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By the time he was done, it was pretty close to midnight. We left his room and walked down stairs to rejoin the party.

I made my way to finding Edward. He must have gotten worried and went looking for me. I found him in the kitchen, drinking a soda. He was a smart boy not drinking the punch.

He looked stiff, like he didn't belong there. I walked up behind him and put my hands over his eyes. He instantly loosened up.

"Why, hello there." he said. He knew it was me all along.

"Hello yourself." I paused. "I'm sorry I left you hear without anyone to talk to. I didn't want Mike to be mad at me but, I have a feeling he still does."

"Bells, you got to know that what is happening here isn't anyone's fault. Don't you think Mike had this coming to him? Since he was the one who had an open door party, anyone could show up and, by anyone, I showed up. And you didn't leave me alone per se. I just walk around every so often to find Alice and everyone." he paused. "They already left, though." he said, matter-of-factly.

"So, you were waiting for me?" I swooned. "Aw, Edward! That's the nicest thing ever!" I reached up and hugged him.

He blushed, "Well, I wouldn't do it for just anyone." nudging me with his shoulder.

I giggled.

"So, when would you want to finish our conversation?" he asked.

I must have been oblivious to his question that I asked, "Isn't this a conversation?" and then he pointed between the 2 of us and I finally caught on. "Oh, that conversation. Of course, whenever you want to start. I'm all ears." He smiled at my response.

We walked out into the back yard where there had been many twinkling lights around every surface. If I hadn't known any better, Mike's mom could be another Alice. Alice enjoyed decorating and she had found herself a few good paying jobs over our last 2 summers working on decorating for formal events.

There was a patio around the large in-ground pool and there had been many people we had passed who were too intoxicated to care where they slept for the night.

We ended up sitting in a love seat lawn chair. It wasn't the most comfortable chair in the world but, with Edward at my side, I didn't care.

As we sat down, Edward grabbed my hand and took a deep breath. "Bella, from what I was talking about previously, well I just wanted to let you know that I am completely in lo-" he got cut off. It seemed as soon as we got to the whole point, something always ruined it before either of us could ever finish.

"Bella?" It was Mike. He stumbled towards us.

I turned to him, reluctantly and asked, "Yes Mike? What do you want?"

He looked at me all confused and I turned to Edward. His face looked strained like he was too angry to act. Mike then spoke. He obviously had had too much to drink. "CanIseeyouinprivateforamoment?"

I turned back to Edward and his face told me 'no'. What could I do? I sighed and said, "Just one moment, then I really need to be back here with Edward." My hands were in Edwards still and Mike noticed.

"Iwouldn'twanttobreakupthislovefestbutitsimportant." he said in a drunken slur.

I rose slowed and hesitantly let go of Edward's hands. Mike guided us into the darkness, away from the house. I had a feeling something might happen. Something was wrong in the air around us as he stopped near the farthest corner of the yard.

We stood there for what seemed like a century. I was getting impatient and was about to walk away, when Mike pulled me close and kissed me.

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