AN: Damn…I'm late. I usually have this up by now. What the hell is wrong with me!? Gah! Epic fail! I know! *sighs* At least it's here, right? So there isn't much to say about this. It doesn't hold everything I want, but that just means the next chapter will hold more than the date. That's right. I said the next chapter is going to hold the date. In Storyland, tomorrow will be Thursday, and for all of those that are reading this that have graduated from kindergarten you know that after Thursday comes Friday. :D And we all remember what happens on Friday night, right?!

*listens to the shouts for Sexy Times with Edward and Bella*

That's right, peeps. The good stuff. What the majority of you have been fighting through this plot for. It's here. It has arrived…well…next chapter. :D

DISCLAIMER: Yeap, still own nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Zero. It all belongs to someone who IS. NOT. ME.

Okay…with all that out of the way, you may begin!! :D :D

BPOV

By the time Edward and I made it downstairs, Alice is putting on her shoes. She grins at me. "About time," she mumbles.

Edward's hand rests against my backside as his lips press against my cheek. "Love you."

I wink at him. "Love you."

Alice rolls her eyes. "Can we go now?"

I wrap my arm around hers. "Come on, Shorty!"

Edward calls to us as he walks towards the den backwards stopping at the door, "What are you guys taking?"

Alice holds up the keys to my truck. "Bella's truck. Mom has my car."

Edward frowns slightly as he presses his lips together. I shake my head. "I can't drive a standard, Edward. So, don't even think about it. Alice has got her cell phone, right?"

Alice nods, patting her side pocket. Edward sighs, "Okay."

He still doesn't look like he wants to let us leave. I turn to Alice, giving her a look that told her to give me a second. She sighs. "One second," she says pointedly.

She walks out the door while I walk over to Edward. I take his hands into mine and smile up at him. "Edward, my truck is fine, okay? She has gotten me to and from wherever I needed to go long before you came along. I love how you're so protective and cautious, but you're getting a little…carried away."

He cups my face in his hands. "Being concerned about your safety in that rusted heap of metal you call a truck is not getting carried away. Driving you everywhere you go would be getting carried away. However, I don't want to smother you," he tells me as he releases my face and takes my hands, "So, I'm going to teach you to drive a standard as soon as possible."

I roll my eyes. He jerks my hands, crashing my body against his before he wraps his arms around me. "I'm not taking no for an answer. That truck is on its last leg and I don't want you driving it unless it's your last fucking resort." He presses his forehead against mine. "Please don't argue with me on this. Just let me take care of you."

I sigh and nod, pressing my lips to his. "Okay."

He pulls me a little tighter. "Thank you, baby."

He showers my face with kisses until I laugh and push him away. "I have to go! Get back, you fool!"

He laughs, "A fool for you, love."

I roll my eyes. "That was just corny."

He kisses me chastely. "Go. I'll be anxiously anticipating your arrival."

I smile, shaking my head. "Try not to rot too much of your brain playing video games," I say with a wink.

He smiles brightly before walking into the den. I hurry out to the truck and hope in, 'speeding' to town where I spend the next couple of hours grocery shopping for tonight. Alice helps me pick out something for dessert and then demands that we get fresh flowers for the dining room table. Once we're back at the house, Edward helps us unload everything before Alice pulls me to her room to get ready for tonight.

"Alice, I have three hours to start dinner! You don't have the time to try another hair style."

Alice sighs, "Fine. We'll just leave it down…no, wait. This will only take a second!"

She pulls the sides back and clips it back with a pretty silver clip that matches my dark blue dress perfectly. She brushes some of my hair over my shoulders and smiles brightly. "You look great!" she exclaims with a quick clap of her hands.

I can't help but smile at her reflection. "Can I go now?"

She nods happily. "Yes, you're free."

I run from the bathroom. Alice calls out to me, "You forgot your shoes!"

"I'm cooking! I don't want to kill myself!"

