Deal

Surprise

I felt something moist and warm against my lips. I fluttered my eyes open, and saw Edward right in front of me, staring into my eyes. Then as Edward moved away his face, the wet thing detached from my lips and was placed against my forehead. He pecked my forehead, “Morning beautiful,” he kissed my lips once more.
I beamed at him, “Morning gorgeous,” I had never felt happier in my life, waking up in the arms of someone I loved so much.
Edward wrapped his arms tighter around me and I buried my head in the hollow of his neck. I noticed that he did not have a shirt on.
I stroked his bandage on his arm, “Does it hurt?”
“No,”
“You sure?”
“Yeah, your existence numbs the pain,”
I kissed him, “Thank you Edward, I love you,”
“Love you too,”
I trailed my fingertips from the base of his throat to his chest, all the way down to his abs, making him shiver, and finally wrapped my fingers around the rim of his jeans. I looked up at him and he was smiling cheekily at me.
Just then my phone vibrated on my bedside table. I sighed and rolled over to retrieve my phone. I had got a new message, so I sat against the head board of the bed to read it. It was from Chloe.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING DID I PREDICT RIGHT? ;)”
I chuckled, and Edward propped himself up and rested his head on his elbow to look at me, “What’s so funny?”
“Hmmm, nothing really,” I smiled.
“Kind of” I simply texted back.
A few seconds later she texted back, “WHAT?! You did IT?”
“No! He just stayed for the night!” I laughed at her text.
“You have to tell me every bit of it RIGHT NOW!”
Edward was now looking at me weirdly, raising an eyebrow at me, “Is this about me?” he asked suspiciously.
I just smiled at him, and texted Chloe, “Erm I can’t he’s right beside me”
“He what? RIGHT BESIDE YOU? In your bed probably?”
Edward peeked at my phone and I quickly texted Chloe back, “Ttyl” I was sure she would understand.
I put away my phone and Edward stared at me, “What?” I asked.
“Why are you being so weird?” he giggled. I melted at his cuteness.
“I was texting my best friend Chloe in my old town and she is well, interested in our relationship,”
“So you told your best friend about me?” he grinned widely at me.
I nodded.
“I don’t know why but I’m so happy that you told someone about our relationship,” he sat up and kissed my cheek.
I laughed and got out of bed, “I’m going to brush my teeth, I wonder if my parents are at home?” today was Sunday, and I was not sure if they had gone out.
I went through my morning routine and put on some simple T-shirt and shorts. Edward cleaned himself in the bathroom and put on his T-shirt which was lying on the floor beside the bed. He said sleeping with me made him so hot that he almost had to sleep naked, and I laughed.
We went down the stairs hand in hand, and I found a note on the kitchen table. Apparently my parents had gone out shopping, and would be back in an hour.
“So we have the house all to ourselves,” Edward grinned at me.
“Don’t you have to go home? I mean wouldn’t your mum be worried?” I asked, “You haven’t gone home for almost a day!”
“She wouldn’t,” he shrugged, “I’m quite independent and it’s not like I have never stayed over at Alan or James’ house, plus I just called her this morning to tell her I’m okay.”
“Alright then,” I smiled, secretly screaming inside as he would not have to leave, “What should we do now?”
“Breakfast?” he suggested.
“Okay!” I found some ingredients for pancakes and made some pancakes.
After we had finished our pancakes, we went to watch TV and waited for our parents to return, as it was around fifteen minutes until the time they said they would be back.
I sat on the sofa with Edward lying across the sofa, his head resting on my thighs. I stroked his soft blond hair and twirled his hair around my fingers. His hair felt so soft and silky smooth.
Then we heard the front door being opened after a while. Edward sat up straight and put his arm around me.
Someone walked into the room and I was about to greet my parents when I froze.
It was Chloe!
My parents followed her into the room, and Chloe was grinning at me, and looking from me to Edward.
