Sorry for the long wait. I have a life. It's as simple as that. And this is for Rochelle.

I don't own any of this, just the random plot.

I woke up next morning to the blaring of my alarm clock. Gah, why the one class I am forced to take has to be at 9 o'clock in the morning I will never know.

Stupid science class. Why didn't my AP class from high school transfer?

Get up get up get up.

Time to take a shower.

I ran down the hall to take a hasty shower. Once I had dressed in my standard jeans and a sweater combo, I left quickly in order to find some coffee. Today I was in dire need of it.

I decided to go to the local coffee shop on campus for convenience, and while I was in line I heard my name from across the room. Strange. I don't have many friends yet.

I turned just in time to see a swirl of dark brown hair seemingly fly in my direction and latch itself around my waist.

"Oh my gosh, Bella, I haven't seen you in forever. Why don't we have any classes together? Have you met anyone really cool yet? I mean, not cooler than me obviously but you know," Alice practically yelled at me.

"Um, actually not really" I seemed to speak with a much lower, slower tone than she, obviously not used to the early time.

"Seriously? C'mon I know you were with my cousin yesterday, didn't he have the decency to introduce you to anyone?" she asked curiously.

"Well, actually, we were around the city, it's not like we were by the school or saw anyone. We had lunch and stuff…" I awkwardly replied.

"Wait, you mean you were with each other like the whole day?" she inquired.

"Yes" I didn't see the problem with this and was confused as to why she seemed surprised. Did Edward tell her he hated me or something?

"Wow, I just know that Edward tends to have very little patience and gets bored pretty easily. You must have entertained him well" she gave me a wink.

Creepy.

"We just talked".

"Uh huh, yea that's great. Anyway, we need to set up a hang out day. What are you doing this weekend?" she seemed to blow off my previous answer as if it wasn't that important to her.

I thought about hanging out with her. She was really nice, and I loved her energy, so it would be fun to spend some time getting to know her. Maybe she could introduce me to some more people since she obviously had no shy factor to her. Then again, there was that nagging feeling in my brain wishing that Edward and I had set up a more formal date. However, he might be wherever Alice took me…

"Yeah sure, sounds fun" I replied.

"Great, we can go to Georgetown and get dinner and see what we wanna do from there. You don't mind if I bring a couple of friends do you? I want you to meet some of them," she said with such a puppy dog face that I wouldn't be able to resist even if I was against the idea.

"Absolutely no problem"

"Yay, well I will let you get back to your coffee. You look like you need it. Here's my number" she took my mobile and programmed it in.

"Call me on Saturday at 3 o'clock" she called to me as she started walking away.

Wow, I really needed my coffee after that encounter. I can't believe she has that much energy. Off to my class to go learn nothing of use to me for any field I wanted to work in.

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The week went by uneventfully with only one run- in with Edward. Unfortunately he was heading to a class so all we managed was a hello.

Needless to say I was bummed. I thought that the tour day had gone so well.

Maybe this weekend would be awkward since Edward might be with us. He obviously didn't have very strong feelings for me.

Saturday rolled around and I called Alice at 3:30 since I ended up sleeping late. She was pissed. I mean come on I was a half an hour late. It's not like we needed to go somewhere at 3:00.

She insisted that she was coming over to help me get ready for the night right away. Geez, how long could it possibly take?

As soon as she came barreling into my room I knew I was in for a long afternoon.

She took hours on my hair, making it completely straight and then curling the ends. I did have to admit it looked good, though. Then she did my eye makeup and made it all smoky which had a cool effect, it was just weird wearing that much stuff on my eyes.

Then she rummaged in my closet and picked out one of my dresses that was on the fancy side, and told me to wear tights with them. Luckily she put me in flat boots since I hated the blisters that heels gave me.

Finally she said it was time to meet the others at the restaurant.

She told me her friend Rosalie and her boyfriend Emmett would be there as well as her boyfriend Jasper. She said Edward wouldn't be there because he had a date that night.

I immediately tensed up. What? He had a date? Maybe that was why he hadn't made much of an effort to see me. I was sad to admit that it hurt more than I cared to come to terms with.

It's okay Bella, Alice will introduce you to others. This was my only reassurance.

