"Hello?" Edward's raspy morning voice threatened to pull me from my blissful state of unconsciousness. "Mmhmm, yeah she's right here. Hold on."
I snuggled pulling my pillow closer, hoping he wasn't talking about me, I wasn't opening my eyes for anyone.
"Bella.." He whispered and kissed my neck gently.
OK, so maybe that I'd open my eyes for that.
"Hey you…" I smiled, as I forced my eyes open.
He brought his lips down to mine. Definitely worth waking up for, I thought, as my hands tangled in his hair. Forgetting we were in my old tiny bedroom, forgetting Charlie was just across the hall, and forgetting he had been talking to someone.
"As much as I'd like to take advantage of your sudden eagerness, your friends are on the phone." He grinned as he pulled away, waving my small silver phone.
"I'll call them back." I smiled, pulling him closer again, causing a threatening hiss of not so nice words to stream from the tiny phone.
"Sorry babe, but Leah scares me a little." He chuckled, rolling out of the bed, laying the phone beside me.
"Fine." I groaned, annoyed as I pressed the phone to my ear. "Hello?"
"So would you care to explain why Edward is answering your phone." Alice cooed.
"Or more importantly why it seems he only had to roll over to wake you up. Or perhaps what exactly was more appealing than talking to us??" Leah giggled.
"Sure, as soon as you guys explain why you're tag teaming me at…" my sleepy eyes scanned the room for a clock. "It's only six in the damn morning, what is wrong with you disgustingly chipper morning people?!" I buried my head in my pillow.
"We're going shopping!" Alice chirped
"No we are not going shopping. I am on vacation, no shopping!" I insisted, not taking my eyes off of Edward's perfect body, laying beside me again.
"You'll want to go as soon as Leah tells you the news!" Alice sang.
"Huh?" I was trying to pay attention, but Edward's hand tracing circles on my stomach was using up all the attention span I could muster this early in the morning!
"EMMETT PROPOSED LAST NIGHT!" Leah squealed, snapping me back to reality!
"EMMETT DID WHAT?!" I screeched sitting straight up in bed, fully awake now.
Edward's eyes popped with shock at my abrupt abandonment of his caress. "What's going on?" He mouthed.
I just held up my finger, needing to get the whole story myself.
"Yeah I know, it's crazy! I was totally shocked!" Leah swooned. "It was perfect too, he was on one knee in the moonlight. His words were perfect, I had never imagined he was capable of the things he said…" She sighed.
"And because I'm the best friend in the world, I'm already planning the most amazing engagement party. Only a month to have everything together, so like I said. We're going shopping!" Alice's voice was bouncing.
"Ok, well I am taking Edward back into the city, I can meet you after that. Umm, give us like two hours?" I said.
"Ok great, meet us at the bar. I want to tell Jake too!" Leah suggested.
"Sounds good!" I agreed. "I'll see you guys soon!"
Click.
"What the hell did Emmett do now?" Edward chuckled, pulling a t-shirt over his head, much to my disappointment.
"He proposed to Leah last night!" I crossed the room and wrapped my arms around his waist.
"Holy shit! Seriously?" he seemed as shocked as I had been.
"Yep. And Alice is throwing them a party, thus the need for shopping." I explained, before placing a few kisses on his neck.
"Mmmm" he sighed at the feel of my lips. "If you keep doing that, you won't be going anywhere."
"Hmmm." I liked the idea of getting back in my bed with him and not leaving.
BANG BANG.
"Sue has breakfast ready!" Charlie called in, through barely a crack in the door.
"You can open the door pop." I chuckled, and shifted to stand beside Edward.
"Oh…" Charlie swung the door open slowly. "Come eat before it gets cold." He was green again.
"Ok we'll be right down. You don't look so good pop." I laughed.
"Just get downstairs Bella." Charlie huffed, obviously not enjoying my teasing and then closed the door.
"You're going to kill him, you know that right?" Edward grinned.
"Nah, he's resilient." I laughed. "And trust me, he's had more than his share of fun embarrassing me and scaring away any man I've brought around, it serves him right." I began to drag a brush through my tangled hair. "Hungry?" I asked and started for the door.
"Well…" he stopped me and turned me around towards him. "Are you sure you want to go shopping today? We would have a lot more privacy at my house, if you wanted to stay." He suggested, kissing me, causing my heart to thump almost through my chest.
"Hmm, and what would we need privacy for?" I teased.
"Nothing I suppose." He ran his lips across my jaw, lightly down my neck, then tracing my collar bone with his warm breath, before his lips danced across my shoulder, biting me softly every once in a while. "We should go eat." He winked and breezed out of the door.
