21

My phone went off from the living-room, but surprisingly didn't wake me. However, Alice shouting towards my room to pick it up, did.

"Bella! Pick up the phone before I get up and kill you!" Alice shouted, her voice sounding muffled through the walls.

"Relax, I will," I said, sighing, knowing she wouldn't hear me. I got up, feeling groggy. The sun was shining through my window and I remembered not closing the curtains last night.

My phone was still ringing and I hurried towards the living-room, rapidly blinking my eyes, willing myself to wake up.

I entered the living-room and immediately tripped, falling on the floor. I grabbed my knee where it hurt and groaned as my phone stopped ringing. I cursed the box I had just tripped over and looked around the room in disbelief. I couldn't remember we had left it this messy.

There was a scratch on my knee and I sat on the floor, trying to ignore the pain. I shoved the boxes and other pieces from the games out of my way and tried to get up. I limped towards the table, where my phone was, and picked it up.

I smiled as I saw Edward had called and took my phone with me to my bedroom.

The clock in my room told me it was seven am. Why did he have to call this early?

I yawned and fell back on top of the bed.

I was really tired and probably not really fit to talk to anyone at the moment. I held the phone in my hand, ready to type in his number, but my eyes started to droop and my bed was still warm. I crawled underneath the blankets and closed my eyes.

I groaned and rolled over as the sound of ringing filled my ears, again. I opened my eyes as I felt I had rolled on top of my phone. I sat up and searched between the blankets for my phone.

Just as I had found it, Alice stormed in my room with her hair standing out on all sides.

"Geez, Bella, pick up the damn phone. It's half past seven in the morning," she said, rubbing her head.

I nodded and smiled slightly, Alice could be such a happy person in the morning.

"Hello?" I asked, as I had pressed the green button on my phone. Alice left the room with a satisfied smile on her face and closed the door behind her.

"Hi, Bella, It's Edward," I heard his velvet voice say. My smile got wider and I started walking around the room, something I always did when I was on the phone.

"Edward, nice of you to call," I said.

"I just wanted to know how your flight was," he said casually.

"It was fine, I slept through most of it."

"That's good," he said, sounding slightly awkward. "I'm sorry I called this early," he blurted out.

"That's fine, I don't sleep in that much," I told him, perhaps lying a little bit. I didn't want him to feel bad for doing something nice.

"Oh, good, I felt a bit guilty." I had to suppress my laugh as he admitted that. Sometimes he could be quite cute. "Perhaps we could do something today?" he asked.

"I would love to," I said, smiling.

"Great, I'll pick you up at ten am, all right?"

"Yes, that would be perfect. I'll see you then," I said and we hung up.

I threw my phone on top of my bed and got dressed. I looked out of the window and saw the sun shining. I left my bedroom and saw Jasper standing in the kitchen, pouring some drinks for us.

Alice was probably back to bed. He handed me a glass of orange juice.

"Thanks," I said and I sat down on the bar chair. He nodded and sat down besides me.

"Alice and I are probably going out this afternoon, will that be all right with you? I don't want you to be alone here the entire day," he said, sounding concerned. It annoyed me slightly that they would think I had nothing else to do than to hang out with them.

"I'm going to do something with Edward, so no need to worry," I told him, smiling reassuringly.

"Really? Have fun," he said, smiling broadly. I suddenly realised that every time Alice and Jasper had gone out in the period before I went to Birkhill Castle, they must have felt guilty for leaving me alone. Me being with Edward must be such a relief for them, that they wouldn't have to worry about me like that anymore. I smiled sadly, thinking of how pathetic I must have been to them.

"Thanks Jazz," I said, my voice having a tint of sadness in it. Jasper seemed to notice, but didn't know why, so he didn't ask about it.

"What are you going to do?" I asked him.

"Well, we're going to the mall, Alice said she wanted to do some shopping, and we'll go to the park…" he said, in a way that made me think he left something out. I raised my eyebrows, but he looked away.

"And you and Edward?" he asked quickly.

"I don't know, I suppose Edward's got an idea," I said, furrowing my brows. He nodded and finished his orange juice.

"I'm going to wake Alice, otherwise we won't be on time," he said and walked towards the bedroom.

I wondered why they needed to be on time for shopping or the park. I sighed and drank my orange juice. I looked at Alice's bedroom door and heard them talking. On the counter was a brochure of something, I couldn't read it. As I was about to get up and look at it, Jasper returned.

"She's awake," he said, shaking his head. "I don't think she really wanted to wake up, but when I mentioned the shopping again, she seemed to be most willing to get up." I laughed, but my eyes were still fixed on the brochure. If Jasper saw me looking at it, he didn't show it.

"Shall we watch some TV until Alice is ready?" he asked.

"Then we'll have to watch TV for a long time," I said jokingly.

We sat down on the couch and turned on the TV, the atmosphere a little tense.

We watched TV silently, every now and then glancing towards Alice's bedroom. Eventually she entered the living-room, looking as stunning as ever. Jasper's eyes lit up and he got up.

Alice walked to the kitchen and quickly ate something.

"Ok Jazz, I'm ready to go," she said, smiling radiantly. They put on their coats and left the apartment, after saying goodbye to me.

I looked at the clock and saw I still had an hour until Edward would come. I walked to the kitchen, curious as to what the brochure was about.

I groaned as I saw it wasn't on the counter anymore. Alice had probably put it in her bag when she was eating something in the kitchen. I rolled my eyes and made a sandwich.

I wondered why I was feeling so suspicious, it was just a stupid brochure. I sighed and started eating.

When I finished my breakfast, I walked into my bedroom to put on some make-up. It wouldn't hurt to look nice when I would see Edward again after a little more than three weeks.

When I was done, I still had half an hour to kill. I wasn't in the mood to watch TV again at all.

I saw that all the games were shoved in a corner of the room and I shook my head. I spent the half hour trying to decipher which figures and cards belonged with what board and box.

When I was finished and had put all the games in a cabin, I had to rearrange my hair again.

While I was doing that, someone knocked on the door, making my heart speed up and my hands get clammy. I took a deep breath and walked towards the door, throwing a quick glance to the mirror. Satisfied with what I saw, I opened the door and looked in Edward's green eyes.

"Hello beautiful," he said, smiling. I rolled my eyes and grabbed the key from the table next to the door. I closed the door and we walked towards his car.

"So, Edward, what are we going to do today?" I asked. I raised my eyebrows as I saw his mischievous smile.

"You'll see," he said, throwing his arm around my shoulders.