ILY, people. I opened my email and got tons of Review Alert emails. Just as I promised, fluff in this chapter. Drama fest in the next chapter. Chapter 10 peeps! I have to update everyday before school starts, ack! Anyways, Edward and Bella moment coming up! Please review!
10. Lovers and Other Cullens
The triple threat is back to rule the school. Hold on to your hats 'cause the rest of the year will sure be a ride.
xoxo,
Gossip Girl
BPOV
Alice, Rose and I had gone shopping through the weekend. Emmett started talking to me again and Alice and Jasper were sweeter than ever. It was lunch time and we were eating by the steps. Rose, Alice and I sat on the same step while Jessica and Lauren were two steps down. Jasper came by to sit with us. He pulled Alice on his lap and kissed her on the temple. I noticed that his tray was full of food.
"Oh my god, you got M&M's," I grabbed the M&M's off his tray and opened it. I ate a mouth full then passed it back to Jasper. Lauren and Jessica tried to keep up with our jokes and story-telling. I took a bite from my salad then looked up to find Edward sitting alone staring at me. His expression was hard to read. His lips were pressed into a tight line and his eyes were blank. Rose and Alice followed my gaze and looked back at me.
"So, Bella what happened to you and Edward?" Rose's voice suddenly made me jump.
"What?" I tried to act clueless.
"You and my brother were pretty close," Alice said before taking a big bite from Jasper's pizza.
"You guys were always together during the day," Jasper stated. I stared back at them.
"We were just…he was just going with me 'cause he felt sorry for me, that's all," I sipped my diet coke and took a bite from my salad. Alice raised her eyebrows and took another bite from Jasper's pizza.
"Bella, he was pretty pissed off at me during the dance. I think he kinda likes you," I rolled my eyes. Edward, like me? I giggled at the thought.
"Yeah, Bells. Edward barely talked to me for a month 'cause I was mad at you," Alice said. Maybe they're just lying to make me feel better. I rolled my eyes once again. I looked at the now empty table where Edward was.
"Oh, you know I never did tell you about the Secret Savers Dance," Rosalie proclaimed. "Edward never did sign up Jessica. He signed up you. I was just soooo pissed at you so I changed it to Jess," I looked down at Jess who was pursing her lips. So Edward never did take Jess. He signed me up. I was supposed to be his date that night. That's why he kept on convincing me to go! Suddenly Emmett's hand was waving across my face.
"Bells…are you there? I just said hey…"
"Oh, hey Emmett," I snapped back into reality.
"Hey, babe," he kissed Rose gently then went a step up to sit. Rose patted his knee and then he started gobbling up his food.
"What's with Bella?" Emmett asked.
"She's too in shock that our dear brother signed her up for the Secret Savers Dance," his eyes just about popped out. I wanted to smack Alice on the head. They all laughed while I kept quiet. My mind wandered to images of Edward.
"Hey, I just noticed…the whole team is back!" Jasper said joyously. The whole team was back. Emmett and Rosalie, Jasper and Alice, and lonely me. I looked down at Lauren and Jessica who looked very out of place.
"Yeah! Except we're missing someone," missing someone? Who could we be missing?
"We're complete, Alice. Who could we be missing?" I raised my eyebrows.
"You know what I mean," she raised her eyebrows and shot glances at Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper. I creased my eyebrows in confusion. Rosalie whispered something to Alice then they both giggled. Rosalie then whispered something to Emmett then Alice whispered something to Jasper.
"What are you guys talking about?" I asked. They all looked up and smiled at me mischievously. I hated it when they did this to me.
"Oh…nothing," I rolled my eyes and finished off my salad. After throwing my trash I went over to my locker. I looked at my schedule popping my eyes realizing what my next class was. Biology… I had Biology with Edward. Why was I so scared? It made me feel awkward thinking about Edward. Since Rosalie had explained the real story to the Secret Savers Dance thinking about Edward was the last thing I wanted to do. I threw my schedule at the back of my locker then stalked off to my next class. I walked in class and sat beside Edward quietly. Usually I'd say 'hey' or 'What's up Edward?' and he usually wouldn't reply. Mr. Banner started the class and I tried to listen. My mind wandered off as Mr. Banner spoke. What is Rose never switched Edward's dates? What would've happened to us? I peeked through the corner of my eye and found Edward staring at me intently. I quickly turned my focus to Mr. Banner even though I didn't know what he was talking about. Luckily we didn't have to do any experiments today. I peeked at Edward again whose focus was now on his notebook. At least he wasn't staring at me anymore. When the bell rang I was the first to leave the classroom. I half ran to my next class. The rest of my classes were a blur. Alice met up with me at the end of my last period.
