Bella:
"Uh…dad…I can, um, explain…" I stutter as my cheeks heat up, colouring my whole face a bright pink. Great. Just great.
"Explain what?" My mum asks, also walking into the room. I don't know how it's possible, but I feel my face heat up further.
"I just walked in on these two kids kissing!" My dad huffs, pointing to Edward and I as if it weren't already obvious.
"So you're back together?" My mum asks. I groan, quite loudly, when I remember how I told her everything after I called things off.
"What?" Edward and dad ask at the same time, looking and mum and me. Oh god.
"Charlie, stop being such an old man! Bella's 18 now and Edward's a good boy," my mum chastises my dad, while Edward still looks confused.
"I'd still rather you didn't flaunt this new relationship," dad grumbles.
"Maybe you should have knocked then," I chuckle, just as Dr Uley walks in.
"Does the knocking rule apply to me?" he jokes, looking between all of us.
"Nah, you're alright," I tease back.
"Right, well, we've had your X-ray results back, Bella, and thankfully there aren't any remaining shards of glass. Now I can stitch up the cut and send you on your way," Dr Uley explains to us.
*******LLB*******
Two hours later, I'm finally allowed to go home. Giving me a chaste kiss on the cheek, Edward leaves me to go home. Dad pointedly raises his eyebrows at Edward, before calling him over to have a word with him.
"Please, please don't scare him away, dad," I whine. Mum helps me into the house while Edward and my dad talk to each other outside. I dread to think of what he's telling Edward.
I go straight up to bed, immensely tired both physically and emotionally after the long day I've had. I fall asleep almost as soon as my head hits the pillow. I sleep too deeply to really dream, and I groan really loudly when my alarm goes off.
When I stand up to get out of bed, I forget about my foot and accidentally put too much pressure on it. Ow, that shit hurts.
Open your curtains :) ~Edward
How did Edward get my mobile phone number?
Shrugging, I walk slowly over to my curtains, and open them to reveal Edward, grinning widely, right outside. I push open the window, wasting no time to give him a good morning kiss.
"Hey," Edward greets, sponge in hand. I almost forgot he was a window cleaner.
"My dad didn't scare you off, then?" I chuckle, though I'm secretly incredibly relieved he's here. "And how did you get my number?" I add in an afterthought.
"No, though he did warn me that if I broke your heart, he'd break my b-bones. Alice gave me your number. Told me to be romantic," Edward shrugs, kissing me again. "How's your f-foot?"
"Better. Though, dropping your glass was a bit of an over-reaction," I tease him.
"What? I t-thought the love o-of my life didn't want me!" Edward says in defence.
"Of course I want you. Wait, so, when did Cowboy tell you…about my feelings?" I ask, worried for how long he's known.
"That d-day you told me about what J-Jessica said to you," Edward says.
"I'm gonna kill him," I huff. Edward just laughs.
"Don't. We m-might not be where we are if it w-weren't for him," Edward reasons.
"Fine. I'll just severely maim him," I settle with. "Now, I need to finish getting dressed, curtains closed, so I'll see you at school. I love you."
"I'll pick you up at 8:30, ok? Love you too," Edward gives me one last kiss before I close both the window and curtains. I pick out an appropriate outfit – maybe just a little inappropriate to tease Edward – and get ready as fast as possible with a foot bandaged up.
The cut itself was fairly deep, but the need for a large bandage was due to where the injury is. Since it's on my foot, I need to try and not put too much pressure on it, to make sure it heals fully.
I'm sat eating breakfast when the doorbell rings. I expect it to be Edward, so I'm a little shocked when I see Alice on the other side. She squeals and hugs me, and then helps me walk out to the car. I should be helping her, really, since she's the pregnant one.
Alice is now two months pregnant, though she hasn't barely got a bump yet. She's not wearing as tight clothes anymore, but it would be impossible to tell she was pregnant if you didn't already know.
Once I'm seated in the back of the car, Edward immediately takes my hand. I look lovingly over to him, leaning over to give him a kiss.
"He's still my brother and you're still my best friend, no snogging will happen in the back of my car!" Alice huffs.
"Sorry," Edward says, clearly not at all sorry.
"Listen to my pregnant girl," Cowboy drawls.
"Actually, I have a bone to pick with you, Cowboy," I glare over to his place in the front seat.
"Uh, w-what would that be, darlin' Miss Bella?" Cowboy stutters, looking scared. Rightly so.
"Did you, or did you not, tell Edward my feelings for him? Even when I specifically asked you not to?" There's a gasp from Alice, and I'm pretty sure Cowboy is sweating.
"I…uh…I thought it'd help, Miss Bella," Cowboy pleads.
"You told him?!" Alice fumes.
"Hey, Emmett and I b-basically begged him too!" Edward says, trying to defend Cowboy but making things worse.
"Emmett knows?" I shout, feeling completely embarrassed.
"Maybe…" Edward answers in a small voice.
"It helped though, right?" Cowboy asks hopefully.
"Yeah, though I would've preferred to not have my foot impaled on some glass in the process," I huff, crossing my arms over my chest.
Arriving at school, Edward helps me out of the car. We link arms so he can steady me, and then set off to our first lesson.
"You're not st-still mad, right?" Edward asks outside my English classroom.
"Of course not," I smile sweetly, leaning up to kiss him. I don't care who sees us.
