First things first……

More disclaimer fun: I do not own "Twilight" or "Funny Face". I'm just borrowing characters and basic storyline for my own amusement and hopefully your's.

Hello there my lovely readers. Did you think that I had abandoned you? So sorry it took me this long to update. I ran into a bit of writer's block but got suddenly inspired yesterday at work. This is a bit of a longer chapter and I hope it's one you will enjoy. paper0clip this one is for you, you'll understand why once you get further into the chapter :). Serpent91, thanks for the great PMs and for the permission to have a few more chapters in there before they have fun in the janitor's closet, lol. Alright, enough of my rambling. Ya'll enjoy!

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BPOV

I reveled in the feeling of Edward's hand entwined with mine as we headed for the elevators. Once inside, he lifted my hand to his and gently kissed it. I looked up to see him gazing at me adoringly and I was lost, drowning in a sea of green. The ding of the elevator broke us out of our daze and we made our way outside. I noticed we were walking the opposite direction from my truck.

"Where are we going Edward?"

"My car is just down here," he said pointing to the sleek, silver Volvo, "then we are going to go somewhere quiet for dinner."

"That sounds wonderful but I need to take care of something first."

"Sure, I can take you wherever you need to go."

"Well, my truck is here and I don't want to just leave it in front of this building. I usually leave it parked near the bookstore, since I live nearby. Would you mind following me there and then we can go to dinner?"

"Sure, no problem."

I leaned up and kissed his cheek.

"Thanks Edward. Besides, I think Sue would like to see the new me since she was all part of this evil plot. Emmett should be there too. I'm sure Sue has told him everything by now but he's called my phone twice. Alice wouldn't let me answer it claiming we were 'much too busy to deal with overprotective brothers who needed to know my whereabouts 24/7.'"

"That's Alice for you. I don't mind at all Bella. I'm just glad that we finally get some alone time together."

"Me too."

He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me to him.

"I'll see you in a few minutes," he whispered as he kissed me chastely on the lips.

God even one little, innocent kiss could completely light me on fire.

I walked to my truck in a daze. Somehow I managed to kick my foggy brain in gear, start the truck and drive to the bookstore. I parked on the side, with Edward parking right behind me. I gathered my stuff, then turned to open my door but Edward was quicker than I was. He had already made his way to my truck and was there to open my door for me like the wonderful gentleman he was.

"Thank you Edward, you are such a gentleman."

He smiled widely at me as he took my hand and shut the door.

"My mother raised me right. A lady should always be treated with respect especially one as beautiful as you."

I could feel my face heat up as I blushed and a pleasurable shiver ran up my spine from his words.

"Alright, let's get this over with. Sue is going to flip and Emmett probably thinks it's all a joke."

He just smiled at me and opened the door for me to enter.

I walked closer to the register and Sue looked up from her book.

"Hi, welcome to Clearwater's. May I help you find anything……Bella?"

"Hi Sue, yes it's me."

"Wow, honey, you have always been a gorgeous girl but, my God! You are going to be the wet dream of teenage boys everywhere!"

"SUE!"

Now I was really blushing. I can't believe she said that and in front of Edward, who thought it was hilarious. I smacked him on the arm but he only kept laughing.

"Hey Sue, did I hear you say Bella's name?" I heard Emmett yell from the back.

"Yes you did Emmett," Sue said. "She's out front with her friend Edward."

His voice got closer as he headed up front.

"Edward? Is that, that photographer dude that was here the yesterday? Bells, you sure you want to hang out with…..Holy shit," he said when I finally came into view.

"Is it that bad Emmett?"

He stared at me with wide eyes, making me a bit uncomfortable. Sue smacked him on the back of his head, hard, to snap him out of it.

"Fuck Sue, what the hell was that for?"

She smacked him again, harder this time.

"That was for dropping the F bomb when you know I don't allow that kind of language in my store and the other was for making your sister feel uncomfortable about her makeover. Stop staring like she's grown another head and tell her what you think you big oaf," she said as she headed back to the storage room.

"Oh, sorry Bells. I was just shocked. I thought Sue was joking about this whole makeover and modeling thing. Not that I didn't think you were modeling material. It's just you've never really been into that kind of stuff. Hell, you look incredible sis. I mean I always knew you were pretty but wow. I'm going to have to buy a baseball bat to keep all the guys away. Especially after they all see you in that magazine."

