Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or its characters. They all belong to Stepehenie Meyer.
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BPOV
The week passed by in a flash. Edward and I had lunch together on Wednesday. We held hands while walking to the diner. It was sweet. We kissed a few times, but nothing major. We were taking it slow, which I have discovered with Edward, that is very hard to do. I mean, he is so sexy and I don't even think he knows it. Or if he does, he sure doesn't act cocky about it. Even sitting in the restaurant, the waitresses were staring at him as if I wasn't even with him. And that ticked me off, just a little bit.
So, it was now Saturday afternoon and I was in a panic. I had pulled everything out of my closet trying to find something to wear. I was unsuccessful. I had went through multiple dresses, blouses and pairs of jeans and couldn't find anything suitable to wear. In a weak moment, I called Alice and she should be here in 15 minutes. There was a knock at the door. That was quick, even for Alice. I opened the door and yep, it was Alice. She stood there holding some large suitcase type thing and multiple shopping bags.
"Alice, how did you get here so fast?" I asked her. She just smiled and made her way into my living room and put down her things. She opened the suitcase type contraption and it was filled with, I believe, every shade of every type of makeup ever made. I was getting a little frightened.
"Bella, when you called," she said, "I was already on my way over here. You have been talking about your date all week and I knew how stressed out you were. I just figured you might want a little help and I am here for you. I even went shopping yesterday and picked you out the most wonderful dress to wear. That is, if you haven't already picked something out to wear yourself." God bless Alice and her conniving ways.
"No Alice. I have pulled everything out of my closet and drawers and have come up empty handed in the outfit department. She smiled and pulled a beautiful dress out of one of the shopping bags. It was a wrap around type dress in a lovely shade of blue. It would probably fall right above my knee. It was perfect.
"Oh Alice," I told her," it is perfect. But Crap. I have no shoes to wear with this dress?" She began digging through another bag and pulled out a pair of white peep toe heels. I already have these in black and the white would look perfect with this shade of blue. She handed them to me and I immediately place them and the dress down and pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you so much Alice," I said, "I don't know how I would have pulled this off without you." She let go of me and grabbed the suitcase thingy again and started walking toward my bedroom.
"Grab the dress and shoes and follow me. It is time for your fairy godmother to get you ready to see your prince."
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EPOV
Bella and I had lunch together on Wednesday and it was wonderful. I had stolen a few kisses but didn't venture much further than that. We both wanted to take this slow. And that was turning out to be a very hard thing. She was so beautiful. The problem is, I don't think that Bella thinks she is. If so, she sure doesn't show it like some girls do. Case in point, I nearly had to break 3 different guys' necks while we were walking to the diner for lunch. They kept ogling her and she had no clue. I needed to show her how beautiful she is and plan to start today.
After racking my brain all morning trying to figure out where exactly to take Bella on our first official date, I called my mother Esme in a panic. She laughed at me for a few minutes then asked me what I knew about Bella. I told her everything I could and she helped me come up with the perfect plan.
I went to my room and decided it was time to get dressed. I pulled on a pair of khaki colored cargo pants and a hunter green colored button up. I rolled the sleeves up to my elbows and finished off my ensemble with my favorite pair of black chucks. I wanted to be comfortable after being in a suit and tie practically all week. I grabbed the flowers I had went and bought earlier, at Esme's suggestion and made my way out the door and to my car. Where we were going, I was going to need my car.
I pulled up to her building and parked. As I shut the door, I checked my reflection out in the car window and tried to fix my hair. It is as good as it is going to get, I guess. I made my way into the building and up the elevator. I tried to straighten my hair again, with no success, and knocked on the door. It was only a few moments before the door was opened. It was Alice. She was smiling and carrying some sort of suit case type thing and lots of bags.
"Do you need any help with that?" I asked her. She smiled and shook her head. "No Edward," she replied walking out the door," it's ok. I've got it. Bella should be out in a few minutes. She was just finishing up. You two have a good time tonight." And with that she was gone.
I shut the door behind her and made my way into Bella's living room still holding the flowers. I was lost in thought, when I heard a door shut. I looked up and saw Bella standing there in the room. She was gorgeous. Her hair was wavy and she had the two sides pulled up. She had a dress on that was the most beautiful shade of blue against her ivory skin. My eyes followed down the rest of her body and saw that on her feet were the most sexy pair of heels. They made her legs look long and slender and I could imagine them wrapped around me as I…… someone coughed. Oh crap. Bella had brought me out of my very naughty daydream by coughing. I looked up at her and she was smiling sexily at me. I stepped toward her and handed her the flowers I had been holding.
"These are for you," I said, "and I must say that you look incredibly stunning this evening. I placed my hand on one side of her face and pulled her to me. I placed a, what was supposed to be quick, kiss on her lips. Bella had other things in mind though. She placed the hand that was not holding the flowers in my hair and gently tugged at it, pulling me further into the kiss. We both broke away, breathing heavily. She smiled at me and said, "You look pretty damn handsome yourself." I chuckled a little and grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the door.
"Come on. I have a lot planned for tonight. We better get going."