hey everyone. i was bored so i decided to update. i was stuck on my other stories. i really don't have anything to say becasue i wasn't planing to update yet. oh well, here it is.

(why do i feel everyone thinks this story is totally getting boring? shrugs. idk)

disclamier: don't own twilight.

19. Holidays (pt. 2)

We sat in the living room for some time. The scene was like the one at the hospital and the one at the bar. They were talking and I was just listening. Rosalie was actually joining in.

After some time, his parents came in the room. "Sorry guys, I came to take the girls away for a while." Esme said. I looked at her. "You girls minding coming helping me in the kitchen?" she asked us. Rosalie groaned as she got up. "Oh Rosa, stop it." She waved off her step daughter. "You don't mind do you Bella?" she turned to me.

I turned to Edward. He gave a slight nod. I turned back to her and smiled. "Of course not."

"What are we supposes to do while the women are in the kitchen?" Emmett complained. Carlisle walked over to him and rested his hand on his shoulder.

"You guys can help me with the tree." He said with a smile. Emmett did the same thing Rosalie did.I gave Edward a quick kiss before getting up and follow them to assigned me and Rosalie things to do. I was in charge of cutting.

"So Bella, Edward told us you're still in college." I just nodded. I was hoping that would be it. "How's that going?" she kept going

I gave an inward groan. Not this again. "Fine, why do you ask?" I said as I kept my eyes on what I was cutting.

"Just asking. Bella, what do you want to be when you're older?" she asked.

What do i want to be when i'm older? Why did she feel she had to ask that? I felt like I was a little kid and the i'm in first grade and the first the teacher asks is what you want to be when you're older. In this case, I guess she was just making conversion. I placed the knife down and turned to her. I shrugged. "I don't know, taller, I guess." I said at a poor attempt for a joke.

She humored me by giving a small chuckle. "Funny, but that's not what I meant." She said.

I gave a slight nod. I have a feeling that's not what she meant. "To be honest, I not really sure yet." I said honestly. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my live yet. I still had another year of high school and four years of college. I figured I would plenty of time to find something.

"Well you better get a move on it. You're how old, dear?"

Unlike the other times when I said the first thing that came to my mind, I thought before I said something. "I'm twenty, ma'am."

"Twenty? Isn't a little young for Edward?" she questioned with a confused face.

I gave a small smile. Compared to my real age, not at all. "It's only three years." I said.

"You're right. I mean I'm two years older than Carlisle" she said as if she was just thinking out loud. She shook her head as if to come back to the conversation. "But that's beside the point. What are your interests, dear?"

"I like reading and writing." I answered her.

She tilted her head to the side. "That's funny." She said.

"What is?" I questioned. I was hoping this wasn't going to be like the talk I had with Rosalie at the bar.

"Well, Jasper told me you're majoring in math." She unknowingly reminded me of the lie I told to Rosalie. That was because the question caught me off guard the first time and I just said the first thing that came to mind. Which happed to be the subject Edward the hell was wrong with me? why the fuck couldn't I think about a damn reasonable answer before saying something? Because I'm a complete idiot, that's why. That seems to be the answer to all my problems lately; because I'm a total and complete idiot who has resently stop using her brain to it's full capacity.

But luckily I was good at thinking on my feet. "Yeah I like those things but I thought having a degree in math would help me get a job better." I covered up quickly. "I would like to find something that has both, if possible."

She nodded in understanding. "But if you're really interested in writing, I have a friend who works as an editor for a magazine, I'm sure she would love an intern and I think you will be perfect." She smiled at me.

My eyes light up. I loved behind the scene things. And a writing job would be perfect for me. "Really? That would be great." I smiled happily.

"Great. I'll give her call Monday. But wait, she might want someone with a little more experience, so you might have to wait a year or two." She frowned.

That made me frown too. "Okay, I understand."

"But I'll call her anyways, just to put in a good word for you." She winked.

"Thanks ma'am." I don't know why I kept calling her that. To be polite, I guess.

"No problem. And please stop calling me that. You're making be feel older than I am." She chuckled.

"Okay, Mrs. Cullen." I said unsure of what else to call her.

She made a disgusted face. "Not that either; it reminds me of my mother-in-law." She said.

I gave a light chuckle. "Okay, what should I call you then?" I was hoping she wouldn't say anything like 'mom' or something crazy like that. I wasn't ready to make that kind of step.

"Esme is fine." she said. I gave a slight sigh of relief.

"Okay, Esme." I smiled but it wasn't for her. It was for who was behind her.

"Knock, knock." Edward said as he poked his head in the kitchen.

Esme turned to his voice then sighed. She must've figured out why I was smiling so hard. "What you do you want Edward?"