"Hey Bells!" Unfortunately her perkiness was something you couldn't get used to too.
"Hey, Al," we walked over to my locker while I let Alice babble on and on. I wasn't really paying attention to her so I kept quiet.
"B, did you hear what I just said?"
"Hm, what?"
"I said, since we've got a lot of catching up to do I was wondering if you and Rose would like to come to my house tomorrow and have a sleepover?" She beamed her white teeth at me.
"Uh, sure, I guess…hey…wait a minute. Don't think one second I wouldn't fall for your little plan, Alice. You're trying to get me and Edward on the same roof, aren't you?" I knew Alice too well. She always gets what she wants and right now she wants me and Edward.
"Of course not! What's wrong with wanting to spend time with my besties?" She sounded very convincing but Alice was a good liar.
"Hm-mm spending with my besties my ass," I slammed my locker and stalked off to my car.
"Please, please, please, please, B," she pleaded. I sighed then turned to face her.
"Fine, but don't and I mean DON'T you plan anything stupid," she smiled grimly.
"I won't…" she sang. I went over to my car then drove off.
The next day:
Friday, Friday, Friday! My favorite day of the week! Parties, hang-outs and everything, but what's our trendy trio going to do?
xoxo,
Gossip Girl
APOV
Before leaving home for school I quickly fixed up my room. I told Edward to fix up his room too since, well, we had something planned. I skipped my way down the stairs then went off to the breakfast nook.
"Hey, mommy," I pecked my mother on the cheek.
"Hello, sweetheart," she flipped the pancake on the pan. Edward was shooting me death glared as I passed by him. He probably knew what I was planning. Gosh, Bella and Edward are meant to be. After breakfast I ran off to the garage with Emmett and Edward. Edward kept quiet while Emmett and I were bursting with laughter.
"Edward, I'm riding with Em today," I tapped him on the shoulder then he shrugged my hand off.
"Geez, what's his problem?" Emmett asked. We got into the car and started talking about our plan. It was pretty simple but kind of complex especially when it has to deal with Edward. We arrived at school on time. We saw Bella pull up into and empty parking space beside Edward's car. I jumped out of the car and ran my way to Bella. Emmett followed behind me and we spotted Jasper and Rosalie coming our way.
"Hey, B!" We said. Bella eyed us curiously.
"Why are you guys rounding up on me?" We backed up a little then beamed. Bella pursed her lips then pushed Emmett to give her way.
"Okay, now. Why are we still standing here?" Jasper uttered.
BPOV
I was nervous about tonight. What did Alice have planned? I was tapping on my desk with my fingers. I watched the clock move swiftly. I tried to convince my dad not to let me go but he insisted. No one was staying with me in the penthouse tonight if I stayed. Dad had meeting in Seattle, so he wouldn't be staying home tonight while Brietta had to fly to Arizona for a couple of days. It was five minutes till class ended. Ms. Garcia was speaking awfully fast and the clock's hands were twirling around in full speed. I wanted to scream in the middle of class. When the bell rang it was just a numbing sound in my ears. I stood up slowly from my desk then stalked out of the classroom.
"BELLA!" Alice screamed. "You're coming with me," she pulled my arm and head towards the parking lot. I scanned the parking for my car.
"Alice," I shoved her arm away and opened my mouth in shock. "Where the hell is my car!?" I screamed at her. She shook her head then continued to pull me to Emmett's car.
"Alice!?" For a small girl she sure had a tight grip. She let go of my arm then turned to look at me.
"B, your car is back in your building. I asked Sherry to bring it home," she grabbed my arm again.
"Who the hell is Sherry? And how'd you get my keys?"
"Sherry is our housekeeper and I took it from your bag during lunch," we were at Emmett's car now. Rose and Emmett were waiting.
"What took you guys so long?" Emmett complained while unlocking the door.
"B, kept on complaining about her car," Alice hopped inside the car.
"Didn't Sherry bring it home?" Rose said while stepping in the passenger seat.
