AN: Ok so I have a good excuse for why it's been so long!!! I unfortunately have not had access to my or any computer for about three weeks give or take a couple days… but!!! Forgive and forget right because here's chapter nine!!!

Thanks as always to my beta Sendmeonmyway who rocks and fixes my story to make it better!

Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns all of her characters

EPOV

I woke up in the morning surprisingly less sore than I thought I would be. With the sheets and my sleeping bag the beds were actually more comfortable than I originally thought they would be. Of course, had a beautiful girl been sleeping next to me I think I would have found the night even more enjoyable. I woke up earlier than Emmet; the sun barely behind the trees when I went outside for my morning jog. I liked running; it cleared my head and calmed me down for the day ahead. Today, I had a lot to clear my head of. My mind and body were rebelling inside of me. My head told me to take it slow with Bella and be the gentleman that my mother taught me to be. My body however, strongly advised by my other head, was screaming at me to take her now and make her mine forever.

As I ran I pushed my conflicting feelings to the back of my mind. Instead, I concentrated on the ground in front of me and the landscape around me. I jogged down the monster hill by our cabins and then turned left. The road I was moving along was parallel to the lake, if you could even call it that. I tried not to look at the sickly green of its waters. I was just thankful it didn't smell as bad as it looked. I kept running past the faculty parking lot and onto the dirt road that led out from there.

The plants were beautiful; the trees green and the flowers bright. It was a wonderland of color out here. I had always liked nature and being here was incredible in comparison to living in the city like I did. I slowed to a walk and then to a stop. The newly risen sunlight streamed through the trees, dappling the floor with light. I sat on the stump of a long dead tree and took in the sun. I don't know how long I sat there; letting the peace and calmness of this place soothe me. My inner turmoil was soon just a memory, while one truth remained; Bella. For now I would take whatever she gave me and cease beating myself up for something it seemed neither of us could control.

Now that my mind was made up, I started running back to camp. It took me half the time to get back so I took a quick shower while it was still quiet. Well, almost quiet anyways. Emmet was still snoring away on the bottom bunk. I looked at the clock we had set up last night; it was almost 7:30. Breakfast was at 8:00 and the first busload of kids was coming in at 9:00. I shook the bed he was sleeping in, hard.

"EMMET!" I shouted in his ear.

"Wha-what happened? Who died? Where's the fire?" he said deliriously as he shot straight up in bed and then smacked his head on the bed above him.

I started laughing when I saw this. I was bent double with laughter so I didn't see him recover. I felt it though. In the midst of my hysterics I was tackled to the ground. Emmet and I wrestled for about five minutes before Jasper walked in.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" he asked us calmly, as if we weren't rolling on the ground trying to pin the one another.

Emmet rolled off of me and brushed himself off. "Nothing much man." He turned and held out a hand to help me up and wandered into the bathroom. I heard the shower water turn on as I looked at Jasper.

"Hey Jasper. How's it going?"

Immediately he groaned and flopped down on Emmet's now vacant bed. "I needed to get away from Mike," He said. "All that dude talks about is sex. It's disgusting. Not to mention that Jacob has been around again, asking about Bella." He stopped there, probably realizing that I would take offense to it. I had actually; I stiffened at the thought of another guy sniffing around my Bella. Apparently everyone hadn't gotten the message yet. She was taken by me.

Jasper, being the kind of guy to notice things, tried to calm me down. My hands clenched into fists as I asked about their history. "That's really not my story to tell bro. You need to ask Bella about that one."

I nodded, reluctantly acknowledging the truth of his statement. I hoped it wasn't anything big because I was already ready to go hit him just for talking about her. If he had hurt her in any way, shape or form I would probably beat his ass.

Suddenly Emmet's booming voice rang out from the bathroom. "Womanizer, Woman-Womanizer, you're a womanizer baby." Emmet came out with a towel around his waist to find Jasper and I trying to hide our laughter. "What? It's catchy alright?"

"Uh-huh sure just get dressed, I'm starving," I told him.

