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Chapter 10 Warzone

When we walked inside the smiling hostess said "Hey Bella your family just got here, they're waiting for you in the back"

"Alright thanks Connie" Bella answered

"Do you come here often?" I asked

"No but Connie used to work with me at Newton's so when we do come in we get the friends and family discount ten percent is not much but hey!"

"Newton's?" I asked

"Yeah you know as in the worlds largest sporting goods chain, oh look there they are!"

Newton? I wondered if she knew that her boss lives in forks. Probably not she would have mentioned it. I would have to ask Alice if she knew where Mr. Newton had Banish Mike to. Last I heard he had moved south and had gotten married. Mike was not a bad guy but him and his group didn't particularly like the Cullens or our best friends the Hales I see now that it was mostly our fault we were kind of snobby, well Rosalie was snobby but she was the only one. It wasn't that we thought we were better; it was just that we were complete as a group; we did not let anyone else in.

As we approached the table her father and brother both stood, I began to understand a little more about Bella. I had been raised to be a gentleman, but most women did not appreciate it they tended to get angry and offended. Not Bella, she almost seemed to expect it, and now I knew why she had been raised by a gentleman and treated like a lady her whole life so, me helping her in and out of the car, opening the door for her was normal.

"Guys this is my friend Edward, Edward these are my dad Charlie my mom Renee, my brother Seth and my sisters Leah and Claire." Bella said as I helped her sit.

"Good to finally meet you Edward" said Bella's mom

"Likewise Mrs. Swan."

"Oh don't be silly dear call me Renee" she said then mouthed to Bella 'he's cute' Bella blushed and I smiled

I turned my attention to Bella's father who had been starting daggers at our conjoined hands from the moment he saw us.

"Mr. Swan it's a pleasure"

"You can call me Officer Swan"

"Dad!" Bella exclaimed "Charlie!" Renee echoed

"Fine I guess just Charlie is fine" he mumbled

Dinner was delicious and the company was even better, Bella's dad interrogated me as expected.

"So Edward what is it that you do?"

"Oh I'm an oncologist at Phoenix General"

Charlie grunted, Bella scowled at him, and Leah spoke for the first time "Have you saved a lot of people"

I do some biopsies when I'm needed but for the most part I'm in a lab, I do have clinic hours Tuesdays, Thursdays and every other Friday."

"Cool" Leah responded.

"Oh I didn't know that" Bella said with a smile

When dinner was over I leaned in to Bella and said "Hey do you have to be home soon I want to show you something at my place"

"I can stay out a bit longer" she whispered back then turned to her parents and said to them "Hey Edward and I are going to hang for a bit I'll be home early ok"

"How early is early Bella" Charlie

"Charlie Bella's an adult" Renee whispered to him.

Bella giggled "don't worry daddy it will be at a decent hour I got school tomorrow plus Edward has work."

Charlie grunted again.

We said our goodbyes at the door, seeing as the swans had parked on the on the other end. I grabbed Bella's hand and hurried over to my car. "So what do you want to show me?" she asked.

"That's a surprise"

"Ugh! I hate surprises" she mumbled

I chuckled. Though our texts I had discovered Bella's love for literature, so I was going to show her one of my guest rooms. That I had turned in to a library of sorts.

When we pulled in to the parking lot I turned to smile at her she was looking out of the passenger window worrying her bottom lip. I grabbed her hand a squeezed drawing her attention to me "Relax you'll like this I promise." She gave me a tight smile

I helped her from the car; we walked hand in hand to my door I unlocked the door and said "How about a tour?"

"Uh ha, sure I guess" she sounded nervous

"Come on we'll start with upstairs"

"Ok so this is the guest room that my wonderful and favorite brother stayed in."

"Wait I thought Emmett was you only brother" she said with a smile all traces of her nerves gone.

"Technically he is unless you count Jasper, who's my brother-in-law" I returned the smile "which would make him my favorite brother; he's calmer times a hundred than Emmett"

"Ah."

"Yeah! Now on the other side is my bedroom not that special"

"No, it's nice I like it. Actually I really like the gray it's UN underappreciated color in my opinion." she said

She walked further in and looked at the picture on the dresser "aw it this you Edward you were such a cute baby nothing but, fat rolls." She teased

"Ha ha, no it's Mason my nephew, Alice and Jasper's oldest, well only kid."

She turned to the east wall and saw all the records and CD's I had "Wow you have a lot of music"

"I love music I almost got a degree in music but life had a way of deciding for you. Do you know what I mean?"

"Yeah I do." She said sadly I wondered what that was about

"Alright the bathroom is though there it's shared with the other room." I began to get excited "let's go down stairs"

Once we were down stairs I stopped in front of the room I really wanted to show her. "Ok so this was supposed to be the master bedroom but I liked it for this instead" I opened the door and let her in.

"Wow! This is amazing I can't believe it. You must have a million books in here"

"Well not a million but I do have quite a few, go ahead and look you fill." The room was large it had book shelves all along the walls except where I had a futon that folded out to be a bed for when I had more than one guest. And in the middle sat a baby grand, she went to it and hit three keys in sequence "Do you play?" I asked.

"No I just know that bit" she continued over to the book and got lost in her favorite world

I went to the piano, and as she explored I played a melody something I had composed to my mother a long time ago. When I was finished I joined her by the book shelf full of classics she turned to me an put her forehead on my shoulder and said "I am completely in envy of you"

I smiled at this and said "why"

"You've got looks, books, talent and life direction." She sighed "plays something else for me."

She pulled me to the piano she sat next to me. I began to play she smiled and said "Clair de Lune"

"You know it"

"Yeah mom tried to get me learn the piano but I would get so wrapped in the music and ignore the instructor this was one of my favorite pieces."

I laughed and kept playing

(BPOV)

Edward played an endless reserve of music for me eventually my head ended up on his shoulder and my eyes closed I wasn't asleep but kind of in that in between moment where you not fully awake but not yet asleep. When my phone rang ending the enchantment we were both in. It was my dad

"Hello"

"Bells are you Ok"

"Yeah dad sorry the time got away from me. I'm on my way home right now."

"Ok drive carefully"

"Alright dad see you in a bit" I knew he would still be up when I got home I ended the call.

I stretched and yawned "I can't believe how late it is, I better get going if I want to get any rest tonight."

"Alright let me walk you out."

When we got to my truck I handed Edward my keys before he asked for them. He smiled and said "You're something else Swan."

"What?"

"Nothing, ok lesson two"

"Lesson two?"

He put his hands on my shoulders, pulled me towards him and folded me in to his chest. He held me there; I took advantage and breathed him in. He smelled like a combination of cinnamon and fresh air.

"Usually you get hugged before the kiss but hey I'm an unconventional type of guy." He helped in to my truck "Text me when you get home ok."

"Ok"

As I drove away I felt like I had forgotten something more like I left something very important behind.

How many thought lesson two was going to be another kiss sorry Ok I won't be able to update as often b/c school is starting (ugh) next week but I won't abandon it. The head on the shoulder is something I saw on an anime and I loved the 'move' lol I had to use it drop me a note and let me know what you think.