A/N: sorry for the really late update! I just got caught up but here it is :)
Bella's POV
Once the power was back we had more things to do with the guys, because there only so much chick chat that a boy can stand. They don't get why we can talk for hours about nothing and yet feel like we've solved the entire mystery of life.
We watched TV, left the iPod on shuffle and played a little of the few videogames we had.
Alice and I had a Wii console, but we had very few games, especially since I did most of the playing and Alice went shopping instead.
Right now we were playing Mario Kart and to my surprise I had managed to leave behind all of my friends by a good lap. Everyone but Emmett, who kept trying to beat me on the last half lap that we were currently playing.
"You are so going to lose Swan!" he yelled.
"Not a chance Emmett" I said "I'm a pro on this game and you better get ready to eat my dust!"
"Girls don't do video games, so it's only natural that I win"
At the last statement Edward reached over and Gibbs slapped Emmett on the back of his head.
"Ouch!" Emmett yelled "What was that for?"
"Girls sure do video games!" I yelled before Edward could respond and while trying to get past the gigantic carnivorous flower that was trying to eat me on the video game.
"We'll see about that…" Emmett murmured.
I could see the finish line ahead of me but Emmett was right beside me and we were trying our hardest to win this game. No way was I going to let him beat me on my own house!
Just when Emmett got pass me and I let out a strangled "NO!" a random red shell appeared and hit Emmett square in the back. I laughed and of course beat him to the finish line and won the silly game.
"Where on earth did that came from?" Emmett yelled "I was about to win!"
We all turned to see Rosalie laughing like crazy on the end of the couch, she still had her control in her hands and her little manicured finger on the button you use to shoot the little red shells—just like the one that hit Emmett. I hadn't even noticed that she had gotten so close!
"You!" Emmett accused and pointed a finger at her "You cost me the game"
We just laughed at Emmett; he could be such a five year old sometimes. I had laughed so hard this whole night that my jaw was staring to hurt.
"I don't want to play this anymore" Emmett whined "What else can we do?"
"I'm tired" Alice yawned "It's already 3:00 AM and we haven't gotten any sleep"
"How about we watch a movie?" I asked "We'll be all asleep by the end of it anyways."
All of them agreed and Jasper went to pick a movie with Alice while Rose and I went to get some blankets and pillows. When we got back with our arms loaded I saw Emmett and Edward lifting the coffee table and moving it to the side. It was probably for the best since there was no way we could all fit comfortably if we all shared the furniture.
Alice was trying to convince Jasper that Titanic was the perfect pick for the night, but since we weren't probably even going to make it till the end of the movie, why bother? We ended up putting a copy of Disney's The Lion King and settled in to watch it.
Rose curled up on the sofa; Alice and Jasper settled for the comfy carpet that used to have the coffee table placed on it; Emmett sprawled on the futon and that left the couch for Edward and me.
Alice turned the lights down and got back to her place next to Jasper and we hit play on the movie.
When the movie was about half hour in my head started to fall and I would wake up startled every single time.
This was beginning to get annoying; I couldn't just rest my head on the arm rest because I'm sure that if I did I would start kicking and hogging the couch to myself. A habit I know I have because I wake up every morning to find myself sprawled all over the place on my bed and I can't do that to Edward, he would end up either on top of Alice and Jasper or by the door.
Edward seemed to sense my discomfort and pulled on sleeve to get my attention. He slowly put his arm around my shoulders and gently pulled me towards him, he gave me a looked that clearly read is this ok? I could only smile and rest my head on his chest.
The warmth was amazing and it didn't take me long to fall asleep with Edward rubbing my back.
Edward's POV
I had just woken up but didn't dare open my eyes and leave the most comfortable night of sleep that I've had in a long time. Why was I this comfortable? Wasn't there a storm outside?
I reluctantly opened my eyes and what I found surprised me to no end. I was completely laying down on the couch with my back squished between the back of the couch and Bella—who was facing me with her arms on my chest and a still asleep peaceful expression on her beautiful face. Her hair had fallen out of her ponytail and it flowed freely down her back and on her face. My eyes continued downward from her face and I was again shocked—my arm was tightly draped around her waist, both holding her to me and keeping her from falling backwards of the couch.
I stretched my neck to see if we were the only ones still in here, or if the rest of our friends were asleep.
Alice and Jasper were in a similar position to ours but they weren't as close as us, since they had more space. Only they looked like they were spooning with each other, I internally rolled my eyes—Jasper had it bad. Rosalie was curled of on the sofa with one arm and leg tangling of the side and Emmett was face down on the futon.
I was desperate to go back to the best sleep of my life so settled back down and tightened my grip on Bella. I closed my eyes and went back to the land of the dreaming.
Bella's POV
I was awaken by stiffed laughter and quiet murmurs. I slowly opened my eyes and found an asleep Edward facing and holding me. I blushed like mad and flung myself backwards trying to get more space. How the hell did we end up on that position?
As I felt that I was about to fall of the couch for pushing myself from Edward, his eyes shot opened and tried to stop me from falling to the ground but it was too late and since he didn't let go of me to save himself he ended up being pulled along with me. He wrapped his whole arms around my back to ease the blow of the fall I was about to complete.
We landed we big thud and my friends lost it. They were rolling on the floor laughing at us.
