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Chapter 21

BPOV

Alice met me at my dorm right after my last class. We got the car packed up so we could leave right after dinner. I knew Edward was a little disappointed that we were leaving Friday night instead of Saturday. We hadn't made definite plans but I knew that is what he was thinking.

I was a little disappointed too but I couldn't help but be excited that me, Alice and Rosalie were getting the chance to hang out together and Emmett decided to drive down and hang out with the guys for the weekend.

After dinner was over and the guys walked us to the car I didn't hold back when I kissed Edward goodbye. It was obvious that Alice already knew something was up and in a matter of a couple of hours she would know it all anyway so there was no point in hiding it.

"Call me when you get there please so I know you made it safely." Edward said very seriously.

"You don't have to worry, we'll be fine." I told him but he narrowed his eyes at me for a minute.

"Humor me."

"Okay, I promise to call you when we get there." I said in a bored voice.

"Thank you." He said while kissing me again. "And drive carefully." He directed to Alice.

We pulled on the I-5 and headed north. It only took Alice a couple of minutes before she started her questioning. I was surprised she lasted that long especially with the look she gave me as I kissed Edward before we left.

"Alice, you know Rosalie made me promise not to discuss anything with you until she was with us so I'm afraid you're just going to have to wait." I knew she was dying to know and I noticed that she sped up a little.

Traffic was surprisingly light for a Friday night. We made it to Seattle in 2 hours.

We drove straight to the motel and Rosalie was waiting for us already. I made sure that I called Edward when we got there so he wouldn't worry. He thanked me and told me that Emmett had already gotten there and they were spending the night at Jaspers.

"Ok Bella, spill it." Alice was on the edge of her seat, literally.

"Ok ok, well let's see I guess it started a week ago Thursday." I told them all about Felix and everything that happened with me and Edward after that up until this point.

"So why are you waiting to 'define' your relationship?" Rosalie asked. "I'm not sure what the point of that is."

"Well, I don't know I guess I just didn't want to rush into anything." I tried to think of the reason why. They both looked at me incredulously.

"I think you've lost me. I don't think you have rushed into anything. It took you nearly two months for you to even talk to him again and then another two to get to this point."

"I know, it's just that….." I trailed off trying to think of what I really wanted to say.

"It's just what?" Alice asked.

"I guess I'm still nervous?"

"Nervous about what exactly? You're not making any sense." Rosalie looked a little impatient. I didn't say anything because I wasn't sure what to say.

"Okay, have you forgiven him?" Rosalie started.

"Yes."

"Do you think he'll do it again?"

"No."

"Do you trust him?"

"Yes." I was surprised a little when I didn't have to even think about the answer.

"Do you love him?"

"You know I do."

"Have either one of you dated anyone else while you were apart?"

"No."

"So you're already exclusive then?"

"Uh yeah, I guess so."

"Has he done everything you have asked of him?"

"Yes."

"Is there a valid reason why you're holding back?"

"No."

"So when are you going to officially be back together?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"I mean, I don't know I guess…. now?" the thought sent my heart racing.

"It's about time." Rosalie said at the same time Alice said "Finally."

"How come you always can make everything seem so clear and simple?"

"That's what best friends are supposed to do." Rose said.

"So when are you going to tell him?" Alice asked.

"Um, when I get back I guess."

"So, how are you going to do it?"

"I haven't really thought about it but I would like to do something nice for him."

"What did you have in mind?" Alice asked grabbing a hand full of chips.

"Hmmm" I tried to come up with something.

"Why don't you do something like he did for you?" Rose suggested.

"That's a really good idea, you should Bella. Didn't he take you to dinner and then give you that book?"

"He made me dinner, gave me my present, and then we went ice skating." I was remembering back to the copy of my favorite book and how he had inscribed it then asking me to be his girlfriend."

"Why not something like that?" Alice asked.

"I know….. You should give him a book on karma sutra and inscribe that." Rosalie laughed.

