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OH. MY. ACTUAL GOD. I thought some of the other chapters caused me stress (and I'm only on chapter 9!) but it is nothing, NOTHING, compared to this.
I wrote nearly the whole chapter and then. AND THEN. It accidently got overwritten by moi. So I had to write it all out again!!! It's taken me so long and I had to revise French!! (which by the way went well, yay me!)
So i'm sorry this took me longer to put up than usual! I hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 9- Don't you want to see it come soon
BPOV
"Oh my goodness, I'm so excited! There's going to be so much food, my mom said she wants to go all out this year. It's going to be so good, all of us together, my family, you and your dad, and the Hales. I can't wait! I love Thanksgiving! Don't you just love Thanksgiving? I think I'm going to skip dinner tonight so I can stuff myself silly tomorrow..." Alice turned to look at me,
"Bella...Bella are you even listening to me?" We were lying on my bed looking up at the ceiling.
"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm listening..." I lied, I wasn't listening, I had too much on my mind. Like Edward... And Tanya... And Tomorrow. She turned back to stare at the ceiling.
"Good, I don't like talking to myself, it's completely pointless, I mean I know what I'm going to say anyway! It's a waste of my breath, right?" She looked at me again and sighed,
"You're not listening to me Bella. What's up? You look really... distant, I don't know, not really with it?" I sighed.
"It's just, I'm nervous about tomorrow, about meeting Tanya and about Edward. I really don't want her to make him upset. I don't have a clue what to expect, I don't even know what she looks like, what she her personality's like..."
Alice sat up, "Well, I'm not going to lie, she's really pretty and she has nice clothes. Really nice clothes..." she narrowed her eyes and I threw out my arm to hit her thigh. Typical Alice to think having nice clothes was another reason to hate her...
"Ow! What? It's really hard for me because she's such a bitch! 'Oh hi Tanya, I really hate you and you've really hurt my brother so you should just piss off and never come back... but before you leave, I love your shoes! Jimmy Choo? I thought so...' It doesn't work Bella, it just doesn't work!"
I laughed lightly, and then sighed,
"I just... I don't want him to look at her... and then look at me, and..."
She looked at me with her eyebrows raised, "Bella, are you serious? I don't even know what you see when you look in the mirror, you're beautiful. And I'm not even saying that just because I love you, because if you weren't beautiful, I would do everything within my powers to make you beautiful, and I wouldn't rule out surgery..." she winked and I nudged her again,
"But seriously, Bella, do you not see the way Edward looks at you? It's really...weird. It's like he can't see anyone else. I swear he adores you. You're lovely, you're intelligent, witty, gorgeous, clumsy... she has an ugly personality, honestly."
"But what if something happens? I'm crap at cooling situations. I'll just be completely useless..."
Alice rolled her eyes and hit my arm, "Ow!"
"Bella, Edward wants you there, so you won't be useless. And anyway I want you there too, in fact, everyone wants you there, so just sh."
This didn't really make me feel any less nervous. I knew Edward wasn't one for starting a scene, but I didn't know about Tanya, and by the sounds of it, she didn't really care much. I sighed.
"What's going on with you and Edward now anyway? I'm so lost? Why haven't you come out together yet?!"
"Well, we're not technically together, so why tell people about something that hasn't happened?"
"But it has! You two are so damn flirty, it kills me! I sit there at school thinking 'Can anyone else see this, it's not just me is it?'! And Charlie loves him and I know my parents love you, so get together already! You're perfect!"
Since Halloween we had been more openly flirtatious. In lessons, he would try and find a reason as to why I should move to sit closer to him, and then when I did move we'd spend the whole lesson trying to catch glimpses of each other and smile. He used his crooked smile more often now so I'd guessed he'd figured what affect it had on me. I literally fell off of my chair on multiple occasions.
I'd upped my game too. Sometimes I'd lean over him or put my hand on his arm or leg, just to get a rush of electricity when we made contact, and I'd whisper things in his ear, even when I knew he was close enough to hear me normally. He always seemed rather flushed afterwards and once or twice he'd actually asked to leave the room and returned a few minutes later looking a bit more composed.
"Yeah, well..." I sat up a bit.
We hadn't even kissed properly yet, well, there was Halloween but that didn't count because I couldn't actually remember it, so that sucked. And Edward wasn't actually my boyfriend, and he had never referred to me as his girlfriend... not that I didn't want him to. I really did wish he would but, such was my life.
"Let's get through tomorrow first, hm? It's going to be hard enough if Edward is upset." I frowned, "I asked him if he was ok when I called him earlier, and he said he was fine, but I can tell, he's not fine. He's so bloody stubborn! Why doesn't he just say he's not ok? I mean, I'm not ok, and I don't even have a particularly good reason..."
