A/N Yeah it's been a while but I've just been writing my other fan fics… Anyway, read and review please! XD
Chapter seven,
Bella's P.O.V
The next morning a rare miracle occurred. I was woken by a thin ray of light streaming in from my window. Not a bad way to wake up on a Thursday morning. Shame about the whole school thing. Then another thought hit me. Tomorrow was Friday. Tomorrow I was going to go see Bam. Tomorrow was my date with EDWARD CULLEN!!!
I got dressed quickly in a checked shirt, open with a black Fox T-shirt underneath. I put on a pair of long skate shorts and looked myself over in the full length mirror hanging on my wall. I took a deep breath and lifted my shirt slightly so that a little bit of my scar was showing.
The feelings and emotions came rushing back. I forced myself to look for a whole twelve seconds before I pulled my shirt down fast and composed myself. This little ritual was like my therapy. I did it when I felt up to it or as a bit of a self harming thing I guess… I tried to last a few seconds longer each time.
I grabbed a pop tart for breakfast and sat down for two minutes with my dad. Time to let the cat out of the bag.
"So, well I'm really crap at" Charlie cut me off.
"Watch your language." I grinned and said sorry.
"Ok I'm not really good at all this kind of c- stuff. You know what? I'm just going to come out and say it. I'm a famous surfer. I've been travelling the world entering comps and stuff for years. I have a lot of comps coming up which will mean a lot of time of school but it is really important not just to me but my future as well. My friends are relying on me. Speaking of which one of them fell off a roof yesterday and I said I'd go visit him this weekend, I was thinking I'd head out Friday night and get back late Sunday? I'm going to go now and let you have a think about it. Bye dad!"
In ran for the door but, well, I ran into the door… It hurt like a bitch.
"Bella, I know. I've seen you on the T.V. I just wanted you to tell me when you were ready. This weekend in fine. I heard from my sources that you haven't really had much of a parental presence for a long time and I imagine you grew up pretty fast. I'm not happy with you missing so much school so I'm going to propose a little deal. If by the first comp you want to head out to, your grades are mostly B's with at least one A and no more than two C's or lower… You can miss all the school you need to." I nodded at Charlie's generosity.
"Thank you dad. It really means a lot to me. Oh and this weekend? I will have to get a plane. Bam lives in Pennsylvania." Charlie just shook his head.
"Should have know." He muttered. "Ok, I'll see you tonight Bells. Oh and I'm going to be late, again. I'm sorry." I smiled.
"Duty calls. I don't mind. I'm pretty proud actually." His eyes shined and I could tell I had made his day.
"Bye Bells. Be safe."
"You too." I followed Charlie out and grabbed my skateboard. I couldn't be bothered with driving today. I wanted the wind in my hair and the pressure of concentrating or falling and maybe cracking my skull open. Yes that happened once. OK twice.
It took a little longer to get to school but I had left with plenty of time so I wasn't even late. I was early. Probably the first time ever!
I spotted the silver Volvo and its owner leaning calmly against it. I skidded to a halt in front of him and smiled.
"Hey." I said, pulling off my helmet. I didn't bother with knee or elbow pads unless I was in the bowl or something but you know what they say, brain cells die easily and if I'm honest I can't afford to be killing them off.
"Hey. How are you today?"
"Good. Spoke to Charlie this morning. Turns out he knows about the surfing and if I can keep my grades at a decent level he's happy for me to miss a bit of school and compete. Oh he is ok with this weekend too. You going to come with??" I asked.
"I am not missing an opportunity to meet Bam Magira. Will the rest of the jackass crew be there?" His eyes had started to glow in an excited way.
"Probably." I shrugged. "I can't say for sure though. I'll ring Ryan tonight and ask him. I should probably ring April too. And Bam to check that it's cool for us to crash at his place. Oh and to see if he's dead or not."
