CHAPTER 5

REALIZATIONS

"Hey Edward!" I said, as I stepped into his room, after Alice and Rosalie had finished inflicting their torture on me. They had me dressed in a simple black shorts and a red T- Shirt which had a very low neck. My hair was up in a high ponytail. They finished their handiwork by installing comfortable tennis shoes on my feet. I kind of felt uncomfortable due to my outfit, but I was nothing against those two.

"Hi Bella!" he called from his couch. He was lying down, but sat up to make room for me.

"So, ready to play ball Cullen-style?" he asked, grinning.

"Oh! You mean playing with bases a mile apart? I think you left that part out while you were explaining to me," I answered back playfully.

He laughed.

"So, had fun with Alice?"

"You bet," I replied, coating my voice with as much sarcasm as possible.

"Oh and by the way, don't even dare" I said and his eyes widened.

"Alice! Come get Bella! She feels that her hair is not right yet!" he yelled, but n one came.

"What did you do Bella?" he asked.

"Oh, it's just a shield that prevents voices to be heard by other people," I said innocently.

His eyes would've fallen out if they were capable of it.

"Feel like going somewhere Bella?" he asked after a moment.

"It's beautiful Edward!" I breathed. "How did you find it?"

"I was out hunting and then I stumbled upon it. Only Alice knows but she understands and respects my need for privacy. It just gets a teensy bit peaky in here. Barin overload and all that," he grinned.

I laughed.

"Want to race there?" he asked

"We seem to be doing that quite a bit," I said, remembering our car race.

"Well," he asked, mocking impatience, tapping his foot.

"You're in!" I yelled and bolted out of the room

"Cheater!" he called out.

We bolted down the stairs and out the glass doors. We were both evenly matched, and did not stay ahead of the other for a long time. At the final moment, Edward burst ahead of me and got to the meadow a milli-second before me.

Then as if sensing his victory, the sun shined brightly upon him, and for once, left the cloudy curtains. I stood captivated by the beauty in front of me. I had not seen such beauty human or vampire ever before.

I don't know why it happened but suddenly I found myself kissing him. It was as if I was not in control of my mind or my body. Edward was probably too shocked to respond. I stepped back after snapping back to reality and put about 10 feet distance between us.

"I.. umm… well er… sorry about that. It won't happen again," I said, looking down in embarrassment. I was good looking in the human world but in the vampire world, I was one of the plain looking ones. And that definitely did not help the situation.

I felt fingers gently lift my chin up and I found myself looking into golden orbs.

"Yes, that won't b happening any time soon," he said shortly.

"But this…"

He gently pressed his soft lips to mine and kissed me, once, twice, thrice.

"I certainly hope that this will happen sometime in the future again," he said, his voice lower than normal.

I looked away, feeling very shy.

"Edward, it's raining," I said after a minute.

He chuckled and wiped a raindrop from my face.

"Alright, let's go to our baseball field! I believe it's time!" he announced, taking my hand.

As we ran, I felt something that I hadn't felt before in my long life. Peace and happiness and content, all mixed together.

AN: Sorry guys! I know I haven't updates in a while, but I'm just such a slow typist, and I don't like typing at all. So it took me a long time to actually type the chapter up. Thanks for waiting patiently. Please review. And I give you permission to send me flames for this chapter.

PS: I'm not good at romantic scenes. So please keep that in mind for future chapters.