A/N: Ok, so my projects are done and I think I failed…..
Anyway, I'm finally updating and I haven't updated in FOREVER! So, I hope you enjoy this chapter! And when I finished my projects, it was finals week so yeah!
Omg! Have you ever heard of the song Poker Face by lady Gaga??? I always thought that the chorus:
Can't read my, Can't read my, no he can't read my poker face. I always thought that it was:
Can't read minds. So it reminded me of Edward! And it still does!
CHAPTER 10
BPOV
The electricity kept going threw us. It wasn't uncomfortable, it was just….different. I've never felt anything like this before and I doubt Edward did too. I kept fidgeting and complaining 'cause, well, Jasper drives so slow. I thought since Edward drives fast, so would he.
"Jasper, can you go faster?" I whined. I moved my arms so that they were on my lap. Edward sighed and moved his hand threw his hair.
"I don't wanna get a ticket Bella, just stay put. I thought you guys were getting comfortable." Emmet snickered and I glared at him. If only I could reach him, then I could slap him, too bad I can't move my arm…
"Oh shut up." I said.
"Stop whining, your as bad as Emmet now." Rose told me.
"Hey!" Emmet turned around and was about to say something until Rose raised an eyebrow at him.
I chuckled and started to fidget with my hands. The current never seized and I was getting nervous. I don't know why I guess the electricity caused it?
"Aw. Shit. We've got traffic." Jasper warned us. We all groaned.
"No whining. Its bad enough Emmet's here, I don't more whining from you." Jasper said.
I groaned. "Alice, can I switch with you?" She smiled and nodded her head no.
"Please?" I asked again. "I'll do anything!" I asked desperately.
"Do you seriously want to get away from me that much?" Edward asked me playfully, but with a hint of seriousness.
"No, I'm just…….uncomfortable." I explained then turned back to Alice. "Please?" I tried again.
She pretended to think about it and nodded. The traffic made the car absolutely still so I didn't have to watch my balance. I got up and ducked my head and was about to walk over when Jasper moved the car then violently hit the braked, sending me flying back and ending up on Edward's lap. I slightly screamed and blushed the reddest ever.
Everyone started laughing and I was paralyzed. The electricity came back and for a moment, I didn't want to get up, but I had to. I quickly got up, only to hit my head on the top of the car. This time, Edward started laughing. I blushed even more and quickly went over to Alice who was giggling.
"Up. Now." I ordered annoyed and embarrassed.
"Whatever you say Bells. But I changed my mind. I'm not moving." She said with a triumphant smile and crossed her arms. I sighed and went back in my seat. I glared at Alice who just smiled innocently. Edward was still laughing so I slapped his arm and he stopped.
"Ow. What was that for?" He asked.
"For laughing at me." I snapped. He chuckled and wound his arms around me. I blushed furiously.
"I'm sorry." He said, still hugging me. My eyes grew wide.
"Sure." I mumbled. He still had his arms around me and the electricity grew stronger. I noticed how muscular he was and how safe I felt….
I uncomfortably fidgeted and Edward quickly unwound his hands from me and sighed. Everyone snickered.
"You two are so cute." Alice cooed.
"Aw" Jasper and Emmet said unison. I reached over and slapped them both on the arm.
"Ow!"
"Ow!"
"Done making fun of us?" I asked.
"Not quite…" Emmet said. I raised my hand in the air and Emmet flinched back.
"Are we there yet?" I whined. Edward snickered.
"Don't be an 'Emmet'." Edward told me.
"Hey!" Emmet said. He turned around and glared at him.
I gazed in front of us and saw that the traffic wasn't as bad and was going faster. I sighed in relief at the apartment in sight. As soon as we were out of traffic, I shouted at Jasper, "Floor it!"
"Why?" He asked.
"'Cause our apartment is right there!" I said pointing ahead of us. We all sighed in relief and about a minute later we arrived in the parking lot. I reached over Edward and unlocked the door so that it was open.
"Go Edward!" I shouted. He chuckled and moved in slow motion on purpose. I pushed him and he chuckled and got out. I ran out and breathed and big gulp of fresh air. Alice and Rose got out and were giggling. Emmet got out snickering and got our door.
"Who's going to put in our door?" I asked to change the subject. But apparently, I failed.
"How about Edward and Bella?" Emmet teased, smiling wickedly at me. I blushed and glared at him.
"Guys, it isn't nice to make fun of them…" Rose said. Waving a finger at them.