"I am not giving him a book on different sexual positions Rose…..Though that does give me an idea."

"Okay so what's the plan?"

"I'll need your help." We discussed a few different options but got the plan worked out. I felt really good about everything and also really excited. We stayed up for several more hours just catching up on everything.

Rose was telling us how much closer she and Emmett are getting and how she thinks he wants to move in together after the school year is over, and Alice couldn't be happier living with Jasper.

In the morning we checked out but decided to hang out in the city for a while before driving to Forks. We got there pretty late so we each went to our own homes to sleep for the night. In the morning I spent time with Charlie. I was really missing him.

All of us wanted to see Esme and Carlisle while we were here so we made a stop at their house. "Girls, I'm so glad you're here!" Esme said hugging all of us. Carlisle was at work so it was just the four of us.

"I've missed you." I told her and it was true. Esme was like a mother to me especially with Renee not being around. We spent about an hour talking and then she pulled me aside.

"Bella, I hate to pry but how are things with you and Edward?" I know she knew about everything and was truly worried about both of us.

"Actually Esme we have been getting really close lately." She smiled immediately.

"I'm so glad to hear that, I've been so worried about you two."

"Things are finally falling back into place. And I was hoping you could help me out with something?" I'd almost forgotten.

"Anything." She answered. I told her my plan, well at least part of it and she of course couldn't wait to help. It was nearing dinner time when Carlisle got back. We hadn't gotten a chance to see him yet and so Esme offered to let us stay for dinner. She also thought it would be nice to invite Charlie and Alice and Rose's parents over so it was a pretty big group.

After dinner was over we helped clean up and said our goodbyes. It was getting late and we had a long drive back home. We dropped Rosalie off and Emmett was already back. We stayed to visit with him for a while and then we made the last part of the drive.

I got home at 10:30pm and I knew Edward would want to know when I got back so I sent him a text.

Edward- we made it back, I hope you had a fun weekend too, I missed you –Bella

Bella- I missed you too, I'm glad you had fun, can't wait to hear about it. Can I see you tomorrow? - Edward

Edward- of course, just come over after class. Why are you still up? Shouldn't you be asleep by now?-Bella

Bella-I know you know the answer to that. I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway.

-Edward

Edward- Goodnight see you tomorrow –Bella

Bella- Sweet dreams -Edward

When I got home Monday after school Edward was already waiting for me.

"Hey handsome, what are you doing here already?"

"My last class got out early." He said while leaning in for a kiss.

"How was your weekend?" I asked while opening the door.

"Fun, I'm glad Emmett came down, how was yours?"

"We had a good time; we ended up staying in Seattle most of Saturday before driving to Forks. Sunday we all had dinner at your parents house." He looked surprised.

"You did?"

"I miss your parents too. They invited Charlie and Rose and Alice's parents too. It was a lot of fun."

"I'm glad your back."

"Me too, though I am exhausted." We were sitting on the bed and Edward began to rub my feet.

"If you keep that up I might fall asleep." I leaned back closing my eyes.

"That's okay, get some sleep obviously you need it." I did fall asleep and I slept straight through till the morning. I woke up about 5:00 and Edward was asleep next to me. I was glad it was Tuesday. I was starving from missing dinner last night.

I let Edward sleep for a few more hours while I did some homework. Finally he woke up and we went out for breakfast.

"Edward do you have any plans this weekend?" I wanted to get my plan underway. I didn't think I would be able to wait much longer but I needed the whole weekend for it to work.

"Nope, do you have something in mind?" Yes I do.

"Yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to do something with me."

"That's what I was hoping for, is there something special you want to do?"

"Just be ready after class on Friday and dress warm." I was wondering if he would catch on to that at all. He gave me a suspicious look but didn't say anything.

The week crawled by, I knew it was because I was so looking forward to the weekend.

Alice only had one class on Thursday morning so I met her at her place after that. We of course couldn't afford spa day but we went in to get our nails done and for waxing.

