Let Me Love You

Chapter 9

Over the past two months since I've changed me schedule, Bella and I have gotten closer and closer with each passing day.

We've learned just about every single detail about each other. I drive her to and from school—to save gas, was my excuse, even though Bella agreed without question; not wanting to reveal her many luxurious vehicles to the whole town, that was Forks—so we would play twenty-twenty questions. You could say it was 'our thing' to pass the time, since my siblings took Rosalie's car because of the lack of seats.

We now classify ourselves as 'best friends' because we were closer to each other then anyone else. It was mostly because I knew before Bella even came; my family spent most of their time with their lovers, which used to be my time alone. Now that I have Bella, I never noticed how lonely I was. I always thought I felt complete and content with just myself, not knowing how I could really feel with someone I could consider my other half.

"So...what's on the agenda for today?" Bella asked, lying upside down on the couch. We had just gotten home from school, and were lounging in her room watching Gossip Girl on her satellite TV. (There was nothing else to watch) [I'm finally almost done watching every episode, except ep. 9. Took me long enough, eh? xD

"Um..." I rubbed my chin, in a thinking manner "oh! I got it!" I jumped off the plush couch and stood in front of her. I knew the perfect place to go.

"What?" she was obviously eager, as she summer-salted from her position off the couch.

"It's a surprise." I grinned. I knew she hated surprises.

"Ugggggggggh! Edward! You know I hate surprises!" Told you.

"But you'll love this one." I grabbed her hand and started tugging her towards the door.

"But you always say that!"

"And I'm always right, aren't I?" I retorted.

"Well...that's not the point!" I chuckled. She obviously ran out of excuses and she knew it, as she sighed in defeat and let me tug her out the door.

We were almost to my car when she stopped me and for once in my existence, I almost fell backwards and landed on my rear.

"What now?" I narrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

"I'll go on one condition," I slowly nodded, letting her continue "I get to drive." She tossed her keys into the air and caught them, smiling. Damn...I should've asked her what it was first...

"Fine." I sighed and motioned with my arm in the direction of her garage, for her to go ahead first.

She skipped to her enormous garage and typed in the code, opening the doors.

We hopped into her Buggati and we sped out of her driveway. I told her the directions while she zipped through the concrete roads to our destination.

When we finally got there, we ended up at the edge of a forest with a hiking trail. Bella was about to start on the trail when I stopped her.

"Wait. It's not that way." I chuckled at her confused expression. "It's that-a-way." I pointed in the opposite direction.

I took off vampire speed with Bella hot on my heels. It would've taken any normal human hours, but we were there in a matter of minutes.

I stopped just before the perimeter, but you could still see streams of what little light was present, through the thick bushes.

"Are you ready?" I was almost as excited as she was—to be showing her this place—if it weren't for the nervous tension I was feeling, wondering if she would like it as I did or think this place was ridiculous and just a waste of time to be here.

"Yes!" she was jumping up and down in excitement now.

I pulled away the few bushes blocking our view.

Bella gasped at the meadow before us, in a perfect circular shape, that even I would have thought was man made if I weren't the only one—besides Bella now—that knew about it.

Even though there wasn't any sunlight because of the light mist from the previous rain fall, it was a breathtaking sight.

There were birds chirping, wild flowers still blooming with their many bright colors, from purple, to pink, to orange and yellow, and so on; colors of the rainbow one might say. The grass was long, but not over the top, and soft looking enough to just want to lye in. There was a small river that cut through part of the area, just off to the side, from the forest surrounding it. You could even see a small doe with its mother drinking peacefully from the previously said river.

"So what do you think?" I dared to ask.

There were a few seconds of silence, as she took slow steps walking into the centre of the clearing, and I was slightly scared that she truly thought we could've gone somewhere more entertaining. Her eyes were wondering all around in every direction, while I hesitantly walked up to her to hear her answer.

"It's...amazing...words could not describe how beautiful this all is. Thank you, "she smiled when she finally took her gaze off the meadow, turning to look at me, "for showing this to me. I really appreciate it."

"You're very welcome." I returned her smile with a grin of my own, ecstatic that she enjoyed this place as much as I did.

She plopped herself down, sitting on the soft blades of grass under us, and I soon followed her lead.

We both lay, with our hands behind our heads—Bella breathing in, deeply, the cool fresh air.

Not one of us uttered a single word, taking in the quiet peacefulness, until Bella finally spoke.

"How did you find this place? It's nothing like I've ever seen before—besides in the movies or on TV, of course." I had to smile at her curiosity.

"A few decades back, we moved to Forks. It was when we made the treaty with the wolves-"

"Werewolves?!" I was interrupted.

