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Chapter 4: Breaking her shell

***Bella's POV***

"Do you have any plans tonight Bella?" That question alone should have tipped me off that something was up. We moved to Forks yesterday, I hadn't met

anyone, except Gabi and Alice but I hadn't had any plans to talk to them anytime soon. How could I have plans?

"No, why would I?" I asked flipping the page on my magazine; I wanted it to know that I meant business when flipping the page.

"Just wondering," Renee said nonchalantly as she got up and walked into the kitchen, as if she knew what would happen next, she yelled, "Get the door,

please!"

"Are you serious?" I mumbled as I walked to the door, just from the glass I could see a tall man. I opened and saw, as I thought, a man with Gabi. Is this her

dad? "Can I help you?"

"Hi Bella!" Gabi said the instant I opened the door. In her hand was a piece of paper, I had to guess that this was the picture that was hanging on the fridge.

"I'm Edward Cullen, you already know Gabi," Edward said, his sheer looks took my breath away. This had been the man that I had seen the previous night;

now that I got a closer look, I saw he was stunningly handsome. His hair was tinted with golden highlights and his eyes were a very deep green, I had never

seen someone so handsome since Jake.

"Hey, what ya got?"

"My picture! You're parents said it belong in a mucuseum," I smiled at the way she said museum, and then realized that my parents had seen the picture before

me. How? I glanced at Edward; he looked like he just mentally groaned.

"My parents saw this?" I asked going to Gabi's eye level and took the picture from her. It had green grass, clouds, a sun with a happy face, a house, and two

stick figures, one taller than the other; in, what was obviously, a child's handwriting, was writing, the writing said 'I have the world's best daddy', all the e's

were backwards.

"Yeah! The tall one's my daddy, except his hair isn't black but we didn't have brown colors, so I had to color it black. You like it?" Gabi asked twirling the end of

her dress.

"I do, my parents are right, it does belong in a museum," I said and handed it back, "Where did my parents see this?"

"At our house, they came by last night," Gabi said and handed me back her art, "You keep it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I can make more," Gabi said with a smile.

"Can I have you sign it? That way, when you're a big artist I'll be the only one to have this," I said handing it back to her. She nodded eagerly and looked to

Edward; he had been silent until now.

"Daddy you have a pen?"

"Yeah, here ya go," Edward fished a pen out of his pocket, handing it to her before looking back to me, "Wanna come bowling with me and some friends?"

"No thanks," I said getting up and looking into his eyes.

"Why? It'll be fun, you're new to town, it'll be a great way to meet friends," Edward said trying to get me in. Truth was I loved to bowl, but it felt weird bowling

without Jake now, that was our thing; it was how we met. I had been bowling with my family and a family friend when Jake came by, he told me how pretty I

was and asked if he could bowl with us, my parents said 'yes', they had loved him instantly, whereas I thought he was creepy; what normal person just said

someone was pretty?

"I'm just not in the mood, and I bet-" My sentence was cut off by Gabi throwing her art up.

"HERE!" She yelled smiling.

"Thank you," I told her then looked back at Edward, "As I was saying, I bet my parents put you up to this. Didn't they?"

"No, they're just worried about you," he sighed and looked down at Gabi, "I think it would be too."

"You don't know anything about me," I snapped.

"I know, but making friends never hurt anyone," Edward shrugged, "I can't force you, it's your decision."

"I'll stay in," I said then looked down at Gabi, "This will go by my bed, in a frame."

"We'll be at 340 Ohio Street if you change your mind," Edward said as he began to walk away.

"I won't," I said loud enough for him to hear before shutting the door.

****Edward*****

"Thanks for watching her," I said to Esme, "I'll pick her up at about 9."

"Okay, no hurries, I love being with Gabi," Esme said smiling down at her granddaughter.

"Gammy loves me!" Gabi said smiling brightly at me, "Everyone loves me!"

"No need for a boost in self-confidence," Esme laughed, "Gabi, I just made some fresh cookies, still warm from the oven."

"Can I have one daddy?" How could I say no to the face?

"Just one, not too many," I said, but before I could finish the sentence, she was gone.

"Hey, sorry I'm running late," Sarah said running in, she kissed my cheek then hugged Esme.

"Nah, its fine, just got here," I said wrapping my arm around her waist, "Ready to go?"

"Yeah."

"I'll pick her up around 9," I repeated to Esme, once more before walking out the front door.

"THAT'S MY BOYFRIEND EVERYONE!" Sarah yelled to our friends when I bowled my fourth strike in a row, I bowed and gave a smile.

