Chapter 5

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This is Bella's POV of after the kiss

Bella's POV

I walked to my car, walking carefully, now would be a really bad time to fall over. I could not believe I had just done that. All I had wanted to do was kiss him on the cheek and instead I had somehow ended up having my first kiss. If I had known how good it would feel, I probably would have kissed my first boyfriend Jacob, but then again it was probably just Edward. He's probably had loads of practice. OH MY GOD HE'S PROBABLY HAD LOADS OF PRACTICE. I'm probably like the fifth hundred girl he's kissed. I freaked out for a while, when my phone rang. It was Alice.

"Oh my god Bella, you're dating Edward…" I cut her off

"How many people has Edward kissed Alice?"

"What"

"How many people has Edward kissed?" I repeated

"Why?" she asked perplexed. I explained. "Oh Bella, you are so funny, Edwards like on cloud nine and you're having a mini freak out" she said. I gritted my teeth.

"How many Alice"

"Well, I'm not sure exactly, but he said he'd only had one girlfriend, Tanya, he's probably kissed her, but I'd say that's it, he's not exactly a spin the bottle kind of guy". One girl, I could handle that.

"Why did he and Tanya break up?" I asked

"Well he thought she really got him, but when he realized that's because she stalked him he dumped her" I was about to laugh, when Alice kept talking, "Besides Bella, you don't have to worry about competition with Tanya, or anyone for that matter"

"Why"

"I just got off the phone with him, and he said that was 'the best ever'" Alice couldn't tell, but I had just blushed deep crimson.

"Really!" I exclaimed, pleased

"Yeah, totally, he goes on and on about you all the time too" Alice said, something in her expression told me that this was the truth, not just something to console me. "Seriously Bella" she continued "he's crazy about you". I smiled

"I'm pretty crazy about him too" I admitted.

"I know you are Bella, the way you two look at each other, anyone can see you're meant for one another, to quote friends 'he's her lobster'". I blushed. The meaning of that quote soon sunk in,

"You think were supposed to be together forever?" I asked, surprised.

"Well yeah, Rachel and Ross ended up together in the end, didn't they?" Alice replied with a rhetorical question.

"Thanks, Alice" I said pleased, and naturally really embarrassed "Just don't tell Edward what we talked about"

"Why?"

"I sound crazy, I don't want him to think I'm obsessed"

"But you are, and so is he"

"I still don't want him to know, it's a bit early to be talking about love"

"OH MY GOD, YOU LOVE HIM" squealed Alice

"NO" I shouted, "NO". But it was too late.

"Bella I have to go call Rosalie, and tell her the good news"

"Please noooo" I begged

"Don't worry, he loves you too, but fine I won't tell him," said Alice as she hung up. Wait, was she guessing or did he say that? I didn't know, but I did know I couldn't wait to see him tomorrow.

I went to sleep still wondering, thinking about Edward, our kiss and the future. That's when I had my dream

I was at an alter, wearing a white dress that hugged my curves, then flowed out into a long train, my normally straight hair was curled and well, I looked beautiful. Edward was standing across from me, looking lovingly into my eyes, he was in a tux, Emmett standing next to him, I glanced to my side and saw both Alice and Rosalie wearing blue dresses, looking like they stepped straight off the catwalk. I looked around the church; saw Charlie and Renee on the verge of tears and Jessica looking slightly sulky.

BEEP BEEP BEEP my alarm pulled me out of the best dream I had ever had. Suddenly I heard laughter, I jumped and whipped around. "Dad, what are you doing here?" I almost shouted. Still laughing he said,

"Sorry Bells, I just came in to wake you up, and you started talking about a wedding". I blushed fiercely

"I did?"

"Yeah, you said something about 'Dad don't cry, me and Edward will visit you all the time'"

"You shouldn't eavesdrop, Dad, its rude"

"You're right, sorry Bella" Charlie said sitting on the edge of my bed, "so who's Edward". I blushed again,

"Umm, Edward is my new boyfriend", I bit my lip, waiting for Charlie's reaction. I hadn't had a boyfriend before, so I didn't know quite what to expect, would he be all overprotective. Charlie started laughing, first I was relieved, and then a little annoyed. "Is something funny?" I asked.

"Didn't take you long Bella, what was it, like two days". Charlie was right, that was a little fast.

"It feels like longer," I mumbled. Before Charlie could embarrass me further he glanced at his watch.

