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Bella's POV

I woke up to soft lips kissing the side of my neck, making me shudder.

"Time to wake up, love," Edward's velvet voice called, making the butterflies flutter in my stomach. I opened my eyes and turned my head to look at Edward, my back against his chest and his arms around my waist.

"Good morning, Edward," I greeted him. He smiled down at me.

"It is a good morning, indeed," he said with much adoration in his voice. "It would be great to wake up like this all the time." I nodded, agreeing with him. He smirked and hovered on top of me.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Edward what are you—" Before I could finish questioning him, his lips came down on mine. He softly sucked on my bottom lip and then moved slowly to my neck, leaving a trail of kisses on the way. He nipped and sucked on my neck, making me moan in pleasure.

"Don't you have somewhere to be?" I asked, panting.

"Yes, but I would rather stay here with you," he pouted, making him look like a little kid who wanted some candy.

I laughed. "You're so cute," I said, pinching his cheek.

He grabbed my wrist, pinned it down above my head with one hand, and rubbed his cheeks with the other hand. "I hate it when people pinch my cheeks." He looked at me with a sad face. "It hurts."

"I can't help myself; you're too cute."

"Cute? Shouldn't you call me hot, or maybe handsome?" he wondered aloud.

I rolled my eyes. "Stop flattering yourself."

"But you know it's true." He rested his head on the crook of my neck and released my wrist. His finger played with the end of my hair, while I ran my fingers through his hair. We stayed in that position for a while, until someone came banging on Edward's door.

"Edward, Bella isn't in her room!" Alice shouted through his door.

"That's because she is in my room!" he shouted back.

"Oh, I wonder what she's in there for…" she mused aloud, doing it on purpose.

I groaned.

"What's the matter?" Edward asked, concerned.

"She's going to bug me all day about what did we did in here," I complained.

He moved and hugged me to his chest. "Don't worry, we didn't do much in here anyways." He smirked. "But if she keeps on pestering you, come to me, and I'll be your knight in shining armor."

"You can't rescue me today, though. You have to go somewhere today, remember?" I reminded him.

"Oh, yeah." He grimaced, remembering that he wouldn't be here to protect me. "But I'll ask her to not bug you today."

I scoffed, "Like that will work. She's not going to listen to you."

"I know, but at least I tried to protect you."

"Well, I'm going back to my room to change." I got up, but Edward pulled me back down, and gave me a quick peck.

"What was that for?" I asked.

"Nothing. I just felt like doing that." He shrugged and gave me his signature crooked smile, making me blush. "I love it when you blush," he said, and I dashed to the door before he could see me getting even redder than I already was.

I made it to my room safely without tripping or Alice bombarding me with any questions. I quickly change my clothes, which Alice must've laid out on my bed, and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. When I finished, I went downstairs to the kitchen to see that Edward had already changed and was cooking breakfast. I noticed that there were no drinks on the table, so I went to the refrigerator to get orange juice and the cups from the cabinet.

"It just us eating breakfast today," he told me so that I poured only two cups for us. When he finished cooking, he set our plates down on the table, and I set the two cups on the table. We sat down and started to eat.

"Where are the others?" I asked, and popped a piece of the egg in my mouth.

"The girls are out shopping, but I'm not sure where Jasper and Emmett are."

"I'm glad I'm working today so that I don't have to be dragged to go shopping again like last night."

"We need to hurry up and eat, Bella, so that you won't be late for work. You wouldn't want your co-worker hating you because you have special treatment from the boss," he warned.

I ate quickly so that I can get to work on time. I didn't want to get on the bad side of my co-worker, since I'm sure I'd be working there for a while. When we finished, he washed the plates, and I dried them. After we were done with the dishes, we headed off to the drink shop hand in hand.

"Edward, where is Jacob?" I asked suddenly remembering him.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you that he's staying with one of his friend. He called me last night to tell you so that you wouldn't worry about him. But I forgot because I was distracted last night."

I blushed and looked down, remembering what happened. I couldn't believed that I was that bold. He tugged my hand to get my attention.