I run down the stairs in a hurry, trying to get away from my fairy godmother before she decides to change something else. When I get into the kitchen, I start by pulling out all the dishes I'd need for tonight. I quickly loose myself to the process of making the dinner, until I feel someone watching me. I spin around to the face the kitchen door and see Edward standing against the frame with his long legs crossed at the ankles, his strong arms crossed over his broad chest, and a sexy smirk on those delicious lips of his.

His outfit makes him that much more desirable. He has on a pair of black slacks that fit him just right, a charcoal grey dress shirt that hugs his chest perfectly with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and the top three buttons undone, with a pair of black suspenders and shiny black shoes.

He pushes himself off the door frame and walks towards me. Its then I realize my jaw is slack and I'm acting like I used to when we first meet. He takes my hand into his and brings it above my head. "Turn around for me, love."

I spin around for him, slowly, just like he prefers. Once I'm facing him again, he pulls me against him. He presses his forehead against mine. "You look beautiful, Bella."

I kiss his lips chastely. "You look very handsome, Edward."

He kisses me again, pulling away to kiss my jaw before releasing me completely. "I'm going to try and help you, but those legs are going to distract me."

I wink at him. "Do I need to go put on a pair of jeans?"

He grins at me crookedly. "You better fucking not."

I can't help but laugh loudly at him. I push him away from me and look around the kitchen, trying to find him something to do. I assign him the salad. It's not much, but I love how he loads the salad down with all kinds of things.

I continually catch him checking out my legs. Every time I catch him I rub them together. His eyes shoot up to mine, narrowing his eyes in an attempt to warn me. Once dinner is almost complete, Edward brings a spoon over to the sink where I'm at. Instead of tossing it into the basin, he drops it on the floor beside me.

He frowns. "Well, would you look at that? Clumsy me."

He smiles at me apologetically and shrugs his shoulders, like he doesn't understand how he could've dropped that spoon. I roll my eyes as he falls to his knees beside me. He runs his hands up the back of my leg, stopping once he reaches my thigh, "I fucking love your legs, baby."

"Edward, get up," I tell him as I turn around to face him. "Everyone is here. Someone will walk in on us."

Edward picks my foot up, kissing the top of it as he works his way up, telling me in between kisses, "That would be…very rude of them…to interrupt me…while I'm…worshipping…my own personal…goddess."

Fuck me running…

He kisses the inside of my thigh and I moan. His head disappears under my dress and continues his kisses. My eyes roll into the back of my head at the feel of his magnificent hands gripping my ass and his amazing lips trying to get at me through my panties.

"For the love of God!"

I jump back away from Edward at the sound of Emmett's booming voice. Edward falls forward onto his hands, swearing angrily under his breath, "Goddamn motherfucking…"

Emmett has his back to us with his hands on his hips. "Are you done?! I'm not sure I want to eat this dinner if you're hands have been where I think they've been!"

"Shut the fuck up, Emmett!" Edward demands him through greeted teeth.

Edward turns to me, running his hand down the side of my face and giving me true apologetic smile this time. I cup his hand to my face and kiss his wrist before dealing with Emmett, "Don't be crude, Emmett."

Emmett spins around with a shocked expression on his face. "Crude!? Walking in on the two of you in the kitchen is crude!"

Edward throws a potholder at Emmett's face. "Keep your voice down!" Edward whispers harshly.

Emmett narrows his eyes. "Wash your fucking hands, and turn on the red light when dinner is done."

Emmett walks out of the kitchen in a huff. Edward smirks down at the salad as soon as he's out of the room.

"Why is this funny to you?"

He smiles at me. "Because Rosalie told him that if he doesn't behave himself where our sex life is concerned, he won't have one."

I gasp, "Seriously?! How do you know?"

"I overheard them yesterday. When we went to change into our pajamas, I walked by their room and heard Rosalie arguing with Emmett about Friday night."

"Really?"

Edward nods. I smile. "I really like Rosalie."

He smiles at me, kissing my cheek. "Yeah, I do believe I do as well."

