A/N: Hello Lovelies! Well, I am hoping you all like this chapter! It is a pretty simple one, not a lot happening. But, it is Bella and Edward's first date. So, yay! Now, I am not sure about exact distance from the apartments to the restaurant or the restaurant to the ice cream shop, but all are actual places in NY, and I used the online menu for the restaurant to get things right. I also used to work at the same chain of ice cream shop, so I knew what I was working with. :)

I have a decent idea of what I am planning for the next chapter, and it should be more fun than the past couple. Back to the fun times with the Awesome 6, instead of cute small moments with the individual couples.

Now, go, read, enjoy. REVIEW!!

~AP

BPOV

So tonight was the date with Edward. It had not seemed like that big of a deal when he asked me, but now I was getting nervous. Where are we going? What should I wear? Questions I could not ask my best friends.

This little game the three of us were playing was really getting in the way!

Luckily, the girls had to work today, too, so I was able to go through my clothes without them watching. Edward said he would pick me up for the date around 6 o'clock, so we would not run into any of them.

I had finally found my outfit and I smiled at myself in the mirror. I was no Rosalie, but I had to admit I did not look half-bad. I had straightened my hair and pulled half of it up, letting my bangs hand loosely to the side. Minimal make-up, just some eye liner and lip gloss.

The top I had chosen was a light blue halter top, with a dropped pale pink tank top ontop of it. I had paired with it a flowing pink skirt that hit just above my knees - that I had stolen from Rose. I also stole a cropped jean jacket from Rose. I had no idea what Edward had planned for us, so I kept it all casual, but nice. Including my shoes. I had chosen a pair of blue Ugg boots, that came up to just below my knees.

I stole a long white dangly neclace, pink and blue bangle bracelets and a small white purse from Alice, as well. I smiled at myself, proud of my ability to dress myself. After taking a quick picture of the outfit to show the girls sometime - so that they get off my back about dressing myself - I grabbed a pair of sweats and threw them into a bag. Edward and I had agreed to stash sweats in the laundry room, so we could change out of our 'date clothes' before seeing the group again. Alice and Rose would flip if they saw us come home together, dressed nicely.

I was not losing the game. They will find out when I want them to.

6 o'clock quickly rolled around, and I heard a quick knock on the door. A smile spread across my face as I openned the door. Edward stood there in a nice pair of dark jeans and a dark green button up shirt that made his eyes seem even more vivid. I stetched onto my tip-toes to kiss him gently before grabbing my bad I had set at the door and walked out. After a quick stop at the laundry room to drop off our bags, we stepped onto the elevator.

"Any chance I can convince you to tell me where we are going?" I smiled up at him.

"Nope." He smiled and leaned down to kiss me softly.

I sighed and grabbed his hand. My first date with Edward. Sigh.

"Is something wrong?" He raised an eyebrow at me.

I smiled at him. "Not a thing."

He nodded as the doors openned and we stepped out. Walking to the curb, he quickly flagged down a cab and we climbed in. He gave the driver the address and then sat back with me. It did not take long to get to the restaurant and while he was paying the driver, I looked at where we were.

Hatsuhana

"Rose and Alice have told me about this place. I have never been though." I looked at him when he was standing next to me again. If I remembered correctly, this was a bit of an expensive place.

He led the way in, and told the lady at the podium what name the reservation was under. We were quickly led to a table in the middle of the place. Edward pulled out my seat for me, then took his place across from me.

"Have you been here before?" I asked as I looked over the menu.

"Never. I figured it would be a little adventure for us." He smiled at me.

When the waitress came to our table, he ordered some sake and something called Unagi Kyuri Maki. When she walked away, I looked up at him quickly.

"What is sake?"

"Sake is a japanese rice wine. It is good."

I smiled at him, looking at the menu to see what the other thing was. I quickly found it: a hatsuhana original, broiled eel wrapped in cucumber sheet, cut into discs and basted with sweet eel sauce. I made a face.

"You really are taking me on an adventure, aren't you?" He laughed as I shook my head, looking over the rest of the menu.

Since I had no clue what kind of sushi I would like, Edward decided we should get two orders of the Sushi Deluse. One order entailed ten peices of sushi and one roll, all selected by the chef. Sounded resonable - who would know what is the best better than the chef? Plus, this way, if there was anything I did not like, Edward could eat it, and vice versa.

