This is the first chapter to my new story. ALL HUMAN. Please enjoy
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"Bella, come on! You are so slow. We are leaving in five minutes," Edward called from the downstairs.
I rushed from Alice room and straightened my shirt before walking downstairs. I tried to look as elegant as a thirteen year-old could, but I ended up tripping instead.
I was prepared for my body to hit the marble steps, but when I opened my eyes, I saw over Edward's shoulder.
"Bella," he hissed in my ear while stroking my now mangled mane, "you scared me."
I stood stunned in his arms before I really realized where I was. My arms snaked around him.
A small gasp was emitted, and we both jumped back causing me to fall back on the steps. Without taking in who had interrupted our sweet
embrace, he fell to his knees in front of me to check for injuries. He had always been that way about me and his family.
"Edward, what happened? Bella, are you alright? Edward, did you tell her?"
"Alice!" he snapped, "go wait in the car like mom told you to. We will be there in a moment."
Alice was Edward's little sister. She was thirteen like me. Edward was fourteen but he started school late, so he, thankfully, attends the same
classes as I do.
"Tell me what, Edward?" I asked bring him out of his thoughts.
His head snapped up and his wide green eyes met my dull brown ones. "Nothing," he muttered standing.
EPOV
I saw all that was happening in slow-motion. Her foot caught the other. The beautiful eyes that were fixed on me were tightly shut as she prepared herself. I had seen the face often, but I was always there to catch her.
Running full speed up the stairs, I felt her warmth melt me in her as she landed face first into my chest.
Losing myself, I stroked her soft brown tresses. "Bella, you scared me."
She leaned into me as her arms wrapped around me.
I wanted to stare into her doe eyes, confess my love for her, and press my lips against her plush red ones.
Someone gasped, and we jumped apart. Bella landed on the steps hard. I bent down on my knees to check her over without looking at who had approached us.
Of course it would be Alice. She had always had the worst timing and interrupted everything.
"Edward!" she squealed, "What happened? Bella, are you alright? Edward, did you…tell her?"
Alice," I snapped, "go to the car like mom told you to. We will be there in a moment."
Alice skipped out the door without another word, and the feel of Bella's gaze on my face left a faint blush on my cheeks.
"Tell me what, Edward?"
I looked down at her knobby knees. "Nothing," I mumbled.
"So where are we going?" Bella asked taking me out of my daze.
"We are going to the park!" I exclaimed but tried seeming less interested afterwards.
"I thought you were too old for the park," she smirked.
I gaped trying to find words. Obviously, I couldn't tell her I wanted to go because that was where Alice had met her. Without Alice, she wouldn't be my best friend.
Bella stood, and I followed her to my mother's large van.
My older brother, Emmett, sat up front in the passenger's seat, so I sat in the back with Alice and Bella. Unfortunately, Alice decided to take a seat between the two of us. I scowled the entire ride as my mother and Alice sang to modern pop. I, myself, had no patience for it.
"So, Bella, will you being staying the night tonight?" my mom asked.
"If that was alright with you, Mrs. Cullen," Bella answered timidly. I snuck a glance at her and noticed her cheeks were bright red.
When we arrived at the park, Alice pulled Bella away by the hand, so I followed Emmett to the swings.
"Alice told us that you two would be out in a minute when we were waiting to leave. What were you two doing in there?"
"We were just talking, and-
Emmett cut me off. "Did you kiss her?"
"What! No," I stumbled remembering that the thought had passed my mind. Emmett was two years older than me making him sixteen. Unlike me, he had always had a knack for coming up with examples of…what he called pleasurable ideas.
I grimaced. The ideas he spoke of had always repulsed me.
"Dang," Emmett mumbled, and we both laughed.
"What's so funny?" Bella's voiced chimed. We both sobered up immediately.
She stood next to Emmett but faced me. I snuck a glance at Emmett, and he puckered his lips in a kissing motion. Blood rushed to my cheeks, and
I stood to walk with her.
We followed our usually trail. She remained oddly silent until we reached the deep section of the woods. Bella had always been clumsy and unbalanced, but I didn't see it coming when she stumbled over a root that had been prodding out of the ground.
