Twilight isn't mine, but the idea is. I was inspired to write this after a marathon of Fast and Furious. All the songs on the soundtrack helped me create this, so you should check them if you don't know them.

Many thanks to my dear friends m0t0b33 and TeamAllTwilight for the pre-reader and beta work.

And to you, my readers and followers, thank you! I wish I had the time to answer you, but we can discuss stuff in my facebook group. ;)

Even though the freshly formed couple was nervous around James, the latter didn't seem to notice. He was busy savoring the delicious food Edward had made. The boy had talent, and the macaroni and cheese was the best version of it he'd eaten since his mother's dish.

"It's delicious," he praised the young man. Having amazing cooking skills didn't absolve him of his bad deeds, but it gave him golden stars in James's book.

"Thanks," Edward mumbled, pushing down a few bites of food.

"So why the sudden change of heart of you deciding to grace us with your unknown cooking skills?"

Edward lifted one shoulder. "I couldn't let you guys know how awesome I am from the very beginning," he joked.

Bella giggled, staring at him with a drunken expression, while James rolled his eyes.

"Besides, we've never been really out of food like tonight," Edward added.

They continued eating, ignoring the pink elephant. James kept shooting the teenagers looks when they'd lock eyes and grin at each other, but of course they didn't pay him any mind. He tried to still his anger and remind himself that his sister dating the asshole was the best case scenario.

"Jimmy," Bella suddenly said in a small, almost whiney voice.

He braced himself for being let on their relationship status. He was still curious of when it happened. They hadn't been that close the day before.

"Yeah, baby sis?"

"You know it's Halloween tomorrow…" She shot him a big smile.

"I'm dreading it," he grumbled. "I'll have to patrol and keep the punks from stealing the kids' candy."

"Oh, that's just mean," Edward interjected.

"Yes, it is." Bella nodded quickly. "Look, I know you don't like Jake, but there's a party on the Reservation. It's not at his house or anything. Please?"

James contemplated about his answer. Maybe it was a good she was dating, after all. He knew that as stupid the boy was, he'd never let anything hurt his sister. In that aspect, he trusted Edward.

"But I don't want you to return after midnight. Twelve o'clock is your curfew." He gave them a pointed look.

"Am I allowed to go?" Bella exclaimed, bouncing in her seat.

"Only if he promises to keep an eye on you the whole night. There will be no drinking, smoking…or any other stupid thing," James warned them, keeping his eyes fixated on Edward as he said the last part.

"You got it, man. I promise to take care of Bella."

"I hope so. Midnight is the curfew. I'd know if you're a minute later."

Bella shot from her chair and launched herself at her big brother, hugging him tightly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She washed his face with kisses, squeezing the air out of him with her arms around his neck.

"That's enough, B." He pushed her away gently.

"Can't I hug you? It's not every day when you're extra nice with me," she challenged him.

"Of course you can hug me, baby sis." He held her hand, rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. "You better take care of her or it's your ass on the line," he added toward Edward.

"Don't worry. We'll be back before midnight, and she'll be unscathed." Edward nodded, staring James in the eye as he talked.

"Good." James smiled big, glad someone was going to listen to him for once. "Now, about that rice pudding…"

Bella rushed to the stove and put pudding in three cups, bringing them to the table along with sour cherries jam. It had been Edward's suggestion. The combination turned out to be delicious and everyone had a second helping.

James sent the teenagers to their rooms, emphasizing on the plural of the word, telling them he'd wash the dishes before turning in himself.

By the time Bella was done in the shower, she knew her brother was already in his room, probably asleep. Changing in her pajamas and with her hair wrapped in a towel, she slipped in Edward's room. To her surprise, he was fast asleep.

The laptop was set on the chair next to the bed, ready for their movie, but it looked like he was too tired and sleep had won. They had woken up early for their trip to St. George, which explained why he was so tired.

Bella rolled the blanket over his lean body, pushing his crazy hair off his forehead before dropping a kiss there. She still couldn't believe the turn their relationship had taken. Even though she'd hoped one day he'd see her for more than his friend and housemate, she never actually expected Edward to like her back, like her enough to kiss her the way he had done. Heat flooded her veins as she remembered the toe-curling kisses they had shared mere hours before.

