"Uh…Bye," I said nervously not looking at his eyes—his beautiful…shiny…emerald…Gah! Bella stop it! All of a sudden, a cool, soft finger lifted my chin up, meeting his gaze. And I did the predictable action—I blushed! Hooray! Not. . . .
Then he spoke softly, "Don't hide your beautiful, chocolate orbs from me, love." He called me 'love' again!
"Sorry." He started leaning towards me. I leaned in, too. Then the door busted open, showing our wonderful siblings.
"Hope we aren't interrupting," Alice said slyly. We both turned to glare at her.
"Alice!" we hissed. Emmett laughed.
"Do you guys have a script or something? Why are you giving me that look, Isabella?" he asked. He only called me 'Isabella' when he's in Emmett big brother protective mode. Sheesh!
"You don't have to be that overprotective, Emmett," I snapped at him.
"Why, little ol' me?" he asked innocently in a female Southern accent. I rolled my eyes at him. I saw Rosalie and Jasper playing thumb war on our couch.
"Stop moving your freakin' hand!" Rosalie scolded.
"You might squash my thumb!" Jasper whined.
"That's the whole point of the game! Hey! Ladies first!" She tried to move her thumb up to reach his.
"No fair nails!" Jasper shouted. Rosalie was using her long, French manicured nails to scratch Jasper's thumb to make it weak.
"There are no rules other than not moving your hand, stupid!" Rosalie caught his thumb, and she squashed it down…hard.
"Son of a—!" he stopped his curse when he saw the look Rosalie gave him. "Biscuit?" Rosalie giggled at him.
"One, two…three! I win!" She stuck her tongue out at him. "And…you lose! Rosalie: one! Jasper: zero!"
Jasper pouted.
"Yeesh! Stop being a sore loser," Rosalie said. Then she looked at me. "Oh—hi, Bella!"
"Hi, Rose," I greeted back.
"Hi, Bella," Jasper muttered. I walked over and gave him a pat on the back.
"It's okay, buddy," I consoled him.
"Soooooooooo, who wants to play…Truth or Dare?!" she asked excitedly. My eyes grew wide.
"Heck no!" I said horrified. "Truth or Dare plus me equals chaos!" Emmett grinned at me.
"Come on, Bells!" Emmett pleaded. He pouted. Alice joined in.
"Oh no! Emmett/Alice double puppy pout!"—I turned to look at Jasper and Rosalie—"Try saying that three times fast."—I looked back at the torturers—"You guys freakin' suck." I glared at them.
They both clapped hands. "Awesome!" they both said. They gave each other high fives.
"Emmett/Alicepuppypowder," Jasper tried saying fast.
"Ha-ha! Puppy powder!" Rosalie teased. "It's Emmett/Alicedoublepuppypout…" Then she kept saying it. "I win…again! Rosalie: two! Jasper: Zilch!"
"I start first!" Alice announced. "Bella, Truth or Dare?" I saw Edward walk beside me.
"Truth."
"Man, Bella! Don't be a—!" he said but quickly stopped when he saw my glare.
Alice clapped. "Okay…what did you and little Eddie—?"
"Stop calling me that!" Edward growled.
"—do on your date? No editing! I want all of the details! You promised!"
I sighed. "We went to the park. He liked me, and I liked him back…blah…blah! There!"
"I believe she doesn't understand the term 'all the details'…" Alice glared at me.
I groaned. "We went to the park. I asked him why he talked to me all of a sudden. He told a story about why he did talk to me all of a sudden. He admitted he liked me; I admitted too. We kissed. He wanted to make the boyfriend/girlfriend thing official! Done!" I crossed my arms, so they could take a hint.
"She summarized it," Jasper noted. Rosalie scoffed.
"Well, no duh! You don't expect her to say every line they said in their date." I nodded in agreement.
"Okay…who's the next victim…," Alice said mischievously.
The game went on and on. It was actually really boring. No fun at all! The weird part was Edward kept stealing a glance at me. My blush made Alice and Rosalie want me to pick Truth when they asked me.
"Are you okay, Bella?" Edward asked concerned, breaking my reverie. I smiled at him reassuring.
"It's nothing big," I said to him softly. "But isn't this weird?"
"What's weird?"
"Aren't you supposed to walk me to my dorm? Not the other way around." It's true. I'm walking Edward to his dorm. "It's kind of a boyfriend/girlfriend tradition thingamajig."
He laughed at my choice of words. "There's nothing really tradition about us, love."—I mentally squealed when he said 'love' again—"We don't really have to follow it."
"Yeah…you're right." I realized we were in front of his door. "I know your room is five doors down and all, but it seems kind of…far." He smiled me.
"We've been in front of this door, for quite some time, Bella," he told me. I stared at him in shock.
"What?! You're freakin' kidding, right?!" I asked appalled.
