First things first…..

Disclaimer: Ugh, you know the drill right? I own none of this. Sad, but true.

Okay, so some of you are probably going to want kill me. Why? Because there is no janitor's closet scene. *Ducks at the foreign objects being thrown at me* I know, I know, but I never promised there would be one. I sat down to write this chapter and I just felt it was too soon for them. What does that mean? Yes, there will be a janitor's closet scene before I wrap this story up and it will be part of the story as a whole and not in an outtake. I'm sorry if ya'll are disappointed but I just couldn't do the scene, not this soon. I hope you'll understand once you read the chapter. Okay, enough of my rambling!

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Previously in Chapter 6 of Fashionable

"Hey, Edward. Do you know if there are any janitor's closets on this floor?"

EPOV

My eyes widened and my breathing became heavier as I thought about what she had asked me. Did she just ask me about a janitor's closet? Hell yes, she did.

"Why yes, there are actually two on that floor."

"Hmm, I'll have to remember that for the future."

Future? God please, tell me the future is now. But I knew it wasn't.

"Yeah," I said a little defeated. I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed that she didn't want to take advantage of one of those janitor's closets right now. I knew it was a wise decision though. It was a bit soon for that particular escapade. We still had so much to learn about each other and fooling around in a janitor's closet was not going to help us accomplish that. I wanted her to know, to be sure that I wanted her in more than the physical sense. But why does she have to tease me so? The whiny part of my brain felt slightly betrayed and bit sullen at the moment. I wouldn't let it have its' way though. I had a feeling she was teasing herself as well. I definitely needed to see her now. I needed to be near her again.

"So, how's everything going down there?"

"Why don't you come on down and see? It's safe now," she said laughing and I couldn't help but laugh along with her. Everything about Bella was infectious. It was impossible to not admire and adore her.

"Sure, I'll be there soon."

"Great. I can't wait to see you. Would it be weird to say that I've missed you so soon?"

"No, because I've missed you too." I could practically hear the smile in her voice as she replied.

"Well then, get your gorgeous ass down here."

"Gorgeous ass? Really? I didn't know you had taken such notice. I'm flattered."

"Oh hush Casanova. Get down here before I come up there and drag you here myself."

"Yes, ma'am."

I would have probably saluted her if she had been in front of me. It amazed me that she could be so quick witted and confident, yet so shy and self-conscious. She was a beautiful, complicated woman. Once we hung up, I took off toward the stairs. There was no way I was going to wait for that damn slow elevator. I was in too much of a hurry for that. It wasn't long before I stood in front of the prep room door. I threw it open and my heart swelled at the sight of Bella. She turned at the sound of the door opening, smiled widely and started running towards me. I opened my arms to her and she leapt at me, throwing her arms around my neck. By our display, you would think that we were long time lovers who hadn't seen each other for months instead of two people, who had just met, and had only been apart for nearly a couple of hours. I hugged her close to me and buried my face in her hair savoring her scent. We pulled away and smiled at one another. I was completely drowning in her gaze.

"Hi," she breathed.

"Hi, are they being good to you?" I reached up my hand to tuck a stray strand of her hair behind her ear and stroked her cheek as I kept one arm wrapped around her waist.

"Yes, it's not quite as awful as I expected it to be. Plus, I've really been enjoying my time with Alice and Rose. They're really great."

"Yes, I have to agree, they are. I'm glad it's been going so well. I'm glad my sisters are sticking to their promises, not that I doubted them." I smiled at her and leaned down to kiss her forehead.

I heard someone clear their throat and looked up to see Alice grinning at me.

"Yes Alice? Is there something you needed?"

"You two are so cute! I hate to break up your little reunion but we have a few other things to get done."

Bella frowned at Alice and looked up at me pouting.

"Just a few more minutes Alice? Please?"

Alice shook her head and smiled warmly at Bella.

"Any other time, I would say yes but not today. Besides, the sooner we get started, the sooner we get finished. Then you'll have the whole rest of the afternoon and night to spend time with each other."

"She's right, love. I'll be right here through the rest. I promise, I won't leave this room. Once you're finished we could go out to dinner if you like. I'd love to be able to spend more time with you."

"I'd love that Edward."

She smiled at me as I took her hand and kissed it. Alice grabbed her other hand and led her back over to the beautician's chair.

"Alright ladies, let's get this show on the road. Don't go overboard. We don't need a Tanya level makeover, just the basics. Let's get started."

"Yep and let's make it snappy," Bella giggled and smiled mischievously at Alice. Alice just shook her head and laughed at her.

