Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

A Good Thing

By Momma2Fan

Chapter 10:

BPOV

I sat at the kitchen table playing with the lid to my bottle of water. I watched it spin across the table, and then drop on the floor. Before I could pick it up, long fingers got there first.

“Penny for your thoughts.” Jasper smiled.

I grinned and looked up at my friend. “One guess.”

“Ah. Edward?”

“Yep. I’m not sure what to do, Jazz. You know I’ve always had a thing for him. It’s just more complicated because we had sex and didn’t talk. I’m not sure how to…” I trailed off and looked at my surrogate brother for advice.

Jasper sat down across from me and stared at my face. “Bells, I think Edward has been fighting his feelings for you for a long while now. The sex, well we all heard you that night and know it started as the result of a fight. You guys are just going to have to lay it all out there. Tell him how you feel. Everything, Bella, Don’t hold back.”

“Thanks, Jazz.” He leaned and kissed my cheek and got up to head to his room.

“Let me make one suggestion though.” He waited until I looked at him. “Don’t have sex with him again until you’re sure. I don’t think Emmett’s nerves could take it.”

I laughed and nodded my head. Jasper went upstairs and I turned back to my water. I took a long pull from the bottle, finishing it off. I got up to throw it away and was turning back to go to my room when I heard a throat clear. I jumped and looked up to see Edward standing in the doorway. I covered my heart and waited until I settled down.

Edward spoke first. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”

“It’s okay. I thought you’d gone to bed.”

“We need to talk. I was going to go up, but thought neutral ground would be better.” He gestured behind him to the living room. I nodded my head and followed him out.

We settled into seats and looked anywhere but at each other. This is what I was afraid of, I didn’t want us to be awkward, we had known each other for to long. I decided to go first since the silence was deafening. “We’ve known each other too long to sit here in silence, Edward. We need to talk about this. We had sex, now what?”

Edward ran his hand through his hair in a nervous gesture. “I don’t know. Emmett wasn’t lying when he told you I talked about asking you out. Bella, you have to believe me, I didn’t mean for the other night to happen.”

“Edward, I already told you I don’t regret it. So please, don’t act like it’s the end of the world. What I need to know is where we go from here. Are we friends? What do you want?” I looked at the face of the man I had cared about for more years than I could count. Those emerald eyes were tormented right now.

“I want…I don’t know…I want to try and date you. What would you think of that?”

I smiled, “Are you asking me out?”

He grinned my favorite crooked smile. “Are you saying yes?”

“Yes. Edward, I’ve had a crush on you for years. I never thought you would notice me because of my brother.”

Edward got up and walked over to where I was sitting. He gently brushed my hair back off my shoulder. “This might come out wrong, but give me a minute.” His hand lingered on my shoulder shooting bolts of electricity through my body. “I did always look at you as my best friend’s little sister, never seeing you as a woman. I can’t tell you when that changed, but it did. I watched you bloom into a beautiful woman and was surprised to find I needed you to be mine. I fought it every step of the way. I even tried a substitute, obviously a poor one. Tanya was only a distraction, I need you to understand that.”

I lifted my hand and cupped his cheek. “I do, promise me that the only distraction you’re going to need from now on is me. If we’re going to do this, I need you to be with me and only me. I’ve already been cheated on, Jacob hurt me more than you can imagine. Promise me you won’t do that.”

“I can’t promise not to hurt you, but I will promise never to cheat on you.” He smiled and moved his hand up to cup mine that was still on his cheek.

I smiled. “I’m gonna go up to bed, I’m exhausted.” Edward stood up as I did. “I’ll see you in the morning.” I turned to go up the steps.

“Bella?” I turned, finding Edward right beside me.

“Hmm?” I watched as he leaned forward and lightly pressed his lips to mine. He didn’t try to deepen it, but still leaving me breathless. This kiss was one promising wonderful things to come.

“Goodnight,” he whispered against my lips before he pulled away.

“Night.”

EPOV

After our talk I was to wound up to sleep, so I went to the garage, sat down at the piano and started fiddling around. It wasn’t long before inspiration hit and I had a new song coming out. I wasn’t aware of how much time had passed until I felt a soft touch on my shoulder.

“Edward, wake up.” Bella was beside me.

“Hmm…what time is it?” I sat up and realized I had fallen asleep at the piano.

Bella grinned, “It’s a little after eight. I saw you out here on my way to the kitchen. Why don’t you go up to bed and get a few more hours?”

I smiled and stood up, stretching and yawning. “Okay. Wake me up in a few hours, please.”

“You got it.”

I walked up to my room and was out again before my head hit the pillow. It felt like I had only been asleep for a few minutes when I felt my bed shift and a hand brushing my hair back, whispering in my ear to wake up. I smiled in my sleepy state and wrapped my arm around the waist of the person next to me.

“Edward, I didn’t know you swung that way.”

I shot awake and sat up quickly knocking Emmett off my bed. “What the fuck, dude!? That was not cool!”

Emmett was shaking with laughter, “Maybe not, but the look on your face is priceless.” His laughter was contagious and soon I joined him.

“I thought you were Bella.” I laughed.

“I know, give me a kiss big boy!” Emmett puckered up and climbed up on the bed beside me.

“Get out of here with that shit.” I got up and headed to the bathroom as Emmett left, his laughter carrying him out the door.

I turned on the shower, got in under the hot spray and let it melt away all my aches. Sleeping in front of the piano had not been good for my muscles. After I was clean, I stepped out and wrapped a towel around my waist. I walked back into my room and found a smiling Bella waiting for me with a cup of coffee.

“Now you are a much better sight than your brother.” I chuckled, taking a sip of the brew. “Morning.” 

“What did he do? I heard a loud thump followed by laughter.”

I explained, telling her who I thought it was. She laughed just as hard as Emmett had. “Alright, quit laughing and get out of here so I can get dressed.” I kissed her lips and shut the door behind her. Today was going to be a good day.