"I was worrying if I could talk to Bella for a second?" he said to her as smiled back at me.

"Is it important?" she asked.

He stepped in and walked over to me. "Yes, very." He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the kitchen before she could respond. He stopped and turned to me.

"So, what was so important?" I smiled at him. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me to him.

"I was just coming to save you."

I chuckled. "As if I needed it." I said.

"So everything's going good in the kitchen?" he asked.

I nodded. "And I really should get back so is that all you wanted?" I said with a serious face.

He just smiled at me. "Not really." He pointed above us.

I followed his finger. I smiled at the sight. "Mistletoe." I looked back at him. "Because I needed a reason to kiss you."

"Hmmm… maybe not, but I defiantly could use an excuse." He said before putting his lips to mine.

I moved my hand up to his hair. I was about to deepen the kiss when I heard a click followed by an ear full of awes. I pulled always without thinking about it.

"So cute. That's defiantly going in the picture book." Esme squeaked like a little girl. I wiped my lips as I looked over at her; she was standing next to Rosalie. She was looking at a camera screen.

Edward looked the other way. "You guys mind?"

"No. go ahead, continue." I heard Jasper say. I turned his way and saw he was standing next to Emmett and , my god. I can't believe they all just saw me making out with him. I felt my cheeks getting hot.

"Edward, did I tell you a few weeks ago that's better behind closed doors?" Emmett smiled.

"Yeah, Edward. That's so nauseating." Rosalie said with an annoyed tone. I turned to her to see her face matched her voice.

"No it's not Rosalie. It's adorable." Esme said, deafening us. I gave her a small smile. I wish they would stop commenting on what they just walked in on. I was begging in my head that they would pertain like they didn't see anything.

I heard someone give a small laugh. I turned to see Carlisle smiling. "I think that's enough. Come on, let's get back to work." Everyone nodded and went back the way they came.

Edward turned to me when everyone was gone. "Where were we?" he said. He leaned in but I leaned away from him.

"Edward, no. what if someone comes back?" I said pushing him away.

"They won't." he leaned in again.

I pushed him away again. "I said no." he let me go and stepped away. Then he gave me a confused look. "I'm sorry, I just…" I stopped and looked the way of the kitchen. "I don't want to be that girl." i said lowing my voice so they didn't hear us. i didn't want them to think we stopped because of them, though that was exactly what happened.

"What kind, the one that kisses her boyfriend?" he asked like he was genuinely confused.

I looked at him and shook my head. "No, the one that does things like that in front of her boyfriend's family." Especially when the father looks like that makes him uncomfortable. When I turned to him the first time, he looked like he might be trying so hard to keep a smile on and think what everyone else was thinking. But i just knew he could only think one think. That could be my mind fucking with me again, but still.

"You really care what they think, do you?" he smiled like he was impressed.

"Yes. Edward, I just want to make a good impression on them." I explained to him. he nodded. I smiled. "See, I knew you'd understand."

"I understand." He said as I started to walk away from him. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me back to him. "Too bad I could care less what they think." He leaned in.

I didn't believe that. Everyone cares what their family thinks. "Edward." I said with a light giggle.

"Just one more." He said softly as he leaned closer. I didn't pull away. I let his lips connect with mine. In fact, I put my hand in his hair and pulled him closer to me.

Yet again, we got interrupted. Someone came and pulled him away. "Come on, Edward. Carlisle needs help with the tree." I heard the southern ascent. I swear, since I noticed it the first time we talk, it was all I heard. It was easy to tell Jasper from anyone else in the it was him, I let Edward go. He let me go and allowed him self to dragged away to the living room. When they were gone, I turned on my heels and went back in the kitchen.

"She's back." Esme smiled at me when I walked in. "I thought we lost you two for tonight." She said.

I gave a nervous chuckle. "Sorry about that."

"Young love, I get it." She nodded. I walked over to the counter to finished cutting.

XXX

When everything was in the oven, we all went back to the living. The guys were all sitting down. I walked over to where Edward was sitting and sat next to him. I didn't feel comfort sitting on his lap in front of them. He understood. He didn't say anything as he put his arm around my shoulders.

"Wow, you guys are lazy." Rosalie commented them sitting down. She sat on the armrest on the chair that Emmett sat in.

"Excuse me? You try putting up the giant ass tree." Jasper countered from the floor.

Esme walked over to Carlisle. As she did, she hit Jasper in the back of the head. "Watch your mouth." She lectured. I giggled at that. Wow, she sounded like their real mother.

"Serious, dad. You had to find biggest tree on the lot?" Edward said.

Carlisle just chuckled at his sons as he pulled Esme in his arms. "I just wanted the best for my family." He smiled. He turns to her and gave her a kiss on the lips.

