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Chapter 18: DDR
EPOV
I was just about to start changing when I heard my door handle jiggle and open. Curiously, I turned around to see who was coming, when I saw none other then Bella, standing there, frozen.
I froze too, what was she doing in here? I watched her eyes as hers glanced over my body, and couldn't help but smile when I saw how dazzled she was. I quickly scanned her body too, her petite form, her luscious brown hair which was cascading down her back, her deep, brown eyes, her full, pink lips.
"H-hi," she stuttered after a few moments
"Hey?" I replied, trying to hide my embarrassment.
"Um," she said, shaking her head as if having an internal struggle, "Sorry, wrong, um, wrong room." And then she quickly left my room, and ran into her own.
I stood where I was, in shock. What else are you expected to do when the girl of your dreams comes into your room while you are practically naked. A few minutes later the daze wore off and I quickly changed into some jeans and an old sweatshirt. Just as soon as I pulled on my sweatshirt, I heard knocking at my door.
"Come in," I yelled, quickly checking my reflection in the mirror to make sure that I was, in fact, fully dressed.
A red faced Bella walked in an immediately started to apologize "I'm sorry I didn't mean-"
"-It's fine, Bella. Breathe." I said, trying to calm her.
"It's just, I don't want you to think-"
"-I don't," I said, reassuring her.
"So um, what do you want to do?" she asked, starting a new topic.
What do I want? What a loaded question, I thought. I want to kiss you passionately, I want you to love me, and I want the world to know we like each other. Of course, I couldn't say any of that, so I remained quite.
"There isn't much on TV, but we could watch a movie? Or um, just go to bed?" Bella said, unsure.
"Movie sounds good," I said, not wanting to say goodnight to her just yet.
"Okay," she replied and followed me down to the living room.
I walked over to the DVD holder while Bella settled down on the sofa, "Anything in particular you'd like to see?"
"Nope, Surprise me." She replied.
"Alright," I said, and looked through the movies. We had some chick flicks, action movies, comedies, but none of those seemed fitting. We also had a couple scary movies, but after last times experience I wasn't about to choose one of those, not until we were dating at least, if we ever dated again. Then I saw Pirates of the Caribbean, not exactly an action movie, nor a chick flick, it had just about a little of everything- perfect. I smiled and put the DVD into the player and walked back to sit on the couch with Bella.
Once the movie started, and Bella realized what movie it was she said "Good choice."
"Glad you think so," I replied, thrilled to know she liked it.
The movie went by quickly, to quickly, and before I knew it, it was 1 AM and the movie was over.
"Good, as always," Bella said, yawning.
"Tired?" I laughed as she yawned again.
"A little," she said, and lifted her hands over her head.
When she did so, her shirt lifted about two inches, enough to show a good portion of her beautiful stomach. It was light and flawless and I had an almost irresistible urge to run my hands over it slowly and kiss it lightly.
I had to get to bed, now, or I'd do something I'd regret later. My self control may be good, but I am only human. "Want to go upstairs?" I asked and quickly realized what that sounded like, "I mean, want to go to sleep?"
"Probably should," she replied, eyebrow raised.
Once we reached our rooms I asked, "So what time do you want to get up tomorrow morning?"
"Well we have to meet everyone at 1, right? Are we doing anything else before then?"
"Um, we could go out to lunch," I replied.
"Okay, so if we go to lunch at 11, we should be back by 1, right?"
"Definitely," I said, smiling at the thought of a two hour lunch, alone, with Bella.
"So I should probably get up by 10 to shower and get ready." She said, thinking out loud.
"Ok, ten it is." I said, "Goodnight, Bella."
She hugged me lightly and whispered into my ear, "Sweet dreams, Edward."
I froze, for the second time that night, and Bella quickly walked into her room, and shut the door.
Like I could get to sleep now? Does that girl know what she is doing to me? I thought. She must.
I shook my head and walked back, slowly into my room, her words repeating in my head "Sweet dreams, Edward."
Those three words kept repeating even after I laid down in my bed, closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.
I awoke at 9:55 AM giving me just enough time to quickly brush my hair and teeth and then I went to wake up Bella.
"Bella?" I said, gently, "Isabella Swan? Time to wake up, rise and shine. It's a beautiful day outside."
"Five more minutes," she said, rolling over.
"What if I said I'll make you breakfast?" I said.
"Mmmmm," she said, "What's for breakfast?"
I smiled at her bashfully, "Cereal."
"Wow, thanks so much Edward!" she replied, laughing, "I'll shower while you make me my five-star breakfast."
"Deal," I said, heading downstairs to let her change and shower.
