Chapter 27
Edward ran after Bella when the first period ended, trying to catch up with her.
"Bella! Wait up."
For a second, he wasn't sure she heard him, but then she glanced behind her.
"Yes?"
He reached her in the hall, taking a breath before he rushed to get out what he wanted to say. "Look, I was wondering, if maybe you'd like to, well, you know, maybe... just maybe, like, gooutonadatesometime."
Bella looked at him like he'd lost his mind. "Huh?"
"Well, it's just that Rosie pointed out on the way to school how maybe you'd give me a different answer this time. She was talking about how for the first time since you started hanging out that you wore something different for pajamas the other night. And she was talking about how you wouldn't have done that for her. Honestly, she was really vague about what she meant by –" Okay, he knew he was rambling, but he couldn't seem to help himself "– and so I was thinking maybe you'd like to go see a movie like Twin Dragons or I think there's some cheesy romance movie in theaters that I could probably sit through without gagging too much, Never Been Kissed, or something like that. I mean I know you have that slumber party this weekend, but maybe Monday after school..." And he was rambling again.
Bella gave a sort of dismissive half-wave as he realized her eyes were on something behind him. "Yeah, sure, now I gotta go see what your sister wants."
She took off down the hall before he could reply.