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Chapter 7 Double Line

(EPOV)

The rest of the week dragged on. I didn't get any face to face time with Bella mostly because she wanted to give Emmett and me some "brother time".

"I had plenty of brother time with him growing up" I told her she responded by saying something to the effect that life was short and that we shouldn't waste a single moment.

Even though I did not see her we did talk on the phone. I soon however discovered Bella's distaste for speaking on the phone she preferred to text and so I cut down our phone conversations from 5 or 6 a day to about 2or 3 and contented myself with just texting her. The upside of this was that I could be sneaky and text while I was hanging out with Emmett. That brought us to Thursday night I had been texting Bella

E-so wht time is Emmett's flight B

B-2 so I hve 2 leave wk 4 a bit to drp him off

E- if u want I can drp him off at the airport tht way u dnt hv 2 leave wk B

B-idk I dn wnt 2 put u out E

E no prob. I'm not wking n classes were canceled due 2 some leak somewhere on campus B

E- plus it's a very GF thing to do B

B-OK! Tht would help out so much TY E

E-just text me ur address n tell him I'll b by there noon so tht he can check in least an hour b4 his flight

I sent her the address along with another note of gratitude and bid her good night. I headed done the hall to the guest room to let Emmett know that Bella was going to give him a ride to the airport.

"Hey Em. Bella said that she can give u a ride to the airport tomorrow, that way I don't have to leave work"

"Cool bro that way I can fill her in on more of your antics from when you were little"

"Take easy on her Emmett she's kind of important." I said back to him "Oh yeah she said she will be here around noon so that you can check in on time."

(BPOV)

"Hey mom I'm going to give a friend a lift to the airport tomorrow ok"

"Sure, sweetie. What friend?"

"His name is Emmett mom you don't know him he's actually the brother of a friend." She looked at expectantly

I looked back at her.

"So what's the brother's name?" she asked

"Umm Edward" I said with a nod, trying to deny the quickening of my heart when I said his name.

Although I had not seen Edward since lunch on Monday, we had talked on the phone and texted basically got to know each other. I found Edward to be a real interesting person and I found myself more and more interested in him. Almost like the more I knew the more I wanted to know.

" ….ella, Bella" I heard my mom's voice and I shook me out of my inner monologue

"Yeah Mom what's up?"

"I should ask you that what's up with you. I have been calling your name for the last minute; I asked you where you had met this Edward guy."

"Oh around you know I was at a coffee shop and there were no seats left except the one at my table and he asked if he could share the table. I said yes and we got to talking, one thing led to the other and we became friends." I responded

"Ok well you should bring him by the house a guy that makes you get lost in your own thoughts is a guy worth meeting"

"Mom" said with a scowl "I'm going to bed, good night" I went back to my room to the sound of my mom's laughter.

I could not keep a small smile from forming on my face once I was alone in my room.

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E-hey could u tel ur bro tht im here if he doesn't hurry hell b l8.B

I had been outside the apartment building knocking and ringing the door bell off and on for the last 10 minutes and I was about to give up and go home. Maybe they had changed their mind and Edward had driven Emmett to the airport himself, but he did not seem the type to not let me know before I made it up here. I looked at my phone in case there was a missed call I had missed.

As I looked the phone went off

"Hello"

"Hey Bella Em's on his way he was ah.. talking on the phone with his wife and didn't here you knocking"

"Oh ok" I practically knocked the door in how could he not hear me. Strange.

"Yeah, hey I was meaning to ask you if you were busy for dinner"

"I have no plans"

"Cool come by my place around 7 I'll cook you dinner as a thank you of course"

"Ok"

Suddenly the door opened and Emmett came barreling out with a duffle bag like the hounds of Hades were after him. Screaming "come on Bella we don't have all day my plane is going to leave without me and I can't wait another day to see my Rosie"

"Well your brother came out so I'll talk to you later ok Edward"

"Bye Bella" he said and ended the call

Meanwhile Emmett had put his duffle bag in the trunk of my truck and now stood beside it reaching for the horn. I walked up to him and said "touch that and your walking to the airport"

Emmett laughed and held his hands up in surrender; he held the door open for me and then went around the other side and got in.

The drive to the airport was uneventful I asked Emmett about 'home' how Edward said that heat was very rare. So he did I think I fell in love.

When we got to the airport Emmett tried to pay me for the gas but I wouldn't let him so he offered to buy me lunch but I had promised my mom that I would be home by 3:30 for the talk with Seth and the girls about becoming a permit part of the family.

"How about this if I'm ever in your neck of the woods you can take me to that beach in La Push and we can have a bon fire with drift wood and you can feed me smores?"

"Ok! It's a deal. How about a hug goodbye" he said as he come around to the driver's side of the truck and opened the door.

As I stepped out he drew me in to his arms and hugged me tight. After a bit he pulled away keeping his hands on my shoulders he tilted his head to the side and looked at me like I had something on my face. As I went to rub my nose he leaned in and planted I kiss right on my lips

It lasted less than a nanosecond it took me longer to react then it lasted. And it was closed mouth but still he stole my first kiss so I said "um? What was that?"

"Sorry Rose says that I should show my affection with word and not with actions but well, you make my brother happy and that makes me happy which makes my wife happy which makes her brother happy in turn that makes my sister Alice happy all of us happy make our mom happy and that makes our dad happy so in short you make the whole family happy, so thanks again" he said with a silly smile on his face "see ya Bella thanks for the ride hope you come to visit soon." With that he grabbed his bag and headed inside the airport.

I stood there looking at him because that did not change the fact that he had stolen my first kiss.

"Excuse me ma'am you need to move your vehicle."

"What?"

"Your vehicle you need to move it"

"Oh right sorry" I said and jumped in and drove away.