I stood there panting, holding myself up on the doorframe. He was much better at the teasing than I was.
"You're a horrible person." I muttered, finally catching up to him just as he was stepping into the kitchen.
He just grinned and winked. "Good morning everyone!"
"Good morning kids!" Sue beamed up from the small kitchen table.
"Breakfast smells great!" Edward took a seat.
"Oh well thank you Edward." Sue blushed, apparently she wasn't immune to his charm either.
"Come on Bella." Charlie called.
"Oh, yeah." I smiled and took my seat between Edward and Charlie.
Everyone was quiet. Edward seemed completely famished, finishing off a plate full of scrambled eggs and bacon, and then starting on a plate full of French toast. Charlie, shoveled his French toast in, shooting glares at Edward every so often. Sue watched us all happily from the sink.
"Aren't you going to eat?" I felt bad, watching all the food disappear and Sue not having any yet.
"Oh no sweetie, I had some toast earlier." She explained.
"This is really amazing." I pointed to my plate with my fork. "It's odd having edible food coming from Charlie's kitchen." I chuckled, and elbowed Charlie lightly.
"My cooking isn't so bad!" Charlie defended.
"HA!" Sue snorted.
"See!" I smiled.
Charlie just grumbled and shoveled in another bite. Having Edward here wasn't putting him in the best mood.
"So after I drop Edward off, I won't be home for a while. I'm going shopping with Alice and Leah. Emmett proposed last night!" I smiled, happy for my friend.
"Oh well that's nice!!" A huge smile finally replaced the grimace that seemed glued to Charlie's face this morning. "Emmett seems like a really nice boy. I really like him." He shot a glare at Edward, who in Charlie's opinion apparently failed in comparison.
"Emmett is a good guy. He's been my best friend since we started Harvard together. He loves Leah to death, it's all he talks about." Edward added, too busy with his breakfast to notice Charlie's glare.
"Hmm." Charlie rolled his eyes at the sound of Edward's voice. Causing me to introduce my foot to his shin under the table.
"OWW!" Charlie jumped.
Everyone's eyes shot to us, shocked, I just smiled.
"So pop, do you mind if I take your car today? Carlisle drove me from the airport." I ignored the curious looks.
"Yeah, it's in the garage." Charlie agreed.
"Ok great! I'm gonna go get dressed." I stood up from the table.
"Oh, yeah umm I'm done, I'll go with you!" Edward jumped up, obviously not wanting to be alone with Charlie, that made me chuckle.
"Humph." Charlie grumbled.
"You're dad really hates me." Edward sighed, as I rummaged through my suitcase.
"Yes well, he's my dad. He worries about me, but he'll come around. Don't worry about it too much." I made my way around the bed and wrapped my arms around his waist.
"And that was cute, you trying to let me down there. Is all some ploy to get even with me. You're just playing along until you can get your dad to off me." he chuckled, hugging me tightly.
"Off you?" I laughed. "He's a retired cop Edward, not a mob boss."
"Same thing when they want to shoot you." he huffed.
"He's not going to shoot you. I promise." I laughed pulling away to find the shower.
"So you say!" He called after me, lifting his suitcase onto the bed.
I showered and dressed quickly, coming to terms with the fact that I was going to be late meeting Alice and Leah, but still hurrying, not wanting to keep them waiting too long.
Edward was dressed and ready, looking like he should be gracing the cover of a magazine as usual when I walked back into the room.
"We gotta go, Alice is gonna be mad!" I hurried him down the stairs.
"Wait, should I get my bag? Or am I staying here again tonight?" He asked with a grin.
"That's up to you." I didn't bother stopping.
"Ok, let's go then."
"POP, we're leaving! Love you!" I called, already half way out to the garage.
I made record time driving into Boston, less than forty five minutes, Edward whined and held on like a little girl the whole way, swearing he'd never ride with me ever again. But we weren't running late anymore.
I dropped him off at his parent's condo. I didn't even bother to act surprised when he told me to stop in front of the gorgeous sky rise building, of course that's where he lived. I almost called the girls to tell them I couldn't make it when he kissed me goodbye. The tension between us was ridiculous. Six years of sexual repression about to explode between us. He was no help, always teasing me, giving me a reason to stay. Thankfully the thought of how happy Leah was, and knowing how lucky I was to be getting to share this with her after everything we had been through, boiled above the lust and I was able to tear myself away.
"You're late!" Alice huffed, throwing her hands on her hips when I sat down panting at the bar.
"Yes well, I'm here aren't I." I growled.
"So now it's your turn." Leah grinned.
