Chapter 20

Breaking the rules

I felt someone buried his face on my neck. I stretched but I hit someone. Am I dreaming?

"Hmm?" I heard someone…

I quickly opened my eyes and sat.

"What's wrong?" Edward asked. I woke him up…I frowned. Why is he here?

"Seriously Ed? Don't you have any other thing to do than sleep beside me?" I asked him. Why is he in here again? For the third time!

"This time, it's not my fault, you were the one who told me to sleep beside you" He told me as he sat too.

"Huh? I didn't" I disagreed.

"I supposed you can't remember"

"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked him then I touched my head. It aches…

"Hangover?" He asked then he laughed.

"Shut up. Why are you in my room?" I asked again.

"You are in my room, for the second time, you didn't realize" He said, making me remember the first time I sleep here on his room.

I looked around. Shit, he was right. I am in his room.

"How did that happened? I can't remember walking to your room" I told him and he laughed again.

"You're drunk last night, how can you remember that?" He said.

"I'm drunk?" I asked.

"What's the last memory you can remember?" He said.

"Chatting with Al and Rose, crying at the stairs…jake and you fighting….ohh. Wine…" I told him and he laughed.

"Something about last night made me curious" He said.

"OMG! Why did I say?" What if I told him yesterday that I love him? What should I do? Sheez!

"Hmmm" He joked and I punched his arm lightly.

"Tell me!" I shouted.

"Okay, chillax. You told me you really love me" He said and I froze.

What the hell? I really told him that? Geez! I'm dead now.

"I told you what?" I asked him.

"Look at your face princess…I'm just kidding! Hahaha no you didn't told me you love me" He keeps on laughing and I pouted.

"Don't joke like that!" I told him.

"Why do you look so nervous anyway?"

"I can't remember everything I told you"

"Well…you told me something about…"

"What the heck? What's with the suspense?" I demanded and he laughed again.

"You love someone else…" He said, totally serious.

"Huh?" Did I say that?

"You told me that your heart hurts due to this person you love that I don't know who"

I sighed in relief. I swear the only person I love is Edward and someone my head last night knows that I can't tell it to Edward that's why it lied.

"Can I know what's the name?" He asked.

"Why do you want to know?"

"I'm just curious. You never mentioned it to me…and…" He said but didn't continued.

"And?"

"And I don't want to see you hurt. You're my friend…"

"You're not gonna hurt him right?" I asked him, challenging him. If he truly cares for me, he really won't let anyone hurt me.

"I'll try not to" He said and I smiled.

"Ed…I was just joking last night. I don't love anyone…" I told him. Totally lying because I really do love you Edward!

"Liar…just tell me who he is"

"I promise I don't love anyone" I told him and he sighed.

"Guess you want to keep it to me" He said. That's right. I don't want to tell you I love you because that would just break our deal and everything would be messed up.

"Did you know that me and Tanya talked last night?" He said.

Yes I know and I heard everything.

"No" I told him.

"Well, we do talk here. I just saw her sitting here at my bed crying"

"So, are you two together again?" I know the answer. I just want to know if he'll tell me the truth.

"Nope. I can't just go back to her…I have to know if she really loves me. Because if she doesn't, she'll give up and let me be with you" He told me. Okay so he's not lying.

"You mean we still have to act as a couple?" I asked him.

"Of course, few months, few weeks…or days" He told me. He sounded so sad.

"Hmmm" That was all I could reply.

He looked at the clock the same way I did.

"Two in the afternoon? wow" I said.

"Don't ever drink again…it's bad for you" Edward said.

"Yes sir!" I said and gave him a salute. He laughed.

"We have interview later…let's go home now" He stood up and I did too. I'm still wearing the same gown and I groaned. He laughed again.

"Why do you keep on laughing? Are you trying to annoy me?" I asked as we walked out of his room.

"No, everything seems funny today" He mumbled and now I'm the one who laughed.

"Hilarious" I said.

We went downstairs and saw Rosalie.

I looked around, it seems like everything is already cleaned. Their maids did a very good job.

"Hey rose" I said and she laughed again.

"Look at you two…the party is over! Why are you two still wearing those?" She keeps on laughing.

"We're going home, see you on Monday" Edward ignored her.

"Okay okay, bye" Rose said.

At the house, I quickly showered. It's kinda hot today…what's with the weather? I changed into shorts and t-shirt since it was only me and Edward who will be at the house. Besides he already seen me wearing that lingerie, why would I be shy? I blushed as I remember that night again.

