Chapter 15: Anticipation

The day of my doctor's appointment finally arrived. I was beyond excited at the prospect of not being a prisoner in my own house. But I was also dreading the fact that Bella may leave back to her own apartment. I had grown accustom to waking up next to her every morning, and I couldn't bear the thought of not seeing her.

After taking a shower I quickly grabbed my shirt and found Bella putting the dishes away.

"Will you?" I asked with a small smile causing her to laugh.

"After today I won't have to do this anymore." She said as she took the shirt in one hand resting her other palm on my bare chest.

"You know you're welcome to help me with it anytime. I may have even forgotten how to do it for myself." I said leaning down to kiss her.

She just laughed helping me into the shirt. "I just may have to take you up on that offer." She teased.

I just smiled wrapping my arms around her. I wanted to ask her to stay, but I really didn't know how or when to bring it up.

"Are you ready to go?" She asked with a bright smile.

"I guess so." I responded picking up my keys.

"You know you still can't drive." She said snatching the keys from my hand.

"Come on, Bella." I said in almost a whimper.

"I'll compromise if you get the all clear you can drive back." She suggested.

"Fine." I conceded following her out of the house into her Metallic Blue Camry.

The drive to the hospital didn't take long, and before I knew it I was sitting on the exam table waiting for the results of the x-rays. "You look nervous." She commented from the extra chair in the room.

I was nervous, but not to see the doctor. I had enough experience from the one semester of medical school, and by watching my dad to know I was perfectly fine. I had been fine for a week. But I was nervous about asking her to move in; I wasn't sure whether she was ready for that step.

"Sort of." I answered as the doctor came in.

"Mr. Cullen." He said shaking my hand. "How have you been behaving?" He asked with a smirk and a wink at Bella.

Bella laughed. "He's been a bit stubborn, but lucky for him I'm just as stubborn."

"She's kept me in line." I said with a laugh.

"That's good to hear." The doctor replied looking at the x-rays in the light. "I must say you have healed beautifully."

I smiled at Bella who smiled back with a tinge of sadness in her eyes. "Do I need to do anything special?" I inquired.

The doctor shook his head as he checked the amount of movement in my arm. "Just take it easy with weights for the next week or so, but you're free to live normally."

"Thank you, doctor." I said as he picked up my chart.

"You're welcome." He said before leaving the room.

BPOV

"What's wrong, Love?" Edward asked me as we walked out of the hospital hand in hand.

"Nothing." I lied doing my best to smile brightly. I didn't want him to know that I was upset that he was better. Not really upset that he was better, upset that he was not going to need me the way I needed him.

"There's something wrong." He continued as I handed him the car keys, and he opened the passenger door of my car for me.

"It's just stress. You know midterms are next week." I said hoping that he wouldn't push the subject further. I wasn't nervous about my exams, because I had been studying for them for two weeks already.

"You know you could probably take my exams and pass them." He said as he started the car his face lighting up in a smile. He obviously loved to drive.

"You know me. I just worry too much." I replied with a shrug looking out the passenger window.

"I have plans for us tonight, and I'm going to make sure you forget all about those silly worries." He said taking my hand and kissing it softly.

"Weren't we going to hang out with everyone?" I inquired We had made plans to celebrate as a group.

"We will, I just changed it to tomorrow night instead." He said with a smile as we arrived at his apartment building.

"Alice and Rose are waiting upstairs. I'll see you in a bit." He said kissing me.

"Are you going to tell me where we are going?" I asked pouting.

"You'll find out soon enough." He responded with a sexy grin.

"Fine be mean." I said before getting out of the car and rushing into the building. When I got to the apartment I found Alice and Rose standing in the middle of the apartment with all their hair products and make up. You could barely recognize the apartment.

"You're late." Alice said with a laugh before giving me a hug.

"I didn't know I had an appointment." I said sarcastically causing all of us to laugh.

"You are going to have so much fun tonight." Rose squealed hugging me tightly. "No man can plan like Edward can."