"I know, he spent all of this morning on his piano. He only does that when he's thinking about lots of stuff and it's annoying because he doesn't like anyone to go in there... other than Esme, occasionally. Just make sure tomorrow you're with him 99.9% of the time. If you leave him for a minute, Tanya will pick at the scars. It's what she does... she's such a bitch. I can't stand her! You'll see, she's terrible, so twisted! I makes me wonder how Jasper turned out so completely wonderful with her as an older sister..."
"Ok..."
She pushed my cheeks together with her hands, "Oh cheer up Bella, it's going to be great fun. Just ignore her as much as you can. Seriously, you're going to love it!"
I smiled and she jumped off the bed and sat down at my desk in front of the laptop. She flipped it open and moved the cursor so the screen came back on. She'd signed into her facebook and was checking it out. I moved to the end of the bed and watched her.
She had so many friends requests, events invitations, tagged photo's, wall post and everything. I definitely wasn't signing into my account with her around! 1 new notification – from mom. Cool... It was actually quite fascinating to watch her clicking, scrowling and scanning through pages, she replied to things and she could type so quickly, it was like her fingers barely moved at all.
She was looking through her tagged pictures when she came across an album, "Hey Bella, look, an album from Halloween! I haven't seen this before..."
I came over to stand behind her, leaning over her shoulder to look at the pictures as she flicked past.
"Oh my god! That one, look at me!... Look at you!" We giggled as she carried on going through them.
We came across a picture with Emmett in it. He was wearing just his cape. Just his cape. And he was holding his private parts in his hands with a suggestive smile on his face. Rose was standing to one side of him, holding her stomach and laughing. On the other side of him, there was a boy with one arm round Emmett's shoulder and the other waving a leopard-print thong in the air, a huge smile on his face.
Alice and I looked at each other, "What the hell?!" we said in unison, bursting into laughter. I was laughing so hard I was kneeling on the floor now,
"I can't believe we missed that!"
Alice pointed at the screen, "Well apparently I didn't, look at me and Jasper standing behind them! Ha ha! Attractive!"
Once we'd calmed down a bit she carried on flicking through, we laughed at a few, and cringed at a lot.
"Wait, go back." I said, leaning forward so I could see the screen properly,
"Ok.." Alice clearly hadn't seen what I thought I had...
She flicked back to the previous picture and I came closer to the screen to get a better look,
"...Oh my god." I said, staring blankly at it.
Alice looked between me and the screen, "What I don't..." She looked carefully at the picture, "Oh my god!" She laughed
I frowned, "Don't laugh!"
The picture was of a senior girl, I assumed she was a friend of Rose and Emmetts, she was posing in the front of the picture, but I wasn't focussing on that. I was looking at the background. Because in the background was me and Edward. Edward and I. Making out.
"Oh my god, Jasper really wasn't exaggerating! Look where his hand are!!" She was pointing to where Edwards hands had a firm grip on my ass. She was laughing so hard now she had tears coming down her face.
"This is so embarrassing!" I pushed her out of the was so I could scroll down the page to read the comments. Some of them commented on the girl in the front of the picture, but the majority had made comments on the scene in the background.
I gasped and frowned as I read them. Alice had managed to compose herself enough that she could speak and began to read some of them aloud,
"'Edward, dude! Get in there!', ha ha! 'He's so damn lucky, look at his hands on her ass! Bella's hot, I'd so tap that!' Oh my god! Who wrote that?! That's so funny!" She went off into hysterics again. I closed the laptop,
"It's not funny!" No wonder so many people had been sniggering and winking at me at school... how embarrassing!
I groaned and threw myself down on the bed, "The worst thing is I can't even remember it! How freakin'... gay!!"
Alice came over to me smiling, she patted me on the leg,
"There, there Bella, your time will come again I'm sure. You can always check out that picture in the meantime..." she sniggered and I narrowed my eyes at her, picking up the pillow next to my head and holding it over my face.
"It would only happen to me!" I muffled into the pillow. Alice giggled and pulled out her iPhone,
"Aw man, Bella, I've got to go, my mom wants me to help set everything out for tomorrow morning. I have to get up at 6! I'm so excited though, it's going to be so good!"
I walked Alice down to the front door, and hugged her,
"I'll see you tomorrow Bella my darling! Can't wait!" she leaned round the door to call to dad, "I'm going Charlie, so I'll see you tomorrow. Have a good night!"
"Oh you off, Alice? Well, yes, we'll be seeing you tomorrow then, stay safe." She nodded and headed down the path waving back at me.
I closed the door and leaned on it for a moment.
"Alice is a lovely girl isn't she? Edward as well... There's another boy isn't there, I guess I'll meet him tomorrow. If he's anything like Edward, I'm sure he's great. You know Bells, he's a good influence, he has his priorities all in check. You should invite him round more."
