BPOV
I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I looked at the clock, 6:30 in the morning. Who would call me this early on a Sunday?
"Hello?" I asked, groggily.
"Bella, it's Alice," she said, hyper as ever.
"Why are you calling me so damn early?" I nearly growled into the phone.
"To tell you to open your door," she squealed, "we're going to be there in about two minutes."
"Who's we?" I asked, skeptically.
"Oh, come on Bella. You won't have to sit by him," she said.
"Alice," I whined, "I don't want to go anywhere with him."
"Too bad," she said, and I could practically hear her smirk. The line went dead and there was a knocking at the door. I was still in my pajamas, yellow tank-top and black shorts, and my hair looked like a haystack. I quickly pulled up my brown locks and was about to change when Alice yelled through the door.
"Don't you dare get dressed. I want to pick out your outfit." I sighed and opened the door. Alice squealed and ran to my closet; while everyone else just sat down on the couch.
"Where are we going?"I asked to nobody in particular.
"Just go along with it, I have the whole day planned out," Alice said, handing me a pile of fabric.
"You have twenty minutes," she said. I practically ran to the bathroom and hopped in the shower. I blow dried my hair and left it in a wavy mess down my back. I looked at the pile of clothes Alice had given me; it was a blue tank-top (which was supposed to be layered over the gold one), a white skirt, and my rainbows (A/N - It's a brand of flip-flops). I shook my head; did she know how cold it was outside? I quickly put on mascara and eyeliner and was putting my things in the laundry basket when she yelled.
"YOUR TIME IS UP!"
I walked out of my bedroom and Alice squealed.
"I knew it would look great."
"Well I'm glad you like it because I'll probably freeze to death."
"I was under the impression that's what you wanted," Edward smirked. I shot him a glare and he chuckled. I looked back to Alice who was smiling mischievously.
"Let's go," she said, pulling Rose and I by the wrists.
"I have to play with that in a few hours," Rose giggled, snatching her arm back. Alice was unfazed and just kept walking; knowing that the rest were following.
We went to cracker barrel for breakfast and Alice was right, I didn't have to sit next to Edward, I had to sit across from him. We glared at each other until the waitress came to take our order and Edward started to flirt with the waitress. I almost smacked her for flirting back, but I kept convincing myself I wasn't envious….because I wasn't.
"Edward, please don't give the waitress a heart attack," Alice joked.
"I'll try," he said, coolly leaning back in his seat.
The waitress came back with our drinks and I "accidently" tipped over Emmett's so she didn't have time to stay and flirt with Edward. Alice, Rose, and Jasper chuckled, while Emmett seemed angry I wasted his beverage, and Edward just looked amused.
While she was taking our order she stared at Edward the whole time and I had to occupy myself with playing with the menu, so I wouldn't smack her. I just tried to ignore the flirting until she brought our food and Edward smacked her butt.
"Do you have no self dignity what-so-ever?" I asked her, fuming. She just looked at me like I was crazy before walking away, swaying her hips. I looked back at the table to find everyone holding back their laughter.
"What?"
"Nothing." They all said, or screamed, in unison. We ate in a comfortable silence and Emmett insisted on paying for everyone when we left. We finally headed over to the gym for Rose's volleyball game.
"What is there a sports game every day?" I asked Alice.
"No, it's on a schedule. It's Baseball and basketball on Fridays, football on Saturdays, and then volleyball and soccer on Sundays."
"That's a little weird." Alice giggled.
"We told you sports are big around here, people take it very seriously, so they put it on a schedule and that way everybody will always know when the games are."
EPOV
I could hear Alice's phone ringing as we left Jasper's room. I entranced myself in Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie's pointless conversation to keep myself from eavesdropping, but I couldn't help it when I heard her practically yelling through the phone.
"Alice, I don't want to go anywhere with him." Well I guess the truce I thought about isn't going to happen. I don't get why she was mad in the first place; I already apologized. I sighed; Bella was much too confusing.
Emmett knocked, or pounded, on the door and we heard Bella shuffling around in the room. Alice suddenly gasped and then screamed at her.
"Don't you dare get dressed. I want to pick out your outfit." We heard a little more shuffling and then Bella opened the door. I hate to say it, but she looked hot. Her hair was up in a high ponytail with a few pieces out around her face, she had on shorts that were way too short, and her tank-top was almost see through. Alice basically pushed her out of the way and skipped to her closet and I followed the others to the couch. I drowned out their conversation and just sat there like a statue.
I was awoken from my trance by Alice's squeal.
"I knew it would look great."
"Well I'm glad you like it because I'll probably freeze to death." Bella said and I couldn't help but smile.
"I was under the impression that's what you wanted," I said, trying not to express my amusement. She glared at me and I finally let out the laugh I had been holding in.
Let's go," Alice said, yanking Bella and Rose forward.
I followed everyone else out the door and had to listen to the girl's giggles all the way to Cracker Barrel. As we sat down Bella and I got into an intense glaring contest, but it was broken when the waitress came to acquire our drink order. I observed that the waitress was okay looking -nothing too fancy, but she would do- so I decided to try and provoke Bella. I did some shameless flirting and I could see Bella fuming across the table.
When the waitress came back with our drinks I started to flirt with her, but Bella quickly tipped over Emmett's drink, so the waitress had to scurry off and get another one. Emmett looked ready to kill Bella which made the whole situation a lot funnier. I hadn't quite provoked Bella enough for my liking, so I kept flirting with the waitress, but Bella didn't even notice. I knew I had to step it up some, so I smacked the girl's butt and Bella almost jumped out of her seat.
