What you left behind
Chapter. 7 – You're my sweetest high
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. The always wonderful Mrs. Meyer owns it.
A/N – I'm so sorry, you guys! I didn't mean to keep you all waiting. Writer's block is truly evil but an amazing show called "Skins" helped me out of it. Might sound weird but it's true. This is the longest chapter I have written so I hope you all don't mind.
Thank you so much for all of the reviews, alerts, and faves! I really love all of you guys for taking the time and reading my little story! Because the last chapter was a tearjerker, I wanted this chapter to have some cuteness in it. So, I really hope you all love it and show me some awesome love and leave me reviews.
And this chapter is dedicated to:
Ava-Night/Will you be having the wonderful Pixie working her hardest to get them back together? : Alice knows that Edward and Bella are meant to be so our fave pixie will be trying her hardest.
TwiDi/Please please please tell me that his mother had nothing to do with Bella's decision to leave her son?!: You don't have to worry. Esme had nothing to do with Bella leaving Edward. She was very confused when her son told that Bella left.
Tulips at Twilight/Is Alice Edward's sister in this story?: Nope, Edward is a only child and so is Alice.
-I know people are confused by Edward believing Bella when she left him and why Bella thought Edward would want a job over her. You guys don't have to worry. I will explain in time.-
Of course, I have to give a big thanks to the one and only Galadeon for being an amazing Beta and helping me through this crazy story.
Please do enjoy the newest chapter!
BPOV
I woke up to Alice jumping up and down on my bed. I unwillingly open my eyes to see that it is seven o'clock in the morning. I groaned out loud then pulled my blanket over my head.
"Wake up, Bella!" Alice yelled as she jumped from one side of me to the other. "It's time to get up!"
"No! Go away evil little pixie!" I yelled. I don't remember what time I went to bed but seven in the morning is always way too early.
Alice jumped one more time then fell right next to me. "Bella. Bella. Bella. Bella. I will not stop until you get your lazy ass up."
I made a unnatural noise then pulled off my blanket "I hate you."
She laughed "I love you, too. We need to get over to Emmett's in an hour so get ready." I totally forgot that today was the day Emmett and Rosalie are moving into their new house. And of course, they need help.
"Are you going to be ok today?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can carry boxes back and forth."
"That's not want I meant."
I was confused "Huh?"
"Bella, Edward is going to be there. Are you going to be ok?"
I knew I would be ok. Of course, my heart will go insane but seeing Edward would make a day of moving things, so much better. All I could hope for was that he didn't mind seeing and being close to me. "I'm going to fine, Alice. You don't have to worry."
"If you say so. Come on, Bells, we need to hurry. Oh and your phone keeps beeping." Alice patted my leg then got up from my bed.
The only reason why my cell phone would be beeping was because I had a voice message. I reached out then picked up my phone that was on my nightstand. As I called my answering machine, I got up from my bed. It was from my dad.
"Bella, it's your dad...um..." What was he trying to say? "Brooke and I are planning a trip to Forks. We think it would be best if you come with us and...visit your mother's-"
I quickly closed the phone. I couldn't deal with that right now.
After I put my cell phone in my hand bag, I got dressed. I slipped on a pair of jeans then a baby blue tank top. I never had any guts to wear a top like that. It clings to my skin and shows off my not-so big breasts. But, being able to see Edward today made me want to wear it. When I walked out of my room, I heard Alice gasped.
"Oh my, that can't be my Bella!"
I rolled my eyes "Oh, whatever." I pulled my hair into a ponytail "Do I look ok?"
"You better then ok. You look hot. I bet Edward will be drooling over you."
"Yeah, right" I said as I rolled my eyes, yet again. "Let's get going."
When Alice pulled into Emmett's driveway, I noticed Edward's Volvo. A flood of memories came rushing back to me. Our first date, first kiss, and our almost first time having sex. I let out a little giggle at that memory.
"Hey Bella." Rosalie greeted me, cheerfully when Alice and I got out of the car.
"Hey Rosalie," I gave her a hug "this is Alice Brandon, my best friend."
They both talked for a minute about Rosalie's and Emmett's wedding and craziness of it all. They seemed to be getting along which put a smile on my face.
"What the hell, Edward?!" Emmett yelled from across the street. I had not noticed that my dad's old red truck was packed on the side of street. Edward and Emmett were standing right by a dresser that looked like it fell over.
