Chapter 9

I turned to face him and was surprised to see that he looked more nervous than me, is that possible?

"…I uh…well… how was your morning?" Edward suddenly switched tones, his nervousness was now a light and indifferent mood.

"Um, okay, I guess, we went jogging." I murmured quietly. So he was avoiding the girlfriend issue, well fine, I won't tell him about Jack. But then I thought, why should he even care who Jack is, it's not like it matters to him. I frowned unhappily.

"What's the matter?" Edward asked, confused. "Did something happen while you guys were jogging?" His concern showed right away. His eyes, I noticed, were bright green, calm and serene. His godly features were amazingly the same, pale and beautiful. Still it hurt to look at such an aching beauty and the pain became much more acute when my thoughts flitted back to the café scene. My conscience pulled me back into reality, telling me to be careful, to not forget that he's already taken.

"No, nothing exciting happened. I guess I'm just really nervous about school, and the big examination, what if I don't pass?! Then I'll flunk and never go to college, oh no!" My soft muttering became quite loud as I panicked. He stared at me looking a bit puzzled, probably thinking of ways to calm me down.

I was beyond surprised, had I just panicked about school in front of Edward? He's probably thinking how nerdy I am right now! I clutched my flushing face, feeling humiliated.

"It'll be okay Bella, you're a good student, you'll pass the exam in a blink of an eye," Edward smiled sincerely, "I was kind of worried myself about it when I was a senior."

I bit my lip and nodded. "Thanks Edward." I murmured softly, staring at him.

"Bella," his smooth, velvety began slowly. "I was wondering..."

Suddenly, he broke off and stared at something else. I followed his gaze, feeling annoyed at whatever happened that broke off his question. When I saw what had captured his attention, my eyes widened and my stomach gave a big lurch forward.

Sitting there, arms wrapped around each other was Rosalie and my own big brother Emmett, making out quite passionately with each other. Beside me Edward was laughing loudly, I sighed, thinking of how even the sound of his laughter could have such an affect on me. But then I shook my head and concentrated back on what was causing the laughter.

I was seriously feeling grossed out by this. I looked over at Jasper, who was currently very engrossed in playing video games. I wondered where Alice went. Jasper suddenly dropped his game controller and started to stare at them, and like me, he was also totally shocked. Probably because he never thought his sister would actually do something like this. That is, with his best friend, right in front of him.

"Oh god, why don't you guys get a room all ready?" Edward snickered while he asked.

"It's not funny Edward." I frowned. I tried not to think of what else they could do while in another room. I shivered, grimacing.

"Now why is that?" Edward asked me, gazing at me face with raised brows and a familiar smirk. "Not jealous are you?"

I glared at him and then stared at my feet. What is wrong with him, and why would I be jealous? A small voice answered my question in my head. Maybe because you haven't ever been kissed like that, Bella. Maybe because you want Edward to kiss you. I narrowed my eyes and cringed, my conscience is going crazy, and this is all because of Edward.

But Jasper nodded his head in agreement to my last comment, "Yeah, this is going to be quite awkward when they're done."

Emmett and Rose finally broke apart blushing violently. I rubbed my eyes and groaned. That was horrible. I'm now permanently scarred.

"Finally!" Jasper and Edward both cried out in unison.

Rose blushed and looked away, while Emmett just grinned at his pals. I raised my eyebrows at him and he shrugged, still smiling as though he had won the lottery.

"Hey Jasper, where did Alice go?" I asked him, still wondering.

Just in time, Alice bursts in the room jumping wildly, "Here I am!" She cried out, smiling even wider than Emmett. "I just had the best idea, and Esme and Carlisle actually agreed to it! AHH! YES!" She was still screaming in ecstasy ten minutes later.

A/N: Hmmmm, well, I do wonder what Alice is so happy about. Haha. Well, that's the end of this chapter, I hope you liked it. I really want to thank you all very much for the reviews, they we're great and had certainly brightened up my day. I was hoping, maybe I could take a break, just for a while, I promise. So in the mean time, please, please, please read and enjoy whatever I have right now. Thanks!

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