Chapter 2: The Volvo

I looked around one final time , trying to make it obvious to the surrounding people what I was doing, just in case I went "missing".

" I Isabella Swan am now getting into this silver Volvo with this man , Edward!!" I screamed at the top of my voice, throwing my usual "blend in attitude" to the wind!

Edward shot me a confused look, I guess he thought, he was the one in danger, hewas the one getting into a car with a maniac! I ignored him and continued as I got into the car...

"So what are you Edward, 6 foot?" again screaming as loud as before. Grabbing more and more attention as the seconds slowly past.

"6.1 actually" he said calmly with a mixture of pride and fear.

"Wow, 6.1" I repeated much louder though.

As I closed the door behind me the temptation to scream "Help, he's a maniac and trying to kidnap me" almost overwhelmed me, but I was positive he was thinking the same thing so I managed to keep quiet.

As we sat in the car, the silence almost deafened me. Until all of a sudden

"So Isabella Swan" he screamed in his deep hypnotic voice

Although I jumped out of my seat with fright, I still managed to send an evil look his way. Edward chuckled and continued his sentence this time in calm soft voice.

"Would it make you feel a little more at ease if I showed you my driving licence or something?" he asked politely now wearing a big grin on his face.

He understood from my unsure expression that it might help me relax. He reached over me to the glove compartment while still keeping his eyes on the road and handed me a small laminated card .

As I looked at the photo I couldn't help but gasp in amazement at how perfect the photo was, and yet it still didn't do him justice. He looked over with a curious look on his face.

"Did you just gasp?"

"Maybe just a little, but your photo, it's perfect." I confessed "But you'd gasp too if you saw mine, okay maybe for different reasons but a gasp's a gasp!"I mumbled

I put it back in the glove compartment and I couldn't help but think of my photo, bushy hair and the eyes half closed I'm about to blink look.

As I closed over the door I felt the car (for the first time) slowing down. We had arrived.

I looked out the car window and saw everyone sitting inside the diner.



"You ready?" Edward asked as he jumped out his side of the car. I bent down to pick up my handbag which had now slid under my seat, just as I looked up I noticed Edward standing with my door open, waiting on me!

"Are you always this polite, well when you're not screaming at people that is!"

"Well we were brought up the old fashioned way if that's what you want to call it, so I guess it's just force of habit."

"It's not that I'm complaining, it's just unusual to see. Anyway I can see them staring so we better get inside."

Edward nodded and we walked slowly inside

We were greeted, not with hellos but with question after question, I hadn't realised my little safety net earlier had taken up so much time.

"Where were you guys for the past twenty minutes?" Angela questioned.

"Yeah Bella, what did you do, get kidnapped or something?" Alice giggled.

"You do realise you've already missed plate number one!" Emmet added

This I wasn't too upset about as I wasn't feeling too hungry. Conversation flowed for what seemed like an eternity, Emmet adding slight innuendo whenever he saw an opportunity! It felt like we had known each other years, not hours, things just seemed so natural.

At 11 we all left as the diner was just about ready to close, Alice insisted on getting everyone's phone number, e-mail address, and any other contact detail she could think of, Alice had already started planning our next meeting!

"C'mon Bells we gotta go!" Alice sang as she walked past.

"I'll be there in one minute, kay?"I replied.

"Sure but I'll be counting."She smiled and walked over with Jasper to his car.

"Okay then guys I guess I'll see ya soon! Well if Alice has anything to do with it!"

As I walked off I heard a voice.

"Until then Isabella Swan!" a voice like no other, smooth, soft I didn't need to look around to know who it was, it was him, Edward. I didn't turn around as the chance I'd be a very attractive shade of crimson was too high to risk, instead I waved politely from a safe distance.

Jasper dropped Alice and I off at her house, she kissed Jasper goodbye and we went upstairs to Alice's bedroom. I lay across her very large four poster bed, in preparation for what I knew was coming.

Alice jumped beside me and didn't say a word, instead she grabbed a pillow, and wrapped her arms around it.



"Well!"Alice nudged

"Well what Alice?" I replied innocently

"Don't give me that Bells, I've known you far too long to fall for that one." She argued with a smug grin.

I shrugged my shoulders and made a humming sound!

Alice turned serious, "Bella, you know you are allowed to like boys ... after all you're only human, don't you remember that talk at school ... about the "birds and the bees"

I never understood why they called it that, because if the birds and the bees did things like that, we would have some very funny looking animals!" Alice drifted off into a giggle towards the end at the thought of a cross between a bird and a bee.

"Beerd!" unable to control her laughter now.

"Alice, please can we change the subject now?" I interrupted

"Of coarse we can, and I know the perfect topic ... Edward Cullen!"

" Alice." I sighed

Before she could argue on his behalf I continued,

"Alice I know what you're thinking, and I know you do mean well ... but I just erm don't think, okay I don't even know what to think anymore, things are just so confused, and the fact he thinks I'm a rapist doesn't particularly help the matter!"

I could see Alice's face becoming more and more confused with each word.

"What's this about a rapist?" Alice questioned.

"I'll explain it all in the morning, right now I just want to go to sleep!" I lied, I knew I wasn't going to be able to get much sleep tonight.

"Kay then, but if you think I'm going to forget, you don't know me too well!"Alice whispered

"Goodnight Alice!"

"Okay okay ...night Bells, sweet dreams."