I been having some extra free time, so here is another chapter...Thank you for the wonderful reviews you gave. YOU ARE AWSOME!
"I have to go."
"No, no, please don't go."- Edward whined and held me tighter in his arms.
"I'm sorry but I promised my mom I would meet her at the grocery store."
"No, Bella, please I need you."- He said kissing me.
"I'm sorry but I really have to go."- I got out from underneath him, by pushing him away and he just lay there pouting, it was the cutest thing.-"Edward get up, please."
"No."- He said crossing his arms and I had to laugh.
"Come on, don't do this."
"Ok, come and help me."- I went to him and extended my hand, he took it and started to get up, but then pulled me and we fell on the couch.-"Just one more kiss, please."
"Just one?"
"Yes."
"Promise?"- He nodded, but that one kiss turned into another make out session and my phone rang again.
"I really need to go, I wish I could stay…"- He smiled and released me.
"I know, I'm sorry, just go I'll close everything. Are you going to that big place near your house?"- He asked with his eyes sparkling.
"Yes, why?"
"Nothing…"- He kissed my forehead.-"I'll call you later."
I got my things and ran to my car, I felt really bad to leave like this, but my mom was going to kill me. I might have driven above the limit, but I got there really fast, I could never have done that with my old truck. I parked and called my mom.
"I'm sorry."- I said as soon as she answered.
"It's ok, I'm near the vegetables."
"Be there in a second."- I ran inside and quickly found my mom, normally I did all the shopping for the house, but occasionally my mom came with me.
"I'm so sorry, I just got caught up."
"Don't worry about it I just got here."
"So do you want to divide the list to make it faster?"
"Ok."- She said ripping the list in two halves.
"We'll meet here, the first one waits."
"Sure."
I went around the place getting everything on that list at a speed record. I felt really bad for being late and for leaving Edward like that. This would be so much easier if my mom knew about him. I hated having to lie to her so I could spend some time with him, but deep down I knew that it was worth it. Because when we were together, nothing else matter.
I got the last item on my list and went back to the vegetable place, and my mouth dropped when I found my mother talking and giggling with no other than Edward Cullen, who was displaying his most charming smile. He was unbelievable…
"Bella, look who I found!"- My mom said laughing.
"Hello, Bella."- Edward said.
"Hello, nice to see you again."
"Well, I better go, I'm sure you have better things to do."- He said making that typical Cullen lost puppy face and from the look on my mom's face, she was totally buying it.
"Nonsense, why don't come and have dinner with us. My boyfriend Phil is coming, I'm sure he would love the male company.
"Oh, no. I would hate to impose my presence like that, especially on Bella."- He said putting his most dazzling smile. Oh my God!
"She won't mind, right Bella?"- I tried my best not to laugh, they way he charmed my mother was amazing. When my mom turned her back on him he just winked at me.
"Of course I won't."
"Great, we will meet you outside."
"Thank you."
We finished the rest of the list because my mom, stopped after she ran into Edward. He was waiting for us by the door to escort us, just like the gentleman he was.
He followed us and carried all the bags inside, this was like a dream, the only part missing was my mom knowing who he really was.
"Do you need help with anything else?"- Edward asked when he put the last bags on the counter.-"I happen to be a good cook, maybe I can help."- He said with that dazzling smile.
"Really? I wanted to try this new recipe, to surprise Phil."- My mom said showing him a piece of paper that had been torn from a magazine.-"But I'm afraid to mess up, I'm not that good of a cook."
"Don't worry I'll help you."
"Thank you."- My mom said completely dazzled by my boyfriend's charm. I leaned against the wall and just watched them interact with each other around the kitchen. Occasionally he would turned to me and smiled.-"Honey, why don't go change and do your homework, I'll get you when dinner is ready."
"Ok, I'll do that."- I went upstairs, took a shower and change into another of those cute AliRose track suits. I tried to do my homework but I could hear my mom and Edward laughing in the kitchen, and for some stupid reason I was jealous. I wanted to be the done laughing with him.
I put some music on, to tune out their sound and concentrated on my homework; half an hour later I was done. I got my things ready for the next day and went downstairs, Phil was already there.
"Hi, Phil"
"Hey, Bella, how are you?"
"I'm great and you?"
"I'm doing very well."
"Bella, you have to taste this."- My mom said pulling me into the kitchen and handing me a spoon with something on it. I tasted and it was fantastic.
"This is great."
"Well, I have to confess that it was all Edward's doing. He really is a great cook."- I looked at him and he gave me that crooked smiled I loved.
"You know Renée why don't you and Phil go for a walk while Bella and I finish this. That is if you allow me to be alone with her and if she doesn't mind."- My mom looked at me waiting for my answer.
"Of course I don't mind, go for a walk, I'll text you when everything is ready."
"Really you don't mind?"
"Not at all."
"Thank you."- She gave me hug and whispered in my ear.-"Behave."- She took Phil's hand and they went outside. As soon as the door closed, Edward's arms were around my waist and his lips on my neck.
"I missed you…"
"Edward, please the window his open."- He immediately let me go, and pulled me to a blind spot and kissed me.-"You know you are completely insane."
