Dancer in the Dark: Part I
Chapter 4
Splash and Starbucks
Bella point of view
"Wake up sleepy head" some one giggled while nudging me.
I yawned and turned away from whoever it was that was trying to wake me up. I snuggled up closer to my blankets to get warmer. I was grateful that the person who was trying to wake me had gone and now there was no giggling or nudging. Just relaxing peace and quiet.
I was about to fall asleep again but then the blankets were taken away from me. Whenever people wake me up I can't stand it when they take my covers off of me but if they ring an alarm clock or something I would be fine.
I opened my eyes and stood up out of the bed and looked at Alice who was holding up my blanket.
"Alice!" I shouted "What the hell did you do that for? Why are you in my room?!"
"Melissa said to go wake you up." She shrugged casually "No biggie. It's not like I burned the house down. Anyway Melissa said that we're staying off school again today. So is everyone else" then she left the room.
I picked up my blanket, wrapped it around me and threw myself onto the bed. I lay like that for about twenty minutes but couldn't get back to sleep and so I decided to get up.
I didn't bother taking a shower because I was planning on working out in the gym so I would take one later.
I changed into my black sweat bottoms and a white tank top and wore white running shoes and pulled my hair back and wore a white headband and a ponytail.
While changing I took of the cover that Jacob had placed over my tattoo. He said I could take it off today. The tattoo now looked even better.
I walked down the stairs and walked into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. When I was in the kitchen I noticed that the girls were in the swimming pool. The boys must have been in the gym then. Great I thought sarcastically.
I left the kitchen and headed into the gym. All of the boys were in there working out. I felt a bit uncomfortable with all of them in here while I work out but I continued anyway.
"Hey Bella" Emmet grinned at me.
"Hi" I smiled back at him.
I walked over to the treadmill and placed my water in the stand. I turned it on and started a fast jog.
After thirty minutes of using the treadmill I came off it and greedily drank half of my water.
"Jesus girl, you can run" Emmet said.
I chuckled and said "Thanks"
"Did you ever think about running for the school team?" he asked walking towards me while slinging a towel over his shoulder.
"Nah, I don't really want to run for the school. I like to run for myself you know" I explained while taking another drink of my water.
The real reason why I liked to run was because it helped me with my dancing. It kept me fit and active for it so I could dance for ages without breaking a sweat. It also strengthened my legs because if I always run faster every second time I go on the treadmill and my legs want to give up and they feel so weak but if I continue they strengthen up so they'll be better yet again for even longer the next time I'm on the treadmill.
"Aw I see" he nodded.
"Thanks" I said and decided to ask him a question "So are they real muscles or steroids?" I asked.
"What?" he asked shocked "Mw? Using steroids? Only the freshmen ask me that!" he laughed. "No by the way I don't. This is all muscle for my Rosie baby" he said kissing his biceps.
I laughed at his love for his muscles and then headed over to the weights. I was about to start when I heard a small music noise. I silenced everyone in the room and listened for the noise again. Then I finally got it. It was the landline ringing. I ran out of the gym and into the hallway to answer it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey Bella!" Mike said enthusiastically. I internally groaned.
"Same to you Mike. Anything I can help you with?" I asked begging god to end this conversation badly.
It's not that Mike wasn't nice it's just that he's too nice. As in creepy pervert nice. He had asked me several time before he went out with Jessica to go out with him but each time I told him no. He was so annoying.
"Are you sick? Because you're not in school and I thought you were. I can come over and help you get better?" he asked. I was just about to vomit down the phone.
"No I'm fine I…already got help" I said hoping he wouldn't know I was lying.
"Who?" he asked nosily.
"Em-" before I could finish my sentence Mike started to cut me off.
"Look Bella. I like you, you like me. Why can't you just admit it?" he asked "Bella, I love you. I have loved you since the day I first laid my eyes on you. Your skin is like silk beneath my fingers. Your hair is like a sea of brown. Your eyes are like coco-pops-" now it was my turn to cut him off.
"Mike" I shouted to get him to shut up. I tried to come up with some excuse to get him to leave me alone for good "I'm a lesbian. A mad horny lesbian who likes girls and not boys. I don't like you" I shouted. Just as I said that the girls came inside and the boys had heard me shouting and decided to come out to the hallway. Great! Now they all just heard my false confession of being a lesbian I thought sourly and sarcastically.
"So do you prefer Brunettes or blondes?" Mike asked.
I had it up to hear with him so I just slammed the phone down onto the receiver angrily. Everyone was still looking at me with their mouths open.
"What?" I asked annoyed.
"Dude you're a lesbian?" Emmet said.
"What the fuck do you think!" I said hoping he would catch on that I wasn't one.
