"Ten bucks says I beat you." Was what I said to Alice as we began to eat dinner at our kitchen table.
"Hell no. Your luck you'll get pulled over by the cops at least three times. You won't be able to beat me even if you tried." She giggled and took a bite of her salad, I glared at her and stabbed a piece of chicken on my plate.
"That was one time and I didn't even see the traffic light, and the cop was really nice he let me off with a warning." I said smirking at her, I knew it was going to piss her off that's why I smirked and got the fun out of it before she punched me or worse...took me shopping.
"Whatever, all I know is that your Ducati can't beat my Porshe." She said smugly and one thing I always learned over time with Alice. Never bet against Alice. To bad I always did.
"Thirty." Her eyes widened at me but she regained her composer and then smiled...evilly at me.
"Deal." She held out her hand for me to shake and I shook it, what the hell was I thinking?! We finished our dinner and as I was cleaning up, Alice went to take a shower. I was putting the last clean plate in the sink when the phone began to ring. I wiped my hands and reached for the phone on the third ring.
"Hello?" I said into the phone, before walking into the living room and sitting on the couch.
"Well it's nice to know your phone works. Since you never call me." Rose said into the phone in a harsh tone, making me wish I never answered.
"Why hello Rose." I said sarcastically into the phone making her chuckle.
"Your a bitch, but I love ya. So when do you leave?" She asked me and I rolled my eyes, leave it up to Rose to go from scary to sweet in two seconds.
"Well were leaving tomorrow, but I just bet Alice that I can beat her home on my Ducati and her driving her Porshe. Who do you thinks gonna win?" Rose sighed, she hated it when we even dared to race. Because we all know she's the queen of cars and racing.
"I'll wait and see who we have to bail out of jail first before I go ahead and make any decisions on who's going to win." I laughed and soon after talking about plans for the summer we both said our goodbyes and hung up, just as Alice came out of the bathroom.
"Who was that?" She asked sitting across from me on the other couch and grabbed an Italian Vogue off the table and started flipping through it.
"Rose she wanted to talk about the cook out tomorrow and things were doing during the summer, I told her you'd be the one to talk to about that crap since you plan everything anyway." I said smiling at Alice, she laughed at my answer.
"Of course I plan everything, because if I didn't everything would fall apart." I nodded, she was right. After watching some t.v., and Alice reading her magazine we both decided to go to bed. Everything was already packed and ready to go in Alice's car so we could just get up and go, soon I fell asleep. The next thing I wasn't expecting at all.
"BELLA! Bellllllaaaaa...wake up. I'm leaving soon and that means I will beat you and you will have no choice but to just give me the thirty dollars." Alice shouted right above my head and I felt like punching her right then and there. But I didn't because I knew if I did it would come back to bite me in the ass.
"Fine. Make sure everything is off." She nodded and bounced off into the living room. I showered quick and changed into the outfit I left out so I wouldn't pack it an have nothing to wear at home. I grabbed my bike helmet and made sure everything was off in my room before I turned the light off and closed the door behind me. Alice was running around the room, picking things up and moving them an inch from where they just were. I laughed and she looked up and glared at me.
"Let's go already!" She said screeching with happiness. I rolled my eyes and grabbed a pop tart and some orange juice. As I ate Alice called Esme and my mom who were both shopping for food later on. By the time she was done talking I had finished my pop tart and juice and was ready to go. Alice was beaming with excitement as we closed the apartment and headed down to the parking lot. I saw my bike and smiled, it was a 2009 Ducati 848 in silver. My baby. Alice always laughs at me whenever I look at it, but it's the same way she is with her Porshe and she knows it. I sat on my bike and kicked the kick stand up and put my helmet on. I lifted the flap to hear Alice talk to me.
"Good luck and let the game begin, it's nine now and about eight and half hours away. I'll see you there and I'll be waiting for my thirty bucks." She said giggling as she got into her car. Before I could say something back she was closing the door of her car. I pulled the flap down on my helmet and started the bike. I pulled out of the parking lot before her and began to race foward. I was not losing this race.
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Over the next couple hours I drove in silence through the country roads, and I only had to stop for gas and to use the bathroom once. I was only about an hour away when my phone began to vibrate, I pulled my bike over on the side of the road and turned it off. My phone kept vibrating as I clicked the answer button to whoever was calling me.
"Hello?" I answered in a bitchy tone because whoever this was was making me lose this damn race.
"Bella...I'm scared, I don't know what to do...no one will answer their phones and your the only one to pick up, please come and get me." Alice was crying into the phone.
"What's wrong, what happened?!" I half yelled half screamed in panic at her.
"The car started smoking and it's getting dark out, Bella I thought I could meet up with you if I took the country roads and now I'm scared. You have to come and get me." I sighed closing my eyes, it was starting to get dark out. Damn Washington, and it's rain. The only time it got dark out in the sky this early meant it was going to rain. Shit.
"Alice your going to have to hold tight to my back and if we get arrested I'm going to sell your Porshe, I told you to get it looked at. I'm on my way, how far away from home are you on the back roads that I'm on." I heard Alice sigh in relaxation, and she answered me back calmly. For now.
"About an hour and twenty minutes." Oh dammit I was kicking her ass and this had to happen. I told her I was coming for her and she said okay so quietly I drove faster and harder. I found her close to how long down the road she was from me and saw what she was meaning the front of the car was still smoking. I pulled over and turned off my bike taking off my helmet and walking over to Alice who jumped out of the car and into my arms.
