Disclaimer : I do not own Twilight, not the way Stephenie Meyer does.

"You were dreaming about me?" A velvet voice interrupted my babbling.

Shit.

Every so slowly, I turned around, though not before giving Alice a death stare. How dare she? For a small person, she seriously had a huge brain.

I had to give her some credit, though. She honestly fooled me. I had believed the meeting ruse and rushed to meet her on time, although I wished I had concentrated a bit more on my appearance. I mean, after not seeing the guy I was in love with for three years, I wanted to look amazing, not like I had rushed out of bed.

He definitely did not look like he had just woken up. After I had carefully completed my turn (I didn't want to embarrass myself anymore by falling), I looked at him. And boy, did I look. Ogled is a better word, or maybe eye sexed. Yeah, I definitely eye-sexed him, hard.

He looked better than before, if that was even possible. His hair was a bronze mess, like he had just rolled out of bed after having amazing sex. And it was hot. I couldn't count how many times I had fantasized about running my fingers through that hair.

His green eyes sparkled, reminding my why my favorite gem was the emerald. Apart from his hair, his eyes were my favorite thing about him, I felt like I could get lost in them. His dying-to-be-kissed lips were turned up into the crooked smile that made my heart skip a beat. He had a little stubble covering his chin, my favorite. I could only see the outline of his chest underneath his blue t-shirt, and that made me imagine ripping it off and kissing, further and further down until—

Stop it! I told myself. Stop, stop, stop. I couldn't afford to get turned on right now, it would be really, really bad if I jumped him with Alice right there. Damnit! Why did he have to be so goddamn sexy?

Alice cleared her throat, and I realized I had totally been caught completely undressing her brother with my eyes. I felt the heat rising to my cheeks, and could only imagine how red my cheeks were. Edward's smile widened and his eyes danced with amusement. Stupid blushing…

"Bella," He made my voice sound like music. "It's been way too long." He smiled, but it didn't touch his eyes.

"Yeah, what 3 years?" And 87 days, but who was counting? God, my voice sounded like someone scratching a chalkboard compared to his.

"Crazy, right? It seems like just yesterday I was saving you from killing yourself by tripping on a completely flat surface." He chuckled, I swooned.

"Ah, and the witty banter begins." Alice interjected. "Seriously, would it kill you guys to talk like normal people for a second? I don't have the energy to try to keep up with the sarcasm today." Alice, lacking energy? Impossible.

"Alice, since when do you lack energy? Every time I see you you're practically bouncing off the walls? What have you done to her, Bella?" Edward's smile told me he was kidding, but I couldn't help thinking that our brains were on the exact same wavelength.

"Seriously, Alice, you're the one who called me at 10:30 on a Saturday to meet you for an 11:00 meeting that we don't have." It was her fault, if she hadn't planned this little let's-surprise-the-girl-that-hates-surprises, she wouldn't be awake right now.

"Ah, but Bella, you have a meeting with me. You don't find that important?" Edward pouted like a 5 year old who had just gotten his candy taken away from him. Damn him, he was too cute for his own good.

"Don't get me wrong, Edward, it's great to see you. But c'mon, you know I'm not a morning person. At all." I glared at him. He and Alice both should have known better, they both had to deal with me when I had morning classes in college.

"I'm sorry, all those mornings of you walking to class like a zombie had me under the impression that you loved the morning." He smirked. Ah, sarcasm. Our language of choice.

"Well, you know zombies, peppiest peop-um, undead out their." I pumped my fist while holding the other one in a very zombiesque style. "Z-O-M-B-I-E-S" Edward cracked up.

"Wow, Bella, you make a great zombie cheerleader. I think there may be a career for you in really cheesy horror movies. Your acting skills are amazing!" He laughed. If only he knew that my acting skills were amazing; he still didn't know I was in love with him.

"You two are the weirdest people I've ever met in my life. I'm going to get coffee." She turned to walk away.

"Okay Alice, we'll try not to make any more mind boggling jokes while you're gone." I faintly heard her snort as she left the room.

Edward chuckled again. Well, I was clearly making myself look like the biggest idiot ever. Filtering what came out of my mouth was never one of my strengths when I was around Edward. Probably because of the madly in love with him factor.

"So Edward," Smooth, Bella, why don't you just start talking about the weather now? "What brings you to Seattle? I thought you were some big shot in Chicago?" A smile played on the corner of my lips. I was genuinely happy that Edward had done amazing for himself, just like I knew he would.

He visibly cringed, however, when I said "big shot". He always was a modest one.

"Ha ha Bella. Actually, I'm here to move my stuff in. The apartment's finally mine. Got the papers signed yesterday. Real estate agents suck nowadays. I had to wait for like 4 months before they sent me the right papers. Would have been easier for me to do it myself."

Wait. Move his stuff to his apartment. Here, in Seattle? Where I lived? Yes! Wait, actually, no! Now it was going to be even harder for me to conceal my feelings, with him being around all the time now.

"You're…moving here?" I asked, still shell-shocked.

"Yeah…Alice didn't tell you? Doesn't she know you basically despise surprises?" He laughed. "Are you alright, you look a little upset…" He frowned. I still wasn't talking.

"Bella?" He said gently, after about 30 seconds had passed.

Oh, I realized, he thought I was unhappy that he was moving here. Which I was, kind of, but not for the reason he obviously thought. I loved having him around.

"Oh! Sorry, sorry, just kind of shocked. In a good way though, I promise. I missed you these past couple years." I smiled, and hoped it looked genuine.

"Yeah, I missed you too." He smiled, but it looked a little sad, and I swear I saw something burning deep in his eyes.