The usual, i dont own anything. It belongs to Stephenie Meyer. I cant believe reaction to the last chpater. It made me feel great. Stick with me, because after this chapter things are going to heat up with Edward and Bella, I wanted to get all the drama out of the way.

4. Defining Myself.

As I laid in bed that night , several things floated through my mind. What if my father suddenly dropped dead of a heart attack. Granted he was retiring now so he wouldn't have so much stress in his life, but talking care of a family in the absence of work? Surely he had thought this out before he made his decision. What if he left her everything this family built? I was trying not to let myself think this way, I didn't want to seem like greedy heiress to millions. But that money was rightfully belonged to Emmett and I. I let out another sigh.

"Love, don't think about it so much." Edwards voice floated to me in the pitch black of the night. Did he just call me love? My blood was suddenly very heated. Edward chuckled beside me, I could feel the whole bed shake with his laughter.

"What's so funny?" I said, hitting him with my pillow. I sat up, removing my sweatshirt trying to cool off a little. The blush that had crept up on me left me several degrees warmer than I had been moments earlier.

"I can feel you heat up when you blush. What was it that made you so hot?" He asked, amusement was definitely in his voice. I sure hope he was enjoying this, Because he wont like it if I kick him out of my bed for teasing me. I sat up again, playfully pushing him for teasing me.

"You're teasing me Edward, and you know you are." I whined. He laughed again. His arm suddenly snaked around my waist pulling me close to him. My bare skin was hot all over again. His lips found mine in the darkness, and I curled into him. More like melted into him. We just seemed to fit together perfectly like puzzle pieces. My legs wound with his, and my hands gripped his hair as he moved his lips to my neck.

"Because I know how weak you are." He whispered, his lips grazing my ear as he said it. Lord, why did this man have to be so damn sexy. I let out another sigh .

"What's on your mind?" He asked pulling away. He was definitely teasing me now. I groaned, both to Edward and myself. How could let him get to me this much? I have never gotten so worked up over a man before. A very sexy, muscular, hot man with a nice rear end….

STOP IT RIGHT THERE, I chastised myself.

"Well for starters, I just need to know that he is serious about this. And second, this is going to come way wrong…but I don't want her taking his money." I answered him. His eyes were locked with mine, it was like the green was glowing in the moonlight of my window. He licked his lips before he spoke. Why, oh why did he have to do that? I suppressed another groan.

"He is serious. I don't know your father well at all, but he looked way in love tonight. And the way she watched him, with nothing but love in her eyes. I want that someday." He finished, I had fell very silent as I listened to him. I wondered if I currently had that look in my eyes, because he was making fall harder every time he spoke about the things he wanted in a relationship.

"I want to go look at a house tomorrow." I abruptly said. Shock crossed his face, I wondered what exactly was going through his mind. It was my turn to laugh.

"Silly, I mean for me. I need to start my own life. I need my own thing. Something that defines me. On my own. I feel like if I don't get out now, I never will. And I will be living off of him forever." I breathed the last part. His answering smile made me weak all over again.

"Ok. Anything else while you are defining yourself?" He teased me. I smiled back at him, placing a quick kiss on his lips. I nodded, there was a big something else.

"A new car." I said. There short and sweet. I know the next question before it left his mouth.

"And you're going to purchase these things how?" He asked skeptically. We had not discussed financial information just yet. In the past 2 days as we had been " getting to know each other" It had not come up. Of course you look around me, and you can see how well I was currently doing.

"I have my own money. Not all of it came from him." I paused shortly, he had a very skeptical look on his face, but his lips were turned into a smile.

"Ok, my grandpa left me a few dollars." I answered him. He laughed out loud. I had never actually dipped into the cool millions grandpa Swan had left to me when he died. Emmett had received the same. I was spoiled, but hey I wasn't complaining. But it did make me wonder how Edward had grown up. The question left my mouth before I could hold it back.

"How about you, how were things at your house while you were growing up?' I instantly regretted it. Here I was not wanting to act like a spoiled rich kid, and I just asked him if his family was rich our poor. He must have been able to feel the heat coming off of me again, because I was very embarrassed. He laughed, and tucked a lock of my long dark hair behind my ear.

"Relax Bella, we needed to discuss this at some point. My father is a cardio surgeon and my mom is an interior designer. We had everything we needed and some things we wanted growing up. I have my own money too." He finished. I left out a breath I had been holding in, it came out in a whoosh. I kissed him gently. I wondered silently what I did to be so lucky, this man wants me.

"Sleep Bella. We will define you in the morning. Sweet dreams love." He whispered, rolling us onto our sides, so he was spooning me. My eyes began to droop, and I had one thought that I could officially remember before falling asleep. When did I lose track of everything I thought was important, and how much did I love him exactly?

I awoke to a very hyper Alice, she was practically bouncing. How was she up, and dressed for the pep rally already? I quickly wondered if I was late already.