"You won't have to worry about that," Edward said. "I'll keep them away."

He looked down at me and smiled. I melted under his gaze. I was hopelessly falling for him more and more every minute.

"What is that supposed to mean? Are you some kind of photographer/bodyguard now?"

"No Emmett, Edward and I, well…..we are sort of seeing each other I guess is the best way to explain it."

Emmett scowled as he looked at Edward and his entire face turned red. I knew that this bit of news didn't make him happy. He was always protective over me, especially when it came to guys.

"Seeing each other? Didn't you just meet him yesterday? Hell Bells, you can't be serious. You don't know this guy."

"Emmett, I am 22 years old and if I want to see Edward then I will see him. I know we just met yesterday but I care about him and I want to spend time with him. I may not know a lot about him but I know enough. I want to know more. So get over this overprotective bear of a brother thing you have going on and just be happy for me. Great things are happening for me right now Em. Please, just be happy for me."

He looked down in shame and shook his head in agreement.

"You're right squirt. I'm sorry. I just don't want to see you hurt."

I walked over to him and hugged him.

"Thanks Em, I love you."

"Love you too Bells. As for you," he said pointing at Edward, "if you hurt her in any way I'll make sure they never find your body. Got it?"

I was surprised to see that Edward remained composed and acted like Emmett didn't intimidate him at all. Most guys would probably be running for the hills by now.

"Don't worry Emmett. I promise to treat her with all the care and love she deserves. If I ever hurt her, which I have no intentions of doing, I will deliver myself to you personally to take out your vengeance as you see fit."

Emmett cocked his head to the side a bit as if he were trying to gage whether or not Edward was telling the truth. He began walking toward him and I was afraid he had taken offense to Edward being so forthright with him or that he thought Edward was feeding him a bunch of lies. He walked up to Edward swung his arm around his shoulders and smiled.

"You're alright kid. I like him Bells."

He pulled Edward into a headlock and ruffled his hair like he was his kid brother. He pulled back and looked at him seriously again.

"You're still on a probationary status with me right now though. Just because I like you today, doesn't mean I won't kill you tomorrow for hurting Bells."

"Shut up Emmett. You're going to scare him away and then I'll have to kill you for ruining what could be a really great thing."

Edward laughed and Emmett narrowed his eyes at him.

"Don't worry, love. He couldn't scare me away from you. I'd just have to sneak into your room at night when he's not around."

"Yeah, well I could just camp in her room you know, right under her window. Then you wouldn't be able to sneak in there."

I nodded my head in agreement and then smiled menacingly at Emmett.

"That's true Emmett, you could do that. Remember though, I'm the one who makes your meals and I could always drug you," I said looking at him with an expression that told him he should shut up while he was ahead.

"Aw, Bells. I'm just joking around. I said I liked him didn't I?"

"Yes you did. Now, Edward and I would like to go to dinner now. I'm going to tell Sue goodbye and then we can go. You boys play nice. Especially you, Emmett."

Emmett looked at me with the most innocent expression he could but I could see the underlying mischievous little boy underneath the façade.

"Don't I always play nice?"

"Emmett," I said in a warning tone, "I mean it."

"Yeah, sure Bells. Scout's honor," he said saluting me.

EPOV

I watched Bella walk away before turning back to face Emmett. He looked at me and grinned devilishly.

"Of course, I never was a Scout, so I guess that Scout's honor is null and void right?"

"Hey now, I don't want trouble," I said holding my hands up in surrender.

"Relax dude," he said slapping me on the back, "I'm not going to do anything to you. I'm just having a little fun with ya. You are way too easy to mess with."

He laughed and I couldn't help but chuckle.

"That's what my sister's say all the time."

"Sisters huh? So you know why I'm so protective over her then."

"Yeah, I understand but I promise to be good to her. I know we just met but she's amazing. I never imagined I'd meet anyone like her."

"Yeah, well don't go getting all mushy on me here. This isn't the Ya Ya Sisterhood. She is a pretty amazing girl though. She usually doesn't give guys the time of day so you must be a pretty good guy."

"I like to think so. Are you going to ask me for references next?" I said laughing. He laughed too and then turned deadly serious.

"Maybe."

I felt my face drop and all traces of humor went with one word. Emmett slapped me on the back again and laughed loudly.

