The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: #8
Pen Name: eternallyedward
Pairing/Character(s):Edward and Bella
Rating:M
Word Count:363
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"Uh, a cosmopolitan, please."
Hmm. I didn't get many guys in here ordering cosmos.
I stared at the handsome young guy sitting at my bar. He'd come in earlier with half a dozen other guys, who were now watching him and trying not to laugh.
"Really? A cosmo? This for your girlfriend?" I knew he hadn't come in with a girl, and I immediately felt bad for teasing him. His face and ears were bright red.
"Uh, no. No girlfriend. Actually, I was wondering—ˮ he paused and palmed the back of his neck, his blush deepening—"um, I was wondering if you'dliketogooutsometime? With me."
I was pretty sure I'd just been asked out. "One more time, at normal speed?"
At this point he couldn't get any redder. "Would you go out with me sometime, Bella?"
He knew my name, but then again so did a lot of my regulars. "First things first. What's your name?"
"Edward. Edward Cullen."
"So Edward,what's with the cosmo? Is that really your drink of choice?"
He rolled his eyes. "No. That was Emmett's idea. He said it would 'catch your interest' and 'make me look sophisticated.' I really just looked like a moron, didn't I?"
Besides being hot as hell, his shyness and awkwardness were endearing. Plus, he had sex hair. Good hair is important.
I didn't want to exacerbate his discomfort so I smiled. "You looked...nervous. And a little shy. Understandable, since you were about to ask me out."
He smiled back. "Yeah, about that..."
"I'd love to go out with you, Edward. In fact, my shift ends at nine. Why don't you hang around until then and we'll go get something to eat? Get to know each other."
Edward's face relaxed into a gorgeous smile. "Yeah? That sounds great. I'll see you at nine, Bella."
As he walked away, back to his friends, I chuckled to myself as I called over one of the waitresses.
A few moments later, I watched as Edward burst into laughter when the tray of cosmos was delivered to his friends' table. He glanced over, a huge grin on his face, and gave me a thumbs-up.
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