Becoming Friends?
Hey guys! I made chapter two the same day as chapter one because it was my day off and I had a lot of time on my hands. I'm sorry to say that chapters won't normally come out this fast because I work and I do need a break from my computer every once in a while and opt to spend time at the beach with my husband than be glued to the computer and pulling my hair out for ideas so lucky you chapter 2 is already out!
The next day our Biology class was going on a class trip and we didn't know if we'd get back in time before school ended so I let Evan borrow my car while giving him limitations on her usage like not giving his friends rides or having a girl in the car with him and most definitely, NOT TO GET A SCRATCH ON HER, while Bella gave me a ride so she could take me home after the trip was over. It was a little weird being kind of friends with her after all this time but we understood each other more than most did and we knew where the boundaries were before things got too uncomfortable so i guess we somehow came to a silent agreement to deal with it and each other.
We had just gotten to school with Bella driving and me listening to my ipod (because i was positive she wouldn't really like any of the music I listened to) while students were slowly piling onto the buses that were waiting for us. I stood outside while waiting for Bella to get her shit together and head to the buses when Mike decided to yet again flirt with the poor girl. I stood by and watched as he made a fool of himself because I knew she wasn't interested in him at all. "So do you wanna go? To Prom? With me?" He asked her and while she couldn't think of a way to get out of it I butted in. "Sorry Mike she's not going to Prom with you." He looked at me in annoyance for not giving them any privacy so he could pressure her. "Why not?" He asked her ignoring me. "I have something to do that weekend." She finally came up with, but it wasn't that strong of an argument so I stepped in again. "We're going to Jacksonville that weekend." Yet again ignoring me he asked her, "Y-you can't go another weekend?" Annoyed with his persistence I got in his face a bit to obstruct his view of Bella. "They're nonrefundable tickets. Later." I told him as I grabbed Bella's jacket sleeve and pulled her to the buses all the while she said to him, "You should ask Jessica, I know she wants to go with you." As we walked away I spoke without looking at her. "You had to let him down easy? And throwing Jess out there like that?" I asked rhetorically which she answered anyway, "She does like him though." "Yeah I know but no one wants a pity date, she'd rather him ask because he wanted to not because he got turned down by someone else." After that we sat in silence on the bus while I listened to music. Silence was all fine with her but I can't stand the silence for too long so I needed to sneak my ipod on with me.
On the trip we got separated but neither of us minded much as we walked through the greenhouse. A little while in I noticed that Edward kept glancing at her until he worked up the courage to talk to her. Probably apologizing for being a jerk the day before. I wanted to ease drop but they were just out of hearing distance for me and the students around me kept making loud exclamations about the plants around us. After stepping around them though I saw Jessica run up to Bella and accidentally interrupt them causing Edward to walk away. That gave me an opportunity to catch up with the girls and chat them up. "Yeah um," Jess began, "I totally thought that Mike was gunna ask you." I knew Bella was going to say that he did but I shoved her a little and gave her a look that said shut up while Jess continued to talk. "It's not weird though right?" she asked trying to be make sure Bella wasn't upset about it and when Bella told her she was completely fine with them going and even gave Jess a compliment on how they look together it made Jessica immensely happy. After she ran off to tell Angela her good news I walked up next to Bella, "Look at you! Learning how to read people and everything." causing Bella to scoff and roll her eyes at me as we continued walking through the garden.
As soon as we made it outside however, Edward came walking up and made a bold statement. "Bella, we-we shouldn't be friends." And before I could help myself I spoke up. "Ooh, that escalated quickly." before turning my head as Edward turned to look at me. For the remainder of their conversation I listened with my head turned in the opposite direction just to appease the guy even though I'm sure he knew she telling me everything that happened even without me here. "Hi, are you riding with us?" came Alice as she walked up to stop the conversation they were having. "I'd love to Alice." I said to her but was cut off by Edward, "No, our bus is full." before walking onto the bus and away from us. Whatever, Dick. "Maybe next time Alice." I said with a wave as I lead Bella to the other bus.
