Disclaimer: Although it would be way cool to own every single one of Stephanie Meyer's characters, unfortunately I am not that lucky. I do however love to manipulate the characters of Twilight and put them in uncomfortable situations
BELLA POV
"People, people, people, pleeeeeease!!" Alice said exasperated using her hands for emphasis as she entered the room, "We have to 10 minutes till we are going to meet Jasper and his friends from work".
We, meaning my two best roommates (Alice and Rosalie) and I were going to meet up with my boyfriend (Mike), Alice's boyfriend (Jasper) and some of Jasper's friends. None of us girls had ever met Emmett or Edward so we were all excited to meet them. Jasper had told us lots about them. I was intrigued to meet the people whom we would be camping with for the next week. Rosalie was bored and uninterested. She had always had a way of hating guys. She was just too pretty for her own good and guys made it obvious that she was a "pretty lady" as one Eric had told her.
The plan was to meet at Jasper's house because he had the biggest driveway and car. We would leave the car we took in Jasper's driveway and hop into his enormous van (See profile) and make our 7 and ½ hour drive from Chicago to Middle Western Iowa. We were going to a very nice campground called Lake View (See Profile to peruse the photo gallery of the campground).
Now we had 5 minutes. I stood by the door waiting for all the girls who needed to frantically pack as much as they could. We could only bring at most 3 bags each. The van was an 11-seater and there were 7 of us so we had about one row of seats to fit all the bags we had. Limiting us severely.
"Come on everybody let's move," I yelled up the stairs. "Two minutes". I was ready for this. I had not been camping in a long time and having just graduated from college, I needed the great outdoors. I yearned for it. In Chicago all you breathed in was the sent of exhaust and fast food. I definitely missed the life I had when I was living with Charlie, the fishing, the pine needle scented air, no matter how much I hated it when I lived there, and things had changed for me. College changed me.
"We must evacuate the house immediately" I yelled. As soon as I said this, the glamour queen rushed down the stairs of the 4-bedroom house that we shared. Alice and I had been waiting here for the past 10 minutes waiting for Rosalie.
"Ok let's move" Alice said.
We piled into my new Hybrid Estima (See profile) throwing all our bags into the back. We were at Jasper's house in a few minutes. We had decided to eat lunch at his so we could get to know our campmates. We rushed in, not even bothering to knock, and saw to our left in the living room the four boys we would be spending the next week with.
Jasper waltzed forward from where he was sitting.
"Girls, I would like you to meet Emmett and Edward".
Jasper gestured to Emmett as he said his name; he was quite large, in a good friendly teddy bear kind of way.
When Jasper gestured to the boy next to him, I internally gasped. He was the most handsome man I had ever seen. His hair was that perfectly messy hair that every boy strives to achieve. His hair was a bronze color, not brown but not red, somewhere in between. He looked up at me and smiled when Jasper said his name. I looked into his eyes and saw emerald jewels looking back at me. When he smiled at me, I smiled back, ceasing the chance to form a connection with this oddly beautiful boy.
There was an awkward silence beginning but Alice soon saved the day.
She bounded into Jasper hugging him around the neck and pecking him on the cheeks. She proceeded to introduce us all the new kids on the block. "Well, Emmett and Edward, these are my bestest friends, Rosalie and Bella, Oh and I'm Alice". She gestured to each of us as she said our names.
As Alice was introducing us, Mike wiggled himself in between Rosalie and me. He put his arm around me possessively and pecked me on the cheek. I knew why he did this, to make sure that everyone in the room knew that I was his. I didn't like it but I did not wiggle out of his grasp.
"So how bout we move to the porch to eat lunch?" Jasper suggested, breaking the silence.
"Sounds great!" Alice said, still in Jasper's arms.
We moved to the porch and as soon as we stepped outside we saw the piles of food. There were hotdogs and buns, salad, apples, fried chicken and cans of coke. I grabbed a plate; I was starved, served myself and sat in the middle of the 3 person porch swing. Edward followed closely behind sitting next to me.
"So you are Bella right?" he verified.
"Depends who is speaking" I said, not looking him in the eye.
"Well would if your father is speaking?" he said, a smile in his voice.
"Well then I would be Isabella, but I like to keep it formal so let's stick to Bella" the sarcasm was thick in my statement
He noticed and laughed, it was musical and nice to hear, not Mike's unpleasant snorts. I committed it to memory.
