Hey! So I almost didn't edit this and put it up because my sister came home! YAY! She surprised us all by coming home from college and she drove for a long time too! But I decided I would because all of our readers deserve it.
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Chapter 21
BPOV
I was so excited to go out with Edward tonight. I put on my sweater that he had complimented once and started to work on my hair. It was being painfully uncooperative today; figures. I was finally ready when the doorbell rung. I would have skipped, I didn't want to fall. There was an amazing sight when I answered the door.
Edward was standing there with his amazing smile and his hands behind his back.
"Hi." I said shyly.
"Hello." He replied, smiling. He brought out a single rose from behind his back. "For you," he said simply.
I'm sure I blushed as I thanked him and went to put it in a vase.
I came back to the door and asked him, "So a-" I stopped short as he held out another flower, smiling.
"Another one? How lovely." I kissed his cheek as I took the flower and went to put it in the kitchen
I came back to where he was standing in the doorway.
"Ok so-"I stopped as he held out another flower. I smiled wider and went to put that one in the kitchen too.
"Any more flowers, and I'll need another vase." I joked as I was walking back to the door.
I was turning the corner before the door, but he had stepped in so I crashed into him. Luckily, he caught me in front of him.
Our faces were almost touching as we stared into each other's eyes.
He held up another flower, but I ignored it. I couldn't control myself as I closed the distance between us and touched my lips to his.
The kiss started off innocent, but quickly became more passionate. I brought my hands into his hair as his arms locked around my waist.
The way he kissed me was unlike anything I had even dreamed of before. Our lips moved together as if we were meant to be kissing. I could feel his passion as he kissed me, as I'm sure he could feel mine. Our kiss deepened as he brought his hand to my face and I pulled myself closer to him.
I knew I would need to breathe soon and I was starting to feel the affect of my loss of air, but I really didn't notice as much as I should have because I couldn't think of anything else right now besides kissing him. I had been longing to kiss him for the longest time.
We moved together as my hand that was still locked in his hair gripped it tighter. It was like we were welded together and I hoped that he would never let go.
Eventually, his lips started slow against mine. They became less urgent and more smooth, gentle and loving.
I could sense him starting to think about pulling away so I countered his slight movement backwards by moving forward. He pulled away more this time, holding me back slightly as we finally broke apart.
We were both breathing hard and I looked up at him to see slight concern in his eyes. I backed away from him a little and looked at my feet to hide my face.
But as I knew he would, Edward moved back to me and lifted my head to try to get me to meet my eyes with his. He could tell I was worried about his reaction.
"Bella." He sighed. "I just don't want to…rush things." He said gently.
"I know." I said.
"It's just…"he trailed off, stroking his thumb across my cheek.
"I know." I said, pulling away from him to pick up the flower we had both forgotten about. I walked over to the now over flowing flower vase and placed it with the others.
"So," I started.
"Yes?" he asked, lifting an eyebrow and flashing the crooked smile that melted my insides.
"What?" he asked again when I didn't respond.
"Just waiting, so I'm not cut off again; like the last three times I've tried to ask you where we were going." I joked.
"I could cut you off again," He offered, moving dangerously close to me, cornering me between him and the wall, "If you would like me to."
I think that I stopped breathing, but I managed to say, "I wouldn't mind."
He smiled wider and moved his face so that our lips were almost touching, he didn't kiss me though.
"To answer you question…well…you'll just have to wait and see." He teased, kissing the tip of my nose playfully and pulling away.
"Well then let's go!" I said, repressing the urge to groan and dragging him to the front door; although, he could easily keep pace with me.
On the car ride, we listened to music as Edward held my hand above the gear shift. We drove you to Seattle and stopped in front of a restaurant.
"Hmm, dinner?" I asked.
He just smiled as he walked around the car and opened my door for me, helping me out.
We walked hand in hand into the restaurant where he opened the door for me and pulled out my chair. I was really impressed with Edward; I mean I already knew how much of a gentleman he was, but I wasn't used to the special treatment.
We were sitting at a very small table, so our hands naturally reached to each other and intertwined.
I just sat there looking at our hands and thinking about how crazy this all was.
"Tell me what you're thinking." He asked.
"Well," I started," I was actually thinking about how crazy this all is." I said.
I saw a frown in his eyes so I quickly added, "like too good to be true," running my other hand over our intertwined ones.
"I know what you mean." He said, "The first day I saw you…and then the first day we uhm…kind of talked…" he stuttered uncomfortably, but I could tell he was amused underneath the embarrassment.
I blushed at the memory. He brought his hands to my cheek and half whispered, "The blush on you cheeks is lovely." To which I blushed even more and we both started laughing.
"Yes, that was a very interesting day." I said.
"Well it certainly was for me, there was a beautiful girl in my room when I came out of the shower." He joked.
"I was so embarrassed! I sort of want to block it from my memory; I was glad you hadn't brought it up when we started going to the library. But, I guess now that I think about it…" I paused, "No it's still embarrassing. I just got out of there as fast as I could." I remembered
"You?!" he joked. "You weren't the one in only a towel with someone there you didn't know. Add on the fact that you're gorgeous and well, you understand." He said.
"Gorgeous?" I joked
He looked directly into my eyes and said, "Absolutely."
I blushed, "Lovely right?" I said, referring to my cheeks and there ever present redness.
"Extremely so," He smiled.