Edward made our order when the waitress came back with the appetizer, the sake and two waters. He poured some sake in two of the small cups that the waitress had set with it, and handed one to me.

"It's warm." I stated when I took mine.

He laughed a little and nodded.

"But, isn't wine supposed to be cold?" I was really confused by this.

"This is not normal wine, though. It tastes best warm." Edward explained, I shrugged.

He held up his little cup and I tapped mine against it. We both sipped and I smiled.

"It's not too bad." He laughed at me again as I smiled.

We started eating the eel, and soon after, the rest of our meal was brought out to us. It was mostly quite tastey, really. I had never given sushi a thought before, honestly it freaked me out a little to be eating raw fish. But, I liked most of it. Edward paid our bill and we slipped back outside.

Instead of hailing another cab, as I had expected, Edward grabbed hold of my hand and started walking down the sidewalk. I looked around at the buildings as we passed them, enjoying the time I had alone with him.

"Have I told you yet tonight how beautiful you are?" He smiled down at me.

"No, but feel free to." I giggled a little.

"You look amazing." He leaned down and kissed me softly.

A couple blocks away from the restaurant, Edward stopped and openned a door. I read the sign on the door and saw we were at Maggie Moo's Ice Cream and Treatery. There was a picture of a cow waving, also. I grinned, stepping inside. The store was not very big, but we stepped into the short line. I glanced over the choices, trying to make my decision.

"What are you getting?" I asked, looking at him behind me.

"I am a bit partial to their Better Batter ice cream." He smiled at me.

I 'mmm'd and looked back over everything. I had just decided when it was our turn to order. He got a Better Batter with brownies mixed into it on a cone, and I got an expresso bean with oreo's mixed in, in a cup. We waited for our ice cream, then he paid, again, and we stepped back out onto the sidewalk. We stood off to the side, eating and people watching.

"Oh, geez, look at her!" I pointed to a lady walking by.

"Could she possibly have a faker looking tan?" He scoffed, licking the side of his ice cream.

"Ew, look at him! Someone needs to tell him that spandex is no longer in style!" I giggled.

"What about that guy? Does he not realize it is night? There is absolutely no need for sunglasses."

"Wow, that woman needs like two more inches on that skirt to at least cover her rear!"

We laughed and kept eating our ice cream. At one point I reached my spoon over and swiped some of his while he was laughing at a very manly woman.

"Hey! You have your own!" He practically yelled, trying to protect his cone.

I laughed. "Yours is really tastey, though." I tried to reach around him to swipe some more. He easily stole my spoon, though, and stole a bite of my ice cream before I could dodge.

"Hey!" I laughed.

"Yours is good, too. Wait, should you be eating expresso bean ice cream? Are you going to turn into Alice?"

"No! There is not nearly enough here to get me hyper. Now, give me back my spoon!"

After a while, we finished our desert and hailed a cab. It was nearly nine when we arrived back at our building, and we were still laughing about some of the people we had seen. We took turns in the laundry room changing. One watched the hall to make sure we had privacy while the other changed into their sweats. Once we were both changed, we hid our date clothes in the laundry room again, and headed off towards our little family. Before we rounded the last corner towards the apartments, Edward stopped me.

"Well, tonight was a lot of fun." He smiled at me.

I could not help the grin that spread across my face.

"It really was. Even though you would not let me pay for anything." I jokingly scoffed.

He chuckled as well, and we stood there for a moment longer. He leaned down slowly and I wrapped my arms around his neck. Our lips met, gently at first, but the kiss grew quickly. My hands were running through his hair as his ran a trail of fire up and down my back. After a minute we broke apart, breathing heavily.

"I suppose I should let you get inside so the girls can drill you on where you have been all night. Do we have a story lined up?" He smirked at me.

"I was out with Angela, one of my friends from work. Where were you?" We were still holding each other tightly, so I felt his warm breath on my face as he breathed.

"I went out with a people from work. It was someone's birthday."

I kissed him again, softly, then we untangled ourselves and walked towards our seperate apartments. I grinned before openning my door and stepping inside.

*****

RPOV

Alice and I got home around the same time. To an empty apartment. We both showered and changed into pajama's before heading over to Pennsylvania, figuring Bella was over there with the guys. We walked in and found Emmett sprawled out on the sofa.