"Whatever. Meet you by our rooms." Alice skipped away towards the apartment and we followed after her. Behind us, we heard laughter. I sighed.
"I hope they know how to install a door." Rose said.
"They better." I said. We continued walking until we reached our room.
EPOV
The car ride was both dreadful and enjoyable. Dreadful because of the way they would make fun of us. Enjoyable because I was sitting next to Bella. There was this strange electric current running through us. I've never felt this before and I had to admit. I liked it. It was pleasant, comfortable. Only, I couldn't say that to Bella. She seemed to dread it, whether she felt it or not. I wondered constantly if she liked me or not. At times, she looked like she was interested in me, but in other times, like today, its like she wanted me to leave her alone.
I did feel sorry for her though. They would target the insults to her, not to mention since she bumped her head on the ceiling of the car, which was hilarious.
They walked back towards their room and we watched. I was thinking that maybe Emmet could install the door, since I didn't know how… Jasper told something to Emmet and they both started laughing. Probably remembering our little trip since Jasper pointed at the door.
"Wow Eddie-"
"Edward" I interrupted.
"Edward. I think you chose good." Emmet told me. I looked at him in confusion.
"Don't give me that look. You perfectly know what I mean. Bella. You chose good. In fact, I think we all did." Emmet said proudly.
"Well, Emmet, the problem here is that Rose absolutely loathes you, Bella doesn't like me, and Alice? I don't know about her…" I told him.
"Oh Edward. That's not what I mean. You chose somebody to like that is good for you." He explained. I thought about this for a second.
"Wow Emmet. You actually made Edward deep in thought." Jasper told him.
Emmet was kind of right though. She likes just about the same things I do, and we both work together…..
"Actually, I think he's right." I said. "I mean, I don't know that she doesn't like me for sure. Its just about the way she looked uncomfortable in the car. And-" Emmet interrupted me.
"Dude! Of course she was uncomfortable! Think about it. If she does like you, then wouldn't sitting next to your 'crush' with their arms touching, don't you think that maybe she was a little embarrassed?" Emmet explained. Again, I was dumbfounded.
"Wow, you're on a roll Emmet!" I said. This actually made sense. Maybe she did like me, but was embarrassed!
"Ok, change of subject. Who knows how to install a door?" Jasper asked. We stared at each other expectantly.
"I don't." I said.
"Me neither." Emmet said.
"Well neither do I and didn't the manager say that we had to put it in?" Jasper asked.
"Can't we just hire someone to do it for us?" I asked.
"No way. I spent like, what? A million bucks on this stupid door. I'm not paying another two-hundred for someone else to install it for us when we could perfectly do it ourselves." Emmet explained.
"But we don't even know how. We'll screw up for sure!" I said. Surely we would.
"Not if you follow the instructions." Emmet told us. "There has to be instructions in that box, don't you think?" Emmet pointed at the giant box which held the door. We nodded.
"Good. Now help me take this thing up." Emmet grabbed the giant box and we helped. He grunted and we started walking towards the elevator. Once inside we set it down and me and Jasper were trying to catch our breathe.
"Babies." Emmet muttered.
"Well we aren't bears ya know." I snapped. He rolled his eyes and we reached our floor. We got to our room and set the door down. We looked into the girls room since their now torn-up door was knocked down.
"We've got the door." I told them. Bella was sitting on the couch watching TV and Rose was in the kitchen. She looked up and smiled at me so I smiled back.
"Can I come in?" I asked her.
"Sure." She answered.
I maneuvered though the door and walked inside.
"The door is just outside. So if you want to help us or something, or maybe help us take the door down….." I trailed off.
"I wanna help take it down!" Alice yelled from her room. How did she hear me?
"Me too." Bella told me. I looked over at her and she was smiling. Of course I returned it, who could resist smiling at her?
"Not me. I'd rather sit and watch." Rose flopped onto the couch next to Bella and Alice came out of her room and headed out to meet up with the guys.
"Ok, well, Bella, are you coming?" I asked her. She nodded and got up. She seemed to be in a better mood since she was skipping. Sometimes she could be so cute.
We were all out of our rooms, staring at the mangled door.
"Well?" Rose asked.
"Well what?" Emmet turned and looked at her.
"Aren't you going to fix it?" Rose asked.
"Yeah, um, you see, that's the problem…" Emmet trailed off.
"You don't know how to install this door do you?" Rose asked, irritated.
"No."
"What about you Jasper?"
"Nope."
"Edward?"
