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A/N. I didn't want to start with a big Author's Note, but I have to apologize to all of you. I know it's been MONTHS since my last update, and I didn't mean to go on like that for much longer, I dearly love this fanfiction and I plan on finishing it, so don't worry. You all know how Real Life can get, I had some big exams and I GOT IN COLLEGE! And as things went by happening with me, I found myself being unable to write. Some of my friends advised me to leave you guys an Author's Note post, but I didn't want to give you the false hopes that I had uploaded a new chapter to the fanfiction when I actually didn't. I'm really sorry it took me so long, but Chapter 10 is already on the works. Anything you need to ask me, just feel completely free to PM me. I'm a real sweet, I promise. :)

Anyways, moving on. I have to thank two people who stood there for me when I was completely lacking. So, a shout out to clarinetguardgeek07 and EdwardCullen-izor, thanks a lot for helping me out in oh-so many ways. Now moving on to the fanfiction. I hope you guys enjoy and please REVIEW, reading your reviews keep me completely motivated.

Okay, maybe – just maybe – I should telepathically try to tell Edward to calm the fucking down. By the look on his eyes, he wants so bad to get up on this stage and get me out of here, but he can't, and so, he won't. Nobody knows we're dating, so people will just think that he's crazy. Emmett would laugh, and Jasper would probably do the same. The girls would try to hold him down, but since he hasn't made a move just yet, I'm going to wait up and see, I could remember his words from earlier really well. Saying that he didn't know what he'd do if Mike Newton was the highest bidder.

It's not that I disgusted Mike, it's just that he was persistent about me and him – something that would never happen -, and I don't like persistent guys, Mike had already done so much to try to captivate me that I end up liking him less each single day.

He came up on stage and looked at me, a grin on his face like he would attempt something, but instead he just slipped his arm behind my back giving my waist a little squeeze and dragged me off stage. I was still looking at him when he gave the money to the girl who was receiving the payments, and politely thanked her, before looking once more at me, with that stupid grin on his face that was starting to make me punch him. "Shall we go? I have a great night planned for both of us." I don't know what I wanted to do at that point, actually, I did know I wanted to run back to Edward's arms and stay there and go back to my dorm, and stay in the whole night with just him and no one else, especially not Mike Newton. I was still a bit startled on how he wanted me so badly that he paid that great amount of money, but hey, it's all for charity, all is worth for a good cause, even slow death.

"I, um…" I pinched the bridge of my nose, getting more bothered by Mike's arm wrapping around my back. "Lemme just grab my coat and change out of these clothes, okay?" I was really hoping Mike would be a gentleman and not make any funny comments on my clothing. "Our date would be rather fun with you in these stockings." But of course, my hope was wasted away, I didn't say anything, my fists turned into balls and I just wanted to strike one in Mike's pretty face. I don't know where all of this rage came from, but it was certainly locked away from some time now, and the idea of spending a night with Mike Newton wasn't helping anything.

I detached myself from his touch and went to the dressing room where I left my clothes in so I could change, but before I even reached my destiny, I felt a hand grab my waist and pull me into a room, the dim light of the moon peeked through the window, letting me see nothing but the outline of his features, making him even more breath taking. "I have to get my coat Edward." I didn't want to get my coat to go anywhere with Mike, but as soon as Edward's lips touched my neck, I forgot what I had to do. He made me incoherent and I forgot everything I had to do when I was with him. "You don't know how I'm holding myself, I really don't know what's keeping me from just going up there and kicking his ass and telling everybody you're mine, mine and no one else's." His voice was nothing more than a whisper, and he was looking at me now, his arms embracing my waist making my glued to him, and he was leaning on some sort of desk. I put my hands on his chest. "I don't want to go." I confessed. "Then don't. Who's saying that you have to?" I took in a deep breath. "The rules? I don't know. I have to go, though, and you have to go as well, as more as I don't like Chelsea's hands all over you." He laughed; I loved to hear his laugh. I'm sure he was grinning too, or even with that crooked smile of his, but the lack of light didn't let me see it. "And let's not forget who's on the downside here buddy, I'm the one who has to go on a date with Mike Newton, not you." He let out another laugh, for someone whose girlfriend was going to a date with some other guy he hated, he was in a particular good mood, that made a smile bright up my face, that meant he trust me. Edward leaned down and gave me a light kiss on my lips, I could barely feel. "Okay baby, I'm sorry, I just… would you just promise me one thing?" Now tell me? How could I ever refuse? "Sure Edward, what do you want?" He cupped both of my cheeks and made me make eye contact with him, not that I minded. "Don't let him touch you, or else, there will be a murder on campus." I laughed at his nonsense, why the heck would I let Mike Newton touch me? "Alright Eddie, I won't let him touch me." I joked. "Don't call me Eddie; you make me feel less masculine." I stood on my tiptoes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Alright, I'm sorry… Eddie. I just can't help myself; I'm used to calling you like this since what? Five years old? We go way back darling, way back." I grinned and he kissed me, every time he did it, butterflies would spread their wings inside my tummy and fly, swirl around like they were on some sort of frenzy.

