Here is the next chapter, I missed some of you on my last update...Hope that Nightline and XXXXbulletXXXX are alright?
I want to thank JedLander2001 (aka: Ildira Peterson) for her help on this chapter, Hope you feel better...
Songs for the chapter:
(videos are posted on the blog, link on my profile now)
The start of something new (Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens High School Musical)
Besame "kiss me" By Camila
Chapter 11
First date revelations:
EPOV
It's been a week since what happened to Bella, she had gone to the police and gave her statement, peter was going to wear an electronic shackle on his ankle, and Bella's mom had issued a restraining order and had informed the board of the university and they had a copy of the order.
Bella and I became closer after she spent the night at my house, she often grabbed my hand while we walked, and kissed me in the cheek every time she had to leave, she opened up to me and told me more and more about herself.
I felt like a liar because I couldn't tell her my greatest secret, but now that I knew that she at least felt something similar to what I feel for her, I made my resolve and made the plan to tell her. I was going to take her out on a date and at the end of the night, if everything went well…I was going to tell her.
I couldn't go to the movies so Alice helped me get tickets for a symphony concert, I was going to take Bella to dinner to a fine restaurant and then we'll enjoy the concert, then maybe we'll have a walk on the beach, and there's where I'll tell her.
I was going to be devastated if she rejected me, until now she had treated me normal, I didn't want that to change because I liked her…a lot.
I couldn't stop thinking about her even though I've never seen her face; I had my own mental picture of her.
Alice and I had everything planned for next Friday, Alice told me that Bella was still a bit shaken and needed a little more time, it was fine with me. Alice also helped me get a new outfit, and told me that she was going to make sure that Bella had a pretty outfit too.
I couldn't wait for next Friday to be here, I was going to call Bella tonight and ask her out, I prayed that she said yes…
BPOV
I was on the kitchen preparing some cookies when my phone rang; I pressed my Bluetooth "hello"
"Hi Bella, how are you?" Edward asked, "I'm okay, baking cookies actually" I told him.
"Mmm cookies" he said, I giggled "macadamia cookies actually, I can bring you some to school if you want" I told him.
"Sure Bella" he replied, there was a little bit of silence on the line.
"Um Bella, I wanted to ask you something…" Edward started, "yes what is it Edward, you can ask me anything" I told him.
Edward and I got a little closer after what happened to me, the connection I felt was stronger after that night. Every time we touched my insides tingled and a sense of peace and serenity filled me.
"Would you go out with me next Friday?" he said with hesitation. I froze and bit my lip, was Edward actually asking me out…?
"Out, as on a date?" I dumbly asked, "Yes Bella, on a date. So what's your answer" he said his voice shaky.
Over the last few days the feelings I had for Edward progressed and I felt as if he felt the same way about me…was this date his way of telling me that his feelings were mutual? I didn't want to be disappointed if he only wanted me as a friend, I liked him so much, and I would be devastated if he rejected me.
"Yes Edward, I'll go out with you" I said, he exhaled in relief, did he thought I was going to reject him? Okay maybe he did like me too…
"Okay, I'll tell you next week the final details, you don't need to take your car because I'll pick you up" he said "okay" I agreed.
"Well Bella, see you tomorrow, and don't forget those cookies" Edward said with a chuckle, I giggled. "Goodbye" I said hanging up.
I was going out with him, who knew maybe this date could be the start of something new…
APOV
As an assignment for class I had to create a one shoulder dress, so since Edward was going to take Bella out on Friday I decided to give Bella the dress, we had to show them with a model so yesterday I called Bella and asked her to model for me, she agreed. On Friday I was going to help her get ready for her date with Edward and then jasper was going to take me home.
What Edward and I had planed was so romantic, and cute the best of all was that Edward was going to finally tell Bella that he was blind; we both hope that she didn't reject him, I would be devastated and Edward was going to be heartbroken.
That was my fear, but knowing Bella, I knew that she wasn't going to reject my brother at all, Bella had a kind heart. Deep down I knew that she was going to accept him and something good was going to bloom from that date.
