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Song for this chapter...You and Me by Lifehouse.

Previously on Live And Learn...

I was beginning to like Edward Cullen a little bit more than a student should and I knew it was going to be a problem, but in the end I decided to hell with it, just go with the flow, let the chips fall where they may, so to speak.

That's exactly how I ended up walking towards Edward's classroom at three thirty after school on wednesday.

Nervous but also incredibly excited.

I was excited to see him, which was ridiculous, I wasn't stupid enough to delude myself into thinking that Edward and I would be alone.

I knew other people would be there not only the juniors but I also assumed that there would be other seniors volunteering as well.

However when I entered the class I discovered that there was going to be far less people than originally taught.

Besides Edward and myself there were two other seniors, Sarah and Jason I think their names were, they were in the same gym class as me.

Other than that there were a total of five juniors three girls and two boys.

Edward was over at his desk talking to sarah and jason. All three turned to look at me when they heard the sound of the door shut.

"Bella." Edward smiled.

"Hi." I gave a little wave to all three. Sarah and Jason smiled in return.

I walked towards where they stood and Edward turned to look at me.

"I was just telling Sarah and Jason that apparently there is not a lot of students who like to volunteer to stay after school, nor are there more than five juniors who want help with their work." he shrugged.

"But I guess this could be a good thing as it means a smaller group, more work gets done. I've decided to pair everyone off so...Everyone gather round please" He called out the last part.

The group of students who had been sitting around the same table in the middle of the room talking stood up and began to make their way towards us.

Edward looked at each of us "The groups are as follows; I will work with Bailey and Jenna, Sarah your with Anna, Jason and Kaytlan, and Bella you go with Ryan, is everyone okay with those pairings?"

We each nodded in return.

So I'm with Ryan, I didn't know him and I just prayed that he wasn't going to be a pain in the ass.

"Sir?" Sarah asked, we all turned to look at her.

Edward raised an eyebrow as a sign to go on.

"I can only stay for an hour and a half, I have a thing I have to go to."

Edward scrunched up his eyebrows in a completely adorable way.

"Okay is there anyone else that has to leave early?" he looked around at us all.

The Kaytlan girl raised her hand " I have to leave at about the same time." She said quietly almost as if she were afraid that Edward was going to get mad because of this fact.

"Okay then, Kaytlan you pair with Sarah and Jason you go with Anna, all sorted." He smiled.

"Anything else?" when we were all silent he said "Alright then lets get to work."

I walked with Ryan to a desk and pulled another chair over for myself. He sad down beside me, he seemed a little worried so I decided to break the ice so to speak.

"I'm Bella" I offered my hand to shake, he took it.

"Ryan" Was his short reply.

"So how did you get dragged into this?" I asked assuming that it wasn't of his own accord.

"My mom...she made me join, She gave me two choices getting my grades up or getting grounded for the rest of my life. I chose the first." He smiled at me.

I laughed "Smart move, so lets say we get started on those grades I'd hate to be the reason for indefinite grounding."

"Yeah sounds good." He pulled out a book from his bag, spellings, great.

An hour and a half later we had made some pretty good progress he was nearly finished his English homework. I'd say he has about five minutes left and then all I have to do is read over it.

Sarah and Kaytlan got up from their seats, bid us goodbye and left the room chattering together.

I took a few moments to look around the room. Jason and Anna, two tables over were bickering quietly together, they were like siblings. I couldn't help but laugh a little.

Over at another table on the opposite side of me sat Edward, Bailey and Jenna, they seemed to be getting on well, Jenna was writing away while Edward leaned in to Bailey clearly explaining something to him. The look of pure concentration on his face was so cute.

I just sat and stared at him for a few minutes, after the talk in the library I felt different towards Edward, I felt closer somehow, maybe it's because I knew more about him or he knew more about me, maybe it was because we both opened up about stuff that you wouldn't necessarily talk about if you didn't trust the other person.

I did trust Edward, completely.

He wasn't like anyone else I Knew, maybe that's why I liked him so much.

Yeah there you go I just admitted it to myself, I like Edward cullen there isn't any point in denying it, I can't stop how I feel.

I was so consumed with thoughts of Edward that I didn't even hear Ryan calling my name until he shook me and I realised then just how loudly he had been calling.

"Bella" Ryan was still shaking me, Edward turned to look at me and I quickly turned my attention back to Ryan, bright red and completely embarrassed to be caught staring and day dreaming.

"Yeah Ryan, sorry I totally spaced out, what is it." I asked hoping he wouldn't comment on my blatant Edward Cullen staring.

"I'm finished." He said waving his sheet in front of my face.

I took the sheet from him, "Oh Okay." I was still blushing.

I read over it quickly and found two spelling mistakes, I told him so and told him to correct them. Five minutes later we were done.

We both had triumphant smiles on our faces.

"Thanks Bella. It usually takes me twice as long to do my homework at home on my own, you rock." He smiled raising his hand for a high five.

I smacked his hand "Your welcome, it was my pleasure to help." And it really was, I felt great.

I mean I'd really helped someone and I guess in the big scheme of things what I did wasn't huge, it probably wasn't going to change the world but I'd managed to make life a little easier for Ryan, and it felt amazing.

There was still twenty minutes left and everyone else seemed to be working away. Ryan turned to me "Do you think we can leave early because we got finished?"

"I'm not sure." I replied uncertain.

"Mr Cullen?" Ryan called. Edward lifted his head from the piece of paper he was reading.

"Yes, Ryan."

