A/N: All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer

Yay! Thanks for the reviews! Thanks to my beta – JennBell and everyone that read the last chapter. This is the second part of the cabin. It's the longest chapter so far. =) I hope you all enjoy it and please review if you have a chance.

Chapter 9

EPOV

I woke up at 6:00 still tired. Some sort of bird was chirping outside my window and I couldn't go back to sleep for the life of me.

I rolled out of bed and made my way to the kitchen to get something to drink. Once I got there I went straight to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of water. Without even closing the refrigerator door I opened it and drank the whole thing.

When I was done I turned around to go to the garbage can to throw out the bottle. That's when I noticed Bella sitting at the table staring at me. I don't think she expected me or anyone for that matter to be up so early.

I smiled while sitting down at the table next to her. It looked like she could use some company and there was no way I'd be able to fall asleep with that damn bird outside my window.

"Good morning." I told her while grabbing an apple off the table.

She blushed. And I knew she was probably still a little upset at me for embarrassing her last night. "Good morning." She quietly responded back.

"I'm really sorry about last night." I paused to make sure she was looking at me. "I really shouldn't have done that."

A confused look appeared across her face. "Then why did you?"

No idea.

I really didn't want to tell her about how the bra incident on Monday was still affecting me. Because obviously she was over it. And really it wasn't a big deal. "I don't know." It was the truth.

She looked away. "Whatever."

Please don't start this again.

"Bella…" She was still turned away from me. "…Bella please…" She wasn't turning around so I got up and sat in the seat facing her. She lowered her head so I couldn't see her face. "I really didn't mean anything by it and I'm sorry."

Finally she looked up and her eyes were a little watery. If I didn't know any better it looked like I had somehow made her cry.

And then I felt like real shit. Never in my life have I ever made a girl cry before. Not even Rose.

Bella didn't deserve any of my sarcasm. She didn't even do anything to me. And honestly the whole Mike Newton stuff was a big joke. I didn't even mean any of it. "Bella, are you crying?"

Quickly she turned around again. Wrong question to ask. I think I embarrassed her even more.

Now I was getting frustrated. If it was any of my friends I upset I could just flash my crooked smile and everything would be okay but Bella was different. We weren't exactly friends and my smile didn't work on her.

"I'm sorry. It was an asshole thing to do." I didn't know what else to say to her and I'm not the comforting type.

She turned around quickly and rolled her eyes at me. "Well you're an asshole."

I nodded in agreement. I deserved that one.

"Can I make it up to you?" I asked before she had time to turn around again.

She sniffled a little bit. She had definitely been crying. "How?"

I thought about it for a moment. I really didn't know how I would be able to make it up to her. It's not like I could take back what I did to her yesterday. "I really don't know… but I want to try."

She rolled her eyes at me again. "I guess."

Thank the Lord.

I really didn't want to be fighting with Bella. And I really didn't want to be thought of as an asshole to her either.

I smiled at her. She attempted a smile back at me.

We sat in silence for a few minutes. I ate my apple. She looked out the window. Then it dawned on me that I never got my question answered last night. "So… are you happy about your mom and Phil's engagement?"

She let out a little giggle. "We all knew it was going to happen eventually."

Well, yeah, but that doesn't answer my question.

Before I had time to clarify the question she continued. "I'm happy for them. I like Phil." She paused for a second. "I'm just not excited about the actual wedding part."

"Me too." I hate shit like weddings or anything you need to get dressed up for.

It was silent again. And I knew there was still tension in the air about the conversation last night. And as much as I didn't want to bring it up I had to. "If you want…" I made sure I was looking her straight in the eyes so she knew I wasn't joking around again. "…I can find you someone…you know, to go with."

Just not Mike or Jasper.

She blushed again. "You think I'm not capable of finding someone myself?"

No!

"No…I just…sorry." I was kicking myself for even bringing it up again. "I didn't mean that."

I looked at her to see the damage I had done. She was looking at her hands still bright red. "You're going with Rosalie?" This sounded more like a question then statement.

And for a moment it felt like she wanted to go with me. Which is just ridiculous to even assume considering she thinks I'm an asshole. Then concluding she just didn't want Rose at her mom's wedding because they hated each other I responded. "Yeah, I hope so."