"Sorry kiddo, got to go to work, we'll pick up this conversation later". I hoped not.

I couldn't believe I had dreamed of getting married to Edward, really I barely knew him, Alice had assumed I loved him, but I wasn't quite sure. I knew what we had was special, but if there was one thing Charlie's and Renee's divorce had taught me it was that you shouldn't rush into commitment. Oh well, its not like Edward had proposed, he had just asked me to be his girlfriend, there was nothing wrong with being excited to see him.

I got dressed with extra care in a navy blouse and a thigh length red skirt that I prayed wouldn't clash with my blushes. I ate quickly, brushed my teeth twice and hopped into my Chevy.

Normally I'm a very cautious driver-the product of being the daughter of a policeman, and being extremely clumsy- but today I drove quickly to school, excited to see my boyfriend. My boyfriend, just the thought of Edward excited me. As I drove into the car park I saw him there. Waiting for me. ME, Bella Swan. I jumped out of the car and bounded towards him. Big mistake. I tripped on some lose gravel and fell, and naturally Edward caught me.

"Good morning" he sang, evidently amused by my clumsiness.

"Morning", I blushed, looking at the ground. He laughed at me and tilted my chin up, before bending down to kiss me lightly on the lips. He broke away, I stumbled.

"Wow, you can actually get clumsier" he said in mock astonishment.

"It's your fault," I grumbled

"Oh?"

"You dazzle me, it's harder to walk when I'm dazzled" I admitted

"I dazzle you?" he asked, amused

"Frequently" I said. He bent down, lightly brushed his lips across my cheek, moved his mouth up to my ear and whispered,

"You don't have to be embarrassed, I can't even think straight when I'm around you"

"At least you can walk straight" I quipped, he laughed

"True, true, now come on, we have to get to biology, or we'll be late" he said, wrapping his arm around my waist and walking me to class.

When we walked in Edward's arm was still around me and everyone just stared at us, their mouths dropped open in ill-disguised astonishment. To be fair I had only been going to school for two days, one of which I had been under the impression that Edward was the biggest jerk on the planet. I blushed, more embarrassed than ever, but Edward just laughed as he sat down.

"Get used to it babe" he said under his breath, so that the class who were hanging on our every word couldn't hear, "It's a small town, our relationship will be the hot topic for a while"

"Oh?" I whispered back

"Definitely, think about it, guy who moved from Alaska a year ago, hasn't shown any interest in any of the girls here" he paused "assumed possibly gay, and a girl who moved from Phoenix two days ago has already captured his heart" Edward smiled at me "around here that's big news"

I had already stopped listening, "I've captured your heart?"

"Well of course, haven't I got yours even a little?" He did. But I wasn't going to let that one go

"Actually no, and I think you're moving a bit fast, thank you very much". Edwards face instantly fell, and I regretted my jibe instantly. "I was just joking!" he looked at me as though I had just announced I had murdered some puppies.

"Why on earth would you do that Bella?"

"It was just a joke, payback for laughing at me when I tripped this morning"

"Well it wasn't funny" Edward reprimanded

" I know" I sighed, before waiting a while and looking back at him, checking to see if I was forgiven. "Are you still mad at me?" I whispered even quieter than we had been chatting before, he smiled crookedly, apparently he wasn't

"No, it was only a joke, besides its impossible to stay mad at you for long"

After biology Edward turned to me

"So what do you have now", I pulled out my timetable and let out a groan

" Double trigonometry"

"You don't like Trig?" he asked

"Well no, but I also have to tell Jessica about us, she's dating Mike now, as I'm sure you are well aware, but she might still be a little upset and I'd rather she heard it from me than someone else".

"Good luck", Edward kissed me on the forehead, before heading to his next class, he turned back to me, "She tends to overreact a little"

"Thanks for the encouragement" I called after him.

When I got to trig Jessica was already there, and from the scowl on her face I guessed she had heard about me and Edward.

"Hello bitch" she greeted me. I rushed into apology mode

"Oh gosh Jessica, don't be mad, I should have checked with you first, but I really like him, and besides you're dating Mike now so I thought you'd be okay"

"Just because I'm dating someone else doesn't excuse you from the laws of friendship" she said

"The laws of friendship?", there are actually laws.

