A/N Not really much to say. Thanks for the reviews! On with the chapter!

Chapter Five, Bam! Did you just fall off the roof?!

Bella's P.O.V

I only cried for five minutes but for me that was a long time. I had learnt a long time ago crying got you nothing and being able to turn off the tears at will was very helpful. When I finally stopped I didn't tell Edward right away. I was just felt so safe in his arms.

"I'm ok." I said quietly after a few moments of enjoying the feeling of Edward's arms around me.

"You sure? You really are an amazing woman Bella."

"I'm sure. And no I'm not, people have survived worse than me. I'm just thankful for being alive and kicking so to speak." I smiled up at him and he smiled back. "We should be getting back." We only had ten minutes to try and navigate our way back to the top of the cliff, then get back to school.

"Yeah. Bella... Nothing."

"What is it?"

"Nothing. It's none of my business. Really."

"Tell me! Please?" I pouted slightly and he sighed.

"Bella... Do you... well do you have a boyfriend?"

"No." He breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking he had got away with it. "Why do you ask?" He groaned slightly.

"I was wondering if I was going to offend anyone if I, say, asked you to dinner with me on Friday." I blushed and looked at the ground.

"You wouldn't."

"Really, well then. Bella, would you come to dinner with me on Friday?" I blushed harder but couldn't help the smile spreading across my face.

"Yes, I'd love to." He laughed lightly.

"You make me so nervous when I'm around you Bella!" I laughed at his confession.

"That's funny, I could say the same thing about you!" He took a tentative hold of my hand as we walked up the beach. Not really in a hurry to get back to school. We were as good as late anyway.

Edward's phone rang, playing the first few notes from Young Cardinals by Alexisonfire.

"Hello?... Oh hey Alice..... No, we won't make it back on time.... You're a star little sis!... Thanks, ok bye." Edward flipped shut his phone and grinned at me. "Alice is going to cover for us, saying you were sick and so I took you home. We'll swing by school and get my car, then we could hang out if you want? Or I could just take you home... If you just want to be alone or something..."

"No, it'd be nice to hang out... Unless you want to enjoy your afternoon off?"

"Nah, so what do you want to do for the rest of the day?" I thought about it and decided that we should try to maybe get back up the cliff before we made any other plans.

"Oh crap..." Edward groaned. We stood looking up at the sheer rock face in front of us. How the hell we got down so easily, I'll never know.

Edward's P.O.V

We stood at the bottom of the cliff for nearly ten minutes, trying to calculate a way up. Then, Bella started laughing. Full blown laughter, not some girly little giggle but the kind of laugh you can't help escaping you when you see someone fall on their butt and it is just too funny not to laugh at.

"What's so funny? From what I can see we're pretty stuck here..."

"I-It's just s-so fu-funny!" She gasped, clutching her sides. Watching her laugh and thinking about what was making her laugh... Well it made me laugh.

"B-Bella, you r-really are something, y-you know that?" I managed to gasp out between my laughing.

"Thank you. I do try." She grinned at me then tapped my arm lightly. "Come on, we could walk round the coast until we find a decent way up?"I nodded and we started to walk along the base of the cliff, just looking for a way up.

"How bout here?" I asked as I tested out a few foot holds at the base of the cliff.

"Sure, wherever you think we can get up..." After half an hour of carefully making our way up we finally reached the top.

"That took forever... how about we don't go down to that beach again?" I asked. She laughed and nodded.

"So where do you normally surf? I went on the internet and La Push looked like a pretty ok spot?" I felt the frown grow on my face at the thought of the last run in I'd had with the La Push DOGS!

"No, we can't surf there. They are major territorial.. It is a damn good spot though." Bella smirked.

"What they don't know can't hurt them. I've dealt with idiots who don't like sharing before." We started walking back towards school, talking and laughing. Just getting to know each other.

Bella's P.O.V

My phone vibrated in my pocket and started to blast out Sound Of Madness and I smiled to myself, knowing that the ringtone meant one person. Bam. He was one of my best friends and famous! I didn't like him for his money though, him and the guys were just so funny to hang around with!

"Hey Bam! I have big news!" I squealed down the phone. I had a thought and put him on loud speaker, smiling at Edward. "Oh and I'm with my new friend, Edward, you're on loud speaker."

"BELLA HELP ME!!!" He yelled.

"Bam?! What's going on?"

"Jonny's here and now I'm on the roof and Jonny has a tennis ball launcher thing! I FEAR FOR MY LIFE! AND BALLS!" I laughed at him. "This is not funny! I'm freaking stuck! JONNY KNOCK IT OFF!"

"Oh calm down. Throw him the phone and let me deal with it."

"AGHHHH." I heard a lot of crashing, then silence, then a groan, then laughing. Oh crap. "Bam? BAM!"

"Ugh..."

"Bam, did you just fall off the roof?"

"Yes, yes I did."

"Are you crying?"

"Yeah."

"Oh my god! I'll come up as soon as I can! OK? Are you hurt?"