"Now, would you just let me get out of these clothes? The stockings are bothering me." Maybe that wasn't the right thing to say at that moment; Edward brought me impossibly closer to him and attacked my lips, ravishing my mouth with his and I didn't complain. He bit my bottom lip and lowered his hand to my ass. "Down boy." I moved away from him, but he wouldn't let me. It felt like I released some sort of beast. "You can't just say that your stockings are bothering you and hope for a better reaction than this Bella, you have no idea how much you tortured me, dancing up there the way you were dancing, I just wanted to go all caveman on you and take you right there, and baby, I can take off your stockings and a whole lot of other things." He moved his lips to my neck, sucking and nibbling a little, then moving to my ear lobe, nibbling it as well, I just melt. A shiver ran though all of my body, he just had no idea of the effect he had in me, but I had to be quick and get away from there before someone showed up, or even worse Mike showed up looking for her. I pushed Edward's chest with the rest of my strength and I knew he would comply as soon as he felt my touch. "I have to take these off, without your help" I looked at him and was pretty sure he bummed a little. "Not fair." That was all he said. "Okay then, I'll just grab my coat and will go on a date with Mike like this, after all he asked me to do it." I teased him. Edward cleared his throat, straightened himself and took his hands off me. "Yeah, than, if you think better, you should go get changed." I laughed at his silliness. "You know, if I didn't know you better, I could be certain you are jealous." He laughed, but not his usual laugh, this one was as if he was trying to hide something. "Please Bella, jealous? Me? Yeah, I am, but it's your entire fault. If you hadn't put that non-bidding on cheerleaders thing for us, we could be having our first official date now." That was a low blow. "Okay, when I put that up we were not together; I not did imagine we could ever be together, so don't blame me, blame yourself." I gave him a peck on the cheek. "Now I do have to go, before my date comes looking for me. " I knew he wouldn't let me have the last word. "Don't let him touch you ok?" It was all he said before kissing me and letting me go on my way. Was I taming the beast?

After I left the room, I guess Edward stood there for a couple of minutes before having to join his date. I have to admit, I didn't like that, not a bit. Not only was I going on a date with someone I didn't want to, Edward was going on a date with someone I didn't want him to. Lemme just say one thing: Chelsea likes to grope. If the man has something she can grope, ass cheeks, or whatever, she goes ahead and does it. No matter if the guy is single or attached to someone else; she just goes ahead and does it, and what bothers me the most is that me and Edward aren't official yet, well, our friends know all about us, that's true, but not the campus and I'm not quite sure how we're gonna break the news for them, maybe we'll just show up one day hand in hand and see other people's reaction. I don't want him any more stressed than he already is. With the game being already on Sunday, thankfully tomorrow we are having a whole day with doing completely nothing, no practice for both of us; we would just chill out and hang out with the gang, or spend the day by ourselves, whichever he wants to do, I'm just guessing what he wants to do, has nothing to do with taking baby steps. I don't know how much longer I can take it.

As I entered the little room where our clothes were in, I encountered with Rosalie and Alice, and they weren't looking very happy. They already had changed into more normal clothes, but they still looked absolutely stunning.

"You owe me Bella, you owe me good." Rosalie stuffed the rest of her clothes in her bag and I was pretty sure she was mad at me. "I'm just saying that I'm definitely not coming back home today, I need to de-Eric myself after our date, I just hope he doesn't grope me." She slung her bag over her shoulder and passed by me without saying goodbye.

"Rose, wait!" I tried calling out for her.

"Don't worry Bella, she's just pissed off" Alice said with the same voice as always, the caring and the attention, until she made me turn to see her. "But you owe me captain, you owe me good." She repeated Rosalie's words and stormed out of the room, just like Rosie had done too.

"Oh, that's just fucking fantastic." I murmured, frustrated at myself. Besides having two of my best friends potentially mad at me, I still had to go on a date with Mike Newton; this day couldn't just go better, seriously. What was I even thinking when I had the brilliant idea of the cheerleaders not being able to bid on the football team? Perhaps I was just jealous, maybe afraid that both Lauren and Jessica would get to date Edward, but that was none of it, at least that's what I repeatedly told myself.

I went by the door, just to get scared when I realized that Mike was standing right there, with a stupid smirk twitching his lips, maybe he was trying to dazzle me, but that was not working. My hand flew to my neck and I stopped my tracks, holding the scream inside.

"Jesus Mike, you scared the hell outta me!" I tried to even my breath.

"Sorry baby, I just take your breath away, don't I?" His smirk grew to a crooked smile that didn't fit his face quite well.

"Mike, what are you doing here? I asked for you to wait for me until I got ready." Giving him orders like he had a mental illness wasn't fun at all. Did he even listen when I talk to him?

"You were taking too long, and I have to get you back, even though I don't want to, so I just came by to see if you needed any help." But what he really meant was: I just came by to see if you had run away.

"What possibly could you be helping me with?"

"Uh, I don't know." He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. I was really hoping that he wasn't thinking about helping me getting undressed, because that was just not going to happen.

"Okay, when you figure out the answer, then you come back. I'm gonna close the door now Mikey, so I can get out of these uncomfortable, revealing clothes." Before he could even say anything, I shut the door and locked it.

