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In The Offing--'Imminent-likely to happen soon'

Edward POV.

A few hours after our return from the gym, I trudged from the bedroom after a nap to the living room. I picked up a note on my way with a stupid grin on my face as I read it.

To Green eyes, Blondie and Big bear,

How does a late movie at 10pm sound?

Let us know, Bella, Rose and Alice. x

I quickly scribbled a note back to them telling them that'd be fine, adding my own 'x' at the end as they had done, before I slipped it under their door.

I found another note on the table in the living room. Apparently Jasper and Emmett had gone to the Men's club where you could lounge in leather sofas and drink cognac. I decided almost instantly that I'd use this time alone to head to the music room instead of joining the other two and spend the afternoon listening to Emmett feebly try and imitate an British accent.

I spent hours in the music room, sifting through the heaps of CD's, records and even some old school tapes. I was in heaven. I lay sprawled on a sofa with a pair of huge headphones clamped over my ears as I day dreamt in my own little world.

Suddenly a funny feeling washed over me, like I was being watched. I opened my eyes and looked to the door where Tanya stood, with a smirk on her face as she tapped a finger to her watch. I quickly looked to mine and realised that it was already 7pm. Belatedly, I realised that I was hungry.

I slipped off the headphones and tidied up with some help from Tanya. "So the movies tonight huh?" she asked me as we put away the last of my mess.

"Yep, late movie at ten." I told her as the two of us left the room and headed back towards the Breaking Dawn suite.

"What are you going to watch?" she asked me as we stepped into the elevator.

I rubbed the back of my neck as I admitted, "I have no idea…I don't even know what's playing…all I know is that the girls don't like it when the place is too full or noisy with people munching around them."

I caught the gleam in her eyes as she grabbed my arm and asked me excitedly, "Let me organise it…please? I honestly have nothing else to do tonight…the girls are so boring and self sufficient" she huffed as she let go of me and crossed her arms, pouting.

"Go ahead, push the boat out" I nudged her shoulder with mine as we came to my floor.

I stepped out and began to walk down the hall, towards my door when Tanya called with a smile in her voice from behind me, "You won't regret this Edward!"

"Where you been bro?" Emmett called from the living room as I entered. I gave him a shrug as an answer and headed to the shower. Once I was done and dressed, I stepped out onto the veranda to join Emmett and Jasper who were waiting for me.

"Come on, I'm starving" I ordered as I made my way down the stairs, to the Midnight Sun restaurant. We took our usual table opposite the huge glass window, right next to the bar where we could order drinks without waiting for a server or having to get up from our chairs. It was a well thought out strategic plan that served us well.

Jasper turned around in his chair and ordered our drinks as we waited for our usual server to come to us. "Walter, how are you old man!" Emmett laughed as he looked up to him.

"Not too bad thank you." He answered politely, before he leant forward so that only the three of us could hear his whisper. "There's a table in the corner over there…" he gave his head a jerk towards the corner next to the exit door, "There are three beautiful ladies sat there…" he gave us a wink before he straightened back up.

"Sorry Walt…" Jasper paused to sigh before he continued, "Your information will no longer be required…right?" he turned to look at Emmett and me as he asked the last bit. The both of us nodded in agreement as Walter stood in awe at what Jasper had just said.

"You're not…you know…camper that a row of tents now are you?" he asked us nervously with a wary look in his eyes.

"No!!" Emmett shouted out in his defence, causing half the room to look our way suspiciously. "No…no…we've just met some really nice girls that's all" he added once the chatter in the room subsided.

"Right…well…there is this other table…" he began, discarding Emmett's last words. "There's a blonde, a brunette and another with short black hair…" he talked over us as we protested.

"Wait…what?" I asked as I caught half of what he said.

"A blonde, brunette and one with short black hair…" he repeated himself slower this time.

"I…er….where are they?" Jasper asked as his eyes scoured the room eagerly.

"Right opposite you, at the window." He informed us with a sly smile. I wondered if he knew all along and only came over to tease us. "Will you be joining them or will they be joining you?" he asked casually.

"We better do the gentlemanly thing and join them" I told Walter as I stood up, grabbing my waiting drink from the barman.

Walter left us with a pleased smirk on his face while we began our way across the room. Jasper took over our advancing operation. He silently signalled me to advance the table from the left side, while he took the right and Emmett from the centre. I realised that his plan meant that I would creep up on Bella from behind and she wouldn't notice. Emmett and Jasper would do the same with Rosalie and Alice.

As we I drew nearer, I saw Alice snap her head up and notice me. I frantically waved at her to keep quiet and pressed a finger to my lips. She gave me a small nod before she turned back to stare out of the window.

