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I saw his lips moving but my brain was still stuck on the whole no bringing guys home, I couldn't help wonder if the was free game then. Technically he would already be there. I tried to hide my smile before looking back at Edward to realize he was staring at me.
"I am sorry, what did you say?" I asked biting my lower lip hoping I didn't miss anything important like him telling me there would be no sex with the home owner either because that would totally suck.
"I was saying the job is yours, all you have to do is say yes and start packing" he said with his trademark smile.
"I guess I know what I will be doing this weekend then, although I can move in sooner if necessary to help with the rest of this week" I offered. I was having an internal battle with myself, part of me wanted him to say yes because that would bring me one step closer to him, but the other part of me wanted the next few days to spend with Rose and Alice.
"Thank you for the offer but my brother Jasper is helping out this week."
"You have a brother?" I asked wanting to know more about this man.
"I do, he is a Major in the Army and he got back a couple of weeks ago. He decided he needed a few weeks of vacation time after a year in the desert. He would write home telling us how he missed the rain, but after two days home he was complaining about having sun withdrawals" Edward said smiling as he spoke of his brother.
It was hard not to smile as he spoke, so I am sure I looked like a giant idiot with the Cheshire cat smile nodding my head as he spoke. But it was hard not to, the way he spoke of his family and the amount of love you could see they had for one another. I always asked my parents for a sister so I could have someone to play with but they always said no, after a year of no's I figured they just wanted a boy so I spent the next year asking for a brother. As you can see I am twenty-one years old and the only child.
After a few minutes of conversation I was heading for the door and my home for the next five days.
"Is it ok if Jasper and I come by on Sunday? We can help move some boxes and I wanted to drop the car off to you" he said shoving his hands in his pockets and rocking back onto the heels of his feet.
"That would be great. I love Alice and Rose, but they are little to no help when it comes to moving. When we moved into our apartment Rose made her boyfriends frat brothers carry all of our stuff in, including the small stuff that we could have easily carried up." I felt bad for the guys but then again I hated moving and if Rose could get someone else to do the heavy lifting then I was game.
"With how busy I have been and not being able to make it to the gym I could use a little strenuous activity."
Of course my perverted mind went on to think about a few more strenuous activities that we could do together and have a lot more fun while doing, so I completely missed what else he said. This time though I just nodded my head hoping that he didn't realize I hadn't been listening.
"I will see you Wednesday" I said walking onto the porch.
"See you in class" he hollered as I made a run for Alice's car. Which of course was not a good idea since the little bit of snow and ice that had melted throughout the day had refrozen which resulted with me on my butt and completely humiliated.
"Oh my gosh Bella, are you alright?" Edward yelled as he ran to me, of course he missed the ice patch and made it safely to my side.
"Yeah, I have spent a lot of my life in this position" I said taking his offered hand to stand up. I just wanted to get in the car and drive off a cliff, that was up until I felt his hand run down my back side. I think I was just as surprised as him. As quick as it had been there it was gone being shoved back into his pocket. My body longed for its return. The touch may have been brief but my body was on fire begging for more. I think I may have even whimpered.
"I am sorry, you had a little bit of snow and dirt on your ugh" he stumbled over his words as he looked around like this was a game of Who Wants to be a Millionaire and he was ready to use one of his lifelines.
"Ugh umm I'm just sorry" he said again his face flushing red while he avoided looking at me deciding to stare back at the house. Maybe he thought his lifeline was going to come in the form of Kayson coming to interrupt our first moment. Yes I thought of it as a moment, like any normal girl would when the night ended with a very hot man touching their butt. I just had to get over the reason behind it if I wanted to continue to live in my little fantasy world.
"Edward it's fine, I appreciate the fact that you attempted to wipe it off before I got in Alice's car. I mean I love her, but she would kill me if I didn't return her car to her in perfect condition" I said feeling generous and trying to break the awkward moment for him.