* * *

At five-forty-five dinner is finished. Edward and I set the table with Esme's second best dishes and dinner. Everyone is in the living room talking and laughing, enjoying each other's company. I sent Edward to get them while I made sure everything is perfect. As I'm straightening the flowers in the middle of the table, Esme's gasp grabs my attention. I turn around and see smiles on everyone's faces. Esme pulls me into a hug. "Bella, this looks amazing!"

I wink at Edward over Esme's shoulder. "It wasn't all my doing. You're middle child helped."

Esme let go of me and latched on to Edward. Carlisle smiles at me, "Thank you, Bella."

My first instinct is to repeat the sentiment, but instead I tell him, "You're welcome, Carlisle."

He smiles brightly and gives me a quick wink. He motions to the table. "Let's eat before it gets cold!"

Once everyone has a plate full of food and a glass full of some type of beverage, I stand, holding my glass out in front of me, "I promised you guys that this wasn't a thank you dinner, but I can't keep that promise. Just because you would help me out regardless of the situation doesn't make me any less gracious." Edward takes my hand. "So I want to thank you for being there for me and helping me when I needed it most. I love you all very much and you guys make me so happy." I couldn't keep the tears out of my voice. "To family," I declare with a raise of my glass.

Everyone stood and raised their glasses saying in unison, "To family."

* * *

After dinner, Rosalie and Alice insist on cleaning the kitchen. It's almost nine pm. We'd sat at the table talking and laughing and having a very special time. We bonded and declared Tuesday nights 'family dinner' night for the rest of the summer.

After everyone gushed over my cooking skills and bid me goodnight, Edward and I head up stairs. There would be no sleeping in each other's beds tonight. We stop in front of my door, where Edward spins me around to face him. He cups my face in his hands. "Don't be surprised if you find me in bed when your alarm goes off in the morning."

I tug on his suspenders, silently telling him to kiss me. He obliges my request, kissing me softly. After a moment I pull out of the kiss. "We need to listen to your parents."

He sighs, "But –"

I shake my head. "This is only for a little while, Edward. This weekend we'll get to be together, and there will be other weekends."

He nods. "I'll try."

I smile, kissing him again. "That's all I can ask."

We hug and kiss once more before I walk into my room. I lean against the door after shutting it, and survey my room. It's way bigger than my old room, and so much brighter. It looks as if I've lived here for years and not days. My clothes are tossed haphazardly all about my room, and not all of them are mine, taking note of the black t-shirt at the foot of my bed. I worried that it would take me some time to get comfortable here, but I felt right at home in no time.

All thanks to the owner of the black t-shirt.

I slip out of my dress, and into the shirt. I crawl in bed and curl up to his pillow after setting my alarm for work in the morning. I pray that tomorrow will go better than yesterday. I would stay hidden in the back until Edward came to pick me up.

After figuring out that plan of action, I curl tighter around my pillow and go to sleep.

EPOV

I shut my bedroom door and look around. On the corner of my bed is a top of hers. I walk over to it quickly and pick it up. It's some lavender, lacy piece of material that I know would cover just enough of her body to make me want to rip it off of her. I press it to my face, smiling at her feminine smell. There is no way I'm getting any sleep without her tonight.

I toss the top back on my bed and sigh as I run my hands through my hair. I need something to keep my mind off of her. I yank my shirt out of my pants and pull the suspenders off my shoulders, letting them fall at my sides. I look at my guitar in the corner. I haven't picked that thing up since I left for college. I walk towards it, but change my mind. It would cause calluses on my fingers and it would hurt to touch Bella until they healed. I can't have that.

I pace my room for a moment trying to think of something that could tire me out. I pick up a book from my shelf and get situated against the headboard. I pull the pillow from the other side of the bed to my side and catch a whiff of my girl.

"Fuck," I groan.

I fall sideways onto my bed, burying my face in the pillow. This is not going to work. I look at the clock and see that it's already been an hour. She'd be fast asleep. She asked me to try and I did. Mission failed. I change into pair of pajama pants and a wife-beater. I sneak out of my room and head down to Bella's quickly opening and shutting the door as quietly as possible.

