Namaste!
As you can see, I have updated. It's been an awful long and tiring day, and my boyfriend's uncle's funeral was this morning. His family is having a hard time.
Stuff gets cleared up here, so I hope you guys enjoy it. :)
Bella, Louis and... Alice.
"Fine, I'll take you," Bella snapped, "Just stop crying about it already!"
Bella had just gotten home when a sobbing Louis called her, bitching about how she was hitting on other girls and she didn't want her anymore. Of course, she was right, but Bella wasn't the type to just leave someone for someone else... though she could make an exception for Alice Cullen.
"B-But baby, you-you...you were f-flirting with t-that midget!" Louis wailed over the line, making Bella want to stuff cotton into her ears. That, or just hang up to save herself the torture.
"Where do you want to go?" Bella groaned as she heard what 'girlfriend' had said as an answer. "You seriously want to go to the movies? Why? There aren't any good movies out."
"Babe, please! I want to see that devil movie!" She whined, and Bella had to bite her tongue from telling her that she herself was the fucking devil.
"Whatever."
(At the movie theater)
"Thanks for bringing me to see this movie, baby." Louis leaned closer to kiss Bella as she was paying for their movie tickets. Bella leaned away as she handed the girl a twenty and gently pushed 'girlfriend' away. "Baby, what's wrong?"
"Stop." Bella hissed and yanked her arm away from the black-haired conniving bitch. "I'm already tired, and your clingy antics are frustrating me."
"If you want, I can...cure you of your frustrations." She winked and bit her lip, as if she was the cutest damn thing on the planet. "When we get in the theater."
'And here I was hoping she would suggest that she go play in traffic. I suppose I can only be so lucky.' Bella sighed aloud, rolling her eyes at her 'girlfriend' before moving away from her, leaving her behind to pout at her back. 'Why the hell am I still with her? Oh yeah, because she does shit that scares me.'
"Oh, I have to go to the little girl's room...I'll be right back, baby." Louis giggled as she left Bella's side, almost running to the bathroom in heels that were a tad too high for her. Bella just sighed, and rubbed her temples.
"Bella!" the brunette spun around immediately upon hearing that voice, and she instantly knew who it was. Her face cracked into a huge grin, and she couldn't be happier to see that particular girl, who was dressed quite nicely in a dark green dress that left her knees exposed and some dark brown flats. Her hair was lying flat against her head, curling gently at the ends. "Hey, Bella."
"Hey guys." Browns locked with ambers as the five surfers from earlier and two strangers joined her at the concession stand. "Fancy meeting you here."
"Bella, these are our parents, Carlisle and Esme." Rosalie, who was wearing dark jeans and a white button up, motioned to the blond man and his brunette wife. "Mom, dad, this is Bella from the deli."
"Ah, the famous Bella." The blond man came forward and shook hands with the brunette, smiling kindly, and was dressed very doctorly. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise." She nodded at Esme, dressed in an emerald green dress like Alice's, before turning back to the 'kids', "What are you guys watching?"
"The Possession!" Emmett hooted, "I love exorcism movies!"
"Until they seem too real to you, and then you insist that we watch cartoons for the next month until you get over it." Jasper cackled, laughing aloud when Emmett whacked at him in embarrassment. "Don't be mad at the truth."
"I'm here watching the same thing." She could hear the 'girlfriend' heels clicking towards her and winced, "Brace yourselves."
"Bella, baby, who is this?" Louis eyed all of the taller people, narrowing her eyes when she looked at Alice as if she were a threat to her existence. "Ah, it's the surfer brats from SandShack."
"Excuse me?" Edward sniffed, "We aren't surfer brats. We are athletes, not kids with a hobby. We are professionals."
"Professional at sucking a dick, is what you look like." Louis grinned, "Bet you like that type of thing."
"You look like a professional psychotic bitch. Bet you enjoy that too." Rosalie jumped to defend her brother and hissed when Louis invaded her personal space. "You'd best back the fuck up, bitch."
"Why don't you fucking make me? I'd love to dig my fucking heels into your spine, you blond cunt." Rosalie's eyes widened in shock. This bitch seriously wanted to go this far?
"Whoa, whoa, ok, stop." Bella stepped in between the Cullens and 'girlfriend', and pushed back harder on Louis, who was looking quite relative to a pitbull at that moment. "Louis."
"What, Bella? Are you going to tell me to back off again and expect me to do it?" The girl pulled off her glasses and folded them, sticking them in her purse, "Because that isn't happening today, no way."
"Then let me just tell you something." Bella leaned closer to Louis, glaring right into her eyes, "If you start shit right here and now and throw down with Rosalie here, you can be damn sure you won't ever hear from me again. I'll have you arrested for fighting, and you know I can. So think really hard before you pull shit like that in public around me and embarrass me."
