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BPOV

RING! RING! RING! My alarm clock blared at me loudly. I sat up in bed and was confused by how I got into my bed and next to my alarm clock. I stood up and stumbled into the kitchen for a glass of water before I took a shower. As I reached into the fridge to get the cold-water pitcher, I saw a note on the fridge from Alice.

Bella-

Edward is sorry he left while you were asleep.

I gave him your number, hope you don't mind.

Here is his number:

237-8923

I am off to do homework.

Alice

I realized that Edward must have put me in my bed last night after I had fallen sleep. Slightly ticked off because I didn't say good-bye to him, I just scowled at the number on the note. Realizing that wasn't going to help me at all. I had to get to the library. I had to do a short shift. If I didn't show up, my scholarship money could be on the line.

After I got ready for the day, I pulled out my cell phone and programmed Edward's number into my contact list. I couldn't be mad at him for letting me sleep. I needed to get more; otherwise I wouldn't have fallen asleep when he was here. With me at my apartment. I sighed. I wanted something more exciting to happen other than us listening to music and me falling asleep before the CD's were done playing. Maybe we could do something another night.

Once I had showered, eaten breakfast and grabbed something for a snack, I raced out the door to hop in my car. I didn't want to be late. Once at Portland State, I parked my truck in the closest parking lot I could to the library and hurried to the main doors. I was just on time once I sat down at the reference desk that I always worked out. Since it was a Sunday towards the beginning of the term, I highly doubted that many people would come in today. The library didn't tend to get crowded until the last two weeks of the terms. Lots of people come in to cram for their tests and get last minute research done for papers.

As Alice had told me several times, I was one of those annoying people who always had their assignments done a week ahead of time. I didn't like leaving anything to the last minute. As long as I was ahead of schedule with my reading, my assignments and research, I never had to worry about turning anything in late or about cramming for finals or last minute researching.

I was lucky enough that I was able to do some homework at the library while I was working. I had decided to type up the response paper I was working on the other day in the coffee shop. Then I could start reading for the next week's class. If I was lucky, I could also get that typed up and not have to worry about my poetry class for at least a week. If the articles I had to read were relatively short, I would be able to get two more responses done on top of the one I just needed to type.

As I pulled out my notebook and my reading packet, my phone vibrated, singling I had a new text. I dug my phone out of my pocket. It was from Edward, I was delighted to see. Lunch? Dinner? Coffee? Cocktail? Anything? Let me know!

I laughed out loud, which gave me a couple of odd looks from other students in the library. I was the one who should be obeying all library rules, including being quiet. Hitting reply, I work until 2. Am up for dinner, coffee, cocktail, anything or everything.

Setting my phone down on my desk, I flipped to the correct page in my notebook and started typing up my notes. I finished typing up my notes. I read two more articles and typed up responses for those as well. Surprised that I got that much work done with only two students needing help, I looked at the clock. It was a quarter till 2. I smiled. I loved the beginning of the term. I could get so much homework done while I worked. Remembering that I had responded to Edward's text, I glanced at my phone to see if he had texted me back. No such luck. I frowned. Maybe he changed his mind about hanging out tonight.

Disappointed that I probably wouldn't be hanging out with Edward tonight, I printed off my response and started packing my backpack. A couple minutes before 2, the guy who took over my desk walked up. "Hey Bella. What you got planned for tonight? Want to do something?"

"Mike." I sighed. As much as I didn't like Mike, I couldn't be too mean, even if I think he really deserves it. It just wasn't how I was raised. "I'm hanging out with my boyfriend. We are going to meet, have coffee, maybe go get dinner, then do something wild and kinky."

"Wouldn't it be more kinky if I joined you?" Mike asked me. To my disgust, I blushed at the nasty thought of Mike in bed with me. It was disgusting!

"We aren't that kinky," I heard a voice say from behind Mike. I looked around Mike and saw Edward standing a couple feet away. "Hey, honey. You ready for our date?"

I stood up quickly, grabbed my backpack, "Of course. Let's go."

"Bella! You can't just leave with him," Mike protested.

"He's my boyfriend and you are a coworker. It makes more sense for me to leave with him then it does to leave with you," I told him.

Edward grabbed my hand and we walked out of the library together. I was glad to get away from Mike. Since he started working at the library, my life got a lot more annoying. "Do you have to deal with him a lot?" Edward asked.

"A couple days a week. He generally takes over my desk when I leave. I work four days a week. He only works two or three, sometimes four if he is picking up extra shifts," I answered.

"Has he ever done anything that he shouldn't have?" I shook my head. "All right, I do believe I owe you, coffee, dinner, cocktail, or something like that."

"How about we get coffee and I make us dinner?"

"Sounds good."

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2 hours later: EPOV

It was amazing how much I liked being with Bella. We were able to talk about everything. I think the only people who know more about me now than Bella are my parents. Not even Jasper and we live together. It was strange. Good, but strange.