I look at the beauty in the middle of the bed. The full moon is shining right onto her, illuminating her in an otherworldly glow. I walk closer to the bed and see that she's wearing the shirt I left in her earlier today. Something about the sight stirs a sense of pride and arousal inside of me. She's asleep, so I won't wake her but tomorrow afternoon after she gets some rest, I'm so telling her about this.

I grab the throw-blanket off the chaise lounge in the corner and crawl in bed behind her, molding my body to hers and covering up with the blanket. It's not long enough to cover me completely so I just wrap it around my torso and pray my toes don't freeze. I sigh happily against the back of her head, but stop breathing the second I hear her say, "You lasted a whole hour."

"You're awake?"

She rolls over and smiles at me. "The door clicking shut woke me up."

I kiss her nose, "I'm sorry, baby."

She smiles at me sweetly, kissing my lips quickly. "Don't apologize for not being able to stay away from me, Edward."

I smile at her, kissing her nose again. She looks down at the blanket and frowns. "What are you doing?"

"I didn't want to wake you up by getting under the covers so I just –"

"Get under here with me," she demands, cutting me off.

I do exactly what she tells me and get under the blankets with her. She wraps herself around me, tucking her head under my chin. I smile against the top of her head. "I was going to wait and tell you this tomorrow after you got some rest, but you wearing my shirt is the hottest fucking thing I've ever seen."

She giggles, shaking her head. "I'll model for you in the morning."

I chuckle. "No, you better not. You'll end up being late for work."

She kisses my chest. "I love you, baby."

We pull each other closer together, snuggling further under the blankets, "Love you, too, little girl."

* * *

"Ugh," I groan at the sound of the blasted beeping noise.

The small amount of weight that is on my chest moves across it and the beeping stops. The weight collapses on me and its then I realize its Bella. The feeling of her breasts crushed against my chest is a very familiar and lovely sensation to wake up too. I kiss the top of head. "Come on, baby, you got to get up."

She groans in protest, so I hold her to my chest, toss the blankets back, and carry her to the bathroom. "Edward," she protests sleepily, "put me down."

I walk into the bathroom and flip on the light. Both of hiss at the brightness of the overhead bulbs. I set her down on the vanity and kiss her forehead. "Get ready. I'll go start breakfast."

I turn to walk away but she grabs my shirt and pulls me back towards her. She kisses me fiercely. "Thank you."

I smile against her lips, kissing her once more before telling, "You're welcome, love."

I kiss her once more and leave her to get ready for work. I'm usually not this nice in the morning, especially if I'm woke up by the incessant beeping of an alarm clock, but there's just something about Bella that makes me happy to be awake and doing things for her. I'd never fixed a girl breakfast before.

I walk into the kitchen and find Dad standing by the coffee pot. He sighs. "I told you no sleeping in the same bed."

I held my hands up in surrender. "It was entirely my fault. She told me to stay in my bed but I couldn't, so don't get onto her."

He nods. "I have no doubt of that."

I sigh. "I'm sorry."

Dad shakes his head. "Edward, you have to understand that this is very unacceptable. I understand that the two of you will one day be husband and wife, but right now, she's still seventeen. Right now, she's still under our care."

Ugh, I hate it when he's fucking right…

I nod. "Yes, sir. I understand. It won't happen again."

Dad laughs loudly. "There's no need to lie to me, Edward. I know it will happen again. Just try not to let it, understand?"

I nod in understanding as he walks out of the kitchen towards his office. As I start breakfast for Bella, I have an epiphany. It's the perfect idea. I'll wait and discuss it with her after work today. It will solve both of our problems.

Fuck, I'm a bloody genius!

Bella comes skipping into the kitchen a few minutes later, her cute little ponytail swaying back and forth…those amazing tits bouncing under her tight green shirt. I cock an eyebrow at her as she comes to a stop right beside me. "You're perky."

