"Bella" I heard Edward call me from the living room. I just smiled and didn't bother to even reply. He'd find me soon enough when he realised that I wasn't in the living. I heard a knock on my bedroom door and him call my name one more time. I just pulled the covers over my head. I heard my door open and close again. "Bella..babe come on time to wake up" He said as he sat down on my bed and shook me.
"Bella's asleep at the moment but feel free to join her" I replied like an answer machine.
"As much as I'd love to we've got things to do" Edward replied.
I pushed the covers back and looked at him. He was sat on the side of my bed smiling at me in his suit. He'd had to go to work this morning unlike me who had decided after a late night with Emmet and Jasper that I wouldn't get out of bed till Edward came and woke me up. "Can't they wait? I'm sure we can find something else to do" I grinned at him moving so was close enough to kiss him.
"Come on Bella if we don't get everything Alice will kill me" Edward moaned. I could see in his eyes he was fighting not to just come and join me in bed.
"Not if I lock the door and we stay in here forever" I suggested. Putting my hands on his chest. Normally I would never do anything so bold but with Edward it was hard not to want to touch that amazing body.
"Isabella Marie Swan get your ass out of bed and stop trying to rape my brother you have things to do! NOW UP!" Alice shouted through the door
"Go Away Alice! Don't say you wouldn't with Jasper!" I shouted back
"Don't worry I already have where do you think I was last night" She yelled back and I knew she was smiling.
"Well some of us don't have the time! Plus what I do with your brother is up to me!" I grinned
"Okay Okay Ladies I really don't need to hear about my sisters sex life and she really don't need to hear about mine!" Edward stated looking extremely uncomfortable with this conversation.
"You mean my amazing sex life and your lack of one" Alice said walking into the room
"ALICE!" I shouted
"What it's true! But that was not the point get up we still have to pick up the dresses for the ball tonight and some other things for mum" Alice told us.
"Fine I'll get up!" I sighed getting out my cover and standing up "Happy!" I questioned Alice
"Yep now you have 20 minutes to get dressed. There's food in the kitchen for you. Were meeting at mum and dads at exactly 4 o'clock sharp. If your late I will kill you" Alice demanded "Make sure you get everything and don't forget your picking up the dresses but no peaking!"
"Yes Ma'! Now go!" I stated saluting at her
"See you at O sixteen-hundred" She grinned at me and left.
Once I was sure she'd left the flat I turned back to Edward and fell back on my bed. Edward just laughed. "Come on Bella its time to get dressed"
"But I don't want too" I pouted and crossed my arms
"Come on please" Edward pleaded I couldn't say no when he begged.
"Okay" I sighed and stood up walking over to my wardrobe. I tied my hair up and started looking through my wardrobe for something to wear. As I was looking for stuff to wear I felt two arms wrap around my waist. "I thought you wanted me to get dressed" I smiled
"No Alice wants you to get dressed I'd much rather you stayed in what you were wearing" He stated. I looked down at what I was wearing and realised I was where hot pants and a strap top. The flat got extremely hot at night so the fewer clothes were better.
I turned to face him "Fine with me I'll just walk out of the flat like this" I smiled
"Oh no this should not be allowed to be seen unless it's by me or another girl" Edward stated his grip on me tightened.
"Then I best get changed" I shrugged and went to pull away from his embrace but before I could he pulled me back to him.
"Not before I do this" He said and then kissed me deeply. I wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him as close to me as possible. I noticed in the past few weeks our make out sessions had been getting more heated and leading on to some more sexual activity but every time we were anywhere close to doing something someone would interrupt. Like When we were at his flat we were making out on his bed and I was undoing his buttons my top already discarded when I was interrupted my a phone call from his work.
I pulled away from the kiss and had to keep hold of him or I knew I would of fallen over. He really knew how to make a girl dizzy. "I thought we had things to do" I stated
"I so wish we didn't" Edward moaned
"Oh believe me if we didn't I would be so happy to carry this on" I told him fighting with what I had to do and what I really wanted to do.
"We will finish this" Edward stated firmly
"Deferentially!" I told him and moved back to get some clothes.