Edward actually came here quite a lot after school, but Charlie hadn't come home yet and when he was due, Edward would leave. Not that anything suspicious was going on, nor did Edward dislike Charlie, in fact he really liked Charlie, which was annoying...
We spent a lot of the time doing a whole lot of nothing, although nothing with Edward was the best kind of nothing. Not that I didn't think of doing something...
"Yeah..." I went to go back up the stairs,
"You alright there Bella?" He turned round on the couch to look at me.
No, I'm not. I'm pissing my pants right now because of Thanksgiving tomorrow. And my not-boyfriend-but-something Edwards psycho ex is going to be there, probably thinking up different ways of torturing him, and in turn, me. And I'm not really sure where our relationship is at the moment, and I want it to move on but I don't want to move too fast, but at the moment I'm not moving at all! So screw being too fast, we've been at this for ages already! But still, Tanya, Edward, relationship, Thanksgiving, so much food! And I missed out on possibly the best kiss of my life! It's all too much...
"Yeah Dad, I'm fine." Speak for yourself! Wait...
"Oh, you just seem a bit, I don't know, troubled?" BECAUSE I AM, JUST A BIT.
I shrugged, "I'm just tired." And confused, and upset, and worried, and a tiny bit excited. I just want to cry.
"Ok, well, you better head off to bed then." He turned back to watch the TV, a show about cops in L.A was on, ah, so that's where he's getting his material from...
"Yep, I am. Night Dad." I carried on up the stairs.
"Sleep well, Bells."
Huh, I'd try.
EPOV
I was sitting in the kitchen at the breakfast bar, my elbow on the counter and my head resting in my hand. Emmett was sitting beside me, he had one iPod earphone in his ear and the other dangling down. We were watching our parents and Alice cooking some of the Thanksgiving dinner. We'd only been sitting here for 2 hours but they'd been there for hours before so everything that need to be done was basically done.
Carlisle approached the bar, drying his hands with a cloth, "Are you boys just going to sit there then?" He smiled at us,
"Uh, yes. I don't know if anyone realised, but I can't cook!" Emmett put his hands up in the air.
I chuckled under my breath and then turned to look at Carlisle, "Mm, well I just don't really want to. It looks kind of boring."
"Oh god, you know it must be boring if Edward says so...!" Alice giggled, she was rolling out pastry in flour with Esme.
I seriously had to drop this whole 'Edward's so boring' notion. It was really starting to irritate me.
"You know what Alice, shut up... actually." I got up and walked towards where her and Esme were rolling out the pastry. Alice looked at me suspiciously but then ignored me and carried on. I put my hand in the bag of flour while she was looking away,
"Alice..." As soon as she turned to look at me I threw the handful of flour I had gathered in my hand, into her face.
"Edward!" Esme gasped, although I could hear the amusement in her voice and a smile was playing on her lips.
Alice stood still. She didn't move. Flour was completely covering her face and hair and she had her eyes tightly closed and her hands still on the rolling pin.
"Dude! That was awesome!" Emmett boomed. Alice huffed and a cloud of flour went into the air. She slowly opened her eyes and glared at me, putting both her hands into the flour.
"Now, now, kids, lets not..." Carlisle began but Alice had already hurled a handful of flour at me. I'd dodged it and so it carried on through the air until it came to hit him, dead in the face. Alice gasped putting her now empty hand in front of her mouth,
"Oh my god, Dad, I'm sorry, I meant to hit Edward...!" I laughed,
"Yeah, well, you missed." Just as I said this, she turned towards me throwing the other handful which hit me this time, in the face. I wiped my face and frowned, Alice giggled and so did Esme. But Carlisle was serious.
He walked over to where Esme was, "Darling..." she giggled,
"No my love, I shall not stand for this."
For a second I thought we'd actually managed to crack him and he was honestly disappointed with us. But then he turned around, a menacing smile on his face and two hands filled with flour. He threw both of them at Alice and I, hitting us both in the stomachs.
"Hey don't leave me out of the fun!" Emmett jumped up from where he was sitting and bounded towards the closest bag of flour. Everyone else had gone in search of flour and soon the room was filled with it.
It was as if we were inside a giant snow globe and someone had just shaken it. Flour was flying everywhere and everyone was completely covered in it, even Esme was involved. When it appeared we'd run out, we stopped and laughed. Alice looked a lot like Frosty the Snowman whilst Emmett resembled a Yeti.
"I think I'm going to have to go and get some more flour..." Esme chuckled and we all laughed with her as we looked around. The cupboards, the work surfaces, fruit in the fruit bowl, pictures on the walls, and us. Everything was covered in flour.
"Don't you just love Thanksgiving!" Emmett pulled us all into a tight squeeze. We all smiled at each other and I brushed myself down although it proved to be in vain.
"You see, cooking can be fun." Carlisle said winking and Emmett and I. We smiled back at him,
"I can clean this up, seeing as I started it." I winked at Alice who stuck out her tongue.