"B-But...Bella..." Louis started to cry, "I didn't mean it, baby, I'm sorry!"
"Take your ticket and go watch the movie." She handed the girl her ticket and gave her a twenty, "If you want snacks, go buy them before the movie starts."
"Where are you going?" Her dark eyes were now hard and cold. It made the Cullens stiffen, the look 'girlfriend' was giving Bella. "Are you leaving?"
"Yeah, I'm leaving. I can't stand to be seen with you any longer tonight." Bella spat, running a hand through her hair, "Don't bother calling me for the rest of the week if you're gonna keep having these little shit fits of yours."
"You don't mean that..." Louis looked over at Alice, who looked smug. Her golden eyes softened when she caught Bella's eyes. Louis didn't like that at all. "Stop looking at my girlfriend, you midget bitch!"
"At this rate, she won't be your girlfriend for much longer." Emmett guffawed, "Even I can see that."
"Shut up you fucking ape." She hissed at the big man, who just grinned at her.
"Thank you for using such primitive language in front of our parents. We really appreciate it." Jasper frowned and some type of southern accent leaked in with his sarcasm.
"Fuck you, you Okey Twang dick licker." Bella pinched the bridge of her nose again and threw her hands up in the air, her face turning red.
"Okay! I'm officially leaving now. Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, I am so sorry about her. I don't even know why I associate with her. I hope the next time we meet...it will be without her to offend you." Light brown eyes locked with blues and greens. "I really am sorry."
"You aren't the one who should be apologizing, Bella, dear." Esme smiled at her and turned her frown to Louis, "You, my dear, need a lesson in manners."
"Forgive me for not giving a shit about what you have to say to me." Her dark brown eyes narrowed at the glare Carlisle was giving her. "What the fuck are you looking at?"
"Go watch the damn movie." Bella turned on her heels and walked off, gasping as quietly as possible, as to not alert anyone while running her hands through her hair. She pushed the glass doors open and when the cold air blasted against her heated skin, she gasped.
'Oh lord, that feels good.' She bit her lip as she thought of the Cullens and her stupid 'girlfriend'. She just totally embarrassed her in front of a famous family. What the hell is her main problem? 'I'm totally breaking up with her soon enough. I can barely stand the bitch anymore.'
She pulled out her inhaler from her bag and shook it twice before popping it open and breathing in the medicine. She blew it out after about twenty seconds, and giggled at the puff of misted air escaped her mouth. She capped it up again, and threw it back in her bag, and just in time, too.
"So where are you headed?" A familiar voice chirped beside her, and the brunette smiled a little, glancing at the short pixie that was gazing at her happily. "Not home, I hope."
"Actually, I was going home. Do you have something else in mind?" She pulled her arms to her chest and tilted her head in curiosity. "Because I am open to options."
"I had seen a plaza a few blocks back that had an ice cream shop. Want to go there instead? I'd really hate for you to end your night on such bad terms." Alice's miraculously white cheeks suffused with blood, making them appear rosy, her amber eyes sparkling, "It's a bad idea to go to bed angry."
"Oh? Why is that?" She took a few steps forward, looking back to see Alice pause for a second, before following her without hesitation.
"Some say that if you go to bed angry, one day, you just won't wake up." She winked, "Though, the end result is the same, whether your angry or not."
"That makes sense." Bella nodded, her lips curling further. "To the plaza?"
"To the plaza." Alice giggled, leading Bella to her car, a bright yellow Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell, as the taller girl had come with Louis in her beat up metal bucket of a Chevy. Bella joked inwardly that Louis should ride a broomstick, it was fitting.
"Nice car. It's so...yellow." Bella wheezed, running her hand on the top of it in admiration. "Very beautiful."
"Thank you." Alice smiled and nodded at her, "The same could be said of you. Besides the yellow part."
"Why, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. Even if you were comparing me to a car." Bella winked and pulled open the door, jumping back in surprise when the door opened in the upward direction, instead of the regular way, and climbed into the car, Alice following on the driver's side.
"I was comparing you to a very nice, expensive, fast car. You should be proud." Alice started it up, and the purr of it was comforting.
The ride to the plaza was filled with a comfortable silence. Neither girl felt the need to speak, and the radio was off. Alice didn't like the stations in the area, so she opted to listen to either CDs or silence. The latter was her current favorite at the moment.
"So...how long have you been with that girl?" Alice bit her lip and glanced over at her new friend, who was gripping the seat in her hands a little tightly.
"Less than a month." Bella sighed and leaned back, her head rolling over to look out the tinted window. "I've been trying to break away from her."