"This is awesome. Now we need another hot lesbo gi-" I cut Emmet off like I did with Mike and shouted at him while I got up close into his face "I'm not a fucking lesbian!"
"But you just said you were?" he asked confused as he scratched his head and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. It was actually funny what he did because he didn't do on purpose he did it like it was something he did casually.
"Mike Newton keeps annoying me so I told him it to get him off of my back" I explained "Got it?"
"Yup" he said popping his 'p'.
"Good" I nodded and walked through the guys to get into the gym. I grabbed my bottle of water and finished it before dumping it and then I headed up to my room.
I was going to go for a swim but I didn't want Melissa or anyone else to know about my tattoo so I covered it up like a bandage and made sure it would be able to stay on while I would be in the water.
Once I had managed to get that done I walked over to my wardrobe and pulled out my black Speedo one piece swimsuit. I grabbed my goggles and left the room. I walked down the hall and into the bathroom. I changed into my swimsuit while putting my clothes in the wash basket. I left the bathroom and headed downstairs.
Once I got to the kitchen I dumped the lasagne and cleaned up a few dishes before heading out to the pool.
As soon as I went out the girls noticed me and what I was wearing and started to laugh at what I assumed was my swimsuit. Alice and Rosalie were the only ones who weren't laughing. Weird I thought.
"If you have something to say, say it to my face!" I shouted to them. As soon as I had said that Tanya got a smug look on her face and climbed out of the pool wearing nothing but what looked like two pieces of string.
She walked right up to me and got right into my face and said "Where did you get that? Wal-mart" all the girls started to laugh.
"Well at least my swimsuit doesn't consist of two pieces of string" I said back while crossing my arms over my chest and taking a step closer to her. I kept taking steps closer to her until she was right at the edge.
She noticed she was at the edge and looked back at it and then back at me. As soon as she turned back to me I said "Boo". She jumped a little and lost her balance as she fell back into the pool and squealed.
Emmet and jasper started to laugh along with Luke and Alex while Edward glared at me. Edward swam over to her and was asking her if she was hurt and was she okay and some other crap too. Pity she hadn't hit her head of the tiles.
I walked back into the house and went to the storage room to get the rope I usually use when I'm doing my laps. I walked back out to the swimming pool and tied the rope at the top of the pool and at the bottom of the pool.
I walked back up to the top and let my feet dangle in the pool while I sat down on the edge and got used to the water.
After a few minutes I did a mini dive into the water and came back up. By now the 'pops' were playing couples against couples on each others shoulders. I ignored them and started to swim my lengths. I had done twenty lengths and decided to get out.
I got out of the pool while they were still goofing around and headed up to the bathroom. I put my swimsuit in the laundry basket, took of the bandage I used to cover my tattoo and binned it. I turned the shower on and stepped in.
After my shower I stepped out and weighed myself. I had lost just one pound while swimming. I was now weighing nine stone and four pounds. I might not have looked it but I weighed it. If I was to ever dance with a partner I'd be too heavy for them to lift me. I needed to cut out on my food and now.
I cleared up my mess and left the bathroom with a towel around me and one around my head. I walked down the hallway to my room. Just as I was about to go into my room Edward walked out of it and bumped into me causing me to fall backwards. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the fall.
Then suddenly a spark went shooting through my body and I felt an arm wrap around my waist stopping me from falling. I opened my eyes and looking right at me was a pair of bright emerald green eyes. They were truly captivating.
I broke away from the green eyed saviour's gaze and it was none other then Edward. I internally groaned. He set me upright and let me go. When I realised I was just wearing a towel I couldn't help the blush that rose to my cheeks. I straightened myself out and asked "Why were you in my room?"
"I came up to talk to you" he said coldly. Like what the hell was up with this guy, seriously? I never did anything to him that would make him angry at me.
"So talk then" I said.
"I think what you said to Tanya was uncalled for and I would like you to apologise to her for it" he said seriously. I had to control myself not to laugh at what he had just asked me to do. Not a hope in hell would I ever apologise to her.
"No" I said simply.
"Excuse me?" he said as if he couldn't believe I had just said it to him.
"Your excused" I said and walked past him into my room and I was just about to close my door until he placed his foot in my way.
"Why are you so rude all the time?" he asked disgusted.
"Please your girlfriends one to talk. I mean c'mon that whole thing with Derek, I would bet fifty dollars it was her coming onto him" I said smugly.
"I know she would never do that to me and you know what?" he asked.
"What?"
"I would say that you are just jealous because I have Tanya as my girlfriend and not you" he stated matter of factly.
"You could have the fucking crown jewels for all I care but I wouldn't be jealous. Know why?"