Friday: the day of the date
I was very nervous as I got ready for my date with Bella, I count believe that she actually agreed to go out with me; Alice had gone to Bella's house to help her get ready. Twenty minutes later I was done and headed downstairs where James was waiting for me.
Mom flipped when I told her that I was going out with Bella. She tried to stop me, but I told her to leave me alone. She just came in to tie the knot of my tie; I had always needed help with that even when I had my eyes. Dad always used to help me do it, I missed him so much, he was my best friend, and I know he's proud of me for getting into his alma mater, that's why I did it in his honor.
James drove to Bella's house, Alice texted I that Bella was ready, and that she had already left with jasper. Too soon James parked on Bella's house and opening the door for me, when I got out he handed me the flowers I had bought and rang the bell. A couple of seconds later Renée opened the door, "hello Edward" she said, "hello Renée, here" I said and gave her a smaller bouquet of fine wild flowers, for Bella I had a lilacs, and rosebuds bouquet.
"Oh, thank you Edward, you didn't have to do that!" Renée said I just smiled, "come on in, I'll go get Bella" she told me and then left the way she had come.
Two or three minutes later, Bella and Renée came down the stairs. "Hi" Bella said shy, "hello Bella, you look very lovely this evening. Here" I said handing her the bouquet, or hands touched slightly I felt sparks, "oh Edward they're beautiful. Thank you" Bella said exited. "Guys you better go, it's getting late, give me the flowers I'll get them some water and a vase. I'll put them on your bedroom" Renée told Bella.
"Bye mom" Bella said. "Have a goodnight Renée" I told her.
"Be safe" she said before closing the door. Bella linked her arm in mine, we walked to the car and got in. James had soft music playing it was one of my many recordings; Bella was humming some of the songs.
"So Edward, where are you taking me? You never told me" Bella said after a while, I smiled "well right now we're going to dinner, the rest it's a surprise" I said.
"Okay" Bella replied, "I promise you'll love it Bella. Don't worry"
We finally arrived to the restaurant, I took Bella's hand and we walked to the entrance, the hostess led us to the table I had reserved and then a waitress came and handled us our menus. She asked for our drink orders and appetizers, I ordered some lobster cakes and king crab salad. Then our drinks, Bella ordered a virgin pina colada, I chose a decaf iced tea with extra lemon.
"So, how are you feeling Bella, have you ever been to this restaurant before?" I asked as an ice breaker.
"I'm okay, and the restaurant is nice, a little cozy" she replied.
"Glad you liked it, it was my dad's favorite place" I said.
Bella was going to ask me something, when the waitress came back with the drinks and appetizers.
"Are you ready to order?" the waitress whose name was Tanya I noticed that when she spoke she was turned in my direction, "what are the house's special?" I asked.
"Well we have the sea food paella, the meat paella, and the shrimp and scallops fettuccine Alfredo." Tanya said, "what do you want Bella, one of the house specials or something else from the menu?" I asked her.
I think Tanya was trying to flirt with me…? Poor girl I only had 'eyes' for the girl sitting beside me.
I had chosen a small table because I wanted Bella and me to be close to each other.
"I'll have the shrimp and scallops Alfredo" Bella answered. "And you sir?" Tanya asked me "the seafood paella please with extra seafood, please" I said.
"Right away" Tanya said and left. "So Bella, you were going to say something, right?" I said she was chewing so I waited until she was done.
"yeah, I was going to ask you, when you made the comment about your father, you said that this was his favorite place, what happened to him or is just that he doesn't like it anymore?" she asked while she took a sip from her drink.
Was I ready to tell her this? Yes Edward! You have to tell her everything, honesty is the base of any relationship…
"I said that because, he um…he passed away" I stated, Bella took my hand, "I'm sorry Edward, I didn't mean to upset you" she said her tone apologetic.
"Is okay Bella" I reassured her, we talked comfortably through the first course, Bella even cracked some jokes, her laugh was so full of life, it was sweet music to my ears.
We ordered some dessert, Bella asked for a lemon crème pie and I ordered a crème Brule. "Mmm, this is so good" Bella said with satisfaction I smiled at her.
