Chapter !
"Quil, over here!" I shouted.
It was 11 February and all the neighbors were outside playing a friendly game of basketball.
"Quil! Over here", I repeated.
Quil is my neighbor. He has been my best friend since we were three and we were both sixteen now. When I used to be a tomboy we did literally everything together. All my best childhood memories were with Quil. Now that I had done a total three-sixty degree turn and transformed into a girl who couldn't wait for any opportunity to put on her imitation Gucci cheetah print heels, I didn't spend as much Tylere with Quil but I still considered him my best friend.
Quil passed the ball to Edward. Swish.
Edward Cullen was another one of my neighbors. He was the oldest kid on the street at 17 and definitely the cutest! He was about six foot one with short dark hair, amazing brown eyes and had visible muscles throughout his body and I couldn't help but like him.
"Sorry, he had a perfect angle", Quil apologized.
"It's ok, I probably would've missed anyways", I assured.
It was 16-20. My team was up and the other team had the ball. Sam dribbled towards the hoop and went for the layup. BAM! Edward smacked it down and recovered the ball.
I sighed. Edward was so cute and he always smelled so good, even after playing an aggressive game of basketball, and the way he smil-BANG!
The ball hit me right in the face and knocked me to the ground. I had been thinking of Edward and not paying attention.
"Are you okay?" Embry asked offering me his hand. Everyone was circled around me. Embarrassing! I took his hand and stood up pretending like it was nothing. All the blood rushed to my head at once and felt faint for a half a second but Embry clutched my wrists with both hands so I wouldn't fall.
"Yeah, I'm fine", I said swatting the air with my hand.
"I'm ready for a break anyways", Tyler decided.
Jared was always the first to reply. "That's only cause you're losing."
"No-," Tyler started.
"Guys, come on. Grow up", Jacob interrupted even though he knew it wasn't going to happen anyTylere soon.
"Who's up for some Halo Two?" Quil exclaimed.
"Me", Jared, Tyler and Embry yelled at the same Tylere.
"I call first player", Quil shouted as he sprinted inside the Racks house.
"Second!" yelled Embry instantly after.
"Third", shouted Tyler running after them.
"Ah, come on! I'm always last", complained Jared as he slowed to a walk before he walked in through the door.
"So what do you guys want to do now?" asked Edward.
"I say we go swimming, I'm hot", Sam said waiting for someone to laugh. Everyone just rolled their eyes but agreed to go swimming.
Sam went in his house to inform the other four that we were going swimming and the rest of us went to change into our swimsuits.
This neighborhood wasn't any regular neighborhood. There were kids from almost every house in the block and everyone knew each other like brothers and sisters. We did everything together. We all went to the same church and threw parties for every occasion possible. Jacob was the newest of the pack moving here only early last August with his sister Aurora. The second newest to the neighborhood was Edward and his younger brother Jasper and two younger sisters Alice and Rosalie who moved in two years ago and were already part of the family. Right after school everyone would meet up at the Rack's house (brothers Sam, Jared and their younger sis Emily) to eat and hang out.
It was nice to have everyone around the same age. Edward was of course the oldest; Quil, Sam, Jacob, Alice and I were all sixteen; Tyler, Jared, Embry, Jasper and Aurora were all fifteen and Eric was the youngest at fourteen. A lot of time the sixteen year olds and Edward would all hang out in one group while the fifteen year olds and Eric hung out in another. Aurora would often play with Edward's little sister Rosalie, who was nine and Sam's sister, Emily, who was eleven. When we were swimming, playing flag football or having a party, we all came together.
That night I laid in bed going over what happened earlier that day. Edward told us he was going on vacation the next day for a couple of days to go surfing at some beach far away. His whole family was big into surfing and went on trips a lot all over the coast. Then I thought of how I embarrassed myself right in front of him. I hadn't seen his reaction but I tried not to think of it for long. I decided to text him.
Bella: Hey, promise to text me while yr gone???
Edward: I wish. There's no service out there.
Bella: O dang. How long you gunna be there?
Edward: 4 days
Bella: Not too bad I guess
Edward: Ya. Tell me what happens when Im gone, k?
Bella: every detail
Edward: hah, thanks. Well Im getting up early so I should prbly go to bed
Bella: Ok. Have fun. Niitte
Edward: You too. Goodnight.
I didn't get to text him as long as I'd like but it was good enough to make me sleep peacefully.