I pulled on a pair of jeans and a long top. I left my hair up because I knew Alice would be playing with it later. Tonight was the ball for the hospital fund-raiser that we'd all been invited to. It wasn't till 1 that me and Edward left the flat after I'd actually eaten something. We had to head to my office so I could drop off my article to be read through. This would take at least an hour. While I was in the office with my boss Edward waited outside talking Angela and Mike. Mr Banner gave back my article with only the usual things to change. I thanked him and headed back out into the office area. Edward was sat in my chair with a frown on his face. I looked at him and realised his frown was directed towards where Mike was standing talking to Eric the mail man. I walked over to Angela who was sorting through something.
"What did Mike say to Edward to upset him?" I asked her
"Oh Bella I think Edward has a case of the Green eyed monster." She grinned
"What do you mean?" I was confused why was Edward Jealous of Mike?
"Mike was just talking about the fact that he gets to work in an office with you for 9 hours a day and he only sees you in the evenings." Angela laughed
"What's funny about that?" I didn't see anything funny
"It wasn't that that was funny it was Edwards reply to it. He simply said you see her 9 hours a day but she wakes up in bed next to me" Angela laughed "Mikes face was priceless."
"Oh dear! I better go before Edward kills Mike" I shook my head
"Or Mike tries to find a way to get you half naked" Angela joked
"Okay remind me why I'm friends with you?" I stated
"Because I keep Mike away from you by sending him on trips for coffee for us" She grinned
"Very true. See you Monday Angela" I smiled at her and made my way over to Edward who was still glaring at Mike. "Hey jealous come on lets get out of here" I told Edward taking his hand.
"One second. Hey Mike!" He called over to him. Mike turned to look at us "You may be able to see her for 9 hours a day but I get to do this everyday" With that he pulled me to him and kissed me. When we pulled apart I starred at Edward and then turned to see Mike glaring at Edward. I blushed and pulled Edward behind me and left my office. On the way out I heard Angela give a wolf whistle. Edward smirked for the whole ride down to the ground floor. I just glared at him. We got into his car but he didn't pull away he turned to look at me but I refused to look at him. "Bella are you really mad at me for kissing you?" he asked
"No I'm mad at the fact that you feel the need to kiss in front of the whole of my bloody work!" I stated angry
"Is it really a big deal? I mean barley anyone was in anyway" He told me
"I don't care if there was one person in bloody room or 20. I don't need you showing off in front of some guy just because your manhood feels threatened by some idiot!" I argued "Now can we go if were late Alice will kill us" I stated looking out the window
"No not till we sort this out! Alice can get screwed! Look Bella I'm sorry if I embarrassed you in front of your colleagues" Edward stated still not starting the car.
"I don't need your apologises Edward!" I told him opening the door of the car and getting out.
"Bella, where are you going?" I heard him call behind me as I walked off.
"Home!" I shouted
"Really? You're acting like this all because I kissed you at work?" He shouted he sounded so confused
"No I'm acting like this because you were jealous because some guy told you he saw me more than you did! So you didn't trust me enough to think I wouldn't even think about Mike in that way!" I shouted at him
"Okay yes I was jealous but that doesn't mean I don't trust you Bella! It was him I didn't trust! I wanted to make it clear to him that there was no chance for him" Edward told me walking towards me.
"I can handle myself Edward" I stated more calmly
"I know you can. Bella I'm only human! I make mistakes but I don't want to fight you over this" Edward explained he was now more than five feet from me.
"Why because you think it's stupid?" I asked looking at him for the first time in the eyes. I saw that he was really hurt by this fight.
"No you have every reason to be upset I just don't get why your this upset?" Edward exclaimed I could see the confusion in his eyes. I had to remind myself that Edward wasn't him. I looked at it from Edwards point of view if it had been the other way round I would of probably done the same. "I promise I won't do it again" Edward took another hesitant step forward. All I could do was walk into his arms and hug him round the waist. I knew I had tears in my eyes. "Bella? Are you okay?" He sounded so concerned "I really didn't mean to upset you this much" He sounded so hurt
"Its not you" I just stated. I whipped away my tears and looked up at him "Come on lets just get everything done and get to this party" I took his hand and headed back to the car.