I shook my head. I expected Emmet to know how since he sometimes works on his Jeep, but cars are completely different from doors.
Rose sighed. "Do you guys know how to do anything?"
"Of course I can do anything!" Emmet said.
"Can you put in a door?"
"Except that." Alice and Bella giggled and I chuckled.
"Lets just try. I mean, how hard can it be?" I suggested. "There must be an instruction manual or something that came with the door."
"I don't think that's a good idea-" I interrupted Bella.
"We can do this. Besides, I've handled things worse than this."
"Oh? What kind of things?" Bella challenged.
"The things that I handled, are to be told another time." And with that, I started to open the box, which held our door.
"You guys better know what you're doing." Rosalie warned.
"Oh come one. Don't you trust us?" Emmet asked her.
"Not right now." Rose walked back in her room and the other girls followed after.
"I am trusting you two to not screw this up." I told Emmet and Jasper.
"Us? What about you? You can easily screw this up as much as we can!" Emmet argued.
"Not my point. You see, I can be patient. Emmet, you are not patient. Jasper, I guess you are, I don't know. So what I am trying to say is, don't skip steps." I warned them They nodded and we looked for the instructions. There was a giant door, already put together, we just have to plug it in the hinges.
"This might be easier than I thought." Emmet said. We all sat down by the box, while I looked at the instructions.
"Yeah. Hey Emmet, you don't happen to have a power screw driver with you?" I asked him. He looked at me funny.
"You know? The drill like thing you have but put screws in it instead-" Emmet interrupted me.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, but the thing is, I left it back in Chicago." Emmet looked apologetic.
I sighed. "Oh well, We'll just have to use a regular screw driver." I sighed and Emmet went over to his car to retrieve the screw drivers.
"I'll be right back." Jasper went into our room. Probably thirsty.
A few seconds later, Rose came out, followed by Bella.
"Hey Edward. Where's dickwad?" Rose asked. I chuckled.
"You mean Emmet? Yeah, he went over to his car. Why?"
"I just noticed that I'm missing an earring and I think I left it in your car. And I don't think you want me to go through your car alone, in case something goes missing huh?" Rose smiled. I chuckled. That was true.
"Yeah sure." I tossed her the keys and she caught them. She waved at me and headed down towards the lobby. I noticed that Bella was about to turn back into her room.
"Bella?" She turned towards me and I smiled. "Why don't you sit with me?" I patted the area next to me. She hesitantly sat down next to me and I smiled reassuringly and she smiled back.
"Having trouble?" Bella asked me.
"We did, but I think we know what we're doing."
"Good 'cause if you didn't know what you were doing then this new door would look just like our mangled one here." I laughed and she laughed with me.
"Hey Bella?"
"Hmm?" She turned and looked at me. She was gorgeous.
"Tomorrow, at work, do you want to have lunch together? We didn't really get to know each other much last time." I asked. I sort of nervous that she would turn me down, even though she really didn't have a reason to, but still…
"Sure." Relief flooded through me and I quietly sighed. I smiled a crooked smile at her and she smiled back.
"Ok lovebirds. Break it up! You have got to see this." Alice came out and grabbed Bella by the arm and dragged her inside. I followed them and Alice went over to the balcony. She excitedly motioned us over and when we looked over the balcony, the funniest sight ever, made us go into a fit of laughter.
Rosalie was stalking away from my car and Emmet was standing by my car with dirt and broken materials surrounding him. It wasn't just this, but the expression on his face.
"I'm guessing that Rose threw a flower pot at him?" Bella said between giggles.
"What, has he possibly done now…" I chuckled and we ran out the door to wait for Rose to come up stairs.
"You guys should have seen it from the beginning." Alice told us. Outside in the hallway, Rose came stomping in with Emmet behind her. Rose went into her room with Bella and Alice following. Emmet was still wiping the dirt off his shirt.
"Dude. What happened?" Jasper asked when he came back.
"I just let my instincts take over." He replied. Oh no. That could only mean one thing…
"No." I gasped. He shook his head.
"No I didn't go that far, I just….yeah." He explained while scratching his head. When he let his "instincts" take over, then that meant that he would go over to a girl he liked, flirt, (of course) then go in for a kiss.
"How far did you go then?" Jasper asked him.
"The usual. Flirting, and I did try to kiss her. Damn she's tempting." Emmet sighed longingly and I shook my head in disgust.
"Emmet. That really isn't the best way to get a girl…" I scolded, imitating a mom. Emmet snorted.