The guys groaned loudly and they pulled away. I just smiled at them. I found it cute that they still did that.

Emmett looked at Rosalie. "Baby, I poked my finger on the pines. Kiss it please." He said in a baby voice.

She rolled her eyes at him. "You know I don't do stupid stuff like that."

"Please, it hurts." He whined. I giggled at that. Was he really whining about a hurt finger, I was sure didn't really hurt.

She rolled her eyes again. "Fine." she took his hand and put a gentle kiss on it. "Better?" she smiled at him. Wow, I couldn't believe it. She was actually smiling. She was pretty when she did that. She should do it more often. Instead of having that annoyed/pissed look on her face all the time. i think Emmett could only bring that side out of her. i can understand that. It seems like he could crack the hardest shell with a joke or two. That was probably one of the only reason they kept him around; that and his freakish muscles.

He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his lap. He kissed her on the cheek. "Much. Thank you."

I smiled at that. I looked at Edward. "How are your fingers?" I asked in a low voice.

He smiled. "I think I'm fine. I'm more of a man than Emmett." He said the last part loud enough for him to hear. I looked up at Emmett to see if he did. He just flipped off his friend because his lips were busy. I got embarrassed when they caught us doing something we were support to do under the mistletoe. Obviously no one else minded doing that. It didn't mean I was going to do that.

I looked over to the tree. They were right, it was big. It was bigger than the avenge Christmas tree. It looked like the ones in a display window. Edward was right. They really do get in to the holidays.

But I noticed something.

"It doesn't look like you guys did that much." I admitted to Edward. The tree was bare.

He followed my eyes then laughed. "Yeah. Because we were waiting for you guys to help us."

"Yes, and now they are here, we should get started decorating." Carlisle said.

The guys groaned again. They sounded like a choir. I laughed at them then kissed Edward on the cheek. "Stop being lazy." I repeated Rosalie's words.

We both got up and walked over to a box that was on the floor. We sat down and started pulling out ordainments.

"Actually, Bella can you come help me with the lights?" Carlisle said behind me. I turned to see Esme walking away from him.

Why did I suddenly get nervous? Already know why. I looked at Edward, who just gave a small shrug. "Umm… sure." I got up and walked over to him. He pulled out a bunch of lights for me to untangle. How many damn lights did they have that when Jasper untangled a whole box and they still had more?

I stood next to him as I tried to untangle them.

"So, Esme told me you like to write." He said.

I gave a small shrug. "Yeah, I guess you can say that."

"Hmm… that's something you and him have in common." He said.

I looked at him with a confused look. "He writes?" I asked.

"Just music, I think." He said as he continued to look at the lights. Now he was trying to get the ones that were already untangled to light up.

"Oh, okay. I actually knew that." I told him. He looked at me. "He showed me some songs he composed." I told him. He nodded in understanding. He didn't look away from me when he did it through. So I did. The way he looked at me made me uncomfortable.

"Bella, do you have a sister?" he asked out of the blue. I tucked my hair behind my ear. Why would he ask me that? If he knew what I think he did, there was no need to ask me that. I shook my head. "I didn't think so." He said.

"Why do you ask then?" I said, keeping my eyes on the lights.

"Because you remind me of this girl I treated for a sprang wrist after a motorcycle accident." The second I heard that, I froze. I was wondering how long it would take him to bring that up.

I walked closer to him with a handful of lights. "You do recognize me." I concluded. I said in low voice so no one would hear me. I handed him the lights, so it would look like that's what we were talking about.

He nodded. "Yes. Doctors aren't one to forget the people they've treated." He explained. Of course that was the case.

"When did you realize it?" I asked him as I looked the lights.

"When Edward introduced you." He said. I nodded. That's when I realized it too. It was also when I realized that this wasn't going to end well. I had a feeling I was right. He walked over to the tree and I followed him. "Speaking of which." He stopped and I looked at him. "Does he know?" he said in a low voice.

"Which one, my age or you knowing?" I asked drily.

"Both, I guess."

I sighed. "My age, yes. That's how we meet." I stopped at looked over to Edward. I wanted to make sure he wasn't paying attention to us. He wasn't. He was sorting through the ordainments with Esme. I turned back to Carlisle. "He's my teacher." I said as quickly and low as possible. "And about you knowing, no. and I kinda wanna keep it that way."

"Bella, relationships are about commutation. Why would you want to keep that from him?" he said. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at the whole 'relationships are about commutation' crap. i really didn't want relationship advice about this. If anything anyone said about us made sense to me, I wouldn't be here right now. Stuff like that are for the normal couple. We weren't normal; no matter how much i dream about us being.