Edward gave me a look but got in the car all the same and we finished off what we needed to do. We didn't talk much and normally I would have been happy with this but it wasn't a comfortable one. It was an awkward one. When we arrived at his parents house I got out and grabbed the dresses and headed inside. As soon as I got through the door two hands took the dresses off me. Alice run up the stairs with them I just looked after her in shock. I walked up after her not even looking behind me at Edward who I knew had walked through behind me. I walked straight into Alice's room and collapsed onto the bed. Alice turned to look at me from where she was hanging up the three dresses.
"What's wrong?" Alice asked straight away coming to sit with me
"What makes you think some things wrong?" I stated
"Well one your up here and not downstairs with Edward trying to be with him as long as possible before I came and kidnapped you to get ready and also your like 30 minutes early which is odd because I assumed you and Edward would of took the extra time to be together. So I've come to the conclusion that you've had a fight" Alice explained
"Your good Alice" I sighed
"So what he do?" She questioned
"How'd you know I didn't do something?" I replied
"Cause your the one that's running away from him and Edward would forgive you without a fight so no need for this conversation" Alice concluded
"He kissed me in front of my whole office today because he was jealous of some guy" I told her
"So what's the big deal he was just making sure the guy knew that he didn't have a chance" Alice was confused
"I overacted okay! I felt like he didn't trust me and I flipped out and probably just ruined my relationship because of that jerk!" I ranted tears coming to my eyes
"Bella! Calm down! You have to know after almost 5 months with Edward that he's not him! I know for a fact that Edward couldn't care less if you shouted at him. He loves you for God sake!" Alice told me
"Loves me?" I questioned looking at her. I mean yeah I knew he liked me but love me? Did he? Could he possibly after what had happened today? Is that why he was desperate to show Mike he couldn't have me because it would hurt him to much to lose me like I knew it would kill me to lose him. I knew I was in love with him especially when he'd saved me from them guys but was it even possible that he loved me too? I mean it made sense.
"What he hasn't told you yet? Jesus the boy takes his time!" Alice stated "Bella you've got to realise that Edward cares about you more than that jerk ever could. But I think you might want to tell Edward about it. It might help him to understand why you reacted like you did"
"I need to speak to him" I exclaimed standing up.
"He's down with his piano" Alice told me going back over to the bags that held our dresses.
"How do you know?" I was confused Alice hadn't left me how did she know where he was.
"Its where he goes when he's upset" She stated.
"Thanks Alice for everything" With that I sprinted out the room and down the stairs.
I passed Esme on my way but I didn't have time to stop. I'm sure I looked insane running past her but I didn't care. I needed to clear this up with Edward and find out if what Alice said was true. I was going so fast which wasn't good for someone who was clumsy I was surprised I hadn't fallen over already so when I hit the stairs to the basement my luck run out. Just as I hit the last three steps I tripped. I was already for the ground but of course it never came. Instead to arms caught me. I looked up to see Edward looking down at me.
"You know you really need to slow down" He stated making me stand upright.
"I'm Sorry! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have gone off at you like that! I should of known you weren't him and I should of trusted you because your Edward the most caring amazing guy I've ever known and...And I should of understood you being jealous of Mike... though there's no reason to be he's way to creepy for me! I'm sorry that I am stupid sometimes and god I'm sorry I'm ranting at you right now" I ranted at him he just stood there apparently shocked by my change of mood.
"Erm...Okay?" He looked confused "I think I got most of that. But I think your point of that rant was that your sorry...A lot" Edward chuckled "but I don't get why?"
"Did you really not just hear me?" I asked looking crazy
"No I got most of it. You're sorry you got angry at me which by the way you were totally within your right to be; so no need to be sorry for that. The rest is a bit blurry but I get no need to be jealous of Mike because he's creepy and you think I'm wonderful and caring. Plus you apologised for ranting. Want to apologise for global warming and poverty while you're apologising for everything" He joked
"Edward!" I moaned "I'm trying to apologise for being a Bitch and your cracking jokes!"
"Bella, really? I don't care you shouted at me and were pissed. All I want to know is why? I mean I totally understand why you did have a go at me but you went a bit over the top" He shurgged
"That could take a while to explain and I really don't have the time tonight. Alice is no doubt about to come drag me back upstairs to get ready but I promise I will explain everything after tonight" I stated hoping he'd take that. I wasn't sure if I was ready to tell him. The only reason Alice knew was because she was there for part of it. So Edward would be the first person I told about this really.
