Ok. I originally planned for this story to just be a one-shot. But multiple people have asked me to extend the story. Now, I feel like I need to keep going. So this is for all of you kind and wonderful readers that reviewed and added this story to story alert.
If you have any questions regarding the story, don't hesitate to ask.
Oh, PS- I love the people that put added me as one of their favorite authors!!
PSS- What the crap are some of you guys doing up at 3 in the morning reading? Hahaha I do that too. XD
Disclaimer: I do not own Stephanie Meyer's characters, Twilight of any of its sequels. I merely play with them, but I do promise to give them back, well maybe...
Bella's POV
Well, to say the least, Charlie was mad. He stared straight into my eyes and I looked everywhere I could to avoid his gaze.
"What are you doing here young lady?!"
"Well, I came to Edward's party last night, and I fell asleep. Edward was just helping me get home." I didn't mention that I got wasted, then woke up and had amazing sex with a stranger.
"What did you mean that you'll 'remember this'?"
Crap, what do I say!? "Well, you see.."
"We made a little bet, Chief," Edward saved. I hadn't noticed him jog over to where I stood and where Charlie was fuming.
Charlie seemed to relax slightly, very slightly. "Humph, what kind of bet?"
"Oh, come on dad. What's with the 20 questions, it's not like were under arrest." I sure hope not.
"Well, maybe he should be. I got a call last night about loud music and I decided to be nice about it and let you have your fun, then come talk to you in the morning, and what do I find? My little girl spent the night!"
"Don't worry Chief Swan, I wouldn't ever let anything happen to Bella."
"I don't even know you." Charlie looked like he was about to hit Edward.
Edward stretched out his hand, "I'm Edward Cullen." That bravery is going to get him shot.
Charlie looked a little taken back. "You're Carlisle's son?"
Edward looked a little surprised at the mention of his fathers name, "Yes, the middle child. I have one older brother, Emmet and then there's my little sister, Alice. Do you know my father?"
"He's the new doctor. I was just showing him around the town. Now back to that bet."
Shit. I looked at Edward in a panic. "Umm, yeah. You see," I stuttered, trying to come up with something. "Edward here didn't think that I could fit 10 marshmallows in my mouth. When I beat him," I threw a fake glare at Edward to add effect," he went off about how I cheated, something stupid technicality about chewing. I was just saying that I would remember his weird infatuation for rules." Hopefully Charlie would pick up the subtle hint about Edward and rules that I had totally bullshitted.
He seemed to think it over. "Whatever. I'll take your word for it." We both knew I was lying out my ass, but I guess he just wanted to believe his little girl was still a little innocent angle. Speaking of angle, where did mine go?
I turned around to see Edward jogging back from his porch. I hadn't even realized he had left. When he finally jogged next to me, he stopped right in front of my face, not even breathing hard.
"Here, you left your jacket in the house." I don't remember ever wearing a jacket...
Edward pulled me into a tight hug. He buried his head in my hair. I heard him breathe deep then huskily whisper, "Just take the damn jacket Bella. You'll figure out why."
To be completely honest, I was stunned. A deer caught in the head lights you could say. "Ok," I managed to squeak. Great, my literary skills at work.
He chuckled, "Bye Bella." He turned away and walked gracefully back into his house. I went to my truck and got in. I just sorta sat there, staring at his front door. That is until Charlie was knocking on my window.
I rolled down my ancient window, "Yeah Dad?"
"Bells I want you to go home and rest. Please?"
I was about to protest, until I saw Edward at one of the front windows, staring into my eyes. I blushed and looked away. "Sure Dad, whatever makes you comfortable," I sighed. I wasn't going to get anywhere throwing a fit, besides, I really wanted to take a bath and read.
"Thanks Bells." I watched Charlie walk back to his police cruiser. I backed out of Edward's driveway, taking one last look at the shades that I knew he was behind.
I don't even remember driving home. I guess I was daydreaming or something because I "woke up" in my bedroom. I shook my head and went to the bathroom. I was just going to relax and read while I took a bath. Yeah, because I'll actually pay attention to the book. I couldn't help my thoughts going back to Edward. He had to be, what? Eighteen, maybe nineteen? He looked much older, but he told me he was about my age, and I'm eighteen. Well, I will be in about two weeks.