I just sighed again to get from showing my annoyance. "Because he has this rule that if someone finds out, we need to break up." I admitted. Through i don't think that rule is in play any more. But when i told him about Lauren, it was a hunch. His dad knowing is so not a hunch. Especally if he told him himself. what if he puts the rule back in play. I didn't want that to happen. He handed me some lights to start putting on the tree.

"I understand that." I looked at him to explain. "You are aware that what you guys are doing is very illegal, right?" he asked the obvious.

I shook my head. I really didn't want to have this talk. that's exactly why no one knows becasue no one would understand and they with all say the exact same thing. If I wanted to hear that, i would've told my mom. No thanks. "Yeah, I know. It's just that… I don't know how to explain it." I said with a shrug.

"I understand that also. I can't remember that last time he smiled so much. I'm not sure, but I think it was not since before his mother died." I turned to Edward again. He was throwing punched back and forward with Jasper. I smiled at the sight. "We've never seen him this happy before." He said behind me.

"He makes be happy too." I didn't realize I said that out loud until he chuckled behind me. I turned to him.

"Yeah, I can see that." he helped me put some lights on. His smile slipped. I had a feeling I wouldn't like what he was going to say next. "Who else knows?" he asked. That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I would be.

"Just my best friends." And the bitch who i don't wish to name again; not even in my head. I had a hard enough time doing it the first time. He looked like he was going to objected to that so I continued. "But they would never do anything like that to hurt me. They just want to see me happy." I told him. He nodded again.

"We're that way with Edward." He said.

"You're not going to say anything, are you?" I asked, begging in my head that he wouldn't.

He looked over my shoulder and sighed hard. "No." he looked back at me. "Just please be careful. I would hate to see anything happen to separate you two."

He didn't know how right he was. I didn't want something to happen to us either. "We will." I couldn't help myself for what I did next. I walked over to him and gave him a hug. "Thank you, sir." I said to him.

"You're welcome, Bella." he pulled away. "You know you don't have to call me that. Carlisle or Dr. Cullen would be just fine." he said.

I smiled at him and nodded. "Thank you, Carlisle."

He looked over my shoulder. "I think you should get back over there before his head explodes." He chuckled. I turned my head and saw what he was talking about.

The second our eyes met, Edward looks away and pertained like he was doing something. I laughed at the sight. "I think you're right." I turned back to him. "Are you okay with the lights?" I asked.

He nodded. I walked over to Edward. "Jasper, come help me please." Carlisle called.

I sat down next to Edward. I kissed him on the cheek. "What are you doing?" I said in his ear as I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Just looking for something." He lied.

"Uh-huh." I said then kissed on the cheek again. "You know it's rude to try to ease drop." I told him.

He turned to me and put our lips together. "So what were you talking about?" he asked. He probably thought his father was grilling me questions about my 'intentions' or something.

"Nothing to worry your head about." I told him. He didn't need to know because he wouldn't do anything but get paranoid.

XXX

After everything was on the tree, it was time to eat. I was glad for that because I was starving. I don't know why I was hungry. Then I remembered that I haven't eaten all day.

After dinner, I helped Esme with the dishes. It was not because I wanted to, but because she asked me and I wanted to be nice. I personally wanted to be with Edward, but I figured it wouldn't hurt if I help. It would hurt last if I actually liked dished.

I don't understand why they kept asking me to do something. There were of course three other people to help them. But I guess it was there way of getting to know me, in some weird way."So Bella." she said to me. I'm really starting to not like that phase. Every time someone in this house starts with that, something bad always follows.

"Yes, Esme."

"Carlisle told me." she got straight to the point. She didn't be around the brush like before. I don't know how I felt about that way of approaching things. It's probably best to get it out of the way.

"And that is what exactly?" I asked as I dried a dish. too bad i was never really straight to the point like some people.

"About you and Edward." She clarified. Of course that's what she meant. And of course he would tell her.

"I figured he would. So when did he?" I couldn't help but asked.

"When Edward showed you his room. He said he thought you looked familiar. But then when you guys started talking, he knew for sure." She explained. I nodded. In a way, he kept his promise. He told her before we made the deal."Bella, I'm telling you this because I want you know that we won't say anything."

I looked at her. I wanted to believe her, but I did just meet them. How could I be so sure to trust them? Now I know how Edward felt when he found out that Alice knew. "Really?" I asked her.

She nodded."We're glad to see him happy. And we see the way you two with each other."

I placed the towel on the counter and turned my body completely to her. "What do you mean?" I asked.

"I mean you two are contacted in someway." She said. I gave a confused look. I still didn't get what she meant. "It's like if you move an inch, he does the same without thinking and visa versa. You're like magnets." She explained.

I tilted my head in thought. Did we really do that? I never noticed. I shrugged. "I love him, I guess." I guess that's why I don't notice. I'm always wrapped up in him to think about it.

