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"No, no, I need a little more." And I pulled Edward in one more time.

EPOV

TWO WEEKS LATER

Everything has been going great since Riley was found guilty. The next day he was sentenced to thirty years in prison and we threw a kind of small party the day after that, on Saturday. Bella started school that Monday which was bittersweet.

It seemed to have circulated around the school, what had happened to Tyler and Mike a while ago and people gave her a small birth so there was always a slight bubble of space around her. I thought that could have only helped but it annoyed Bella like all get-out. She couldn't really blend because of it but I think she was secretly grateful for the space, I knew I was, and things became more normal by the end of the week. We were on the Thursday of her second week and people seemed to have practically forgotten what had happened.

Renee was back in Florida with Phil, they had gotten back from the cruise finally. Like Charlie had warned Bella, she'd gotten a frantic phone call from Renee that had lasted nearly two hours. It took Charlie, Emmet, and Bella to convince her that she didn't need to travel to Forks to check-up on her daughter. We'd been sitting in her room with her in my lap as she talked when she'd told her mom about us. She sounded kind of the same as Charlie except more enthusiastic. She almost screamed at Bella to give her details not knowing that I was sitting right there and the phone was on speaker.

Unfortunately, Bella ruined my fun and told her that I could hear them. Renee had abruptly remembered that she had somewhere to be, said goodbye, and hung up.

Now, Bella and I were sitting at our lunch table and surrounded by friends/family. We were holding hands under the table in her lap and I wasn't catching one word being said by the others. Not that I was ashamed of the fact, I was just too busy staring at Bella. She was smiling as she talked to the others and every once in a while her beautiful face would flush pink at some unheard comment and she would look away shyly. Sometimes she would glance at me and catch me staring, which always made her flush redder before she could hide her face behind a veil of her brown hair, which I always swept back so I could see her again. I blinked and looked away from her at Emmett who was laughing so hard he was changing colors. "Is he gonna be alright?"I raised an eyebrow and nodded my head in Emmett's direction. Rose just shrugged and watched fondly as he tried to regain control.

Bella leaned into my side and sighed as her eyes closed. "Bella wake up, there's no naptime in high school!" Jasper grinned at her; he was looking much better as well, almost completely recovered. He just couldn't wrestle with Emmett for awhile though and that had gotten lots of complaints.

Bella just stuck her tongue out at him and closed her eyes again after popping a French fry into her mouth. I ate my food quietly as the others messed around and teased each other until the bell rang. We all groaned in unison and Bella opened her eyes reluctantly. She stood and stretched a little bit before waiting for me to stand. Which I didn't. "You coming?" She looked at me expectantly and I grinned crookedly.

"I think I might need help." I teased and she walked over to me.

She grabbed my hand and dragged me out of my chair and, with momentum, I pushed her back against the wall a couple feet away. I stared at her for a second silently and her breath became slightly ragged and I chuckled before kissing her forehead. "Come on, we have a class to get to."

She groaned again "Can't we just find a nice broom closet?" I laughed with her and walked in the direction of our class.

"Hey! Keep it clean you two! Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Emmett winked teasingly and slung an arm around Rose's waist. Everyone laughed again and Bella rolled her eyes dramatically at him.

"I'll see you later, Em."

"See ya." We all parted ways except for me and Bella.

"Is he ever going to grow up?"

She shook her head slowly. "I honestly don't know." Something caught her eye on the wall and she slowed down a little bit. "Look." She pointed her chin in the direction of a colorful and eye attracting poster on the wall. "They're already getting hyped up about the talent show… two months from now. We are such small town hicks." She laughed and I smiled at the sound.

"Yeah, we are." I agreed. "Are you going to do it?" I asked casually.

Bella stopped in front of me and looked incredulously at me. "Edward? Are you serious?" She reached up and felt my forehead. "You don't have a fever, so you must just be losing it mentally…" She looked at me thoughtfully and bit her lip but I could see the humor sparking in her eyes.

I just rolled my eyes and let it drop for the moment and I opened the door to our classroom for her.

The bell started its five-tone ring and we sat down quickly, taking our seats as the last chime rang out. We cut that a little close. We were just watching a video on a subject I already knew so I kept shooting glances and crooked smiles at Bella from across the room. I looked back at the TV screen and she turned to watch me now and feeling her warm gaze on me was driving me crazy. When was that bell going to ring again?! I looked at the clock anxiously—23 minutes left. I sighed and rested my head on my folded arms, staring blankly at the TV screen just like everyone else. Did anyone ever pay attention to the videos they showed? I took extensive notes in an attempt to keep myself busy and not look back at Bella. I think the teacher might notice if we just started at each other from across the room.

When the bell chimed I almost cheered and I left the claustrophobic room as quickly as possible. Bella was waiting for me and I pulled her close. "That was horrible." I complained like a child.

"I know! It just wouldn't end!" She sounded frustrated and I pulled back. "Maybe we could miss class if we just suddenly went into self-induced comas…." She mumbled slowly, like she was actually thinking about it.