"No, you kids are fine, your mother and I will clean this. Go and get washed and changed, our friends will be here soon enough." He patted us on the back and turned to help Esme clean the flour, laughing as they went.
Alice skipped along beside us as we headed out of the kitchen and up the stairs,
"We love you!" she called back to them.
"And we love you all, more than anything." Esme said, I could hear the smile in her voice.
We really did love them, so much, of course we did. They were the best parents I think anyone could ever have, ever, and I was lucky enough for them to be mine. And Emmett and Alice, although they annoyed the hell out of me, they were my siblings and I would do anything, within reason, for them, because I loved them and they loved me. That's just how families are, sometimes you share some of the funniest moments and just enjoy their company, and sometimes everyone annoys each other and you want to kill them. But underneath it all, there is an eternal bond, a love that, as hard as you may try to break, will forever be intact and keep you bound to it. And everyone would be bound to it. Adaptations may sometimes have to be made, but loyalties would be upheld, through the good times and the bad.
That's how I think a family is supposed to work, and if I was correct, my family was in ship shape.
BPOV
"Wow, a real nice house they've got here, eh." Charlie looked up at the Cullens house as we stood outside the front door.
"Yeah, it really is. It's beautiful on the inside too."
"Huh, I bet." He put his hands into his pockets and the door opened,
"Charlie, Bella! Happy Thanksgiving! Come in, come in!" Esme gestured us into the house. We walked in, standing in the hallway, Carlisle was soon beside her, greeting Charlie. He smiled and shook his hand and kissed Esme on the cheeks.
Esme looked beautiful, she had her bronze hair lightly curled and wore a lovely purple dress. I'd never really thought about it before, but her hair was the same colour as Edwards, perhaps a different shade. Carlisle looked extremely handsome with black pants and a white button down shirt. As a pair, they were perfect for each other, and happiness radiated from them. It was nice just to look on and smile.
Alice came sliding out of nowhere wearing a green cotton dress with long sleeves, that stopped mid thigh. She also had on a pair of grey long socks and had a red ribbon tied around her waist, and of course like me, she wore our friendship bracelet on her wrist,
"Bella! You're here!" She squealed, throwing her arms around me, "Hi Charlie, Happy Thanksgiving!" she went over to hug him and then came back to me.
"Ah, bravo mon amie! J'adore ta robe!" She winked at me. Of course she loved my dress, she'd bought it!
It was a midnight blue dress, that had ¾ length sleeves and stopped just above my knees. It was quite slim fitting but hugged my body perfectly, putting emphasis on the right things in the right places. I wore a long silver and black necklace with flowers and butterflies intertwined in it, a thin brown belt around my waist and a black alice-band in my hair.
"Merci beaucoup, j'adore... what you're wearing too." I smiled at her, I thought it was rather amusing we were speaking partly in French and partly English.
"Merci, je t'aime trés trés beaucoup!"
"Je t'aime aussi." We smiled widely at each other and then giggled. Our parents had moved to the kitchen and were talking animatedly about god knows what.
"They're not here yet then I'm guessing?"I said, shifting my weight from one leg to the other,
"Nope, I'm sure they'll be here in a minute though, Jasper said that they've left already and they don't live that far away."
"Oh." I wasn't really looking forward to the Hales arrival. Well not the Hales, I quite liked that family, just the one person.
Alice touched my arm, "Bella, you'll be fine seriously, she's so predictable, she'll try and make you feel awkward and she'll try to weasel her way into things, but you've got to just ignore her. She can get quite spiteful when she wants to be, but if she does, don't pay attention to her."
I sighed, and shrugged, "Ok... god, I don't know why I'm so worried. Poor Edward... I just think she's going to hate me."
Alice giggled, "I know she's going to hate you." I frowned, I didn't see why that was so funny,
"She will hate you, because if your with Edward, she'll see how much better you are with him than she was. That'll piss her off. Also, she's really vain so she'll see you as a threat, naturally." I rolled my eyes and noticed Emmett and Edward were coming down the stairs,
"Hey Bella!" Emmett called, bounding up to me and pulling me into a bear hug,
"Emmett... I can't... breathe!" He let go and I panted for air. Alice and Edward laughed so I threw a glare in their direction. Then I stood up straight and brushed myself down. He was wearing a button down black shirt and tanned pants. Edward was wearing a blue buttoned down shirt with a grey jacket and black pants. He looked gorgeous.
"Edward." I said smiling at him, he came over and hugged me, perhaps longer than a normal hug.
"Mm, your skin, your hair, you smell delicious." He whispered, tickling my ear, my knees began to quiver and I was glad he was still holding me,
"Oh, charming. You make me sound like something to eat." I pulled back to look at his face and smiled, although his arms were around my waist.
