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"So the buses show up at about two," I rambled on to the wide eyed replacement that had been sent to cover my class as I left them behind to start my weekend as Edward's date. I watched the older woman nodded along with my words before the chiming of my phone pulled my attention away.
You ready?
As I read Edward's text my stomach twisted into a tight knot of nervous energy. I didn't know if I was ready or if I would ever be ready to have the title of Edward's Cullen's date even though it was the one thing I had always dreamed of being.
"So, yeah," I wrapped up my conversation awkwardly with my sub while grabbing my bag and inching my way out the door without another look back. I walked down the hallway slowly, taking the time to remind myself of what was really going on this weekend.
It's nothing.
You've been to Edward's parents' house a million times.
How many weddings have you been to as Edward's plus one?
No matter what mantra I repeated in my mind none of my pathetic reminders rang as loud as Jasper's voice echoing around me. It took me back to the pentecrest on a Sunday afternoon where I was lounging in the sun trying to nurse a hangover and a bruised heart with Jasper at my side.
"You really think that he would be into you?" Jasper asked me with a snort that made me feel like an asshole for even thinking that Edward and I could be a thing.
"Well, I mean, he was… He has been," I stuttered trying to defend myself before looking up at Jasper who was giving me that smart ass grin of his that told me that I was just a joke.
"Yeah, well, babe, he told me otherwise," he snickered before looking away to watch the pretty blonde that had walked in front of us.
"I don't think..." I began only to be silenced by his laughter.
"Yeah, I know you don't," he snorted as I felt the hot, sticky rush of embarrassment flood throughout me. "But believe me he did. What was it that he said? I think it was something like you were good enough to fuck, but that's it."
"What?" I gasped out loud as if I had been sucker punched in the gut by his words. They went against every sweet word and promise that Edward whispered to me.
"What did you expect?" Jasper asked with a laugh that only added to the soul crushing embarrassment that followed knowing that everything about Edward was a lie.
"Did you really think he'd be into a girl like you?"
It was those words that had haunted me since that Sunday afternoon years ago that were still ringing in my ears as I stepped out of the building to look for my weekend date.
I found him immediately. Edward Cullen had always been impossible for me to miss and today was no different. He was parked in the fire line like a douche bag standing outside of his car watching the kids play at recess with a slight grin on his handsome face that only made my heart melt a little more.
"You know they'll call the cops if you keep watching the kids like a creepy perv," I teased him as I approached. I watched as he practically jumped at the sound of my voice, turning towards me with a wide grin.
"Baby," he greeted me smoothly as I felt my heart skip a beat just as my stomach twisted with nerves once more at the uttering of that damn pet name he had taken to calling me. I watched him push off the car, his jeans and t-shirt with flannel that made him look more like the nineteen year old boy I had met verses the mid twenty year old man that he had grow into, but even then he was still so handsome that he took my breath away.
"You ready to be my girl?" he asked teasingly as we came toe to toe together. His bright, easy grin made me smile along with him.
"Oh yeah," I barely had time to agree before he leaned in for a soft kiss.
AN:
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I am so sorry about the delay in this chapter. Real life has been… well? Different.
Anyway… I hope you enjoy and I hope to have a few chapters in this weekend.
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