Thank you for all the awesome reviews guys!!!
I hope you enjoyed Alyssa and my word count showdown on the last chapter. As much fun as it was, I am afraid that writing so much authors note is pretty ridiculous, so we are taking turns having a higher word count. And this time it is her turn.
So sorry readers who thought that wakko nonsense from me was entertaining, you will have to wait till next chapter. For those who thought it was annoying, you are spared this chapter, lucky you.
Sorry if this chapter took a little longer to release, we had some troubles writing parts of it. Writers block is an evil, evil thing
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Chapter 4: Second First Meeting
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Last night's dream was forgotten by the next morning, as do most of my dreams. I tried to remember what it was about, but every time I thought I grasped something, it slipped away.
Pushing the dream to the back of my mind, I got up to get ready for school. Today was going to be better than most, I can just feel it. Not only is it Friday, but the sequel to one of my favourite books, Blue Bloods by Melissa De la Cruz is coming out today and I am heading out after school to get it.
As expected, Jessica phoned me this morning at like seven to freak at me about not going on NDTeens last night. I tried to explain that I was tired and felt bad going on it the day that two of the closest people to me warned me about the dangers of chat sites and one of them even made me swear to never go on one. If I was going to break a promise, I am going to at least wait a day before I do it.
Before I knew it, I was late. Grabbing some fruit for breakfast, I ran out the door. When I reached my front porch stairs I realized they were completely covered in ice just in time to be too late to stop myself from slipping. Fruit flying all over the place I fell on my drive way. I quickly got up, which I learned was a bad idea because I just ended up falling backwards this time.
I started contemplating just going back inside and crawling in my bed and staying there, where I couldn't slip on ice patches all over the place.
I managed to get back up, and even bent down to grab the container that the fruit were held in. I went inside to put away the now empty container and grabbed an apple. I went back outside, this time being extremely careful on the stairs. I could not understand how it can be so cold now, when only two days ago it was warm enough to go outside without a jacket, that darn global warming.
Getting into my car, I turned the heat on full blast. The frost on my window melted quickly and I was on my way in about five minutes. I was so going to be late for first period.
As I drove, I noticed that the only place around that had any traces of ice was my front porch, figures. Pulling into my schools parking lot, and putting my parking pass on the window of the car, I noticed Edward was just a few parking spaces down. I decided to, instead of picking a fight, ignore him completely. Maybe if he thinks I gave up on my revenge he will be more surprised when I do attack.
I was focusing so hard on not paying attention to the parasite a few yards away that I didn't notice that my front porch was in fact, not the only place in Grand Forks with a slippery patch of ice.
I felt the ground slip away from beneath by feet for the third time today and found myself on the ground again.
Oh please tell me he didn't notice that.
I heard him burst out laughing. Embarrassed, I tried to look around me for something to throw at him. Before I could however, he left. Angry, I once again started to imagine different ways I could get revenge on him without getting arrested. Maybe I should take a stab at voodoo.
"Do you need any help?" I heard a girly voice above me ask. It was then I noticed I was still on the ground. I looked up to see who the speaker was, I found myself looking at one of Edwards best friends, Alice Cullen. She was probably here to make fun of me, like her friend.
"That's ok, I am perfectly capable of getting up myself" I said bitterly.
"Oh really?" She asked, amused.
I tried getting up, but I ended up having to use the side of the car to help me. Embarrassed, I walked right by Alice and headed towards the school.
"There is no need to be so unfriendly you know, I am not the one who you hate." Alice was walked leisurely beside me.
I didn't answer her. I tried to move a bit faster, but she easily matched my pace.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I am curious"
"Curious about what?" I was getting annoyed.
"What the girl that has such a rivalry with Edward is like."
"I am sure he tells you plenty."
"You can't trust a person to give an unbiased description of the personality of the person they hate." Alice explained.
I could not understand why Alice wanted to talk to me, maybe Edward sent her to bug me to death. Luckily however, her first period was on the other side of the school, and she is also late so she left to go around to the other doors.