She nodded while still looking at her hands. "I'll make sure Rose doesn't bother you that day." I had to assure her that Rose wouldn't be a problem.

She lifted her head to meet my gaze. "So you think I'm also not capable of handling Rosalie?"

I fucked up again.

She continued. "That you need to protect me or something?"

"No Bella!" I almost yelled at her. "I didn't mean it like that!"

She let out a frustrated sigh. "Can we just drop it?"

Yes. Yes. Yes.

"Yes." I simply said to her.

She immediately got up and walked over to the family room. I don't know why but I followed her in. She sat down on the couch. I sat in the chair. Then she turned on the television to the news. We both watched until my dad came strolling in around 8:00.

"You two are up awfully early." He said between stealing glances at both Bella then me.

I rolled my eyes. I knew that look. It was the same look he gives Rose and me when he catches us leaving my bedroom. "Bird."

My dad let out a little chuckle. "You too?"

After about the fifth morning news show everyone was up and in the family room.

"What's on the agenda for today?" I asked while secretly hoping they said something like going home early or nothing.

My dad grimaced at me. He knows me too well. "Actually Edward…" Then he looked at Bella. "…Bella. We're not going to head back until tomorrow morning."

Fuck no!

"What!" I snapped at my dad. Tomorrow was Monday. Monday was school. School meant seeing friends and Rose.

My mom, who was sitting next to my dad on the opposite couch of Bella, glared at me. "Don't worry. We'll call the school first thing tomorrow."

"Why?" Bella asked before I had the chance.

My mom spoke up again. "We thought it would be nice to celebrate the engagement and there's this concert today…"

What concert?!

"Bella, Edward…" Renee began but paused for a moment. "We don't have to go to the concert…" She paused again. What's with the Swan family and pausing between words! "…it's a twenty one and older show."

Oh.

I quickly looked at Bella. She was looking down like usual. Nervous about something I didn't know about.

"We'll leave one of the cars here so you guys could go out." My dad said while I kept my gaze on Bella. "There's a movie theater a few blocks away."

Move theater.

Huh.

I looked at Bella again; still looking down.

Then remembering I told Bella this morning I was going to make up for my asshole stunt last night at dinner a movie didn't sound too bad.

I mean I couldn't further embarrass her at a movie, right?

Less talking was just the thing. I think.

Perfect.

"Okay." I smiled at my dad. "Sounds good."

He gave me a weird look. Probably because he was expecting me to put up a fight which under any other circumstances I would have.

"Bella, is that okay?" Renee asked.

She smiled and nodded.

Well, that was settled. "So what are we doing until then?" I asked not wanting to see another morning news show.

There was silence for a minute.

Okay, not a tough question.

"Well…the concert starts at noon." My mom looked a little ashamed. "It's an all day thing."

Fuck.

"Fine." I didn't care and I wanted them out. Then I could retire to my room for a day of lying down and talking to Rose.

"Are you sure that's okay?" Phil asked.

Bella nodded her head.

I rolled my eyes. "Go!"

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About fifteen minutes later they were out the door. I quickly walked up the stairs to my room, threw myself on the bed, and pulled out my cell phone. I dialed Rose's number. It rang about five times then went to voicemail.

Okay.

I couldn't think of a reason why she would be ignoring me. I didn't do anything to her.

Oh shit.

It's Sunday. We never talk on Sunday.

Duh.

I grabbed my cell phone again to send her a text message. In the middle of typing my phone died. "Fuck!" I yelled out loud. I got off the bed and walked over to my bag on the dresser. I dumped all the contents on the bed. But there was no phone charger.

Shit.

I must have forgotten the fucking charger.

Slowly, I walked over to Bella's room in hopes she would let me use hers. The door was slightly open. I could hear her talking on the phone. Now normally I would have just walked away. But for some reason I froze listening in.

"You had sex with him?" I heard Bella say to whoever she was talking to.

Now I was even more interested.

I didn't want to just barge in like last Monday but curiosity took over my body. I carefully opened the door. She was lying on the bed facing the headboard with her legs in the air.

"I can't believe you had sex with him." She responded a few seconds later.

