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Chapter 10
EPOV
The morning of our date, I knew I had a full day of errands and calls to make if I wanted to make the date perfect. I had a clear idea of where I wanted to take Bella, so I just had to cross my fingers that everything would turn out right.
Bella was still asleep after I got ready, so I sat at the kitchen counter drinking my coffee, coming up with a list of priorities for the day, only to be interrupted by Emmett.
"Hey Eddie boy! I hear you have a hot date tonight. Think you'll get some?" Em nudged my shoulder and laughed. Dumbass doesn't realize I have been getting some from Bella for a while now.
"I don't know. I'll guess we'll see." I shrugged my shoulder and went back to drinking my coffee.
"Well, Jasper and I will be out of the house tonight in case you guys want to come back and get loud." I rolled my eyes at him even though I wanted to thank him for being so thoughtful. I began to wash my mug out so I could start the day while Emmett continued to talk.
"Hey Edward?" I looked over at him.
"Yeah?" I saw a slight teasing expression on his face and braced for the direction this conversation would be going.
"I will spare you the 'what are you intentions' lecture since I know what a prude you are and the fact that you have been head over heals for this girl since you saw her in that lame class you were taking." I glared at him and waved my hand to get him to continue.
"I just want you to know that if anything happens to your relationship, I am going to have to take her side." I shook my head at his statement.
"What happened to bros before hoes?" I asked with my hand over my chest in mock horror.
"I don't know. Bella seems more of a bro to me than you do. No offence, but you are pretty metro sexual." I chuckled and began to walk past him.
"This from the man who wears Dove Powder Fresh deodorant." I took that opportunity to leave and get everything prepared for the date.
BPOV
"Bella! Wake up! Wake Up!" I groaned at the sound of what can only be compared to a banshee in heat.
"Alice. Go away!" I mumbled into my pillow while pulling over my face.
"Up! Up! Up! Isabella! We have stuff to do today little lady!" I am pretty sure her voice was close to the level that only dogs can hear.
"Noooo…let me sleep longer!" I reached down and pulled my nice warm comforter over my head and buried myself into its cozy warmth. I heard a loud sigh come from somewhere in the room.
"Okay. You win. That's fine. I'll let you get some additional sleep." If I wasn't so tired I would have jumped up and hugged her for giving in so easily. But I was too focused on getting back to the task at hand…sleeping. Okay. Now where was I? Ah yes…eyes closed….ahhhhhhhh…
Just as I was drifting back into my favorite place known as Dreamland, something happened. It was all so fast, that the only thing I know is that my bed was suddenly very cold and oh so wet.
"AHHHHHHHHH! What the fuck!?!?" I jumped out of my bed and frantically searched the room for this strange occurrence.
My eyes fell upon the bent over forms of Alice and Emmett who were laughing so hard they were using each other for support. In Alice's hand was a large, empty glass. This discovery led me to focus on my bed again, where I found a huge puddle along with ice strewn everywhere.
"Damn Bellsabob. That's one hell of a wet spot. That wet dream must have been amazing." I narrowed my eyes at Emmett as he continued to laugh at my expense.
"Let me ask again. What. The. Fuck." I glared at their laughing forms and Alice sobered up enough to realize she better answer me. She straightened up and smiled at my innocently.
"Oh good. You're up!" This sent Emmett into more laughter and I began to contemplate how I would go about disposing their bodies once I kill them. Emmett is big. I may need to trick him into going out in the woods with me and then get an irritable grizzly bear to eat him. May take some planning, but it is definitely a solid plan. Now, Alice…
"Bellizzle. Are you paying attention?" Em snapping his fingers in my face pulled me out of my murderous thoughts for the time being. Revisit this topic later…I'm sure there will be more times like these.
"Nope." I decided I would turn on bitch mode full blast and not say more than one syllable words to them. Alice huffed and put her hands on her hips.
"I said go get a shower and get dressed in comfortable clothes. We have shopping to do!" I groaned and rolled my eyes as I stomped my way to the bathroom.
Four hours, thirteen stores, twenty-eight articles of clothing, and 5 pairs of shoes later, Alice and I met up with Rose as a large salon.
"Damn Alice. All of that for one date?" Rosalie eyed the bags in our hands in amusement.
"Well, this won't be there only date. I know there will be more." She said this while tapping her finger to her temple.
"Did your crystal ball tell you that?" I eyed her skeptically.
"No, I don't need a fucking crystal ball. I'm psychic all on my own." I rolled my eyes at her cockiness, but couldn't help hoping she was right. Just then, a tall woman with bright red hair came rushing out to greet us.