When I got downstairs it dawned on me that we were going out to lunch soon, and that she probably shouldn't eat breakfast, so I started to read the newspaper lying on the kitchen table to keep myself occupied and keep my thoughts off of Bella.
"You read the newspaper?" I heard a voice ask ten minutes later, sounding amused and slightly surprised.
"Hey, I like to keep up on worlds events as much as the next guy," I said, looking up to see Bella wearing blue jeans, a green shirt and her hair in a messy bun. She looked beautiful.
"So," she said looking around, "Where is this breakfast I've heard so much about?"
"Well, I was thinking and if we are going out to lunch in a couple of minutes, breakfast would be kind of pointless." I replied and added after seeing her frown, "But I'll make you breakfast tomorrow, scouts honor."
"You were never a boy scout," she said, narrowing her eyes.
"I know," I winked at her, and saw her blush slightly.
"So lunch?" she said.
"Lunch," I repeated, and headed out the door, holding it for Bella.
We arrived at Barnacles, a sports bar and gaming restaurant, shortly after 11:15, and were quickly seated.
"I love Barnacles," Bella said, smiling.
"Me too," I replied, "It's one of the places I miss most when I'm not here."
"Hello, my name is Shelly, I'll be your waitress today, what can I start you off with to drink?" The middle age women asked.
"I'll just have water," Bella said, smiling at her politely.
"Coke, please," I said.
"One coke and one water coming right up," Shelly said.
"I like her," Bella said, quietly.
"Why do you like her?" I asked.
Bella blushed, "No reason."
I decided to drop it, and looked at the menu, "What are you going to get?"
"Chicken nachos," Bella answered automatically, not even looking at her menu.
I laughed, "Those are good. Mind if we split?" I asked.
"Of course not," Bella replied, "They are very big. I don't like the jalapeños though, so can we get them on the side?"
"I don't like them either, we'll just ask for none." I said, strangely amused we both didn't like the peppers.
Shelly came back and gave us our drinks and I ordered the nachos for our meal.
"So," Bella said once Shelly left again, "Are you enjoying being back home?"
"I am very much," I replied then added, "It's nice being with you too."
Just as Bella was about to reply, I felt my phone vibrate, I sighed annoyed.
"Go a head and pick it up," Bella said.
I nodded and picked it up.
"Edward," I heard Nick say.
"Hey man," I replied and checked my watch, "It's only 11. Why are you up so early?"
"It's 12," Nick replied, "Did you forget about the time change? I woke up an hour early just to see you and Bella. Aren't you thrilled?"
The time change, I had forgotten about that. I sighed and looked over at Bella, so much for our private lunch. "Totally forgot about the time change, but um, Bella and I are at Barnacles if you want to come over with the gang."
I saw Bella out of the corner of my eye frown, but when I looked at her fully she was smiling at me, "Say hi to him for me."
I nodded, "Bella says hi, by the way."
"I say hi back," Nick said, "We'll be there in 10 minutes."
"See you then," I said, and quickly shut the phone.
"He says hi back," I said, laughing.
She simply smiled at me and then our food came.
"Yum," Bella said, eyeing the nachos hungrily.
"Dig in," I gestured to her to start eating. She did, and I soon followed.
"Aw, they are sharing the same food," I heard Emily say while walking up to our table.
"Hey guys," Bella said, blushing.
"Hi," they responded in unison as Matt and Danny went to move another table to attach to ours.
After they successfully moved the table, they all sat down, Danny, I noticed sat down next to Bella. I narrowed my eyes in Danny's direction, but he ignored me.
"So, how has your morning been, Bella?" he asked casually, too casually.
"Really good," she replied, looking at me.
"That's good," Danny said, following her eyes and frowning.
"You guys want to go play some games once you're done?" Emily asked, excitedly.
"Definitely!" Bella said, "I have to go to the bathroom real quick though."
"I'll come with you," Emily said as the other girls stood up to follow them.
"What's with girls always going to the bathroom together?" Nick asked.
"We just enjoy sitting on the couch and watching the TVs," Emily said, rolling her eyes and walking away.
"You get couches?" he yelled after her, "And TVs?" he seemed mad.
"Dude, she's kidding," I said, laughing.
"Oh," Nick said, "I knew that."
"Haha, I'm sure." I said.
"So, Bella sure has changed over the years, hu Edward," Danny said, smiling.
I glared at him, "I suppose. I don't know if you heard yesterday, but we are going out, so if you could stop hitting on her, that'd be great." I said bitterly, surprised at how easily the lie came out sounding like the truth.
"Afraid of a little competition, Edward?" Danny laughed. "If I do remember correctly, it didn't stop you from dating Tanya even though you knew I liked her."