I went to the kitchen and cooked for lunch. Edward helped me cook.

While eating, Edward's phone rang.

"Hello?" Edward said.

"Yeah, about what?...When do you need me?...okay. But I'll have to be back before five…Yes, thank you" Edward answered. He shut his phone and took a bite.

"Who is that?" I asked. A friend can ask right?

"My new girlfriend" He told me, his face so serious.

The way he looks means he is not joking.

"Ohhh" That was the only thing I could say.

"Ohh? You look a little bit surprised" He said.

"Uhhmm, of course I would be surprised by that, I mean…I know you can have as many girlfriend you want but you never…uhmm…mentioned anything" I said.

"It's no use. He's taken…I just have to let it go" I mumbled.

"You're not going to fight?"

"He loves the girl, not me"

"Fight for that guy princess, you know I'm not always around. I would leave you and you'll be alone" Edward said. That is the truth…he'll leave me…for Tanya.

"I'm not afraid of being alone, I'm just afraid of him saying no"

"You won't know his answer if you won't ask" I know exactly what you'll say if I asked you.

I have to give him a clue. He just can't understand my situation.

"What if you are in my place? For example, Tanya got new boyfriend and she totally loves that guy, would you still ask her to go back to you? To be with you and give up the guy? And you totally know that asking her would just ruin your friendship? Because you know she'll say no" I asked.

I know Tanya asked him the exact thing. To leave me for her…

"I guess…I can understand you. There's no point of asking that guy" He said.

I did not know what to say anymore. I was so close into telling him that he was the guy I love…

I finished my food then my phone rang. I looked at it, Jacob.

"Jake" I said. Edward stared at me…

"Bells I'm so sorry about last night, I hope you can forgive me" Jacob said.

"I already forgave you, besides it's not your fault" I said.

"It is his fault" Edward whispered and I covered my mouth with my hand for Jacob not to hear my laughter.

"Bella, is our date still on?" I asked.

I thought for it for a moment. Dating him would just messed up everything…

I looked up to Edward.

"Jacob, I'm really sorry but I really can't date you anymore even if it's just a friendly date. People would think I'm cheating behind Edward's back. I already have a boyfriend Jake" I told him.

Edward smiled. I watched him stood up and sit beside me, his smile teasing me.

"Ohh well then…we're still friends right?" Jacob asked. I noticed it took him seconds to talk to me again.

"Of course" I replied. Edward leaned and I looked to him and gave him a what-are-you-doing? Look.

"I really wish we could still hang-out Bells" Jake aid.

I really can't focus on Jacob right now because Edward took my face in his hands, and he leaned closer and closer, his smile never fading. He dazzled my eyes.

"Yeah" I exhaled at the phone. Whoah, what the heck did he said again?

"I gotta go bye" Jacob said.

Edward closed our distance. He closed his eyes and I watched him as he leaned closer. His breath made my head blank again.

"Bye" I quickly told Jacob and shut off my phone. I pushed Edward and he laughed.

"What are you doing?" I asked him, anxious now.

"Trying to kiss you" He said teasingly.

"You know I'm talking to Jacob right?"

"Yeah"

"Then why did you still tried to kiss me?" I hissed. Maybe I'm a little bit mad because he made my heart race again.

"For fun…you should have seen your face as you tried to talk to Jacob as I do my thing here" He laughed.

Do his thing? What the heck.

"OMG! You really did that intentionally? Wow" I said.

"Oh yes I did" He locked his arms around my waist.

I tried my very best not to be affected by that but I failed.

"Don't challenge me Edward, you don't want me kissing you in front of Tanya" I told him, smiling.

"You can't do that" He mumbled.

"Remember my words baby" I told him as I unwrapped his arms out of my waist.

I brought the plates to the sink. He helped me washed the plates.

"Anyway, It was kate who called" He muttered. Kate…his assistant.

"I did not know kate is your new girlfriend" I said, not looking at him.

"Jealous?" He asked.

"Of course not" I told him but the truth is, I'm shouting YES in my mind.

"Well I don't have a new girlfriend. She called because I have a new project. She's asking if I would take it" He said.

"New project"

"New movie"

"Ohh"

"I'll drop by later" He mumbled.

"Alright" I said and after that, we went back to being silent.

After washing the plates, Edward went upstairs. I stayed at the living room.

Okay…I never thought life could be so boring without Edward. I looked at the window and saw the plants. I suddenly remember rule number 14. I should take care of the plants…not Edward

I went and I took the garden hose and started watering the plants.

