Hey guys, sorry I've been a little out of it lately. I've been such a busy bee... Between work, coursework, school and exams, there doesnt leave me much time for writing.

Hope you guys Enjoy this Chapter...

Previously...

Bella POV

I sighed and looked over towards Edward; he was standing there smiling at me. I involuntary smiled back at him. It looked like we were stuck together today and I couldn't be more happy about it.

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Edward POV

"I can't believe Alice has us up before 10 am on a Saturday." I grumbled as I stumbled into the kitchen to grab a pop tart before heading out.

"Boys? What are you doing up? It's not even 9 am." Mom asked from the coffee table.

"Jasper's girlfriend Alice has us up at the butt crack of dawn to go shopping." Emmett said as he came into the kitchen wearing his 'Hulk' t-shirt. It's weird how much he loves that thing.

"Emmett don't use that sort of language." Mom scolded Emmett. I couldn't help but laugh, she constantly has to remind him about his language. "I think it's excellent that you two aren't wasting the whole day away in bed. I swear if it wasn't your love for food Emmett, I wouldn't be able to get you up in the morning."

The word 'food' brought Emmett back into reality as he realised he hadn't eaten this morning. He went to the fridge and grabbed a couple of slices of leftover pizza which he'd saved especially to eat for breakfast this morning. I have no idea how he managed to save it though, he's usually like a Hoover, vacuuming up all of the food he see's.

"Hey Eddie. You take your car and I'll take the jeep. You've gotta pick up Jasper and I'm picking up Rosie."

"Em, if we're going to the same house why do we need two cars?"

Emmett grabbed hold of my shoulder in a brotherly way and said "Well Eddie, Rosie and I need our own boyfriend/girlfriend time. That means no single brothers listening in. You wouldn't understand." He winked at me. Urgh... I don't even want to know what goes on in his jeep.

We both walked out to our cars, the crisp air woke me up a bit. It only took 5 minutes to drive to the Hale household, I honked my horn as we pulled up outside. Emmett being the gentleman he is got out to wait for Rosalie at the door. She emerged from the house two minutes later looking as glamorous as always. I couldn't tell you exactly what she was wearing because I don't speak fashion but I could definitely tell it was designer, Rosalie doesn't do anything halfway.

Jasper then came out of the house and dodged the lovebirds that were now making out. He came and got into my car through the passenger door. "Hey man, ready for today?"

"Not in the slightest." I shook my head. I was excited for today of course; I was going to see Bella.

"It'll be fine man, I'll rein Alice in." I nodded at him as we left his street. He suddenly turned to me with a huge smile on his face. "She loves me!"

"What are you on about?" I had a pretty good idea though.

"Alice loves me. We told each other last night." He said with a smug smile on his face.

"Well it's about time; you've loved her for years." I used to see him gazing at her when he thought no-one was looking. It was obvious for years, well to me anyway.

"I know but this time she's actually mine, and I'm hers. As sappy as it sounds, we gave our hearts to each other. Wait, how did you know that I was in love with her?" He looked confused now. I just laughed at his expression, so clueless.

"Come on, since the beginning of High School you've stared at her any chance you got. Oh and don't think I don't know about all the anonymous valentines cards you gave her." Jasper actually blushed at this. "I was waiting for you to build up the courage to ask her out. I guess it took a while. If I'd of said anything you'd of denied it anyway." We were pulling into the mall parking lot by now, with Emmett and Rosalie no-where to be found.

"Thanks man. Oh and for what it's worth, I think Bella likes you too." He just winked at me and hopped out of the car. I'm sure my face showed bewilderment. How did he know? I guess I was more obvious than I planned too. I'll have to talk to Jazz about it later.

Emmett pulled up next to me as I got out of my car. "Damn it Em, you could have scratched her!"

"Calm down Eddiekins, I would never hurt your baby." Emmett said with a smile, he always made fun of how attached I was to my car, he was right though, she was my baby. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to her. When I first got her I loved her so much that I even named her. Her name is Summer Breeze. It just seemed to fit.

"Oh yeah... What about the time you threw a football and smashed the wing mirror? Or the time you shut the door too hard and smashed the glass? And the ti—" He cut me off.

"I meant that I would never hurt her intentionally, they were all accidents." I just shrugged.

We made our way over to the entrance to wait for Bella and Alice. We were a bit early. Emmett and Rosalie wondered off into their own little world, oblivious to others around them. I couldn't help but envy what they had. I have no doubt in my mind that they're soul mates, when you look at their relationship it's hard to believe that there isn't a perfect someone out there for everyone. I wish I have what they do.

