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How Did I Fall in Love With You

Chapter 11

Bella's POV

"Come on Bella!" Alice said tugging me to another teen shop.

Ugh! Why did I ever let her drag me to the mall? I should have known Alice would spend at least more than 4 hours in the mall. In fact we've been in the mall for 6 hours straight.

No break for food or water, just straight on shopping.

My feet were dragging and I felt hot and sweaty. I bet I looked horrible as I felt. Alice on the other, hand looked like she just walked out of a saloon. I had no idea how she kept herself so perfect after all the hours of walking around the over crowded mall. But then again, Alice is always perfect.

Well, its been 3 days since the 'party of the year' and the whole town is still talking about it. I remember that was the night Edward gave me the family air loom ring that stayed in the 3 finger of my left hand. It was one of the best days of my life. The night I will never forget.

I moved into the Cullen home last night and settled into a spare bedroom. It was a completely extravagant room with its won personal bathroom and balcony. I got the room next to Alice, and across Edwards. I was so grateful that they would not only help with family troubles, but also for my expenses. They were defiantly the most amazing and generous people I know. Its been a day since I left home and my mom kept calling making sure that I was alright in my 'apartment' and that my old room was always open for me. In fact she called 23 times in the last 24 hours. I know that she was just being a mom, but how many times do I have to say that I was alright before she would actually believe me?

"Isabella Marie Swan! Can you please get your ass over here now!" Alice practically yelling with fury.

I jumped out of my trance and quickly rushed to her side. I knew too well that I wouldn't live too see tomorrow if I push Alice's buttons.

It's the day before the wedding and Alice insisted that I get a new wardrobe for the honeymoon. I honestly didn't get the point of getting a new clothes for a fake honeymoon. I mean, I probably might just stay in the hotel room and sleep. This was totally pointless. I tried telling Alice that my old clothes were perfectly fine and I didn't need new ones, but she just shot me a death glare.

"well what do you think of this?" she asked in the most high pitched voice.

Alice was holding up a purple 2 piece bikini that was way too reveling. I had to admit that it was cute, but it showed way too much cleavage and skin. I knew myself too well that even I couldn't pull that off. I mean I did have the body to make that bathing suit look good.

"Alice-" before I could finish, she just cut me off.

"Save it Bella." she turned around and went straight to the casher to pay.

There was no way in hell I would be seen wearing that bikini. Not in a million years, not ever. Ugh Alice!

When she was finished she turned to me and handed me the bag.

"Gee, thanks." I said sarcastically.

She just smiled at me and dragged me into another store…

An hour and 45minuets later….

"So Bella.. Where do you want to eat? I'm starving! All this shopping really got to me." she asked practically.

I was still trying to catch my breathe from all the walking around. Man, I cant feel my legs. I felt complete shit and I could barely walk.

"Where ever you want to Alice." I could barely talk, and my throat was bone dry.

She just nodded and led me into her yellow porche. I know I was shocked to. What kind of 20 year old has a porche?

I sat down comfortably into her passenger seat and tried to slow my breathe. Alice threw my a cold water bottle and I happily drank all of it.

"damn, your really thirsty." she told me.

"you have no idea." I replied.

The rest of the drive was silent. It wasn't awkward silence that filled the air, but it was nice comfortable kind.

Finally the car came to a stop, after 10 minuets of driving. We arrived into this high class restaurant called La Bella Italian.

"wow, Alice really?" I asked raising my eye brows.

"come on Bella. It'll be fun." she jumped out of her seat and I did the same.

We walked into the restaurant and it didn't seem busy. I guess it was off season. The lady led us to our seats and we were in the back corner of the restaurant.

"your waiter will be right out." she said in a humble voice and left.

Alice's eyes then narrowed and looked at me.

"don't be shy Bella. Pick anything you want, okay? Its my treat." she smiled.

I honestly felt guilty that Alice bought me a new wardrobe today and now she's taking me to a fancy restaurant to eat. I loved Alice but I this is utterly too much.

"Alice no this is mine. You've done too much for me today." I told her.