"Like a tapeworm?" Alice grinned, and flashed her teeth at her new friend, who looked at her in shock. "Much like that?"
"What? Only you, Alice, would think of it the same as a tapeworm." Bella chuckled, her hair falling around her shoulders and framing her face. "But...no. Not the same as a tapeworm. See, a tapeworm breaks apart, but the original part stays in your body. I don't want any part of her hanging around."
"Can I ask, other than the obvious, what the reasons you want to break up with her are?" Alice glanced over her shoulder to change lanes, and nearly squealed when they ended up in the parking lot of the ice cream shop she'd spotted earlier.
"Honestly? She's possessive, and doesn't let me have friends without her permission, which is insane, because I'm not a pet. Secondly, she's dirty. She leaves her socks on my floor, leaves dirty dishes on the kitchen table, and doesn't clean up after herself. She litters, too. She makes me angry, all the time. And that, in itself, must be a talent of hers, because it's nearly impossible to get me as riled as she gets me." Bella blushed, and wrung her hands together, "Uh, sorry about that. I don't normally vent that way."
"That's fine. I'm used to people venting to me. Especially Rose." She giggled, running a hand through her short, black hair that stuck up from the back of her neck. "I really don't mind."
"I usually vent to my best friend...but seeing as he isn't here..." The girls looked at each other, and Alice's hands fell to her thighs. She fiddled with the fabric of her leggings before looking down at her shoes. So tasteful.
"Who is your best friend?" Timid gold eyes looked up, "Do you have feelings for him?"
"Actually, I do have feelings for him. I love him so much." Bella grinned, but faltered slightly at Alice's expression. She couldn't read it. "I wish I could bring him everywhere I go, but he's sick."
"Oh? What does he have?" Alice's father was a doctor, so she had been born curious about health things and the like. It was a dream of hers to continue in her fathers footsteps when he retired, though she wanted to live out her shelf life as a surfer for as long as possible before that came to pass.
"He has something called Von Willebrand Disease." Alice's face looked horrified at what she said, "I take it you know what that is?"
"Of course I know what that is! That's horrible..." The pixie bit her lip to keep it from trembling. She knew a little girl who was one of her father's patients who had that. She'd died at the age of eight. It was truly tragic. "What kind of medication do they have him on? He must have a whole pharmacy at his disposal."
"Yeah, he does. They gave me almost twelve different medications for him." Bella looked at her watch, and from the ease of the movement, Alice could tell she'd done it by habit now. "In fifteen minutes, he would be getting two pills, three mills of a pink liquid, four mills of a brown liquid, and two mills of a yellow liquid, in that order."
"You seem really involved with his treatment." Alice's eyes sparkled again. She truly cared for her friend, and it showed through her knowledge of his medications. "Care to go with me to get some ice cream now?"
"Oh, yeah." Bella giggled, her shoulders shaking slightly as she leaned forward, her forehead almost touching the leather skinned dashboard of the car. "Let's go."
Alice climbed out quickly, running and sliding over the hood of her car, making it in excellent time to open Bella's door for her, and help her out.
"Aren't you a speedy, stuntly gentlewoman?" Bella took the offered hand and stood up from the relatively low car, "Do you always rush to open doors for girls?"
"Only the ones I like." Alice winked, and Bella felt a blush dominate her face.
"How sweet of you." Bella felt Alice's fingers tighten slightly around her fingers as she failed to release her hand. "Because you've been so sweet, I'll pay for your ice cream tonight. You can have whatever you want."
"Excellent! I knew my stuntly self would charm you into letting me have what I want." The shorter girl shrugged with a smile, "I am wonderful, aren't I?"
"That you are." Bella nodded with a playful gleam in her eyes. They walked to the glass doors of the ice cream shop, and entered, shocking the boy behind the counter. Bella recognized him instantly and waved at him happily. "Hey there, Seth!"
"Bella!" He waved back enthusiastically, grinning like a fool. "And who is this with yo-"
He stiffened and looked closely at Bella's friend, who was still holding hands with her. Alice just smiled kindly, and Seth blinked in confusion.
"I've seen you before...where...?" He scratched the back of his head before sighing and giving up. "Nevermind. A friend of Bella's is a friend of mine."
"Thank you." Bella reached over and ruffled his slightly gelled hair, "So what's the special today, pup?"
"Blueberry Pie with a waffle cone and chocolate drizzle." He wrinkled his nose at the chocolate part, "Gross, I know."
"I don't like blueberry in ice cream, so I won't be venturing there." Alice giggled, "Can I have Rocky Road, in any of its many varieties? A plain waffle bowl would be great."