Later that night, Colt and I were sitting around my room when I mentioned that I wanted to be around some water but he said he had plans to go on a date with a girl so he couldn't take me and that it was too late anyway. He suggested I go the next day right after school and I that I should trick someone into taking me so I wouldn't have to use my own gas. With that being said he laid on the foot of my bed and went back to the show we were watching on Netflix while I texted Ang and Jess hoping they'd suggest it to the guys who, in turn, would love to see the girls in swim suits I'm sure and suggest we all go together.
The next day, my plan had worked and that's all we talked about during lunch and when Bella walked up I immediately regret not getting her number so I could tell her to pack her swim suit. Not that she would actually swim with us but still. Luckily Ben and Ang forgot some things at their houses so we all went home to prepare for the trip and waited for Tyler and Mike to pick everyone up. I told Bella that if she wasn't swimming that she should pack some warm clothes because its not sunny like we were used to and she did as I instructed, though she really didn't need to wear rain boots.
Once there we all changed into our wet suits while Mike tried not so sneakily to peek at me but I ca prepared for that and already had my swim suit on under my clothes so all I had to do was put the wet suit on. Mike, Jess and I were setting out to surf while we left Angie and Bella back with the vans when Jacob and some guys came walking over like it wasn't rude to hang out by someone else's cars. He said hello to Bell and didn't really spare me a glance which hurt a bit because we had been becoming friends when I first moved to Forks and our parents always hung out at Charlie's but I didn't let it show too much until Bella introduced him to our group. When he finally noticed me I gave him a frown which made him frown in realization but brushed it off when he started speaking to Bella again. I stood around waiting for us to head out while everyone started talking about Edward not coming with us. Not that I'd really want to hang out with the guy anyway. When we started walking away to go surf I couldn't help but to look back and see Bella being lead away with Jacob. Well that's fucking rude! She just up and left Angela on the beach by herself! Not that Angie minded, she was too busy taking pictures of the waves as she waited for us to start so she can switch to taking photos of us. Turning back to the waves I pushed any small feelings of anger and slight jealousy away so I could have a good time in the water and after a while I worked and I completely forgot about other people other than the ones trying to knock me off my board for fun which ultimately caused a war between all the surfers near by.
The next day was a really nice one for once so I decided on a thinly four layered tank top that faded from different shades purple to white with a ripped style pair of black jeans to wear to school and my white sneakers to finish the look by not making it too girly for me. The weather was nice all throughout the day so the girls suggested we eat outside. We ate together and then the boys went off to throw a football around while the girls sat back and soaked up the sun. That's definitely not a bad idea! While we were sitting around Angie asked us again if we really couldn't go to the Prom and I told her that I'd rather go to Jacksonville than the Prom anyway, especially since I haven't taken any interest in any guys from school. She looked like she was about to argue with me when Jess became a Godsend and stated we needed to go to Port Angeles to look for dresses for them. I definitely don't mind that. I could look for some new clothes while I help them.
"Ok but you said that about the last 5 dresses." Jess pointed out to Bella as we sat on chairs while Angela and Jessica picked out their dresses. She obviously didn't want to be in the dress shop and looked at me with pleading eyes for some help. "Well Bella originally wanted to go to the book store so she and I could probably meet you guys at the restaurant a little later?" I asked as she and I stood up to leave. "Oh! And also, Jess I love the dusty rose dress on you and Angie? I think that pink one suited you better than this purple one does." I waved to them as we walked out, me carrying my bags and her not offering to help. Not that I needed any, it was just rude not to ask. She didn't take me to the usual book store though, we ended up in a Quileute book store and we looked around until she found the book on Quileute Legends that she was looking for and she paid for it.
Walking around while looking for the restaurant, Bella got us completely lost and then a group of four guys blocked us from all around in a tight circle and Bella was freaking out a little while I kept telling them all to back off when a car came speeding up. It was Edward and when he opened the door and told us to get in, I didn't think twice as I climbed into the backseat. Bella and I watched from inside the car as Edward confronted the guys until they stepped back before getting into the car himself. I laughed as he drove forward and scared the group of losers then backed up to go in another direction. As I thanked Edward as he said, "I should go back and rip those guys' heads off." "Ugh, no you shouldn't." came Bella. "Hell's yes he should, I'll go with him!" I said from the backseat.
