Chapter Nine
Bella's POV
I sighed and looked up at his beautiful face, he was gazing at me. I leaned my head towards his face……
I closed my eyes tight, getting ready to kiss Edward, but am I ready? Am I ready to kiss Edward, my best friend's brother?!? I was about to backup when Edward wrapped his arms around me, and kissed me.
I gasped and pulled away. "Edward,"
"Bella," He smiled and leaned back to kiss me again.
I put my hand over his warm lips, and stared at him in the eye. "I-we, no"
He unwrapped his arms from around me and looked confused. "You don't want me?"
"No," I blurted out not even thinking of what I was saying. "Well…..I mean…….I don't want you right now….See, I'm not sure if I actually love you."
He smiled, and held out his hand for me to shake. "Just friends?"
I shook his hand, and giggled. "Just friends,"
He pulled me into a tight friendly hug, and said goodnight, I put my pajamas on and lye in my bed, trying to fall asleep.
I heard the door creak open, "Bella?"
I shot up to see Alice creeping towards me; she stood beside my bed and sat down next to me. "What, Alice?"
"Ok, um, well……I just got off the phone from Jasper, and its official!"
I stared at her with a confused look spread across my face. "What's official?"
She rolled her eyes, and sighed. "Jasper and I! We're an item!"
I hugged and her and whispered. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks Bells, night!"
She walked out of the room, and closed the door quietly, and lay back down and shut my eyes, trying to figure out if I love Edward or I don't.
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It's Monday the most dreadful day of the week, Alice, Jasper, Edward, Rosalie and I drove to school with Emmett in his big red jeep. I looked over to my side and Jasper and Alice are passionately kissing, Edward and I shared disgusted looks. We starting laughing and everyone turned to look at us.
The traffic light flashed red and Emmett turned around for a second. "So, Bella are you and Eddieboy a couple, yet?"
I stared at him in shock and didn't quite know what to say, fortunately Edward answered.
"No, we are Just Friends," He craned his neck to smirk at me.
"Oh, too bad," Emmett turned back to look at the road as the traffic light flashed green. "So Eddie I heard from, Rose who heard from, Angela, who heard from Jessica, that Lauren Mallory likes you,"
"Lauren Mallory?" I questioned even though they weren't talking to me.
Edward sighed and looked at me. "She is the most popular girl in school,"
"So, dude, will you go out with her?" Emmett asked cranking up the music, "SouljaBoi"
"Uh…….I don't know," Edward slouched in the seat and was silent the rest of the ride.
The day was passing quickly, I didn't see Edward around that much, but I saw my other friends. Finally lunch came and I could eat, I've been starving forever!
I grabbed a sandwich and lemonade, and followed Alice and Rose to a table, with Emmett, Jasper, Edward, Angela and now us.
"Oh, Ally I forgot to tell you that I'm going shopping tomorrow and I was hoping you could come," Rose said sitting next to Emmett.
Alice almost jumped out of her seat. "Ok, Bella can come too!"
"Uh sure," I sighed and looked back down at my food. Whoa, fun I get to go shopping…….
"Hello," A very handsome voice said from above me. I looked up to see a muscular handsome guy, with bold short black hair, and electric blue eyes that made you stare at him, he wore a short sleeved grey shirt, and plain old baggy pants that other guys couldn't pull off but he could.
"H-hi," I managed to gasp, he was almost as beautiful as Edward.
"Bella, I would like to ask you a question in private," He stared down at me with the cutest smile on his tanned face. "Meet me over by the soda machine in a minute,"
I nodded as he turned to walk over to the soda machine to wait for me.
"Oh my gosh Bella!" Rose screamed. "That's Adam Sheppard!"
I stared at her confused. "Adam Sheppard?"
"One of the hottest guys in school!" Alice practically yelled, but look around blushing as people stared at her.
"Uh, ok." I stood up, and took a look at Edwards depressed face, he looked back at me and I smiled. He smiled but this time it didn't reach his eyes. I breathed in a big gulp of air and walked over to the waiting Adam.
He smiled, "Hey,"
I smiled back and stood in front of him, he's probably going to ask me to help him on homework or something. "Hi, so what do you want Adam?"
He's smile got even wider. "Hmmm…You know my name….Well, do you want to….Go out sometime?"