"How do all of you know this Sherry person?" I sat beside Alice and put my bag on top of my lap.
"She's our housekeeper, Bella," Emmett roared his car to life.
"Since when did you guys get a housekeeper?"
"Since we needed it," Alice stated.
"Wait a minute, how 'bout my clothes and stuff?" I asked. Ahah! Beat that Alice. She kneeled on the seat and took something from the back of Emmett's car. She put down a bag that looked exactly…oh shit.
"I always come prepared, B. I asked Sherry to get your stuff," I crossed my arms against my chest then leaned back on the chair. With Emmett's fast driving we arrived at the Cullen residence in less than 10 minutes. Edward's car wasn't here which meant that he wasn't here yet.
"Okay, first on the schedule are makeove─" I suddenly cut her off. One of the main reasons I hated having sleepovers with Alice ─ makeovers.
"Oh no way, Alice. I am not going to let you give me─" she interrupted me.
"Bella, Bella, Bella," she walked over to put her small tiny hand on my shoulder. "It's tradition. It's practically in the sleepover rule book," she pulled my arm and sped off to her room. For 2 hours Rose and Alice played with my hair. They cut off about an inch and made my layers more obvious. After that Alice let me change into pair of printed pajama bottoms and a hot pink tank top. I went downstairs and stopped when I saw Edward by the breakfast nook. I quickly ran to sit beside Alice on the couch.
"What are we watching tonight?" I grabbed a couple of DVD's off the table and scanned through it.
"Clueless?" I took the DVD and raised it in front of her face. The movie was very entertaining but not one of my favorites. I threw the DVD back on the table. Edward suddenly passed by me and headed upstairs.
"'Kay then, what's first on the movie list," Rose asked Alice.
"Mm… Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," she grabbed the DVD from me and skipped off to the TV. Alice and I ate popcorn while Rose just watched. The movie ended around 7. The pizza arrived around 7:30 and Emmett ate half of it. Edward didn't come downstairs the whole night. The next thing we watched was The Notebook. At the end of the movie we were all sobbing. I checked my watch and it was 11pm. I stood up from the couch and went to get my bag from…
"Alice, where's my bag?" I turned to look at her.
"Uh, I think it's in Edward's room?" Her voice was innocent.
"Why would my bag be in your brother's room?"
"I think Emmett grabbed it by mistake a while ago," Rosalie's focus was on the TV.
"Fine, I'll brush my teeth tomorrow morning," I tried to sit on the couch but Alice kicked me off.
"Ew! Bella!"
"Bella, it's just Edward. Besides you won't even see him 'cause you'll be too busy looking for your bag in his room," fuck it. Rose was right.
"Fine, where's his room?"
"Upstairs beside Emmett's at the end of the hallway," I jogged upstairs and followed Alice's directions. The room on the end of the hallway always mystified me, now I knew who it was reserved for. His door was partially open so I decided to sneak in. His room was big. His walls were painted a cream white and were covered with shelves full of CD's and trophies. He had a long black sofa leaning on the wall beside a small hallways going to his bathroom. I looked around for my bag until faint footsteps suddenly made me jump.
"What are you doing in here?" Edward's hair was wet from the shower. He was wearing a tight white shirt that exposed his muscles quite well with blue flannel pajama bottoms. He looked absolutely amazing.
"Um, Alice said my bag was here," I said. He didn't say anything after. He went back in the bathroom while I searched for my bag. I finally found it then headed for the door. I turned the knob but it wasn't opening. I tried to push the door but it still wouldn't open.
"Fuck," I tried pushing it open but it still wouldn't work. I finally knew what was happening.
"Alice," I muttered under my breath. She was planning this. What a stupid idea. I tried to push the door open again but it still wouldn't open. I paced in front of the door and waited for an idea to come in.
"What's wrong?" I turned around and saw Edward. His hair was dry and he was holding a hand towel.
"The door won't fucking open," I gestured towards the door. Edward tried pushing the door the same way I did.
"I tried that," he stopped to look at me. He pushed it countless times then stopped. He put his hands on his waist then sighed.
"Shit," I heard him say. He spun around and met my gaze.
"I guess we're stuck here," shit indeed. My eyes popped out in horror. I had nothing against Edward of course but I felt awkward around him.
"Fine, it's late anyways. Can I borrow some pillows and a blanket? I'll take the sofa," I went to sit on the sofa.
