Hello everyone. Yet another excruciatingly long wait. I'm extremely sorry. In my defence, I do have mocks in less than a week. My life currently consists of study and not much else. Sigh. Well, here's an update anyway. It's not exactly long, sorry, but an update nevertheless. The competition that I wrote this for is well over. Do you want me to continue? Yes, no, maybe so? Let me know. If you don't want me to continue, I won't. Hopefully, there's still someone reading. Anyway, enjoy the chapter.
EPOV
They dragged me out of the cafeteria and into the Volvo, incredulous. Well, except for Alice. She had known all along. A warning would have been nice! Bella, sweet, sweet Bella! I drifted off into a daydream land where thoughts of her were ever present. When I came back to the real world I realised that we were inside our house. They must have carried me in. Thoughts and words were being shot at me like arrows. 'You idiot!' You could've exposed us all! Etc, etc. I wasn't listening, I was thinking of Bella. Rosalie seemed to realise this and slapped me across the face. Alice was dancing around in a circle. Damn pixie! Among all the chaos, Emmett was grinning like a fool. 'I guess that means we won the bet. And you know what that means!' Oh, no. No, no, no, no! 'Not that! Have mercy!' I begged. 'A bet's a bet! We won fair and square.' He rubbed his hands together in glee. 'Come on, Jasper.' He cackled. 'It's time to prepare.' Alice fell to her knees laughing, undoubtedly having caught a glimpse of my fate. Oh, no. This was definitely not going to bode well for me.
BPOV
I woke up the next morning, completely exhausted. I'd been awake half the night attempting to figure out what was going on with the Cullens. I stumbled down the stairs and got something to eat. I nearly fell out the door and to my eternal surprise, Edward was there waiting for me. Leaning against his perfect car in his perfect manner. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect!! And here I was, looking a complete mess! However, this didn't seem to bother Edward. His eyes lit up when he saw me and he opened his arms, beckoning me. I thought that it might be awkward when we saw one another again. That he might be embarrassed at his outburst and somewhat distant with me. But he wasn't. He pulled me to him and embraced me tightly, as if he never wanted to let go. It was extremely unusual for him to be this affectionate. Though I couldn't say that I wasn't enjoying it. Then he said those words. The words that made my heart flutter. 'I love you, Bella.' And even though we'd known each other for such a short time, and I knew that it was completely illogical, I loved him too. I'd fallen for him. Completely and utterly. 'I love you too, Edward.'
'Bella?' Edward interrupted my thought. We were on the way to school and I had drifted off into a world of my own. 'Hmm?' I replied. 'We have to tell him.' What? Who? Tell who what? Edward saw my confusion and elaborated. 'Your father, Charlie. We have to tell him that we are married, Bella. I know that we are very young, but I want to give our marriage a serious chance. I love you Bella.' He squeezed my fingers convincingly as he said. I had, of course thought of that. But I hoped it could be prevented as long as humanly possible. 'Well,' I retorted, 'what about you? You haven't told your parents yet, either!' He smiled at me superiorly. 'Actually,' he grinned, 'Yes, I have.' My jaw dropped. How come he hadn't told me? 'And they're quite anxious to meet you, actually. They want to meet the young woman who finally stole Edward's heart.' I blushed. Had he really been such a recluse? By this time, we had arrived at the school. Edward was at my door in under a second. How did he do that? Really. 'M'lady.' He bowed as he helped me from the car. I had to laugh. The first thing I noticed was the glares that were being shot our way by the entire student body. I guess that Edward's profession of love yesterday didn't help the jealousy that they all sent our way. Edward was returning the male glares and took hold of my shoulders to push us as close together as physically possible. Not that I minded. 'Mine.' He growled at anyone who came too close. I had to laugh. He was jealous. On my account.
The classes that lead to lunch were uneventful, boring even. We entered the lunch room and sat down. I took the opportunity to voice something that had been bothering me for some time. 'Edward?' 'Yes, love.' He answered. That sent chills up my spine. Good chills. 'Remember, yesterday?' he nodded. 'Before your brothers, um, took you away?' 'Yes.' He answered warily. 'You wanted to tell me something. It seemed very important to you. What was it?' He sighed; apparently he had been afraid that I would ask exactly this at some stage. 'I can't tell you, Bella.' 'Why not? You were just about to tell me yesterday.' 'Well, I was being irrational yesterday, Bella. I can't tell you. I'm sorry.' This made me angry. Why couldn't he tell me? If he reallly wanted to, he could, easily. Maybe I was being immature, but it hurt that he didn't trust me enough to tell me. 'Yes you can, Edward. You just don't want to!' 'Bella,' he warned. 'No, tell me. Now!' ' I'm not telling you, Bella!' 'Why not, don't you trust me?' I felt like crying. He sighed. Then stood up. Was he leaving? 'I'm going to talk to Alice. I'll be back in a few minutes.' He said. Why had I fought so hard? Maybe it was none of my business. He was angry with me because I'm so stubborn I wouldn't let it go.
He came back and sat down. 'Okay,' he said. 'I'll tell you. Tonight. If you tell Charlie that we're married first. Deal?' Was the information really that valuable? Did I really want to tell Charlie now, instead of postponing it for as long as possible? What Edward had to tell me might be completely insignificant. But for some reason, I just had to know. 'Deal.' I agreed, and shook his outstretched hand. 'However,' he said. 'I must warn you. When I have told, you may no longer want to know.' These words sent a chill up my spine. Not the good kind from earlier. But the bad kind, the kind that said, 'Danger! Run!'
Very short, yes I know. Sorry. I just wanted to at least update. I might add to it later on. Telling Charlie, etc. so if you want to read about Charlie's reaction and Bella's reaction to Edward's news, review! Don't forget to let me know as to whether you want the story to continue.
Kate
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