Disclaimer: I do not own these characters or the universe S Meyer created. There may (or may not) be strong language or subjects in this chapter...

AN: starts right off from where they were last chapter : )

You Were Right
Chapter 17

"I can't believe you like me," I mumbled lying against Edward's side.

"No, I love you, but I don't mind proving it to you," he kissed along my jaw. One spot tickled and I swatted at him with my free hand. The other was trapped in his as he traced every inch of it.

We laid in our meadow snuggling each other. During intervals of kissing, we'd just breathe silently catching our breaths or tell each other little secrets we had about the other. I had been feeling so much in the past two days. I'd been terrified, angry, sad, nervous, confused, happy. Id never thought that I would be feeling this... feeling. Ever. It was perfect and I never wanted to leave. I wanted to stop time and live in this moment forever.

"Everyone kept telling me that you did like me, and when I finally decided to do something about it, you told me you wanted to be my friend," I nudged him with my foot.

"I'm sorry!" he whined into my neck. "Okay, my plan was to turn our friendship into a relationship without you realizing it, and I couldn't do that if you kept asking me if I was your friend..."

"Where did you even come up with that idea?"

"Television..."

"Of course."

"Hey it worked!"

"No it didn't..."

"Yes it did. You're my girlfriend now, aren't you?" he kissed the center of my palm.

"Am I?" I grinned, failing to be teasing.

"You better be," he nipped one of my fingers. "Because when I get home I'm putting it on facebook."

"What does that even mean?"

"I'm going to change my relationship status from single to in a relationship with Bella Swan - oh I should put Imes," he joked.

"Oh..."

"Oh? ..." he raised an eyebrow at me.

"Are you friends on facebook with people in Forks?"

"Yes, I had to accept their friend requests because I was looking for your page. But you don't have one... I should make one for you because people back in Chicago will think that I made you up."

"Right."

"Just watch... And why don't you want people in Forks to know about us?"

"Because as soon everyone knows, they're going to either flirt with you even more or ask you why you're with me or both..."

"What?"

"It's true. As soon as Ben and Angela went official, guys started noticing her, and with me? Everyone's going to wonder what you're doing with the school freak..."

"No ones going to drive us apart," he promised before kissing me. "And stop calling yourself a freak."

"Okay," I mumbled into his lips. He kissed me again, and his lips were soft and firm. Then I would be kissing him, and he would pull away shuddering a little to catch his breath.

"The first time I realized that I really liked you was at the hospital after the accident when you yelled at me. I'd called you a stalker because you were everywhere, but it was because I was always looking for you. And I didn't even realize that until after Emmett yelled at me for calling you pretentious."

"I knew you were trouble from the first time I saw you," I told him as he laughed. "I'm not even joking. You were the most beautiful person I ever saw in my entire life, and I knew you had to be a jerk."

I giggled when he pinched me, and I couldn't hate myself for it - not when I was feeling so good. This was what being high felt like – you're so happy it makes you so dizzy.

"So are we telling people or not?" he tried being serious, but the smile on his face was plastered on there no doubt matching my own.

"No but that might not matter anyways... I won't be able to keep my hands off of you." I blushed when his eyes narrowed, and I inhaled deeply before he took my breath away again.

Was this normal for other people? To fall so hard and fast? Being so comfortable and honest with each other? Was this what all the normal kids felt too?

"So..." I breathed catching my breath. "Is this normal?"

"What?" he panted back looking confused.

"Is it always so... intense?"

"What do you mean?"

"With your other girlfriends? The kissing?" I blushed. I had no problem performing the act, but I couldn't even say the word. A lot of things were like that when it came to Edward.

"I uh," he looked away. "I wouldn't know."

"What do you mean?"

"I've never had one before."

"You've never had a girlfriend before?" I gaped at him.

"Please don't look at me like that. I'm embarrassed enough as -"

"Are you kidding me?" I sat up to really look at him.

"I told you I was a nerd at my old school. No one liked me very much."

"I don't care if you were on the chess team, you – none of the nerdy girls liked you?"

"It was a club, not a team," he muttered.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Why are you so angry?"

