A/N ~ I don't own anything to do with Twilight, but I am just playing about with some ideas of
Bella & Edward in my stories here!
I am really enjoying this just now, will continue with Trust and come back to Collide and Leading me to comfort soon. Are you enjoying this? Let me know...
Love Timid Vampire xxx
In from the Cold ~ Chapter 3
We looked at each other, understanding that this would change everything. The silence was deafening.
I opened my mouth to say something, but just then I heard my mobile starting to ring.
I knew by the ring tone that it was Alice.
"It's your sister." I sighed.
"That dammed Pixie!" Edward sighed as ran his fingers through his hair before starting to shake his head.
He lay back down and mouthed to me to do the same.
I picked up my phone and answered the call as I lay down, cuddling into Edward side.
He kissed the top of my head before resting it down on mine.
"Hello there Pixie!" I answered.
"Don't pixie me, where are you? I am at your front door and you are not in!" She was talking so fast and loud, I pulled the phone away from my ear. I put her on speaker phone, showing Edward what I was doing. He nodded and smirked at me.
"Well I am not there. Sorry."
"I know that, but where are you?"
"Grandma Cullen's house." I replied trying to sound like it was no big deal.
"She is not there…she moved to the city."
"I know, thanks for telling me that Alice."
"Well she will be back later this week to say goodbye to everyone one, she sold the house to Edward…oh wait is Edward there?" she giggled.
"No I broke in." I laughed.
"OH Bella, he is there, have you spoken to him, you know he still likes you?"
"Does he?" I pretended to sound shocked.
I could feel Edward nodding his head beside mine.
"Well he was been a good friend to me when we were little Alice." I muttered, trying not to laugh.
Edward scowled at me but moved to gently kiss my shoulder. I sighed.
"No Silly Bella, he likes you likes you!"
"He likes me? I don't think so Alice." I let out a sigh.
Edward wriggled and moved so he could kiss further up, his lips now on my neck…my thoughts becoming muddled.
"He does, I know he does, and I know for a fact you like him Bella, don't deny it. The way you looked at him on his prom night, the scowl on your face when he dated that skank Tanya, the way you cried when he moved away…"
"Ok, so I like him." I blushed as I interrupted her embarrassing rant before she could spill any more of my secrets.
Edward stopped kissing me and looked at my scarlet face, his eyes wide with curiosity.
"You cried?" he mouthed at me.
I nodded. I had cried for days.
He leaned over and placed the softest kiss on my lips.
"So where is Edward?" Alice asked, her question breaking our kiss.
"He is around here somewhere. Feeding Jake and Emily I think."
"Oh, Bella, listen…you need to tell him that you like him, he will wait till you make the first move, I know my brother, and he will be a gentleman. You need to make him see how you feel about him."
"Alice, will you find it weird if we started dating?"
"No, I have always seen you as my sister Bella, this way it just means that everyone will see it too." I could imagine Alice smiling as she said this.
"I don't know Alice, maybe I care about Edward too much to risk our friendship?" I whispered. Was I voicing my concerns to Alice or Edward, or maybe even myself?
Edward looked intently at me.
"And if you do nothing, and he falls in love with someone else trying to fill the void in his life that is caused by him loving you…"
"He loves me? You said he likes me…"
Edward looked at me. He put his thumb over the mouth piece on the phone. "Hang up and talk to me Honey." His face was full of concern. I could not look away from him.
"Alice. I need to go I can hear Edward coming back."
"Ok Darlin' but listen, I know you love him. I know that he loves you. Take a chance, trust me, have I ever been wrong before?"
"No I would not bet against you Alice." I whispered.
"Call me later Belly. I love you."
I looked Edward in the eye as I answered Alice before hanging up the phone. Not knowing if I was talking to her or to Edward with my next statement.
"I love you too…" I whispered before biting down on my lip.
Edward smiled before letting out a huge sigh.
His hand moved down to take a hold of mine.
"Bella, Honey…this was not quite the way I imagined telling you this for the first time. And trust me, I have imagined telling you this so many times, for so many years now, but it's true. I love you."
"You love me?"
He smiled as he nodded. "I don't want you to feel pressurised into saying anything back to me. I just wanted to tell you, that I loved you."
I moved so I was sitting as close to him as I could and still see his beautiful face. "Edward Cullen." I smiled as felt his hand move up to my face. I moved so mine was on his cheek, mirroring his action.
"I have loved you, since I was a child, and now, I am falling head over heels in love with you as a woman."
His face lit up with the most amazing smile. I moved up and our lips met in the most heart melting kiss I imagined since I noticed my friend Edward Cullen was actually the most gorgeous boy who I adored.
Edward moved us both so we were lying side by side. Our kisses were soft and tender. This moment to be savoured as the important life changing moment it had become for both of us.
"Bella…?" Edward pulled his lips away, both of us needing to breathe now.
"Edward?"
"Will you be my girl?" he chuckled.
"I have always been your girl Edward just now we both know it." I giggled as I blushed.
"I love this colour on you." His fingers brushed against my cheek. My hand moved to cover his hand.
"I love that you are touching me Edward."
"I love that I am touching you too."
