Hey guys, I'm back and now living in my new apartment :) Only one person was able to correctly guess who the stranger was, well two kind of. I hope you enjoy this chapter, as always please let me know what you think.
Disclaimer…nope Twilight is not mine
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The weekend seemed to last forever with no visits from the girls. To say I missed Bella's company was an understatement. Mostly I hung around the house with the other guys; playing video games and listening to them talk about Alice and Rosalie. They were hooked on the girls almost as much as I was hooked on Bella.
By the time Monday rolled around I was actually excited to go to class. I knew the campus was big but there was a chance I could run into Bella. Alice had called me last night and we got to talking about her classes. She told me that all of them had class at ten together, her and Rose had class until noon but Bella was done at eleven. I had class at ten and then another one at noon. This left me an hour to kill, and if luck was with me maybe Bella and I could pass that hour together.
It was nice getting back into the sing of things. Unlike some people I enjoyed school; I liked staying busy with my studies and learning new things. Most people assumed the only reason I got into medicine was because my father was a doctor. While that may have been a factor it wasn't the most important part. I loved what I was learning about and the knowledge that someday someone would be healthier because I decided to be a doctor. While people outside of the family may not have been fazed by my decision to become a doctor my family was. They all thought I would go into music, since that was another big passion in my life. For as long as I could remember I had been playing the piano. A few years ago I started to play guitar and I found I enjoyed it just as much. Music was an escape of mine but something only my family knew about. Even my roommates didn't know much about it and they had never heard me play. I rented a room a few blocks from our house where I would practice whenever I felt the need.
Class passed by pretty fast which was nice, my professor was one that I had last year and we got along great. As soon as class was out I started to walk around the campus. I figured this would be the best way to run into her since I didn't even know which building her class was in. I did a double take as every brunette passed me I didn't want to miss seeing her. And as each girl passed, none being Bella, I started to get less and less hopeful that I would find her. It didn't take long for the sidewalks to become bare. I walked for another few minutes before I heard it, I would know that laugh anywhere. I picked up my pass and started to walk towards the sound of Bella's laugh. When I rounded the corner of the Art building I saw her, but she wasn't alone.
With her was a guy I had met a few times before. He had been at a few of the house parties I had gone to but I couldn't remember much about him. Right now all I knew was that he was standing behind my Bella pushing her on the tree swing she was sitting in. My fists clenched into tight balls as I watched him place his hands on her back. My feet started to act on their own accord bringing me closer to the two of them.
"Edward," Bella finally noticed me. Her smile took my breath away and all the anger I was feeling only seconds ago disappeared. She looked beautiful in the outfit she was wearing, then again she looked beautiful in anything, and I had a feeling Alice had a big part in picking out what she wore today.
"Hey," I ran my right hand through my hair and walked closer to them.
"Haven't seen you in a while," it made me happy that she felt the same way I did. Technically it had only been two days since was last saw each other but it felt much longer. "Do you know Jacob," the guy behind her walk to her side as the sing started to slow down.
"Yeah I think so," he gave me a quick head nod but his eyes told me to back off. I was giving him the same death stare, making sure he knew that Bella was mine (even if she really wasn't).
"Jacob is from Forks too, can you believe that," things were getting better and better. I faked a smile at the both of them. "We used to play together when we were kids while our dads were out fishing," she gave him a smile but I noticed it wasn't as big as the ones she would give me. "But I haven't seen him in years, I didn't even know he went to this school," she looked back at me and I wanted this Jacob guy to go away. I was instantly jealous that he knew Bella before, that he got the chance to know her while she grew up.
"Cool," even to my ears it didn't sound like I was interested in any of this.
"Well I guess I should get going," maybe the kid wasn't as dumb as I thought he was. He leaned down and gave Bella a tight hug and I had to fight against the urge to rip his hands off of her and off of his body. "It was great seeing you again Bella, we have to do it again," he walked past me giving me a small nod before turning the corner by the art building and was out of sight.
I let out a big breath that I had been holding and took a set on the ground next to the swing. Bella slid out of the swing and sat next to me, not saying anything but giving me an odd look.
"What," I couldn't help but chuckle at little at the look on her face.
Quickly she looked down at her hands while a blush started to form on her cheeks. "Nothing," she whispered.
I couldn't help but laugh a little harder at her embarrassment and she stuck her tongue out at me. "Nice one Alice," she hit my shoulder with her tinny hand and a jolt of electricity ran through my body. I would never get enough of that as long as I lived. "So how is your first day going?" I wanted to get her to talk more.
"Good, but now it is done," she gave me a smug smile.
"One class on Monday, nice," I reached over and lightly squeezed her left knee. I loved having physical connection with her, my mind wondered for a few seconds about other physical connection we could be having. I removed my hand before I was in too deep and before my mind could wonder any longer, now was not the time to be thinking about that.
"Yup," she popped the p. I couldn't help but stare at her lips; it brought back the memories of the perfect kiss she gave me when she left me on Saturday.
