Chapter 1 - Summer Plans
"Bella! Can you even hear me?" I looked over to my right to see my pixie of a friend Alice waving her hand in front of my face. "You've been out of it all morning! What's going on with you today?"
"It's nothing Alice, what were you talking about before?" Truth is, it wasn't just nothing. It was everything. It was the way he looked at me. The way he talked to me. The way that he would run his hand through his dark brown hair and have the perfect jock-smirk on his face.
"So as I was saying," Alice started, "I think we should throw a party. You, me and Rose can get everything together at my house for an end of the year get together! Bella, it'd be so much fun! Oh my gosh I can't wait to tell Rose."
"Yeah, Ali that sounds great. Talk to Rose about it today, I'm sure she'll be more than happy to help out." Rose was our other best friend. She and Alice must be the most beautiful people I have ever seen in my life. Rose for starters was tall, thin and stunningly gorgeous. With her long blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes, she can make any guy fall over her. Alice was shorter on the other half. She has short, black hair that would look like a mess on most people, but Alice makes it look pixie-like and perfect. If looks could kill, these two would be on the most wanted list. Me on the other hand, I was average. You got your brown eyed and haired girl over here. I'm not tall, but I'm not short either. I'm just ordinary, nothing special.
"Oh Bellaa! Guess who I saw staring at you in Biology class yesterday?" By this time, Alice was practically falling out of her seat with excitement.
"Oh Alice, do I even want to know this time? You know what happened the last time. Mike Newton remember? The one who practically ate my face off when he attempted to 'kiss' me." Thinking back at that night with Mike, and how he practically sucked my whole mouth off, I shuddered. It was the worst date of my life and I will never forgive Alice and Rose for making me go on it. It started off okay. You know? We did the cliché dinner and a movie. The movie was good, so was the dinner. But when Mike walked me to my door, he pulled his "mind-blowing" moves on me. More like face-eating moves.
"Oh Bella, seriously just get over that one little mistake me and Rose made. How were we supposed to know that Mike was a face-eating cannibal?"
"Okay, just tell me who it is. Because my up-chuck reflex has really been intact all the sudden when we talk about Mike."
Alice and I were giggling at the joke I made, until I heard the name, Jacob Black come out of her mouth. That's when I abruptly stopped laughing and looked at Alice who had the biggest smile on her face.
"Okay, Alice. That's not even funny. Why on Earth would Jacob Black be staring at me. I mean, he goes out with girls like Lauren and Jessica. I'm probably just wanted to be another one of his trophies. I don't want to end up like the girls who wake up in their bed the next morning only to find that he's left them and he'll never speak to them again."
Words to describe Jacob Black would be: tall, hot, jaw-dropping gorgeous, the king of basketball and my personal favorite the sex master. Jacob was one of those guys that every girl wanted to be with. He without a doubt was the man.
"I don't think so Bella. I mean I've been hearing some people talking. I mean his friends and they think that he actually like, likes you. A lot." Alice sounded really sincere about this. I know Alice like the back of my hand and we've been best friends since elementary school.
"Okay Ali, we'll see. But if he does actually asks me out, like on a date, I suppose I can give him a shot. If, he's really serious." Looking around the park where me and Alice were sitting I wasn't really sure if I meant those words. I've heard stories about Jacob and not the fairytale kind either.
As I said before, I was just average. I'm nothing special. I'm not tall and beautiful like Rosalie and I'm not upbeat and as outgoing as Alice. It was beyond my knowledge as to why Jacob Black would like me. I have to admit, no one knew but I was head over heels for him. He's in my Biology class and the only contact I've ever had with him is when he asked me for a piece of paper. Not even then could I talk straight. No, I couldn't even mumble a measly 'sure' instead I said something along the line: 'I have to pee. Really badly.' After that, I ignored any contact with him whatsoever.
I turned to see Alice yaking on her cell phone. "Yes, Jasper I know. Okay. Yep, I'll be there in 10 minutes. I love you too!" Alice shut her phone and turned to me. "Bella, I have to go see Jasper he came down with a fever. I'm sorry!"
"Don't worry about it Alice! Go take care of your man." Alice is always trying to help people. And her and Jasper have the strongest bond I've ever seen in my life. Those two were destined to be together, without a doubt.
Alice then got up from the bench, as did I, hugged me and ran off to her yellow Porsche.
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Just as I was walking into my house I heard my dad on the phone. "Thank you Carlisle. Tell Esme I said hello too. - alrighty, good bye."
"Hey dad, why were you on the phone with Carlisle?" I sat down at the kitchen table and my dad followed me.
He cleared his throat and sat down across from me. Uh oh I thought, this can't be good. "Uh Bella, please don't be upset with me. Unfortunately, the station just notified me that I need to get updated for training. So over the summer I'm going to be gone. I'll be over in upstate New York. So I took it upon myself to ask Carlisle and Esme if you could stay with them, Alice and Emmett over the summer."
Okay, my dad officially worries too much. He thought I'd be mad he was leaving for the summer and that I had to stay with the Cullens? Yeah, right dad. "Oh, okay that sounds good."
"Well I should tell you that Carlisle and Esme are actually going to backpack around Europe. So you'll be staying there with Alice and Emmett and Carlisle also mentioned their cousin would be staying with them. I know that you won't do anything wrong Bells, so I trust you completely."
This is going to own. I thought to myself. A whole summer with Alice, Emmett, Rose and Jasper. Finding out that the Jacob Black might like me and that I'm spending the whole summer over the Cullen's house just made my whole summer.