"Your right we don't have much time but I need to tell you something before you go back upstairs. I was going to wait till Sunday but after today I think you need to hear it" Edward stated pulling me towards the piano. "I've had this song stuck in my head from the moment I saw your picture" then he started to play the most amazing song I'd ever heard. It was beautiful, so soft and caring. He played it with so much passion and if he messed up I would never have known. When the song ended he still had his eyes closed like he had through the whole song. I knew tears where in my eyes for the third time today but this time it was tears of joy. I walked over to Edward so I was standing in-between him and his piano. I lifted his head up and looked him in the eyes what I saw in them make me stop breathing. I could see so much love in his eyes it almost hurt. I leaned down and kissed him hard. When we pulled apart I rested my head against his "I love you so much Bella it almost hurts" he stated looking in my eyes.
"I love you more than I thought possible" I smiled at him "But then you played that song and I just fell even more in love with you and I know that everyday I fall in love with you more and more" I told him. I didn't think he could smile any more than he was but he proved me wrong like always. He pulled me in for another kiss and this one was filled with so much passion I almost fainted. When we pulled apart we both had identical smiles on our faces.
We walked upstairs hand in hand 5 minutes later. I couldn't keep the smile off my face. He loved me! He actually loved me! I felt like jumping up and down and screaming it so the whole world would know that Edward Cullen loved me! Once we reached the kitchen Alice and Esme were sat talking about something. When they noticed us Alice smiled at me when she noticed that me and Edward were holding hands. Esme seemed to notice too that there was a new mood around me and Edward. She just smiled and asked if we were hungry.
"Mum I don't think there hungry for any food" Alice grinned
"ALICE!" Both me and Esme scolded
"Sorry mums" She giggled not sounding the least bit sorry.
"Thank you Esme but I'm fine and if I'm wrong Alice isn't it 4 o'clock" I stated looking at the clock on the wall
"Yes it is and believe me I'm all up for getting ready but there's a problem with that" Alice's smile was gone and she looked pissed
"What's the problem?" I asked
"Bella how many people are here in this room?" Alice stated
"four...oh Rose isn't here yet?" I realised. Oh dear I felt sorry for Rose. She'd feel the raft of Alice.
Just then the front door opened and slammed again and Rose came walking into the room looking extremely pissed apparently Alice wasn't the only one in a bad mood. Alice must of noticed Rose's bad mood too because she didn't comment on her being late.
"Rose what's wrong dear?" Esme asked obviously concerned
"What's wrong is I was at the fund-raiser helping set up with Em and Jasper and Carlisle and guess who turns up?" she stated angry.
"Oh no not her..." Alice said looking just as annoyed. Edward stiffened beside me obviously knowing who they were talking about I was completely clueless still.
"Yes Alice her. Tanya bloody Denali the biggest bitch around! Sorry Esme about the language I just can't stand her. She comes in there as if she owns the place! 'I don't like the way that's set out change it' err!" Rose moaned
"Wait as in your ex Tanya?" I looked to Edward
"Oops!" Rose stated looking at me "I didn't mean to...oh damn it"
"Thanks Rose" Edward muttered at her "Yes my Ex Tanya. Her father works at the hospital with Carlisle I was hopping she was still out of the country so we wouldn't see her tonight but it appears that we will have to be in her company"
"Can I ask why that's so bad?" I was confused I mean Tanya was only Edward's Ex.
"Well Bella after pretty boy here broke up with her she became even more of a bitch. Especially to me because she thought that I was after him. No offence to you Bella or Edward but he's not my type. I hate to think what she's going to be like when she finds out that Edward actually has a girlfriend" Rose mused
"She'll do nothing!" Alice shouted "There's no way in hell that cow is going to ruin the best thing that's happened for my brother and best friend even if I have to kill her myself!"
