Hi my peoples!
I am ubber happy with all of the reviews! Well, someone wants me to continue How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. I would feel really bad if that happened to me, so for her, I will also be working on that story. But... I will work on this the most often, because I don't want to write 2 stories at a time. Alright, people, here is the second chapter for you! Oh! Wait! I would like to thank IheartTHEcullens because she said I was "extremely pretty"! Thank you so much! Also to LivForLove because she is my sweetheart ha ha her review really got my typing away! Thank you every one, your reviews were so helpful! I also changed the rating to M, because.. well, you'll see. Anyway, inspiration has just struck me, so here you are! You know you love me...
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. I wish. But do our wishes always come true..?..
Chapter 2
"You know I love you," a guy whispered to me. Ok, all I knew was that this was a dream, and I was dreaming about my dream guy.
"I love you, too," I whispered back. He pulled me into his arms and kissed me passionately, as if to prove that he was the only one for me. Yes, I wanted to tell him. You are. The way his lips moved with mine seemed like they were made for each other. His lips were as soft as a whisper, teasing a bit. I bit his lower lip while he...
"Ouch! Ugh!" Alice's voice interrupted my wonderful dream. I groaned. For the love of all that's holy! It was just getting good.
"God, Alice," I said and threw a cushion at her stretching form. "I was having a good dream!"
"Same here, but my freaking neck hurts! Ow! We will never sleep like that again! It is not good for my body! Wakes me up during a good dream..." Alice muttered and stalked into the kitchen. I stood up, which made Rose's head drop.
"Huh? Ow..." Rosalie said. "Oh, my back!"
"Yeah, Alice had the same problem," I said and bent down to touch my toes, then bent backward to stretch my back. I could hear the muscles popping. I gathered my blankets around me and yawned.
"I'm gonna get a cup of coffee," I told Rosalie and went into the kitchen. Alice had turned on the coffee thing (a/n i have no idea what that's called...) and was putting toast in the toaster. She was just talking on her phone, but flipped it shut when I came in. I sat down at our little table and put my head in my hands. My head was pounding and I felt like I was hung over for some reason. Alice sat by me and rubbed my back.
"What's wrong, sweetie?" she asked me.
"Oh, my head just feels like crap. I think I might need some Aspirin," I said and went over to the cabinet that had all of our medicines and took out 2 Aspirins. I got out a cup and filled it with water. I popped in the pills and washed it out with the water. I did not know why my head hurt this bad.
The smell of the coffee boiling filled the kitchen. I went to the fridge and got out a jug of milk and the stuff you put in your coffee to make it brown. I hated black coffee. I loved it sweet. I went over to the cabinet and got out the sugar, and 3 coffee mugs.
"So what's on the agenda for today?" I asked Alice while I poured coffee into the three mugs.
"I was just talking to that one guy Mike Newton, you remember him from college?" she told me.
"Yeah," I said cautiously. He was friends with this guy named Tyler who used to go out with me. When I broke up with Tyler, he kept sending me phone pictured of himself, saying that we belonged together. I shuddered. But Mike is genuinely nice. He really seemed to like me back then. "You talked to him?"
"Well, he called me. Do you remember how nice he was? He called to see if you were free today," she said. "He wants to bring you to lunch. I said that you would go, because what else is there to do today? I don't think he will be as bad as me and Rose's dates,"
"So you agreed to this without talking to me about it first?"
"Come on, Bella!"
I didn't really like Mike that much. Sure, he was nice. But he seemed perverted at the same time. All he wanted was what every man wanted.
But I needed to cooperate.
"Fine."
"Good! Just go get ready; I trust that you will make yourself look decent," Alice said while stirring sugar into her coffee.
"Why aren't you going to dress me up? That is not like you to not," I said curiously.
"Because we both have to go shopping for some things for Jessica. She needs us to get some supplies for her Halloween party," Rosalie's voice said behind me. "I don't know why she is getting stuff now. We have 2 more weeks until Halloween. Anyway, we know that you wouldn't enjoy that, so we didn't want to bring you," I looked behind me and saw that Rose's hair was damp, and she was in a silk robe. She went and picked her coffee and poured some milk in it. She put the milk jug back on the island and took a long drink. I hated how pretty she looked.
"So go get in the shower, please, Bella," Alice said. I sighed and drank down the rest of the coffee and went off into the bathroom.
We each had our own bathroom, and then a regular bathroom upstairs. I turned on the bath water and waited for it to warm up while I brushed my teeth. I looked at myself in the mirror.
