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CHAPTER 4
•~Bella Swan~•
"Listen, how would you like to join your mom and me on my boat this weekend? Have you ever been sailing?" Edward asked excitedly as the three of us made our way down the pier.
From the corner of my eye, I noticed my mom's face had fallen a bit at his sudden invitation, but she hid the look quickly before I could really make anything of it. "Bella's spending next weekend at her dad's," she explained, her tone laced with false regret. I'd bristled a little at her strange behavior, but didn't let it deter me. Instead, I simply rolled my eyes and shook my head in disagreement.
Lately, I loathed weekends at Charlie's, especially since he started dating Leah. She was only seven years older than me, and a spoiled bitch.
"I'd rather skip Charlie's this time. Besides, he was planning on leaving me home alone most of the weekend anyway so he could take Leah to the opera. They're staying in a hotel and everything, so I'd be better off rescheduling for next weekend," I told them, hoping my mom would take pity and rescue me from what promised to be a shitty visitation.
Mom looked a little irritated and I wasn't sure if it was more at Charlie for practically abandoning me on one of our weekends, or because she didn't like the idea of me coming on her trip with Edward.
At the moment, I just wanted to get out of having to visit Charlie, so I quickly added "I've never been sailing either – sounds fun!"
"Well, that settles it. We're going to have an awesome time. Just the three of us," Edward said, his voice enthusiastic as he wrapped his arm around my mother's shoulders. She gave him a tight smile in return which he didn't seem to notice – I did, though, and after a minute, I realized that she was probably looking forward to a little alone time with Edward – not that I could blame her either.
Maybe I should have been a little more considerate, but I was sure she'd get over it eventually. With me spending every other weekend at Charlie's, she'd have plenty of alone time with Edward.
Too bad the guy didn't come equipped with an equally gorgeous fifteen-year-old son for me to play with.
A/N
Sounds like Renee is already facing some jealousy issues!
Thoughts?
Until tomorrow...