"I don't know," I yelled. "Because they're idiots, did they not see you?"

I was angry because those girls in Chicago were so dumb. They had no idea what they had and they made him feel like a loser – that he wasn't worthy. He'd never had a girlfriend before. It was still mind boggling. He'd never even – ... ?

"You're lying."

"I wish I was..."

"You have to be. How many other girls have you kissed?"

"You're doing this on purpose," he muttered.

"Was I … Was I your first kiss?" I asked as he covered his face with his hands. "Edward! I can not believe this. This is so not normal. Your first kiss is supposed to be awkward and strange. Not this."

"I never thought you'd be complaining about me being a good kisser," he grinned.

"Ugh, everything about you is so perfect."

"The only thing perfect about me is you..."

"Shut up," I rolled my eyes at him.

"That's what I'm trying to do," he whispered before his lips found mine again. "Wait…"

"Yes…?"

"This isn't normal? How many guys have you kissed? How many boyfriends?"

"Jasper – two kisses when I was fifteen. That's it. Hey… if you get a chance, you should kiss Alice because then you would understand-"

"Ew, I'm not kissing Alice!"

"Fine, kiss Rosalie."

"No, that's worse. My brother's girlfriend?"

"Well, take your pick because those are your only two opt-"

"I could kiss Lauren Mallory… but I'm not sure if I could tell the difference between-"

"How about you just take my word for it," I cut him off. He smiled when I wrinkled my nose at him, and I couldn't help but kiss him again, pulling on his upper lip.

Eventually the sky grew darker and we had to part. As I convinced him to let me walk home by myself, he convinced me to keep our relationship a secret until we were at school tomorrow. He didn't really have to convince me – I was still nervous about what the other kids would say to Edward. Could they convince him to leave? Surely not, if Edward was feeling half of what I did when I was kissing him.

The next morning Rose was waiting for me in my kitchen eating a breakfast burrito. She chewed silently as I grabbed a granola bar and drank a small glass of orange juice. Sue had left late last night and Dad was still sleeping – his body still sore.

"So tell me everything that I've missed," she said as we climbed into my truck.

"Last week, James gave me a hundred dollar bill because of the cookies I made for his grandfather," I explained Dad's case to her and how he was injured, skimming over the small part about James in my room.

"I still don't understand why he had to be there…" she grumbled about Dad.

We pulled into the half empty school parking lot and headed for our usual spot on one of the picnic tables.

"Yeah, well you missed the best part. Jake and Paul are officially dating now." I never once told her and Jasper about Jacob or Paul being gay. With Rose being a rose, she noticed when certain bees weren't buzzing around her. Once Rose knows something, Jasper just automatically knows too. It was some kind of twin-kinetic power.

"What? How did it happen? When and where? Go!"

"Right before you came over," I tried my best to give her all of the details she wanted. How everyone was so happy for them. How sweet they were together. And how bad I felt that their moment wasn't private.

"I can't believe I missed it… so how's everything with Charlie and Sue?"

"Good, Dad being on drugs really helped," I laughed, telling everything we did yesterday.

"I still feel kinda bad about my… what I said."

"It's okay…" I waited for her to say or ask something about Edward. I saw his shiny car enter the parking lot and I tried to aim my excited smile at Jasper and Alice who were making their way towards us, making sure I wasn't going to give anything away.

"Hey Bella," Alice grinned. "So I went by your house yesterday, but your dad said that you were out… with Edward."

"Uh yeah, you guys should know that I sort of talked to Edward the other day. He said that he just wanted to be friends… so yeah," I told them chewing on the inside of my cheek. I wasn't lying exactly, but I was telling the truth badly and I hoped none of them were watching me carefully.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Emmett called from the parking lot, and just from the huge smile on his face, he knew everything. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it. I'm about to loose control and I think I like it. Hurry up Edward, hurry up hurry up. I can't wait to tell Rose.

Edward walked toward us with his head bowed as Emmett danced around him. No doubt he was urging him to move faster.

"What's up with Emmett?" Jasper laughed.

"He looks like he has to go to the bathroom," Alice giggled.

"I just hope it's not gas."

