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I entwined my fingers together and lay them in my lap. I couldn't stop fidgeting, I had a feeling what the first question would be and it was the one I didn't want to answer. I was praying for her to ask a lame question about what my favourite colour was or what my favourite film was but I knew she wouldn't. I crossed my legs so now my whole body was perched on top of her bed and I looked up to see her smiling at me warmly.
"Bella, I want to get to know you, not just your bad memories so why don't I start with some easy questions?" She asked.
I thought I heard a choir in my head shouting 'Halleluiah' repeatedly.
I'm sure she can read my mind.
Now that would be cool, that way I wouldn't have to tell her anything.
Okay you're getting off topic and she is still waiting for an answer...idiot.
"Sure, I'd like that...but I get to ask you a question in return. Sort of like twenty questions without the limit." I smiled when she narrowed her eyes. She obviously has things to hide too.
"Okay, sure, but once again I can pass on any question I don't want to answer." She stated.
"Okay that seems fair." I shrugged. "You can go first."
"Okay then, I will start with an easy one. What is your favourite film?" She asked. I raised my eyebrows at the lame question. She just shrugged and let out a small giggle. She nodded her head as if to say 'just play along'.
"Well, I can't think of my favourite but my top three would probably be Titanic, the Notebook and Pearl Harbour...I guess I'm a bit of a romantic at heart." I laughed embarrassedly.
"Wow, you definitely like a film with a good love triangle." She stated.
"Erm...yeah I guess...a little drama is always good."
Huh never realised that before...
"Did the person you were rooting for in the films always win in the end?"
"No, not in all the films but I believe if there weren't any obstacles in the way, they would have."
"Huh..."
"What?"
"Well I believe that if their love is the strongest they will always win in the end. Like in The Notebook, Allie's and Noah's love was obviously stronger than Allie's and Lon's."
"I believe that too, but sometimes the obstacles are too strong for even the strongest love. In titanic, it was obvious Rose and Jack was meant to be, but you can't fight death. That's the only thing I believe can get in the way of soul mates."
Rose looked as if she disagreed with my statement but nodded anyway.
"You believe in soul mates?" Rose asked.
"Yes I do, but you cheated so I get to ask you three questions now." I grinned.
"My apologies, ask away." She nodded.
We began to ask each other every lame question you would ask someone on a first date...not that this was a date but it felt like one. I found out her favourite genre of music was classical...I'm not here to judge and her favourite films were Casablanca and gone with the wind...she obviously liked the oldies. We continued to ask each other impersonal questions for another half an hour until she suddenly stopped and look at me seriously.
Oh shit...
Why? We were having such a nice conversation as well.
I sighed. "Go ahead; I know your dying to ask what you have wanted to know since we came up here."
I looked down and then felt her cold hand cup my chin and brought my face up so my eyes were level with hers. I shivered at her touch; however it wasn't because of the cold. She looked at me with sad eyes, "I told you, you don't have to tell me."
I shook my head, "No it's fine," She looked still looked hesitant, "I want to." I smiled half-heartedly.
She sighed but nodded anyway. "Okay...I will start from the first thing you didn't want to explain...what happened with Lauren? Why do you hate each other so much?"
I was silent trying to think of the best way to tell her but she took it as a sign to move on to the next question.
"It's okay; I will ask something else..." She said quickly.
"No...No it's not that I don't want to answer, I'm just planning out how to tell you, it's been about four years since it happened. Just give me a second to think of the best way to explain."
After a few minutes I looked back up to see Rose sitting as still as a statue in the same position she was in before. The only thing that gave her away was the slight movement of her chest but even that was subtle.
I took a deep breath and began. "Okay, so I have always been the sort of popular person in school, not the most popular but I guess I had a lot of friends. So when Lauren came to our school when we were fourteen she found it hard to fit in, which can be hard to believe considering how many people follow the bitch around now like lost puppies. Anyway I noticed one day that she was getting pushed around a bit by a few of my friends at lunch so I went over and helped her out and asked if she wanted to sit with me for lunch to which she hesitantly accepted. Now I had heard rumours floating around about Lauren and chose not to believe them but after a bit of small talk I asked her if they were true to which she replied yes. The rumours were if she was a lesbian. She asked me not to tell anyone because she just wanted a normal life so I agreed. We became really good friends; I would even go as far as saying best friends with the exception of Mark..."
"Wait did you know that you were a lesbian at the time or not?" Rose interrupted.
"Oh, sorry I forgot to mention that...No I didn't." I stated to which she just nodded so I continued.
"One Friday night, which I remember because we always used to have a sleepover every Friday, she came round my house and we were lying on the bed watching an episode of the OC which was Laurens favourite show...
