A/N: Oh wow, thanks for all the support on that last chapter. I didn't actually like that one, but to see that you guys did makes me feel better about it. Thanks so much for all the support. I love to see that I'm getting new readers all the time :D I got over 1,500 more hits just from posting that last chapter :) I also have some ideas for some new stories and posted a one-shot about Charlie and Renée so you guys can check that out.
P.S. In texts, Bella is plain italic, Edward is bold italic, Alice is underlined plain italic.
I do not own any of the characters. They all belong to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer. I also do not own any songs or websites mentioned. They belong to their respective owners.
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Chapter 6: Dreams Really Do Come True
BPOV
The name. Jasper. It was from Alice's matches. Jasper Hale. He was Edward's roommate, and we were going to meet him! Alice would get to meet her match. Hopefully this would go better than the thing with James, then again, everyone would be there to watch out for her and Edward had known him for a while, so I trusted the guy, even though I'd never met him myself. I smiled about the fact that Alice could get to be happy like me, that the site could actually work for her. Then I realized I had been stirring the pasta for too long.
I quickly finished dinner and set it out for Alice and Emmett with a big smile on my face. I had to hide my smile quickly, so as to keep the secret from them. But of course, Alice had to ruin the surprise, a little.
"So, I have this 'feeling' that you're hiding something awesome from me, Miss Bella." Alice said at dinner.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to wait to find out, then won't you?" I said, an evil grin on my face.
"Aww Bella, come on. Pleeeeeeease tell me?? You know I hate not knowing!" Alice said this, whipping out her puppy dog eyes, but I wasn't giving in this time.
"Nope, you're just gonna have to wait...until tomorrow." I said, knowing that she would be perfectly fine knowing it was coming soon.
The rest of dinner went quietly. Once dinner finished, Alice eagerly helped me with the dishes while Emmett turned on the television. When we finished, we went and joined him in the living room. He was watching a romantic movie on Lifetime, called ,"How I Married My High School Crush." It was a okay movie. It was about a girl, who wished she could marry her crush, and a solar eclipse granted the wish and took her 17 years in the future, where she's marrying the guy. Kinda reminded me of a cheesy version of "13 going on 30."
After the movie finished, I decided to head to bed since I had an early shift at the bookstore. Alice went to bed, too, but Emmett decided to stay up longer. That night I dreamt about seeing Edward sit next to me in English, and Alice immediately hitting it off with this Jasper guy. He seemed really nice and it even looked like they were flirting. When I woke up, it was strange, it felt like I was in the wrong place because the dream had felt so real.
I decided to wear a ruffled white shirt and a black tube top corset type thing over it with some black skinny jeans and short black heels. (outfit in profile). I put my hair up in a messy bun, doing only some charcoal eyeliner and mascara before heading to the kitchen to grab a cereal bar.
I drove to the bookstore in "Baby Eddie" for my three hour shift. Fridays were always busy since people were already getting started on the weekend. The three hours passed quickly, as I thought about having a class with Edward, as well as, wanting to see Alice's reaction to Jasper being in our class. I got to school early and Alice immediately found me.
"I had a vision!" she exclaimed, while I stood there dumbfounded.
"About what?" I said, confused and wary. Her visions sometimes proved to be troublesome.
"Wellll...I was in a classroom and that Jasper Hale from eHarmony was sitting right next to me! I couldn't see who else was in the class, but I'll recognize the room decorations whenever I take that class. I wonder when it'll be??" She smiled as she said this. I had to hide my own smile in fear of giving away that the class was actually our only class on Fridays.
I felt my phone buzz in my pocket, so I pulled it out to see a text from Edward. It said, turn around. I turned around slowly, to find him standing right behind me, holding a single Stokesia Blue Danube. (picture in profile. They're pretty :D). He moved my hair behind my ear and gently placed the flower there. Then he lightly kissed my cheek, and whispered in my ear, "You look gorgeous today." I felt my cheeks flush bright red as he intertwined his fingers through mine.
All three of us walked towards the main hall to find the English class. We walked into class and took seats in the middle of the room. I heard Alice gasp beside me.
"Oh...my...Jesus. (A/N: lol I always say that). It's this class!" She exclaimed, bouncing up and down and clapping her hands in her seat. A few of the people turned around to see what was happening.
Only a minute later, he walked in. Jasper was here. Alice's eyes immediately glazed over when she saw him walk in and a goofy smile filled her petite face. Edward was sitting in front of me and Alice was sitting in the desk to my left. Jasper recognized Edward and went to sit in front of Alice.
Once he sat down he greeted Edward and turned to me.