"Fair enough. I guess I'm not taking you out for dinner on Friday now?" He nudged my side and said it jokingly but I could see a tiny hint of disappointment cloud his beautiful features. Maybe. Why? I wasn't all that pretty or amazing…
"I was thinking of flying through the night so we could still go out." I said. Oh no! What if was just using that as an excuse to get out of going to dinner with me?!? Came that annoying voice of reason and logic. "Unless you changed your mind about going out with me…" I rushed out.
"NO!" I was taken aback slightly with the force he said it. "I mean, I'm looking forward to taking you out. It'll be fun." He looked so sure on the fact and his smile was so contagious there was going to be a pandemic soon.
"Yeah, it will." I smiled shyly up at him. What the hell is going on? Since when can't I hold my own against guys?? A well. Some little part of me gave in. Who gives a damn when it's Edward Cullen. Too true my clever self!
"Hey sexy! How'd you like to come to mine after school and suck me off?!" Yelled some pimple infested greasy kid. I walked right up to him, swinging my hips and pouting like the best of the sluts out there.
"Err…" I acted like I was just teasing. "NO!" I yelled in his face. I kicked him in the balls and punched him in the nose. Blood spurted out and my knuckles immediately started to hurt.
"You bitch! You broke my nose!"
"You bastard! Your nose broke my hand! Why'd you get your face in the way of my fist!?!" He looked at me incredibly before tears started to crawl down his face and he ran away to the little boys room. I huffed and turned to see Edward, mouth wide open and his eyebrows disappeared to his hairline. His totally hot hairline, just to let you know.
"That…That was… SO SEXY!" I laughed as he spun me around.
"Why thank you! My hand really hurts now though." I frowned at the slight swelling and redness around my knuckles. Damn idiots with really hard faces.
"We should get you an ice pack for the swelling." I nodded and let him drag me to the nurses office.
"So where are the others?" I asked as I waited for the nurse to activate the ice pack.
"Late. Again. I must admit, I was eager to see you so decided to come down a little earlier." He smiled like he was a small child who had been caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
"Nice to see I made an impression." I said.
He got real close to my ear and whispered to quietly I wasn't sure I'd heard him. "Oh you did. A lasting one at that." The feeling of his minty toothpaste breath drifting over my skin made me shiver. He smirked at that. Smug bastard.
"Well good." I said against his jaw. He wasn't the only one who could be a tease. "Maybe I can make it last even longer." I let my lips graze his skin oh so softly before jumping off the plastic bed and grabbing the ice pack from the nurse. I ran from the room and slipped into the girls bathroom when I heard him call my name.
I couldn't help but giggle when I heard him outside the door.
"So you're in the girls bathroom then?" His low and amazingly husky voice came through the door.
"Maybe." I whispered before slipping into one of the cubicles. Just like I thought he would he came through the door. He immediately opened the door to the stall I was in and grinned at me somewhat evilly.
"What do we have here?" He asked in mock confusion.
"You tell me." Yes, you go ahead and be in awe of my come back skills.
"We have a amazing woman. Intelligent," He took a step towards me. "feisty," And another. "and drop."Another. "Dead." Another. "Gorgeous." He was so close to me I could smell his manly scent that guys have and the hint of deodorant and shower gel.
He leaned in ever so slightly and I found myself doing the same. That seemed to be the only invitation he needed and soon his lips were on mine. They moved softly, not once trying to stick his tong down my throat.
He pulled back so that just our noses were touching, and then only the tinniest amount. I looked into his eyes and he looked right back. Most guys couldn't make eye contact with me.
I'm not going to say we fell in love there and then because let's face it, that only happens in cheesy movies. No, we just grinned at each other.
Edward stepped back and offered me his hand. "Shall we?" He asked in a totally fake but totally hot English accent.
"We shall." I replied, taking his hand as he led us out of the bathrooms. He checked to make sure the hallway was clear before we walked out and back to the car park.
The others had arrived by the time we walked out into the sunshine. I had missed the sun so much! Alice waved madly and the others just held up their hands in that still wave that everyone seems to now.
"Hey guys!" Alice looked purposefully at our still intertwined hands and smirked. "You've only know each other what, a day?" She asked.