"Well I wouldn't mind eating you, I imagine you would taste delectable." I giggled as the door bell rang. Emmett ran to open it and Alice sighed and rolled her eyes as she followed,
"This is going to be fun!" she murmured sarcastically, which was quite funny to hear from Alice.
I looked back at Edward who was looking down, I placed my hand on his cheek, "You'll be ok."
He looked up, " I will be if you're with me."
"Well then I'm not leaving you."
I smiled up at him as he looked deeply into my eyes. I looked back into his until I could see nothing but them. His eyes were so easy to get lost in, it was crazy. But the sound of greetings and laughter brought us back to reality. Esme had come to greet the Hales as well now, leading Rose and Jasper's parents, Vivienne and Daniel, to the kitchen.
Like Esme and Carlisle, Vivienne and Daniel appeared to be a perfect match. They were both extremely good looking, just like they're children. Vivienne had her blonde hair tied back into a bun and was wearing a cream camisole with black pants. Daniel looked similar to Carlisle although he had a rounder face and his eyes were a bright blue. They greeted Edward and I and then carried on into the kitchen.
Then I saw her, walking into the house with Jasper, laughing about something. She stopped laughing to greet Alice and Emmett. Boy was she stunning.
She was like the best bits of every beautiful person I'd ever seen, although saying that, she wasn't any more or less striking than Rose. Her hair was strawberry-blonde and was the same length as Rose's but unlike her siblings or her parents, she had dark grey eyes, and her skin was a bit paler. However she had a perfect bone structure and, like Alice had said, really nice clothes.
She was wearing a black jacket and a cream, silk-chiffon dress that was loose fitting but very flattering on her. But then I imagine most clothes would look rather becoming on her... oh god.
Edward and I were standing very close now, our sides where just touching. But it wasn't enough. I grabbed his hand, interlocking his fingers with mine and held them behind us so no-one would see. He looked over his shoulder and then looked to me and smiled. I guessed he needed the comfort just as much as I did, and geez did I need it now.
Once the door was closed and everyone was introduced, Rose gestured towards me,
"Tanya, this is Bella, Bella, Tanya." Tanya was glaring at me with her fierce grey eyes. I felt Edward squeeze my hand slightly before I let go and walked towards her, holding out my hand,
She looked at my it and I swear disgust flashed on her face before she took it and smiled sweetly at me,
"Hello, Bella, I've heard a lot about. You sound like a nice girl." Yeah, it's a shame about you...
"Thanks... I've heard a lot about you too..." Her smile faded for a moment and she glanced at Edward who had turned himself so he was no longer facing us.
"Right..." she said, letting go of my hand.
"Ok Jas, you, me, Rose, Mario kart, now. It's on!" Emmett said excitedly,
"Bring it! I'll whoop both your asses!" Jasper replied, now trying to race Emmett to the living room,
"Oh god, you're both going down!" Rose said with a menacing smile on her face, following behind them, then she turned back to look at Tanya and raised her eyebrows as pleading with her, then she disappeared.
"Shotgun Princess Peach!" Emmett called out.
It was just Alice, Tanya, Edward and I left in the hallway. I'd stepped back to stand next to Edward again, and Tanya was looking me sternly up and down before stopping on my face and narrowing her eyes,
"So, are you not going to say hello then, Edward?" She was looking at me still when she was talking, then she turned to him,
He sighed and turned slightly, "Hello, Tanya." He said politely, she smiled, but it only lasted a second. She looked at me again,
"Does she always hang around you like that? Aw, isn't that cute." she smiled sarcastically at me, fluttering her eye lids.
"Uh, Tanya, don't speak about Bella like that." Alice said, frowning. Tanya looked around in the air as if she'd heard something but didn't know where it was coming from,
"Oh, Alice, you're still here...?" she said with a baffled expression on her face,
Alice narrowed her eyes, "Yes I'm still here, in case you didn't notice this is my house. You know what, whatever Tanya." She waved her hand at her in a dismissive way and then went into the living room, mouthing 'sorry' at me as she went.
What? I'm not hanging around him like some little child, am I? I'm not clingy... and I'm not that young, we're both juniors... Huh, I see what Alice meant, she's getting to me already, but it's not that easy just to ignore.
I wonder if I throw some holy water at her she'll burn? Probably, I should try it out...
EPOV
Bella looked down and frowned, but then I small smile appeared on her face. I'll have to ask her about it later. If Tanya thought she could piss me off by trying to upset Bella, then she was right. It was working. I guess she picked up on how close we were standing, but what was it to her anyway? I liked Bella around me, she wasn't just tagging along. And we were both juniors so the whole making her seem young thing didn't really work.
"Yes, it's lovely actually. Surely you should know, didn't your boyfriend ever say that about me?" I smiled smugly at her, and her face immediately fell and she narrowed her eyes.
