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Wish I did but I don't own Twilight
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Cooking with Bella was so easy and fun. Whether we were talking, singing or just cooking next to each other it was relaxing. I don't know what came over me but when "You are the Best Thing" came on I had the strongest urge to dance with Bella. I grabbed her hand, spinning her around the room. The smile on her face and the laughter coming out of her mouth only made the urge stronger. Even Emmett's comment about my singing couldn't faze me.

Faster then I hoped Alice was pulling Bella away from me, saying they needed to get back to their apartment to get ready for the party. They guys and I quickly finished up the last few thing Alice wanted us to day before getting changed ourselves. I threw on a pair of light blue jeans and a dark green button up long-sleeved shirt. I rolled the sleeves up to my elbows then tried to tame the beast on top of my head, but of course it was worthless.

"Hey let's go down stairs and check out the music," Emmett rubbed his hands together then ran down to the basement.

Jasper and I shrugged our shoulders then followed our roommate to the basement. We looked through the collection of music that we had pulled together, most being mine.

"Who added this to the mix," Emmett laughed before starting "Just Dance" by Lady GaGa. Then he tried to moonwalk out to the dance floor. Once there I think he started to dance but it was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. I started to laugh as Jasper went out and joined Emmett on the dance floor.

"Come on Eddie, have some fun," Emmett started to do the robot. Quickly I joined them trying out my own amazing dance moves.

We were so into the mini dance off we were having that we didn't even hear someone walk down the stairs. It wasn't until the girls started to dance with us that we realized we were caught. The girls definitely kicked our asses with their dance moves. At one point Alice was doing the lawnmower, Bella was doing the shopping cart, and Rose was rolling the dice. Once the song was done Alice said it was time for us to go back up stairs in case people started to show up. It was then that I got a good look at what Bella was wearing. It was a beautiful midnight blue dress that looked incredible with her skin. It also showed off plenty of cleavage which I didn't mind at all, I just hoped that all the guys coming tonight were blind.

When we got to the top of the stairs I hurried Bella into the kitchen while the others went to the living room. I just had to get her alone of a little bit before the party started. I had just licked under her ear and was making my way to her mouth when someone walked into the house yelling "party", I wanted to find that guy and punch him.

"I promise I will be by your side the whole night love," I knew she didn't like to be around a bunch of people she didn't know, plus I didn't like being too far from away from her. I kissed her temple then took her hand in mine walking out of the kitchen.

Shortly after we went to the basement were most of the guests were. Dancing with Bella was great, as always. I loved the way her body felt against mine and she had defiantly gotten better since we danced at the club together. She worked her body with the music up and down mine. Ever once and a while we would go sit on the couch watching the others dance or go up stairs to see who was in the kitchen. It was incredibly cute the way she stuck her tongue out when she tried the beer, like she had to get the taste off immediately. The rest of the time she stuck with the wine coolers, I tried to keep an eye on how many she was having, I wanted her to have a good time but didn't want her to get sick.

We were back down stairs dancing when she turned around and looked up at me with her big chocolate eyes. She said she had to pee right now and quickly left the dance floor. She was just too cute for her own good. I chuckled as I watched her run up the stairs. Being in the basement without Bella was no fun so I made my way up to the kitchen. I was refilling one of the bowls of chips when I felt someone's hands wrap around my waist from behind, but I knew they weren't Bella's.

"Tanya," I spun around to see Tanya standing inches away from me.

I had met Tanya my freshman year of college. We were both in the same English class and bonded over our mutual hate for the professor and the crazy assignments he would give us. We studied together and would occasionally hang out. We tried to go on a real date one time during the second semester but I thought it was awkward, unfortunately Tanya didn't. She thought that we made the perfect couple and should start doing everything together. I didn't want to say no so I agreed to go on another date, thinking I was just nervous for the first one. The second date was just as bad, if not worse, as the first. That night I told Tanya that I was very sorry but I didn't think it was going to work out between the two of us and she seemed to take it well. We didn't have any classes together that semester so I didn't see her very often. But when I did she was all over me. Rubbing her body against mine, whispering in my ear about how we should get back together. I started to avoid her as best as I could, and for the last two years I had been doing pretty good with only rare meetings. So to say I was surprised to see her was an understatement.

