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Ch 20-You Know I'm No Good-Amy Winehouse

I called Alice as soon as I got home from Edward's that morning to tell her how it went. She was out, so I left her a message. I spent the remainder of the day getting things together for work and catching up on email and horrible TV that I had saved on my DVR.

The 'Edward Pattern' emerged that week. The first two weeks we spoke on the phone about three days during the week and spent the night together on Saturdays. By week three, Saturday nights started earlier, right after Emily was picked up and ended mid afternoon on Sundays.

By week four, I had given him a key and we were spending the night together on Sunday as well as using pet names for each other. This way, if Edward spent the night at my house he could to lock up behind him when he left for work at three in the morning as there was NO way in hell I was walking him out at that time. His garage door opener allowed me to leave from his house and be able to lock up behind me. At week six I experienced my first epiphany/freak out.

It was the Friday after Thanksgiving and Emily was in Colorado visiting Kate's family, so Edward and I actually had an entire weekend together. We were on his couch watching movies. He had his feet up on the coffee table and I was snuggled into his side running my hands over his abdomen and feeling his muscles tense with each pass. He had his hands streaming through my hair and I felt content. Then my mind started to wander into the future and knowing I could feel this way for a long time with Edward. This jolted me to an upright position on the other end of the couch, and causing Edward's brow to wrinkle.

"What's the matter, Baby?" He looked concerned. I took a deep breath.

"Nothing, I just didn't feel well all of a sudden." He reached over and put the back of his hand on my forehead.

"You don't feel warm. Would you like some water?" He got up and traipsed into the kitchen and returned with a glass of water for me.

"Thanks." I smiled. "I'm ok, just a weird feeling for a minute. Maybe I should go." I got up and started to hunt for my shoes. I really needed to distance myself all of a sudden.

"Hey, are you really alright? Maybe we should cancel the BBQ tomorrow..." I interrupted him.

"I'm fine, Promise. We will not be cancelling the FIRST After-Thanksgiving Saturday BBQ, thank you. Emmett would kill me. He has been looking forward to ribs since we decided to do this. I think I just need to go home and sleep." I put my shoes on, grabbed my purse and jacket and headed to the door.

"Let me at least help you to your car, old lady." Edward smiled and grabbed my hand. I was glad he wasn't taking my quick escape personally.

"Thanks. Give me a call when you are headed over tomorrow, ok?" I gave him a kiss and climbed into my car.

I drove home in a fog, trying to pinpoint why I felt so troubled. I called Alice as soon as I was in my front door.

"Hi B. Bored with movie night already?" She asked.

"No. Something came up, got a minute?"

"How could something have come up on the FIRST Friday you two have spent together? I thought this was a happy night, so why do you sound so sad?" I loved how Alice could feel my moods through my voice.

"Can you come over early tomorrow to talk before we set up for the BBQ?"

"Of course I can. Did you want to talk about anything now?" While this sounded tempting, I knew I really needed to process everything before I could talk about it.

"No I would rather sleep and get my thoughts together. Be here about ten-ish, ok. I will be ready to talk then." I hung up with Alice and turned my phone off. I really needed to figure out why I freaked out.

I slept fitfully that night and was happy to greet Alice the next morning.

"I brought Rose as reinforcement. I thought you could use a little girl time before the BBQ. "She handed Rose her stuff and pulled me in for a hug.

"Thanks. Let's go put this stuff away and then I will explain what happened." We went into the kitchen and put the food into the fridge that they brought over. Then we sat in the living room while I gathered my bearings.

"So, Edward and I were hanging out on his couch watching movies last night when I had an epiphany. " I glanced at my girls, and they looked confused. "I was laying there with him and I could see us like that in the future. I was just so comfortable being with him. It made me nervous."

"Why did it make you nervous?" Alice asked.

"I'm not sure. Maybe because I haven't felt this way before?" I muttered.

"How does he make you feel Bella?" Rose asked.

"Happy . I get butterflies when I see his name on my cell screen and each time I get a text from him. It is getting hard to sleep without him and we only spend two nights together a week. I'm afraid of feeling this way."

Rose and Alice smiled at each other.

"Bella, he is Magnetic North and you are his compass."Alice giggled.

I looked at her in confusion. "Huh? Don't speak science to me Ali; you know I don't get it."

"He is the peanut butter to your jelly, Bella" Rose said and grinned at me.

"What? Why are you two talking in riddles?" I was really confused.

"You love him, Bella. " Alice said.

"How is that possible? I have only known him for a short time. I'm not ready to be in love with him." I knew I was fighting a losing battle with myself by now.

"It's alright Bella. You don't have to tell him if you aren't ready to deal with it, yet. I can tell you that you look at him the way I look at Emmett, and Alice looks at Jasper." Rose explained.

"Really?" I squeaked out.

