A/N: Ok, so I was so excited for this chapter… and hopefully you'll like it… kinda short again...Read. Enjoy. Review…

Trip Around the Sun

Chapter Seven: That's Not Possible

I sat at the Cullens' kitchen table with Alice after school on Monday doing homework. I had given up on the crutches a few days early, but Carlisle had checked it on Sunday at the follow up and said that it would be fine. I was almost finished and I was invited to dinner, I was just trying to get out of staying for it. Carlisle would, inevitably be cooking it, and just imagining him cooking, though I've seen him do it a couple times, was overwhelming and was liable to cause permanent damage to my heart. I did my English homework with only half my brain as the other side desperately tried to come up with something that wouldn't allow me to stay.

"So," said Alice, putting down her pencil on her homework restlessly, "How was your cookout on Saturday?"

"It was ok," I said, looking down at my homework, not really wanting to explain to her what had happened, "I mostly just hung out with Jake."

"Oh?" She asked after a moment's pause in a teasing tone, "Would Jake happen to be a guy?"

"Yeah," I said, looking confusedly up at her and she was kind of half smiling.

"And?" She asked, not even trying to hide her extreme curiosity, "Is there anything going on with Jake?"

"No," I said immediately, "He's fifteen, Alice."

"So, you're seventeen, two years is not that bad at all," She said, beginning to tap her pencil absent mindedly, "Does he like you?"

"As a friend," I said, "Guys don't tend to like me like that."

"Oh?" She said as if she had something to contradict me, "You would be surprised, Bella."

"He only spent the majority of the day with because he was being nice," I argued, "I didn't know anyone else there."

Alice just looked at me like I was crazy for a few minutes while I redirected my thoughts back to my homework. I only looked up again when my heart started beating feircly, mostly because I heard Carlisle talking to us as he walked into the room.

"Hey," He said with a small smile as he sat in the chair next to me and across from alice at their round kitchen table, "What's going on?"

"Bella has a boy chasing her," said Alice matter-o-factly to her dad.

His silence was weird so I looked over at him, catching a weird stoic and indifferent look on his face. Though, it wasn't completely stoic, and a fair amount of thought was evident across his beautiful features. He was staring straight at me and was once again seemingly on another planet as far as his brain function.

"Alice!" I hissed at her, blushing furiously, and trying not to look at Carlisle, who still hadn't said anything, "He's just a friend."

"And do we want him to be more than just a friend?" Carlisle commented and I shrugged.

"I've known him since I was little," I said, still not looking him in the face, "He's dad' best friend's son. I would hate for it to not work out. Besides, he doesn't like me anyways so it doesn't matter."

"Do you like him though?" Alice said and I shook my head.

"Alice, I told you, he's fifteen," I said, "He's cute, but I've never even really thought about him all that much."

"Maybe you should," said Carlisle as he stood up and headed out of the room, he seemed a little flustered, but that was probably just me, secretly wanting him to be flustered, "I'm going to be in my study, and how do you two feel about me just ordering pizza tonight?"

"Sounds good," I said, anything that meant I didn't have to watch those muscular arms cooking me dinner.

"Ok," he said shortly and left the room.

I looked back at Alice and she had a satisfied type of smile on her face. I looked at her questioningly before she looked back at her homework, and I took the cue to go back to my own. We finished up just as the doorbell rang and we put our books away as Carlisle walked in with two pizza boxes, and Jasper close behind him.

"Pizza," He called out unnecessarily as he set them down, grabbing plates from the cabinet and putting a couple pieces on a plate for me, because he handed it to me.

"Thanks," I said and he nodded as I went to sit back down, and he took his pizza off to his office.

"What's with him?" I asked, normally Carlisle would sit and joke with us while we ate.

"He's just a little… upset," said Jasper, "He had a bad day at work. It was a little hectic up at the hospital today."

"Oh," I said, then added, "He seemed fine when he got home."

"He likes to put on a show to us," said Alice, "He likes to make us think he's a rock. Jazz, did you call the hospital."

