Assumptions Chapter 21

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BPOV:

"Come on! Won't you tell me where we are going now?"

"Port Angeles."

"I figured that much out. Please?"

"Fine. We are going to get dinner and that is all that I am going to tell you," Edward said with a smile. I let it drop. I didn't want to start a fight with him tonight. I sat back in my seat and watched the scenery pass by us. We made small comments as we drove along, mostly about cars that passed us or little things we saw on the side of the road, but mostly just enjoyed a comfortable silence.

Before I knew it he was pulling up in front of a restaurant. I knew him well enough already that I knew that he was raised to be a gentleman, so I waited for him to come around the car to open my door and help me out of the car. I could have opened my own door, but I had never anyone that insisted on holding doors for me, not Jamie, not Phil, not even Charlie. I have to say that I kind of liked it. Okay, I liked it a lot.

Edward took my hand as I turned to step out of the car. Once I was standing he wrapped his arm around my waist and kept it there as we walked to the door of the restaurant. The hostess led us to our table right away, "I thought a corner booth would suit you and the lady," she said as she placed the menus down on the table. "Chris will be right with you. Enjoy your meal." She smiled lightly at us and turned to walk away.

Chris showed up almost immediately and took our drink order. I didn't really like that she spent a few extra seconds looking at Edward before she turned to take my drink order, but it wasn't exactly inappropriate so I just let it go. I grabbed the menu and started looking at it, "Anything you recommend?"

"Everything here is good, but I especially love the seafood alfredo."

"That does sound good. I think I'll go with that." We fell into more easy conversation through dinner and before I knew it, Edward was trying to flag down the waitress and take care of our bill so that we would make it to our next destination on time. I still had no clue where he was taking me, but I was willing to follow him blindly. The waitress was standing over by the server's station with a book in her hand when she finally noticed Edward trying to get her attention. It had only taken a couple of seconds to look up at us and she only had two other tables besides us, and they were on dessert as well. So it wasn't like she was ignoring her customers for her book, on the contrary she had been very attentive to us and I hoped that Edward was leaving her a nice tip. It was rare to get good service anymore, so I always tried to be generous whenever I found a good one. Out of curiosity, I stopped to see what book it was that she was reading and I laughed when I realized that it was the first in my series.

I looked up and realized that I had been caught checking out the book so I smiled at her, "Are you enjoying the book?"

"Oh yes. The other girls here told me that I just had to read the series. I just can't seem to put it down. I'm going to buy the rest of the series tomorrow. Have you read them?"

"Yes, actually I have."

"Don't you just love the series?" I turned to see the hostess standing behind me before going on and on about how much she loved the books and was in love with some of the characters. It was times like this that gave me the truest pride in my work. I loved meeting fans like this. "I can honestly say those books have had the most amazing effect on me," I told them. I was practiced at keeping a straight face but I could see that Edward was about to lose it.

"I hope the next one comes out soon," the hostess sighed.

"I heard a rumor that the manuscript was done and it should only be a few more months."

"That would be awesome," the hostess said before turning to go back up front and greet some customers that just walked through the door.

It was also times like this that I was glad that I used a penname and no one knew that I was the author. I didn't have to deal with the paparazzi following me everywhere. Edward and I would probably have already had our pictures plastered over the internet if that was the case. Plus, I could meet fans and hear honest answers from them and not get bothered when I was out with friends and family. Anonymity does have its draw backs though, I once asked a lady what she thought of my book and she said that she didn't understand why people liked them. She hated it. She said that she was ready to just throw it in the garbage because it was boring and trite and a waste of her time. I had to excuse myself from her quickly before I started crying. It wasn't the first time I'd heard a negative review for one of my books. The professional reviewers loved to tear them apart. Those I could deal with, but to hear it from a reader really hurt. I know that she'd never have been that cruel if she knew that I was the author, but it hurt all the same.

Edward held my hand as we drove to our next destination. All I could think about right now was the feeling of his hand in mine, more specifically, the feeling of his skin on mine. I was so lost in my thoughts that I hadn't even realized that he had parked the car and was standing next me with the door open.

He led us around to the front of the building and I stopped in my tracks and actually squealed when I saw where we were. We were seeing "Twelve Angry Men," live. Best first date ever! That was the point that I realized that he had really taken the time to get to know who I was and what I liked, and planned our night around me and my happiness. That is when I grabbed him, pulled him to me, and kissed him. I don't mean a little peck on the lips. I mean a full on kiss filled with more passion than any kiss I had ever experienced. I was a struggle not go more carried away than was appropriate since we were standing on a sidewalk with people walking around us.

EPOV:

I was seriously about to lose it, standing there and watching Bella talking to that waitress about her books. Poor thing had absolutely no idea that she was talking to the author herself and that she'd literally just been given some major inside information. Hell, she'd told me a few days ago that she was nearly ready to send it off to her editor but it was news to me that she'd actually completed it.

