AN: Sorry for the wait guys, I've been busy and sick.

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"Did you want me to give you a hand to move her?" she asked me.

"No, it's ok. I promised her I'd stay." She nodded.

"Ok, goodnight Edward."

"Night." I said as she shut the door. I sighed and pulled Bella gently closer to me.

"Goodnight my angel." I mumbled, as I feel asleep.

B POV

I sighed and tried to roll over but something held me still. That can't be right. I pried open my eyes and looked up into the face of Edward Cullen, who was holding me against his chest. Startled I tried to pull away, waking him at the same time. He groaned and opened his eyes.

"Bella?" he asked.

"Um yeah." I said my cheeks burning. He quickly let go of me and sat up.

"So uh, are you hungry?" he asked. I nodded.

"Come on, let's go to the kitchen." He got off the bed and grabbed my hand dragging me from the room.

When we entered the kitchen, nobody else was there.

"Strange, Esme is usually making breakfast by now." Edward said. I looked around the empty kitchen, that was when I noticed stuck to the fridge was a note.

"Look." I said pointing at it. He walked over to it, dragging me behind him. He pulled it from the fridge and read it aloud.

"Edward, Bella, we all went shopping. Be home around lunch time."

"So we're alone?" I asked.

"Guess so. What should we make for breakfast, you should know I'm completely hopeless when it comes to cooking of any kind." I laughed.

"Well you just sit over there and let the pro do all the work." I instructed him, he laughed too and moved to sit at the kitchen table. I set to work pulling together the ingredients for pancakes.

When I was done, and he had set the table, I sat down across from him.

"Do they usually go shopping and leave you behind?" I asked him.

"No."

"So why did they this time?"

"I don't know." he shrugged and looked down at his plate.

"Edward, please don't lie to me." He looked up.

"I guess they thought you might not be ready to go out in public, and well they wouldn't want to leave you here alone." I looked down.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I told him.

"Sorry? About what?" he asked.

"For being a burden, if I wasn't here you could have gone out with your family." He quickly got up from his chair and came to kneel in front of me.

"Bella, you are in no way a burden. I would rather stay her with you any day." He said lifting up my chin so our eyes met. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"We should eat before they get cold." I told him. He got up off the ground and went back to his chair.

After we had finished eating, we gathered up the dishes and took them to the sink.

"I'll dry and you can wash, if you want?" I told Edward.

I had just pulled the tea towel from the oven handle, when it was snatched out of my hands.

"Hey!" I said. Edward laughed.

"Bella, you're a guest, I will not have you do any dishes." He said.

"Edward Cullen, you give me that tea towel right now!" I demanded, trying to snatch it back. He laughed again and held it above his head.

"No." I started stretching for it, and then I was struck by a brilliant idea.

"Ouch!" I said clutching at my side. His face quickly turned to one of concern and I suddenly felt bad.

"Bella, are you ok?" Well not that bad… I reached over and plucked the towel from his hand. Shock crossed his expression.

"Hey, that's totally uncalled for!" he laughed.

"Don't mess with me Cullen." I said and turned to run as fast as my injured body would allow, out the kitchen door.

It didn't take long for his long legs to catch me, he pulled my gently into his arms.

"That was so not fair Swan." He said as he turned me around to face him.

"I never said I played fair." I said softly. He smiled and started to move his face closer to mine, I moved mine to meet his, and just as I our lips were about to touch,

"So should I come back later then?" a voice asked from behind me. Startled we jumped away from each other. Esme stood in the door smiling at us. I could feel the heat rush to my face.

"Mum, you're back." Edward said, his own cheeks blushed red.

"We were just doing the dishes." I spoke sheepishly.

"Oh I can see that." Her smile grew. Then Alice flounced into the room. She looked from me to Edward to Esme and back again.

"Did I miss something?" she asked.

"NO." Edward and I spoke together a little too loudly. She looked at us with a 'yeah right' expression on her face.

"We're going to play baseball if you two are interested." She told us.

Edward looked over at me.

"Bella really shouldn't...," he said. Alice looked at me and her cheeks tinged pink.

"Right sorry." She said.

"There's nothing to be sorry about. Besides Alice, you know as well as I do how hopeless I am at sports. I'll just watch." I reassured her.

"Are you sure?" Edward asked. I nodded.

"It'll be fun." I said. They all smiled and the tension I could feel mounting in the room, quickly evaporated.

I followed Edward, Alice and Esme out the back door.

Outside the rest of the Cullens were hanging out around a nice size makeshift baseball diamond. Rosalie was pitching, Emmett on second and Carlisle on third. Jasper was first to bat and Alice and Edward stood close by.

I turned to Esme.

"I'm the referee." She told me.

"How do they play with only three people fielding?" I asked sitting down carefully next to her on the grass.

"They take it in turns to move around, it makes it harder but they still seem to enjoy it." She smiled. We turned towards the game and watched Jasper hit the first ball of the game over Emmett's head. He raced after it, as Jasper took off around the bases, as he neared third base the ball sailed through the arm towards Carlisle, he reached out his arm and the ball sailed directly into it, just as Jasper's foot hit the makeshift base.

"Safe." Esme called and Alice and Edward cheered.

Next up to bat was Edward, Rosalie pitched the ball and Edward sent it flying into the trees, Emmett took off after it and I watched as Edward sailed around the bases so fast he was almost a blur. Jasper made it home and Edward followed shortly after.

"Two home." Esme called. Edward and Jasper high-fived each other as Alice stepped up to the plate. Rosalie pitched the ball and expecting Alice to aim it towards Emmett where both Edward and Jasper had done, the three fielders crept towards second base, but instead Alice who seemed to have expected this, tapped the ball so it landed not to far in front of her. She ran gracefully towards first as Rosalie ran for the ball, she grabbed it and turned quickly to threw it to Emmett who had raced towards first. I stared in horror and anticipation at Alice who was only a few shorts steps away from the base and at Emmett as he lunged for the ball, careful to keep one foot on the base. The ball sailed right into his hand just before Alice's foot hit the base.

"Out." Esme shouted. I let out the breath I didn't realise I had been holding, I had never realised just how exhilarating watching this game could be before.

The morning soon turned into the afternoon as the Cullens played. Emmett's team was in the lead by two runs. I had learnt that Edward was by far the fastest, which helped him to catch most of the balls, but Emmett was strongest and ever time he was up to bat he would send the ball flying into the trees, as Edward would run to find it Emmett and his team members would all reach home.

Esme had slipped inside to make lunch and left me to be referee.

"Ok guys, I think it's time for a time out I'm starving." Carlisle claimed. The others all nodded their heads in agreement. Edward walked over to me. He smiled at me awkwardly, the memory of the mornings almost kiss played in my mind and I found myself turning red.

"Sorry if we're boring you Bella..." He began.

"Are you kidding! This is the most fun I've had in ages." I told him. He smiled at me sadly.

"Hey Bella, how cool was that hit where I sent the ball flying over the trees. Eddie-poo here never stood a chance." Emmett boasted, as he came over to us. Edward frowned.

"Emmett how many times do I have to tell you don't call me-"at that moment Esme walked out the door followed by Officers Banks and Dillion. I froze, why were they back? I wondered as they walked across the lawn.

"Hello Bella." Officer Dillion greeted me. I went to stand up and Edward reached out a hand to help me. I grabbed it and he pulled me up.

"Hello." I said hesitantly.

"We were wondering if we could have a word with you in private, it's about your stepmother."

AN: Chapter 11 is finally here! So did you like it, are you happy that there was a little more ExB? Please review and let me know.