AN: Twilight and it's characters belong to Stephenie Meyer
sorry this isn't the best chapter, but I had to get through it so I could get on to the next stuff.
Head Over Heels
EPOV
I awoke to the screeching of the alarm clock. I reached over to turn it off but there was no table to my side. Instead my fingers came in contact with a head of hair. Then I remembered I was in Bella's bed. Bella groaned and rolled away from me to turn the alarm off. I quickly got out of the bed and threw my jacket on. I gave her a quick kiss on her cheek and climbed out her window before she could say anything.
I got into my car and lit my last cigarette remembering the bewildered look on Bella's face as I climbed out the window. I hoped that I hadn't upset her. It's not that I regretted what happened last night. I had just never done anything like that before. The fact that we had only known each other for a week didn't help. I was sure I loved her, but this put things on a whole other level and I wasn't sure how to act now.
I snuck up to my room and took a quick shower. The hot water ran down my back and I leaned my head against the tile. I tried to define my relationship with Bella. She had opened up her heart to me and I had let myself be real with her. When I thought about her I felt like I would burst.
I thought about school. This would be our first day there as a couple. I wondered how that would work out. Would she want to be around me? Would I want her to be around? I always tried to put up a wall when around people. Being with Bella that wall was coming down. I wasn't sure if I was really ready for other people to try to enter my world. I guess I would just take things as they came.
I pulled into the school parking lot. I got out of my car looking for Emmett's jeep. It wasn't there yet. It was getting close to time for the first bell to ring. Maybe she had walked or taken the bus. I should have gone and picked her up. The bell rang and Bella still wasn't there. I hoped she wasn't skipping school again. I sighed and made my way to my first class.
BPOV
Edward crawled out my window. He hadn't said a single word to me, just a small kiss on my cheek. I really hoped he wasn't regretting what happened last night because I didn't. I lay there debating things in my head. Maybe he thought we were moving too fast. Maybe I had pushed him too much. I seriously thought about not going to school.
I must have dozed off because I woke up and my alarm clock said 7:12. School started in fifteen minutes there was no way I would make it in time. Why hadn't Emmett woken me up? Even if he stayed at Rosalie's house he was always home in time to pick me up. I made my way down the hall. Emmett's door was open and I could see him lying across his bed. I went in and slapped his foot. "Rise and shine" I said.
Emmett groaned and pulled the pillow over his head. "We're late for school. I'm going to take a shower. You better be awake when I get out." I slapped his foot one more time.
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We had missed all of first period. I couldn't concentrate in my next three classes. My mind kept wandering to Edward. Maybe the reason he was so quiet this morning is he realized that if we were seen in school together people would start talking. Maybe he didn't want to be seen with me so he could maintain his image. I was really starting to regret going to lunch. The time passed quickly as if it knew the torture I was going through and wanted to make my doom come sooner.
I was the first of my friends to make it to the cafeteria. I made my way through the line buying myself some fries and a pink lemonade. Once I was through the line I stopped. I wasn't sure what I should do. At my usual table were Alice and Jasper and at another table was Edward, sitting alone staring down. I looked back at the table with my friends and then back at Edward. He was looking right at me and he winked. He winked.
I made my way over to Edward and sat down. I smiled at him. I suddenly realized I had never seen him eat lunch. "What not hungry?" I asked
"I stay away from school lunch. I find it better to grab something when I get home"
"Oh" I looked at him wanting to know what he was thinking.
"What are you thinking?" He asked me. I laughed
"I was just wondering what you were thinking. You left so quickly this morning."
"sorry about that I just had some thinking to do and you looked like you could use some more sleep." He said
"Yeah I slept a little too much. I was late this morning. Edward?" I placed my hand on his arm "I don't regret what happened last night." He looked deep into my eyes
"I don't either. I just don't want to scare you way. I feel that if I lost you it would be the end of me." He seemed so sincere. This was crazy there was no way he could love me this much already. Then I thought about how I felt. My heart felt like it was ten sizes too big. I smiled "I'm not going anywhere" I replied.
The bell rang and I stood and threw my trash away. Edward followed me and took a hold of my hand. I smiled at him as we made our was to biology. I could definitely get used to this.
