A/N: Hello my very loyal readers. Give yourselves a round of applause. Now stop. Lol. Anyway, I will not be able to update as much as I'd like to thanks to school. Sorry. And the poll will be up for two more days. If I don't have over 10 votes, she ends up with Mike! BTW, I've only gotten five votes so far and the poll closes tomorrow.
Li-Li
EPOV
"I'll, um, go get us a table." Bella said more to herself than to me. I nodded my head and she seemed relieved. The girl at the counter turned around. When she saw me she smiled.
"Hello, welcome to the Little Pizza Shoppe on the Corner. My name is Jessica. What can I do for you today?" Hmmm, Jessica…the name sounded familiar but I didn't dwell on it.
"Can I get a medium pizza, half-cheese half-pepperoni with two small cokes?"
"Is that for here or to go?"
"For here." She stared at me for a moment, looking confused.
"I'm here with a date." I said without thinking. Her eyes widened a little and her nice demeanor went down a few notches.
"Okay, so you're number…243. Have a good day." Jessica gave me the sheet of paper. Before I could say thank you, she turned around again and started barking orders. I shrugged and walked away to find Bella. It wasn't very hard. She was at a both looking at-not out-at the window and twisting a napkin in her hands. It seemed she was about to break it before calming herself down. I sat down across from her and she jumped.
"Sorry, you startled me." She tried to cover her face with her hair and I could tell she was blushing.
"Bella are you okay?" Bella looked like she was about to have a panic attack. She took a deep breath and started talking a million miles per second.
"Well,see,IcamebecauseIdidn'tknowifwewereanitemandRosesaidIshouldfindoutbutIgotscaredbecauseIreallylikeyouandnowyouprobablythinkI'mpsychotic!"
(A/N: Translation: Well, see, I came because I didn't know if we were an item and Rose said I should find out but I got scared because I really like you and now you probably think I'm psychotic!)
I didn't mean to but, I just stared at her. I understood all of about five words before my brain went numb. She groaned and leaned her head on the back of the seat. I heard her mumble to herself and then I heard our number being called.
"243, medium half-half 2 small cokes."
"I'll go get that?" I said cautiously.
"Mmhmm. Okay." Her voice got squeaky and her eyes were closed. I got up and walked over to the counter. Jessica smiled warmly at me, and then looked over my shoulder. There was a clear disapproval in her eyes and she handed me the tray. I was about to walk away but, she held on to my arm. Bella was on the phone right now and I thought I'd forgotten something. Bella seemed upset so maybe she just wanted a break. I didn't want to seem rude either.
"So, Edward, did I miss anything in class today?"
BPOV
"Rose, no!" I'm never ever, ever taking your advice again! He probably thinks I'm crazy or something!"
"Okay, okay, Bella, breathe! Did you tell him calmly and slowly?" I paused and took in a deep breath.
"Well, could you define that for me?"
"Bella! See, I told you, you would freak out!" I was taken aback.
'What the hell Rosalie!? I kept telling you I'd screw up and then you went into your spiel about how I'd regret it and become that creepy old lady with 27 cats!" The line was quiet and Rosalie changed the subject.
"Okay, whatever, off the subject anyway." I was confused by then and that is a very hard thing to do. "So, why are you twenty years old and without a cell phone?"
"I don't know. I just am. Besides, Alice let me borrow hers."
"That's not the point Bella. You're in Pittsburgh for goodness sake! This is not the quaint little town of Forks, Washington."
"Hey, I lived in Phoenix before that."
"Yeah, I know. I still don't know how you survived there for so long."
"I didn't need one. Remember, no life, no friends."
"This was true, but now it's not and it might've come in hand- the phone I mean- when you were in the hospital ya know. Crash test dummy 2."
"Whatever, look I gotta go. Edward's coming back."
"He was sure gone a long-"
"Bye!" I hissed. I clicked the phone off and Edward slid in across from me. He looked upset. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I just don't understand people."
"Me either." He smiled and I smiled back.
"Oh! I got half pepperoni and half cheese. I forgot to ask you what you like. The smalls were pretty big too so…" He trailed off and looked over my shoulder. "Ugh. Really Jake." He muttered.
"Sorry?"
"Oh, my friend's a stalker and always follows me." He said still looking at his friend apparently. I turned around.
"Oh, that's your friend? Jacob right?"
"Yep. Why?"
"No reason." Next thing I knew a great big voice boomed next to me and I jumped.
"OMG! Bella, hi!" Next to Jake was Lauren. I hated her and wanted her to die in a horrible, horrible accident.
"So, Eddie," Jacob said. "Mind if we join you?" Edward looked at me and I sighed.
"Sure, Jake! No problem."
"Great!" Lauren exclaimed. She scooted in next to me and Jacob next to Edward. So much for my 'date'. I knew, I should've stayed home!