"I know." She nodded with a smile.

"How?" I smiled back.

"Because I see the way you are with him. I saw how he kept smiling at you during dinner when he thought no one was noticing. Or how you changed when you're around him. you seem more safe and comfortable when you're next to him."

I didn't notice that stuff either. I wonder what else we did that other people saw but we didn't. I looked at her. "So you're not going to tell." I doubled checked.

She chuckled. "Of course not dear. You're family now. we look after family." She pulled me into a hug.

"Thank you." I said, hugging her back. After that, we finished up the rest of the dishes. We walked back in the living room and spent the rest of the night with the family.

After a few hours of singing, talking and laughing, everyone went upstairs to their rooms. Of course Edward carried me to his. One day I might have to get use to climbing up them. But that wasn't going to happen anytime soon.

When we got to his room, he laid me on his bed. I watched him get undressed with a smile on my face. "Too bad I don't have any singles." I thought out loud as I laid back down.

He jumped on the bed. I looked up to see he was right over me. "Is that all you see me as?" he smiled.

"Of course." I teased as I smiled back. I reached up to get him a kiss.

I pushed him aside so I could get up. I sat on the side of the bed as moved my head from side to side to work out my neck. It felt sift for some reason. I didn't realize until right now how tired I was.I felt his hands rub my shoulders. He must've saw what I was doing and thought that was a cue to give me a message; not that I was complaining. He worked magic.

I hummed by his touch as I continued to move my neck. "Wow, you are tense." He pointed out.

"Can you blame me? It's been a long day." I reminded him.

He chuckled. "It went better than I thought."

I snorted. "What did you think? We would end up in a death match or something?" I joked.

He chuckled again. "No. nothing like that. I'm really glad they like you."

"You said they would."

"Yeah. But I say a lot of things." He said. I just shrugged as he continued to rub my shoulders. I felt his hand move down my back to the bottom of my shirt.

"Edward, what are you doing?" I asked as I felt the shirt moving up my torso. He finished getting off before answering. I saw it go across the room.

"Just thought this will work better without it." He said. Sure, okay. I didn't believe that for a single second. The reason why is because I heard the smile in his voice. He started rubbing my shoulders again. Even though I knew what he fed me was complete bullshit, he was right. I felt the difference.

He pushed down the straps of my bra to my arm. He kissed my shoulder. Then his lips went to my collarbone. He moved his lips to my neck then under my ear. He went back to my neck again and planted a few more kisses on it. I felt him smile against my skin. "What?" I questioned the smile with my own.

He wrapped his arms tightly around my waist. He pulled me down and laid me on the bed again. He moved himself so that he was on top of me. I looked up at him and smiled.

"Remember when you said later?" he smiled, I nodded. "Well, now is later." He locked his lips to mine and we finished what we started this afternoon.

XXX

I woke up before he did. I realize I do that a lot. Did that take that much out of him?

I got up from the bed and went to my bag. I opened it to get out some pajamas to wear. I wanted to wear my pajamas because I didn't know what they would think if I walk to the bathroom with his shirt he was wearing last night on.

After I put my clothes on, I grabbed my toothbrush before going to the bathroom. When I walked out of the room, I remembered we weren't in his house at Forks but his parents' house in Seattle. Which meant I wasn't sure where the bathroom was. I looked around for an open door or something. I went to the room where I saw the door cracked because I heard the running water. So I guess that was it.

Without knocking, I pushed the door open to walk in. but what was behind it made me turned to me when he heard the door open. He had his toothbrush in his hand. He was in pajamas and house shoes with his hair pulled back in a small ponytail. I could tell he just got out of bed like I did. But that wasn't what made me stop.

What made me stop is the fact that he didn't have a shirt on.

What, did the guys in this damn family not know what a pajama shirt was? If I walked in on Carlisle without a shirt and just boxers, I would really be uncomfortable around him.

He spat in the sink before saying something. "Merry Christmas, Bella." he smiled before turning back to the mirror and continued to brush his teeth.

"Yeah, you too. Umm…sorry, Jasper. I should have knocked." I rushed out.

He spat again then shrugged. He turned off the water then looked at me again. "It's okay. I probably should have locked the door. I didn't think anyone would be up this early." He turned back to the mirror.

"Yeah. Umm… I'll just go look for another bathroom." I said as I started to walk away.

He shook his head. "No need."

"It's okay. I'm sure I can find another one." The house was so fucking big, I'm sure it was like ten others on this floor alone.

"Bella, this bathroom has two sinks. I think it's big enough." He chuckled before putting the brush back in his mouth.

