Authors Note- Happy Friday!
Alot of you are probably confused if you see this updated. But some of my reviewers brought to my attention that this chapter was a bit off, and I sincerely apologize. I didn't get to edit it completely, and I had been on my way out when I posted, so I just posted it without much care. So, I am really sorry about that, and here it is, all fixed.
Disclaimer- S. Meyer owns all things Twilight.
BPOV
I slammed the front door, making my way towards the kitchen and slightly pissed at Edward. What made it all better, was seeing two fourty-something year olds, known as my parents, making out right by the counters, clearly unashamed. I clearned my throat loudly, getting their attention.
" Take that to the bedroom why don't you. Or better yet, a hotel."
" What's got you fired up?" my mom asked, wiping her lips as she pulled away.
I was about to answer her, but upon noticing my father fixing his pants, I gagged just a little bit. What daughter wants to see their father doing that out of all people.
" I think I lost my appetite." I muttered, riffling through the cabinets.
" Where's Edward?"
" Why does it matter?"
" Did something happen?" she asked curiously.
I groaned " He pissed me off and I left. Nothing big."
" It rather looks like you care...What did you both do?" My father asked suspiciously.
" Talked about everything."
" And."
He was glaring at me, as if he expected me to tell him in detail everything we talked about, and everything we did. My mother had the same expectant look on her face as my father did. Were they curious about how it felt kissing him? Seriously.
" Nothing."
My mother glared at me.
" Do you want me to explain what kissing him feels like?" I asked in amusement.
They immediatly backed off and headed towards the living room. I rolled my eyes, happy that they let it go and went to the fridge to prepare myself a sandwich, and taking it up to my bedroom to unpack my things as I ate. I put my clothes neatly in my drawers after taking them out of my suitcase, and went to my closet.
Inside I saw the two shirts Edward mentioned in his letters. I smiled upon seeing them and put my other clothes on hangers inside. I tossed my wedges in there and sighed at my dress on the bed. A few minutes later my door opened and I saw Esme.
" Hi, Esme." I greeted
" Hello, darling...I'm very glad you came back, I've missed you."
" Thanks. Glad to be back, I missed you guys so much."
She sat on the bed and I put my iPod on the iDoc, making sure it was unplugged so that music wouldn't play.
" Renee called me up this morning and told me about the events of this morning."
I blushed " Esme, I didn't mean for that to ha-"
" I understand, sweetheart. I've always known you loved him, but I just couldn't believe that one could be so blind."
" How did you know?" I all but begged as I asked.
" The way you looked at him, or just hugged him. It was easy to see, obvious. And I'm very happy for you both, although Edward just ran through the door mumbling something about over-reacting women."
I laughed " Yeah...Just a small fight. But it's his fault."
Esme chuckled " Of course."
" Is Carlisle as pissed as my dad is?"
" Why would he be upset?"
" Because dad is acting like Edward is just a random guy."
" He never liked it when we joked that someday you and Edward would marry." she stated.
I rolled my eyes " He'll get over it. One day he will have to get used to the fact that I will find somebody to love. I think he's in denial because I am only eighteen."
" I knew that I loved Carlisle the moment I met him. There is just something about those Cullen boys..."
I laughed and nodded " If you ask me they are too charming for their own good."
I talked with Esme for a little bit, discussing both Carlisle and Edward, it was pretty funny about the stories Esme told me about when they found. They were stupid fights, just like how Edward and I fought, except some of it involved food. Edward decided to reappear about an hour later and Esme went downstairs, saying that she was going to talk with Renee a while.
" Sorry for pissing you off. I just worry."
" I overreacted, I am just on a rollercoaster of emotions today. I'm sorry."
He fumbled with his fingers and I stood from where I'd knelt on the ground.
" I need a shower. I've still not gotten to it." I stated, throwing my sweatshirt off and grabbing my bag that was filled with shower stuff. I stacked it on the shelves in the shower and put my facewash on the counter. I grabbed a change of clothes, not wanting to use the others.
" I'll wait."
With a quick toss of my shoes I closed the bathroom door, jumping into the hot shower. After scrubbing my hair twice and my body the same, I was feeling alot cleaner then I did. I was still in a little pain below, but I knew it would go away eventually. I shaved my legs and rinsed the shaving cream off the razor before setting it down on the shelf. I turned off the water and wrung my hair out before stepping out of the shower, drying off with a towel before using it to wrap around my hair.
I put on my underwear and clasped my bra. I put on a black racerback and a pair of shorts. After taking my hair out of the towel, I combed it through with a fine comb and tossed it up in a ponytail, not bothering to do anything special with it. I washed my face and brushed my teeth, applying a little bit of makeup to my face.