"So Bella, what do you want to be when you grow up?" he chuckled laughing at some private joke. I looked into his eyes, attempting to see if his laugh was at me or with me, but looking into those emeralds was a mistake. I got lost, zoned and could not think. Then he started to smile, I blushed and looked away.
"Well," I said, still looking down, " I want to be a writer or own a bookstore, anything to do with books really".
"Hmm, I would figure you for a well read girl". He complimented…I think.
"What about you" I asked.
"Well I used to want to be a doctor, that was what I got my degrees in. But now I am not so sure. Currently I was thinking more towards being a professor"
I nodded my head.
Just then Mike finished getting his food, he saw me with Edward and decided, apparently, our conversation had gotten too personal.
"Hey Edward" Mike said in mock happiness, "I see you have met my girlfriend".
I blushed and tried to look someplace else.
Mike hit my knee with his hand and said, "move over"
It was not a request more of a command. I decided to just do it and not ruin the mood of happiness and joy. I moved over so that Mike was in between Edward and me. I looked over to the right and saw Alice sitting with Jasper at the picnic table, then I looked for Rose, she was leaning against the fence of the porch and laughing at something Emmett had said. I was pleasantly surprised that Rose was getting along with a guy. She had been verbally abused by them for so long.
I looked back over to the fight unfolding next to me when I heard something that was close to a growl. It was Mike.
"Stay away from her, she is mine, I will not share her". My eyes went wide. They were talking about me.
"Jeez Mike, I was just talking to her". Edward's brow scrunched together. He saw that Mike was acting like a jealous jerk.
"Mike settle down, you know that I love you", he turned to me as I said this and I hugged him and kissed his lips quickly.
"Bella I trust you, it's him I don't trust," He whispered to me.
I looked over to see Edward pretending he didn't hear a word of our conversation.
Eventually, we left the house. Rose and me packed all the bags that came in our car into Jasper's. As we were doing this Rose decided it would be a great time to talk about the newcomers.
"He's cute isn't he?" Rose whispered into my ear.
"No, Edward is good looking but I…" I had zoned and suddenly realized she was talking about Emmett.
Rose lifted her eyebrow at me and gave me a smug smile "I was talking about Emmett"
"Oh" I just sighed.
"I saw Mike getting a little heated over there with Edward" Curiosity burned in her eyes "What was that?"
"Well Edward and I were talking and Mike didn't like that, you know how he is"
"Bella, I don't know why you are still with him, first he cheats on you with that Jessica girl and now he is acting like he owns you" she paused "If I were you, I would hate him"
"Well, I just happen to be a forgiving soul" I snapped, then realized I wasn't angry at her "I know, Rose, but he is all I have"
"You deserve better Bella" she said shaking her head.
I knew she was right but I could not put those actions into words. He was all I had left since college. Everyone else had moved on, gotten married, even had kids. I had to hold on to something. I was really glad when I met Rose and Alice through working at the bookstore. We got to know each other and decided to share a house. Thank goodness I had met them.
When everyone was ready to go, we climbed in. Somehow I had gotten stuck in the middle of Edward and Mike. This was going to be super fun. Not.
Jasper was driving and Alice sat in the passenger seat. Then in front of us was Emmett, Rose. I noticed something seemed to be going on with Rose, she kept on smiling at Emmett and then looking away and blushing when he confidently smiled back. I got distracted from this scene when Mike put his arm around me. Rose seemed to actually be enjoying a guys presents. Hmmm interesting.
It got really bad when mike started to stroke my neck. Then my shoulder, then lower and lower till his grubby hands began to stroke…well lets just say there are two of them.
"Mike," I turned to him, "I am really not comfortable with you doing that".
"Come on babe, please?"
"No Mike I am not a fan of PDA" I said firmly.
His eyes narrowed and he said, "I am going to do it Bella and you will not stop me"
I noticed the dead silence in the car; I looked at Edward hoping he might come to my rescue. My eyes were probably pleading and saying Help me because when he met my eyes he said to Mike, "Mike, listen, if she says she doesn't want you to do it then don't make her" His voice was serious and firm.
He pulled his arm back and crossed his arms together as he sat back defeated.
No one had done that before except for Rose. But when Rose did that, Mike slapped her.
