Bella's Point Of View

"No. This apartment is disgusting." I rolled my eyes. Ever since he started helping me look for a new apartment two months after moving in with him, he always claimed that every one we looked at was not suitable for me. A month of apartment hunting with Edward was driving me crazy.

"Why not? It's a reasonable size and price, plus it close to work, a Starbucks and my favourite store." I argued.

"Those are not the most important factors that you should consider when buying an apartment Bella." He said rolling his eyes.

"If you keep this up, I'll have to permanently move in with you. You seem to have no problem with your apartment!" I whisper/yelled at him. I didn't want the other three people looking at the apartment thinking that I was crazy.

"That would actually be a great idea." He smiled. And that was when it hit me.

"You would actually let me live with you? Permanently?"

"I don't see why not. You'd have to pay half the rent and help with the groceries, but I would love to live with you."

"Wait, wait, wait. Seriously?"

"I've always wanted a roommate and if it'll help a friend out..." A friend? I thought that in the last three weeks we had spent together, we were a little more than friends. I mean all the intimate dinners, the flirting, the sharing a bed. Just for sleeping.

"Do you want to go get a coffee before we head home?" I asked. I really didn't feeling like drinking a coffee, I just wanted a more private place to talk to him about what was going on.

"Sure." We thanked the previous owner for letting us look around and walked over to his car. When he shut the door her turned around in his seat to look at me.

"Bella, you don't have to necessarily move in. It was just a suggestion. If you want, I can still help you find an apartment."

I rolled my eyes. "I'm done looking for apartments with you." He laughed. "But moving in?"

"Bella, yes or no?" He said angrily.

"Can I just think about it some more?"

He just shrugged his shoulders and parked the car. I waited for him to walk over to my side of the car to open my door, the way he usually does, but instead, he walked straight into Starbucks. What was with his sudden mood swings? I got out of the car and walked in to find him waiting in the line. I walked over to him to give him my order. He nodded. I tried to find a table, but it was almost impossible due to the fact that it was nearly lunch. I finally found one next to the window. I sat down and waited for him.

"Here's your coffee." He said and put it down with a little too much force. It spilled all over the table and me. "Edward!"

"Sorry." He said handing me a napkin. He didn't sound very sorry.

"What is with you? You were fine two minutes ago and now you're all mad and annoyed. What happened?"

"Sorry. It's just, I really wanted you to move in."

"Well you could have just said that instead of getting an attitude!" I said while wiping at my shirt with a napkin. The stain wouldn't budge. Damn. It was one of my favourite shirts.

"I realise that now. It's just that I don't only want you to move in with me. I'd like to give us another go."

"Give us another go?" What was he trying to say exactly? And why wouldn't the stain come out?

"Begin dating again?" He made it sound like a question. I stopped wiping my shirt to look at him.

"Even after everything?"

"Yup. Forget about all that happened. Let's start fresh." He held his hand out for me to shake. "Hi, I'm Edward."

I stared at his and then at him. Was I really able to forget everything that happened? He didn't even give me a proper explanation as to what happened with Heidi. All he said was that she was trying to break me and Edward up. But, I really did love the guy and the relationship was good up until the whole wedding thing...

"Hi Edward, I'm Bella." I said and shook his hand. The biggest smile broke across his face at the fact that I agreed to be his girlfriend. God, I sounded like I was in seventh grade again.

"You know what we should do?"

"What?" I asked while sipping in my coffee. Actually, a Danish would go perfectly with the coffee right now.

"We should go on a proper first date. I get to pick you up, bring you flowers and chocolate and everything else that comes with a first date." He looked so happy right now. I don't know why we hadn't gotten back together sooner.

"That's a great idea, but you can't pick me up if we live together."

"Sure I can. Tonight, you get ready in the guest bedroom and I'll pick you up from there. Be ready by 7. I'll make reservations and everything. I'm so glad you agreed to this. You know what, let's go buy you an outfit for tonight. My treat." He was practically bouncing in his seat, he was so excited.

"You don't have to do that." Him paying for everything was a bit much.

"Fine. You pay for the dress, I'll pay for the shoes." A man who encourages me to buy shoes and offers to pay for them? Obviously a keeper.

"Fine. Let's go shopping!"

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It took about two and a half hours, but I was finally satisfied with the outfit I put together. And Edward was a saint for putting up with me the entire time. The final outfit consisted of a pair of dark Citizens of Humanity jeans and a white cowl-neck top. Edward was not allowed to look at my outfit. I wanted it to be a surprise for out date. When the outfit was done, we went to the shoe department. And once again, I was overwhelmed by choice. Half an hour later, I finally decided on a pair of YSL tribute sandals in a beautiful purple. (I had the perfect bag at home that would go perfectly with the entire outfit. (links on my profile). True to his word, he paid for the shoes. I felt bad. They were kind of expensive. He reassured me by telling me that I would wear them with everything. He obviously didn't know about my little shoe addiction. And I would make sure not to tell him.

When I asked him about what he planned to wear, he told me that he didn't feel the need to buy another outfit when he had plenty at home. I glared at him until he realised that he made me feel bad for needing another outfit. He said that it was a girl thing and that he completely understood. He did have a younger sister.