Bella's small smile widened. I looked down at her and smiled too. I couldn't stand here near Tanya anymore, she was annoying the hell out of me already, she didn't even need to speak. Her presence was enough to wind me up, and I didn't want to snap. Causing scene's wasn't really my thing, and definitely not on Thanksgiving.
"Excuse us..." I said, keeping up the polite charade. I took Bella's hand and lead her to the kitchen,
"Oh, well done, Edward. Not really one for greetings, hellos, goodbyes... more the run away type. How mature." I heard her say behind me.
How can she talk to me about mature? Does she even hear the words that come out of her mouth? I laughed internally.
In the kitchen, our parents were all happily chatting away and laughing, each with a glass of champagne in their hands, even though it was half 3. Who cares, it's Thanksgiving, and everyone loves champagne! Especially Alice...
No-one really noticed us walking in, but I lead her to the furthest end of the breakfast bar to make sure they didn't. Not that I really cared anymore if they did. I gestured for her to sit on the chair, and she did so, spinning it round to face me. She laughed under her breath,
"I don't want to sound like a bitch, and I don't really know her... but I really don't like Tanya." I laughed at her and she smiled,
"Ha, don't worry about it, really, please, continue to do so." She kicked me lightly in the shin, then she put her hand on my arm, her face serious,
"You're ok though?" I took her hand and kissed the back of it,
"Yes Bella, I'm fine. Well, I don't like how she speaks to you or looks at you, but other than that I'm very well. Are you ok?"
She smiled and looked down, "It's not really about me though... and I'm fine as long as you are."
I leaned down to kiss her cheek and then moved to her neck, she giggled. I stopped and smiled,
"Esme's watching us." I pulled back still smiling and she immediately looked over her shoulder to look at Esme, who was crossing the kitchen to a cupboard, smiling to herself.
"Wow, well, we're really inconspicuous..." she rolled her eyes,
"Well, we don't have to be... if you don't want to?" I asked timidly but I knew I didn't want to be anymore, I wanted the world and his dog to know Bella was mine.
She looked up at me questioningly and then smiled widely, "No, I don't want to be..."
"Good." She kissed me quickly on the lips, but it was too quick. I wanted more, but I guess I'd have to wait. Then she looked over to where everyone was standing. Everyone in the living room and Tanya had now come into the kitchen and were helping to take plates and dishes of food into the dining room.
"You can say." She said still looking at them, then she smiled, "It'll be crap if I do it, and I'll probably choke or something, you know what I'm like." She laughed lightly under her breath. I loved her laugh and her smile, it was beautiful.
"Fine. That reminds me, what were you laughing at earlier, when we were with Tanya?" she frowned for a moment as she thought, then she raised her eyebrows and smiled,
"Oh, I was, uh, thinking about if I tossed holy water on her, and whether or not she'd burn..." she giggled as we got up to walking towards where everyone was. Tanya glowered at us as we approached but everyone else smiled, I grinned,
"Yeah, she probably would."
BPOV
I thought the food we had on my birthday was a feast, but compared to what Esme, Carlisle and Alice had prepared, it was merely a starter. On the table before me must have been the dictionary definition of 'feast', and I'm pretty sure that after it you're going to be the dictionary definition of 'obese'.
There was so much food. So much food. I don't think I've ever seen so much food that looked so delicious on a table in front of me. There was a huge turkey in the centre of the table garnished with roasted turnips and potatoes. There were sweet potatoes, more roasted turnips, carrots and potatoes, corn, mashed potatoes, green beans, stuffing, sweet rolls, bread of various sorts, broccoli, salad, and of course gravy and cranberry sauce. The list could go on and on. Basically every food I could think to eat was on the table.
In fact the only thing that didn't make this moment the best thing ever, was that Edward and I were seated opposite Tanya. We'd tried to move somewhere else but she insisted we sit there. The parents had thought that it was nice, and we'd smiled and sat down, but I could see straight through her and I wasn't buying it.
Once everyone was seated and we gave thanks for the food, not that anyone was particularly religious but it was Thanksgiving and all, we began putting food onto our plates. I could see Emmett further up the table literally shovelling everything he could see onto his plate, Rose ended up taking his plate from him telling him he couldn't have anymore until he'd finished what was on there. I smiled at this and carried on filling my own plate.
Everyone was engaged in conversations around the table and the atmosphere was pleasant. It was very homely, like we were one big family, all together, and it was nice. I'd never really had a Thanksgiving dinner like this before and suddenly I thought there was a lot to be thankful for.
When I'd finished, I sat and looked around. Charlie was talking to David and Carlisle and Esme was laughing with Vivienne. Emmett was seeing how much food he could fit in his mouth at once, making Rose laugh, and Jasper was trying too, although now he was just choking. Alice was hitting his back as she giggled. I looked at Edward who was watching them just as I was, with a smile on his face. I smiled as well. I'd chosen to just ignore Tanya.
