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Dusk and Dawn: Chapter 7

Sensations

EPOV

"Don't try it, Edward", Emmett warned me. I had just walked away from Justin Leos when I stopped because an idea suddenly came into my mind… "Don't", he gripped my shoulder, as if he was holding me back.

I just wanted to ask Justin for a rematch, was it so wrong? "Let it go", Jasper interjected.

They were right; I had completely forgotten about what Bella said—ignore, ignore, ignore. I breathed heavily, letting all the steam out. I had to admit, I was slightly irked. Slightly.

Emmett walked to his locker and took out his towel and clothes. I quickly did the same and nearly ran to the showers. My watch read 3:30, so I quickly turned the shower up to lukewarm after closing the opaque door when I walked in. I shampooed my hair in quick speed and soaped even faster.

Ten minutes passed and I grabbed by comb after drying my hair. My watch said 3:45. I ran faster as I threw the towel into my locker and slammed it before exiting the locker room.

Student began flooding out into the campus, carrying their books. The great mod is making it even more difficult for me to spot—Bella. She had just walked out. I ran and walked by her side, panting heavily from all the exhaustion. I felt sweat staring to appear on my back.

"Hey", she smiled sweetly.

"Hi", I inhaled and exhaled for the last time.

"Running, at Physical Ed.?" She smiled.

"Something like that." I replied. We walked to Bella's cabin. Almost all the people were leaving on the bus.

"I'll drop off my books and then we can head to the pond." I nodded as she reached for the door knob.

"Bella?" Alice had already opened it before she did then she focused her attention to me. "Edward? What are you doing here?"

No. No… What could I tell her? I couldn't tell her about Bella and me. I didn't have any other option… "I—"

Alice's smile widened. "Oh, I get it", she giggled, covering her mouth with one hand. "Why, I'm very happy for you." Was I that easy to read? Apparently, I was. Frustratingly, I was.

Bella was still at her desk, it appears she had a phone call to attend to.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner, Edward? When did you tell her? How'd you tell her? Where? What did she tell you?" She shot nonstop questions at me, as if I was some sort of robot. I was almost irked. I hadn't said anything to her, I was too surprised. How could she have found out so easily? It seemed like all my efforts to keep her from knowing were just a waste of time.

"I—" What else could I say? I didn't know what to say. I was speechless, shocked, flabbergasted.

Alice was never this clever with me. She was too oblivious to what others think due to so much of her perkiness. Great.

It took me nearly the whole day to hide it from her, and she figured it all out in a few seconds.

"Edward?" she waved her hand in front of my face. "Well?"

"Uh…" Maybe I could tell her that I was here to help Bella with some sort of project we had for one of our classes together. Lying didn't seem like a good option for me right now. I could just come clean and tell her everything. Gah! This is very difficult.

She waited with her arms already crossed and one foot was endlessly tapping on the ground beneath her. It seemed like she was not being patient with me this time. It seemed like she could go mad any minute. I wanted to see that.

"If", I started and Alice immediately stood straight. "If I told you that I did, can you stop your queries until there? I'm irked enough." I wish she would consider.

She rolled her eyes to the ground and bit her lower lip. "Maybe?" she smiled.

"Thanks", I smiled. She actually understood me.

"Will you let Bella tell me everything later?"

Groan.

"If she wants to; it's fine with me." Bella walked out the door with a brown jacket on.

I reached out for her hand and walked towards the pond.

A few minutes passed by as we were finally nearing the pond.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Okay, shoot." I said trying to sound casual.

"It's just that I don't really know everything about you."

"My name is Edward Anthony Mason Cullen. How's that?" I said sarcastically.

"Okay… Favorite book?"

"Virgil, Jane Austen", I curtly replied. We were already on the bridge. Bella opened her sling bag and to out Sense and Sensibility. I smiled amusingly.

"Music?"

"Claire de Lune." She held up a CD which read Clair de Lune on it.

"Alice is going to ambush me later, isn't she?" Bella mused.

I nodded, chuckling mutely.

"So it's fine with you if I tell her then?" her eyes were at my direction.

I nodded, but I was unsure.

"It's not."

I looked at her. As if she had just read my mind. "It's pretty obvious anyway." I breathed.

"Okay", she looked down at the water, specifically at my reflection.

We smiled for a few moments, followed by an awkward silence didn't seem to break between us. I didn't know what to say and neither did she.

The sun had finally begun to set; bright orange, red and yellow beams filled the sky. A sudden feeling of fluttering in the pit of my stomach made me stiff.

Bella looked at the sunset, the light from it made the details on her face even more visible. Her hair seemed to have red in it as her face shined.

I shifted my hand, putting it on hers than laid on the handrail of the bridge. I held her hand, but not too tight. She gave me a small smile, her soft eyes slightly crinkled.

Our faces were only a few inches apart, I could hear her breathing. My eyes fell down to her lips as I crooked my head, tilting it closer towards hers, closing the gap between us.

My lips then met hers.

The strong fruity scent from her hair drifted to my nose.

We heard the speaker nearby being turn on. She seemed to stop after hearing that, I didn't.

Dinner will be served at six thirty P.M. at the cafeteria.

"We… should…go…" she said between pauses. Doesn't matter, I wanted to say.