"Yes Bella, the laws of friendship, you never ever date a friends ex-boyfriend, without waiting at least a month and even then getting their expressed permission to date the boy" I was mad at Jessica now, so I took a deep breath, not wanting to make the same mistake that Edward did.

"Okay Jessica, I see your point, but you and Edward never actually dated, and I had only known you for a day, so I think I should be excluded from the 'law', besides I thought you didn't care about Edward at all, because of Mike" I explained/pleaded.

Jessica bit her lip as she considered her verdict

"Okay fine, but you owe me one" said Jessica hesitantly. I got up and hugged her. She had really been pretty reasonable in the end.

Just then the teacher walked in, so I had to sit back down. By the end of the class Jessica had seemingly fully recovered

"So tell me all about how you two got together". I told her everything, with the exception of the whole 'bonding over making fun of Jessica thing' and I had to hand it to her, she seemed really happy for me, perhaps she was a more understanding person than I had given her credit for. I in turn asked her about Mike and she happily blabbed on about that while I kept thinking about Edward. Before I knew it we had reached the cafeteria

"Thanks for being so understanding Jess" I said

"What are friends for?' she smiled, before going to sit with Mike and Lauren who was glaring at me. I walked over to Edwards table glad that Jessica didn't expect me to sit with her.

I sat down with Edward and he kissed me on the cheek "How did it go" he asked sympathetically, expecting a horror story

"Fine" I said, "she was really understanding". Shock flitted across his face before he controlled his expression, smiling at me

"I'm glad".

I smiled back at him and noticed that when he smiled his eyes sparkled with a light that was like the sun. I almost laughed at myself, if I had been reading my own story I definitely would have been gagging now. I tried to look away, to think my most un-gag-like thoughts but I couldn't, I was stuck in his eyes now, but not too far gone to hear the gagging of the others at my table.

"Um guys" said Emmett sheepishly, "When you look at each other like that it makes me want to throw up".

I was torn between crying with embarrassment and crying with laughter. I settled for slightly embarrassed

"Sorry"

"So, Bella" Alice turned to me, "Are you doing anything this weekend?"

I almost laughed "Alice, I've living in Forks for like three days, do you really think I'd have something planned"

"Well I don't know, in three days you've managed to get at least four guys to fall head over heels for you". Edward and I both frowned

"Four?" I enquired

"Well sure, there's Mike, Eric, Tyler's been eyeing you too and Edward of course" Before Alice could make things anymore awkward for me I got back to her original question

"Why did you ask what I was doing this weekend anyway?

"Well I was thinking we could go shopping in Port Angeles" she squealed excitedly

"Why?" I asked

"Well, don't take this the wrong way Bella but you totally need some new outfits and a dress for the dance"

I was about to tell Alice off when Edward beat me to the punch,

"Don't be so mean Alice, Bella looks great in everything she wears, and I like her clothes"

I blushed, it was a stupid argument, and I wasn't angry at Alice, she was right my fashion sense wasn't exactly my strong point, but it felt nice having Edward defend me.

"Sorry" said Alice, hanging her head, looking like a little kid who got caught with the cookie jar.

"No your not!" exclaimed Rosalie, "The minute Edward goes away your going to force her to come with you, and you know it".

"Your right, I'm not sorry" sang Alice, "Bella, you are coming shopping with me on Saturday, and Edward, you're not saying a word"

"Um Alice, I hate to disappoint you, but I don't have that much money at the moment, I can't afford to go shopping" I said, not hating to disappoint her at all, but hey, at least I was telling the truth.

"Silly Bella" she scolded, "I'll pay for everything, my parents are like loaded so don't even worry about it". I bit my lip, I didn't like shopping but I was still a girl, and I didn't know any girls who would reject a free shopping trip.

"Just say yes Bella" said Jasper, joining in on our conversation, "Alice's main joy in life is shopping, and if you say no then she'll be a nightmare all weekend".

"Yeah come on Bella" whined at me, turning the puppy dog eyes on. I held my hands above my head in surrender,

"Okay, okay, I'll come" Alice squealed

"OMG Bella, we are going to have so much fun, its going to be so great, and you are going to look sooo cool, and on Monday everyone will be like 'oh my gosh, Bella looks so awesome' and we're going to be like 'duh', and then everyone will like idolize you".

I was scared; I had never seen someone this excitable.

"Like I said, Alice's main joy in life is shopping" laughed Jasper.

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