"He should probably give his two buddies some pointers." Alice added practically bouncing in place.

"Now go on into the bathroom and take a shower, wash your hair, shave, and use all the products we laid out on the countertop." Rose explained. "We have exactly four hours to make you stop traffic."

"Do you guys know where Edward is taking me?" I questioned with pleading eyes.

"Yes, we do, but we are not telling." Alice said pushing me into the bathroom. "Now hurry up the clock is ticking."

I hated surprises, not really, I hated not knowing. It really infuriated me when I was the last one to find everything out. I sighed looking at the shampoos, body washes, and lotions that Rosalie had set up on the counter. They treated me like their personal Barbie.

I took a shower, the smell of strawberries and freesia taking over the bathroom. I really hoped that it would all be worth it. I quickly dried wrapping myself in the towel before going into the bedroom.

"We put your underwear and a robe on the bed, Bella" Alice called out as I noticed a tiny transparent blue thong next to a pink robe. I couldn't believe that they actually called that thing underwear, it was practically nonexistent.

"Stop thinking about it, and put it on." Rose screamed from outside the door, and I couldn't help but laugh. My two best friends knew me too well.

"Where's the bra?" I yelled after I had put on the underwear.

"It's not necessary." Alice replied. "Now come on we have to start blow dry your hair."

What did she mean no bra? I had not gone anywhere in public without a bra since I was ten, and I did not plan on starting now. "What do you mean no bra?" I said tying my robe as I walked outside. "You better find me some sort of bra, because I'm not leaving this house without one."

"Bells, we do it all the time. It's not so bad." Rose said nonchalantly.

"You're young, they'll stay in place." Alice added with a laugh sitting me down in the torture chair.

"But it's just not right." I complained as Rose started drying my hair totally ignoring my comment.

"Bella, just shut up and do as we say. I promise you that you won't regret it." Alice said as she set up all the makeup.

"You got to let yourself live a little, Bells." Rose continued over the blow dryer.

"I do live." I protested.

"Bella, you know what we mean. You have to let yourself be free, and stop living in the past." She continued picking up the straightening iron.

"I'm nervous." I suddenly said as Rose was putting the finishing touches of my hair and Alice was starting to put on my makeup.

"Why are you nervous? Tonight is going to be great." Alice said as she worked on my eyes.

"When I'm with Edward I'm just so happy, and I think its all going to change now that he's better. He won't need me the way I need him." I said my eyes starting to tear.

Alice quickly grabbed a tissue dabbing the corner of my eyes. "Listen to me Bella. Edward is a special guy, and I know he cares deeply about you. I would even go as far as to say that he loves you, whether he knows it or not."

"And I see the way he looks at you. The other day all of us were here hanging out, and as soon as you got back from school, his eyes immediately lit up." Rose explained.

"I'm crazy about him, and that's what scares me. I don't even think I could go back to our apartment." I said looking down on my hands.

"Bella, we're not going to stop being your best friends just because you might move out." Alice said with a laugh.

"You're stuck with us, and we will support you no matter what you do. That's what sisters do." Rose continued hugging me tightly.

"Now lets finish getting you ready." Alice said with a bounce.

I was in complete awe as I stood in front of the mirror. The dress Alice had chosen was a lot shorter than what I was used to, but it was gorgeous. It was cobalt blue and ended at mid-thigh with some simple beading under my breast that continued into the low cut back. The dress was finished by high silver stilettos and a diamond clip in my hair.

"I'm so going to hit the floor in these shoes." I said as Alice and Rose looked at me.

"No, you're not Bella. You just have to have confidence." Alice replied with a wink as I heard a gentle knock on the door.

A/N: Any guesses as to where Edward is taking her? Does anybody find it funny that he's knocking on his own apartment?

I'm glad you guys enjoy the POV changes, because I like writing both sides of the story. But I don't want to have two chapters to cover it. I will try to break it half and half whenever possible.

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