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Song #1 King of Anything by Sara Bareilles
- sometime during eclipse, Bella and Jacob find themselves sitting at Jacobs house when of course Jacob just has to try and tell Bella to breakup with Edward -
"Bella! he is just a stupid bloodsucker! I would be so much better for you!" Jacob yells exasperated. He doesn't understand her point of view at all, he just sees Bella dating his enemy and thinks: He could kill her! I have to save her from HIM! She can't do this! Not even realizing the same applies to him. He too could accidentally kill her.
"Jacob! I don't care what you say! I love him!" Bella, also exasperated, yells back. They are both standing across from each other now, in between the couch and the coffee table. She is still trying to find a way to get her point through Jacobs thick skull. Then like a message from the gods a thought hits her with some force she actually stumbles back slightly. Music is the answer! And just like that she starts singing, the lyrics, like the thought, coming seemingly out of nowhere.
"Oh (oh oh oh)
Oh (oh oh oh)
Oh (oh oh oh)
Oh (oh oh oh)
Keep drinkin' coffee
Stare me down across the table
While I look outside"
"Bella what are you doing?" Jacob stands frozen in shock but Bella hardly seeming fazed, squares her shoulders, stands her ground, and belts it out.
"So many things I'd say if only I were able
But I just keep quiet
And count the cars that pass by"
"Bella, seriously, why are you singing?" But she doesn't seem seem to know he is talking when she gets right in his face for the next lines.
"You've got opinions, man
We're all entitled to 'em
But I never asked"
Jacob understands that he is supposed to listen now so he just stands there awkwardly and not sure what to do.
"So let me thank you for your time
And try to not waste any more of mine
Get out of here fast
I hate to break it to you, babe
But I'm not drowning
There's no one here to save
Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?"
Jacob is starting to think he doesn't really want to hear the rest of the song. Unbeknownst to the two of them, Bellas singing has attracted the attention of the rest of the pack of wolves, who have formed a little audience on the blacks' front lawn. Some of them recording Bella with their phones, all of them wondering what the hell is going on.
"Ohohohoh
You sound so innocent
All full of good intent
You swear you know best
But you expect me to
Jump up on board with you
And ride off into your delusional sunset
I'm not the one who's lost
With no direction oh
But you'll never see"
Bella pounds her fists angrily against Jacobs chest to help get her point across. But Jacob is desperately trying to ignore the message in the song. For him, if he were to accept it that would also mean accepting defeat, and Jacob would rather do just about anything than loose a girl to a bloodsucking leech.
"You're so busy makin' maps
With my name on them in all caps
You've got the talkin' down
Just not the listening
And who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?
All my life
I've tried
To make everybody happy while I
Just hurt
And hide
Waitin' for someone to tell me it's my turn
To decide.
Oh (oh oh oh)
Oh (oh oh oh)
Oh (oh oh oh)
Oh (oh oh oh)
Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me.
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be.
Who died and made you king of anything?
Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me.
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be.
Who died and made you king of anything?
Let me hold your crown, babe.
Oh ohhhhhhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhhh"
As Bellas voice fades out a chorus of applause and whistling cant be heard from outside. But Bella isn't done. She gets right back in his face again and says, "I hope you understand, if you don't I just might be in the market for a new best friend." then she storms out of the house to Jacobs garage to collect her motorcycle and rips out without even a backward glance.
-two days later-
Bella and the Cullens - aside from Carlisle who is working and Esme who is gardening - are just lazying about in the Cullen family room when Bella gets a text from Seth Clearwater, it read:
hey bella, go on youtube and search for a video called bella disses jacob. make sure to show your vamps.
Edward passed Bella his laptop having read the text over her shoulder. Once Bella found a video she assumed to be the right one because persons channel was called sethc she clicked the link and waited for it to load. She beckoned everybody else to her telling them somebody said they needed to see it. Not saying it was Seth because of their whole prejudice against werewolves thing. They all gathered around instantly, what else was there to do on a sunny Saturday for a vampire?
The video finally started and Bella was surprised to say the least. How had she not seen any of the others outside? not even when she was storming out of there. She must have past right by them. The video had to have been taken right in the front lawn because that was were the window was.
Instead of watching the video -she already knew what happened- Bella watched the Cullens to catch their reactions to her random burst of lyrical genius as she liked to think of it. Each and every one of them held a mask of awe and amusement at what was playing out on the screen. Bella wished she could see into their heads like Edward so she could tell what they thought of it. She was mostly just nervous at what jokes Emmett would throw at her for this.
She wouldn't have noticed the video ending if it weren't for the five vampires now staring at her.
"What!" she shouted after they still hadn't looked away for at least five minutes.
They all tried to talk at once:
Edward - "I'm so proud of you!"
Alice - "How come you never told me you could sing?"
Rosalie - "you go girl! show that dog who his master is!"
Emmett - "what is this? Some kind of high school musical nonsense?"
Jasper - "Nice one Bella! where did the song come from?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down, one at a time. Did you expect me to catch all of that? I'm still only human you know."Bella was getting overwhelmed, "now Edward you first then Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, then Jasper. Kay?" they all nodded in response.
"All I said was that I am proud of you!" Edward said with a smile.
"thank you!" Bella replied with a tight hug. She then turned to Rose.
"I just gotta say... YOU GO GIRL! SHOW THAT DOG WHO HIS MASTER IS!" Bella had to cover her ears at Rosalies rather enthusiastic remarks.
Emmett didn't wait for her signal and immediately after rose finished, he burst out, "What was that? Some kind of high school musical shit?" Bella honestly didn't know what to say to him so she just sat there with wide eyes, this made Emmett backtrack, "no, no, not that your singing is shit it's just that-" Bella cut him off before he could finish that thought.
"No it's okay I know that's not what you meant."she was quick to reassure him.
"oh okay... uhmm... good I guess..."he shrugged looking unsure.
Alice was quick to take her turn, "Okay now that that's all said and done... HOW COULD YOU HAVE NEVER TOLD ME YOU COULD SING? Do you know what this means?" she was jumping up and down in excitement now while Bella shrunk back into Edward to escape Alices crazy vibes. "KARAOKE NIGHT!"
There was a chorus of nos' coming from everyone except for the very excited pixie acting like a jack hammer.
Once jasper was able to reign in Alices excitement and calm her he asked, "Where did you find that song? I've never heard it before. Lovely voice by the way."
"Thanks. And about the song... I have absolutely no idea where it came from, it was like I had known it forever though... like... I don't even know it just was there when I needed it I guess." she said with a shrug.
It was Rosalie who replied, "Are you serious? How is that even possible? I mean when you were singing there was no hesitation it was like the song was a part of you."
"Exactly." Was all Bella had to say.