I was only a few steps away when I decided on how I would make myself known to her. I noticed that her hair was tied up, revealing her bare neck to me, so I did the same as I had done this afternoon. I pressed my hand against the nape of her neck lightly and then ran my thumb over her smooth skin.

She didn't jump or show any other sign of shock as I expected her to do. As I dropped my hand away and placed my drink on the table, I realised that both Rosalie and Alice looked as unsurprised as Bella.

Seconds later, three young guys came to the table with a chair for each of us and then lay three more place setting between the girls. "Didn't we scare you?" Emmett asked as he sat down.

Neither of the girls spoke, the simply gave us a pitying look and pointed to the window. I laughed aloud at our stupidity. There in the window I realised, they would be able to faintly see our reflections.

I looked to Bella who was holding back her laughter with difficulty. "It didn't help that you shouted out 'NO' at the top of your voice either…we kind of realised that you were in the room at that point!" At Rosalie's words, Bella cracked. She let the laughter spill forth, with set off Alice and Rosalie seconds later. I gave in to the infectiousness of their laughter and joined in.

Once we settled down, Walter strolled over and stood at the table with a smile as Jasper introduced him to the girls. "Nice to meet you!" he told them as he shook Alice's hand last of all. He then turned to Jasper and added a quick, "I see what you mean!" He soon took our order and left.

Once Walter had gone, Rosalie asked, "What was 'I see what you mean' about Jasper?" she gave him and expectant look which matched that of Alice and Bella's.

"We just mentioned you three to him, that's all" he shrugged before he turned to talk to Alice.

"Care to elaborate?" Bella asked me with a smile playing at her lips as I looked to her.

I faked a thoughtful look before I came up with a simple, decisive, "No."

With a sly look on her face she gave said in a carefree tone, "Then you won't want to know what Mike asked me this afternoon at the gym…that's fine…"

She had me there, and she knew it. I decided that she'd probably tell Alice or Rosalie, so I could get it out of them if I wanted to… even Tanya was a possibility. I looked back at her with a bored expression as I told her, "It's not my business what Mike asks you…"

I could see it in her face that I'd stumped her with that one. Did she really expect that I would be bothered by what Mike asked her? I was…but how would she know that? I shook it off as our food arrived.

As we neared the cinema, Bell asked, "Does anyone know what they want to see tonight?"

I recalled my time with Tanya earlier, and her request, "Tanya told me that she'd sort it all out, we just need to find her I guess." I said as I scanned the area.

"So that's why she wasn't at dinner tonight." Alice stated in understanding.

I spotted Tanya standing at the cinema entrance. I gave her a quick wave before I beckoned everyone over to her. "Hey guys! Lets get you some munchies, and then I can take you to the place I've prepared for you!" she ordered quickly as she latched onto Alice's arm excitedly.

We followed obediently and got tonnes of popcorn, sweets, cookies and drinks. Once we were heavily laden with food, Tanya steered us through a door on the left which lead to all of the screens. She walked us down to the very end of the hallway and then opened a door for us.

I filed in after Bella into a smaller than average cinema room. Tanya ordered us to walk to the very bottom, so we all did dutifully. I heard Bella's gasp beside me as we beheld the surprise that Tanya had set up for us. There at the very bottom, where three huge squishy looking sofa's which had fluffy blankets thrown over the back.

"So? Do you like it?" Tanya's questioning voice came from behind me.

I was too impressed to speak, but everyone else voiced their gratitude anyway. "All you guys need to do now is take a seat, or lie down…its up to you…and let the film begin!" she informed us as she pulled two small tables from the shadows nearby and placed them next to the sofas before going back for the third.

"What are we watching?" Rosalie asked as she began to pop popcorn into her mouth.

"Sorry…it's a secret…all I can say is; if you're a jumpy person, make sure you have someone to hold onto!" I swear I saw her wink at me, but I couldn't be sure. She soon left, leaving the six of us alone.

I began to get nervous as Jasper and Alice took up the middle sofa. Within seconds, Emmett and Rosalie began to head to the sofa on the right, leaving Bella and I the final sofa on the left.

"I hope you don't mind me cutting off the circulation to your arm…?" Bella asked me in a whisper as she passed me to the only vacant sofa. I let out a breath that I hadn't even realised that I'd been holding, and then I followed. We set our snacks down, on the floor and on the small table beside us.

I quickly glanced over to the other two. Alice and Jasper were lying down together, that didn't surprise me. Emmett and Rosalie were sat next to each other. I noticed that Emmett had his arm around her shoulders, and she was snuggled into his side.

I looked back to Bella, who gave me a small smile before she sat herself down. I sat beside her and picked at my popcorn as the curtains pulled away from the screen. Unsurprisingly, Emmett cheered and hollered, but to my surprise stopped suddenly with a gushing sound. As if he'd been punched in the ribs.