Letting out a happy sigh, she went to her room. It was the first night since Edward had come to live with them, they weren't watching a movie before bedtime. The routine was hard to break, but since she was still wide-awake, she curled on her bed with her English homework and started working on it. If they went to the party, there would be close to no time to finish the long-ass essay their teacher had told them to write.

In the morning, she woke up surrounded by textbooks, notebooks and her uncapped pen which had left lines on the white bed sheet. Looking out the window, she realized it was pretty late considering the sun was up in the sky.

Yawning and stretching, she went in search of the other inhabitants of the house. There was noise coming from the living room, and when Bella poked her head in, she found Edward sprawled on the couch. His head was resting on his shoulder, the remote control slipping from his hand as he was snoring loudly. She giggled, covering her mouth with her hand.

The sound got Edward's attention, making him jerk. He turned his head to the door and blinked.

"You're awake!" he exclaimed.

"Same goes with you," she said laughing. She walked closer, sitting on his lap and wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Morning." He nuzzled her neck. "In my defense, I've been brutally woken up by my dad at seven. When he heard my voice, he burst out laughing saying he got the wrong number. I think it was on purpose—a Halloween prank."

"Aw, poor baby." Bella pinched his cheek.

"And I couldn't go back to sleep after that. I went to make coffee and when your brother stumbled in the kitchen half an hour later, in just boxers mind you—scaring me for life—he started laughing at my bed hair, wondering why I was awake so early."

"Your bed hair is sexy," she told him with a wink.

"He didn't think the same."

"Thank God for that."

They shared a laugh over that before Bella settled against his chest, looking at the TV, and a fresh round of laughter bubbled in her chest.

"You're watching cartoons?"

"It's the only decent thing so early in the morning."

"It's ten, Edward." Bella pointed to the clock on the wall. "Anyway, we need to finish our homework. I tried writing that English essay last night because when I was out of the shower you were out cold."

"Yeah, sorry 'bout that."

She waved her hand around. "Come on. I want the school work out of the way."

They ate leftovers from the previous evening's macaroni and cheese while doing their homework. It went by faster when they teamed up and challenged each other who finished first. Bella won for English and Spanish, but she lost horribly when it came to Math. Edward was done by the time she got to the third exercise out of the ten they had. He offered to help, and the way he explained made more sense than what their teacher had told them.

When time to go approached, Edward wondered if a costume was mandatory because he didn't have anything. Bella shrugged, telling him to just put a jersey on him and he'd be okay. Edward chose to wear a simple white tee and his leather jacket along with jeans and his Chucks. If he got questioned, he'd say he was a rock star from the eighties. Bella was tuned to him, because when she met him in the hallway, she was wearing a short black dress paired with tennis shoes and a leather jacket.

"You better stay by my side the whole night," Edward growled, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"What, scared someone is going to steal me?"

"Yes," he said seriously, leaning down to kiss her. "I had no idea you possessed skirts."

"It's a dress."

"It's short."

"Your point?"

"It looks like a shirt."

"Edward. Are you my brother or boyfriend?"

Her eyes widened at her question and she flushed, but didn't try to correct her words.

"I'd like that. Only if you'd be my girlfriend?" he teased, trailing a finger over her collarbone.

She shivered, nodding. "Yes."

Grinning stupidly, Edward kissed her again, pressing her back against the wall. She wrapped her legs around his waist, her hands taking fists of his hair.

"We should go," he mumbled against her skin, but didn't move away.

"Fashionably late has never harmed anyone."

Hearing that, Edward kept his attack on his girlfriend, his mouth creating hickeys and his hands palming her ass. She didn't seem to mind either, but that was only because she was unaware of the hickeys.

Some time later, they managed to pull away long enough to go to the car where the second round of making-out took place. It was a little after six when they started driving to the Reservation.

Once they arrived, they had to hike for a short while to get to where the party was. There were blankets spread on the ground filled with snacks and drinks.

Seth was the first to notice their friends had arrived. "Look who's arrived!" he shouted, pointing to where Edward was helping Bella over a fallen tree trunk.