She smiles at me. "Must be the fact that my amazing boyfriend made me get ready this morning and is now making me…ugh…waffles. What did I do to deserve you?"

She stands on her tips toes and kisses my cheek before going over to the coffee pot to fix her a cup. I smile at her. "This is different."

She spins around and smiles at me. "What do you mean?"

I place her waffles on her plate and hand it to her. "I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but I've never seen you…playful." I narrow my eyes. "Did you find Alice's stash?"

She laughs, shaking her head. "No, I'm not on drugs, Edward."

I lean back against the counter and watch her set her plate on the bar in front of me, drowning her waffle in syrup. She smiles at me. "What?"

I can't help but smile back. "I like this."

I walk over to her and kiss her cheek. "You're too young to be so serious all the time."

She snaps the waistband of my pants. "I'm not serious all the time."

I grab her hips and attack her neck, kissing up to her ear as I run my hands under her shirt. "No, sometimes…you're passionate and sexy." I squeeze her breasts and kiss behind her ear. "And I fucking love those times."

She groans and pushes me away, "I have to go to work, and I'd prefer to do so with dry panties."

She turns back to her food with a frustrated sigh. I step up behind her chair and wrap my arms around her shoulders, "You can have your panties dry for now, love, but as soon as I have you home…"

I trail off, leaving her imagination to do the rest. I press a kiss to her shoulder and walk out of the kitchen, running upstairs to slip on some jeans and grab my car keys. I definitely couldn't wait to get her home now.

By the time I get back down to the kitchen, she's rinsed her dishes and is putting them in the dishwasher. I lean against the door frame, "Come on, working girl."

She smiles up at me and takes my hand on her way out of the kitchen. I help her into the car like usual and head into town. The car ride is silent as she holds my hand against her body. I glance over to see her eyes closed and her head tilted to the side. She looks so peaceful and beautiful that I can't help but smile at the scene in front of me.

I imagine us driving like this coming home for Forks with good news for the soon to be grandparents. Bella is holding my hand like she is now, against her stomach. She would be asleep like she is now, worn out from all the morning sickness. I would have this same shit eating grin on my face like now, happy as a fucking loon.

Too soon, we arrive at the diner. I shake Bella gently, whispering, "Wake up, little girl."

She giggles. "I wasn't sleeping, Edward."

She kisses my cheek. "Thank you," she whispers before kissing me again.

I cup her face in my hand, pulling her lips to mine. I wasn't letting her out of this car without a proper goodbye kiss. She pulls out of the kiss and smiles. "Goodbye, Edward. I love you."

I grin crookedly, unable to keep the silly smile off my face. "I love you, too, baby."

I watch her get out and walk into the dinner. As soon as Betty greets her, I pull out of the parking lot and drive around town buying every local paper available. Once the passenger seat is full of newspaper, I head home. I haul the large stack of papers inside and toss them on the kitchen table. Mom walks in the kitchen not long after.

"What was that noise?"

I nod towards the large stack of papers on the table to indicate that was the source of the loud thwack she is asking about as I fix another pot of coffee. I turn to her as she walks towards them. "Are you looking for something in particular?"

I lean against the counter and cross my arms over my chest. "An apartment."

She looks at me with a frown. "Why so soon? School doesn't start until August."

I nod. "I know. I'm still going to need one."

She presses her lips together in a tight line and closes her eyes. "Please tell me this has nothing to do with Bella."

I frown. "What do you mean? Of course this has to do with Bella."

Her eyes shoot open, but instead of joy or worry, I see anger. She stomps over to me, which causes me to stand up straight and brace my arms against the counter for whatever attack she plans on giving. She pokes me in the chest with her manicured nail. "You are not about to leave her!"

I throw my hands in surrender. "Hold the phone! Who says I'm leaving Bella?! Why would you even think I'd do something like that!?"

She recoils slightly, and I can see the confusion in her eyes now instead of anger. "Then why are you looking for an apartment?"

