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Disclaimer: All the Twilight belongs to Mrs. Stephenie Meyer. Also the title The Way We Were is from a song and a movie.
Ch. 11
Bpov
He sighed and pulled back just enough to look in my eyes.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that." He said.
"As long as I have." I smiled and he smiled back. The look his eyes gave me made me finally realize that Alice had been right all along. Everything she had told me was true. He really did feel the same way about me as I did for him.
He started to lean forward and my heart started beating a mile a minute. His hands came to my face and gently held it there. He hesitated for a second and then his lips were on mine. My hands went to his hair and got tangled there as I pulled him closer.
This kiss wasn't like any others we'd shared. This had so much more meaning and we finally saw the truth and trust in each other. The trust that should have been there the whole time, but later was better than never.
After we finished kissing, I sat on the couch beside Edward breathing heavily. He was out of breath, too.
"I have to apologize Bella," He started with pleading eyes.
"For what?" I asked.
"For everything. If I had known you still felt the same for me I would never have broken up with you. I never meant to hurt you. And I will never do it again. I'm also sorry for going out with Tanya. I thought she would ease my pain, but she didn't. I'm also sorry for-"
"Edward stop. You don't need to apologize for anything. I mean, as hurt as I was, I understand why you did it. I can also see that you were hurt, too. I should be apologizing to you for having to go out with Tanya." I finished, hoping to lighten the mood. It worked, he laughed.
"Yeah, that was pretty awful. But you also had to go out with Mike." He looked disgusted as he said that name.
I laughed. "It was worth it to see you jealous though."
He looked down with a sheepish smile. "You noticed that?"
"Alice told me."
"Did Alice tell you anything else?" He suddenly looked cautious.
I smiled.
"Ugh," He groaned. His face twisted, but changed to reluctant at his next question. "What did she tell you?"
"Remember at mini golf when you and her were sitting on the bench and she was asking you about your feelings for me?" He nodded. "She told me all about that."
"Well… I guess that was okay, so then you understand everything."
I nodded. "She also helped me see that still had major feelings for you."
He raised his eyebrows at me so I told him the story of my epiphany. Of after he life from our sleepover.
I saw pain flash across his eyes when I told him when I had a little meltdown. I tried not to make it too gruesome so as to not hurt him anymore than absolutely necessary.
After my story he smiled a bit. "Well at least you knew that I still had feelings for you, too."
"No I didn't."
"But Alice told you that I had that look in my eyes when I looked at you. And that I hated Tanya."
"I didn't believe her." I said slowly.
"You didn't?"
"No. I still thought you like Tanya. And how could you still feel that way about me?"
"Bella," He started, taking my hand. "You don't see yourself very clearly. You are beautiful, finny, honest, kind, selfless… Who couldn't help loving you?"
I raised me eyebrows at that word. Love. It must have slipped out accidentally. I mean, I know that he likes me in the girlfriend/boyfriend way, but I don't know if we're quite there yet. I skipped over that part and I referred to the first part. "You really think so?"
"Of course I do." He bent down and kissed my lips quickly.
I took a deep breath to control my heart rate. He smiled.
The doorbell rang making us both jump.
I got up to answer it.
"OMG! Did you hear that Edward broke up with Tanya?" It was Alice at my door and she was talking so fast it was hard to keep up. "I have a plan. You're coming over to my house and you're getting a makeover. Then we're going on a group date and you and Edward are coming. He'd have to be insane not to tell you his feelings after tonight." I couldn't even interrupt before she was pulling me out the door.
Edward finally showed up and stood behind me. "Hey Alice."
"Oh! Hi." She looked confused so Edward spoke up.
"Bella knows everything. There's no need for a makeover."
I smiled gratefully in his direction. He smiled his crooked smile. I would have happily stayed there all day, but Alice had other ideas.
"Oh yes there is. This is your first date night back together. Remember our group date? It's still on. There is just no need for scheming." Alice's face fell a bit as she said that.
Edward and I laughed.
She narrowed her eyes at us. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing." I replied, fighting back more giggles.
"Suure." She replied. "Well come on Bella. We have to go. Edward, you should go get ready, too."
He raised his eyebrows. "It's only three in the afternoon."
"That's only three more hours to get ready!"
He rolled his eyes. "Looks like I have to go." I frowned at him and hi smiled back.
"Only three more hours." He said.
"It'll feel like three years." I grumbled.
"I heard that." Alice said.
Edward smiled and kissed my cheek before walking to his house. "See you soon." He called.
"Bye." I called back.
"Oh ugh. Come on Miss Lovestruck. Let's go get you dressed." Alice said. She tried to sound annoyed, but I knew her well enough to know that she was secretly bursting with pride.
I followed her along in a kind of daze.
I only remembered a few details of how the afternoon passed. I didn't even complain about the makeover this time. I kept daydreaming about our date later.
Epov
As I walked home from Bella's I couldn't help but feel proud of myself. I had finally confessed to her my feelings and the reasons for breaking both of our hearts. I was also so relieved that she felt the same way as I do.
I walked though the doors and found Emmett and Jasper waiting by the door.
"So did you do it?" Jasper asked.
I smiled. "Do what?" I knew exactly what he wanted, but I was going to play it out a bit.
He rolled his eyes. "Break up with Tanya."
"Yes." I smiled, I felt so light-hearted I couldn't wipe the grin off my face.
"Good job, man." Emmett said. He clapped me on the back.
"So we're thinking of going to the movies later. You want to come?" Jasper asked casually.
"Is this the group date Alice planned that revolves around setting Bella and I up?" I asked. I couldn't help but grin at their shocked faces.
"How did you know that?" Jasper asked.
"I was at Bella's and Alice showed up and told Bella her plan. She didn't know I was there at the time."
"You were at Bella's?" Emmett asked. "Why?"
"I told her my feelings and that I never meant to hurt her and she told me the same."
"Alright little bro!" Emmett said stuck out his fist for me to pound.
"Now we have to start getting ready." Jasper said seriously.
"You sound just like Alice." I said. Jasper merely shrugged and we headed upstairs to get ready for our dates.