"Yeah, one of the nurses told me they had a bunch of kids in today," said Jasper and Alice nodded.

"Oh, sick and hurt kids are the worst for him," said Alice, and it made sense as I flipped through a magazine that was on the table and ate my pizza.

"Awe," I said and they chuckled a little as I bit into my second slice and Jasper smiled at me, both of their plates were amazingly empty, "Speed eaters."

"You have to be, around Jasper," Alice said and they both smiled at some private joke that went way over my head.

"All right," I said, once I had finished my pizza, "I'd better head home, do you think Carlisle'd mind if I stopped in to borrow a book or two?"

"No!" said Alice happily and I felt a wave of confidence, "Go ahead in."

"Thanks," I said, slinging my bag over my shoulder and heading towards Carlisle's office, "Bye see you guys tomorrow."

"See you, Bella," Jasper called as I hit the hall and headed for the stairs up towards the office.

I knocked twice on the door before Carlisle called for me to come on in. I opened the door and it creaked a little until I stepped inside.

"Hello, Bella," He said, not looking up from whatever he was looking at on his desk, "What can I help you with?"

"Just wanted to borrow a book or two," I said and he looked up, his eyes making contact with mine made my heart flutter, but it wasn't pounding in my ears.

Maybe I was getting used to him, though I wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing.

"Got a specific one in mind?" He asked as he got up and walked around his desk to stand in front of me.

"Um, could I maybe steal your Pride and Prejudice?" I asked, I had been wanting to read it since seeing it in there while Alice and Jasper gave me my tour, "Promise I'll be gentle, but I've been feeling the urge to read it."

"Sure," He replied, leading me over to one of his book shelves and grabbing it, and he handed it to me almost carelessly.

"Is everything ok?" I asked him, he seemed even more upset, and I slipped the book into my bag.

"Fine," He said, rather unconvincingly.

"Really?" I asked and he nodded as I realized how close we were standing, I got nervous and my heart started to beat wildly again.

"Just a tough day," He said and I nodded, seeing as that was about the only thing I could do, other than stare stupidly at his lips.

I had absolutely nothing in my head except the idea of his lips on mine. I couldn't help my self as he stared down into my eyes, his eyes perfectly soft and I went up on my tiptoes to press my mouth to his. I instantaneously started to panic the minute my lips touched his, rather cold comforting ones, like in my dream, what the hell was I doing? I was about to pull away and try to make a quick exit when I realized something, he was kissing me back.

I was shocked. I froze momentarily as my heart slowed almost to a stop in crazy ridiculous shock. I felt his lips move against mine and I almost lost it, as I let mine move with his. He put an arm back around my waist and one behind my head as he continued to give me the most amazing kiss I had ever had.

There was so much passion coming from him and I couldn't help but react to it as I pushed myself against him, molding to his shape, which was particularly hard. I had underestimated his muscles I guessed as I felt his tongue enter my mouth. It was as cool as his lips and I just could have melted into his arms, I was actually surprised my knees hadn't given out yet as we kissed.

He pulled away and I gasped for air as he kissed around my neck, his hands now resting on my hips so naturally. Everything about this seemed just so perfectly natural as he brought his face up and looked deeply into my eyes. I let him for a few seconds before I tried to reattach my lips to his, but he took a few steps backwards and sat on his desk.

"I am so sorry," He said, he looked even more down, was I that bad at kissing?, "I don't know what came over me, I promise that will never happen again."

"And what if I want it to?" I asked immediately, and I was mortified as he frowned at me.

"You don't," He replied.

"I like you, a lot," I whispered as I walked over and fixed his hair which I had messed up, where the hell was all this confidence coming from? And why did it have to come now?

"That's not possible," He said, eyes like ice and he looked a little scary as I took a step backward, "You don't you're confused."

"What?" I said.

"That's not possible, Isabella," He said shortly, face like stone, he looked a little scary, was he mad at me? "Enjoy your book."