I sigh and shake my head. "It's just an idea I had. There's no point in talking about it because I haven't even spoken to Bella about it. I think she should be the person I run this idea by first."

My mother crosses her arms and shakes her head. "I don't know what you have going on in your head but I swear on Carlisle's life that if you hurt her…"

I hold up my hands again. "I'm not going to fu-freaking hurt her! I thought by now this wouldn't even be a conversation to entertain let alone have."

I watch as my mother's righteous anger deflates and her shoulders sag. "I don't mean…" She sighs dejectedly before saying, "She just doesn't need any more heart break."

I nod. "I agree."

Mom pats my shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt."

I chuckle as I watch her walk out of the kitchen. I turn back to my task of fixing breakfast for myself before settling into the newspapers to find a nice small apartment close to the university and maybe a nice high school.

* * *

I pull into the parking lot of the diner and get out of my car. I take a seat on the hood like I did yesterday and wait for Bella to come out. I twirl the red tulip in my fingers and wait all of twenty seconds before the door opens and out comes a skipping Bella. I push off my car and catch her as she jumps at me.

"Someone had a good day at work," I tell her with a bright smile.

She smiles back just as brightly. "I did. I had a lot of fun with Joe and Betty. Are you hungry? I can make us some burgers to go."

I nod. "Let me grab my wallet."

She giggles and shakes her head. "Nope. It's on the house."

I frown at her. "Bella, I don't want you getting in trouble."

She rolls her eyes and squirms free of my arms. "Edward, we get to eat free. The employees, I mean. It's okay. Come on in and sit while I fix us some burgers."

Before I can protest, she pulls me back into the diner. She motions to the older lady behind the counter. "Betty, this is Edward. Edward, this is Betty."

Bella plucks the flower from my hands and kisses my cheek. "Sit. I'll be right back," she says as she pushes the tulip behind her ear.

I take a seat at the bar as Betty walks up to me. She looks like one of those ladies that everyone would refer to as Momma. She looks me over. "So, you're Edward, huh? I've heard a lot about you."

I smile. "I hope it's all good things."

She laughs softly. "Depends on who's talking."

Charlie…

I nod. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure to some people I'm the devil reincarnate."

She laughs again. "I don't know if you're that bad…"

Before she can finish her sentence, a patron calls her attention. She winks at me. "I'll be right back."

I look through the serving window separating the kitchen from the dining area. I can see Bella dancing around, frying burgers. She's usually such a klutz until you get her in a kitchen. Then the graceless girl becomes graceful and she's moving around like it's all so natural for her. If this were any other job, she'd already had to be taken to the emergency room.

I can't help but smile at the sight. Bella is always such a serious girl; not that I mind. I love how she's so mature for her age. She doesn't play games and tells you what she wants. I like that in a girl. However, this playfulness is so out of character. She's carefree and seventeen. Now that she doesn't have to take care of a household, she's free to be reckless and have fun. I don't even think she even notices the difference.

The guy in the back, who I assume is Joe, walks up and looks at me. He grins and nods towards Bella. "What did you feed her this morning?"

I chuckle. "She was like this when she woke up."

He just laughs and shakes his head, going back to whatever he was doing. Bella spins around. "Anything you don't want on it, babe?"

I smile. "Just onions."

She nods and spins back around, finishing up her job. I watch her wrap the burgers in thick white paper, shove a toothpick in the middle, set them in a separate boxes, and load the rest of the space down with fries. She shoves the two boxes in a bag and waves goodbye to Joe. "See ya Sunday, Joe!"

"See ya later, Bella. Have a fun three day weekend."

She giggles. "I plan to."

She gives me a wink and hands me the bag. "Want something to drink?"

I shake my head. "Nothing I can't get at the house."

She nods. "Then let's go."

We wave goodbye to Betty since she is still with a couple of costumers. As we turn to the door, it opens and in walks the motherfucking Chief of Police; Charlie fucking Swan. Bella stops in her tracks, causing me to almost bump into her. Charlie looks at the two of us, letting his eyes linger on Bella.

