Find Me
Bella's POV (of chapter nine)
As I woke up from my deep sleep I had a weird feeling that my day would become interesting very quick. I quickly jumped out of bed, and headed into the washroom, to refresh myself. As I exited the bathroom I noticed the clock, and that I had slept in until twelve in the afternoon. I opened up my window, and I had noticed the sun beaming. That was almost a first. Living in a town like Forks, you'd never really get to see a beautiful day just like this one. I had been home alone today like always because Charlie left for work early in the morning. I decided to pamper myself today. I opened my closet to wear my swimsuit so that I could go swimming in our new pool. I picked out a purple bikini which was my favorite, and thought I looked pretty good in. I took out two towels so that I could dry off afterwards after I finished swimming.
I made my way downstairs outside in the backyard, and put the towels on the futon. I wasted no time jumping into the pool. It was exhilarating to finally use this pool even though it was only two weeks old. I had fun for a while but I knew that it would eventually become boring because I had been by myself. As I got out, I grabbed the towel, and wiped myself down. I put on my dry sandals, and went inside to grab a glass of iced tea. After I drowned myself with the drink, I placed the towel on the stairs railing to go outside to grab the newspaper.
I opened the door quickly, and I made the mistake of looking down instead of in front of me. I knocked into a hard surface which caused me to bounce backwards. After I opened my eyes from being startled I saw that it had been Edward that I ran into. "Edward, what are you doing here?" I most certainly had already turned bright red in the face. "I, well I wanted to surprise you with some coffee." He stuttered, and I probably knew why. He was eyeing me up, and down. I quickly stepped back using the door as a shield to block his view from my almost naked body.
"That's very nice of you. Come in I was just going out to get the paper." I decided to quickly go grab the paper without even thinking of taking the towel, and wrapping myself into it. The sun hit my entire body, and I looked up briefly to see just how bright it was. Bad idea. I ran back to see that Edward was just standing there like a statue. I called out his name. Nothing. I snapped my fingers. Nothing. I weaved around him grabbed my towel from the stairs, wrapped it around myself, and walked back to Edward. I decided to use the hand waving gesture to get Edward out of his day-dream like position. "Edward? Are you alright?" "Ahem, yes." That was his only answer.
"Sorry for my attire. I was just taking a dip in our pool in the backyard. We can go out there, and sit if you'd like." Oh wow I was being so forward. I most likely made him uncomfortable. "Ah sure." He said, and walked behind me quite stiff. I now was sure I made him uncomfortable. I needed to start up a conversation before this became anymore awkward. "We had it built just a while ago. I thought that it would be a great day to finally get to use it." That was lame. "Oh sure. Swimming is good." He added in. "Would you like to jump in?" I loved swimming, and having someone else here with me, made me happy. He took a while looking at himself, and then started to speak. "Oh no I don't have the attire as you can see." He was pointing to himself awkwardly. I was laughing inside at him but I made sure not to let the laughter burst out of me. I had to think quickly though. I didn't just want us to sit here in such a beautiful day. I went back inside, and looked around in my brother's old room for some of his never worn swim trunks. I came back downstairs fast like a goof, with a good pair of swimming shorts for Edward.
"Sush, try these on. They were Jasper's, my brother. He is in college right now in Seattle." I offered them to him, and told him to go use the washroom to change. I found myself heating up knowing that I would soon be close to Edward, and his bare chest. I will be in heaven. As he took his time in the washroom I decided to hop into the pool to cool my nervousness away. I had swam underneath the pool testing out how long I could hold my breath. As I came out from under gasping for air, I noticed Edward standing by the top edge of the pool looking straight into my eyes. I motioned to him to come inside. I wasn't expecting him to jumped so high causing so much of the water to splash on my face, and onto the sides of the pavement. We were definitely having our day of fun.
We decided to get out of the pool, and head inside. I noticed the time, and made sandwiches for us, and poured iced tea. Edward seemed like he was day-dreaming once again leaving me feeling alone with myself in this house. "What are you thinking?" I asked him, and he shook his head to come back to his surroundings. He chuckled, and said, "I'm thinking about, you." I let myself get a little playfully angry with him. "Why are you thinking about me when I'm right here?" He seemed perplexed at my question, and took a while to respond. "I feel like I'm in a dream." He said while coming closer to my chair. I could feel his warm breath ever so lightly touching my lips. I wanted to play with him so badly. "Is a good dream or a bad one?
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