"Yes really and he looks at you the same way." Alice interjected. I pondered this for a minute, and then I smiled.

"Freakout over, thanks girls, again. I'm not ready to tell him yet though. I need to get used to the idea first. "I stood up and headed to the kitchen.

"Are you girls going to help me get the food ready or not?" I demanded. "The boys will be here soon." I turned on the radio and chose my DANCE MIX playlist and the three of us got our groove on as we started making the side dishes.

Alice, Rose and I worked on making the side dishes in the fridge as well as marinating some of the meat. The guys were expected with their contributions any minute now. When Edward called to let me know he was on the way, I asked him to pick up some beer. Emmett was bringing the ribs he insisted on having and Jasper was in charge of chips.

I was feeling much better after talking to the girls. I knew I had been feeling something strong for Edward but I didn't think it was love.

I had the music blaring and it was pumping us up for a good afternoon. I kept turning it up and dancing around the house. I was coming out of my bedroom when Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon-Bon" came on so I decided to salsa my way into the kitchen shaking my ass the whole time. My intention was to grab Alice and twirl her about ending in a dip, so I didn't expect the two strong hands that grabbed my waist. I screeched in surprise to see Edward behind me.

"I thought you had better taste in music, baby." He smirked.

"Do you NOT like me shaking my bon bon? Is that what you're telling me?" I laughed and shook my ass. "I have NOT covered up my love for a good beat. It's not my fault you can't appreciate it." I stuck my tongue out at him and reached over for the remote to turn the music down. He lowered his mouth to my ear and nibbled on my lobe, tightening his grip on my waist.

"I appreciate the ass shaking, trust me." He whispered as he held me close. "Are you feeling alright? You took off kind of sudden last night, and you didn't pick up your phone until this morning."

"Oh, I turned my phone off to charge once I got home. Yeah, I'm feeling ok." I decided a subject change was needed. "What kind of beer did you bring?" I smiled, so he could see I was really alright.

"For you, Stella, for the rest, Michelob." I grabbed the beer from him and put it in the fridge. He gave me a once over, but seemed satisfied with what he saw.

"What can I help with?" He looked around, but we had everything under control in the kitchen.

"You can help Emmett with the ribs and then get the fire going, if you don't mind."

"Not a bit," He smacked me on my ass and ventured out to the back yard to help Emmett unload the ribs. Jasper had the grill out and was cleaning it off. Emmett came in to grab beers for the guys and put on his apron. I have never seen him grill without one on.

"Hey Rose, does Emmett need a new apron for Christmas? I'm trying to get some ideas." I looked over to see Rose laughing at Emmett as he wiggled his ass at her through the sliding glass door. She turned her head to me. I could see Edward and Jasper talking by the grill in the background and it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. It looked as if they were arguing over who was going to get to light the grill.

"He can always use a new one if that is the direction you want to go. He needs new grilling tools too. If you want to make it a theme gift or something along those lines" Rose answered and grabbed a beer out of the fridge. "Anyone else?" She wiggled the bottle towards me and Alice. We both nodded so she handed us each a beer.

I twisted the cap off and tried to scope Edward out without getting caught, as we were working in the kitchen, but he noticed me and grinned. The next time he caught my eyes, he made kissy faces through the glass, causing me to laugh and almost drop the plates in my hand.

"He totally caught you ogling him, B" Alice laughed.

"I can't help it. He's too darn cute for his own good. And he has a nice caboose." I turned to look back at him over my shoulder. "His daughter is just as cute, too judging by the pictures I have seen."

"Any idea when you might meet her?" Alice asked.

"I haven't brought it up yet, and neither has he. He and I have only been together for six weeks. I'm not sure if we're ready for that, didn't you notice my freak out last night?"

"Maybe you should mention it, when you are ready B. See how it goes over?" Alice said.

The girls and I wrapped up the table setting with nothing fancy and went out back to hang out with the boys just in time to hear Emmett explaining some of his secret marinade for the ribs. I laughed because I knew the secret. It was my mom's recipe. He gave me the evil eye before I could tell everyone what was in it, and clamped his hand over my mouth.

"Let me have my moment, B." Emmett grinned, but I was nice enough to not say anything else about it.

Once the meat was done, we carried everything in and sat down to eat. It was a loud meal perforated with conversations all over the place. It was interesting to see how the boys acted with each other. You could tell they had known each other for a long time, they acted like brothers. It was nice how well we all got along like real family and it made me feel more secure in my relationship with Edward.

I sighed and relaxed into my chair and I saw Alice wink at me. I noticed Rose checking me out too. I mouthed "I'm fine" to them and raised my eyebrows, so they wouldn't draw attention to anything. The last thing I wanted to do tonight was tell Edward my revelation about how I felt. I needed to process it on my own first. I had never really loved someone before and it changed everything.

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