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The next week and a half passed by quickly. Edward and I spent every free minute together. After our make out session we stuck to just kissing. I think we were both just really scared to go any farther. Our favorite place to go was the cemetery. We would walk among the headstones and try to guess what kind of lives the names on the granite had. Sometimes we would just sit under our tree and talk.
Edward found out that I liked to cook and wanted to go to culinary school. I found out Edward made his own comic books. I wouldn't have pegged him for the type but after a lot of begging he finally showed me some of his work. Most of it focused around a superhero named Dark Halo who saved the sick and poor and destroyed those who were power and money hungry. He was very artistic.
One Wednesday he picked me up in his Volvo. "The cemetery tonight?"
"No I want to go to your house and watch movies with your family."
"Actually no one's home tonight." He said.
"Oh, well it can just be us."
We made it to Edward's house and he grabbed my hand pulling me upstairs to his room. I would have thought he would want to watch in the living room. I hadn't been in Edward's room yet. There was a large bed with a black headboard. His bedding was gray and black. Against one wall was a black leather couch. In another corner was a large desk. When he closed the door I noticed a fist sized hole in the wall. Edward saw me looking. He quickly distracted me "What do you want to watch?" he asked
I pulled some DVD's out of my bag and set them on the desk. Edward walked over and went through them. They were all musicals. "Newsies?" He looked at me with his eyebrow raised
"Hey don't knock it til' you've tried it. I love this movie. When I was ten I had the biggest crush on Christian Bale."
"Oh so he's your type eh?" he tried to keep a straight face but it wasn't working. He turned back to the movies "What's 'The Court Jester'?"
"Danny Kaye. I guess it's kinda a romantic comedy. It also has some action. It's a really a good musical."
Edward went to put it in and I climbed up onto his bed. Edward sat with his back against the headboard and I snuggled up against his chest. The image of Danny Kaye playing his lute came onto the screen. Edward wrapped his arms around me and we settled in to watch the show. About half way through I could feel Edward starting to tense. I looked up at him and he had tears streaming down his cheeks. I had never seen him cry.
Edward quickly got up and walked to look out the window. I wasn't sure what to do. I slowly got up. I turned the movie off and walked over to Edward. I placed my hands on his shoulders and leaned my head on his back. "What's wrong?" I asked.
I could hear the pain in his voice "My mom" he choked out. I kissed his shoulder. He turned around wrapping his arms around my shoulders and buried his face into the hair near my neck. Though he wasn't making a sound I could feel his body shaking with sobs. I led him to the bed and made him lie down and I held him while he cried. After about an hour he finally stopped.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to ruin the evening" he wouldn't look me in the eye. I lifted his chin to make him look at me
"Edwards I love you and part of that love means comforting you. I shouldn't have brought the movies over. It was a stupid idea"
"No no it wasn't" he interrupted me "I think it would have been great if I weren't so messed up in the head."
"Edward, don't ever say that again. So you miss you mom that's natural. I think tonight was actually good for you. You need to get some of that out so it doesn't poison you anymore."
Edward pulled me closer to him and kissed the top of my head "thank you." He said
"For what?"
"For being you and loving me for me."
We laid there for another half an hour then Edward sat up. "It's almost midnight better get you home. You do have school tomorrow."
"Hey so do you buddy."
"All the more reason to get you home. I do need my sleep you know." He laughed and helped me off the bed.
When we pulled up to my house Emmett's jeep was in the driveway. I looked at Edward "you probably shouldn't stay tonight." I said to him
"You're probably right. That's okay Carlisle should be home soon and I really want to talk to him."
I began to open the door and Edward grabbed my wrist. "Tomorrow Alice is taking you dress shopping after school."
"What?! Why?"
"Because Saturday is Valentines day and I have made plans for us."
"Edward I don't expect you to celebrate Valentine days"
"Please, I want to" he looked like he might pout
"Okay fine, but you better not get me anything."
"Cross my heart" Edward said while making an X on his chest with his finger. I smiled and gave him a quick kiss then went inside. If I doubted I loved Edward before there was definitely no doubt now. I was head over heels.