"Only about you."
"I can't believe you are here in my house."- He smiled gently.
"Well, I think your mother likes me."
"They way you charmed her was amazing. I have to confess I felt a little jealous."- He looked at me surprised.
"Why would you feel that?"
"Because, I wanted to be the one laughing with you here, in the kitchen."
"I know, I'm sorry for putting you through this…I wish things could be different."- He got that tormented looked.
"Edward don't…"
"I'm sorry for being so selfish, I just…"- He said cutting me off.
"Love me too much?"- He smiled.
"Yes, with all of heart and soul."- He pulled me into a deep hungry kiss.
"Edward?"
"What?"- He said against my lips.
"The food, it's going to burn…"
"Oh…damn."- He let me go and went back to the stove, I just watched him, in his white tight T-shirt, the sleeves were pulled up to his elbows, with a kitchen cloth on his shoulder, he looked really hot, or better he looked delicious.
We finished dinner, and set the table with the special service my mom bought for special occasion but never actually used . We put on some candles and everything just looked beautiful.
"My mom is going to love this."- I said admiring the table.
"It will be like a secret double date."- Edward said putting his arms around my waist and pulling me close to him.
"I'll text my mom."
"No, let me just have another kiss."- I smiled and of course I could not deny him that, so I put my hands on his neck, pulled him to me and kissed in the most passionate way I could. His reaction was a beautiful sexy groan.
"Oh…Bella, I want you so much love, it is driving me crazy."
"We really need to calm down…"
"I know but when we are like this, I can't think…it's a lot harder than I thought it would be…please text your mom, before I carry you to your room and…"- He close his eyes and took a deep breath.
"I'm so going to win…there's no way you can wait until school is over."- I said teasing him and he just smiled.
"Just text you mother, evil girl."
I texted my mom and a few minutes later, they were back. She gasped when she saw the table.
"Oh, my God, Bella, this is so beautiful."
"I'm glad you like it."
"I love it."
We had a wonderful time at dinner, I sat between Phil and Edward and my mom was facing me. Edward would hold my hand underneath the table and smiled at me discreetly.
We talk and laughed just about everything for hours around the table, my mom even asked Edward if he was seeing anyone, to which he said no and my mother was very surprised. He explained to her about being gifted and how that always got in the way of him finding a girlfriend.
"I can't believe it, they must all be blind."- My mom said.
"I think the problem is actually mine, I need someone who can stimulate my mind, someone I can have a conversation with and that is very hard to find."
"Oh, I see."
"Well, it's a shame that a young man like you is alone. It's just like Bella."-Ok, now I was blushing and Edward was smiling.-"She has a hard time finding someone her age, you see she's so mature for her age, I have to confess that most of the times she acts more like an adult than I do."
"Mom, you're embarrassing me."- I said through my teeth.-"I'm sure, Edward is not interested in my personal live."
"Don't be silly, honey…I was just saying that you two are a lot alike, even if you have a considerable age difference, that's all."- Wow… Edward and I exchange a quick look. This was actually working, I started to feel hopeful, I really wanted to share this with my mom, I was just afraid of her reaction.
The conversation move on to Phil and his job, he talked about how it was to be a professional player, but he also said that it was very tiring, that he was considering quitting and finding a job as a coach. He looked at my mom and smiled, his eyes were filled with love, my mom just smiled back, it was really good to see her happy.
My mom and Phil insisted on clearing the table and cleaning the kitchen.
"Bella, why don't you show Edward your book collection, I'm sure he would love to see it."- My mouth dropped.
"My book collection…the one that's in my room?"- I asked surprised.
"Yes."- She said smiling and winking at me.
"Ok…Would you like to see my book collection, Edward?"
"Well if it is ok with your mom, I would love to."- He said trying to hide his laughter.
We went up the stairs and into my room, we could hear my mom and Phil laughing and talking in the kitchen, we looked at each other and started to laugh quietly.
"I think your mom is trying to put us together."
"You think? I can't believe it."- I said, putting my arms around him.-"You know this could make things a lot easier."
"I know…"- He said holding me tightly.-"Now, let me see that book collection."
"You don't have to see it, it's nothing compared to yours."
"I would love to see it."- I showed him my shelf, filled with novels and poetry. He ran his fingers through the books smiling; sometimes he would take one out to get a closer look. He smiled widely when he saw my well used Anthony Masen books.-"You have a very interesting collection, Bella."- He looked around the room, he had been here before but at night when it was dark, so he was taking his time to see everything.-"You also have a good taste in music."- He said looking at my cd's. Of course it was nothing compared to his collection.-"Is this your father?"
"Yes, that's Charlie."
"You have is eyes."
"Yeah…"
"I would love to meet him some day."
"Maybe you will."- He turned to me and smiled.
"I will be leaving when we go back downstairs. I had an amazing time."
"Thank you for being here."
"If I could I would be with you always."
"Really?"
"Yes…we should go back."- He said walking towards the door.
"Edward, wait."
"What?"
"I just wanted to tell you, I love you."- He smiled.
"I love you too, more than I'm able to put into words."
"Do you really believe, what that poem said? Is that how you see us?"