"No one picking up?" I asked and she shook her head. I chuckled lightly, of course the day we need them they don't answer the phone or any other cell phone.
"No, put I made sure before I turned off the car that it was off the road so no one will hit it. Can we just go?" She asked me begging and I nodded. I had her grab her phone and a couple things out of her purse that were important and put them in my backpack.
"Alice you have to wear it so you can hold onto my back better, okay?" She nodded. We were about to get on my bike when I realized one of the most important things.
"Do you have the spare helmet with you?" Her eyes jumped out of her head and she ran back to the car two seconds later coming back with a hot pink helmet that said Alice Cullen on the back of it. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm not going to say anything, I'm just glad I made you keep it in the trunk." She smiled and put it on just as I put mine on. Within minutes we were off. The ride back went faster since, I was going faster to try and beat the rain. But not long after driving down the road the dark sky cleared and you could start to see the moon and the stars. The moon and stars were fully out when we saw the Forks Welcomes You sign. Not long after we were traveling through Forks and out onto it's border were the Cullen's house was located. The drive way was the same way it's always been long and all lighted, illuminating the huge house on the hill. The house itself was amazing in size. There were four bedrooms, a huge kitchen, five bathrooms, one office/library, three car garage, living room, game room/basement, music room, a big porch and pool, among other things. The house was always beautiful, thanks to Esme. No lights were on in the house, except the back yard that was all lite up.
I pulled in front of the house along with another car which I didn't recognize. But it was a nice silver Volvo. I turned off the bike and put the kickstand down, I pulled Alice slowly off me and got off. Alice was silently crying. I put my hands on both sides of her face.
"You don't have to face them tonight, don't cry go ahead and get a shower. I'll come and stay with you tonight, okay?" She nodded and handed me the backpack. I took it and went to the front door with Alice in back of me. The door was open and so I just walked in, Alice took to the stairs and I watched her to see if she didn't have a breakdown. She didn't and soon heard her door close. I sighed and made my way to were the laughter and music was coming from. I took off my jacket and put it in the closet and made my way to the back of the house. The sliding glass doors that led to the back porch and yard were open, I didn't walk out but I did stay in the doorway. I know I'm a creeper, but I wasn't ready to get mauled by hugs and welcome backs just yet. Emmett was sitting by the fire pit roasting marsh mellows, while Rose was talking to him...or yelling whatever she wants to call it. I turned to the table not to far from them and almost passed out right there on the doorway. My parents and Alice's parents were sitting next to two people I never thought would come back to Forks looks like I was wrong. I stayed in the shadows as I listened to them talk. Their features were hard to see but I could hear their voices, and they sounded completely different.
"What time is it shouldn't the girls be back by now?" Esme asked everyone in a worried voice.
"Ya, but you know Alice she probably had to stop and get some clothes. Bella's probably crying in shopping agony." My mom said back lightly laughing, everyone at the table joined them except fro Rose who walked over and shook her head.
"Last time I talked to Bella, last night, she said her and Alice had this race going on. First person home wins." Rose said trying to convince them all. They all suddenly looked panicked and scared.
"First person home, so your telling me their racing eight hours home. Alice in her Porshe, and Bella on her..." My father's voice sounded strained and ready to cry. Ugh.
"SHE WAS ON HER BIKE?! I knew that thing was a bad idea, I tried and tried to get her to buy something sensible for crying out loud. She's a doctor for crying out loud, she should know what happened when you drive a hunk of junk." Damn her, my mother and her big mouth. I sighed walked through the door way making every one jump and look at me. The light on Edward and Jasper was perfect now and i could see them perfectly. Jasper looked the same he always did, gorgeous shaggy blond hair, light blue eyes, and muscles that could probably kill me. Now Edward, well Edward was...to die for. I could practically see his six pack through his shirt, even thought it was a jacket. His bright green eyes were strong and beautiful, along with his jaw structure and smile, his hair was a bronze color that would probably shine in the sun. I was about ready to pass out just from looking at him. But thank goodness I kept my attention on my mom. I was practically fuming.
"It is not a hunk of junk mother, it's a bike and I love it and I just finished medical school, I didn't even start interning. So don't jump to conclusions that I'm a doctor yet, and no I don't know what will happen when I drive, all I know is that if I die on my bike. I die doing something I love to do. So mother please shut up. I'm going to bed, because I'm exhausted. I had to drive Alice and I back here since her car broke down on a creepy little road about an hour away from here. She's a mess, because she thought she was going to get killed. So now I have to go comfort her. Good night everyone." I turned to leave but before I walked through the glass doors, I turned and put on my best fake smile.
"Welcome back to little good old Forks, Epward and Jasper. I don't know why the hell you would come back to this shit whole." Ugh, damn I did not mean what I was saying. I was just so mad about everything else that I was not thinking about what I was saying. I sighed and walked into the house and up the stairs into Alice's room. She was still taking a shower when I took off my clothes and changed into something Alice left on the bed for me. I laid down and got under the covers, soon Alice came out of the bathroom that joins her room and my room that Esme and Carlisle gave to me. But I wanted to stay with Alice tonight to make sure she was okay. She She laid down next to me on the bed and got under the covers. A couple of minutes went by when Alice began to speak.
"What's wrong Bells?" Alice spoke sadly, probably still scared.
"Edward and Jasper are back, I yelled at my mom, and I probably said something I shouldn't have." I felt Alice give me a tiny hug, and as qucikly as she got out of the shower she was asleep. But it still took me longer to find the dreams that let my sleep take over before I could dream about the horrible day.