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Chapter 2: The Date
Waking up is hard enough, but I woke with a damn pixie jumping on my bed. "Wake up Bella!" she sang.
"Ugh, go away Alice," my voice groggy from sleep.
"No, we have to talk. How'd it go last night?"
I sighed, "Fine: broke up with James and I now have a date with Edward tonight."
She let out this high pitch scream making me cover my ears. "Really Alice, it's too early to squeal."
She smiled. "Sorry, but that is great news! Now we have to figure out what you should wear!"
"You do that and let me know in a couple of hours."
The bed stopped moving so I assumed she left to figure out what I should wear, when all of a sudden I was buried under the contents of my closet. "Alice! What the hell?!" I screeched.
I could hear her giggle as I climbed my way out through the clothes, "Bella, I need your opinion almost as much as you need mine."
I sighed. "What time is it?"
"Almost one."
"Wow, I didn't realize I was that exhausted. Okay Aly, lets get started."
We went through every bit of clothing I had before she found the right sundress - dark blue flower print - with matching pumps.
It was getting close to eight so I jumped in the shower and fixed my hair and makeup. I put my dress on just in time to hear the doorbell to ring. I grabbed my shoes and ran towards the sound, slipping them on before opening the door.
Edward was in a nice dark blue button down shirt with dark slacks, his hair in its normal disarray and he was holding a bouquet of red roses.
I giggled. "Nice. How did you manage to match me?"
He smiled. "Dark blue is my favorite color on you, and I figured Alice would remember that and pick something of that nature. These are for you," he said as he handed me the roses.
"Thank you, they're gorgeous."
"Not as gorgeous as what I'm looking at." I felt the blush on my face and neck and turned to put the roses in a vase.
"Shall we go?" he asked, holding out his arm.
I smiled and took it, leading me out to his Volvo.
He drove to the same Italian restaurant we went to on our first date back in high school. As we were walking up I turned to him. "Did you do this on purpose?"
He smiled and opened the restaurant door. "Of course I did. I thought since we were starting over, we might as well start in the same place."
I kissed him on the cheek as I passed. "That is really thoughtful."
He shrugged his shoulders. "For you, it's nothing; you deserve the best."
I was speechless as we walked up to the hostess. I hadn't been treated like this since Edward and I broke up several years ago.
Once we were seated, we fell into easy conversation about anything and everything. After graduating from college, he did a little backpacking through Europe seeing the culture and working on his music. He always wanted to be a musician but he couldn't catch a break so he moved back to Forks a couple of months ago to work on his medical degree.
"So what have you been up to, Bella?"
"My life isn't as interesting as yours, I promise. My degree is in English and with it I got a job at a local paper. I moved in with Alice in the mansion her dad left her in the will, was maid of honor at my brother's wedding and now I'm here with you."
"It is interesting to me actually, especially the last part," he said as the waiter set down the bill. Edward grabbed some cash out of his wallet and set them down.
"Where to now?" I asked.
He stood up and held out his hand. "Come with me and find out."
He helped me up and we walked out to the Volvo hand in hand. He drove down a couple of streets to the movie theater.
"What are we seeing?" I asked.
"Your choice."
"You're only saying that because you know I'll pick the action flick of the season."
He grinned. "Guilty."
The movie was amazing; explosions in all the right places and a good story line and characters. I was acutely aware of Edward next to me, glancing at me just when I was trying to nonchalantly look at him. Eventually I got lost in the movie. The tangled love story with the hero did me in.
When the movie was over Edward drove me home and got out to open the car door for me then walked me up to the doorstep.
"I had a great time," he said.
"Me too."
"See you tomorrow?"
"Okay."
He smiled and leaned in for a chaste kiss. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," I said, looking at him one last time before closing the door behind me. Alice was sitting on the couch reading her magazine. I walked over and sat next to her.
"How'd it go?" she asked, looking up from her magazine.
"It went really well, we went to the Italian restaurant we always went to in high school and went to that action movie that came out last week. I had fun."
"I'm glad. You two are cute and I'm happy to see you happy, it's a nice change."
I smiled. "I couldn't agree more."
I got up and walked to my room. "Hey, Aly?" I asked, turning around in place.
She looked back up. "Yeah, B?"
"I never asked; how did last night go?"
She smiled. "It was the best, I will always remember it," she said, staring off into space. I nodded and smiled. "Goodnight Aly, love you."
"Goodnight Bella, love you more."
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