Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.

"So, you want to come to dinner with me?" I asked Bella as I stepped into her office unannounced. She smiled at her monitor before looking at me the same warm smile that she had come to greet me with each time I invited her to dinner.

"This is the second time you asked me today," she pointed out as I shrugged my explanation, but she knew better.

"What's going on?" she asked me as I stood there, feeling suddenly exposed for some reason as I attempted to reveal my true reasoning in asking her out with me that night.

"My parents are in town and if you go with me then my mom will leave me alone," I blurted out, not caring that I was admitting to using her to deflect my mother's unnecessary concern over my being alone. I waited, half expecting my confession to be met with her loud mocking laughter that I had come to enjoy, but instead she just sighed.

"I wish I could, but I can't tonight, Edward. I have plans, however I am free tomorrow night if you still need to use me as a human shield, but I must warn you if we do this then you owe me," she said in a serious tone, but I could see her good natured teasing in it.

"Tomorrow night at seven; Johnny's Steakhouse, wear blue," I barked out orders as I stepped out of the office with a pleased grin as she giggled at my demands as if she was used to it even though we both knew she called all the shots between us.

"Why blue?" she called out after me, making me pause as I realized my mistake of asking her to wear that color since I could not tell her that it made her look beautiful without looking like an idiot so I opted for the easy way out instead.

"It makes your tits look bigger," I called back to her with a leering look while wiggling my eyebrows at her in a suggestive manner that I knew would make her howled in laughter over my ridiculous behavior. I grinned as I watched her give me the finger in response before returning to whatever work she had been focusing on.

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