A/N Told you I would be back quickly. Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews.
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"It wasn't a date mom. We just went out to dinner together," I knew that if I could convince her that nothing was going on it would made things much much easier.
"Bella you don't go half way around the world and have dinner with some gorgeous guy and not call it a date," she rolled her eyes as if I were an idiot. "Did you at least kiss him? Even I can admit that he is gorgeous. Did you get a look at the entire family? It was like they won some kind of genetic lottery. I mean don't get me wrong dear you are beautiful but those four are just out of this world gorgeous. I can just see your kids now. They will have your brown hair and his green eyes, hopefully your coloring because although you are pretty pale that boy could probably glow in the dark…" She continued and I could tell that she had been veered off track successfully.
"Slow down Mom, one day at a time okay. I'm exhausted and ready for bed though. I promise you can talk to him in the morning," I went to my suitcase and pulled out everything I would need to get ready for bed. I went into the bathroom and stayed in there long enough to ensure that she would be asleep when I got out. I poked my head out twenty minutes later and she was sitting there waiting for me wide awake. So much for getting some sleep anytime soon. I walked my bed and waited for the questioning to begin again.
"So you never answered my question," she looked at me like I should know what exactly she was talking about.
"What do you want to know mom?" I just sighed and sat back hoping that I would be able to pacify her quickly.
"How did the date go? Did he kiss you? Are you getting together again tomorrow? I'll make other plans for dinner don't you worry. Esme told me that he is going to college at…" I cut her off there because I really didn't want to know.
"No Mom, Edward and I agreed that we wouldn't talk about the future," she looked at me quizzically but continued with her questioning.
"So do you like him? Do I need to get you protection? There was a store downstairs that I believe was open 24 hours. I can run down now if you would like," she was getting out of bed and looking for clothes already.
"Mom," she continued to search the room for pants.
"Mom!" She found a sweater that she pulled over her head.
"MOM!" That was what finally stopped her.
"What is it honey? Does he have something already? Do you?" She looked at me in amazement.
"Mom, I know that I don't live with you but what kind of girl do you think I am? I have known this person for less than 24 hours and I have no plans to do anything other than kiss him," if I hadn't been so dead tired I would have left the room right then. Instead I rolled over covered my head and turned off my lamp. "Goodnight mom," I could hear her take off her clothes and get back into bed. She did not turn off her light and I could feel her staring at me so I rolled over to look at her.
"Listen mom, I had a great time with him tonight. Yes I kissed him but we only met this morning so I'm not making any immediate plans with the guy. We are going to just enjoy the next two days with no strings attached. I appreciate your concern but I don't need a sex talk either," I still shuddered when I thought about that conversation with Charlie years ago. It went something along the lines of….Bella boys want sex…Dad?...Don't let them tell you anything different that is all they are interested in…Um okay Dad…Always be safe…he then threw condoms at me and rushed out of the room. I was not looking for a repeat of any such conversation any time soon.
"Just be safe Bella. You have your whole life ahead of you, please make sure that you use protection," I stuck my fingers in my ears and just started chanting at that point. I could see that her lips finally stopped moving so I removed my fingers.
"Got it mom and I will practice safe sex if necessary which it won't be," she looked pleased so I rolled back over and was asleep within minutes.
The next morning when I woke up I was nervous. Would he still want to spend time with me? Had I just imagined half of what had happened yesterday? Looking over the events of yesterday I was almost convinced that I had just had a very vivid dream. Nothing like this every happened to me. I was average looking at best and he was so far above average that it wasn't fair. We were on a time limit though so I couldn't exactly sit there and just dwell on it. I grabbed my clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for the day. Looking in my suitcase I cursed my desire for comfort over looking good. I hadn't brought any clothes that could be considered attractive to a man. I didn't even bring make up. Oh well it was too late now to dwell on my clothing options. I picked out my light blue t-shirt and shorts and got ready for the day. I decided to let my hair hang down my back today. That would be my one concession to vanity.
When I was finally ready I exited the bathroom and found my mom sitting on her bed smiling. She was really beginning to act goofy, even for her.
"Edward called," my heart sped up at just the sound of his name. "He wanted to know if he could take you down to breakfast this morning. I told him you would be ready in five minutes," there was a knock on the door. "In fact that is probably him now." I tried to take my time and not rush to open the door. I wanted to attempt to practice a little bit of restraint. Even though he had had me pressed against a wall last night I figured it was really never too late to start.
I opened the door and found him standing there in shorts and a white t-shirt. His hair was still slightly damp and it appeared darker than yesterday. I wanted to reach out and touch it but I was all about restraint today. At least that is what I kept chanting in my mind.
"Good morning Bella," I had forgotten how nice his voice sounded. "You ready for breakfast?" He smiled at me and all I could do was nod my head because I didn't really trust that anything coherent would come out of my mouth. He bid my mother hello and goodbye grabbed my hand and led me down to the elevator. We just stood there hand in hand while we waited for the ding of the elevator. When the doors opened I was pleased to find that we were alone. Apparently he felt the same way too because as soon as the doors closed he pressed me against the wall and began kissing me.
