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I was standing next to Hannah then.
Strangely, as small and young as she was, her eyes glowed with a surprising amount of knowledge and experience. The wide grin of her face had faded, and then she looked at the ground. The happiness was replaced by a serious look, her mouth quirked in an emotionless twist.
"They're right; I am emo...but, unlike the wannabes, I have reasons."
She turned her eyes upward, and I was locked in a small stare.
"I'm telling you this because I think you should know...and I trust you, for some unfathomable reason." She looked away, took a deep breath, and continued.
"My brother died when I was 14...and my parents always blamed me. They knew it was my fault he ran across the road and it -" her voice broke off in a sob and she leaned forward into my chest.
Startled, I slowly put my arms around her.
"I don't want to be on show," she murmured.
I nodded and she led me back to our room.
We got inside and she took me into the kitchen.
"Do you want a drink?" she asked, and I nodded. "I take it you don't drink coffee. A hot chocolate?"
"Yes please."
I grinned. She smiled back and boiled the jug.
Knock knock.
"Who is it?" Hannah hollered, wiping the last of her tears away.
"It's Santa." I heard a male voice yell.
"Jason," she muttered, gliding to the door.
She opened it and a dark-blond boy with messy, wayward hair—the same as Edward's—strode through the door and pulled the waiting Hannah into a hug.
When he noticed me, he looked up and smiled.
"Hey, I'm Jason Cullen."
"I'm Bella. Bella Swan," I replied timidly.
He stepped into the kitchen and pulled down three mugs, putting coffee in one and hot chocolate powder in the other two; I guess he'd heard our conversation through the door.
We heard more muffled speaking coming through the door and it opened to show Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Elyse, Edward, and another blond boy who had his arm linked through Elyse's.
"Ah, I see you're soaking it up with the ladies, Jason." Edward joked.
"Hey, I'm just trying to get to know their roommate better. I am nothing like you, big brother."
"'Course not," Edward muttered. "Because I'm not a kleptomaniac."
"This is William," gestured Elyse.
The boy she'd motioned to nodded and I waved.
"Anyways, who wants to decorate the tree?" Elyse asked excitedly.
"Ooh, Me! Me!" Alice was jumping up and down trying to get Elyse's attention.
Suddenly, she turned sober.
"Boys. Out. Now," Alice commanded, picking up a broom and herding the boys back out the door.
"We will be back," vowed Emmett, before Alice hit him in the face with the broom.
When she finally got them all out she locked the door and danced over to her room to grab pyjamas.
The other girls left to do the same. Hannah and Elyse finished first, Hannah wearing Jack Skellington tank top and shorts and Elyse in blue shorts and a baggy green Postal Service tee. Rosalie came out moments later in a pair of boy leg shorts and a tank, followed by Alice in a nightie.
"Tunes," smiled Alice walking over to the CD player and putting in a CD. She danced over to the tree and grabbed Rosalie's arms and twirling her.
I instantly recognized 'Hot and cold', by Katy Perry.
All the girls had different dance styles. Hannah wildly shook her brown mane from side to side with her tiny body to the beat while Alice jumped and Rosalie twirled, occasionally putting one arm in the air and bobbing up and down.
Elyse did a combo, spinning in crazy circles only to stop and sway from side to side, pull some crazy moves, then run over to pick up Hannah and spin her till they dropped.
"Come on, Bella!" Alice encouraged, motioning for me to join them.
I just shook my head and smiled, continuing to decorate the tree.
"What," Elyse teased, "too good to dance with us weirdos, are you?"
I laughed. "No, I just think it would be safer for everyone involved if I kept my detrimental clumsiness to myself."
"Ah."
Eventually after the tree was done and they were all danced out, the girls went off to bed quietly, Hannah and Elyse into one room Rosalie into another and Alice walking into the furthest one, dragging me behind her. She pointed to another bed, smiled, and flopped onto hers.
That night I dreamt of bright lights and crazy people spinning in circle...and then, behind them, there was my mother. She was waving and smiling and signalling for me to come closer.
As I tried to run towards her, she seemed to move further away.
"Mom!" I screamed.