She caught herself by putting her hands out to save her face from hitting the dirt. As I quickly fell to my knees to assist her, she howled out in pain.
"Bella, what's wrong?" I asked frantically.
She pulled her hand away from the dirt floor, and my eyes were drawn to a small thin branch fastened in her hand.
Tears flowed down her cheeks silently as I took her hand in mine and tore the stick out of her palm like ripping a band-aid off. Her cry was intense, but no one but the birds would be able to hear her from our spot in the woods.
I stood quickly and pulled off my shirt. Putting the shirt to her wound, blood soaked up the blood that drained from her hand like a sponge.
I looked to Bella. She was staring at my bear chest. Breaking the stare, she looked to her wound, and her face paled.
"Stay with me, Bella!" I said hurriedly. I couldn't have her pass out here.
Pulling her up with me, her body slackened into mine. She was moments away from unconsciousness. I knew how much she hated the smell of blood, so I hitched her arm around my neck. I took off running. Her feet dragged behind us when she tried to keep up, but finally, we made it back to the entrance of the park.
It only took me a split second to find my mother and rush Bella to her.
"Mom, we need to get Bella to the hospital quick!" I exclaimed.
She looked blankly from Bella to me. "Why aren't you wearing a shirt and what happened to Bella?"
"She fell when we were on the trail, and a stick jabbed through her hand."
In less than seven minutes, we were all piled back in the car.
"Mom, the hospital is the other way," I pointed out.
Emmett snickered.
"Your father had the day off. He will be more than capable of attending to Bella," her voice was irritated, so I assumed Emmett was laughing at her determined face.
Alice was pouting on left side of the car. She hated not being in the middle because it made her feel less important.
Bella was pale with a hint of green. I watched as she removed my shirt from her hand. When she saw the bloody infected gash in her palm, her face went completely white as she collapsed on my shoulder.
The car swerved to the side of the road, and my mom threw open my door. She unbuckled Bella's seatbelt. Freed from restraint, Bella's head slipped down my chest and onto my lap. Alice lifted her legs onto her lap, and Emmett stared at me in awe.
The car lurched forward. I stroked Bella's beautiful mahogany hair. All too soon, we were pulling up to our large white home.
"Bella," I whispered, "we're home."
She didn't awaken, so everyone went into the house when I told them I'd carry her.
Finally, I was alone with her. I stroked her silk cheeks tenderly. My gaze on her was tender, and before I could control myself, I pressed my lips to hers.
So soft, I thought. I released her gently, and picked her up in my arms.
Halfway to the door, Bella's eyes flickered open weakly. "When did you get so strong?"
I simply smiled down at her unable to say that I had always been strong, but she had never noticed.
"Edward, where are you going?" Mom asked when she saw I was heading toward the door.
"I have to get some homework done."
I caught a quick glance at Bella before I went to my room. She was looking curiously at me.
My cheeks heated up, and I dashed to my room. Mom knew perfectly well that I had no homework to complete. Instead, I sat down at my baby grand piano. A new melody filled the room as my fingers flew across the keys.
Suddenly in a fury, the notes turned harsh, low in a minor key. I let out a frustrated yell and buried my face in my hands.
I kissed my best friend. I had my first kiss with my twelve year old, unconscious, best friend. I stole her first kiss.
No, it didn't count as a first. She wasn't even conscious…but her lips felt so soft against mine.
A timid knock on my door snapped me out of my thoughts, and I looked up to see Bella peeking into my room.
"May I come in?" her voice was a whisper.
I nodded, and she proceeded to walk into my room.
"What were you just playing?" She asked eyeing my piano.
"I don't know," I shrugged, "it just came to me."
"Well, Alice and I are going to play a little Resident Evil. Do you want to join in?" Bella asked.
"Aren't you a bit young to being playing that?" I asked eyeing her. If being cruel was the only way to separate her from me then that was the way it must be. I couldn't feel this way for a friend.
She giggled. "You're the one that started playing it with me."
I had nothing in return to say. She was always right. I turned away from and opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out.