"That actually sounds good." Bella nodded in appreciation of this girl's taste. "That's one of my favorites. I will have the Cherries Jubilee, that will be in a waffle cone."
"I love Cherries Jubilee!" Alice gushed, eyes wide, "We must be twins separated at birth!"
"The twins part, I'm not so sure. The separated at birth part, maybe. When were you born?" Bella watched as Seth made their treats up, and handed them to them once they were done.
"Your total is 8.50, Bells." Seth took a ten that Bella handed him, and the brunette turned back to Alice, who looked thoughtful.
"You do remember your birthday, right?" That brought Alice out of her reverie, and she shook her head, smiling sheepishly.
"Sorry, I always think about birthdays and whose is next and things like that. But mine is March 28, 1992." She scooped a little ice cream with her spoon and put it in her mouth, whimpering slightly. The noise she made had Bella squirming on her stool, a white hot heat striking her nerves, arousal imminent. "When is your birthday?"
"September 13, 1991." Alice's eyes widened before she threw her head back and laughed, nearly falling out of her chair, had Bella not grasped her arm before she was able to fall.
"You're old!" Bella scowled before considering letting Alice fall at this point.
"That's so rude. I am not old. Twenty isn't old. Just a little older than you." Bella huffed, making the small girl look at her worriedly, "You shouldn't make fun of another girl's age."
"I'm sorry, I didn't offend you, did I? I didn't mean to." She played with her ice cream now, actually worried that she'd upset her friend.
"No, I'm not really mad." Bella chortled, "You should have seen your face."
"Hey, that was mean." The pixie pinched Bella's arm, making her flinch and laugh while trying to get away. "How could you?"
"You know what would have been even meaner than that?" Bella leaned closer to Alice and grinned, "Letting you fall when you threw yourself back while laughing. I had actually thought of it."
Alice's eyes fluttered before she gasped. "You would have let me fall?"
"If I knew I wasn't going to freak out and rush you to the hospital for a possible concussion or head wound, yeah. Fortunately for you, I'm a Panicking Paula when it comes to things like that." She shrugged, eying Alice's ice cream, "You are still eating that, aren't you?"
"Yeah, why?" She locked her golden eyes with Bella's chocolate ones as Bella took Alice's ice cream into one hand, bringing it up to her mouth and licking the creamy chocolate before the pixie could stop her. "BELLA!"
"What? I wanted to taste it, and you never offered any to me. So now, I got a taste, and I can die happy." Alice blushed darkly before daringly, she snatched Bella's ice cream from the other girl's hand and licked it around lavishly. Twice.
"Hey, I only licked your ice cream once!" Bella reached for her ice cream, only for Alice to move it out of her range. "Give it back, that isn't fair."
"ALICE CULLEN!" Both girls flinched at the loud shriek, glancing at where the loud noise had come from. Seth. "YOUR ALICE CULLEN!"
"Er...yes?" The girl frowned at the boy, who had ruined their moment. Good thing, too. Bella was many things, but a cheater, even an almost cheater, she was not. She blushed as she realized just what they had been doing, and shook her head. She needed to keep herself in check.
"You're a member of the Cullen Five! Head surfer with the highest scoring record of all your family!" He clapped his hands and jumped up and down excitedly, "I can't believe I didn't recognize you when I first saw you! Took me long enough to recognize you, but I did it!"
"That you did." Bella snorted, annoyed with herself, but taking it out on the kid.
"Bella." Alice gave her a disproving look before turning back to the boy, "All the things you've said are correct. Are you a fan?"
"More of a sort of understudy...bench-warmer, whatever you call us, for the La Push group." He sighed, "They already have too many members, and don't want to take anyone else out, but they don't want me to go off and find another team to surf for."
"Do you ever get to surf in the competitions?" Alice frowned, gold eyes confused. Why keep a kid in their troupe if they won't let him surf?
"No, I never get to. I always want to, though." He seemed to space out. "It's always been a dream of mine to surf the waves with you guys. Your brother Emmett is like...my role model."
"I'm sure he'd be happy to hear something like that." Alice smiled softly, "Tell you what, you tell the La Push surfers that for this competition, you're going to be surfing with my troupe. Emmett will teach you everything he knows simply because you admire him. You'll be one of the best surfers around, I promise."
"Really? Oh, that's so cool!" Alice crowed at his excitement and handed him a white card with a big blue wave on it. It was similar to the one she'd given Bella earlier in the day. He took it into his hands and looked close to worshiping it.
"Be sure to call us and we can all hit the beach tomorrow." She winked at him, before turning her attention back to the brunette that sat next to her. "What are you doing tomorrow?"
"Ah...working, I think." Bella just chuckled, rubbing the back of her neck. "Have fun, yeah?"