A few minutes later I paid the check and got in the car, we were going to the symphony concert now.
Bella was humming to one of my compositions again, this time she held my hand the entire ride, it was nice. At some point I took her hand and kissed her knuckles, Bella got hotter I guess she blushed, "so beautiful" I said caressing her cheek with my free hand, her face heated again.
I smiled, Bella then reached and closed the space between us and hugged me.
"You're so sweet Edward" she said kissing my cheek.
Too soon again James stopped and opened the door, this time he helped Bella out.
"Take a nap while the concert is over. I have my phone I'll call you in case that I something happens" I told James, he agreed.
Once we were inside the building I started struggling, how am I supposed to look for the right entrance to out balcony seats. I remembered that Alice had printed out the directions for me, luckily I didn't had to use them because Bella had been here before. "This is so cool, I haven't been here since my eight grade recital, and also the graduation was here too." She said
"Well, were going to be seated in one of the balcony's, so I guess we have to go to the second floor" I said. "Okay, this way then, I don't want to go through the stairs" she said, we rode on the elevator and Bella found our seats.
We chatted about classical music while the concert started, "so which one's your favorite?" Bella asked, "Debussy" I said unsure "yeah, Clair de Lune is great" she replied… a few minutes after the concert started, Bella scooted closer to me and took my hand, rubbed circles on her palm, she sighed relaxed.
BPOV
The night has been great, I have to admit that Edward is different, no other guy has done what Edward did tonight , I mean dinner was great and comfortable, an did enjoyed the concert very much. Every time Edward and I touched sparks flied inside of me, I couldn't get away from the peaceful sensation I felt when I was with him. I even enjoyed the silences, they weren't awkward.
After the concert James, Edwards driver took us to the beach, when we got out of the car, James gave Edward a blanket and a lantern. We linked hands again and walked on the sand, we had taken our shoes off and Edward had discarded the suit jacket and rolled the sleeves of his shirt up, the hem of his pants too.
The wind gave a cool breeze since it was the beginning of November, we reached a good spot and I laid down the blanket, Edward sat beside me, we were in silence for a few minutes, I noticed that Edward was a bit tense.
"What's wrong?" I asked concerned, he turned his head and took my hands he took a deep breath and then answered. "Bella, remember I said at the party that I was going to tell you why I used my sunglasses even at night…" he said, "yes Edward" I replied.
"Well, I want to tell you Bella, but I'm scared" he stated, "scared of what Edward?" I asked "I fear that you would reject me once I tell you" he said his face down.
What could be that bad that he feel I'll reject him? I guess is not a matter of trust, maybe he had been rejected before and he fears I'll do the same…? Well I can understand that, I need to make him see I'm not going anywhere, he's too important to me, I want him, no I need him my life hasn't been the same since I met him.
"Edward, I'm here, you can tell me anything. I'm not going to run away, it can't be that bad." I said
"Okay Bella, eight years ago my dad and I were driving home from a baseball game, we were on the high way we were discussing the game dad talked to me but he never took his eyes from the road. When all the sudden a car was speeding our way, dad tried to get out of the way but the car hit, the windshield broke from the impact and everything turned black for me. We spun a few times, and I think we fell off to the side of the road. I was cared, my body hurt and I couldn't see anything, my eyes hurt a lot. I called and yelled for dad but he never answered me. He had died on the impact." Edward said, he took a breath, tears were spilling out of my eyes it was so sad, from what he told me I guessed that somehow his eyes were mutilated or something.
"I'm so sorry Edward" I said squeezing his hands, he reached for my face and dried my tears. "Don't cry Bella, I didn't tell you this to make you sad" he said softly.
"I have something bigger to tell you Bella, something that might change the way you see me" he said. I was silent; I just pressed his hand and told him to continue.
"I don't take off my sunglasses because, I'm blind" Edward said, the last part a whisper. Did he just say that he was blind? And then I remembered, Mike his guide dog, the walking cane he used every day and he was also using tonight, the odd way he walked, and how he searched for glasses and eating utensils. It was very subtle but I sometimes saw him struggling to get them…why didn't I say anything to him before, I don't know.