"Well aren't you happy to see me baby," she slide her body closer to mine.

"What are you doing here," I maneuvered my body out of her hands and moved away from her.

"You were always so silly Eddie," she laughed walking closer to me.

"I don't know what you are talking about Tanya. How did you know there was a party going on tonight," I folded my hands over my chest. I just wanted her to leave my house.

"Edward you said you loved me and that you couldn't wait to see me tonight," her voice was starting to hurt my head and I had no idea what she was talking about. "Why are you acting like this now," she moved closer to me putting her hands on the counter behind me. "Is it because of that ugly brunette? Well I can rock your world in ways she would never be able to baby," I saw red when she talked about Bella and I was ready to give her a piece of my mind but she just kept going. "Do you want to hear the message you left for me, I have it saved," she pulled out her phone before I had a chance to say anything.

"Hey there beautiful love, it is Edward. I called to let you know that I love you," Shit it was my voice but it was all wrong, Bella was the only person I called love and the only one I was in love with. "I love you so much, I knew it since the first time I saw you and each day it grows stronger and stronger. I just love you so much and had to call you right away to let you know that. I will see you tomorrow at the party. Goodnight love, I love you."

I gently pushed her away then ran my hand through my hair. This was all wrong there is no way in hell I would ever call Tanya and tell her I loved her.

"What the hell," I closed my eyes.

"Edward!" Emmett's bellowing voice made me jump. He was standing in the doorway with his arms folded across his chest. "You and me upstairs now," his voice dripped venom and his eyes were sending daggers at me.

He didn't wait for me to say anything instead turned on his heels and marched all the way up stairs. I followed behind like a nervous puppy that just peed on the carpet. I expected him to go to his room but he went into mine instead.

"Sit," he ordered pointed at the bed. I did as he said sitting on the edge of my bed watching him pace back and forth. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kick your ass right now," he made his right fist into a ball putting his left hand over it cracking his knuckles.

"You heard Tanya in the kitchen," I ran my hand through my hair. "I promise it isn't the way it sounded."

"Well you have thirty seconds to explain before my fist gets real friendly with your face," the friendly Emmett I had come to know and love was not in my room with me, in his place was a beast of a man ready to pulverize me.

"On the message I said 'see you tomorrow' which means that I left it yesterday. Which means that I must have left it while we were drinking," slowly the last part came to me. I vaguely started to remember getting the idea to call Bella and tell her how I felt, but most of it was still blank.

"How the hell do you explain calling Tanya instead of Bella," he made sure to over annunciate the first letter or each name.

"Em the phonebook on my cell is sorted by last name first. Tanya's last name is Swenson. Let me check my call log," I hit my forehead with the heel of my palm when I saw that I did indeed call Swenson, Tanya at 12:28am this morning. I held up the phone for Emmett to see, once he saw that I was telling the truth he let out a big sigh.

"Thank God I was not looking forward to kicking your ass," he sat down next to me.

"Well now we just need to get Tanya out of this out before she says anything to Bella," the thought of that crazy woman saying anything to Bella made my blood boil.

"Shit," Emmett looked over at me with wide eyes.

"What," my voice was shaky.

"Well the thing is," he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand.

"For the love of God Emmett spit it out," he was really starting to make me nervous.

"Bella heard everything," my body froze.

"What do you mean?"

"Well I was coming up to the kitchen to get more chips when I saw her standing by the kitchen door. I went to see what was going on and that is when I heard you and Tanya. After Tanya played your message Bella bolted out of the house. That is when I came to kick your ass," my palms were sweating and my heart was racing.

"Shit," I got of the bed and started to pace around the room. "I have to go see her. She can't be alone right now," I ran out of my room, down the stairs, and out of the house.

During the party I drank a few beers so I knew driving was out of the question. I was just mad it was going to take me longer to run to the apartment instead of drive. It felt like it took me forever to get all the way there, I ran up the stairs straight to their door. I knocked a few times while trying the door handle to see if by some miracle it was open, no such luck.

