Thank your for the reviews everyone...although I'm not sure whether some of them are critisisms or praises :| I'm gonna assume they are praises just because I don't want to believe this story can be critisized :) Keep the reviews flowing :)
chatterbox711...I'm taking the story 1 chapter at a time...like I've said before, I've got so many ideas...and I don't know which one will go before...I won't be able to include every idea of mine...so I really can't say anything about lemons...if I think it'll help improve the story as a whole...then I'll definitely add one :)
Edward didn't bother me the whole of the day after that…no calls…nothing…I was kind of relieved because of that.
Alice had called me to let me know that they were staying over at the Cullen mansion for the rest of the weekend.
So I had the whole of Sunday to myself…and the whole house to myself. I could've gone to either of my parents place for the day…because unlike a lot of other people, I actually share a good rapport with both my parents.
Unfortunately, mother had moved to California with her new husband and father was close by…but I didn't fancy meeting any of his new girlfriends.
I decided to go shopping…I anyway needed to replenish my stock of books. And a few new clothes would be nice.
I was dressed in my white tank top and blue denims. I decided to take my Honda FCX Clarity because I wasn't sure just how much I would be travelling today. I went to Strand first. It was difficult to find a parking spot, but I managed to find a decent one.
I spent the most heavenly morning in the midst of books…I picked up quite a few of them. It was after noon by the time I got out of the bookstore. Just opposite the street was this open air café…the kind with red and white checked table cloth and a big umbrella.
I took a table and ordered an iced tea…I picked up a book from my purchases and started reading it.
Suddenly, someone approached my table. I looked up from my book, only to see Edward standing there.
"Edward! What are you doing here," I asked, pretty startled by his appearance.
"Oh…I was just passing by when I saw you sitting here…so decided to come over, to…Urm…apologise for my behaviour yesterday," he said, looking down on towards his feet.
"What say we start off all over again," he said looking up. He straightened up, squared his shoulders and offered his hand to me, "Hi…my name is Edward Masen."
I smiled and shook his hand, "Pleasure to meet you Edward. My name is Isabella Swan…but you can call me Bella,"
"Bells?" He started.
"Don't even think about it," I cut him off, laughing.
He took the chair opposite me and motioned to the waiter and ordered an iced tea.
Conversations flowed smoothly, and I didn't even remember what we were talking about. And before I knew it, it was 4 in the evening…and I still had clothes to buy. I sighed in frustration looking at my watch.
"Is there a problem," Edward asked putting his fork down…we had graduated from iced teas to pastries.
"Oh…I needed to go shopping…but I don't think I'll be able to do it now. I always take so much time in selecting an outfit when Alice and Rose are not there to help me out," I said.
"If you don't mind," Edward said, licking his lips, "I could help you select. If I may say so myself, my taste in clothing is impeccable." He laughed at that sentence and I noticed his clothes then. He was wearing a white fitted short sleeved t shirt and blue jeans.
"Urm…sure," I said, not wanting to be mean to him again. I was already feeling bad for being so nasty to him over the last few days.
Edward was right…he did have an impeccable taste in clothes. He chose some amazing shirts for me and he knew how to mix and match. He picked out this particular pink full sleeved shirt with white stripes and teamed it up with a navy blue, structured blazer. I wouldn't have necessarily picked up this combo, not being a huge fan of pink, but he insisted I try it on. And it worked wonders…I looked stunning in that shirt…and the blazer only accentuated the shirt.
It took us quite some time to pick out enough clothes for me…and he decided to buy some clothes for himself too…that took us a little more time. But by 8, both of us were standing next to my car.
"So…see you in office tomorrow," he said.
"Yeah, see you," I smiled. He gave me a friendly hug and drove off home.
I unlocked the door thinking that Alice and Rosalie would not have arrived home by now. I was wrong. Both of them were sitting on the couch.
When I entered the living room, Alice jumped off the couch and said, "Bella! Where have you been? We've been trying to call you since the past hour."
I looked at my phone in my pocket. 17 missed calls from home. The phone was on silent. I don't know how…I could've sworn that I had disabled the silent mode this morning before leaving.
"I'm sorry…the phone was on silent," I muttered, walking towards my room.
"Wait…Bella…something's been delivered for you," Rosalie said.
I turned around to see this enormous bouquet of Orchids on the kitchen counter. I walked up to the flowers and examined them.
"This note came with it," Alice handed me a note.
"I opened it, recognizing the handwriting from the gift I got on Friday.
"I know that these are your favourite, Dearest Bella. Still am, albeit secretly, your admirer."
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