Full Circle

10

"Well what if I dropped you off to the treaty line tomorrow and Jacob could come and pick you up?" I suggested "Do you think he would do that?"

"I think so; I'll call him" Bella replied "That sounds like a good idea actually"

"Oh, I'm full of them"

"Yes you are" Bella replied fondly

"Then when you're done, you can call me and I'll come pick you up from there" Alice said "Then you Bella, are going to be spending the rest of the night with me"

"I am?"

"I figured we could have dinner...well you could have dinner and maybe just hang out" I shrugged innocently

"That sounds good" She replied

"Though you have to promise me that you're not going to cancel on me this time" I sighed dramatically "If you recall, the last time we had a date planned, you kind of bailed on me"

"What is it going to take for you to forgive me for that?" Bella asked

"I haven't quite figured that out yet" I said pretending to think for a few seconds "But going to dinner with me could be a start"

I rested my head on her shoulder and Bella sighed

"You're lucky you're so damn adorable or I wouldn't let you get away with this" She said after a moment of comfortable silence "I'm going to call Jake okay? And then we should watch a movie or something. I'll see if he'll come and get me from the treaty line"

"It's a date" I smiled like a fool

Bella called Jacob and he agreed to pick her up from the treaty line at 10 and she was coming back at around 4.

I was going to miss her terribly but she wanted to spend time there so there was nothing I could do about it, I just wanted her to be happy and that meant spending time with her friend.

I stayed on Bella's bed but I moved to lie against the headboard, like I had been the previous night. Without a word Bella climbed onto her bed, leaning her head on my never beating chest, wrapping a leg and arm around me

"I take it you heard all of that" Bella mumbled against me

"You're going to get cold" I warned as I ignored her question at first "And yes I did, I'm glad he'll come and pick you up"

"I'm going to tell him tomorrow so I can tell Charlie when I get home" Bella confirmed, grab my hand and link our fingers

"Now you're sure you want to do that?" I asked "Because you can do this whenever you want, it doesn't have to be right now"

"I want him to know because I don't want to have to lie about us" Bella replied confidently "It's probably going to be a little bit of a shock to him sure, but he'll just have to get over it. I think deep down he knows that I'm gay already and it's not going to change. I want everyone to know that you're taken and you're mine"

"Me too Bella" I whispered

"What are you going to do tomorrow while I'm out?" Her voice lowered with mine

"I don't know yet. I might do some painting; spend a little time with Jazz and Rose. Depending on the weather we might be able to fit some baseball in" I replied as I looked up to the ceiling "I hope so, we haven't played in a while. I've been a little too distracted lately"

"Baseball? You play baseball?" Bella asked, pushing off me to prop herself on her elbow so she could look me in the eyes

I lifted my free hand to stroke her warm cheek gently