I did notice that when Alice mentioned Edward's date she said it with distaste. But I didn't let myself hope it was with some skank. Edward had too much class and probably had some perfect, intelligent girl who was pretty enough to stand by him.

We arrived at the restaurant first and sat down at our reserved table.

The dinner was kind of a blur to me because everyone was super nice and engaging. None of them made me feel like I wasn't apart of their apparent tight-knit group. I was completely comfortable around them.

Rosalie was admittedly extremely intimidating based solely on her looks. She was a goddess in human form. I would only say that Edward was more beautiful than she was. Emmett was huge but obviously kind. Jasper had a nice calming effect that balanced Alice out perfectly.

Everyone agreed that we would head down to a bar to get some drinks and see if the band they had featured was any good.

The place was packed with college students and young 20- somethings.

Alice and Rosalie immediately dragged me out to the makeshift dance floor. Fortunately for me, I didn't really care if I made a fool of myself since there was no one around I cared to impress.

Little did I know that someone was watching me intently, studying my every move.

I had to take a break and get water since apparently I wasn't equipped to handle that much dancing. Or maybe it was the crazy way Alice and Rosalie made me want to expend all my energy with them.

I made my way to the bar when I saw out of the corner of my eye a flash of bronze hair.

No. It couldn't be him.

He was sitting at a table with some short, brown haired girl who seemed to be chatting away while he had a somewhat uncomfortable look on his face.

Was this his date?

The petty side of me enjoyed his discomfort. Too bad he wasn't with all us having a great time. Okay, that's not the way I should be thinking.

I got my bottle of water and guzzled it down. I was trying to decide what my plan of action should be. Should I go over and talk to him?

What if he was enjoying the date and I was totally misreading him?

He shifted in his seat in an obvious sign of awkwardness.

Okay, this is it. I will do it.

I can go over and talk to him.

So I went.

"Edward, hey what are you doing here?" I spit out.

It might have been my imagination but it seemed that when Edward noticed my presence his face visibly lit up. He composed himself quickly.

"Actually, I'm with Jessica right now. We were just discussing… her opinion on shopping on the East Coast versus the West Coast" he answered back, definitely trying to keep a straight face.

"Well, I had to interrupt because Alice really needs you right now," I pulled out the first thing that came into my head.

He looked confused for a second, but then it seemed to dawn on him.

"Oh, she needs me? I better not keep her waiting. She's quite scary when you don't do what she wants." He looked imploringly at skan- Jessica. I tried to redirect my vicious thoughts.

"But, it's just your cousin. Doesn't she know we are on a date?" Jessica asked with a tone of bitchiness to it I might add.

"Yes she does, so it must be important" Edward reasoned.

"Yeah, she seemed pretty upset," I added in.

I boldly took Edward's hand and told him to follow me.

Once we were out of eye and ear shot, he pulled me up close to him and asked right in my ear if Alice really did need him.

I answered no, but that we had better find Alice before Jessica since Alice would probably look fine. We searched for her quickly and spotted her with Jasper towards the end of the bar.

As we approached them Alice looked up without a look of surprise on her face. It seemed like she knew something like this would happen.

I let it go for now, but explained the situation to her. She said she would leave with Jasper then, so that Jessica wouldn't be able to see her.

They flitted out of the bar, so in the back of my head I wondered where Emmett and Rosalie were. I just figured they had already left.

Most of my brain was now occupied with the fact that Edward was standing next to me since I had somehow kidnapped him away from Jessica.

I guess I was a little dazed because Edward had to tug on my hand and remind me that we had to get out of the bar quick.

I followed him wordlessly out to the street and down a couple blocks to the metro.

It finally occurred to me to ask where we were going.

"Well, since you so gallantly saved me back there from one of the worst dates ever, I thought I should take you somewhere cool" he replied. He seemed to have a twinkle in his eye like he was excited about what we were about to do.

"That is, if you want to go somewhere with me. We can just go back to Georgetown if you want" he added on hastily.

"NO, I will go with you" I interjected.

"Sweet, we just have to take a few stops on the red line" he explained to me.

