Sorry it took me to a while to update. Does anyone else's cat eat their Doritos? My cat literally stole my little bag and ate them. I'm somewhat angry, but, also very shocked that a cat would eat Doritos. I shouldn't be surprise though, he eats the chips from Chipotle, and tacos, and spaghetti, and banana pudding. I think I have a weird cat.

Chapter Ten – First Days are the Worst

"You'll do great sweetie," I said.

"I hope so, I'm so nervous," Bella sighed.

"Aw, don't worry about it," I told her, "It's a first day, so, it's okay to be nervous."

"Thanks," she said, "I should get going, your parents are waiting on you right?"

"Yeah," I sighed, "I wish I could see you before your first day though, I miss you."

"I miss you too, but, we'll see each other after my first day, right?" She said, the hopeful tone in her voice making me smile.

"Absolutely, I'm going to pick you up and we'll do something fun." I told her.

"Great, I'm looking forward to it," she laughed, "Bye, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye," I said before hanging up the phone.

I rolled out of my bed and slipped my phone into my pocket. I really wished I could see Bella before her first day of work, but, unfortunately, I had some business to take care of. But, I'd take her out for a super romantic date.

After showering and changing, I drove to my parent's house. It was the night my mother demanded everyone be home for dinner to spend time together.

My parents lived in a small gated community across from state park. I liked their neighborhood, but, it was for older couples. A place they moved to after Rosalie and I moved out.

Rose and Emmett were already there when I walked in. They were all sitting in the living room, waiting on me.

"Well, finally the king shows up." Rosalie joked.

"Sorry I'm late," I said.

"Where you seeing Bella?" My mom asked.

"No, we were talking on the phone, she's starting a new job tomorrow."

"Oh, well that's great," She said, "When are you going to introduce us to her?"

"Bella and I have only been seeing each other for a little less than a month. That would be way too quick," I said, "Is dinner ready?"

Mom hopped up and dashed into the kitchen. I thumped down in her seat. My dad fixed me with an intense gaze.

"So, son, you've been seeing this girl for a while, when are you going to introduce us?" He asked.

"Later, I don't want to scare her off," I chuckled.

"What? We're perfectly normal," Rosalie said with a big gulp of her wine.

I couldn't help but snort, "Yeah, normal."

"Alright, dinner's ready!" Mom called from the kitchen.

I jumped up before I could be grilled anymore about Bella. Mom had fixed her famous meatballs and spaghetti. It was my favorite.

Bella's POV

As I slowly got dressed, I stared at myself in the mirror. Examining all the scars that were littered on my skin. I would give anything to erase these ugly scars.

When Alice burst into my room I quickly jerked my shirt on.

"You look good," She said as she moved behind me and started to pull my hair into a ponytail.

"Thanks, I'm really nervous though." I sighed.

"Don't be, you'll do great," She smiled.

I couldn't help but smile back, "Thank you, Alice."

"Are you sure you don't want me to drive you? I really don't mind." She said.

"No, I need to stop being so dependent on you." I said.

"Yeah, but, the city bus? I mean it's fine now, but tonight it can be a little dangerous." She said.

"I'll be fine Alice, I'm a big girl." I said.

She snorted, "Okay, if you insist but if I don't see you by 10:30 I will call the police. Or Edward. Whichever one is scarier."

"Edward's not scary."

"It was a joke. But, I think he could be scary if someone he really, really, really liked was in danger." She said.

"Probably. But I'll be fine," I said, "I better get going, the bus should be coming in like thirty minutes." I slipped my shoes on.

"Alright, well I probably won't see you until tomorrow. I'm going over to Jasper's house." She said.

I chuckled, "Well, you two have fun."

I shoved my housekey into my pocket before walking out to the bus stop.

Edward's POV

After dinner we all settled back into the living room to hangout. Normally I'd be fine hanging out, but, I really wanted to run by a flower shop and get Bella a big bouquet of flowers. Just a little something to show her I was thinking of her.

I guess my dad could pick up on my antsy behavior.

"Everything alright son?" He asked.

"Yeah, I just wanted to stop somewhere and get Bella some flowers." I said.

"Good lord, is the girl growing a flower garden?" He said.

I glared, "No, but she started her first day of work and I wanted to get her a little something, dad."

"Awe, I think that's a sweet gesture," Mom said, "Go on and go, it's getting late."

"What? He gets to leave?" Rosalie said.

"He's wooing a girl, he can go." She said.

I made a face, "Oh god, that sounds so… never mind, I'll see you guys later." I said.

As I walked to the front door, my father followed me. He stopped me before I walked out.

