Disclaimer-I do not own characters used in this story. I merely borrowed them. If I had my way, which will never happen, my days and nights would be spent with a certain vampire.

AN-Sorry about the delay in update. Babies can be demanding.

Chapter 11- Ice Cream

My mind was not on my work today. I made a few mistakes. I brought a lady who was looking for scallions over to the shallots. I told a customer we were out of green beans when we had 2 cases in back. The best mistake was when I stickered all the banana the organic code and they turned out to be conventional. I had to strip off all the stickers. It was just lucky I did not put the bananas on the stand or that would have created a whole different mess. I made a few people laugh when I fell over the u-boat. They made sure I was alright before they started laughing. I have a bruise the size of a grapefruit on my thigh.

Edward came in only briefly. He said he would meet me at the front of the store outside and we would start are walk from here. We changed the time to eight-thirty. He had a few patients and the last one canceled so he was available after eight. You can tell neither of us wanted him to leave, but he did reluctantly.

The day got better. One of the clerks was leaving for another job so the gang planned an outing to celebrate his new job and make sure he had a great going away party. The last one we had was fun. There was a lot of drinking and everyone declared their love for everyone else. I remember taking a lot of pictures that night. There were a few butt shots. Thank goodness they were all clothed, well there was one that was not. I always thought the kid had a nice butt now I have a picture of his naked tush. I think I kissed more people on the cheek that night than in my whole life. I even dragged Rosalie to that going away party. She had a good time. She left the bar with someones shirt. We ended up at a Halloween bash with people we did not know. It was Rose, Tyler and myself plus a few of the people we saw at the bar that night. I didn't even recognize her when she was standing in front of me playing pool in a wig and different clothes. Someone lent her a Halloween costume.

This going away party we plan on having at the local Chinese Restaurant down the street from work. There will be Karaoke for us to make fools of ourselves. Looks like it will be a bigger crowd then our last going away party. We planned it for this Friday.

The talk of that evening was spreading the department and moral was high due to impending celebration.

I was happy that we were meeting later than planned. It gave me a chance to clean up. I felt like I smelled like onions. I did my best to look good, but not so he could tell I was stressing over it like I was. I kept it casual with nice dark jeans and dark blue long sleeve fitted shirt.

Here I was walking to the front, trying to calm myself. I was flustered. I checked the time again. I am late. Yes I was nervous. Anticipation gets me every time. As I walk towards the the IN door I see him. He looks like he changed. His dress pants were exchanged for a nice pair of fitted jeans. His button down work shirt is now a nice comfortable pull over shirt. Its the smile that has my heart racing a bit faster.

"Good Evening, Bella. I hope your day was good." He started leading me towards the town center.

"Yes, it was. How was yours?"

"I was very anxious today. I couldn't wait for my walk. I am doing well now." He looked sideways at me with a shy smile.

He saw someone heading towards us and took the opportunity to take my hand and lead me toward the building to give them room to pass. He did not let go of my hand when they continued on by. I had a very pleasant tingle going up my arm. He started talking about his day in more detail and asked about mine. I mentioned the going away party and how the department was looking forward to letting off some steam and partying. He laughed. He inquired on when and where. He said he had been there before. Alice has dragged him there to listen to her singing on Karaoke nights. I thought about inviting him, but was unsure if he would feel comfortable with all my work friends. I decided not to.

"Looks like the schedule for next week is going to be rough again, but Carlisle said that it will be leveling out the week after that. I really wanted to have you over for dinner this week. How is your Saturday, are you free?"

"I don't think I have any plans yet. I work until six-thirty. After that I am free."

"How about I come over here at the end of your shift? We can walk back to my place since I am right across the street."

"Sound good to me." These eleven days are going to be tough. I am going to be counting down the days until our dinner date.

We made it to the shop and placed our orders. He paid of course. We headed back towards the fountain and sat down on our bench. It was different this time. He had his arm around the back of the bench sitting closer to me. We were quiet enjoying the sounds of the fountain as we ate. I felt his arm slip around me and pulled me a little closer to him. I went a step further and placed my head on his shoulder. I heard him sigh. It was a content sigh. His fingers started making light patterns on my arm. The tingle of holding his hand was starting to build again. My mind started wandering about what else I could be doing with him right now. His smile popped into my mind and I started to think about kissing him. After I realized where I was and who I was with the blush started to come out full force. I guess he was watching me because I heard his chuckle.

"What are you thinking about that made you blush so beautifully?"

"Oh nothing."

"Nothing you say. ....I don't believe you. I think it was something that I may find interesting."

"Well you are not going to find out."

He looked unhappy. "I really wish I could read your mind. I bet it would be fascinating. I could spend a lifetime in there and never be bored."

I had to turn away and try to keep myself from not blushing further. He did not pry, even though you could tell he was dying to know.

He walked me back to my car. I dreaded leaving. I knew I would only be seeing him for a few minutes each day. It is funny how I use to look forward to his visits and now they are not enough. I wanted more. I wanted more Sunday lunches at the fountain, walks around town and night spend cuddling in his arms. Was I setting myself up for disappointment? My train of thought ended when I noticed we were facing my car. He looked unsure of himself. I felt nervous. He leaned over and took my keys from my hand and unlocked my door. He guided me to my seat and kissed my hand before shutting the door wishing me good night.

I was in a daze as I started my car and drove way. I watched him watch me drive away and then turn to walk towards his condo. I got home and the daze still lingered as I got ready for bed. Daydreams turned into night dreams as I fell asleep think of him holding me close like he did on the bench.