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Here's chapter 2!
Chapter Two: A Day Off
I sighed as I sat down at one of the odd chairs that were placed around our small kitchen. The sunlight was still streaming through the window but that didn't reflect my mood or improve it. Today had been haunting me ever since Edward and I had come back, I knew that I'd have to talk to Jake someday but I knew that day would mean the end of our friendship as I knew it.
As I would be late for school and Charlie had gone fishing with Billy Black earlier this morning, he didn't need to know that I would be ditching school today. As Edward had once said, ditching can be healthy once in a while. And today was one of those days where I didn't need to put up with the relentless following of Mike Newton, the school Labrador as I called him; I didn't really need to hear Jessica's yapping either, that was non-stop as well. Sometimes I wish I could lock her mouth up and eat the key. But she would have found some way to unlock it, even if she had to kill me to get at it.
But the main reason I wanted to ditch today was the weather. Sunny days like this are rare in Forks, and on these days Edward likes to stay at home or go hunting. But he'd probably be playing his piano and Alice would have told him I was coming. And I was right.
I had just pulled into their long driveway which was surrounded with trees and bushes that complimented the enormous house that I was now stood in front of. Grey clouds had now covered the sky and the Sun was barely shining through. As I stood there I could hear Esme humming in the living room and Alice screaming as she ran down the front porch steps and into my arms. Edward followed after her and when he reached me, with a screeching Alice in my arms, he smiled a smile that lit up his whole face.
"Welcome home Bella," he said cheerfully. His golden eyes burned with emotion, he was happy to see me, as I was to see him.
"We have to go shopping Bella! I'm running low on clothes. But we could buy something for you as well seeming as you're ditching," Alice yelled joyfully into my ear.
I shuffled uncomfortably. Alice was still in my arms but I really need to feel Edward's arms wrapped around me, holding me close, telling me that it would all work out in the end. I couldn't be bothered to argue with Alice over my non-existent fashion style, so I quietly agreed and climbed the steps into the large open living room after she had jumped off of me. Esme and Carlisle both stood up and greeted me with a hug, as they did every time I came to visit them. I couldn't stop smiling. The Cullen's were like a second family to me and I was always welcome no matter what I did. Emmett was taking up the whole sofa keeping his eyes on the game that was on the plasma TV.
"Hey, Bells," he shouted over his shoulder as Edward pulled me to his bedroom, which was one of the nicest rooms in the house. I couldn't wait to spend quality time with him so I threw a quick "Hello" and entered his bedroom eagerly. It was the same as the last time I saw it, except that the music collection had grown. I walked over and searched the massive collection looking for one I recognised and without letting him see what the CD was, placed it in the CD player. The sounds of a piano filled the room and the music filled my ears.
"Claire de Lune," he grinned, remembering the first time I'd met his parents. "Like the first time."
I nodded. "You're not going to make me dance, are you?" My eyes narrowed suspiciously and his face was in mock surprise.
"Like I would ever do that to you," he laughed as he sat down on the sofa, patting the space next to him, indicating that I should join him.
I nearly ran across the room. These were my favourite moments in life, the ones with Edward in them. He chuckled as I nearly slipped and fell into his lap.
"Be careful," he whispered. I felt the red seeping up my face. He reached his hands up to my face and stroked my cheeks, as if he was trying to make the blush go away.
"I will be next time," I laughed. My laugh was boring compared to his musical one.
"BELLA!" Alice shouted up the stairs.
I moaned and pulled myself into the crook of Edward's neck. "Please don't let her take me."
He chuckled softly and kissed the top of my head. "I'm sorry love, but you did tell her you would go."
"BELLA!" Alice screamed. "If you do not come down here in one minute I will personally come into Edward's room and make you wish you'd gone to hell."
I gulped. That didn't sound very good. Edward lifted his arms off of me gently and tucked a strand of hair that had escaped behind my ear. "Go, before she really does come up here," he honestly looked scared.
I nodded. "I guess I'll see you later," I said. He obviously saw the look of disappointment on my face because he came over and pulled me into a tight hug.
"Later will come soon," he whispered into my ear. "I'll walk you downstairs, love."
As we had just exited his room I heard Alice yell "Five!" I looked at Edward and he looked at me. He lifted me into his arms and we swiftly ran down the stairs. Alice had a small smile on her face.
