New story, please review and tell me if my writing is getting better!! Okay, I need help with the title again. Just naming it after the song I'm listening to!! =].

Edward was in the produce section when he found Bella's daughter, Riley. He was a little surprised when he saw the young girl duck down behind the bin of apples, though she didn't have to duck because she wasn't nearly as tall as she thought she was. He abandoned his cart, and walked over to the where the little girl was hiding.

Edward ducked down next to her. "Hi."

"Hi." She almost mimicked his voice.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Hiding from mommy."

"And why is that?"

"Cuz it's fun." She giggled.

"Well I think I see your mommy coming right now. Want me to help you hide somewhere else?" He asked, in hope to trick the little girl into coming with him so he could find her mom.

"Okay." She nodded, and he led her over to his cart before picking her up and putting her into it. Hopefully she wouldn't notice that she was in clear view, and in no way in a hiding spot. He pushed the cart to the cereal isle, where Bella had been looking for Riley all along.

"Riley." Bella approached them, and then took Riley out of the cart. She hugged her. "Don't do that to me again." She turned to Edward. "Thank-you for finding her. How can I ever repay you?"

"No, it's okay." He smiled. "She's adorable."

"Thanks. I'll see you around."

"Yeah." He agreed, continuing his shopping, though what he really wanted to do was talk to Bella again. And not just this once.

The next time they met it was a few days later, in a coffee shop.

Edward was ordering his latte when Bella was paying for hers.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Bella asked.

"Umm…coffee. …It's a coffee shop." Edward stifled a laugh.

"Oh…right." She felt like a complete idiot, and just wished that she could walk away right now, like none of this had ever happened. But it was just a little 'dumb-blond' moment, so she figured that she would be okay.

"It's okay." He sighed. They were walking over towards the corner and then sat at an empty table.

"So thanks again…for finding Riley. She's…she's a handful." Bella laughed. "But that's why I love her."

Edward usually wouldn't 'butt' into someone's life like this, but he wanted to know more about Bella and about her daughter who had drawn him to her. "Where's Riley at right now?" He mentally slapped himself as soon as the words escaped his lips.

"She's with her grandfather."

Edward sighed with relief that the 'grand' part was in there with the 'father' part. "Oh. …What about her dad?" He couldn't stop, it was like she had some kind of curse on him. "Sorry."

"No, it's okay. Umm, he's in town. He--he lives not too far from here. …But, uh…he's a complete jackass. He never comes to visit us. Not to mention that he got me pregnant when I was 14."

At least she's near your age. He thought. He felt compassion for both Bella and Riley. But he also felt sadness because of her situation. And all he was trying to do was make a date out of it. Disgusting. Putting himself down wouldn't solve the problem. "Hopefully he does help out, though. I mean, he has to. Right?"

"Oh, he pays child support. But it's only because his mom is making him." She looked down.

He'd decided that he'd have to make his move now. He just had to. "Do you wanna have dinner tonight?" Like that wasn't subtle at all…

"Sure." It sounded more like a question rather than an answer.

He was completely prepared for a 'no', but her 'yes' surprised him. "Really? Wow. Uh…" He laughed. "So, I'll pick you up at seven, then?"

She nodded. "Yeah. See ya then."

When his happiness died off after a few seconds, he realized that he didn't know where she lived. Apparently she knew this also. She quickly wrote it down on piece of paper and slipped it on his hand before walking away.

He basically memorized the address before walking back home to his apartment. He got ready as soon as his keys were in the door. Joke? No, literally.

Ok, let's pop in on Bella.

"No, Riley. Wrong shoe. Go get the black one." Bella was even getting help from her own daughter, and she was only 3 and a half.

"Bells, are you really doing this?" Charlie asked, coming into the room. He wasn't too happy about Bella dating someone after just meeting them.

"Dad, of course I am. He's really nice and…cute." She smiled.

"Just because you think he's 'cute'. …Bells, don't you realize that the last time you thinking someone being 'cute' got you pregnant?"

"So you're saying that Riley's a mistake, huh?" She wiped her tears away, surprised at how fast they had appeared.

"No, Bells, no. I'm just saying that this could happen again."

Just then, Riley came in with Bella's shoe. "Here, mommy." She handed her mother her matching shoe.

"Thanks baby." She leaned down and kissed her daughter's forehead. She slipped her shoe on. "Now I have to go soon, so be good for grandpa." In fact, she could drive him crazy for all I cared.

There was a knock at the door, and Bella rushed to go answer it. She opened the door to greet Edward. "Hey." She kissed his cheek, just to piss off Charlie. But he knew that she wouldn't kiss a stranger. If she had kissed him on his lips, Charlie would have blown his top right their and then with Riley in the room. And Bella knew that her father would basically kill her without meeting her date, so she brought him into the living room. "Edward this is my dad."

"It's nice to meet you, Sir." He shook Charlie's hand, making quite an impression.

Riley came over and grabbed Edward's hand. "Come see my room." He followed her down the hall and into her room.

"Bells, go watch him. He's with your kid, you know?"

"Dad, you know what? Fuck you." She whispered. "I'm just trying to enjoy myself here. And what are you doing? You're ruining everything." She went down the hall and into Riley's room. "Sorry. She just likes to show off in front of people she likes."

"No, it's okay. I love kids."

Bella smiled. He likes kids and he's cute. I think I hit the jackpot with this one. "Good, because she will keep you busy with everything. Everything she does she makes a commotion about it."

"And this is my dollhouse, and this is me shrwek (Shrek), and this is my--"

"Riley, Edward would really love to see all of your toys another time. But I think we should go now." Bella cut in.

"Okay mommy." Riley said. "I miss you."

"I'll miss you too, sweetheart." Bella hugged Riley. Bella almost pushed Edward through the apartment and out the door because she didn't want to speak to Charlie.

"So where are we going?" She asked.

"Wherever you want." Edward replied.