Heyy! So, I'm actually sticking to the plan!! Yes! I'm very proud. Lucy will be shocked when she get's back, in fact, I might make her do a whole week of updates, just to make up for it... XD
I finished the next chapter of IAM this morning, I can either post that, or a new chapter of this (as per the plan) tomorrow. Also, I posted the next step teaser on LJ, although the next two chapters are part's 2 & 3 of step 18, if that makes sense??
Anyway. Go check it out, the link is - http:// britishbitches (dot) livejournal (dot) com/ http://britishbitches(dot)livejournal(dot)com/ I'm really hoping that at least one of those worked... :S I'm going to be posting the blonde jokes on there too at some point! We got some hilarious ones :D
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P.S - Tune - Shock Of The Lightning - Oasis
Edward
I spent the better part of the morning with Bella.
We played Halo until about half one, when we decided to stop for lunch.
She made us both a sandwich, leaving one for Emmett to find later, and we made our way into the dining room.
I had no idea what the others were doing, as they'd all disappeared into their rooms pretty much as Rose had. Occasionally, Emmett had been downstairs for a drink or snack, wearing only a pair of shorts, apparently he'd been working out, "Gotta be ready for 2012." As he'd said.
I had to admire his determination.
I sat opposite Bella, and watched as she took a large bit into her sandwich. She had the most amazingly perfect mouth.
Just plump enough but not too plump. It formed a tiny little O when she was concentrating, and she bit her lower lip when she was nervous. I knew this because I'd spent most of the morning studying her.
Her hair was long and wavy, a gorgeous shade of mahogany brown. Her eyes matched. And her skin was a beautiful creamy white colour. There wasn't a blemish anywhere to be seen.
She looked up and quirked an eyebrow at me playfully, "What?"
I shook my head, "Nothing."
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever. So, what do you do for a living? I mean, I've heard of you, but you never seem to be doing anything… You just have money…"
I laughed, "That's not true. I just have my fingers in lot's of pies."
"Such as?" She questioned.
"Well. There's a couple of oil fields in Venezuela… A stake in a diamond mine somewhere in Angola, a Hydroelectric Plant in New Zealand and a few other things. Not all sound investments I realize, but they were my father's assets… When he was arrested, everything was handed to me…" I trailed off slowly.
"So what did you do before your father was arrested?" She asked.
"I worked for him, mostly travelling, looking for new businesses, new opportunities, you know?"
She nodded, "I've never really travelled…"
I frowned, "You were at the Cannes film festival last year, I saw on CNN. And your second film was done in India was it not? And you were at 'Berlinale'!"
She looked amused, and I blushed, realising I'd just admitted to practically stalking her.
I shrugged, "You're on the news a lot."
She nodded, "Yeah. I know, I've been to these places, but I haven't really seen them, you know? I haven't tasted the food and met the people."
I nodded, "The best part about travelling is the people I think."
She nodded, and I told her about an old man I'd met in a remote Indian village who had eight daughters, and who tried to get me to marry all of them.
She laughed as I told her how I'd had to explain the whole polygamy being illegal thing to him, and how he'd quickly run off shortly after.
After that we fell into an easy conversation about various experiences we'd had in foreign countries.
After a while Jasper came into the room, "Erm hi…" He sounded nervous, "Could you come in here for a sec."
We followed him into the lounge, and I shot Bella a look as I saw that everyone was already gathered there.
She shrugged, and we sat side by side on the floor.
"Right." Jasper began, "I don't think we're getting anywhere are we?"
We all looked down, confirming his question.
"Hmm. I think I'm going to take a different approach from now on. But first, I want to tell you my story." He looked at Alice as he said this.
"I was born into a pretty rough area of Houston, Texas. My mother was shot dead when I was seven, as revenge on my elder brother, who was an active gang member at that time. My father was killed soon after, and I was left with my brother as my sole care giver. He was 18 at the time, and brought me up on the money he made dealing drugs. By the time I was 15, I was following in his footsteps."
The room was completely silent.
I knew there was something about Jasper, he gave off an aura of intimidating calmness, but I never expected this. And by the sound of it, neither did anyone else.
"When my brother was 29, he was second in command to the head of the gang. But James, the gang leader had a girlfriend called Victoria. She was more trouble than she was worth in my opinion, I never understood why he kept her around, but he did. One day, my brother was called to James's 'office'. He was never seen again. Apparently, he'd been caught messing around with Victoria.
"After that, James started to make life difficult for me. Giving me the nasty jobs and such. The real turning point came one day, when he told me that Peter, one of the gangs 'associates' had told his girlfriend, Charlotte, too much. He asked me to go to their house that night and deal with it.
"I couldn't do it. So I handed myself in to the police, and in exchange for the possibility of early parole, I gave them the information they needed to lock James up for life."
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