he original characters belong to .. the twisted ideas of what I make the characters do is all mine *evil laugh*
Summary: Bella falls in love with Edward, her best friend's older brother but he doesn't see her that way. Or does he? All Human. AU. All Canon couples eventually.
Just a short chapter to give a bit of a scoop on what Alice and Rose were thinking when Bella wouldn't talk to Edward about what had happened.
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Chapter 7
Rosalie's POV
After Bella had left to go home, Alice and I decided to watch one more movie before calling it a night. I was at the house so often these days, I actually had my own room here.
As the movie played, I thought about all that had happened in the last couple of weeks since the fateful party. I still couldn't believe that Bella had actually slept with Edward that night and then wouldn't tell him when it was so obvious that he'd been so drunk on the tequila shots Emmett had talked him into doing that he didn't recognize her.
I knew we couldn't pressure her to talk to Edward even if we didn't agree with what she was doing. And her plan to do it again this weekend? I could understand perfectly why she felt the necessity to do it and I would stand behind her no matter what her decision was. I was just hoping that by the time we got to the party, she'd change her mind. I wasn't going to get all up in her face about it. She was old enough to decide who she wanted to be with but I sure wished Edward would get his head out of his ass and figure out it was Bella that had been with him that night. There were plenty enough clues that it wasn't that hard to figure out. I was equally surprised that Em and Jaz hadn't figured it out either.
I knew that Bella hadn't talked to anyone but Alice and I about what happened and we were supporting her as much as we could. We talked until we were blue that she must let him in on whether or not she could be pregnant. What a mess that would be! Edward about to go off to school and Bella with one more year of high school to get through but on the other hand, it had been obvious for a couple of years to everyone but Edward that Bella loved him. We also knew that he had feelings for her; he just refused to see or admit to them and acted like an ass towards her whenever he could. I felt sorry for Bella sometimes to have to put up with his crap feeling the way she did about him.
Men just suck sometimes.
On the other hand, I knew that if there were consequences from what Bella and Edward did that night, Edward would man up and take responsibility for his part in it. My aunt and uncle had raised him that way. I knew that they were disappointed with him for his actions that night but they were happy that he was trying to find the girl and make sure she was alright. I just wish I could tell them what I knew but there was one thing I would never do, I'd never ever break a confidence. The three of us had always been there for each other since I moved to Forks when I was 13. I'd been such a bitch towards everyone that I was amazed that they had allowed me into their friendship circle as easily as they did.
I hadn't wanted to move to this small town in the state of Washington. I had my friends in Chicago and I resented my parents for tearing me away from them. Alice and Bella became my lifeline. They always made sure I didn't do anything too stupid.
I just hoped that between Alice and I, we could stop Bella from doing something stupid over the weekend or at least get her to actually talk to Edward before he leaves for Seattle.
The movie ended and I realized I hadn't even seen any of it. I'd been too much wrapped up in my own thoughts. I said good night to Alice and headed up to my room. As I walked in the room, my phone on my night table alerted me to a text message. I actually had two; one from Bella and one from Emmett. The message from Bella just said "I talked to Edward." I breathed a sigh of relief. Thank the gods that she had done it. Emmett's message was just letting me know he was home and saying good night. I sent a quick text back to both of them and crawled into bed. Tomorrow had just got a lot more interesting.
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Alice's POV
I didn't know what I was going to do. I was Bella's best friend and owed her my loyalty but I was Edward's sister and had loyalty to him too. I was so torn on what to do. I couldn't talk to Jasper about it and he had become my sounding board for any decision I had to make lately. He was my rock and I missed being able to rely on his advice when it came to tough decisions. Even before we had started seeing each other, we used to talk a lot and he would always have such good advice.
After Bella had taken off to walk home, Rose and I watched one more movie but I knew neither of us could say what it was about. We were both wrapped up in our own thoughts centred on Bella and how we could convince her to talk to Edward before he left for Seattle. It was coming down to the wire and she was being so damn stubborn. And her new stupid idea for the weekend! For fuck's sake! Wasn't it enough that it had happened once? And now she wanted to try it again? She could just be honest with my brother. I knew he was going nuts trying to figure out who was with him that night and it really bothered me that I couldn't tell him. Like I said before, I had familial loyalty to Edward but I had loyalty to Bella as well. I was so torn that I was probably just as upset as Bella had been for the last couple of weeks.
I knew Edward had told Mom and Dad by the look on his face the night he'd come out of Dad's office / den but he hadn't wanted to talk about it and I let him be. He knew I was always here for him if he needed me.
At least I had Rose to talk to but she was just as bound by our word to Bella as I was. We had promised that we wouldn't tell a soul since it was the only way she would tell us why she was so upset that night.
After Rose had gone to bed, I stayed up for a little while longer hoping to hear from Jasper when he got home. I even contemplated getting him to swing over and grab me. I really needed to be with him right now. I wandered up to my room and realized my cell phone had been sitting on my dresser all evening. I quickly grabbed it to check for messages and noticed one from both Jasper and Bella. I looked at Jasper's first. They'd called it a night fairly early and he was already at home. I replied asking if he wanted to come by and get me. I knew he would and was proven right when he replied with "OMW". I smiled to myself. I loved him so much. Next I checked the one from Bella and almost dropped my phone when I read it. She had actually done it! She'd talked to Edward tonight! I was so happy it was out in the open but I was worried how Edward had taken it.
I looked out my window and noticed that Edward's car was parked behind the moving van and it looked like he was still sitting in it. I ran downstairs and out of the house to his car. He saw me coming and was standing in the driveway by the time I reached him. Grabbing me as I leapt at him, we hugged each other tightly and I just kept saying "I'm sorry" over and over.
"Alice, it's okay. I know why you didn't say anything. It's okay."
"No it's not! I should have told you but she begged me not too."
"It's okay. It's done now." He gave me another little squeeze as Jasper's car pulled into the driveway and then he let me go.
I was amazed at how calm Edward was. Jasper joined us and looked at him sort of funny-like. It wasn't usual for Edward to take things calmly. He had quite the temper sometimes and I had expected him to blow a gasket when Bella finally did tell him what had gone on that night. Calm Edward was kind of scary. He greeted Jasper and then excused himself to go into the house.
Jasper and I looked at each other for a moment and shrugged. I just hoped everything went back to normal now that I could tell Jaz what had been happening and I could go back to enjoying our talks.
We headed out to sit at the lake for a while and talked until about 3am. He dropped me home and I went up to bed. I would talk to Bella tomorrow and find out what happened tonight. I was so happy that life might actually go back to normal I thought as I fell asleep.
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Posted October 20, 2009
