Hey guys!

Ok, you have to be happy with THIS update! It's only been a few days! And just so you know, here in England, GSCE =S.A.T's - I think that's what you have isn't it?

Don't know why I bothered to tell you that.

Anywayz,

I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT, THOUGH I DO OWN MILK - BUT ONLY SEMI-SKINNED, COZ FULL FAT IS BAAAAAAD FOR YOU!

anyway...

on with the show...

B.P.O.V:

Edward and I dragged our feet through my front door, after a busy day at the theme park we were both extremely tired and all we wanted was our beds. I leant against the door and clicked it shut, I sighed and blew a stray piece of hair out of my eyes and looked at Edward, who was leaning against the hall way wall, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"Hey" I murmured, he lifted his head and smiled at me, I felt butterflies hitting the inside of my stomach.

"Hey" He replied softly.

"Ready for bed?" I grinned.

He nodded and chuckled lightly. We made our way up the stairs, soft snores emanating from Charlie's room. I glanced at the clock on the wall; it was ten o clock. On the way back we had decided to get something to eat, so it had taken four hours to get back, instead of an hour. Hey – we would've been done sooner if somebody (*cough* Emmet *cough cough*) hadn't decided that it would be fun to aggravate the waiters, get us thrown out, make us go to another restaurant and then, after the meal, decided it would be fun to wade into a fountain and fetch Rose the – and I quote – shiny lucky penny (it was a dime actually, but he is British). I shook my head and sighed at how stupidly funny it had been.

"What's with all the sighing then cereal killer" Edward laughed, poking me in the side.

"Oh haha" I said sarcastically.

Edward grinned and wiggled his eyebrows – he must've got that from Emmet (it still made me want to drool though), "I thought it was quite funny actually" He sniggered; he glanced at me and saw the look of mock disapproval I was wearing.

"Oh Edward, Edward, Edward" I hung my head and sighed then looked back at him, "You will learn", we stopped outside my bedroom door.

"I suppose I will have to" He whispered dramatically, placing a hand over his heart and shaking his head, he sobered up a little then looked at me, his emerald eyes boring into mine, "But seriously Bella, are you ok"

I smiled, "I'm fine, I was just thinking about how fun today was"

"You're right, today was fun" He took a step towards me, and I swear, my heart stopped beating, seriously, check it, it just had a heart attack and is now in sweat Edward heaven, "Spending the day with you was fun"

I blushed and suddenly found my shoes very, very interesting. I felt long fingers nudging their way under my chin and lifting it up, I peeked out from under my fringe at Edward.

"And about the Tanya thing" He whispered. The Tanya thing? I thought, Oh yeah! The Tanya thing.

"It doesn't matter" I murmured.

"Good" His fingers dropped from under my chin, but I couldn't look away, I was mesmerised, just like this morning when I dropped the cereal bowls, I still can't believe I did that, and what is it with the whole milk sniffing thing – whoa Bella, focus, focus.

I saw him gulp, "Goodnight Bella" He whispered, we were so close, come on Edward! Kiss me! Wait? Do I want this? Am I ready for this? Wait? What am I saying? Of course I'm ready for this. Then Edward seemed to realise something and suddenly stepped back. No – come back – the magpies Edward! Remember the magpies!

He cleared his throat noisily, "Yes, well goodnight" He pulled me into a hug and walked away, leaving me dumbstruck, confused and a little hurt. Mean.

I sighed and shook my head. Wow – Edward's right, I am doing a lot of sighing lately, first the mass murdering rapist thing, then the milk sniffing thing, now I'm sighing all the time! Once again I blame Edward fricking Cullen. Of course he wasn't going to kiss me; I was just his exchange, his friend while he was here, and his friend when I would be in England, his friend full stop. I need to get my thoughts off of Edward; I turned and opened the door into my bedroom. He was just a rebound after Jacob; I was just trying to get over Jacob, I told myself sternly.

I changed into grey sweats and a purple tank top and then plodded over to the bathroom. Just as I was about to open the door, it swung open, and Edward stepped out, also wearing grey sweats, however, he did not possess a top, once again displaying his glorious abs – tehe. Wait. Did I really just think tehe? What is wrong with me? He looked down at me and smiled.

"Sorry" I mumbled, still feeling slightly rejected from earlier.

"No problem" He frowned, probably seeing my gloomy expression, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine" I said, sucking in some air and forcing a big smile onto my face. He didn't look convinced.

"Ok" He said slowly, before walking off towards the spare room, twisting round every now and again to see if I really was ok. What did he think I was going to do? Curl up in a ball and cry myself to sleep before I started blubbering about mass murdering rapists, milk and too much sighing? Wait. He didn't know about half of that. Oh, that's ok then, a cynical voice sounded in my mind, he'll obviously just put it down to you being you instead of either hi-tailing it to the mountains or having you committed. Shut up, I hissed mentally.