"So where are we going tonight?" I asked eagerly.

"You will just have to wait and see. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise." He said winking at me.

"You know that I hate surprises Edward!" I whined.

"Trust me, the surprise will be worth it."

I spent the rest of the ride home sulking in my seat.

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Once we got home, and Edward still hadn't told me where we were going, I went up to the guest room to begin getting ready. I showered and washed my hair all the while thinking about various styles that I could wear my hair tonight. When I got out and dried my hair, I put it up in rollers, put on a robe and went downstairs to grab a bottle of orange juice.

"Hey there little lady." He said from the couch.

"Hi. Shouldn't you be getting ready?" I asked him. There was about an hour and a half left until our date. Did her really not need that much time to get ready?

"Nope. All I have to do is put a pair of pants and a shirt on and I'm all good." He said turning around to face me.

"Okay." I said turning to walk back to the guest room.

"What are those things in your hair?" He asked, pointing to the curlers.

"They're curlers. The old fashioned ones."

He stood up and walked over to me. "Well, you look might sexy in your rollers." He said while trailing kisses up and down my neck.

"Stop. I have to continue getting ready. I'll see you in an hour and a half." I said kissing him on the lips.

"Fine. I don't understand why you have to go to all this trouble when you look gorgeous just the way you are." He yelled while I was making my way back to the guest room.

"Because you made the effort to take me out for a nice dinner." I yelled back before shutting the door to continue getting ready.

When my hair was sufficiently curly, I went on to do my makeup. I never really liked wearing the stuff, but I made the effort anyway. I started with some of my YSL Touche Eclat concealer. That stuff was magic. Got rid of all my dark under eye circles and covered my pimples. I then went on to foundation, blush, mascara, a little bit of eyeshadow and eyeliner. I completed the look with a swipe of my favourite lip balm. I smacked my lips together and looked at my reflection. I looked good.

Smiling to myself, I walked over to my shopping bags and pulled out the pair of jeans. They really flattered my shape and this made me happy. Next, I pulled the top over my head, making sure that the curls stayed intact. I put the shoes on my feet, making sure not to smudge my newly painted toes and packed all that I could into my giant bag to make it appear full. I added my four leaf clover necklace, a couple of beige coloured bangles and a simple pair of pearl earrings. Just as I was putting the earring into place, there was a knock at the door. I smiled at the fact that he really did want to pick me up for our date even if we lived in the same house. I opened that door and there he was, looking gorgeous in a pair of jeans and a shirt.

"Hi." He said, holding out a bouquet of lilies and a box of my favourite Godiva chocolate.

"Hi yourself." I answered back, taking the flowers and chocolates off his hands.

"Ready to go?" He asked while walking over to the bed to retrieve my jacket and help me put it on.

"Yes I am. Still not telling me where were going tonight?"

He shook his head and walked me to his car. But when we got into the garage, there was no car to be seen. Just a long black limousine.

I turned to look at him. "You got us a limo?"

"Sure. Only the best for our first date." He said smiling and helping me into the back while the driver held the door open. When we were comfortably seated I found that there was another bouquet of roses waiting for me.

"Roses again? Exactly how much money did you spend on roses?"

"Don't worry about it." He said handing the flowers over to me. They smelled beautiful.

We spent the remainder of the drive talking about random things and me asking him where we were going.

"Patience Bells. Trust me you'll love it."

When the car stopped, he got out first and walked over to open the door for me. When I got out, I was speechless.

"I can't believe you did this Edward." I squealed and hugged him a hard as I could.

"I'm glad you like it Bells."

"Like it? I love it. Best date ever already." I said and kissed him on the cheek."

Edward's Point Of View

I was so bored! How many outfits could one person try on before finding the 'perfect' outfit? I usually found one thing I liked, try it on and bought it. This was ridiculous! She had about ten different outfits in the changing room. And every time I asked her to show me one, she yelled at me saying that she wanted me to wait until the actual date so the outfit would have the intended 'wow' factor on me. Whatever that meant. All I knew now was that she was possibly worse than Alice on one of her shopping expeditions.

Two and a half hours later, she emerged from the dressing rooms and headed over to the counter to pay for her purchases. I tried to get a sneak peak at what she bought, but she hit me before I could see too much. All I saw was that the top was pretty low cut. Nice.

Next, we went to the shoe department where we spent another half an hour deciding on the perfect pair of shoes to go with her perfect outfit. She finally decided on a pair of really high, sexy purple heels by some YSL brand? I wasn't sure. All I knew was that they were really quite expensive. But I did promise to buy her the shoes. What makes her happy makes me happy.

Once she was happily shopped out, we went back to our house so she could get ready. And when I wanted to see her get ready, she pushed me out of her room. What was I going to do until she was ready for our date? I decided to grab a beer and leftover Chinese takeout and ate on the couch.

A little while later, she padded into the kitchen wrapped in a robe and had her hair wrapped around there little weird looking things. But she looked really sexy. I had no idea why she spends so much time with makeup. She was gorgeous just that was she was. And I told her that, but she pushed me away and ran upstairs to continue getting ready.