"Thank you for coming to my rescue and I will see you on Wednesday" I said running a hand over my butt to make sure he got everything and climbed into the driver seat.
"Yeah Wednesday, drive safely and goodnight Bella" he said giving me a small smile and turning to walk into the front door.
As soon as the front door closed I might of screamed a little bit, when I noticed the curtains move I quickly threw the car in reverse and headed back to the apartment. When I walked through the door I was greeted by my two best friends and about a million questions.
"So how did it go? Where does he live? Was his house nice? Does it have a pool? I bet he would have a pool, have you seen his arms and shoulders he definitely has swimmer body" Alice said before Rose interrupted her to continue the questioning even though I hadn't been able to answer one question yet.
"How was the kid? Was she a brat? I babysat in high school and there was this little girl that I could have sworn was possessed by some evil demon. I swear when her mother was introducing us she walked over like she was going to give me a hug so I kneeled down and instead of the hug I was expecting she wrapped her little hands in my hair and pulled as hard as she could. Her mother just stood there and yelled at her to stop playing and let go of my hair. I probably would have been bald if her father hadn't come and pried her little demon hands off of my hair" Rose said as her and Alice pulled me to the couch and sat down next to me.
"If you guys ever stopped talking I would tell you about it" I said loud enough to get them both to stop mumbling off more questions.
"Ok we're sorry. Tell us how it went and don't leave anything out" Alice said.
I spent the next thirty minutes telling them about Kayson and how well behaved and sweet she was. I also made sure to tell Rose that I was one hundred percent sure she was demon free. I skipped over what had happened over dinner, I know I had just met her and really Edward for that matter but I felt protective over them. Although I could trust Alice and Rose with my life, I just felt like this was something that should not be shared with other people unless necessary. I told them about what Kayson had said about Edwards cooking and his inability to do girl voices properly. They both laughed before I continued telling them how hot Edward looked carrying his sleeping daughter up to bed.
"I wonder if he could carry me up those stairs with his swimmer arms and shoulders" I mused out loud earning a laugh from both Alice and Rose. "What a girl can dream can't she?" I asked staring down my two best friends daring them to challenge me.
"Especially since I will be living there in five days, maybe my dreams are closer than you think" I said.
Alice squealing was loud enough to bust an ear drum. "Oh my gosh, how freaking exciting. But wait this means you are really moving out" she said slumping down back onto the couch.
"Alice I will be right down the road and I have the weekends off so it is not like I won't see you all the time" I said wrapping my arms around her and pulling her into a hug before opening my other arm and pulling Rose into our hug.
"I know, but it won't be the same. Who is going to help you pick out what you wear before school or do your hair and make up" she said frowning.
"Alice you don't do those things now" I said staring at my best friend with questioning eyes. Yeah she has been trying to dress me since I have known her. When I was younger I was a little more easily swayed into letting her pick out my outfit. That was until I stayed at her house one night and agreed to let her dress me for school the next day. Apparently the clothes I brought were not right for a Monday, but she had the perfect skirt that I could wear. I guess she didn't take in the two inch height difference because the skirt length was against school policy and got me after school detention and a call home to my parents. The boys loved it, my parents hated it, and I was just uncomfortable. If the skirt wasn't uncomfortable enough my mother increased that discomfort when she thought this would be a good time to tell me about how boys will expect certain things from girls when they dress that way and how just because Alice was my best friend it didn't mean I had to follow along with everything she suggested. After that day I had very little problem telling Alice no, although sometimes I would go out on a limb and let her play dress up on her twenty one year old friend.
"Exactly and now you are moving and I won't ever get the chance to do it. Unless you let me dress you the rest of the week. Our last week as roommates possibly forever" she said giving me her sad puppy dog eyes and jutting out her bottom lip.
Ok so I lied I still had problems telling Alice no especially when she gave me the puppy dog eyes and the fact that she was right who knew what would happen after graduation.
