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Edward was the first to wake up and he realized they were on the couch. Leah was resting against his chest and he stroked her hair as he studied her relaxed features. She was so cute when she was sleeping, but to fair he thought she was cute all the time. Sometimes he feared how everything would change when she met a man she wanted to marry. There would be no more sleepovers and all night drinking sprees. He would have to say goodbye to late night calls in the middle of the night when he simply wanted someone to talk to. The very idea terrified the bronze haired man and he knew he had to use what time he had with her to his full advantage.

Slipping out from under her he moved so that he was hovering above her. He placed a kiss on each of her eye lids while at the same time grabbing her shoulders and shaking her awake. He laughed loudly complete with a snort when her eyes popped out and she looked as if she would shake out of her skin from fear. "Are you coming to the family dinner tonight Milo?"

It took Leah a moment to gain her bearings as she pushed her best friend off of the couch and on to the floor. Sitting up she rubbed her eyes before stumbling to her feet and heading to the kitchen so that she could splash some water on her face. Once she was sure that she was wide awake Leah grabbed the sprayer and hit Edward right in the face with ice cold water. It was pay back for his waking her up by mimicking an earthquake.

"Is Esme making her pudding pie?" The russet skinned female asked as she threw a dish towel in his direction so he could dry off. Usually she went to Cullen family dinners because Esme who happened to be Edward's step mother always made Edward or Alice guilt her in to it. Leah would never admit this, but she saw Esme as the mother she should have had growing up. "If so the answer is yes."

"She is making it just so you will come along." Edward answered truthfully while starting the coffee pot. He turned and placed his arms against the counter as he looked at her. "You know that I won't be able to make it through this dinner without you. It seems that ever since my birthday every female in my family as deemed it time that I settle down with a good woman. If you are there then I won't have to deal with all of that. They will be focused on you and I would owe you forever for doing this for me Milo."

"The only reason they would take the focus off of you is because they would grill me about my lack of love life. Sometimes I think that they care more about me settling down than they do you." Leah rolled her eyes when he gave her the look saying she was going to crush his hopes and dreams if she said no. She hated it when he did that because she could never say no to that face. With a resigned sigh she let a small grin come out to say hello. "I'm dip girl."

"What?" Confusion colored Edward's face as his green eyes narrowed slightly trying to understand what she had just said. Usually he could understand his Native American best friend, but sometimes he had to have her explain so that things would make sense.

"You know if I have to bring something I am bringing the dip and it is going to be pre made." Her reply was logical because at the Cullen family get together type of things everyone was expected to bring something and since Leah didn't cook much she figured she would bring the easiest thing she could think of. "I am calling it now before you try to be dip guy. You can bring the chips. We can coordinate and all of that. You know that will thrill Esme and Alice."

"I like how you think." He told her before taking her hand and spinning her around. They did this a lot out of habit when they woke up much to earlier for either of their liking. They would dance to no music. "You know we should just tell them that you and I have decided to protest against marriage and relationships. They wouldn't be able to bug us about relationships then would they?"

Both of them laughed at this because in high school they went through a phase where they protested everything. They had even considered joining the Peace Corps, but then Edward realized everything that entailed and he didn't really want to be what his friend Emmett called a hippie. So in the end they settled for protesting whatever they could around town from school uniforms to La Push being referred to as an 'Indian' reservation. It had been silly times for the two and yet they treasured the memories because it has been some of the best times of their lives.

Leah poured them each a cup of coffee and she thought about what he had said. "You know for some reason I doubt even that would sway them on their path to set us up in happy relationships. I have to admit that it is nice they care. My mother could care less about what happens to me and my brother doesn't believe in long term. Well technically he doesn't believe in anything."

"He believes in smoking weed and free love. We had a long talk about that last time we saw each other." Her friend said as he cringed at the memory. He had known Seth since he was born and he did not understand how the happy go lucky could turn out the way he had. Shaking his head he set his coffee cup down and offered his hand to her. "Enough with the family talk this early in the morning. Do you want to have a shower with me? It will conserve water you know."

Leah laughed and took his hand. "Yes let us pretend you actually care about the environment and not on the fact you just want to have sex in the shower. It is a good thing that I get really horny in the mornings or I would be telling you to take a cold shower all alone."

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Dinner at the Cullen house was the same as usual. Esme was chatting with Alice and Rosalie (even though Rose was not a Cullen she had always been invited to dinners and such because she was Alice's best friend) about nothing of importance. Demetri was talking to Jasper about baseball and Leah and Edward were poking each other with their forks trying to make the other cry out in pain first. Leah was usually the one who would win because she had a high pain tolerance.