Bella sat down next to me on the piano bench and took my hand. Shocked, I looked up at her. She had never been so bold in her actions, and her face was flushed as she examined my hand.
Edward?" her voice was weak and trembled.
"Yes?" I whispered back lifting my eyes to meet hers.
Her eyes, however, were not looking back at mine. They were focused on my lips. With her free hand, she caressed my face and pulled me in slightly.
She's thirteen! One side of me fought while the other said, you have been dreaming for this for ages.
She is going to want more as you two grow up, my rational side argued back. You can handle her wanting more. You two can be together. My dreams had always included this.
Just as she leaned in, her lips millimeters from mine, Alice burst through the door. Bella let her head drop to my shoulder.
"So are we going to play or what?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute," Bella sighed.
Alice turned on her heals and left. Bella lifted her head, her cheeks heated, and she followed after Alice.
I left my room moments later to join the girls. Bella's eyes were glued to the screen as a zombie grabbed onto her character. Wildly, she sung her remote in attempt to be freed, but her plan failed when blood covered the screen and formed the words "Game Over."
I punched her arm lightly. "Let me show you how it's done."
I took a peek at her after a few minutes and noticed that Alice was holding her wounded hand, examining the several layers of bandages. I shut the game down and sat with the girls until Emmett's loud voice boomed through the house and vibrated off the walls.
"Edward!" he called.
Sighing, I went to his room.
Emmett was waiting for me. A suspicious look adorned his face before he broke into a wide grin. "What happened in the woods?"
"She wanted to go for our usually stroll. She tripped over a root, and a stick jabbed into her hand," I explained.
"Then why did she pass out?"
I rolled my eyes. "You know how she feels about blood, Emmett."
"Did anything happen when you stayed behind to carry her into the house?"
I looked down ashamed, and I could felt the heat rush to my cheeks.
"You kissed her didn't you? Yeah! Score one for Edward," he laughed. "How was it?"
"Uh, she was…she was still unconscious," I mumbled nervously trying to keep my eyes anywhere but connected to Emmett's.
He laughed again.
"She- we almost kissed in my room, but Alice interrupted."
Emmett's face went blank before his laughing resumed. "Dude, you are going to get laid before I do!"
I grimaced. Emmett's sixteen year-old mind worked in mysterious ways; I wanted no part in…in doing anything remotely…Emmett-like with Bella.
But when I thought her name, I felt warmer inside. Was that normal?
"Dinner is almost ready,"
Bella's voice sounded in the room. When I turned to look at her, she quickly closed the door and scampered away.
I looked out Emmett's window and saw that it was already dark. Today had been an eventful day, and it had passed so quickly that I had to cling to each memory to remember then. I had to force myself to remember then…all but one. A soft kiss was placed on her lips. The kiss that I took from her lips was the memory that would never leave my mind.
Bella didn't sit next to me during dinner. In fact, she barely looked at me, and when she did, she quickly looked away when I caught her.
After a quite dinner, I headed back to my room to work on the tune that intrigued my mind when ever I thought about Bella.
A soft knock sounded from behind my door, and my hopes went flying as I thought about her. My hopes leveled back when I saw the black spikes
of Alice's hair enter my room.
"What do you want, Alice," I asked, my voice irritated.
"May I talk to you?" I had never heard Alice's tone so soft and meek before, so I quickly allowed her access into my room. "Bella seemed a bit…upset. She decided it would be best if she went home instead of spending the night."
I couldn't help but to wear my disappointment clear on my face.
"Why was she upset?" I gulped.
"She said that she was confused,"
"About?" I pushed.
Alice sighed. "Never mind, Edward, I don't feel right telling you her secrets. Goodnight."
I allowed her to give me a tight squeeze before she left. I was left puzzled though. Why was Bella confused?
Three realizations dawned upon me as I lay on my bed staring at the ceiling. One, I was in love with my thirteen year-old best friend, Bella. Two, I was scared she would reject me, and I would lose her friendship. And three, she must never know that I stole her first kiss.
There was only one solution I could come up with to solve all of my problems. The solution was to drift away slowly for Bella Swan.
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