Sorry about the wait! I had to debate my little heart out! Okay here is chapter seven! Its time to put Jasper's plan into place!

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Edward's POV

The day after the dance, we all got up at nine o' clock to begin painting our new apartment. We had decided on a medium tan for the bedroom and sage green for the rest of the apartment. The girls arrived around ten to help us. They started on the bedroom while we started on the living room. Emmett greeted Rosalie with a big hug and a tender kiss, smiling at her as he released her. Alice came to stand next to Jasper and, after a quick kiss, pulled his head down so she could whisper something in his ear. When she pulled away, they were both grinning. They were up to something…

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Bella walked through the door. Immediately, I crossed my arms and turned away. I had to admit, I was acting childish, but I had no desire to speak to or even see her. I saw her smirk at me before following Rose and Alice into the other room.

It was a long and slow process. The three of us had changed into basketball shorts and muscle shirts to paint in and by lunchtime, we were all splattered with paint. The girls walked in to check our progress. They didn't have quite as much paint on them as we did, but, then again, they weren't painting around Emmett.

"I think its time to break for lunch," Jasper said, putting down his paint roller.

"Rose, Bella, and I can run to Taco Bell and pick up some food," Alice said, walking to her purse to get pen and paper. "What does everyone want?"

We all told her our orders and the girls left to go get the food. We looked around at what we had done so far. It was looking pretty good, but it would still be awhile before we were done. We headed into the bedroom to see how the girls had done. After inspecting their work, we sat down on the floor.

As soon as I had made myself comfortable, Jasper turned to me, saying, "Hey, Edward, why don't you go get those fold out chairs from Emmett's jeep so we can have somewhere to sit."

I sighed, but stood up and, after Emmett had tossed me his keys, walked out to his jeep. I opened the back and pulled out four foldable chairs. I made my way back to the apartment and opened the door. I heard Emmett and Jasper talking in the other room. I started unfolding the chairs in the living room. Jasper and Emmett were talking a bit louder now, obviously oblivious to the fact that I had returned.

"It's just so strange!" Emmett was saying as I began sitting down. "Bella in love with Edward?"

I twisted my body around as I sat, causing me to miss the chair and land on the floor. I cursed softly and hid behind the wall. Maybe the hadn't heard…

"I know!" Jasper said. "I didn't think her capable of love, but I guess I was wrong. According to Alice, she's infatuated with him."

My jaw dropped. Could this be possible?

"Yeah, Rose said she talks about him all the time. But I don't understand why she doesn't just tell him!"

My heart jumped as I heard that. Bella talked about me that much?

"Oh, like you told Rose?" Jasper scoffed. "She's probably afraid he'll just be a jerk like he always is, but ten times worse. Alice said that, when she suggested she tell him, she said she couldn't tell him she loved him after all the times she's shown him hostility."

"If he were a jerk, I would beat the shit out of him!" Emmett said angrily. "Bella is so nice… and smart, too."

"Well, her intelligence seems to be lacking at least a bit if she's in love with Edward," Jasper mumbled.

I felt a slight pang of guilt. Maybe I was a little too rude to Bella sometimes…

"So should we tell Edward?" Emmett asked.

I involuntarily began nodding my head.

"No… he would probably just make her life a living hell. You know, Edward is like my brother, but I wish he would realize that he really doesn't deserve a woman as good as Bella."

"Yeah… Well, we better clean up so we have a place to eat."

I heard them getting up and scrambled to the door, flying out of it just as Emmett and Jasper entered the room.

I walked to the stairwell and sat down on the bottom step. How could this be? I couldn't imagine that Bella would actually love me, but both Rosalie and Alice had confirmed it…. I had never expected this… I made up my mind quickly. Underneath all of the hostility, I loved Bella, just as she loved me! I would requite her love! Everything they said was true; Bella was kind, smart, and beautiful and I was unworthy of her love. However, I would be completely and totally in love with her! A grin spread over my face. I stood up to walk back to the room when I saw Emmett and Jasper walking out of it.

"We're going to go run and get some water bottles," Jasper said. "We forgot to tell the girls to pick some up."

I waved as they passed and walked into the room. I threw myself on the floor and sighed. I was in love…

Jasper's POV

Emmett and I had barely made it to the stairwell before we exploded with laughter.

"Did you see his face?!" Emmett was howling. "Priceless!"

"Now all we have to do is wait for Alice and Rose to tell Bella that Edward is in love with her," I said. "Once they do that, she'll realize that she loves him, too!"

"Man, this was the best plan ever! Jazz, you are a genius! I never would have thought about tricking them into loving each other!"

I grinned at him. "I have another idea. Let's eat outside and make Bella go get him and bring him out!"

"Ha, that will be great!"

We met the girls in the parking lot and explained that it would be nice to eat outside, away from the smell of paint.

"Bella, why don't you go get Edward?" I asked. "He's still in the apartment."

She scowled at me, but left without saying a word.

"So how did things go?" Alice asked excitedly.

"Really well. He's convinced that she's in love with him and I'm certain that he's convinced himself to love her back," I said.

"We'll tell Bella that Edward is in love with her later today," Rose was saying. "She's been complaining about him all day. Well, she hates him now, but by the time we're through, she'll love him!"

We all laughed and sat down on the grass to wait.

Edward's POV

I was still lying on the floor when I heard a familiar voice.

"Edward?" she yelled.

I jumped up and sat in one of the chairs, trying to situate myself into a more attractable position. She walked through the door.

"Against my will I was sent to give you a message. We're eating outside under the trees," she said, turning to leave quickly.

"Thank you for going through the trouble to tell me," I said, smiling, trying to be polite as possible.

She paused, turning slowly to look at me. "If it had been any trouble, I wouldn't have bothered." She once again turned to leave.

"So you were happy to give me the message?" I asked quickly, giving her a crooked smile.

She turned to look at me again. "I was about as happy as you would be if you were sitting on a knife. If you don't want to join us, fine."

With that, she turned on her heel and disappeared. I smiled widely. 'Against my will I am sent'? There was a double meaning in that! I really did love Bella. Somehow, I would prove it to her! I stood up and flew down the hall and the stairs to the love of my life.

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See, Jasper had things all planned out! Now its up to Rosalie and Alice to make Bella fall in love with Edward!

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