Then I felt someone's hands on my hips. EDWARD!

I faced him and the water from the garden hose hit him. He got wet and I can't stop laughing.

"You look like a wet dog" I joked and he looked at me, smiling.

"I can't believe you just said that" He told me then he launched to me and try to steal the garden hose.

I ran away from him but he ran faster towards me. He put an arm around my waist and we fell on the ground, both laughing.

I suddenly stopped laughing because he was staring at me. I smiled at him then I felt his hands steal the garden hose. He stood up then faced the garden hose to me.

I ended up all wet.

"Gosh!" I shouted as I stood up, still laughing.

"You did it first!" Edward defended himself. He laughed more when he saw what I looked like.

I run towards him, "Give me that" I told him but he keeps running away from me.

We kept laughing until I slipped and ended up sitting on the grass.

"Hahaha look at you" Edward teased.

"I think…" I touched my left foot.

"You think what?" He stopped. He shut the water off from the garden hose and went to sit beside me.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

I touched my foot again then frowned.

"It hurts" I said.

He touched it, our hands brushed.

"This?" He asked.

"Yeah" I said, looking at him as he looked at my feet.

Okay so, I'm just acting. I just wanted to fool him. It would be fun to see his face annoyed when I told him the truth.

He looked up and caught me staring at him. The way he stares at me gives me chills. He looks way hot and I still couldn't forget how his wet shirt clings to his body.

We became silent, none of us wanted to look away, none of us wanted to speak. Maybe because we both don't know what to say.

He suddenly put his hand on the side of my neck and started leaning towards me. He closed his eyes the same time I did. Our nose touched and we were so close to kissing since our upper lip touched when we heard someone.

"WEW! STOP IT CUPIDS! GET A ROOM!" Emmett shouted.

Me and Edward quickly pulled out from our position. I looked away, blushing. Edward, on the other hand looked up to Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Rosalie.

"Why are you all here?" Edward asked.

"Why are you two all wet?" Rose ignored his question and they all laughed.

"Ohh I know, this is their way of gardening the plants here…Haha" Al teased.

"What are you all? A group of teasers?" I asked, completely blushing.

"Why are you blushing?" Jasper joked.

"It's cold" I lied.

"What do you all need?" Edward asked.

"Why are you and Bella going to kiss?" Emmett asked back. They all laughed again.

"Why? Can't I kiss my girlfriend anywhere and anytime I want?" Edward asked smiling.

I punched his arm lightly and everyone laughed.

Edward helped me stood up then I remembered I told him my foot hurts.

"Ouch!" I faked it and Edward put his arm around my waist.

"Why? What happened?" Alice asked.

"She slipped" Edward answered.

"Tsk. Tsk." They all said.

"Can you walk?" Edward asked.

I tried to walk but I faked that I can't. He scooped me up into a bridal look.

"Sweet" Al and Rosalie both said at the exact time.

Edward ignored them; we went back inside the house.

"We'll just go upstairs, feel at home" Edward said. I looked to him questioningly.

"My clothes are in the guest room" I reminded him.

"Guest room?" Alice and Rose asked. Shit.

"When me and Bella broke up for a week, she took her things on Alice's apartment. She just came back yesterday. We don't have time to unpack her things so we put it on the guest room temporarily" Edward created a story so quick. But no…it's the truth. The only lie is that I stayed at the guest room and now I'm going to sleep at my room, second floor. That's part of our deal.

"Ohh" Alice said.

"So you mean you two are sleeping in a same bed?" Rose asked then she giggled.

"Sometimes but no, bella needs privacy" Edward answered. Sometimes? The heck.

"Put me down first" I told Edward and he made me sit on the chair while Jazz and Em went to the living room to watch TV.

"Al, can you get some clothes for me?" I asked her.

"Ok" Alice said then she disappeared.

"Why are you all here Rose?" Edward asked.

"Sleepover" She said, smiling.

"Huh?" Me and Edward both asked.

"S.l.e.e.p…o.v.e.r" She told us.

"You didn't tell me" Edward said.

"Well I'm telling you know" She said.

"Bella, do you want me to move the interview schedule? Tomorrow evening?" He asked.

"Is it okay?" I asked Edward.

"Of course princess" He said and I nodded.

Alice came back and gave me my clothes. Edward scooped me up again and started walking upstairs.

When we were finally alone at third floor, I spoke.

"I'm sorry" I told him.

"For what?" He asked as he opened his room.

