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Here is Chapter 10!
New Beginnings
A
Twilight Fanfic
Chapter 10
Edward's POV
As I stood there staring at Bella while the eggs warmed, an idea clicked in my head. There had always been one person I had gone to for advice, throughout my life. A friend, I'd gone to school with since middle school, her name was Ziesha. Ziesha always provided me with the right solutions. Ziesha was the type of person to live life to the fullest, especially since her life had been a rough road. Did I mention she was absolutely beautiful? I hated to admit it, but she left Bella, and the other girls behind. She had this one charm in her, which caused any other girl to look plain in front of her. I'd even had a crush on her all through school. Ziesha, however, didn't believe in love. She thought there would be several "lovers" in your life if you went at it like a sport, as most of us do. She was waiting for that one man, who would sweep her off her feet, and in the end she would get married to him.
Of course, being younger and immature at the time, I was stubborn to believe anything she said, especially if it was like that, and I continuously kept trying my advances. That's when she clearly said she didn't want a silly relationship problem to fall in between our friendship. Broken hearted, I had gone home, and sworn I would make her jealous, one way or another. That was when I dated my first girl, I constantly looked at Ziesha's reaction, but she didn't seem to really care. Girl came after girl, until in the end, I was finally frustrated with "love", I was heartbroken, and torn. I sat leaning against the school building, when I saw her come outside. She gave me an apologetic look, and came and sat down next to me, putting her hand on my shoulder.
"What had I told you, Edward?" she had said, "Love, it's painful, and heartbreaking, especially starting it at such a young age. There will be several girls in your life if you keep it up like this, and honestly, what will that one girl think of you when you do find her?"
"I.." was all I could say.
I had been at a loss of words, and realization struck me, and I realized every bit of her words were true. I had been treating love like a sport, and I was bound to get hurt. I smiled for the first time in weeks, and stared back at her.
"I understand now," I had told her, "I'm sorry about before."
She had smiled back at me, and held her hand out in front of us.
"It's all good, old buddy," she had said smiling, and staring at me.
I had smiled back at her and gave her hand a high-five. It was sort of like an upside down high-five, because of our hand positions, but it had been an old thing between us, since we were friends.
I needed Ziesha's help to get Bella back to normal. Ziesha would know what to do, she always did. I snapped out of my thoughts as the microwave beeped, indicating that the eggs were done. I grabbed the eggs, and headed back to Bella.
"Bella," I said, and she looked up at me, she seemed better then before.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Here are the eggs," I told her, smiling softly.
I was relieved when I saw her smile back, and take the plate from me. I went over to her side, and sat beside her. We both ate our eggs in silence, and then I decided to speak up.
"You know how you were looking for an apartment?" I said.
"Yeah?" she replied, staring at me, intently now.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe, well, if you wanted. You could move in with me… After all, last night, and today went by well. We are together too, so I guess it would be alright." I said, nervously.
She thought about it for a second, and then I saw a smile come onto her lips.
"I'd love to," she said.
"Great, how about I drop you at the hotel, and you get your stuff all packed and ready in your suitcase, and I'll pick you up in an hour?" I asked.
"Sure," she smiled.
I got up, and went to my bedroom, and got her clothes from last night, and came back out and handed them to her. I smiled sheepishly at her, slightly embarrassed as I remembered that I had changed her last night. She only winked at me, and headed for my room, before she stopped, abruptly, in the hallway. She turned back around, and glanced at me, confused?
"Edward?" she said.
"Yes?" I asked her, as I came up to her.
"There's another bedroom here," she stated the obvious.
"Yes, love," I said.
"Umm.. why did you make me sleep in your room though?" she asked me.
I shrugged, and pulled her into my arms.
"I don't know, I just did. I didn't mind sleeping in the guest bedroom," I told her.
She licked my bottom lip, as I growled playfully, causing her to shake her head. I pulled away, and ruffled her hair.
"If you want, you can sleep in the guest bedroom, when you move in. Later on, if you want, you could sleep in the same room as me," I assured her.
"Alright," she smiled, and then headed for the bedroom I had slept in.
I headed to my bedroom to change myself. Once I finished, I went over to the living room, to find Bella sitting there, waiting for me. She greeted me with a smile, and I couldn't help but smile back. My old Bella was back, for now.
"Shall we go?" I asked, offering her my hand.
"Yes," she chirped, and grabbed my hand, jumping up.
"Excited?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
She blushed, and nodded, causing me to chuckle.
You're going to be the death of me, Bella.
We made our way out the door, and into my car. Soon enough, the hotel arrived, and I dropped her at the drop off, a first for us. I usually parked my car and walked her to her door, but I knew I needed to speak to Ziesha, and I needed a lot of time. Bella must have been thinking the same thing as me, because she had a confused look on her face when I pulled up in the drop off. She just got out when I stopped the car, and turned around to stare at me one more time.
