Between Twilight and New Moon
Chapter 1: Summer begins
Have you ever wondered what happened that summer between Twilight and New Moon? Stephenie Meyer completely skips and leaves it out of her series. This is my story of what I would think they would do over the summer.
I was in the last period of the day…gym. Ugh how I hated it. But I tried to look on the bright side. This was the last day of school and soon I would have the whole summer to do whatever I wanted, of course with Edward.
It felt like forever before the gym coaches yelled for us to go change. As changed into my clothes, girls chatted happily about what they were doing over the summer and where they were going. I wasn't going anywhere, Charlie didn't have enough money to spend on a vacation this year and I was okay with that I didn't want to spend that much time away from Edward anyway.
As I walked out of the locker room, Mike was gathering his things. He looked up right as I was walking toward him. "Three minutes and twenty seconds until the bell rings!" Mike said excitedly. Apparently he was counting down. I laughed in response.
"Are you going anywhere this summer?" I could see by the look on his face that he had a lot planned for this summer. "Yeah, my family and I are going to California to see some family and friends. It will be nice to see some sun."
The bell finally rang, the whole entire day had dragged on tremendously and I couldn't wait to leave. I started walking toward the door watching every step I took; I was getting pretty bad on the whole balance thing.
Edward met me at the door, seeing the breathtaking look on his face made my heart skip a beat. He noticed and laughed, I blushed in response. He took my hand as we walked toward his Volvo. "So Bella Swan, you made it through your junior year of high school, next stop seniorville."
"It won't be the only time I'll be a senior." I said in a low voice that only he could hear and nudged him gently. He growled softly. "Yes Bella, this will be the one and only time you will be a senior. I won't let you become a monster." He said matter-of-factly. "But I have already chosen the life I want. This life has no interest to me without you in it." But I knew he didn't care. He didn't want to make me a monster, a creature that was designed to kill as he stated it.
I dropped the topic and sighed as I knew very well that my argument wouldn't change his mind or even make him think about what I wanted. Of course, I could always go to one of the other Cullen's to get my wishes fulfilled. I was glad Edward could read my mind because I was thinking of options.
We pulled up at my house; Edward opened my door for me and grabbed my bag. I grabbed the key from my pocket; its rough texture cut my finger. "Ouch!" I exclaimed. I pulled my hand out to examine the damage. Edward held his breath as he looked through my truck. He found what he was looking for. I saw what it was as he pulled it out, a first aid kit. I knew Charlie had snuck something in there.
He quickly grabbed an alcohol wipe and a bandage from the box. He cleaned my finger and wrapped the bandage around tightly. He stopped holding his breath, so I opened the door and walked into the house. The scent of lemon overwhelmed my nose, a reminder of the almost deadly mopping trial yesterday.
I went into the kitchen and started digging through the fridge; I was frustrated as I found there was nothing that I wanted to make. Edward found some hamburger patties and sliced cheese, so I dug through the pantry until I found the buns. Edward had to keep the conversation going as we cooked the food. I was very unaware of what he was saying because I kept thinking of my options.
Edward smiled at me and let go of my hand. It seemed like a everyday routine for him, a warning that Charlie was about to open the door. I went and greeted him. "Hey dad." I said while wiping my greasy hands on a clean towel.
"Hey Bells." My dad sighed while hanging his gun up. I could tell he had a slow day at work. "How was work?" I asked trying to keep the conversation going. "Slow. We didn't get any calls, so I spent my day playing solitaire on the stations dinosaur of a computer."
Edward suddenly appeared in the room, I hated when he was quiet like that. "Hello Charlie." Edward said shaking my dad's hand. "Hello Edward, something smells good. What's for dinner Bells?"
"Hamburgers." I laughed remembering the look on Edward's face when he looked and smelled the raw ingredients. I suddenly heard the timer go off. "Well there done." I said running to the kitchen to take them out of the frying pan.
I tried to be quiet as I put the food on plates, to listen to Charlie and Edward's conversation. I could only here very quiet mumbles and that was even with my excellent hearing. "So Charlie," I heard Edward say. "Would it be okay if I took Bella on vacation with my family this summer?"
"Yes, that's okay with me. But it probably won't be okay with Bella, she hates when you spend money on her." Charlie rolled his eyes. I sighed; Edward knew I didn't want him to spend money on me. I feel that way because I never have anything to give back.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Cullen's were billionaires. But, I didn't want to think about all there money and things, it made me feel like I wasn't good enough for Edward, I knew that without even thinking about it. But I also knew that even a supermodel wouldn't be good enough for Edward.
I carried the plates to the table. "Dinners ready!" I shouted. Charlie and Edward came and sat at the table. As usual Edward apparently wasn't hungry. I guess he said that every time for Charlie's sake. Every time he had another excuse like, "I had a big lunch," or "I'm just not that hungry."
The conversation during dinner was slow, it's normally always like that because, when Charlie likes the food I cook, he can't talk because he is stuffing it in his mouth and getting seconds, but when he doesn't like the food, he talks too much so he can get out of it and eat a snack later.
Typical Charlie, you can read him like an open book. I guess that's where I got that from. I guess I got about 85 percent of what I am like from Charlie, I know I got a lot of my looks from my mom. But the way I act is almost an exact duplicate to how Charlie acts.
After dinner, Charlie waddled to the living room to watch sports and Edward and I went to the Cullen's. We took his Volvo because, someway or another he couldn't get my truck to start. He and I both know you have to try to get it running two times before it will work. He only tried once, but I didn't argue, because I knew that he didn't want to drive my apparently 'piece of junk'.
When we got to the Cullen's, Alice greeted us at the door. We went inside and Alice had set up the whole entire house in party decorations, I didn't know what was going on until, I saw the huge banner by the fireplace that said, SCHOOL'S OUT! NEXT STOP SENIORVILLE!
I was seriously thinking about killing Alice, but I knew that was impossible for a human so I just sighed. I guess Edward's; "next stop seniorville" was a hint about Alice's doing. "Alice what is all this?" I was really getting frustrated. "This is our end of the school Year party!" She said excitedly. "I invited the whole entire junior class to celebrate becoming seniors next year!" I looked at her in disbelief. "What have you done?!?" I stammered, trying to catch my breath.
Look for the next chapter; It's the party that I never wanted. Coming soon