Author's Notes / Disclaimer

Okay, so this is the last chapter I'm putting up until I get 15 reviews of this story. I don't know if you like it or not unless you review. Again, the characters belong to Stephaine Meyers and I just borrow them to put them in my crazy plot lines.

Chapter Two - Edward's

Bella dropped her bag by the door as she walked into the hallway at Edward's. Stopping at Edward's house after school had become a habit for her. Of course, now that lacrosse was starting up, she had to come in the morning; which, meant that she was sneaking out in the night and getting back before school started. But thanks to Alice she was able to skip practice today to see what was so important that he had left a message on her phone and on her pager.

She looked around and then realized where Edward was. Heading downstairs, Bella turned a quick right to run right into Edward's powerfully built chest. "Oh there you are Edward! I thought you might have come downstairs," Bella said, while slipping her arms around Edward, "I missed you." The vibrations of his laugh went straight through her arms into her heart. I can't believe that he laughs so easily with me, and with everyone else he seems so much more controlled, more meticulous. He always has to watch what he says with everyone else. Otherwise it would give away that he knows what they are think and not what they are saying. It must be so hard for him. I'm glad that I can give him so comfort. The thought ran through her head as she slowly back away to look at Edward.

The towel around his slim waist was the only indication that give Bella that she had come at a bad time to see him. Looking up from her unintentional gaze at his anatomy, she blushed and coughed.

"Oh, Edward, I'm so sorry, I've intruded I'll just come back later on tonight." She stated as she started to back up the stairs.

"Bells, wait, I'll be right up; I wanted to talk to you! Did you get the message that I left you earlier?" Edward asked/yelled up the stairs after her as he headed to his dresser and grabbed his favorite t-shirt from the third drawer, How do you keep an idiot occupied for hours? See back of shirt.

Bella remembered very well the message that Edward had left her on her cell phone as well as her pager. She smiled at the memory and headed into the kitchen, grabbing the decaf coffee grounds, Bella started to make some coffee, as she had a feeling that their talk would be a momentous enervating of energy. After putting on some clothing, Edward headed up the stairs, following the sweet, intoxicating scent of Bella blood into the kitchen. She was sitting at the counter, stirring her cup of coffee. Walking up behind her, he glided her long burnette curls around to the left side of her neck, and kissed the back of the neck. Bella shuddered at the touch of his lips to her overheated skin.

"Sorry that I did not answer the door, I had just gotten back a little while before you came." He smiled when she shivered against his lips.

"What was so important that you needed to see me so soon after school, I skipped practice so that I could come and see you Edward! We are so lucky that Alice was able to cover for me." She said with an whimper. Just with a touch, she thought. With just a touch he managed to take down all of my defenses.

"You cold, Bells, I could get some blankets and we can sit in the front room and talk." His matter-of-fact tone asked her, even though he knew it wasn't the weather that was making her shiver. She nodded her consent, and slowly walked through the kitchen into the front room. The white leather furniture always continued to shock her anytime that she entered the front room. The whole house looked as though a gothic-era person lived there But then again, Edward was turned some time in the 19th century. Edward was walking right beside Bella, the blankets just appeared in Edward's hands, as they sat down on the nearest sofa.

"Bella, for the longest time I've been alone in my search, the search to find if there is any goodness left in the vampire species; if anything, I want to know if I still have a soul," Edward began.

"I never knew what it was like to have someone that actually cared for me, wanting to know the real me, and not just be another groupie. You have been all of those things to me and so much more. You care for me, you watch me as though I am the beginning and ending of the world for you and it makes me feel so many different things inside. What I'm trying to say is, Bella, I've never felt this way before... I want you to help me with my search. You can finish school and everything, but afterwards, would you join me?" Edward finished, feeling more nervous than he had ever felt in his entire existence.

Bella was too enthralled by the way the emotions displayed across his marble skin, her eyes traveling down his arms to the tattoo that marked him as a vampire. It is so awesome that he would willing go and get a tattoo on his body to let the world know he was a vampire. Not even hearing most of his question, she smiled when she heard the words join me at the end. Looking up into his eyes, her chocolate eyes sparkling with unshed happy tears, she simply said yes.

Edward smiled at Bella, knowing that the world had just gotten so much better and that nothing could make it any more beautiful. Gently he bent his head down and kissed her forehead, moving downwards kissing every inch of her face before he reached her lips. A breathe away from each other, Bella made the move. Kissing him with a little force, she let him know exactly how she felt about him.

Okay so another cliff hanger until I get at least 15 reviews.