AN: Here's chapter 4 :) Will Edward hook up with Bella? Will Bella say her true feelings to Edward? WILL THE WORLD BE ABLE TO SPELL PIE?!?! lol i felt like i had to add that in somewhere. :) spazzzzz i know. Longer AN below. :)
"Bella?" Edward's soft voice was in my ear. What a lovely way to wake up.
"Hmm?" I responded, slowly opening my eyes.
"Alice just came down. Dinner's ready," Edward told me softly.
It was then that I realized what position I was in.
Edward's arms were around my waist, and mine were around his. My legs were stretched out and I was leaning on Edward. His head was on top of mine.
Now this is nice.
Too bad you're just friends I reminded myself. And this was a position with a little more than just friendship in mind. If I didn't move quickly, Edward would avoid me, knowing I wanted to be more than friends.
"Okay," I said, slowly sitting up and stretching out my arms in front of me. Edward's arms unwound softly from my waist and I missed the warmth.
"Sorry I fell asleep on you like that," Edward said, standing up and stretching out his muscular arms in front of him.
"I don't mind," I said, standing up, "I'm sorry, too. Was I really heavy?" I asked, only now realizing half of my weight had been on Edward.
"Not at all," Edward said, walking over to me.
"Good," I said. Suddenly, I realized something.
"Edward?" I asked him.
"Hm?" He responded, looking over at me.
"Did you ever delete that picture of me?" I asked. I wouldn't let him keep that. It was too horrible.
"Not yet. I will if you really want me to," he said, frowning a little.
"Please do. I look terrible."
I thought he mumbled something like "Not to me," but it was probably my imagination.
We emerged through the tunnel and in the Cullen Mansion. Everything was like it had been before, but somehow it looked different to me. The soft yellow light of the garage had been so much cozier.
Or maybe it was just because Edward had been there with me.
"Look! The sleepyheads finally decided to grace us with their presence," Emmett said jokingly. He started cracking up and Alice, Edward, Rosalie and I glared at him before he shut up.
"Dinner's on the table!" Esme called from the kitchen.
Emmett bolted for the dining room, hungry as always.
"We'll be right there Esme!" Alice called as she and Rosalie grabbed my arm and dragged me up the stairs.
"Details!" They both said once we were in Alice's room.
"There's nothing to say guys. We fell asleep after we started talking a little," I said, editing out the parts of calm peace and the compliments Edward had given me.
"That's not what Emmett said," Rosalie said. Huh. Edward was right.
"Emmett saw something?" Alice said, whipping her head around to look at Rose.
"Yeah. He said he saw Edward's arm around Bella's shoulders and apparently our little Bella here was brave enough to put her head on his shoulder!" By the end Rosalie was squealing.
How Rosalie knew about my crush on Edward was not to hard to figure out, but Alice had seen our position, and it was different from what Emmett had said.
Alice nearly screamed but as soon as she opened her mouth Rosalie put her long, delicate hand over Alice's mouth. The scream came out muffled.
"There are people downstairs. Don't give them heart attacks," Rosalie reminded her.
Alice took a deep breath with her eyes closed and nodded. She opened her eyes, a shining glint in them.
"Oh, and Rose, you should have seen them just now, when they were asleep. It was just too cute! They had their arms around each other and Bella was leaning on him and her head was on his shoulder and - get this Rose - he had his cheek on her head!! AND THEY WERE SMILING!!" Alice was squealing and talking so fast it was hard to understand her.
Rosalie looked like she was about to be screaming all over the place. They looked at each other, clamped their hands over the other's mouth, and screamed.
Even with the muffling, it was loud.
After a few moments they regained control and Alice spoke. "I told you Bella," she said, smiling.
"What?" I asked.
"I told you the outfit would work," Alice said, her face glowing and her teeth glinting in the light of the room.
"Yeah, actually it did," I admitted. They were going to pressure me for more details after that so I kept on going. "I did get complimented on it."
"What did he say?" Rosalie and Alice whipped out at the same time, their eyes glinting and wide.