I was supposed to go to school back in Jacksonville with Renee and Phil, but a last minute baseball thing kept me up here. I originally came up here for graduation over in La Push. My friend's friends were graduating. I and Jacob were like brother and sister, and his friends grew on me. Jake told me it would mean a lot to them if I was there, and it was a good excuse to hand out with Jacob for the summer.
When I was little I went to school in Forks, that's how I know Jessica, Angela, Mike, Ben, and of course Jake. I and the girls spent the weekend in Seattle for one last hooray after hanging out at First Beach over in the reservation. They said that they heard of a party one of their classmates was throwing and so we went to check it out. They had had bribe me with a no presents bargain in order to get me to go.
Not that I wasn't unhappy that I went. Could I be any more of a horn dog? Seriously. Half of me never wanted to see Edward again, I'd prolly die from embarrassment, or awkward silence. The other half wanted to track him down and kidnap him so he would never be apart from me. What is up with me?! I was, and am, not the type of girl that obsessed over guys. I was not like Jessica. I normally couldn't care less if a guy noticed me. Keyword being 'normally'.
I grabbed my worn copy of Pride and Prejudice and my bag of bathroom things and locked the bathroom door. I undressed quickly and sat down in the hot welcoming water. I put my IPod in my ears and let it play on shuffle, mixing all of my favorite classical pieces.
I tried my best to read, I really did, but I couldn't help my mind drift back to Edward. His perfect face, his perfect body, his perfect.. Well everything. My breathing increased just thinking about him. I closed my eyes and tried to breathe evenly. That didn't work, all I could think of was him. Edward and his stupid smile that made my heart melt and my legs give out.
That's when I heard a chuckle. I opened my eyes to see a God looking down on me.
I jumped, and my legs went into the air while my head went under the water.
This caused him to laugh hysterically.
"Honestly Bella? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
I spit up a lot of water, then just stared at Edward. "How the hell did you get in here!!"
He knelt down and helped me sit up, not that I needed it. He laughed, "Well, you're the only Swan in Forks, and you don't lock your door. I guess you really don't need to, seeing as your father is the Chief of Police."
"Well, I think I might start. You scared the shit out of me." I slapped his shoulder.
"You know it's not safe to use electronic devices around water. Especially with your luck."
"So what? With creepers like you sneaking up on me, I don't need to be safety conscious," I sneered.
And then I remembered I was in the bathtub. Naturally, being the dork I am, I stood up.
"Damn," Edward whispered. I don't think I was supposed to hear that.
"Stop smirking and hand me a towel," I said. I was very thankful that he couldn't hear my blush in my voice.
He handed me a fluffy white towel, never taking eyes off me.
"Did you pick the lock?"
"I told you, the front door wasn't locked."
"No, but I did lock the bathroom door," I let the last word linger.
If I didn't know better, I would have sworn Edward was blushing, as bad as me.
I gasped, "You did pick the lock!"
"I- I have no idea- I- I don't know what your talking about," he stuttered.
"You little liar!" I laughed at his attempt at innocence. I was going to have fun with this. "Do you enjoy finding me in the bath-" Wait a minute… "Last night, you also picked the lock. Are you a criminal Edward?" I wrapped the towel under my arms and around my body, and leaned back on the wall to watch him squirm.
It was a minute or two before he spoke at all.
"I- I just have… experience.. with locks. That's it," he finally spoke.
"And just how did you acquire this said.. experience." I cocked an eyebrow and just stared at his wide topaz eyes.
"My brother thought it was funny to lock me out of our house in the rain, so I had to learn how to let myself in," he explained.
It does make sense. "So you use it to break into bathrooms? And as I recall, that the second time you've done that while I was in the bathtub."
"Ok, the first time, you were drunk and could have hurt yourself."
"And the second.."
"I- I was curious. I didn't know where you were."
"Hahaha, so you picked the lock?"
"Can you please drop it?" He pulled out a look that made me feel like I just killed his puppy.