Flashback
Lauren and I was lying on our stomachs on my bed, legs swinging above us watching the OC. Once the credits started rolling she sat up with her legs crossed and turned to me.
"Who's your girl crush?" Lauren asked out of nowhere. I started to choke on the cookie I had just put in my mouth.
"My...My what?" I asked when the coughing fit I was having had passed.
"You're girl crush. You know the girl who you would go gay for?" She explained.
Erm...
"Erm...I haven't really given it much thought. Wouldn't admitting you have a girl crush be like admitting you are gay?" I asked with my eyebrows raised questioningly.
She let out a small chuckle. "No B it wouldn't and relax, I was just wondering, no need to freak out."
"Okay well who would be your...boy...crush? If that's even a real thing. What I mean to say is who would you go straight for?" I asked sitting up and mimicking Lauren's position on the bed.
"I will tell you mine if you tell me your girl crush." She stated folding her arms stubbornly.
Ugh I don't really want to admit this.
"Okay well I always thought Alex was hot." I admitted feeling my cheeks burning up.
She raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Who?" She asked confused.
"God you have just watched her making out with another woman in your favourite show and you say 'who'. Alex...as in Olivia Wilde out of the OC." I explained.
She opened her mouth in the shape of an 'O' and nodded. "Well sorry but 'Alex' could have been anybody. And very good choice but back off she is mine." She winked.
"Very funny now who's you guy crush?" I asked.
"Erm...Bradley Cooper?" She answered however it came out as more of a question.
"You really have no idea do you?" I joked.
"Nope, I'm definitely not going to be turning straight for any guys in this lifetime." She said.
"So have you actually ever had a girlfriend?" I asked.
"Yes, I have had one girlfriend at my old school, that's the reason I moved, because everyone found out we were together and when my parents found out they separated us. They actually thought I was going through a phase and it was all her fault." She whispered the last part; tears were now streaming down her face.
I enveloped her in a hug and whispered reassurance in her ear.
"It's okay, I know you must miss her but I'm sure you will see her again."
She sniffed and pulled back shaking her head. "No I won't. She is dating a guy now; I saw it on her facebook."
Oh...
I put my hand on either side of her face and made her look at me.
"It will be okay though, I promise. You will meet someone else, someone who deserves to be with you and is sure of who they are. She obviously wasn't and it's good that you left because she would have only hurt you eventually...and also because...because I wouldn't have you as a best friend." I averted my eyes embarrassed.
She let out a small chuckle and I looked back at her. "There you go, there's that beautiful smile."
Wow did I just say beautiful.
Great now she's going to think you a freak.
I heard her chuckle again. "Why thank you. And thank you, you're an amazing best friend."
She leaned forward, resting her forehead on mine. We were staring into each other's eyes, our breathing becoming unsteady.
Wow, she's so pretty.
Her eyes flashed to my lips and back up to my eyes repeatedly and she started to lean forward. I felt her lips brush against my own slightly and then she pulled back to ask permission. I then found myself leaning forward and our lips connected. The kiss started off slow but soon became heated until I found myself straddling her on the bed.
What are you doing?
You're straight!
Clearly...
I pulled away and hovered over her.
"Are you okay?" Lauren whispered breathlessly.
Am I okay? Am I okay? Of course I'm n...
"Yeah, I think I am." I smiled down at her to which she returned.
End of Flashback
"We started to date secretly for about two months but neither of us was ready to come out in public. I was too scared about what my parents would think and she was too worried about people at school. But we were really close, we would still go on dates but without the PDA. It never really bothered us because we could always do stuff like that at one of our houses."
"So what went wrong?" I jumped completely forgetting I was with Rose. I had gotten so lost in my memories.
I looked to Rose and noticed she was still sitting in the same position as before. She sits like this at lunch, in fact all of her family do. They all sit motionless at their table and never eat the food on their trays. That's another thing; I've never seen any of them eat.
I will definitely be asking her all of this after.
"Rumours started to spread around the school about Lauren and me dating. It didn't help that rumours had been spread previously about Lauren's sexuality but because I had a lot of good friends they managed to control them and correct anyone who asked. However you can't exactly contain a rumour when it's confirmed."
"Someone caught you two?" Rose interrupted.
"Yeah, we were in gym and we were the last ones in the locker room. Everyone else had already changed and was outside running round the track. I was facing the wall with my shirt off and Lauren started kissing my shoulder. I tried to tell her that it wasn't safe because someone could walk in at any second but she was persistent. It ended up with us in a heated make out session with me pinning her up the wall. After about ten minutes I heard someone gasp behind us and we broke apart to see one of the girls from class standing in the doorway looking crossed between shocked and disgusted. Then out of nowhere I felt a sharp sting on my cheek and realised Lauren had slapped me round my face. She started screaming at me, calling me a 'dyke' and saying I shouldn't ever touch her again or she will beat me up. I would have laughed in her face if I wasn't so hurt..."
