Chapter Nine.

Hello! Not much to say, but i did get a request to say a little bit about each chapter before i have them react to it. So here it is.

Summary of chapter 4: It's the chapter after Edward saves Bella from Tyler's van. She get the invitations to the dance, and Edward asks her to Seattle.

Edward's point of view after reading chapter four of Twilight.

This was the most amusing chapter yet, but I fought back a smile; I knew that would upset Bella. She was already embarrassed. I could feel the heat of her blood radiating off of her perfect skin. I looked at her and stifled a gasp. She was crab-red, as I had predicted, but that wasn't what alarmed me...She was...crying.

"Bella? Bella, love, what is it?" I asked her, my arm instinctively coiled around her, protectively.

She shook her head.

"Please?" She paused, and for a moment I thought she would answer me, but then she shook her head again. I sighed. Why wouldn't she tell me? What could it be that she would not want me to know? I hated when she did this; it frightened me.Why couldn't I just read her thoughts?

I laid the book face down on the quilt on the other side of me, freeing my other hand.

I cupped my hand around her cheek, gently turning her exquisite face toward me. She now faced me, but would not meet my gaze. I did not remove my hand. Her skin burned against mine. The feeling it gave me was...indescribable. It made me feel stronger and more vulnerable at the same time. A paradox. It made me happy, however the tears I felt on my hand countered these feelings. It was amazing how much this young girl could do to me.

I pressed my forehead against hers. My thumb stroked away her tears. After long moment of just being still, I rested my lips against the cheek my hand did not already have. I stayed immobile until i felt her tears dissolve. I pulled back just enough to see her eyes. Her eyes were still wet, though the tears no longer rolled down her beautiful cheeks.

"Please?" I asked again. She gasped and looked away, dazed. She smelled my breath. I pulled away slightly, not wanting to scatter her thoughts.

She inhaled and looked at me. I waited. She smiled and blood stained her face and neck.

"I'm sorry." She said. "I'm being stupid."

"No, your not. Tell me what is bothering you?"

"Well..." her blush deepened. "It's just...embarrassing." she breathed. My eyebrows pulled together.

"You're crying because you embarrassed?" I verified. Surely I had misunderstood...

She nodded. I laughed. And she turned an even darker shade of scarlet.

"Why, exactly, are you embarrassed?" I pressed. What did she have to be embarrassed of? She gave me a look.

"You know why. Don't make me say it."

"I don't know, care to enlighten me?" She sighed.

"Oh come on! I had only spoken to you, like, two times, and as you can see I was way too obsessive about you!" I laughed and the blush, which had begun to fade, returned.

"If you thought you were obsessive, you would have had me tossed into a padded cell. My thoughts were, almost always, centered around you by that point."

"But, it was different in your case," she objected. "You had my blood, and me finding out about you to worry about!"

"That may be true, but if you think I'm referring to those things when I say, I though of you too much, you are mistaken." She looked at me skeptically.

"Either way. I told you I was being stupid It's just...really embarrassing...having you hear all this."

"Haven't I explained it already? You don't need to be embarrassed."

"You can tell me that all you want, but that won't make this any less embarrassing."

I sighed.

"You really do know how to sidetrack me, Bella..." I said, thinking of how i had told the same thing in the chapter we had just finished.

She laughed.

"Yeah, you're pretty good at distractions yourself." I rolled my eyes.

"By the way, I have never thought you were mentally handicapped. I'm shocked at you."

"Ugh. I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but can we just keep reading it now? That way it will be over faster."

"Sure," I grabbed the book from off her bed and started reading again.

Edward's point of view after reading Chapter Five of Twilight.

Summary of Chapter 5:Bella and Edward sit together at lunch and Edward ditches class. Bella Faints is Biology and Mike takes her to the nurses office. Bella asks to stop, then Edward comes and takes her the rest of the way, gets her out of gym, and takes her home(that irritates Bella because she wants to drive herself home.)

Bella surprised me by laughing. Was she Bipolar? My expression apparently amused her because her laughed even harder when she looked at my face.

"What is so funny?" I asked her.

"Just... everything. This book is reminding me of how annoying you are." Annoying?

"Oh really?" I raised an eyebrow. "It's reminding me how ridiculous you are. You thought we shouldn't be friends because I thought you had a crush on me?"

Mission accomplished, she blushed. I decided to be merciful and change the subject.

"Would you like to know my favorite quote of this chapter?" I asked.

"Sure."

"' Maybe it was just a very convincing dream that I'd confused with reality. That seemed more probable than that I really appealed to him on any level.' Ironic, don't you think?" So maybe the subject change wasn't as merciful as I had thought, she turned a darker shade of crimson with every passing second. I laughed. Alright, this time i would really change the subject.

" Mike Newton." I said rolling my eyes. "He really is as clueless as he looks. I'm surprised at you. You didn't notice how he kept thinking...unpleasent thoughts about you? Well, unpleasent for me anyway..."

"Edward! How in the world am I supposed to know what he's thinking?" She said, said smiling.

"Well, weather you can read his thoughts or not, it was written all over his face." I clarified.

"Yeah, I was struggling to stay conscious. Cut me some slack." I laughed.

"You know, I would love to discuss the chapter some more, but the next chapter is titled Scary Stories. I also remember that you mentioned you had flirted to hear these stories. That should be entertaining." She groaned.

"Aren't you getting sick of reading? Don't you want to take a break?" she pleaded.

"Nice try."

Whew! that chapter took longer than expected! This is harder than it looks... So guys. For my next chapter. Would you rather have a REALLY long one that will be up in 4-6 days, or a regular one up in 1-3 days? your pick! Please review! thanks y'all! I love you!

-----Murmmer.