"Alice! Rose! So glad you came today!" The woman gave each of them air kisses and I almost laughed at her idiocy. She then turned to me and gave me a look of disgust.
"Who is this?" I was taken back by the tone of disapproval in her voice.
"This is our dear friend Bella. She is here for a make over! She has a hot date tonight!" The woman clapped her hands and smiled at me. I was close to questioning her bi-polar attitude as she bounced away to get things ready for me, but Alice beat me to it.
"That's Irina. She's a little crazy. She's nice to anyone who is willing to spend money here, so once I said you were getting a make over, she realized she's going to be getting a lot of money today." She winked at me as she grabbed my arm and pulled me into my new version of hell.
By the time Irina was finished with me, I had been waxed, plucked, dyed, cut, and styled. And surprisingly, I was smiling when it was over…and not just because it was over. I was happy with the outcome. The massage I got half-way through everything helped, too.
We rushed back to my house so Alice and Rose could help me get dressed and do my make-up before they rushed out of the house. I had not seen Edward all day, so I was really excited about seeing him and going on this mysterious date. Alice knew what the plans for, thus coming up with my wardrobe for the evening, but would not tell me anything.
As I waited for Edward to come home to take me on our date, I stood in front of my full-length mirror. The dress from Betsey Johnson had a teal silk lining with a black lace over-lay. It was cinched at the waist before flowing slightly out, ending mid-thigh. Alice insisted on buying me teal Dolce & Gabbana high-heels to go with the dress. I thought it was overkill. She thought it was perfect. Guess who won.
I heard the doorbell ring and thought that was odd for Edward to ring our doorbell. But, then again, he was probably trying to make it more date-like. I rushed out of my room to get the door. After one near spill, I pulled the door open to find a man in a suit waiting for me with a letter in his hands.
Bella my love,
Please allow this man to drive you to the location of our date. I apologize that I am unable to accompany you myself, but the preparations are not complete yet. I will see you soon.
Edward
I read the note and looked up at the man, who was smiling at me. Without saying a word, he gave me a second to grab my purse and lock the house up before leading me to the awaiting car. It was at that point that I looked in the driveway to notice a Maybach 62 sitting there. My eyes widened at the stunning car in front of me and it took every ounce of control I had to not run over to it and give it a kiss. The sleek lines of the expensive car left me in awe.
"Mr Cullen wanted to ensure you arrive in style." I smiled at the man as he opened the back door for me to slide in. I took at deep breathe of the magnificent automobile and sighed. I was shocked that Edward remembered me gushing over this car when I saw it in one of Emmett's car magazines. Never in a million years did I think I would be sitting in one.
The ride to my destination was in silence. The man seemed to be on a mission to make sure he didn't accidentally say where we were going, so I just enjoyed the thoughts running through my mind of the lengths Edward seems to have gone through to make tonight perfect.
"We're here, Miss Swan." I realized my door was open and the man had his hand out to help me out of the car. I looked up to find that we were stopped at a park in the downtown area. I didn't see anything and looked over to the man to see what I was supposed to be doing. He held out his arm for me to take and began leading me to the small amphitheater. I recognized it as the place Edward and I used to go to when the symphony would have their outdoor concerts.
The closer we got, I was able to see a lone figure sitting on a bench in front of a piano at the center of the stage. The entire area was surrounded by candles. I was so focused on the sight on the stage that I did not realize I had been led to a table with 2 chairs. I was now close enough to see that it was Edward sitting on the bench at the piano and wanted to run up to the stage to be close to him. He gave me a big smile and pointed to the table to indicate that I should sit. The man that had helped me get here was no longer in sight.
I watched as Edward turned to completely face the piano and he began to play for me. The tune was something I had never heard before and I was immediately entranced. I couldn't move. Every nerve in my body was focused on the sounds coming from Edward's hands as they pressed the keys. By the end of the song, I felt tears hitting my hands as they fell from my cheeks.
Edward stood from the piano and made his way off the stage. I saw him make a few hand gestures and all of a sudden food was being brought to our table as another man took Edward's spot at the piano. He walked gracefully to the table, smiling the entire way. I couldn't help myself. I jumped up and ran to him to be embraced by his loving arms.
"Come sit." His soft voice was music to my ears. Okay, so the piece he just played on the piano was music to my ears too, but that's different. That was actual music. Anyway…
We both took our places at the table as the food was placed in front of us. The tops were uncovered to reveal mushroom ravioli. We were served wine and then left alone.
"You look absolutely breathtaking, Bella." He reached over and took my hand while looking into my eyes.
"Thank you. This…" I waved my hand around to indicate I was talking about the entire scene around us. "this is perfect." He smiled. We began to eat in silence and I couldn't stop the moan that came from me at the first taste of the ravioli.