Her face suddenly became a mix of irritation and annoyance. I knew that we've have talked about the subject a thousand times, but I couldn't help it.

"NO WAY BELLA! Your part of the family now. So I'm paying. No matter what you say, I always have my ways of getting what I want."

And with that the waiter stepped in to take our orders. He told us that his name was mike in a little too friendly tone. Mike was guy in his 20's or so and I could tell he was desperately single. He had blonde hair that was cut short and a cute face. don't get me wrong, he was kind of handsome but there was no way he could compete with Edward.

"hi, well what would you guys like to drink?" he asked politely.

"I'll have a coke?" it sounded more like a question rather than a statement.

"I'll have a long island ice tea please. " Alice responded.

I had no idea what she just ordered so I gave her a "what the fuck?" look and she just gave me a smirk.

And with that mike took off to retrieve our drinks. He came back in less than an 5 minuets with our refreshments and asked for our orders.

I scanned the cheapest thing on the menu, and found the mushroom ravioli. It sounded appetizing, and hey it was hella cheap, so I ordered that. Alice on the other hand ordered the most expensive meal on the menu. She had a steak, cooked medium rare, a red lobster, with mashed potatoes on the side, steamed carrots, and a Caesar salad on the side. She told mike to cook it the way she explained it, or else. What is up with rich people these days? I knew that she just ordering this much food so that she would end up paying again.

"Alice, really? You know you cant finish all that food." I told her.

"You know we can always take it to go. Besides Emmett will eat anything. So I was thinking we do your nails to night for the big day tomorrow." she said immediately changing the subject.

"sure Alice. Sure." I said no pay much attention.

Alice was still chattering about what's going to happen tomorrow, when I saw Edward sitting a few tables down from us. My heart immediately leaped and it was all of a sudden alive in me. The feeling was unexplainable. It just happens every time I see his perfect face.

I could help notice that he was sitting in a booth than was designed for two people.

What was he doing here? Did he notice that Alice and I were in the restaurant as well?

Hmmm. Maybe he's with a friend or something. My thoughts all wrapped up in the different reasons he was here. I was surprised that Alice didn't pull me out of my trance. She was probably still talking and didn't realize that I stopped listening.

that's when it hit me. A strawberry blonde, with perfect curves, long legs, and flawless face that fit her tremendously, sat down in front of him. I didn't miss the fact that she kissed his cheek. I quickly looked away so that wouldn't catch my staring glare.

My heart suddenly felt broken. Like there was now an empty void that cant be filled. I couldn't even breathe normally because of the hole in my chest now. I could feel tears in my eyes about to burst out, but I forced them back inside. I will not break down here. Not in front all these people, not in front of Alice, not in front of Edward.

"Alice, can we please just take the food to go? I'm feeling a bit sick." I asked honestly. And I did feel sick. I wanted to get out of this restaurant as soon as possible.

She stared at me for a second and placed her pale fingers on my forehead.

"hmm.. You do look a little funny. Okay, will just take it to go." she said as soon as mike was about to turn to our table.

Alice told mike to put the food into a to go bags and handed him her credit card. I felt ultimately guilty because I had ruined Alice's dinner and she had to pay.

I tried to fill my mind with guilt of Alice, but that plan didn't work out accordingly. My mind was numb and so was my body. My heart felt like it was ripped out with bare hands then crumbled into millions of pieces.

"Alice, I'm really sorry you didn't get to enjoy your evening." I told her when we got inside of her car.

"don't worry about it Bella. I care about you, and I'm worried that I over did the shopping a little bit" she admitted with a chuckle.

"yeah kind of." I told her silently. I wasn't even paying attention to what she was say saying. My body was there, but my mind wasn't.

The drive back in the Cullen house was silent. None of us were bothered by the silence that filled the air. We welcomed it rather than hate it. I told Alice that I just needed some sleep and maybe the awful feeling would pass. She agreed and gave me the food that was ordered to go. I thanked her once again and went straight to my room.

