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Disclaimer: All of these characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. And I worship her for creating them. )
Bella's Point of View
FLASHBACK
"I'm gonna miss you forever Bella. Promise you won't forget about me?" (sniff)
"Of course Eddie. Your my bestest friend. I'll miss you!" (sob)
"I love you Bella"
"I love you too Eddie"
END FLASHBACK
It had been 12 years since I moved away from Forks, Washington. My mother and father had gotten divorced and my mother took me with her to Phoenix, Arizona. I was moving back now, though, because my mother had gotten remarried and I decided they deserved some alone time. Plus I hadn't really bonded with my father, Charlie, for years. Two weeks in California every summer isn't much.
When I was 5 and still lived in Forks my two friends were Alice and Edward Cullen. Edward was really the best of the two, but Alice and I were extremely close as well. The three of us were inseparable. When I found out I was moving I ran away and hid with them. We thought the plan would work as long as we didn't tell Carlisle and ESme (their parents) but they got suspicious when Edward and Alice would make extra sandwiches. Of course, everyone knew that I was hidden in their closet. I guess they just wanted to humor us.
Only two years ago Alice found me on my online journal. We hadn't been in contact since I was 7 and stopped coming to Forks. We started to IM eachother and our friendship rekindled. Now we're best friends all over again even though we haven't actually seen eachother. I hear Edward's good and all even though we don't talk.
Now I'm a junior and my plane's about to land in Port Angeles. I've got an hour drive left until I get home. An hour long awkward silence with Charlie in a car...yay.
The car ride to my new/old home was pretty uneventful. I was asleep for most of it anyway. When we got home I went up to my room with my bags and crashed. When I woke up it was Sunday morning and I smelled eggs! I was starved so I quickly changed into a pair of my favorite jeans and a dark blue long sleeved shirt. I put my hair half up and let my bangs fall into my eyes. I jumped into my keds and ran out of my room and down the steps. Of course, being me, I tripped on the middle step and fell down the rest. Charlie started to laugh. He was used to my clumsiness.
"Bells I got you a gift for your homecoming. Come outside"
"Dad, you really didn't have to get me anything!" I said while following him outside.
"Well this is something you need. I knew you wouldn't want to get driven to school in the cruiser everyday."
Sitting in the driveway was the best car I had ever seen in my life. It was an old pickup truck that was faded red in color. It was BEAUTIFUL! It fit my personality perfectly.
"Thanks CH-DAD! I love it!"
"You're welcome Bells."
I decided to go visit Alice since it was Sunday and I wanted to see her. After getting directions from Charlie I hopped into my truck and set off to find the Cullen's place. After driving up and down the same road five times I finally found the turnoff and ended up on a dirt road which turned out to be a driveway. Finally i saw the path get clearer and a shiny silver volvo came into view. I parked right behind it and hopped out of the car. Before me stood a great white mansion. It was the most beautiful house I had ever seen. I stood there oggling it for about a minute. Finally I decided to go ring the doorbell. Before I could make it up the stairs the door openned and I got slammed into by a dark haired tinkerbell.
"BELLA!OHMYGOSHYOURHERE!OHMYGOSHICAN'TBELIEVEYOURHERE!WE'REGOINGTOHAVESOOOOOMUCHFUNTHISSCHOOLYEAR!YOU'VEGOTTOCOMEINSIDE!IHADESMEMAKEBROWNIESFORYOURHOMECOMING!YAY!!"
("BELLA! OH MY GOSH YOUR HERE! OH MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR HERE! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOOOOO MUCH FUN THIS SCHOOL YEAR! YOU'VE GOT TO COME INSIDE! I HAD ESME MAKE BROWNIES FOR YOUR HOMECOMING! YAY!!") Alice dragged me into the house still speaking too fast for me to understand anything but I didn't care! I was with my best friend again!
"Alice, calm down! How did you know I was coming over!? I wanted to surprise you!"
"Oh Bella I just had a feeling. I'm fairly intuitive you know. It's like I could tell the future sometimes." Alice gave me an intriguing stare at that moment. Her electric blue eyes seemed to read straight through me.
"Whoa Alice. That was freaky. I'm sooo happy to be here!"
"Hey Alice, Jasper and I are gonna go-" I looked up to see who was speaking and my eyes locked with the pair of the greenest eyes I had ever seen. The world seemed to shift. I couldn't explain it. The minute I locked eyes with the most beautiful creature in the world I felt a shock run through me. The air around me got charged with electricity. All I could think was oh my...
"EARTH TO EDWARD! Stop gawking and say hello! It's Bella! Remember Bella! She's back!" It was Edward!? He looked so different! He had definitely grown. His reddish brown hair that I had always loved had grown more and was elegantly disheveled. I realized that I was openly staring so I lowered my eyes and blushed.