I looked up and was met with a pair of dazzling green eyes—Edward was on top of me.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"Eddikins!" Emmett yelled before I could answer "On top of Bella so soon?"
I blushed and I swear I saw a light pink grace Edward's cheeks but he rolled off of me and landed next to me.
"You guys were so cute asleep" Alice gushed.
"Dude, really?" Jasper asked Edward.
"I wouldn't say that if I were you, Jasper" Edward shot him and Alice and knowing look. What did he know that I didn't? "I happened to wake up a little bit earlier saw that everybody was still asleep and went back to it myself." He turned to wink at me.
He what? He saw us like we were and decided to just continue with it? Well as much I hate to admit it, if I were to be the one to wake up I'm sure I'd stayed in place and claim surprise in the morning.
But wait, if he saw the rest of the group including Alice and Jasper so that only means…
"You were together when you woke up!" I accused.
Alice blushed and Jasper had the decency of looking short for words. Ha! I'm glad Edward saw them.
Rosalie and Emmett were of course laughing their heads off.
"Dude! You two are so screwed!" Emmett laugher echoed from the walls.
"It took you girls long enough" Rosalie said also between fits of laughter.
At that point it seemed like the four of us found every detail in the apartment very interesting because we wouldn't meet each other's eyes.
"Ok you had your fun" Edward said and got up "I'm hungry anyone up for breakfast?"
"I am" I said and Edward offered me his hand to help me get up, which I gladly took. "You guys want anything?" I added looking to the rest of the group.
"Whatever you two are making is fine with me" Alice said and we got a chorus of agreements.
Once in the kitchen we decided to make French toast. I was dipping the bread in the eggs, milk and cinnamon mix while Edward cooked them. We had been working in comfortable silence until Edward spoke.
"You know… the only reason I didn't say anything back there is because I know it would've made you uncomfortable, but… I really woke up; I wasn't making anything up"
"So you saw us and left it like that" I said.
"Yes"
"Why?" wasn't that supposed to be awkward?
"Because I didn't mind, I actually liked it a lot" he said with a crooked grin.
"But didn't we say that we would take things slow this time?" I said, even if wakening up in his arms was one of the best things in the world.
"Oh… no Bella!" he dropped what he was doing to turn and look at me directly; he took both of my hands in his. "I didn't mean it like that. What I meant was that I liked it and maybe someday, a day that will not be today or tomorrow, but someday…maybe we'll want that again and I just wanted you to know that I do want that."
I didn't know what to say and I'm guessing that my silence was making him nervous. The truth is that I was elated. I did want that, not today but I did want to be with Edward for real, I wanted to know that he was mine and I was hers and nobody could change that.
Edward broke me from my inner monolog and started apologizing "Bella, I'm sorry I'm coming too strong aren't I? Sorry if I made you uncomfortable the last thing I want is to complicate things between us, if there's even an us but—"
I cut him up by running to him and draping my arms around his waist; I placed my head on his chest and gave him a good hug. It took him a couple of seconds to realize what was happening but he eventually hugged me back; he placed his head on top of mine.
"I'm sorry" he said one last time.
"I'm not" I said "You just surprised me, but the truth is that you have no idea how much I want that to. Maybe not today per se, but someday it would make me really happy."
"For now this is good" he said and gave me a little squish "Scratch that. This is perfect."
We stayed like that for a couple of minutes, just enjoying each other's warmth. The simple touch was enough to have my heart swelling.
The sound of someone clearing their throat made me come back to the present. I turned and saw a smiling Alice with Jasper by her side.
"We'll take over in here" Alice said simply and went to the neglected pan in the stove. Jasper went and took over my forgotten task. "You two looked cute enough to spare you the witty comments" she laughed.
Edward took my hand and led me to the living room once again. Only Emmett was there and he told us that Rosalie went to take a shower. We sat on the couch and Edward immediately put his arm around my shoulders and I rested my head on his shoulder. I could definitely get used to this.
We had been talking with Emmett for about five minutes, still waiting for breakfast to be ready when a piercing scream came from the bathroom. Rose.
"Rose I'm coming in!" I yelled and opened the door.
Rosalie was covered in a towel, dripping wet and on top of the toilet seat. "Explain thet to me!" she said and pointed to the tub, where sure enough some bugs were attached to the walls "Why do you have does in here!"
"Rosalie they probably came from the drain last night, they're here because of the storm"
"They could've bitten me while I was in there" Rosalie had a big fear of any bug; she would scream until someone took it out or killed it.
"Ok Rosalie, go to my room and get changed I'll have the guys take them out"
Rose huffed but left never the less. Emmett and Edward were the poor ones that had to collect every bug in the bathroom and go throw them outside of the apartment down the hall and to the stairs.
We ate breakfast and after Jasper said that it would be a good idea to watch the news to see how was everything coming along with the storm. We all watched and found out that the water was going to get cut today at some point; half of the city didn't have any water right now. So we all went to fill whatever big object that could collect clean water. We left them in the kitchen and in the bathrooms, ready to be used in case we also lost the water.
The news also said that the storm still had at least two more days until everything was clear and that meant two more days living with the guys.
A/N: I know it's short but I just wanted to get out something because it was really late with the update.
I'll post the next chapter by saturday I promise LOL
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