"Well, I've never been a patient person. Besides, you never know what might happen tomorrow so you might as well enjoy today." I'd tried to live like that ever since the accident and I had been a lot happier because of it.
"Wise words from Bella!" Called Emmett, then proceeding to rip me from Edward and crush me in a bear hug.
"I'm a very wise person. I can't breathe Emmett." I choked out. He grinned before placing me on the ground again. Then he mused my hair so I punched his arm. I was so at ease with them all. That wasn't really an abnormality for me though. I was pretty good at making friends.
"We should get to class. What do you have first Bella?" Asked Jasper. He was a fairly quite person but he seemed cool.
"Ugh, Chem." I groaned when I realised who that meant. "Another hour of that bitchy slut!" Just the thought made me shiver. Another thought hit me. "I'm going to end up hitting her. If she bad mouths you again I will not be held responsible for my actions." I warned them. One hand on my hip the other pointing at them each in turn. They all nodded in understanding.
"Just don't get in trouble yeah?" Said Emmett.
"What I'd do is try to hold off until she's alone and then get her otherwise she'll have all her little followers to back her up." Advised Rose. I grinned.
"Good plan."
"Although," She went on. "you will have us for back up, me and Alice can be pretty feisty when we want to be."
"Cool, well we should all get going. I hope I don't have to sit next to her again. Her perfume gave me a head ache yesterday." They all laughed before we went our separate ways. Edward did give me a small kiss goodbye though. Aww.
Now to go face the bitch. I thought with a mental sigh and shrug off my shoulders.
"Oh well would you, like, look at who it is!" Jessica officially sounded like a constipated pig.
"Is there a constipated pig in here somewhere? Oh sorry, I think it might be you. Opps." I smiled and shrugged, taking a seat on the other side of the room to her.
"Shut it Swan! You think you're so, like, great just because your, like, in with the Cullens. Edward's only trying to get in your pants though. You're nothing more than a slut! Slutty Swan!" I sighed.
"That is so, like, original. You are so clever Jessica!" I faked amazement.
"Thanks Bella! It's good to see that you spotted the error of your ways. You can come shopping with me tonight and carry all my bags to make it up to me." My mouth dropped open. Was she for real??
"It's called sarcasm babe, no way do I want to be anywhere near you!" I laughed as she turned scarlet before huffing. She threw herself down on her chair and tried to regain her composure.
I didn't have any more, erm mishaps, with her for the rest of the lesson. Although, she did glare at me as I walked past her on the way out. I smiled back like the cheery person I am and skipped down the corridor to my next class.
The rest of the morning was uneventful, in fact the rest of that day was. At lunch me and Edward made plans to go check out the surf spots at La Push after school and the others decided to join us. Alice and Rose to mainly soak up the very few rays they could before heading off late Friday night. They were all excited to meet Bam. Me? I was just looking forward to seeing them all again. It had been too long. And by that I mean it had been a couple of months.
I was waxing my board in the back of my red Chevy when the Cullens pulled up. I smiled and waved slightly before looking back out across the sea. No murk, no drop offs and no river mouths for a good fifteen miles in either direction.
"You ready to get in there and show us how it's done?" Asked Emmett teasingly. I smirked in reply, grabbing my board and jogging down onto the sand.
I was soon followed by the guys who followed me into the water. The girls followed after, laying towels on the pale sand.
I felt the amazing thrill of adrenaline as I paddled under my first big wave. I couldn't help a dry come out of my mouth when I re-surfaced. A good cry.
I saw a wave, well a lump of water really, but it was getting bigger. It was going to be one killer of a wave. I turned and pushed towards shore, trying to time it so I would be in the perfect position when the wave hit.
Paddle, one two three four five six. Turn check, keep going. Seven eight.
I felt the wave at the edges of my feet.
Push and jump.
I was on my feet, ready for the wave which was already on me. I got up some speed with the wave pushing me, then I swerved and grinded across the top. If I'm honest I showed off a little after that. Doing some impressive moves and throwing in some tricks I hadn't really mastered yet. Luckily I only screwed up on a couple of them.
