Disclaimer: Normally I'd wish that I owned Twilight… but right now I'm hungry so I wish that I had some food…
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Chapter 9 Part II Forks and Phoenix
I said goodbye to Charlie and walked to the Cullen's house. Edward let me in and took my bags for me. He said that Carlisle and Esme were upstairs and we'd have the downstairs to ourselves until we went to bed and then I would have the guest room. We decided to watch a movie for a little bit and then go to bed because we had to get up at 6 to be at the airport at 7 for our flight at 9.
"What movie shall we watch?" asked Edward. I looked at all the movie choices.
"hmmmm… FINDING NEMO!" (great movie) I said with a smile. Edward just laughed at me and went to put the movie in. "WAIT! We need movie food!" I said as I pulled Edward into the kitchen.
"What kind of food were you thinking?" he asked. I looked around the kitchen; I was still holding his hand from when I dragged him in. He didn't seem to mind, or at least he didn't pull away.
"I kind of want cookies… and popcorn! And soda!" hm maybe I shouldn't have had that cake at dinner…
"Well, we have all of the above except for cookies… But we could always make them if you wish." And with that we were in the process of making chocolate chip cookies. Edward found a radio and put on some music. Music always helps me when I cook so it just made it that much more fun. Fighter, by Christina Aguilera came on… and I got my groove on.
"Well I
thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true After all of the stealing and cheating you probably
think that I hold resentment for you
Guess I, I
couldn't trust called your bluff time is up
Cause I've had
enough
You were there by my side, always down for the ride
But
your joy ride just came down in flames cause your greed sold me out
in shame
But uh uh, oh no, you're
wrong
Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, I wouldn't
know
Just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank
you
Cause it
Makes me that
much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me
that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn
a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me
that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter"
I knew all the words to this song. I was mixing the first part of the batter and dancing around the kitchen. I kind of forgot that Edward was in the kitchen. Once that part was done I mixed the flour with the baking soda and powder, while still dancing. I turned around to go mix it with the other part, while still singing, and saw Edward standing there, laughing. He was also looking at me like I was crazy. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Never saw
it coming, all of your backstabbing
Just so you could cash in on a
good thing before I'd realize your game"
I flicked flour in his face. He looked at me in shock.
"I heard
you're going round play, the victim now
But don't even begin
feeling I'm the one to blame
Cause you dug your own grave"
Edward got a mischievous look on his face as I saw him reach for the flour container. I stopped singing and my eyes widened. Next thing I knew, or rather saw, was flour in my face. I wiped my eyes off and stared at him. He was grinning from ear to ear. That's when the war began. I was throwing the flour from my bowl at him while he had the actual container and was throwing it at me. This went on until Esme came downstairs.
"What's all the no—" she stopped as she saw us and the kitchen. There was flour everywhere. She started to laugh. My face started to warm up and I knew I was blushing. Edward and I were now completely covered from head to toe in flour. We started to laugh too. Esme told us that she would clean up the kitchen if we promised never to make cookies in there ever again. We agreed and went upstairs to take showers.
There was a shower in the guest room's bathroom so that was the one I used. I took out my favorite strawberry and freesia shampoo and matching conditioner and body wash and stepped into the shower. The warm water felt good against my skin. I washed off my body and then proceeded to my hair. I had to use a comb to get all of the flour out of it while I washed and conditioned. I got out of the shower and got into my pajamas.
After brushing my hair I went downstairs to see if there was any of the mess I could help clean up, but when I got there, everything was spotless and Edward was talking to his mother. His hair was still wet, and damn it looked great on him. If I thought I liked his hair when it was dry, well then I must love it when it's wet. There was no other word to describe him in that moment, he was sexy.
"How was your shower? Did you get all the flour out?" Edward asked with a smile.
"It was good, and yes I did mister." I glared at him. My glare soon turned into a smile.
"Well, I'll let you two kids have fun." Esme said as she walked out of the room.
"So… I hate to break it to you, but it seems as though cookies are out of the picture for movie snacks." Edward said with a laugh.
"Eh, that's alright, popcorn's good enough." I said with a smile. We popped the popcorn and went in to watch the movie. I ended up sitting in front of the couch with my back up to it and Edward mimicked me. We had to share the popcorn bowl, so we had to sit close. Not that I minded…
The movie started and I was so excited. Finding Nemo was one of my favorite movies of all time. I loved Dori! The last part of the movie I remember was Dori singing, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim!"
EPOV
I never had more fun while making cookies. Even though we completely made a mess. She was so adorable all covered in flour. I felt bad when my mom said she'd clean everything up, so I took a shower quickly and got downstairs to help. She started to chuckle as I picked up the mop.
"So, you and Bella looked pretty cute earlier." Esme said with a smile. Great, she knew that there was something there.
"We're just friends, Mom." I said sadly.
"oh, but you will be so much more. I can tell" I shook my head.
"Whatever you say." I sighed.
"Really, I know you like her Edward, I can tell by the way you look at her. She likes you too. She blushes all the time whenever she's around you." I chuckled and went back to cleaning.