"Alice calm down! If this girl has a problem with me then she can take it out with me but I do believe were both adults" I stated firmly
"You may be an adult and she may look like one but she has the brain of a 16 year old cheerleader" Alice told me
"Will you all stop panicking we still have to get ready and surely we should make sure we look damn fine and I'm sure we will with Alice's creations" I changed the subject
"Bella's right! Let's go get ready and look damn hot!" Alice grinned
"Hell yeah! Tanya's going to look ugly compared to us when were done" Rose smiled with that both of them walked past me and head for the stairs
"I'll be up in a minute" I shouted after them and then turned to Edward "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I love you" he smiled at me
"I love you too" I grinned at him and kissed him on the lips "I'll see you in like 2 hours if I'm lucky"
"I'll come running if I hear screaming" Edward joked
"Please do" I laughed. With one last kiss I headed upstairs to where Alice and Rose were.
EPOV
She loved me! She actually loved me! I couldn't contain the happiness I felt at that and then like always Tanya had to ruin it. Had ruin the happy mood that I was having. I walked over to where mum was making something to eat for herself. I sat opposite her and watched her work. Although I was feeling nervous about seeing Tanya tonight I couldn't get rid of the smile on my face after mine and Bella's confession. Mum always seemed to know what had happened in her house.
"So you told her then?" She smiled at me
"Yeah, I did." I replied the stupid grin getting bigger
"And I'm guessing she took it well" Esme grinned at me
"She loves me mum. She actually loves me!" I could help be sound astonished
"Why are you surprised? Edward have you seen the way you two look at each other. She looks at you as if you're her sun and she's the world" Esme described
"She's my world. Is that what its like for you and dad?" I asked
"Yes. And over time it just gets better. You fight but those fights just make the love stronger than ever. Like today, you fought and look what came out of it. You finally told each other how strongly you feel for each other. " Esme explained
"Thanks mum for everything" I walked around to hug her
"All I want is for you to be happy and you'd have to be blind not see that Bella has done that from the moment she arrived" she smiled
"Well hadn't you better get ready before Alice goes mental" I told her
"Oh heaven forbid that were not ready on time or Alice will have our heads. I have no clue where she gets it from" Esme smiled
"I do. Remember that time when we were cooking dinner and dad hadn't put the things in the oven in the right order on time you went mad at him." I reminded her
"I did not I simply told him what he did wrong" Esme argued
"Yes but it shows you both have a passion for what you do" I smiled at her
"That's true. When did you become so wise?" Esme smirked at me
"I spent to much time with dad" I shrugged
Esme just laughed and patted me on the back and walked off to get ready I assumed. I decided to make a sandwich while I was waiting for the rest of the guys to get home. As I was making it I could hear the girls upstairs arguing about something or another. Shaking my head I walked over to the dinning room table. 5 minutes later my phone went off I pulled it out my pocket and answered it.
"Hello Edward Cullen speaking" It was my normal greeting
"Eddiepoo's! It's been forever since we've spoken. How are you?"
"Tanya, hey. Yeah it's been a while. I'm good thanks. How are you?"
"I'm doing amazing thanks to your wonderful father. He mentioned that your coming tonight"
"Yes Carlisle invited me, Alice and Emmet."
"He told me so. So what time do you wish to pick me up?"
"What do you mean Tanya?"
"I mean at what time will you be arriving to escort me to the ball. You can't honestly be going alone"
"No Tanya I won't be attending alone. I am bringing my girlfriend, Bella"
"Carlisle didn't mention that you had a girlfriend"
"I don't know why me and Bella have been together for 5 months now. She's almost like a daughter to Esme and Carlisle already."
"Really? Well I guess I'll see you tonight then"
"Yes you will. I'm glad after everything we can still be friends. I think your really going to like Bella"
"I can't wait to meet her"
"See you tonight"
"Bye"
I put the phone down and sighed. Well that went better than I thought. Okay it didn't go well. But now at least she knew that I was with Bella and that my whole family were behind it. I sighed this could be a long and dangerous night. Just then the front door opened and I could hear Emmet talking with Jasper and Carlisle. They walked into the kitchen where my head was still placed on the table.