"Y-yeah..." Alice bit her lip and eyed the ice cream that was still in her hands. She hadn't given it to Bella yet. "Do you want this back?"
"That would be nice, yeah." She laughed a little louder, thanking her for giving her her ice cream privileges back. "Here."
"Thank you." Alice giggled, scooping some slightly melted Rocky Road onto her spoon, before shoving the spoon into her mouth. Secretly, she shivered. For some reason, the ice cream tasted even better than before. Maybe it was because a few minutes ago, Bella had laid her tongue against it... She whimpered again at the thought, and the both of them ate in silence.
Needless to say, Bella was having a similar inner dialogue to the one Alice was having.
When the ice cream was all gone, and slight plans made to meet at the beach tomorrow, Seth let the two girls leave without a fuss. They climbed into Alice's car and when she turned the purring beast on, it was then that Alice realized something.
"Where do you live, because I have no idea."
Bella and Alice
"Bout time you got here, girl!" Jessica hugged her with one arm, lifting a cup in the air and swaying slightly. "The party for the lonely-hearts club can start now."
"What party? A-Are you high?" the dirty blond girl laughed aloud, throwing the cup in her hand at a random surfer boy who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time."Did Paul break up with you or something?"
"Nope. Just buzzed. And yes, that asshole is no more." Jessica's eyes snapped to attention when she saw a familiar figure walk into the deli. She narrowed, and scowled. She wasn't so buzzed that she would even delude herself into believing that she and that woman could ever get along. "Heads up."
"Wha?" Bella turned around, only to get a slap to the face. It was hard enough to send her head snapping to the side, her hair following. She held her hand to her wound and tried her best to not cry as she looked at the person who had hit her.
"So now you're cheating on me? Is that it?" Louis screamed at her, making everyone in the deli stop speaking. Hell, nobody even moved.
"What are you talking about? I never cheat." Bella felt the skin of her cheek tingle painfully, and knew there would be a bruise on her face come the end of this hour.
"You didn't go home when you said you would, and I know that the Cullens didn't go into the movie either! I called your house line, and your dad said you weren't home yet!" Her dark brown eyes teared up, and Bella blanched. "Where the fuck were you?"
"What is this? Jerry Springer?" A familiar voice poked fun from the door, making Bella's heart flutter happily. Alice!
"Who the fuck asked you?" Louis spun around and clenched her hands into fists, "What are you trying to pull here, Cullen?"
"I'm not pulling anything. I just came to say hi to Bella before I-" Alice's amber eyes were in view now, and they were wide, probably taking in her swollen cheek. "You hit her?"
"What's it to you? Don't got enough love with all your little rabid fans? You had to come to town and steal my girl, right?" Louis hissed, glaring back at Bella, who flinched.
"For your information, my fans aren't rabid. They've assured me. Secondly, you have no right to hit Bella! You aren't her owner! And if it never made sense to you, a girl who was happy and didn't want to get swept off her feet, wouldn't be." Alice's eyes flashed dangerously, "And if you hit her again, I promise you will regret it."
"Who are you to threaten me?" Louis growled, stepping closer to the pixie. It was only right that Bella step between the two feuding girls and make some type of peace, no matter how temporary it may be. It was then that Bella noticed what Alice was wearing. Some tan boarding short shorts and a see through tank top with a bright green bikini top underneath it.
"Guys, please stop." Louis looked pleased, thinking that Bella was coming to her aid or defense. Quite the opposite. She didn't want Alice sticking her hands into anything Louis had to dish out. Alice, for the most part, looked hurt. "Louis, you know my boss is this close to getting a restraining order on you for this place. Don't push him anymore."
The girl nodded, trying to envelope the tall girl into a hug, but failing when Alice shoved herself between the two girls, making her snarl at the small pixie.
"I'll talk to you later, Louis. Just go." Bella pleaded with her eyes. She really didn't want Alice caught in Louis' psychotic game. Alice looked into dark brown eyes with a fury and hate never before born from the pixie.
"Do you promise? Belly-button?" Bella tightened her jaw at the name. Shit, that's so stupid. She took a deep breath and nodded, before nearly shoving her out with her hand. "Great. See you tonight, baby."
"Yeah." Alice spun around after catching the smug smile on the other girl's face. Amber eyes narrowed before she reached up and softly touched the raising bruise on the taller girl's cheek. When Bella flinched at the tingles of pain, Alice moved her hand away.
"Why...? I don't understand." Tears mingled on the edges of Alice's eyes, and the brunette could see them. She didn't think seeing someone cry could ever make her feel like real shit, but Alice had proved her wrong. Big time. "Please help me understand."