We finished quickly and she started bugging me about Bella again. Wanting me to tell her everything about what had happened since I met her. I was telling her about the plane ride here when I heard Bella coming down the stairs. I stopped talking. I looked up at her when she came in.
She still had her hair wet and was wearing her pajamas. She looked so adorable. I could smell her from here, strawberries and freesia.
"How was your shower? Did you get all the flour out?" I asked her while smiling.
"It was good, and yes I did mister." She glared at me and it only made me smile more. She stopped glaring and smiled back at me. She was so cute.
"Well, I'll let you two kids have fun." Esme said with a smile. She looked at me and winked. I shook my head at my insane mother.
"So… I hate to break it to you, but it seems as though cookies are out of the picture for movie snacks." I said with a laugh. I wanted to make her happy, and she wanted cookies, but that wasn't going to happen.
"Eh, that's alright, popcorn's good enough" she said with a smile. Oh how wonderful she was.
We went into the family room to watch the movie. Bella was so cute, she loved the cutest movies.
I ended up sitting next to her doing the movie, for popcorn purposes. But I was happy nonetheless.
During the movie, Bella fell asleep. She was so cute when she slept. I didn't want to turn the movie off in fear of waking her up. I also didn't want to move because after she had fallen asleep, she curled up into my side. I placed my arm lightly around her and she sighed and snuggled closer. I smiled, I could have stayed like that forever. I thought what happened at the beach was good, but this was way better. I started to drift to sleep when I heard some mumbling. At first I thought that Bella was awake. That's when I heard it…
"Edward…" Bella said my name so clearly that if I couldn't see that her eyes were closed and feel her steady breathing, I would have thought she was awake. But that wasn't the best part. Though the next thing she said was…
"…Edward… I love you…"
BPOV
I woke up feeling better than I had in a long time. But I was confused. Why was I in the guest room? Who had set the alarm? And hadn't I fallen asleep during the movie? OH NO! I didn't fall asleep during the movie! No!! Damn it! I thought as I hit myself in the forehead. I sighed as I went into the bathroom to get ready. I washed my face, brushed my teeth and got dressed. I packed my toiletries into my bags and made the bed. It was then that I smelled something delicious.
I walked into the kitchen to find Carlisle cooking breakfast. Mmmm, chocolate chip pancakes, my favorite. A little bit later Edward came down the stairs looking like a god of course. He said good morning to Carlisle and I and sat down next to me at the table.
"So did you sleep well?" He asked.
"Why, yes I did. Although I do seem to remember falling asleep during the movie, but I woke up in the guest room with the alarm clock set. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?" I asked him, looking completely oblivious.
"Uh… well. You did fall asleep during the movie, but I couldn't let you sleep on the floor. So I carried you up to the guest room, put you in the bed and set the alarm clock for you." Awwww. He was such a sweetheart.
After breakfast we said goodbye to Carlisle and Esme and packed the car. The flight to Phoenix wasn't even close to the one going to Forks. It was mainly because I ended up sitting next to an elderly couple and Edward was sitting just in front of me with an older man. When we got to Phoenix we grabbed our bags and I started to search for my mother. When I found her I ran to her… and tripped. I looked up to find my mother doubled over in laughter. I huffed and stood up. Good luck streak over.
"Bella, Bella, Bella…" my mother chuckled. I grimaced and got up.
"Hi mom," I said as I gave her a hug. I looked over at Phil and smiled. He came forward and gave me a hug.
"It's nice to have you home Bells. Did you miss me?" He asked with a smile. I had to hand it to Phil, he could handle my mother and that was not an easy task.
"Oh yes. Throughout the whole plane ride I was going 'FLY FASTER YOU STUPID PLANE IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE I'VE SEEN PHIL I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON IF I DON'T SEE HIM NOW!'" I said while laughing. I looked over and remembered that Edward was here. He was just kind of standing there. "Come on, they don't bite remember?" Edward came forward to greet Renee and Phil. Renee hugged him and Phil shook his hand.
Once we had gotten to the house I showed Edward where he would be sleeping. I left him to unpack and I went downstairs to talk to my mother and Phil.
"So did you have a nice plane ride?" Phil asked. I thought back to the ride. It was pretty boring.
"Eh, it was good. Boring, but pretty good. The couple I sat next to, Lola and Lenny, they were a couple of hot tickets though." I said with a laugh. They really were. They said I reminded them of their granddaughter and they kept asking me about Edward. It was rather funny.
Renee and Phil decided to take us out to dinner that night. We went to my mother's favorite restaurant, La Bella, how ironic. We actually had a really good time when we were there. Phil and Edward bonded and my mother and I talked about different things, like stuff I was missing here and the things she missed at my school. When we got back to the house, we were all pretty tired so we all went to our bedrooms. I changed into my pajamas, put my ipod on low and laid down in my bed. I heard a soft knocking on my door. I walked over and found Edward standing there. I was about to ask what was going on but he put a finger to my mouth and grabbed my hand. He pulled me outside and around to the backyard. In the middle of my backyard was a blanket, and a little stereo. He led me over to the blanket.