I looked up at Rose and laughed because she was being serious. Emmett jumped away from Edward and hurried toward us.

"Hello everyone, hello Bella, glad to see you're feeling better," Emmett wiggled his eyebrows at me.

"How come Bella gets a separate greeting and your girlfriend's included with everyone?" Rose asked, teasing.

"I'm sorry Rose, how are you this morning?" he leaned over to kiss her cheek as she turned away.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" she asked with a smirk.

"I'm happy because everyone else is happy. Happiness is a disease, did you know?"

"I think disease is the wrong word."

"I think he's right," I agreed with him. Edward had joined us and I couldn't look at him as Jasper started talking to him. I think I had mistaken excitement for anxiousness. My stomach felt heavy and my chest was pounding. Why was I so nervous now? Yesterday I could barely keep my face off his, now I couldn't even look at it, and the feeling of his eyes on me wasn't helping.

"Not all diseases are contagious though. Happiness being contagious doesn't make it a disease," Rose argued. "And being happy doesn't harm anyone."

"I think that being too happy could be bad for you."

"Of course you do," Rose rolled her eyes at me.

"Too much of anything can be bad for you," I cleared my throat. It felt like Edward had heat vision, and I was panicking.

"You okay Bella?" Alice asked as I hugged myself trying to hold myself together. What the hell was wrong with me?

"Uh yeah, I'm-" I stopped when I felt his hands cradle my face and his lips quickly pushed against mine. I pushed back as my hands wandered his torso pulling him towards me. The feeling of his hard stomach and the gentle firmness of his lips with the smell of cinnamon pine trees made me lightheaded. It was a sensory overdrive of Edward, and I couldn't help but like it.

"Hi," he grinned pulling away a little.

"Hi…" My cheeks were hurting, I was smiling so hard.

"You okay? It looked like you were going to bail on me."

"I think I was…"

"See see, did you see that?" Emmett shrieked softly bouncing up and down.

"You told him?" I raised an eyebrow at Edward.

"I didn't I swear," he stood back holding up his hands.

"Hey! What the hell? I ask what I miss and you leave this out?" Rose punched my arm.

"I told you not to think about it or to think in Spanish at least," Edward shook his head at Emmett.

"I'm sorry Rose. I was supposed to wait until everyone got here…"

"I can't help it. I can't think in Spanish when I get too excited," Emmett defended himself.

"Hey, you knew and you didn't tell me?" Rose turned onto Emmett.

I felt someone tugging on my hoodie and I stepped backwards away from Rose and Emmett. I stretched my hand behind me searching for his; when his fingers interlocked with mine I turned and smiled at Edward. He nodded at something ahead of us, and I watched as Jasper twirled Alice leaning down to kiss her quickly before they entered the school.

"Don't even think about trying to spin me around," I joked.

"How do you feel about PDA?"

"I like the affection, but I don't like the attention from everyone else," I winced.

"Duly noted," he nodded as his hand tightened around mine.

We separated before first period and I had to suppress the urge to kiss Edward goodbye. The anxious feeling didn't return when I sat down in first period, and a few people were staring at me, but it wasn't because they noticed how happy I was or that I had a boyfriend. They were curious about Dad, and I had totally forgotten about him being shot. It felt like so long ago even though it had only been two days. Though we were already getting passed it, I think it would take Forks years. Dad will surely be remembered for it and probably honored for it for the rest of his life or even longer.

Because I hadn't seen Edward in the hallways between classes, I was excited and nervous to see him again. I hated that I had become one of those gross stereotypes of a teenage girl. Clingy. Googily-eyed. Giggling. Grrr… I didn't like it, but I loved Edward and he loved me. It was so awkward thinking that and for it to be true.

I entered the lunchroom heading straight for our table not caring that my stomach was growling. Edward smiled at me and reached for my hand under the table, my skin already tingling. He nudged his tray at me and I picked up an apple, grateful.

"You would not believe the day I'm having," Rose complained.

"Yeah, right?" Alice shared a look with her.

"What's wrong?"

"You don't know how many girls have asked me if Edward liked them. Apparently he's been smiling at them in that… special way – giving them signals," she laughed.

