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Every nerve ending in my body is alive and buzzing as Edward gently kisses me. His arms wrap around my waist as mine creep up around his neck. I allow my fingers to gently tail through the hair on the back of his head and, in response, he kisses me a bit harder and all of my thoughts fly out the window.

I know this can't last forever, even though I want it to. Either way, I'm disappointed when he pulls back with a smile on his face. He reaches out and strokes my cheek gently with the back of his hand.

"I've wanted to do that since I got here," he admits with a sheepish smile.

I don't know what to say back because he knows how I felt about him when he first got here. It's like he realizes that because he smirks slightly before leaning in and pressing a chaste kiss to my lips.

"Come on," he says as he grabs my hand. "Let's go inside and watch a movie."

I nod and follow behind him as he leads me into the house. Alice, who is now in a pair of yoga pants and a tank top, smiles at us when she sees our intertwined hands.

"What are you two up to?" she asks as she follows behind us.

"Watching a movie. Want to join?" Edward asks as we turn the corner into the living room.

She smiles. "Sure. What movie do you want to watch?"

After much debate, and whining on Alice's side, Edward finally agrees to watch Titanic. I even have to admit that I was on Alice's side-it's one of my favorite movies and I'm guilty of watching it every time it's on TV.

Edward and I sit on the love seat while Alice sprawls out on the couch with her head resting on a pillow. She tosses a blanket over at Edward and I and while he adjusts it over us, she winks at me with a grin.

I ignore her and focus on the TV.

Edward, however, has other plans.

His hand slips into mine under the blanket and he begins to gently run his thumb back and forth over my knuckles. I glance at him from the corner of my eye, but all of his focus seems to be on the TV in front of us.

Too bad I can't focus on anything but the feel of his hand in mine and the way they fit together perfectly.

He releases my hand moments later only to wrap his arm around my shoulder. I find myself curling into him as though it's the most natural thing in the world and, instead of watching Jack and Rose fall in love on screen, I begin to overthink everything.

What's new?

But Edward wasn't supposed to love a girl like me. He was supposed to love a girl like Tanya, someone that was famous…and someone I had just talked him out of loving.

I don't even understand myself.

And who ever said anything about love? Edward could not fall in love with someone like me? Right?

And if I use the phrase "someone like" one more time, people are going to start thinking I'm Adele.

Now I'm just annoying myself.

Edward's fingers start to gently message my shoulder and I realize he can probably feel how tense I am. I take a deep breath and tell myself to relax and focus on the movie in front of me. I look at the screen just in time to see Kate Winslet step out of her car and, as usual, I wish I was born during that time just so I could wear hats like that.

I allow myself to lean into Edward and I try to subtly breathe in his scent. He smells so good and so comforting that I can't help but to relax completely into his arms.

By the time the ship starts to actually sink, my eyelids feel extremely heavy. The last thing I remember is Rose saying "I won't let go" to frozen Jack before she does, in fact, let him go.

When I wake up the next morning, I'm still curled up on the couch next to Edward on the couch. Someone had thrown a comforter over us as we slept-Alice, I assume. The sun is lightly streaming through the window and I decide to stay where I am for just a little while longer.

I don't know how long this is going to last, so I decide to enjoy as much as I can.

Not like I'd have a choice. Edward has his arms wrapped tightly around me from the behind me, and our legs are so intertwined together that I wouldn't be able to get up, even if I wanted to.

So I pull the comforter farther up my body as I feel him tighten his grip around me and, in moments, I'm back asleep, dreaming of his vibrant green eyes and his strong arms.

~O~

The rest of the weekend goes by quickly. I only see Edward once more, when I come over with Jasper on Sunday for dinner, and he greets me with a tentative kiss on the cheek when I arrive. After that, he casually holds my hand under the table as we eat, and kisses me on the forehead before I leave.

When I walk into school Monday morning, I wonder if he'll be any different. Will he sit with me during lunch, or will he sit with Lauren and her friends like he normally does? Will he hold my hand at school as casually as he does when it's just us and his family? Am I only good enough for him when people aren't around?

This was entirely new territory for me, so I don't know how to react. Should I approach him when we get to school? Or should I wait for him to come and talk to me?

I was beginning to freak myself out.

But when I finally walk into school, I don't see Edward anywhere. As I walk to my locker, I can't help but notice the people around me staring intently at me, some of them even snickering as I pass. I try not to pay attention to them, but by the time I get to my locker, I'm so annoyed that I'm in an even worse mood than I was ten minutes ago.

When Jasper walks in, he walks straight over to me, shoving Mike out of the way-he had just been standing there laughing at me.

Jasper takes one look at me and frowns. "I'm guessing you know," he says softly as he pulls a magazine out from behind his back.

I raise an eyebrow at him. "Know what?" I demand as I slam my locker shut.

His eyes darken as he stares at me. "Bella, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this," he says softly.

"Tell me what? Holy shit, I'm getting tired of this. Everyone is treating me weirder than normal in this hell hole and I've only been here ten minutes. What is going on?" I yell as I grab the magazine out of his hand.

I freeze as soon as I see the cover.

There's a picture of Edward and Tanya taking up most of the cover. But there are two smaller boxes below Edward and Tanya. One box has a picture of the Cullen family, including Alice, who had tried so hard to remain separate from the Cullen name since she got here.

The other box was a picture of me that had been taken from a yearbook. My hair was still long, but it was clearly me.

The caption: Cullen family helping Forks one disadvantaged child at a time!

And in my head, I could practically hear Tanya's voice calling me a charity case.

Mhmm, Tanya is a bitch.

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