I looked up at Edward who was already looking at me. It was like the first time I saw Edward. I wanted to look away because I knew my cheeks were bright red. My heart started to jump and down when he showed his crooked smile. I couldn't control the silly little smile that ran onto my face.
"I hope it's broken. I hate that thing." Rosalie's voice got my attention. I turned to face her.
We all started to laugh then walked to Edward and Emmett. I pushed my hands into my jean pockets. I couldn't deny that it felt amazing being near him but it was still uncomfortable. Would that ever change? Was there any point of hoping for that?
"Was the dresser too heavy for you, Emmett?" Alice teased.
"Bite me, little one." Alice,then, stuck out her tongue at him.
"Is it broken?" Rosalie asked, she didn't even try to hide the fact she was hoping it was.
"No, it's fine." Emmett and Edward picked it up again then place it into the truck.
Alice and I held back from laughing when we saw Rosalie roll her eyes.
When everyone started to walk back up to the apartment, Edward and I stayed behind. He kept running his fingers through his hair as I looked at him then at my dad's truck. I wanted to say something – anything but no words would come out. Time seemed to creep by and I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't even think about it, I just let the words come out.
"How's the writing going?"
Edward looked as shocked as I felt for talking first. "It's going good. I'm writing an article about a local rock band. They're really good. How about you?"
"It's good for me, too. I'm finishing up on an article about..." I couldn't remember what I was about. What the hell?! Was it because Edward was right next to me? I must be going crazy.
"That's really awesome that everything is going good with your writing." Before Edward could say anything else, someone was driving their very loud car down the street. The car pulled up right next to Charlie's truck.
"Oh, god, no." I said with a low voice when I realized who it was. Mike Newton.
"What's wrong?" Edward asked.
"Nothing, I just have to kill my best friend." I knew why he was here – Alice invited him for reasons I didn't understand.
As Mike got out of his car, he had a big grin on his face. I felt somewhat bad for him. He must think I want him here. I would have to kill Alice twice for that.
"Hey Bella!" Mike shouted as I took in a deep breath. I looked up at Edward before I talked. If I was going to get through this day, I would have keep stealing looks at him.
"Hello Mike" I tried to sound happy – it didn't work. Even though I knew why he was here, I was still hoping he came by for another reason. "What are you doing here?"
Mike looked at Edward then answered me "Alice asked me if I could help you guys move. Hey," He pointed to Edward "you're the music guy from the office"
Edward folded his arms across his chest "Yep." He was pissed which was very confusing. Had he already met Mike?
In the corner of my eye, I noticed Alice looking through the apartment window at us. I turned to face her then gave her a dirty look. She covered her mouth but I could tell she was laughing. Evil little pixie.
When I turned to face Edward and Mike, I was shocked to see that they were having some kind of angry staring contest. What the hell did I miss? Edward's arms were still folded across his chest as Mike's lips were in a tight line. Before I could think of a way to stop the contest, Emmett came out of the apartment.
"Let's get a move on it." He looked at Mike "Hey, thanks for helping out."
Mike smiled "No problem."
Edward rolled his eyes "Emmett, I'm going to get some rope so we can tie down the dresser." Before he walked away, he looked at me with his amazing crooked smile "It was nice talking to you.
I was having trouble breathing. I tried to calm myself down by taking in slow, even breaths. I wonder if he knows much power he has over me. All Edward had to do was show that smile of his and I would do anything. That might sound sad to someone else but it always put a smile on my face.
"Hey, I'm going to see if Alice and Rosalie need any help." I told Emmett and Mike then went into the apartment. I still had a big smile of my face when I saw Alice start to giggle. The smile faded.
"I'm going to kill you. You know that, right?"
Alice looked at me for a second to see if I was serious "Why would you want to kill me? I didn't do anything."
"Yeah, and I married Emmett for his money." Rosalie joked as she came into the living room, holding a box.
"Oh, whatever. We need Mike's help so get over it." Alice stuck her tongue at me.
"Ugh!" I didn't mean to yell but it just came out that way. "We didn't need his help. You know he has the hots for me so you came up with a plan. I don't know what kind of plan but I know there's a plan."
Alice rolled her eyes "Stop saying 'plan'. I thought it would be nice to have an extra pair of hands. That's it."
I threw my hands up in the air "You're such a liar!"
"Children, please behave so I can get into my new house tonight." Rosalie told us. I wanted to know why Alice invited Mike here but I also wanted to get all of this work over with. So, I will let it go – for now.