I didn't have any real reason to dislike Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett. They were the typical popular crowd, all dating one another. I was the typical unpopular girl who dislikes them all (course it's also partially because they hang out with Edward.)
I walked into the class fifteen minutes late. After receiving a dirty look from my teacher I sat down and got my math books out.
The rest of the day went by pretty fast, considering nothing of particular interest happened. Before I knew it, the last bell rang and I was in my car on my way to the nearest book store.
I quickly got in and bought the book. Eager to get home and start reading it, I actually went ten miles above the speed limit. That is really something considering I am a voice for road safety and obeying the rules of the road.
When I got home, I was glad to see that the ice has melted from in front of my porch so I was able to get inside without incident. There were a few messages on my messaging machine, most were for my dad regarding things I didn't really understand (probably about work) and then there was one from Jessica. It seems she feels the need to once again remind me that I must log onto that stupid website that is really starting to get on my nerves. The message contained lots of high pitched sequels and jumbled words I didn't understand. I just heard "Log on" and "NDTeens" and I knew what she was talking about.
I decided to not call her back, and instead start on my book. I got past like three chapters before the phone rang. I groaned and walked downstairs to get it.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Bella! I have been trying to get a hold of you all day!" Jessica freaked
"We saw each other at lunch you know?"
"Well I meant after school."
"I see…" I said, not really in the mood to talk, she just interrupted my reading.
"What's with you? You seem upset, oh I see, you are reading a book aren't you?"
"I did tell you I was getting the sequel to that book I really like at lunch today." Why couldn't Jessica keep any information in her head for more than three seconds if it wasn't some form of gossip?
"Right, I forgot. Anyways, you can read your book later, log onto NDTeens right now!"
"Jess, when are you going to leave me alone about that?"
"Bella! I will not leave you alone about this until you find a guy on there that you are going to talk to regularly. Until then, I will make you chat with every guy on that site!" Jessica said determined.
"Yea, whatever" I said, annoyed.
"Ok" said Jessica oblivious to my mood, "Log on right now, I will be waiting for you!" Jessica said before hanging up.
Annoyed, I started up my computer. When it was all started up and I was logged onto the stupid site, Jessica opened a messaging box just like last time and, just like last time, whined about going to find people to chat with.
I had every intention of just pretending I was talking to someone and then just continue reading my book; when a chat invite appeared.
Julliard_Bound has requested a chat with you.
I thought 'what the heck' and accepted. The chat would probably last about as long as the last few, which was not very long. I also would feel bad for declining a chat.
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Julliard_Bound says: Hey.
Twilight_girl13 says : Hi.
Julliard_Bound says: What's up?
Twilight_girl13 says: Nothing really, reading a book.
Julliard_Bound says: Oh, cool.
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The chat died for about five minutes before he said something again.
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Julliard_Bound says: So, how long have you been on this site?
Twilight_girl13 says: For about three days now, this is my second time going on it.
Julliard_Bound says: I just signed up today, how do you like the site so far?
Twilight_girl13 says: Meh, I am not really the chat site type of person. My friend made me join. She seems to think I don't know enough people.
Julliard_Bound says: I feel your pain, my friend made me join as well. I am not really a chat site person either, but I got blackmailed into joining.
Twilight_girl13 says: Blackmailed? Now I am curious.
Julliard_Bound says: I pulled a prank on this girl in one of my classes. My parents would not approve of that and would call it bullying so I don't want them to find out.
Twilight_girl13 says: …Well isn't it?
Julliard_Bound says: Not really, she does stuff like that to me all the time. It is sort of a war between us to see who can embarrass the other the worse. I am currently ahead right now, I got her pretty bad yesterday.
Twilight_girl13 says: haha! I have a guy in my school that I do the same thing with.
Julliard_Bound says: haha, wow don't we have a lot in common. Nosy friends who make us sign up for stupid chat sites, and evil rivals.
Twilight_girl13 says: yeah.
Julliard_Bound says: I have an idea, to make our bothersome friends shut their mouths.