"Don't be embarrassed; I didn't regret it." I stayed silent. Thinking my silence was due to regret, he quickly apologized. "I'm sorry, Bella. If you didn't like it, then it's fine, I understand. I'm sorry, I just never felt this way with someone before and—"

"Stop, Edward. Why are you apologizing? I never said that I regretted it." He turned and looked at me. "You don't have to apologize. It takes two people to kiss... and I actually enjoyed it… very much." I whispered the last part and covered my face with my hand in embarrassment.

He pried my hand off my face. "Bella, there is nothing to be embarrassed about," he said genuinely. I looked up at his handsome face and saw that he was amused. "Because it won't be the last time," he whispered, taking off running.

I huffed and ran after him, jumping on his back. He ran swiftly all the way to the drink shop with me clinging on to him tightly. When we got there, a girl stood there by the front door, smacking and popping her gum loudly. When she saw Edward, her eyes lit up, but when her eyes landed on me, they immediately turned to hate. Edward put me down, and she jogged up to us.

"Hey, Edward," she greeted pleasantly. "Who do you have here?" she asked a little too nicely.

"Good morning, Jessica. Meet Bella, my best friend." Her face lit up when Edward said best friend, and she clung onto his arm.

"So how long have you guys been friends?" Edward removed her hands off his arms and grabbed my hand.

"We've been friends for years," he said, and walked to the front door to unlock it.

"What kind of friends hold hands?" she muttered under her breath. He squeezed my hand gently to assure me.

Once Edward finished explaining what we had to do today to Jessica, he left. The silence between her and me was awkward. I examined the drink shop, which was like a mini convenience store, except we only sold drinks and junk food. There were swimming rings hanging from the ceiling, and there was a large window that brought the sunlight in. Jessica sat down behind the counter, filing her nails while waiting for customers to arrive. No one was even on the beach yet, since it was still early.

When the truck arrived with the drinks, the driver just stood there and smoked a cigarette.

"Jessica, the truck is here," I called, so that she will help me unload.

"Coming."

I carried the extremely heavy boxes of drinks to the storage room. After a while, Jessica complained that she was tired, so she took a break, leaving me to carry all of the boxes that were still in the truck. It took about two hours, and then another hour stocking up drinks in the refreshment refrigerator, while Jessica rung up the customers.

When I was done, I took a break behind the counter. I sat down and leaned my head against the counter, letting the cool counter cool me down. My arms and feet were sore from carrying all the heavy weight. The bell above the door rang, signaling us that someone came in. I opened my eyes and saw Alice and Rosalie.

"Hey, Bella," they said, walking up to me.

"Are you okay, Bella? You look exhausted," Alice asked, concerned.

"She's fine, Alice," Jessica answered for me. "The order for the drinks came in, and we unloaded it together."

"So you helped?" Rosalie questioned.

"Oh, of course I did, but then the customer came in, and I had to ring them up. I'm sorry, Bella, that I didn't help much," she apologized, but it didn't sound like she mean it.

"It's fine," I said, and turned my attention to my friends. "So what are you two doing here?"

"We just finished shopping for two little friends that you will meet tonight. We were thirsty so we decided to drop by and say 'hi' to you and buy a drink," Alice explained as Rosalie went to grab the drinks.

"Two little friends?"

"You'll have to wait until tonight. You will understand then."

"Are they kids or something?"

"Something like that," she said slyly. "You'll love them, and they will love you," she reassured. Rosalie came back, and Alice gave Jessica the money for the drinks.

"See you later, Bella," Alice and Rosalie said in unison.

"Yeah, see you later." Alice's answer left me perplexed. What did she mean by saying that they would love me?

Edward's POV

After I left Bella at the drink shop, I jogged back home and got in my Volvo. I drove to the pet shop, where my siblings were waiting for me. Once I got there, I greeted Emmett and Jasper, who were waiting outside for me.

"Where are the girls?"

"Inside shopping for the clothes, bed, and all the other goodies," Emmett answered.

"Come on, Edward," Jasper urged. "The longer we stay out here, the more Alice is gonna complain."

"Alright, Jasper, I'm coming."

Once we were inside, we saw the girls 'aw'-ing at the items they were looking at.

"Rose, I think we should get this," Alice said, pointing to a dog bed.

"Yeah, and we should get this, too." Alice agreed, and they continued to look around. I went up to them and greeted them.

"Hey, girls."

"Hey, Edward," Alice greeted and looked at her watch. "You were supposed to be here ten minutes ago. Why are you late?" She glared at me.