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I know what I want in life, I know what I'm going to do and I know that if I had a boyfriend I would know if he was screwing half the student body and that I would dump him like that" I snapped my fingers in his face. "So tell me why Edward. Tell me why on earth would I be jealous of a slut?"
"……" silence. He stood there speechless. I took that as my chance and I closed the door in his face and locked it. I walked over to my wardrobe and threw on a pair of light blue ripped skinny jeans, purple converse, a white tank top with a random quote saying 'And so the lion fell in love with the lamb' in black writing and a long black cardigan.
I brushed threw my hair and blow dried it enough so I wouldn't catch the flu and tied it up into a tight bun. I grabbed my cell phone and headed downstairs.
School would be finishing now and I had an interview for a job today down in Port Angeles at a book store. I know my parents are rich but I want to be able to stand on my own two feet.
I walked into the kitchen and wrote a note for Melissa.
Away to Port Angeles
Bella
My mom had this crazy obsession thing that if we were ever going out and we didn't tell anyone she would tell us to write a note for someone else to find so then they would now.
I walked out into my car and headed for Port Angeles.
Soon after I finally arrived in Port Angeles at the 'Thunderbird and whale new and used books' bookstore. I parked my car and walked into the bookstore.
Sitting behind the counter was women around the age of fifty. I walked up to the desk and she looked up.
"Oh hello pet. You must be Bella" she stood up and shook my hands.
"Yeah" I said shaking her hand back.
"Oh well dear I'm so sorry but I need to close up early today. My daughter is in labour at the minute. I'm sorry you came all the way here for nothing but I can already tell you will do just great. Consider yourself hired" she smiled grabbing her handbag and keys while locking the register.
"Thank you so much. I won't disappoint you. When do I work?" I asked as we both walked towards the door.
"Can you do Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays?" she asked hopefully.
"That's perfect" I smiled at her as we stepped out of the store.
"Thank you again and I'm sorry for dragging you out here" she locked up and waved at me "Bye"
"See ya" I called after her and walked towards my car.
It was now getting pretty dark. I was pissed of at first when she told me she had to leave but when I was told I got the job I my pissed off mood just faded away.
I turned on my cars engine and drove to the nearest star bucks. I pulled over, turned the cars engine off and got out.
I walked into the star bucks and ordered a cappuccino. I paid for it and sat at a booth while I drank it.
I was sitting down for about five minutes when I heard someone say "Fancy meeting you here" he chuckled.
I looked up and Jacob was smiling down at me holding a drink too.
"May I?" he asked gesturing to the seat across from me with his hand. I place my drink on the table.
"Yeah sure!" I replied.
"So what brings you here? Missing me." he joked.
"I actually was meant to have a job interview but she had to go and I got promised the job without the interview" I said and took a sip of my drink.
He smiled and laughed silently.
"What?" I asked curious to know what was so funny.
"Em you have some stuff on your..." he trailed of chuckling.
"I have what?" I asked confused. I lifted my napkin up and tried to wipe away whatever I presumed was on my face.
Jacob lifted up his napkin and brought it up near my face and looked me in the eyes and said "May I?" I nodded and he wiped the napkin over my upper lip and I realised I had some of my cappuccino on me.
I blushed looking down and managed to mumble a 'thank you'.
"You're welcome" he chuckled again "Look I have to go but would you like to go out with me on Saturday?"
"Sure" I grinned and he did too.
"Could I get your address so I can pick you up?" he asked.
"Are you sure? I live in Forks and I don't want to cause you any troub-" he cut me off and said "It's no bother"
"Okay here it is" I said and wrote it down on his hand.
We both got up and we walked out together.
"Do you mind if I walk you to your car?" he asked kindly.
"Only if you want to" I said and we walked in a comfortable silence to my car.
I said goodbye to Jacob and headed home.
When I got home Melissa and Charlie were already in bed. Renee was up in the kitchen eating a tub of 'Ben and Jerry's Cookie dough'.
"Hey mom" I said leaning on the kitchen counter beside her.
"Hey sweetie. What did you do today?" taking another bite.
"Oh I got a job at a bookstore and had coffee with a friend from Port Angeles" I explained.
"Which friend is that?" she asked confused yet curious.
"Oh his names Jacob Black."
"Tell me more!" she pressed.
"Nothing like that" I scolded.
"Okay. Want some?" she offered me some ice cream.
"No thanks. I have to get more weight off due to dancing"
"Honey, I never actually seen you dance?" she questioned.
"You will someday" I joked.
"I'm away to bed" I said kissing her cheek just as she was about to stick another spoonful in her mouth I ate it quickly and hurried up the stairs.
I changed into my pyjamas quickly and jumped into bed. I fell asleep soon after.
A/N: Hey! Me again! :L Read and review and as usual any questions just ask me! Toodles!
Amanda =]