"Fine" I sighed.
"Yes, you won't regret it Bella. I swear" Alice said skipping to her room most likely going to find some of her clothes that fit me or something from the stash of clothes she buys for herself that are my size.
"I have veto power" I yelled.
She huffed before yelling a fine from her room.
"You know the room is yours every weekend and any other day you need or want it. And if this whole nanny thing doesn't work out then we will be waiting with welcoming arms" she said lying her head on my shoulder and flipping the television on and turning it to a repeat of True Blood.
"I swear if vampires looked like that I think I would be ok with them being real" I said watching Eric pretend he needed Sookie to suck a bullet from his shoulder or he would die. I am not a fan of blood by any means, but I would have been all over that.
"You realize that vampires kill people and drink their blood right?" Rose asked even though I thought I saw a little drool escaping her mouth.
"Well if there is one way to leave this world being bitten by one of the most attractive vampires and getting drained doesn't seem like the worst way to go" I said before we both went silent watching the next two repeat episodes before getting up to go to bed for class the next morning.
Lying in bed I couldn't help but wonder how everything was going to turn out when I moved in with Edward and Kayson. I was excited but also crazy nervous. What if tonight was a fluke and Kayson ended up hating me. There was no way I could get Edwards attention if I had bald spots where his daughter pulled chunks of my hair out. I shook that image out of my head and thought about what it would be like to feel Edward's arms around my waist as he pulled me into his hardness. So much of him was perfect there was no way that his equipment would not meet certain criteria. Trying to force Edward out of my head was harder to do than I thought. After another thirty minutes of thinking about him and what I would like to do to him and what I wouldn't mind him doing to me my eyes finally closed and my mind drifted off to dream land that was of course filled with Edward.
I woke the next morning and it wasn't because my alarm was going off at 7am like I had set it. No it was because a small little fairy was bouncing excitably on the side of my bed.
"Oh good Bella you are awake" Alice beamed at me.
"No I am not and go away" I said pulling the blanket over my head and tried to go back to sleep.
"But Bella we have to spend all the time we can together before you move out" Alice whined.
I wondered how much she was going to use me moving out against me this week.
"Alice I am tired I didn't sleep a lot last night" I said through the blanket.
"That is why we will need the extra time to get rid of those dark circles under your eyes" she said before peeling the blanket off of me.
"Alice it is freezing give me my blanket back" I yelled and gave her the stank eye. Apparently she wasn't phased by it because she just stood there waiting for me to get out of bed.
"Fine, you annoying annoying fairy" I said walking past her to the kitchen in search of caffeine at the moment I didn't care if it came in the form of coffee or Mt. Dew I just needed something to kick start my body.
I ended up using my veto power three times before I settled on a pair of skinny jeans, knee high boots, and a black mesh dolman top. I was leaving my creative writing class which I already loved, Professor Cope was an older lady but she was full of life and loved to read and write and she wanted to make sure we all did too. I was smiling thinking about the first paper I was going to write when I bumped into something firm and hard. Before I looked up I knew it was him, after spending half of the night on his couch I could identify his scent anywhere. And what a scent it was.
"Sorry" I said looking up so I could see his face.
"That's ok, you seemed lost up in here again" he said lightly tapping the side of my head and smirking.
"Yeah I spend a lot of time up there" I said smiling and noticing the day growth on his face. Generally I wasn't a fan of any facial hair on most men but I could tell that Edward could pull it off if he ever decided to let it grow out. His lips appeared to stand out more with the facial hair and before I could stop it my mind was thinking what they would taste like if I ran my tongue across them and if they were as soft as they looked. Letting out a sigh realizing that was not something I would be finding out any time soon. My tongue swiped across my lips moistening them.
"How are your classes going today?" he asked his eyes clearly focused on my lips. I tried to hide my smile thinking maybe I was wrong and I would be feeling his lips pressed against mine sooner than I thought.
