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Chapter 5

I had to pinch myself. It was the only option. Ouch! That bloody hurt! I blinked again and finally accepted the truth. He really was here, in my hotel of all the places in the world he could have been at that exact moment. It was him my Edward Cullen! He still has the absolutely flawless alabaster skin, completely crazy sex hair that even after 10 years it seems like he still hasn't quite figured out how to control it, that's fine by me though because the look works for him. He still has the most piercing emerald green eyes ever created by man. And he seems taller and even more muscular than when we were younger. I nearly cried he was more amazing than even my best memory of him.

He was looking right at me with the same look that I can image that I had on my face. Hope, wonder and love...no, that I must be imagining, there is no way that he is possibly looking at me with love in his eyes. It's been 10 years; he can't possibly still have feelings for me too. While we were staring at each other we were unconsciously moving closer and closer together. Once he was within two feet of me every feeling I had about him came rushing back. It was real, I could feel the electricity between us, and it was so powerful you could almost hear the hum of it in the air.

We just stood there as time passed us by. Just watching the other with absolute awe and adoration, I wanted to say something but my brain wouldn't put together a simple sentence. The only thing I could think about was how much I loved and missed him and how all those years of trying to forget him and to move on were useless against how I was feeling at this very moment. It was almost as if the last 10 years hadn't happened. My luck has always been terrible, there was no way that this could possibly happen to me without some sort of epic downfall. I was still staring at him, watching him, I saw him raise his left hand and run it through his hair, no wedding ring. That was a start. He probably had a girlfriend though; no one that amazing could possibly be single.

After an unknown amount of time, it could have been hours, or minutes I don't even know. He was the one to speak first. 'Bella,' was all he whispered, saying my name like it was a common prayer. I think my heart melted like butter in a frying pan at that exact moment. All I could do was smile, bite my lower lip and offer him a slight nod, I was speechless. He looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes and said quietly, 'Bella, oh my Bella.' Wait! Did he just say My Bella? 'You are really here. All afternoon I kept seeing you, always down the road, out of the corner of my eye, in a shop window across the street from me always just out of the range of my eye sight. I couldn't believe it was really you, I couldn't imagine a single reason why you would be here in London. I couldn't let myself hope, I couldn't take it if the world let me down again.'

Again, our being apart hurt him too. He really did care about me. I could feel my eyes starting to tear up but I wouldn't let them spill over. I had to keep it together, then I finally found the words to speak, they came out in a whisper, 'I saw you too, I thought I was hallucinating because I'm tired and jet lagged and I came back here to nap, and now...' I had to take a deep breath before continuing, it was all I could do to stop myself from fainting on the spot, my voice was getting louder and I was talking faster and faster, 'you're here. Wait. Why are you here? In my hotel in London of all the places you could be?' I realised I was ranting but Edward was here. I was here. We were both here at the same time, halfway across the world.

He looked at me and chuckled softly giving me his perfect crooked grin that I knew, he was truly happy, he wasn't faking it. 'Bella, I'm staying in this hotel. I came to London to get away from LA for a while. I needed to take a break from those fake tanned, fake hair, fake everything and their constant "Edward why are you single, Edward go out with me, Edward why won't you date anyone, Edward are you gay?"...UGH! The Edward this and the Edward that's were just getting to me. I couldn't take it anymore; I had to get out of that horrible city before I jumped off a cliff! Plus, I always wanted to go to London when I was younger, so, now I'm here to see the sights, to relax, to just be. You know?' He paused and shook his head mournfully before continuing, 'You know, you are the last person I ever thought I'd see again. You just left that Christmas, you never said bye, and I knew your dad was mad when he kept us apart but...'

'I know,' I interrupted him. I had to fix this. 'Trust me I know. When I got back from my mom's house in Florida Charlie drove us straight into Portland. I was so angry at him. Apparently he packed everything and sold the house while I was gone. He got a job as a detective, he claimed that it was to give me a better chance at a good future, but back then I didn't want my future to exist without you.' I admitted and blushed furiously. He smiled at me giving the go ahead to keep talking so I continued, 'I did get a chance to go back a couple of months after we'd moved though. You had already left for your Aunt and Uncle's in Chicago. I wanted to get some sort of contact information from your parents but Charlie ruined the day again. I was so heartbroken I cried myself to sleep for months before Charlie threatened to send me to therapy.'

I was starting to get upset. Edward led us over to the beautiful sitting area, I realized we'd been standing in the middle of the hotel foyer and probably looked like a couple of fools. Edward took this opportunity to speak. 'I wanted to get in touch with you but Charlie flipped out at me while you were in Florida, he told me I needed to stay away from you, that he would have me arrested because you were still just a child and I was an adult.' Edward was filling in a lot of blanks for me, the things Charlie refused to tell me. 'Those months when I was working with him at the station were the worst of my life. He wasn't giving me a choice though.'