"Oh yeah, me too. I've had a few too," Emmett agreed, Jasper nodding.

"Oh… I'm sorry?" Edward shrugged unsure of what to say. I shook my head not knowing what to do either.

"What you need to do is tell everyone-"

"Uh no thanks Alice, but we will not be another Emmett and Rosalie - making out in the lunchroom," I cut her off.

"Oh! Oh! I can tell you how I knew now!" Emmett gasped excited as we all turned too look at him. "So last night, Edward comes strolling in right before dinner - I mean we are sitting down and Esme is pouting and everything - then I see that his lips are all red and puffy. Dad noticed too and seriously started asking him questions like if he was stung by a bee..." he choked laughing. "His face turned so red when I joked that he'd been macking with Bella."

"What?" I gasped horrified.

"Then we celebrated," Emmett laughed. I looked at Edward incredulously.

"It's true. Esme made cookies," he nodded. Shouldn't parents be weary of their son's girlfriend? Not be encouraging or celebrating? Everything about Edward surprised me. And I think I liked that a lot.

"So who should we tell first?" Alice looked around her.

"I don't want to tell people like I'm bragging."

"I do," Edward grinned.

"Oooh, why don't you just change your facebook status to in a relationship. You don't have to even put Bella's name on there," she suggested.

"What is it with this facebook stuff?"

"Here you can use my phone. Do it now," Alice demanded, thrusting her phone at him. Edward looked down at the phone in his hand to me, asking if it was okay.

"Go ahead," I assured him. Really I wanted everyone to know that freaky Bella Swan got the beautiful Edward Cullen, but then the accusations would start and we'd only been together for not even one day.

"After school I'm going to show you my facebook at my house," Edward told me, concentrating on what he was doing.

"No way Jose, I'm not going to your house. No way am I facing your parents - at least for a while."

"Jose? Is that supposed to be a pet name or something?" he grinned handing Alice her phone back.

"Yes, I'm testing them out, Sunshine."

"Hey!" Emmett and Rose echoed.

"I will pinch you," she growled.

"I didn't really like that one anyways," Edward cringed trying to smile.

"Edward, you have a girlfriend?" Lauren asked sitting down with her phone out. The others were starting to trickle over and I started to send glares at everyone to keep their mouths shut.

"Uh yes," he grinned.

"Why?" she practically whined.

"Because I… love her."

"Who is it?"

"Who do you think it is?" Jasper asked.

"Ugh," she rolled her eyes at him and turned away. I glanced around the room and saw a lot of girls' faces drop whispering and staring down at their phones.

"Wow, word spreads fast. How do they even know?"

"Facebook alerts. They-" Alice started.

"Never mind, I don't want to know," I sighed.

For the rest of the day, Edward and I did our best to keep our hands off of each other. No one registered the connection of me and Edward's new girlfriend except for Ben and Angela who gave us knowing smiles during biology. In gym, Edward pretended to help me with my trig homework when really we were whispering stupid things to each other while Emmett sat there watching and smiling at us like a creepy person. After school Edward and Emmett were waiting for us parked in the front of my house. Edward was right outside my door before I even put the truck in park.

"Hey, you drive too-"

He silenced me quickly and my mind went blank leaving only the feeling of his lips for me to concentrate on.

"Hey," Edward mumbled pulling away.

"Uh, hello," I cleared my throat.

"What were you saying?"

"I uh don't remember…"

"Hmm, so your computer? It's upstairs right," he asked pulling my book bag away from me, slinging it across his back, and closing my door behind me.

"Yes, but hey, maybe I don't want you carrying my books."

"You don't?"

"I know you're new to this whole boyfriend etiquette thing, but maybe as the girlfriend I get to decide that I get to carry your books," I tried teasing him.

"Hmm, we'll see how that works out at school, since you know, we're still a secret."

"Oh…"

"Right, so you can carry my books when I can kiss you at school because seven hours is just too long for me. "

"Okay," I cringed leading him inside and up to my room. I didn't really want to carry his books anyway.