I stripped from my clothes pretty quickly, replacing them with a well worn pair of jeans and a navy blue tank top, wiped off the heavy make up from my face, applying just a little bit mascara and some blush, so I wouldn't look as pale as I really am. I just hoped that this night with Mike Newton wouldn't be a complete fiasco, and that he would prove me completely wrong of what I thought about him so far. That's all I hoped.

[EPOV]

Seeing Bella being escorted through the door by Mike Newton wasn't easy, I just really wanted to hit him by having the audacity to put his filthy hand in the small of her back, of my girl's back. Call me possessive; call me jealous, I really don't mind. No one, simply no one knows how long I've waited so I could be with her, so I could have her for my own, and now that I did, I wanted to shout from the rooftop, but that will have to wait, I have to be patient, even though that's not what I'm best in doing, but anything is worth to have Bella by my side, but now I had more things to be worried about, like Chelsea, where the heck she was taking me?

Chelsea had blindfolded me as soon as Bella and Mike left, and I was pretty sure we were in her car, going… I really don't know where, I wished she would tell me and kill this suspense, but she wasn't giving in, and that added to the problem, because Chelsea was a groper, and if I had this blindfold on, I had no idea where her hands were, I hoped they were grabbing firmly the steering wheel while some girly girl song murdered my masculinity inch by inch. I heard a sound of a gate opening, and soon enough she parked the car.

"Can I take this thing off now?"

"Now you can." She tried to sound seductive, but didn't reach my expectations. I knew I wouldn't be at all paying attention in her, I wouldn't be functioning at all, because I would be only imagining what the hell would be Mike and Bella doing. I trusted Bella, fully. I just didn't trust Mike.

I had to put on a lot of strength so I wouldn't just go up there and kill him when he was dragging her down the stage. I had to put up a lot of strength not to take Bella right then and there, in that dark room, but I had resolved myself, with Bella it wouldn't be anything like that, Bella deserved better, she wasn't like any other girl I had been with, she wasn't just another one, she would have the royal treatment, she would have me entirely if she wanted to, even if she didn't, because she had me in the palm of her little hand already. Perhaps I wasn't very open about the feelings that had been growing ever since we first kissed, maybe I hadn't told her yet that it might be love, but who am I kidding? Why would she ever love someone like me, someone who isn't fully worthy of her trust, I hoped I could be some day, and she could love me back. I shook my head shooing the silly thoughts from my head, who would ever say that Edward Cullen would ever consider being in love? The stallion, the one that every girl on campus wanted to be with was wrapped around Isabella Swan's finger. That's was unimaginable, but it was happening, and I wasn't complaining at all.

"Edward, Edward? You're still there?" Chelsea's horrible voice brought me back to earth; it took me a moment to dig in where I was.

Chelsea's house wasn't a strange place for me, I've been here countless times when her parents were out and she threw a party for the majority of the campus to attend. It wasn't a modest house, it was way less than that, more like a mansion, two floors, and it was a classic style, I've never been good at placing a house in a category, so don't wait for my descriptions. We were in the back part, where it was visible the steam from the Jacuzzi, and the pool, visible a bowl of strawberries, and a bowl full of melted chocolate, what the hell she was up to? She got out of the car, and started to walk down the small isle which leads directly to the Jacuzzi; her clothes magically fell along the way, leaving her in nothing more than pair of lacy pink panties and… yeah, that was it. Don't get me wrong, Chelsea's hot, she has a damn fine body, but she's just isn't Bella. God, I'm must be sounding like those terrible guys that chase after a woman until they love him to death, but I'm not like that, actually, I'm kinda glad no girl other than Bella gives me a hard on, because that would be a problem otherwise.

"Edward, aren't you coming?" She was already in the Jacuzzi, strawberry in her lips, and I just couldn't get make me go there. Maybe I shouldn't, it would be for the best right? I really didn't want to get her hopes up. "Edward? You have to come! I paid for you, don't you remember?" Before she could complain any longer, I stepped out of the car after I unbuckled the seat belt, tucking my hands in my pocket when I got up and walked directly to some chairs that were nearby the Jacuzzi spot.

Chelsea suggestively tapped the water making it splash a little. "C'mon, I know you want it." I shook my head no, scratching the back of my neck, this was beyond awkward, the girl standing, well, sitting in front of me, topless, was wanting a date with the old Edward, the one who would get in the water with her, and fuck her senseless, but that wasn't me, I was with a girl now, one girl only.

"I guess I better seat over here." I motioned towards the chairs, sitting in one. She frowned, apparently not liking what I was doing, but as soon as she frowned, she replaced her expression for a wide, mischievous grin on her place, and I knew she was up to something.

"Oh, so you don't want to have fun with me, but you wanna watch the fun, don't you?" I wasn't quite getting where she was getting at, until she lifted from the water, breasts in full display. Chelsea has this sort of big, breasts, that don't go with her petite frame. Wow, I am really that bad right? So I decided to just end my date right then and there, before Chelsea ended up doing something I would regret.

[BPOV]

Mike drove us down to the beach, the moon light was amazing, right for a romantic dinner, or picnic, not sure yet what was that basket in his hand, but boy, he had this date in mind for a long, long time, didn't he? I tightened the coat around my body to prevent the shivers that I was having to get any worse. The wind blew my hair back when I stepped out of his car.

"You can leave your flip flops in the car Bella, we're going down to the sand."