I followed her back to her apartment so we could drop off her truck. After going by her apartment, we went to coffee then stopped by a grocery store near Bella's apartment so we could pick up some ingredients for dinner. Bella wanted to make soup and sandwiches. Simple, yet good on a drizzly early spring day.

When we were driving from the grocery store to her apartment, she got a text. She gave a slight smile as she read it, then turned towards me. "That was Alice. She is going to stay at your apartment. Jasper told her you were hanging out with me. She was wondering if you wanted to stay the night at our apartment."

I was ecstatic by that question. Though we have only known each other for a couple days, I wanted to spend all of my spare time with her. "Yeah. I'll have to drop by my apartment and pick up some clothes."

"How about you do that, while I get the soup started? It'll take about an hour until it's fully ready," Bella told me.

"Sounds good," I said. I dropped her off at the front of her apartment building. She refused to let me help carry the groceries to her apartment, saying that the quicker I left the quicker I would be able to come back.

I drove faster than normal to get to my place and back to Bella's in a short amount of time. Though we weren't dating or anything close to that, I was going to sleep at her place tonight, on her couch. I wanted to be close to her. Being near Bella was like being close to the sun. I felt warm when she was near.

When I got to my place, I ran into my apartment. I burst through the door with such force Jasper and Alice sprang up from the couch. I was startled to see that Jasper didn't have his shirt on and Alice's clothes were messed up. "Sorry?" I said. They looked at me sheepishly.

"Hey Edward. I thought you were going to stay with Edward," Jasper asked.

"I am. I'm just going to get some clothes, then I will be out of your hair," I said, smiling at them. They seemed they were having as much fun as I wanted to be having.

Alice looked at me. "You guys got anything special planned with Bella?"

I smirked. It was like Bella and I were celebrating an anniversary, not hanging out after meeting three days ago. "We are just going to have dinner and probably watch a movie or two."

"Hope you guys have fun," Alice smiled up at me. "Tell Bella to not do anything I wouldn't do."

Laughing, "I'll tell her. But it seems like maybe it should be the other way around."

"Bella needs more adventure in her life. I am getting adventure."

I just walked to my room, shaking my head. When Bella told me that Alice was staying at my place and wanted me to stay with Bella, I knew what Alice and Jasper were going to be doing. I'm glad that they found each other and like each other enough to do that. I just know if/when I have sex with Bella, so I know that it is going to be a special moment in our relationship. Right now, Bella and I are only friends. We aren't dating. I want to date her. She would be the best thing in my life. She already seems like the best thing in my life.

After I stuffed some clothes into a backpack, I walked back into the living room. Luckily, Jasper and Alice were just sitting on the couch talking. "Bye guys. Don't do anything too crazy."

"Crazy is so much better than normal, Eddie," Jasper stated. "You just need to get your crazy on and you'll find that you'll love it, Bella will love it."

I shook my head and slightly blushed. "Don't call me Eddie. I'll see you guys later. Jasper, I have class tomorrow, so I won't be back here until later." I left the apartment as fast as I could so I wouldn't be in the living room while Jasper and Alice started getting it on again. That is something I did not want to see.

In the hallway in front of Bella's apartment, I could smell the soup that Bella was making. I slowly knocked on her door. It flew open and she jumped into my arms. Startled, I took a couple steps back with her in my arms. "Hey, Bella. How are you doing?" She wouldn't talk, I felt her shake her head against my neck. I felt her shiver. "What's wrong?" I was really confused. She was fine fifteen minutes ago when I left. Slowly, I pulled her back into the apartment.

While walking into the apartment, I scanned the rooms to see if anything would give me a clue as to why Bella was so freaked out. "No, don't want to go in there," she whispered as I was pulling her towards the bedroom.

I looked down at her. "Why don't you go sit in the living room?" She shook her head. I shrugged and opened her bedroom door. On the floor lay the guy I had heard her talking to when she got off of work. I looked at him and then I looked at Bella. I didn't really need her to tell me what happened, or almost happened. I pulled her into the living room and took my cell phone out of my pocket and called the cops.

Several hours later:

Luckily, Bella was able to hit Mike on the head with a bust of Shakespeare before he was able to do anything. Mike was being charged with attempted rape, breaking and entering and sexual harassment. I was sitting the couch with Bella, with her on my lap. Alice just left to go back to my place. She had been with us since we had to go to the police station. I couldn't believe I had left her all alone. At least Mike will be in jail for almost a year. Not long enough, in my thinking.

We were watching a movie, but it was more background noise. Neither one of us were paying attention to the movie. I was gently stroking Bella's back; her head was on my shoulder. I knew that she didn't want me to say anything, to just be with her. When I noticed that the credits were rolling on the movie, I turned the TV and DVD player off with the remotes. I picked Bella up and carried her into bed.

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