I still didn't know who she was talking to and it was bugging me. I cleared my throat to get her attention. I must have scared her a little bit because she shot up.

"I have to go Hailey." She said while looking at me. "I'll call you back later."

So it was Hailey.

"Sorry…" I shook my head. This was a bad idea. "I forgot my phone charger and I was hoping maybe yours worked on my phone."

Without saying anything she unplugged the charger from the wall and tossed it to me.

I looked at it for a minute. Nope. Won't work.

"Won't work." I said while tossing it back to her.

"Sorry."

I rolled my eyes. She had nothing to be sorry about.

Then I turned around to walk out of her room. Once I reached the door I grabbed the knob but stopped. I slowly turned back around. She was sitting on the bed staring at me. "Who did Hailey have sex with?" I regretted asking the moment the question came out. It's not like I would know the guy anyway. And it's none of my business.

Bella blushed. I'm sure she was hoping I didn't hear that part. "Some guy in Arizona."

"Some guy?" I asked incredulously. Hailey and I went on a few dates back freshman year and she never seemed like the type to just have sex with a random guy.

Bella shrugged. "Some guy she likes at her school."

I nodded. I meant to walk out the door just then but found myself sitting down on the edge of her bed. "Well, I guess it's just sex, right?"

She looked at me a little confused. "I guess."

I looked at her for a minute. She was bright red and looking down. Then the realization hit me; Bella is still a virgin. I think. And my comment about casual sex was probably a little inappropriate to her. "Sorry, that was stupid."

I had been saying sorry a lot to her lately.

She looked up at me. "So you're saying Rosalie and you…" She paused and looked back down. "…having sex is no big deal?"

I really didn't want to talk to Bella about Rose and my sex life. But she asked. I had to think about her question before I answered it. "I wouldn't say it's a big deal." I emphasized the big part. "But it's a bigger deal then when Lauren and I…"

"You had sex with Lauren?!" She cut me off before I could finish.

Fuck!

I for sure thought Lauren had told Bella about her and me. I mean, they were friends. But I guess I was wrong.

"Yeah…" I quietly said.

She shook her head confused. "When?"

I let out a sigh. "Freshman year…" I paused to look up at her. She was staring wide eyed at me. "…Before Rose. It was no big deal."

Really… no big fucking deal.

"I didn't know you two dated." Quietly she said while grabbing a pillow in her hands and bringing it up to her chest.

I let out a laugh at the thought of Lauren and me ever dating. "No, we never dated…" I paused. She was squeezing the pillow even harder now. "…we just…you know… a few times." Then I shrugged. No big deal.

Then I saw some kind of realization come across her face. "So, that's why Rosalie hates Lauren so much?"

I chuckled. "Maybe…" I chuckled some more. "…but she hates you too and we've never had sex."

She nodded while looking down. "So, she's just a bitch then."

I rolled my eyes. I hate when people say mean things about Rose. I mean, I know Rose can be a bitch to some people. But not to me.

I think she realized it bothered me. "Sorry."

"Don't worry about it." I really didn't want to fight with Bella about Rose.

Bella must have felt the same way because she changed the topic. "What are you going to do tonight?"

"You mean us?" I asked her.

A smile appeared across her face. I laughed to myself. She must have thought I would leave her here alone or something which was just stupid.

"I thought maybe we could go to a movie, if you wanted to?" I kind of said more like a question. I didn't want to make her go with me if she didn't want to.

She smiled again. "Okay. What movie?"

I never even thought about the movie. Horror movies were out of the question. I'm not sure if she even likes action movies. Animation movies were also a no.

Huh.

"Well, there's that vampire movie?" I suggested. It really wasn't my type of movie but I was trying to make up for my bad behavior toward her yesterday so I had to pick something she might like.

She looked a little confused. "Are you sure you want to see that one?"

I guess she knows me better than I thought. "Yeah, if you want to."

"Okay." She smiled again at me. I smiled back. She was pretty easy to please.

We talked for a few more minutes about nothing really important. Then I walked out of her room and headed back to mine.

I sat back down on my bed kind of amazed Bella and I had an actual conversation without getting mad at each other. And the craziest part of it all, it seemed like a normal conversation. One between friends.