"He said I looked hot," I said quickly. Not quickly enough, though, because the both of them looked at each other and got up. They started jumping up and down with their hands joined together.
Before they could squeal out anything that would embarrass me for life, I got Alice's attention. "SPEAKING OF COMPLIMENTS..." They stopped. I glared at Alice. "You sent that hideous picture of me to him?! What were you thinking?!" I nearly screeched. I reminded myself that the others were downstairs and I tried to calm down.
"Oh, you mean that one with Bella in that really cute top?" Rosalie asked. I grimaced.
"Yeah," Alice turned to me, "I was thinking that my idiot of a brother would ask you out," Alice said, her expression impatient.
"Alice, today was just really lucky for me, okay? I happened to catch Edward off guard, that's all."
"If that's what you want to believe, go ahead. Rose, are you up for a bet?" Alice asked her, turning to Rosalie.
"Sure. On what?" Rosalie asked.
"I'm giving them two days before they get together. You?"
"I'd say four. How much you wanna bet?"
"Eh...How about thirty?" I couldn't believe this. They were taking bets on how long it was until I hooked up with Edward. Maybe when they both lost they'd finally realize it wasn't going to happen. Edward didn't like me like that.
"Deal," Rosalie said, sticking out her hand. Alice shook it and they hauled me off the bed.
"Come on. Esme fixed a really good dinner," Alice said.
We walked into the dining room, where Carlisle was already seated at the head of the table with Esme to his left. Emmett was sitting at the end of the table. Jasper sat on the chair two places from his left and Edward sat on Emmett's right. Rosalie immediately sat next to Jasper, so she could be next to Emmett. Alice sat hesitantly across from Jasper. And that left me to sit next to Edward.
I pulled out the chair and sat carefully and self-consciously, making sure not to bump into anything.
Everyone started filling up their plate. Emmett grabbed hold of the roast beef as soon as I pulled in my chair. I reached for the pasta at the same time as Edward. His hand brushed against mine and the electricity zapped, more
powerful than usual. Was it because of this afternoon in the garage?
"Go ahead," Edward said softly; I could barely hear him above the chatter between Carlisle and Esme, Emmett and Rosalie, and even Jasper and Alice.
"Thanks," I said, piling on some pasta onto my plate and handing Edward the bowl.
"Sure. So, after dinner you're gonna join us for movie night, right?" Edward asked.
"Yeah, of course. I may be a wimp, but I'm not missing out on tradition," I assured him.
"Cool. Maybe Emmett will chose a different movie."
"Or maybe I won't," Emmett said.
"Why not? Bella gets creeped out each time we watch it," Alice protested.
"Exactly. It's horror and comedy," Emmett said, grinning.
"Dude, that's not cool," Jasper said. Before this could get too out of hand, I decided to jump in.
"It's fine guys. I'll watch it. I know you all like it," I said. I wasn't about to ruin the movie for them.
"See? She doesn't mind. But Alice, don't get all hyper again with the Lucky Charms, okay?" Emmett said.
"Will you let that go? It's my official movie night snack! I'm already hyper, it had nothing to do with the Lucky Charms," Alice complained.
"Are you sure?" I asked, "It's like you don't have a blood system, you have a caffeine system," I joked.
"Ugh. You know what guys? I think you don't understand how awesome it is to be hyper," Alice said.
"Oh yeah, Alice," Edward said sarcastically. "We all wish we could be like you."
"Whatever," Alice said, glaring at Edward and adding a bit of roast beef to her plate.
The rest of dinner was interesting. Alice and Jasper got absorbed in their own little conversation, the topics ranging from shoes to history, and I knew from the look in their eyes that they were perfect together. I was glad that they finally had gotten together.
Emmett and Rosalie talked about the car they had seen earlier today. Apparently they had been able to chase it off school grounds and not get caught. The way they leaned toward each other, and the look on their faces, showed that they were also perfect together, despite their completely opposite personalities.
