Previously

Yet she smiled through the pain. As much as he had hurt her, she couldn't let him know how she felt.

"Yeah" She gave him a forced smile and pulled out the grilled sandwich Esme had cooked up for her.

"Promise me you'll give her a chance?" Edward asked.

"Promise" she smiled a cheery smile. Fuck no she thought bitterly.

3rd Person

Somehow the two had managed to have a normal conversation, leaving the Bella subject aside.

"Its getting dark. We should head back" Athena said, looking up into the peaceful starlit night.

"Yeah. How will you transform back?" Edward asked her. Athena furrowed her eyebrows.

"I don't know. Let me try something." She got off the rock she had been sitting on and lifted herself to sit on the edge of the bank across from Edward.

"Its beautiful. The outfit i mean. You look amazing too." Edward smiled at her and she returned the smile.

Athena shut her eyes. Detransform? Nothing happened. Maybe I should sound more confident. Detransform she thought, and not a second later her legs began to reappear, her purple fancy bra disappearing along with it, and her hair going back to its normal dark color, leaving her in the undergarments she had transformed in. Athena would've blushed if she could've as well as Edward.

Gosh this is so embarrassing. At least I was smart enough to keep my underwear on though! Yay me. Athena thought.

"Where did you leave the clothes Alice gave you?" Edward finally said after a small moment of silence.

"I left them somewhere in the forest. Sorry." She admitted sheepishly and he chuckled, shaking his head.

"Don't worry about it, here have this." Edward pulled off his black sweatshirt and handed it to her, leaving him in a white button up shirt. Athena took it and quickly pulled it on, not wanting to be in her cloth less condition in front of him any longer.

"Thanks" She gave him a grateful smile and stood up, leaping gracefully to the other side of the bank next to Edward.

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"Woah- that was more exhilarating than I thought." Athena said, leaning over with her hands on her knees once Edward had stoped running in front of the Cullen house. He smiled.

"Cmon lets go inside. I don't hear anyone... they must have gone hunting." Edward said and Athena nodded.

They headed inside the house in an uncommonly comfortable silence Edward took a seat on a couch.

"Would you like to watch a movie?" Edward asked Athena and she felt a rush of nervousness.

"Sure. I'll go change int something more- decent" Athena said, she was still wearing Edward's sweatshirt and no pants.

Edward nodded. "I think I should too"

They headed upstairs, Athena changing into a pair of warm comfortable red pajama pants and grey a tank top to go with it, Edward changing into a pair of sweatpants and a plain black t-shirt. As Athena headed back downstairs, Edward was already there.

"Let me guess, it took you exactly 1.5 seconds to go up and come back down?" Athena said sarcastically, taking a seat next to Edward. They sat at the opposite ends of the couch and awkwardly.

"Approximately." Edward replied with a stiff nod. "Why don't you pick out a movie?"

Athena picked out a random movie from the shelf, and they watched it for the rest of the night. Somehow she ended up leaning against him half the way through the movie. Edward took this as his cue.

"Do you mind if I-" he sighed, nervous. "if I hold you? Its alright if you don't want me to, thats t-" Edward whispered nervously and Athena's two heartbeats beat even faster than before. She was freaking out, was he really asking her this!?

"Oh, of course you can Edward, I don't mind" She smiled at the vampire and he instantly calmed down.

Edward placed an arm around her, maneuvering Athena so that she was positioned in front of him on her left side facing the TV, keeping an arm around her waist making sure not to squeeze the air out of her. The two were stiff for a moment before calming down. For the rest half of the movie that was playing, Athena leaned her head back into his chest, causing Edward to sigh to himself in content. She felt safe in his arms while Edward remained blind to her love she had toward him. (🤦🏻‍♀️)

Soon, the movie ended and Athena was fast asleep. Edward gazed at the Mermaid in his arms in awe, he sure was lucky. A few minutes passed before Athena opened her eyes, looking up and instantly, their eyes met.

"hey" She smiled up to him.

"Hey" Edward muttered, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear with his free hand, and Athena almost had a heart attack on the spot, their noses were barely touching at this point.

"Edward listen, I-" but she didn't get to finish her sentence when Edward leaned in and their lips connected in a gentle kiss. He kept his right arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer to his body, his left hand moving up to her neck.

Athena was in shock at its finest. Was this really happening? What were they now? But that wasn't of importance at the moment, Edward was. She moved her hands upwards, tangled in his silky bronze hair. Their lips moved in sync, heating up by the second and soon they were tangled up on the sofa devouring each others faces, in a moment of pure bliss.

At last, they reluctantly pulled away from each other, Athena gasping for the air she didn't need. Edward buried his face in her long black hair, still processing what had just happened, what he had started.

"Are you alright?" Edward whispered an her ear and she shuddered, feeling his satisfyingly cold breath on her neck.

"Yeah i'm fine, thanks. You?" she answered.

"Im fine. More than fine." Edward said and she giggled. They stayed like that for a moment simply enjoying being in each others presence.

"Im sorry. I should have asked first." Edward apologized.

"Don't be" Athena answered and Edward chuckled,

"The others will be back soon, you should get some sleep" Edward got up from the sofa they were lying on, helping Athena up with him.

"Yeah I really should. Goodnight Edward." Athena gave him a small smile and let go of his hand before stepping back and heading up the stairs.

Edward gazed after her until she was out of sight, back in his trance. He stood there for a while nothing else on his mind but her, until he could hear his family returning and their thoughts.

Alice squealed, jumping up and down when she saw Edward, knowing very well what had happened.

Edward gave her a warning look, ordering not to say anything. Alice rolled her eyes but continued jumping up and down.

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! You two are made for each other! Oh and Edward the rest will find out somehow so don't stress over it. Alice thought.

"No Alice, she wasn't made for me! Definitely not she deserves better, besides it was just a kiss!" Edward hissed lowly managing so that only Alice could hear. Alice sighed and shook her head.

You are so blind Edward, honestly. But whatever, you'll figure it out at your own time, and are you entirely sure it was just a kiss? Because it sure looked like something else... what!? Fine. Be like that. But don't say I didn't tell you! Alice thought when Edward glared at her and she was on her way to annoy Jasper once again.

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That night Edward watched over Athena, resisting he urge to lay next to her and hold her like he had earlier. She probably already thought of him as a stocker due to the happenings in the book so it was probably better if it remained a secret.

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i wrote this during class and I have no idea what is going on but heres the update yall asked for :D