"Ok." I agreed, doing as he said before stepping out of the car once again.

His hands never left his sides, at least not the free one. I crossed my arms in front of me and we walked. An awkward silence between the two of us, he looked at me and smiled, I just smiled back trying to tame my hair that was flying in every direction. We walked further down the beach, until the lights were just little dots, then I spotted, in the middle of the sand, where no one had been, apparently, a little old house, it looked rather cozy from the outside, and they went right over there.

"Wait Mike, doesn't this qualify as trespassing?"

"C'mon Bella, live a little. And it's not like that; let's just say that the owner let me borrow it for the night."

I was starting to get uncomfortable, this date, was turning out to be too romantic for my liking, I wondered if Mike had any hopes in being with me yet, I don't know if he quite understands what the word 'no' means. I got in the small house anyways, which turned out to be more like the Life Guard's house than anything else. Mike opened the door for me, and while my eyes grew accustomed to the view, he opened up the windows, letting the wind blow in. It was filled with candles, the house, there wasn't a place where there wasn't a candle, not all of them were lit, but I guess it distracted from the awful smell the house held, between the candles, in the floor, there was a towel where he put the basket on and took a seat. He looked at me, and patted the space next to him; instead, I sat on the other edge of the towel. "Don't be a baby, Bella." He said moving right next to me, I rolled my eyes internally, while we spent a few minutes, or half an hour, I'm not sure, of silence.

"Now, onto the feast." Great, food. I wasn't in any mood for food, apparently not him either. Mike had taken out a red wine from the basket no while ago and poured us a few, while mine was still completely untouched, the bottle was in half already and he was pouring him his 5th or 6th glass, I'm not quite sure.

"Mike, maybe you should slow on that." I was feeling like I was his mother or something like this.

"Probably you're right." He said, taking another sip and showing me that his head was already in outer space. "So, Bella, tell me, why Law?"

I figure that I should at least talk to him, since he paid half a thousand dollars for me. "Hmm, I'm not quite sure yet, I guess I'm bossy, and I'm good with arguments? I really don't know. And you?" From there our conversation flowed as if we were the best of friends, maybe the alcohol had hit Mike's right spot, and I was glad it did, but that didn't mean he slowed down the consumption, whenever it was my turn to talk, he would engulf a whole glass and pour himself another, I'm pretty sure he was on finishing the second bottle of wine when our conversation died, an hour after.

I was drying the tears from my eyes from a joke he told me, I didn't know Mike Newton had the fun guy in him, and I guess I never gave him the chance to show it, since I am consistently running away from him on campus.

"What time is it?" I asked him, not sure if he could focus on anything yet.

He looked at me and then at his wrist. "I'm not quite sure." Yeah, he wasn't focusing. I took in a deep breath and let it all out; taking my cardigan sweater off since it was starting to be a little hot in there with all the candles and stuff. I bit my lip, candles and a drunken Mike wouldn't be the best options to put together.

"Uh, Mike?"

"Hm?"

"Wanna take a walk down the beach? It's such a beautiful night and I hate the idea that we're missing it staying inside." A smile appeared on his face and he nodded. "Good, wait for me outside, and I'll be out in a minute." I don't know why he so willingly agreed on doing so, but he was out of the cabin in no time. I put out all of the candles and folded the towel, leaving the basked right on top, dressed my cardigan again and rolled the bottom hems of my jeans until my knees, before stepping outside.

"All good?" It wasn't until now that I realized Mike had left with a third bottle of wine in hand.

"Don't you wanna leave that inside?" I said pointing to the bottle. He shrugged me off, dismissing my request in silence.

I wasn't wrong, the night was beautiful, just felt like I was enjoying it with the wrong person. The moon was bright and full, and a few stars twinkled, and some were engulfed by a large dense cloud.

"Looks like it's going to rain." Mike stated out the very obvious. "Maybe we should've stayed inside."

"Live a little." I repeated what he had said to me earlier, smiling. He smiled back.

Mike was not that bad, if he stopped being so pushy about us, we could even be friends, he was a fun person to hang out with, or at least he is a fun person to hang out with while under the influence of alcohol, not sure if that applies to when he is sober. We reached the pier in no time, silence still hovering us, I was just enjoying the feel of the wind blowing my hair back, once in a while I saw in the peripheral vision, Mike drinking the wine, or almost drowning himself in the red liquid. He wasn't walking straight anymore, and I was almost having to carry him.

"Okay big guy, maybe we should just sit here, and enjoy the view, whatcha think?" He grumbled a reply and I took it as a 'yes', sitting him and sitting down right next to him. Mike could hold his liquor quite well, and we both lay on the sand, looking up and watching the few stars that were appearing. I could feel the first drop of rain, as it fell on my forehead, I felt cozy and comforted enough to stay there, but there would be many explanations to be done, like what the hell were Mike Newton's intentions while he hovered me like that?

"Mike? What the hell are you doing?" I asked and he started planting kissed down the length of my neck, and in my face, gosh, this was awkward enough.

"C'mon Bella, I know you want to, you've been into me the whole night." He said before attacking my lips, I gathered all my strength up and pushed him away.

"What the hell Mike? Are you lunatic?" I sat down, a few raindrops were falling now, and the rain would start being forceful in just a while.

