Chapter 14 - A Week Where?
DISCLAIMER: No I don't own it. I do own the Mamma Mia! Soundtrack and I like to listen to it endlessly.
BPOV-
Lauren was seriously disturbed. Her thinking that Edward was gay is utterly absurd. She was the topic of discussion for the past week. It was finally the last week of June, and it was the 21st when Alice announced her plans.
"We're all going to the beach!" She squealed with excitement. This was one vacation I was looking forward to. Aside from summer itself, my favorite part was going to the beach. I loved the way the sand felt between my toes, the way I tumbled in the water when I went body surfing in the waves, and mostly the gorgeous boys at the beach. Although I highly doubted that any of them were as gorgeous as Edward.
"When are we going?" Rosalie questioned frantically. "Oh my God, I need to buy new clothes." She was up and pacing back and fourth at this point.
Alice chuckled while she stood in front of the T.V. "Don't worry Rosalie," she assured. "I already went out and bought all of us new clothes." Leave it to Alice to buy six people a whole new wardrobe for a beach vacation. I groaned. Alice's eyes flickered over to me as she started talking. "What are you groaning about over there Miss. Bella?" She asked me with wide eyes. "You didn't even half to go shopping this time. So you have nothing to complain about."
"It's not that Ali. I mean you probably spent hundreds of dollars on me, when it was completely unnecessary. I feel bad that you spent so much money on me." I said feeling embarrassed saying it in front of everyone.
"Aw Bella!" Alice exclaimed. "You know that it doesn't matter! I love buying you guys presents. It gives me a reason to shop." She said letting a smile creep onto her face at the end.
"It's true, Bella." Jasper agreed. When Jasper talked, it was very soothing. He had a way to make me feel very comfortable.
"Okay everyone!" Emmett loudly announced. "Enough of the depressing stuff. We're going to the freaking beach! Fake I.D.'S, parties and hot babes!" Emmett earned a punch in the arm from Rosalie on his last remark. Emmett bent over cradling his arm as Rose stood next to him smirking.
"Anyhow," Alice proceeded to say. "Jasper and I are taking the Porsche, Em and Rose take the Jeep and that leaves Bella and Edward to take Rosalie's BMW, if she doesn't mind." I could feel my breathing quicken as I looked over to Rosalie and saw her nodding her head in approval. Thanks a lot Rosalie. "Okay then, it's settled. We leave tomorrow at eight o'clock sharp in the morning."
"Uh Alice." I heard the velvety voice call from the couch beside me. Edward hadn't really been a part of this conversation until now. "Exactly where are we going?" He asked. Up until now, I had realized that Alice had not mentioned where we were going.
"Oh yeah!" Alice yelled while laughing. "We're going to Montauk, Long Island. It's right near the Hamptons and we have a condo-type thing right on the water."
"I heard the murmuring 'ooh's' and 'ahh's' coming from the rest of the room.
"Alright then. Everyone needs to head upstairs and start packing. Bella and Rose are in my room, while Edward and Jasper go in Emmett's." Alice announced as we all headed up stairs.
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Two hours after stuffing half of my wardrobe into two very oversized suitcases, Rose had made her way into Emmett's room, and I heard Jasper softly knocking on Alice's bedroom door, begging for entrance.
Alice looked at me with expectant eyes. "Oh fine, I'll leave you two be." I breathed out as I got up from my spot on the floor and hurriedly grabbed my cell phone from Alice's bedside table, and stalked out of the room. I closed Alice's door because there was no way I was going to be hearing their moans and groans while watching Spongebob Squarepants again. I looked over to my right and saw Edward making his way out of Emmett's room, forgetting to close the door.
"Uh, you might want to close his door." I informed. "They're worse than Alice and Jasper." I said flashing him a smile. My whole body was facing him now, my arms lightly hanging at my sides. He started laughing as he reached for the door handle again. God, I thought. He has such an attractive laugh. I mean was there ANYTHING that was not attractive or alluring about this guy?
"You're right," he said, interrupting my thoughts about him. "I really don't want to experience my cousins in their bedrooms with their boyfriend or girlfriend." He flashed me a brilliant smile, and I thought I was going to faint. "Thanks for that." He was stepping near me, so I could just barely smell his sweet scent.
I could barely talk so I just nodded my head like an idiot.
"Uh, so, do you want to hang out or something?" He asked unsure of himself. Uh, yeah I'd love to hang out with you. I'd also like to make out with you if that's fine with you.
If I formed a coherent sentence, I would have told him that I wanted to hang out with him in bed. So all I said was 'sure.' We headed over towards his room, the room I had spent the nights for half of my life. He opened the door and memories of him in a towel came flooding back into my mind. I could feel my cheeks heating up as I looked over at Edward who was staring at me and was smiling that crooked smile that I loved. I looked around the room and I was surprised with what I saw. He completely rearranged the room. The black couch was now against the right wall. The bed's headboard was pushed up against the window, or the wall facing me. And the bathroom door now had a desk on the left of it, and it's shelves were filled with CD's that I knew Alice and Emmett didn't put there. I walked over to get a good look at them. I could feel the heat from Edward's body beside me. My hand flew to a CD that I was most familiar with.
"Debussy." I said aloud. Edward's face turned towards mine.
"You know Debussy?" He asked in astonishment. "Well I mean, not a lot of people our age still listen to classical music anymore. It just surprised me that you knew of him." He explained.
"Well, I only know my favorites. 'Clair De Lune' is my favorite. My mom used to play it in the house." I told him.