"One hour," I told her, with a smile, "I'll be back at 3 PM,"
"Okay," she smiled back, and headed inside the hotel.
I immediately drove off to Ziesha's. Her house was right square in the middle of downtown Chicago. It was actually more like a palace then a house, Ziesha was a very successful business woman. She had maids and drivers all over the place in her house. I pulled up at the gates of her house, and one of the guards came up to my window, and so I opened it.
"I'm here to see, Ziesha," I told him.
"Of course, Mr. Cullen," he said, nodding, as he signaled to the other guard to open the gate.
I had been to Ziesha's house a lot, and it was understandable that the guards, and some of the maids knew me by name, now. I drove up to the front of her house, making sure to take the path to the front of the house, and not to the garage. I smiled as the familiar fountain came into view in front of her house. I parked my car by the side of the stairs, and then made my way to the door. Before I could ring the door bell, the door opened and there stood Ziesha. She looked truly stunning, and greeted me with a smile, like she always did.
"Hey, Edward!" she grinned.
"Hey Ziesha, I was hoping I could talk to you about something important," I said.
She immediately moved back a bit, allowing me into her house. I walked in, and was greeted with a medium sized fountain in the middle of the marble-tiled room. I raised an eyebrow at her.
"New fountain?" I chuckled.
"Shut up, I like fountains!" she laughed.
"I can see," I smirked.
"What do you want to drink?" she asked, as she lead me to the living room.
"Pepsi would be fine," I said, and she nodded.
One of the maids came up to her then.
"Two pepsi's," she said, and the maid nodded, and headed to the kitchen.
As we got to the living room, we sat down. Ziesha had the comfiest, most great quality of sofas I had ever even set my ass on in my life, honestly.
"Are these new too?" I asked.
"Yeah, you know this place too well," she said, shaking her head at me.
"Yeah," I laughed.
Just then, the maid came back with two Pepsi's in a tray, and offered me one. I took one, and watched her head over to Ziesha. Once Ziesha got her Pepsi, she looked over at me.
"Now, this 'talk'?" she asked.
"Yeah. Ziesha, there's a girl in my life. One I really have feelings for, and love. I think she feels the same way." I explained.
"When the hell did this happen? If it's been long I'll kill you for not telling me sooner!" she laughed.
"Just this morning actually, you're the first to know," I laughed.
"Oh, well I'm happy for you guys! I'll invite you both over for dinner some time!" she smiled.
"That would be great," I said, and took a sip of my Pepsi, "However, there's a problem,"
"A problem?" Ziesha said seriously.
"She was drunk last night, and she explained a few things about her ex boyfriend to me. Today, I think she remembered something about him, and she just…changed. It was honestly a sight I don't want to see again. She seemed so…broken, Ziesha." I frowned.
Ziesha sighed.
"Well, Edward, there might be a chance she was abused by him. She won't necessarily forget it all, only time can heal wounds. If it hasn't been too much time, then obviously she won't be okay fast. As well, you'll have to show her you love her, and really care about her. That's the only thing that'll get her to forget about her past, and move on. I suggest that later on in your relationship, you bring up this ex of hers." Ziesha told me.
"Yeah, but what if she's not comfortable talking about him?" I asked.
"Then, you just have to give her time, Edward. You can't rush her. She'll eventually open up to you, after all, she is your girlfriend," Ziesha smiled.
"I guess you're right," I said.
"I always am," she winked, causing me to laugh. She was.
"I asked her to move in, today," I blurted out.
Ziesha almost choked on her Pepsi, and stared at me, flabbergasted.
"You, what?" she said, stunned, "already?"
"Yeah," I grinned, sheepishly.
"Well, I'd think you'd have the brains to atleast allow your relationship to grow more before you asked her to move in, but I must not know you all that well, then," she sighed.
"Shut up. What's so wrong with asking her to move in anyways?" I countered.
"Uh… in less then a day after getting together?" she said.
I sighed, I knew she was right.
"Anyways, Edward. Just don't make any, too fast, advances on her. She needs time to get used to you. Make sure she sleeps in a different room for a while, until she wants to sleep in the same bed as you. If you don't mind me asking, how far did you guys exactly get in a day…?" Ziesha asked.
"Yeah, she's going to sleep in another room. As for how far we got… we sort of had a…tiny make-out section?" I smiled, embarrassed.
"Keep it at that point for a while. Just make sure you cuddle with her a lot, give her hugs and kisses and all," she winked, and I laughed.
"Will do," I smiled.
Just then, her clock chimed, signaling that it was 3 PM. It had been an hour, and I needed to get to Bella. Shit, I was late. It would take 15 minutes to get there.
"Anyways, thanks Ziesha, but I need to pick up Bella, I'm already getting late! We'll catch up sometime," I promised, as I set my glass down on the center table, and got up.
I headed towards the door, and then turned around and said my goodbye, and then went to my car. I quickly pulled out of Ziesha's home, and headed towards the hotel.