I stared at him in disbelief. Should I, maybe I should try and not think about Edward and find someone new. Or is that selfish? "Uh…….S-sure,"
He blew out a sigh of relief. "Thanks, I wasn't sure if a girl as pretty as you would care about a guy like me,"
A guy like him? Oh yeah, a guy that is almost as gorgeous as EDWARD!!! "Oh, well I better get back to my friends, seeya later Adam,"
He hesitated but gave me a small tight bear hug, "Bye babe,"
He called me babe? Um…………. "Yeah, bye"
I turned and walked back to the table, Alice and Rosalie were whispering. They frowned at me as I sat next to Edward.
"Uh…Bella….What did he ask?" Alice was still frowning, but a small questioning smile appeared on her face.
"He asked me if I wanted to go out sometime," I looked down at my tray of food, and hid my smile.
"And…." Edward lifted my face up to his level.
"And I agreed," I felt my cheeks redden, and he frowned.
"Why?" Edward, Alice and Rose asked at the same time.
"I need to meet other guys," I sighed rolling my eyes.
It was silent and I looked up to see everyone at the table staring at me with a confused expression.
"Other guys?" Alice asked, looking from me to Edward. 'You went out with Edward?' She mouthed.
I shook my head, and Alice sighed with relief. "By other guys I mean, I need to get to know other guys,"
"Oh," Everyone but Edward said.
Rosalie looked past me and hissed. "Here comes trouble." I craned my neck around to see a beautiful girl. She had golden brown hair that swiftly fell down her back in curls, her eyes were a striking blue, and she looked like she has a cheap fake tan. Her body was perfect, she had curves that all girls dream to have, and she was wearing a tight midriff tank and a white mini skirt. I knew at once this had to be, Lauren. Yes, sure I was jealous of this perfectly beautiful girl, but I won't let that bother me……Hopefully.
"Eddie!" She said her voice dull and boring. She sat down next to Edward and smiled. "Did you hear the news?"
Laurens hand creeped up Edward leg, he spat out a bite of his sandwich as she lightly touched his cheek with her hand. I noticed her nails were long like claws and were painted bright pink. "Uh….." Was all Edward could say.
She took that has an answer. "Good, so will you?"
Edward looked at me cautiously, Lauren followed his gaze and glared at me.
"Unless you have a girlfriend," She muttered still glaring at me; she must think I'm his girlfriend….Good….I guess.
"Uh….I guess I don't, but I just need time to think about it," He stared at me once again and finally noticed I was mouthing, 'Go ahead!' He nodded, and turned back to Lauren. "Yes, I will go out with you,"
She smiled, so big I thought her face would crack. "Of course, that's what they all say."
I noticed Rosalie roll her eyes, and everyone else was staring at me, I tried to smile but failed, a frown stayed on my face.
"Well, I have to get back to my friends," She glared at me one last time and turned back to Edward. "Hug hug, kiss kiss! Don't miss me to much!" She leaned towards Edward and pushed her perfect stupid lips against Edwards. She seemed as if she would never stop kissing Edward, so Edward pushed her away.
"Uh, yeah, bye Lauren," He looked around at our disgusted faces.
"……Well then……Pick me up at five tonight!" Lauren smiled and quickly walked away back to the 'popular' table.
"Lauren Mallory!" Emmett gave Edward an unenthusiastic high-five.
Rose glared at him, and turned her head so she was looking at Edward. "LAUREN MALLORY!!!!??!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" She stormed out of the cafeteria screaming her head off. Emmett took off after her.
"This was not how everything was supposed to happen," Alice sighed and glared at her food.
"Huh?" Edward and I gave her confused looks.
"Uh….I'll explain some other time, because we….um….we have to get to class!"
She ran out of the cafeteria, leaving Edward and I standing there alone with our soul mate problems.
I smiled at Edward. "Uh…Weird… We better get to class,"
He smiled back gazing into my eyes, I looked quickly away, but he pulled my face back to his and kissed me. I stared at him in shock, and disgust since were both going out with other people.
"Edward………."
I know this chapter sucks, it took me awhile to decide if Bella and Edward should actually kiss and end up going out, but I wanted a conflict. Who knows maybe Edward and Bella will never end up together…Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuun. I put Bella with Adam because I would rather make up a new character then put Bella with Mike or something! Mike and Jessica will probably end up with each other!! Duh! Maybe Lauren and Adam will be together. Hmmm……. Well anyways please R&R!!!
