After eating dinner and avoiding the inevitable, neither of us know how to get the conversation started.
"How about I just say my piece first?" I finally say.
Edward nods.
"I'm not sure how we can keep doing this. When you're here, we never talk. And if we do, it's about nothing. Sometimes I feel like I know you so well, but then when I think about it, I really don't. I don't know you."
"So, what then?" Edward asks, getting defensive. "You just want to stop hanging out? Stop...this?"
"No," I shake my head. "But I want us to talk. Friends talk. Maybe we're not ready to talk to each other about the important things, but...I don't even know your favorite color."
"Blue," he says immediately. "I like the color blue."
"Well," I smile. "That's a start."
"Just so you know, I didn't fuck Paul. That's why we got in a fight. He wanted to, but it didn't seem right," I told him, deciding to go for full disclosure.
"But you have before." Edward doesn't pose it as a question.
"Yeah," I cringe. It's really not any of his business, but I feel like he deserves to know.
"Since we met?" He asks. His tone is so calm and quiet, it scares me.
"No," I tell him. "Not since we met. I haven't even seen him."
"Until last night. And you were going to have sex with him," he says, sounding almost disgusted. He gets up and moves to put on his shoes "Right, well."
"Hey, wait a minute. You have no right to be angry with me! Even if I did have sex with him,... you and I? We're not even dating."
"I told you I thought there could be more between us," he says, slipping on his shoes.
"Yeah, a little late. Last thing you ever said about us is that we could only be friends. You changed your mind but didn't bother telling me."
"I thought that was obvious!" He yells. "I've been coming over every single night to spend time with you. Doesn't that say anything to you?"
"Yeah," I yell back ignoring his question. The next words are out of my mouth before I even realize it. "You come over every night but the one night you don't? You go and spend it with some other woman."
Oops, silly Bella.
How do you think the talk is going so far?
Also, last chance to get your guesses in as to who the mystery blond is!