Hello There

So, after a very inspiring review, I started writing and couldn't stop! I was also talking to a certain someone and they told me that they wanted a fluffy chapter relatively soon for this story, so I thought this would be perfect. Bella is finally letting Edward in - more so than before, because she's letting him help with work related things - and you'll find out the reason why she's been holding back.

Anyways, as always, read and review and ENJOY!

When we got back to the office I wasted no time in watching the tapes. I hijacked one of the computers that had a good, decent screen and sat there, watching the tape in fast motion.

I always watched them like this, because it made me really concentrate and my mind needed that. The fast speed made my mind work to catch anything that was out of place and it made me much more efficient.

The Cullens watched with me, tossing ideas back and forth amongst themselves as my eyes stayed glued to the screen. I did not participate; in fact to be honest I didn't really hear anything that they said.

It was during the third time watching the whole tape again, that I finally identified something that had been bothering me the first two times.

There was a slight blurring of movements on the screen just before Carlisle, Jasper and I all walked in. It had annoyed me before, but now that I saw it and recognized what it was, it only worried me.

I had certainly been right when I'd said that James had used speed to his advantage. He'd sped through the whole thing.

Again, this was unusual. But I couldn't figure out, even now, why he was rushing.

There was nothing indicating it on the tape, so I only had my imagination to help me.

I tried working with a few possibilities, but they were all ruled out by something or rather that I had already deducted from the crime scene.

"Bella," Edward said and my eyes flashed to him. Carlisle and Jasper were the only Cullens left to stand with me. "The others went home; you kind of zoned out the past couple of hours. No one could reach you, no matter how hard we tried. Are you alright, love?"

I smiled; Edward was so sweet. "Yes, I'm fine; just trying to figure something out."

"Well," he said, hesitating but then coming up to me. "Maybe I can help."

I looked at him, my lips pursed, calculating. Finally, I decided that I really needed to let him in. "Alright. Well… I'm trying to figure out what might have made him rush everything, it isn't his usual style."

"Any theories?" He asked, intrigued; his eyes were shining and I realized that I shouldn't have held back on him. I needed his help and it was time to really let him in. Fully.

"Well, I tried working with the possibility of him just using speed because I knew of his true… nature."

"But?" He asked, frowning in concentration.

"I know he wouldn't have cared. James doesn't think of things in the way that others do… he's different." I looked back at the screen and pressed the rewind button. It played again at the same speed as before. I paused when James left. "All of that was rushed, because he was working against the time. Usually, he tortures his victims for hours on end, but he left them in pain for mere minutes. That's not him at all. There had to be another reason."

Edward stared at the screen without really seeing it, frowning still. "What other theories did you play with?"

I sighed. "That's the problem. I was stuck. As soon as I thought of something – anything – else, I found a way for it to be proved wrong. There are no visual or audio signs for the reason behind his pace."

"Perhaps he wanted to lead you in the wrong direction?" Edward suggested, looking at me.

I bit my lip, thinking about that option. I shook my head. "I don't think so. I mean it is a possibility, but… he's a psycho who's obsessed with me. He wants me to find him; he's just playing cat and mouse."

"That's exactly my point, though," Edward said, leaning against the desk, mirroring me. "Perhaps this is another element of his game."

I looked at Edward and decided that he was right. There really was no other alternative. It was most probable. Besides, we had other things – things that were way more important – to focus on.

"Alright." I said, nodding at him. He smiled at me and I kissed him softly. "Thank you for your help, Edward. I've been worried about letting you help, but now I realize I was just being stupid."

"What were you worried about in regards to my helping you?" He said and I could taste his breath on my lips and tongue. I licked my bottom lip and then bit it.

I was nervous about telling him. I didn't want him to worry, but at the same time… he needed to know. "I thought my job would get too real for you and you'd run away, never wanting to see me again. It's the same reason for why I didn't want to tell you what I was and why I ran away from you when I did finally tell you. I'm always worried about your reactions, Edward."

The tears were in my eyes and there was no hiding them; especially when my voice wavered and cracked on that last sentence.

Edward pulled me into his arms, whispering sweet nothings as I fought against the sobs.

I wasn't going to cry, I'd done enough of that today… or really, the last couple of days.

"Come on," Edward said softly when I pulled away from him. "Let me take you somewhere tonight and take your mind off things."

I looked around for Carlisle and Jasper, but they were nowhere to be seen. In fact, the whole office was empty.

"Ok," I whispered as I caressed his cheek and brushed his hair back from his face. "But I wanna know where you're taking me."

"Not a chance," Edward said conspiratively, a wicked grin on his face and I laughed. Really laughed.

Good fucking God that felt good.

He cracked a smile for me when I looked back at him with tears in my eyes. The only difference was that these tears were happy tears and he knew that.

I locked the office up, turning all electricity off and all the lights.

As we got to my baby of a car, Edward stopped me, holding out his hand. I decided to give myself the night off – just as Edward wanted – and let him drive.

"I'm curious, my love," Edward said as he sped out of the parking lot. "What speed do you drive at in this beautiful car?"

I smiled secretively at him, deciding to tease him. "Wouldn't you like to know."

He groaned. "Yes, I really would."

"Hmmmm," I said, pretending to think about telling him. "Alright; I drive at the speed that you drive at in Forks."

His eyebrow rose and he watched my face for any sign that I wasn't telling the truth.

I snorted into laughter, "I'm serious; I really do. I don't do it at home because it's really conspicuous and in a city this big, it would go unnoticed."

I smiled at him and he looked at me again, before shaking his head.

"You really amaze me, Isabella Marie Swan."

