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For the Love of the Game-Chapter 13
I finally found the guts to ask her on a date. I couldn't wait for the day of the date to arrive. I was dying with anticipation. I knew that I didn't need to shower her with gifts and take her to fancy places because that's not what she was like, but I wanted to spoil her this one time. She has such a humbling spirit, I'm glad I met her because it definitely keeps me grounded and I have begun to stray away from worrying about what things I have and how much they cost, because in all honest Bella was the most important thing to have, as well as a career, but Bella was slowly becoming more important than baseball. I had told her to dress fancy as this was going to be a special occasion. We were acting like boyfriend and girlfriend and I wanted to finally make it official.
Since Bella and I started our friendship I wasn't worried about feeling like a fifth wheel around Jasper and Alice and Emmett and Rosalie because I would drag Bella along. According to Alice we are perfect for each other. When Alice said this Bella blushed and I whispered in her ear, "I love it when you blush." It was important to me for her to fit in with my friends and she did better than I could have hoped for. Emmett thought of her as a younger sister and treated her as so. Jasper and Bella connected on an intellectual level. Alice and Rosalie found Bella to be their new shopping buddy, even though I know that she dreaded it (and she didn't have tons of money to spend on herself), but I knew that she was doing it because I was important to her.
The night of the date had finally arrived. I got out my special occasion car, an Aston Martin Vanquish, and drove to her apartment to pick her up. When she opened the door my jaw dropped. She was gorgeous. My eyes began to scan her and not in a dirty I'm going to jump you and take you to bed right now way. I just wanted to admire how beautiful she was. I started at her feet where she was wearing grey ballet flats, up her never ending legs to the end of the blue dress she was wearing and up to her face where she was wearing light make up which I was thankful for because she is naturally beautiful and she had her hair down and curled. When I saw her blush I realized I had been blatantly staring at her. I smiled at her to which she returned with one of her heart stopping smiles.
"Come on, we better get going. We don't want to be late."
She grabbed her purse and locked up. As were heading out of the building my hand was on the small of her back, guiding her along the way and I told her that she looked ravishing to which she blushed again. I led her to the black car that had been rarely used and opened the door for her. I think she may have been the first girl that I had in this car, that's how unused this car was. I made sure that she was safely in the car before walking to the driver's side and getting in and heading to the restaurant.
The car ride wasn't awkward. We had driven together before to hang out with Jasper and Emmett. As we talked she turned on some music. It was Debussy which I discovered was something that we both liked.
Once we arrived at the restaurant, La Bella Italia, I helped her out of the car and guided her into the restaurant with my hand on the small of her back once again. The hostess showed us to a table in the corner away from everyone else. Our server came to take our order, but left us alone for most of the night to which I was very happy. Conversation came easy to us like always. When dessert time came around I think she noticed that I was getting nervous. She's the only person that knows I get nervous and what my nervous habits are. After dessert I got myself prepared for my tiny speech I was going to make to Bella. She looked at me expectantly as I grabbed her hand.
"Bella, these past few weeks have been amazing. I feel like we are two pieces of a puzzle that fit perfectly together. Will you be my girlfriend?"
I didn't have to wait long for an answer, "Of course, I'd love to be your girlfriend, Edward."
I intertwined our fingers on the table and smiled at her. I was beyond ecstatic. She said she wanted to be my girlfriend. We both knew that this would be anything but easy. I think our love of baseball and our strong liking for one another was enough to overcome that though. This was by far the best night we'd spent together.