I'm sorry this chapter is so short. I'm already working on making a longer one. I apologize for the delay, but I'm on college now and I also have extracurricular activities.


Chapter Seven

The Selection


Disclaimer: S.M. owns the characters, the places and everything. I just play around with them according to my hyperactive imagination.


It was kind of odd being back in my old room, feeling once again the smells and the mess, and it also made me feel so young and hopeful that there were changes to look forward to.

Somehow, being released from the hospital relaxed me so much that I slept until the afternoon. I woke up a little disoriented, not yet used to being back at Charlie's house. A chuckle jumped from my lips as I remembered my dream, starred by a playful Edward in possession of ties and food, his smile bright and his eyes so full of desire that all I wanted was to go back to sleep, but I decided instead to going to spend time with Charlie.

He seemed surprised when I sat with him and started commenting on the game and the players, a knowledge I had gotten as a product of living with Emmett and Jasper. As I talked to him I was moving around the room taking down the terrible photos that represent my awkward and pimpled teenage years, trying to commit to memory where I'm putting them so I can show all those photos to Reneesme when she gets older. My baby girl will have fun watching them. I just have to find a way to hide them so well that no one else but her will ever see them. I can't begin to imagine how much Emmett or Jacob would tease me if they saw them, thought Jake has probably seen them more than once already.

I had a little discussion with Charlie about going to School the next day. He wasn't really okay with it, but I told him I was going no matter what he said and I stood my ground. I'd already gotten used to being the parental figure and it was weird having someone to 'answer to" again.

Thick rain hit the grass outside when I went upstairs to send Rose a message

After that I checked my wardrobe looking for what she would consider my best clothes. It was not very easy, after being so close to Alice my tastes had changed a little and I now realize some of the stuff I used to wear was... not really favoring me. Comfortable? Yes; extremely comfortable but not very beautiful.

I know Edward doesn't really care about that, but I need to make a memorable first impression and make him unable to resist my feminine assets, my human ones are not all like the vampire ones, though. I miss that.

I can't say I had fun sorting through the piles of clothes, I would have prefered anything else, but I knew it had to be done.

I looked out at the rusty old red truck parked in front of the house and smiled. Charlie had mentioned about it when we were in the hospital, reminding me with a grimace that we were talking about it when we had the accident. I had told him I remembered that conversation and I also told him to invite Jake and Billy over someday.

I cooked roasted beef with mashed potatoes for dinner. Charlie and I made idle talk and enjoyed the dinner in peace.

As I was washing the dishes after dinner, a shadow crossed the window quickly. Taking it as a sing that vampire was at home. I finished as fast as I could and then I run up the stairs and opened my bedroom's window.

Then, I felt a voice behind me say, "Ready to start? Let's see what you have selected, I brought some clothes with me,"

I turn around to see Rose with her arms full of clothes of all type of materials.

"You call that just 'some'?" I ask.

"Whatever, don't start whining or I'll just get tape."

"Oh, common like you would put tape on my mouth," I say chuckling.

"Do you seriously think I wouldn't do it? This is a serious matter, so you better stop babbling and start changing into that t-shirt." she mutters, pointing at one that's on top of the others an evil grin on her face.

"Now you seem Alice!" And we both laugh,

"I told Edward you will be going to school tomorrow,"

"What did he say?" Rose pale arms work fast as she starts sorting through the stuff on the bed and starts throwing what she doesn't like to the floor.

"At first, he started talking about not going. Don't worry thought, I convinced him to go." She says with a mysterious grin.

"How did you convince him? I don't think it was easy. I know how stubborn he can get," I say with longing lacing my voice, I would have given anything in that minute to have his stubborn head by my side in that moment.

"First, I had to make use of the typical male weapon, accusing him of being a coward. Then I told him that by going, he could get used to your scent, that he was just avoiding the inevitable. I also told him that I really liked you and I told Alice that I was completely sure she would too. I said he was the strongest of all of us and that I knew he could get over this, that I trusted him."

I nodded. Rosalie had really picked the best words to calm Edward's fears.

"This," She said picking up a tattered red t-shirt my grandma had given me for my birthday years ago. "disappears now." and she tossed it with force out the window.

"Rose!" I complained. "My grandmother had given me that for my birthday!"

Several fights like that one break out while we do the 'selection'. Rose saying I'm too attached to old things and I trying to get her to let me keep them. It takes us two hours to select a good amount of outfits ready for me to put on every day. I vetoed a lot of things Rosalie liked, since they showed too much skin or where too tight on my body. I had to yell at her a little bit, trying to get it into her head that Forks had a cold weather and no, I wouldn't wear those clothes to school.

After we had finished Rose left and I finally let my body hit the bed with a sigh. After that I covered myself with the soft comforter and slept.


There! Hehe, so... It has been a long time. Hasn't it? SORRY! Thank you all soooooo much for all your beautiful comments, favorites and follows, it makes me want to hug each one of you so damn bad!

Next chapter we will get to see Edward again, protect your keyboards from the drool!

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Ly