I Want You To Want Me
Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer, nor do I own any of her characters(well except in my dreams but I don't think that counts!
Now… one, two, three, fo'! lets get on wit the show!
The first chapter does not have a lot of interesting things happening in it but-- bear with me! Next chapter is VERY interesting. (Well, I think so)
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Bella POV
Honk! Honk!
I sighed. Edward was so impatient. He could never just wait for me. But, I suppose that I've gotten used to that in the thirteen years that we have been best friends. It is just one of those little annoying quirks that I love about him.---- We were going to Lauren Mallory's party tonight. I really did NOT want to go, but if I didn't, Alice would have a fit! Hell hath no fury like Alice Cullen scorned. So, I have to go. Luckily, Edward was going too and he said he would take me. I asked him to pick me up early so I wouldn't be at my house for Alice to come in and play "Bella Barbie" with me. Well not so much "play" as force me to do whatever she asked. The Cullens lived next door to me and my dad, Charlie, and Edward and Alice just walk in like it is their own home. Which, technically it is. We were all very close, and I couldn't have asked for better friends. I ran down the stairs, kissed my dad on the cheek, and ran out the door.
"Bye Bells!" Charlie yelled out.
I opened the door and got in the passenger seat of Edward's shiny silver Volvo.
"Don't slam it!" Edward yelled. I rolled my eyes and shut the door gently. Stupid, shiny, Volvo owner!
"I swear, the obsession you have with this thing is unhealthy!" I said.
"Anyone else who has a car is the same way. Alice is like that about her Porsche, and Emmett," his brother, "is that way about his Jeep."
"Hello! I own a vehicle! I don't act like that. And I highly doubt anyone is as obsessed with cars as you Cullens are."
"You can hardly call that thing a vehicle. I don't know why you just won't let me buy you a car. You'd do well with a nice little Audi Coupe…" The Cullens were rich, filthy rich. They loved to flaunt their wealth. Alice and Edward were ALWAYS trying to spend money on me, but I wouldn't have it.
"NO!" I nearly growled. "Besides, I love my truck." I said a bit defensively.
Edward rolled his eyes and put on a CD. The smooth notes of Claire De Lune filled the car. Edward and I loved classical music, especially Debussy. But our music tastes are about as far as the similarities go. Edward was a total extrovert, the life of the party. Actually, Lauren Mallory, the Queen Of Popularity at Forks High had a total crush on him. I couldn't blame her, he was gorgeous of course. But, more than that, he had a great personality. Luckily, Edward thought Lauren was a twit, an opinion which I thoroughly agreed with. Anyway, Edward could easily be popular if he wanted too, but he chose to hang out with me instead. That elated me, I could not have asked for a better best friend. But as for me, I was the shy, quiet, girl (excpet when I was with Edward and Alice), I could never make it a day being popular.
"So, how do I look?" I said, trying to imitate Alice's trill, melodic voice. I did a horrible impression but Edward laughed anyway, knowing who I was going for.
He looked over at me and I sighed. I had given up on telling Edward to keep his eyes on the road a long time ago. All I know is that once we get in a car accident, then die, then pass each other while I'm on my way to Heaven and he to Hell, (I don't know why, he just, will be…) I'll smack him over the head and smugly say "Told you so!"
Anyway, he looked over at me, then his eyes widened. He gulped and his Adam's apple bobbed. Then he looked back at the road.
"That bad, huh?" I asked.
"No, you look… nice."
I may have been able to keep Alice from doing my hair and makeup, but the outfit was a lost cause. I was wearing a blue shirt that hugged my (non-existent) curves and was VERY low cut. I also wearing a black mini skirt and silver ballet flats. And when I say mini skirt, I mean MINI, MINI skirt. Alice says I have "amazing legs" and I need to "flaunt 'em". Whatever.
Epov
Wow. Just wow. Bella looked… wow. Her legs…. The way the color blue offset her rosy cheeks. She's always been pretty but tonight she looked…
Wow. Just wow.
Bpov
"So, are you drinking tonight?" I asked Edward worriedly. Edward hardly ever drank, only when we went to the occasional party, which was very rare. But when he does, he gets violent and out of control. Last time, he started a fight with a football player. He ended up with a black eye AND a broken hand. It was really hard to see my best friend hurt…
"No, I am not." He said proudly.
"Really?" I asked skeptically, looking up to him. Edward was an amazing liar, but for some reason, me as his best friend, I could always tell.
He turned to his full attention towards me. "I give you my word." He said, his emerald eyes shining. I gulped and turned away, momentarily dazzled.
I never thought it was weird that Edward could "dazzle" me. There was never anything romantic about our relationship, no matter how hard Alice tried. Well, we had our first kiss together, but that was simply to be a rite of passage and see what it was like. I was sure that Edward would find love someday, maybe even multiple times (I could totally see him as a ladies man) just not with me.
We were about a block away from Lauren's house, but I could already hear the music. It was "hot n' cold" by Katy Perry. Edward and I rolled our eyes simultaneously. It was not that there was anything we had against the song in particular, but it was rather annoying after the thousandth time.
Finally, we pulled into the drive way, it looked as though Lauren's house was shaking!
"Ready to go into the lion's den?" Edward asked me, only slightly teasing.
I gulped, "Ready as I'll ever be."