"Alice, I had to bring Bella to the shop and introduce her to Jessica. There's nothing wrong with being late because of that."

"No there is nothing wrong with that, but introducing your girlfriend to Jessica was wrong," Rosalie said.

"Bella is not my girlfriend," I corrected her.

"Yet," Alice chirped.

"Right, not yet, but soon." I rubbed the back of my neck.

"Come on, Edward, we don't want to be late for surprising Bella now would we? Oh, Rosalie, we still need to get the food bowl for the doggies, and clothing..." She continued to ramble on and on.

"Emmett, how are the dogs?"

"They're enjoying their food right now, sir." He saluted me.

"Jasper, we got all the things the dogs need, right?" I asked.

"Yes, and can you please stop waking back and forth? It's starting to get annoying." I apologized and sat down next to him on the couch.

"So when are you gonna ask her out?"

"Soon."

"How soon is soon?"

"Tonight."

"Is that why you bought the dogs?"

"No, I was going to ask her out sooner or later, but seeing how much she wanted the dog I just had an urge to get it for her."

"How did you know she wanted that dog?"

"Yesterday. When we were at the mall, we went to the pet shop."

"Oh. Good luck, though, I'm sure you don't need it. I'm sure she's gonna say, 'Oh, yes, Edward, of course I'll be your girlfriend,'" he said, saying Bella's part in a girly voice. I grabbed a pillow on the sofa and threw it at him. He caught it and tossed it back at me. He got up and went to the kitchen.

One more hour until I get to pick Bella up, I thought to myself.

Rosalie burst in the house, huffing and puffing, while Alice tried to calm her down.

"Edward!" she yelled.

I got up to see what was wrong. "What's the matter?"

"You need to fire Jessica," she demanded.

"What for?" I asked, confused.

"I hate her."

I chuckled nervously. Rosalie was not the person to mess with when she's angry. "It's not fair to Jessica that I have to fire her because you don't like her Rosalie. You will need a better explanation."

"I don't need a better explanation, she's making Bella do all the work, and then pretending to be apologize that she couldn't help. You know how Jessica is, Edward. She doesn't do anything unless you're there. Even the other employees complain about her lazy ass. How can you let Bella work with that... that skank!"

"Whoa, Rosalie calm down. Alice, is this true?" I asked her. Sometimes, Rosalie tended to exaggerate a lot.

"When Rosalie and I went to the shop to check on Bella, she looked worn out. On the other hand, Jessica looks fine. She didn't look like she did much at all."

"Maybe she's strong," Emmett said and joined us in the living room.

"Strong?" Rosalie scoffed. "Doubt it. Have you seen her arms? She got no meat."

"What's the matter?" Jasper popped out of the kitchen. Alice went up to him and started to explain.

"I'm picking up Bella now. Make sure everything is tidy for me okay?"

"Don't worry, Edward," Rosalie assured me.

I grabbed my keys and an extra key for the store and jogged all the way to the shop. When I got there, Bella and Jessica were in a heated argument. They didn't even hear me when I came in.

"Pay, Bella."

"I don't have any money on me now. I can just pay Edward back when I get home; I live with him."

"Psh, yeah right, and he's my boyfriend," she sneered.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Bella asked.

"Nothing, just pay already. You're wasting my time."

"If I did pay, how come you didn't pay when you drank those two sodas, or when you ate that big bag of potato chips?" Bella shot back.

"That's because he's my boyfriend. He doesn't mind," Jessica bragged.

Bella rolled her eyes. "You wish. He's mine, so you better back off. He doesn't want you." Hearing Bella claiming me as hers made me grin from ear to ear. I decided to make my present known, so I cleared my throat loudly. Both of them turned around and looked at me.

"Edward," Bella said, her face relieved.

"Is there anything wrong here?" I asked.

"No, nothing's wrong," she answered.

"Yes, something is wrong," Jessica said. I turned around and looked at her. "Bella, here, doesn't want to pay for that drink she have in her hand." She smirked at her.

"Jessica, I already told you I will pay Edward back when I get back home. I don't have money on me now; I didn't know I was going to use my money today. I just came here to help Edward," she said calmly.

"It's just a drink. No big deal." I handed Jessica a five. "Keep the change." She huffed and put the money in the cash register. "Close the shop for me today." I handed her the spare key to the shop.