"So what else do you have going on today," I ran my hand though my hair to keep it from gabbing her. I really hoped she wasn't hanging out with that Jacob kid that would be just too much for me to handle.
She laughed a little, "Not a whole lot. Have no homework so I don't really have anything to do and my first class tomorrow isn't until noon," she was looking down at her hands that were playing with the grass.
Ask her Cullen, she is giving you a perfect opening to ask her to do something. "Ummmm," I ran my hand through my hair again, "you could always come over and watch a movie with me if you want. I don't have anything going on after my noon class and I don't have anything in the morning tomorrow," I couldn't look up at her while I started to ramble. "Between Jasper, Emmett, and myself we have plenty of movies for you to pick from. But don't feel like you have to come, it is just a suggestion in case you want something to do," I felt like Alice, I couldn't stop talking. Finally Bella cut me off before I had a chance to say anything else.
"That sounds like it would be a lot of fun," a huge smile pulled at the corners of my lips but I still couldn't meet her gaze. "I don't really have any movies so it is a good thing you guys have enough. But don't feel like you have to invite me over. If you really are busy you don't have to do that," she was now rambling and it made her even cuter to me.
"Bella, I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want you to come over," I finally looked up at her. She was sporting the same smile that was on my face. We sat there for a few minutes just smiling at each other.
"Okay," she looked back down at her hands, "what time did you want me to come over?"
"How about seven, does that work for you?"
"Seven sounds great to me," she gave me another big smile then got up and sat down at the sing again.
"Do you want me to come pick you up," I wasn't sure if she had a car with her or not.
"I'll see if I can borrow Rose's car if not I'm sure it wouldn't be a long walk."
"Bella, I'm not going to let you walk to my house. As safe as the neighborhood is I still wouldn't feel comfortable with you walking alone all the way to my place," man I sounded like her dad.
"Okay Dad," she called me out on it which made me laugh. "I'll let you know if I need a ride," she reached into her purse then threw me her cell phone. I looked at it then back up at her, "Obviously I'm going to need a number to get a hold of you if I need a ride."
"Oh yeah," I pulled out my phone from my pocket and handed it to her. "It's only fair that I get yours if you get mine," I gave her a crooked smile. I put my number in her phone then went through and picked which song would be my ring tone. Once I found the perfect one I handed it back to her and she gave me mine. She set it back down on her purse; it was then that I noticed the book sitting next to her.
"Pride and Prejudice," I picked it up and read the back.
"Yeah," she started to pump her legs, "have you ever read it?"
"No, but Alice has been trying to get me to watch the movie with her for a while now," Alice was always trying to get me to watch chick flicks with her. I was thankful now that she had her roommates to do those things with.
"Haven't seen the movie yet although it does look very good," I set the book down then stood up next to her.
"Want a push," I laughed at how cute she looked swinging. I think she could be doing anything and I would still see her as cute.
"Sure," she squealed as I gave her an underdog.
"Edward!" She was laughing so hard and my name sounded perfect coming from her mouth. "That was great," she wasn't pumping her legs anymore so the swing was slowing down. "I haven't been given an underdog in years," she looked up at me. "Do it again," her eyes were twinkling, "please."
"Now how could I say no to that," and it was the truth I couldn't say no to her. She had a hold on me and some sort of control, if she asked me to jump off a cliff right now I would do it without thinking twice. I would do it just because it made her happy. I gave her another underdog laughing along with her as she started to pump her legs hard trying in vain to go even higher. I noticed then that there were more people around which meant it had to be close to noon. That meant I had to leave to get to my class and Bella would have to go find Alice and Rose. She must have noticed my face fall a little then she looked up to see the people.
"It's almost noon isn't it," I nodded my head. "Well I guess I better go meet Alice and Rose," she started to stop herself. I grabbed my backpack as she got her purse and book. "Do you have this break every Monday," she asked as we started to walk towards the main part of campus.
"Yes I do, do you?" I already knew the answer but she didn't know that.
"Yeah, maybe we could swing again next week," my whole body was full of excitement. Not only was she coming over to my house to hang out with me tonight but she always wanted to set up a weekly get together with me. I was pretty sure I was the happiest person in the world. "I mean if you don't want to that's fine," I realized I hadn't said anything.
"No, swinging with you would be a great way to pass my hour break," the sidewalks were becoming more dense and I was almost to the building that held my next class. "Well this is where I leave you," I stopped in front of the medical building. Her face fell a little and I knew she was feeling it too.
"Okay," she tucked her hair behind her ears.
"I will see you at seven, please don't hesitate to call or text whenever," I really hoped that she would.
"Alright, see you later," she gave me a half wave then walked away. I watched her for a while until she got lost in the sea of people.
Class seemed to drag on, it was an interesting class but my mind was on other things. As soon as the professor let us out I made my way towards my car. I had so much to do and only a few hours to do it in. Tonight had to be perfect for Bella, she deserved nothing but perfection and I would make sure that happened.