I looked down at the counter to see he was right. It wasn't that. It was the fact that he was shirtless. The only other male body I saw – besides Jake's – was Edward. I really hated to say it, but Jasper's body was just as good, if not better, as Edward's. The only difference between the two was that Jasper had a scar going from the left side on his chest to the opposite side of his ribs.

He looked at me again. "You okay?" he asked with a crooked eyebrow. I gulped and push hair behind my ear. I didn't realize I was staring.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I said stepping in the bathroom. He held the toothbrush in his mouth and passed me the toothpaste.

"So what are you doing up so early?" he asked as I put some toothpaste on my toothbrush.

I shrugged. "Habit, I guess." I really didn't know why I was up so early. I've gotten to the point where my body can't continue sleeping pass a certain hour. "You?"

He shrugged too. "I've always been a morning person."

"Lucky you." I chuckled. He looked at me. "I don't like mornings." I told him. He nodded and turned back to the I brushed my teeth, I push my weight on my left foot to lean away from him. I saw him look at my stance up and down from the corner of my eye."What?" I said with a mouth full of spit.

He spitted in the sink again before smiling. "You don't have to lean away. I won't bit you, you know." he teased.

I gave a light chuckle after spitting in the sink. "Sorry, I didn't realize I was doing that."

He chuckled. "You don't have to be sorry." We brushed in silence. After a while, I leaned away from him again. Something about his shirtlessness was making me so uncomfortable, that I couldn't be that close to him. I notice him looking at again. "You're doing it again." He pointed out. I readjusted myself again, but then I noticed he was still looking at me.

"What?" I asked again. He placed his brush next to the sink. He turned to me and leaned on the counter, putting his weight on his hand he rested on the counter.

"You feel uncomfortable around any of us who isn't Edward, don't you?" he said with a smile, which from it, I was guessing he thought he already knew the answer.

I turned back to the mirror. I spitted into the sink before saying something. I shook my head. "No, not really. Why you ask that?" I said before brushing again.

I saw him change his position so that he was leaning on his back. He folded his arms across his chest and shrugged. "I don't know, I can see it. It's okay if you are."

"It's not that I'm uncomfortable around you guys." I spitted before continuing. I was sure he could barely understand me. "It's just that I'm more comfortable around him, because I've known him longer." It would be like if Alice introduced me to people she was friends but I wasn't. I wouldn't feel right around them until I got to know them. "Besides, why does it matter if I am?" I asked the last part with a shrug.

"Because, call me crazy, but I would think that you would be around us more." He said.

I rinsed off my brush. "What makes you think I will be around longer than other month or two?" I asked as I tapped it on the side of the sink. He laughed. I looked at him. I was serious. I didn't know how much longer this thing we have could go on.

"I'm sorry Bella. But you couldn't have been serious about that." he said still laughing.

"I kinda was." I shrugged.

"Bella, I see you two together." Why the hell did everyone keep saying that? "If you broke up, both of you would be a complete mess." He predicted. Maybe he was right, maybe he wasn't. This could just be a high school teen thing. i mean how low could we go when i'm in college and I'm actually legal and we could go out in pubilc. What if the whole sneek around thing added supsence and without it, it's nothing? But I didn't want to think about that right now; the only thing we could do is live in the now and not worry about the 'maybe's and 'might's in the future.

I shrugged again. He turned back to the sink to gargle with some mouthwash. He spitted in the sink then talked again. "I'm just saying. Once you get to know us, we're not that bad." he put his brush back in the cup. "Oh and by the way, Bella." he said as he walk pass me. "Next time you guys do what you did last night; please make sure everyone in the house is sleep." I heard him smirk.

I snapped my head to him. Did he mean what I he did? He was at the door at this point. "You didn't hear anything, did you?" I asked nervously.

He turned to me and chuckled. "Like I said, make sure everyone's asleep. You're quite the screamer." He joked. I rolled my eyes as my cheeks turned red. I told Edward that would happen.

I rested my hands on the counter and looked down. "Jasper."

"Yes, Bella."

"Did anyone else hear?" I asked in embarrassment.

He chuckled again. "I doubt it. Esme and Carlisle was fast asleep and I'm pretty sure Emmett and Rosalie was too busy making their own noises."

I looked at him and smiled. "That's disgusting." I told him.

He shrugged. "One of the perks of being the only single in a house full of couples; I hear everything." He winked at me. He turned around and walked out of the bathroom. "Unless of course I'm making noises of my own." He said as he walked away.

I shook my head. There were two meanings to that. I didn't know what he meant by that and I'm pretty damn sure I didn't want to."Gross." I mumbled as I closed the door.

XXX

After I was done brushing my teeth, I walked back to his room. when I got back, he was still asleep. This time I didn't want to wake him. he watches me sleep, so it was my turn.