"GET UP!! OUR LAST FIRST FOOTBALL GAME!!" She squealed. I glanced at my clock, 8 o'clock, sighing I threw the covers back and watched as Edward began to stir beside me. We weren't late, but definitely running behind. Edward sat up, and stretched. Alice turned to my closet and was hunting for the right uniform to which I was going to wear today. Handing me the correct one, a pair of spankies, and my sports bra she pushed me into the bathroom. Edward came up behind me, pulling me to him.

"Im going to have Jasper run me to my dorm. I'll meet you there beautiful." He spoke. I smiled at him, pecking his lips and turned to the shower.

"Hurry Bella. Lets move." Alice pushed. I could rush the comforts of this shower though. It made my whole body relax. After washing my hair with my favortie shampoo, and shaving everywhere that needed, I decided not to push Alice this morning and turned the hot water off. She was there already, with a towel and a brush in her hand. After I looked my part, my bouncy ponytail, and perfect ribbon tied into my hair we exited my room. My father was waiting for me at the foot of the stairs, that was going to take some getting used to.

"I saw Edward leave, he meeting you there." He asked. Sue came into the room, wearing a KU shirt, at least she was trying to win my approval.

"Yeah." I answered. Alice was trying to fix the collar on his shirt, he pushed her away.

"Alice, beautiful its nice to see you to. But I have someone to do that for me now." He chuckled. Alice blushed, where did that come from. She never got embarrassed. I went for my KU duffel bag on the floor by the door, and started to leave.

"We'll see you at the game. I don't think I've ever seen you in action for the Jayhawks." He admitted a little sheepishly.

"Well, at least you made an effort before it was over." I said, smiling at him. This was going to take time. I came to that conclusion last night, I was going to give it all I had.

"Alice, lets go." I announced, dragging her from the stairs. I smiled as she called her goodbyes to Charlie and Sue.

"So what you think?" She asked when we were in the car, and heading for campus. I looked over at her, choosing my words wisely.

"She's ok. She takes care of him, and that's good, Her daughter is just a little older than us." I answered. She listened as I told her everything that had happened yesterday, and dinner last night.

"You're going to buy a new car? What are going to do with this one? This is your baby." She looked at me sadly. I knew why, her parents wouldn't let her find the car of her dreams, they stuck her with a Mercedes sedan, and she looked tiny it. She could barely see over the steering wheel. Her lip jutted out, and she crossed her arms over her chest.

"You want to drive this one Alice? I will let you. You can just sneak over to my garage in the morning and leave in it." I said between giggles. She looked at me excitedly. I knew how to make her happy. She was all about the nice things. But she wasn't a material girl, I guess you just had to know her to understand her.

"The campus was already buzzing with activity, and for a Saturday morning that was very different. Ever since KU won the orange bowl, and the basketball team became the national champions last spring, the school spirit of this school rose to an all time high. I love it.

"This is going to be a fun day." Alice bounced to my side. I shot her a look, she me well enough to know that I was all business when it was time to cheer. She laughed at me, and pushed me playfully.

"Loosen up Bella, have fun this is it. UI guess we knew it was going to end someday, but I'm going to make the most of it while I can." She said giving me a hard time. She was right, I needed to make this year as fun as I could. She nudged me, and pointed towards Edward as he stood waiting for us.

"So, how is the…you know." Alice whispered. Of ocurse she would want to know how the sex was. I was a little nervous about my next statement.

"We haven't." I answered, I don't know why I was embarrassed. It was a good thing that we were taking things low, even though all I wanted to do was jump him. Her mouth fell open. But she quickly closed it, clearing her throat.

"I'm sorry Bella, I just figured you know he's been sleeping in your bed and all." She explained herself. I think she was more embarrassed than I was. I waved her off. I wasn't going to get myself worked up over that right now, I had to get my head in the game.

"It's ok. You ready for this. it's a little sad and all, being our last first home game of our lives." I asked her, the sadness was leaking into my voice. She heard it and shook her finger in my face.

"Uh uh, none of that. We have to make this year the best ever, Right?" She corrected me. She could always make me smile. Her black spiky hair was styled the same as usual, except her bangs that fell into her eyes were clipped back and she sported a tiny red and blue ribbon in the barrette. We had reached Edward by then and he led us inside. This was my first time seeing him in his uniform, his muscles arms looked even better, and his rear end was even cuter.

"Ready to warm up. Lets stretch." He began. I followed his lead, and went through our warm up exercises with him. Then it was on to practicing some stunts. He easily lifted me into an extension and supported my weight as I brought my left leg up into a liberty. I instantly felt my worries melt away. This was home, this was what made me feel like I could take on the whole world.