It was a wet hungry kiss and my hands wrapped around his back trying to explore every exposed inch of him. He did the same to me and we pressed closer together. The ring of the elevator doors forced us apart and we each spent a second trying to catch our breath. He raised his hand to my hair in an attempt to make me presentable. Our hands found each other's again and we walked off together when the doors opened. He leaned down in my ear and whispered, "I dreamt about doing that all night long."
My entire body trembled and I said nothing as we walked into the room where a continental breakfast was being served. I felt like all eyes were on me, like everyone knew what we had just been doing but the noise was just alive with the hum of people talking about the day ahead. I had to stop being so paranoid. This morning we were exploring the ruins of Olympia and then it would be a lot of driving from there on out. Followed by another night out before we returned to Athens tomorrow. Only one and a half more days until Edward and I were out of our dream world.
Esme and Carlisle were already in the dining room eating breakfast and they waved us over after we had gotten our plates of food. I looked around frantically for somewhere else, anywhere else to eat but Edward nudged me forward. I put my tray down on the table and attacked my bagel, stuffing a huge chunk of it in my mouth in hopes of avoiding conversation. They all just watched me as I nearly choked on my bagel and then downed a glass of juice to recover.
"So Bella are you enjoying the trip so far?" Esme seemed nice so I took another drink so that I didn't chance spraying her with bagel bits.
"Greece is beautiful. I have always wanted to come here. I'm having an amazing time thank you, what about you?" We talked effortlessly for a few minutes while Edward talked with his father. We had been talking about the must see sites in Greece when Esme suddenly changed topics.
"So are you excited about college?" She looked especially interested so we began talking about her college experience and how I was looking forward to getting out on my own. We talked about everything and surprisingly she never asked me about where I was going. I guess Edward had filled her in on our little arrangement and I was thankful because it certainly saved me from an awkward conversation.
As breakfast continued I felt more at ease and I couldn't help but admire how nice Edward's parents were. Alice came down and joined us and it was so comfortable just hanging out with his family. I felt like I had known them for more than just a day. We didn't have much time so we ate as quickly as we could and went up to our rooms to get our bags for the bus so that we could be on our way again. We were touring the ancient grounds of Olympia today and I was excited. History had always been one of my favorite subjects which lead to my desire to visit Greece. To actually be exploring a place that I had read so much about made me something I normally wasn't. I was downright giddy.
We all met back down at the bus and we sat around each other and chatted. Esme and Carlisle shared stories of their honeymoon and prior trips to the country. Edward seemed completely at ease sitting there with his arm wrapped around me. I couldn't tell if the warmth I was feeling came from the sun coming in through the window or from his nearness. I decided not to dwell on it. I wanted to enjoy this time and not worry about what might happen.
We spent the day exploring ruins, taking in the sights of the water from the bus. We stayed with our families the entire time and no one seemed shocked by our shows of affection throughout the day. Normally such things would embarrass me. Actually who was I kidding? I had never really been in a relationship where acts of affection were commonplace. I never had had a serious boyfriend. Being the daughter of the police chief tended to scare off small town boys.
Hand in hand we walked around. It seemed like we had walked for miles and all of us were exhausted as the bus pulled into the hotel in Delphi for the night. Edward had asked if I wanted to get away alone for dinner but I was having such a great time with our little group that it seemed a shame to break it up. We could always do something together later on that night if we had the energy. I wanted to spend as much time as I could with Edward but it didn't necessarily need to be time alone.
We found a restaurant close to the hotel and all piled into a booth in the corner of the restaurant. We ordered some bottles of wine and the conversation flowed. We talked about our day, how much longer we were all staying in Greece once we got back to Athens. Esme wrote a list of things that Renee and I shouldn't miss. I was excited to find out that we would all be there for another three days after we got back to Greece. Esme winked at me as she offered to take Renee to a certain section of town for the day to explore. Normally Renee would worry about me being alone but after one look in Edward and I's direction she quickly agreed.
After dinner we all gathered outside of the restaurant trying to stifle our yawns.
"Would you like to go for a walk before bed?" I noticed our parents huddled together looking in our direction with rather large smiles on their faces.
"I'd love to," he placed my arm through his and we told our families good night and headed off down the street. The night air was warm as we strolled through the town. We were quiet, not in an uncomfortable way but in a nice pleasant way. We eventually made our way down to a bench overlooking the pitch black water.
"You know when we first got here I couldn't wait for this trip to be over. I didn't want to spend the weeks before college going on vacation with my parents but now I just want to thank them over and over again for dragging me along," I was surprised at the emotion behind his words. He squeezed my hand when he was done and I wanted to tell him that I felt the same way, that I thought that I could be falling in love with him, that I wanted to know where I could find him after all of this was over but I just couldn't seem to.
"Thank you," I whispered as I pulled his face down to mine. We spent the next hour sitting there kissing each other. Being out in the open restrained us from going any further than that and for that I was both grateful and frustrated. I wasn't sure how far I was willing to go with someone I hardly knew and that I would likely never see again and I wasn't ready to put myself in a position where I actually had to decide.
Eventually we managed to pull ourselves away from each other and walk hand and hand back to our hotel. He walked me to my door. Although it wasn't a repeat of the previous night it was just as intense. When our lips touched I could feel it throughout my entire body. When he left me I could feel the heat emanate from every square inch of my body. Thankfully my mom was sleeping when I got in that night. I wasn't alert enough to try to answer any questions tonight. I changed my clothes and fell into bed, falling asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
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