I laughed to myself at the realization. Bella and I were becoming friends. And it didn't bother me. Actually a part of me wanted it.

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We left the cabin around 6:00 for the movie theater. By that time it was pretty cold outside. I internally thanked my dad for tossing me my heavy jacket yesterday.

I paid for Bella because I thought it was the right thing to do. I was trying to show her I wasn't the asshole she thought I was. We didn't really talk much before or during the movie. Which was fine by me. Because if we did I would probably have embarrassed her somehow.

Once the movie ended I realized I probably shouldn't have brought her to see a love story. It was kind of awkward to say the least. But she seemed to enjoy it which was all that matters.

"You didn't like it, huh?" She asked while we walked to the car.

I shrugged. Not my type of movie.

Once we got to my dad's car I reached into my pocket to get the keys out. I looked in my palm. They were the keys to my Volvo.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

I reached in my pocket again. Nothing except my wallet. Then I looked thru the driver side window. The keys were still in the ignition. I never lock myself out of my car. But this wasn't my car, it was my dad's.

Fuck!

I looked at Bella. She was laughing. It wasn't funny. "Can I borrow your cell phone?"

She handed it to me and I dialed my dad. He didn't answer.

Fuck!

Then remembering my dad had given me a roadside assistance card for things like this I pulled out my wallet. I dialed the number and talked to one of the representatives. Thankfully it wasn't a busy day and they could get someone out to us in fifteen minutes or so.

I turned to Bella. She was still laughing. I rolled my eyes. "Fifteen minutes." She nodded.

We stood in silence for about ten minutes. Then I looked up at Bella. She was standing against the car shaking. She didn't even have a jacket on, just a sweatshirt. Obviously she didn't have someone like my dad to remind her about the weather.

I looked over at the theater but it was already closed. There was no way I'd let her freeze to death. It was my fault we were stuck outside in the first place. "Come over here."

She slowly walked over to me. I took off my jacket and held it out to her. She stared at it but wouldn't take it. "Come on Bella. You're freezing."

She looked up at me then. "But then you will."

I rolled my eyes at her. "I'm the one that caused this. Please just take it."

She looked at the jacket again but this time grabbed it and put it on. It was way too big on her and I had to laugh. She backed up against the car again.

Then a few minutes later I started to get cold. I slowly inched toward her. I put out my arms. "Is it okay?" I asked while I was inches away from wrapping my arms around her.

She looked nervous but nodded.

I wrapped my arms around her completely. She felt so warm to my cold. I lowered my head in her hair and took a deep breath. I smiled. She didn't smell like hair products like Rose did. She slowly bent her head against my chest and wrapped her arms around my back.

I squeezed her. She squeezed back. "Does that feel good?" Then I grimaced to myself for even asking such a stupid question.

She squeezed me back so I took that as a yes.

I continued to hold her breathing in her scent. It was actually quite intoxicating. And I rolled my eyes because the thought was so pathetic.

Then I started to get hot. "You're so hot." I blurted out and I wanted to die. It came out entirely wrong. "I mean you're making me so hot." Again I wanted to shot myself. Why was I acting like such an idiot?!

I pulled away from her pretty embarrassed. She was smiling at me. "I mean the temperature…" I paused again trying to not make a bigger fool of myself. "I'm not cold anymore."

She nodded. Obviously she understood what I meant. Before I could say something else stupid the roadside assistance people pulled up.

Thank the Lord.

Five minutes later the door was open and we were heading back to the cabin. I tried to say as little as possible. Bella and I were just becoming friends and I didn't want to ruin that.

Once we got inside she walked over to the family room and sat down on the couch. I followed her. She turned on the television to the evening news.

Great more news.

BPOV

Edward sat down next to me on the couch. Not even on the chair this time. I smiled at him. He flashed his crooked smile back at me. I wanted to die.

The whole night was perfectly Edward. Even standing out in the cold with him was amazing. He was amazing.

Just then my cell phone beeped. I had a new picture message from Jessica. I looked at Edward before opening it. He smiled at me again. Then I opened it and gasped.

Jessica had sent me a picture of Rosalie and Emmett from the party last night. And they were full on making out.