And there my dream stopped, because all of a sudden I was awake...and wrapped in my doona?
What the...?
I couldn't get out and I heard Hannah screeching, "Let me out, you creep. I will use my Emo Blade of Imminent Pain and Disaster against you!!"
All of a sudden, I hit the ground softly and was released from my blankety prison.
I was on the foot ball field, in my pyjamas, at midnight.
I saw the other girls flop from their blankets, Hannah instantly standing up and meeting Jason's intense gaze.
He smiled and she glared, though not nearly as resistant as before.
He started to run and she chased him easily before tackling him onto the ground and rolling him till she had him pinned.
Elyse went to help, only to be pushed to the ground by William. She yanked him down with her and her wide green eyes locking onto his equally beautiful hazel ones.
Rosalie and Emmett were sitting down at a nearby picnic blanket, talking.
"Nice night, isn't it?" whispered Edward in my left ear.
I shivered.
"I suppose so. That is, if you like being woken up at midnight."
He chuckled and I turned angrily to see his face, only to topple sideways.
Oh crap. My old habit followed me.
I braced myself for the impact of the ground only to have strong arms wrap around mine.
I looked up with surprise. I hadn't expected to have him catch me.
"Thank you," I whispered.
He grinned crookedly, causing my insides to melt and quiver pleasantly.
It seemed like we were there for hours, just wrapped in our own personal bubble.
"C'mon guys. I'm going back to bed; I have a music test tomorrow. Jason and Elyse, let's go." Hannah walked away, wrapped in her doona with Elyse and Jason behind her.
"Dude your taking orders from a girl. A tiny girl, no less," Emmett cackled.
"I have a manly job to do tomorrow morning. Besides, she's scary."
Hannah play growled, causing Elyse to burst into laughter.
The boys must have opened our balcony door because Jason just threw Hannah's blanket up and was now giving her a boost onto the balcony. Hannah slid her legs through her arms and landed on the balcony easily. Elyse jumped for it while Jason climbed up the pipe.
After five or ten minutes, Edward grabbed my hand, warmth tingling through me on contact.
"Let's go back inside." Edward insisted.
I nodded and he lifted my blanket off the ground, and then we headed the same way that Hannah, Elyse and Jason had.
Edward lifted me up and pushed until I got over the bar. I smiled a thanks and he jumped up, too.
Edward POV:
As we walked inside I heard music being played from Hannah and Elyse's room.
There was a soft but strong voice coming from the room, accompanied by a guitar and another voice.
"All
my life you've had an opinion
doing things for the wrong reasons
well not today-"
The voice cut short as I opened the door. Hannah was sitting on the dresser and Elyse was on the bed across from Jason who had a Guitar.
"Don't let me stop you."
"Ok then" Hannah instructed. "From the chorus please.
"What
would you do if I told you
You can't control my life
What would
you say
If I left today with no regrets and no goodbye
What
would you do if I told you
There is no more you and I
What
would you say if I walked away and left you thereto cry"
Hannah ended the chorus gracefully and I clapped gently
"Wow, Han, I never knew you could sing," I exclaimed.
"I know." She grinned "You would make me join that garage status band of yours."
"We play in the basement," I returned, slightly offended.
"That's even worse!"
"Well, maybe we could get OUT of the basement if someone decided to be supportive and help us out."
"If I were to help you out of the basement you would have to add in some of my favourite songs."
"Deal."
There was an expectant pause.
"So...what's the name of your band?"
"Um...well, you see...about that..."
"Yes?"
"We could never agree to one. All the names we've come up with ended up sounding stupid or cliché."
"Ugh, you guys are incompetent. Ely, get your butt over here and help me."
Elyse moved quickly over to her little friend's side and leaned to whisper in her ear. Hannah whispered back quickly and Elyse occasionally nodded.
"We have it!" Elyse announced at length.
"Do tell."
The girls looked at each other and spoke in tandem.
"Mental 4 you."
Ok guys. Chapters end. Another thankyou to my wonderful Beta Elyse/La Saboteuse.
Elyse and I did name the band and I've even made a poster for them.
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