"Nope, I am not kidding."
"Dang," I muttered. "W—wait a minute! If we were in front of this door the whole entire time, why didn't you tell me?!"
"I wanted to talk to you more. You're very unobservant when you're around me," he teased.
"Shut up," I said. "You know, you're weird!"
"Me? I believe you are a 'pro at weird'. And what do mean by 'me being weird'?" he asked confused.
"That you start saying something sweet, then all of a sudden—Bam! You start teasing me! Bad, Edward!" I scolded him.
"I'm sorry," he said trying to dazzle me. "Forgive me, please." I looked away from his magical gaze.
"Don't you dazzle your way out of this, mister!"
"What? Did you just say that I dazzle you?"
"What are you deaf or something? Yes, I did say that!"
"I dazzle you…hmmm…," he mused. I sneakily stole a glance at him. His eyes were wary, then teasing. "Do I dazzle you?"
"Um…" I couldn't say yes! He would keep on teasing me! And he would keep on doing dazzling me to get his way on things!
"Bella?"
"What?"
"Look at me."
"Why?"
"Please?"
"Don't you try dazzling me by pleading!"
"How could you accuse me of such a thing? I'm innocent."
"That's what they all say." He was never going to give up, is he?
"Please, Bella."
I sighed. I looked up at his eyes; he was looking at me deeply with his soft green eyes. Oh, no!
"That's better. Now do I dazzle you?" he asked trying to dazzle me. Don't fall for it Bella!
"Uh…no," I lied.
"You aren't very good at lying, love."
"What?" He freakin' dazzled me! Cheater!
"I think you're deaf, too." I wanted to glare at him, but his gaze was...really wow.
"Y—you see…uh, um, I—don't—uh…," I spluttered out.
"Yes?"
"Frequently," I sighed giving up.
"How much is frequently?" he asked teasing me.
"Some-some."
"Ah."
"Mm-hmm…" I looked at the big clock on the wall; it was 10:00 p.m. "I uh, gotta go," I mumbled trying to side-step him. He went in front of me, putting his hands on my shoulders, holding me in place. In other words, I was trapped.
"You aren't going without a goodbye, love," he whispered to me. He bent down, and he captured my lips. I automatically put my arms around him. I deepened the kiss, and so did he. I can't ever get tired of kissing him. Then something hit me.
I finally realized this powerful emotion I'm feeling.
He let go for breath, but he never moved an inch. He rested his forehead on mine. His breathing was ragged; so was mine.
"Amazing," he whispered. "You truly are amazing, Bella. I lo—" he stopped mid-sentence.
"What?"
"Nothing, Bella. Never mind."
"Okay." He let go of me and hugged me. I hugged back. "Bye. I'm gonna miss you."
"So am I, love," he murmured in my hair. "Bye." I let go, and I started walking away. "Wait!"
I turned around and looked at him. "What?"
"Want to do something again?" he asked grinning.
I grinned back. "Sure! Bye!"
"Bye!"
While I was walking, I pondered on what Edward was about to say to me. It started with an 'L', and the next letter was an 'o'. Was it lollipop?
Stupid.
Was it loser?
What the freak, Bella?
Was it lo—?
I was in front of my dorm. I opened the door. It was quiet and dark. Huh. Weird.
I heard a moan. I turned on the lights, and I saw Alice and Jasper making out.
"Gosh! I come in here expecting a warm welcome, and I come in here and get greeted by people sucking face!" I shook my head in mock disappointment.
"Bella! Uh…" She slapped Jasper.
"Alice!" Jasper and I said in unison.
"He started it!" She pointed at him. She pulled Jasper up, and pushed him towards the door. "Get out!"
"Bye, guys," he said.
"Bye."
"Bye, Jazz!" Alice looked at me. "You know…Edward's dorm is five doors down only, Bella. Not ten million doors down! And you accuse me of making out. . . ."
"I didn't even realize we were in front of his dorm!"
"What?"
"Don't ask."
"I just did."
I sighed.
I got dressed into comfy blue pajamas, brushed my teeth, and said goodnight to Alice. I jumped on my bed, and checked my cell phone for messages. There was one. It said:
Just wanted to say goodnight, love.
Goodnight.
Sweet dreams. :)
-Edward.
P.S.
Do you dream about me? I dream about you.
Night…again.
I smiled. I replied back:
Night back to you, Edward.
And, yes I dream about you.
You dream of me? I'm flattered.
-Bella:)
I turned off my phone, and got under my covers.
"Oh, yeah! Before I forget Bells…Emmett is staying at Rosalie's dorm…And I think you know what he's doing," Alice said to me, while on her bed.
"Unspeakable things," I muttered. "Night."
"Night."
I turned off my lamp and got comfortable. Then I thought of Edward. I smiled.
I think I'm in love with you, Edward. . . .
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