IITS ch28

A/n: Ready for a time jump? At this point Edward and Bella have been friends for 2 months, their date was at about the one month mark.

A month later

BPOV

It had become a Friday night ritual for Edward, Kendall and I to go out together. My mother had finally backed off once I had introduced her to him and she saw how smitten that my daughter was with him.

Edward and I walked in silence on a Thursday afternoon towards our bench in the park. I could tell that something heavy was weighed on his mind but I gave him the space he needed to sort it out.

Once we sat down and started to eat I heard him sigh and I couldn't help but reach out to touch him. "Are you okay, Edward?" I asked quietly.

He shook his head before raising his eyes to meet mine. He let out a long breath before he spoke, "My sister in law demanded that I invite you to dinner on Saturday night."

What? He has family? I just assumed he didn't as he had never spoke of them but then again, I hadn't either.

"Oh, do you not want me to go?" I asked a little confused and a little afraid that he might not want anyone to know about us.

He sighed then turned towards me, "It's not that at all. It's just...I know how you don't like to be away from Kendall on the weekends and ….well...we've never really done anything on a Saturday night." His shoulders sagged as if he was defeated by that statement.

"I'd like to go, if that's alright with you." If it meant something to him for me to be there, then I would do it for him. It scared me...a lot but he always went out of his way to make me feel comforted and relaxed. I would always try and show him the same.

"You...you would?" He asked with a look of perplex on his face.

I nodded and smiled, "Sure, I mean, Kendall goes to bed early every night but Friday so I wouldn't be missing on that much time with her."

His face broke out into a smile, "Thank you, Bella."

I felt a blush move up my cheeks so I ducked my head to let my hair fall around my face.

"Although, I should warn you, Alice is a bit over eager at the prospect of my having a new girlfriend." He said with a laugh.

I gasped at his words...a girlfriend? Is that what I was.

"Oh...geez, um a friend that's a girl...that's what I meant." He stammered and stumbled over his words, clearly embarrassed.

"It's okay. I understand." I tried to hold the rejection that I felt out of my voice.

Of course he wouldn't want a girlfriend like me.

A/n: One step forward, 50 steps back...smh, these two have a LOOONNNNNGGG way to go...

One more then I'm off for a bit of RL and Responsibilites;(

Kyla