"You're blind? Blind as in you can't see a thing?" I asked he nodded. "I know where you are because I follow your voice; I know when you're near because of your scent." He explained to me.
Now I understood, he thought I was going to reject me because he was blind. I smiled he can't see me so that means he likes me because of my insides, for what I really am, only if he knew that I felt the same way…well he hasn't said anything about liking me but I knew he did.
He had let go of my hand and he turned away from me, "Edward" I said placing my hand on his shoulder, he didn't turned but didn't shrugged my hand away either.
I told him how I felt, I couldn't lose him.
"I'm not going anywhere Edward, I don't care that you're blind! It's what's on the inside what matters, you're too important for me Edward, I like you…I like you too much" I said. He finally turned; I pulled him closer to me. "Really?" he said "I'm telling you the truth Edward. I don't care that you can't see. I like you anyway"
"Bella, this is serious, when I say I'm blind it means that I might never see again, I don't know if surgery is possible. My doctors haven't considered it yet, it is a possibility but they don't know. You need to have this in mind if you're really going to accept me" Edward said his tone serious.
"I understand Edward." I told him solemnly, I wanted to see his eyes. I wasn't sure if he would let me or not but I asked him anyway.
Before I could say anything, Edward touched my face, he explored it with his fingers, and I closed my eyes and stayed still. "Your skin is so soft Bella, like silky rose petals" Edward praised, right on cue I blushed. He caressed my lips for a second and then dropped his hands.
"Edward, can I take your sunglasses off?" I asked Edward was shocked. "Are you sure Bella, I don't want to scare you" he said. "Is okay Edward, believe me, I can't be that bad. Trust me please" I said he sighed and nodded, he stayed still, as I reached his face and ever so slowly, I eased the glasses off him.
I was surprised on what I saw once the dark shades didn't cover his eyes, Edward had scars on the sides, underneath and on the lids of his eyes, and they were a faint red color.
His eyes on the other hand were barely there, what I mean is that they were a milky color, like a milky green. Some people might think that it was bizarre and even scary but I wasn't scared, for me those eyes were beautiful. I was going to convince him to not use the sunglasses while he was with me, maybe when it was just the two of us, I didn't want him to be uncomfortable.
I did the same thing he did to me, I touched his scars with my fingertips, "you don't have to be ashamed Edward, your eyes are beautiful" I told him.
My face was so close to his, I traced his lips, I heard Edward intake a breath, I wanted to kiss him, I wanted him to kiss me, Edward mimicked me his fingertips again on my lips. "Bella" he whispered, "yes?" I replied the same way.
I didn't dare to raise my voice, I didn't want to ruin the moment, "stay very still, I want to try something" Edward said.
I didn't move, I didn't say anything; ever so slowly Edward moved forward, bent his head and pressed his lips to mine.
He kissed me, my lips moved against his and we were kissing, I wrapped my arms around his neck and brought him closer to me, Edwards hands wandered to my back, they settled on my waist, neither of us wanted to let go, we broke apart breathless. Our foreheads where joined, we were breathing the same air.
"That was amazing" Edward said.
"Yeah" I agreed, we stood up, picked up what we had brought and walked back to the car, there James gave us some water and towels to clean our feet.
Once in the car James drove to my house, my head rested on Edward's shoulder, I hummed to what was playing from the speakers wondering who the author of the beautiful pieces was. Too soon James was parking at my dive way, Edward got out and helped me out; he walked me to the door.
"Thank you Bella, I had a wonderful time" Edward told me. "No, thank you Edward" I said.
"There's one more thing I want to ask you Bella" Edward said
"Anything Edward" I replied, "Okay, um well…would you be my girlfriend?" he asked me with a blush.
I giggled, "Of course Edward, of course I'll be your girlfriend" I said as I leaned in and kissed him.
EPOV
This had been the 2nd best night of my life, the date had gone great!
Bella didn't reject me, we kissed, and now she was mine, my girlfriend…
Let me know what you think! Their outfits for the date are on the blog and the videos for the songs too! Go check it out. See ya in a couple of days... ;-)