"Yes" I chuckled, "werewolves. It was just to keep a war from ensuing between sworn enemies. We suggested it, since we didn't mean them any harm; just came in peace. The agreed, but grudgingly, since we had outnumbered them and they knew if there were battle to come, they would lose greatly. We agreed that if we were to never bite a human, they would not fight us." Shock was written all over Bella's flawless face, as I continued. "As I was saying, we lived here for a few years and during that time, you know I was the only one out of the loop. I would sometimes wonder around, outdoors, by myself at night. During one of those nights, I needed to clear my mind, so I just ran through the forests for hours, not going anywhere in particular. And that's when I found this." I revealed the meadow, with one arm, "I even had the same feeling as you did a while ago, when I first set eyes on this meadow. And ever since, I would come here just to be alone—away from my family, from everyone—whenever we stayed in this town."

"Wow." Bella was in complete awe. I smiled my crooked smile, happy that I could catch her interest and leave her speechless.

I looked at my watch. "Well, we should probably get going. It's getting late, and my family is probably worrying about our where-a-bouts by now." I said as I got up off the ground, smoothing my clothes out, before offering a hand to help Bella up.

She slowly nodded; thoughts of what I had just told her, and took my hand.

When we finally got to the car, she eventually got out of her no-talking phase and we started talking about random things on the way home.

Since we were both finished our homework, and Bella decided she wasn't tired enough to sleep tonight, we were bored out of our minds. That's when we decided to call the rest of my siblings over.

"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLA!" Rose and Alice squealed as soon as the door was open.

"Guys..." Bella let out a muffled groan. Oh, I probably forgot to mention that they knocked her to the ground and they were still lying on top of her like they were playing football or something. Ouch.

Emmett and Jasper's booming laughter could soon be heard, as we all turned to see them walking in though the door.

"Whoa ladies, don't let us interrupt your little came. Feel free to continue." That earned Emmett a punch in the arm from me, and a slap upside the head from his dear wife, Rosalie.

He's not getting any tonight..., both Jasper and Alice thought at once, and even though I can't here Bella's, she was probably thinking the exact same thing.

"Anyway...LETS HAVE A FASHION SHOW! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE ONE! OHHHHH, THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN! STOP GIVING ME THAT LOOK!" Alice pouted the last part as we all glared at her.

"Alice...I don't think-" Bella was cut off by Alice, of course.

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeease! Please Bella! Please, please, please, ple-ease!" And there goes Alice unleashing her puppy-dog eyes on her, knowing that she couldn't resist; she was just too nice.

"Fine." Bella grumbled.

"YIPPEEEEEEEEE! OMG THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN! WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR CAMERAS?!"

"In my closet; it's on the top of the first drawer to your left." Bella sighed in defeat.

In two seconds flat, Alice had four digital cameras in her little hands, waving them around like a maniac. "I FOUND THEEEEEEEEM!" She doesn't even eat sugar either, if you were wondering.

"But we don't have any cloth-" I stopped talking when my pixie-like sister zipped out and back in with twenty bags full of designer clothes. I bet you my silver Volvo she had a vision of all this.

"Don't worry, I had a vision." Alice skipped into the living room, clearing all the furniture out of the way and started setting up the stage. Where did she even get the equipment? Never mind, I don't even want to know.

After she was done, she placed one of the latest models of the boom box to the side and pressed play. Music filled the room instantly and Alice shoved a pair of clothes in each other our hands before setting up the cameras to automatically take pictures.

Everyone was done in five seconds and we were pushed down the runway by, that's right, Alice. Well I was anyway. Rosalie, Emmett and Alice were actually enjoying themselves and Jasper had to at least pretend to enjoy himself since Alice was his wife. Bella was laughing her pretty little head off, before she was up next.

My breath was taken away immediately. She was so graceful and even when she tried to make ridiculous faces; they all looked a hundred times more gorgeous than any model or celebrity on the cover of a magazine.

Bella noticed me staring but I couldn't seem to look away. She blushed lightly before running over to me and dragging me back onto the stage.

"Come on! You minus well have fun, even if you detest this little 'game'." She laughed.

I came out of my trance-like state and laughed light-heartedly while I went along with her. She was right; I should make the best of this situation while I go through this torture. But with Bella, it didn't seem as bad as I thought it would be.

Hours passed and we were all laughing and enjoying ourselves. I would frequently stare at Bella and she would sometimes catch me but would just give me that amazing smile of hers.

Soon, we had to end the 'fashion show' because all the cameras ran out of battery and needed to be recharged. I reluctantly said my good byes to her because we had to get ready for school in a couple of hours, and we didn't want to worry Esme too much.

"Bye, I'll see you in a few." Bella hugged us. I unnoticeably hugged her the longest until Jasper cleared his throat and I realized what I was doing.

"Bye." I waved and we left back to our house.

As soon as we walked through the door, Alice spoke up.

"Excuse me, can I borrow Edward for a while." She grabbed my hand and pulled me into another room upstairs to my room, so our conversation wouldn't be heard.