The sun began to set and the ocean had this amazing orange glow, as if it was on fire. I paddled further out, past all the waves. I went to the place that all surfers go to think, just past the break, gentle currents rocking me softly. The others were still surfing. I saw them head in, towards the girls. Edward tried to come over to me but I smiled and waved him to shore.
He smiled back and went in. I was thankful for the few moments alone to think. I had a quick look round. I could see a shoal of silver fish a little way off. They were swimming happily which was a god sign that I was safe from a shark attack for the time being.
I thought about everything that was going on, what had gone on before and what I hoped would go on in the future. Some thoughts were depressing and some were happy. I was thrilled by the life I had lived so far and was excited about my future. Ok, some things were a little uncertain at the moment and it was unclear if I would be able to go surf somewhere out on a whim just because someone had told me it was a good spot. I missed that about surfing.
After about half an hour I decided to paddle on in, the scared looks the others were giving me were becoming more and more frequent.
I felt something on my leg and freaked out. Whatever it was grabbed my leg and I kicked out madly. Some tall guy with long black hair and tan skin came out of the water laughing. He was followed by about ten others who were laughing too.
"Sorry if I scared you." He didn't sound sorry at all. If anything he sounded smug. "Now get out of our sea little girl." I still wasn't over the shock but that sentence sobered me up pretty damn quick.
"You total fucking dick wad prick!" I yelled. "You fucking shit faced pussy eating jerk!" My voice was not a girly screech. It was low and menacing, even to my own ears. "I'll fucking kill you if you ever do that again!"
"Well if you wasn't surfing my spot then I wouldn't have had to." He sneered.
"Oh shut up. Who did you shag to make claims like that? I'll surf wherever the fuck I want. So piss off." I was now in a foul mood. Think pregnant woman who is somehow on and is taking hormone enhancers. Then you're getting Luke warm.
"Shut up yourself bitch. Girls can't surf for shit anyway!" The guys were next to me now.
"Chill man, we're leaving now anyway." Said Edward. I laughed.
"Well I was leaving but now, well, I'm not so sure." I looked the big guy right in the eye and smirked. "I'm not afraid of you, you know. You think I haven't dealt with idiots like you? The way you're talking to me? It's just plain disrespectful! As far as I've seen of the beaches around here, this is the only real safe one. One that doesn't attract sharks. So, here's what's going to happen. I'm. Going. To Surf. Here. And I'll do it whenever I want to. OK?"
"Ugh! Another fake surfer afraid of fish!" I growled at him. And yanked up my rash vest.
" Fish can grow pretty big teeth, wouldn't you say?" I snarled at him. He gasped and backed up.
"You still can't surf here. This is our spot." I roared and launched myself off my board. I landed on the jerk, wrapping my arms around his neck, trying to drag him under.
We were both under the water, being battered by the waves above us. I scrambled to the surface and took a long lungful of air. Jerk did the same, just a few seconds after me. So I punched him. Hard. Blood spurted out of his nose. The second guy today. I thought to myself.
I gasped as I realised that the blood was trailing into the water.
"Another fool getting his face in the way of my fist!" I yelled before jumping back onto my board and beginning to paddle back to shore. Dry land. Safety. The guys were beside me until my board got caught by an unsuspected wave, throwing me forward so that I was close enough to the shore to stand up and pull my board behind me.
Emmett congratulated my right hook, Jasper looked at my wrist, Alice and Rose stressed about me and Edward ranted about the La Push dogs. The dogs in question skulked away after been shamed like they had.
It was fully dark by the time I got home. Edward stayed with me till Charlie got home, which wasn't long, then he went home and I went to bed. I was so tired, the blood that seeped into the ocean kept floating around my head, infesting my thoughts and poisoning my dreams. I didn't sleep well that night.
A/N Are you all looking forward to tomorrow? I know I am! Bella's date and a night with the jackass crew. Fun times ahead people! And that's just the next chapter!
Lots of love and hugs,
Sammy ^.^
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