Little did he know I would probably go anywhere with him if he asked. Cut it out Bella, the guy just had a date, albeit an awful one, but still. He probably didn't even think of you that way.

Except if he kept looking at me like he was now with those penetrating green eyes, I might accidentally on purpose jump him on this train.

"Thank you again for saving me," he broke the silence.

"No problem, just wanted to help a friend out," I responded; he seemed to tense at the term friend.

"I want you to know, that I really wanted to be there tonight. Alice told me you were all going out together. Unfortunately Jessica asked me out, and I didn't have the heart to tell her no."

That surprised me; I didn't know it was a pity date. Then again, it's not like he enjoyed it. My mood improved a bit, even though it was already pretty happy since I was with Edward.

I was alone once again with him. I never seemed to be able to get used to his beauty. And if I was being honest, I'm not entirely sure I wanted to get used to it.

"So, I couldn't help but notice you guys dancing back there" Edward said slyly.

I blushed and mumbled, "Oh, yeah, well Rose and Alice dragged me out there. I don't usually dance. I'm not very good."

"I don't believe that, it seemed like you three had every guy's attention in that place"

Did we? I honestly hadn't noticed.

"Well, we were with Rosalie, the epitome of beauty." I reasoned.

He smirked at me, while obviously thinking something that he wasn't voicing.

He stood up abruptly, letting me know it was our stop to get off.

I followed him off the train and into the night. Apparently we were close to the Potomac. We could go right up to the river.

He took my hand again, and we walked in silence until we stood right on the edge of it. There was a bit of grass so we decided to sit down.

The moon was out, and even though it was chilly, it was beautiful.

He said he felt bad that I was sitting on my nice dress, but I told him not to worry about it.

"You know, I don't think I mentioned this, but you look beautiful tonight" he said staring straight ahead at the river.

I blushed, "Thanks, Alice spent all afternoon on me practically."

"You normally look lovely though, you don't need all the hair and makeup. You are beautiful naturally also. But this change just brings out all your features more."

His compliments made my insides squirm.

"Thank you, you look nice too," I mumbled. I moved forward so my hair was a sort of curtain between us.

His finger guided my chin up to look at him. I was trying to avoid eye contact with him since I was blushing like crazy from his compliments and from me telling him I thought he looked good.

"Why are you hiding, aren't you used to compliments?" he seemed surprised.

"Umm, not really" I admitted.

He thankfully let it go. But now we seemed to be in a heated stare completely silent but focused. I stared into his green while he stared back into my brown.

I wasn't sure what was going to happen. I know I wanted him to kiss me. But I wasn't sure if that was what he wanted.

Our faces seemed to be magnetized as our faces seemed to pull together at an excruciating pace. Our faces automatically tilted to a side to prepare for the *crossed fingers* kiss.

I could feel his breath on me, we were so close. Finally, our lips touched with the lightest touch. We each went back about a centimeter, continuing to stay close, but to gauge the other person's reaction.

There was a second of breathing until BAM. We both went back in with force. The kiss quickly became heated and I felt his hands caress my hips and tug gently.

I wasn't completely sure what he wanted, but I took it upon myself to make us more comfortable by placing my knees on either side of his legs so I was straddling him.

This allowed me to grab his hot, sex hair between my fingers while he gripped my hips stronger.

He moaned into my mouth which made something click in my head. I leaned back a little to catch my breath and to read his face.

I didn't know him that well; he could just be looking for a lay. I hopped with my entire body that wasn't him, but I couldn't pretend it wasn't a possibility.

He stared at me confused for a second, until he just leaned into my neck and started to lick and suck at the skin there. I might add that him doing this made it exceedingly difficult to think straight.

"Wait" I said.

"Why" he mumbled in my neck

"I'm sorry this just isn't me. I don't go around hooking up with people I don't know well and I certainly don't have sex easily." I figured he should know right now that I wasn't going to sleep with him tonight if that was what he wanted. I didn't mention that I was still a virgin and I didn't plan to lose my virginity unless it was with someone extremely special.

He looked at me with concern in his eyes, "I wasn't trying to pressure you Bella, I just got carried away. I'm just extremely attracted to you."

That made me smile. Good, he wasn't a sleaze.