"I KNEW YOU WOULD GET WITH THAT BITCH!" Ok, maybe I should care. Because that sounded like a very high pitched, squeaky, angry Jessica.
"Don't call her that," Edward says quietly, menacingly.
"You're just a rebound, you know that, Bella?" Jessica says, speaking to me.
"Why are you still obsessed with him? Don't you have Mike now?" I replied, not at all intimidated by her.
"But I want Edward!" Jessica whines like a petulant child.
"I'm not available," Edward simply replies.
"You'll regret this!" Jessica huffs, pointing at both of us.
"Really? Because, right now I'm not," Edward states coldly. With a final huff, Jessica storms off down the corridor. "Are you ok?" Edward is quick to ask.
"I'm fine. I just…I should have expected that. I love you," I grin, kissing him again.
"I love you too," Edward smiles, as he walks off to his class.
I walk into my class and sit down, a sigh escaping me. I miss him already.
"Bella! What happened to your foot?" Angela chuckles, sitting down next to me.
"I stood on some glass," I shrug as Angela laughs at me.
"You can't go a week without injuring yourself, can you?" I shake my head at her question. "I saw you and Edward outside…" Angela trails off.
"Yeah, we're together now," I blush, thinking about Edward once again. I wish we had more lessons together. At least today I won't have to do gym.
"Awww! You guys are so sweet together! And just ignore Jessica, she's an idiot," Angela whispers the last part, probably to make sure none of Jessica's friends hear us.
Throughout the day I'm counting down the hours 'til lunch, when I can see Edward again. Between lessons I have to slowly hobble, trying to avoid people so that I don't further injure my foot. On some occasions I'm late to lessons, so when I finally enter I just point to my foot in explanation.
The classrooms upstairs are by far the worst.
Finally, it's lunch time, so I make my way to the cafeteria. I see Cowboy along the way, who helps me carry my food over to our table. I take my seat, pouting a little when I don't see Edward here yet.
"It's only been a couple of hours!" Alice jokes, noticing how much I'm missing Edward.
"Says the one who followed Cowboy around like a puppy dog for weeks," I shoot back.
"Says the one who was pining after Edward for weeks!" Alice quickly retorts.
"Weeks?" A voice asks from behind me. That'd be Edward. And my face would be a beetroot.
"Uh, well, um, not, uh, weeks, per se…" I mumble, glaring at Alice who is currently using Cowboy for protection.
"How long?" Edward insists, sitting down next to me and placing his tray of lunch on the table.
"Not so long…" I'm trying to find a way out of this. Right now I'm considering kissing him to distract him or feigning an illness.
"A week? Two weeks? A month?" Edward asks, still determined to find out.
"Maybe…since…since our first kiss?" I offer, ducking my head.
I feel a soft, gentle hand on my chin, lifting my face to look at his. "Our very first kiss?" Edward confirms.
"Yeah," I nod slowly. "It wasn't love straight away. I think…I think I realised I loved you the day after I called things off with you."
"Then why didn't you say anything?" Edward cups my cheeks, looking imploringly into my eyes.
"I left things with you. I thought you hated me." I lean into his hand, returning his gaze.
"I did. Well, not hate. Just a-annoyed. And then I realised why I felt so strongly, so I…" Edward trails off, not finishing his sentence.
"You what?" I ask firmly, a stark contrast to our previous gentle touches and loving words.
"I…I was only with Jessica, um, to try and m-make you je-jealous…" Edward looks down, looking ashamed of himself.
"Hey, look at me," I request, his eyes going back to mine. "We were both idiots, correct?" I pause as Edward nods. "Neither one of us seemed capable of admitting our feelings, did we? At least now we know," I chuckle softly, giving him a chaste kiss.
"Bella, guess what!" Alice suddenly squeals, breaking mine and Edward's love filled trance. Now I understand her and Jasper more.
"What?" I ask back, smiling. Edward places his arm on the back of my chair, softly tracing circles on my arm.
"Do you have to?" Edward whines. I look between him and Alice, trying to figure out what's going on. Cowboy looks just as confused as I feel.
"It's Edward's birthday on the 21st of December!" Alice bursts happily.
"How come you never told me? That's only two weeks away!" I turn to face him.
"It's no big deal…" Edward comments, running a hand through his hair.
"Of course it is! I need to get you two presents now. Or how do you feel about joint presents?" I ask him, but he just looks confused.
"Wait, why two presents?" he asks, looking at all of us for answers.
"Well, a birthday and a Christmas present," I explain to him.
"Really?" Edward asks, still looking in shock.
"Yeah, why are you so shocked?" I ask, kissing his cheek.
"Um, my…my birth m-mother never had money for Christmas. Or my birthday. Though, she did one year offer me some vodka. But that was on my 13th birthday, so I told her I was a bit too young," Edward explains to us.
"Seriously?" Alice looks close to tears. Edward just nods in response.
"I never even thought…I'm going to get you the biggest present ever!" I promise him.
"You don't have to," Edward tells me.
"I'm not doing this because I have to, I'm doing this because I want to," I tell him.
Just before the end of lunch, Alice and I make plans to go shopping for Edward, and to arrange a family dinner on his birthday. We thought he'd be more comfortable with just family, rather than lots of people he doesn't really know from school.
I can't wait to get his present.
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