"That's not fair!" Alice yelled stomping her foot, growing up we had always been very competitive; we were still competitive, even as adults.

"Hey, don't be such a baby, little sis," I told her then looked at the scoreboard, "Jasper, it's your turn."

"Alright! Prepare to be amazed by my awesome strike," he said as he took a blue bowling ball and heading to the lane. One step back, one step forward, he

threw the ball and waited to see how many pins he knocked down.

"You sure you don't need me to show you how to bowl a strike?" I asked when we saw it was just a gutter ball.

"No, I just lost my footing."

"Um... hi," I turned and saw Bella standing behind me, she looked unsure about being here.

"Hey," I said with a smile, "You decided to come after all."

"Hey, it's nice to see you again Bella!" Alice said walking over to her, "Come meet everyone."

"I thought she wasn't coming?" Sarah whispered to me.

"I guess she changed her mind," I said with a shrug, I walked over to where Bella stood crowded by our friends.

"This is Jessica and Mike, Angela and Eric, my boyfriend Jasper, and then over there is Edward's girlfriend, Sarah," Alice said introducing everyone to Bella, who

looked overwhelmed.

"Al, come on, give her some space," I took Bella's elbow in my hand and pulled her back, "Sorry about her, she's always eager to introduce people."

"Maybe this was a mistake," she said so quietly I wasn't sure if she was telling me or herself.

"Nah, if you don't feel like bowling yet then just sit down and watch," I said as I walked her over to some seats, "It's Sarah's turn so I'll sit with you."

"I guess I'll go," Sarah said walking over to bowl.

****Bella****

I watched as Sarah bowled, as I had thought the previous night, they looked perfect together. Edward and Sarah. It was nice to see someone who belonged

together just as much as Jake and I had been. Why was Edward sitting next to me and not having fun, standing up, with his friends?

"I'll be fine on my own," I said, "You don't have to sit here with me."

"I don't mind, it's not a problem at all," he smiled a knowing smile, "to be honest, I was tired of standing up."

"Oh, okay."

"Edward! Did you see that? I bowled a strike!" Sarah yelled jumping up and down; her blonde curls bounced as well, "Did you see that?"

"Um... Sorry, Jasper is in my line of view," Sarah gave me a knowing glance; she knew that I had been the reason he hadn't seen her bowl the strike.

"Yeah, it's fine, I can bowl another one," Sarah said, giving me one last glance before continuing, "It's your turn, Edward."

"Okay," he got up and went over to the lane. Sarah, however, stood near me still; she was not interested in watching Edward bowl.

"You're Bella, the girl who lives next to Edward now right?" I gave a nod, "He sure seems to be protective of you right now. You've never met him before?"

"Do you doubt your relationship with him?" I asked with a smile, "He's only being nice to me because of my parents. I'm sure they made him promise to watch

me."

"We've been together for almost a year, I love him, just please don't mess up our relationship," it was then that I realized, she had as much love for Edward as

I did for Jake.

"I'm not into him," she looked shocked, "He's cute and all, I'll admit that, but..."

"You already have someone special?"

"No, I did, but it's complicated."

"Oh, I'm sorry for sounding like such a jerk now," she gave me a sympathetic smile, "Forgive me, please? I hope we can be friends."

"Yeah," I said sounding bored, "Look, I'm just going to go on home. This was stupid of me."

"No, please stay! Bowl my next turn," Sarah said grabbing my arm and pulling me back. What was with her? What did it matter if I stayed or not?

"Bowled my fifth strike, but is that any surprise? I think it might have been to Alice though, " Edward said, I looked behind him and saw Alice on the floor, crying

and asking 'why', Edward smiled as he threw his arm over Sarah's shoulder, "What's going on over here?"

"Bella's trying to abandon us," I shook my head at Sarah as I began to switch from the hideous bowling shoes to my regulars.

"I'm not ready for this, I've been in town a day a-" My sentence was cut off by Alice, her arm around Jasper's waist.

"And look at how many friends you made," Alice said with a smile, "Sorry, couldn't help overhearing. But you have friends now, and to prove it, we'll have a girl's

night! Me, you, Sarah, Angela, and Jessica, sound good girls?"

All the girls chorused an agreement, except me that is. I was here for 15 minutes and they wanted me to join a girl's night already? I looked between them; the

smiles on their faces made me believe that I was accepted. But, would they be so accepting of me if they knew I was responsible for murder?

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