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AN: You can see Bella's outfit on my profile.
BPOV
After I got home and had dinner, I went up and got ready for bed. It wasn't long before I was asleep and the nightmares came. Luckily, when I woke up I couldn't remember what I had dreamed about. I hated thinking about them.
I did my morning routine, making sure I had my gloves on, and made my way to school. When I got out of my truck and turned around, there was Alice. I jumped.
"Holy crap, Alice! You scared me." I told her clutching my chest.
"Sorry." she said. I smiled at her. "I was wondering if you wanted to come over after school." she asked.
"You're going to say yes!" she told me rather excitedly. How'd she know what I was going to say?
"How do you know?" I asked her. She looked confused for a minute. Then she smiled at me.
"I thought we told you. I can see the future. It's like my special power." she told me.
"Cool. Anyone else have any special powers?" I asked her.
"Edward can read minds, not yours though. And Jasper can feel and manipulate emotions." she said.
"Wow. That's cool and also very comforting that Edward can't read my mind. I don't think he's enjoy my thoughts very much." I said. She beamed at me, then started dragging me over to everyone else who was by their car. Well Edward's car. Everyone smiled at me. All of a sudden I couldn't breathe and I found that Emmett had picked me up in a hug again. I used my marks to make me stronger than him. Then I pulled his arms off of me, so I could breathe.
"How'd you do that?" Emmett demanded, looking astonished. I smiled innocently at him.
"What do you mean Em?" I asked him. The Cullen's were all watching us now. To them it had looked like Emmett had just set me down.
"You pulled my arms off of you." he accused. I made a confused face.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I told him. I figured I had messed with him long enough and started laughing.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to freak you out, Em. It's just you were making it very hard to breathe. My way just seemed easier." I told him.
"You made your self stronger than me." he looked astounded. I nodded my head.
"I wouldn't have had to, if you would stop trying to crush me to death with your hugs." I told him, smiling. He smiled at me and gave me a careful hug. "Nice to see you too." I said.
We had to go to class after that. We split up since I didn't have any classes with them until lunch. My morning was pretty boring. I sat with the Cullen's at lunch. It was nice. They treated me like part of the family. It also made everyone stare at us. It made me a little uncomfortable but I mostly just ignored everyone else. The rest of school was pretty boring as well. We had to listen to the teacher talk all through biology, so I didn't get a chance to talk to Edward. And gym was horrible.
I told the Cullen's I would be over as soon as I went home and left a note telling Charlie where I would be. I got home and put my backpack in my room and wrote Charlie a note telling him where I was and where he could find something to eat for dinner. Then I went out to my truck and made my way to the Cullen's.
As soon as I got out of my truck, I was pulled into the house by Alice. She certainly is hyper.
"Come on, Bella. I'll show you around. Give you the tour." she said bouncing a little once we were inside.
"Lead the way." I told her. She showed me the kitchen, which I loved. Esme was in there cooking, I'm guessing for me. I said hi to her and she gave me a hug and we were off to the other rooms.
She showed me her and Jasper's room. Which was very girly, it made me feel a little bad for Jasper. Then she took me to Rosalie and Emmett's room. She was telling me all about the designs of each room as we entered. Then she showed me Carlisle and Esme's room and Carlisle's office. Then she took me up to the third floor.
Edward's room. We walked in and Edward was laying on a black couch in the corner. He stood up and said hi to me. I smiled and said hi back, as I looked at his room. It was amazing, one wall was just glass and another was covered in CDs. I let my hand skim the spines of his CDs as I looked at them.
Edward was watching me, nervously. I wasn't sure why he was nervous.
"This is amazing." I told him. Alice had left while I was looking around. I wondered if she did it on purpose. He smiled his crooked smile at me and visibly relaxed. I wanted to laugh, he was nervous about what I would think of his room.
Edward took me down stairs to show me the garage and the basement where everyone else was. He showed me the garage and I was stunned.
"Wow. Nice cars." I said. Edward just smiled at me and led me to the basement, with his hand on the small of my back.
The basement was huge and there was a big screen TV and a huge couch. Videogames and a guitar in the corner. Rosalie and Alice were sitting on the couch watching the guys play Guitar Hero. Rosalie smiled and waved at me, I waved back. They guys were really into their game, screaming at each other and Emmett was accusing Jasper of cheating.
