AN: I'm so sorry for the delay in updating! I'm doing this chapter in Edward's view. It all takes place while Bella is sleeping. It'll probably be the only chapter for this story I do in Edward's view so I'll try to get his feelings out here. Hope you enjoy it!


Bella had fallen asleep, her head resting in my lap. It felt good to finally hold her and be with her. It's what I've wanted for quite a while but I've never know how to approach her. In school not many guys seemed to approach her although I couldn't see why. She was a heavenly being. So pure, so innocent, so selfless. I couldn't believe that I could be this close to an angel.

"Edward, can I come in?" a voice whispered from the other side of my door. The party had died out long ago and I had just been sitting here thinking of Bella and what could happen when she woke up.

"Yes," I replied quietly. No need to wake Bella. It was probably Alice or Emmett coming to see where I was all night.

The door opened and Alice's petite frame glided through the door. She looked over to Bella and I and her eyes bulged. She stood there for a few moments, shocked. After she registered that Bella was sleeping with her head on my lap and that I actually was holding her, she started jumping and squealing.

"Alice! Be quiet! We don't need to wake up Bella," I exclaimed softly. Couldn't she see that Bella was at peace right now?

"Sorry! I just can't believe it finally happened!" Alice was ecstatic, about what, I wasn't quite sure, but I could find out easy enough.

"Alice, why are more hyper than usual?" I questioned warily. It normally wasn't a good sign when Alice was this excited about something. Normally it meant a shopping trip or a lot of makeovers that I've been forced into doing once or twice.

"Well, you and Bella obviously!" She seemed to forget that we were trying not to wake Bella because she nearly shouted it. I tried to silence her, but she wouldn't be stopped. She had begun to dance around my room squealing and saying things like, "I can't believe it," or "Finally!"

"Alice, do I need to quiet you or will you stop? I don't think Bella would appreciate being woken up right now." At the mention of Bella, she calmed down and took a seat on the arm of the couch.

"So, how does it feel to have your first girlfriend, Edward?" Alice said giddily.

"Alice, I never said that Bella and I were dating. We simple danced for a little while then she got tired so I laid her on the couch so she could rest. I highly doubt that classifies as dating, Alice."

"Okay then. Why is her head on your lap then? Why are you holding her then if you not dating? I don't think what's going on right now classifies as friendship either, Edward," she finished smugly. She knew that she had won whatever argument we were having and left me to mull over my thoughts.

Okay, so I wasn't entirely sure if we were still just friends or if Bella considered us more. I knew I wanted to be more; I had for sometime. I think it all began with the script for our Acting class actually. I believe it was when I was reading over the script when Bella came over and we were going to practice.

I remember that Bella had to do something and she left the script with me. I was reading over it and trying to memorize my lines. I was just about finished when I saw that the script ended with a kiss. I mean, it wasn't that big a deal, but it was supposed to be a bit romantic and not a simple peck or anything. It was something that real couples shared.

I wasn't scared about having to kiss Bella or anything, I was just more afraid of her reaction. I mean, sure, I had kissed other girls before, but not really because I liked them. More or less it was because it was a dare or someone forced me into a game of spin the bottle.

Once I realized that I was not scared of doing it, but of what Bella would think, I knew that there was something different. I thought of going to talk to somebody about it and maybe they would be able to help me figure this out. I thought about going to Jasper because he normally seemed to pick up on emotions and he would be able to tell me what I was feeling. Jasper wasn't around at the moment, so I settled for Emmett.

I think by the time I realized that, Bella was back in the room. I kind of ran out on her I guess to go talk to Emmett. I felt bad for leaving her there, but I knew that I wouldn't take too long talking to Emmett, so I just kept walking to his room. Once I reached it, I wasn't completely sure if this was best, but since I was here, might as well try.

I went into his room only to find him playing Halo. Typical Emmett. I wasn't really sure how I should approach this subject with him. Knowing him, he'd find someway to embarrass me and tease me before he would give me any advice.

"Emmett?" I tried. He wasn't even fazed. His eyes remained glued to the screen. I thought about going up and turning it off, but I didn't think I would get anything out of that. I walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. He paused the game and looked up at me.

"What do you want, Edward? I was kinda busy here," he gruffly said. I tossed him the script I had brought with me. "What's this?" he asked.

"Just read it, I'll explain after." His eyes began to skim the pages until he finished a few minutes later.

"So what's the deal with it? It just looks like a script for some class or whatever. What do you need me for?" He was growing more and more impatient by the second.

"Well, I kinda have to perform that with Bella. It's the first thing we were assigned for Acting. I guess I'm just unsure what I should do about it." I kept my eyes trained on the floor; it was pretty embarrassing to admit my lack of knowledge, much less to Emmett.

"Aw… Is little Eddie scared of what Bella will say? How adorable!" he said using his most annoying baby voice. He went to pinch my cheeks like a grandmother would to a grandchild, but I quickly slapped his hands out of the way.

"Emmett, I came here for advice more or less. If you're just going to act like a five year old, then I'll go talk to Alice or wait until I can see Jasper, but I thought you might be kind enough to help. Guess I was wrong though." I snatched the script out of his hands and went for the door. I knew that he would be apologizing in a few seconds, so I didn't bother to make it too far.

"Look, Edward, I'm sorry. It's just this is so different for you. I think you might actually be interested in a girl and it's a first. Normally you have all the answers and never need help and you know. Just having you come here for advice was just so different for you I couldn't resist poking some fun at you."

I turned back to him and said, "So, are you going to help me, or should I go find Alice?"

"I'll help you. You can't ask a girl for advice like this, she wouldn't understand it. She'd say something like, 'Tell her your feelings,' and crap like that. I know that's what some people would say to do, but a lot of the time it just ends up badly. The only thing I can say is just go along with the script and just go by what Bella does. If she seems to be enjoying herself with it, then go with it. If she seems really scared or whatever, don't force it on her. If she's just nervous, maybe try prodding her to go along, but don't force her. Girls don't really like to be controlled, some prodding shouldn't do any harm, but if she seems to get riled up, leave for a minute or two and let her calm herself down. That's what I do with Rose most of the time, you know how bad her temper can get. Well, I hope that helps a bit little bro. Tell me how it works out."

I had never heard Emmett be serious for that long and the advice he gave wasn't that bad either. I figured that I should plan out what I was going to do, so I headed downstairs to grab some food and maybe a mint, just in case.

I remember going back upstairs a few minutes later only to find the room empty. I thought maybe Alice took her into her room to talk to her or something. I went over to her room but it was empty as well. Then I just went back to my room and went to sleep.

The rest just kind of fell into place and here we were. Bella sleeping, head in my lap with me holding her. It felt right to be like this with her and I didn't want it to end. Alas, all things do have to end because Bella chose this moment to wake from her slumber.


Well, I hope you guys like it. I hope I didn't completely butcher Edward in this, if I did though, feel free to tell me. Review please!