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Chapter 21 - Pouting

Tuesday, September 7

When I woke up on Tuesday, I had the horrible feeling in my stomach. You know the one that's always there on the very last day of summer holidays. I had my very first class of the semester the next morning and I was not too happy at the idea of leaving our little love nest.

What made matters worse, was that Edward didn't have a Wednesday class. So, I was going to be left to suffer the back to school blues alone.

"Are you pouting?" Edward asked, chuckling. He reached up and pinched my bottom lip.

I rolled over to face him and pushed my lip out further. "Maybe."

"How come, baby?" he asked, rubbing his palm over my bare stomach. "Don't feel good? Is it, um, your period?"

I smiled up at his face and stretched up to kiss his lips. He was seriously the sweetest man. Always concerned about me. "No, baby. That's not until…" I scrunched my nose while I calculated the dates. "Uh…Sunday. Crap. The day before my birthday."

This time I pouted for real. "Aw, Bella," He said, leaning in to kiss the pout from my face. "We'll make your birthday fun, period or not."

"I love you," I whispered.

"I love you, too, sugar. So, what's the reason for the first pout?"

"Oh. It's the first day of classes tomorrow," I said.

Edward chuckled. "Baby girl," he started, using one of my favourite nicknames. "You have one class. I'll even go with you. Like not right into class, but I'll drive you to the college, walk you to your class, and then I'll take you out for coffee, afterwards. How does that sound?"

I kissed him, again. "It sounds like the best first day of school, ever."

Edward laughed. "I'm glad I could be of service. But, speaking of classes, we haven't even been to the school to get our books."

"Oh, yeah." I giggled. "That would probably help, huh?"

"I think so," he said, before getting up. I smiled at the view of his naked body. He was just plain hot. "I'm going to have a quick shower. Could I interest you in joining me and making it not so quick?"

I laughed, pulling on Edward's t-shirt, and hopping out of bed. "I would love that. But can I use the bathroom first?"

"Of course." He kissed my lips, before walking into the hallway completely naked. "I'm going to feed the cat."

I laughed as I walked into the bathroom. Edward totally felt at home here. I was so glad. I knew moving took adjustment, but he was doing so great. I pulled off Edward's t-shirt and took my birth control pill. I knew I was moping about my period, but these pills had made my life so much easier.

I started up the shower and wet my hair. "Baby?" Edward called after knocking on the door.

"Come in," I said. Edward slipped into the shower with me and set his hands on my hips. I smiled up at his face.

"I see the pout's gone."

I laughed. "Yeah. I don't know if I've told you, yet, or not. But, Edward. I love living with you. These last three days have been incredible. And I can't wait for more days just like them."

He smiled and kissed my lips. "Well, thank god. We signed a nine month lease," he teased. I slapped his bum and he laughed. "I'm just kidding. I'm glad you can put up with me."

"Oh, Edward. You know I don't just put up with you. I love you, so much. And I always will. I'm marrying you, aren't I?

He chuckled, sliding his hands up my body and making me moan. "You are. And I'm a damn lucky man."

Edward and I finished our shower and after we were dressed, we went into the kitchen and I made Edward and I my famous French toast, you know to celebrate the last day of summer.

When I passed Edward the maple syrup, we both laughed, remembering the syrup incident with the cinnamon pancakes the morning before. "If we didn't have things to accomplish today, I might suggest a repeat of yesterday," Edward said, winking at me. I loved my life.

After kitten snuggles with Robbie, Edward and I headed out to the University bookstore to blow hundreds of dollars in cash on books. I was grateful to my mom for putting money away for my college fund.

We may have had our differences, and I had a hard time forgiving her for taking me from my dad all those years ago, but one thing was for sure. She wanted me to go to school. And, luckily for both of us, she was a very, very successful accountant, having saved enough money for me to go to college, and be able to pay my tuition, rent and have enough to live on for the entire four years.

Edward was in the same situation, except that it was both sets of his grandparents that had set up college funds and investments for their grandkids. Edward had never needed to work, but he had worked for a year in the diner for his guitar.

I think the experience humbled him, though, and helped make him into the sensitive, loving man that he was today. That, and his incredible family. He wasn't arrogant. He didn't act privileged. He was amazing.

Edward and I were both going to school so we could work. We didn't have plans to live off our parents' money. Edward wanted to work as a pharmacist, so that when we did have babies, he could take care of our family.

I was so proud of Edward. He had such a beautiful soul. And all that he wanted was to live a happy, simple life full of family and friends. I felt so truly blessed that I would be marrying him soon, and get to share that future with him.

Edward parked in front of the bookstore and I smiled over at him. "Did you know that your mom and dad met in a parking lot at their college?" I asked.

He chuckled. "I did know that." He leaned over to kiss me. "I grew up hearing all of their love stories. Seeing my parents so in love was a beautiful thing, but it was hard at the same time. What they have together is everything that I ever wanted for myself. But, going through what I did in high school, I realized that not everyone gets that."

I teared up a little at Edward's confession. I loved that he trusted me enough to open up like that. "But, you have that, now. I love you so, so much, Edward. Our love story isn't the same as theirs but it's just as beautiful."

Edward's face lit up with his smile. "It's perfect for us, isn't it?"

I giggled. "Stolen glances and nerves."

"I knew you were the one from the very first day, Bella."

I picked up his left hand and kissed his ring finger. "Until forever, right?"

"Right."

After a nice long kiss in the car, Edward and I made it inside the bookstore. We went through our required booklists and found everything we needed. We each had way too many books.

"Ugh. Edward," I whined as we stood in line. "We're going to be so busy."

He laughed. "Well, we are in college, sugar." He leaned down and kissed my forehead. "We'll get through it."

"I know. I love you."

"I love you, too," he whispered, kissing my lips.

We bought our books and Edward bought me an artificial rose in our school colours, purple and gold. It was sort of tacky looking, but I loved it, because it was from him.

Edward and I lugged all of our books to the trunk of the car. "Well, that's done," he said, kissing my lips.

"Are we going home to snuggle?" I asked, as Edward pulled out of the lot.

"Well, we could," he said, glancing over at me with a smile on his face. "Or, we could go do something crazy."

I laughed. "What do you have in mind?"

"You'll see," he said, driving into the city. I turned in my seat and stared at Edward's face. He looked really excited, so I couldn't wait to see what he had planned.