Title: Pants on Fire

Summary: Isabella Swan is not a liar. Although she would love to finally verbalize what happened the night "Edward Cullen is a freak" was spray painted outside the middle school, causing Edward to flee town. Now, Edward has come back and Bella has TWO boyfriends.

Disclaimer: I (unfortunately) do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse they are all owned by the very talented Stephenie Meyer. Also, some of the plot belongs to wonderful author Meg Cabot.

Chapter 7: Grounded

ABOUT NINE MONTHS LATER

EPOV

"Would you girls hurry up? We're going to be late!" I yelled up the stairs. I jerked on my tie, loosening it a bit.

"Hey, it's not my fault!" I heard Bella scream back. I sighed.

"God, how long does it take? Don't they realize that they could each come with us to the prom in pajamas after just waking up and we would give a shit?" Jasper asked, plopping onto the couch. I was glad that we were all friends, for the most part. Emmett and I had been friends back before I left a long time ago, but I hadn't really known any of the others.

"I don't mind waiting. Whenever Rose is done getting ready, she smells like a weird fruit or something. It sounds strange, but I find it kind of a turn on." Emmett replied.

I shook my head. "Now that is just sad. I think you're getting high off of that exotic fruit, Em." I said. "Come on!" I shouted again.

"Oh my god, if you don't shut up, I swear, I'll come down there and shut you up myself!" Rosalie screamed.

I suspired again and sat down on the other end of the couch. "I wouldn't take that as a joke, my friend." Emmett said in an amused voice. "You know how she can be."

"I heard that!" I started laughing.

"I love you, honey!" Emmett replied.

"Alright, we're ready!" Alice said cheerfully. She, along with Rosalie and Bella, came to the top of the stairs and started walking down them. I wasn't really paying much attention to Alice or Rose, however. My eyes were on the blushing girl behind them. She was clad in a dark blue dress and was clutching her high heel shoes in her hands, which was probably a good thing, considering that she would have tumbled down the stairs if she'd been wearing them. I met her at the stairs, brushing my fingers across her red cheek, causing her to turn more scarlet. "You look beautiful." I whispered.

She smiled shyly. "It wasn't like I had any say in the matter." She said, directing her comment towards Alice and Rosalie, no doubt.

"Oh, you liked it and you know it." Rosalie said, tossing her hair over her shoulder. She and Emmett held hands and started walking towards the door. Alice and Jasper were walking behind them, quietly talking to one another.

Bella and I followed. We patiently waited out front until the limousine got there. We all piled in, chatting and laughing the entire way. After about twenty minutes, we got to a behemoth hotel where the prom was being held. We all got out of the limo and headed inside. We were lead into the main room and seated at a table. After we ate, everyone except for Bella and me got up to dance.

"Come on Bella. One dance isn't going to hurt, is it?"

"In these shoes, yes! And besides, I can't dance. You of all people should be able to comprehend that."

I leaned closer to her, pretending like I was going to kiss her, but stopped about an inch away from her lips. "Please?" I breathed.

She blinked a couple times then pouted. "Not fair."

I grinned and stood up, holding out my hand to her. She reluctantly took the gesture and I was leading her out on the dance floor. She placed her hands on my shoulders and I located my arms around her waist, crashing her closer to me. She giggled and leaned her head against my chest. I rest my head on top of hers as we started to sway back and forth to the music.

"Edward?" She said in a quiet, shy-like voice after about a minute.

"Yes?" I replied.

"I… I love you… I just wanted you to know that." I stopped moving us back and forth. That was the first time she'd ever said that to me. I'd never said it either, unsure of how she would react if I had.

I took a tiny step away from her so I could scrutinize her face. She was looking down at the floor, embarrassed. I put my finger on her chin so her eyes would meet mine. "I love you too. More than you understand."

A smile took up half of her face. She stood on her tip toes and pecked my lips. "I think I understand." She whispered then kissed me again, this time passionately. She pulled back slightly, breathing heavily and I took the opportunity to kiss down her neck. After a second, she became impatient and pulled my head up back to hers. It finally registered into my brain that we were making out in the middle of the dance floor during a fast pace song. I gently pulled away from her and chuckled. She pouted, but let me lead her off the dance floor.

I was heading back to the table when she stopped suddenly, contemplating something. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," She hesitated. "Do you want to go some place less… crowded?"

I started at her questioningly. "Bella, are you sure?"

She nodded. "I don't think I've ever been surer of anything. I want to be with you."

It made me giddy to think of us in… that sort of state. But in a good way. "Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know, um, can we get a room here in the hotel?"

"Sure, if that's what you want." I would have given into almost anything where she was involved at this point. We walked to the reception desk and I asked for a room. I put it under my credit card, they gave each of us a key and we headed up. Once we got inside, Bella excused herself to the bathroom and I went to sit on the bed, taking a deep breath to calm myself before I untied my shoes and took them, along with my tie, off.

A few minutes later, she walked modestly out of the bathroom. She had let her hair down and it was lying in curls around the middle of her back. She, too, had taken off her shoes as she crept to the side of the bed and sat down next to me, looking up from beneath her eyelashes. "Bella, we don't have to do this if you don't want too."

"I want too," She said quickly. "I really do." And with that, she pushed me back against the pillows, straddled my waist, and started kissing me.

BPOV

It was more amazing than I'd ever pictured it. Of course, this wasn't something I'd ever thought I'd do with Edward until a few months ago. I never really wanted to do this with someone else. Edward was the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen and he was so nice to me. "I love you so much." I whispered as he cradled me to his side, running his fingers up and down my bare back.

"I'm pretty sure that feeling is mutual." He grinned and kissed my head.

"I never want this moment to end."

"Me either," He agreed. "But I promised you parents I'd have you home in about thirty minutes."

I sighed, disappointed. "I know." We were quiet now, just holding each other. That's all I ever needed anymore: him to cradle me. He was mine and we would always be together. I knew that sounded cliché and people were usually naïve and lied when they said something like that, but I'd learned my lesson the hard way about lying.

"We could always have the limo come back and gets us after the driver drops the others off." Edward suggested.

As tempting as it sounded, I had just gotten ungrounded about a month ago for the whole spray painting thing. My parents still had to pay for the wall to be sandblasted off even though it wasn't entirely my fault. At the same moment that I was about to say I needed to get home on time, Edward rolled over on top of me, straddling me. "I think there's going to be quite a bit of traffic on the way back home anyway, don't you?" His voice was husky. I was stunned for a second and he started to kiss down my neck.

"Edward…" I started to say, but he cut me off with a kiss.

"Shh," He whispered against my lips, making me melt.

"Oh, alright." I said, giving in. The grounding would be completely worth it anyway.

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