"I was different then, this is different," I said, "She came onto me, Danny, you can't still possibly be mad about this. It was nearly a year ago."
"Oh? Then why did she say she went to see you a couple weeks ago at college?" Danny asked, getting angrier, "If there is nothing going on between you two, then why did she drive all the way up there to visit you?"
"I don't know, but I told her we were better off as friends, okay?" I said, "So please, just lay off Bella, don't use her as a tool to get revenge on me."
"Who ever said I was using her as a tool?" he smiled widely, "I am quite attracted to her, it's just an added bonus that when I do win her over, it'll break your heart."
"Guys," Nick interceded, "come on. Danny that was a long time ago, get over it and leave Bella out of it."
"Seriously, Danny calm down," Matt said, placing his hand on his shoulder.
"Right," Danny said, shaking his head a little, "Sorry man, kind of freaked out there for a minute." He said, but still had a smile smirked on his face that showed this was far from over.
"Hey," Bella said as she walked up with the other girls, "Did we miss anything?"
"Nope"
"No."
"Not at all."
We all said, simultaneously.
She looked at me, unconvinced, but said okay.
We all made small talk while everyone else ate their lunch, and as soon as everyone was done we headed over to the arcade part of the restaurant to play some games.
"We need quarters," Bella said, pulling out a 5.
I quickly grabbed her hand, "I'll pay." I said, leaving no room for argument.
"Thanks," Bella said, smiling up at me, "Are we supposed to be acting coupe-ly?" she whispered.
I smiled, "Good idea," I said, hoping that'd keep Danny away from Bella.
I grabbed her hand and kissed her fingers lightly while looking up at her, "Here you go, love" I said, holding out a handful of quarters to her, "Go have fun. I'm going to go pay the check real quick."
She nodded, red-faced, and walked over towards the games, I saw her put a quarter in the DDR game, and smiled as she stumbled around on the mat, trying desperately to hit the right spot at the right time.
I shook my head and walked to the cash register where I paid for the meal quickly and headed back towards the gaming room.
What I saw when I got there set both waves of anger, jealousy and fear into me.
Danny was right behind Bella, helping her hit the right spots on the DDR mat, and she was laughing at something he said.
I walked up quietly, trying to keep my jealousy under control, "Having fun?" I asked.
Bella looked over at me briefly before focusing on the screen again, "Edward!" she laughed, "Hi! I'm playing DDR! Look!" she said, enthusiastically.
"I can see that," I said, glaring at Danny.
"Yea, I'm helping her win," Danny said, grinning at me.
"How kind of you," I replied, icily.
Just then the lights on the game went off "Winner," the machine said and Bella jumped up in the air happily and hugged Danny tightly.
I balled up my fists, holding them at my side, while Danny smiled over my shoulder smugly.
"I knew you could do it, Bella." He said, brushing her hair back.
"Not without your help," Bella smiled up at him, oblivious to his intentions.
"It was all you," he said, and touched her cheek lightly, causing a soft red to spread across her cheek.
That was it, at that moment something snapped inside of me, "Don't I get to congratulate the winner?" I asked "My girlfriend." I said, stressing the word.
Bella looked at me curiously, but shrugged, "Of course, Edward." She said, and walked over to hug me too.
I pulled her tightly to me, "You were amazing," I whispered into her ear.
She pulled back slightly to look me in the eye, "Thanks," she said, softly.
I nodded and then before I had a chance to second guess myself I kissed her lightly on the lips. I pulled away slowly and cupped her face in my hands, looking deep into her eyes. Her brown eyes gazed back at me, questioningly, while she slowly moved her arms so that they were wrapped around my neck. The next thing I knew, I felt her lips on mine again, moving slowly, uncertainly.
My mouth moved in sync with hers and soon her hands moved from my neck up to my head, knotting in my hair, and the kiss stopped being gentle and became what could only be described as passionate. I slid my hands down her back, all the way down to her waist, and pulled her closer to me, so that our bodies molded into each others. I was lost in her scent, everything around me was her, everything that mattered was her, everything else just simply disappeared.
I heard her moan quietly as I held her tight, deepening the kiss and soon heard a similar sound come from my own throat, encouraging me to kiss her more.
Soon after, to soon, her hands moved from my hair gently to my face, touching it softly, a signal the kiss was over. I pulled away, breathing heavily, and heard her trying to catch her breath as well.
"Wow, who knew you were both so competitive about DDR?" Emily said, smiling slyly.
Bella made eye contact with me, "Yea, who knew?" she said quietly between breaths.
A/N: Is an author note even necessary for this chapter? You know what to do, review!