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I am so, so sorry thins chapter took me forever to write and post. I have been with a serious case of writer's block. However, I seem to be all better now. I promise not go so long without an update again.

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Chapter 19: Christmas bowling

BPOV

"Yeah, mom I know." I said to Renee. "Jasper told us about Carlisle and Esme's plans." Renee called to inform me of her and Charlie going on vacation over Christmas with Carlisle and Esme.

"Are you sure you are alright with this?"

"Yeah, mom. Go have fun. I will fine and just hang out with Edward, Emmett, and Jasper." I wasn't sure if I could, or even wanted to hang out with the boys over the holidays. I knew the excuse would at least put my mother's worries to rest.

"I'm sure that will be fun. They really are good boys." Renee gushed.

"Yup…good boys." I said as I looked around the room at was left of the spur of the moment baby shower Edward had thrown. How everything went from a bet to trying to outdo each other in stupid stunts was beyond me.

"Esme said that the boys are going to Canada. I think it sounds fun." I agreed with her even though I had no idea if I was going with them or not. If anything, I could go home with Alice and Rosalie.

After saying my goodbye to Renee, I set out to cleaning up the mess that had been left. I was cleaning up the plates around the room when Alice came running into the room with Jasper in tow.

"Bella!" Alice said excitedly as she bounced in front of me. "I called my mom and Rosalie and I are allowed to spend the break with the guys."

"You're coming with us, right?" Jasper asked.

"I guess if everyone else is going, I might as well." I answered.

"Yay!" Alice cheered then ran back out of the room, dragging Jasper behind her.

I went back to cleaning up the room. Who knew people could make such a mess at a fake baby shower? As I cleaned up, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about the impromptu make out session I had with Edward in the hallway. As enjoyable as it was, I was grateful that it was interrupted. Edward is definitely hot, I couldn't deny that. However, I couldn't trust him, and trust is a huge thing I needed to have in someone. I would just chalk up the make out session to the heat of the moment, and put it behind me.

Apparently, that wasn't the plan for everyone.

"Can we talk?" Edward said from behind me. I took a deep breath and braced myself before I turned to look at him.

"Here to help me?" I asked. "This was your party after all."

"No, this party was for you and our un-conceived child." He laughed as he started picking things up.

I snorted and moved to clean off the table. I held my breath hoping he had forgotten his question. Not my lucky day as he asked again.

"So, can we talk?" He asked nervously. "About what happened?"

"I lied to you, you lied to me, you threw me a fake baby shower, blah blah blah. Let's forget it and move on." I said waving my hand to dismiss it.

"I would like that too, but that's not I'm talking about." He took a deep breath. "I was talking about our kiss."

I took a shaky breath, not really knowing what to say. I opened my mouth a few times and then finally found my voice. "It was a mistake. We were just caught up in the moment. We can forget it ever happened."

Edward looked like I had slapped him across the face. "I don't want to forget it ever happened. You really think it was a mistake?"

"After everything we have done to each other…yes, I think it was a mistake." I said quietly.

"No." Edward said grabbing my hands. "Let's not forget it. Let's forget the rest of it and move on. Go out with me!"

"What?" I asked.

"Go out with me." He said staring into my eyes. "On a date."

I shook my head and laughed. "No." I pulled my hands from his and stared cleaning up again.

"Why not?" He asked.

"Edward, be serious."

"I am being very serious." He said stepping closer to me. "Let me take you out on a real date. I at least owe you that much."

"You don't owe me anything. And I think going out is a bad idea." I said as I backed away from him and practically sprinted from the room.

"Bella…" He shouted after me.

I slowed down once I got into the hallway and realized he wasn't going to follow me. There I saw Emmett and Rosalie standing next to the door. They curled into each other's arms, maybe hoping I wouldn't see them. Who knew what the hell they were thinking.

"When are they going to learn?" I hear Rosalie whisper.

"Poor kids. I'm sure they will figure it out some day." Emmett whispered back. I didn't care what the hell they were talking about. Instead of asking, I went to my room.

I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling for what seemed like forever before Alice came barging into the room screeching. I sighed and threw the pillow over my head.

"What the hell, Bella?" She yelled as she ripped the pillow off my face.

"It's nice to see you too Alice." I said.

"What is this I hear that Edward asked you out and you said no?" Her voice was getting louder and higher in pitch.

"I'm sorry Alice. Could you say that just a little bit louder? I couldn't quite hear you."

"Ugh!" She screamed. "Stop being a bitch and answer me."