"Yeah, like you know how to get a girl." I rolled my eyes. It wasn't my fault I didn't go out with very many girls. I tried to find the right girl, you know? And all women these days wanted a one nighter. I wanted a relationship.
"Well, care to tell us what happened my friend?" I asked him.
"Fine. I was about to kiss her, but she had other intentions…"
"Like…" I pressed on.
"Oh, well I thought I saw you up there on the balcony laughing at me, so I think you have a pretty good idea of what happened." Emmet glared at me.
"What did she do?" Jasper asked me.
"She threw a flower pot at him." Jasper chuckled.
"Wow, Emmet wow…" Jasper shook his head, chuckling and we sat there, reading the instructions.
BPOV
"Rose. You will tell us everything and anything that has happened just now or we will be forced to get information out of you physically." Alice threatened.
"Ugh. Emmet is dead!" Rose shouted at us. We were sitting in her room, on her bed after quite some shoving from Alice.
"What did he do!?" Alice whined.
"Well, he just kept flirting." Rose told us. Many guys have obviously flirted with her so she could easily tell when a guy flirted, no matter how experienced they were.
She continued. "I was looking for my earring, which I never found, and when I would lean over or something, there he was, either leaning next to me or on top. Ugh. Finally, I gave up and started to walk back towards the building. He followed but cornered me in a wall. It looked like he was about to kiss me, so I pushed him with as much force as I could possibly manage, and grabbed the nearest thing, which was a pot, and threw it at him." I stared with my eyes bulging, but Alice obviously saw it all, and was squealing.
"So, do you like him?" Alice asked her.
"Who wouldn't? But he's so annoying and selfish! But I will admit that he has a well-toned chest." Rose winked and we laughed.
"He seems like a nice guy though." I said.
"Yeah, but it did take all of my will power to not to jump him when his face was just inches away and breathing on my neck and- I think I'll stop there." I giggled and Alice squealed.
"What about you Alice?" Rose asked her. Alice smiled at us.
"Oh my god, of course! I like Jasper, but I'll wait for him to come to me."
"Lucky. He's the gentleman that isn't such a flirt." I said.
"Well, I like shy guys, and Edward is a gentleman…" I blushed and they smiled at me.
"You like him don't you." Rose said.
I sighed. "Yeah, I like him. But who wouldn't? He's charming, nice, extremely-" Rose interrupted me.
"Hot?"
"Sure Rose."
"Well?" Alice asked me.
"Well what?"
"Will you ask him out?" She pressed.
"Nope." I said, popping the 'p'.
"Why?"
"If I want a relationship, then I want it with a guy, not a flirt. I'm pretty sure he's had many before and even though he seems nice and like a gentlemen, it might just be a trick." I explained.
"But-" Alice started but I interrupted her.
"I just don't want to risk having my heart broken." I said.
"But Bella. You haven't been in a relationship in years." Alice whined.
"Thanks, but I'll pass." I saw that Alice was about to go on, but I changed the subject.
"What about you Rose? Will you go out with Emmet?" I asked her. Alice shot me a look that said that she won't drop it. I rolled my eyes.
"Emmet's cute and all, but I've had too many relationships. I want a serious one this time."
"Wow. I think you should go for him though." I suggested. She just smiled at me.
"I think Edward likes you." Alice started again.
"Oh Alice, can you just drop it?" I pleaded.
"Nope. But I really do think he does. I mean come on! It's so obvious. The way he looks at you…"
"Ok Alice."
"Wherever you are he's there…."
"Ok Alice."
"He always gives you that smile…."
"Ok Alice."
"He'll stare at you…"
"Alice." I said cautiously.
"And he-"
"Ok! I get it! He likes me. Happy?" I shouted.
"No." Alice said.
"What will make you happy then?" I asked her.
"You have to say that you like him." Rose giggled and I blushed.
"Say it…." Alice ordered.
"I like Edward." I mumbled.
"Louder."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because, it will make you fell better." She told me.
"Say it loudly now." Rose ordered.
"I like Edward! Geez, happy now!?" I told them. They laughed and nodded. And at that moment, I realized that the guys were just a few feet away from this wall, and our door was open.
I really hoped they didn't hear that…
A/N: YAY! There's chapta 10 fer ya! Anyway, Bella just admitted that she likes him, and so did the other girls. I will update tomorrow to make up for all those lost days'!
PLEASE REVIEW! REVIEWS ARE BETTER THAN THE CULLENS! WAIT, I TAKE THAT BACK…..But they are better than doors...