Back to BPOV.


And please remember that Annabelle is a thirteen year old girl. She's not evil for wanting her parents to be back together!

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BPOV

I think I went to Alice's apartment every single day in the next week. I knew it was pathetic to go looking for Edward at his sister's place, but I couldn't help myself. Besides, he had been to the one to bring it up. Unfortunately, it was Thursday and I had yet to run into him.

Alice had, however, provided me with a truly beautiful dress for the hospital party this weekend. It's yet another of her extravagant, never been worn evening gowns, and I was yet again hesitant to except it. But Alice pointed out again that the dresses were probably too long for her and she would just have to get it shortened anyway.

The dress was deep red, and while it had a modest v cut neck line, the back was plunging at there was a slit very far up my leg. It had taken Alice a good ten minutes to persuade me to come out of the bathroom and show her the dress.

And now, I was excited. Because Alice insisted Edward would love it, and I wanted nothing more than for Edward to kiss me. Really kiss me.

So here I was, practically staking out Alice's apartment. And today, it actually paid off.

"Bella?" I spun around, coming face to face with Edward right outside of Alice's apartment door. "Are you going in?"

"Um, yeah." I said, blushing. Edward quickly pecked me on the cheek, and I nearly shot out of my skin. "I've missed you." I said without thinking, and instantly wanted to take back my words. That was so…awkward and clingy of me.

"I've missed you too." Edward said, and a little bit of my embarrassment faded with his words. "Sorry, I would have been around, but this week has been so busy, and Annabelle has a piano recital I have to go tonight-"

I laughed and cut him off. "It's alright." I said, and Edward gestured to Alice's apartment.

"Wanna go inside?" He asked, and I hesitated, giving myself ten seconds to talk myself out of what I was about to do.

The ten seconds passed, and I still did it. "Why don't we go over to my apartment instead?" I offered shyly, pointing down the hallway. "I've got coffee." Edward brightened up and did as well.

"Sounds great." He said easily, and I motioned for him to follow me to my apartment. I had left the door unlocked, so we walked right in and I groaned quietly when I realized I had left the pages of my current novel scattered all over the coffee table. It was a huge mess.

"Sorry about this." I said, closing the door behind me and hurrying to pick up the mess of papers. But Edward stopped me and picked up several pieces of paper, which were covered in neat type and messy red correction marks. "I'm usually not so messy." I said lamely, watching Edward as he scanned over one of the pieces of paper.

"This is really good." He said quietly, glancing up at me.

"Thank you." I blushed and he continued to flip through some of the pages. "But that's just my first draft."

Edward chuckled to himself, but didn't stop reading. "Well, then the final draft is going to be amazing. You're a great writer, Bella."

"Thank you." I said again, not sure of what else I could say. "So…how have things been?" I asked, walking over to the kitchen area and pouring two cups of coffee for us. He shrugged and I put the cups down on the coffee table and started to pick up the papers.

"Busy. It seems like I've had a thousand things to do this week." He sighed, and I sat down on the sofa next to him. "What about you."

"Boring. Unfortunately, I've had almost nothing to do." I murmured, taking a large sip of coffee. "Alice found me a dress for Saturday night." I added.

"Really? That's great. Alice and Jasper and Emmet and Tanya will be coming to the party as well; my dad is big on these parties." He said, and then cast me a worried glance. "My, um, ex-wife might me coming as well." Edward added, studying me.

I choked a little bit on my coffee, and Edward gently rubbed me on the back as I sputtered slightly.

"I doubt she'll actually come." Edward amended. "But her father works at the hospital as well, and sometimes she tags along. But she has Annabelle this month, so…" He trailed off and I wiped my eyes.

"It's fine." I managed to say, still a little out of breath and red in the face.

"Are you okay with that? Because really, it's okay if we do something Friday night instead." Edward said quickly, and I shook my head.

I couldn't believe was agreeing to this, but I had to come to terms with the fact that Edward had an ex wife and a daughter, and that I might eventually meet his ex wife. So what if it was sooner rather than later? I was serious about Edward.

"I swear, it's fine." I assured him, wiping the corner of my mouth with my sleeve. Unfortunately, I happened to glance at the clock right that second, and I groaned. "I have a meeting with a publisher in an hour." I said regretfully, and Edward looked a little disappointed. "I've gotta get going."

"Oh, alright." Edward said, standing up quickly and offering me his hand to help me stand up. "Thanks for the coffee." He said as I took the cup from him and set it on the kitchen counter. "I hope your meeting goes well." He added, and I smiled at him, leading him to the door.

"Thanks. Me too. And you're welcome." I said, pulling a gray cardigan on over my plain purple shirt. "I'll see you Saturday night, right? Six o'clock?"

Edward nodded, standing just in front of the door and intertwining our hands suddenly. "Six o'clock." He confirmed in a low voice, and I found myself looking up into his startlingly clear emerald green eyes "I'll see you in."

"Can't wait." I said a little breathlessly, just before he leaned down and kissed me sweetly on the lips. We broke apart after a few seconds, and my heart was racing.

"Bye, Bella." Edward said as we walked out into the hallway together and spilt paths. He walked towards Alice's apartment, and I headed off towards the elevators.

"Bye!" I called, t even bothering to hide the blush on my face.

Why hide how much he affected me?

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Sorry in the little delay. For anyone who was wondering, 'In Search of Euphoria' will probably be updated Thursday or Friday, whenever I can manage.

Xoxo- Melodyella aka Mellie