"Yes, I said no." I sighed.

"Why?" She stressed.

"Because I did."

"Why?" She stressed again.

"Because I can't trust him." I sighed.

"I swear to god, Bella, if I have to say 'why' one more time, I am going to snap."

Seeing Alice trying desperately to not lose her cool was comical. I was expecting her head to spin around at any minute and for her to spit pea soup everywhere. The thought made me giggle and Alice glared at me only making the image just that much funnier.

"Stop laughing and answer me." She growled.

I sobered up from my laughter and sat up to look at her. "Look, Alice. I was a bet to him. His whole goal was to fuck me and forget me. I don't trust him. I can't go out on a date with someone I don't trust."

"Let him earn your trust." Alice said. "Just like you have to earn his. You both wronged each other."

"Yeah, exactly. Not a good start." I said then thought I would change tactics. "What if Jasper hadn't told you about the bet?"

"Jasper wouldn't have not told me."

"He has done it before." I said exasperated.

"Yes, your right he has." Alice said.

"Then how can you trust him?" I said throwing up my hands.

"Because he told me all about it. Did you know Angela was his first target?" She asked. I shook my head and she continued. "He told her all about the bet and then introduced her to Ben. That is why I can trust Jasper."

"Well, Jasper is completely opposite of Edward." I said. "Edward had no intentions of telling me. He was trying to finish it and move on."

"That is where you're wrong. Edward was still trying to get close to you after the bet was over. Why do you think we never told you that the bet was over before it even started? Because we all knew, you and Edward would end up together. Now if you would just open your eyes and see it for yourself."

"It's not ever going to happen." I said throwing myself back on my bed.

"It will. I'm confident of that." Standing to leave, Alice turned back to me and said, "He's asking for one date, not your hand in marriage." As she left the room, I heard her mumble 'yet'.

I scoffed at her idea. There was no way in hell I was going out with Edward Cullen let alone marry him.

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After our last class on Friday, the school cleared out. By the end of the weekend, we had the whole dorm to ourselves. We had all booked a flight to Canada the day after Christmas. We planned to spend Christmas in the dorm together then spend New Years Eve in Canada.

To save money we decided we would each buy one thing for person on Christmas. Naturally, Jasper and Alice wanted to buy for each other as Rosalie and Emmett wanted to buy for each other also. Which left Edward and I to exchange gifts.

I spent the whole week wondering what I could get Edward; I had idea what he would want. Every time I asked him what he wanted he just said, "I want you to go out with me." That answer did not help any.

We set up a tiny fake Christmas tree in the common room and spent the day in there. I thought it would be depressing spending the holiday away from my family, but we were actually having fun.

We sat around in our pajamas on Christmas morning opening presents.

Jasper opened his present from Alice and was practically bouncing where he sat. He got a Fender Starcaster Acoustic Guitar. He was tuning it while Alice opened her present.

"Oh my God, Jasper. These are beautiful." Alice held up the Jimmy Choo metallic pony caged heel sandals. They looked like a walking death trap to me. "I love them." She said and kissed Jasper soundly.

"You should. You picked them out." Jasper mumbled making everyone laugh.

Rosalie was next and squealed when she opened the small box that Emmett had handed her. "This is gorgeous." Rose whispered.

"I designed it myself." Emmett beamed.

Rosalie held up the necklace for all to see. The pendant was a simple heart with diamonds down the one side. It was very elegant. It was very Rosalie.

"The best part is that the diamonds can be taken out and replaced with birthstones after we start having kids." Emmett smiled and Rosalie practically pounced on him. Edward cleared his throat so that they would remember they weren't alone.

"Alright." Rosalie said straightening herself up. "Your turn Grizzly Bear." I rolled my eyes at the nickname. Rose handed Emmett and large box and he ripped the paper off quickly. His enthusiasm and impatient-ness reminded me of a small child.

"Rose! You are the greatest!" Emmett shouted. Emmett set the box down to grab Rose up in a huge bear hug, hence the nickname I suppose. "Let's play now!" We all looked to see he had gotten a Wii game system and games.

"Bella and Edward have to exchange gifts first." Rose said. "Then you can play."

Emmett threw himself down on the couch and said, "Hurry up."

"I'm kind of nervous about this." I whispered to Edward. "I didn't spend nearly as much money as they all did."

"Don't worry about it. I didn't either." Edward said putting me slightly at ease.