Our lips broke apart. But my forehead was on hers; she turned her head towards the direction of the speaker. Her lips curled inwards as she shifted her attention to look around us. It was a good thing nobody was around.

I looked at my watch which read six twenty P.M. Great.

"We should be heading to dinner", she smiled.

I grinned as I grabbed her hand, leading her pass the large apple tree and towards the cafeteria. My lips still felt warm and my stomach still had the slight feeling of agitation.

Bella walked in line once we got inside. I spotted the others already at a table and walked to the line. I grabbed a tray right after she did and stood behind her.

"It's my turn tomorrow", I whispered closely to her ear.

"For what?" she turned her head to me.

I titled my head closer to hers which was still facing me. "To the ask questions." I smiled.

She just smiled and turned her head back.

I walked behind her towards the table.

"Where have you guys been?" I saw Alice smile slyly as she sat beside Jasper.

"None of you business", I replied stiffly.

"Touchy!" I heard Emmett laugh beside Rosalie.

Bella sat down beside me as we ate.

"Seriously, will you tell me?" Alice smiled.

"You're too much of a snoop to be told", I scoffed.

Alice suddenly pouted, making her eyes drop and looked at me, desperately, I might add. Bella giggled beside me.

I looked at Alice and raised one eyebrow, then fell to eating my dinner again. The macaroni wasn't that appetizing, neither was the chicken, which forced me eat slowly.

"Edward", Emmett called. "Late night game later, are you coming?" He smirked; he obviously expected me to be with Bella.

I looked at Bella without turning my head. "Maybe", I simply replied. Alice raised an eyebrow at me as I shrugged my shoulders and ate the unappetizing food in front of me.

Dinner was finally over. I walked with Bella to her cabin. The basketball game would start in about fifteen minutes.

"Edward?" Bella looked at me.

"Yes?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Maybe", I mused.

She didn't seem amused. "It's about when you suddenly were in indignation with me the other day", she paused. "Or about those other times when you'd suddenly become gloomy. Why have such capricious moods?"

I didn't know what to tell her. I didn't say anything.

"It's fine if you don't want me to know", she put her head down. Is she disappointed, irritated?

"I", I started. The words seemed to find their way out of my mouth, "You look like Emily, that's all." I figured she might forget about it and leave it at that.

"Who's Emily?" Her eyes looked up at me. She didn't leave it at that, unfortunately.

"She was my girlfriend", my tone dropped.

"Oh", her eyes fell back to the ground. "What happened?" I could hear the unhappiness in her tone. Rose had warned me about this; she might think that I only like her because she looked a lot like Emily. She might think that I didn't really love her. But I did; in fact, there are more things that I liked about her of which Emily didn't have.

Bella had the same interests with me, from music to literature. Emily. She was more interested in pop music and read magazines rather than books. I did seldom miss her, once in a while, when her image appears in my mind. But then, Bella's face suddenly appears right next to hers. I'd suddenly remember that it was a time to step away from the agonizing memories.

I should've told Bella about it in the first place.

"She died, in a car accident."

"I'm sorry", she said, her tone faded.

"It's not you're fault", I held her hand, intertwining out fingers. "There's no one to blame."

"Are we alike?" she smiled, trying to console me.

"In some aspects", I replied, smiling at the thought that she took it all well.

We reached the door of her cabin and she turned the door knob. She kissed me on my cheek before disappearing into the cabin. I love you; I didn't get to tell her that.

"Edward!" Emmett chest-passed me a basketball as I was nearing the basketball court; Jasper was shooting hoops while Emmett seemed to keep blocking him.

"What took you so long?" Jasper said, wiping the collar of his shirt to his sweaty forehead.

"Bella. Duh!" Emmett smacked Jasper's head.

"Right", Jasper seemed to have come back to reality.

I stepped into the court as I shot the basketball through the hoop. "Bella asked me about Emily."

"And what did she say?" Emmett grabbed the ball I shot and threw it back to me, blocking me.

"She knows", I tried to get pass him and I finally shot another basket.

"That's good. It's a good thing she didn't overreact." Jasper said, a few meters away. The game was already starting.

"Yes", I panted before I took the ball from Jasper.

"So you have nothing to hide then? Those heavy boulders are finally off your shoulders", Emmett mused as he grabbed the ball from me and passed it to Jasper.

"It's a good thing you came clean with everything, man", Jasper said as he shot the ball meters away. "And the other best part about it is that she doesn't think you like her because she looks like Emily", he added.

Bella didn't seem to ask me any other questions. Maybe she didn't take it well; perhaps she just hid all her emotions. She wasn't curious about anything else.

Emmett and Jasper gave each other high fives. A one-on-one game would have been fairer.

We played more hoops for a few minutes before finally heading off the cabin. My mind still drifted off the Bella and to the probable emotions she kept hidden. I would have been frustrated when I've been told something like what she just found out. Today's sensations were all bottled up in my head.

How was it? They finally kissed... I guess some of you might say, it's about time! I've put a lot of effort into this:D And please forgive me if I have committed any typos because I was in such a rush to post this chapter. This is all just the beginning of the climax. I thought of making this story longer, so I added more ideas for more scences. Add me in YM, (my profile name) or pm me... Review!

-Kar