E POV

I was walking around the stables the next morning to see if Bella was here when my ex-girlfriend came up to me.

"Hey Eddie, I see that you have a new addition, Fire's Alliance, I was hoping we could go for a trail ride. I would love to try him out. So is it a date?" Lauren Mallory asked in her nasally voice.

"Okay Lauren, one, I am not going on any more dates with you because we broke up. Two, neither I, nor anyone else in my family owns Ally, a friend of mine is boarding him here, so no you can't ride him." I told her.

"Okay, well do you still want to go on a trail ride with me?" she asked.

"No Lauren, I want nothing to do with you." I said and walked off.

I decided to start bringing in Ally's tack, but when I got to the trailer Bella was already standing there.

"Hey do you want some help?" I asked her.

"Oh, hey Edward, I would love some help." She said.

We both grabbed armfuls of tack and brought it to the tack room.

"So how was Ally after I left last night?" She asked.

"Pretty good, he ate all the hay I gave him and then his breakfast this morning. He seems to be adjusting fine." I said.

"That's great. Do you ride?" she asked.

"Yeah, quite frequently actually." I said.

"Would you like to go on a trail ride with me in a little bit? I would love to see the trails. Also I think it would be good for us to get to know each other, since we're apparently 'dating'?" I said and noticed I was rambling, shit.

"Sure." He said and smiled at me.

A few hours later

B POV

I thought Ally was settling in so I went to find Edward. I found him in the stable office.

"Do you want to go on that ride now?" I asked him.

"Sure, I'll go get my horse tacked up and I'll meet you out front in about fifteen minutes. Sound good?" He asked.

"Perfect, see you in a few." I said and then walked out to get Ally's tack.

On my way to the tack room I thought about Edward. I can't believe that I have known him less than 24 hours and I already can't stop thinking about him. I decided that I liked Edward, maybe a little too much, but I did want to tell him.

When I got back to Ally's stall I saw a girl with fake blonde hair standing there just looking at Ally.

"Can I help you?" I asked.

"Oh yes, I was just wondering where his tack was so I could take him for a ride, but I see that you already brought it. Thank you; you must be the new stable hand. I'm Lauren Mallory, Edward's girlfriend. You can just tack him up and I'll wait here." She said in a nasally voice. But she said that she was Edward's girlfriend. Then I thought, why would he agree to be my 'boyfriend' if he already had a girlfriend that wasn't fake, even though she looked it. I decided I would talk to him about it before jumping to conclusions.

"Umm, actually, I'm Bella Swan and I'm not a new stable hand, I own Ally, but I am going to tack him up, just not give him to you." I said.

"Whatever, I'll just ride him whenever you're not here, it's not like Edward would defend you over me." She said.

"Look, this horse has the perfect genes, and he doesn't like new people. Just remember, if you mess him up I will mess you up. Don't even go near him, understand?" I asked

"Whatever psycho." She said and walked off.

"Hey Lauren, you might want to re-dye your hair, your roots are showing." I said.

I went into Ally's stall and started to tack him up. I finished and met Edward out there.

"Hey sorry I'm late, I ran into your girlfriend, she thought I was a new stable hand that had come to tack Ally up for her." I said.

"Oh, Lauren, sorry about her, and by the way, she's not my girlfriend; we broke up about a month ago." He said.

"Oh, I see." I said

We started down the trials and decided to play 20 questions.

"When did you first start riding?" He asked.

"I don't know, let's just say I was on a horse before I could walk." I asnswered. "Favorite color?"

"Blue. Yours?" He asked

"Green, first horses name?" I asked.

"Casper."

"Casper? Let me guess he was white as a ghost?" I asked.

"What I think Casper is a good name for a white horse. Besides I was four and I liked watching the Casper movies." He said and I laughed at the face he made, but it was so adorable.

After that we stopped our game. We came to a place to stop and let the horses rest. It was a lake and there was a beach.

"Bella, there's something I want to talk to you about." He said.

"Ok, shoot." I said.