Edward opened his present I got him and smiled huge at me. "Thanks Bella, this is great." I gave him a book off sheet music that he could use while he was composing and a Metronome. I was pleased that he actually did seem happy with it.

I opened my present to see leather bound journals all with my name personalized on them.

"I know you like to write, so I thought these might help." Edward explained.

"No, these are perfect. Thank you Edward." I said.

"Alright!" Emmett boomed. "Let's play!" He jumped up off the couch and started hooking up the Wii with Edward's help. Once they got it all set up they were fighting over who got to play first and what game they were going to play.

The fight ended with the guys deciding they were going to play the boxing game first. First up were Emmett and Edward. They both faced the television as began to box onscreen. I thought someone was going to get hurt with the wide swings Emmett was taking but Edward moved over so that Emmett could have more room with his exuberant game play. Eventually Emmett started jumping up and down when he knocked Edward's player out.

Edward sat down next to me grumbling about Emmett cheating. I laughed at him. Jasper stood and took Edwards place next to Emmett.

"Are you ready to be my next victim?" Emmett asked Jasper.

"Are you ready to go down, my over sized friend?" Jasper laughed.

The game started off just the same as Emmett and Edward's game. Emmett was getting more into the game as Jasper proved to be a worthy opponent. Emmett's swings were getting wilder until Emmett went for a huge punch and caught Jasper right in the side of the head sending him sailing off his feet.

"Emmett! What the fuck?" Jasper yelled. "Every damn time! It never fails."

"Jasper, I'm sorry." Emmett apologized while trying to contain a smile. "Are you alright?"

"No, I'm not alright you dip shit." Alice ran to get ice for the lump that was already swelling on the side of Jasper's head.

"Well, why were you standing so close to me?" Emmett asked.

"I wasn't." Jasper growled. "Your not suppose to swing like you. Keep your hands in front of you stupid!"

"Well there's no reason for name calling." Emmett mumbled. Jasper growled at him again.

"How about something a little safer?" Rosalie asked. "Hey, we can all play bowling."

We slit up into teams and bowled once Jasper was able to stand without wobbling. The game was going well and Emmett only got hit by the remote once, which I'm pretty sure Jasper did on purpose.

"Come on Alice." Jasper cheered. "We only need five pins to beat Rose and Emmett."

Alice got up to bowl and stood as if she was a professional and took three steps before swinging her arm and releasing the ball with the remote. The only problem was that she was wearing her death trap shoes and she wobbled on the last step, lost her balance, and fell crashing threw the coffee table, successfully killing it.

"Alice, baby, are you alright?" Jasper asked frantically.

"Are my shoes alright?" Alice asked just as frantically.

Edward snorted while I rolled my eyes. Of course, all Alice would worry about would be her shoes. Jasper helped Alice to her feet and she bowled again without moving her feet. She got a gutter ball.

Rosalie was up next. She stood and held the remote in both of her hands then released the remote with one hand and flung it forward with the other hand. While swinging it forward she lost the remote and it shot forward plunging a hole right in the wall next to the TV.

"Holy shit! That was close." Emmett boomed. "Here, let me throw your next ball for you." He said while pulling the remote out of the wall.

Emmett took his stance to bowl and released the remote in the same way Rosalie did and lost control of it sending it crashing straight into the front of the TV.

"Yeah, that was so much better." Rose mumbled.

"Well, I guess that's the end of that game." Edward said as he inspected the shattered screen.

We all walked to our rooms after we cleaned up the mess we had made in the common room. Edward walked with me to my door.

"Minus the mild concussion, broken coffee table, hole in the wall, and shattered TV set, I think it was a pretty good day." Edward laughed.

"I agree."

"Thank you for the sheet music." Edward said. "I will write you a song."

"That would be cool." I laughed not taking him seriously.

We walked to my door and I thanked him again for my present. As I went to open the door, Edward stopped me.

"I had fun today." He smiled slightly.

"Me too."

Edward leaned his head down towards mine as I was backed up against the door. I did not want a repeat of the last situation we got ourselves into in this hallway. Edward closed the distance and slightly brushed his lips across mine sending butterflies fluttering in my stomach.

"Goodnight, Bella." Edward whispered pulling his head back slowly to look into my eyes.

"Goodnight, Edward." I whispered as he turned to walk down the hallway.

I walked into my room in a daze. I lie down on the bed and fell quickly into sleep. Tomorrow was going to be an early and long day.

A/N: I was planning on putting the airplane ride in this chapter, I decided to leave that for the next. I think this one ended in a good place.

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