"You really amaze me,Edward Anthony Masen Cullen."

We laughed at each other and talked the rest of the way to the secret location. I wasn't paying as much attention as I probably should have, so I was quite surprised when he turned up at the movies of all places.

I laughed at the thought of doing a normal activity for a date between two supernatural beings. I told Edward my thoughts when he asked and he laughed along with me.

"You have the strangest mind, my Bella," he said cheekily. "Perhaps that's why I can't read your mind."

"I doubt it, Edward." I said, feigning seriousness.

He laughed at me, shaking his head and I realized that this was something I really needed.

I needed to be free and play dumb and stupid for the night as a normal teenager would with her boyfriend.

"I love you," we said in unison as we walked into the building. We kissed briefly and I couldn't help but think of how different everything was since we knew each other's true identity.

We looked at the movie options, trying to find something that was actually funny. Edward and I disagreed about a few movies, mostly because he'd seen their originals and said that if the originals were bad to begin with, the new versions would be even worse. I of course argued that that wasn't always the case and when he asked for an example, I simply kissed him, effectively ending that conversation.

We finally decided on a romance comedy called The Perfect Man. Edward had snorted at the idea when I first told him, but relented saying that it would be interesting because after it was over, he could ask my opinion on what was 'the perfect man'. I laughed at him, telling him that he should know the answer to that by now and he kissed me in delight.

We bought the tickets and some popcorn and coke – or rather he bought all that shit, he wouldn't let me even spend a cent. I had to admit, though never to him, that that delighted me and that I really loved his gentlemanly ways.

"Thank you," I said as he handed my popcorn and coke to me when we sat down in our assigned seats. He wouldn't even let me carry any of the things that I would be digesting during the movie. I sighed in content. My gentlemanly Edward.

"That's quite alright, my love." He said and he kissed my cheek. "I don't want you feeling stressed tonight at all."

I laughed and some people looked at me as they waited for the ads to come on.

"What stress could I possibly feel just by carrying the food and drink?" I chortled and Edward growled quietly, but playfully.

"You know that's not what I meant, cheeky girl," he whispered in my ear, before kissing it and nipping at it slightly.

"Edward," I gasped, purring in pleasure as my cat-like characteristics came out to play. Edward purred in response, nuzzling his cheek against mine lightly just as the ads came on.

"You have no idea how good that sounds." He purred to me, still nuzzling happily, "my name coming out of my mate's mouth when she likes something that I am doing to her."

I moaned slightly, breathily, unable to respond.

"You are mine, aren't you, Bella?" He said and he dragged his teeth carefully down my earlobe slowly.

"Yes, Edward," I purred out, gasping slightly. "As long as your mine."

"Always, my precious mate," he said and a small mewl came out of my mouth just like a cat before I could stop it.

"You have no idea how good that sounds to me," I purred back and I turned my face to his cheek, taking it upon myself to nuzzle my nose into his cheek.

He half-growled and half-purred at the feeling of what I was doing and I smiled. I loved that I could do this to him and that he seemed to be a lot more carefree now that he knows that he can't really hurt me as much as he thought he could.

"We need to stop, my love," Edward said and we sighed, unwilling to let this moment of bliss and playfulness get away from us.

"Why?" I whined out nearly inaudible against his cheek.

"Because there is an employee coming at us on our right side; he's come to check up on us, because there are children around and teenagers are known to act up in some way in cinemas."

I growled, frustrated and then pouted. Edward kissed away the pout quickly, just as said man came up on Edward's right side.

"Everything ok here?" The young guy asked and I looked up at him.

"Yeah, thanks, everything's fine." He huffed and walked away, unsatisfied.

I relaxed back into Edward, completely blissful for the first time in ages.

"I love you, Edward," I said and I heard him sigh happily.

"I love you too, my sweet love." It was my turn to sigh happily.

We watched the rest of the movie in each other's arms, content with each other for the first real time. It seemed so natural to do this and I couldn't think of anything other than the fact that I wanted to do this with him for the rest of eternity.

When we finished the movie, we left the building and hung around the surrounding city-centre, just driving. We laughed a bit more, but mostly spoke sweet nothings and I knew life couldn't get any better than this.

At the end of the night, we finally faced the truth and went back home. Just before we got into hearing range of the rest of the family, I turned to Edward in the car.

"Edward," I said softly and he looked at me with so much love that my breath hitched.

"Yes, sweet girl?" He said and I smiled. I really loved it when he called me that or really when he called me any cute little nicknames.

"I don't know when, but whenever the time is right, I want you to change me, please."

Edward was silent, for once paying attention to the road instead of me for a few minutes.

I was nervously waiting for his response and my breath and heartbeat had quickened as a result.

"Ok," Edward whispered and I smiled, the tears rolling down my face.

"Thank you so much," I said and I kissed him cheek, settling into the seat, holding his hand in mine and tracing imaginary patterns.

"No," Edward whispered back to me and for a moment I wondered why we were whispering. "Thank you, my Bella. You've showed me so much and I know that since your supernatural yourself, I won't be taking things away from you. You'll still have your family, just not your friends. But really, I know that your family is all you care about, even if you will miss some of the people from Forks High, it's the important people that you find a way to keep in your life."

"Nothing else matters but having you with me Edward," I whispered, kissing his hand softly. "Everything else is merely an advantage; you are my life."

"And you are mine," he whispered. "Now, please sleep my love. Don't hold it off, because I know you're tired. I'll carry you inside."

I sighed contented and drifted into a magical sleep filled with dreams of Edward and myself.

Well, what do we think of that then? Was that alright?

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