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Chapter 9 (Bella's POV)

I relaxed and Edward removed his hand. I felt his breath by my ear and heard him whisper, "Hurry, follow me."

We left quietly, leaving the fight that had broken out. I waved to Emily and she just nodded a little, not giving anything away in case Quil or Embry noticed. We ran to the truck and I started it up and the fight was over. Sam had won.

Edward saw too. He scooted over to me, "Guess I could've made you dance. He wouldn't have hurt me none."

I was confused by what he said, then remembered my warning of Jake punching him if I asked him. I laughed a little, but sighed as I remembered. "I'm so tired of it all, Edward."

He wrapped an arm around me. "You want me to drive?"

"Not that kinda tired. Well, yeah I am. But, tired of everything else. Do you think I could just sleep forever? Like sleeping beauty? Never wake up again?" I must have been so worn out, that I didn't even realize Edward had traded me spots and was driving us home. "Edward?"

I looked up at him through heavy eyelids, "Yes?"

"Where did you go?" I asked, almost asleep.

"Umm, I'm right here.-OH! I went to go get something to drink when you went with Emily. Then somebody started talking to me and I got caught up. I heard yelling and saw you and well, you know the rest." His arm was warm against my side and I curled up against him.

"Thanks." I said as I fell asleep. The last thing I remembered was Edward kissing my forehead, so softly, so sweetly.

I woke up in my bed with Edward beside me. Wow. How did that happen? I tried to move, but his arms held me secure against him. I laughed and then looked at what time it was. Six thirty. Time for work. I looked out the window and saw that it was raining. Oh Happy Day! I could sleep in for an extra hour before it got light enough to work. I heard movement beside me and saw Edward open his eyes.

"Hi." He said softly. His eyes were so beautiful, I still couldn't get enough.

"Hey. Good morning." I lay back down and stared at him.

"Mmmm. Good mornin'." He said, closing his eyes again.

"May I ask you something?" He nodded his head and breathed in, smiling as if in bliss. "What are you doing in my bed?"

He opened his eyes, wide. He glanced over at me and bit his lip, "Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."

He looked really embarrased-the blush absolutely pure red. He looked absolutely adorable. I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Nothin' wrong about it, I just wanted to know."

He exhaled, and smiled a brilliant smile. This was the best morning ever. Having a hot-no, screw that-the most hottest, handsomest, everything and anything, guy in your bed as you wake up.

"Well, I decided to stay, especially when you told me to." He chuckled.

I frowned, not remembering anything about that. He must have seen the confusion. "You were asleep and called out my name. I decided to stay, just in case something happened." I remembered Charlie being drunk and Jake being mad.

"Thank you." I was grateful, and wrapped my arms around him, giving him a kiss on the lips this time. He accepted it and rolled on top of me. But he ruined the moment by tickling me. "EDWARD!!!!!"

He got off me and ran out my door. "YOU ARE SO DEAD! EDWARD!!!"

I saw him peek in my room, he had a fearful expression on his face, but his eyes had a playful look in them, "You don't have your shotgun in here? Do you?"

I laughed. Nope, it's in the same place it has been. "Nah. I wouldn't shoot ya! You're too funny to shoot."

"Nah-uh." He gave me a smirk. "I know the real reason." He came closer, to my bed and sat on the edge, beside me. "You love me."

He said in an awing way. I laughed, "Yep, I do. It's true."

He quit his playful way and took his hands in mine. "I love you, Isabella. All in one week. But I do." He looked up from our entwined hands and smiled his face full of love.

"I love you too, Edward. It's amazing, so fast. But, I connect with you. I can tell you anything." I smiled, realizing that I told him more about my life than anybody else.

"Then, would you mind telling me what happened last night that had you breaking down? Was the food that bad?" He was trying to lighten the mood and ask a serious question at the same time.

"I didn't even get to the food. Emily and I had our talk and then I went outside to look for you. I saw Charlie drinking and he's not supposed to! Anyways, I went over to him, but he was too drunk to be rational. Mr. Newton came over and…" I breathed out. "Now I have even more work to do." I couldn't handle anymore. I still had my homework to do and school to finish. "Maybe we should sell the farm. I'm tired of handling all this on my own."

He gathered me in his arms and held me close. "What do you mean? More work?"

"Mr. Newton announced that we would be having 'Field's of Fun' again, to everybody. And Charlie didn't object or anything." I felt tears go down my face.

"What's that? Field's of Fun?" He asked, wiping away my tears with his fingers.

"It's like an early Fourth of July party. It was Mom's idea and though she and Charlie planned it the first few years, I started helping with it the last two years we actually had it. Renee died the day before the party, five years ago." I remembered what was going to be announced. But it was too late. She was already dead.

"But what exactly was it?" He asked again.

"During the day, we had different things set up in different fields. One field we had horse rides. Another, we had rodeo. At night, when the sun went down, we had a band and dancing. We had firework's. Fun. We all had fun. We stopped doing it after Renee's death. We canceled that last one. And never had another." I ended my story, but then remembered Jake.

"Jake. You asked about Jake. Well, I was already pissed and angry at Charlie, so when Jake stopped me, I just got worse. It wasn't his fault, really. I just wanted to get out of there." I looked up and saw another question come out of his mouth.

"What did he want?" I could see worry in his face.

"He wanted to know what was the matter. He probably would've yelled at Charlie for what he did, but Jake doesn't know anything that's happened in the past few weeks. So he might not of." I realized that Jake hadn't a clue what's been going on on our farm.

"No excuse." He said, shaking his head. "He should've been here for you, but he wasn't."

"But I'm happy now." I said smiling. "Now, I have you." I snuggled into his chest and felt his head rest on mine.

"Yes, you do have me. And I have you." He said softly. I soon fell back to sleep.

When I was awake, once again, I noticed it was lighter out and there was no one beside me. I looked to the clock and my eyes bulged. 2:00.

"I was wondering when you would wake up." I looked to my doorway to see Edward, his clothes soaked. His hair was dripping, even though he was towel drying it.

"What happened to you?" I asked, getting up and walking over to him.

"It's hard to work in rain." He said, laughing.

I laughed too. "Come on. I'm sure we have some clothes around here. Someplace." But before I could move, he wrapped his hands around me.

"Actually, I was thinking about going home and—"

"Already?" I interrupted, sad that he was leaving me.

He laughed and brushed his lips against mine. "No, I was thinking about taking you home with me. I don't want to leave you here. Plus, all my siblings should be at work. Esme should be home, but who knows."

"Alright, let's hurry. You'll catch a cold." I stood back and realized, I too, was now soaked. At least in the front, where I was touching Edward.

"Fine with me." He smiled and kissed me once more, before leaving the room. In less than ten minutes, we were off to his house.