Chapter 5

As I turned to leave, a hand came down on my shoulder and I heard, "Bella, why are you leaving?" He turned me to face him and Edward could see the tears trying to overflow from my eyes, but I refused to let it happen. "What did I do? Please don't leave!"

"I saw you dancing, you promised and I'm a nobody," and the tears started streaming. He pulled me back into a small corner of the ballroom.

"Bella, I'm sorry, I was on my way back to you and then I was stopped by a former costar that wanted a dance."

I sniffled, "But she kissed you."

"Bella, I'm so sorry. You're not use to all of this and I should never have let that happen. I did promise you that I would only dance with you. I get kissed all the time and I'm sorry for leaving you alone and unprepared for that. Please stay and dance with me. You were smiling when I left you with the Senator. Please I want the chance to return that smile to your face by the end of the night. You're not a nobody; you'll explain that part to me later. However, for right now," he pulled me in close and we started dancing and he kept whispering how sorry he was.

Edward lifted my chin and I whispered, "I'm sorry. I was so scared and I just fled."

"Bella, you're allowed to be scared. I hadn't prepared you for any of this except the press part." I then continued leading Bella along the dance floor.

After two more songs, the mayor took the stage and said, "We have a treat for you. Marcus is going to join the symphony and sing 'My Love.'"

Edward asked, "Shall we? This time you don't even have to waltz."

"Yes, please, I love this song."

Edward spun me around and pulled me back in so that my back was against his chest. He brought his chin in towards my neck and whispered into my ear, "Just relax and sway with me to the song." So I did; the performance was absolutely amazing. Marcus's voice was so powerful over the orchestra. It sounded like he always belonged there. Too soon the song ended and everyone clapped for him. Edward pulled his arms around me further to clap while I clapped myself.

I finally found my voice again and said, "He's amazing. By the way, if I forget to tell you later thank you for convincing me to go tonight."

"You're welcome and I am glad I made you smile again." Edward looked at his watch and said, "How about two more dances, we say goodbye to the Mayor and then we can meet the limo?"

"Alright." I thanked the Mayor and his wife then we headed to the limousine which was waiting. The press was still outside. Edward locked arms with me and pulled me in close and we quickly slid into the limo without saying anything to the press again.

"Thank you, again," I said.

"You're welcome. Now it's my turn to ask you a question."

"Later, please. This was an amazing night," and I pulled my legs up onto the seat and leaned into Edward. "I want to remember the night like this."

Edward's only response was putting his arm around me and pulling me in even closer.

Suddenly, my legs slipped off the seat as I moved to look out our window and said, "Look Edward."

"What?"

"The horse drawn carriage rides with the beautiful twinkling lights on them."

Edward then lowered the divider and asked the driver, "Would you please pass the hotel so that I may take my date for a lovely carriage ride?"

"Of course, sir. Would you like me to call ahead?"

"Yes please."

"Edward, you don't have to do this?"

"Yes, I do. You should've seen the look on your face; this is something so simple. I can do; so I will."

Twenty minutes later, our driver opened the door, we slipped out and we gently stepped into a carriage with lights all lit up on it. Edward pulled a blanket over our laps and pulled me in close to him. As the carriage pulled away, Edward whispered into my ear, "Would you think about going out on a real date with me once we get back to Vegas?"

"Well…" I stuttered, but I couldn't finish the sentence. I wanted to agree so badly, but school started in a few days and I would have no time to date since it was my last semester.

"Bella, it's okay; you can think about it."

"Edward, it's not that. It's that school starts on Monday."

"It's hard to finish school with the time it takes, I understand. But don't you quit flying?"

"No, I don't quit flying; but I also don't always fly. But I would like to go out with you next Saturday."

"Does that mean yes?"

"Yes."

"Can we fly on Sunday with you as my flight instructor?"

"I have a better idea. We will fly Saturday morning and then we can go out Saturday afternoon. I need Sunday for homework."

"Okay, you're on. I'll call the service in the morning."

"What should we do on our date?"

"How about we decide together? I'm going to write three ideas down and you write one down. Then I get to pick," Edward suggested

"Okay."

"Now I don't mean to ruin the rest of this evening; but tell me why you think you are a nobody." I explained everything I heard in the bathroom.

Edward gently captured my chin and pulled my face close to him and whispered, "Just because you aren't a millionaire model or an actress, does not make you a nobody. Those women could not shine a candle to you and I would rather fly with you than hang out with any of them. And I love that you agreed to go out on a date with me; so please give me a little smile," and Edward gently kissed my nose as he pulled us in to snuggle closer together.

"Thank you," I whispered and laid my head against his chest. We continued our conversation at whispers cuddled into each other's arms as we rode through Central park. Unfortunately an hour later, we arrived back at the hotel. Edward helped me out by lifting me gently down to the ground and then we walked into the hotel. We went up to our suite. In the dining room, I left my borrowed jacket and removed the jewelry laying them in their box.

I looked at Edward and said, "Thank you again, Edward. I had fun."

He turned around from the kitchen and said, "You're very welcome. I'm sorry for our little incident. You looked beautiful tonight. Thank you for agreeing to go out with me next weekend. So I have meetings starting at 10:00 AM and ending about 9pm tomorrow. Can we leave for home the next day around 10:00 AM?"