Names of the actors flitted across the screen, I recognised Kirsten Stewart, and then came the name of the film; The Messengers came up on the screen. I sunk back deeper into the sofa as the film began and tried desperately to ignore my hyper awareness of Bella beside me.

About twenty minutes into the film, I realised that I was getting cold, which was understandable in such a huge, practically empty room. I glanced at Bella and saw that she was hugging her arms around herself as if she was freezing. I cursed under my breath as I watched a shiver run through her.

Without much thought, I grabbed hold of the blanket from behind me and then opened my arms up. "Bella…" I whispered to her as she remained glued to the screen. She looked my way, and then frowned in confusion as to what I was doing.

"Come here…you're freezing!" I whispered at her as I draped the blanket around her. I watched in disbelief as she shook her head and wrapped the blanket around her tighter. I heard her whisper that she'd be fine now.

I gave her a sceptical look before I reached out and pulled her to me. I heard her squeak as she hit my chest. "Edward…what the hell?" she murmured as I let go of her and began to shift about, so I could lie down fully.

"You wouldn't have gotten any warmer with that blanket around you…" I told her, "You need body heat; it's the fastest way to get warm." I finished as I finally got comfy. I held my arms out to her once more.

After a few silent seconds, her smooth face transformed into a huge smile as she leant forward to lie beside me. She lay at my side, with her head on my chest so she could watch the film, and with an arm wrapped around my chest. I wrapped my arms around her once she'd finished shifting the blanket around to cover the both of us. After a minute or so, I heard her whisper, "You were right."

I smiled to myself as I watched the film, but I also reprimanded myself for having done this. I knew that she didn't feel the same about me. This would hurt when we'd have to leave the cinema and lose the body contact.

At each scary part, Bella would bury her face in my chest and bunch up a fistful of my shirt in her hand. I held back my laughter each time, and opted to simply rubbing her back reassuringly. Her reaction to the scary parts was much tamer that Rosalie's. At one tense point she actually screamed and threw her tub of popcorn over her head. I heard Emmett's evil laugh, so I guessed that he probably had something to do with it.

Once the film was about three quarters way through, I noticed that Bella hadn't flinched or jumped at any scary parts for a few minutes. I looked down to her and realised that she was asleep. I smoothed back a strand of hair that had fallen on her face, and then went back to watching the film even though I was more than tempted to just watch her for the duration of the film.

All too soon, Bella began to stir as the film finished and the lights came on. I heard her let out a sigh of satisfaction before she fluttered her eyes open. "Hey there" I spoke softly as to not scare her.

She quickly buried her face back into my chest as she groaned out, "Ohhh no…I fell asleep! I'm sorry…" she apologised as she began to sit up.

I reluctantly loosened my grip around her waist as I smiled back at her. "Don't worry; it was like having a kitten on me." I mused in an attempt to banish her embarrassment.

Thankfully it worked. Her embarrassment faded as she sat up fully and asked, "Why? Because I was curled up on you and basked in the warmth?"

I chuckled before I answered, "There's that…and the fact that you clawed at me and fell asleep with me rubbing your back" I joked as I sat up, and shifted some of the snacks out of my way.

"So? How was it?" Tanya's exited voice came from the top of the stairs as Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice were getting up.

"That was great thanks" I told her as she reached the bottom.

"Glad you liked it" she smiled as she waved some members of staff from the doorway to come down. They followed her orders and began to clear up our mess. Tanya soon shooed us out, telling us that she'd see us tomorrow.

"What time is it?" I asked as I wrapped an arm around Bella's shoulder to prevent her from walking into a door as she yawned.

"Thanks" she smiled at me sheepishly as she realised what I'd done. I was about to move my arm away from her shoulder, until I felt her move closer to me.

"Its 12.15 am" Jasper told me with a yawn as we reached the elevators.

"Bed time for me I think…" Bella announced we stepped into the elevator. We all agreed with her after a Mexican wave of yawns passed though us all. "What are we doing tomorrow?" she asked as she snuggled up to me like a kitten.

"You know….we haven been to the casino yet." Jasper stated.

"True…I agreed. Would you like to join us tomorrow night?" I asked Alice and Rosalie as I gave Bella's shoulder a mall squeeze. I felt Bella nod her head against me while Alice and Rosalie voiced their excitement at going to the casino.

"Sorted then." I smiled as we reached our floor. I reluctantly dropped my arm from her shoulders as we stepped out of the elevator.

"See you in the morning." We waved to the girls as they closed their door and we headed to ours.

"What did you do to Rosalie to make her chuck her popcorn?" I asked Emmett as I closed the door behind me.

"Ohhh man it was so funny…" he laughed as he began his story.

I thought I'd stick Kirsten Stewart, 'Bella' in there because I couldn't choose on which film to put in there. The Messengers worked pretty well…and I've seen the film too.

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