"For making you carry me up to here. I am too heavy" I mumbled. I swear I really wanted to tell him that I'm lying right now but he will kill me if I did.

"You're not" He told me and made me sit at the chair.

He went inside the bathroom and opened the shower.

Then he went back to me and looked at me.

"What?" I asked and he smiled.

"Are you sure you can shower alone?" He asked me.

"What?" My jaw dropped.

"I mean, you can't even stand alone. Are you sure you don't want me to be with you?" He joked.

"EDWARD!" I shouted and he laughed.

"I'm just kidding" He told me.

"That's not funny" I pouted.

He just laughed then he carried me again to the bathroom and I stood up, my hands on the sink.

I closed the door and sighed.

I'm so sorry Edward! I can't lie but I can't tell you too!

I took a shower then realized Alice didn't gave me any towel. I looked around and saw a little drawer. I opened it and saw maybe ten towels inside. What is this? A hotel? I took one and dressed up.

ALICE! She gave me a shorts and tank top. She knows I hate wearing those in front of anyone…Ohh wait. I wore lingerie in front of the world and now I'm shy? Hilarious.

When I opened the bathroom door, I smiled at Edward. My hands on the doorknob.

"I used your towel" I told him.

"S' okay, just stay here on the bedroom" He carried me again and made me sit on his bed.

"Wait for me okay?" He spoke. "Here, watch TV" He gave me the remote control then he went inside his bathroom.

I've been here before but I never really saw what his room looks like. I mean, I hid in his closet when I thought there are real robbers.

I looked around and saw picture frames. I noticed the first one is him and Tanya, at one look…you'll thought it was a perfect picture because both are smiling. But something is wrong here, the way he looks at her makes you think he really loves her but the way Tanya looks away from him made you think she hates him. What the hell?

The other one is Edward with his family. They look so cute together.

The last one is me and Edward. Me? I don't know where he got this. It was a picture of us staring at each other…at the cafeteria. Maybe a fan took it and gave it to him.

But why does he have this picture?

Edward went out of the bathroom, wearing a white t-shirt and sweat pants. He must caught me staring at our picture because he spoke about it.

"If we are pretending to be together, we should have a picture together at my bed" He told me.

"Yeah" I told him. Well, that was disappointing.

He took the picture frame of him and Tanya and hid it at his drawer.

I always knew he would never put our picture here because somehow he felt something for me. I'm a coward to think like that. I told myself to keep my distance from Edward but until now, I can't. Something about him pulls me.

"Edward, why did you try to kiss me?" I asked him.

He looked at my eyes.

"I…I don't know" He looked down. I guess I have to lighten our atmosphere. It was too embarrassing to talk about that.

"Psh. It's because you like me" I joked and he looked up. We both laughed.

"Yeah" He said.

"Huh?" Did he just said he likes me?

"Kidding" He told me and we both laughed again.

I can't stay away from him. Our laughter made me happy. His one simple smile made me smile. It's like even though he's not doing anything, I still smile.

I sighed.

"Downstairs?" I asked.

He nodded.

Alice and Rosalie baked cheese macaroni for snacks while Jasper and Emmett picked a movie to watch. I stayed at the dining room, watching them…

He called Kate to re-schedule our interview and asked for a doctor to check my foot.

I'M IN TROUBLE!

The doctor appeared in less than 20 minutes. What the hell? No one didn't mind me though. Edward just stayed beside me as the doctor inspected it.

"Can you walk?" He asked.

"A little, it just hurts" I said.

"Well I don't think you broke a bone. Maybe it's just a spasm. Here, just apply this ointment"

"Okay" I nodded.

Wew. I'm glad he didn't said 'there's no problem'.

We ate and watch movies. Edward never left my side since I know, Rosalie and alice would raise their eyebrows if he did. While watching the third movie, I rested my head on Edward's shoulder because I'm so sleepy.

"Wanna sleep?" He whispered.

"Hmmm" I told him, my eyes closed.

I suddenly felt him carrying me. I opened my eyes and he smiled.

"You shouldn't…you were watching the movie" I told him.

"I'm sleepy" he told me.

"Where am I going to sleep?" I whispered.

"At my room, Al and Jazz would use the room at the second floor, Rose and Em would use the room beside mine. Guest room is full of your boxes" He told me.

"Whoah, where are you two going?" Rose realized us leaving.

"Upstairs, we're sleepy" Edward answered her.

"Okay…goodnight" She told us.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and closed my eyes.

Who says I can't enjoy my own little heaven here on earth?

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