I watched as Edward clicked and opened up his account. My eyes widened reading everything I could. Little details that Edward wrote about himself that he wanted people to know. Unfortunately I already knew all of it but a few of his favorite books and movies. In his profile picture, he was at a baseball game or something and wearing a White Sox cap. That was probably his problem right there. He was hiding his hair – his moneymaker – but still Edward and still unfairly beautiful. He clicked on something else and a list of comments popped up under Edward Cullen is listed as in a relationship. There were comments from girls of Forks like:

Who's the lucky girl?

U dont have 2 limit urself 2 1 girl, U no? ; )

Is it serious?

Then there were some from people I didn't recognize.

Is this a joke?

We want pictures!

Oh Eddie, you convinced a girl to go out with you. Congrats man, or wait... Is it a dude? LOL

I gawked at all of their comments. Edward would either laugh or stiffen.

"I told you they wouldn't believe me."

"I don't even want to know what they'll think of me..." I grumbled.

"Oh they'll think you're hot," he shook his head as I gaped at him. "What? You are..."

Hearing Edward say that set something off inside me. I lunged toward him. Our noses bumped against each other as our lips met, and I kissed him rough and needy. I felt Edward move forward off the chair as he hands continued to roam up and down my back. I pulled him closer and -

"Bells?" Dad's voice startled me.

I sat up straight knocking Edward away from me. I'd totally forgotten that Dad was home – he would be for the rest of the week before returning to the office. He must have been taking a nap when we got here. It hadn't even registered when I saw his car in the driveway. I felt dizzy as I tried to act normal sitting down in the desk chair. I pressed my clothes and combed my hair with my fingers trying to rid any evidence that I was just making out with a boy in my room.

"In here Dad," I called back. I glanced down at Edward as he leaned against my bed looking dazed.

"Hey," Dad poked his head in the room peeking around the room. "Jake's coming over later."

"For second dinner?" I inwardly groaned. Jacob was just going to annoy the hell out of about Edward, and then I would have to tell him that he was my boyfriend. Then more annoyance.

"Yeah," he laughed. "You kids have homework?"

"Yes," I breathed nervously.

"Okay," he nodded pushing the door open as he left the room.

"I think…" Edward whispered crawling up to me on his knees. "I'm going to go…" He kissed me and I gripped the chair so I wouldn't fling myself at him again.

"Okay," I whimpered when he pulled away.

"I'm sorry. I'm just - your dad scares me."

After a few more goodbye kisses and a promise to officially tell my dad that we were dating, Edward left. I walked him out and slumped down on the couch next to Dad. He was watching ESPN and I tried concentrating on the program.

"From now on, the door stays all the way open."

"Okay," I nodded, my cheeks burning.

Before I could escape any more embarrassment, there was a loud key scrapping noise at the front door. Jacob was early…

"Hello family," he grinned as he got the door open. "You guys should leave your door unlocked so people like me can get in easier."

"Right," I snorted. Though I doubt anyone would try to rob the Chief of Police.

"You're too late," Dad called out to him.

"What?" I looked at him confused.

"What? No way!"

"They were just making out upstairs earlier…"

"What!" Jacob jumped next to me on the couch excited. I groaned covering my face with a pillow trying to hide from them. "There's only one thing I want to hear from you right now, Bella Swan… Three little words…"

I peeked from under the pillow narrowing my eyes at him. There was no way I was ever kissing Edward again... Okay that was a terrible lie.

AN: yuck. I know I'm late. This chapter was just trouble for me – everything was wrong and there was too much fluff or it was too cheesy. I cut back on a lot of it but I also had to decide where I was going with the story… so just to warn you, theres only maybe? a couple of chapters left and an epilogue. Unless you guys want the angsty version… trust me no one wants that.

On a cheery note: Eclipse comes out in a couple of days so I'm sure yall are pretty excited for that. Um, is it just me or does anyone else think that Edward reminds you of a shark… you know with the dark eyes and the angry looks at Jacob… its going to give me hell when Shark Week comes around and I think "mmm theres something hot about that shark" haha. Gah I know somethings wrong with me.

I'll try faster with the next chapter, but just so you know, I've started writing two other stories as well. I know! But I'm finishing this one first before I post one of them…

THANKS FOR READING!