"Good Bella," she said, like I was a dog. I thought she was going to start patting my head and feeding me dog treats. "Ready?"
"Um... Not really. But seeing as I was forced to come-," I looked directly into her eyes and then into Edward's. He looked shocked that I was blaming him for this. "I suppose so."
Alice jumped up and down in delight like she was a child that had just won something at the summer fair. "I knew you wouldn't go back on your promise Bella! We're taking the Porsche."
I immediately felt that I had made the wrong decision. Alice was mental when she was driving; she speeded and never wore a seatbelt even though I'd told her thousands of times that she'd get caught one of these days. She just laughed it off as if I was telling an extremely funny joke.
I walked as slowly as possible over to her bright, canary yellow Porsche; which looked as though it had been freshly polished this morning. Alice pulled on a headscarf and some yellow driving gloves before she opened the door and climbed in gracefully. I sighed as I got in; today was going to be a long day. Sometimes I thought that the torture of trigonometry was better compared to the torture of a shopping trip with Alice. I despised shopping and nobody could change that. She started up the engine and backed out of the drive; it was only ten in the morning and I was already being forced to do something I didn't want to do. Too bad for me I didn't have a choice.
"Bella," she said eyeing up my messy hair. "Your hair looks like a haystack. Haven't I taught you anything?"
"An old dog can't learn new tricks," I muttered mainly to myself but she would have heard it anyway.
"But Bella, firstly, you're not old, and secondly you're not a dog, well... you don't look like a dog to me and finally brushing your hair is hardly a trick." She looked at me sideways from the driving seat.
I was too busy staring at the speedometer. We were doing eighty miles per hour on a busy road, which was way more than the speed limit. I coughed nervously. "I'm getting older every day Alice and Edward won't change me," I pouted moodily. "And you probably think I smell like dog because Jacob came over this morning."
"Why was Jacob at your house this morning Bella?" She looked surprised; she couldn't tell the werewolves future and so she didn't know of his arrival this morning.
"Oh," I smiled apologetically at her. "He wanted to talk."
She obviously knew I didn't want to talk about the 'Jacob' subject because she merely nodded and went back to driving like a maniac.
As soon as we reached the mall Alice parked in the first parking space available and parked the Porsche. A man who had previously been walking across the car park to his car looked up amazed; he was obviously a man who was experienced in the knowledge of sports cars. It was not every day you saw a canary yellow Porsche at the local mall. Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me across the lot. I nearly fell because the concrete was uneven and had massive holes, but Alice grabbed my arms and steadied me with her strong grip. She had a huge smile on her face that Alice preserved for shopping. She tugged me along again and we reached the entrance of the mall in twenty seconds at human speed. I was panting hard; I'd prefer to be in gym class then this. At least I wasn't forced to do sport at school; this was enough sport for a whole week!
We walked past the endless row of security cameras and metal detectors until we reached the first shop. And guess what? It was a lingerie shop. The type of shop I loathed the most. Alice looked around and saw the annoyed look on my face and rapidly walked through the doors. As we walked in the first thing that I saw was lacy; Alice was in here to buy me lacy lingerie. I thought I could die right then and then. I shook my head and tried to run for the door but she grabbed me easily and held me prisoner.
"Which one do you like Bella?" she smirked.
My mouth opened in shock. She wanted me to pick one to wear... with Edward! "None Alice," I whispered quietly. "Can we leave now?"
She saw that my cheeks had gone bright red and sighed in disappointment at my childishness when it came to boys and being sexy. She clutched my hand and pulled me out of the store. We walked down the mall past all the shops advertising their products. We had reached a book store that looked interesting to me and I literally begged Alice to let me have a look around.
"Fine," she'd snapped. "But I'm coming in with you."
I smiled sweetly at her and as I had just trudged across the threshold and reached the entrance of the book store Alice suddenly stopped.
"What is it Alice?" I asked annoyed. We were just going into the one store I wanted to and she'd stopped.
She beckoned me to come back to her. "Did you smell that?" she breathed. "It smells like wet dog."
I gasped. There was a werewolf around here? I searched the crowd; trying to find an abnormally tall person.
"We need to go home, Bella," Alice said anxiously as she rushed to the exit.
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