"I take it you like it." Edward chuckled at my reaction.
"It's the best I have ever had." I greedily shoveled more in my mouth, forgetting how unladylike I must look.
"I'm glad. I made it for you." I almost dropped my fork in surprise.
"You made this! Edward. You have never cooked!" I looked at him trying to see if he was lying.
"Well, you probably don't remember, but the first time we went out to eat together, we went to a little Italian place. You got mushroom ravioli. Unfortunately, when I checked to see if I could order some for our dinner tonight, I found out that the restaurant closed a few months ago. But, I was able to find the number of the owner and got their recipe. So, I spent my day at Alice's apartment, cooking for you." He lowered his head. "It did take quite a few tries, but I think I got it right the last time."
"Oh you definitely got it right!" I exclaimed before taking another bite. "And of course I remember going to that restaurant. That was the night we spent hours asking each other as many silly questions as possible." I giggled at the memory.
"So, that piece you played was absolutely beautiful. What is it called?" I saw a huge smile appear on his face as he looked up to meet my eyes.
"Love. I wrote that. It is named Bella's Lullaby. You were my inspiration." I couldn't help was notice the love and adoration in his eyes as he said this to me. I also couldn't help the tears that began to flow knowing I inspired such a masterpiece.
We finished out meal and the one glass of wine that I allowed myself to have before Edward decided it was time for part two of our date. He took my hand and led me back to the Maybach.
"Nice car. By the way." I smirked at him as he opened the door for me.
"Thanks. Just a little something I thought you would look good in." I rolled my eyes before the driver began taking us to our next destination.
When we got out once the car stopped, I saw that we were standing in front of a small coffee shop. My face began to hurt from how wide my smile was at this point. I remembered this coffee shop as the one Edward and I would meet at to do our project for school when we first met.
"I thought they were going to close this place." I looked at Edward to see if he knew what happened.
"They were. But, I talked my parents into buying it. It was too special to me." He shrugged and opened the door to the shop for me. "I just wish I had known about the restaurant closing. I'm sure they would have bought that too."
I laughed at his silliness. Buying coffee shops and restaurants because they held special meaning to him is such an Edward thing to do. I shot me one of his crooked smiles and nodded to the barista before leading me to a cluster of comfy loveseats.
He grabbed our drinks and we sat, cuddling in one of the loveseats.
"Bella?"
"Hmmm…"
"Tonight, I just wanted you to see that I am completely in love with you. I wanted to show you how everything I do with you is memorable. That's why I thought the amphitheater was the perfect place for our date and now here. We have memories in both places and I want you to know how close those memories are to my heart." He stroked my hair once he finished talking.
"Edward. I can't even tell you how much all of this means to me. I'm actually surprised that you remembered all of this stuff. It just makes me a little sad to think about how much time we have missed out on by not understanding our feelings for each other sooner." I sighed. Edward lifted me up so we were looking into each other's eyes.
"Don't think like that. I think everything we have been through apart as just friends will only make us stronger as a couple." The excitement I felt at him calling us a couple was unparalleled. I through my arms around him to give him a tight hug.
"Um…Edward. Not to ruin the moment, but I still have questions about last night." I bit my lip and looked down.
"Okay…ask away." He seemed hesitant over what my questions were, but I knew he would answer truthfully.
"What was really going on with you and Tanya?" Without looking away, he grinned at me.
"Exactly what I told you. She has been crushing on Jacob and asked me to help make him jealous. Rose suggested that we dance together where he would be able to see it." He sighed. "But, she forgot to mention it to you when you got there. And when we got to the table and Tanya was acting like a bitch to you, I was under the impression that you had been filled in on the whole thing, so that's why I didn't jump in. Seriously, I thought you were playing around when you got up and left." I rolled my eyes at his explanation.
"You know what. Nevermind. It's in the past. Whatever happened, happened. I trust you when you say there was nothing going on between the two of you." I finished my drink and jumped up from the loveseat. Edward looked at me in obvious confusion.
"Where are you going?"
"Oh Eddie. You made this date about things we have done together." I leaned down and whispered in his ear. "And there is one thing that we have done together that I am seriously in the mood to do again and again tonight." It didn't take him long to catch what I wanted.
He jumped from the loveseat, yelled his thanks to the barista that made our drinks and rushed me out of the shop and into the waiting car.
"We need to get you home, Miss Swan!" I couldn't respond as his lips pressed against mine.
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A/N: Okay. So, it is up to you guys. If you would like a lemon or two or three in the next chapter, let me know. If I have enough people wanting one, I'll make it a fruit salad.
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