Mike crawled down back to me, his hands invading the space underneath my tank top. Cue to start feeling desperate, the way that was going, he wasn't stopping anytime soon, and I had to prevent him on doing something he would regret, I might not know Mike very well, but he's not a rapist, I don't even know if he manages to get laid once in a while. My breathing got heavier as I tried to push him away and his hands tore in two the fabric of my tank top, leaving my bra exposed. I was pretty much feeling helpless right now, I could feel the tears start building up inside, but I couldn't let that happen, I just couldn't. I tried, succeeded in push him away once more, but this time I got up.

The rain was merciless, as it started just with a few drops, now it was drenching me in mere seconds. My jaw was trembling, making my teeth clash into one another.

"Mike, you don't want to do this, you can't do this." With every step Mike gave towards me, I gave one step back.

"You don't know what I want Bella. Have you known for how long I've dreamed about you, about me inside you? Why do you think I even paid that much for you Bella? Don't be stupid darling, do you really think you're worth that much?" I knew it was the alcohol talking, and I knew that was Mike Newton talking, but I couldn't help but to feel affected by his words, making me feel useless, and worthless. He reached out to me, grabbing both of my arms, with strength.

"You're hurting me." My voice cracked, and I felt like a five year old little girl, defenseless.

He crashed his lips on mine, right then and there, I knew I just had to do something, or else, he would take this further than I would like him to. With one strike, I hit my knee into his groin, just to hear him yelp in pain, and then I swung my fist into his face, feeling pain myself as it connected into Mike's right eye. I didn't want to stick around and make some sarcastic comment, I was further more interested in getting home. I buttoned my cardigan to hide the disgrace Mike had done to my tank top and pulled my cell phone from my back pocked, pretty sure it was completely drenched, such as myself, and technology doesn't do well with water, so I would probably have to find a pay phone. My phone was dead like I imagined, so I ran up the beach, where there were a few restaurants, there always were pay phones outside the restaurants, luckily, I found one quickly. I dialed his phone and he picked it up within the second dial.

"E-Edward?" I couldn't keep my jaw from trembling; I didn't realize I was so cold until that moment. I needed a hot shower, quickly.

"Bella? Where's your phone?" He asked me, I could already tell that he was worried from the tone in his voice.

"C-could you pick me up? Bring s-some ice too." I never believed a girl could get away this hurt from a date with Mike Newton.

"Okay baby, I'll be there in two seconds, where are you?"

[EPOV]

I listened to Bella's directions attentiously, it was pouring rain outside, and Mike had took my girl to the beach, I couldn't quite understand her request for ice, but I wasn't caring about it either, I couldn't help but to feel quite jealous of the perfect date – yeah, I'm sure it was perfect – Mike had set up, he wanted do perfection, because he wanted to win Bella's heart over, and without a perfect date, he would be out of her chart forever, not that he was ever in. Okay, okay, jealous man babbling.

I had gone out of Chelsea's home without saying a word, she had been calling me ever since, and wanting an explanation, I guess I would just say I was having some problems in invoking little Edward, I'm sure all she wanted was to play with it all night. That's what I loved about Bella, beyond a whole lot of other things, our attraction to each other was natural, and yet, we didn't want to rush it, we were getting to know each other, she smelled of strawberries, not of cheap perfume like all the other girls, did, her body, God, her body was so beautiful and I'm sure her body is the happiest place on earth, and where dreams come true, not Disney.

I quickly gathered my stuff up and was sure I would be spending the night over there, but I was already with the boring grey flannel pants, all I did was put on a shirt. In no time I was already in my car and starting it. The ice was melting, wetting the towel I had put it in and wetting my car.

I have to confess that I sped up down the avenues of LA, even with the rain, I was where Bella said she would be, and I saw her, drenched, trying to hide from the rain leaning on the wall of the restaurant, but not succeeding in doing so. She looked hopeless, I parked, and honked at her twice, and she ran over to my car and opened the door, coming inside. I wasn't really caring about Bella being all wet, I needed to get her back to the dorm and she needed to take a good hot shower and then she could tell me what happened.

She closed the door, her hands trembled, her jaw did too, and the only audible sound in the car was her teeth, clashing. "I-Ice?" Her voice was nothing more than a whisper; I took the ice off the towel and handed it to her, turning up the heat in the car. She placed the ice on her hand and rested her head on the seat. I would ask about it later.

As we approached the dorms, she had stopped shaking and was partially dry. The ice had melted and she had thrown it off. I got out of the car, walking to her side so I could open the door for her. Once she was out, I shut the door, intertwining our fingers; her injured hand was being held up. We walked to her dorm room and I waited patiently until she found the key and unlocked it, I wasn't complaining about the silence, I was already grateful to have her there with me, before the dating hour could actually come to an end. I sat down in her bed and she started rummaging through her stuff, pulling out underwear and some sleeping clothes.

"Wait for me here ok? I'll be back soon." She leaned in and gave me peck on the lips before going out through the door.

I waited for her there, looking around the room, and eventually standing up and pacing from a corner to the other, going through stuff in her desk, her law books scattered all over, along with paperwork and stuff, and a picture of us, when we were little, apparently she was sleeping in my arms, I would ask her how she found that photo later.

