"Bells, hurry up! We're going to be late to school! And it's the last day! Hurry uuupppp!" I pounded my hand against the oak door, trying to get Bella to open the door to the bathroom. Do you know what's worse than sharing one bathroom with a 18 year-old girl, and a chief of police? Nothing.
"Max, I'll be out in a minute, I'm just having a bad hair day, and it looks like a bird's nest, so just give me a sec!"
I groaned, knowing that Bella's version of a second is about an hour. "Bells, open the door and let me in; I'll help you with that knot you call your "hair." I heard Bella groan, clearly frustrated, before she opened the door and yanked me inside.
"Yikes, you weren't kidding, looks like something curled up on your head and died." I surveyed the tangle of hair on the top of her before I grabbed a conveniently placed brush, and got to work. After about 5 minutes or so of yanking the brush through her mane, I finally stepped back and looked at my masterpiece.
"Viola!" I said as Bella turned to look at herself in the mirror.
"I love it!" she squealed, "You're a genius!"
"So I've been told; now, come on, we've got to get to school!" I grabbed the collar of her shirt and literally dragged her down the stairs and to the front door.
"Bye dad!" we called back to Charlie, already halfway out the door.
"I'm still not used to calling him dad…." Bella said once we were inside the car.
"You? Imagine me! He's not even my real dad!" I said while laughing.
"Hahaha, right, whatever." We arrived at school and got out of the car. As usual, most of the guys within seeing range stopped and stared at me. Ugh, this school is just full of perverted idiots.
"Ugh, I feel like a troll standing next to you." Bella said, all the while glaring at the guys that were staring at me. She can really act like a sister at times.
"What? Stop putting yourself down! Your beautiful too, and the guys in this school are just looking for a pretty face so they can 'get it on'!" I said, raising my voice at the end.
"You're kidding me! Look at you; you're Mrs. Tall, dark, and beautiful, while I'm Mrs. Short, pale, and plain." Bella huffed, looking down at the ground.
Before I could even say anything, a new voice cut in.
"Well, I don't know if it means anything to anybody, but you're the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."
"Edward!" Bella exclaimed, running into his waiting arms. "I've missed you!" She kissed him lovingly on the lips.
"Ugh can you guys, like, wait until I get out of the room? Or better yet, save it for after you get married." I said, a disgusted look crossing my face. Bella blushed and glared at me, while Edward just chuckled.
"You know how she hates it when you remind her about it." He said, grabbing her hand and holding it.
"How could she not remember it? She has a huge rock on her hand that probably weighs the same as a small dog! It's impossible to forget with that ring on her finger!" I lifted Bella's hand up as if to say "see?" Bella snatched her hand away and glowered at me, her whole face flushed.
"Aw, well isn't it the lovely engaged couple?"
"Emmett…"Bella groaned, looking annoyed, but the huge vampire just grinned at her. Yes, I did say vampire; I knew all about the Cullens and the pack, but I haven't really met anybody who was a wolf. Right about now, if somebody told me they were a unicorn, I would have probably believed them.
"Oh come on! How come when he says that, all he gets is "Emmett…", while I get a whole speech from the soon-to-be-groom over there?" I said, jerking my head towards Edward, disbelief written all over my face.
"That's because while I know you could harm me badly, and possibly kill me, Emmett can kill me with just two fingers." Bella said with a isn't it obvious? look. Emmett laughed while I pouted.
"Aw, looks like Maxy is upset." Jasper said, striding towards us with Alice sashaying by his side.
"Emmett, I wouldn't do that if I were you," Alice said, looking up at the gigantic vamp with an amused look.
"What? You mean this?" Emmett strode over to me, picked me up, and spun me around while I yelled at him to put me down.
"Erhem." Em put me down, and we both looked in the direction of the person who cleared his throat. "Oh great, it's Mike, the delusional yellow lab."Edward must have heard my thoughts because he looked like he was going to burst out laughing anytime soon.
"Uh, you erhemed?" Rosalie snapped, always being the impatient one. Mike looked at her, then turned his attention towards me. I could already tell I was going to need to get Em and Jazz to hold me back to prevent me from ripping out this kid's throat.
"Yeah, I was wondering, Max, would you like to go out with me, you know, to celebrate getting out of this hellhole?" he asked, ending the question with a nervous chuckle.
"Um, sorry, I can't, I, uh, um, I got to, uh…."
Alice, seeing I was hesitating, decided to step in. "She can't go because she's going to celebrate with us." I threw her a look that clearly said thank you for saving me from a date with this pup, and then nodded in Mike's direction to confirm what Alice had just said.
"Oh, um ok…I guess I'll see you soon? I hope? Maybe you can come visit me at the store or something…?" Man, for someone who tries to act cool, this guy can be really insecure!
"Uh, yeah, maybe. I'll try to stop by." Translation: I'll visit you when hell freezes over, and when Bella can play sports. And for those of you who haven't seen Bella play sports, consider yourselves lucky. More then one person has lost a tooth from when she tried to play football.
I watched him walk away, then turned to Alice.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! I owe you big time! You're a legend, and you dominate, andyou're a boss!" I said while hugging her.
Emmett laughed. "In Max's book, that's the highest level you could get!" I pouted, pretending to be mad. At the exact same the bell rang.
"Ok, well see you guys later." I said, using my signature goodbye. (It's just a salute using only your pointer and middle finger.)