"Well, I like you, a lot, well a lot more than I should for knowing you for not even 24 hours. I like you as in last night, I couldn't get you off my mind. And you probably don't like me the same, but I wanted to tell you and I hope things won't be weird between us now." He said.

I looked at him thoughtfully until Ally nudged my back with his head making me fall into Edward. We fell over with me on top of him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned down until my lips touched his. He was surprised at first but then started to get into it. He ran his tongue along my bottom lip, I allowed him entrance and our tongues battled for dominance. After a few minutes we broke away, needing air.

"Oh and by the way, I like you too, a lot more than I should for knowing you less than 24 hours." I said.

"So Bella, how about instead of fake dating, how about we date for real? Will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.

"I would love to." I said.

"Oh I see how it is." We looked up to find Lauren staring down at us. "You won't go on a trail ride with me, but you will with her."

"Lauren we aren't dating anymore, besides, I'm dating Bella now." He said.

She screeched and then turned and went back to her horse.

"C'mon, as much as I would love to sit here all day with you, like this, we should probably head back." I said.

"Yeah you're right, but Bella?" he asked so I looked at him. "For us to leave, you need to get off of me."

"Right." I said and could feel my face heating up into my trademark blush. I got up and hid my face.

Edward got up and came over to me. Then he moved my hair out of my face and lifted my chin up which made me turn even redder.

"Please don't hide your blush, it's too beautiful to hide." He said and then leaned down to kiss me again.

When we got back to the stables, Lauren was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey remind me later to buy and all purpose saddle for trail riding." I told him and he nodded.

I went and put Ally away and then went to find Edward to tell him I was leaving.

I found him in his office.

"Hey, I have to get going." I told him.

"Alright, but you should come back later and have supper with my parents, Alice and I. Bring Charlie and Emmett. My parents would really like to meet you." He said.

"Alright, what time?" I asked

"Probably around 5:30, if you give me your cell number I will call you with the time my parents say." He said.

I nodded and gave it to him. I kissed him and then left to go to Charlie's.

I walked over to my car, a black Hyundai Elantra, and went to my dad's house.

"Hey I'm home." I said as I walked through the door.

"We're in here." I heard Emmett yell from the living room.

I walked in and sat on the arm of the couch.

"Esme wants us to come over for dinner tonight." I told dad.

"Okay, around what time? Billy and Jake are coming around at two." Dad said.

"Edward said he would text me the time. And who?" I asked.

"You know Jacob he goes to your school and his father." Dad said.

"Oh, I see." I said and scrunched up my nose in disgust towards Jacob.

Big Green Tractor by Jason Aldean started playing from my phone and I looked. It was a text from Edward.

Hey Esme says 5:30 is good.

-E

"Edward says 5:30." I told them.

K we'll b there.

-B

All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.

"Hey, Bells, will you get the door?" Dad said.

I nodded and went and opened the door.

"Hey Bella." Jacob said looking me up and down while Billy nodded a greeting.

"Jacob." I greeted in disgust and then walked away with the door open and walked out to the kitchen.

Within the next few hours Jacob had asked me out ten times, all of them I declined of course.

"Look I hate to be rude Billy, but we have to get ready for dinner at the Cullen's, so I am going to excuse myself and go take a shower." I said.

I walked up stairs and took a shower. Then I walked out of the bathroom and into my room to see Jacob there.

"I'm like the outfit Bella." Jacob said looking me up and down. I was in a towel, still wet.

"What are you doing Jacob?" I asked.

"Look I know that the only reason you said no to me is because you don't want your brother to hurt me for being overprotective. So I am going to ask once again. Bella, will you go on a date with me?" He asked.

"You know your right Jacob, I would love to go on a date with you, but as long as I can choose when the first date is." I told him seriously.

"I thought so, when would you like it?" he asked me. He came and put his arms around my waist, pushing me against him.

"How about never." I said and slapped him. "I have a boyfriend."

"Oh you mean Cullen, I know that Emmett just asked him to tell me that and then for you to play along. I heard him ask him; I mean seriously, I was right there." He said.

"Actually we went on a trail ride today and made it official. Now get out of my room, out of my house, and leave me the hell alone." I told him and then pushed him out and slammed the door in his face.