Rosalie interrupted the silence by clearing her throat. She shared a look with Alice letting everyone know this had been the meaning of the whole dinner in the first place. "So Edward, have you thought about going out with my friend Tanya?"

The bronze haired male sighed and set his fork on the table. Tanya Denali was beautiful, but she was not his type and Rosalie did not seem to understand that. "Rosalie as nice as you make her out to be which means she is a real bitch, I have no interest in dating anybody."

Esme had come in with a bowl of potatoes and she gasped when she heard her step son use the B word. "Language!"

"Sorry Esme." Edward had the good sense to look ashamed as he looked down at the table. A red blush of embarrassment colored his cheeks when he realized he had been caught swearing in front of his step mother.

Rosalie waited a few seconds before she started in again about Tanya Denali. She and Edward may not be the closest of the group of friends and yet she did want him to be happy. She wanted him to find his soul mate like she had found in Demetri. "Come on Edward you haven't been on a date since Bella. You need to start dating again unless you want to die alone."

"Is that an option?" He mumbled and poked his salad with his fork. "Rose I really do appreciate the gesture, but I am happy the way I am. I don't need to be in a relationship to be happy. I just moved back and before I get pushed in to a another failure of a relationship I would like to get my own place since I don't think Leah would happy if I brought dates back to her place."

The Quilette female smirked and jabbed her elbow in his side. She knew that he wanted her to save him from this conversation and since she was feeling charitable tonight she decided to save him. Unlike Edward, Leah never watched her language and Esme had grown used to it. "Hell yeah I don't want to walk in on your bare ass in the air with some groupie faking and orgasm underneath you. Wait until you get your own place to do that shit."

Alice decided to switch the topics to Leah and her lack of a love life. She smiled at Jasper as they held hands over the table. "Well Leah if you are so worried about Edward bringing a girl to your place you should have a place to go when he has a date. Have you thought about going out with Peter? He is very interested in meeting you and Jasper promised to try and talk to you."

Leah made a face and stuck her tongue out while crossing her eyes. "Have you been spreading lies about me? Everyone knows that I am not a nice person and if your friend Peter has any sense he wouldn't want to date me. I am perfectly happy dying alone thanks very much. If I want to live a fairy tale I can just live my life through you Ali. Now can we stop talking about dating? I would much rather focus on talking about jobs so we can your brothers broke ass out of my apartment."

Under the table Edward and Leah locked ankles before smirking at the other. "You know you don't want me to go anywhere. You love me Milo."

"Get bent Otis." Was her reply as she finished her food and used the napkin to wipe her face. "So who is up for a game of Guitar Hero? I am really in the mood to kick someone's butt tonight. Come on Eddie and let's get a game or two in before we have to play charades with the family."

"God you two are so immature. You should just marry each other and save us all the trouble of playing match maker." Rosalie stated with an eye roll. She noticed her boyfriend twitching in his seat and she smiled. "Oh go on you big baby and go play along with them."

Alice nodded to Jasper and the group of four headed to the living room so they could play Guitar Hero for the Wii. Edward mouthed a silent thank you to Leah who just smiled at her friend. He should now that she would do anything for him because she knew that he would do the same. As they made their way to the living room together Edward let a stray thought pass in his head. I think I could easily fall in love with my best friend. Unknown to him Leah was having the exact same thought and at the same time they tried to push it out of their heads and concentrate on having a night of fun with their friends and family.

TBC…

AN: I wanted this chapter out before I leave Friday and I hope that you all like it. In the next chapter the dinner is continued well the family night I mean. Anyways I would love to know what you thought about this chapter. I thought it turned out rather well.

Please R&R like always!

Preview for the next chapter:

"A duck?"

"A duck on steroids?"

"Duck duck goose!"

"Yes!"

"How the hell did you figure that out?" "I thought she was having a seizure."

"We just read each other like a book."

"It is a secret mind link thing we have going on."

"Well that is your ten to our three in charades so far." "I don't know why we even try anymore since you guys always win."

AND

"Do you really want me to move out?"

"Huh?"

"At dinner you said you wanted me out."

"Do we have to talk about this during sex?"

"I need to know." "Not sure I can really get in to this if I don't have an answer."

"Are you trying to blackmail me?"

"Is it working?"

"Not really." "I only said that to get the spot light off your love life."

"Does talking about my love life bother you?" "Leah are you jealous."

"Ha that is a laugh!"

"You so are!"