I looked at Edward hoping to mouth the words thank you or something but he was already lost in his own thought looking out the window.
EDWARD POV
When we arrived at Jasper's house, I thanked him as soon as I could.
"Thanks so much for inviting us on this little camping escapade" I said with a smile.
"Really Edward its no problem at all, you and Emmett are good friends of mine, besides I could not stand to be alone with Bella's jerk of a Boyfriend all week".
Bella, that's a nice name. I had always thought about naming my daughter that because of what it would mean. Pure Beauty.
Jasper cooked all the food already so we did not need to help with the barbeque. I was glad because although I was handy with a stove, grills kind of frightened me.
Later Mike had arrived and sat in the living room with us. I then realized how real Jasper's accusation was. Mike was a jerk. A cocky cheating jerk.
He bragged about how he had gotten away with cheating on Bella with some girl. Later Jasper whispered to me "Edward, don't talk about that to Bella, she will get really upset, and she doesn't like to discuss it".
The girls arrived around noon. Alice, some happy-go-lucky hyper girl jumped into the room and onto Jasper. This girl must have been his "pixie-like" girlfriend.
Following her was some blonde but I barely noticed her because next to the blonde was the most breathtakingly beautiful girl I had ever seen.
She had brown chocolate hair, deep dark chocolate eyes that entranced me into only seeing her and she had a gorgeous soft frame. Beautiful.
Jasper and Alice then introduced all of us to each other.
"Well, Emmett and Edward, these are my bestest friends, Rosalie and Bella, Oh and I'm Alice". She gestured to each the two girls as she said their names.
Bella was obviously the beauty I could not take my eyes off of. Her name fitted her perfection perfectly.
Mike got up and put his sleazy arm around Bella. I could see what he was thinking. Something along the lines of "My Bella, my girl, my beauty"
Oh how I loathed him now. How could he cheat on someone so pure, so innocent?
We headed onto the porch to eat. Bella must have been hungry because she was the first one out there. I followed closely behind, hoping to gain a little prospective on this girl.
Bella grabbed some food and sat on the porch swing, I grabbed a plate of my own and sat next to the girl who intrigued me.
"So… you're Bella right?" I asked hoping to strike up some conversation and not look like I was an idiot stalker who memorized her name.
"Depends who is asking" she replied, looking away from me. I wish she would look me in the eye so I could see her every emotion.
"Well, would if your father was asking" I said, hoping to find if Bella was just a nickname.
"Well then I would be Isabella, but I like to keep it formal so let's stick to Bella" apparently Bella was a nickname. I chuckled softly
"So Bella, what do you want to be when you grow up?" This made me laugh because it was obvious that she was already grown up. Grown up into woman. She blushed and looked away. Did she know what I was thinking?
"Well" she said still looking away from me, "I want to be a writer or own a bookstore, anything to do with books really".
How, I can't believe a girl just said that. Usually the girls I meet all want to be a CEO or secretary. This girl was different she was amazing, gorgeous, and intelligent. But she was also intriguing maybe that's why I was so attracted to her.
"Hmm, I would figure you for a well read girl" I tried to compliment her. But she just looked at me like she thought I was suspicious.
"What about you?" she asked. Maybe she wanted to get to know me as much as I wanted to know her. Or maybe she was just being polite.
"Well I used to want to be a doctor, that was what I got my degrees in." then I rethought it and decided maybe that career path may not be for me, "But now I am not so sure. Currently I was thinking more towards being a professor".
Wow this girl had me rethinking things I had decided on 3 years ago. Maybe I was more than intrigued.
She simply nodded, taking in my indecision
I was looking at Bella when movement distracted me. That vile Mike Newton came over to us and said "Hey Edward" as if he was happy I was trying to get to know his girlfriend.
"I see you met my girlfriend" he said possessively.
I looked over to see Bella's reaction. Her face turned red and turned her head away from us.
Mike hit her knee and said "Move over"
I hated Mike now, no doubt. He did ask her to move he demanded. As if the woman had to or else.
Bella was looking around the porch when Mike decided to engage in a battle of words.
"Edward, I swear, if you don't leave her alone, I'll rip you to shreds" wow he is so possessive.
I was not impressed by his need to act like this lovely breathing lady was an object.
"Mike, she and I were just talking, nothing more. Simply getting to know each other" I said repressing my rage and saying this calmly.