"See? Way to easy to mess with."

I rolled my eyes and grinned at him. He was a bit intimidating but I think we might just be good friends.

"Bye Sue," I heard Bella call as she headed out towards Emmett and me.

"Bye Bella. Enjoy that hot piece of man candy you have with you."

"Oh God," she said as she turned bright red.

"Let's go Edward before they decide to break out the embarrassing Bella stories."

She practically dragged me out of the store before another word could be said. We were walking down the street when I heard the bell ding as the bookstore door opened.

"Bye lovebirds," Emmett yelled, "don't forget to use protection."

Bella buried her face in her hands as I saw her blush redder than she ever had before. I could hear Emmett and Sue both laughing as the door closed.

"I am so sorry Edward. They think it's fun to embarrass me. Emmett thinks making me blush is entertaining."

"It's okay love. You have no reason to apologize. They love you very much you know?"

"I know and I love them. It's just Emmet has no off button, no filter. I wish he would find another hobby that didn't include embarrassing me at the worst possible times."

I turned her to me, placing a finger under her chin and making her look at me.

"Love, you have no reason to be embarrassed. I understand how frustrating it is, believe me, my family does the same things to me. That's why it's always fun to get a little revenge and I'm sure your chance for revenge on Emmett will present itself one day."

"Revenge? Yes, that sounds like a great idea. When that day comes would you be willing to help me with that?"

"I'd do anything for you Bella. Just name it."

"Good. You are far too wonderful to be real Edward."

"I could say the same thing about you. Now, I'm ready for a nice, quiet dinner. How about you?"

"Yes, definitely. I've been waiting to spend time alone with you for way too long now."

"I know, I thought I was going to go insane waiting in Rosalie's office. I was very close to pulling my hair out."

"Oh no, don't do that," she said running her hand through my hair. "It's one of my favorite things about you."

"One of your favorite things?"

"Yes, just one. I have a whole list in my head."

"I'd like to hear that list and perhaps you might like to hear mine."

"Well, I think you told me some of the things you liked about me in your studio."

"Yes, I did but there are many more."

"Many?"

"Yes, it may take a while to get through the whole list."

"Mine might take a while too."

"Well, we have the whole rest of the afternoon and tonight right?" She nodded her head in agreement

"So, where do you want to eat?"

"There's this great little Italian restaurant a couple of blocks down," she said pointing straight ahead down the street. "How about that?"

"Sounds great to me."

We made it to my car and I went around to the passenger's side to open her door. She looked up at me and smiled with those delicious lips and I couldn't stop myself from leaning down to kiss her. Before I knew it, she was sandwiched between me and the Volvo and we were practically making out in the street. She didn't seem to mind as she threw herself more into the kiss. She tangled her hands into my hair which seemed to be her favorite thing to do when we kissed, now I knew why. I moved my lips from hers and trailed them across her jawbone, to her neck and then to the spot right behind her ear.

"Edward," she sighed.

I kissed her lips, chastely, a few more times and leaned my forehead against hers.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself."

"Never apologize for kissing me Edward. It's just another one of my favorite things about you. I can't seem to get enough of you."

"I feel the same way. I would never have imagined this could happen to me and so quickly."

She smiled sweetly at me then and I opened her door. I quickly got situated in the driver's seat and started to drive toward the direction of the restaurant. I knew I had a goofy and ridiculous smile on my face but I didn't care. I was happier than I had ever been in my life and I wanted everyone to know that the beautiful woman next to me was mine and I was hers.

There you have it. Chapter 8 complete! I hope all of you enjoyed the chapter. I enjoyed writing Emmett, he so irreverent and fun. He'll be making more appearances here and there plus maybe he and Rose might meet soon? Who knows? Oh, I do but I'm not telling, lol. Yes, I'm evil I know. Hopefully, I will be able to get Chapter 9 out quicker than this one if inspiration hits. I'm not sure if I'll write the whole dinner thing. I'd like to move it on along a few days or weeks so we can get more into the story. I'm thinking I may fast forward a couple of weeks where they are working on her photo shoot and she and Edward have been seeing each other the whole time. What do all of you think? Take care! Review if you like. Reviews are nice and I enjoy reading and replying to them all. I promise to never hold my story ransom until I get a certain number of reviews. Story Alert/Favorite adds make me smile too. Until next time…..