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BPOV

By the time Edward pulled in front of myself, I wasn't convinced I was even breathing.

"I want to stay with you." I wanted him to know that his presence was wanted. He seemed to take the clue.

"Can't I come in?" He smirked.

"Would you like to?" I couldn't imagine him in my house. I started getting out of his car.

"Yes, if that's alright."

I heard the door close behind me, and then he was in front of my house with the door wide open.

"Very human," I complimented him.

"It's definitely resurfacing."

I was walking through the door, but I paused. "The door was unlocked?"

"No, I used the key from under the eave."

I stepped inside, flicked on the porch light, with my eyebrow raised. I was positive I had never used that key in front of him before.

"I was curious about you."

"You spied on me?" But for some reason, I couldn't find the proper outrage. I was weirdly flattered.

He was unrepentant. "What else is there to do at night?"

I grabbed a glass of water. "How often?

"Hmmm?" Like I was pulling him from another train of thought.

"How often do you come here?"

"I come here almost every night."

I turned so fast I almost made myself dizzy, "Why?"

"You're very interesting when you sleep." he said matter-of-factly. "You talk."

I sat down at one of the kitchen chairs. My face was getting warm. "No." I, of course, knew I talked in my sleep, my mother liked to tease me about it.

His expression changed instantly to chagrin, "Are you very angry with me?"

"That depends!" I felt and sounded like the breath had been knocked out of me.

He waited.

"On?" He urged.

"What you heard!" I wailed.

Instantly, he was by my side taking me hand. My hands were once again ice cold, so the temperature change didn't seem quite drastic. I was very aware that this was the first time he had ever initiated any physical contact.

"Don't be upset!" he pleaded. I tried to look away.

"You miss your mother. You talk about her. And when it rains, it makes you restless. You used to talk about home a lot, not so much anymore. Once you said 'it's too green'."

"Anything else?" I demanded.

He knew what I was getting at. "You said my name," he admitted.

I sighed in defeat. "A lot?"

"How much do you mean by a lot?"

"Oh no!" I hung my head.

"Don't be self-conscious," he whispered, "If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."

I smiled at that, the mortification slightly easing. The exhaustion was hitting me again.

"You haven't gone through my things have you?" I didn't really care about most of my things, but my journal was one I did care about. Maybe one day I would share it with him.

He shook his head, "I do have some sense of boundaries." He smirked.

As I made my way upstairs, nudging my head letting him know he could come up with me, not like he hadn't already seen my room. When I got there he was sitting in the rocking chair in the corner of my room.

"Show-off," I muttered. He smiled.

I opened the drawer of my nightstand. Back home, my mom used to call this 'the pharmacy' with how many medications I had. It had dwindled once I stopped treatment, but it was still substantial. I smiled at the thought of my mother.

"What?" Edward asked.

"Thinking about Renee. I used to have a drawer like this in Phoenix, she liked to call it "The Pharmacy," I chuckled. "If anyone saw all this, they'd think I had a serious pill problem."

"You should rest. I don't want your father thinking I'm indolent."

I laughed. "This is twice now that we've cut school. You really are breaking all the rules. Besides, Charlie is thrilled that I'm not spending all my time alone. He's even more thrilled, that you've been given all the information and haven't run away yet."

"Little does he know it is you who should be running away from me."

I rolled my eyes.

School had just let out about 15 minutes ago. We had been here for over an hour just talking. Talking with Edward was soothing, it felt right. Then I heard the doorbell ring.

"I got it." I said. I walked down the stairs which winded me. I took a minute to catch my breath. Then, I opened the door to find Mike standing outside.

"Oh hey Mike." I still sounded winded. I was confused on why Mike was here. Edward could probably hear what Mike was thinking, I'd ask him later. "What's up?"

"Well...um… I saw you weren't in Gym and I wanted to make sure you were okay."

"Oh yeah, I wasn't feeling well earlier, so Edward brought me home."

"So you and Cullen, huh?" He said pointing his head in the direction of his car still parked out front.

"It's not really any of your business, Mike," I said sharper than intended.

"I don't like it," He said anyway. "He looks at you like you're something to eat."

I tried to hold in my laughter at his statement, but a giggle still came out. I cleared my throat. "Well… um. Thanks for checking on me."

"Yeah, no problem. I should go," Mike said, then he awkwardly made his way to his car.

Edward appeared beside me. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." I answered still a little breathless.

"What?" He said looking over my shoulder.

"Newton's getting on my nerves." He shook his head. "He's finally leaving."

"Why is he getting on your nerves?"

He chuckled. "The thoughts he has are less than pure. He is also wondering about what's gotten you sounding so breathless with us alone in your house."