"Tell her already!"

"What are you talking about?" I pretended like I didn't know what in the world she was talking about. She saw through me like a clean glass window.

"You know what! It's obvious you like her, a lot, if not love her. Everyone can see it! And Jasper is getting annoyed with feeling attraction towards Bella, especially since she's like a little sister to him!" she hissed at me.

I instantly felt bad. I was just scared to tell her. I didn't want to freak her out, incase she didn't feel the same way.

"Can you check and see what'd she think about it, at least." I asked, referring to her checking the future.

"Sorry, I can't see anything until she makes a decision first. And she hasn't even thought about it, let alone knows about it. Besides, she can block out my visions of her remember?" I was nervous, as I thought about whether Alice was right or not.

"You have to take risks in life, Edward." Alice encouraged.

"You're right, Alice...I'll do it." I decided, thought still extremely nervous. I came to the conclusion I liked her a lot more than I could ever imagine. No; I was in love with her. I was just denying myself, and knew I would eventually have to tell her, or it might get worse.

I ran out of my room, racing back to her front steps, hoping she wasn't busy or anything. It's only been a few minutes.

As soon as the door opened, my heart shattered into a million pieces.

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DUN DUN DUN! Okay, sorry for the cliffie AND the late update! I know I said I was going to try and update when I got home, but I was tired and then I had writers block -.-". And then I've either been busy, tired, trying to watch all the Gossip Girl eps I missed (it's not easy when you live in Canada) or was really lazy and it's the holidays and I need a break from school, especially after that 'Worse week of my life' week. And seriously, if you read the un-bolded, you'd think so too.

First off, I was all stressed out because I had a lot of last minute homework which really pissed me off. Then I got my wallet AND iPod stolen. There was $80 in cash (I was going to go shopping after school for last minute xmas presents), about $10 in coins (I owed my friend $2 and it was for my lunch for the day and whenever I felt like buying my lunch, cause I just use change since I think it's a waste to use cash just for cafeteria lunch), ALL my discount cards which most are over $20 each and many gift cards also containing at least $20 each. Oh yeah, did I mention that music is my LIFE! If I'm not home, I usually use my iPod as long as I know I won't get in trouble for listening in class. And this was ALL done when I left my bag in the change room (the school is flipping gay, they don't let you use the lockers in there so you can't keep your stuff locked up) which was the ONLY time I EVER left my bag alone. A couple other girls got stuff stolen too, like a cell phone (thank GOD it was one of those days I FORGOT my phone at home), and other wallets. I know one girl for sure got her wallet back on the last day but her $20 was missing and her SPC (discount) card. And everyone pretty much knew which girl did it cause she had the worst reputation when it comes to this kind of this (like smoking, fights, has a million friends that back her up etc). You could call her a 'bad girl' or w/e. Anyway, the police came and questioned her, that's how one girl got her wallet back. But the 'bad girl' threatened the girl that got her wallet back a couple days previously cause she hates her. I was scared shitless cause we KINDA snitched on her saying that we don't accuse her, but we think it was her, but since the 'bad girl' doesn't really have anything against me (thank god), she doesn't hate me, still. And you know what really sucked? I found out from one of my friends (not really close but we talk) who was the closest to the 'bad girl' then anyone else in our gym class, that she DID admit to her that she did take everything but not to tell anyone, on the LAST DAY of school. Wow, aren't I lucky? –notice the sarcasm?- Obviously I told my teacher but it didn't give them enough time to see if I could get my stuff back. ALSO, my friend got me an iTrip for my iPod for xmas. And I cant even use it! My rentz got pissed the day after they found out and were talking to me in the car and almost made it sound like it was MY fault that it was stolen and made me feel like complete and utter shit which lead to crying (yea, I actually CRIED. It doesn't seem bad but for me it is, since I haven't cried in...I don't even remember. Unless you count the last time I woke up, because of a nightmare. But other then that, I usually only do it when my rentz are pissed at me) on my part and my rentz having to apologize to me cause they felt bad. AND on top of all that, I banged kept banging my head when I get into cars like two or three times that week, along with tripping/slipping like ten times. I know I'm a klutz, but I don't trip THAT often. Usually only one or two times a MONTH. The worst I probably had is three times a week but that's rare for me. You could almost call me Bella's twin.

So please don't be pissed at me for not updating the next day like I said; I tried making it longer. But since I DID get many great presents for xmas and so far, things have gone back to normal (minus me waiting till school starts again to see if they got my stuff back, oh yea, the girl ended up getting suspended for a month and I think is in rehab or w/e on weekends or something like that, but iunno if it counts for if they found her guilty for everything else or for just the one stolen wallet), I'm going to TRY and update the following week. But today is my sis's birthday party and I still have a science and geography project I have to do, with a science test on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Okay that's all for now, R + R (SRY FOR ANY ERRORS)

C ya