That's when I couldn't help stop the feeling from getting to me. The whole was getting bigger with every tick in the clock. It hurt, no it burned me. It burned everything that was inside of me.

I just collapsed into my bed not even bothering to dress up for bed. I laid there for what it seems to be hours. No one disturbing me. It was just me alone in the darkness. No one to save me. I cried my eyes out, until I couldn't cry anymore. My eyes felt dry and they ached. I felt disgusting and horrible; I bet I looked that way right now.

Why did my heart all of a sudden feel like it was broken? It feels like something inside of me died. A part of me that I needed to exist.

Right there I knew the reason. The reason why I was feeling this towards him.

I had fallen in love with Edward Cullen….

Edwards POV

While I was waiting for Tanya to arrive I couldn't help but shiver with guilt and nervousness. Guilt because I know I was getting married tomorrow and I suddenly wanted to give my ex-girlfriend a second chance. Nervous because what if what I'm doing is wrong?

I sat back into my seat and slumped my back. My mind was filled with confusion. I wanted to give Tanya another chance to see if she is the right girl for me. To see if what we had before was real and she just screwed up, and needed a second chance. When I was with Tanya all I felt was comfort and pleasant. But when I was with Bella, I didn't have to think about what I was going to say next. We just clicked like two magnets. When I was with her I felt like the hole in my chest was gone and the lump in my throat magically disappeared. She was beautiful, funny, charming, everything that was positive in the dictionary would explain Bella.

"Sorry, I was late Edward. It was really hard to get a cab from my hotel." Tanya said kissing my cheek and sat down across from me.

"oh its fine." I said with my mind drifting off. I was barely paying attention to what was happening.

"well, sir what would you like to have?" the waiter asked properly.

I quickly scanned the menu and the first thing I found was the mushroom ravioli. I told him my order and he took Tanya's, then he was off.

"so, is there a particular reason why you invited me to dinner?" she asked.

"well, I wanted to give you a second chance, but I just want to take it slow. I don't want to get serious yet, but I just want to give us another try." my voice was shaking with uncertainty.

She was surprised with the words that left my mouth and we were both left in the silence. I could see it in her eyes that she was happy about my decision, but I couldn't help think that I would regret this later on.

"wait, aren't you getting married to that Bella girl?" she asked doubtfully.

"yes, but its only an arranged marriage. We were forced and we had no other choice."

Her forehead started to crease with confusion. I had to tell Tanya everything about the wedding that was happening tomorrow, about my annoying father, everything. I also added that she shouldn't tell anybody about this since it was for publicity. Of course after my mouth was done talking, I felt a pang of guilt that I shouldn't be doing this. That I will regret everything that happened late on.

"wait, so you don't really love her do you?"

"no." I immediately wanted to take those words back. I knew that Bella was now a big part of my life and I knew that I loved her in a way.

Bella's POV

So that explains everything that I felt right now. The moment I saw Edward, I loved him. I just didn't know it. That's why there was a sharp pang of jealousy when I saw him making out with the mystery blonde last week. Or having dinner with the strawberry blonde right now.

What am I going to do? The man I fell head over heels for is in a date with another woman. I knew I should of taken Alice's advice: what ever I do, do not to fall in love with Edward.

I couldn't stop cry and sobbing. It really irritated me because I couldn't stop. I hit my pillow as hard as I could on my face and waited for sleep to take me.

Edward POV

As I walked back to my room, I heard someone breaking down in tears. I know it couldn't have been Alice because she wasn't in a serious relationship with someone, so she had no reason to cry.

I laid my ear close to the door of Bella's room. There I heard her soft sobs and meaning full tears. I suddenly felt my heart ache, like it was broken into a million pieces. I wanted to comfort her, to tell her to stop crying and tell her it would all be ok. Place her into my arms where she would be protected from harm.

Why was she crying?

I thought of different reasons why she would break down, but nothing came to mind. She was still crying but it sounded softer now. Maybe she fell asleep, tired from crying. I wanted to take a look into her room and see if she was alright, but I couldn't find the confidence to do it.

I got up from the floor and went straight to my bedroom not looking back.