Chapter 10: Exes
Alice POV
"Twins? Twins? Twins?" Rose had completely lost it. She was pacing around my room, going off on Bella and Emmett. I honestly didn't understand why she was making this a big deal. Yea, so they are twins, so what? I mean, bigger things have happened. Why make this such a big deal? "Rose, if you don't stop, I am going to have a hole in my floor." I said. She stopped just to roll her eyes at me, then continues pace. I groaned. I was surprised, but on some level I wasn't. Emmett and Bella do look a like. They have the same color hair, same face shape. "Alice? Where is your first grade year book?" Rose asked me. "What?" I asked. She sighed. "First grade yearbook, where is it?" She repeated. "Oh, um, on my bookcase some where." I said. She nodded and walked to my book case. "Why?" I asked. "I don't think they are twins. I am refusing to believe it." Rose said. "Rose just believe it. They are twins, and there is nothing you-" I began, but she cut me off. "I found it. I found it." She said. She began flipping through the pages, and sat next to me on my bed.
"Swan." I said. "Yeah, Alice, I know that." She snapped. Wow, she was mad. "Right here. Emmett Swan. Isabella Swan." She said, pointing to the pictures. I looked at them. Sure enough, there they were, side by side. Both missing their front teeth. Emmett and Bella looked much more a like when they were younger. Not so much now. "Damnit." Rose hissed. "They really are twins. This ruins everything." She said. That got me thinking. "Hmm." I said. "What?" Rose asked. I put my hand up, telling her to stop talking. I walked over to my book case, and grabbed my second grade year book. Bella should be in this one too. I found the S's. But only Emmett was there, no Bella. "That's weird." I said. "What is? What are you talking about?" Rose asked, leaning over me. "Look. In first grade, both Emmett and Bella are there. But then in second, it's only Emmett. Don't you think that's a little weird?" I asked. I thought it was. Why would there only be one Swan twin a year later? "I guess, yeah. Maybe they had family troubles or something. I wonder if Bella has a secret…" Rose let her thoughts wonder. "What is with you? Ever since lunch you have been acting really weird." I said. "It's nothing, Alice, don't worry." Rose said, waving off my concern. "No. Rose, something is up, and I've known you long enough to know that. Now what is going on?" I asked again. Rose sighed, looked out the window, then looked back to me. "Remember when I said, I wasn't a virgin, well, I kind of lied." She said. Excuse me? "Kind of? Kind of how?" I asked.
"Well, freshman year, I may have, um, lost it." She whispered. "What? To who? When? Why didn't you tell me?" I asked. "I'm not a virgin. It was freshman year, it was more or less the heat of the moment. But after, I don't know. It was so…so amazing. I didn't want to tell you because, even though it meant a lot to me, it didn't mean anything to the guy. I wanted to keep it a secret." Rose explained. "Who?" I asked again. I understood where she was coming from. "Um, well, it was, uh…Emmett Swan." Rose said, looking at me. I dropped my yearbook, and stared at her.
Edward POV
Carlisle came back from the hospital at around eight. "Edward, honey, dinners ready." Esme called up to me. I shut off my stereo and took a seat at the kitchen table. "So, Edward, your mother and I have been talking about what your punishment should be." Carlisle said. Oh, here it comes. "And?" I asked. "First off, we want you to apologize to Bella. Second, you are grounded for one whole week." Esme answered. I groaned. A week of being cooped up in here. Great. "Don't be like that, Edward, you brought this all upon yourself. You know better not to speak to girls that way." Esme scolded. "I know." I mumbled. "Well, guess who came into the hospital today." Carlisle said. "Who?" Esme asked. "Bella Swan." He said. "What? When? What happened? Is she okay?" I asked. "Relax, relax. Yes, she's fine. She just broke three bones in her hand." Carlisle explained. "How?" I asked. After the question came out of my mouth, I realized the answer. And it made me feel worse then I already felt. "By hitting some ego centric boy who called her a slut." Carlisle said, looking at me. "Jeez, dad, I feel bad enough. Stop making me feel worse." I said.
"You should feel bad. Bella seems like a nice girl." Carlisle said, Esme nodded in agreement. I never exactly doubted the fact that Bella was nice. Okay, so that's a lie, at one point I thought she wasn't nice. Especially when I saw her talking to Jacob. But, there was something about her, that made her different from the other high school girls. I cant put my finger on it, I just know it's there. The rest of my night was uneventful. Esme kept looking at me weird. She had some sort of knowing look in her eyes. I asked her what she thought will happen, and she answered something about a mothers intuition. What the hell does that even mean? woman, can't live with them, sure as hell cant live without them. I actually did my homework, I had absolutely nothing to do all weekend. It was the first time I actually wished to have football practice. For a split second I thought about calling Emmett, but then I thought that was a bad idea. And I put the phone down.
Jasper and I got to school at our normal time Monday morning. "Have you talked to Emmett or Bella?" Jasper asked, as we walked into school. "Nope. Thought about it, but never did anything." I shrugged. "I tried. But Charlie said Emmett's grounded." Jasper told me. "Did he say how long?" I asked. "No, just that he is grounded." Jasper said, disinterested. I followed where he was looking, and saw Bella talking to Alice. Rose was standing off to the side, looking mad and embarrassed. "Bella?" Emmett called from behind me. Bella looked up to me, then to Emmett. She said something to Alice, and began walking towards us. "I will be right back. There is something I really have to do." Jasper said. I nodded. And he began walking towards Alice. I chuckled. Oh sure, he listens to Bella, but not me. Amazing. About ten minutes later, Jasper came walking back over to me with a huge smile plastered on his face. "I told you she would say yes." A beautiful voice said from behind me. I turned around and saw Bella leaning up against her locker with a little bit of a smug look. "Yeah, Bella, you were right." Jasper smiled. Bella laughed.
I looked around, but didn't see Emmett. "Where'd Em go?" I asked. "What do I look like? I'm not my brothers keeper." Bella said. She seemed to be mad at me. I deserve it though. "So you two don't have a weird twin telepathy thing?" Jasper asked, a mocking smile on his lips. "It's hard to explain, actually. It's not something that has an on and off switch, it just happens." Bella shrugged. "Wait a sec, what the hell happened to your hand?" Jasper asked, pointing to Bella's right hand. I looked down at it, and saw a green cast. I grimaced just looking at it. To think I cause that. "Funny story." Bella said, laughing. "Hold up, she broke her hand on your face?" Jasper asked, turning to face me. I still had a fat lip from where she hit me. She sure is strong. "The bones were in the process of healing anyway. It's not that big of a deal." Bella said. "So, let me get this straight. Edward called you a slut because he thought you were cheating on Emmett with Jake. You give him a nasty right hook, then it comes to be known that you and Emmett are twins. In the middle of all that, you re-break your hand. Did that cover it all?" Jasper asked.
"Yeah, that's it." Bella nodded. "Wow. I hate to see your ex boyfriends back in Phoenix." Jasper said. "I don't have any exes." She said. It felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. What an odd feeling. "Seriously?" Jasper asked, by the look on his face he didn't believe her. "Yeah, seriously. I didn't date back home." Bella said. "But, you re-broke your hand. Edward told me Carlisle told him that you had many previous breaks." Jasper said, confused. Bella looked at me out of the corner of her eyes, then back to Jasper. "Another story for another day." Bella said. "Now, if you both will excuse me, I have to get to class." Bella said, she smiled, and then walked down the hall. "I cant picture her not having a boyfriend." Jasper whispered to me. "Me neither." I said. Bella was too beautiful to not have any exes.