"Sure that'll be fine."

"Promise me you'll do something tomorrow."

"Edward, I planned on it. I'm thinking about going to another museum tomorrow."

"Good. How about over breakfast, we each bring our ideas for the date out and we decide then what we'll do."

"Sounds good to me. Good night, Edward."

"Good night, Bella."

I sent an e-mail to the service to put me in for lessons on Saturday through 11:00 am and then off on Sunday even though I had told Edward to call it in himself. Then I checked the weather and it didn't look very good. I wondered if Edward was going to check it at all. Would he talk to me about it? Probably not, this was yet another lesson he had to learn. I called my dad to go over the weather with me. He got on his computer with me and we talked about the weather. My dad finally said, "Can you leave tomorrow?"

"No, he has meetings until least nine pm."

"Right now, if you leave by 10:00 AM, you should be okay. It doesn't look like it'll hit noon."

"I know."

"Bella just watch it. You know what to do; would he be a bad copilot?"

"No dad; he would be fine."

"If all else fails, you can pilot it back."

"I know."

"I'll see you soon. Bye dad."

Sleep finally came to me, though I tossed and turned for awhile. Through my restless sleep my idea came to me as a trail ride and a picnic. Private for us, yet we had our own space with each of us having a separate horse. When I came out for breakfast in my sweats, Edward said, "Where is your idea?"

"Right here," I said as I handed it to him.

He put it in the bowl. He stirred up the choices and said, "Our date will be!" Edward then pulled out a piece paper, opened it up, and said, "A trail ride with a barbecue back at my place."

I started laughing. Edward asked, "What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing," I said. "But I'll show you." I found my piece of paper in the bowl and said, "Read mine."

Edward read it to himself and started laughing too. I sat down and had ½ a bagel and some fruit. As Edward left, I said, "Enjoy your meetings today and I'll see you late tonight."

"Alright," and Edward was gone. I got back to work on a project. It was almost done. As my classes went on, I would find tune it; but I loved my design. At two, I went and used the gym. I went outside and walked in Central Park. I took a cab down to Time Square, had dinner down there and I bought a little souvenir to prove I had been out that day. It was just before eight by the time I got back to the hotel. I went and checked the weather and realized the storm was coming faster. I called in our flight plan for 7:00 AM and requested the plane be deiced at 6:45. I thought to myself we should be okay as long as it didn't speed up any faster. I was giving us a 90 minute leeway. I finally decided to check out the hot tub on our patio. Edward would still be gone for an hour. I had no bathing suit; so I stripped down to my bra and panties, put on a robe and went out to the hot tub. I laid back on one of the headrests and it felt so good and I knew I was only going to stay in for about 20 minutes. I had all the jets turned up on high and I was surrounded by bubbles. This felt amazing. Ten minutes later, I jumped as I heard the glass sliding door open and Edward say, "I see you finally decided to do your own sightseeing."

"Yes, I did," as I slid down into the hot tub. Then I said, "Edward, you are back early?"

"Yes, do you mind if I join you?"

"Ummm." By that time, he was at the hot tub, dropping his robe and slipping in.

"This is so nice on these cold nights," Edward said. I just quietly sat there contemplating what to do next. Edward must have seen the confused look on my face and asked, "What is wrong, Bella?"

"I wasn't expecting you, yet."

"It's no big deal; my meeting wrapped up early."

"Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go in now." I reached behind me and grabbed my robe. Then I layed it in the hot tub, stood up and wrapped it around my freezing cold almost naked body. I quickly got out of the hot tub and ran inside.

I heard Edward say, "Bella, I'm sorry; but you do look beautiful."

I ran straight to my bathroom shower, dropped the robe in the shower on the ground and turned on the hottest water possible. I was freezing and the shower felt wonderful and washed away part of my humiliation. Since our room had been so warm all week, I slipped on my light weight boy shorts and tank. I dried my hair and started packing for our trip home the next day. I heard a knock at the door. "Just a second," I said since I no longer had my robe to use. I turned to put on my flannel layer of pajamas pants and top. I had just bent over to put my legs in my pants and Edward just walked in.

"I'm sorry, Bella." This time he quickly left almost slamming my door.

Son of a bitch I thought to myself he just caught me with my ass only in boy shorts basically pointed right at him. After I put on my warm pajamas, I went to the family room and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Edward said, "That's the problem I'm not. I'm sorry. I'm not usually this inconsiderate."

"I know; it just started tonight. But why? What happened at the meetings today?"

"Nothing they were fine. I missed you though."

"Sorry, but as you saw, I did go out."

"I'm impressed."

"Then what's your problem?" I demanded.

Edward walked up to me and said, "Maybe, it's because I want to kiss you very badly ever since last night, but I'm not sure if I should have even mentioned it or not. I also wondered what you would think and how you would react. Well?" I opened my mouth and Edward said, "No don't answer yet. If I kiss you would it change us being a flight instructor and student?"

A/N So once again, I cut you off. Will they kiss or won't they? Enjoy! I will be participating in the Disneyland Tinkerbell ½ today. Your reviews will help my achy feet.