As soon as I sat down on the couch, there was a knock at the door. I opened it and saw that the flowers I had ordered had arrived. I signed for them and put them in a vase of water until I gave them to Bella. With the other flowers, I took a bouquet and put it in the limo I had hired for our date. And with 45 minute left for our date, I drove down to the park, where we were having our date, and put the flowers around the blanket I had set down right next to the children's playground. I decided to do the date here because this was where we had a semi-date. And now I wanted to do the real thing here. I also set out a few candles and matched nearby to light when we got here. I tipped the man I put in charger to look after the area I set up to make sure that everything was still here when we came. I got back into my car and drove home.

I walked upstairs and into out room, yes our room. We were sharing a bed after all, and got ready with twenty minutes to spare. That was enough for me. I showered, shaved and got dressed. With five minutes left, I walked into the kitchen and took the flowers out of the vase and walked to the guest bedroom door. I knocked and when she answered, I was speechless. She was absolutely beautiful.

"Hi." I said and handed her the chocolates and Godiva chocolates I bought her that I knew were her favourite. Once I helped her into her jacket, I didn't want her freezing to death, and come to think about it, she was a little overdressed. But I would take her somewhere proper to eat after our little picnic.

I walked her to the limo which she complained about. I just told her that she deserved the best for our date and handed her the flowers I left in the limo for her. As usual, she asked me exactly how much I paid for everything. I told her not to worry.

When we finally got to our destination, I opened the door for her and it was her turn to be speechless. There were candles everywhere, flowers galore and a delicious looking feast set out on the blanket. I walked with her over to the food and sat down pouring her a glass of wine. We clinked glasses together and took a sip.

"Thank you for all this Edward. But you could have made me wear a more appropriate pair of shoes. There are new and are now covered in mud." She whined.

I took another sip of the wine. Again, it was one of Bella's favourites. "Don't worry. I'm taking you somewhere else after this. For desert. And if you're still hungry, you can order." I said and opened the basket to pull out some chocolate dipped strawberries, mini sandwiches and various other finger foods. Good thing that I really did make a reservation. This would not fill us up.

When we finished eating all there was in the basket, I lead her back into the limo and gave the driver directions to Bella's favourite restaurant, Babbo. Little did she know that I rented the entire restaurant for us. I hope she didn't object to this. And I hoped she didn't ask me how much this cost. I was scared that she would freak out. Again, once we arrived, I walked over and opened the door for her. She looked up and smiled at me.

"This just keeps getting better and better. Thanks you." She said and kissed me.

"Wait until we get in to thank me." I said leading her into the restaurant.

When we walked in, there were more flowers and candles all over the place. I heard her gasp.

"It's beautiful. I just hope that this doesn't annoy the other people here." She said looking around. "Speaking of, why is it so empty for a Friday night?"

"I may have rented out the entire restaurant for tonight."

"Seriously? Wow. You really did go all out." I laughed and lead her to the best table right I the middle of the room, which was decorated with even more rose petals and candles. Once we sat down, the waiter came over and took our drink orders. I ordered done of their best bottles of champagne. The waiter nodded and went to get the bottle. I turned to look at Bella. God she looked beautiful in the candlelight. And I was turning into one of those men I hate.

"You look beautiful tonight."

She blushed. "Thanks. So do you. I'm glad we gave this another shot. I really did miss you."

"I missed you too baby." I got out of my seat and hugger her."Too soon to say I love you?" I whispered in her ear.

"No. I love you too. Even when we were broken up. Sorry I was such a bitch to you."

"It's okay. We're over it." I said and walked back to my seat just in time for the waiter to pour us a glass of champagne. As for the food, she got the gnocchi and I got the spicy calamari.

We ate and talked and when the plates were cleared, I gathered the courage to do something that I had been planning to do all night. Ask her to marry me again. It might be too soon, but I was more than happy to wait until she was ready. This ring was a little less flashy than the first to symbolise a new beginning of sorts. At least that's Alice told me. This time it was just a simple platinum band with a reasonable sized diamond that Alice picked up. She couldn't be more excited for me.

"Bella, I know that we've only been living together for three weeks and we only just began dating again, but you're really special to me and I love you. Will you marry me? Again?" I got out of my seat on kneeled on one knee. "I know this is sudden, but I will wait until you decided to get married." She looked from me to ring and back to me.

"Yes."

"Yes?"

She rolled her eyes as best as she could when she had tears streaming down her face. "Yes, I'll marry you Edward Cullen." She got out of her seat and hugged and kissed me. I couldn't believe that she agreed! This time the wedding would be perfect. Small and personal with Alice helping her find the dress, the flowers the reception venue, everything. But the best part was the fact that she was going to be my wife.

"Thank you." I said into her hair. This truly was the perfect date.

A/N: Thanks to all those who took the time to review. Hope you all had a great Christmas and have an even better new year. (Three days ahead, but whatever ;)) Only a few chapters left until the end. Let me know what you think about this chapter.