Chapter Three
Bella has been driving herself to school for the past month while I settle into having her in our lives, which has been hard since I saw her with Edward the other day. Jasper has been trying to get to know me better despite the protests I have been giving him and Alice suddenly joining in as well. I am enjoying some classical music during lunch when Alice and Jasper walk over to pull me out of my book daze and I notice that Alice has an odd smile on her face.
"What?" I ask with a little bit of sandwich in my mouth.
"What are you doing this weekend? I was thinking of inviting you and Bella over to meet our parents," Alice says happily.
"Actually, I am heading to La Push with some friends and possibly my sister," I say quickly. Jasper looks at me with a hint of devastation at me already having plans. Bella joins me at the table with Edward not far behind and we share a small smile. I am being nice to Bella by not telling her my feelings of Edward, but also because I am actually trying to enjoy my sister being here despite the fact that I seem like I hate her guts.
"So, I guess we will see you later then," Jasper says and takes off with Alice and Edward quickly.
"What was that about?" Bella asks.
"They offered for us to go to see their parents, but I told them that we have plans with Mike, Eric, Angela, and Jessica to head to La Push," I say.
"Yeah, I asked Edward to go but he said he was busy. It was a little odd," Bella says. Jessica and Angela join us with smiles, which sets me off a little more because everyone is being weird today.
"Alright, what is going on with everyone?" I ask angrily.
"So, we are wondering if you want to maybe go to Port Angeles instead," Jessica asks.
"No," I snap.
"Come on, we can go dress shopping for the dance," Jessica pouts.
"Well, I would go just to watch since Eric has not asked me yet," Angela sighs.
"Why not ask him yourself?" Bella asks.
"I did not think about that," Angela says happily.
"Do it, you are not in the 50s after all," I grumble in hopes of not sounding like I am agreeing with Bella. On cue, Eric and Mike walk over with big smiles on their faces. They both only wanted to talk about our trip to La Push. I was mostly excited to see Jake there since I told him we were all going to be there.
I am loading up the truck when dad walks outside with a large blanket in his hands. Bella takes the blanket form dad and braces for his lecture about being safe and about how I should drive since I know my way there. I wave him off while climbing into the truck and he chuckles when Bella tells him that we are not going to kill each other on the way there. We head out after a small wave to dad and sit in silence for ten minutes.
"So, Jessica told me that you two had feelings for Edward and that you still do," Bella says to break the silence.
"Yeah well most of the girls here like him and wish he would realise we are all here, but he picked you," I say calmly. "Just be careful with giving your heart to him. He looks like he might eat it if you are not careful."
"Do you think he is a cannibal or something?" Bella laughs.
"You never know from his pale complexion," I laugh with. We share stories of what Edward and his family might be like and then move on to what everyone else in the school might be like if they were not humans. Bella then changes the subject to something a little painful.
"Do you hate mom for leaving dad?" Bella asks. I sit for a moment to keep from jerking the truck off the road and running.
"Yes, but I am getting over it. Plus she seems mad at me for picking dad over her," I say quietly.
"Honestly, she was okay because it was your choice and you seemed happier here than with us. I did miss you after you left," Bella says.
"I missed you too," I say. We remain quiet the rest of the way and put on a happy face when we see our friends. Angela hurries over to give me a hug while Jessica adjusts her suit so she can surf the cold water. Eric is huddled in the van that he borrowed from Tyler for the day in fear of surfing the waves with Mike and Jessica. I toss Mike the bag of food I brought, and he pretends to worship me. I roll my eyes while jumping into the van to get my board out while Angela and Bella talk about something she did.
"Hey, Eric needs to get out in the water," Mike says.
"No, it is cold so I am not going out," Eric whines. I nudge him out of the van and he panics a little.
"Stop being a baby and get your butt out there now," I order. Eric shakes his head before stopping to look at the three guys walking over to us. My hear races a little when I see Jake amoung the three guys. "Jake!"
"Jules!" Jake shouts. I jump out of the van to give him a hug and Jake gives me a small spin. "You look great. Getting ready to surf or something?"
"Surf with Jess and Mike," I say with pride.
"Good luck with that," Jake chuckles. We walk over to the rest of my crew where Jake introduces his friend Embry and Quil. Jake sits next to Bella to have a quick chat about how life has been at school and that makes me leave them faster when I see the smile break across his face. It breaks me a little to see the guy I like fawn over my oblivious twin sister, but that is my sister for you.