I found it easy to be my old self around them. They made me feel safe, like I didn't have to be scared all the time and could just relax and have fun. I sat down next to Alice and watched the guys play, while sneaking glances at the guitar. I really wanted to go check it out. It looked like a really nice one.
"You play guitar?" Alice asked, seeing my glances apparently.
"Not very good." I told her, blushing a little. The boy's game just ended with Jasper winning and Emmett was pouting.
"Oh! You have to play something!" Alice demanded. She ran over at vampire speed and got the guitar and put it in my hand. They were all sitting around on the floor and in chairs, watching me.
"I don't know, Alice. I'm not very good." I told her, trying to get out of it.
"Pleeease. Oh you can sing too. I already saw you doing it. Come on." she begged.
"Yeah, come on, Bella." Rose added. I sighed and Alice squealed, I couldn't say no to Alice.
"Ok. Fine." I said, defeated. I started playing one of the songs I had written. I finished and Alice squealed again and hugged me.
I noticed a huge smile on Edward's face as well as everyone else's. I blushed.
"You're very good." Edward said, with his big smile still in place. I smiled back and thanked him.
"Do you write all your own songs?" Jasper asked.
"Yep." I told him, popping the 'p'.
"That was awesome!" Emmett boomed. I laughed and thanked him.
"Will you play more?" Emmett asked.
"Maybe later. Right now I want to beat you at Guitar Hero." I challenged him. He got this wicked gleam in his eyes and jumped up yelling, "Yes! I knew you were cool!" I had to laugh at him as I got up to start the game.
We played video games for a while. I beat Emmett and Jasper a few times. Emmett was pouting and Edward was making fun of them, for losing to a human.
"Bella cheated! There's no way she can be better than me!" Emmett exclaimed.
"I didn't cheat, Emmett." I told him, he looked at me like I was lying.
"When I lived in Phoenix, my friend, Caleb, was obsessed with video games. Every time we were together we played. I got pretty good." I said. Edward looked kind of angry, almost jealous. I hoped it was because he liked me as much as I liked him.
Emmett mumbled under his breath, "Stupid Bella, beating me. It's not fair."
I laughed. "You're a horrible loser, Emmett."
We didn't get to do anything else, because Esme called me upstairs to eat. She had made me homemade mac & cheese, for dinner. Everyone joined me at the table while I ate.
"Mmm. This is really good." I told Esme. She smiled wide and thanked me. Esme went back left the room after I had started to eat.
"Sooo, Bella. Tell me about this Caleb. Was he your boyfriend?" Alice asked, excitedly. I started choking on my food, when I burst out laughing. After I calmed down, I looked at Alice who looked confused. I swear I saw Edward stiffen when Alice said the word boyfriend, but I was going to ignore it for now. As much as I wanted Edward to love me, like I love him, I didn't see that happening. I just didn't see someone as perfect as him loving someone like me.
"Sorry. No, Caleb wasn't my boyfriend. I wasn't exactly his type." I told them.
"What do you mean, not his type?" Alice asked. I smiled at her.
"You know me being a girl and all." I said. Alice looked a little shocked for a second before she smiled a huge smile.
"Cool. So did you have a boyfriend, who wasn't Caleb?" Alice asked.
"What's with all the boyfriend questions, Alice?" I asked her. She looked over at Edward; in fact everyone at the table looked over at Edward for just a split second before looking back over at me.
"I'm just curious, now answer the question." she demanded.
"Nope, no boyfriends." I told them. Alice looked shocked.
"Never. But you're so pretty, how could not have had a boyfriend?" she asked like it was the strangest thing ever.
"Well, everybody pretty much steered clear of me because I hung out with Caleb. We were the social outcasts. Kind of hard to find a boy you like when no one talks to you." I told them. They looked a little shocked. They got over it fast and started in on another subject. I ate pretty fast and then we were going back down to the basement to watch a movie.
After we finished the movie, I looked at the time and Alice informed me that she had called Charlie and told him I was sleeping over. I thanked her.
"If you really wanted to thank me, you'd play another song. Please." she begged, with a puppy dog look. I couldn't say no to that face.