I spotted a yellow Porsche come speeding into the parking lot, I only knew one person in forks who owned a car like that. Alice jumped out of her car and sprinted towards Jasper. I'm truly happy for my best friend; he's found his perfect match. They're complete polar opposites, but they somehow fit together.

My mind suddenly registered the beautiful creature walking towards me. She looks amazing. Her t-shirt was form fitting and hugged her breast's nicely (I'm no pervert but its hard not to notice.) I could tell these clothes were the ones she wants to wear, not what Alice had forced on her. This was the real Bella's style. (Outfit still on profile.)

I looked around at my coupled up friends and stared at Bella with a smile on my face. It looked like we were stuck together today and I couldn't be more happy about it.

She walked towards me and shyly ducked her head. "Hi." Bella looked up at me through her lashes.

"Hey, you look stunning today." I was trying to hold her gaze, but I was unsuccessful. She just blushed and stared intently at the floor.

"Thanks, Alice tried to get me into heals, but that was not going to happen." She laughed then; Bella had such an adorable laugh.

"Good thinking." I nodded.

"Hey guys," Alice came over to us with Jasper tailing behind. Rosalie and Emmett broke out from their little world and came over too. "Now, here's the plan. We'll split up into boys and girls, go shopping, meet up for lunch and the rest of the day is spent however you want it." I saw Bella give a sign of relief, hopefully I'll convince Bella to hang out with me this afternoon.

"Okay girls, let's shop!" Alice said with so much enthusiasm. She grabbed hold of Bella's arm and raced into the Mall, Rosalie walked behind them laughing.

I turned towards the guys; I could tell they were hoping to spend the whole day with their other half.

"Come on... Let's go into all the gaming shops and try out all the latest games. That should be fun." They both mumbled their agreement and we set off around the mall.

Seven shops later and we were at the food court waiting for the girls. We never actually got around to buying any of the games we tried out because we got kicked out of every shop we went into. Emmett would make a show if he won and similarly if he lost. He was so loud that they security had to ask him to leave. I had to admit it was funny that he couldn't keep his victory dance to a minimum.

We were all looking around to try and spot the girls. In the corner of my eye something caught my attention. I girl carrying way too many bags had tripped and fallen on the floor. It took me a second to realise who it was, the girl was Bella. Alice and Rose were next to her howling with laughter. I ran straight over to her, she looked to helpless sitting on the cold tiled floor underneath shed loads of bags. How much did she actually buy!? There must of been about 15 bags and I'm guessing they were all for her. I promptly held out my hand for her to take, she smiled and accepted it, I felt a tingling in my palm as they touched, sort of like electricity flowing through us. Once she was up I picked up many of her bags leaving her with only 5. That should be enough for her to handle.

"Edward, I can carry my own bags." She moaned next to me as I walked over to where the gang stood.

"I know you can but I don't want to risk you falling over again, and with the weight of these, you definitely would be." I chuckled as she scowled next to me.

"I didn't want to buy all this stuff, the shopping Nazi made me. She doesn't take no for an answer." Ahh... That explains it.

"So did you have a good time with the girls?" I asked trying to be polite.

She shrugged. "As good as shopping can be I suppose." We met the group and decided to just buy some pizza for all of us to share.

"So what you all doing this afternoon?" Bella asked the table. (A/N Not literally the table.)

"I don't really know yet. What about we play a game?" Emmett got an evil glint in his eye as he said this.

"What type of game?"Bella said wearily.

"Well we'll split up into groups, whichever group successfully gets the most phone numbers off the opposite sex wins." Sounded simple enough, or as my friend the Meerkat would say 'Simples'. (A/N sorry if you don't know that, maybe it's just on British adverts? Let me know if you're American)

Everyone agreed to play the game but Bella looked a little reluctant.

"Okay the teams are: Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, Bella and Edward." We all nodded, I went to stand next to Bella, who was still looking nervous. "Okay we've got two hours then we'll meet back up here to collect the scores." Emmett seemed to be very serious. "Okay... Ready... Set... GO!" As soon as he shouted 'Go' he grabbed Rosalie around the waist and hauled her across his shoulders. He then ran out of the food court shouting about how he's going to win. We were all laughing as we watched them. Jasper grabbed Alice's hand and they jogged out too, leaving just me and Bella.

I turned towards her nervously, "So... let's get this game started." She giggled and looked up at me, her beautiful chocolate eyes gleaming. "Bella, could I please have your number?" She looked at me curiously. "What? It's a start right."

"It definitely is..." She got a notebook out of her back and wrote down her number. "Here you go."

I looked down at the note. There was a heart next to Bella's name; I was definitely going to be keeping this for a very long time.

Sorry, I didn't want to end there but I had to, otherwise It would of been too big of a chapter and it would of taken me ages to post.

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Charlie xxx