"Hey Edward, What's wrong with you?" Emmet asked
"Tanya" was all I needed to say
"Oh God. You heard then?" Carlisle sighed
"Yes I heard. Rose was fuming when she got here and I just had a lovely chat with her on the phone" I told them
"What she say?" Emmet grinned
"Well she seemed to think that I was going to be her date to this ball as Carlisle so innocently forgot to tell her about Bella" I looked up at my father
"I thought it be best if it came from you" Carlisle shrugged
"Dude what you tell her then?" Emmet asked
"Well I simply made the point that I was taking Bella with me to the ball and that I wanted nothing more than to be her friend." I explained
"Well then shouldn't everything be fine then?" Jasper stated unsure
"If Tanya was normal yeah" I moaned "She'll simply state some rubbish to Bella to scare her off so she believes that will be together again"
"And have little children running around in the garden with Edward bringing home the bacon so she can live a life of luxury" Emmet mocked
"Really not helping Em" I sighed
"Oh come on Edward it isn't going to happen. Bella's a tough girl she'll probably end up giving as good as she gets" Emmet grinned
Before I could reply we heard Alice shout "You guys better get your butt up hear and get ready because if you're not ready on time you'll have me to deal with!"
"Alice is right we better go change before were late. Will worry about Tanya later" Carlisle stated
So with that we headed upstairs to get our suits on. Alice had purposely made them for tonight. They were all basically the same for me Emmet and Jasper except Em had a red tie, Jazz had a purple tie and I had a blue one. I had no clue why but I trusted it was part of Alice's plan. I tried and failed to tam my hair which was no surprise. I hated the fact I couldn't tam it but Bella seemed to love the fact that it was messy. It really didn't take us boys long before we were ready and waiting downstairs with Carlisle and Esme for the three girls to finally come down.
"Gentleman and Ladies you about to set eyes on Alice Cullen's best work yet 'If I do say so myself"
BPOV
I was finding it hard to walk in the heals Alice had put on me but I knew it was worth it. When Alice had revealed to us our dresses me and Rose were almost speechless. They were all beautiful. Rose's red dress that was when we brought it ugly was now a flowing red dress. The straps went over her shoulders and crossed at the back. The back of it was low and a band around her waist like a sewn in belt. The bands all had sparkling beads all over it. It truly looked amazing on her. To finish off the dress she was wearing silver heals. Her hair was up in a clip to keep it all in place.
Alice's dress was purple and came down to just above her knees. There was like a white jacket around the chest of the dress but with out arms. There was a while band around the bottom of the dress and then purple netting at the bottom adding frill to it. It was totally an Alice dress. Alice finished off the outfit with a pair of purple heals with a bow on them. It really suited Alice personality. Her hair because of it being so sort she'd straightened it and put a bow in her hair that matched her dress.
Then there was my dress it was a beautiful blue colour that brought out my eyes. It didn't have straps and came to just above my knee. On the top of the chest piece was a beaded decorations that highlighted the dress. On my hip there was a blue bow that helped the dress flow into the bottom piece that was like a skirt that pointed out in different directions. My hair was in curls around my shoulders and while Alice had clipped some of my hair back. Alice really had outdone herself. We all looked amazing. I truly didn't think it could get better until I saw the boys. I knew Alice had made there suits but it was amazing. The suits all matched ours. When we finally reached the bottom of the stairs we all laughed at the boys who all had different expressions of astonishment.
"Boys if you leave your mouths open like that mouths might fly in" Esme laughed
"So what do you think? Cause honestly I think we look damn amazing" Alice grinned
"You got that right! I mean did you see theses dresses before Alice got hold of them they were horrible! But these look good enough for a celebrity to wear" Rose commented
"I totally agree with you there." I exclaimed. I wasn't a dress girl but this dress was just amazing
"You all look beautiful" Carlisle smiled
"Thank you" we all smiled at him
"Come on then we better leave or will be late" Esme said making her way to the door
With that said all three boys seemed to find themselves again and offered us there arms, which we all took happily. There were 2 cars out front waiting for us. Esme, Carlisle, Emmet and Rose took the first one while the rest of us took the second one. It wasn't a long drive to the ball and soon we'd arrived. I felt sort of out of place being at this thing. I mean the place it was being held was a hotel. When we got through the doors men took our coats to hang them up. Then we walked into the ballroom itself. It was beautiful, chandlers hanging from the ceiling and red flowers everywhere. I was almost at a loss for words. We walked over to our table where we'd be sitting to drop off our bags. People were walking around handing out champaign.