My lips were looking a little more pouty than usual. It was probably because I would have to go on an excruciating date with Mike. My neck looked stiff, and my eyes had bags underneath them. Oh, god. My hair was as wild as it could get. My mouth tasted like bile. Using mouth wash made it all better. I stripped off my clothes and got into the shower.
The hot water felt nice on my skin, like easing away the pain from sleeping on the stinking couch.
Maybe I could get used to Mike. It's not like I would have to spend the rest of my life with him. Right? Hmm... I knew what it was like to dream about the perfect man. Touching him and it would feel like I was being electrocuted. When we would kiss, we would both feel the passion. Just like that. What would the story be like?
He was a boy, I was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious? He was a god, I was a clumsy girl. What more can I say? He wanted me, but I couldn't tell. Secretly I wanted him as well. (a/n that rhymes! and yes I realize it's like the song S8ter Boi by Avril. that's what i want it to be like! some of it. lol) All of his friends stuck up their noses, had a problem with me. I had a nice face, but I was out of this world, and needed to come back down to earth. And then through all of this forbidden love, we make it through. It wouldn't matter what his friends or my friends would think, we would run away together and just... love each other. But was life ever so simple? No. Because life isn't ever so easy.
Life was where everyone tried to follow what everyone else was doing. And what bothered me was the guys' trend. Yeah, go after a girl. Pursue her if you life. But a message to guys is, do you realize how they get ready for you? Make their selves look pretty for you when they don't know that what you want is to just sleep with them. Girls waste too much effort and time for the pigs. Why does life revolve around guys? A hysterical laugh escaped my lips. So many questions!
I quickly turned off the shower and put on my robe that went only up to my thigh. Ah, Alice. I opened the door and went into my room. I opened up my closet, realizing that Alice and Rosalie had left already, so they wouldn't be able to help me with my clothes.
I sighed and grabbed a pair of jeans that Alice had forced into my closet, (literally) and a gray, long sleeved shirt. (pic of that on my profile)
I hurried and blow dried my hair and put this cream in it so it wouldn't be all poofy when I was done blow drying it. I didn't bother with the make up, so I pulled on a pair of converse, put on my jacket, got my keys, and went out the door.
Wait. Where was I supposed to meet him?
I pulled out my cell phone and dialed Alice's number.
"Alice speaking!" her voice said brightly into the phone. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"Alice, I'm all ready, but I don't know where to meet him!"
"Oh my god! Sorry! Meet him at.. umm... where was it? Oh yeah! Ruby Tuesday!" she giggled into the phone. "Yep, that's what I said. Who goes there for lunch? Anyway, just be nice, Bella."
"Yeah, yeah. Now I think I will have to suffer one of those horrendous dates you two are always on. I thought we are over this!"
"We are. Rose and I don't like Mike either, but we didn't want to leave you home alone. Call us if there are any troubles, sweetie! Love you, bye!" she said and hung up before I could say anything else.
God dammit! So they just agreed to make me go on this date just so they could go shopping without me? This was so not like them, and they were so going to pay. I stormed out the door and went to my trusty old Chevy truck.
I drove over to the Ruby Tuesday that was the only one in town and pulled into the parking lot. There was Mike, waving his hands eagerly to me. Oh yes, I thought. They are going to pay.
APOV
"I feel sort of bad doing this to Bella!" I said to Rose.
"Yeah, well, get over it, because if we want to pull this off, we can't always be in touch with our soft side," she shot back. I sighed. So Rose and I wanted to pull some kind of trick. We were going to throw the most extreme party in history, and it would take a lot of planning, so we decided to do it early. Yes, this early. But planning takes time!
We knew Bella would not approve, because we were going to invite anyone who's anyone, and make it a sexy party.
And, when all the people would be there, would could look for men! Perfect, I know. But that was only if we couldn't find some guy before the party. It would still be on, because who doesn't want to throw a Halloween party?
It was all too perfect to be true when Mike called. He would be sure to keep Bella out for a while, so we could do a lot of planning. But I did feel bad about it. Making Bella go out on a date with Mike? I loved Bella dearly, and so did Rose, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do, even though just last night we said we wouldn't date anymore men like that. Poor Bella!
"Now let's go into that party store, they are sure to have good decorations!" Rosalie squealed, so we both ran into there, our credit cards ready.
BPOV (now you know why Bella is on the date with vile Mike! Alice and Rose feel bad about it!)
"Hey, Bella! It's so good to see you! I mean, I have thought about you a lot since college! Well, ever since college, I have been thinking about becoming a sports reporter. Although, I do want to play football, what do you think? I think it would be fun to do either one, but I have to think about it. Anyway, I..." and so he rambled on about himself. When did it come from "Hi Bella I've thought a lot about you" to "Wow I'm the greatest person in the world, bow down to me"? I sighed, willing myself to be nice.
