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As I walked down the street to a nearby café with Edward I had to remind myself constantly to A – remember to breathe, B – not drool and C – not make a fool of myself.

For most people this would seem easy, but trust me it's not. Edward is in a league of his own, he could charm the pants off me without even breaking a sweat.

"Have you been here before?" he asked me with a breath taking smile.

Shit, I'd been so busy trying to stop myself from jumping him I had no idea where we even were. I glanced up at the café sign to get my bearings.

"I think so, maybe once with Alice and Rose" I replied hoping that had been the only question he had asked me.

It must have been because he grinned in response and held the front door open for me.

We went to the front counter to order our food and the woman serving us gave me the most intense death glare I had ever encountered. If only she knew I wasn't a threat to her at all and that as much as I wished there was something between Edward and I there wasn't.

"How's work today?" Edward asked pulling out my chair for me to sit. Swoon! Typically he had to be a gentleman, my perfect man was now the man of my dreams and still unattainable.

"Good, a typical Tuesday" I told him while staring at my hands feeling suddenly nervous about being alone with him, "How's your morning been?" I asked looking up.

"Pretty busy, I've got a particularly difficult client at the moment" he told me. "Every time we iron out a certain detail and I think we're back on track they change their mind about something else."

I smiled sympathetically, "sounds frustrating."

He laughed in response, "It is, I swear we are getting so far away from reaching the deadline I'm not sure we'll ever get there. But anyway enough about me, what are you working on at the moment?"

"Well this afternoon I've got a draft to look at, some new author who's written her first novel about vampires I think and this morning I finally finished a cringe worthy love story, if you could even call it" I replied.

"Vampires huh?" he asked with a grin, "You'll have to let me know what that ones like; I've always found the concept fairly fascinating."

Before I could reply the waitress showed up with our food and the topic changed. We chatted easily for the remainder of lunch. Unfortunately it was over too quickly for my liking and soon enough I really had to be getting back to the office.

Edward, ever the gentleman insisted on walking me back to my building.

"Thanks for lunch" I said turning to face him.

"You're welcome and thank you, I had a great time with you" he replied his emerald eyes boring into my own. His expression was strange, I could see so many conflicting emotions.

"I hope we can do it again" he added.

I decided it was time to be bold, "Maybe we should swap numbers? I can let you know what I think of the vampire draft and maybe we can get lunch again sometime?"

"Sure!" he replied enthusiastically. We swapped phones and punched our numbers in.

After saying goodbye I practically floated up to my office. In the back of my mind I knew that I had now entered dangerous territory, the more time I spent with him the more and more I liked him. It was probably for the best that I had a date with Riley tonight I sighed to myself and besides even Edward Cullen couldn't turn me into one of those girls that lusts and steals other people's boyfriends.

The rest of my day flew by, although I never ended up getting around to looking at the vampire story draft. I put it on my to do list for tomorrow, right at the top.

When I arrived home I was attacked by Alice who ordered me into the shower while they finished getting my outfit in order.

I took my time in the shower before putting on some underwear and a robe and padding into my room.

"Finally you're done!" Alice exclaimed when I entered the room, "Riley said casual right? So how's this?" she asked holding up a few hangers.

Skinny jeans, a dressy dove grey top, a waist length black trench and a pair of boots.

"Perfect Allie thanks" I told her as Rose forced me to sit on a chair in front of my mirror.

"How was your day?" asked Rose as she started on my hair while Alice assaulted me with a makeup brush.

I shrugged non-commitally.

"What happened?" they both asked excitedly.

"Erm at lunch I ran into Edward and we kind of had lunch together" I answered.

They both looked at me with huge grins and Alice sighed happily.

"It's not like that guys, he's with Tanya, we're just friends" I told them firmly.

"For now anyway" Alice muttered so quietly I almost missed it. I decided to pretend I hadn't heard her.

Twenty minutes later they deemed me ready so after a round of good lucks I headed for my car and set off down town to the Mexican restaurant Riley picked.

The Crazy Cactus was easy enough to spot with its multiple lighted signs screaming look at me. I found a park and headed in. Riley was already there waiting for me and once I had spotted him I didn't feel the happy spark you're supposed to feel when you see the person you like, no it felt a little more like dread, disappointment.

He smiled hugely as I approached him, "Bella how are you?" he asked standing up to greet me.

"Great thanks Riley and you?" I asked, yep disappointment was definitely what I was feeling. Already I couldn't help but compare him to Edward, there was obviously going to be no gentlemanly moves pulled out tonight.

"I'm good, I really glad you agreed to come out with me tonight" he replied.

Conversation over dinner was better than expected, we had a few things in common and I admit I did enjoy myself. Afterwards we headed down the road to the movie theatre where he had picked up tickets to a new romantic comedy that was out.

We chatted easily as we walked down the street until I saw a familiar face. Edward.