I could hear him grumbling as we waited for him outside. I swear my stomach was growling by the time Emmet came out of the cabin.

Walking to the dining hall, the three of us were for the most part quiet; each of us seemingly absorbed in our own heads. I personally reveled in the quiet, knowing that it was soon going to be replaced by the sound of 500 kids going crazy. Our trek to breakfast was joined by other counselors and staff members. Emmet and Jasper talked to the ones that they knew but we made a relatively uneventful group.

As soon as we got to the hill outside the dining hall, the grassy knoll I think it was, I looked around for Bella. A couple of the other guys noticed my movements and one of them clapped me on the back and said, "Don't worry about it. The girls won't be down for another 15 minutes or so. It's only until they get campers that they get down here early." He grinned in memory of some other summer. "Name's Mychal," he said and stuck out his hand to shake. "You're new right?"

I nodded and said "Edward." I shook his hand. He was taller than me by a good couple inches, with bright red hair that lay flat unlike mine, and was the skinniest person I could ever remember laying eyes on.

"Well Edward, welcome to camp. This place is pretty amazing but mostly 'cause of the people here. Although it seems that you've already found that out. Which girl is yours?"

"Bella Swan is my girlfriend." I smiled as I said it and Mychal seemed surprised but quickly grinned.

"I've been going to camp with her for years! She's so cool, and have you heard her sing?" When I shook my head, he went on. "We are going to have to get her to sing at the session talent show this summer. She and my girlfriend, Ari, did a duet last year. They were so good."

I hate to say it but I was jealous of Mychal just then. He knew so much more about Bella than I did. He had heard her sing and watched her grow up throughout the years. I wish I had that with her. I saw Jasper waving to me from across the room right when Mychal said that he had to go. I nodded to him and watched him head towards a leggy blonde in the food line. Knowing that must be Ari I laughed as his eagerness seemed to match my own. Halfway there he turned back and said, "Hey Edward! Call me Fet!" I was confused about it but figured he'd tell me eventually. I didn't want to ask him just then, not when he seemed wrapped up with Ari.

BPOV

"Hurry up Alice!" Rose yelled.

I rolled my eyes. This was getting ridiculous. Alice had been changing her outfits for the better part of an hour. Not only had she waken me up at an insane hour, but now she was going to make us late. I hadn't really minded getting up that early though. I had gone outside to see if it was cold and had seen Edward to his cabin. He had looked sexy in running shorts and a wife beater tank, all sweaty and mussed. I shivered just thinking about it.

Loud voices knocked me out of my memory as Rose and Alice started arguing. I loved them dearly but really this was too much. I shook my head and quietly slipped out of the cabin. I saw Sam coming out of hers as well and waved and was walked over to her. I decided that the other two could make it down to breakfast by themselves and started walking with Sam. We chatted and talked about our recent romantic endeavors. She told me about how she and Ben had talked together all yesterday. And that she was beginning to think they might actually go somewhere. She asked me about the other guys and him, so I told her stories of summer past and all the crazy things we did. We laughed pretty much all the way to the dining hall. We each grabbed a plate of food and looked for a place to sit.

The place was really crowded because we all were eating at the same time today. Normally the counselors from the younger sessions which were about two thirds of us would eat with their sessions at an earlier time. Emmet saw us before we saw him. He stood up and bellowed for us to come and sit with them. I laughed when everyone around him grew quiet.

"Come on Sam. You can sit with us. Ben is already over there anyways." She nodded and linked arms with me. We giggle as we walked to the table. Edward's green eyes sparkled when he saw me and followed us as we wound our way through the maze of tables. It was a slow process because I stopped every few feet to greet someone I knew. I was sad we were all split up this year. I would miss being with them 24/7.

As soon as we got to our table Edward stood and wound his arms around my waist. Sam grabbed my plate so it wouldn't spill. I thanked her silently and she laughed at us. Edward hugged me fiercely followed by a chaste kiss. "Would it be weird if I said I missed you?" he whispered in my ear.