"Bella it is Edward please open up," I knocked harder. "Please love I need to talk to you," I bent down flipping the corner of the doormat over to see if the spare key we still there. Bella must have used it to get in because it was gone. "Please Bella, I know you heard what happened in the kitchen but it was all a misunderstanding. I meant to tell you that I loved you but I called Tanya's number on mistake while I was drunk with the guys last night," saying it out loud made me feel like a total dipshit. "Bella please," my knocks were weaker and I rested my head on the door.

"Edward," Alice and Rose were running down the hall towards me, neither of them look pleased to see me there.

"Move so we can get in," Rose gave me the same murderous eyes Emmett had earlier; the two of them together would make one scary team.

I did what she said moving to the side so Alice could unlock the door but when I tried to follow them in they both blocked my path.

"Please guys I need to talk to Bella, I have to explain things to her," I tried to get around them.

"I am letting you in but only if you follow my rules. You get to knock on her door; if she chooses not to answer then you have to leave. Take it or leave it," I didn't expect them to be so harsh but I knew there were just looking out for their friend.

"I'll take it," as soon as they moved I ran down the hall to Bella's room. "Bella please let me in I need to explain everything," I knocked frantically. There was only silence from the other side of the door. "Please love I have to talk to you," I knocked harder.

"You had your chance now it is time for you to go," Rose walked towards me.

"Please Bella," I used both hands to knock.

"What Edward," the sight after she finally opened the door broke my heart. She still had the dress on from the party; only know it had wrinkles all over it. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were red and swollen from crying, in fact a few tears were still falling.

"Oh Bella, I'm so sorry," I moved towards her to pull her in for a hug but she backed away from me. It hurt so much to know she didn't want me to touch her.

"Say what you have to Edward so I can go to bed," her eyes were full of sadness, something I had never seen in them before.

"Bella what you heard in the kitchen was all a misunderstanding."

"How do you misunderstand a message that says 'I love you'?"

"Please can I come in and explain to you," I just needed her to hear me out.

"Why don't we just go to the living room," she pushed past me shutting her door behind her.

I let her lead the way to the living room, she sat down in the middle of the loveseat leaving the couch for me to sit on. I wanted to badly to be closer to her, to hold her in my arms but obviously she wasn't ready for that yet so I sat on the couch.

"Go ahead," once I was sitting her bent her knees wrapping her arms around them.

"To understand all of it I'm going to have to explain who Tanya," Bella's body cringed, "is." I went through the whole story of how we met and tried to date but it lead to nothing. "I just want you to understand that she means nothing to me and I have never seen her as more than a friend," I just hoped she believed me. "So now I can jump ahead to last night. Emmett thought it would be fun to have a guys night, he went out and got a bunch of alcohol and we played poker. I drank so much I can't even remember everything that happened. But little pieces are starting to come back to me. I remember Emmett and Jasper talking about love," that part came to me during the run over to the apartment, "and I remember calling you to confess my love. But I must have called Tanya's number instead of yours, a mistake that I will forever wish I could take back."

"How do you mistakenly call Tanya instead of Bella," she, like Emmett, stressed the first letter, only the way she said it was much sadder.

I explained how my phone sorts numbers, something I will be changing as soon as I got the chance to. "You have to know Bella that even though I did a stupid, stupid thing I meant every word I said but for you. You are the only person I have ever loved like this. It is hard to explain the way I feel about you, love seems like too weak of a word but it will have to do for now. I love you so much Isabella Marie Swan," she had tears rolling down her cheeks and I took that as a bad sign. "Bella I'm so sorry, please tell me how I can make this better?"

"Say it again," her voice was so soft I barely heard her.

"I'm so sorry. I will say it a thousand times if you want me to."

"No not that part, the 'I love you' part," she had a small smile on her lips.

"I love you Bella," I got off the couch walking towards her. "I love you so much," I knelt down in front of her. "Bella I love you with my whole heart and I will spend the rest of time proving to you just how much," I picked up her hand gently kissing each knuckle.

"I love you too Edward," the smile I had come to love was back on her face. I leaned in slowly giving her a chance to pull away, when she didn't I let my lips brush against hers before deepening the kiss.

"Thank God, I was not looking forward to kicking your ass big brother," of course Alice had to come in and wreak the moment, but I still loved her.

"Not me, I thought it would be a little fun," Rose gave me a quick wink.

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What do you think….did I end "the message" drama too soon?