Ok here we are Chapter 2! I would have had it up earlier but for some reason it wouldnt let me upload the file... it was very odd.
I hope you enjoy!
Bella I'm leaving" Charlie called from the front door as he set his bag down.
"Ok Dad have fun" Bella said as she came out of the living room to meet him by the door.
"Yeah, Ill try. What are your plans for tonight?" He asked.
"Oh you know, dinner, a movie, a wild party and staying out till dawn, nothing special" Bella said
Charlie did not look impressed.
"Calm down" Bella laughed "I'm going to finish some homework, and then Mrs. Cullen invited me to dinner. Then its home promptly by 9 call her to let her know I got here and get ready for school tomorrow"
"Ok" Charlie said looking a bit relieved "Don't be out late"
"I wont I promise, Ill come home right after dinner" She told him.
"Good. I left some money for you on the counter, it's for food or emergencies or whatever" Charlie told her.
"Thanks Dad"
"Ok, time to hit the road" Charlie said as he turned to leave.
"Bye dad, have fun" Bella called after him.
As soon as Charlie was out the door and putting his bags into to his car the phone rang.
"I'm coming to pick you up. Be ready were going out"
"Alice, I can't leave I'm grounded. I can't be out past 9." Bella told her
"Yes I know that, but he didn't say anything about being out before dinner" Alice told her.
"I don't know Ill have to ask Esme" Bella said with a smile.
"Perfect I'm on my way to your house now, and then we can go back and talk to Esme"
"Fine" Bella conceded with an eye roll "I can't believe you are making me break the rules with my father still in the driveway"
"Yeah yeah yeah get ready Ill be there in 4 minutes" Alice said before hanging up.
Bella went upstairs brushed her hair a bit and changed her shirt into something Alice would approve of for going out. When Bella came down stairs Alice was already waiting for her in the kitchen
Bella smiled "Don't you ever knock?"
"Nope" Alice smiled back as she pulled Bella out of the house, to Rosalie's waiting M3.
"Ummm is Rosalie ok with me being in her car?" Bella asked nervously.
"Well I didn't ask her, but seeing as how she's in a different country at the moment, I don't really care" Alice said starting the car and driving off.
"I'm pretty sure she will" Bella commented.
"Ill protect you from her don't worry"
"Thanks" Bella laughed. "Where is she?"
"She and Emmett took a trip up to Canada for the week" Alice told her
Alice wasted no time in getting them to her house. Bella had learned to just close her eyes and let it happen; there was nothing that could be done about Alice's driving.
"Esme!" Alice yelled as she dragged Bella into the house.
Bella laughed at Alice's unnecessary shout. She knew Esme would hear her even if she whispered.
"You better have a good reason from bringing a prisoner into my home outside of her allotted visiting hours" Esme said coming down the stairs.
"Hello Bella" She said hugging her.
"Hi Esme, Alice kidnapped me" She tried to explain.
Esme turned to look at Alice with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh stop it, you know you don't like her being punished any more than I do. We want to go to the mall but Bella needs your permission" Alice explained.
"Is that so?" Esme asked Alice
"Yes" She replied with a single nod of her head.
Esme turned to look at Bella.
"Umm, Esme I was wondering if it would be ok if I went to the mall with Alice" Bella asked suddenly nervous about the answer.
"Well Bella you are grounded and I did spend a great deal of time talking to Charlie about the rules and what you could and could not do" Esme started.
"Yeah grounded for saving your son's life" Alice interrupted her.
Esme turned to Alice "Yes that's true but, Charlie was very specific about Bella's rules"
"She's been in the house for four weeks straight" Alice said.
"No, you know what…its ok" Bella said "Alice just take me home I shouldn't have even asked, I'm sorry Esme I didn't mean to put you in that awkward position"
"Bella" Esme smiled "I was only joking; of course you can go to the mall. I told Charlie I would keep and eye on you and I will. I will make sure you are safe while he is away but I'm not going to make you serve time for bringing my family back to me."
Bella's eyes got really big "Seriously? Oh thank you Esme!" she said hugging her.
"You are welcome, but you have to be back in time for dinner. And you must be home by 9pm no exceptions" Esme added with a smile.
"Lets go" Alice said
"Thanks Esme!" Bella called as Alice pulled her out of the room.
Alice suddenly stopped and came back to kiss Esme on the cheek "You are the best mom ever and we will bring you back some thing pretty"
With that Bella and Alice were gone.
When Bella and Alice returned it was to find Edward sitting in the garage waiting for them. He came over to open Bella's door for her, then pulled her into a hug and kissed her gently on the lips.