My heart swelled at how sweet he was. "No," I replied and kissed his cheek. From behind me I heard throats being cleared and turned to find Jazz and Em looking away from me in what I knew was mock anger. I disentangled myself from Edwards' arms and went to my friends. I stole my plate back from Sam and set it in the space between them. "You didn't think I forgot about you?" I asked in mock horror while hugging them both around the shoulders.

They remained stoic but I detected a hint of a smile on Emmet's face. "Fine, you don't want a hug, that's cool. Whatever," I copied their fake anger and started eating my tater tots. I almost choked when Emmet grabbed me into a hug. He squeezed me tightly until I was gasping for breath. Jasper laughed at my breathlessness.

"That'll teach you to ignore us huh?" he told me. They both grinned at me as I tried to get back to a normal color.

"Thanks guys," I said dryly.

Rose and Alice arrived 5 minutes later looking beautiful as always. Alice, I saw, had decided to go with the outfit she had tried on first: Jean shorts and a black halter top.

"Thanks for ditching us Bella," she teased me from the circle of Jaspers arms.

"I wanted to have some quality time with Sam." I smiled at the girl who returned it then continued her conversation with Ben.

"So who's excited for the kiddies to come?" Alice squealed.

We all agreed and started discussing what we hoped for our session. "And we are so beating the CIT's in Frisbee this year," I said after a while.

"Hell Yeah!" Emmet said, high fiving me over Edward who looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Every Saturday there is an ultimate Frisbee game. CIT's against counselors," I explained. "It's a huge competition and everyone gets into it. Rose and Alice are cheerleaders and-" I stopped as he nuzzled my neck with his nose.

"Let me guess," he said into my ear. "You play." When I nodded he chuckled. You never cease to surprise me." I shivered when he kissed the sensitive place behind my ear.

Our moment was interrupted by the mike speakers crackling. Aliyah, the director of the camp stood on a chair and spoke to us collectively. He proceeded to tell us about the rules of camp and how things were run here. Since it was mostly for the new counselors and faculty I tuned him out and snuggled into Edward. He ran his hand up and down my arm absently as he listened. "Also remember counselors," Aliyah said near the end. "Those of you who are in relationships need to be discreet about them. We are not allowed to share our personal lives with our campers. This means games like hot seat and 20 questions are not allowed to get personal." I paid attention to the last part. This was my first year as a counselor so I didn't want to get in trouble right in the beginning. I wondered how Edward and I would do with this no contact rule in place. I giggled when I saw Rose and Emmet's horrified looks.

Aliyah went on to tell us about our schedule for today and the rest of this session. We would be getting daily schedules that showed the activities for our particular session starting today. Our Heads would be giving us further information on session activities starting tomorrow. After she got down off the chair there was a sudden rush to the back to get today's schedule. Everybody was wondering when their campers were coming and who was being posted where.

The eight of us compared assignments. Edward, Rose, Ben and I stayed in the infirmary porch, which was enclosed by a wall of bushes. We would meet our campers there and take them to the meeting room where the others waited and then go back for the next batch.

We split up outside and in no time saw the first bus pull up. Kids poured out the door and were greeted by the staff that was in charge of getting their luggage. The kids varied in age; we could see really little ones, age 9 and 10 to CIT's who were 16 and 17. The older ones came up to the infirmary first because they knew where to go. Each kid came to the square area and was checked for lice or fever. Once they were cleared they checked in at the tables near the entry. The staff member their yelled out the session and cabin and then moved on. Edward and I stood together since none of our campers had come yet.

Edward was laughing at a joke I had made about a poor guy who had just been packed away with lice when I noticed a tall blonde girl stalk into the infirmary. I knew her. She had been coming to this camp for a couple years. She was the girl who I had caught Jake with last summer. After checking in, I saw her beady eyes catch sight of Edward. I stiffened immediately when she walked over to us. Edward unfortunately turned to see who I was looking at.

Seeing Tanya his eyes widened in shock. "Hey Edward," she practically purred at him.

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