Alice convinced me to play the newest song that I had written about Edward. I really didn't want to, but there really was no saying no to Alice. I don't know why they wanted to hear me play again. I didn't think I was that good, but I closed my eyes and started playing my song anyway.
After I finished my song, I opened my eyes. When I looked at Alice her eyes were sparkling with excitement. I wasn't sure what that was about. I dared a look at Edward and his eyes were shining with an emotion I couldn't identify. I thought that for a second maybe Edward could love me like I do him, but I stopped. I didn't want to get my hopes up; I would wait and see what happens.
"You're very good, Bella." Rosalie complimented. I smiled and thanked her.
Everyone agreed with her. It was getting late, so Alice told Edward to take me up to her room so I could go to sleep. He led me upstairs to Alice's room and before I went in he leaned over and whispered in my ear, "You are amazing." I blushed and he chuckled.
He walked me in and showed me where the bathroom was if I needed it. I smiled at him.
"Just need to put PJs on." I said. He turned to leave and I used my marks to change into my PJs and called his name. He seemed a little shocked when he turned around and instead of my jeans and t-shirt; I was in shorts and a tank top. I smiled. "All changed."
He smiled his crooked smile at me and came over and sat on the bed with me. "That's going to take some getting used to." Edward said.
"Yeah, it is pretty weird." I said, smiling at him. As I laid down on the bed, he got up to leave and I called him again.
"Could you maybe, um, lay with me? Just till I fall asleep." I asked, blushing. God. Why did I ask that?
"Sure." he said, smiling at me. He climbed into bed next to me and pulled me up against his side. I laid my head on his shoulder and in a minute I was asleep.
When I woke up, I felt something hard under my head. I opened my eyes to see that the something hard was Edward. He was looking down at me, smiling. It made me realize that I made it through the night without any nightmares.
"Did you sleep well?" Edward asked.
"Yep." I answered, sitting up.
"Well, we are leaving for school in 20 minutes. I'm going to go get changed. Meet you downstairs." Edward said, sort of nervously before running of the room at vampire speed.
I giggled a little and went into the bathroom. I used my marks to get my toothbrush. I brushed my teeth and used my marks to get clean and change my clothes, since I didn't really have time for a shower.
I was wearing jeans and a black t-shirt that said "I don't trust you. You're a vampire. Or is that an offensive term? Should I say 'undead American'?" in red and white, with my black converse. I put my hair up in a low ponytail, as well. I grabbed my gloves as well.
I walked downstairs, to find everyone at the dining room table, with a plate of eggs and bacon at a seat for me.
"Good morning." I said, as I walked to my seat. I didn't get very far before Emmett burst out laughing. Everyone looked at him funny, until he calmed down enough to tell everyone was so funny.
Edward looked over at me, then down at my shirt before he too started chuckling. I smiled.
"Bella I love your shirt." Emmett said after he calmed down. The rest of the Cullen's looked at my shirt and smiled or laughed a little, as I sat down and started eating. I was hoping for that kind of reaction.
"How'd you sleep Bella?" Alice asked, in an 'I already know I just want to hear you say it' voice. I noticed Edward glared at her, but she ignored him.
"I slept great Alice." I told her with a tiny smirk on my face.
"Come on, Bella. We gotta go or we'll be late." Alice said, after I finished eating. I thanked Esme for breakfast and used my marks to make my bag appear in my hands. Emmett jumped when he saw this. I laughed a little at him and he glared at me. I rolled my eyes and walked over to my car. Edward was standing there already, holding my door open for me.
"Thank you." I told him, after I was sitting in my seat.
"Drive safe." Edward said, with a crooked smile on his face. Then he turned and glared at his car, I'm guessing someone was thinking something bad. Then he was gone. Stupid vampire speed.
It didn't take long before we were pulling into the school parking lot. I realized that I was going to have to talk to Edward, sometime. I have no idea how he feels about me and I need to know what he wants to do.
The Cullen's were waiting for me at their car. We talked until it was time to go to class. Edward walked me to my classroom asking me questions, such as 'what's your favorite color?' When we got to the door, he looked a little nervous then he kissed my cheek and turned and walked away. I was smiling as I went to my seat.