I opened the bathroom door and brushed my teeth and washed my face, before trudging back across the hall and into my bedroom, I switched the light off on the way and crawled under my duvet. I don't know why I was so mopey, it was just a non-existent kiss, (and that thought probably never even crossed his mind) it was just a friendship. I sighed (again) and closed my eyes.

I was woken by the rain hammering down on the roof and my window. I opened one eye and glared with it. That's right rain, feel my wrath. I rolled over under the cocoon I had spun around myself out of the duvet and frowned when I saw the stupid rain had woke me up at seven thirty am, on a Sunday morning! I yawned and rubbed my eyes, wriggling out of my nest, I stormed over to my window and threw open the curtains. The rain was lashing down, bouncing high off the pavement; it made me want to cry.

"Do you see what you've done to me?" I seethed, "Urgh, stupid rain, stupid Forks" As you can see, I do not like the rain; it's wet and icky and gives you colds. Stupid rain. Well, I'm up now, might as well get ready.

I rummaged in my closet till I found my black skinny's and my black and white long sleeved top, I grabbed a towel and my other toiletries and trudged like a condemned man to the bathroom – well condemned woman I guess. I dumped my stuff on the floor, locked the door and turned on the shower, stepping under the gush of warm water. I washed my hair with my favourite strawberry shampoo and conditioner before reluctantly turning off the water and brushing my teeth. I climbed into my clothes and brushed my hair, then hauled all my stuff into my arms before going back to my room.

I glanced at the clock, it was now eight of clock and I believed I was safe enough to call Alice and Rose – ah the invention of three way calling. I dialled their numbers and waited for them to pick up.

"Hello?" Came Alice's pixie voice through the receiver.

"Hello?" I heard Rose ask too.

"Hey girls"

"Bella" They both squealed – I swear there is no end to their girliness.

"So" I asked, "What's on the agenda for today – or are we going to have separate agendas? Or, no agenda's at all"

"Well Emmet mentioned something last night" Rose mused.

"Yeah, so did Jaz" Alice added.

"Well?" I pushed.

"Emmet asked whose house had the biggest kitchen" Rose said.

"That would be Alice" It was true – her kitchen was huge! It has a pristine black and white tiled floor, with low hanging lights so you can see what you're going. Light brown cupboards with intricate flower designs on the doors, sliver handles and a white granite counter top, a huge, proper American style shiny fridge with a ice dispenser (never try and make ice cream in them – let's just say it doesn't work), an amazing double oven, with a extremely wide grill, four electric heat pads for saucepans and woks and stuff like that, a heat pad to keep food warm while you prepared other stuff, plus a barbecue plate that you could use if it rained and ruined your barbecue, which you know, it did often in Forks, and (if it wasn't obvious) two ovens. To the left was a massive pizza oven. That's right. A pizza oven. How many of you can say you have a pizza oven? Exactly. Lastly there was a huge ten seater table right in the middle. Alice's kitchen really was amazing. Don't question me. Just believe me. It is.

"Well after I told Emmet it was Alice" Rose continued, "He said we were all going round there on Sunday and there would be a surprise for us"

"So what?" Alice sighed, "You all just thought you'd come over and crash at my house without my permission"

"Um" Rose and I both mused, "Yeah"

"Fine" Alice huffed mockingly, "See you in two hours"

"Gotcha" I agreed, before hanging up the phone.

I turned to the mirror and fluffed up my hair, which was nearly dry. I slipped on my slipper boots with cheetah print and bobbles and shuffled downstairs, the rain still beating the house relentlessly. I poured myself some cereal and sat at the small table, munching thoughtfully. An hour later, while I was cleaning the kitchen, I heard the stairs creak, and since Charlie had already gone to work, it had to be Edward. How had he slept through the rain? I though just as he walked through the kitchen door.

"Hey" He smiled sleepily.

"Hey" I said as I straightened up from cleaning the oven. Just a normal oven. Damn you Alice and your super rich lawyer parents. Mind you – less cleaning.

He plonked down on the table and poured himself the cereal I had left on the table, rubbing his eyes with one hand.

"How did you sleep with the rain" I finally groaned, flopping down on the seat opposite him.

He laughed happily, "I come from England, rains pretty much all the time"

"Mean" I sighed, "It does all the time here to, but I am still not used to it – Arizona girl, born and bred for twelve years" I explained.

He laughed at me and spooned a huge amount of cereal into his mouth, a drop of milk running down his chin. He quickly raised a hand to his mouth and ducked his head away from me, his shoulders shaking in silent laughter. I pressed my lips together, holding back my giggles, by now Edward was laughing so much that milk was just escaping out of his obviously not so sealed lips. Finally I couldn't hold it in any longer, my giggles burst out of me, vibrating off the walls, bouncing round like tiny little bubbles. This just made Edward shake even more, and I could see, that no matter how much this whole thing entertained me, I was going to have to help Edward, otherwise I would have another mess to clean up for the second morning in a row.