"It's complicated right now, Alice." She sighed, placing a hand on the shorter girl's shoulder, "But I promise, things will get better. For now...just give it time."
"What if I don't have time? What if I don't want to wait?" Her lower lip trembled as she looked out the glass window of the deli, seeing her sister standing there with a worried expression. She'd probably seen everything. "She's hurting you, and all you can say is that it'll get better?"
"That's all I could hope for, to be honest." Jessica whistled at Bella, alerting her, and she quickly hugged the small girl and smiled before running behind the counter. "Alice, I-"
"Bella! Jessica!" A booming voice filled the air, and they both cringed. They glanced at the office door where their boss slowly slouched in, drink in hand. "You ladies are...doing so...great."
"Oh god, he's drunk." Bella rubbed her forehead nervously. It was bad enough that Jessica was freaking buzzed, but this fool is drunk, too? Lord help her now.
"Are you flirting with pretty girls on the job, Swany?" He glared at her, grinning goofily, "Atta girl! Land them ladies!" He hiccuped, making Bella smack her forehead in embarrassment. She glanced up at Alice, who looked close to laughing and crying.
Instead of speaking to Alice again, she pulled her cell phone out and flashed it to her, mouthing the word, 'text' and smiling sadly.
Alice nodded, and pulled her own phone out, waiting.
As the deli owner and Bella's boss droned on drunkenly, Bella typed out a text as accurately as possible while trying to look like she was listening to his tirade.
'Please don't cry. I know its hard to understand what's going on right now, but I promise I will tell you everything when I get a chance again. -Bella.'
Alice read the message and sighed aloud before texting something back.
'When will you get another chance? -Ali-Cat.'
Bella snickered at the 'Ali-Cat' part and looked up at her friend, mouthing 'Ali-Cat' with a brow raised. Alice covered her mouth while shaking with giggles, shrugging.
'Tonight. I'll meet with you tonight. -Bella.'
Alice looked at her friend again, smirking. Bella felt her heart flutter at the look, and glanced down when her phone shook in her hand.
'What about your girlfriend? You promised to see her. -Ali-Cat.'
Bella scoffed. She promised no such thing! She avoids the girl as much as possible! As if she'd go see her when she could see someone clearly more interesting and less scary.
'No, I didn't. I promised to talk to her. Never said I would see her. -Bella.'
Alice frowned and raised a brow at her friend. She had said that...but...?
'She assumed you were going to see her, though. What about that? -Ali-Cat.'
The brunette giggled, glancing at her boss, who was still raving on drunkenly about how the deli was losing money. Of course it was, you dumb monkey. You're giving food away for free. You aren't turning a profit, or even making the money you need to pay for the things you owe.
'I do what I want, and if I want to see you tonight, I will. -Bella.'
Bella grinned hugely, looking at Jessica, who was paling the longer the boss stood there in front of her, practically spitting on her face. Gross. Bella subtly handed Jess a napkin, which she used to wipe the alcohol infused spittle from her face and hair.
'Aren't you going to ask me first? -Ali-Cat.'
Bella looked at her and shook her head, biting her lower lip and blushing. Alice adopted the same expression, and glanced over at her sister, who was still standing there, now with an annoyed expression. Shit.
'Nope. You've got no choice now. :) -Bella.'
'Aren't you sweet. Well, I have to go meet up with Seth now. I'll text you in a few hours to dish out details about our meeting tonight. ;) -Ali-Cat.'
'Perfect. -Bella.' The girls smiled at each other before Alice turned and left the deli without a fight, joining her sister on the sidewalk.
Bella
"What the hell do you mean, 'I'm not coming over tonight'? Bella, you promised!" Louis cried on the phone, her crocodile tears probably burning her skin. "Don't you care about me anymore? Or is your head full of Cullen nowadays?"
"You know, maybe I just want a break from you? Ever think of that?" Bella sighed, and cradled her phone between her jaw and her shoulder, balancing it as she fed Holmes before leaving to meet up with Alice. "Because lets face it, you're overbearing."
"Whatever. You know what? Do what you want. I don't care anymore! But know this, Bella! You'll regret it, I promise." Louis said darkly before Bella heard the dial tone again. She actually hung up on her? That was truly amazing.
"She hung up on me, bud. Guess I don't have to worry about her for a while, huh?" She smiled at her best friend before glancing at her wrist watch. "Time for your ten o'clock pill, boy."
His tail wagged crazily as she opened one of the large pill bottles and dropped one onto her palm before closing it tightly and putting it back in the cabinet. She couldn't have them laying out where he could get them, as he'd probably open the bottles and eat them all, resulting in a mega doggy overdose, and probably death.
