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Danny and I were watching TV when we heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." I called from the couch. I was comfortable cuddling with Danny, I was not about to get up.
"Belllllla." sang Alice as she and Jasper walked into my apartment. "I have the plans for your birthday and Jazzy thinks it's a perfect idea."
"Hello to you to Alice." I said laughing.
"Hi." she said plopping on the loveseat. "Now about your party."
"Hi Jazz." I said smiling.
"Hey Danny. Hi Bella."
"Hey Jasper. What's this about a party?" asked Danny.
"Oh sweetie I forgot to mention Jasper wanted to plan a party for my birthday and Alice is helping him.""Jasper I don't know what you said to convince her but you're the man. Lila and I had been bugging her about a party for awhile now."
"Thanks.""Anyway" said Alice getting impatient. "Since I've had to keep it simple per your doing I still managed to give it a little flair."
"Oh dear God." I groaned.
"We are going to hold your party in a loft we're renting for the night, it has an amazing view. I've decided to divide it into areas. There is going to be one area with a buffet and bar with a seating section. The center is going the dance area and the other side is where the DJ will be. There's going to be an area with a table to place gifts. I'm going to keep the dress code to semiformal except for you; I'm dressing you up a little more. You are the birthday girl after all. It's going to be magnificent." She said tapping her head. "Oh this is going to be so much fun."
"Jazz, your suppose to keep in in line not help her go crazy."
"Sorry Bells, this is keeping her in line." he said laughing. "You know Alice."
"I think it sounds awesome and a girl only turns eighteen once." said Danny.
I elbowed him. "Now you've joined the dark side." I said laughing. "Well Alice, I admit I like the sound of it. And I know there is no way I'm going to convince you to keep it any simpler so have fun planning." "Yay" she squealed lunging at me. "Thank you!" She wrapped her arms and gave me a hug. "Alice, your killing us here." I was still on the couch with Danny and she was crushing us.
"Oops" she said sitting back down. We all laughed.
"So anyway, the guest list is at fifty and climbing. I've already called Charlie, your mom and Phil and they will be here of course. We'll all be there duh, Lila, her boyfriend, and some of your co-workers, Danny's parents…"
"How did you get the information of all my friends and co-workers?"
"Bella you should know by now I have my ways." I laughed. "Yes you do."
A Few Weeks Later…
EPOV
I just arrived at Bella's and knocked on her door. When she didn't answer, I frowned, I knew she was home. I could hear music playing in her apartment. I knocked a second time, when she didn't answer I turned the handle to the door and walked in.
I walked into the kitchen and she was dancing to the music playing on her Ipod while cleaning the countertop. I smiled, she looked so beautiful. Her hair swaying back and forth and her hips moving as she danced. I wanted to grab her and dance with her. I put the thought aside and walked over to her. I tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped.
"Oh my God! Edward! You scared the crap out of me." she shrieked.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I knocked but you didn't hear me over the music."
"Not everyone has super vampire hearing." We both laughed. ""What are you doing here?"
"Alice had a vision of you collapsing later on today. She said you've been cleaning since you woke up and hadn't eaten since last night. She sent me with food." I held up a brown bag.
"Oh I guess I did forget to eat. I'll call her later and thank her." She took the bag from me and turned back to the counter. "Where is Alice anyway?"
"Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, and I had all been shopping around the city since this morning. Carlisle and Esme went off to spend some time to themselves. We were in Macy's when Alice had the vision of you."
I was standing in front of her refrigerator, I looked at all the stuff on it. She had several magnets and pictures, there was one picture bigger then the others. It was of her and Danny, sitting on a huge rock. His arms were around Bella and their foreheads touching, they were both smiling. They looked very happy.
"Sorry you had to get stuck bringing me food." She said pulling the food from the bag.
I turned back to her. "No I don't mind. You know how Alice can get when she's shopping. It's a nice break."
"Are you leaving or are you sticking around for awhile?"
"I could stick around if you don't mind."
"Nope" she said popping the 'p'. "I don't mind at all."
We both sat down at the table. "You know I could do your cleaning. You could eat, shower, and get ready. I will be done before you even get dressed. You can still enjoy the day."
"No, I can't ask you to do that.""Your not asking. I'm volunteering. Tell me what needs to be done.""Edwar-" I cut her off.
"Tell me what needs to be done and eat your food." I said sternly.
She laughed. "Fine." She told me everything that needed to get done and started eating.
"How are you doing Bella?""I'm doing good. I've just spent the day cleaning.""And dancing." She blushed.
"Yeah and dancing." she said laughing.