"Messing through my stuff?" She was back; I don't know how long I spent staring at that picture.

"How did you get this?" I turned around to face her, and ended up more like checking on her. My eyes darted to the boy shorts she was wearing, along with white sweater that left one of her shoulders bare, I noticed the lack of the bra's strap, was she trying to make my imagination kill me?

"My mom had given me that a while ago, I guess, I found that again when I got the courage to go through my stuff again, but I'm not giving it to you, so you can just take it out of your pocket, Edward." She caught me; I thought she was distracted by talking to me, apparently not.

I approached her. "And why won't you give it to me?"

She stole the picture away from my hands; I embraced her from behind, resting my chin on her shoulders and locking my arms around her waist. You know, strawberries are really something if their smell is on the right person. It was like she had plunged into a pool of strawberries and I loved it.

Bella held the picture in front of us. "C'mon, is a relic. You had your spiked hair even then, and you still can't seem to tame this thing. This is cute, and it's mine, so hand's off mister!" She folded the picture and put it inside the back pocket of her shorts. I turned her, so she could face me.

"Are you gonna tell me how you ended up drenched and needing ice to put in your hand after a date with Mike Newton?" I didn't want to hurry her into telling me, I was just completely curious, after all, how much damaged can any girl be after a date with the blonde baby.

She sighed and rested her head in the crook of my neck, and I held her. She didn't seem like she was up to do some talking, or any talking at all, and I know I should've respected it, but sometimes, my jealous side talks way louder. "Bells?" I pushed.

"Okay, okay. Let's just say that Mike turned out to be a little handsy after a couple of bottles of wine, and I punched him, and kicked him in the groin." Her voice was muffled and she still wasn't looking at me, but my heart swelled with pride. She didn't give me the whole explanation, but that explanation was good enough for me. I kissed her head, and I still wanted to punch Mike Newton for whatever he did to her, but I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face. Her stomach growled, and she grew embarrassed, sinking into my embrace a little further, her hands went up, covering her face.

"Are you hungry baby?" She didn't say anything, simply nodded. "Do you wanna go out to grab a bite?" She shook her head no. "Want to order takeout?" She nodded again. "Want to let me do it?" Her body shook from her laughter.

"I don't wanna get out of here." Her voice was still muffled.

"We will starve otherwise." She looked up at me, her brows furrowed. "What? Chelsea didn't give you food?"

I laughed. "She did offer me food; I just didn't want to eat it."

She bit her lip. "Huh?"

"Let's just say that the food she was offering me was not in a plate."

"Oh." Her stomach grumbled again.

"Okay, food time. Chinese's good for you?" She went back to the nodding.

I grabbed my phone and dialed, ordering enough food for us both to eat for the night and the morning after, once I was done, I crawled in the bed where she was lying in, I hovered her, giving her a kiss on the forehead, and rolled to the side. "What's this?" I asked referring to the movie on the TV, it seemed to be old, but it wasn't in black and white.

"Gone with the wind." I rolled my eyes, what was it with Bella and her classic movies and books?

"Nothing newer?" I joked, she looked at me and rolled her eyes.

"What's your problem with classics Edward? 'Gone with the Wind' is actually a very good movie, and it doesn't exactly have a fairy tale ending. Maybe I should put the 'Wizard of Oz' on?" She joked as well.

"Nope, Gone with the Wind is good enough. You don't mind me staying over for the night, do you?"

"That was the stupidest question you've ever made me. I understand that all of the rooms are unavailable, and that you're stuck with me for the night."

"You know I don't mind. I'd be stuck with you whenever you wanted me to." She smiled and snuggled up to my side, lying on my chest.

We watched the rest of the movie, and our food came in no time. I laughed when Bella saw the amount of food, and I didn't let her pay a cent for it, even though she wanted to badly, we ate, and surprisingly there was no food left when we were done, we talked some more, I told her about my date with Chelsea, sure that she would get jealous.

"So, she was topless, inside the Jacuzzi, holding strawberries that were dip in chocolate, and you left her there looking like a fool?"

I nodded, forking a piece of chicken. "That was pretty much it."

"Wow, I didn't know you had it in you."

"Ouch, that hurts Bells; do you honestly think I would cheat on you?"

She blushed, and looked down, scratching the back of her neck. "It's not like that, I just…"

"You didn't think I would refuse a pair of topless tits that easy?" I joked but she didn't laugh, I don't know what was going through her mind but it could not be good stuff, I hated when she grew silent like that. "I said to you that I was only with you Bells, only with you and nobody else."

"I know, it's just that, I'm still overwhelmed to see you like this…" She said. I tucked my finger underneath her chin and raised her head so she could look at me in the eyes.

"Like what?"

"So… monogamous." We both laughed at her choice in words.

"Trust me, I'm still growing used to it, but I'm not going to fuck up this, us so I can enjoy another pair of breasts." I could see the grin slowly spreading through her lips, she is the most beautiful girl I've seen in a while, it was easy to get lost in those big chocolate pools she called eyes.

"I'm really glad that out of all the girls, you picked me."

"What are you saying?" I rubbed her feet that were on my lap now. "You picked me, you chose to look past all my screw ups and you chose to be with me. I'm only in this because you wanted me to, if it was for me, we would be in this months ago." I hadn't realized what I had said until now.