"Fine fine, creeper." I laughed. "So why are you here?"
"You agreed to go to dinner with me." His arrogant side was back again.
"I can't to night, I'm not allowed to leave the house." I was still in the towel and in the bathroom, so I pushed him out of the way and walked back to my room. Sadly, I was walking a little too fast and was still wet from my bath, so almost on cue, as soon as I stepped into my room, I slipped. I would have gone face first into the hard wood floor, but Edward had his arms around my waist before I could kiss the floor.
"Thanks," I mumbled.
"Always escaping near death experiences huh," he chuckled.
"My near death experiences seem to be getting more and more frequent since I've met you." I shrugged out of his arms, only to have the end of my towel get caught on his jacket.
He burst out in a fit of laughter, again. I screamed and jumped into my closet, slamming the door shut. I could still hear him laughing through the closed door.
I quickly changed into a T-shirt and some sweats. I opened the door to find Edward lying on my bed, staring at me.
"What?"
"Nothing. You just have a very interesting taste in books. Classical." He had my copy of Wuthering Heights in his right hand.
"I like the romance of older times. The courting, the elegance, the tact. Not like today."
He just kinda looked at me, stunned. "What? I tend to over think things a bit."
"It fascinates me. Most girls go for the more modern romance novels. You know, the smut filled books with detailed sex scenes. I think they put a false idea in girls heads about sex to tell you the truth."
"Oh really? Well you do seem like the type of guy who'd know all about sex."
"Did you just call me a man-whore?" He seemed to be pleased by my insult and a little hurt at the same time.
"Oh, chill out. I was just kidding." Slightly.
"Well," he said, getting up from my bed and handing the book to me, "hurry up and get dressed, I wanna take you out."
I shook my head, "I told you, I can't go out tonight."
He looked sad. "You were serious?"
"Absolutely. I was raised to obey the rules I was given."
Edward just stared at me. "We're going to clash aren't we Bella?"
I smiled, "Only if you're trying to make me do something illegal."
He sighed, "Well I really wanted to do something with you before I leave."
That certainly caught my attention. "Your leaving?" It sounded panicked, even to me.
"For a couple of weeks with my family before school starts. We go camping and hiking and all that jazz."
"Sound like fun. Hanging out with your family. I don't have that. How many siblings do you have?"
"Well there's my sister Alice and her boyfriend Jasper, and my brother Emmett and his girlfriend, Rosalie. Jasper and Rose are half siblings. You don't have any brothers or sisters?"
"Nope," I sighed, "it's always just been me and my mom. My mom ran out on my dad when I was little. I come up here every summer for a couple of weeks."
Edward walked back to the bed and motioned me to join him. I walked to the other side and sat at the foot of the bed. I didn't fully trust myself not to jump him.
"So when do you go back?"
"I'm not this time." He raised his eyebrows at me, signaling me to continue. "My mother's new husband, Phil, is in baseball, and he got a new job that requires him to travel. So I'm here till I graduate."
"Good." He nodded. I frowned at him. "We have time to get to know each other then."
I just stared at him as he walked to my door. I followed him down the stairs and to my front porch.
Edward kept walking all the way to his car. He opened the door, then turned back to me. I was standing on the porch, speechless.
"I'll be back in about two weeks to take you out. See you at school Bella." He gracefully sat down in the car, and turned the ignition. Nothing really processed until I heard the almost silent purr of his Volvo's engine turn out of my driveway.
Two weeks. School. Edward. Great…
I know I know… it took me forever. I've been typing here and there and whenever I could get the chance, and whenever I was in a good mood. I was literally writing off the top of my head.
Reviews make me write faster. It wouldn't hurt if people gave me some ideas as where to take this story either.
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-Holly
OH!! PS-
AAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Who freaked out about that unbelievable movie?!?!? I am now officially Jasper's forever. Poor guy looked like he was in pain, and scared out of his mind. This totally makes sense to people like me who obsess over Twilight. Haha. And before anyone asks… no I don't obsess over Edward. He clearly stated that he doesn't like strawberry blondes, so I find another troubled angle of fawn over. Hahaha.