She tossed him the pill, and he swallowed it instantly, waiting to see if she would give him another, staring right at her intently.
"That's all." She chortled when he didn't look away. "You damn druggie."
He sneezed, and turned around and eating what was in his bowl. His tail thumped against her knee, making her laugh. She turned and left her room after shutting the door.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs, a hard series of knocks came from the door, and Bella immediately went into Police Chief's daughter mode, reaching into the hall closet for a baseball bat. Upstairs, Holmes was barking like Hell was at the door.
She went up to the door and yelled over Holmes' barking.
"Who is it?" She hoped she didn't sound scared, though she really was.
"Bella! It's Jake!" She sighed aloud, yanking the locks open and pulling the door open. Jacob stood under the porch light, slightly yellow because of the bulb. "Think you've got time to talk?"
"You know you'll get into trouble if Charlie comes home and you're here talking to me." Bella crossed her arms over her chest and frowned at the tan boy.
"I know, I'm sorry, I just wanted to ask you some questions." He looked down at his shoes and frowned deeply. "Can I at least ask?"
"Make it quick. I've got some place to be." She looked at her watch again, and noticed Jacob flinch. "What?"
"Are you meeting up with that freaky girl I've seen you with?" His eyes searched hers, and he relaxed when Bella shook her head. "Good, she gives me the creeps."
"Me too." Bella snorted, "I'm actually hanging out with a friend tonight."
"Oh? Anyone I know?" He seemed pleased that she was hanging out with people again. Since their whole...surfing thing, she hadn't been keen on hanging out with anyone, really.
"Alice Cullen." Bella sighed dreamily, and not on purpose.
"Alice Cullen of the Cullen FIVE?" Jacob spat, his face full of rage. "Why the hell are you hanging out with them?"
"She's a friend of mine, what's the problem?" Bella crossed her arms, clearly not liking the lines Jacob was currently crossing. She still hadn't completely forgiven him for the ocean incident.
"They're a rival surfing team, Bella. Show a little team spirit, please!" He growled at her, almost towering over her, making a shadow form over her. "I thought you would support me at the competition. I was hoping you would."
"I'm not going to the competition, so no worries. I won't be supporting anyone over the other." She shoved against his chest, making him fall back on the stairs, glaring at her. "And I didn't do anything for the sake of your surfing. I did it because they seem like genuinely nice people, not like you and your team. The only person in your whole team I actually like is Seth."
"Is there something going on?" Bella's head snapped to where Alice was now suddenly standing, a worried expression on her face. "Who is this, Bella?"
"Name's Jacob Black. La Push team." He growled at her, and Alice just laughed as if he were an idiot, and looked at Bella. "What's so funny?"
"You're taking things way too seriously. The competition isn't all that important. My family and I, we do it for fun. I don't know what kind of claims you guys have made, I just hope you didn't set the stakes too high." Her golden eyes locked on Bella, "Are you ready to go?"
"Am I ever." She shoved past Jacob and walked with Alice to the car, climbing in without a backward glace at her old russet skinned friend. "Thanks for coming to my rescue."
"Anytime. I love what you're wearing." Alice winked before throwing the car in reverse, taking them straight to the high way. "So, where to?"
"Let's go to Crystal Lake." Bella gave her specific directions, and when they showed up, Bella climbed out of the car and moved to the shore, smiling when the air drifted through her hair, blowing it gently. Alice sidled up to her and grinned up at her.
"You like it here?" Alice looked at the calm, mirror like surface of the lake while adjusting her bright yellow hooded, sleeveless jacket.
"Yeah, I do." She turned to the pixie, "Louis brought me here once, thinking it was a secret. She took me the long way around, and we were half drowned when she finally managed to get me home."
Alice frowned when she mentioned the other girl, and looked at the glassy surface again. She twiddled her thumbs together without really thinking about it, and sighed.
"Do you love her?" Bella's head snapped in Alice's direction so hard, she almost got whiplash, her neck screaming at her. "I mean, I really don't understand how you could stay with a girl as unbalanced and mean as her."
"I don't love her. I don't even like her." Alice's golden eyes softened, taking in the taller girl's expression. She didn't look upset or anything. How could she confess to staying with someone she didn't like with a straight face? "I'm afraid to leave her."
"Can I ask why?" Bella motioned to a wooden bench that stood alone near the trees and led her to it, sitting down slowly.
"Ever since our first date...I always get the impression that she's going to either hurt me, someone else, or herself if I was to leave her." Bella's eyes grew distant, "I've heard stories of the things she's done in the past...and I've never heard them from her. Always from other people."
"And you believe other people? Their gossip?" Alice cocked her head slightly, frowning. "People could always lie."