Once Jasper had stopped choking and everyone had finished, Carlisle and Esme took out all the food and brought in the desserts. Round two, ding ding ding! There was so much pie, and I loved pie so much. Cherry, strawberry, rhubarb, strawberry and rhubarb, apple and rhubarb, apple, blueberry, mixed berries, and of course pumpkin pie. And there was cake and ice cream too. Ok, I'm dead, this is heaven.
I didn't even know where to begin so I took a bit of everything at different times until I felt like I couldn't fit anything into my stomach anymore. Edward was sitting back in his chair with his hands on his stomach, I sat back in my chair and did the same, giggling. He looked at me and chuckled, and I just sat looking at him for a while. Then I looked ahead and saw Tanya glowering at me. The amount of hate on her face shocked me and I sat there looking back at her like a deer in the headlights.
"Tanya, leave Bella alone." Edward said, seeing her face and mine.
"I'm not doing anything, Edward." She said, smirking slightly. Edward sighed and rolled his eyes,
"Yes you are, and I'd really appreciate it if you stopped." He said sternly.
"Aw, look at you, trying to protect your little friend. She's not worth it Edward, I on the other hand..." she laughed coldly under her breath,
His jaw clenched but then it relaxed and he spoke,
"I disagree. She's very much worth it. More than a thousand times than you could ever be, and she's a bit more than my 'little friend'..." She narrowed her eyes for a second and then smiled and began pushing the pie left in her bowl around.
"Whatever, Edward. You just keep telling yourself that..."
His eyes widened, "Yeah I will. In fact, I'll tell everyone."
He stood up from his chair, brushing down his shirt. The adults had noticed he'd stood up but the other end of the table were oblivious. Tanya watched him pryingly as did I, it hadn't really clicked what he was about to do.
"Ahem, could I have everyone's attention please." Everyone was watching him now, wondering what it was he was going to say, he stood there looking rather confident,
"I don't think I've ever really given much thanks for anything at Thanksgiving, but this year I have more of a reason to do so. Other than the usual thanks, to my wonderful, loving family, to our loyal friends, and for the time and effort put into that delicious food... but Tanya has just brought to light a person who I am very thankful for."
He smiled at Tanya and everyone's gaze quickly shifted to her and then back to Edward. He sighed smiling.
"I'm thankful for Bella." I noticed Esme smile but then my focus was totally on Edward and he was looking directly at me,
" I'm thankful that you're so kind and so generous. You're funny, intelligent and you're beautiful. I'm thankful for the blush that appears on your face when you're embarrassed, and the sound of your laughter, even your face when you're annoyed. I'm thankful that you're so open minded and you're neutral like Switzerland. I'm thankful you listen to me and you know just what to say and when not to say anything. I feel like you know me so well, and I you. I'm thankful that you're like my best friend, and I'm thankful I can finally call you my girlfriend, because honestly, I adore you."
I couldn't speak. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even see properly because my eyes were welling up with tears. He's quite the public speaker...
"Edward..." I managed to get out, although it was barely audible, my throat was tight.
"Yes! Finally! How long have I waited for that, too long!" Alice shrieked clapping her hands together.
"Aw, you guys, I knew you'd get together!" Emmett said loudly. Jasper cleared his throat and Emmett narrowed his eyes at him before digging into his pocket and handing over twenty dollars. Jasper raised one eyebrow and smiled smugly.
"I knew it would happen soon, it's taken you long enough! You guys are perfect!" Rose said, a huge smile on her face.
Tanya, who had been staring at Edward and shaking her head ,turned to her sister and began firing her poisonous darts through her eyes. Rose just rolled her eyes and then ignored her.
Tears began spilling over and I was still unable to speak. Say something damnit! Edward wiped my cheeks as they began to fall and kissed my head,
"Thank you." I whispered. He smiled at me as he sat down again. I took one of his hands and placed both of mine around it.
"Edward, that was beautiful. I really do hope you two are happy." Esme smiled kindly as she squeezed Edwards shoulder,
"Yes, Edward. That was lovely, I think you should give some tips to my husband!" Vivienne laughed lightly and then kissed David on the cheek who had a shocked expression,
"And there was me thinking you liked my little speeches..." He said, putting his hand to his heart and then smiling back at her.
Charlie cleared his throat, "Well, good luck to you both. You really are a great kid Edward, so I trust you'll look after her."
"Of course, I will." Carlisle smiled and nodded at him.
Not that I could really look anywhere else but Edward. When I said he could tell them, I was expecting, 'Hey everyone, me and Bella are official now. So yeah.' But what he did come out with was so much better. More than so much better.
However, I think for once I'd reacted the way he'd wanted me to. So that was good.