"My turn for what?" I asked confused, as Jake placed a beer on the bar for me.
"To spill it!" She rolled her eyes.
"Yeah really!" Alice squealed, obviously not annoyed with me anymore. "Why were you in bed with Edward this morning?!"
"Well, I guess we're kind of umm…together now." I shrugged, trying to make it less than it was.
"REALLY?!" Leah bubbled.
"It's about freakin time!" Alice smiled.
"Guess neither of us are as clueless as we thought." Jake grinned from across the bar.
I just smiled at our little inside joke.
"So how did it happen?" Leah, happily pried for the dirt.
"After everyone left last night, we just talked about everything. He told me he loves me." I blushed.
"OH MY GOD!" Alice chirped at an octave higher than I had ever thought possible.
"What did you say?!" Leah, leaned in, seeming almost excited about this as she had been telling me about her and Emmett.
"Well, I told him I loved him too, obviously." I was embarrassed, I never had been any good at talking about feelings.
"AHHH!!!" Alice screamed! "Look at us all happily attached! We definitely have reason to celebrate today! Come on let's go!" she started dragging both Leah and me off of our stools and to the door.
"Have fun today girls!" Jake chuckled. "I'll see you tomorrow Bells!"
"If I survive today!" I laughed.
"BELLA!! I found your dress! Get over here!" Alice was practically dancing a few racks over.
"Definitely!" Leah happily agreed, eyeing the piece of fabric Alice was holding.
"You're kidding right?" I laughed, looking the dress over.
"Uh, no!" Alice sounded offended. "You are going to look amazing in this Bella, go try it on!" she shoved me towards the fitting room.
I slipped out of my clothes and into the dress. Even with just me seeing myself in the dress, I was embarrassed. It was floor length, flowing, low cut, not just low cut, it barely covered my chest and had a slit that ran well past halfway up my thigh.
"There's no way in hell!" I yelled from the small fitting room.
"Oh shut up and let us see!" Alice yelled back, she turned quite mean when clothes were involved.
"UGH!" I groaned and stepped out of the small space.
"Bella, you look gorgeous!" Leah cooed!
"You're getting it." Alice insisted.
"Are you guys kidding me? Why don't I just show up naked!" I wasn't giving in on this one.
"Bella, the dress is beautiful, and it looks amazing on you." Alice grumbled. "Now come on, you need shoes."
"NO! We need to find another dress." I pouted.
"THAT is your dress." Alice glared, not budging.
"I really do loathe you!" I glared back, but turned to the fitting room, knowing this would end up being the dress I wore to the party no matter how much I argued.
"I don't care, you're still wearing the dress." Alice smiled and happily bounced back into the racks of dresses.
We shopped around a bit more until Alice and Leah both found their perfect dresses and then it was onto shoes. Shoes, I dreaded much, MUCH, more than dresses. Alice had no sense of being reasonable when it came to shoes. She thought any shoe with anything less than a four inch heel was a waste of time. I unfortunately loose all ability to walk in anything more than a one inch heel.
"OH! These are perfect Bella!" Alice beamed from the next isle.
"Come on Alice, please I'll wear the damn dress, but if you want me to be able to walk, those I can not wear." I pouted, not expecting to win this argument either.
"Bella, look at them, they're beautiful!" she held them up to display. Stilettos, a death trap.
"What about these?" Leah sympathetically offered a much more reasonable pair of black heels. She understood where I was coming from, she's always been almost as graceful as me.
"Fine!" Alice rolled her eyes and tossed Leah's choice in our bag.
Four hours later we were finally done shopping and Leah's phone rang.
"I'll be right back." She smiled, and stepped away to talk.
"So the boys wanna do dinner." Leah smiled, returning to Alice and I.
"Great!" Alice agreed. "Where are we going?"
"L'Espalier" Leah grinned.
"YAY!" Alice clapped her hands together.
"Wonderful, it sounds French and very much out of my league." I groaned.
"It is French. But if I can do it so can you." Leah reassured me.
"Am I even dressed ok?" I looked down, kicking myself for not spending more time getting ready this morning.
"You'll do." Alice smiled.
"Oh, well that's nice." I chuckled at her attempt at being nice.
"When are we supposed to be there?" Alice ignored me.
"Half hour." Leah replied.
"We better get going then!" Alice danced towards the car.
Ok, next chapter is dinner with the boys, and Carlisle. Everyone finding about Bella and Edward. Then the next chap I believe we'll jump ahead to the engagement party, and Esme getting the news, that should be interesting!! Anywho, I hope everyone is still enjoying!! Let me know if you're loving it, or hating it! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far!!