"Yes, especially that last part… I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
His eyes showed the intensity of his feelings, my heart was swelling with love and happiness, and tears filled my eyes.
"That's beautiful."
"That's us…"- He said smiling and putting his hands in his pockets to avoid touching me. We looked at each other not able to say a word, because words weren't enough to describe our feelings.
We went back downstairs to find Phil and my mom making out in the kitchen, I clear my throat to get their attention and my mom blushed when she saw us there.
"I had a wonderful time, Renée, thank you so much for inviting me."- Edward said.
"It was our pleasure."
"I guess I'll see you at the dance, right?"- My brain hit the brakes. Dance? What dance? Edward must have notice my expression so he continued.-"I saw your name on the list of chaperons for the event."
"Yeah…I completely forgot tell you about it, Bella. Principle Clapp called me the other day to ask me if I would like to help out."- She said giving me an apologetic look.
"Oh..."- Was all I could say.
Edward said goodnight and left, my mom and Phil went to watch some TV, I had a feeling, he was not in the mood to leave. I waited a few minutes and then went back to my room, as soon as I lay in my bed; I felt how tired I was.
I texted Edward to let him know I was going to sleep, and I just blacked out. Unfortunately my night was filled with nightmares, they were all the same, with Jane laughing and taking Edward away from me, the difference from the first one was that now Edward asked me to save him, right before he disappeared.
The rest of the week flew by, my mom acted weird all week. Every day she would come up with some program for the two of us to do, hair salon, shopping, movie, stuff like that. It was driving me insane; because she was keep me from staying extra time at work, which meant less time with Edward. He tried his best to be comprehensive about it, but I knew it was getting to him, but he didn't complained.
He had lunch in the cafeteria every day, he sat with me and my friends one more time, the rest of the days he would sit at a different table. He told me he was doing this to get to know the students better.
It was finally Friday, and my mom was meeting me at the office to see where I worked, sometimes I wondered if she had find out about Edward and me, and was trying to keep me away from him. I had it, today when we get home; I was having a conversation with her.
I was taking Angela with me to AliRose, she went insane when I told her what we were planning to do, and of course she said she was not the right person for it, but agreed to meet Alice and Rosalie. Off course this was all kept a secret because the contest was still going and we had received thousands of applications. Knowing Alice if she liked Angela, there was no way she was taking a no for an answer.
The meeting went really well, and as I predicted Alice convinced Angela to do it. Now we had the main face for the new line, all we needed was to select the rest.
My mom came by at the end of the day, Edward texted me saying he would be going home today and that broke my heart and made me furious at my mom. I showed her around the office and Alice and Rose were kind enough to show her their office. Alice tried to convince my mom to let me have dinner with her, but my mom insisted we need to go.
She hated to drive in the city so she took the train there, so she rode with me. I was quiet all the way home, I could feel my mom's eyes on me. Once we were inside the house, I snapped.
"Ok, mom just split out."
"I don't know what you are talking about Bella."
"Mom, you have been acting weird all week. What's up with all these mother/daughter plans? What's going on?"- She looked at me seriously, and my heart started to pound.
"Sit down, Bella."- Here we go, I tried to calm myself but I was expecting the worse. She was keeping me away from Edward, I just knew it. She looked at me opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
"Mom, you're freaking me out, what's wrong."- Tears fell down her cheeks and my heart stopped.
"It's just that I feel I'm being really selfish, since I found Phil and I don't want you to feel left out of my life, and you've change so much lately, and I feel like I'm losing you, and that's the last thing I want. I really love him but if that is getting between us, I'll break up with him. You come first."- I almost let out a sigh of relieve, no wonder I was so insecure, I was just like my mom. I came closer to her and knelt in front of her.
"Mom, you are not losing me, and I don't want you to break up with Phil, I can see how happy he makes you. But I'm growing up, I have school, an important job, new friends and I've always been independent, that's part of who I am, but you'll always be my mom, nothing is ever going to change that. Not even if you end up marrying Phil, I'll still be here."- She smiled.
"Really? Even if you find your prince charm?"- I rolled my eyes.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to learn to share me."- She hugged me.
"I just feel so selfish, I've been going away almost every weekend, and leaving you alone."
"I wasn't alone, you should be thankful I have friend to keep me company."
"I am, I just feel bad, and you're the one who should be falling in love. Not an old woman like me."- God, she was really having a self esteem crisis or whatever this was.
"Don't feel bad, my time will come. You know what? I think you need a girl's night to cheer you up."
"What?"
"Just trust me and let me make a phone call."
I called Alice and explained to her what was going on, and she went insane about having another girl's night, of course we argued about the best place to do it and like always she won, which it was actually a great idea, because it would bring me closer to Edward. Alice was going to call Rose and Esme to join us and have Carlisle join the guys to prevent them for acting like last time.
"Ok, mom. Get your bikini and some clothes we are going to Alice's house to have some fun."
"Bella, you didn't have to go through all of that trouble."
"Mom, you should have heard Alice, she loves this kind of thing, now let's go get ready."
Ok another girls night at Alice, hum...I wonder what kind of craziness will happened this time. New chapter coming real soon...don't forget to review...