"What's all this?" I asked. He just smiled at me.
"Remember the night of the dance?" I nodded. "Well, when I found you just sitting there you said you were stargazing. I couldn't believe you were because that's what I was doing before I walked over to where you were. And later that night I promised myself that I would stargaze with you one night. So here we are." I was speechless. He turned on the radio to a station that played basically anything. I laid back and looked up. It was absolutely beautiful. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and I could see every constellation.
"This is really nice." I said as I looked over at him, he was staring at me. "What?"
He continued to stare and it almost looked like it was in awe. "..nothing" he said quietly. I looked back up to the stars. A little while later, my back started to hurt from laying on the ground for so long, my backyard was a little lumpy. I sat up and Edward followed suit. I looked over at him and he was really close to me. I could have kissed him from where I was. I wanted to, but I had to fight the urge not to. I realized what song had been playing, it was "Just A Dream" by Carrie Underwood. It was just the end of the song.
This can't be happening to me. This is just a dream. Edward looked straight into my eyes. He looked down at my lips and then gently pressed his down onto mine. It was a soft kiss that ended almost as quickly as it began. When his lips touched mine it felt like an electric current was sent through my body, much like whenever I touched him, but it was stronger… and it felt right.
I looked at him and he was staring into my eyes again, tying to find something, but it seemed as though he couldn't. I looked down and bit my lip. I couldn't help but want to feel his lips on mine again. We sat there for a minute in silence, but it was a comfortable silence.
"I'm sorry" I heard him say. My head snapped up and I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
"About what?" He looked at me like I was crazy.
"You're not mad?" He asked me, searching my face again.
"Why would I be mad, Edward?" I was very confused. The person I liked a lot, just kissed me! Why would I be angry at that?
"Well, I remember you saying that you don't date at all and I just completely crossed the line right there, totally just ruined everything, I mean we were really good friends like so close and now. Ugh! I'm so stupid! I let my feelings for you cloud my better judgement, and cloud what I know is best for you I— " I put my finger to his lips. He was being completely absurd.
"Stop. You did nothing wrong, Edward… wait… your feelings for me?" I just registered that part of his speech. He looked at me.
"I like you, Bella, I really like you. Ever since the first day I saw you. I wanted to get to know you, I was so excited you were in my English class. I was completely stunned when I saw you at the dance. You were the most gorgeous thing I had ever seen, you still are. You always will be, I could never find anyone who's more amazing than you are, Bella." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He liked me? He really liked me? No way.
"Why?" I whispered. This didn't make any sense to me.
"Why not?" I shook my head.
"I'm completely plain, there are so many other girls out there that are prettier than me, that are more interesting girls, smarter girls, just girls that are just BETTER!" I said. He looked at me like I was crazy, I probably looked it too. It didn't mean that I was wrong.
"Bella, you're completely absurd. You are not plain, you're unique and completely beautiful, no there aren't girls that are prettier, they have to put an effort into being beautiful, you don't. Interesting? You are by far the most interesting girl I have ever met, smarter girls, no. You are so intelligent. And better? You are so much better than any girl out there, you're completely selfless, you're unintentionally funny, you're stunningly beautiful, you're adorable. You're just everything I want and need. I need you Bella." I couldn't believe what I was hearing, he was telling the truth. "I just want to know how you feel about me. If you don't feel the same way, I understand." I sat there for a minute. I knew I liked Edward a lot, but I didn't know how to tell him. I couldn't get the words out.
"I understand" He said quietly, misunderstanding my silence. He stood up and started to walk inside. No! Don't go! I wanted to tell him not to, but I couldn't find my voice. I couldn't make my body move either. I was completely in shock.
EPOV
I walked into the guest room and laid down on the bed. How stupid could I be? I thought I heard her say she loved me? Just because she said it in her sleep means nothing. She probably was saying it about something or someone else, and my name just happened to be in there. Gosh! How could I be so completely stupid? I just told her how I felt and she didn't return it. And I kissed her! Oh my gosh what did I do! Why did I do it? I hit myself in the forehead for being so stupid. I just completely screwed up our friendship. GAAA!!
I heard a knocking on my door. I didn't want to answer it but, I figured it was probably rude not to answer it. I sighed and went to the door. I opened it and Bella was there. I kept the door open but walked back to my bed. I waited for her to reject me.
"Edward…" she said quietly. I looked up. Next thing I knew she was kissing me. There was passion in this kiss, and a need, I could feel it. I kissed her back, not caring about what would happen next, just happy that I got to have the feeling of her lips on mine once again. We broke apart, gasping for air. She was sitting on my lap, basically straddling me, not that I minded, I liked it better this way.
"Does that answer your question?"
A/N: Okay, I know it was shorter than my other chapters, but I really wanted to leave it right there. So, finally, Bella and Edward know how eachother feels! So yeah. There it is. Please, please review, because it makes me happy! Come on, do it! You know you want to……