We all spent the next three hours packing up my dad's truck then dropping off the stuff at the new house. Emmett's and Rosalie's house was really cute and small. It was a little bit bigger then their apartment but they wouldn't have neighbors right next to you. Edward and I didn't say anything to each other but every time we would look at each other, smiles were always on our faces.
I was about to pick up a box out of the truck when Edward came up behind me.
"I can get that for you."
I turned to face him which sent chills up my back. I managed to say "Huh."
Edward let out a small chuckle "I can get the box for you."
I realized that I could have some fun with him. I smiled "Sure but be really careful. It's heavy." I moved out of the way. I already knew that there was only towels in the box but that was whole point of the game.
"I can handle it" He told me with a smile.
When he was about to pick it up, I warned him "Edward, please be careful. It's really heavy. I just don't want you to hurt yourself."
As he prepared his body for the box, I had to hold back the laugh that wanted to come out. If he didn't have his back to me, he would see that I was playing with him. When he finally lifted to the box, I couldn't help but to giggle.
"I'm sorry but I just had to." I told him through the laughing.
Edward turned to face me then started to laugh out loud "You got me. Nicely done, Miss Bella."
"Thank you. Thank you."
We must have been laughing for a long time because we were out of breath when we stopped. Edward and I just looked at each other. I stood there, frozen. We were trapped in a moment and there was no way in hell, I would stop it.
Without any warning, he stepped closer to me as his hand touched my face. I was feeling light-headed when he gently pushed a fallen piece of my hair behind my ear.
"Thanks." I breathed out. I felt stupid after that which made my cheeks burn to a hot crimson red.
Edward's fingertips slowly ran down my jaw "You're welcome."
As soon as he walked away, I wanted to turn around and kiss his god-like face but I pushed that thought out of my head. I didn't know why he just did that and there's a good chance, I never will. All I could do now is remember to breathe and not pass out.
After we were done, Alice and I went back to the apartment. Edward and I just smiled at each other before I got into the car. I was on a high when we walked into the front door.
Before I went into my room, I told Alice "Oh and when I found out the real reason why you invited Mike, I will kick your ass." She was about to say something but I closed my bedroom door.
I sat down on my bed then pulled out my cell phone. I just need to get it over with.
"First saved message...Bella, it's your dad...um...Brooke and I are planning a trip to Forks. We think it would be best if you come with us and...visit your mother's grave."
EPOV
As I was sleeping, an old memory started to take over me.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked Bella as we both sat in my car. It was parked in an empty field where no one would bother us. "We can wait."
She smiled at me "I don't want to wait. I want our first time to happen tonight." she gave me a little kiss "But you have a problem."
"What's the problem?" I asked.
"Um...your car is kinda small. How can be do it when we can't even lay down?"
I wanted to laugh at her saying "it" but I held back. "I really don't know. Maybe, we should wait."
"Why do you keep doing that? I thought you wanted to do this but ever since we left my house, you keep trying to stop it." I could tell she was getting her feelings hurt. I cupped her face with my hands.
"Of course, I want this. I have wanted this for a long time but I just don't want to rush it. I want to make sure you don't feel rushed. That's it, my love."
Bella smiled her beautiful smile which sent my heart racing. We started to kiss as we pushed our bodies together. It all went very fast. Within seconds, our shirts were off and Bella was climbing onto my lap. I started to get excited when my lips kissed her neck. Everything was going perfect until she heard a noise.
"Wait, Edward, did you hear that?"
"What? I didn't hear anything. It's fine." My words came out rushed.
"No, I heard something. It sounds like another car." Bella was right. Two blinding white lights came up behind my car.
"Oh my god, it's the police!" Bella yelled.
"Edward!" Emmett yelled in my ear which made me jump up. When I fully woke up, I punched his arm. "You're an asshole."
Emmett sat down next to me "I been trying to wake your ass up for the last half hour. So, I knew yelling in your ear would wake you up."
I rubbed my tried eyes "You're still an asshole."
"Whatever, dude, get up and stop being a baby." Emmett got up from the sofa "The girls will be here soon."
I smiled to myself. This day was going to be amazing. Well, if you count out carrying a bunch boxes. I couldn't wait to see Bella, to hear her voice. I jumped up then got ready in a hurry. When I got out of the bathroom, I was shocked to see Emmett and Rosalie making out and that he had his hand up her shirt on the sofa.
