Ok ay, so, I'm going to be honest with you guys, I don't have this story mapped out yet, I'll probably do that after I submit this chapter. So, if you guys have any suggestions, no matter how stupid you think they are, TELL ME! If it fits with my storyline, I will add it. I don't know how many chapters this story will have, I definitely wasn't expecting her first day and a half to be 4 chapters when I wrote it (I wrote through chapter 4 all down in my US History spiral when school was still going).

And another thing, I am leaving for New York on July 3rd with my best friend to stay with her cousins and I'll be there a little more than a week, so I won't be updating then. Also, my birthday is July 18. I'll be 17. Not that that has anything to do with my story, I just wanted you guys to know

So without further adieu, Chapter 4

Bella's POV

When I got to Edward's Volvo, he was already there sitting in the driver's seat waiting for me. I hopped into the passenger seat and pulled my backpack on my lap. I unzipped the front pocket and took the letter my mom left this morning out of it before zipping it back up and placing it in the back seat.

"My mom wrote down directions to the day care on the back of the note she left me this morning," I told Edward as I handed the note to him.

He took a look at the instructions my mom had written and handed it back to me. "Yeah, I know where this is."

The day care wasn't actually in Forks, but rather just outside of it; not quite all the way to Port Angeles. The drive took about twenty-five minutes, and I was very thankful I decided to accept Edward's help rather than walk; it would have taken me hours to get there on foot. The whole way there, I kept up conversation with Edward. I was surprised at how easy it was to talk to him.

"So, all-in-all, how did your first day end up being?" he asked me while glancing over in my direction.

"Well, it was pretty good. The part I was worried about the most was gym, considering I'm certainly not the most graceful person, but it wasn't so bad. We didn't have to do anything since it was the first day of school. Other than that, it was actually pretty easy."

"Well, that's certainly good. You didn't end up in a trashcan or stuffed in a locker or anything?" he asked with a smirk on his face.

"I thought that only happened to freshman," I told him while scrunching up my face in confusion.



"Well, you can never be too careful."

When we got to the day care, Edward got out of the car and walked up to the building with me, much to my surprise. I honestly figured he would wait for me in the car.

We walked inside and up to the counter. A girl about twenty years old was standing behind it and smiled at us when we walked in. Okay, correction, she was smiling at Edward. She immediately made herself look busy and bent over to 'pick something up' when in fact, I'm sure it was to give Edward a better view down the front of her shirt. He looked over at me pleadingly and I fought the urge to roll my eyes at this girl's antics.

"May I help you?" she looked directly at Edward again and I had to hold back laughter.

I opened my mouth to speak but was interrupted as Edward took a step toward me and wrapped his arm around my waist after giving me a look that screamed 'play along'. Feeling slightly uncomfortable at being so comfortable in this position, I wrapped my arm around his waist as he began talking to the lady.

"Hello. We're Edward and Bella Swan and we're here to pick up Chase Swan." I noticed the way he said it made it sound like we were married. She shifted uncomfortably and tried to keep the smile on her face as she replied, "Of course. Follow me."

She led us into a room with a bunch of kids running around, playing on play sets and I spotted Chase immediately. He wobbled over to Edward and me as soon as he saw us. For some reason unknown to me, when his eyes zeroed in on Edward, he reached out to him and tried to say his name.

"Edwed!" I was shocked. After one meeting, Chase already knew his name. Edward's face broke out into a grin and he walked forward to pick Chase up.

"Hey little guy! You ready to go home?" but Chase was too busy trying to shove his fist in his mouth to give Edward a reply. After I signed Chase out, we piled into the Volvo and headed home.

"How old is he exactly?" Edward asked after I buckled Chase in the back. I hoped he would do alright without his booster seat.

"Oh, he is two years and three months. He looks a lot younger though. And he doesn't like to talk a whole lot."

Edward stole a glance behind him and turned back to me.

"He looks exactly like you."

I nodded. "Yeah, we both take after my dad."



At the mention of my dad, Edward grew silent, probably not wanting to hurt my feelings. I kept the conversation going.

"So, Alice is your cousin? You're lucky to have so much of your family living so close by."