I leaped out of Edward’s arm, “Oh my God am I dreaming?” I almost knocked Chloe to the floor, making her giggle, “Oh Chloe! Why are you here?”
“Surprised, eh?” she said, hugging me back, “It’s the school holiday and I told you I would visit soon!”
“I can’t believe it,” I said, still smiling, “I’m so happy right now!”
My parents left us alone and I stepped back, “It’s so good that you’re here! I have lots of stuff to tell you!”
I saw she glanced behind me with a grin. I looked back to see Edward standing behind me, smiling politely at Chloe.
“Oh yeah,” I said, “Chloe, this is Edward. Edward this is Chloe.”
They shook hands, and I saw Chloe mouthed “he’s hot” to me when Edward was not looking.
“So I guess I’d better go,” Edward said.
“No!” Chloe said, “I don’t want to ruin you guys’ plan. What are you planning to do today?”
“Just hang out, I guess,” I said, “Actually, do you want to look around the town?”
“Sure!” she said excitedly, “But really, I don’t want to mess up your plan.”
“It’s okay,” Edward smiled, “We can all get ice-cream together!” I looked at Edward and he chuckled. I bet he was thinking of the previous experience.
I caught Chloe looking at us suspiciously. I knew she had figured out something was up between us on the topic of ice-cream; I knew her too well, and she would probably shoot me questions tonight on this topic.
So we helped Chloe bring up her suitcases to my room, as there were lots of them considering she would be staying for two weeks.
We went to the mall, and we all had a great time. Edward and Chloe got along quite well too.
At last we sat down for ice-cream. Chloe excused herself halfway, and while she was away at one point I had ice-cream all around my lips.
“Look at you,” Edward laughed, and leaned over, “Let me help you.”
Before I could react, he licked the ice-cream up and winked at me.
“Edward!” I hit his arm playfully, “We’re in public!”
“I don’t care,” he grinned.
Then Chloe came back, a confused expression on her face.
“What’s up?” I asked her.
“When I came back from the toilet I saw this guy who was acting weirdly,” she told us, “He was staring at you two and when he saw Edward lick the ice-cream off your face, which I thought was so cute, he stormed away angrily. And he’s right there.” She pointed in a certain direction and I saw a guy walking away.
He was Dylan.
“Oh no,” I gasped.
“I guess we’d better finish everything up and go home,” Edward said.
“You know him?” Chloe asked.
“He’s Dylan,” I told her, and understanding lit her face.
So we went home quickly afterwards, and just chilled at home and caught up.
“You know I’ve got a crush on this boy,” Chloe told me and Edward, “He’s called Harry and we have been flirting majorly! I bet he’ll miss me so much that when I get back he’ll properly kiss me for the first time.”
“What?” I was kind of shocked, “You’ve got a boyfriend too! Wow! Do you have a picture of him?”
She giggled, “He’s not my boyfriend… Yet,” she said, and took out her phone, showing us a picture of her and Harry together.
“You two look cute together!” Edward said.
“Yeah! Like wow I’m so happy for you Chloe!” I smiled.
“Thanks! But not as cute as you two,” she winked at me.
I just grinned, and Edward chuckled.

Edward went home in the evening and Chloe and I just stayed in my room. As I had predicted, she had countless questions for me and I answered them honestly.
“Actually (Yn),” she said, “I think Edward is right. Dylan does look like bad news.”
“I don’t know, but he’s really creeping me out,” I said.
“I’m glad that you listen to Edward and you end up with him but not Dylan. You know, Edward is really a great guy and you two look honestly cute together!”
I smiled, “Yeah, he’s really awesome,”
“I don’t understand how you could not fall for him from the start,” she shook her head, “You’re so weird, (Yn).”
That night, I could not sleep well. Dylan kept popping up in my head and haunting me all night. I was glad that Chloe was sleeping beside me; at least I was not alone. But I also wished Edward was here; being in his arms made me feel safe and content.