"Where's Danny?"
"He's went to see his parents, his mom fell and twisted her ankle. I'm probably not going to see him till tomorrow night."
We talked a few more minutes and she was done. "Here, let me take that." I got up and took the plate from her. "Go shower and get dressed. I'll be done before you" he said laughing.
"Thanks and stop bragging Mr. Vampire." she said laughing walking to her room.
BPOV
Thirty minutes later I had taken a shower and gotten dressed. I was wearing black skirt with a purple ruched neckline shirt with drawstring ties at the shoulders and wide slit at sleeves and my silver strappy wedges. I grabbed my purse, walked into the living room and found Edward flipping through a magazine.
The apartment looked awesome. He had done everything I needed to and then some. "It looks great, Edward, thank you."
He laid the magazine down and got up. "Your welcome. Wow you look nice.""Thanks. So where are we heading?"
"Wherever you like."
"Can we go to a bookstore?"
"Yeah, sounds good. Ready to go?"
"I'm ready." I said, walking towards the door.
"Lead the way." He said closing the door behind us.
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Bella and I had arrived at the bookstore two hours ago. Bella had gone to journey through the books while I had stayed in the music section.
I was done browsing and decided to look for Bella. I walked around the store and found her in one of the back aisles of the store, in the classic section. She was sitting Indian style on the floor reading the inside cover of a book, completely unaware I was there. She looked so beautiful sitting there.
"Hey"
She raised her head from the book that she was immersed in and smiled. "Hi" Her brown eyes meeting mine.
"Interesting reading?" I asked and took a spot across her on the floor.
"I found a book written by the sister of Emily Bronte. It's called Jane Eyre, I was reading what it was about."
"So what's the verdict?""It sounds interesting and it's a love story so I'm adding it to the pile."I chuckled. "And what is in the pile?"She reached over and brought the pile closer. "I've got Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, A Little Princess`, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Romeo & Juliet."
"You already have Romeo & Juliet." I said laughing.
"Yes but this one is a special edition and its beautiful." She grabbed the book and handed it to me. I took it from her, she was right, it was beautiful copy, it was genuine leather with a distinctive gold cover design.
"Isn't nice? I'm so glad I found it." She had a huge smile on her face. I loved to see her smile.
"Ready to go?" She asked.
"Yes, whenever your ready."
"I'm ready. Let's go." I got up vampire speed and extended my hand, she took it and I helped her up. When our fingers touched I felt something. If she felt it she did a good job of hiding it. She just smiled and said thank you.
We both went to pay for our books and I held the door open for her when we went out of the bookstore. I looked down at her and smiled. "Where to know?"
"Instead of taking a cab back to my house, how about we take a stroll through Central Park? It's not to far from here and it's cloudy buy I think still nice to enjoy the park."
"Alright. Let's go."
We walked towards the park and talking, we talked about many things. She was walking ahead of me slightly, I couldn't help but watch her. My thoughts drifted back to when we were in Forks, how she couldn't walk without tripping on something. I loved when she tripped, it always gave me another excuse to hold her in my arms.
"Edward?…hello?"
She had stopped walking and was waving her hand in front of my face, trying to get my attention. "Your not paying attention, is there something a matter?" She asked me in a soft voice.
"You've changed."She looked at me in shock. "Um..ok..well that was unexpected."
"It's the truth. You have changed a lot."
"Only the way I dress has changed, Edward, I am still the same old Bella."
"No, Bella, that is not the only thing, so many things about you have changed. You are much more confident now. You are not as self-cautious as you used to be, I can hear it in the way you talk, the way you conduct yourself, even your walk is more confident, you haven't tripped once."
She laughed. "That's a good thing."
"I miss it." I said laughing.
"Mmm…I don't. It made me feel like an idiot."
"You were never an idiot."
We walked in silence. I glanced at her again and noticed she was shivering a little bit. I took off my jacket and placed it over her shoulders, she looked up at me and said thanks. We stayed silent for a few minutes when she said. "I come here often, this is my favorite place to be, I come here to think."
She sat down on a bench. "Edward, I'm going to say something and I don't want you to say anything afterwards. We are going to continue to enjoy the day, ok?"
I nodded.
"I know you regret leaving but that doesn't matter anymore. It's done, it can't be changed. The important thing is that you and everyone else are back in my life. I said that there was a part missing but now I am whole again. Now, that being said, " She bounced off the bench and grabbed my hand. "Come on Eddie, we have lots to see."
"Don't call me Eddie." We both laughed and resumed our walking.
A little alone time for Edward & Bella. I hope you liked it :D Please review, as always!