I locked the door and then went to my closet. I decided on dark wash skinny jeans and a grey tank top with a black jacket to go over it. I put on a pair of flip flops and then went to do my hair and makeup. When I came out I put my earrings in and grabbed my purse then walked out. It was five o'clock and decided it was early enough to leave. I texted Edward to tell him that I was leaving and went downstairs where I found Billy and Jacob still here.

"Um. Shouldn't you guys start to get ready, it's five." I told Emmet and Charlie and then I turned to Jacob. "And what the hell are you still doing here?"

"Bella, watch your language."

"Whatever, look I'm leaving. When you guys come late to the dinner that my boyfriends parent so graciously invited us to, don't even talk to me." I said and walked out the door. Did my dad actually let me leave it at that? The answer, no of course not.

"Isabella that is no way to talk to our guests or us." Dad said.

"Yeah Dad Billy is our guest, but I don't consider a guest someone who comes into my room while I am showering, and then when I am only in a towel tried to touch me, especially when I have a boyfriend."

"Bella are you lying, Jacob only went to the bathroom." Dad accused me.

"Seriously dad, you would take that slime ball's word over mine, your own daughter." I asked and his facial expression never changed. "Well that's great, just great. I'm leaving and don't even bother coming to dinner, you can stay here with your other daughter."

I turned around and then walked away. I got in my car and left, leaving my dad, I mean Charlie, standing there dumbfounded.

When I got to the Cullen's house, I found out that it really isn't a house; it's more of a mansion. I went up the steps but before I could ring the door bell Alice opened the door.

"Hey Bella, nice to see you again, come in." she said. "So I heard about you and my brother, for real right?" she asked.

"Yeah, it' weird, I just met him and I feel like I've known him forever. And when we touch I feel electricity and sparks and the area he touches tingles. Alice I think I'm in love." I said laughing.

She laughed and then led me into the living room.

"Where's Emmett and Charlie?" She asked.

"I don't know where Emmett is but Charlie is with his other daughter." I told her.

"Wait, Charlie has another daughter?" she asked and I told her the whole story.

When I was finished she wasn't looking at me she was looking over my shoulder looking at something, or should I say someone. I turned around to see Edward with a pissed off look on his face.

"I will kill him." He said and then started to walk out the door.

I ran over to him.

"Edward no, he's not worth it, and you know I don't like him." I told him and put my arms around his waist.

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose and put his arms around me. "I know, but just the thought that he was with you when you had on just a towel."

"Actually I wasn't with him he just wouldn't leave. You made it sound like I wanted him to be in there with me." I said.

"Well you don't right?" he asked.

I sighed and kissed him. "Of course I don't, get that through you head."

He smiled and I returned it. He grabbed my hand and led me to the dining room.

When we got in the room there was a couple talking.

"Mom, dad, this is Bella, my girlfriend." He said. "Bella, this is my mom and dad."

I smiled and shook their hands. "Hi Mrs. and Mr. Cullen."

"Please, Bella call me Esme and my husband Carlisle." Esme said.

I nodded.

"Bella, you have some horse." Carlisle said.

"Thank you Carlisle, Ally, really is amazing. (A/N: I didn't think of this before but her horses name isn't pronounce Ally as in the girl's name, but it's pronounce like someone is you Ally, like in the military, I guess. So if anyone was wondering, I just wanted to clear that up.)

"Yes, I hope you don't mind, but I did some research. I found out that you were supposed to be captain of the equestrian team, but you got expelled." Carlisle said.

"Yeah, it was a stupid dare that got out of control." I said.

"Have you told your mom or dad?" Esme asked.

"Not yet, I'm just waiting for the right time." I said.

"Well I want you to know that if something happens, you will always be welcome here." Esme said.

"Thank you." I said. I smiled at her and she returned it.

"So, are you guys ready to eat?" Esme asked which we all said yes to.

We sat at the table with Esme at one end of the table and Carlisle at the other end. Alice sat on one side while Edward pulled out my chair for me on the other and then sat beside me. Someone brought the food out and we all started to eat.