"So, my colleague is leaving the hospital to start his own private practice. He'd love to have another good young doctor to mentor." He said.

I sighed, here we go.

"Dad, I've already told you before that I don't want to be a doctor." I crossed my arms.

He gave me a look, "You're wasting a degree. All those years in college and you're just wasting it."

"Dad, it's not like I'm a bum. I make pretty good money. And I'm almost done paying the school loan off." I said defensively.

"Your mother and I worked so hard for you to go to college. We had to save a lot of money you know." He said.

"Dad, I know. We've gone over this before. And I'm almost done paying you guys back," I sighed, "I don't want to do this again, dad. Can I just go?"

He sighed, "Yeah. Go."

I walked out the front door, feeling slightly annoyed. Dad had a special way about him that made me so angry sometimes. I sighed before getting in my car and driving off.

Luckily for me, there was only one flower shop open. They seemed a little peeved that I put in my order so late, but, I was able to walk out with a beautiful blue bouquet for Bella.

When I got to her apartment, Alice was just walking out the door.

"Hey, Alice," I said before she shut the door.

"Hey Edward," she said as she eyed the bouquet, "Those for Bella?"

"Yeah, I was hoping you'd let me in, so I could put them in her room." I said.

"Of course," she opened the door, "Don't steal anything," she joked.

"Ha."

I had been in here one time before, so I knew which room was Bella's. I laid the bouquet on the center of the bed, placing the little notecard in front of it. I smiled to myself, excited for her to find the little surprise.

Alice was still standing by the door waiting on me.

"You going to go pick Bella up?" I asked.

"No, she's taking the bus."

"The bus? Why?" I asked.

Alice shrugged, "She wanted to. I offered her a ride, but she didn't want one."

I bit my lip, "You think she'd be mad if I just drove by and gave her a ride?"

Alice snorted, "Wow, that was really obvious. She'd see right through that one."

I sighed, "Eh, I don't really feel comfortable with her taking the bus. It's dangerous at night."

"Hey, I'm not judging you. Go pick her up if you want." She said.

I nodded and shoved my hands in my pockets.

"So, how are you?"

"I'd love to stay and awkwardly chat with you, but I have a date tonight."

"Okay, then I'll just go."

I practically zoomed down the stairs. Bella would be getting off in like thirty minutes and the restaurant was twenty-five minutes away. I wanted to kind of drive by to make it look like I just happened to be in the neighborhood.

I parked on the street in front of the large doors. The staff was beginning to walk out, my neck was straining as I scanned the little crowd for Bella. My eyes found her immediately, her little brunette ponytail bouncing as she walked.

I pulled out of the parking spot and slowly, nonchalantly driving alongside the street. I rolled the window down.

"Hey, Bella," I said, "Funny seeing you here."

"What are you doing here?" She smiled.

"Oh, I was just driving by. I just left my parent's house and I take this street to get home," I chuckled, "You want a ride?"

She nodded, "Of course, I was just going to the bus stop, but, a ride sounds nice."

She jumped in the seat beside me, smiling widely.

"Lucky you drove by, I really didn't feel like taking the bus. It had like three stops before it got to mine." She sighed.

"It was lucky," I chuckled, "How was work?"

"It was okay," she said, "A little overwhelming, but, I think I'm keeping up just fine."

"That's good, see I told you, you'd do great," I smiled at her.

"How was dinner?" She asked.

I sighed, "It was okay, my dad got on me about becoming a doctor."

She frowned, "I'm sorry," she reached over and grabbed my hand.

I smiled, "Thank you, sweetie."

We arrived at her apartment building. I parked and walked her up the stairs.

She reached into her pockets once we were in front of her door. She frowned.

"Uh oh," she said.

"What's wrong?"

"I think I lost my key."

"That's not good, do you want to borrow my cell phone and call her?" I said.

"No, Alice is on a date and she's not coming back tonight. I don't want to ruin it either," she sighed.

"Do you want to come back to my house and spend the night?" I asked, "It's really late."

She looked at me with wide eyes, "I-I'm not r-ready too—."

"I have a guest bedroom you can sleep in, I promised you nothing like that until you're ready." I said.

It took her a little while to nod, "O-Okay…"

"I promise you, nothing is going to happen. I'm not going to force you into anything."

We got back in my car and I could help but feel giddy that she was coming to my house, even if nothing was going to happen. Maybe this would be a big step for her trust in me.

Next chapter will hopefully be up some time soon. Update on my cat; he's been hardcore staring into my lamp for an hour now. I'm pretty sure he's broken.