Carlisle and Esme were off talking with people they knew while the rest of us stayed at our table talking about things. We'd been at the ball about 30 minutes and were discussing something when I felt Edward stiffen next to me. I turned to look at him and he was looking towards the door where we had entered through. Standing there was a woman almost as beautiful as Rose or Alice. She had a long gold coloured dress on. The neck line plunged down showing off more cleverage that was necessary. I suddenly felt extremely self conscious. She was beautiful and by the way Edward had reacted to her I knew who she was and it made me feel worse. I had to remind myself that only a few hours ago he had told me that he loved me. I held onto that for now. I took Edwards hand under the table and he turned to face me.
"I love you" I stated simply
"I love you too" I smiled at me and gave me a quick kiss
"Oh great the ice queen is here" Rose moaned looking over at Tanya.
"Maybe if we hide she won't see us" I stated
"To late" Emmet muttered
I turned to see her making her way over to us. Edward sighed and then put a smile on his face being the good guy out of all of us. I decided I'd give her a chance. Maybe they were wrong about her but a part of me knew we were going to be going out for lunch together anytime soon. Alice looked as if she was going to ignore the fact that Tanya was here. Rose looked like she'd jump out her seat and kill her if Emmet didn't have his arm around her shoulder keeping her to him.
"Hey guys, long time no see" She smiled at us
"Hey Tanya" Edward was the first to reply. I'm sure I heard Alice mutter 'not long enough' but I couldn't be sure.
"You seemed to of attained some people that I don't know and I can't have that now can I" She smiled so fake that I'm surprised it didn't fall right off her face.
"Well you know Alice, Emmet and Rose. Jasper Whitlock is Alice's boyfriend and date for this evening. And this here is Isabella Swan my beautiful girlfriend" Edward grinned down at me.
"Well its nice to meet you all. Do you mind if I join you?" She asked
"Sure why not" I was surprised Rose was the one who said this. Alice looked at her like she was crazy but Rose gave her a look back and Alice suddenly smiled. "So Tanya do you have a date this evening?"
"No unfortunately I only returned from my holiday three days ago so I haven't had time to find a date" She replied
"Really? Where did you go on holiday?" Alice asked
"Hawaii. I needed to get away especially with that murder out there but thanks to Edward he's behind bars." Tanya smiled "Oh Isabella you must not know about that? Edward put away one of the worst murders London has in seen in a long time" Tanya smirked
"Actually I do. Edward told me all about it and my friend wrote the articles on it for her work so she filled me in" I explained smiling
"Oh Bella and Edward I forgot to say congratulations" Alice suddenly stated smiling
"Congratulations for what?" Tanya asked I was almost as confused as she was
"Well didn't you and Edward finally say the L word" Alice smirked
"Yes Alice. Today I finally told Bella that I loved her and thank the heavens it appears that she loves me too" Edward smiled widely
"Well how can I not? Especially after the song you wrote for me. It brought me to tears" I was blushing but I couldn't help it. I didn't like being the centre of attention.
"I knew this would happen! I knew from the moment I saw you and Edward get out of his car on the ride home from the airport. Actually I knew it from the way Edward blanked me when I gave him that picture of you so he knew what you looked like when he went to pick you up" Alice was bouncing in her seat.
"Calm down Alice." Emmet smiled "Congratulation both of you. But Edward now your doomed! Believe me! Ouch!" Rose hit him on the back of the head
"Ignore the idiot here. I am so happy for you both" Rose told us
"oh before you know it Bella you won't just be my best friend you can be my sister too and then Rose as well! We'll be best friends and sisters!" Alice was grinning so big I couldn't help but smile with her.
"Slow down Alice. We have things to talk about before we think about that stuff" I stated. But I couldn't help the picture in my head of me being married to Edward. Isabella Cullen, it sounded nice and gave me butterflies in my stomach. I almost forgot that Tanya was at the table until she spoke.
"Yeah Alice I mean I was going out with Edward for over a year and he never got down on one knee" this pissed me off.
"Yeah but he never told you he loved you" Alice snapped back.