"Okay but I still don't understand, I mean everyone is fine with you and Hannah's relationship." Rose stated when had drifted off mid sentence.
"Yeah well that's probably because of what happened after everyone found out. However I do believe it's my turn to ask a question. My story is too long to tell in one go so it's my turn." I grinned.
"Go ahead, ask away." She said.
Okay so shall I ask about her family or should I ask why she is always so cold towards Hannah?
"Okay well I...It's just I've noticed things about you, about your family that..."
Rosalie's bedroom door swung open and in walks Alice, smiling as usual.
Dammit!
That was rude...
Rosalie was staring icily at her sister but after a few seconds of what looked like the two of them talking, without their lips moving at all, Rose looked thankful and looked to me nervously.
"Sorry to interrupt but Esme said she wants our help preparing dinner, Rose." Alice stated.
Alice then turned to me and held her hand out to me. "Pleased to officially meet you Bella."
I took her hand and gave her a small smile compared to her shit eating grin. "Nice to meet you too...officially."
"I hope we will be seeing much more of you, I have a feeling you and I will be great friends." She then skipped out of the room.
That wasn't strange at all.
"My apologies Bella, maybe we can finish this another time." Rose suggested
"Yeah...sure that's fine." I said, disappointment evident in my tone.
I looked at her and I could see disappointment in her eyes too. "I will show you out." She said.
I followed her downstairs and she walked me out to my car.
"Thanks for inviting me over." I said.
"That's no problem at all even if we never got round to my offer of teaching you piano." Rose said smiling.
"I know but that will just give me an excuse to come over again, if you'll have me." I suggested, a smirk plastered on my face
What the hell are you doing.
I just suggested another lesson.
That was clearly flirting.
I'm sure she didn't see it that way.
You are a class A moron.
I'm not arguing with you there.
She raised an eyebrow, "Oh I'll have you."
My jaw was now resting nicely on the ground and I'm sure if it was possible my eyes would no longer be secure.
She was flirting back...
I wasn't prepared to flirt so had no ammo to throw back at her so I just stood there like a moron.
"R...Right...Good...I mean definitley...absolutely...good." I stuttered.
Once again I must say class A moron.
She chuckled and opened my door for me. "See you at school Bella."
"Yeah you will...I mean okay see you tomorrow." I mumbled, mentally slapping myself.
I got in my car and she shut the door. I sped of down the dirt road without looking back, afraid that if I did, I would get distracted by Rose and crash my car.
As soon as I pulled into my driveway I shut the engine off and dropped my head, actually, I slammed my head down onto my steering wheel causing the horn to sound. After a couple of minutes I heard a tapping on my window and my name being shouted but it sounded muffled. I lifted my head to see Hannah looking panicked and Mark standing behind with a grin on his face. Him and Alice could be great friends...
I opened the door and was met with screams. "What the hell is wrong with you? I was shouting for like 5 minutes, I thought you were hurt or something." Hannah screamed.
She then punched my arm. "Owwww!" I yelled. "What the hell!"
"I'm sorry but you scared me. Are you okay?" She calmed down and was now rubbing the spot where she hit me.
"Yeah, sorry, I'm fine, I was just thinking." I said trying to reassure her with a smile.
"About what?" She questioned.
"Nothing...look I'm fine. Let's just go inside. What are you doing here Mark?" I turned in Mark's direction.
"Oh thanks, I can't just come over and see my two favourite girls." He asked looking hurt.
We all laughed and headed inside.
Maybe I can talk to Mark about this whole Rosalie situation. He has always been there for me, I'm sure he wouldn't judge.
I pulled on his arm and yanked him aside, "Hey can I speak to you in private?" I whispered.
"You mean you want to keep secrets from Hannah?" He mocked a shocked look and placed his hand over his heart.
"Shut up. I'm serious, I need help. Come over Saturday, Hannah will be out with her sister all day shopping, we can talk then." I said spitting out the word shopping, the one thing I may actually hate more than Lauren...no sorry nothing is worse than her...
He nodded and made out way into the house.
Maybe until then I will just try my best to avoid Rose at all costs. No flirting, no accidental touches, nothing.
This is going to drive me crazy...
This chapter may not be great but I realised while I was writing that Rose and Bella have only know each other 3 days and Bella was just about to tell her everything about her life. I thought that it was a bit unrealistic...even in a story with vampires. So I am going to wait a bit and develop their relationship a bit more.
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