When I stepped out of the bathroom, Edward was balling up my sheets and putting them on the floor, only leaving the pillow cases on the pillows.
" Is everything okay?" I asked curious as to why he was taking my bedsheets off.
His head snapped up upon hearing my voice. I threw my dirty clothes in the hamper and looked at him.
" There was uh...Some blood from.."
I blushed " Oh, alright. Here I'll just take that."
I ran the sheets and comforter downstairs, shoving them in the washer with a sprinkle of tide and a splash of downy. I turned it onto normal and darted back upstairs to my bedroom where Edward was sitting on the bare mattress.
"I feel kind of awkward." Edward said quietly.
" Is this going to weird us out?" I asked.
He walked towards me, draping his arms around my waist. I leaned into him, reaching my arms up around his neck. I swayed against him for a second, getting a small flash of dizziness. Edward held me up steady.
" Whoa, you okay?"
I pulled away " Yeah, I just got a little dizzy. I need to eat that sandwich."
Edward passed me a worried glance, reaching for the sandwich and quickly put it in my lap. I took a huge bite of it and chewed, quickly swallowing. After finishing up the sandwich, I set the plate on my end table.
" Carlisle made some of his Lasagna...Well, lasagna that was passed down by generations of Cullens. I think it's begging to be in that stomach of yours." he taunted.
" We are going to your house, now."
I ate two, three by three slices of that damn lasagna, and I enjoyed every single bite of the ricotta, noodles and homemade spaghetti sauce. The parmesan cheese ontop just made the whole thing even better.
Edward sat at the table, watching me eat and waiting until I finished. Once I cleaned up my plate he stared at me. I felt really embarassed that I had just spent only ten minutes eating all of that food, with him right there watching me as I did it.
" I'm sorry...I basically just scarfed down the whole glass baking pan. That's incredibly unattractive."
" Your silly, come on, follow me."
We headed upstairs and he stopped me at the room where the piano was. I groaned, not really in the mood for playing infront of him. I played alot when I was in London, and everyone knew that I was incredibly shy about my talent.
" I don't want to."
He shushed me and opened the door, leading me in to the room. The piano was dust free surprisingly. Gently he lifted the lid on the keys and took a seat. There were notes infront of him, written in his scrawl.
" I'm confused." I said, resting my hand on his shoulder.
" While you were gone, I'd taken up a new talent." he said quietly.
" Wow...Really, I mean you always hated the piano because it frusterated you. It's been over a month now, I feel like I missed out on things."
I sat beside him on the bench as he hit the first key, his foot on the pedal below. His long fingers drifted over all of the different keys, creating an unknown, but beautiful tune. I'd never heard anything that sounded so meaningful and deep. Some of the keys mixed a little oddly, but I figured that since he was just starting, it would be a little difficult to put everything together perfectly.
Once he was finished I smiled " Who was that by? I've never heard it."
He bit his lip " I wrote it. I mean I am still working a little bit on it, but do you like it?"
" Edward, that was beautiful. I loved it."
Once we'd left the piano room, Edward led me towards his bedroom, ushering me in and shutting the door. I looked towards his bed, seeing all of the white covers gone, now replaced by amber and topaz colors against his black squared headboard
He'd finally cleaned the double doors that were in the room. They lead to nothing, because if you took more then one step out, you would be on the ground down a level. I walked over to his big bed, curling up next to one of his throw blankets. Instead of laying behind me, he laid infront of me, scooting my body backwards as he molded his body to mine. I poked my head up towards him, my lips applying pressure to his.
We laid there, in his bed, kissingly languidly. I wanted to deepen our kiss, but I wasn't fully sure if Edward was comfortable with that. His hands stayed on my hips, not moving at all. Slowly, I moved my hands that were on his chest and grabbed the hands that were situated on my hips. I grasped them in mine. As he was about to pull away; I pushed my lips forward against his to stop him. My hands moved his to atleast touch my waist, feeling encouraged, he wound his arms around me and smiled against my lips.
His smile made me smile.
As the room grew darker, we stopped our kisses and held eachother, the lamp on the side of the bed on, along with the television. We both weren't stupid enough to keep all the lights off, if we were just friends, it would of been no big deal.
Our parents knew now to check on us no matter how much it sucked. I laid on my side, my eyelids dropping as Edward laid behind me, arms around my waist and his forehead resting against the back of my neck.
" I really missed you, Bella." he murmured.
" I missed you, too." I whispered, rubbing the top of his hand.
He brushed my bangs back " Go to sleep, okay?"
"Mmm."
EPOV
Only a moment after I told her to sleep, she was snoring lighty in my arms. My door creaked open and I saw my mom, smiling at me as she walked in.
