This is just a cute little story that I had a random idea for. Fluffy, sweet, no angst (total opposite of A Life Worth Living lol). Obviously, all human.
.:Prologue – 7 years ago:.
"Don't worry, Bella. You'll have fun. Lots of other kids will be there, they're all really nice."
Charlie and I were in his police cruiser, driving down to La Push. Apparently, all the Forks kids were having a party down at First Beach, so Charlie was taking me. He thought it would be good for me to have "friends" there.
Well, at least it wasn't fishing. Again.
When we got to First Beach, Charlie dropped me off and told me to "have fun," before heading down to Billy Black's place. A bunch of kids about my age were sitting around a blue-green fire (which I later learned was from the salt in the driftwood) and chatting loudly.
I approached the group slowly, nervous about having to actually socialize. I sat down next to a short girl with long, curly black hair. She immediately turned to me and started talking.
"Hi! I'm Jessica. Who're you?" Well, that was blunt.
"Bella Swan," I answered quietly.
"Oh, is your dad Chief Swan?" I nodded. She went on asking questions about me, like where I lived and how long I was staying in Forks. I answered simply, wondering why she was so interested.
"Hey, let's play spin the bottle!" a random blond bow shouted. Everyone loudly agreed. We moved the circle over to a flat part of the beach and squished in a bit. I only followed because Jessica dragged me along. They put a bottle on a big plate so that it would actually spin, and placed it on top of the sand, making sure it was flat.
Everyone sat down and Mike, the blond boy, got the first spin.
I kept my head down as they went around the circle, and hoped that it didn't land on me. But when they got nearly halfway through…
"Bella!"
My head snapped up and I looked at the bottle; sure enough, it was pointed right at me.
"Who?" I whispered to Jessica.
She giggled and answered, but I didn't hear her, because I finally saw him.
A boy almost directly across from me was getting up. He was pale, and his bronze hair glinted in the light of the nearby fire. He was quite a bit taller than me, and maybe a bit older, too. I'd noticed him before, hanging around quietly at the edge of things by himself.
"Stand up," Jessica hissed at me. I did.
Time seemed to slow down as he walked, until he finally reached me. I looked up to see that he had the most beautiful emerald green eyes. He slowly leaned down and gently, very gently, touched his lips to mine for just the briefest second.
I shock flew through my lips when he kissed me. It was nothing like an electric shock, or anything else I'd ever experienced; no, it was very different, and much stronger, thought certainly not unpleasant. We both pulled back an inch at the same instant. From the look on his face, he felt the same exact shock that I had.
We stood there, just gazing into each others' eyes, for what felt like an eternity, yet only a few mere seconds. I couldn't move. I didn't want to move.
"Hey!" someone called impatiently. "Either kiss her again or sit down so we can get on with it!"
He snapped out of it and whipped his head around to whoever had spoken. Then he stared intensely into my eyes again before turning to leave. Jess tugged on my arm and I sat back down.
Throughout the rest of the game, we just stared across the circle at each other, never breaking eye contact. Until my dad eventually picked me up. I flew back to Phoenix the very next day.
You like? I do. It gets better. This is just setting it up.