"Hey, Bells."

"Hey, Dad," she nearly whispers.

"H-how you been?" he chokes out.

I place my hand on her shoulder, causing her to stand up straight and proud. "Really great. You?" she asks in a very firm voice, letting him know that she isn't the one that made the mistake.

"Pretty good." He pauses of a second, nodding his head like he's decided something. "I…um, I miss ya, Bells."

She nods. "I miss you, too, but we need to go."

She takes my hand and pulls me out the door. Before we can get in the car, Charlie comes out of the diner. "Bella, wait!"

Bella is half way in the car when she stops. Pulling out and standing straight like she did a second ago, she turns to her father.

"I got a call from our insurance agent. He said you tried to put the truck under your own insurance."

She nods. "He told me he needed to find some forms…did he lie to me?"

Charlie nods. "He just wanted to make sure that you were who you said you were. You don't need to worry about it. I'll keep paying the insurance and your cell phone. You don't need to worry about paying bills at this age."

She scoffs and looks at the ground with a shake of her head. "Maybe you should inform Mom of that."

He sighs. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry."

Bella shakes her head. "I don't want to hear it."

She gets in the car and slams the door shut. Charlie steps towards the car but I quickly place myself between her door and him. "Leave her alone. I think you've done enough."

Charlie narrows his eyes. "She's still my daughter."

I shake my head. "Only by blood."

I walk around to the driver's side and get in, handing Bella the bag of food. I quickly start the car and peel out of the parking lot. If he wants to stop me for speeding, he's going to have to catch me first. I speed all the way home trying to get the anger I have boiling inside of me out before I open my mouth.

Once we're parked in the garage, I turn and look at Bella. She's staring at her hands in her lap. She isn't crying and she doesn't even look sad. I take her hands in mine, bending down and kissing her knuckles. I feel her lips on top of my head. "Thank you for stopping him."

I pull back and give her a small smile. "You're welcome, baby."

I kiss her lips gently and quickly. "Come on. Let's forget about this even happening, okay? We have two fat juicy hamburgers and a shit load of fries." She giggles. "Also, I have something I want to run by you."

She perks up. "Really? What is it?"

I roll my eyes. "Inside."

She huffs and grabs the food. As soon as I can, I take the bag from her and walk ahead of her to open the door. I lead her by the hand up to her room where the newspapers and my laptop are set up. She looks up at me. "What is all this?"

I ignore her questioning and set the food on the end of her bed as I grab the throw-blanket and spread it on the floor. I toss her pillows on the blanket and motion for her to take a seat but she's too busy looking at what the newspapers are opened up to. I tug on her hand and she frowns up at me. I kiss her forehead and tell him, "Sit. We're going to discuss this while we eat."

We take a seat and open our boxes up to the amazing lunch she made for us. "This smells amazing, Bella." I take a big bite out of my burger and moan at the taste. "Dis iz gwate."

She laughs loudly as she munches on her fries, "Thank you."

I swallow and frown. She jumps. "Something to drink!" she exclaims suddenly.

I hold my hand up to stop her from getting up. "I'll get us something. Soda fine?"

She nods. "That would be great. Can you grab some ketchup too?"

She gives me a small pout and I wink before running down to grab some drinks and ketchup. I run back up the stairs and find her looking at a paper. She turns to me as I walk in. "These are all open to ads for apartments."

I shut her door and take my seat beside her. "Yeah, I got these papers this morning. I figure since tomorrow is your day off we could spend it in Seattle looking at apartments." I motion to my laptop. "I found a couple that aren't too far from the university, and they're also near some high schools."

She looks up from the paper. "High schools?"

I nod, turning my gaze back to my food, getting highly nervous all of the sudden. "Yeah, I was just thinking that maybe you could get into one of the schools in Seattle and we could go ahead and move in together."

"Are you serious?" she whispers.