My face started to get warm.

"I'm wondering that too," He mused.

I shrugged. "Like I said, I overdid it yesterday." I didn't even believe that myself. I hoped I sounded more confident than I felt. In reality, there had been an ache in my lungs for a few days now, I was hoping to ignore it. I knew that whatever it was, wasn't good.

"You need to rest. Actually rest. I should go anyway, Charlie will be home soon, unless you want to introduce me now, maybe as your boyfriend?" He smirked

"Is that what you are?" I asked coyly.

"Hmmm…" He looked at me thoughtfully. I'm sure he could hear my heart acting erratically when he started twisting a stand of my hair. "Is that what you'd like me to be?"

"I've never thought of anyone the way I think of you."

"This is all very new to me too," he paused. "I guess you'll have to introduce me as your boyfriend then."

I bit my lip. "I suppose so. Not tonight, like you pointed out I need to rest and then I'll introduce you on Saturday."

"Saturday, then."

He was gone in a flash. When Charlie came home, I told him of my plans to go to Seattle with Edward. He felt much better about being with someone rather than being alone. He also said he wanted to meet him before we left. I made some lasagna for the two of us despite my exhaustion. When I went upstairs, I had a hard time catching my breath. I shook it off. After taking a shower, I went to bed. It didn't take much for me to fall asleep.

When I woke the next morning, I didn't feel much better. I decided I would stay home today. As much as I wanted to see Edward, I didn't want to feel even worse for my day with Edward. I picked up my phone, I didn't have many contacts, I was surprised to see Edward's name beneath Charlie's. Of course, he had done that.

I texted Charlie, emphasizing that he didn't need to worry, but I was staying home today. Then, I texted Edward something similar.

Since I had the whole day, and I needed to take it easy, I decided to email my mother. She had sent me quite a few emails in the last few days that I hadn't had a chance to reply to. I told her I was fine, that I was enjoying Forks, and I had even made a few friends. I made it a point to mention Edward. She would be thrilled.

When I got up to sit back in my bed, I saw Edward sitting in the rocking chair.

"Playing hooky?" He asked.

I laughed. "Something like that. I just don't have the energy today. No big deal."

He eyed my suspiciously, like he didn't believe my nonchalance.

"And what about you, shouldn't you be in school?" I retorted playfully.

He laughed, "It was going to be a half-day for me anyway. Alice and I are going hunting."

"Why Alice?"

"She is the most supportive."

"And the others?"

"Incredulous, mostly. They can't understand why I can't leave you alone."

"Neither do I, for that matter."

"Like I said before, you don't see yourself the way I see you. You're not like anyone I have ever met before. You fascinate me." He made me sound like a science experiment. "That part's easy enough to explain, but it's more than that, much more than that."

I felt my face getting warm, so I changed the subject. "So they don't like me."

"They don't know you. But it's not that they are worried, we've gone public so if this ends badly, it's dangerous for more than just me."

I felt the need to break the tension, but Edward spoke instead.

"Well since you're staying home would you mind some company?"

"I happen to enjoy your company," I said. I added under my breath, "A little too much."

He smiled. "Well today it's my turn."

"Your turn?"

"Mhm... to ask the questions."

"Well you know all the big things, so go ahead," I said slightly worried.

The whole morning he asked me all kinds of things, my favorite color, flower, gemstone-I picked the one that matched his eyes-and all kinds of seemingly small details about me. I hadn't realized how much time had passed, when the doorbell rang.

"It's Alice."

Next thing I knew she was coming through the window. I felt grateful I had gotten dressed this morning. She looked at Edward expectantly.

"Right," he sighed. "Alice, Bella. Bella, Alice."

"Hi Bella," she sounded excited, she brought me in for a hug.

"Hey," I said with a small smile.

"Give us a minute, Alice." She nodded.

"It was nice to meet you, Bella."

"Yeah, you too." And then she was gone.

"So you have to go?" He nodded. I'm sure the disappointment was visible on my face. I made no attempt to hide it.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow. Charlie's looking forward to meeting you," I sighed.

"I'll be here in the morning. Unless you want to sleep in?"

"No," I said a little too quickly.

"Tomorrow morning, then." And with that he was gone. The rest of the day was unproductive. I took several short naps, and they helped. Towards the end of the day I started getting this small nagging pain in my head. I took two Tylenol and tried to forget about it. When Charlie came home, he was slightly worried that I had come home early yesterday and stayed home today, but I assured him I felt fine just tired.

I took a few bites of lasagna, took a shower, and laid out an outfit for tomorrow.