"Stay away from her, she is mine, I will not share her" her growled, Clenching his teeth.
Bella must have recognized that the "her" was herself because she looked over at us, shock covering her face.
"Jeez Mike, I was just talking to her" now I was on the defensive. I saw that he was jealous and we did not need a fight to break out before the trip. Besides, if I was uninvited to the trip I would not be able to spend a week with Bella.
"Mike, settle down, you know I love you", Mike turned away from me as Bella said this. I was glad he turned away because then he would not see the glint of pain that was probably evident on my face and in my eyes.
I looked away and leaned back into the porch swing knowing what was coming next. She kissed him and hugged him. I did not want to see her affection for another guy.
"Bella I trust you, it's him I don't trust," He whispered to Bella, but I could still hear him.
I attempted to put on a hard mask. Hoping it looked like I didn't care.
When Bella and the Blonde, whose name escapes me, went to go put their bags into Jazz's van, Emmett took me aside to where he and the Blonde were talking quietly before.
Mike went to go sit at the picnic table to talk to Alice and Jazz.
"Man, I really like that girl, she is everything I could with for in a woman", Emmett said obviously impressed that a girl had that much intellect.
"Yeah, Bella is pretty smart, and beautiful and…." I whispered not wanting that jealous maniac to hear. Mid-sentence I stopped realizing that he was not talking about the brunette beauty.
Emmett looked at me knowingly with a smirk, I laughed nervously and knew that Emmett had caught me.
"Dude" Emmett said, "I was talking about Rosalie" He said her name like it was a synonym for paradise.
"Yea she seems, um, nice I suppose," I said looking for a word that would describe a girl I did not know.
"So" he looked at me with a curious glint "What was with that little party on the swing"
"Just that Mike guy trying to show me what he is made of" I said this vaguely and rolled my eyes, I did not want to be reminded of the pain I felt when that gentle creature told that vile troll she loved him.
I then realized how out of the blue this was. All of a sudden this girl comes along and she takes my heart away. How could I be this attracted to a girl that I met only an hour ago? I laughed at the spontaneity of this. Then proceeded to visualize how Bella would look in Blue. What a great story to tell my children. The Beautiful Bella who not only looked good in blue but also came out of the Blue. Oh my, I must have tripped because, I am definitely falling for this girl.
We all climbed into the car and got our journey underway. It was obvious that Bella was uncomfortable. She was sitting between the troll and me. I was glad that I had gotten to sit next to her but the proximity was hard to handle. I wanted so bad to hold her hand the entire time, I decided to look out the window so as not to ogle Bella.
Bella started to shift uncomfortably after about a half an hour into the car ride. I then realized that the troll (this was my new nickname for him, I could not bare to say his name, even in my head) had slowly began to move his hand lower and lower down her back and around her side until he began to caress her, he-erm, womanly parts.
Bella was clearly in a state of unease. This made me feel like a very happy man. I smiled inside my head, screaming giddily internally. Externally, however, I kept my face hard and unbiased.
"Mike, I am really not comfortable with you doing that" she said. I felt like I had won the lottery.
"Come on babe, please?" he begged. Not only proving he was a troll but also a pig.
"No Mike I am not a fan of PDA and you know that," She said firmly.
What did that mean? Did they do more in private? Has he done more to her before in public? My head was running in several directions. I hated it. Ugh I hated him.
He looked determined now. "I am going to do it Bella and you will not stop me"
That Pig, that mongrel, that thing not even worthy of being called a male, I thought to myself.
Bella looked at me, her face pleading, I knew what she was thinking, Her face said it all. She wanted me to help her, to save her from that dog. I was not looking at her but I could see her reflection in the window. Those eyes, those gorgeous, brilliant, enchanting eyes broke me down so finally I said "Mike, listen, if she says she doesn't want you to do it then don't make her" My voice was serious and firm contrary to what I was feeling which was wobbly and like I was love-struck.
Mike gave up, defeated, knowing that with two against one, he had no chance of winning. He crossed his arms and leaned back in his seated, hiding as far back into the corner of the car as he could get.
I looked back to the window. I wanted to look at Bella's real face, to see what she thought of me protecting her but instead I just looked at the reflection of her in the window. She looked at me with gratitude; I could tell she wanted to silently thank me.
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