I climbed on the bed as quietly as possible. I fixed myself so I was laying on his chest. I laid my head on it so I was facing him. I smiled at him as he lightly snorted. He looked so peaceful. He looked like there were no problems in the world.

About an hour later, his eyes finally opened. I smiled at him. "Merry Christmas, baby." I said softly as I smiled at him.

He smiled back and leaned down to kiss me. "Merry Christmas. Have you been up this whole time?" he asked.

I nodded. "I was watching you sleep."

He chuckled. "That sounds a bit familiar." He yawned then sat up. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me to his chest. "What do you say to spending our first Christmas together the way we spend Thanksgiving?" He smiled then started kissing all my face. as much I as I would like that, I knew we couldn't.

"What would your parents think if you were locked in you room all weekend with your girlfriend?" I asked seriously. That and I remembered what Jasper told me.

"That I have all I need right here." He smiled. He kissed my lips again. I pulled away and shook my head.

"Edward, I told you." I said.

"Right, you don't want to be 'that girl'." He said then rolled his eyes, he got up and changed into some pajamas like I did earlier

I walked over to him and gave him a light kiss on the lips to keep him from arguing. "We'll be together all the time. Let's go downstairs. You're family's waiting for us." Jasper came in a few minutes ago telling me that when he wakes up to come down stairs to open presents. Then he made some joke about interrupting something. I threw a pillow at him so he would leave.

I took his hand and we walked out of his room.

"Think you can make it down the stairs?" he asked when we got to the top. I looked at them then at him and shook my head. he sighed then picked me up like the other times. "You know, you're going have to get use to these." He said as he walked down the stairs.

I shrugged. "Yeah, maybe." I said.

He chuckled then kissed my forehead.

When we came down, everyone was waiting for us. I looked at Edward as to say 'told you.' "Be quiet." He said in a low voice. "Good morning everyone." He said to his family as he sat me on the couch.

"It's about time." Emmett said.

Esme leaned over to me and smiled. "Merry Christmas, Bella."

I smiled at her. "Merry Christmas, Esme." I looked over to Carlisle who was sitting in the chair Emmett was sitting in last night. "Merry Christmas, Carlisle."

He smiled at me then nodded. "You too, Bella."

Edward sat next to me and put his arm around me. He looked at his parents then back me. "Should I know something?" he asked.

I kissed him on the cheek. "No."

I watched them open their gifts. That's all I really could do since I didn't have any to open myself, not that I was complaining. I mean it's not like I expected to get anything. I was, of course, a guest.

It was good to see everyone smiled. I think I even saw Rosalie crack one or two. She really should do that more. It makes her less like a cold hearted bitch, and more of a some what nice human being.

The girls got jewelry from all the guys, (every woman's dream) Carlisle got ties from his son, Jasper got something for the bar, and Edward got pens (both presents from their dad.) "As if I need more pens." Edward said in my ear when he opened his present. I was starting to think no one in this family got one of other.

The gifts weren't what I expected they would. Well, I don't know if I was expecting new cars or something crazy like that. Hell, after seeing the house and the tree and the decoration, I didn't know what to expect; then again, I'm sure a new car wouldn't be too far fetch.

After all the presents were opened, everyone just got up and left. I looked at Edward as if I missed something. After yesterday, I didn't think they would just leave like that. When Jasper walked passed Edward, he leaned down and whispered something in his ear. I knew I was about me because Edward punched his brother in the arm as he walked away. I still thought I was missing something."They're giving us time alone." Edward said to me when he saw my face.

"Why?" I said confused.

He chuckled. "So I can give you your gift." He said slowly like it was supports be understood. Now, that I think about it, I guess it should've been.

"Oh." I simply said. to be honest, I kind of forgot about our gifts.

He chuckle again. "Come on. I want to show you something." He grabbed my hand and pulled me up. He pulled me to the stairs again and I sighed hard.

"You know how I feel about these things." I remained him.

"I know but you present is upstairs." He told me. if that was the damn case, we would've just stayed there. Who's idea was it to come down anyways? Oh yeah, mine. Note to self, start thinking about things. He looked at me. "If you don't at least try, you're not getting it." he warned.

I sighed hard again. "Fine, let's started climbing."

It took a while, but we finally made it on the second floor. I purposely went slow. I didn't want to tire myself out. Forantly, he waited, patiently. Why does he want until I'm getting use to him doing things for me, that's the time he thinks he should stop?

When we got up there, he pulled me to a closed door. It looked like the size for a towel closet. but of course, it wasn't.

He opened the door and it was stairs behind it. I breathed hard. "More?"

"Stop complaining." He said before pulling me through the door and up the stairs.