"Months?" Her grin grew into a teasing smile.

"Yes, months." I decided to go with the truth; I could be brutally honest with her, about anything. "You don't even know how hard it was for me to watch you hang out with all of those losers. I mean, really? I would watch you every time we were practicing together and the coach would tell me to get my head in the game, and focus, but I couldn't I always watched you."

She blushed again. "How come I never even realized that? All I knew was what I was feeling."

"I never blatantly ogled you when you were looking at me Bells, that would be just putting all my cards on the table, and I'm not quite sure I was ready to show you how I felt back then. What a man is able to mature up so a woman will notice him, and see that he changed. I had the teenage hormones back then. What did you mean by what you were feeling?" I frowned, getting slightly closer to her, inch by inch, until we were only centimeters apart. I could already feel the breathing coming out of her parted lips.

"I don't know exactly, it was very strange for me back then, a few months ago, whenever we touched was like an electric chain went through my whole body, I felt pulled to you, but made myself deny my feelings because I refused to give in and be another one on your list. Your way around women scared me, because I knew that someday you would have your way around me, and I didn't want that." She sighed, and cupped my face with her hands. "Edward, you gotta understand something, I'm in this, I took a dive and I'm not just betting my feelings on this one, I'm betting myself. I… I like you a lot, and this feeling can grow with time, and I'm very sure it will, I find it amazing on how I can be myself around you and how right now all I want to do is ravish you." I was so sulked in her words, listening to everything she had to say, that this last statement surprised me, and we both started laughing, she waited until the joke died out, her soft hands never leaving my face. "And I'm glad that you reciprocate those feelings and that we're taking this slow, step by step, because I don't know if I could see myself with anyone else and I don't know what it would do to me if I screwed this up. You mean a lot, you do."

She leaned in and gently placed her lips over mine. If only she knew how much my feelings had already grown for her, if she knew I wouldn't stand to lose her, and if I did, I don't know what I was capable of. We both shared our entire lives, we've known each other practically from the crib, and it felt like we our relationship was just taking the most obvious turn. I wanted to share it with everyone, and yet a part of me considered completely amazing how she wanted me for herself, and wanted Bella for myself as well. I cupped her cheek with one of my hands and brought her impossibly closer to me, still planting sweet pecks on her lips.

Bella parted her lips allowing my tongue to explore her mouth, and I did, it was like a battlefield, dueling for dominance. Her hands relocated to the back of my neck and I lowered mine to her waist. We fit together, even now, with clothes on our ways and frustrating what we really wanted to do, it was like her body fit in mine, like she belonged in my arms. I pulled away from our kiss and she frowned sweetly.

"I just want you to know, that what you said… you just stole the words away from me. I'm speechless, just because I feel the same way too, and I'm not pushing you Bells, I'm not pushing you into doing something, we need to take it slow."

"Thank you, that means a lot to me." She smiled, but her smile was broke apart by a yawn.

"Tired?"

She nodded and rested her head on my shoulder. "Today was… eventful."

I kissed the top of her head and she snuggled up to me a little more, putting her hand over my stomach and tracing lazy patterns there. I'm not going to deny that this wasn't arousing me, but I guess I was growing used to it, since she taunted my dreams, Bella obliged me to take showers late in the night, just so I could be alone. She tempts me in every possible way, and I couldn't just be with my hormones on high when I was with her, or else I wouldn't respect her wishes, but what she was doing, and having her lying in my arms felt so fucking natural.

If I was saying this out loud, that would be the cue to one of Emmett's funny jokes; however, if he felt about Rosalie the half of what I feel about Bella, then, he would've just sit quiet in his place and not bothered anyone.

"Edward?" Her voice pulled me out of my deviations.

"Hm?" She looked up at me.

"I was just asking what your plans are for tomorrow." Her voice was a whisper, I knew she wouldn't be up for much longer.

"I have nothing on my schedule."

"Um, what do you think about going down to the park and make a good picnic? I think we both could use the day away from the Campus before the game."

"Are you asking me out on a date Bella?" I laughed, she bit her lip.

"No, not a date, a date is only a date when the guy asks a girl out, not otherwise. This will be… an encounter. How's that sound?"

I smiled. "Sounds perfect to me." I said and kissed her forehead. "Now go to sleep, you're tired because of your date with Mike Newton. I really cannot believe he had a date with you and I did not." The last part was more meant to me than to her. I was still wondering what had happened on the date that left Bella so grim about Mike.

"Just remember me to never do it again. Actually remember me to never auction myself again." She declared, yawning again right after.

"Mike was actually that bad?" I couldn't believe, I never took Mike for a forward guy, okay, he was quite persistent and annoying, but not forward.

"I really don't wanna talk about it, could we just… not talk about it?"

"C'mon Bells, I can tell that something is bothering you, I just need to know what it is." I realized I was being pushy, but it was starting to worry me, the lack of information she gave me about the role, I was starting to think something grave had happened.

"It's nothing Edward, I'm just really tired, I'm sorry I'm sounding off today, but all that happened with Mike was what I said to you. He drove down the beach, drank too much, got handsy, and I kicked and punched him. That's all."

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry I asked."

