Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight; I only wish I could live in that world.
Chapter 4: Confession
Previously:
A couple hours later, the phone beside me rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi."
"Who is this?" I asked, knowing perfectly well who it was.
"It's Edward." His voice sounded incredibly calm and patient, unlike the tone he'd been using with me all day.
"Oh," was all I said.
"Can we talk?"
"Sure I guess." I wondered what he wanted to talk about.
"Meet me at the park in 10 minutes," he said and he hung up without another word. I sat on my bed for a minute trying to process. He wanted to talk to me at the park about something. He had sounded serious. I grabbed a sweater and slipped on a pair of shoes. I left a note for Jasper in case he came back home. Then I locked the door and left the house.
I could see by the light of the street light that he was on top of the monkey bars. I crossed the sand and stood under him.
"Hey," I said. He looked down at me.
"Climb on up," he told me.
"How do you propose I do that?"
"Climb on the jungle gym and step on that bar. I'll help pull you up."
With a little difficulty I got up beside him. The difficulty came when my clammy hand slipped from his heated one. It wasn't a huge deal; I just had to climb back up on the bar. Now that I was up he gave me a minute to compose myself before he spoke.
"So we have to talk," he began.
"What about?" I asked.
"About everything," he answered soberly.
"Alright well you start because I need to know where you're heading with this."
"Ok then. You and me met yesterday, we were starting out to be pretty good friends I thought and now today we aren't talking and it's been pretty awkward. So what happened here?"
I thought about how I wanted to word it before I spoke. "Well I'm not sure if you recall, but the phone call from last night is what led to this." I gestured to the monkey bars.
"Yes I do remember that, but I was thinking that maybe we should discuss what happened? Maybe this is a misunderstanding," he ventured carefully.
"Sure then," I nodded.
"Alright well I'll tell you my side and you tell me yours then?" He asked and I nodded again. "Well after I left I was sitting on my bed and the phone rang. I answered it and it was you. You asked what I was doing and after I told you that I was getting ready for bed you asked if I needed help. I tried to say goodbye politely but you just kept going until finally I just had to slam the phone down." He looked at me seriously and I stared incredulously. He was changing everything around.
"Well that's certainly different from what I remember of the event," I told him. "I was getting ready for bed when you called and said you were thinking about me and wanted to know if I'd go to your house, if you catch my drift."
Edward's eyes widened as I told him this, but just as I thought he was going to snap at me, he paused and I could almost see the gears turning in his head. What was he thinking now? Another excuse or another story to turn this on me? But that's not what he said.
"Bella what time did I call last night?" He asked politely.
"Excuse me?" I asked. I couldn't believe my ears.
"Like what time was it?"
"Umm...around 10:30, why?"
"Ah see that's the problem," he said and nodded. "See you called me at 10:45, a full 15 minutes later. And I can prove it to because the message is saved on my phone."
I thought about what he was saying but came up blank. "Edward what are you saying?"
"I'm saying that somebody tricked us into thinking the other was a sleaze."
"And you expect me to believe that Edward Cullen?" I hissed. "Wouldn't that be the perfect excuse, create a phone call of me saying those things and blaming everything on a misunderstanding?"
He looked at me in shock. "Bella as if you are saying this? Even though you don't know anything about me, surely you can tell that I wouldn't lie or even behave like that at all!"
"But see that's what you said," I retorted. "You said that I don't know anything about you; how true that is. Maybe this is something you'd do."
"Bella don't be ridiculous," a voice said from below us. I gasped and looked down to see Jasper and Alice looking up at me and Edward. "How long have you been there?" I asked.
"Only a minute," Alice replied. "But we heard enough to know what is going on. And I must say Edward you truly prove your intelligence time and time again."
"What are you talking about?" I demanded, feeling very confused. I looked over at Edward and he smirked at me.
"Bella he's right. Somebody, well actually somebodys, were playing a trick on you," Alice said sheepishly. "Emmett and I wanted to mess with you guys a little bit so we phoned you and made up those things. We didn't think you'd actually take it so seriously!"
Realization dawned on me as I understood why Edward's voice had sounded slightly different on the phone. "So it really was two phone calls then?"
"Yeah," Alice grinned.
"Oh. Well then, I'm sorry Edward," I said to him.
"I'm sorry as well for overreacting," he replied.
I slipped down from the monkey bars and landed beside Jasper. "So what are you doing here then?"
"I came to help Alice with her confession," he smiled and another piece clicked into place. I looked at Alice and back at him.
"You two are together now aren't you?" I teased, pretending to be suspicious.
"Yup," he laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Well congratulations then," I laughed.
"Should we go home now?" Edward asked us.
"Sure," I replied, now feeling pretty silly for my actions earlier.
We walked back home and before Edward went into his house I called to him. "Hey Edward!"
He turned around to look at me. "Yeah?"
"Sorry about the go-karts. The blue cars are actually the slowest," I grinned and watched as he laughed and went inside his own house. Jasper had walked Alice to her door and was now coming back to our yard. I quickly shut our door and locked it, leaving Jasper locked outside for another few minutes, teasing him until he threatened to leave and sleep at the Roomies house for the night.
A/N: So yeah this chapter was definitely on the short side, only 3 pages. It's the product of a sleepless night and a homework-filled afternoon. I know it was a little bit odd, but at least you know what happened right? I promise that the story will get better in time. Please review, they are so very important to me! I don't want to have to ask for them but at least 5 would make me ever so happy! :)
--x Lauren