" Don't you think she should go home. I'm not sure if Renee and Charlie want her sleeping over."
" Just because were more then friends, doesn't mean we should be trusted less. Bella and I agreed today that we took one too many levels up last night, and that we would back off a bit on the physical stuff."
She looked at me warily, but nodded slightly " Okay, dear. Just don't ruin it for yourself. It doesn't bother me, but I don't want you both doing anything while I am in the next room. Sleep well."
My mom kissed my forehead, as well as Bella's and left the room, shutting the door. I turned the lamp off and left the television on, but with the volume low. I breathed in her scent and smiled against the back of her neck.
I didn't exactly know how things were going to progress but I only hoped that we would be together for a very long time.
July 31st
BPOV
" Do we have to tell them now. Can't we just keep it to ourselfs for awhile?" I asked, leaning into him.
He pressed his lips to my forehead and my eyes closed. " I wish."
We were in the meadow, there were light purple flowers that sprang up about a foot high and a few blue flowers scattered. The sun was shining through the cluster of tree's onto the clearing, making it look beautiful and bright.
It was a little cooler today, I wore a light gold long sleeved shirt and a white shirt underneath with a pair of skinny jeans and converse. Beside me, Edward had on a grey button up and a pair of dark wash jeans, his shoes matching mine. His hair was sticking up in many different directions from the slight wind in the air.
On the eighth we would be taking a flight out to New York, where we would attend registration. Edward and I are also going to be apartment hunting because he and I needed to find apartments due to the fact we aren't going to be living in dorms. I was a little nervous about the fact that I would be living alone, as were my parents, but Edward and I's college is only about twenty minutes by car, which is forever in my opinion, but it was close enough.
His hands slid to my lower back, resting them just above the waistband of my jeans. I rested my hands on his chest and smiled.
" I think Emmett's going to think it's gross."
He chuckled against the top of my head and I laughed with him.
" Alice will be freaking out."
" That's Alice."
We stood in the same position for awhile until we knew that we had to head over to Jasper's. We'd all said to meet up there, and while I hated the fact that Rosalie might here, she would find out sooner or later and sooner is better.
Edward climbed onto the motorcycle as I slipped my helmet on, I straddled the seat behind him, wrapping my arms around his waist as he slowly released the clutch.
Off we were.
I slipped the helmet off and Edward took it from me, setting it on the seat. I grabbed his hand quickly and squeezed it before letting it go. Edward rang the doorbell and a happy Alice answered, ushering us in the family room where Emmett was scarfing down crisps and Jasper was waiting for Alice.
Jasper made a weird look when he saw me, but I tried my best to ignore it. We sat next to eachother on the white loveseat across from him. Alice took her spot next to him, wrapping her arm around his waist.
" So, what did you want to tell us?" Alice said with a suggestive smirk.
I cleared my throat and looked at Edward, begging with my eyes.
" Your the one who started it." he whispered in my ear.
I groaned internally and they all stared at us, waiting for one of us to speak. Reasurringly, he took hold of my hand and I sighed.
" Edward and I are...seeing eachother as more then friends."
First there was a loud squeal from Alice, a weird noise from Emmett and a loud slam as Jasper slapped his hands on the coffee table and stood. I jumped about a foot in the air and he walked away, running up the stairs towards his bedroom.
Everything was still and I saw Alice get up, turning towards the foyer
" I'll talk to him."
" Alice, I think I should..."
She nodded and sat back down next to Emmett.
As I was walking towards the staircase, I could hear Emmett say something to Edward.
" Dude, that's weird isn't it like kissing your sister."
Edward sighed " No, Emmett."
When I got up the stairs I walked down the hallway. Rosalie's bedroom door was open, and her and Tanya were leaning against it, mouths ajar and eyes looking like they were on fire with anger.
" Get out of my house." Rosalie spat at me.
" I'm not here for you, Rosalie." I stated, walking to the last door to knock on the white door that belonged to Jasper. I lifted my hand and knocked twice, leaning against the wall.
" What?" he asked, sounding upset.
" Jasper, I just want to talk, okay."
I stood there for a moment before he opened the door. I stepped through and he shut it, snickers were heard behind me.
" Keep to your room, Rose." he said before closing the door.
He had a leather arm chair by his bookcase so I sat in it. It had been a long time since I'd been to Jasper's house, but his bedroom was very like him. It was filled with pictures from the war and he had so many history literature books on the wars.
After taking a seat on his bed, he looked down at his lap.
