Alright guys, here it is! The long awaited date chapter!!! yay! As always I own nothing, except my own silly ideas :)

Edward lead me outside to his "baby". He drove a silver Volvo, and he drove it like a maniac, despite the fact that he loved it almost as much as his mother. If I hadn't been so excited to get to our date, I would have said something, but I really wanted to get wherever we were going. I tried to guess as we drove, but he ignored most of guesses.

"Are we going to the harbor grill? You're not gonna make me dance are you?" I started to panic. "Oh god, Edward you know I can't dance please don't make me, I'll just embarrass us both!"

He laughed at me. "Bella, sweetheart, relax. We're not going anywhere that involves dancing, I promise. I'm saving that for our third date…" He murmured that last part under his breath, but I heard him anyway and smacked him on the arm.

I finally realized where we were going as he pulled into the familiar street. We were going to the aquarium! Leave it to Edward to think of the cutest place for a first date EVER. He knew I loved the one at home, and we hadn't been there in a long time. He was too perfect…

Edward parked the car, and ran to my side before I could touch the door handle, opening my door for me and offering me his hand. I smiled at him; I had never seen how Edward acted on a date, but I was liking it so far. He lead me into the aquarium, and of course insisted on paying. I argued with him a little, but I never won against him anyway, so what's the point? The first thing we saw inside was a bald eagle. He was sitting proudly on a branch in his cage, but he was looking a little worse for wear to me.

"He looks kinda old, doesn't he?" I whispered to Edward.

"Kinda, but I mean, he just sits there in that cage now. Come on, let's keep going." We walked into the next area, which contained several small tanks full of shiny silver and black fish. Looking at the names, I noticed that one of them was called something a little bit odd.

"Hey Edward, what do you think of that fish right there?" I asked, perfectly innocent.

"That one? I don't know, it's long and shiny and it's got a big head. Why?" He asked, confused.

I snorted in laughter. "Edward, you just described the Slipper Dick fish." I laughed hysterically at the look on his face. In retrospect, his description was pretty fitting.

"You're a perv, you know that?" He told me, pretending to be upset with me.

I turned back to the fish, watching them swim around in circles. I couldn't help but wonder if they realized they were getting absolutely nowhere.

"Do you think they know that they're swimming in circles?" I asked him.

"Umm, I don't know. Maybe…if they have like a really short attention span or something. It'd be like 'Oooo what a pretty piece of coral, I think I'll go look for some more over here, oh that's a wall better turn around! Hey, what a pretty piece of coral, I think I'll look for some more over here…oops better turn around! Hey look, its-'" I covered his mouth my hand.

"Hey, look, you can't talk anymore!" I giggled. "Ooops." I was started to laugh uncontrollably now; between his ridiculous fish voice and the glare he was giving me now, this was just about the funniest thing since Monty Python. I stopped laughing when I saw the gleam of mischief in his eye. Oh no, no that's never good…

And it wasn't. He started tickling me, and I shrieked and ran away. I rounded a corner and saw a small blue and white boat across the room. It was one of those types that's all closed in with a roof and everything. I ran for it, and hid inside. I was kind of big for it, since it was probably made for a couple five year olds to play in, but I bent my head and tried not to laugh and give away my hiding spot. I could see Edward run around the corner and look around for me with a determined look on his face. I let out a small giggle, I couldn't help it. He looked at the boat, and immediately ran over. He poked his head inside and declared happily, "Found ya! You think you're so sneaky." Then he bent his head and squished into the tiny boat with me. There wasn't much room in there, so we were pressed close together. He pressed his forehead to mine and looked into my eyes.

"Bella, can I ask you something?" He asked. He sounded nervous, as if he was worried that I wouldn't like his question.

"Sure, ask away." I replied, nervous now myself.

He hesitated. "How…how long…when did you…when…" He sighed. "I'm sorry, I don't really know how to ask this with out sounding like I'm in high school. He laughed nervously, and ran his hand through his hair, a sure sign that he was uncomfortable.

"Edward, I won't think you're juvenile if that's what you're worried about. I knew you during puberty when your voice was changing, remember? You sounded soooo funny." I laughed, and he stuck his tongue out at me. " Ok, now that was juvenile."

He laughed for a second, and then he looked at me again. "I was trying to ask, when did you realize that you liked me like this? You know, like more than friends."

I don't know why it took him so long just to ask that, it was a perfectly acceptable question in this sort of situation. We had been best friends for a long time, and it was only fair that we knew when that changed for both of us I suppose. I thought about it for a minute before answering him. I smiled, remembering the moment I knew I loved my best friend. I wasn't ready to tell him I loved him, so I left that particular detail out.

"Do you remember, at Eric Yorkie's sweet sixteen party, when Mike Newton tried to kiss me? You came over and pushed him right into the pool. He was soooo mad! And then you wrapped me in your towel and took me home. That was when I realized that no one else would ever compare to you. Nobody would ever be more perfect for me than my Edward, my best friend. That's when I knew." I smiled at him, and kissed him softly. He kissed me back, just as . He pulled back then to lean his forehead against mine.

"When did you know?" I asked shyly.

He smiled, looking thoughtful for a moment. " In junior year, I think it was almost Christmas. I forgot something in my locker and you went ahead to the car. I came out to see you, ten seconds from being flattened by Tyler's van. I've never been so scared in my life, Bella. The adrenaline in my system was so intense, I barely remember running and pushing you out of the way. When we were sitting in the ambulance, I just watched you, thinking I'd almost lost you and I'd never even had the chance to kiss you. I tried to work up the courage to do it every day after that, but I never could." As if to prove he had the courage now, he wrapped his hand around my neck, pulling me close, and kissed me fiercely. I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed him deeply. His tongue traced my lips, asking for permission, and I eagerly gave it to him. When we broke apart, we were both breathing heavily.

"We should really climb out of this boat before we scare a toddler." I teased. "This is a family place after all." He laughed, and turned to climb out of the little boat, pulling me out behind him.

"Now let's go look at some pretty fish, mister. " I said. And then I did something very un-Bella-like. I slapped his ass, and ran away again. I heard him chasing after me, but I decided to stop anyway when I saw something. It was beautiful, so beautiful. I walked up to it slowly. In front of me was an enormous tank full of sharks, turtles, eels and fish. Edward came up behind me, and threw his arms around me from behind.

"Gotcha!" He said gleefully. I looked over my shoulder at him, and he captured my lips in a searing kiss. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back just as passionately. His lips left mine to trace across my jaw, kissing down my neck and sucking gently behind my ear. It was the most sinful feeling, who knew that spot was so perfect? He kissed back up to my lips and kissed me softly one last time before resting his head on my shoulder. We stood and watched as the fish swam by us; they were every size, shape and color imaginable. A shark swam by us and I swear he glared at us. Hmmm, maybe he didn't approve of our behavior…

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