Edward seemed about as sad and angry about everything as I was I was about to speak when he started again, 'I'm sorry I wasn't there. I had to leave though...I couldn't stand to look out my bedroom window and have that pimple faced new kid looking back at me. When I found out that you were leaving it broke my heart. I tried to cope, I just didn't know how, I was so frustrated with Charlie and with losing you that one night I went out and started a fire in the meadow. It was the place that our lives were torn apart, I hated that it got to exist in peace when we couldn't. Anyways, I got caught and it was my parents that sent me off to Chicago.'

I just didn't know what to say. I never imagined that he felt that strongly about me. 'I know how you felt Edward.' I wasn't sure if I should tell him the truth but he was just so honest with me. I took another deep breath and continued, 'After that first summer without you I didn't know what to do, I'd spent so much time alone and was so depressed. I found out that Carlisle had transferred to a hospital in Texas so I got a list and tried every hospital but no one could help me. That was the turning point for me, I wasn't going to give up trying to find you, my heart wouldn't let me, but I knew I had to start living my life. So I did what I had to, I told myself everything happens for a reason and I put all my effort into school. I ended up graduating with honours and I got a scholarship to Dartmouth and I got my PhD in English and American Literature.'

Edward reached out and hugged me, pulling me close to him. It was heaven being wrapped up in his arms inhaling his intoxicating sweet and perfect Edward scent. As he was releasing me from the best hug of my life he was saying, 'Oh Bella, I'm so proud of you. Are you teaching English? You always loved to read. I can remember watching you sitting on your window seat reading by the moonlight, you were always so beautiful.'

He thought I was beautiful. Edward 'sexiest man I'd ever met' Cullen thought I was beautiful. Today was turning out to be the best day of my life. We sat for a while talking, I was so tired but I just couldn't stop talking to him. It was like the good old days when we'd sit for hours and just chat about anything and everything. He told me about LA, about how he entered a song writing competition and was chosen and that his career skyrocketed from there. I gushed on and on about how proud of him I was.

I yawned for the millionth time, Edward noticed, I hope he didn't think I was bored talking to him. In that split second I decided I was going to do something crazy, even crazier than stepping onto a frozen lake before checking the ice. I was going to ask Edward to dinner. 'Hey Edward...'

'Yes.' He answered and I prayed that he really would say yes.

'Um, do you maybe want to...?' Oh God, please let him say yes. 'Do you want to go to dinner with me tonight?' OK I said it. Now, fingers are crossed, toes are crossed, and while I waited for his reply I started chanting in my head please say yes, please say yes.

'Bella, there is nothing I would rather do tonight.' He said YES! Happy dance time! Wait he's still talking, 'and I know you are tired from your flight so why don't you let me take care of the reservations. I'll arrange everything, you go take a power nap and I'll pick you up at 9 o'clock. Italian is still your favourite food right?'

Wow, he remembered. 'Yes, you remembered.' I said with complete astonishment in my voice.

'Of course I did, I remember everything about you Isabella Marie Swan, now let me walk you to your room, I have plans to make!' He sounded excited and just like the Edward I remembered.

We got in the lift to my floor and the ride up was like floating on a cloud, we stepped out and the gentleman that he is offered me his arm as he walked me too my door. He gave me a hug and as he was releasing me he slid his hands down my arms and gave my hands a little squeeze. He told me he'd see me later and walked off as I was closing my door. I had 3 hours to find something to wear, take a shower, tame my crazy hair and to get some much needed rest to make sure I was on top of my game for later.

What to wear! I knew my fashion crazed best friend Gail had forced me to pack a few nice things to wear just in case. She was always the one to make sure I was prepared for anything. She told me she put some dresses from her shop in my case so I wasn't too worried. I went to my garment bag I had tossed over the end of the spare bed, closed my eyes and pulled the zipper down. I had no idea what to be expecting when I opened my eyes. I promised her I'd wait till I was here to look. She wanted me to be surprised. She said it was an early birthday present for me.

I opened my eyes and looked down. It was absolutely perfect! I checked the dangling price tags that Gail had left on it and no surprise at all found it to be my size and that she'd torn the actual price off of it. I had a strong feeling it was out of her new designer line she had brought out which meant it was expensive. I could only thank her for being so amazing. I carefully removed the tags and hung the dress on the back of the bathroom door, set my alarm to go off at 8pm and then I called down to the front desk to request a wakeup call at 8:05pm just to be safe, I called down to confirm 2 minutes later that they had definitely listed it as PM not AM. There was no way I was going to let myself miss my first real date with my Edward.

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