And I thought we were over dating these stupid men!
Mike stayed pretty close to my side the whole time, like we were already a couple. I would have to remind him that this was just a FRIENDLY reunion.
"Hi, welcome to Ruby Tuesday, will you need seats for just you two?" the hostess asked. Oh god, RUBY TUESDAY! Who in the hell went here for lunch?!
"Yeah," Mike said, trying to sound smooth. I guess it was the fact that she was blond and beautiful. Typical.
She lead us to a small table in a dining area, that had a lot of people surrounding us. Ok, I thought. I guess a lot of people come here for lunch. Stupid people.
"Your waiter will be here in just a minute," she said, turning around, not noticing Mike giving her a parting wink. I mean, come on! He might think that this was a date with me, but did he honestly think that he could just flirt with other girls? Not that I cared, but, really! How rude of him!
"So, I am glad that we are having this friendly get together," I said, hoping that he would catch that I didn't like him more than a friend, even though I didn't even like him like that. "This way we can... catch up,"
"Yeah," Mike said, not getting it. Just in time, the waitress came over to us.
She handed us our menus. "Hi, my name is Angela, and I'll be your waiter for today," she said and smiled warmly. I smiled back. "What can I get for you?"
"Uhm.." I said and quickly chose the first thing on the menu. "Just a steak, please," I said, know I probably wouldn't be eating it. I never liked this restaurant. Their meat was disgusting; I only liked the salads. But in here, you have to get your own salad, so I didn't order that. (i have actually never went to Ruby Tuesdays. I'm just making this up as I go...)
"Ok," she said and wrote that down. She turned to Mike. "And what will you have?"
"I think I'll have a steak with the peppers and seasoning, (like i said, im just making this up as i go...) with the 2 salmon and rices. Bring some lemons, too, please," he said.
"Well, you do realize that the meat and fish are both one meal only each, so you'll be having two plates?" Angela asked curiously.
"Yes, I am aware of that," Mike said and handed her his menu. Mike's phone beeped, so he went out and got it. Oh, god. Please, I prayed, please don't let this be like Rose's date.
Angela turned to me with a questioning gaze, as if to ask, 'Why this pig?'
I shook my head, checked if we was looking, and wiggled my index finger, for her to lean in.
"I don't even like him. My friends are making me go out with him," I whispered into her ear, thanking god that Mike was busy texting away.
Angela stared at me with sincere eyes. "I'm sorry. Really," she said and patted my back. "I'll be right back with your orders," she said louder and walked away.
"Sorry about that, just an urgent text," Mike said and put his phone on the table, but it was facing me. The message was still up, but Mike didn't seem to notice, because I was looking over his shoulder at the waitress.
I was really never that nosy, but it was too perfect. I peaked over at the screen. It read:
'Dude, can't talk. On a date with that hot babe Bella. Remember her? Hoping to get lucky sometime. Cross your fingers for me, bro. I'll call you later.
-M'
Dammit! So now I was some 'hot babe' that was going to get him laid? Hell no! I made a disgusted noise and sat back in my chair with a humph.
Mike looked over at me. "Huh?" he asked, then seemed to think I was mad at him for staring at the hostess. I couldn't care less. "Oh, umm... I was looking at the... s-sign thingy over there. See? It's cool, isn't it," he said lamely.
I smiled a fake smile at him.
Not to long later, Angela came, bless her. Mike was launching into a story about him and Tyler sneaking into the principles office. Wow, I thought sarcastically, how bad-ass of you.
"Here you are," Angela said and set down our plates in front of us. Of course, Mike had two. They were both full. The fish was humongous, and had little lettuce leaves around it, and since there was two on the plate, they were both falling on the plate. A lemon sat on each of them, and it was really peppered up. The stake itself was also fat, and they added the rice to that plate, since the other one was too full.
I looked at my own plate. It looked empty compared to his. It basically was, since it just had one steak on it.
"Here are your cups, and the manager said that we are too busy to be getting our guests some drinks so you will have to get it yourself with that over there," she said and pointed at the thing where there were multiple drink choices. That was harsh. Angela giggled. "I wasn't supposed to tell you guys that. But," she said, but this was directed toward me, "you seem like good people, so I could get it for you myself, if you like,"
How sweet. "Ye-" Mike was about to say yes, but I cast him a dark look.
