?" Edward sighed, as if expecting that I would come up with questions he wasn't expecting.

"No…but you had many admirers. You never gave them the time of day though." My eyes popped out of my head as I thought over this new information.

He shook his head and said "Still doubtful I see. Though you don't remember, I used to always tell you that you didn't see yourself clearly. I see that that hasn't changed, has it?" Edward asked it like a rhetorical question and I pondered yet again what he or anyone else had seen in me, I was plain. I am too pale, uncoordinated, and too top it off I don't seem to have very good luck. It just didn't make sense to me.

When he spoke again he started counting off with his fingers. "There was Eric Yorkie, Jacob Black…" I could have sworn he growled. (Edward will find out how Jake feels soon enough) Why he would though, I didn't know. Jake was so nice when he came here and I wasn't. Before I had time to think about if my suspicions were true, he continued "his friends Quil and Embry…" He wrinkled his nose in disgust there. "Mike Newton, Tyler Crowley…" Edwards's fists clenched as he said their names. "and pretty much the rest of the entire Forks High School male student body."

I gasped as everything came into place. "Weren't Tyler and Mike the ones that put me in this situation in the first place?" The question was rhetorical of course, I was seething with rage, but though I knew he knew this, Edward answered anyway. "Yes" He looked murderously angry but I was too enraged to care. A few moments passed until Edward looked up at me and started laughing.

"What is it?" I asked. Nothing about this situation seemed remotely funny.

"The way you look when you get mad. It's quite adorable." I growled, which only made him laugh even harder. With him in the room though it was hard to stay mad at him for long. Soon I was laughing along with him, I probably did look ridiculous trying to look menacing. After we were done laughing our heads off, we came back to our game of 20 questions.

"Didn't anyone ever ask you out?" Someone had to didn't they? I mean, come on, he's perfect.

He groaned while he answered a defeated "yes". I was about to question more until he said "I wasn't interested in any of them though, I have never loved anyone until I met you." I thought my eyes would have popped out of my skull right then and there, did he just say "loved"? Understanding crossed his features when he saw what he thought was me freaking out, but was really me being over joyed!

"Sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out. Maybe I should go." NO! I shouted mentally in my head. He can't leave after he said that! Come on Bella, think of something to say to him!

"No, don't. I'm not freaked out at all, I swear. I just didn't expect that coming is all. Sounds to me like there is a lot more to our relationship that you aren't telling me. Please stay, I need to know more."

Edward smiled at me, and then frowned as he thought of something. "I wish I could but I have to leave anyway. Charlie is about to order a pizza for your dinner and I need to start doing my homework, but I promise I will see you soon." I smiled at this; I liked the idea of soon. He turned to go, but then, all too fast, he spun back around to me and planted a very short, but very sweet kiss on my cheek before he sped his way out of the door.

I listened very closely as his Volvo left the pavement. My cheek was tingling were he kissed me. Loving the sensation, I just stood there as I basked in the moment of utter happiness. Then all too soon, my moment was interrupted by Charlie calling me to dinner, I hadn't even noticed that he left to get the pizza in the first place, I must be out of it. I went into the kitchen with one thought in my mind; I think I am falling for Edward Cullen.

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