I pulled my gloves off that I had been wearing to clean the oven, and, still giggling at Edward's predicament I pushed myself up off the chair and grabbed a cloth of the side. I crouched down so my head was just about level with Edward's, and gently – while trying to control my laughing fit – I pried Edward's hands gently away from his face, though he bought one back up to under his chin, just in case. I shook my head mournfully.

"Oh Edward" I laughed.

His ears tinged red from acute embarrassment, I felt a little guilty, but hey, payback for him making me stain a permanent red colour. He was still shaking slightly from our moment of hyperactivity, his lips still tightly sealed so cereal didn't just spill everywhere – some people out there may ask, 'why the heck did he not just swallow' – well people who have obviously not tried swallowing while laughing, you either cannot do it to save your life or you choke yourself to death (that's right DEATH) while trying. Then I took the cloth and wiped away the milk that was trying to drip of his chin, dropped it – and realised Edward was still laughing slightly, and still unable to swallow. I rolled my eyes and dropped the cloth, placing my hands either side of his face, his eyes locked on mine, this time however – no matter how close we were – I would stay in control. Then I saw the change in Edward's eyes, something shifted, there was something harbouring deep inside them, something that had not been there moments before. Suddenly I realised that this is what I must look like when I get lost in his eyes. Result.

"Swallow Edward" I whispered, my breathe whipping into his face.

His eyes fluttered closed for a second and a loud gulp emanated from his throat, and I must admit, I gave a small gulp in reaction. His eyes flickered open again and once again I was captured by his emerald orbs – the power had shifted again and I was stuck, and so were my hands, glued to the sides of his face. I felt movement down by his side, and his hand rose and gently brushed my hair behind my ear.

"Do you know" I murmured, caught up in the moment.

"Know what?" Edward breathed.

"That there were magpies outside the other day"

"Really?" He smiled a small smile.

"Yeah, do you know the English rhyme?" I asked

"I did" He whispered, "A long time ago – but I don't really remember it now"

"My mom used to sing it to me, every night before I went to sleep" I smiled, "One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told, eight for a wish, nine for a kiss, ten for the birds that you should not miss"

Edward chuckled quietly, stroking my hair lightly, "So why tell me this now?"

Ahhhhh! I did not think this through! What was I meant to say? Oh, just because I saw nine magpies the other day? What kind of message did that send out when we were this close together? I came to my senses and pulled away instantly, coughing to hide my embarrassment, Edward scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, while my face stained red and even the tips of Edward's ears tinged pink.

"Erm, no er, no reason... just um, thought it would be, you know interesting" I stuttered.

"Yeah, right, cool" Edward nodded, looking at his cereal, before spooning it into his mouth, though not in quite so big proportions this time.

I coughed again and glanced at the clock, it was nine thirty, holy crap, we have to be at Alice's in half an hour and we would need ten minutes to get there.

"Um Edward?"

"Hmm?" He grunted, his head swinging round to look at me, his mouth full of cereal. What is it with milk and cereal lately? Is God or whoever is up there trying to tell me something? Ah, whatever.

"You have twenty minutes to get ready before we have to leg it to Alice's" I explained.

I heard him gulp the cereal back noisily, "Right" He stood up quickly and started to make his way towards the sink, I met him half way and took it off him, pointing a finger sharply at the stairs.

"Go get ready!" I ordered.

He mock saluted me and marched off. I giggled slightly, washed the dish and spoon and then pottered around for twenty minutes. I was just about to go upstairs to find Edward when he flew round the corner from the stairs, and collided with me. I stumbled backwards at the impact, Edward's arm shot out and grabbed me. That's when I drunk in his appearance. His bronze hair was tousled and wet from the shower, he wore a blue jumper that clung nicely to his muscles, and faded blue jeans, his green eyes shone from the small amount of adrenaline that was rushing round his body from having to get ready so quick, his cheeks were flushed and his breathe smelt of mint from his toothpaste. Yum.

"Er, we should get going" I murmured, stepping away from him.

"Yeah" Edward agreed.

So Edward and I grabbed our coats and I my bag and headed out into the pouring rain, climbed in my good old truck and backed carefully out of the drive, heading off to Alice's, for, well, Emmet's 'surprise'.

To be honest, I was a little bit scared.

Sooooooooo?

What do you think?

I have to admit, this is a little bit of a filler chapter, but can any of you guess what Emmet is planning?

Hint: it's Sunday.

That's all you're getting ;-)

This chapter was actually ready by Tuesday evening, and I was all ready to post it wednesday night, then the internet broke, but not just my house, but my whole town and the next village over!

That is actually many many people with broken internet!

Anywayz.. hope ya'll enjoy enjoyed it!

Luv,
MunchBunch

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