"You don't know the vile, repulsive things they were thinking." told her in turn of the conversation. "And you do?" asked Bella like an idiot. "Bella", I said getting her attention, "It's pretty obvious what they were thinking when they tried to trap us."
"Can we talk about something else!" Edward said with a raised voice. He seriously looked angry with what had happened. "Distract me so I won't turn around." And Bella's smart response to his request was, "You should put your seat belt on."
After telling him that we were supposed to meet Angela and Jessica at a restaurant, Edward drove us to the one that the girls had suggested going to earlier. After apologizing to the two girls for being late I was about to tell them what happened when Edward walked in front of me and made up an excuse and then offered to drive us back home after the three of us ate our dinner. I was having a blast the entire dinner because our waitress would come over way more often then what was normal and would only talk to Edward and she glared at Bella and I while she took our orders so I took the opportunity to smile at her mockingly as he wouldn't spare her a glance since he only had eyes for Bella right now.
After she left, the conversation immediately went to Bella trying to figure out what type of sub-human being he really was. Oh, I know all about it because ever since we exchanged number she would always ask me things like how the superheros got their powers. I rolled my eyes at her and laughed when Edward didn't give her the answers she was looking for. I was starting to tune out of the conversation until Bella stood up to leave before Edward asked her to stay. "Did you follow us?" she asked him.
I was definitely curious now and his answer was not one I was expecting. "I feel very protective of you." he confessed looking deep into Bella's eyes. It was getting really awkward for me but I had to stay and make sure he wasn't playing her. Also he was now my ride home. "So you followed me." Bella stated. "I was trying to keep my distance unless you needed my help and then I heard what those lowlifes were thinking." Say what?
"Wait,"Bella must have caught on to what I was thinking, "You say you heard what they were thinking?" she asked, confirming what he had just let slip. Edward kept silent, probably trying to think of a way out of it until he signed. Guess he can't think of an excuse this time. "So what, you read minds." Bella said trying to imply that the ability he just let out wasn't a big deal which i agreed with. It's still pretty cool but not a huge deal like he made it out to be. Finally breaking down since he got caught he opened up a bit more. "I can read every mind in this room", he said looking at us before looking completely at Bella, "apart from yours." And then he amazingly told us what the others in the room were thinking. The guy thinking about his cat while on a date though, was hilarious! And then Edward admitted that he was quite frustrated that he can't read Bella's mind. "Woah, wait!" I said getting the other two to look at me. "So you can read my mind too?" I asked and getting a nod from him before Bella asked if there was something wrong with her that is stopping him from being able to read hers to which Edward find amusing that Bella thinks she's the weird one if he can't read her mind. Sighing in defeat he spoke up, "I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore." "Then don't." Bella said back and the two shared a moment while I looked down to eat my crab and lobster ravioli while trying to hide my smile from the two. These two are so cute together. I couldn't help but think to myself and Edward probably heard me because he glanced in my direction with a small smile before looking down at his hands as we ate.
On our way home we saw a long of police cruisers and apparently Edward's father's car at the poilice station so we stopped to find out what was happening. "Carlisle, what's going on?" That must be his dad's name. "Some fisherman found a boat near his place and found the body of the man who owns it inside." was what he told us. "He died?"asked Bella, "How?"
"Animal attack." he said to her while glancing at Edward, I thought nothing of it as the news sank in with me. After a brief conversation about the attack with Mr. Cullen, Bella and I went inside to see her father. Charlie was a little down about the fisherman, apparently someone he knew, and to make himself and probably my father feel better about us going around a lot lately, he handed us each a can of spray before taking us home. After getting home I found out that everyone was waiting for me so we could have a family movie night. One of the things that kept my family close was getting together at least one night a month to watch a movie and it was definitely what I needed after the night I had in Port Angeles.
The next day at school I waited around with Bella while she waited for Edward but she had asked me to leave after he showed up because she wanted to talk to him alone. I was curious but I figured she would tell me what went down like she had been doing with anything that involved him.