"Can we slow this down a little bit?" I asked a little worried about my request.
I tired to explain myself.
"I don't mean to tease you, it's just…" I shuddered at the words I had used; reminding myself that James had accused me of the same thing.
"You have not teased me Bella. Anything we do… we do because the both of us are ready to do it Honey." Edward reassured me with is words.
"We take all the time you need, I have waited for you for so many years, knowing you are mine is everything to me right now."
"What do we tell Alice?" I asked him.
"How about we tell her nothing? We just enjoy discovering our new relationship together first…" He kissed my cheek.
"We enjoy each other without being under everyone watchful eyes." His lips moved to my neck.
I nodded, stretching my neck to allow him better access.
"I want it to be just you and me just now Edward."
"I do too Honey. Once we tell them, I will have to share you again and I am not ready to do that yet." He laughed.
"Thank you."
"What for My Love?"
"For everything Edward…" I smiled. My heart feeling lighter than I had ever felt it, filled with love and hope.
"No need to thank me, I should be thanking you for giving me a chance to be part of your life."
We spent the next wee while kissing and talking about the missing years, the fond memories we shared and future plans we could now make.
I enjoyed working in the book shop next to the boutique that Alice owned. Edward loved teaching music at Forks High School. His big brother Emmett was their football coach and Alice's husband Jasper who was Edwards's best friend was a school councillor. We were not quite sure how were could keep this to ourselves, but we both agreed it would be good to try for as long as we could.
"What about our parents?" I asked. "Esme will know something is going on, she has invited me and Charlie to Sunday dinner."
"We will cross that bridge when we come to it Love." Edward shrugged his shoulders. We had two days until we had to worry about Sunday dinner with everyone.
We showered and dressed much later on in the day, wrapping up warm we took Emily and Jake out for a walk in the snow. They two dogs appeared to as smitten with each other as Edward and I were. "It seems a shame to separate them." I sighed. "It seems a shame to separate us…" Edward pouted giving me his nest puppy dog eyes.
"I will need to go back to the apartment at some point." I sighed. "Stay here with me."
"I really wish I could." My shoulders sank. I didn't want to leave him now he was mine.
"Then move in, let me sort the room, I will paint it what ever colour you want and move in with me!"
I knew Charlie would object, but I was 22 years old and not a child. He was married and a father by that age. The lease of my flat was due for renewal in four weeks. I could give them notice and move out.
I never acted on impulse like this, but Edward was no stranger to me.
Charlie had known him since he was born. His family had been in my life since I was born.
I looked at Edward. "Yes."
"Yes?"
"Yes Edward I will move in with you, my lease is up in one month, I will move in with you by Thanks Giving.
I don't want anyone to know yet. We will tell them all then."
"How will you keep that from Alice?" he laughed.
"We just will." I shrugged my shoulders.
The snow had stopped and Edward offered to take me to my place in his 4x4. My face fell. "Do you want me to go?" I asked quietly.
"No!" Edward turned and swept me up in his arms, "I want to take you to get some clothes and anything else that you need so you can stay here for as long as I can keep you here."
I giggled. "Four weeks and I will live here with you properly."
"Four weeks…but until you move in permanently, I want you to stay here as much as you can, or as often as you wish to." He laughed before kissing me.
After a long fun filled walk, we left the sleepy dogs at home and headed to head into town to collect anything I wanted to have at Edward's house, soon to be our home.
"We can go and get paint tomorrow Love."
I nodded. "Sure that sounds good to me Edward."
"Esme had some plans for the house but this needs to be our home Honey."
"That might make keeping this a secret a bit harder!" I laughed.
"Don't worry about it. We will get our bedroom done and do the rest as we go." Edward stated.
"Our room…" I giggled.
Alice had left several messages on my answer machine. I listened and deleted them all, having made contact with her this morning. She knew where I was and would just have to contain her excitement and curiosity a little while longer.
We gathered up mine and Jacobs stuff, looking around there was very little apart from clothes and books that I needed to move.
Edward stood behind me, wrapping his arms around my body, his chin resting on my shoulder. "What you thinking about my Love."
"Just how little there is to move from here."
"Lets take what you need now and we will sort the rest later." I grabbed my bag and started to fill it with clothes and toiletries. A few books into a box, well maybe more than a few, my laptop, IPod and hairdryer and I had almost all I wanted. Edward wandered into my room to collect my cell phone charger and started laughing. The photograph beside my bed was one of Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Alice and I. Emmett had Alice up on his shoulders, Jasper was laughing like crazy and I was on Edwards back, leaning round kissing his cheek.
"I remember when this was taken." He laughed.
"It was just before you got your acceptance letter for University." I sighed.
He nodded before whispering, "I almost didn't go."
"Why?" I asked him quietly.
"I didn't want to leave you behind."
"It almost broke my heart, but I kept telling myself you were not mine to loose." I fell down beside him. Edward lifted me up so I was sitting on his lap.
"You are all mine now, and I am yours."
"Yes. All yours."
"No more tears about the past."
I lifted up the photo frame and wrapped it in my night shirt before carefully placing it in my bag.
"No more."
"Lets go home Honey."