Twilight_girl13 says: Please do tell.
Julliard_Bound says: Ok, so they want us to meet people right? So why don't we tell our friends that we meet this person on the site that we talk to often. We can every day just open up a chat box and say hi or something so in case they check our stats, which apparently says how many times a person has chatted with a person, they will see the numbers really high.
Twilight_girl13 says: That would work! Embarrassingly enough, my friend wants me to meet guys on this thing. So when she sees you are a guy she will be happy and stop bothering me about it all the time! Yes! That's perfect.
Julliard_Bound says: And it will get my friends off my back too.
Twilight_girl13 says: Perfect.
Julliard_Bound says: So…um…how old are you? I mean, like, you're not some forty years old female rapist are you?
Twilight_girl13 says: What? No! I'm 16 thank you very much. How about you? You're not going to get my IP address, figure out where I live, and rape me, are you?
Julliard_Bound says: Sorry, no dice. I'm 16 also. I wouldn't even know how to figure out what your IP address is.
Twilight_girl13 says: That's good to hear.
Julliard_Bound says: Don't worry. I'm just a regular teenager.
Twilight_girl13 says: Same here.
Julliard_Bound says: Wait, someone actually figured out your IP address?
Twilight_girl13 says: Yeah, scary eh?
Julliard_Bound says: I can't believe someone actually did that. That's hilarious.
Twilight_girl13 says: Oh. Yeah. Funny alright.
Julliard_Bound says: I'm sorry. It's not funny. Did he end up finding out where you live?
Twilight_girl13 says: Yup, well, he learned my City name.
Julliard_Bound says: And what is that?
Twilight_girl13 says: That's for me to know and for you to never find out.
Julliard_Bound says: That sounds like a challenge Twilight.
Twilight_girl13 says: Bring it on Julliard.
Julliard_Bound says: I would love to, but I'm afraid I have a mother screaming my name to go eat.
Twilight_girl13 says: Well than I guess I'll be talking to you later.
Julliard_Bound says: That you will. Talk to you later!
Twilight_girl13 says: Bye!
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I logged off of the chat site and shut my laptop. It's nice to know there are nice people on this site, who are not freaks… at least are not obviously so.
I pulled out my pulled out my new book, happy to finally have time to read it. Three hours later I was finished it and my alarm clock read 7 pm.
"Bella! You home?" Charlie yelled, walking in the front door from work.
"Yeah dad! In my room, I'll be right down," I replied.
I put my book into my crowded bookshelf; I really need to get a new one. The two foot long, five shelf book case was over flowing with books. I had to start placing them on the very top of the unit, and even lay some sideways on top of the others.
"How was your day Bells?" Charlie asked, as he sat yet another pizza box down on the dinner table.
"Pretty good," I smiled, grabbing a slice of pepperoni pizza from the box. We sat in comfortable silence as we finished up eating dinner. Charlie and I were quiet people so we never really talked much at dinner. After we were done Charlie went to his place on the couch and turned on the baseball game.
Once I had put the pizza box out in the garage and washed the dishes, I went back up to my room. This time, I didn't go back onto the chat site, but I opened up my email and checked for new emails. I had three junk emails, and one from my mom. She was telling me how Los Angeles was. She was there for one of Phil's baseball games, they were even thinking of settling down soon in one location. Like that would ever happen. I responded to her email and shut off my computer to start on my homework.
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I woke up the next morning with my face buried in my math book. Crap! I fell asleep while doing my math homework. I hadn't even started my Chemistry homework or my practiced for my music test today.
My shower ended up being approximately thirty seconds long, after I had completed my Chemistry homework and ran through my playing piece once. Today was the big day, the day I would put my plan into action that I had in store for Edward.
That is, if I had a plan.
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There you have it! Chapter 4.
I hope Edward's and Bella's first chat was to everyone's satisfaction. I hope we made it long enough but not too long either.
Because my authors note this week isn't really funny, I will give an amazing quote
"If my calculations are correct, SLINKY + ESCELATOR = EVERLASTING FUN!"
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