After everyone had shown their approval and given congratulations, we helped to take the plates and dishes into the kitchen and wash them or load them into the dishwasher. The adults had gone into the drawing room and Emmett, Alice, Rose and Jasper were in the living room.
Edward and I were in the kitchen, just about to go into the living room and Tanya was drying the last of the plates. Edward took my hand and kissed it before walking with me through the door,
"Bella, look out there's a giant spider next to you!" I heard Tanya cry.
I spun round almost immediately to avoid the creature. I hated spiders, so much. Even more than so much. I couldn't stand to be near them so when she said this, I instantly panicked. However, as I spun round, I smacked my head against the wooden door frame.
"Oh, maybe it wasn't a spider. My bad." She said smugly as she threw down the dish cloth on the side and strode past us through to the living room.
"Oh my fucking god, OW!" I stumbled backwards a bit as I put both hands to my forehead. If that hadn't cut, there would definitely be a bruise. And it hurt so much!
Edward held me and spun me round to face him, "Oh my god, Bella, are you ok?!" his face was full of concern and I couldn't help it, but my eyes began watering as I cradled my head.
"Owwwww." I mumbled, trying to hold back the tears, but it really hurt!
He pulled me over to the fridge and picked me up, putting me on the work surface. Then he opened the freezer and pulled out a pack of ice and held it to my head. I whimpered at the cold contact but after a while there was definitely less pain.
"Bitch!" I said after a while. Edward chuckled,
"That was really evil of her. Maybe we should go and get that holy water you were talking about..."
I smiled at him, "Maybe... but oh my god, this ice on my head is like literally, brain freeze!" I laughed and he smiled.
"Thank you." I said after a little while.
"What for?" he asked, his face was confused although he kept his focus of the ice he was holding to my head.
"For everything. For your little speech, for you in general." He smiled and took the ice pack away from my head, looking into my eyes. Then he looked up at my forehead, and pulled a face,
"Yeah, there's a lump there and it's already bruising." I rolled my eyes,
"Great..." He came closer to me.
"I'll kiss it better."
He put on his crooked smile and he leaned in. He kissed the top of my head where the bump was and then began trailing down the side of my face, I closed my eyes. His lips were so soft against my skin as he kissed down from my brow to my jaw, I was melting. Then his lips came closer to mine, tenderly brushing over them. But I couldn't take it, I'd missed out the first time and I didn't want to wait this time, I pushed myself up slightly so that his lips crashed into mine. The kiss started off tender, setting off fireworks in my stomach, but I soon tried to deepen it, wrapping my arms around his neck and my legs around his as he slid his arms round my waist.
I felt his tongue against my bottom lip, asking for entrance, which I eagerly allowed. I felt him chuckle slightly as I did so, and then our tongues were dancing with each other. I was glad I was sitting on the counter because I was sure I'd be on the floor right now. I could smell him all around me and I could taste him to. It was luscious. And all to soon we had to pull away for air. I smiled as I kept my hold on him,
"I was right, you do taste delicious." He said, smiling.
"Well, I'm glad, so do you. That was very nice. Very very nice."
He kissed my forehead again, "Well, it's the least I can do, being your boyfriend and all." He smiled widely.
Ah, Edward was my boyfriend. Oh such joy!
Edward is my boyfriend. Mine. Me. Edward. Me and Edward. Edward and I. Together.
:D YAY!
It took me forever but I finally got it all out... SO WHAT DID YOU THINK? WHAT DID YOU LIKE/DISLIKE ETC ETC?
Random names for Jasper and Rose's parents... ahha, I love the name Vivienne though, and Vienna, I love the name Vienna, maybe I should have put it as that..
ANYWAY, so they're officially together now! Which means they're relationship will be progressing, if you know what I mean... ;) hahahaha!
I tried to make Tanya really bitchy, but then I decided I didn't want her REALLY bitchy, but then I don't even know how I thought she ended up. I think she was sort of subtly bitchy, making snidey comments and what not, but yeah maybe I could have improved her... what do you think? I don't think she'd coming back anytime soon so I just really want to know what you thought of her... hmm
Also, I was just wondering, this isn't a definite idea, but would anyone like Jacob in this at all? I mean, I hate Jacob, hate hate hate hate, but I think it could be funny for him to think he has a chance with Bella whilst just pissing Edward off... hmm, not sure, we'll see...
AH, I'm feeling pretty ill at the moment, thanks to SOMEONE.. you know who you are!!
I hope you liked it!
Thank you all again for reading, I love you even more if you review or favourite or something, nah, I'll love you all anyway... but please, I do love reviews!
MWAH MWAH XOXO
+IF I HAVE TO HEAR ANY TAYLOR SWIFTS FRIKKIN SONGS EVER AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ... DIE!!! GAHCDSCHDSCLHDSVIHFCJKVFOLJDPJFCL