"I'm finished all of my work, I was wondering if I could leave early because I'm done?" He asked hopeful.

"Oh yes, of course, If you ever finish early and have nothing else to do then you are free to go, I'll see you next week."

"Thanks!" Ryan stood up and looked at me, "You coming?"

"Actually I'm gonna stay." I smiled.

"Okay, I'll see you next week Bella." He said with a wave as he headed towards the door, I mumbled a goodbye after him.

"Bella, You don't have to stay if you don't want to." Edward smiled.

"No, I'm going to stay, I don't mind." I smiled back.

"Well in that case pull over a chair and you can help me out with these two." he said pointing to Bailey and Jenna.

I picked up a chair and carried it towards the table Edward sat at. He scooted to his left making room for me on his right side. I would be sitting between Jenna and Edward.

I would be sitting beside Edward.

I couldn't prevent the smile from coming across my face.

I placed my chair between them carefully, ensuring that I didn't hit any legs or catch and fingers. It was a tight squeeze and I practically had to climb into the seat.

This left me sitting extremely close to Edward, His leg brushed mine and I could smell him.

He smelt of fresh paper, rain on a sunny afternoon and man, he just simply smelt of Edward, his own distinct, mouthwatering scent.

He smiled at me and I felt butterflies in my stomach the kind you get when you drive over a steep hill or ride a rollercoaster, it wasn't entirely unpleasant.

"You can work with Jenna for whatever time is left, Okay." He was still smiling.

I somehow, by some miracle managed to squeak out an Okay.

He stared at me for a few seconds longer than necessary before turning away towards Bailey.

I tuned to look at Jenna and offered my hand " Hi, I'm Bella."

I couldn't help but take a glance at Edward every couple of minutes, it was like a reflex, I didn't even realise I was doing it.

Every once in a while I would turn to see Edward looking at me as well.

Eventually time was up, and our two hours were over.

Everyone packing up and leaving, I was packing my bag as slowly as I possibly could, wanting to spend more time with Edward, Eventually it was just the two of us.

I closed the zip on my bag and flung it over my shoulder before I stood up, Edward was standing with his bag on his shoulder, He was obviously leaving also.

"Do you mind if I walk out with you?" He asked.

"No, of course not." I smiled.

We both walked towards the door of the classroom, He stopped and held his hand out gesturing that I should go first, he was such a gentleman.

He closed the door behind himself before taking a key from the pocket of his jeans and locking the door.

We walked down the silent hallway toward the exit, the halls were completely empty save for us.

" So how did you find today Bella?" Edward asked looking into my eyes. I blushed.

"It was great actually, I really enjoyed it, It felt great to help someone else, you know, to teach them something they didn't know before, it gave me a bit of a rush."

He smiled " yeah I completely understand what you mean."

"Does it always feel like that, I mean do you always feel that great after teaching a class." I asked wanting to know.

"Yeah pretty much, it's why I went into teaching, because to this day when I see a students eyes light up with understanding, I still get a rush knowing that it's because of me, that even in some small way, I've helped that person." He nodded at me.

It when then that I realised how much Edward truly loved teaching, I mean I know he love English and poetry and all of that and I knew that he obviously enjoyed teaching but I never realised just how much he love it.

" It's kind of amazing what you do, what teachers do, I mean you aren't just teaching students things that will help them go to college, help them get jobs, you are doing that, but your also shaping that person into who they are." I smiled at him amazed.

"What do you mean?" He asked curiously with a little furrow between his brows.

"Take me for example, My parents don't read much, well my father reads the paper and my mother reads gossip magazines but that's about it, but me I love to read, I read anything and everything, I didn't get that from them.

I realised I loved to read in kindergarten because my teacher used to read to us every morning and she was so great at it, she would do the voices and the hand gestures and I remember finding it so fascinating, I wanted to do what she did be exactly like her, that's when my love of reading really began.

That's a part of who I am as a person, it isn't just something that I like to do, It's a part of my soul and its made me who I am right know at this moment and I have Mrs kenny to thank for that.

So what you do as a teacher is making people into who they are and who they are meant to be." Its the longest I had ever spoken about something but I needed to say it.

"Wow, I've never thought of it like that before, Thank you Bella." He smiled widely at me and I returned his smile.

"I should use that as my job description the next time someone asks my profession." We both laughed out loud.

We had finally reached the front entrance to the school, we walked out together, it was still bright out and surprisingly dry for forks.

"So, Are you walking." Edward asked.

"Yeah I am, but I don't mind at all, I actually enjoy the walk home its...refreshing I guess." He looked as if he was about to say something until I gave him that answer, he seemed to have changed his mind about what he was going to say.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow Bella." Edward nodded.

"Yeah Edward, I'll see you tomorrow." I smiled as I started to walk away from him.

"Enjoy your walk." He shouted after me.

I continued walking but turned my head and looked over my shoulder he was still standing where I had left him, looking at me.

"I will Edward, Bye."

"Bye" And with that he started walking towards his shiny silver Volvo parked in the lot.

I smiled as I continued walking.

I thought a lot as I walked home to Charlies, about Edward in particular and suddenly everything around me seemed a little bit brighter, the grass a bit greener.

Yes I liked Edward.

I liked him a whole lot.

A/N: Okay there it is, Bella finally admits that she really likes Edward. Things are moving along.

I hope everyone had a great easter, if you celebrate it, if not then I hope you had a great weekend, I know I did I just discovered I'm gonna be an aunt again, YAY! I personally think that deserves a review ;)