I watched as they worked on Bella. She took it all like a pro, as if she had been doing this for years. I loved her expressions. Her face was an open book and her every emotion was represented for everyone to see, right there on her lovely face. I wouldn't trade this opportunity to observe her for anything. This was showing me so much more about her than any conversation we could have. Everyone in the room seemed to love her and she fell right into place with my sisters as if they had all been friends forever. I watched her laugh at something Alice had said and felt my heart skip a beat at the glorious sound. I watched her pout when she didn't get her way and I wanted to pull her from the chair and kiss her sweet lips again. Every once in a while, she would turn her head and smile at me sending my heart into frantic palpitations. I knew, without a shadow of doubt, that I was falling for her and I was falling fast. She was the most incredible woman I had ever met and she was quickly becoming the most important person in my universe.

BPOV

Having Edward so near was making this whole process a lot easier for me. It really had turned out to be much better than I had initially imagined it to be. I was really glad to get the waxing part over with. It was a bit uncomfortable and completely embarrassing to me. The rest seemed like a breeze compared to that. I couldn't believe all of this was happening to me. It all seemed so…..surreal, like I was living in a dream. I would have never imagined myself as a model. I had always thought of myself as plain, average at best, Bella Swan. Now, here I was being prepared to be the cover model for Cullen Designs. As if that wasn't enough, I was completely smitten with a gorgeous and wonderful man. I caught myself occasionally giving him glances whenever I could. Every time I looked his way, he was looking back at me and I couldn't help but smile at him. I always got that undeniably sexy, crooked smile back as his response and I thought I was going to have a heart attack. That was another thing that was surreal about my life suddenly. All of these intense feelings I was developing for Edward so quickly was completely unlike me. My friends and family would probably think someone had abducted me and switched me with a different Bella or something. I was always practical, especially when it came to men. I hadn't had that many boyfriends and I had preferred it that way, until now. I wanted him like no other and I had been close to inviting him to take advantage of one of the janitor's closets on this floor. It was too soon though and we both knew that no matter how much our bodies were telling us we wanted it. I could tell he was disappointed but he didn't push it. I was happy that he seemed to want to explore this beyond our physical attraction to one another. There was no denying that the physical attraction was there but that meant nothing if we couldn't connect on any other level. I had a feeling we would, that we would be compatible in every way possible. I was getting antsy and impatient for this to get done so Edward and I could go out to dinner. It would be our first time to really have a conversation and get to know one another. To say I was excited was an understatement. I could see myself falling quickly for him and I only hoped he would feel the same. I hoped it was more than physical attraction for him or I would be heartbroken.

"Okay Bella. We're all done. Have a look." Alice smiled at me and moved from in front of the mirror.

The woman looking back at me looked very familiar yet she was definitely changed a bit. I never thought I could look like this. Tears welled in my eyes as I took it all in. They really hadn't worked very long or done a lot but, what they did made all the difference in the world. I turned to Alice and hugged her.

"Thank you." She hugged me back tighter and then pulled away smiling.

I turned to Rose and, even though I wasn't completely sure how she felt about shows of affection, I hugged her too. She patted me on the back and chuckled.

"Thank you too, Rose."

"No, thank you. We're glad you decided to say yes," she said.

Alice grabbed my hand again and led me over to Edward.

"Now, I believe the two of you have a dinner planned. Get out of here."

I looked up at Edward and his eyes were shining full of emotion as he smiled at me. He offered me his hand which I gladly took and he intertwined our fingers.

"Ready love?"

My heart sped up at the term of endearment that he had taken to using when referring to me.

"Ready."

Yes, I was definitely ready for this.

Okay, so I hope you liked the chapter. By the way, the prep room is on the floor below Alice and Rosalie's offices. I don't think I made that clear in the chapter where Alice takes Bella there but that's because Bella wasn't even paying attention to where they were going really. So, she didn't know, lol. Can you blame the girl? I mean she did have Edward on the brain, that's enough to make us all lose focus. Next chapter will have their dinner and them getting to know each other better. I'm not going to hurry them along in their relationship but I won't drag it out either. I promise to try and keep it intense without crossing the line too soon. I am definitely going to try for a lemon before the story is complete. I've never written one before so hopefully it won't be awful. So, I'll give you that to look forward to in hopes it makes up for no janitor's closet scene. Sorry again if I got your hopes up for that one. I hope you enjoyed the chapter anyway. Thanks for your kind reviews and for the alert/favorite adds. All of them mean so much to me. Until next chapter……