"No," I said firmly. "You seem busy enough, and I don't want to make it worse. Thank you for offering, though,"
"It's quite alright. Enjoy your food, and if you need anything, I'll be over there," she said quietly and pointed toward a little booth. "That is, unless I am too busy," She giggled again. She waved at us and walked away. I smiled. She was really nice. She seemed shy, because her voice was quite, but seemed genuinely nice and funny.
"So where was I?" Mike said with his mouth full. "Oh yeah. We had to get a little clip so we could open the door, the old school way, since it was locked..." and he rambled on again. I sat there like and idiot, just watching how gross he was, noticing that food flew out of his mouth every time he talked. I cocked my head to one side. How would he think that I would sleep with him?
When he moved onto his fishes, I couldn't take it. My sight was blinded with his grossness, so I said, "Um, I have to use the little girls room," I giggled a little, realizing that sounded weird. Little girls room? Ha.
I pushed my chair back and tucked it back in, starting toward the bathroom. I scanned a bit, but then Angela spotted me. She rushed over to me.
"Is everything ok with the food?" she asked, concerned. She was very kind.
"No," I reassured her. "But the guy I was with is killing me, so I need to find the restroom so I can call my friends to pick me up,"
"Oh. Well, I'm sorry he is so annoying," she said, meaning it. "But, if you can't get a ride, I could take you. My shift is over in about 10 minutes, anyways," she offered. I smiled.
"It's ok. My friends owe me. Thank you for offering though. You've been so kind,"
"You just seem like a nice person. But, really, if you need a ride, I could take you home,"
"I'll keep that in mind if my friends don't answer," I said, feeling happy. This girl was really nice. I hugged her before I could stop myself. Where did that come from?
She returned the hug and waved at me. "The bathroom is around the corner," she called. I looked over my shoulder at her and smiled, and gave her a thumbs up. She giggled.
While I was walking, I pulled out my cell phone. It was stuck, so I looked down at my pocket and jerked it out. All of a sudden, I slammed into someone.
I closed my eyes, waiting for me to hit the floor. But I didn't. (cliche, yay!!)
I kept my eyes closed, but felt two pairs of strong arms constrict around me, holding me up. I looked up.
I was looking up into a pair of beautiful, twinkling, green eyes. The guys' hair was a bronze, tousled, messy, disarray. It looked like sex hair, and it looked sexy. His face was so beautiful that my ego dropped 10 points. From his perfect and smooth forehead, down his slender and perfect nose, his full lips, and angled chin and cheekbones, his face was perfect. A face of an angle. So beautiful.
"Woah, there. Be careful now," he warned, his voice perfect and velvet. It was smooth and hypnotizing, and right in my ear. His voice was like a soft lullaby.
"OH! Wow, I'm such a freaking dork!" I blurted out. Smooth move, Bella, I thought to myself. Why couldn't I say anything alluring? I was probably even more of a turn off because I was blushing about 15 shades of red. I probably look like a tomato head, I amused myself.
"No," he murmured, his musical voice amused. He took his arms from under me and stood me up straight, and put his hands on my shoulders as if to see if I could stand up straight. He dropped his arms when he thought I could stand still. Oh boy, I was most likely going to faint, though. I was light headed. "Why were you in such a hurry?"
"Oh, uhhhhh," I said. I had to think of something quick, other wise he would think I was a head case. But he was staring right at me, interested. It was hard not to be a million miles away with someone that beautiful staring at you. My heart stuttered. I shook my head. "I wasn't really in a hurry, but I am usually clumsy like that. My phone was stuck in my pocket, and um, I needed to call my friends because if this impossibly boring guy..." I trailed off. Why was I telling him about my stupid "date"? I would probably scare him off even further.
But he smiled a breath taking smile. His teeth were perfect and white. My heart started to beat faster than usual. He grinned even wider. I wondered if he could hear my heart beat... 'cause it sure as heck was loud.
"Really? Well, sorry if I am in your way. But my friends dragged me here, but I didn't want to come. I mean, who eats lunch at Ruby Tuesday?" he asked, incredulous.
I snapped my fingers. "I know what you mean! The food here isn't even that good, anyways,"
"Yeah, this wouldn't be my choice of place to eat, either. Anyway, sorry to be in your way, I know you must be dying to get out of here, and especially that you are here with and 'impossibly boring guy'," he chuckled. I flushed crimson.
"Very funny. Thanks for catching me,"
"Oh, it was my pleasure," he said and smiled a crooked smile at me. I gasped; it was so beautiful. His smile faltered.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes," I blushed. When he stepped to the right, he did too. It was one of those awkward times when you always took the step they took. We did that a few times, but then he just stopped and let me pass by.