Edward met me for dinner Thursday and he insisted on walking me to my class again. Only this time he waited outside the building instead of coming in. I quickly caught onto the reason why when I saw Felix had a fading bruise on his face.

How did he figure that one out? I noticed that Felix sat on the other side of the room from me now. If I didn't want tomorrow to be perfect I would have called Edward out on it but decided to let it go….for now.

Finally it was Friday and I was on my way home. I took a shower and packed a few necessary things and went to pick up Edward.

He was ready and waiting for me and I was getting really nervous. "Where are we going?" he asked as I got onto the freeway.

"You'll see."

We pulled into the parking lot to Jasper and Alice's apartment. Edward looked perplexed when I let us in with a key and no one else was there.

"Where are Alice and Jasper?"

"They went out."

"Then why are we here? Are they going to meet us here later?"

"No, I was in need of a kitchen and didn't want to use the one campus."

"You're cooking?" he smiled.

"Yes, now go sit down or something. Dinner should be ready soon."

"Can I help?"

"Nope, I've got it." I called Edward to the table when dinner was ready.

"Mushroom Ravioli?" he looked like he wanted to say more but he didn't. He couldn't have missed the fact that it was the same thing he cooked for me the first time.

"I hope you like it." I knew he did, I got the recipe from his mother. He kept his eye on me and I could tell he was trying to figure out if this was a coincidence or not.

After we cleaned up I told him it was time to go. He asked where we were going and I gave him the same answer that I did before. When we pulled up to the skating rink his eyes got huge and he sucked in a deep breath.

"We're going skating?" he asked in a shaky voice. Now I knew he knew what was going on. He got out of the truck first and I placed the card I had for him on his seat so he would find it right away when we got back in.

"If that's okay with you, we can do something else if you would rather."

"No, there's nothing I would rather do." He kept his eyes on me. It went much the same as last time. We held hands the entire night and fell often.

When we got back to the truck I unlocked the door for him and as he started to climb inside he took the card off the seat and looked at me.

"What's this?"

"Just something I thought you would like." I kept my eyes on him as he just stared at it.

"Should I open it now?"

"Yes." He opened the card and stared at it for several minutes. I was pretty sure he had tears in his eyes. It had taken me a while to come up with something to write. I ended up with just telling him how I felt and that I loved him. And just like he wrote in my book that night, I asked him to be my boyfriend.

He finally looked over at me but didn't say anything. I recalled his words from that night.

"Will you Edward? Will you be my boyfriend again?" we both had tears in our eyes then and he leaned over to kiss me with more passion than I have ever felt.

"Yes Bella, I would love to be your boyfriend…..again." it took him a few minutes to realize there was something else in the card. Finally he held it up and looked curiously at it.

"What's this?" he asked holding up the key card.

"That is the key to our next stop." I smiled at him. "Our next stop?" he questioned.

"You'll just have to wait and see." I knew he was going to ask me about it. Finally we pulled into the parking lot of the hotel.

"Bella?"

"Come on." And I took his hand and led him up to our room. He was quiet on the way up. I think he was shocked.

I opened up the door and we walked in. The room was beautiful and Alice had gotten here earlier to spread the rose petals and candles around the room. I lit them all and pulled Edward over to the bed.

"Is this okay? If it's not Edward please tell me and I promise I will understand." And I meant that. Now that I was up here I started to feel like maybe I shouldn't have just presumed he would want this or at least so soon.

"Bella, this is perfect, but I want to know if you're sure." He was looking at me very intensely.

"I'm sure Edward, I love you." He rested his forehead on mine and whispered "I love you Bella, more than anything."

I was nervous but more about not knowing what to do. I had never done this before but luckily Alice and Rosalie gave me some pointers. That was an embarrassing conversation but now I'm glad we had it.

I really wanted this to be a night he wouldn't forget so I pushed my inhibitions away and went for it.