Sorry it took so long. I HATE SCHOOL! I have 2 assignments due next week, a speech, 2 tests and the following week: two tests, an assignment and a science portfolio thingy and then the next week another assignment. Plus heaps of homework! Okay, sorry I needed to ramble. So it may take a while to update.
Today was the day of the La push bonfire. It was one of the few days that it was sunny and the night air, with the help of the fire will hopefully be warm enough to have a great time. But after all we would just be lucky if the rain held out at all.
Alice was going to be picking me up to go to the event but she had other plans made that even I didn't know about. She had decided to arrive, oh only about 6 hours early.
"Bella! Alice is here to get you." Charlie had called up the stairs, just as I got out of the shower. Soon after, Alice was rummaging in my draws and closet, looking for something decent to wear out.
"Yep, it's a good thing we are going on that shopping trip I promised you."
So now I am trapped in her car on the way to Port Angeles. No matter how much I hate going shopping, I know there was no getting away from Alice. She tends to know how to get her way. Plus, I know it is needed. I had to get a move on with the Edward situation, and if that needed new clothes then I'm up to it.
Alice dragged me through store after store and at each one we came out with at least two more bags. Occasionally she would pick something out for herself, but she was mostly in search for me. I tried desperately to get Alice to let me pay for at least some of the clothing. But no.
"Bella, Carlisle has been working a lot longer than you think. He has heaps of money to spare and he would be happy to see it spent on you."
"He isn't that old." I retorted. Carlisle actually looked very young for what he was claiming, 30.
"Oh, trust me. He's older than you think." Was she trying to hint something?
"I thought only woman were supposed to cover up there age." I said with a laugh. Alice laughed along with me, probably getting the same mental image of Carlisle as a woman. Which was very disturbing.
"Or vampires." Alice offered casually. I nodded my head but kept silent, letting the subject drop. There was no way vampires existed. The Cullen's are known to believe in such things though.
By the end of the day I had ended up with a variety of different clothes with brand names I couldn't even pronounce properly. Amazingly Alice was able to find nice, shape fitting clothing (-that I thought would be all skimpy pieces of material) that were actually warm enough for the dreary town of Forks. For the beach tonight Alice had got me a dark blue sarong with a white dolphin pattern along the bottom, and a plain white spaghetti strap, v-neck. She also bought me a new matching dark blue bikini to wear underneath-not that I would be swimming. (A/N: yeah I don't like reading what the characters bought so I didn't write all of it.)
With out Mike here at the beach, I honestly don't know how I am going to make Edward jealous without making myself look bad or weird. And that is definitely not something I want people to continue thinking of me. So I think I'll just be hanging around with the family. But maybe that's what I need after all of the tension between the family lately.
The beach:
After Edward and Alice parked the two cars we brought Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Edward and I made our way over to the part of the beach where the fire was flaming and the logs surrounding it. Music was being played from somewhere near by, most likely from a portable CD player. The sky was a light grey now and I have to say that I was amazed that it wasn't raining and people weren't freezing to death. I had brought a cardigan just incase. The fire actually released enough heat to keep the people surrounding it relatively warm. The people that weren't chilling out by the fire were spread out across the beach doing various activities. When you blocked out all the chatter and laughter and just listened to the sound of the ocean and watched all the people running around or just sitting and talking, the scene looked really peaceful. It was one of my favorite things to do, just drone out all the sounds and just watch the people and surroundings.
Jasper, Alice and Rosalie and Emmett went off into their own little sections leaving Edward and I alone. I didn't know exactly what to say though. We were a little distant and I felt the need to say something to make the night more comfortable. I didn't want to ask some dumb question or say something stupid and lame like the typical, 'Nice weather we're having', but I couldn't really think of anything that wasn't pointless to say. I rocked back and forth on the balls of my feet looking anywhere but at him.
"Nice night." His voice came out of no where breaking the silence. I looked up with my head tilted to the side. His eyes held amusement and I'm sure mind did as well.
"You're so lame" I laughed with a playful slap on the arm.
"Hey! You didn't look like you were going to say anything. Plus, it finally gave us something to talk about." He sat down on the log behind us and I followed.
"Well, what is it we are talking about exactly?"