"Yeah, my house is always full. I also consider Jasper and Rose to be family. Rosalie practically lives with us, she's over so much. But we don't really see much of her or Emmett." I laughed at the implication he was making and he shuddered. He picked up where he left off, "and Alice stays with us when her parents are out of town, which is most of the time, and she totes around Jasper with her so I guess it feels more like I have two brothers and two sisters…"

I let out a chuckle. "Wow. What a houseful you've got. It's just me, my mom, and Chase so I couldn't even imagine how it would be to have that many people living with you. Especially when they're all so close to your age."

"Yeah. We have fun. They can get so annoying so fast, though. Sometimes it's nice to have some peace and quiet though. I miss peace and quiet."

"Well, my house has plenty of that. My mom will probably be gone most of the time. Her job requires a lot of travelling considering her business is the only one of its kind for miles. She doesn't prefer it, she hates leaving us home, especially chase since he's so young, but it's necessary to make enough money to be able to keep our house and car. When she does leave, it's just me and Chase, and he's very quiet."

His face looked sullen for a split second but quickly he quickly changed his expression when I looked at him.

"Well, sounds like your house is the place to be. I just might have to come over more and steal some of that peace and quiet." He smirked. I didn't know what to say to that except 'YES!', but I settled for my own smirk and a joking, uninterested "I guess so."

He pulled into my driveway then and I went to unbuckle my seatbelt with I heard him groan from beside me. "What's the matter?"

He pointed to his house. "Looks like the whole gang is over"

I thought for a second and decided to make a bold move.

"Well, my mom's not home yet so I guess you could come steal some of that quiet you want for a while …if you want." I had no clue where all this bravery had come from, but it seemed to have appeared sometime today.

He smiled and got out of his car while I helped Chase get out. We walked into the living room and I plopped on the couch and Chase practically flew up the stairs.



I felt Edward sit down beside me on the couch and I leaned my head back and closed my eyes to relax.

"Does your mom not like me or something?"

I opened one eye. "I thought you came over here to be quiet." I told him as I smiled at him, trying to avoid this subject.

He laughed. "Sorry, I'm just curious. She gave me a weird look when you introduced me to her, and you emphasized in the car that I could come over when your mom is gone. Did I do something to make her mad or something?"

He looked genuinely worried and I felt bad.

"It's not you personally, don't worry. She just doesn't like me hanging around guys in general. Partly because of what happened between her and my dad, and partly because of what happened with me in Phoenix…"I trailed off worried that I had said too much and he would start asking questions about it, but he merely sighed, dropped his head in his hands, and said, "man, I feel like such a jerk. I keep bringing up subjects that are rough for you. I'm so sorry-"

I quickly interrupted him "Oh, Edward, it's ok; I just haven't talked about any of this before. I probably should but I'm just not ready now. But don't beat yourself up over it, you didn't know. How were you supposed to?"

He sighed and looked up at me. "Ok. If I bring up another uncomfortable topic just whack me upside the head." We laughed. "But, Bella? If you do decide you want to talk about any of it, you can talk to me…if you want."

He looked at his hands nervously so I answered him. "Thanks, Edward." I put my hand on his shoulder reveling in his touch.

He laughed nervously. "What are friends for?"

I smiled. I hadn't had a friend in a long time. "Wanna watch a movie?" I asked him in a playful tone.

He laughed and nodded. "Sure thing. Depends on what movie though. If you pick some sappy chick flick, then I'm out."

"Don't worry; I'll pick something manly for you." We both chuckled and I popped in Transformers.

I spent the whole movie thinking about what Edward said earlier about me being able to talk to him if I wanted to. Do I want to? Eventually. Do I want to talk about it at all? Not yet. Would I 

be able to trust him? Well, he seemed pretty genuine and trustworthy. Of course, that's what I thought about him too. So I would wait.

When the movie was over, we said our goodbyes. At the door, he paused and turned to look at me. "Bella?"

"Yes?" I asked, curious.

He paused again, unsure of himself. "If you want, I can give you a ride to school until you have a way of getting there yourself…that's not walking of course." He gave me another crooked smile.

I smiled back at him. "That would be great Edward, I really appreciate it."

He nodded. "So...I'll pick you up around 7:15 tomorrow, is that fine?"

