Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephanie Meyer
Chapter 4
Classes dragged on. Finally they ended and I met Alice at her car.
"I'm starving!" She exclaimed getting in the driver's seat. I laughed at her.
"You are so dramatic" I said.
"I am not." She defended.
"Whatever you say Alice." I replied. We both laughed and she sped off to Esme and Carlisle's.
"Hello ladies." Esme said.
"Hi mom."
"Hi Esme."
"If you girls are hungry, I have homemade chicken noodle soup, salad and bread." She said.
"Yummy!" Alice and I exclaimed running into the kitchen. Esme laughed and followed after us. The three of us got our lunch and sat down at the table.
"Bella, how was your trip to your mom's?" Esme asked.
"It was a lot of fun. Being in Florida made me miss the sun." I said. Esme and Alice laughed.
"It would be nice to see the sun all the time instead of a couple days a year." Esme said.
"But if we lived somewhere else with the sun all the time then we wouldn't get to look forward to seeing it when we went on vacation somewhere." Alice added.
"That is very true." I replied.
"Emmett has arrived!" We heard Emmett's booming voice say as he walked through the front door.
"In here!" Esme called. Emmett walked in with Rosalie and Jasper.
"Is there some for us?" Emmett whined, Rose smacked his head.
"Of course Emmett. Help yourselves." Esme answered.
"Where's Edward?" Alice asked.
"He said he was going to be at the hospital and wouldn't be able to stop by for lunch." Rose answered.
"Hey Bella." Jasper said sitting down next to Alice.
"Hey Jasper." I replied. Rose and Emmett sat down and we all fell into an easy conversation.
'So Bella, care to explain what happened at the club and why you all of a sudden decided to pay your mom a visit?" Rose asked raising her eyebrows. I immediately got nervous.
"Uh…I don't know what you are talking about." I said.
"Just tell us Bella. We will find out anyway. It will be easier if you say it." Rose said kind of harshly.
"Ok so Edward and I kissed. But that has nothing to do with the fact that I decided to see my mom." I responded.
"Uh huh, sure it doesn't. Well when you are ready to tell us you can."
"Whoa you and Eddie-boy kissed?" Emmett exclaimed. I sighed.
"Yes we did."
"Not the first time." Alice said covering it with a cough. I glared and she smiled innocently.
"Wow, he has been here for a week and you have already kissed more than once." Jasper said. "Never would have expected that from you." He laughed.
"I never said it was while Edward has been here." Alice added.
"Really Alice?" I asked.
"Yup!" She said popping the 'p'.
"How could they have seen each other before he moved here? Unless…" Rose began putting all the pieces together.
"No way!" She exclaimed.
"Yes way!" Alice enthusiastically said back.
"They met when Bella was in Chicago? And neither one knew that they both had relations to the same family?" Rose said laughing.
"What is this just 'find out Bella's secrets day'?" I asked kind of annoyed.
"Oh Belly, we didn't mean it like that. We just had to figure out why Edward has been acting all mopey and you suddenly left the state."
"Yes, he and I kissed at the club. Yes we met in Chicago and kissed there. Well we have had an actual relationship. But is there anything else you want me to tell you?" I asked.
"One last thing." Jasper said. "Why did you suddenly leave the club?"
"I don't really know. I kind of freaked and just left. But I am planning on talking to him. Visiting my mom gave me the time I needed to think things through." I explained.
"So you are going to talk to him?" Rose asked.
'Yes, either tonight or tomorrow." I responded.
"You two are gonna get together." Alice and Rose began singing. I couldn't help but laugh.
"I can't say that. For all I know he may never forgive me and we could hate each other the rest of our lives." I said.
"Who's the dramatic one now?" Alice asked. "That won't happen." She said matter of factly. I hoped we would be ok. If we didn't get back together at least stay friends. At 3 Alice and I had to leave to go to the bookstore.
"See you all later." I said heading out to the car.
"Bye!" They all exclaimed. Jasper walked Alice out again. When she got in the car she sighed. I stifled a laugh and she pretended to glare at me. We broke out into fits of laughter and headed to the bookstore.
"Bella I have to leave early. Are you going to be ok locking up here by yourself?" Alice asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine. Where are you going?" I asked.
"Jasper is taking me out on a date, so he is picking me up at 7."
"Ok that's fine." I smiled. We were busy in the after noon and at 6 it started to die down. At 6:30 Alice got ready to leave.
"Bella do you want me to drop your truck off here?" She asked.
'No, I'll walk home. It isn't too far and I could use a nice stroll." I said.
"Are you sure?" She asked uncertain. I nodded.
"I will text you when I get home and when I leave."
"Ok, call me if you need anything." She said. "Love ya Belly."
"Love you too Ali." She gave me a hug and left. I put some books away and began writing some more. I was in the middle of a short story but it wasn't coming out how I wanted it too. Before I knew it, it was 9. I packed my stuff and walked towards the front door. Looking outside it was pouring down rain.