"Ha ha, come!" I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, you're fine. Can I speak to your mom please?"

"She's having a spaz attack so you might want to call back in an hour or so."

"Oh, ok, well I just wanted to let you know I was kicked out by Phil."

"What?! That son of a bitch! I have an excellent idea! You can come and live with me and the guys! It'll be so much fun!"

"Thanks for the offer but I moved back in with my dad, but we are still on for Mardi Gras yeah?"

"Hell yeah! Oh and spring break, don't worry, we'll pick you up!"

"Kay, now you need to get to the hospital and calm down April. See ya! Call me later yeah? I still need to talk to April and make sure she doesn't kill Phil..."

"Yeah sure, oh crap, everything is starting to spin." He hung up.

"That was Bam Magira wasn't it?" Asked Edward, slightly shell shocked. I nodded and put my phone back into my pocket.

"Yeah, we're pretty close, I'm the little sister he never had or really wanted." I grinned as we kept walking, I could see the school and car park again.

As sneakily as we could we got to Edward's and my cars, he agreed to follow me to my house and then I could drop off my truck and go to Edward's house.

The drive didn't take long and after putting my skateboard into the trunk of Edward's car we headed to his house, which by the way turned out to be a mansion.

"Wow." I gasped. The mansion was beautiful.

"Do you like it?" Asked Edward quietly.

"Yeah, it's amazing! There's so much glass, really that is just a recipe for disaster when I'm around." I grinned at him and he chuckled.

"I think my mother Esme is home, well she said she would be." I nodded.

"Won't she be mad that we're skipping?" He smirked.

"Nah, she can never stay mad at me for long. I'm too handsome."

"Cocky too." I stuck my tongue out at him and got out the car before he could come back with some witty reply.

I followed Edward to the front door and hesitated slightly on the porch before Edward gestured for me to follow him inside.

"Esme?!" He called.

"Edward? Why are you home so early?" Asked a tall very beautiful woman as she walked through a door to the left. She gasped slightly when she saw me. "Oh hello dear, I'm Esme. Edward? Who's your friend?" I held my hand out.

"Hello, I'm Bella Swan. I just moved here and I had a bit of a breakdown and Edward offered to come home early and make sure I was ok. I'm sorry I took him from his classes." She shook my outstretched hand and smiled.

"That's ok. Are you feeling better now dear?" Concern laced her voice, startling me. It had been a long time I'd had that from a motherly figure.

"Err, yes, thank you. Edward really helped."

"Yes, that does sound like my Edward, always so kind and helpful."

"Mo-m!" Edward moaned. I giggled at Edward's mock annoyance. I could see how much he loved Esme and he proved it by leaning down and kissing her cheek lightly.

"Would you two like something to eat? I have some brownies in the oven. You know how Emmett gets if you don't feed him sugary things." I laughed at the thought of that big and bulky Emmett sat in the kitchen eating brownies with his mom.

"Yeah, I'll have some. Bella?" I nodded.

"Yes please. I should probably call my dad... He's going to flip." I sighed and took out my phone.

"Hello, Charles Swan, Chief Of Police."

"Hey Cha- dad. It's Bella. I was just ringing to tell you that I'm at the Cullen's. We need to talk tonight, there's some stuff I need to tell you. I thought I could keep it all a secret, for a little while anyway but, can we talk tonight?"

"Of course, you can tell me anything ok Bells? I imagine whatever you have to tell me links into you not being in school? And which Cullen kid are you with?"

"I know dad, and yeah it does. I'm with Edward and Esme. What time are you going to be home?"

"About nine, we're having a bit of trouble with a new gang at the moment. Speaking of which I don't want you at home on your own when it's dark. The gang members have a bit of a grudge against me and everyone knows where I live, this is Forks after all." I laughed.

"Sure thing dad, I'll erm..." Esme reached out and took the phone off me.

"Hello Chief Swan! It's Esme Cullen, Bell is more than welcome to stay with us when you're not around until you get all this nonsense sorted out."

"Thank you Esme, that is very kind of you. Tell Bella I'll see her tonight when I get home."

"Will do, take care Chief Swan."

"You too, and please call me Charlie."

"Ok, goodbye Charlie." They both hung up and Esme handed me back my phone before ushering me and Edward into the homeliest kitchen I had ever seen in my life.

"So, Bella, have you ever surfed Scotland? England?" Asked Edward. I grinned and we spent the next hour or so chatting and eating brownies, Esme working around us, putting in her own thoughts and opinions every now and then.

"I'M HOME!" Yelled a loud, gruff voice. Emmett.

"Emmett, do you have to be so loud?" Asked Esme desperately.

"Yes, yes I do. Do I smell brownies? Mom, you're the best! Oh hey Bella, Eddie." I giggled as Edward scowled.

"Don't. Call. Me. EDDIE!"

A/N So, another chapter completed, nothing to report. Crap I'm sure there was something but I can't remember what, oh well.

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