The waitress came over then and gave us our menus and attempted to flirt with Edward. Edward, however, barely acknowledged her, because we were so involved in our own conversation.
"So do you see anything you like?" he asked, gesturing towards the menus.
"Yeah." I responded.
"…and?" he asked, looking at the menu in my hand.
"Oh, you meant on the menu?" I half joked.
"Very funny." He chuckled.
"Hmm…I don't know…" I said. There were just so many choices, and I couldn't really concentrate due to the fact that I was here with Edward. "Any suggestions?"
"Well," he said, "The ravioli is pretty worth while." He said.
"Ok then, ravioli for me." I said
He lifted an eyebrow, amused, as I handed him my menu.
"And what if I had suggested the cow tongue?" he joked.
I shrugged, "I trust you." I stated simply.
We ordered our food, the waitress once again trying to get Edwards attention but he just looked at me. We had a very nice meal, while Edward and I talked about pretty much everything. He had always been easy to talk to when we were together but tonight it was even more so; especially since I didn't have to lie to myself about my feelings any longer.
He knew Charlie, but he wanted to know more about Renee. He insisted that I go into every possible detail about her and everything about when I was little, which turned out to be a lot of trips to the hospital due to my clumsiness.
I also made him talk about his family a little, but mostly about his music.
The whole night I found myself marveling at how different this all was. I had been with Edward so many times before for a lot longer than this, but this was simply so much better. I would look up from my food to see him looking at me and blush or become lost in his alluring gaze and for once not have to force myself to look away. It was such a relief, especially since it had been so hard to look away before.
So, after Edward graciously got the check (and I didn't even fight) we walked out to the car.
He opened my door for me then gracefully waltzed over to the driver's seat. When I noticed how early it was though and the fact that we weren't heading home, I had to ask. "Where are we going now?"
"Don't you trust me?" he asked innocently.
He smiled his gorgeous smile and said, "You'll see, were almost there." He promised.
I sighed, "Okay."
He laughed at my impatience as we pulled up to a park. It was lit up with little lights draped through the trees leading from a path into an opening.
And then I saw it just sitting there on the grass was a glossy magnificent white grand piano.
"Edward!" I gasped.
He stopped walking and looked down at me. "You never did get you exclusive concert Miss Swan." He said smiling.
"Why no, I never did." I recalled happily. "But how…?"
He shrugged, trying to pass it off as nothing. "Carlisle's friend owns this park and Emmett and Jasper helped me bring it out." He said.
"Edward." I marveled at his thoughtfulness. He dragged me to the bench and sat me down next to him, as he put his fingers to the keys.
EPOV
Bella was all smiles as I pulled her over to the bench and sat her down next to me.
I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me as I played her song, her lullaby.
I had hummed it for her before, but she never knew I had written it for her.
She leaned in closer against me and rested her head on my shoulder.
There were no words to describe this moment. I loved Bella so much and I loved playing even more when she was there, wait…I loved Bella? I decided not to dwell on that and continued to play. As the song drifted away Bella leaned in closer into me.
I put my arm around her waist when the song ended and held her close to me, resting my head on hers.
"That was beautiful Edward." She said.
"I'm glad you liked it." I said, hesitating what I was going to say next.
"What?" she questioned, looking up at me while still staying just as close to me. She could tell I was holding something back.
"I wrote it for you" I said.
"Really?" she asked quietly.
"Yes." I replied.
She smiled brilliantly and leant up to give me a soft kiss. She didn't hesitate as she brought her hands up to my face and moved one up through my hair.
I pulled her closer with my arm still around her waist and brought the other up to roam her neck. Our kiss deepened; her lips were soft as they moved against mine. Slowly, I found her tongue with mine.
Eventually we pulled away to breathe and I buried my face in her hair as she leaned against my chest. We sat like that for a while, immersed in each other. "I love it Edward." She said.
My heart jumped as I pulled her closer. I was so happy she hadn't thought it was too much, because I could tell she loved it by the way she said it, Bella really couldn't lie.
We sat there for a very long time; after awhile I began to play some random pieces I thought she would like. Every once and a while she smiled up at me or hugged me tighter.
We finally got up and walked around a bit more, then headed home.
I walked her to her door and she led me inside.
"I know you have to go soon," she started, "But you can stay for a little right?"
"Sure." I said as we walked to her room.
I guessed she was more tired than she let on because I saw her eyelids droop slightly as she sat down on her bed.
"You can go to sleep if you like." I offered, "I'll stay till you fall asleep."
She smiled as she got under the covers and motioned me forward. I gladly complied and went to lie next to her, pulling her into my arms.
She cuddled her nose up to my neck like she always did and let out a big sigh.
"Thank you for tonight." She said quietly. "That was one of the best nights I've ever had."
"Me too." I whispered.
I let her fall asleep in my arms and slowly started to creep out of her bed. I kissed her forehead as I tucked the covers tightly around her so she wouldn't get cold. My next task was avoiding Charlie and Emmett; I had hoped they were both already asleep, but I couldn't be sure. I never had to worry about being in Bella's room when they were there because they always knocked and never came in unless she told them it was ok. However, once I was outside of her door anything could happen.
So I crept as silently as possible out of the house and out to my car. I drove home with a ridiculous grin on my face and was glad that Alice was already asleep when I got there. She would definitely notice my happiness and question me relentlessly, but for now I had at least until tomorrow.
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