"Ah, you must be Bella. Edward never shuts up about you." He said in a smooth, calming voice. Edward playfully punched him in the arm.
Then Jasper turned to face Alice.
"And who might you be pretty lady?" he said to her with a hint of a Southern drawl in that same smooth voice.
Her reaction somewhat surprised me. She giggled. She actually giggled. She wasn't the outgoing Alice I had always known. She actually almost seemed shy.
"I'm Alice Brandon." she said giggling again.
He just smiled and took her hand, kissing her knuckles lightly. But as his eyes met hers, he actually looked shocked, or as if something had caught him off guard.
"You're the Alice I tried to contact on that dating site!" he said, seeming almost awed by her very presence. "You look much lovelier in person." he said with a wink.
Alice blushed a little and Jasper turned around to face the front of the class since the teacher had just walked in.
The teacher took roll, while I saw Alice, scribbling quickly and passing a note quickly to Jasper, out of the corner of my eye. I pulled out my phone and started texting Edward.
What do you think those two are talking about?
Idk. They seem to have hit it off though.
Yeah. Maybe we should just let them be alone already.
Nah, we can still get together tonight. Plus that means we can be together and maybe Emmett and Jas's sister will get along.
Okay sounds good.
I felt my phone buzz again, but this time the message was from Alice.
OMJ. We all have to hang out together.
I smiled and quickly replied.
We already plan to. Tonight. Dinner at Edward's. Emmett's coming, too.
Sweet Jesus. This is amazing. Ah, I'm in love! :)
We got out of class early because we only went over class rules and the syllabus. When we got up to leave, Alice realized how much shorter than Jasper she really was. She only reached up to his mid-bicep. She pouted a little, but quickly hid it as she smiled at Jasper as she said goodbye, and we walked out to our separate cars.
We went home to have some lunch and wait for Emmett to tell him about the night's plans. We decided to go ahead and change into our outfits for dinner. We wanted to stay cute and casual, so we could catch the eyes of our cuties, while staying comfortable.
I decided to keep on my black skinny jeans and threw on a cute gray shirt with various hearts and designs on it, that came with a matching scarf. I set my gray jacket aside for when it was time to leave. (both girls' outfits on profile). I touched up my makeup and decided to let my hair fall down in light waves down my back after being in a bun all morning. I topped it off with black flats that had a bow on the top and went to see what Alice had changed into.
She had decided on a blue and white, thin-striped button-up shirt, with a white, lacy camisole underneath and a light blue, jean skirt. She paired it with little, white flats and a thick, white, lacy headband. She had also touched up her makeup and spiked her out just a little. By the time we were both ready, Emmett was home.
We filled him in on the plan, telling him there'd be a cute, single girl there for him. He immediately agreed and went to get cleaned up.
We hung around the house watching television and going on the computer until 5:15 pm, which meant it was time for us to go to Edward's. This was going to be the first time I saw Edward's apartment and actually hung out with his roommates. I hoped I wouldn't make a fool of myself, which I had a habit of doing thanks to my wonderful clumsiness.
We all decided to go in Emmett's car, since he wanted to impress Jasper's sister and Alice and I no longer needed to impress the people we were going to see. I plugged his address, from the small piece of paper he gave it to me on, into the GPS and we were off.
Emmett chuckled, "1901 Maestro Way? How weird is that? Isn't he a music major?"
"Yeah, funny. I never realized how coincidental the address was." I said, shrugging.
We pulled up to the apartment complex at 5:30 pm and went down the hall to apartment number 17. We knocked on the door and a gorgeous, tall, blond woman with startlingly blue eyes, answered the door. I immediately took a knock to my self-esteem, wondering why Edward hadn't picked this, clearly better, girl over me. I heard Emmett move forward and when I looked at him he had a dopey grin on his face.
"Hey Rosalie." he said shyly.
The reserved looking woman in front of us actually smirked a little.
"Hello Emmett." she said in almost a purr-like voice.
It seemed that they already knew each other and Em, apparently had a crush. I quickly whispered the news to Alice, who made a grossed-out face at the idea of her brother actually liking someone.
Rosalie moved out of the way and let us in. Jasper and Edward were sitting on the couch watching an old "Drake and Josh" rerun. I snuck up behind Edward and placed my hands over his eyes.
"Guess who?" I whispered in his ear.
"My very beautiful girlfriend?" he said in a sultry voice.
I blushed a little before I answered, "Ding, ding, ding, you win!"
"What's my prize?" he said seductively, as he pulled my hands from his eyes and turned to see me.