"Not her ex-girlfriends. Or their family members and friends." Bella huffed, thinking of what Jessica had told her once, "'She takes girls hearts and puts them in jars, so she could own them forever.'"
"Someone said that to you?" Alice giggled, "that's horrible."
"I know it." Bella leaned back and looked over at the smaller girl, "That's the only reason I'm still with her, though, as the days go by, I find a better reason to leave her."
Alice blushed and coughed into her hand to keep from making odd noises.
"Say, you have a dog, right?" Bella grinned, nodding her head. "Why haven't you mentioned him before?"
"I have." Bella nodded once, before looking at Alice again. "He's the one with the Von Willebrand Disease."
"Your dog has Von Willebrand?" Alice looked stumped, "I didn't even know dogs could get that."
"Yeah." The brunette sighed, "His name is Holmes."
"As in Sherlock?" The pixie bounced in her seat excitedly, "What kind of dog his he?"
"He's a black and white Siberian Husky." Alice's jaw dropped. "What?"
"You'll never believe what happened today when I was at the beach, then." The girls looked at each other, Bella wanting Alice to continue telling her the story. "Ah, I was actually just getting ready to paddle out to ride some waves, when I see this guy practically dragging this little, really fuzzy gray puppy along the beach. She struggled against his leash, and he actually kicked her."
"Kicked her?" Bella was shocked, and even angry. How could a grown guy kick an innocent little puppy? "What happened next?"
"Well, I stood my board in the sand and went over to him, picking the puppy off the floor where she was lying. It was barely moving, is how hard he kicked her." She saw some light leave Alice's eyes, "I bitched him out, of course, and Emmett was close to clocking the guy into next month, but Rosalie is against unnecessary violence if she isn't the one handing it out."
"So what happened to the puppy?" Alice smiled at Bella before pulling her phone out and showing her a picture of the puppy that was her screen saver.
"I bought her off of him. He tried to sell her to me for five hundred dollars, but when Emmett threatened him, he dropped it to a hundred dollars." She giggled, "She's at the vet right now, getting checked out."
"Oh? Did you take her to Dr. Hart? She's the only vet around town." Alice nodded, and put her phone back into her pocket.
"She's a really nice lady, too." Bella stretched her arms before letting a small piece of information about Dr. Hart.
"She's dating my dad." Both girls burst out into laughter before quieting down. The silence that surrounded them was peaceful, until Alice spoke again.
"So you aren't going to go watch the competition?" Alice pouted, and Bella sighed. Of course this would come up. "Why won't you watch it?"
"Because...I just can't." The brunette closed her eyes and hoped the girl would drop it, but she didn't. She probably really wanted Bella to watch her surf.
"Bella, please? I mean, you don't have to cheer for me or my family or anything, and I think it would mean a lot to Jacob Black if you went to see. It would even make Seth's day, considering his team kicked him out for surfing with us earlier." The pixie boldly turned her back to Bella and laid back on the bench, laying her head on Bella's lap. The brunette didn't hesitate to run her fingers through the soft, short hair.
"Poor Seth." Bella sighed aloud before looking down at the begging Alice. She had the cutest puppy dog expression on her face, and it would have been hard for Bella to say no to that. "Fine. I'll think about it."
"What's there to think about? It's not like you have to get into the water or anything." Alice grinned, "Unless you want to."
"No, most definitely not." Bella frowned, almost wanting to back out and tell her she changed her mind. That probably wouldn't fly with the shorter girl, though.
"So tell me..." Alice gazed up into the nights sky, looking at the stars, "What do you want in life?"
"Honestly?" Bella looked up at the stars and then looked down at Alice, who was looking right into her chocolate eyes. "I want to find the one for me. I want to get married someday, have a kid or two. Live in a nice house and teach kids their numbers and letters and to not pick their noses in public, though I went for accounting. I want to get old with the person I married, get gray hair, and probably die in my sleep when I turn a hundred. What about you?"
"I want much of the same of what you want. The only difference would be that I want to be a doctor or surgeon. Follow in my father's footsteps, continue the Cullen legacy." She sighed in adoration, "I don't want to surf all of my life. I just want to live while I can before reality comes knocking on my door."
"That's understandable." Bella felt butterflies in her stomach and when Alice sat up, instead of thinking about it, she threw her arms around the smaller girl and hugged her tightly, the pixie's back to her chest. "I'll definitely come watch you surf."
"Thank you." Alice touched the hands that joined near her collarbone and smiled softly to herself.
We all hate Louis with a fiery passion. That aside, hope that you liked a better look into Alice and Bella, because I sure did! Thanks for the reviews, to the reviewers who actually review.
Namaste!