"Well that's a relief because I'm really attracted to you to. So I guess if I know you aren't expecting anything from me… we can back to this."

I boldly kissed him full on the lips, quickly getting back to my old rhythm. He was surprised for a second until he took over again. He held me by the waist until one of his hands snuck up around my back and into my hair to settle at the base of my neck.

We kissed until we needed air, but then he just moved back to my neck. This time I let him continue.

We weren't broken out of our spell until we heard some people walk by talking loudly. This clued us in that we were in public, and I am a firm disbeliever in PDA. I removed my legs from either side of his body and stood up.

I helped him up, but as soon as I caught sight of his hair I burst out laughing. The quick moment of me threading my fingers in his hair seemed to have messed it up even more. It was practically sticking everywhere, yet it still resembled something a model would style their hair like.

"I think I messed your hair up even more," I explained to Edward.

He brought his hand up to his hair to feel it and run his hand through it. I reached up to try to pat some of it down. It was useless.

"Oh well, I like it that way" I conceded.

"Really, now? I guess you will have to continue to mess it up like this" he replied.

I blushed at the thought that we would be partaking in these kinds of activities again. It made my insides warm.

"We should probably get back to school, it's getting pretty late" he said.

I nodded my assent.

We walked back to the metro holding hands. Once we sat down in the train, my fatigue really hit me. We sat next to each other on the almost deserted train. I leaned my head against his shoulder to close my eyes. He put his arm around me to make it more comfortable and I couldn't help but picture how we must look like to other people. Definitely like a couple. It made me happy that he was fine with looking like that in public. I was drifting in and out on the short metro ride. Once we got off, he led me with his arm still around me. I told him where my dorm was and he walked me back.

"I don't want to say good bye to you" he said earnestly.

"Don't worry; we can see each other soon. How about we set up another…" I fumbled with the word, not quite sure what to call it.

"A date? Will you go on a formal date with me Bella Swan," Edward teasingly finished.

"That would be lovely" I told him with a smirk back.

"Great, then are you busy tomorrow night?"

It made me beam that he wanted to see me and set up a date so soon.

"I think I can fit you into my schedule Mr. Cullen," I told him.

"Well how kind of you Miss Swan. How about we go to dinner downtown? We can go somewhere casual though since Alice made you dress up tonight" he reasoned.

"That sounds like an excellent idea."

"Then I will come get you here at 6:30," he told me.

"Perfect. And Edward, thanks for the great evening and being so understanding. Not many guys I know would have been as cool about it as you."

"No problem Bella, I would never intentionally hurt you. I hope you know that. And you made my crappy, boring evening into a fabulous one, merely by your presence. Thank you for rescuing me. I only hope I will be the one to gallantly save you next time. Not that I plan on needing to save you" he said with a twinkle in his beautiful green eyes.

"Alright then, it's time for me to go to sleep. I don't think I have had this much fun in a long time. Thanks again. And see you tomorrow."

I turned to open my door, but Edward's hand pulled on my wrist as he pulled me in for a kiss. His hands cupped my face as his warm lips moved over mine. It wasn't as heated as our previous one, but I still felt the warming inside my body.

It lasted for about 30 seconds until we broke apart panting heavily.

"I should go" Edward rasped out.

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea"

"I will see you tomorrow. Good night Bella, and sweet dreams" he said as he started backing out of the hallway still facing me.

"Night Edward"

I went into my dark room since my roommate was already asleep. I lay down on the bed to stare at the ceiling. I had not expected this turn of events tonight. Wow. I can't believe Edward and I kissed. And that passionately. It seemed my before dormant feelings for guys had changed drastically since meeting Edward. At least this time we had set up a formal date. If it wasn't so late, and I so tired, I might not have been able to go to sleep with everything replaying in my mind.

However, due to the late hour, I was passed out within minutes. My subconscious brain seemed to want to replay the events from the night though, since my dreams were focused solely on Edward and me. And most importantly our mind-blowing kiss. I must have had a smile on my lips the whole night.

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So review please and tell me what you think. Tell me if you want to see anything special or if you want an EPOV. I kind of like staying in Bella's since it leaves some mystery to Edward, but I do enjoy knowing what he thinks.