I shook my head as we walked into our next class. Just like the last, it dragged on forever. I was ready to explode. And it wasn't even Friday yet, only Thursday. Actually, it wasn't just that hour, the rest of the day dragged.

When the final bell rang, I wasn't the only one to jump up and bolt for the door. "It's over!" Emmett yelled a few buildings down from us. Bella giggled and waved.

"We'll see you after football practice!" She called and he nodded, waved, and hurried off towards the field, where he'd meet Rose on her way to cheerleading practice. I placed an arm across Bella's shoulders lazily and looked up at the overcast sky. "It's gonna rain soon." She muttered, her lip slipping into a pout.

"And I'm going to make sure you're outside when it happens." She glared at me and tried to hide her smile. "Love, you're going to bite it off if you bite your lip that hard." She broke into a smile.

"Yeah, yeah…" I opened the car door for her and she slipped in. As I was walking around, I was confronted by both Lauren, and just behind her, Jessica.

"Why, hello Eddie." Lauren crooned as Jessica fluttered her eyes at me.

I looked between both of them repeatedly for a couple seconds, not even bothering to correct her. "Is there something you need?" I finally asked.

"Yeah, I was wandering if you wanted to go out with me sometime." The car window was down and Bella was not laughing. Before I could do anything she got out of the car and stalked over to us, standing in front of me.

"Do you really have the audacity to come over here and ask my boyfriend out while I'm right next to you!" Bella yelled at her and Jessica had the smarts to take a step back but Lauren stood her ground and just sneered at her.

"It's obvious he doesn't really like you! It a pity thing, he's just a good guy trying to help a poor girl with no life!" She screeched right back at Bella and heads started to turn.

"Hey!" I took a step forward, there was no way she was going to talk to my Bella like that and get away with it.

"Stay out of this!" They both yelled at me.

"He's my boyfriend and it is not a 'pity thing'." Bella pointed at me. "We love each other!" I couldn't help smiling, I think I kind of like Bella with a green-eyed monster on her back. The expression on Lauren's shocked face wasn't so bad either.

I waltzed over to where Bella was standing and wrapped my arms around her waist from behind and placed my chin on her shoulder. She just crossed he arms and huffed, still glaring at Lauren and Jessica who was slowly backing away. Lauren was still dumbfounded and people were trying to hide their snickers and giggles. I could hear the word 'catfight' being said by more than one person. I put my lips to Bella's ear "Calm down, Love. I love you, come on, let's go out to dinner." She reluctantly looked at me.

"You're just trying to get me away from here." She accused and even though her face and posture was still stiff her eyes weren't hard anymore.

I smiled crookedly. "Any way I could get you to move faster?"

"Where are we eating?"

"That little restaurant in Seattle, La Bella Italia." She still looked reluctant so I kissed her once and she finally crumbled.

"Okay, that sounds good." I smiled again and let her get back in the car. I looked up and faltered for a second. Lauren was still just standing there, staring at us. I decided to just brush past her and I got in the driver's side of my beautiful silver Volvo. As we drove out of the parking lot, Bella crossed her arms again and was glaring out of the windshield.

"What's wrong? We don't have to go if you don't want to."

"It's not that, I want to go. I just can't believe how… selfish and shallow she is." She looked disgusted, like she'd just seen a bug get smashed.

"Well I can't believe how dumb she is, but that's just me." I said slowly and I smiled when Bella laughed.

"Why don't you call Charlie and tell him where we're going and then I'll call my mom."

Bella took my phone from the top of the dashboard and dialed the police office's number. She spent a couple minutes mumbling stuff into the receiver before she gave it to me and said he was okay with it. I nodded and called Esme to tell her our plans and she also said that it was fine.

We didn't say much the rest or the car ride; just sat in comfortable silence with a few comments here and there. I drove slower than I usually did and the sun was starting to set when we drove up to La Bella Italia's parking lot. I looked over and noticed Bella had nodded off. I put down the parking brake and sat back to watch her for a few minutes. She'd been sleeping okay lately but not as good as I might've wished. My angel slumbered on quietly.

BPOV

"Love, wake up. We're here Bella." I groaned and stretched before opening my eyes to take in my surroundings. We were in Edward's car and the sun was setting…. Oh, and we were in Seattle. That took me a few seconds to remember and then I looked up at Edward who was smiling gently.

"I'm sorry." I whispered "It's kind of hard to entertain people in a car ride when you fall asleep." I sat up and his smile turned teasing.

"You sleeping always keeps me entertained."

"Ah, man, would did I say now?!"

"My name and a few other things that sounded like mumbled gibberish."

"Oh, well that's okay." He smiled at me and stepped out of the car. I got out too, met him at the front, and we walked into the restaurant together.

Thirty minutes later we were both sitting in a booth with Cokes sitting in front of us. "Do we have English homework?" I hadn't really been paying attention in any of our classes today.

Edward's eyebrow creased as he thought. "No, just to bring in that paper from about a week ago; we both finished it." I nodded slowly. "So…"

"Hi, my name is Randy, I'll be your waiter this evening. May I take your order?" Edward looked a little irritated at being interrupted but answered his question. After writing down our orders he quickly left.