"Hey Bella how are you?" I looked up at that just to see Edward smiling at me crookedly. It was breathtaking. His smile lit up the whole room. I blushed again.
"Edward we've got to get going if we're gonna make the movie! Hey who's your friend?" Another gorgeous man came into the room. He was taller and slightly more muscular than Edward. He had grown out blonde hair. He seemed to be very at ease with the world. He was stunning but nowhere in comparison to Edward.
"Jasper this is my best friend Bella! Bella this is the love of my life Jasper!" Jasper and I shook hands. He noticed the blush on my face and looked from me to Edward. He started to smirk and leaned in and whispered something to Alice. Alice in turn broke out into a huge smile and started to clap her hands.
"You guys are going to the movies! AWESOME! You can drop Bella and me off at the mall! We have some serious shopping to do!" I blanched.
"Alice! You know I hate shopping! I don't even have any money to spend!"
"Nonsense Belly! My Dad's a surgeon remember!? I'm paying for everything! Now LET'S GO!" And with that I was dragged into the back seat of the silver Volvo. Alice joined me after a second with a small laptop and a purse. Edward flashed me a crooked grin that made my heart stutter and climbed into the drivers seat while Jasper took the passenger's.
Alice began to type on her laptop and then she handed it to me.
So Bella, what was going on between you and Edward in the kitchen? wink wink
Alice I have no idea what you are talking about!
Ummmm HELLO! You guys were staring at eachother for like 5 minutes until I could get your attentions! I have never seen that look on his face before! You know he's single...)
Alice! You're lying. Yes I believe he is unbelievably gorgeous but come on! I'm average! He had no look on his face!
Please Bella I don't make these things up! Jasper sensed it too! He's strangely sensitive to feelings or something like that. He totally felt something going on between you two.
Well you and Jasper and both nuts. There is no way Edward would ever give me a second look!
Oh puh-lease Bella! A. You are not average. Nowhere near it! Trust me on this. B. Don't you remember how close you guys used to be? Edward didn't talk to anyone but us (as in his family) until second grade! He was soooo sad! You can't tell me that you're not interested!
Of course I'm interested Alice. Unless he's a jerk. I mean he must have the entire school's population of girls flocking around him every second of the day! How could I compare?
He's not a jerk don't worry. He is a little popular with the lady-folk but he hates it. All the girls in our grade are shallow losers. Well all except Angela but she has a boyfriend and isn't interested in Edward. And btw, every two seconds he looks at you through the mirror.
At that I looked up towards the mirror. I caught Edwards eye and he looked aaway somewhat flustered. The car swerved but Edward quickly put it back in the lane. Jasper and Alice started to laugh, but I just blushed about five shades of red.
Ten minutes later Alice and I got out of the car and made our way to the mall. The theater was actually attached to it so we all promised to meet up at the car at 4. Alice began to drag me into random stores that I never would have shopped at before. Alice didn't seemed to mind the prices though and she quickly shoved me into a dressing room with a pile of random shirts, skirts, pants, dresses, and pretty much the whole store. I had to admit though, she had an eye for these things. Everything she had me try on was perfect for my body style. In the end we ended up having to have an employee help us bring the plethora of bags to the car. Edward and Jasper were all ready waiting for us. Jasper rolled his eyes at us and went to help Alice and Edward smiled as if enjoying a private joke and came to help me.
"Thanks Edward. Some of these are really heavy! Alice was going crazy in the stores."
"Well that's Alice for you. I should've warned you but this was more funny." His voice alone brought color to my cheeks.
"Why are you blushing?" That just intensified the blush.
"It's nothing." I went to walk to the back seat but being me and all I tripped on a rock and fell forward. I braced myself for the impact but it never came. I felt strong arms wrap around my waist and pull me up.
"Are you ok? You look a little flushed." The concern in Edward's eyes made me smile.
"No sorry I'm just an extremely klutzy person. You'll get used to it."
"Oh ok then." Once again I got lost in his eyes. A couple of quiet chuckles brought me back to reality along with him apparently. He let go of my waist then and walked over to the driver's seat while smacking the back of Jasper's head on the way.
"Hey Bella I'm tired. Do you mind if Jasper sits in the back with me?" Alice asked me with a coy grin.
"Yeah that's no problem Alice." I said with a questioning look.
I went to the front and sat in. Edward pulled out of his place and we began the hour long ride back home.
"Do you mind if I pick a station?" I asked Edward.
"Go ahead. As long as you don't pick country. I'd have to push you out of the car then."
"Believe me I would never choose country." I began to fiddle with the knobs until I came across a station playing a favorite song of mine.
I am thinking it's a sign
that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and
when we kiss they're perfectly alligned...
So there is chapter 1! That song is by the Postal Service. It's called Such Great Heights. It's awesome!