" I know that Edward's previous breakup turned into something alot more, something that had to do with me always being in the way of them. No matter if people tell me otherwise, what Rosalie did do, was wrong and completely unfair to me. Maybe I did take part why Tanya broke up with him, but I didn't mean for it to happen that way. I know that you and Rosalie had grown up with Tanya, and are similar to family; I respect that and I've always had. It doesn't matter to me whether or not I like her or don't because I wouldn't let my feelings towards her change the friendship I had with Rosalie and you, but obviously things have changed. Everyone has to realize, that Edward loved her and maybe he still does, but she was the one who broke up with him on her own account...I've liked Edward since I was thirteen, since before we all met, before I was living in the United States."
Jasper nodded in understanding " I'm protective of people I care for."
" I know that, and Edward and I getting together had nothing to do with anybody but us. We wanted to be together. This isn't to piss anybody off or make them upset. I told Edward my feelings out of confidence because I thought maybe we could be happy together. But I do want you guys to be okay with it."
" I blamed you for them breaking up, because you were so close with Edward and he would never let Tanya in like he did you. But I know it wasn't your fault, it's just the way you both are together. I'm sorry about Rosalie though, Alice told me about the night in the hospital."
" Don't apologize...That part is between Rosalie and I, and whether or not she wants to fix things is completely up to her. I think it would be nice to have my other friend back though."
He stood up from his bed and I mimicked his actions. Without warning he gave me a tight hug, and I hugged him back before releasing him.
" Lets head back down." he stated " Emmett is probably driving them crazy." Jasper laughed.
" Probably." I agreed, stepping out of his bedroom.
When we got downstairs everyone was talking freely, Emmett's loud crunching not even bothering Alice and Edward one bit, which was a surprise. I plopped next to him and he looked down at me.
" Is everything okay?"
" Perfect." I answered with a smile.
He kissed my cheek and grasped my hand in his, fingers weaving between mine with ease.
" Aw!"
" That's just weird." Emmett mumbled.
Edward chuckled and cleared his throat " I'm thirsty, anybody else want something?"
" Water!" Alice chimed.
I stood " I'll go get it. What do you want?" I asked Edward.
" Coke." he murmured, letting my hand fall from his as I left.
I walked down the long marble hallway to the kitchen. Of course it was all of my luck that Tanya and Rose were in there eating out of a vanilla ice cream carton. I opened up the stainless steal fridge, reaching inside.
" You know, I have no idea what Edward could possibly see in you." Rosalie said while Tanya laughed loudly beside her.
I ignored her and grabbed Edward's coke, getting two glasses out of the cabinet.
" I'm talking to you, are you deaf?" Rosalie yelled, her voice bouncing off of the walls.
I cringed at the loud noise, but tried my best to ignore it as I got the ice from the freezer.
" Bitch! I-" Tanya started
" Stop it for gods sake!" Alice screeched, coming to a halt into the kitchen enterance.
Rosalie ignored her.
" You've been a complete royal bitch. And look around you, how many friends do you have? One, and the one that is You hurt your boyfriends best friend and caused you to hurt your other best friend, ontop of that, you lost a life long friendship with me. How many is that? Three if I counted right."
Her jaw snapped shut and I saw the others coming up behind Alice. Edward put his hands on her shoulders and moved her to the side to get to me. I set the cups down and sighed.
" Your all crazy. Rosalie is so much better then all of you." Tanya stated. " Edward, you realize your dating a girl that doesn't know Coach from Prada! Whatever, you can have that bitch, but remember that I had you first."
" I don't need any of you except for Tanya. She's the only real friend that I need."
I filled the cups with water and gave Edward his coke, handing Alice her glass of water. I took Edward's hand.
" She's a lost cause, just let her be if she is happy with the way things are."
I think Rosalie fully expected Jasper to stick up for her, but he was quiet.
" Look, sis. Tanya is like family to me, but she messed with our friends, and now your acting just like her. This isn't like you...I love you but I have to be with them on this."
She frowned and we headed back to the living room. I set my glass on a coaster before taking a seat on the couch. Edward plopped next to me and slung his arm over my shoulders, sipping his coke. I rested my head on his shoulder and sighed as he kissed the tip of my nose.
" Don't do that."
" You have a cute nose."
Alice groaned " I don't want to start hearing all the lovey shit from you guys."
" He started it." I argued, slapping his chest lightly.
Jasper came back into the room, settling next to Alice. Emmett stood awkwardly by the television.
" I'm going to leave now. I'll drop by later to talk with Rosalie. Catch you guys later.
He walked out of the front door quietly, a sad frown on his face.
It was the first time that I saw Emmett without a smile on his face.
Authors Note- This is the last post before Eclipse comes out! How excited are all of you? I know that I am going to a midnight showing, and I am absolutely excited to go.
I hope that you all like this chapter better then when I posted the first time, let me know if it was better by reviewing or PM'ing, me I would really appreciate it.