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Bella POV

It had always seemed to me that no matter how many books a shelf held, it was never enough. I would always find myself scanning through the titles, realizing I had already read each and every one of them. Re-reading a book was nice; but once in a while a new read is highly needed.

With that thought hanging over my head I picked a book from the shelf – one I was sure I had never read, nor heard of before.

It was a romance which I could tell from the cover art. Romance novels had never been my falling. They always struck me as spurious and unathentic. Sterereotypical, even what with the woman always being the damsel in distress and the man the brave hero whom would save her from predicaments, even certain death. It was the ideal relationship they usually portrayed, the one everyone wanted; girls and guys alike. But they were never real. That kind of true love just never happened in life. Could it even be possible for a human to capacitate such love? I sure never believed it.

I stared at the small, blue novel in my hand well aware that I was not planning on purchasing it, but was admittedly curious as to the plot line.

I had hardly gotten to the third line when I felt a presence standing by me.

I apologized quietly, moving out of the way of the shelf without looking up.

"You are not impedeing the way, I assure you."

I looked up quickly to see Edward, a crooked smile that made my knees go weak plastered on his remarkabley gorgeous face.

"Oh," I cleared my throat after my brilliant answer and pushed the book back onto the shelf.

"Are you finished? You got the handle?" I looked down at his hands to spot the handle for the sink, but both his hands were out of sight, clasped behind his back.

He cast a strange face and shook his head, his eyes seemingly scrutinizing me.

"Oh… well, did you not have enough money? I still have the coins you gave me…" I trailed off as my hand went for my pocket to get the few coins.

Edward, stopped me quickly, placing his hand on my arm before I took out the coins.

My hand froze as my eyes trailed slowly up to his; my arm now tingling.

"No, I had enough but I spent it on something else," his green orbs probed into mine as one of his hands moved out from behind his back, in it clasped the most beautiful red rose I had ever seen.

"Here," he held it out towards me while speaking softly, "this is for you."

My mouth fell open as my brain registered what he had just said. Apparantley, I had waited to long before reaching for the flower because Edward cleared his throat uneasily.

"You don't have to… take it if you don't want to…" He trailed off hesitantly, his hand falling slowly. I felt heartbroken at the tone of his voice. He thought I didn't want to the rose?

"No!" I stopped him quickly, taking the rose in my fingers.

"No, I love it. It is beautiful," I brought it to my nose, inhaling the fresh scent of rose. My eyes fluttered shut, my nostrils filling with the wonderful scent.

They fluttered open, Edward was looking at the ground. I smiled thoughtfully and reached up on my tiptoes, my heart fluttering as my lips touched the soft skin of Edward's cheek.

"Thank you," I whispered kindly. His emarld eyes brightened immensely as he looked down at me, a large grin depicted across his face revealing a set of perfect white teeth.

I looked away as a feeling of butterflies errupted in my stomach.

Unwittingly, my eyes traveled back to the book I had placed back on the shelf.

Maybe romance novels weren't stereotypical. Maybe they were to show the hard of understanding that love is out there and that you just had to find it.

Maybe it was trying to show me something I had right in front of me all along….

I'm sorry this chapter isn't very long but… oh, well. I'm tired and I want to go to bed, lol.