"Oh no, Bella. You're the guest and you're a girl I insist you take the bed," he held up both of his hands, pointing to the bed.
"It's your bed, Edward. You take it and there's no law that says a girl should always take the bed," I demanded. Just because I was staying here doesn't mean I have to take the bed. I was fine with the sofa. He paced around for a while then continued talking.
"Fine then, we'll compromise. We both take the bed. We'll separate our bodies with a pillow in the middle," he walked over to the bed and grabbed a pillow then placed it on the middle. "There, see?" he smirked. I guess this was okay except for the fact that I was going to be on the same bed with a Greek god. Yeah, I can totally sleep. Not. I finally gave up and crawled over to the bed. I turned the comforter over and tucked myself in. Edward did the same thing then turned off the lamp by the night stand beside him. I turned off the lamp on my side then sunk into the bed. The only light the lit up the room was the moon. My body was facing away from his. The only thing I could see was his shelf full of CD's and trophies.
"Goodnight," his voice made me shiver,
"'Night," I closed my eyes and sunk into dreamland. That night I didn't dream at all or at least I think I didn't. Why would I need to dream when I was living in it? I was sleeping beside a Greek god. Oh shut up, Bella, I thought. Edward didn't hate me, but why'd he stop talking to me?
The next morning:
The rays of the sun were burning my skin. The singing of the birds coming from the window was harmonious but incredibly annoying. Warm rays danced along my cheek. I opened my eyes slowly and let out a small gasp. Edward's hand was on my cheek. His eyes were closed and he was rubbing smooth circles on my cheek. Our bodies were closer than ever. What happened to the pillow? I tried not to move. Edward's eyes suddenly popped open. He quickly shoved his hand away.
"Sorry," he muttered.
"S'kay," I smiled faintly. "What happened to the pillow?" I asked. He tilted his head up a little and looked down. The pillow was dangling on the edge of the bed.
"I guess I or we kicked it off," we chuckled lightly.
"What time is it?" He bent over his arm to reach his alarm clock.
"Its 8am," he placed the alarm clock back on the night stand.
"I'll check the door, they probably opened it already," we both stood up from the bed. Edward headed towards the bathroom while I checked the door. I turned the knob and pushed it. Damn it, it was still looked.
"Crap," I sighed then stepped back.
"Is the door open?" He asked while coming out of the bathroom.
"No, why the hell would they lock us up?" I sat on the edge of the bed. I looked up at him. He was pacing around the room. He ran his hand through his hair. We were quiet for a few minutes. Edward didn't stop pacing around the room. I suddenly decided to break the silence.
"Why'd you stop talking to me?" I blurted out. He stopped pacing then spun around to look at me.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
"After two weeks, you just… stopped talking to me," I stated. I popped my knee up the bed and laid down my chin on it. I looked down on my painted toes. I heard him sigh deeply.
"Bella," he groaned. I didn't look up. He went to sit beside me on the bed but kept distance. I looked up and stared at him.
"I-I…" He struggled for an explanation. "Two weeks ago when I saw you arrive at school my heart raced about a million times faster. But when I saw you with Rosalie it just…stopped. I couldn't have you anymore. Everyday when I would go to school…you were the only reason I actually wanted to go to school. I had you as my own. I was selfish. And for the past two weeks when I saw you back with your group it just…I just," he closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. "I'm a selfish person, Bella. I wanted to keep you and only you. I know it seems kind of creepy but I just…can't keep liking you," my mouth hung open. He liked me. "In fact my affections are saying it's even more than just like," he added. He didn't just like me. There was more to that. I closed my mouth then looked down. His finger suddenly tilted my head up. He leaned his facer closer to mine. Our lips were only millimeters apart. Then he suddenly brushed his lips softly on mine. We pulled away slowly then…
"Whoa…" We suddenly heard a crash from Edward's balcony. He opened the sliding door and leaned on the bars. I walked up beside him and leaned on the bars. It was Emmett. He was spying on us.
"That's what you get for spying on people, ha!" I shouted. Edward and I both laughed. We suddenly heard screams from downstairs. We quickly ran to the door and tried to open it once again. This time it opened. Edward took my hand firmly and led me downstairs.
Okkkaaayyy….end of chapter. Hope you liked it! Edward and Bella are now a thing. Next chapter, drama once again.