When we got up there, I did nothing but gasped. "Oh, my god, Edward. What is this?" I could help but ask. What I expected to be a small spaced attic that was basely another family room, but it wasn't. Unlike the one on the first floor, it was covered with painting on one wall, books on another and CD's and records on another. It looked at so opened and spacely. Like you could lost yourself in the place. I couldn't describe if someone wanted me to. The only way to explain it was "Amazing."

He looked at me and smiled. "Yeah, I thought you would think so."

"What is it?" I repeated.

He pulled me farther in the room. "This is where we come to relax. You know, get away from the rest of the world." He explained.

I let go of his hand and walked over to the paints. "Did you do these?" I asked.

He stepped next to me. "Some of them. Most of them are Rosalie's." when he said that I looked at him.

I was confused. "Wait, Rosalie did these?" I asked like I was missing something. He nodded. "Wow, these are beautiful." I expressed as I walked along the wall.

He chuckled. "I know she doesn't seem like one, but she is a person with talents." He said.

I gave a light chuckle. It wasn't that. I just didn't expect something like that. I'm going to stop expecting stuff from this family. Everything I do, it's something totally different.I turned to him. "Is this what you wanted to show me?" I asked.

He shrugged. "Part of it." He walked over to me and took me hand again. He pulled me to a door. How the hell did I miss this? He opened it and pulled me in. this room was the size of my bedroom, maybe smaller. The reason being was it just had instruments in it. Drums in one corner, guitar in another. Nothing too special.

He pulled me to the piano that was near the middle of the room. There was a chair next to it. He pulled me to it. "Sit there." He said. I did what he said without asking anything. He went over to the piano and sat down on the bench. "This is what I wanted to show you." He smiled at me.

"A piano?" I asked.

He chuckled. "Just be quiet and listen please." I was about to ask why when he looked away. I was stopped.

He started playing. As soon as he did, I recognized the song.

'The Sun Sets on the Beach'. It was the one he played for me the very first time I spent over his house. But what he did next surprised me.

Where he stopped last time, he didn't this time. He kept going for about another minute or so, playing another verse. He finished then looked at me. "You finished it." I said softly.

He nodded. "Because of you. You said you liked it and I wanted it to be done." He explained.

I smiled softly. "Edward. That was so beautiful."

He got up. He lifted the top of the bench and took something out. I couldn't tell because he handled it tightly in his hands.

He walked over to me and dropped to his knees in front of me. I didn't know what he was doing. I didn't want to jump to conclusions, but as far as I know, it was only two reasons someone drops to their knees in front of someone.

He took my hand then slid something into it. When he pulled away, a flash drive was in my hand. I looked at my hand with confusion. "What's this?" I asked him.

He chuckled. "Your present." He said as if it's was supports to be understood again. This time I rolled my eyes.

"I know that. I mean, why are you giving this to me?"

"It's for when you need me and I'm not with you. It's the song I just played for you. Plus some others I thought you might like." He smiled.

I put it between my fingers and looked at it. I understood. He recorded some songs and put them on here. Duh, Bella. I held it tightly in my hand then smiled at him. "Edward, it's perfect. I love it." I placed my hands on both sides of his face and pulled myself to his lips. I looked deeply into his eyes and ran my hair through hair. "Play it again, please." I said softly.

He smiled. "Gladly." He gave me one more kiss before getting up.

XXX

For the rest of the day, we were in his room. I told him to keep the door open so his family wouldn't think anything.

We laid on his bed as the flash drive he gave me played on his laptop. I'm sure this isn't why he brought it.

The other songs that was on there were the played in the car on our first date, the one that played in the restaurant during our dance, some that came on a few time when we were in his house. The rest of them were song I never heard. Then he told me they were the one that was on the stand on the piano at his house. I loved all of them because they were all played by him.

"So where's mine?" he asked as another song started to play.

I looked at him. "What?" I asked. I wasn't sure what he meant by that.

He chuckled. "Where's my gift?" he clarified.

I laughed. Oh right, I forgot about that. "Isn't me being here not good enough?" I teased. He shook his head. "Fine." I placed the laptop on his lap before getting on the bed. I went to my site case and pulled out a box. "Here, Alice helped me pay for it." I told him as I sat back on the bed.

He gave me the laptop back and took the box out of my hand. He took off the bow and opened it. He pulled out a wristwatch that I got from a jewelry store. He flipped over and looked on the back "Only time will tell." He read off the back.

"Lame, I know." I said as I looked away.

"No it's not." He turned my head to him and kissed my lips. "I love it." he smiled.

I smiled back as I watched put it on. Yeah, what happens now, only time will tell.

so sorry for the mistake. still without a beta. u no, i'm just about to go back to how things were before. You know, i should probably stop using so many twilight references.

R&R.

Luv & Rockets.