"How was the mall?" he asked.
"It was great" she smiled "how was your hunt with Jasper?"
"Great" he answered.
"Can I help you with the bags?" he asked
"Yes thank you" Bella smiled.
Edward carried all the girls shopping into the house. Bella was met by the smell of garlic when she entered.
She smiled and raised an eyebrow at Edward.
"Myth" he told her.
She laughed and headed to the kitchen followed by Edward and Alice.
"Bella" Esme greeted her excitedly "I've started off light" she told Bella "Spaghetti and garlic bread"
"Oh Esme, you didn't have to!"
"I wanted to" Esme smiled
"It smells amazing" Bella told her.
"Please try it" Esme said offering her a plate.
Bella sat down at the bar in the kitchen and took a bite of spaghetti Esme placed in front of her. "Oh my god" she said bringing her hand up to her mouth.
"What's wrong?" Edward asked at the same time Esme asked "Is it not good?"
"No, its amazing" Bella smiled up at her. "I think this may be the best spaghetti I've ever had in my entre life. What kind of sauce did you use?"
"The one out of the cooking book" Esme said holding up the book.
"You made this from scratch?" Bella asked taking another bite.
"Yes" Esme answered looking thrilled that Bella was enjoying her meal.
"Wow, you defiantly need to give me the recipe" Bella said as she took a bite of the garlic bread.
Esme beamed "You can have the book if you'd like" she said walking over to where Bella was sitting to hand it to her.
"Everyday Meals published in …1932" Bella read, then looked up at Esme "Why would you buy a cook book in 1932?"
"Well" Esme laughed "We were living in Rochester at the time, and this book was the talk of the town among the women. So keeping up appearances I went down to the book shop and bought one just like everyone else."
Bella smiled "Well thank you, but I couldn't."
"Why not?" Esme asked her "We've had absolutely no use for this book for 70 years"
"Well if your sure" Bella said "Thank you"
"Its no trouble at all dear" Esme answered.
"Let me get that for you" Esme said picking up Bella's plate once she had finished eating.
"No I can get it. At least let me do the dishes after all the trouble you went through to cook dinner for me" Bella said standing up.
Esme smiled again "It was no trouble Bella, I enjoyed it. Besides you should be getting home its nearly 9 o'clock.
"Thank you again Esme I loved it" Bella said hugging her.
"You are most welcome my dear"
"Bye Bella" Alice called from somewhere upstairs.
"Bye Alice" Bella responded with a smile as Edward led her out to the garage.
"Ok lets see if we can get you home in time" Edward smiled as he closed the car door behind Bella.
"We have 7 minutes" She told him as he appeared in the drivers side instantaneously "We'll never make it"
Edward laughed "A good rule of thumb to remember for future reference love, never tell a vampire there's something that cant be done"
With that he slammed the car into reverse and sped out of the driveway.
"You may want to close your eyes for this" he advised.
She looked at him for just a moment wide eyed and then did as she was told.
With her eyes clamped shut she held on very tightly to the arm rest the whole way home. She did notice however, after a few moments that it wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be, she still didn't run the risk of opening her eyes to see how fast he was driving.
After what felt like just a couple of minutes Edward announced they were there. As Bella and Edward walked threw the front door the phone rang.
"Hello?" Bella answered. "Hey dad! How is Seattle? Good, yeah I just walked in the door, 2 minutes early and everything. Dinner was great we had spaghetti, no I haven't called her yet I just walked in. Yes Ill call her now, ok goodnight dad" Bella said as she hung up with an annoyed look on her face.
"I'm pretty sure he's been calling every few minutes for the last hour" She told Edward.
He just laughed and said "I wouldn't be surprised"
"I'm sure he's actually a bit disappointed I made curfew" she muttered to herself as she picked up the phone again.
"Hey Esme" she smiled "I just wanted to let you know I was home and to thank you again for dinner. Ok, talk to you tomorrow" She finished as she hung up the phone.
She turned around to look at Edward "This is exciting, here you are standing in my kitchen at 9:05 pm and the best part is you don't have to leave" she said with a smile as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Yep, I'm here all week" he smiled "I'm sure you will be sick of me in a couple of days and beg me to leave you alone" he joked.
"Impossible, I never want you to leave" she whispered as she kissed him.
"I'm glad you feel that way" he said with a smirk when he backed away so Bella could breathe.
After a bit Edward backed away from her again and said "As much as I am enjoying this we do have school tomorrow, and I want you to be well rested"
Bella backed away slightly then after one more kiss agreed and started getting ready for bed.
Ok let me know what you think! ;)