"Do you have no self dignity what-so-ever?" Bella said, so angry I ALMOST felt bad. The girl looked at her like she had three heads and then walked away swaying her hips. I couldn't help but think back to yesterday when I was watching Bella walk. That girl looked like she had two left feet compared to Bella.
We must have looked weird going to the gym because Rose was in the front (pumping herself up), then Bella and Alice had their arms interlocked and were giggling, then I was just shuffling along, and Jasper and Emmett were in the back doing God knows what.
Rose ran into the locker room to get ready and the rest of us went to find seats in the already crowded gym. Our school had more home games than most because some schools didn't have gyms, fields, excreta.
Bella didn't say anything to me the whole time; she didn't even look at me, so I was relieved when we stood up to leave. We stood right outside of the girl's locker room to wait for Rosalie, so I had to deal with fan girls (as my friends like to call them).
"Okay, so what do you guys want to do?" Emmett asked excitedly.
"What time is it?" Bella and Alice asked at the same time.
"10:00," Jasper said, smiling at the new watch Alice had gotten him.
"My game isn't until 5:00," Alice said, with a bit of disappointment.
"Let's go to the pool," Rose squealed, "I want to relax."
"Perfect, let's meet at Bella's room in twenty minutes," Alice said, taking charge as always.
"Why do we have to meet at my room?" Bella whined.
"It's the closest to the pool," Alice said, rolling her eyes, "You whine too much."
"I do not!"
"Do to!"
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"Play nice girls," Emmett laughed. They did shut up, but they also hit him on the back of the head. We headed towards the dorms and I watched Bella and Alice whispering to each other. We all stopped when Alice screamed and looked at Bella disapprovingly.
"You should have told someone."
Bella immediately shushed her and they went back to whispering.
I opened the door to my room and searched around my closet until I found where Alice had put my swim trunks. I looked at them for a long time knowing Alice would kill me if I picked the wrong one. I ultimately decided on a blue one with white stripes down the side. I decided to go barefoot, so I grabbed a cap, my cellular device (A/N - I loving calling phones that), and my keys and headed towards Bella's room.
BPOV
It took everything I had not to look at Edward through the whole game, but I managed to do it.
"Okay, so what do you guys want to do?" Emmett asked like a little kid.
"What time is it?" I asked at the same time as Alice. I had already blown off practice yesterday, so I had to be there on time today.
"10:00," Jasper said, weirdly admiring his watch.
"My game isn't until 5:00," Alice said, sadly.
"Let's go to the pool," Rose said quickly, "I want to relax." I internally cringed; I didn't like being in the water with other people.
"Perfect, let's meet at Bella's room in twenty minutes," Alice said, daring anyone to object.
"Why do we have to meet at my room?" I asked. I really didn't care, but I didn't know how clean it was.
"It's the closest to the pool," Alice said, rolling her eyes, "You whine too much."
"I do not!" I said honestly. I did a lot of things, but whine was not one of them.
"Do to!"
"Do not!" I said, almost angry.
"Do to!" She insisted.
"Play nice girls," Emmett laughed. I knew I shouldn't have – because I didn't know him very well -, but I hit him on the back of the head. I had to hold in my giggles when Alice also hit him. As we headed towards our rooms I walked next to Alice because I needed to talk to her.
"Alice I need your…um….help," I whispered.
"Okay, but why are we whispering?"
"I don't want them to overhear us," I said, like it should be obvious.
"Well what is it?"
"I'm afraid of the water." It was only half true, I was only afraid of the water when there were other people in it. She giggled for a few seconds before finally turning back to me.
"Are you serious?"
"Yea," I said, feeling the blush creep onto my cheeks.
"Why?"
"I'd rather not talk about it," I said. I trusted Alice now, but that wasn't something you told somebody….anybody.
"Come on Bella……Please?" Alice pouted.
"No."
"You know you want to tell me," she said, in a sing-song voice. She was right I did want to tell her, but she didn't understand…I couldn't.
"Alice, can't you just let it go?" I asked, already knowing the answer.
"No, now just tell me." I stared at her for a minute and took a deep breath.
"Okay, so when I was about thirteen I guess I was in the pool just relaxing. My dad came outside and joined me in the pool and we were just talking about nothing. He kept getting really close to me, but I kept swimming away, but I wasn't a great swimmer. Eventually he just grabbed me and tried to drown me. I just get nervous when other people are in the pool." I said, my voice getting quite at the end. She was quiet for a few seconds and then she threw me a disapproving look.
"You should have told someone," Alice screamed. I put my hand over her mouth.
"Be quite Alice," I said, "It wouldn't have mattered. He's a lawyer; he would have worked out something." Alice just shook her head.
"Bella, we would never hurt you."
"I know," I said. I had been trying to convince myself that for the last few days with no luck.
I eventually reached my room and headed over to my dresser to pick out a bathing suit. I looked in my drawer and gasped. Alice had replaced all of my old swim suits with skimpy little bikinis. I wanted to call her and protest, but I knew it was no use, so I grabbed a blue one that had white lettering across the butt. It quickly put it on and got three towels in case somebody forgot to bring one. I left my hair down to cover my tattoo and then sat down and waited.