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BPOV
I gave Embry and Quil a trolley each once we were inside the supermarket. It probably wasn't a smart idea since as soon as I gave it to them; they started to race around using only their arms. Their feet were standing on the bar of the trolley that links the two back wheels to each other. They were like little kids. I have a feeling that none of them grew out of the childhood stage. It just made me love them more, and wish I had been able to grow up with them for longer than I did. I didn't even really know why my mom took me away from dad and my brothers. Why didn't she take any of my brothers with her as well? Anytime I tried to ask her, she completely shut down. I would have to remember to ask Charlie sometime to get some answers.
As I continued to get lost in my thoughts, Paul and Jacob got in on the action of the trolley racing.
I was quickly brought out of my thoughts by a loud noise. The boys had run a trolley into a pyramid of baked beans.
"Boys!" I yelled out. They all froze as a few employees came running over to see what was going on.
"I'm sorry. They are hyped on sugar. They can fix this for you if someone supervises them so they don't do anything else to damage your store." I said, apologizing for the boys' behaviour.
The staff didn't seem to mind that idea so I left Paul and Jacob with the staff. Paul and Jacob were the least likely to get into more trouble I thought so it should be safe to leave them there.
"When you are done here, come find us. We will be in here somewhere. When you come looking for us, touch nothing!" I said, in my most serious voice. I got two mock salutes back before they started to restack the cans.
Quil and Embry followed behind me, not touching anything other than the trolley's they were wheeling, this time in a civilized manner, as I loaded them up with food. Occasionally they piped up because they wanted something put in the trolley.
We were half way through the store when Paul and Jacob came and joined us. They both stuck behind me with the other two.
It must have been quite a sight to anyone watching us. A small girl like me being followed by two trolleys and four overly large guys.
We got a few strange looks, but nothing more than I would have expected.
After the boys had their childish moment near the front of the shop, they calmed down quite a bit. I was a little surprised about how well they were acting. They were very helpful when I couldn't reach something or if it was something really heavy, like the 10kg bag of flour.
Before long we had filled the two trolleys. There was still the fruit and vegetable section left so I got Jacob to go and get another trolley.
While we waited for him I started to get a few plastic bags for the fruit.
When I got back, Jacob had returned and all the boys were talking to a bunch of people.
I was introduced to all of them. I found out that they go to school with my brothers and most of them play on the football and baseball teams together.
The one I had trouble looking away from was Jared. He is in the year above me and very good looking. I quickly burst my own bubble, that anyone like him would be interested in me. He was definitely popular, just like my brothers, I was sure of it. And me? I am just plain old Bella, nothing special about me. I bet he has a girlfriend anyway.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I was asked by Sam if I wanted to join everyone on their movie night. I agreed quickly. They gave us the time they were meeting up at Sam's house and then they were off to finish buying food.
I decided to forget about Jared and the movie night planned for tonight, finishing the shopping was my main priority. It felt like we had been in the supermarket for a whole day.
For the rest of the shop, my brothers kept looking at me funny. They staged a private conversation just out of my ear shop once their friends had left. It made me suspicious of what they were up to.
After paying the enormous grocery bill with Charlie's credit card, we got everything out to the car and into the ute tray. Once everything was loaded and we were all in the car, I asked the question I had been dying to ask.
"Why do you guys keep staring at me?" I half yelled at them.
"Bella, the whole time we were talking to our friends, it looked like you were off in another world." Jacob answered straight away.
"And you kept looking over at Jared. Do you like him?" Quil added.
"What? I do not like Jared, like that anyway. He seems nice, just like all your friends I met today. Can we just drop it, please?" I pleaded with them. I gave them my puppy dog eyes and the subject was quickly forgotten. They could never say no to me.
As Embry drove us home, conversation flowed easily. Once we got home and I started unpacking – I wouldn't let the guys help, it was my kitchen now.
I made the guys two ham and cheese sandwiches each before heading upstairs to finish unpacking my stuff.
Quil POV (QPOV)
Bella sure can be scary when she wants to be. The guys and I were doing exactly as she told us since we destroyed that pyramid of cans. As we got to the last section of the supermarket; fruit and vege, Bella had gone off to get bags, when I saw Sam, Emily, Jared, Seth and Colin, some of our friends from school. They were at the shops getting food for their movie night at Sam's tonight. We were invited to go but said no since we still wanted to spend time with Bella.
"Bella can come too, if she wants. We can finally meet the girl you guys haven't shut up about for the last few weeks!" Sam said.
"When Bella gets back, you can ask her." Paul said.
At that moment, Bella came walking over. After introducing her to everyone she seemed to go into dream world. I did notice though that she kept looking over at Jared. Jared kept doing the same for Bella. Checking her out.
When Sam asked if she wanted to join them for a movie night, she snapped out of it and quickly agreed. Soon after they left, we got to finishing the shopping.
As Bella picked out the fruit and veggies that we needed, we guys had a quick conversation about what had just happened.
"Did you guys see the way Bella and Jared were checking each other out just now?" I asked in a whisper. I didn't want Bella to hear.
"Yeah. We are going to have to watch those two. I don't want to lose my baby sis again because her heart gets broken over some guy. I know Jared is great and all, but no one can ever be good enough for my girl." Paul said seriously. We nodded along with him. That is as much of a conversation we were going to get since we were now in the checkout line.
We confronted Bella in the car after she asked us why we kept staring at her. We asked her about Jared and she adamantly denied it anything more than liking him as a friend. She sounded sincere enough so the conversation was dropped. It didn't help on our part that she used her puppy dog eyes on us. Whenever she showed us those eyes, we would always give in.
The guys and I brought in all the grocery bags as Bella unpacked them. She wouldn't let us help her because it was now her kitchen and she wanted to organize things out herself.
Pulling out the food needed for ham and cheese sandwiches, she made each of us two sandwiches to keep our stomachs at bay for a while.
When Bella was done in the kitchen she went up to her room to finish unpacking. We left her to it and got to versing each other on the PS3.
A.N. And done. What's my time? :)
Sorry I know this chapter took a really long time. I got caught up in school stuff and didn't have time to write.
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