"Sorry for being late," Bella said, not sounding that sorry. "We got…held up."

Leah gave her a scrutinizing look. "What happened to your hair?"

Bella tried to flatten the mess Edward had created in her once combed hair. "I'm trying a new style." She had never liked Leah, but tolerated her because she was Sam's girl, and Sam was Jake's buddy since they were in nappies.

"How's it going?" Edward asked nonchalantly, snatching a beer from the blanket.

"What happened here? Did you get in trouble yesterday?" Jake asked, staring at the two of them.

"Nah." Edward clinked his bottle to Jake's, who was still not moving. "I think I won James over." He turned to wink at Bella, who dissolved in a fit of giggles.

"That explains why Bella's here," Paul commented from the spot he was leaning against his bike, arms crossed over his chest. "James never allows her around us."

"Because you're trouble," she retorted, rolling her eyes.

"Like you care." Paul pushed off his bike and went to clink his beer to Edward's. "Whatever you've done, kudos!"

Edward had made Bella swear not to tell their friends about him knowing how to cook. It was embarrassing.

"I'll keep doing it if it keeps him off my back," he said cheerfully. "I see it's not a costume kinda party. Good thing because I didn't have time to shop." He tried to lighten the mood and make Jake stop giving him and Bella odd looks.

"You two match. How sweet!" Leah fake-gushed.

It wasn't exactly a secret they started dating, but Bella had hoped they wouldn't have to tell the others just yet. Apparently they were acting off and drawing attention. She strode to Edward's side, slipping her hand in his.

"We can't have secrets with you," Bella grumbled, looking up at Edward.

He swallowed hard, glancing at their friends, setting his eyes on Jake. He was most afraid of his reaction, knowing he'd tried dating Bella and it didn't work. Hopefully, he wouldn't get jealous.

"It's really new, but we're together," he explained.

Seth fist pumped the air, making everyone look at him weird. He turned with a smug look to Paul, extending his hand. "We had bets. I won," he explained, without taking his eyes off Paul.

"Awww!" Bella moaned in mock protest. "You shouldn't be such nice friends, really."

Paul slapped a handful of crumpled bills in Seth's hand, who immediately started counting.

"That's sick," Edward groaned. "Who does this shit?"

"Apparently our so-called friends," Bella observed. "Anyone else has to say something about this?"

"About time," Sam said on a low voice, showing them a thumb up.

Jake gave Edward a half-armed hug, patting him on the back. "Don't hurt her, because I know where you live."

Edward choked up, but then realized it wasn't exactly a threat. "Don't worry." He hugged Bella to his side. "Hey, Seth!" he called to their friend who was still busy counting. "Can I ask something? Just curious."

Paul shook his head wildly, anticipating the question.

Seth, distracted, told him to go ahead. When Edward asked of the amount he won on their backs, his head shot up and he looked panicked. At everyone's prompting—besides Paul's—he admitted winning two hundred bucks.

"That's cool! You'll put them in Mach's box. This way I can buy the NOS Bottle Kit."

Edward's face drained of color. Jake was actually thinking of racing the car if he wanted to buy a tank of nitrous oxide. He felt Bella tensing next to him, and squeezed her closer.

"How cheap did you find it?" he asked casually. He'd spent over five hundred on his old one.

"Three hundred fifty. Awesome, huh?"

"It must work for the car, Jake."

"It said universal on the website."

Edward sighed in defeat. He wasn't going to win that argument. "Show it to me next time I come over?"

"Sure. It's almost ready to race!" Jake bragged.

"Dude if you want the nitro, you don't only need the bottle, you also need plates, nozzles, filters, heaters, brackets, plumbing, switches, purge valves… Fuck, it's expensive."

"How do you know all that?" Jake frowned, as everyone was gaping at him.

Edward looked panicked. He's talked without thinking again. "I…I've done some research on the Internet," he blurted out.

His friend seemed to buy his answer, and he breathed in relief. He wasn't ready to lose Bella, not when he finally got her. Edward was aware she'd break up with him and probably kick him in the nuts when she found out about his past, but he relied on making her see he'd changed.

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