Carlisle and Esme sat side by side, talking about a patient Carlisle had seen earlier that day. Esme was asking him questions, guessing the answer and smiling when she got the answer right. They also talked about the house Esme had decorated for a client earlier that week, and how happy the person was with her work - she had a gift for interior decorating. Even though they had been married for almost twenty five years, they still acted like it was their first.
And Edward and I?
We talked like there was no tomorrow. We talked about past times, laughing at our stupidity. We talked about Halo, about books, about music, and, to my surprise, I was even able to talk a little with him about his car. We joked around about our teachers, pointing out the pros and cons, and about funny stories we'd had with them.
It was the most fun I'd had in a long time with Edward. But I couldn't ignore the feeling of electricity running between us - it seemed to flow whenever I was near him now.
After laughing at a particularly funny story about Edward's history teacher, Alice suddenly gasped.
"Oh my God guys! Look what time it is!" We all looked up to the clock. It was only seven thirty.
"Uh... okay," I said, confused.
"It is not okay! We only have thirty minutes to get ready for movie night!" Oh no. "Come on girls! Rosalie, your stuff is already in my room. Edward, can you help Bella bring up her stuff?"
"Alice I only have my duffel bag," I said quickly. It was becoming clear to me that Alice was scheming to get us together.
"Ever heard of a little thing called chivalry, Bella? Edward, go get her bag. Bella, show him where it is," Alice instructed us. Emmett quickly got up and left to get ready before she could give him the chivalry talk as well.
"I can get it Edward, it's okay," I said as he stood up.
"No no, Alice is right," Edward said, ignoring my protests.
"Whatever," I sighed, getting up. "It's in Alice's car."
"My keys are hanging next to the door," Alice called from the stairs.
The walk down the driveway to Alice's car was silent, almost awkward. It was cold out; I could see my breath. The thin shirt Alice had put me in didn't help either.
Edward popped the trunk open and grabbed my bag.
Heading back up to the door I shivered violently. Edward noticed.
"Are you cold?" Edward asked me, his voice like velvet and honey.
"Just a little, I'm fine," I managed to say. In a few seconds my teeth would start chattering.
"Alice is insane to dress you in that thin t-shirt. It's Forks, for God's sake!" He sighed. "Come here," he said, stopping with one arm open.
I was cold, and this God was offering me warmth.
I smiled tentatively and stepped into his side. His arm wrapped around my shoulder and smiled down at me. I smiled back up at him, climbing up the porch stairs. He stopped and spun me so that I was facing him. His face was half-a-foot away. I could feel his breath across my face. A shiver went down my spine, but it wasn't from the cold...
"Bella, I know it would be weird but-"
The door burst open.
"BELLA! ED- Oh, hey guys," Emmett said. Then he realized how close we were. "OHO! Am I interrupting again?" Emmett asked in a tone that was sorry in a sickeningly fake way. "My bad. Continue." Emmett said, chuckling as he closed the door.
I turned back to face Edward, only to find that he was facing the driveway, his eyes closed and his thumb and forefinger pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Edward?" I asked softly, reaching out my hand and touching his shoulder. Boy, was I being bold today.
"Emmett is such a mother fu-"
"Language," I said jokingly. He smiled halfheartedly, his eyes still closed but his fingers no longer clenched the bridge of his nose, a sign that most of his anger was dissolved.
"I'm sorry. Emmett really messed things up for me today, though."
"What'd he do this time?" Emmett had a tendency to mess up a lot of things.
"Uh...I'll uh... tell you some other time. Alice will be waiting to ambush you," He turned and his normally bright, happy eyes were dark, his fake smile didn't reach his eyes. I would have pressed it, but he was right. If I didn't get upstairs
soon, Alice would scream up a storm.
"Alright," I sighed. "Thanks for helping me." I reached for my bag. He handed it to me with sad eyes.
"I'll see you in a few," Edward said in an emotionless voice. I'd have to talk to him later...
I nodded and went upstairs. Opening Alice's door, I saw a pretty unusual sight... for a normal person. This was completely in character for Alice and Rosalie...