"Ok, Bella cradle." He quietly commanded. I could stay up there all day, but his shoulders probably couldn't take it. I sighed and counted myself into a cradle, finding myself safely in his arms and then my feet on the ground. This is how it went for the next hour. When it was time for the real thing to began we began our trek to the gym. We took our spot on the floor and waited for the fight song to began. The players began to file out in their jerseys and the crowd was on their feet. The fight song was blaring from the band, and my body went through the motions. I could do this choreography in my sleep. We did our routine that would hopefully be taking us to national championships in February, and took our spots on the floor. While sitting on the cold hardwood floor of Allen Fieldhouse, I wondered if it was possible that my life get any better.

"You're still thinking about it to much." I jumped at his voice, it startled me out of my concentration. I smiled at him, and leaned back slightly so he could hear me better.

"It's just going to take time." I whispered. He nodded his approval and smiled at me. If I hadn't been sitting right next to Jessica I probably would have never noticed it, but the moment I heard my name I was eavesdropping. Nudging Alice she came closer to me, and listened too.

"How did she get him. Its all that money. That's all he wants from her, I'd want all that money too." Jessica sneered to Laruen. Alice gaped at me. What were we, freshmen in high school again.

"The sex too. I'm sure she's already given that up." Lauren added. Alice began to get up, I pulled her back down and kept her there.

"No we need to be mature about it. Get them later, after the game and with not so many witnesses." I told her head. She nodded, and I could already see the wheels turning in her head. I knew she would come up with something completely sneaky to get back at those 2. The pep rally came to a close, and we headed over to the field for the game. I was still a little nostalgic as we took our spots on the track. I was glad that I had my best friends here with me today. Alice to my left, Edward right behind me, and Jasper, who was quickly becoming -part of our little circle right behind Alice. Usually I love cheering at home games, but this one seemed to last forever. Even with Edwards hands all over me it didn't make it any easier. Was it just part of growing up, things not being what they used to be? This game did allow us to showcase some of our little known talent. All summer Alice and I had been working to perfect a new lift with Edward and Jasper, and now was the time to try it in front of everyone. This one had the potential to get either of us, or both seriously hurt. We stood with our back to our men, and concentrated on the stunt we were about to do. We counted each other off, and went into a back handspring. Jasper and Edward did perfectly, catching our feet and throwing us into an extension. The crowd loved it. I was on a high, who was I kidding I was going to miss this so much. I had to find some way to keep going with this, I loved this natural high to much to give it up. With one final basket toss, and the commentator's announcing our win we headed toward home.

The only thing that I wanted to do this afternoon was find me a new car, with my money. And look a at few of the houses that were for sale about half hour away from here. Plenty of distance from everybody I told myself. And they all had extra space for Alice.

"This is perfect" I whispered as I peered into the last bedroom at the tenth house I had looked at. I wasn't being picky, I just wanted something that would fit for the future too, just in case. This four bedroom ranch was sprawled on a 5 acre lot. Plenty of room for a pool, and definitely room for my cars. Edward seemed to like it too, although his opinion didn't really count right now, It might possibly in the future. I leaned up to kiss hi, all sorts of though swirling through my head, what would it be like to call this home with him. Our kids someday running around like crazy, me making dinner when he came home from work, I could see it all in one thought. I wondered what he would do if he knew I was daydreaming about these things. As if he knew, he bent to my ear.

"Maybe I can call this home someday." He said, chills ran down the my feet as the dream got even more detailed. I nodded and kissed him again.

"Well, what do you think?" The realtor asked, breaking into our intimate moment. I excitedly told her yes, I wanted this house, daydream included. Edward laughed with me, and I signed all the paper work needed and I told her I wanted to rush the closing. I wanted Edward all to myself, and I couldn't wait.

"DAD!!" I yelled as I entered my soon to be old house, I rushed to his side excitedly, and shoved the papers in his face. He frowned and read the top line.

"You're moving out." He whispered. I just couldn't help myself, I was like alice and practically bouncing.

"And bought my own car. It's outside." I told him as I walked outside to look at it again. Alice was there, sitting in the drivers seat of my brand new, all black Cadillac CTS. It was beautiful.

"Where's the Volvo?" Alice squeaked as she climbed out of my new car. It was all mine, no one else's. I was going to be paying the payments, how weird it was to think of the feeling of satisfaction that gave me.

"Where's Edward?" My dad asked me as he looked over the sleek black car. I told him that I took Edward to his dorm to get some things, and that I to pick him up in an hour for our first official date. Yesterday had been so trying, and emotional. And today I was running on a constant high, I was loving this feeling. I wondered what Edward had planned for us. Would tonight finally be the night he gave in to me, and satisfy my need for him. Or would I be waiting even longer to know what it feels like to be have him. One thing was for sure, I definitely was figuring out who I was becoming, and what I wanted in life. And all wanted, and seemed to need was this man in my life.

Ok, so next chapter is going to be told in Edwards point of view, so it might take me longer to type. It going to be Bella's birthday celebration. I have a few ideas that I want to experiment with and we'll see how they come out.