She sounded so jumpy and it made me wonder what was really bothering her. How handsy could've Mike gotten?

"Did he… He didn't do anything to you did he?"

"No." She whispered and her hand balled into a small fist on my chest. "I mean, I didn't let him." Bella sounded oddly calm about the whole situation.

Anger built up inside me and I just couldn't believe my ears, I couldn't believe what Bella was telling me. Mike Newton had actually tried to have sex with her, against her will? This was nonsense, and it was completely angering me.

I think she felt my breathing growing heavier, my nostrils were inflated and I needed to punch someone.

"Edward, Edward, nothing happened." She sat on the bed and looked at me, her hand rubbing my chest trying to calm me down.

"But something could've happened Bella, what if you didn't kick him, what if you didn't have the strength to push him away? I could punch him right now, I need to punch him." Her lips curved into a smile and I frowned.

"I love and appreciate what you're about to do for me, but that's completely unnecessary, it's pouring rain outside and you're not even sure Mike got back to his dorm room, please don't make something stupid. Mike was drunk, way drunker than he ever got, he just made irresponsible and stupid choices, but I'm okay Edward, there's nothing Mike could do that would hurt me, or scar me for life."

I continued frowning, she was too calm for what had happened, but I calmed down, I would deal with Mike Newton and his stupidity later. I sat down so I could face her better. "Look, I'm sorry I overreacted, but it's you. The possibility of something happening drives me insane, I can't have that Bella, you're too important for me, you mean too much." I leaned in and gave her a peck on the lips.

I don't know for how long we stood like that, our legs were intertwined and our hands as well. I gave her several kisses on the lips and the trailed down her neck, she moaned and made me insane, but before I could deepen any further she put her hands on my shoulders and pushed me away.

"You know what I want?" Bella bit her bottom lip and looked at me.

"Nope."

"I want for people to know that we're together."

"But people already know that we're together Bells." I dared her, smiling.

"No dummy, I don't mean Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Joshua. I mean people, the rest of the campus and our parents, maybe?"

"Perhaps we should let the campus know and then we'll talk to our parents."

"Why, you scared Charlie will kill you?" She teased, licking her lips, making me not what to look anywhere else.

"Well, if Charlie knew what I was about to do with his daughter he'd surely kill me." I closed the space between us.

"Yeah? And what are you about to do with his daughter?" Bella leaned in more.

"I'm about to sleep with his daughter." I said, her eyes grew wide, and I knew her mind would only pick up one meaning of the word.

I lay on the bed, and pulled her in with me. "Sleep silly, as in closing eyes and sleeping y'know?"

I heard she breath out, and her body relaxing next to me. I laughed a bit.

"You don't mind me spending the night do you?"

I was pretty sure she rolled her eyes. "I told you I didn't, there's no other place I'd rather you to be."

I smiled again. "There's no other place I'd rather be as well."

There's something she needed to understand, how my feelings worked out for her, I don't know if I could quite put it in words, although I prayed I could someday. Seeing Bella like this, almost asleep in my arms, was a scenario I've imagined for a long time and now I wouldn't give it back if my life depended on it. She was the most important thing in my life, and has been for so long now, I'm not sure mom would understand how much she means to me, but I'm sure dad would. I always wanted a relationship like they have, the respect and love is palpable and I would respect Bella as long as I lived, I sighed, which made her snuggle closer to me, I tightened my grip around her waist.

Everything would come in time with us, everything would work out for us. When she said she wanted to tell everyone that we were together, I couldn't help but to feel completely at bliss inside, I know what you must be thinking, this is some silly little girl's talk, shit like true love doesn't exist and everything like that, but the truth was, I was a sucker for true love, soul mate, and all those fucking stuff, because honestly, after taking a look at that picture today, every feeling I have for her only grew stronger, and I could only hope that would be like this for a long while. I know she would move to complete her degree in Law School, and I would go to a Medical School in a couple of years, but we would cross that bridge when the time came.

Right now, I was just thinking about sleeping, sleeping with my Bella in my arms, and wait for tomorrow, because tomorrow definitely held out expectations. "Sweet dreams, my Bella." I whispered in her ear before closing my eyes shut, aware that I was holding the most important person in my world, right there, in my arms, just how I wished for so long.

A/N PT2. So, did you liked it? I hope you did, and I hope it was worth the wait. Spread the word, let your friends know so they can come and read as well.

Several questions were made to me through reviews by one person, so youngandmature here's your answers bb:

1. No, Bella did not wear the lacy underwear to get laid that night. You see, sometimes Alice buys her so much lacy Victoria's Secret stuff, that she lacks the plain underwear, and other times, Alice simply picks out her clothes, helping her friend out, she gets her underwear as well, you know how snoopy she can be.

2. Edward not meant precisely sleeping around, but he's new at this stuff, with relationships and before that, he was considered the ladie's man, and sometimes a Zebra can't change it's stripes, but don't worry, he loves her, he won't do something TOO stupid.

3. Edward agreed completely on the baby steps, he wants to take it slow, so he won't screw up.

4. He meant the past, everything that they done so far, the bickering and stuff, because Bella kinda showed him that she hated him, so he meant that everything that he did was in the past, all the girls, and everything and now it was just them two, the relationship was their own.

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