I continued smiling at him. "That's fine. I'll see you tomorrow."

He nodded and made his way back to his house.

My mom came home about an hour later with some take out food for dinner. We sat at the table and started unwrapping our burgers when Chase came scooting down the stairs.

It was only then my mother remembered our dilemma earlier today. "I'm really sorry about this morning. I didn't even think about the fact that you didn't have a car this morning. I'm so used to have two I guess…." she trailed off uncomfortably, probably thinking about my dad, so I interrupted her train of thought not wanting her to get too depressed.

"Don't worry about it. I didn't even think of it myself until I walked outside. But it all turned out ok. Edward Cullen from next door saw me walking and offered me a ride. He also told me he can take me to school until we get another car."

She seemed hesitant to reply. "Well, that's nice of him."

I could tell where she was going and decided to cut her off before she made a big deal out of nothing. "Mom, it's nothing to get worked up over, ok? It's a ten minute ride twice a day. It's just a ride."

She nodded her head. "Yeah. I know that. It's just really hard not to be too careful after everything that's happened." I could kind of see where she was coming from. "So, how was your first day of school?"

"It was ok. Not the best thing that's ever happened to me but certainly not the worst either."

"So what did you do after school?" she asked between bites.



"Well, Edward drove me to go pick up chase and then we came back here to watch a movie."

She dropped the fries in her hand and looked up at me "By 'we' you mean…" she trailed off wanting me to finish the sentence.

"Well, Chase and me of course" she relaxed and let out a deep breath. "And Edward," I said under my breath.

"WHAT?! ISABELLA MARIE SWAN, YOU HAD A TEENAGE BOY OVER HERE WHILE I WAS GONE? ARE YOU STUPID?"

Ok. Now I was mad. "Mom! He just came over for two hours and we talked and watched a movie! You have got to learn to trust me more!"

She was still mad. "It's not you I don't trust. It's him. You barely know him! What if he tried something?"

"Edward's not like that, mom. I talked to him all day today and he is a gentleman."

She looked at me curiously. I lightened my tone. "Look, I am a pretty good judge of character. I know I have made mistakes but most of the time, I'm right. I honestly trust Edward. He is a really sweet guy. If he does anything that makes me think otherwise, I'll stop hanging around him."

She contemplated this for a while. "Ok. I'll try my best to ease up a bit," I nodded my head at her.

"Thanks"

"But I still don't want you alone with him until I get to know him better."

I sighed. "Okay. Mom. I won't let myself be alone with him."

She visually relaxed and we finished our dinner in complete silence.

That night was the first night I dreamed of Edward Cullen. (AN: couldn't resist)

The next morning I woke up and went through pretty much the same routine to get ready. On the way to school Edward and I talked the whole way. I felt really comfortable around him and there were no awkward silences. We joked and teased and talked about our pasts (well, I told him about way in the past and didn't divulge any crucial info).



At lunch, we talked to his family. I was thrilled they openly accepted me so easily. Sometimes, I felt out of place when they would bring up stuff they had done together in the past, but Edward would always notice my discomfort and change the subject to include me.

After school, we went to the day care, walked in with our arms around each other to pick up Chase, and let the lady at the desk think what she may.

Then we went back to my house and hung out against my mother's wishes. Hey, what she doesn't know won't hurt her.

The rest of the week went by in the same manner until Friday came. At lunch, Alice had turned to me and questioned if I had any plans that night. I shook my head.

"Well, we're all thinking of going to the movies tonight and if you come, poor Edward won't have to be the fifth wheel."

Edward kicked Alice under the table and I laughed.

"Sure. Wouldn't want Eddie to be lonely."

Everyone at the table looked shocked when I called him that and looked at him, I'm guessing to see if he was going to tell me off, but he just laughed and gave me a grateful look.

Ok, so it's kind of an abrupt ending but I couldn't think of anything else to put and it's late and I'm tired. Heh. Next chapter will be them at the movies and I actually have NONE of it written yet, so GIVE ME IDEAS, PEOPLE! ANYTHING! I'll probably use it, or incorporate it in somehow. And please, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! I'll give you a gift. Just tell me what you want it might take me longer to get the next chapter up since I haven't started it like I had with the other ones. Just bear with me. Love you guys!