But I didn't want our whole night to revolve around either of our jobs or pasts, tonight was going to be about us and only us. I knew that she'd be thrilled to see the play, but I didn't expect her to kiss me like that. It wasn't the first kiss that we'd shared but it was by far the most passionate and intense.

Finally we broke apart and she smiled at me before taking my hand, "We better get inside and find our seats, I don't want to miss a second of it."

Mom and Dad had brought Emmett and me to the theater all the time when we were kids, but it had been years since I'd been here. Tanya wasn't the "going to the theatre" type so I stopped asking her to come with me and I didn't want to go alone, so I just stopped coming all together. We walked into the front door and I noticed immediately that they really hadn't changed much about the place. It still looked the same to me, although I know from Mom that they've changed the carpet a few years ago and added in a bar.

"I love going to the theatre now, but when we were kids, Emmett and I would throw fits when Mom and Dad would tell us that they got tickets for us to come see a play. Emmett would literally run into the woods and hide in a tree."

"Why would you do that?" she asked as we made our way over to the bar.

"They always made us dress up in suits and ties and no seven or nine year old boy likes dressing up".

"I can get that. I was never one for dresses when I was young, but now I enjoy a chance to dress up fancy and go out once in a while. I wouldn't want to do it all the time, but times like tonight, well, tonight is a great reason to dress up and break out the heels."

We talked some more about our childhood as we waited to be able to go to our seats. The more I talked to her the more I realized that she was not as bought off by Phil as Charlie made her out to be. Charlie made it out that Phil was able to and did buy Bella anything and everything that she wanted. He also made it out that they traveled all the time to exotic locations, when in reality, they rarely went on trips unless it was Bella and her mother getting in their car and following Phil who was on his team's bus to his away games in the summer. I wondered what had caused Charlie to think that way. Why had he never tried harder to push for a relationship with his daughter?

The play was amazing, it was nothing more than a local community theatre, but they always held themselves to a high standard and the shows were always great. Bella was engrossed in the show from the time that the curtain started to rise until the actors came out for their final bows. Neither of us was ready for the evening to be over so we went to a coffee house for a quick cup of coffee. Well, it wasn't such a quick cup. We sat there for two hours talking and laughing before we realized how late it was, so we reluctantly made our way back to Forks. It was after one in the morning before we finally pulled up in front of Bella's house, but I still walked her to the door and accepted her invitation to come in for a bit. Even with the late hour, the excitement of the evening had us both wide awake and energized. Bella ran upstairs to change quickly before going into the kitchen to get a bottle of wine out of the fridge and pour each of us a glass while I put a movie into the DVD player.

I settled onto the couch and waited for Bella to join me before I started the movie. I'd chosen one that I found in her collection that was a personal favorite of mine, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World". It was a hilarious movie that was packed full of actors that were big name stars of the day, like Spencer Tracy, Sid Caesar, and Buddy Hackett. It about a bunch of strangers that witness a car accident and the victim tells them that there is money buried in this park, and they all take off to find it before the others do and hilarity ensues.

Bella came in and handed me my glass before sitting next to me and curling into my side. We watched the movie for a while before I just couldn't help myself anymore and I turned and started kissing her. It wasn't but a few seconds before we were lying down on the couch with me on top of her and the movie was completely forgotten.

I was trying not to take things too far but it wasn't easy because I wanted her so bad. I did reach my hand up her shirt and grabbed her breast before I realized what I was doing. It was the fact that she was not wearing a bra that surprised me and brought me to my senses. I started to pull my hand back but she grabbed my hand from above her shirt, "don't stop. Please don't stop." I didn't. We continued to kiss and grope at each other until the exhaustion from all the excitement of the day finally hit us and we were just too tired to continue.

Bella stood up and held her hand out to me, "please stay." I nodded my head and took her hand and together we went up to her bedroom. Bella stripped off her stretch pants, leaving her in nothing but her oversized t-shirt. I watched as she climbed into her bed before I stripped down to my boxers and climbed in next to her.

"I really didn't want to stop what we were doing downstairs. I want to be with you, so much, but I'm just too tired tonight."

I pulled her into my arms and kissed her, "I know, sweetheart, I want to be with you too. I'm just as tired as you are and I don't think either of us really wants to embarrass ourselves by falling asleep in the middle of making love."

"Soon," was all that I heard her whisper before she fell asleep. I fell asleep shortly after she did but only after forming a plan for tomorrow in my head. We were supposed to go to my parent's for Sunday dinner after church but I had different plans in mind for Bella and myself. I would ask Bella in the morning in she wanted to go, and if she said yes then I could let mom know at church that we wouldn't be joining them that evening.

A/N:

Happy Saturday. Thanks for Sweetpea123 for being an amazing beta and even more amazing friend. I did make some changes after she sent this back so all mistakes are mine. Due to real life issues right now, updates are going to be every two weeks. I hate to have to do it but I don't have a choice at the moment. Thank you for reading and reviews would be an amazing birthday present for me. ;) I'll even give a teaser for reviews. See you in two weeks!