Rosalie, in her blue sky and white cloud cotton pajama pants and polka dotted pink-and-white bra, jumping around randomly to 'Hot N Cold' with Alice, who was in her black and white striped pajama pants and green-and-white polka dotted bra.
I slipped quietly into the closet to change. I could still hear them though.
"CAUSE YOU'RE HOT THEN YOU'RE COLD!" Rosalie yelled.
"YOU'RE YES THEN YOU'RE NO!" Alice followed.
"YOU'RE IN THEN YOU'RE OUT!" Rosalie continued.
"YOU'RE UP AND YOU'RE DOWN!" They yelled together.
I emerged in my navy blue and light blue polka dotted pajama pants and my blue-and-white polka dotted bra. It was a tradition that us girls invented for movie night. We wouldn't put on our tops until we all okayed each other's outfit and then we would surprise each other with the top. Alice usually changed mine...
Alice and Rosalie were still yelling along to the music and jumping. I think they had moved onto the bridge.
"GOT A CASE OF A LOVE BI-POLAR!" Alice screamed. I needed to stop them... I looked at my sliver chain-link watch - coincidentally a gift from Edward. 7:55. Five minutes until we had to be downstairs to meet the guys.
"ALICE!" I screamed.
"CAN'T GET OFF THIS RIDE!!" She yelled, not hearing me.
Finally, the lyrics stopped and I tried calling her again.
"ALICE!" I screamed. The radio was still up loud, but she heard me.
"YEAH?!" She screamed back.
"WE HAVE THREE MINUTES!!" I lied. We still had five, but this would get her to hurry up.
"OHMYGOD!" She yelled. Running to the radio, leaving Rosalie to jump to chorus, she shut it off.
"Hey!" Rosalie protested.
"Three minutes," was all Alice said, hurrying into her closet.
"Ugh! Why does no one tell me these things?" Rosalie muttered, rooting through her duffel bag for her shirt.
Alice came back, her shirt behind her back. Rosalie also walked over, her shirt behind her back, and I completed the circle in the middle of the room, my shirt behind my back.
"Everyone looks fine to me," I said.
"Same," Rosalie and Alice said.
"Ready?" Alice asked.
"Yup," I replied.
"Sure," Rosalie said.
"On three, then," Alice said.
"One, two, THREE!" we all yelled. I whipped out my yellow eyelet lace tank top with soft cloth straps that were about as thick as my index finger.
Rosalie showed us her shirt, which was white on the front and pink on the back, while Alice pulled out her three-quarter sleeve old fashioned baseball shirt with navy blue arms and a white body.
"Alright Alice, where's my replacement?" I sighed. She always picked a different shirt for me.
"Actually Bella...I must be rubbing off on you. That's a really nice combo. Don't you think, Rose?" Alice asked.
"Definitely. Nice job, Bella!" Rosalie complimented me, smiling.
"Um...okay. Thanks," I said. This was rare, if not a first. Alice was agreeing with what I was going to wear. I slipped on my tank top, as the others slipped on their shirts.
"Let's go!" Alice said, jumping up and down.
We all walked, arms linked, down the stairs, to wait for the guys. Only rarely did we finish before them.
"YES!" Rosalie yelled. "WE BEAT THEIR BUTTS!"
"WHOO!" Alice yelled, hi-fiving Rosalie.
"Not by much," Edward's velvety voice floated from his room directly below the grand spiral staircase. "Emmett was being an idiot, and he hid Jasper's shirt for five minutes."
"Still, we beat you guys," Rosalie said.
"Whatever," Edward said, rolling his eyes and stepping out to where we were waiting.
I realized what he was wearing, and stifled a gasp.
His gray cotton t-shirt showed his muscular arms. He made his red plaid flannel pants look like they belonged on a runway. His hair was even messier than usual, his bronze hair highlighted in the light.
He could never like me. He was too beautiful for me.
It felt like my chest was ripping apart, knowing he'd never want me. I bit my lip to control my expression.