"Hmm…Lamest things said to start conversation?" He offered. I nodded my head slowly considering whether that was something good to talk about or not.
"Okay." I agreed. For about the next few hours we talked and talked about heaps, lame things to start small talk which then lead to bad pick up lines, which was absolutely hilarious watching Edward do try-hard-guy impersonations, then carried on to awkward silence scenarios. I don't even no where we get our ideas from but we even made up a horn like noise that we promised each other we must use when ever we get caught in an awkward silence. It was almost like a bugle like noise.
This was definitely a fun, amusing conversation. Even if it was completely random.
Just like old times. In fact I didn't even think of all the drama I've been involved in lately while I was talking to him. We continued on talking about our random things.
"Oh! You know this morning I was listening to the radio and they were talking about pet names. And one of the guys was saying that he either calls his girlfriend-" Edwards story got cut short as Lauren chose that moment to make her presence known. She dropped herself in his lap and wrapped her arms around his back.
"Hey babes!" She plants a kiss on his cheek then turns to smile at me.
"Lauren." He blinked twice and seemed a little shocked to see her there. He probably forgot about all the things that have been happening lately just like me. "Where have you been? People started arriving ages ago." She merely shrugs the question off.
"Yeah, even the fashionably late time was about an hour and a half ago." I add. I had a feeling I know where she had been. While Edward and I were talking I noticed Jess and a few other girls and guys leaving to a deserted part of the beach to do god knows what. And I would bet that Lauren was definitely there. Yeah, can't even come and say hello to your boyfriend.
"What would you know about being fashionably late?" She responded with a smirk firmly in place. Oh, how I just wanted to slap it right off her face. This really is the first person that I have ever actually wanted to be violent with. It actually shocked me. I clenched my fist to keep from doing what I want.
"Lauren" Edward said disapprovingly and with a warning look and shook his head slowly. "Apologize." Well at least he is standing up for me a bit. But he really should dump her right then and there for insulting his best friend, but no.
Lauren fake smiles at me and pulls her shoulders up with a tilted head. Trying to look cute and the way she says sorry sounds like she's trying to sound like a little kid, "Sowwy", oh and ends with a pout towards Edward. Like a puppy not wanting to get in trouble. I know I'm not exactly one to talk considering I'm one to pout all the time, but that just made me sick to see.
I just made a 'humph' noise and looked away from the brainless idiot. I could feel Edward looking at me. It was the first time I have shown my hate for her openly in front of him.
"Why don't you come over and hang out with me and my friends?" I hear her ask. I could tell she was trying to sound alluring. I turn around to face Edward. If he says yes to her, girlfriend or not I am going to be very upset. He can't just leave me here alone. I just hope that Lauren isn't as convincing to him as she is with others.
"I can't. Bella would be left alone and I can't have that." I felt a burst of joy that he wanted to stay with me. I had to resist the urge to shout, 'In your face!', so I settled for the childish- but effective sticking out of the tongue and then put a smile on my face. (Ha. Ha she finally gave in to her childness)
With a huff she got up from her human cushion and walked back over to her friends. Not that most of them like her.
"I'm surprised you didn't ask her to stay." I kept my eyes glued to Laurens back.
"Surprised? Come on, do you think I'm that shallow?" He raises his eyebrows in question. I decide to try and change the subject; this isn't a question I want to expand on.
"Want to walk along the beach?" I stand up and offer my hand out to him. He looks at it for a while suspiciously then takes it. Not that he needs help getting up. Once he's up I reluctantly release his hand. It felt like it belonged to be there in Edward's hand.
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Next Chapter I am very sure there will be fluff. But keep in mind they can't be together yet so it will only be small. But better than nothing, right?.
If you want to know what the pet name thing continue reading or else REVIEW!
Okay so the guy on the show says. "Okay so I either call my girlfriend sweet pea or sweetness. Now earlier I was watching TV and not really paying attention and my girlfriend comes in and says, 'I've got a bit of a cramp'. I was going to say "are you okay 'sweet pea 'or 'sweetness'", but instead it came out as "Are you okay penis?"
I don't know if any of you guys find that funny but I thought that was hilarious at the time. Call me stupid. anyway… Review.