I placed my elbow on the table and rested my cheek in my palm. "What were you saying?" He just shook his head and sighed.

"I'll ask later. Have you settled back into school completely yet?"

"Pretty much, yeah, I guess. Mike and Tyler apologize to me every chance they get from that one day in the hospital. It's annoying as all get out." I rolled my eyes and his expression hardened.

"They should be apologizing." He growled under his breath and looked away.

"No, don't get in a bad mood now!" I whined at him "Come on, we came here to relax and cool off. We'll eat and then they always start the dancing around six. What time is it now?"

"A quarter after five." Edward put his phone back in his pocket. "You'll dance with me?"He raised an eyebrow and I bit my lip. Maybe I shouldn't have volunteered that fast. But dancing in his room a few weeks ago had been so much fun and he was amazing.

"Only if you'll let me stand on your feet." I grinned and he chuckled.

"Okay." We both looked up at our waiter, Randy, who was walking towards us with a tray in his hands.

"Your spaghetti." He said and laid a plate in front of me.

"Your spaghetti as well." We weren't feeling like creative dishes.

As we ate, the conversation flowed easily as we talked about a bunch of random and meaningless things as well as one or two serious things. Right now we were asking each other stupid things to kind of puzzle over or ponder.

"Where do all the missing socks go?" I laughed; he looked so serious when he asked me. He smiled back and took a sip of Coke.

"I don't have an answer to that one… What would a chair look like if our knees bent the other way?" He watched me for a few seconds before putting both of his elbows on the table and his head in his hands.

"My brain hurts." He mumbled and I laughed again.

"Yeah, mine did too when I heard that one." We were interrupted by a piano being played softly and we looked over to see that the table and chairs had been cleared off the small, wooden dance floor. Edward smiled at me innocently.

"Okay! I'll dance." His smile widened and he held a hand out as he stood. I sighed and took it and he led me to the dance floor.

He pulled me close and placed me on his feet by lifting me up and sliding his own under me. He started to slowly sway and spin and a few other couples joined us on the floor.

"If a man is standing in the middle of a forest and speaking and no woman is around to hear him… is he still wrong?" Edward questioned after a minute of contented silence.

I burying my face in his chest to muffle my laughter. When I pulled away I smiled at him teasingly. "Yes, he's still wrong." He smiled back crookedly and twirled me off his feet, just to pull me back on.

"Are you enjoying yourself?"

"Yes, very much so, and you?"

"Always when I'm in your presence. Oh, that question I was going to ask you earlier… So, what do you think about singing in the talent show?"

"Aw, don't ruin the moment!" I groaned.

"I'm serious. You deserve to be heard. Please? I'll sing with you."

I quickly looked away, if I saw him pouting it would all be over immediately. "No."

"Bella? Come on, look at me. Please do the show?" I sighed and kept my eyes averted.

"No."

"Don't you love me?" My eyes snapped to his face.

"Don't you dare pull that card…" And I was caught in his persuasive emerald eyes. I sighed heavily. "You're not going to leave me alone until I agree to this are you?"

"Nope."

"Fine, if you'll sing with me."

"Yes." He pumped a fist and pulled his phone out of his pocket.

"Who are you calling?"

"Alice. She's going to love this."

"She's going to make this so much more of a big deal than it is though!"

"Too bad… Hey, Alice, good news."

I dropped my head on to his shoulder and ignored his velvet voice for a minute while he talked.

"Okay, she sounded like she was going to have everything planned by the time we get home. Everyone is exited that you're going to sing in front of other people." He smiled.

"They don't know how I sound themselves." I muttered and kept my face hidden in his shoulder.

"Everyone in our little group-family thing knows how you sing. You did know that the bathroom walls aren't sound proof right?" He laughed. "You always sing in the shower."

My face flooded with color. "Crap, I didn't think people would notice, or that I was singing that loud."

"Sometimes you get a little carried away; not that I mind."

I groaned. "I don't know about this. What if I mess up?" I looked up at him sadly. "It would be pretty typical of me to trip and land on my face while walking on stage."

"You won't, I'll be right there next to you, I promise." I looked away only to look right back when he said my name. "Do you trust me, Bella?" His eyes scorched in the dim light.

I smiled gently and wrapped my arms around his neck to pull him down. I kissed him softly for a minute before pulling away and resting my forehead on his. "I trust you more than you know, Edward."

A/N: And that is Trust. This is so bittersweet writing this. Trust is over and I'm going to miss writing it, but I finished it. :) I thank all of you. For reading this and telling me what you think, I especially thank those of you that have been there since the beginning. I'll put up the epilogue after I write it and then I plan on starting to work on my new story 'On the Corner of First and Amistad.' If you want to hear more from me after the epilogue, the first chapter of that story is posted and I'm writing as I go just like with this story. We're over 920 reviews so review this chapter and stay tuned for the epilogue and we'll make it to 1,000 reviews!! Thank you so much.