Jasper appeared, a smug look to his face, and Emmett followed, grumbling. I assumed that Jasper had tackled Emmett. Emmett didn't like to accept defeat.
"You guys ready?" Jasper asked us.
"Let's go let's go let's goooo!" Alice said, jumping up and down.
"Okay Alice," Rosalie said, laughing. "Someone go get the snacks."
"I'll get them," I said. I could afford a few minutes without Jigsaw.
"I'll help you," Alice said quickly.
"Um...okay?" I said. She probably wanted to talk to me.
"Thanks guys!" Rosalie called from the entryway of the tunnel.
"So Bella," Alice began, as we rooted the cupboards for bowls.
"So Alice," I said, playing along.
"How are things with you and Edward going?" She asked casually, as if we were discussing the weather.
"They're not." I wasn't sure she got the message.
"I think they are," Alice contradicted me. "You should've seen the way he was looking at you right now."
The sharp pain in my chest got even sharper and my eyes began to water at the pain. I bit my lip even harder than before.
When I didn't respond, Alice noticed. "Bella?" she asked in a soft voice, her eyebrows furrowed, concern in her eyes.
I just shook my head, looking away and hoping the ridiculous tears wouldn't spill.
"Aw, Bella!" Alice said, loudly but not loud enough so that the others would come. "Don't cry!" She said, softer than before.
I gave up and let the tears fall freely. Sinking to the ground, I put my head in my hands. Alice didn't have to see me like this.
"Here," Alice said softly, handing me a tissue. I nodded in thanks and dried my eyes.
"Thanks Alice. I'm sorry I broke down like that," I said, clearing my throat.
"It's fine. I remember, before Jasper asked me out, I would sit in my room and cry my eyes out. Of course, my idiotic brother is to blame for all of this. He should just hurry up and ask you out already. We all know he wants to."
"Correction. You all think he wants to. He won't, okay Alice? He won't! He only likes me as a friend, nothing more! It's just me! Just. Me! If you keep telling me these things, I'll get my hopes up and when I see him with someone else I'll be devastated. Okay? Please, just stop getting my hopes up," I was ranting now, and Alice was shocked. I had to calm down.
I took a deep breath and started over. "Look, I'm sorry I blew up on you like that Alice. It's my fault. I think I let my hopes get up a little too much this afternoon."
"Don't worry, Bella. It'll all be okay, whether you go out with him or not. You know, Esme and I-" Alice stopped abruptly, like she had said too much.
No.
She couldn't have...
"Alice, you didn't."
"Bella, I did. Esme knows Edward better than I do, who else was I going to go to?"
"How about no one?"
"I want you to be happy with him, Bella. I was just trying to help; giving you guys a push in the right direction."
"Well, I want him to be happy Alice! And he'll be happy with someone else, not with me!" Alice was about to retort but then Emmett interrupted again. He sure had a knack for that, didn't he...
"YO! I NEED MY RESEES! C'MON!!" Emmett boomed from inside the lounge- a long way away and we could still hear.
"Come on Alice. Thanks for letting me vent out everything," I stood up with her and gave her a hug. She hugged me back tightly.
"You're the sister I never had, Bella. I want everything for you," she told me quietly.
"Just like I want everything for you, Alice. I'm glad you got your way," I told her.
She pulled back and gave me a smile. "Thanks," she said. "I'm glad, too. And-" she paused dramatically. "When you get your way with Edward I'll be ecstatic," she said in a rush. I didn't argue with her, I just rolled my eyes and grabbed the rest of the snacks.
We walked, arms full of snacks, through the tunnel and into the lounge. I took a deep breath and entered. I hated Jigsaw, and no doubt would I be ignoring the entire movie, so I'd be incredibly bored, looking at the furniture.
"FINALLY! God I've been dying without these!" Emmett said as he snatched up the bag of Reeses peanut butter cups.