"Seriously it has to rain when I decide to walk home." I said out loud. Then I noticed a shadowy figure across the street. Nervous I, locked the door, kept the lights on and began picking things up. The figure began walking closer. My breathing got faster. As the figure approached I could tell it was a man but who I had no clue. Coming closer, I recognized the man as Edward. He stopped at the door and knocked. I slowly walked closer and opened it.
"Bella." He breathed. "I have to…no I need to talk to you. About everything, all the way back to Chicago up until now." I looked up through my eyelashes. "When you left, that was the hardest thing for me to see. You don't know how hard it was for me to let you get on that plane. I wanted to run after you. But I couldn't. I just couldn't expect you to give up your life and move to Chicago with me. When I met you I didn't know I had no idea that you were the Bella that Alice talked about all the time. These past three years have been the worst in my entire existence." He said. His voice held no anger whatsoever.
"Edward," I began but he put his hand up.
"Wait, please let me finish. When I decided to move here and study with Carlisle I figured it would give me a chance to start over. Then when I saw you and Alice introduced us, not that we didn't know each other, all those memories came flooding back. I realized that you were my life. At the pub, when we danced and kissed, I missed that. When you left I thought I did something wrong, especially when you had avoided me and then went to visit your mom." His hands cupped my cheeks. "Please, don't ever leave me again." I shook my head.
"Those two weeks in Chicago were the best. I didn't want to leave either. I thought I would never see you again. I never told anyone about that. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett all found out throughout this past week. Seeing you at Esme and Carlisle's was nerve wracking. I thought you were going to be mad, upset, and frustrated at me. Possibly even hate." I whispered that last part.
"I could never hate you." He whispered back. Slowly he brought his lips to meet mine. This kiss was gently and soft. I wrapped my arms around his neck and his encircled my waist. When he broke apart he looked me straight in the eye.
"Will you be my girlfriend again?" Edward asked. I smiled.
"I would love too." He picked me up and twirled me around, out in the rain. I laughed and he smiled. After setting me down he kissed me one more time.
"We should probably get out of the rain." He said.
"That's a good idea." I replied grabbing his hand and walking into the bookstore.
"Cozy." He said smiling and sitting on a couch. I looked at him from behind the counter and smiled.
"Yeah I love this place. It's my second home." I said grabbing my stuff.
"So I take it you didn't drive here?" I asked.
"Nope." He said chuckling and standing up.
"Well, we can call Alice or I guess walk." I said.
"It is kind of cold, should we just call Alice?" He said.
"Sounds like a plan." I smiled and grabbed my phone.
"Hellloooo." Alice sang through the phone.
"Hey Alice, can you come and pick me and Edward up from the book store please?" I asked.
"Why are both you and Edward at the store? Unless you two talked and are together now!" She exclaimed.
"How about we talk about this later. Right now it is pouring rain and neither one of us have a car."
"Are you sure you don't want to stay there." I could hear the smirk in her voice.
"Alice." I groaned. "Please, just pick us up."
"You know Bella, you are no fun at all. But I am getting in the car. I will be there in 5 minutes." She laughed.
"Thanks Ali. Bye."
"Bye Bells." I hung up the phone and turned to Edward. He was engrossed in a book. I walked up behind him.
"Enjoying the book?" I asked right next to his ear. He jumped and I laughed.
"Not funny Bella." He said smiling.
"Really? I thought it was." I replied. "Alice will be here in about 5 minutes." I added. He nodded and got back to the book. I grabbed all my things and then Alice showed up. I opened the door.
"You two ready?" She asked.
"Yup" Edward and I said at the same time.
"Weird." She whispered.
"What is weird?" Edward asked.
"You two haven't been together for long and already you are talking in unison." She said shaking her head. Edward and I laughed and got into her car. She dropped Edward off at his house. I got out and said bye.
"Bye Edward." I gave him a hug.
"Bye Bella." He lightly kissed me. "Dinner tomorrow night?" He asked. I nodded and smiled. He smiled back and went up to his front door. I got back inside and Alice had a huge smirk on her face.
"Awwww! You two are so cute together." She practically yelled.
"Calm down Alice." I said.
"Now you have to tell me what happened at the store." She said as we drove home. I told her everything. From Edward and I apologizing to us getting together again.
"He is such a romantic, but it is sweet." Alice said. "This is so wonderful! Everything is falling into place. Like I told you. Oh my goodness. You two are going to get married, have babies! This is amazing."
"Alice please, you are getting ahead of yourself. We just got back together tonight." I said. She laughed.
"Oh don't worry dear best friend of mine. It will happen." She said sashaying into her room smiling before I could say anything else to her. I shook my head and laughed at my best friend. I took a shower and cuddled up on my bed in my comfortable pajamas with a good book. At some point I fell asleep, dreaming of none other than Edward.