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Disclaimer: All the Twilight belongs to the Super Duper Stephenie Meyer. Also the title The Way We Were is from a song and a movie.
Bpov
"Ughh. What time is it?" I asked.
"Seven. Come on, get off the couch, we're burning daylight." Alice said.
"The daylight hasn't even started yet. Who gets up at seven during the summer anyway?" I demanded.
"We do. Now stop trying to change the subject." Rosalie said.
And with that they dragged me off the couch and up the stairs to Alice's room. They shoved me into the bathroom and told me to take a shower. I did as they asked, after all, in a way I had agreed to this.
I came out of the bathroom with my hair still wet. If I had bothered to dry it, Alice would have dumped a bucket of water on my head so she could dry it herself. I speak from experience.
Rosalie sat me down in the chair in front of the mirror. As soon as I sat down, Alice started the blow dryer and Rose got a curler. They started their teamwork as I sat in silence.
"Done." They both said after hours of drying and curling.
I examined my hair carefully. It actually did look pretty. It was curled into ringlets all around my head, but it wasn't excessive like Shirley Temple.
"Ooh, Bella, you look gorgeous!" Rose exclaimed.
"But of course she does. Look who did it," Alice smiled. "Now we have to do your makeup."
"Don't overdo it please." I begged.
"Mhmm…" They said, rolling their eyes. I always asked this. Sometimes they listened, and sometimes they didn't. Since we weren't doing anything out of the ordinary today, I don't think they would go overboard.
They didn't go excessive and for that I was thankful. They put on mascara and brown eye shadow. It was very natural, but still pretty.
"How do you like?" Alice asked. She seemed a bit unsure of whether I would like it.
"Where did all that ego disappear to?" I laughed. Alice smiled back. "I love it of course. Thanks." I said.
"You're welcome Bella. You look amazing!" Alice squealed.
"You really do. We should do this more often!" Rosalie said looking hopeful. Yeah right Rose.
"Thanks, but no thanks." I said smiling. I got up from the chair and stretched. I was pretty stiff from being in the chair all day. "I better get home and start making dinner for Charlie."
"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow." Alice said. I hugged her and Rose bye.
"See you later!" I waved as I left the room. I walked down the stairs thinking about how late it was already. I had sat in that chair for almost the whole day for no better reason than getting a makeover. My friends had odd minds when it came to 'fun'.
When I got home I dropped my stuff on the floor in my room. I noticed that there was a message on my phone. I had a separate phone line from Charlie which only Alice, Rose and Edward had the number to. I listened to the message wondering what Edward wanted.
"Hey Bella, it's Edward. Call me when you get in. Bye." He sounded a bit desperate. This worried me.
I decided to call him back, wondering still what he wanted. He picked up on the first ring. That never happened. It must be something really important.
"Hello?" Edward asked breathlessly.
"Hey, it's me."
"Oh, hi. Where were you last night?"
"I slept over at Alice's. Why?"
"No reason."
I was confused, to say the least. But I let it drop. "What's up? You picked up the phone pretty quickly, is something wrong?"
"No, no, nothing's wrong. I just wanted to talk to you. You seemed kind of distant at the mall yesterday."
"Yeah, well there was a lot on my mind."
"Mhmm… can I come over? I really need to get out of the house and it will be easier to talk to you that way."
"Yeah, sure. But I'm making dinner so you will have to help."
"No problem."
"Okay see you soon." I hung up. He would be over in less than a minute. We were next-door neighbours.
When I reached the bottom of the stairs there was a knock at the door. I opened it and there stood the definition of beautiful. Edward. How he could look so amazing every day of his like was a mystery to me.
"Hi." I said as soon as I could think clearly.
"Hey. You weren't lying about being at Alice's. You look really pretty." He said quickly. I heard the should of his teeth clamping together, apparently he hadn't meant to say that.
I blushed anyway.
"Thanks," I mumbled looking at the ground. "So I was thinking we could make tortellini and garlic bread." I had spun around and was walking to the kitchen. Edward followed behind me.
"Sounds good." He said, glad for the change of subject.
I got out the ingredients while he watched me. It was a bit awkward so I tried to start a conversation.
"What were you doing last night?"
"I was hanging out with Jasper. We played video games all night. I beat him in basically everyone of them." He said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Sounds… fun?"
He laughed. He knew how much I disliked video games. To me, there was no point to them. To him, they were the best things in the world, apart from his music.
"Can I help you with anything?" He asked, coming to stand beside me.
"Here, you can make the garlic bread, and I will make the pasta. Follow these instructions." I handed him a soup card with directions on it. We worked silently for a while until he asked a question.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Technically you just did, but go ahead."
"Why did you leave the store so quickly when Tanya and I came in?" He was looking at him hands.
"I-I just… got tired of that store. I'd had enough of shopping by then." I stuttered. I hadn't been expecting that.
"Oh." Was all he said.
Dinner was ready the second Charlie walked through the door.
"Hey Dad." I called.
"Hey Bells. Hi Edward." My dad knew that Edward and I were no longer dating but I had acted as if it wasn't such a big deal. He might've seen through my lies, but if he did, he wasn't letting on.
"Dinner is served." I said as I put the food on the table.
"It looks really good." Charlie said.
"Thanks." Edward and I said at the same time. He chuckled.
We ate in silence until out plates were finished. We cleaned up after.
"Thanks you guys, that was great." Charlie said.
"You're welcome." I said.
"I'm going to Billy's tonight to watch the game. You guys have fun." Charlie said as he walked out the door. Billy Black was Charlie's long time friend. They often went fishing and watched sports together.
"Bye!" I called. I turned to Edward. "What would you like to do?"
"Watch a movie?" He suggested.
"Sure." I said, leading the way to the living room.
"Do you have that scary movie? The one with the zombie-aliens who take over the world?" He asked. Of course he would choose that one. And of course that would be the one scary movie we had.
"Yes." I said trying to seem brave. I hated scary movies.
"Let's watch it." He said, popping it into the DVD player and pressing 'play'.
As the scary music started, I began to get nervous. This was a very bad idea. I shivered as the first zombie-alien came on the screen; he started killing people left and right. I screamed even louder as the people I thought were dead started coming back to life as zombie-aliens. I grabbed Edward's hand and squeezed it so hard myhand was cramping. He looked at me with his eyebrows raised and I let go of my death grip on his hand.
As the movie went on, more and more people were being changed and I kept getting more and more terrified. At one point in the movie, I grabbed Edward and pulled him in front of me so I couldn't see the screen.
"Bella, do you want to stop watching this?" He asked.
"No, I'm good. Positive." I was trying to keep from screaming again.
"Are you sure? I can watch this some other time." He was reaching for the remote to turn it off.
"No. I want to see how it ends." I lied. He saw right through it so I pulled the remote from his hands and threw it off the couch.
The only reason I didn't want the movie to be turned off was that I was afraid he would leave. It was a stupid reason, but I'm helpless.
I turned myself around so I was facing away from the TV.
"Bella, you are so odd sometimes." He chuckled and I could imagine him rolling his eyes.
I shrugged.
Eventually, I managed to fall asleep. My head fell onto Edward's shoulder and I could've sworn he rested his head on top of mine.