"How dare you!" Tanya exclaimed
"Oh don't you even start with the whole I'm the victim in this. It was obvious why you wanted to be with Edward! You couldn't careless about how he felt as long as he had money to buy you pretty things!" Alice told her firmly
"You know nothing about mine and Edwards's relationship" Tanya stated
"I know that for the whole time my brother was with you he was miserable. So I was all about ready to throw a party when he finally dumped you! Bella is the reason that I got my brother back!" Alice shouted at her, tears running down her face she stood up and walked away heading to the bathroom. Edward stood up straight away going to follow her.
"Okay normally I don't act like this but when you upset my best friend you need to hear this. You have no clue about Edward or Alice. You don't know how close they are and since I've known them if you upset one you upset the other. So I don't know you that well but I know enough that you're messing with the wrong people! I love both of them and I'll be screwed if some bitch like you is going to hurt either of them. If you want someone to shout at and be a bitch to do it to me!" I told her before standing up and walking over to where Alice had headed. I could hear Emmet laughing behind me and Rose shout 'oh hell yeah'.
I found her and Edward outside in the garden. He was hugging her and she seemed to have calmed down. They both turned to look at me when they heard me. Alice run over to me and I hugged her back. This girl was like my sister and anything that upset her upset me. We were both crying by the time we pulled apart.
"Hey no ruining our make up" I stated smiling at her
"Oh no way in hell am I letting her be the reason for ruining my make up" Alice smiled at me. "You know your like a sister to me right?"
"Alice you are my sister end of story. Nothing that bitch in there says is going to change how I feel about you or your brother. She'll have to kill me before I break up with Edward or stop being your sister" I told her
"Bella! Did you really just swear?" Alice asked shocked
"I may of swore a bit more inside when I gave her a piece of my mind" I shrugged "No one upsets my best friend and gets away with it"
"I love you B" Alice grinned at me
"I love you too Ally" I smirked back
"Well I'm going to go find Jasper and drink some more so I can forget all about her" Alice stated heading back inside
"Don't get too drunk! I called after her" I then turned to look at Edward who was leaning against the railing looking at me.
"And you say you didn't do anything to make her happy. Liar!" He smiled at me
"She's done a lot for me too, you know. It's what friends do. We look out for each other" I told him walking over to him
"I've messed this up so much" He sighed
"No you haven't. Tanya did." I argued
"Yeah but I was the one that brought her into our lives" Edward moaned "If I'd never gone out with her I would never of upset Alice or my family"
"Edward Anthony Cullen don't you put this on you! We all make mistakes about who we choose to go out with. Believe me I'm the expert." I sighed leaning against the railing looking out on the beautiful garden. It was dark but you could see the fairy lights that lined the garden.
"Really?" he asked putting an arm around me
"Yeah but I promised I would tell you about it later. Not tonight I think we've had enough tears for one night" I told him looking at him "Just know that I love you"
"I love you too Isabella" he smiled at me. Normally I would of told him off for using my full name but coming out of his mouth it sounded amazing. I leaned up and kissed him. When we pulled apart he smiled at me "Would the lady like to dance?" he offered me his hand
"It would be my pleasure" I smiled at him and took his hand.
He led me to the dance floor and I noticed that everyone seemed to be dancing. So we joined them and forgot about the drama that had unfolded. As we danced and had a blast I started to think about what the future held for us. I was with the most amazing people I'd ever met and I suddenly felt more at home than I had anywhere. I had a family that after tonight I was sure would stick together through anything and everything. Okay I missed Renee and Charlie but really it was never home there. I was always going back and forth between the two. I never had a set home and suddenly I felt like I had a stable life. Like I knew what was coming next in my life. I had a boyfriend that I loved and he loved me back, my two best girl friends that had turned into my sisters plus the guys who knew exactly how to make a boring day the best ever. Then there were Carlisle and Esme who had become like my parents since I'd been here. Suddenly it felt like 7 more months here wasn't long enough. I pushed it to the back of my mind for now and decided I'd solve that problem later. But tonight I was going to enjoy myself with my family.
So heres another chapter! Woop! And it's longer than most of my last ones! So tell me what you think! Review it people!
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Chaz…x