"I'm not coming back today." I turned to Bella and took her hand in mine. "Come on, let's go home." She nodded and blushed. When we were outside, Bella finished her drink and threw it away in a nearby trashcan. She walked slowly, so I slowed down my pace to match hers.

"You tired?" I asked. She nodded. I knelt down in front of her.

"What are you doing, Edward?"

"Get on," I commanded.

"No, I'm too heavy."

I laughed. "Whatever, Bella. I carried you this morning, and you weren't heavy. I don't think you gained a hundred pound since the last time I saw you," I said sarcastically.

"Fine," she sighed, and got on my back.

"See, you're not heavy." I bounced her on my back, causing her to squeeze me tightly.

"Stop!" she cried. "You're going to make me fall."

"Don't worry, I won't let you fall," I assured her.

"So what have you been doing all day?" she asked, curious.

"I have been everywhere." Which was sorta true. "What have you been doing all day?"

"What you told me to do last night."

"Rosalie told me that you did all the work today, is it true?" I asked.

She stiffened, but then relaxed. "No, Jessica helped."

"You sure?"

"Y-yeah. Why you asked?"

"Bella, you're lying."

"N-no, I'm not. W-what are you talking about?"

"Bella, you're lying. You always stutter when you lie."

"I'm not lying. She did help, but..."

"But what?"

"But then after a while, she complained that she was tired so she took a break."

"How long was awhile, and how long did the break take?" I questioned.

"Around ten to twenty minutes, but she never did come back to help me."

I swore under my breath. "When I see her tomorrow, I'm going to fire her."

"Don't, Edward, she's not that bad."

"This isn't her first time, Bella. Other employees complained about her before. I'm just wasting money on her if she doesn't do anything."

"But what if she's in need of money? The economy isn't good right now, and it's hard to find a job. If you fire her, she might become a homeless."

"Fine, I won't fire her, but I will talk to her about her doing her job. If she's still not working, then I'll fire her. Okay?"

"Okay," she said happily. I sighed. Bella was always so selfless. Even though her dad had a lot of money, she wasn't one of those snobby girls who thought everything revolved around them. Once we were home, I let her down, and we were greeted by Alice.

"Come, Bella, let's go meet your kids."

"Kids?" she asked, confused. I shook my head. This wasn't how I was going to surprise her. Alice grabbed her hand and led her to the living room. She squealed when she saw the two Maltese dogs. She sat down on the floor, scooped one into her arms, and started to coo to it. I immediately got jealous of that dog in her arms.

"Edward, what's all this about?" she asked, her eyes shining with joy. I sat down next to her.

"It was supposed to be a surprise, but it didn't go the way I'd planned for it to." I glared at Alice, who ignored it. "That one over there—" I pointed to the one Rosalie was holding. "—is a boy, six months old. The one you're holding now is a girl, four, almost five months old."

"Who are they for?"

"You, of course. Alice did say that they were your kids."

"Thank you so much!" She leaned her head on my shoulder.

"Bella, I have a question for you." She looked at me with her big brown eyes. The dog she was holding jumped out her hand and onto Alice's arm. Good dog. I hold both her hands in mine. I inhaled and exhaled slowly. Here I go.

"Bella, will you be my girlfriend?" I held my breath, waiting for her answer.

Her mouth dropped open. I squeezed her hands. "Bella, you okay?" I asked, worried.

She nodded. "Y-yes, of course I'll be your girlfriend."

I pumped my fist in the air and yelled 'yes,' causing her to laugh at me. I hugged her to me tightly. "I love you, Bella."

"I love you, too, Edward." When we parted, she started to pinch her arm.

"What are you doing, Bella?"

"Someone, please tell me I'm not dreaming. Edward Cullen would never ask me out."

I held her head between my hands and looked at her straight in the eye. "Love, you are not dreaming. I really did ask you out." I leaned in and kissed her gently and sweetly. We parted, and she hugged me tightly. My heart burst with joy.

I officially became the happiest guy in the world.

That's it for this chapter. Pictures will be on my site. Next chapter... DRAMA!! Dun dun dun.. haha. Review! Oh yeah, this Wednesday is my Georgia High School Writing Test (GHSWT) T-T wish me good luck. I'll need it!

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