"Good so far, I have Professor Cope for creative writing. I am excited to see how the semester will go. I was a little worried when she came in wearing pink horn framed glasses, but once she started speaking about her love of writing I realized you shouldn't judge a book by the cover. By the end of class I was wishing it was longer" I said pulling my jacket tighter to my body when a cold breeze blew.
"Yeah Professor Cope has her own teaching style but trust me you will learn a lot from her" he chuckled.
"I feel like there is more to that statement than you are letting on" I cast a questioning eye up to him then without even thinking I took a step closer to him trying to block the wind hoping to use his body as a barrier between me and the wind.
"It is freezing out here. When is your next class?" he asked shoving his gloved hands into his coat.
Glancing at my cell phone I realized I still had a little less than an hour. I was going to head to the library and start my creative writing paper but spending more time with Edward seemed a lot more interesting than my long forgotten paper.
"Little less than a hour, what about you?" I asked hoping he didn't have to cut our conversation short.
"I have office hours in forty minutes, I was heading over to grab a coffee. Would you like to join me?"
I am not sure if he had even finished inviting me before I was dragging him to the on campus café and heat. I heard him chuckle behind me before his long legs caught up with me and I regrettably let go of his arm.
"Sorry it is freezing out here, I can't wait for spring" I said between chattering teeth and damning Alice for insisting I ditch my winter coat for a more stylish jacket.
The café was fairly busy but we were able to get through the line in less than dicw minutes and found an empty table.
"So you and Professor Cope?" I asked raising an eyebrow to him.
"She was my Professor and mentor. As for the glasses those were a sixty-fifth birthday present. She always talked about a pair of hot pink horn glasses that she had as a teenager. When it came time to celebrate her birthday I couldn't think of anything else that she would appreciate more. I bought them three years ago and she hasn't taken them off since" he said smiling while his face lite up like it always did when he spoke of someone that he cared about.
"I think Alice would have a heart attack if she saw them" I said thinking of my fashion crazed friend.
"Did you tell Kayson that I was going to be moving in this weekend?" I asked wondering how she would take it having a female move in after her mother moved out.
"Well if you would consider screaming while jumping up and down a good sign then she took it extremely well. I think she said your name about a hundred and one times just at breakfast, she also told Angela her creative arts teacher about making her Bella something special. You are not having second thoughts are you?" he asked with concern.
"Of course not, I am excited as well" I said giving what I hoped to be a reassuring smile.
"Good. Did you have any ideas of what poem you are going to choose for your final? I know it is far off but you seem like a planner" he asked while taking a drink of his coffee. I think it was the first time in my life I was jealous of a coffee mug.
"As soon as you told us what the assignment was I knew" I said glancing down at my cup of coffee somewhat embarrassed.
"Are you going to tell me?" he asked scooting forward in his chair like he was waiting for some well hidden secret.
"Of course" I said. Glancing up at him quickly.
"So" he asked eagerly.
"I will, when I turn my paper in" I said giggling like a teenage girl. Yes I was turning into that girl. You know the one you read about in books and see in the movies. The one you have no respect for because they act like an idiot around a guy and think they are in love after a day and a shared pizza.
"Not very nice Ms. Swan, but I suppose I will just have to wait until June to satisfy my curiosity. Speaking of June I have a meeting with one of your fellow classmates and will be late if I don't head out now" he said as he stood.
"I will walk out with you" I said pulling my thin jacket back on and thinking of ways to dispose of Alice's body if I developed pneumonia because of her and fashion.
Once Edward walked toward his office I jogged to my next class trying to increase blood flow and generate some heat in my body.
I was still smiling when I took my seat in my journalism class, that was until I looked up and saw my professor with a scowl on her face that appeared to be directed at me. I glanced around trying not to be obvious to see if there was anyone else around me that she may scowling at. Unfortunately for me there was no one else around me and she wasn't letting up.
"Hello class my name is Professor Denali."