I didn't realize that our faces were getting closer and closer until he jumped back. "I, uh, have to go to the bathroom." He announced. Jacob Black where are you hiding? (A/N: I give full credit to Cem1818 for that quote.) After the bathroom door closed, I leaned back onto the floor and closed my eyes. I was suddenly so tired, as sleep over came me.
EPOV-
Dude! I thought. Get it together! I have a beautiful girl in my room who not only is smart, funny and entirely attractive, she knows who Debussy is. I am a royal idiot for jumping away from her when I should have kissed her. Seriously Edward? You have to go to the bathroom? You don't deserve a testicle. I splashed water on my face to calm down and turned the handle on the bathroom door, only to find Bella asleep on the floor. She looked so peaceful, I couldn't bring myself to wake her up. The floor was pretty uncomfortable, so I picked her up to place her on my bed. She felt so perfect in my arms, I didn't want to let her go. I put her down and stole a glance at the clock. 10:53 it read. I grabbed my cell phone off the desk and set an alarm for 7 a.m. tomorrow and I hooked it on to the charger. I slipped off my shirt and pants and grabbed a pair of charcoal sweatpants off of the back of the desk chair and pulled them on. I pulled back the comforter on the bed and laid down, giving space to Bella so it wouldn't be too awkward in the morning.
"Edward." I heard her mumble. I whipped my head around to see her eyes were closed, she was still sleeping. I must be imagining it, I thought as I closed my eyes again. Then I heard it again. "Edward," Bella whispered. I had no idea if she was sleeping or not so I decided to reply.
"Yes Bella?" I asked softly. I studied her face as her expression softened, but was still serious.
"I love you Edward." She whispered. My eyes widened with disbelief. She loved me? She let out a soft snore, she was sleep talking.
"I love you too Isabella Swan." I was crazy. I'd never felt this way about anyone before. Not even my ex girlfriend, Tanya, and we'd been together for 2 years. I felt a strong attraction to Bella, and it was undeniable.
BPOV-
I woke up and felt an arm tightly around my waist and I was pulled up against someone's body.
Where am I? I thought. I remember looking at Edward's CD's last night and I fell asleep on his flo- Oh. My. God. Do not tell me Edward's arm is around my waist. I think I'm going to die.
I very stealthily pulled the covers off of me and then I had to move his arm. I gently started to lift it off my body, but he did not want to cooperate. Instead of moving the arm, he hooked it around me even more securely than before and crushed me against his body. I decided the only way I was going to get out of here would be if I woke him up.
"Edward?" I called softly but he didn't budge. I tried again. "Edward, wake up!" I said louder than I thought. His arm immediately flew off of me, and he got up so fast that he fell onto the floor and let out an 'oomph'.
"Oh my gosh Edward! Are you okay?" I sprang up to the edge of the bed and looked over at him. He flipped over onto his back and had a hand over his forehead rubbing it. "Edward! I am so sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." I apologized as I got up off the bed and gave him a hand to help him up.
"Bella, it's alright." He said with a crooked smile. I didn't even realize until now that he was shirtless. Immediately, I felt the heat rising up into my cheeks. He was so perfect. His chest was perfectly sculpted, and his broad shoulders were amazing, along with his toned arms. I looked up and I knew that he had caught me staring at him. I blushed a deep red, I could feel what color it was. He didn't say anything about it, all he did was smile at me. It was a sweet smile as he extended his hand and placed it on my cheek. "I love it when you blush, Bella." he murmured softly. "It's beautiful." If I could, I would have turned to jello on the floor right then and there. Then the door opened, revealing an eager looking Alice. We jumped back from each other, Edward falling back into the wall and me on the bed.
"I hope I wasn't interrupting anything," Alice said with a smirk on her face. "Anyhow, it's almost 7 and I wanted to wake you up Edward and ask you if you had seen Bella, but apparently I got my answer." She was still smiling as she bounced out of the room. It was going to get awkward at this point, I could tell. I was the first to speak.
"I, uh, better go get changed. I'll meet you by Rosalie's car later." Then his cell phone went off, causing me to jump. I got up and closed his door behind me. I turned to the left and found Alice standing there, with her arms crossed, foot tapping and with an expectant look on her face.
"Have anything to explain Bella?" She asked, her eyebrows now raised.
My eyes darted around the room and I shifted my weight. "I have no idea what you're talking about Alice." I said shakily as I shrugged my shoulders.
Alice released her arms by her side and rolled her eyes. "Oh please Bella, if you're going to lie, at least be good at it." She smiled a slow, creepy smile. "I'll find out," she said as she fluttered past me. She really scared me sometimes. I walked into her room and found an outfit with an index card that said 'Bella' on it. It was a cream colored tank top, with a fuchsia pink flower pattern on it from Banana Republic, (A/N: On my profile. I give credit to the model, who is my best friend Hannah. Thank you Banana.) paired with a pair of jean shorts. I grabbed my suit cases and dragged them outside of the bedroom door after I finished changing.
"Emmett!" I yelled. "I need you to get my suit cases for me!"
Emmett came barreling out of his bed room. "Sure Bells." He said as he grabbed the two oversized bags.
We made our way down the stairs and outside, only to find Edward leaning against Rosalie's car, all ready to go. I'm going to kill Alice I thought as we made our way over to him. Edward gave me a stunning smile as he opened the passenger door for me. He leaned over and was right up against my hair as he whispered, "ready to go?" I could barely speak, my mouth was wide open, while my eyes were practically bulging out of my head as I nodded, speechless. He let out a low chuckle as he shut the door.
I really hate Alice.
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I go away for a week to the hamptons and I STILL managed to write a chapter. You should all be so proud. Well at least the people who read my mindless authors notes. You guys rock. Just wanted to get that out there.
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