"Bloody hell!" I yelled "That's my bed. That's nasty!"
"I can't help myself, Edward. My sexy as hell wife drives me crazy." Emmett told me then gave Rosalie a quick kiss on her cheek.
She let out a giggle "Same here, babe."
After they stopped being all cute, we started to pack up Charlie's truck. Rosalie stood on the truck bed as Emmett and I past her boxes. We only had enough room for one more thing so Emmett and I grabbed his dresser.
"Do you got it?" Emmett asked me as we carried it to the truck.
"Yes, I think." the dresser was very heavy so I was just trying not to drop it.
"Do you need to take a break?" He teased.
"Very funny, Emmett. Let's hurry and get this into the truck."
We were just a few steps away from the truck when I saw her. She was standing there, talking to Rosalie and Alice. She had a tight blue tank top on with jeans that fit her curves perfectly. I imagined in that one second, running over to her then kissing her amazing lips. I wanted to hear her moaning my name. While I was thinking dirty thoughts, I forgot that I was holding the dresser.
"What the hell, Edward?!" Emmett yelled at me.
I didn't look at him, just kept my eyes on Bella. I already had a smile on my face when she looked at me. My heart started to do flips when she showed a silly little smile. Rosalie, Alice, and Bella walked down to us. My whole body was freaking out when they reached us.
Alice and Emmett started to tease each other but I really didn't care. I was too busy, stealing glances at Bella. It was amazing how truly beautiful she is. It might sound crazy but she got even more beautiful in the three years I was away. I needed to stop imagining about kissing her. Pangs of pain hit my heart every time I did.
After Emmett found out that it wasn't broken, we placed it in the truck. Everyone but Bella and I went up to the apartment. We just stood there, not saying one word. It was feeling uncomfortable until Bella started to talk.
"How's the writing going?" She asked. It was sort of shocking that she talked first.
"It's going good. I'm writing an article about a local rock band. They're really good. How about you?"
"It's good for me, too. I'm finishing up on an article about..." Her face went blank. Did she forget what she was writing about? That's weird.
I decided to say something. "That's really awesome that everything is going good with your writing." Before I could say anything else, I heard someone's very loud car. Whoever was driving really needs to have someone look at it.
"Oh, god, no." She said in a low voice
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing, I just have kill my best friend." What? Did I miss something?
Then I heard his voice yell Bella's name. It was the elevator guy. Ugh. I didn't know his name until Bella greeted him. He seemed to remember me. The music guy.
I folded my arms across my chest "Yep."Was he talking about Bella when he said 'Yeah, I'm going to hit that.'? I really hope not. I wasn't the only one pissed off. Mike was giving me death stares and I happily did it back at him.
Emmett came out of the apartment which stopped the contest Mike and I were giving each other. He gave Mike a "Thanks". I couldn't help but to roll my eyes.
"Emmett, I'm going to get some rope so we can tie down the dresser." I told Emmett then I looked at Bella."It was nice talking to you." I walked away to get the rope.
While we all were working, Bella and I kept smiling at each other. I knew that I shouldn't love it but I couldn't stop myself.
I was walking to the truck when I saw Bella about to pick up a box. I don't know why I thought she needed help.
"I can get that for you." I asked.
"Huh."
I let out a small chuckle "I can get the box for you."
She smiled "Sure but be really careful. It's heavy."
"I can handle it"
"Edward, please be careful. It's really heavy. I just don't want you to hurt yourself." She warned him.
When I picked up the box, I realized Bella played a trick on me. I was shocked that she was really playing with me and I was very happy, too.
"I'm sorry but I just had to." She told me, laughing.
I turned around then started to laugh out loud "You got me. Nicely done, Miss Bella."
"Thank you. Thank you." She looked so cute.
We must have been laughing for a long time because we were out of breath when we stopped. We looked at each other.
I really didn't know what I was doing. I walked closer to her as my hand touched her face. I gently moved a piece of her hair then placed it behind her ear.
"Thanks." Bella's cheeks became red.
My fingertips slowly ran down her jaw "You're welcome."
I had to catch my breath. Did I just do that? I smiled to myself. I felt like I was flying – on a high I never wanted to leave.
A/N – Thanks for reading! I hope you guys liked it and don't want to kill me for adding a little twist. I will try my hardest to get the next chapter up soon. Remember one review sneak peek. Gives a kiss and hug.
