The First Chapter
Hey everyone! I am so happy that people decided to read my other fanfic, 'A New Story', and I was invited to be in a contest by ChazziBabes! The contest is called 'The Past', and I am so excited for y'all to read it!
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Twilight, but I own some other characters that I might make up….
Charlie
The girl is absolutely gorgeous. Sparkly eyes, soft hair, even you could tell from her skin tone that she was an angel sent from above. I was instantly in love, and almost dropped my armload of stuff.
I was in the River Edge Market, the only grocery store in this small town and it had no shopping carts. I was here to buy some football food for me and my college roommate Mac. In our third year at the community school, we're hoping to be able to stay close friends after graduation next year. I was hoping to go into marine biology (I loved to fish) and Mac wanted to do some architecture.
Anyways, back to what I was trying to tell you……
The grocer clerk's name was Beth Ann. I saw her here last week when I was buying more football junk (Budweiser, Doritos, that kind of thing) and she was stacking tuna in the can aisle. Her long locks covered her face, but her figure was to perfection. And it still is, right now. I stumbled to the open line and placed all my crud on the conveyer belt, which chugged towards her.
"Hello." I croaked. She scanned a bottle of hot sauce and smiled at me.
"Hey, doll. What's all this food here for?" I just stared at her. Did she really just talk to me?
I cough and say, "Well, my bud is coming over for some sports and usually he gets real hungry and I just get a boat load of stuff. You're lucky I'm not droning on and on cause when I'm nervous I don't stop talking and people get, like, SUPER annoyed and tell me to…"
Beth Ann's smile faded and she shoved two plastic bags into my not-so-ready arms. I dropped them immediately and blushed a deep scarlet. I grabbed everything and stood back up, straightening my spine. She was pretty darn tall, and I was probably only two inches or so taller than her.
"Listen," I said. My throat suddenly felt very dry. "Come over to my place today. 1:30. The Reds are playin' and I think you'd enjoy yourself. I know me and Mac love it. Mac's my buddy. What do ya say?"
Beth Ann flashed another toothy grin (pearly white, I might add) and nodded vigorously. "I sure would love to, doll! But that's part of my shift. Could I come a little later?" My eyes get all foggy and I wobble on my feet. She was just so blinding, and I could not believe that she was agreeing to watch football with ME!
"Yeah! That's totally fine!" I exclaim, maybe a little too happy-go-lucky. "My name is, uh, Charlie. Wow, you're positive you really wanna come over?" I felt stupid. This was all a trick, and I barely knew her! But picturing a big hunk swinging her off of her feet and walking off into the sunset made my blood go cold (a little foreshadowing on Bella. Ha ha).
"Charlie? Doll, that there is a lovely name! Yes sir, I will definitely be over! But I might need some directions." She chuckled at her little joke and I laughed with her. She was just so care free and it felt great to be in love with someone like her. Back in the day, girls would practically vomit if I asked 'em out or said they were pretty. But not Beth Ann.
I pulled a map from a big rack and used a red Crayola crayon I found in my pocket to trace the path to my ram shackle two-story home. She said stuff like, "Yeah" and, "Uh uh" if I showed her where to turn. I scrawled my number at the bottom and, when she turned around for her purse, I wrote a quick note at the bottom:
Can't wait, see you there. –Charlie
I folded up that map real tight and slid it across the counter. Beth Ann turned back around, a fresh coat of bright red lipstick on her mouth. I gave her a smile and winked at her. She grinned right back, and I knew that I had fished out the perfect bass from the lake. Yeah, the fishing terms from my father really stuck themselves in the back of my head.
"Do you mind if I bring my sister along?" Beth Ann asked with her long southern drawl. I hung over the words for a minute until I realized she was waiting for an answer.
"Oh. Well, um, how old is she?" Beth Ann giggled and replied, "She's my twin, doll! Can she come?"
I shrugged and said that Beth Ann's twin was more than welcome to come along. I realized with glee that now Mac would have a share in my glory, and I was suddenly even more excited for this afternoon. I explained to Beth Ann that I would be grilling some ribs and I'd serve all the food that I had just bought. Her face lit up the more and more I talked.
"Well then, babe. Can't wait!" and she kissed my cheek. I touched the kiss lightly and found red smeared on my fingertips. I mumbled my good bye and dragged my feet out the sliding doors. I realized that I had no patience to wait for 1:30 to come.
Beth Ann
I leaned against the counter after Charlie left the store in his drunken daze. I wiped the lipstick from my mouth and rubbed it off on the side of the cash register. I was looking forward to some foose ball or whatever we're watching, and unfolded the map to try to familiarize myself with the directions. The note in the bottom corner made me jump with delight.
Hope you liked the first chapter! ChaziiBabes, thank you for inviting me into the competition. Those other writers who were also invited good luck! JonasBabe12