I risk a glance at her. "If that's something you want to do."

She folds the paper up and stares down at it for far too long without saying something. I clear my throat. "It's okay if you don't want to. I understand. You've went to Forks for the past few years and Alice –"

She looks up at me and places her finger over my mouth. "I didn't say that," she says softly.

She pulls her finger away and kisses me. "I would love to move in with you, but you're right. I do want to graduate from Forks."

I nod. "That's fine. I'd still like –"

She stops me again with a small smile on her face. "Would you shut the fuck up?"

My eyes roll into the back of my head and I groan. She's so sexy when she's demanding. I can't help but listen to her. I nod as I open my eyes to find her smiling brightly.

"With that said I would love to move in with you and go to some school in Seattle."

I can't help the smile that spreads across my face. "Really?"

She nods. "Yes. I would love for it to just be us."

My smile fades. "But what about friends? Or your job at the diner? Aren't I taking that away from you?"

She shakes her head. "No. I'm leaving it willingly. You aren't making me do something I don't want to already do, Edward."

I cup her face and crash my lips against hers. I pull away after a moment. "This is great. Fucking amazing."

She smiles, kissing me quickly. "Let's eat so you can show me where some of these apartments are."

After all but inhaling our food, we climb into her bed and spend all afternoon looking at these apartments. Some of the ads had websites that gave you a tour of the apartment, and that narrowed down our list. We found five that we decide to check out tomorrow. Bella is excited about the two of us doing something together outside of Forks. She smiles brightly. "This could be our first date."

I shake my head. "No. Our first date is not going to be us looking for apartments. Friday night we're going to have a normal first date: dinner and a movie."

She smiles at me, biting her lip. "Does this mean you'll think less of me if I sleep with you after our first date?"

She bats her eyelashes and gives me an innocently curious look. I look at her lips. My mind nearly goes blank and all I can say is, "No, baby, I won't," as my thoughts of her underneath me naked and moaning for me fill my senses.

I lean forward and kiss her lips, pushing her back on the bed as I lean over her. Unfortunately before we can even start to fool around there's a knock on the door. I groan and pull away from her as she sighs frustrated.

"Come in," she calls to the door, agitation ringing clear in her voice. Alice pushes the door open and leans against the frame with a cocky smirk.

"Did I interrupt something?"

Bella narrows her eyes. "Just like an annoying little gnat," she says before she sticks out her tongue.

I realize the two of them hadn't got a lot of time together lately. I kiss the side of her head. "I'm going to clean this up. Why don't you two go do something?" Bella frowns at me but I shake my head. "Don't argue with me, little girl. We can…play later."

Alice gags as Bella giggles. She kisses me quickly. "Love you."

She scrambles off the bed and skips over to Alice. "Come on, Tinkeralice!"

Alice narrows her eyes as she lets Bella pull her away from the room. "You better be glad I love you so much."

I flop back on the bed, willing my erection to go away. It never took much for Bella to have me ready to go. She a simple look and I'm hard as steel. Damn vixen… The second I feel relief, I pick up our mess and get ready for in the morning. I get to have a whole day with my girl in Seattle apartment hunting. The thought itself fills me with so much pride and joy that I feel like I might explode. I need something to keep my mind off of this.

I could kick myself for sending Bella to hang out with Alice. Fuck me… That's what I get for being selfless…

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Alrighty folks, there ya go. I'm not completely happy with the ending, but Alice wanted some Bella time and that meant cutting out the play time. Sorry. So, I'm thinking about four more chapters are left…until…well…ya know.

I apologize again for the lateness of the update. I've been rebeta'ing my previous chapters so their up to Twilighted's standards. You might notice a slight change in punctuation for all the grammar nerds out there. You can thank my Validation Beta over at Twilighted for making me a better person. :D

I'm going to get the rest of them all fixed up and start on the next chapter since I know if I don't give you guys the goods ASAP, there will be a mob at my front door demanding the smut. It's coming! (yes, the pun is intended.)