Before I could reply, I heard Emmett's booming laughter and saw Alice run to jump on the couch next to Jasper exclaiming, "Ooh I love this one!"
I walked around the couch to sit next to Edward, who immediately pulled me onto his lap.
I blushed a light pink. "So, what's for dinner, Mr. Party Planner?" I asked, like a little kid asking their parents what they got her for Christmas.
"I'm making Parmesan chicken if that's alright." he said curiously.
"You cook?" I said in disbelief. "Not many guys are capable of doing so without burning down kitchens y'know. Just ask Charlie, my dad." I said laughing a little.
He chuckled with me and nodded his head, as he picked me up bridal-style so he could stand up to walk to the kitchen.
"Would you like to help, or stay here and watch television?" He asked before walking off with me.
"Anything that means staying with you." I replied shyly, embarrassed by my own unexpected boldness.
He smiled at me and walked us into the kitchen area of the apartment.
For an apartment, the kitchen was a decent size, with lots of stainless steel appliances and dark cherry wood cupboards. He set me down on a counter stool and walked over to the refrigerator. He pulled out all the ingredients and arranged them near the stove. I walked over to him and we began to make dinner.
Dinner was ready by 6:30 and we all gathered around their large, dining room table. Throughout dinner everyone muttered approval for the dinner between bites and casual conversation picked up. It was easy to see we had all broken off into pairs already. Alice and Jasper were chatting away about Texas and the civil war and apparently, the fashion of the time, from what I could hear. Rosalie and Emmett were talking about their shared class and Emmett's charger. She almost seemed to know more about his car than he did himself. Edward and I mostly talked about my job and how my first few classes had gone. He told me that after dinner he wanted to do something special for me. I wondered what it could possibly be but decided to just wait and see. I knew his surprises couldn't be half as scary as Alice's or Emmett's.
After dinner, we all cleared the dishes together and had a little system working out. I cleared the table, Edward washed the dishes, Rosalie and Emmett dried the dishes, and Alice and Jasper put the clean dishes away.
After dinner, Edward took me to his room. It was the master bedroom on the upstairs portion of the apartment. The apartments in this area all had two stories and some even had roof access. He showed me his room. It was very modern looking, with a black sofa, a simple bed with a black comfortable looking comforter and sheet music covering his large black desk, where his laptop sat. He walked over to the desk, grabbed some papers and took my hand. He led me upstairs to the roof access. On the roof, underneath a gazebo looking object, was a beautiful, sleek, black, baby grand piano. He stood in awe of the instrument as he had me sit on the piano bench beside him.
He placed the papers on the sheet music shelf and placed his fingers on the keys. He began to play one of the most beautiful sounding lullabies I had ever heard. It melted my heart. I leaned my head on his shoulder as he continued to play and sighed in contentment. He was absolutely amazing, and he was all mine.
When he finished the sad sounding end of the piece he lifted my chin and looked deep into my eyes.
"I call it, 'Bella's Lullaby'. I wrote it for you. It just came to me. I poured my emotions of meeting you into that piece," he paused for a moment. "Did you like it?" His green eyes seemed to shimmer with unshed tears as they penetrated through my soul.
"Edward...it was..."was all I managed to get out before I realized how close our faces had gotten during the exchange, and felt his warm lips crash into mine.
His lips moved swiftly with mine. It felt like fire erupted throughout my body, not causing pain, but instead, pure joy. I felt my hands slide around him and slide up his back to tangle my fingers in his hair. He put his hands on my hips and pulled me onto his lap, not breaking the kiss. My breath finally started getting ragged, forcing me to pull away for air. His breathing was ragged to as he leaned his forehead against mine and smiled his dazzling smile.
"Amazing.." I finally finished my sentence once I caught my breath.
He kissed my forehead and got up from the bench. He took my hand and led me back downstairs. When we made it back to the first floor, Alice was sitting next to Jasper on the loveseat and Jasper had his arm casually laid behind her on the couch.
Rosalie and Emmett were nowhere to be found. Edward seemed to realize what I was searching for.
"She must be showing him around. Or maybe they're in the backyard area." he said.
We went to join Alice and Jasper in the living room. Only a moment later, we heard Rosalie's and Emmett's laughter as they came down the stairs. Emmett's shirt was slightly wrinkled and Rosalie's hair was somewhat out of place. My eyes grew wide with the possibilities of what the two could've been up to.
Emmett seemed to realize I was staring and immediately tried to straighten out his shirt. He nudged Rosalie, who tried to flatten out her hair again.
"So, what were you two up to?" Alice asked, never looking away from the television, with a slight smile on her face.