Alice and I shook our heads and put the snacks on the table, grabbing ours. Alice grabbed her box of Lucky Charms and ripped open the cardboard, opening the plastic and grabbing a handful of marshmallows. I rolled my eyes at
her and grabbed my popcorn, opening the bag and grabbing a handful, popping it in my mouth.
Rosalie grabbed her Milk Duds and opened the box, pouring some into her hand, and settled into the couch.
Jasper walked over to the table to grab his Skittles, grabbed a bag and sat down next to Alice. He smiled at her, and, even with only the light of the TV, I could see her blush, just a little. She smiled back, and hesitantly sat closer to him. Jasper tentatively put his arm around her shoulder. Alice smiled, looking at me discreetly and pointing at Edward with her eyes. I shook my head a little, not enough to tip anyone off. Alice rolled her eyes and pursed her lips, giving me a look that asked me 'why not?'. I sighed and looked away. She knew why.
"Edward, grab your freaking KitKats! I wanna start Jigsaw!!" Emmett whined.
"Dude. Calm down. I'm checking something on my phone. It takes two seconds," Edward said, trying to placate Emmett. He typed in a few things and put in his headphones. Coming over to me he sat down and showed me his phone.
His iTunes library, full of all of my favorite music, was showing, headphones ready.
"You can listen," Edward said. "You hate this movie, and my brother is being an insensitive jerk, as always. Go ahead." Edward held the phone out to me.
I thought I heard Rosalie mutter something like "Awwww."
"Thanks," I said, blushing but smiling and taking the phone and putting the headphones and putting them in my ears. Looking back at the phone, I put on Debussy and settled into the couch, ready to endure the upcoming two hours.
Around halfway through the movie, I had already played every game on Edward's phone, seen every photo that he had taken, checked my email, and listened to half of his playlist. Looking around, I saw Alice snuggled comfortably
into Jasper's side, her face on his chest and his arm around her waist, pulling her to him. She was asleep.
Emmett was watching the movie intently, but still had his arm around Rosalie's waist. Obviously, Rosalie had seen this movie countless times, so she was looking around, oblivious to all the bloody murders. Still, her arm was around his waist, and she was close to him.
And Edward was barely awake. I wondered what he had done to wear himself out so much.
A vicious scream echoed throughout the room and I quickly pressed play on Edward's phone and closed my eyes, not wanting to see the gore.
When I opened my eyes a few minutes later, the movie was still gory, so I looked around again.
Alice was still sleeping quietly, leaning on Jasper with her arms around his waist. Jasper was smiling and he had his arms around her waist.
Too cute, as Alice had stated before. I quickly opened the camera, turned off the flash, and took a picture. You could see them with the light of the TV. I sent the picture to Alice, Rosalie, and myself.
Looking around again, I saw Rosalie looking bored to death. She caught my eye and pointed to Alice and Jasper. I nodded, smiling, and pointed to her phone. Her eyebrows furrowed, but she opened her phone. Realization crossed
her face and she instantly opened the picture. Putting one hand to her mouth, she "awwwed" quietly.
I nodded and looked at Edward. He was about to fall asleep, if he wasn't already. Suddenly, his head, which I assume he had been trying to hold up, went down on my shoulder.
I looked at Rosalie. She was beaming. Quickly, she whipped out her phone and texted me...well, Edward.
I looked at the text as soon as the phone vibrated.
I TOLD YOU!!!
I sighed and typed in a response.
I guess he had a rough day, Rose. This doesn't mean anything.
Even if I really want it to I added to myself mentally.
It does too. OMG. Don't forget to erase all the texts, Bella, or he'll see them. I'm gonna crash. This is boring me to death. I lost count at how many times I've seen this at 30. Nighty-night.
I waved at Rose and she smiled, putting her head on Emmett's shoulder and closing her eyes. Emmett's arm, almost sub-consciously wrapped around her shoulder.
Emmett, Jasper and I were the only ones left. Because the movie held no interest for me, I turned on some Coldplay and gently put my head on Edward's chest. He smiled and wrapped his arms around my waist.I smiled and closed
my eyes, falling asleep quickly.
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