Lesson two – Trust Alice more often (Whoa! complete contrast of lesson one)

Tomorrow came all too quickly. Alice took me shopping as she promised – or cursed. It took her five freaking hours (better than usually but still!) to find the perfect dress. I mean I don't know what was wrong with the first twenty, but all she said was,

"You've got to make a good first impression, Bella."

"What's the point," I wanted to say, "It's not like I'm going to give him a second or third impression."

My perfect dress was shorter than my knees; I threw a fit when Alice told me this was my perfect dress. Being a good girl and all I've never worn anything but sweats and jeans. Even to those parties Alice forced me to, I never let her dress me in a skirt. Ugh. Anyway back to the dress, its ruby red and clings to my body in all the right places. If it wasn't so unbearable short, I would actually like it. But my opinion didn't matter to Alice, she was taking control of this.

So now here I was, in my room with Alice tugging at it like mad at my hair. And me wincing every time she pulled too hard.

"Aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice," I whined, "You've been on my hair for hours now… when are you going to be finished".

"Patience, my dear Bella, it's a virtue," I knew she wasn't going to give me an answer so instead I decided to have a little nap (as Alice woke me up at 5am! Who in their rightful mind, wakes up at 5am to go shopping!).

An hour later Alice finally shook me awake pronouncing me finished and perfect for my date. It was 6:45pm and the date started at 7pm. The restaurant wasn't far away, so I'm not in any rush. I can't wait until this date is over and I can go back to living my own life. As soon as I finished dressing, Alice came charging in.

"C'mon Bella, lets go!"

"Ok Ok, remember patience is a virtue," I said quoting her. Alice rolled her eyes at me.

"Ha-ha very funny Bella" she said sarcastically while dragging me out of the house. As soon as we were in her Porsche she sped away.

Alice's driving had always scared me. When she first took me for a car ride I was convinced she was trying to kill me. After a while I got used to her driving and finally believed her when she said she wasn't trying to kill me. We approached the restaurant in no time (because of Alice's hectic driving). Alice turned off the car and turned to me.

"Ok listen Bella, you have to make this work, or at least try, ok. His has mostly the same hobbies as you and I think you two will work perfectly, so no blowing him off. Got it?"

"Got it" I mumbled, I opened the door and stepped outside ready to get this over with, "By the way what's his name?"

"Edward." She replied and sped away. I huffed and walked briskly down toward the entrance of the restaurant.

Here goes nothing. I thought as I sat in the waiting area. Then something hit me, here I was, not knowing what this guy looked like, how old he was (maybe Alice set me up with a paedophile, no Alice would do that… would she?) or if he had unstable mental issues!

Maybe I should just skip out, Alice would never know. Suddenly my phone vibrated signifying I had a message.

Don't even try and skive, Bella

Ok now I'm freaked out, Alice is some sort of psychic. Well skiving was out, so I guess I would just have to do this and get it over with.

After 5 minutes a guy with bronze hair walked into the restaurant. His body was muscular and lean, the shirt he was wearing hung to his chest perfectly. He had perfect emerald eyes, perfect pink lips, and perfect cute cheekbone. He was perfect. No way that could be him. I turned away before I let me hopes up. Where was this mystery man anyway, I mean if he decided to skip I wouldn't mind, that means I get to go home early and-

"Hello" said the green-eyed stranger I was ogling not 5 seconds ago. Maybe he caught me and why wondering why I was staring so much.

"Umm...Hi" I said quietly. He was quite breath-taking up close. I felt the urge to just touch his face but then that would have been kind of weird.

"Are you Isabella Swan?" I was kind of shocked he knew my name. This could not be my date… could it?

"Yes…yes I am"

"I'm Edward Cullen, your date, and must I say you look beautiful" I blushed and thanked him. Soon after we took our seats and placed our orders. I couldn't believe it, here I was sitting opposite a Greek god.

"So Isabella" Edward said -after he finished ordering- dragging out the 'o'.

"Call me Bella" he grinned widely,

"Ok Bella, why did you decide to speed date" I laughed at the irony of the question.

"Well actually, my friend, Alice, decided that I don't have a life and that I should date the first stranger she meets online" I said hoping I didn't sound rude but it was true. To my surprise he laughed.

"I thought so. You don't really seem the type to speed date"

"And how do you know that, for all you know I could be an extremely outgoing person who loves to party and get drunk and is very loud" Of course it was a complete lie, I was the exact opposite of that.

Edward raised his eyebrows calling my bluff "Oh really"

"Well… erm…no"

He chuckled "I didn't think so" I blushed again.

"Now that you've totally embarrassed me, can I ask you some questions" it was strange how easy it was for me to have a conversation with a complete stranger. Normally I was unbelievably unsociable, well that's what Alice says, but right now it was so easy to talk to Edward.

"Ok, shoot"

"Why are you on a dating site, surely you could get a date easily, what woman would say no" Oh gosh, did I just say that out loud! I felt blood rush up to my cheeks.

Edward laughed softly "I don't know, I guess I wanted people to date me for my personality not for my looks" he said while staring deep into my eyes. I could feel my heart hammering away at my chest. My cheeks felt scarlet red. I looked away quickly trying to break the electric current that was going through me when he looked at me.

Right then our food arrived. I was glad for the distraction. This date was going perfectly, Edward was like my dream guy, like I'd ever have a shot but to be on a date with him was good enough for me. I should really trust Alice more.

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