"Uh, well, Rosalie, she got something stuck underneath her bed, so, uh she asked me to, uh get it for her, yeah." Emmett said, seeming to struggle with coming up with a believable story. Rosalie nodded fervently beside him.
Jasper, not looking away from the television, snorted before speaking, "Sure, and I have a pet chihuahua named Rex."
Rosalie blushed and Emmett had a goofy grin plastered on his face. They went into the kitchen and continued to chat away quietly with each other for the rest of our visit. We finally ended up leaving at almost midnight, since Alice was starting to fall asleep, snuggled up to Jasper, unknowingly. Rosalie got up to walk Emmett to the car as Jasper offered to carry Alice out. Edward and I stood from the couch, but didn't move to leave.
"Bella," he paused, as if unsure of what to say once everyone had left us alone. "I'm sorry if I was too forward earlier upstairs. I didn't mean t--"
Before he could continue, I pressed a finger to his lips.
"Shh. You don't have to apologize for anything. I never said I didn't enjoy it." I smiled at him, then replaced my finger with my lips, pressing them lightly to his.
He sighed from relief and wrapped me up in a tight hug.
"Thank you." he said breathlessly, placing a kiss on top of my hair.
"For what?" I asked curiously.
"For choosing me." he said and I smiled, squeezing him tighter.
"I think it's time for me to go. I've kept Emmet and Alice waiting." I said sadly.
He let me go reluctantly, but took my hand and entwined our fingers as he walked me out to the car.
Emmett was sitting in the driver's side with the windows down, talking to Rosalie still, who leaned casually through the window. Alice was buckled up, lying across the back seat and apparently Jasper was talking to her.
I walked over to the car with Edward. He opened the passenger door for me before I could even get my hand on the handle. He lightly kissed me, just before I slid into the seat. Jasper and Rosalie finished up their goodbyes and started to head back into the apartment.
"Goodnight Bella, I'll see you later?" Edward asked.
"Of course. Maybe we can get together tomorrow." I said grinning widely.
"Great." he said smiling his gorgeous crooked grin. I lost my air for a moment and didn't have the time to get it back as he leaned through the window and kissed me one last time before heading inside.
Emmett seemed to be oblivious to what had just happened between us as he had his own huge grin across his face, as he drove us home.
When we pulled up, Alice was able to walk in on her own. She fluttered into the house gracefully. Emmett walked in after me and both headed straight for their rooms.
"Hold up a second. You two have some explaining to do. Especially you." I said pointing at Emmett.
They both stopped dead in their tracks and turned to face me with guilty looks on their faces.
"Whatever do you mean, dearest Bella?" Alice asked innocently.
I laughed once before asking, "What I mean is, what were you four up to while Edward and I were upstairs?"
Alice smirked at me. "Shouldn't we be asking what you two were up to? You guys are the only ones actually going out, or at least you were." She mumbled the last half of her sentence.
I blushed lightly. "hat are you trying to hide Miss Alice? Care to share with the rest of the class?" I said smiling at her.
Emmett tried to sneak out by slowly walking backwards.
"Don't move mister. If I'm going down, you're going down," Alice said menacingly to Emmett.
He sighed in defeat and shuffled back over to us.
"Can't we just talk about this in the morning?" he said tiredly.
"Yes, let's. Unless, Bella would you like to go first?" Alice asked in a devious tone.
"Goodnight, Alice, Emmett," I said quickly as I practically ran to my room.
"That's what I thought," I heard Alice say as she headed over to her room.
Emmett sighed in relief and lumbered sleepily towards his bed.
As I laid in bed, in my new purple nightie, I thought about the kiss. That electricity that had jolted through me in that kiss, made me want more of him, but I knew we had to take things slow or we would end up regretting it.
I touched my lips still remembering the warmth of his on mine, and smiled. I wondered what he had thought of the kiss.
He almost seemed to regret it when I had gone to leave. I frowned at the idea, but quickly pushed it away, as I drifted into dreams of kissing Edward Cullen, and so much more. This helped to distract me from the interrogation to come tomorrow.
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A/N: Ahhh so I finally got it out. It's 8 pages. Sorry, I've been super busy. I started college and it was my boyfriend's 18th birthday on the 6th. Anyways, it's finally here. Don't know how often these'll be coming out. I'm already getting quite a workload, taking 5 classes this semester. Well, hope you guys liked it. Don't forget to R&R! Tell me what you want to see next chapter. It makes me happy :D Oh yeah, and I'm super excited that my 18th birthday is on the 29th of this month :D I'm gonna be legal! Haha. Oh and one last thing, you guys should check on Daddy's Little Cannibal's stories. They're awesome.