"Thank you," I said shyly.
He smiled. "You're welcome," he said. I waved and turned towards the bathroom. I walked in and checked under the stalls to see if anyone was there. Nope. But, I thought, why would it matter if anyone was there? I was becoming paranoid, I guessed. Scary movies can do that to you.
I dialed Alice's number and tapped my foot impatiently while it rang.
"Alice Brandon speaking!" she chippered into the phone. I scowled.
"I want to go home now! He is HORRIBLE! He keeps talking about himself! And there we were talking last night about how we were finished dating the stupid men! Oh, so did that just apply to you? So just let poor old Bella date all the crappy men while you two get the good ones? You know--" I was ranting.
Alice cut me off. "Bella! Ok, you are not on a date, remember? And what we talked about yesterday did apply to you too. We are really sorry that you are out with that stupid jerk. But it is sort of necessary AND I won't tell why because it's a secret! Anyway, why don't you just drive home right now?"
"Because I'm not mean, so I'm not just going to leave just like that,"
"Make up a story! Just tell him that, umm, I am having an asthma attack and I need you by my side right away!" she giggled into the phone.
I sighed. "You'd better hope that works. Because when you get home, I am going to yell at you like you have never heard!"
"God, Bella, don't let your panties get in a bunch. Why don't you meet us over at the food court over here, anyway? I know you probably already ate, but we haven't..."
"I'll come. I didn't eat anything, because I was too disgusted. Mike eats and talks at the same time! It's so gross! The only good things that happened is that I made friends with a waitress, and I ran into a gorgeous guy," I blurted out the last part on accident.
"WHAT?! When?! How?! He's gorgeous?!" she squealed into the phone. I held it away form my ear until she stopped.
"I tell you about it later when I'm there. I'm going to go now,"
Alice giggled. "Sorry, hon. Remember the story. Come over ASAP! Love ya!"
"Love you too, dearest Alice," I muttered darkly into the phone and hung up. I put my cell phone back into my pocket. I tugged open the door and almost ran into the same guy before again. Sometimes life was hard when you were clumsy, I thought with a sigh. Good thing I stopped before I fell again.
"Hey there," I said and smiled.
"Hi. Sorry to bother you again, but you dropped your keys, so I waited for you out here," he said. I blushed, realizing he could have heard everything I said.
"Um, thanks," I said. I held out my hand for my keys. He dropped it into my palm lightly.
"So... I hope your appetite isn't too ruined by that Mike guy," he said casually.
My eyes widened. "You were listening?"
"Well, you were talking pretty loud," he chuckled.
"How much did you hear?" I asked, cautious. I hoped that he didn't hear me say that he was gorgeous.
"All of it. I was going to knock, but that would seem weird, so I waited over here at the wall,"
"ALL of it?!"
"Yeah," he said warily.
I blushed crimson.
"Anyway, I was wondering if you would consider ditching this place and going somewhere better to eat with me? I know that you probably want to be with your friends, and we don't know each other, but..." he said, unsure.
My eyes widened. He wanted to eat with me? Me? Of course! How could he be unsure?
"U-um, yes, I would," I stammered. "Let me call my friend back real fast,"
"Wait. Before you call her, I think we should at least know each other's names," he said with a crooked smile. Of course. Why would we go out if we didn't even know each other's names? I mentally smacked myself on the head.
"My name is Isabella Swan, but call me Bella," I said and stuck out my hand.
"I'm Edward Cullen. Nice to meet you, Bella," he said and shook my hand. When he touched my hand, there seemed to be a jolt of electricity. I gasped. Edward seemed to feel it too, because he jerked his hand back and ran it through his hair.
"You can call your friends now," he said. I nodded and pulled out my phone again.
I called Alice for the third time today. She answered in one ring.
"What now, Bella?" she asked, annoyed.
"Sorry. But um, that guy I was talking about offered to take me to eat at a different place, so uhhh..."
"Oh! Good! Go ahead and go, Bella! But just know we will be asking for details later!" she sang into the phone.
I sighed. "Alright. Bye."
"Bye!" she said happily. I hung up my phone.
"Alright, let me just go make up an excuse for my 'date'," I said. He nodded.
"I need to do the same with my friends. Meet me at the door in 10 minutes?" he asked.
I nodded. He gave me one more breath taking smile and turned around.
I took a deep breath and walked over to Mike, who was looking at me suspiciously.
Ha ha is that a cliffy? Well, if it is, you know you love it, lol! Sorry if it's moving too fast, but you'll see why later. I had fun writing about Mike being weird. Lol. Review, review, review! ;) I'll update soon!
