IITS ch21

A/n: Good Morning My Lovely Drabble Warriors;) You all gave me the biggest, goofiest grin this morning when I woke up to a flooded inbox! WOW! Just WOW! I read every single review and I'm so sorry that I don't have time to reply to them all! I'm still editting as I'm going AND I still have to write the last 10 chapters of this monster:)

I'm so very thrilled with the updates for today...they are some of my most favorite chapters...and I think you all will agree as we progress through them today, I hope. Thank you all for sticking with me and keeping the faith...these two little lovebirds have a long way to go yet...but they'll get there, together;)

ENJOY! First of 20 today!

BPOV

It was finally time to hed home and I was a little nervous about seeing Edward. He had made it a habit to wait at the elevators for me every evening.

He would walk me to my car and wait for me to leave. It was very sweet and made me adore him all the more.

But, now as I gathered my things to leave for the day, I felt a little anxious about how we left things at lunch.

Sure enough, as soon as I walked around the corner there he was. Hair a mess, tie crooked and loose but his glasses were missing.

"Missing something?" I asked with a small smile.

"Huh?" He asked as I pointed to his eyes.

"Oh...my eyes started to hurt so I took them off for a bit. I really only have to wear them for the computer but it's just become a habit for me to wear them all the time." He said in a flurry of words.

I giggled and instantly felt at ease as the simple, tongue-tied man I had grown to know, reappeared.

We walked onto the elevator in silence but I could feel him steal glances at me like he wanted to say something. I decided to give him the time he needed to say whatever it was that bothered him.

We walked off the elevator and towards the garage. He rushed ahead when we approached the doors, he always he made sure to open and hold the door for me.

"Thank you." I said quietly as we walked to the parking lot.

"Bella...um..." he fidgeted with his tie, then ran a hand through his mess of hair before he finally made eye contact.

"I wondered if you and Kendall would please accompany me to dinner this evening. We can go somewhere kid friendly or whatever she'd like." He stumbled through his words and I felt myself melt at the way he seemed so unsure of himself.

"We'd love to. We can be ready around six-thirty if that works for you." I spoke soft and made sure that he made eye contact with me.

I liked Edward and while I didn't relish the thought of losing his friendship, I needed him for some reason.

I would enjoy what time we had together.

A/n: YAY! Date time;)

See ya soon,

Kyla