"Hey, where is everyone?" I asked, sitting next to him. Alice took a spot on the arm of the sofa.

"Jasper is taking a shower and I have no clue where Edward and Bella are. They weren't here when I got home." He shrugged.

I glanced at Alice. She looked just as sceptical as I felt.

"Edward and Bella are both missing?" She asked just as Jasper came into the livingroom, also in pajama's.

"Yea. Edward sent me a text earlier saying he had something to do with people from work. Someone's birthday, I think." Jasper shrugged and kissed Alice quickly.

She and I both pulled out our cell phones, looking to see if Bella had told either of us about any plans for tonight. Nothing.

"I wonder where Bella is." Alice nodded her agreement. Bella did not usually just disappear.

We decided to watch a movie and wait for them to get home. Not long after the movie ended, Edward walked in, wearing sweats. Weird, usually if you go out to celebrate something, you dress nicely.

"Hey." Alice greated him as we walked in.

He acknowledged her with a nod before walking into his room. He came out soon after, looking through something in his cell phone.

"How was work?" Emmett asked, not even looking away from the television.

"Eh, it was work." Jasper and Emmett nodded, accepting that response. Alice and I shared a look. These boys do not communicate much.

"Hey, Edward, have you talked to Bella?" Alice asked, this at least got his attention.

"She sent me a text earlier, why?"

My eyes narrowed, he was lying.

"She just did not tell us what she was doing tonight, and we were getting a little worried." Alice seemed to be picking up on it, too.

Just then, the front door openned again and Bella walked in. Also wearing sweats. Something fishy is going on.

"Where have you been, missy?" Alice asked her.

"Hung out with Angela tonight." She shrugged.

She took a seat on the floor as far from Edward as she could. They had been avoiding each other infront of us for a while.

"What did you and Angela do?" I asked, trying to find a flaw in her story.

"We went out to dinner, then she showed me her new apartment."

"Where did you go to dinner?" Alice asked this one.

"Just a deli down the road. Nothing fancy."

Ok, there we have it, she is totally lying! Alice caught it, too. Bella is wearing make-up. She does not wear make-up unless it is bar night or unless she has a date. She obviously went on a date. But, if Edward was with people from work, who did Bella go on a date with? And what did she wear?

"Why are you wearing make-up?" Alice and I wear totally on the same page.

"Am I not allowed to try to look nice for a friend?" Bella defended.

"Not in sweats." Alice scoffed.

"I did not wear sweats out. I changed into them before coming over here."

My eyes narrowed at my best friend.

"What did you have for dinner?" I had to trip her up.

"I had a chef salad, Angela had some sort of sandwhich. I had a green tea, too." She smirked. Oh, she is good. She knows we are on to her. I glared at her now.

The guys were watching us all curiously now. I understand it now, they do not question anything the others say. Silly boys. Don't they know, you can't trust anyone!

"Lies!" Alice finally yelped.

Bella started laughing. "Ladies, just give up."

"Never!" I yelled this time.

"Am I the only one who feels out of the loop?" Edward asked.

"Not in the least bit." Jasper responded.

"Did Bella like kill someone, or something?" Emmett seemed the most confused.

"What makes you think she killed someone?" I laughed at my boyfriend.

"The way you two are grilling her. It is like you know she did something bad, and you just want her to admit it. I would fold under the pressure instantly. More power to you, little sister. Stay strong!" He feld up a fist and Bella bumped her own against it, smirking at us.

"Emmett! Do not support the enemy!" I yelled, smacking his chest.

"I am going to go read." Bella stood up and made her way out of the apartment.

"Damn you, Emmett! We almost had her!" Alice yelled.

Edward smirked and walked into his bedroom. I glared at him. He so was not with work people tonight.

"It was him!" I glared at his closed door.

"What?!" Alice yelped, again.

"She was on a date with him!" I pointed at Edward's door. "He smirked!"

Alice turned to glare at his door, too. We were going to catch them. And we were going to do it soon!

A/N: Ok, so I am planning for everyone to know about Edward and Bella within the next couple chapters. Now, should it all go down by someone professing their love for the other infront of everyone, or kind of an 'oops they just walked in on us making out'? What do you guys think? Let me know soon!