Disclaimer: I don't own anything Twilight, with the exception of this storyline.
Hey, to apologize for my neglect of this story for several days, I wrote two chapters for you guys! Hope you forgive me for being so slow to update!
So, you guys check out that story? Hope you did, 'cause it's really freaking good! If you didn't, then here's hoping you will: Bella's Past by Smile-J, sequel is called Pentacle Prophesy. :)
JPOV
I heard Bella opening a drawer down in the kitchen, so I walked in at vampire speed and saw her bent over looking in a cabinet. Her shirt had ridden up in the back and I saw thin black vines twisting and curling up her lower back. I guessed it was part of that tattoo that she told Alice and Rose about. My eyes traveled a little bit further, and I saw her designer jeans hugging her tight backside perfectly. After a tenth of a second, I pulled my gaze away from her body, the image locked into my mind, and focused on the cabinet door instead. I knew she didn't feel that way about me. Bella stood up and turned around, jumping when she saw me.
"Fuck!" She yelled, her heart pounding way too fast.
It was adorable, and I forced myself to restrain a smile. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."
"No, it's fine. Really. I'll just stand here and go into cardiac arrest," she gasped, and this time I couldn't keep the smile off my face.
"Were you looking for something?"
Her breathing was steadier as she replied, "Yeah, coffee."
I mentally laughed as I replied and got some for her. She really was a little addict. As I handed her the coffee, our hands touched and I tensed, anticipating her flinch. But she didn't. No emotional reaction either. Hm.
Bella grabbed the drink and downed it quickly. She got some more, then, and this time savored it slowly. Emmett and Alice came in while she was drinking.
When she looked up and saw them, Alice giggled and told her, "I told Carlisle about your coffee addiction."
Bella snapped defensively, "It's not an addiction, I just happen to really enjoy it! Don't you have better things to do than gossip about my appreciation of coffee?"
I chuckled, as did Emmett. Alice playfully pouted, "Like what?"
"Like, maybe, shopping online, or making out with Edward, or violating my privacy by looking at all the pictures on my phone that weren't meant for your eyes."
Alice squealed, "Ooo, good idea!"
"Which one?"
"All of them!"
Bella shook her head and smiled, saying, "Just as long as I'm not in the room when you do it."
"Which one?"
"All of them!" Bella mimicked Alice's squeal perfectly, and we all laughed. Bella really had a great sense of humor.
Bella went over to the couch and laid down, reclining on the multitude of pillows. Emmett and I followed, and Alice went upstairs to get Bella's phone so we could look at pictures.
"Where did the others go?" Bella inquired.
"They all went hunting," I informed her, watching closely with my eyes and my gift for negative reactions. Once again, there were none.
Alice darted over and sat down next to Bella. Emmett and I wanted to see the pictures too, so we lifted Bella's legs and sat down, then laid them back down across our laps. We started looking through the pictures, and the ones of Bella with other boys made me jealous, though I knew I didn't have any reason to be. I shouldn't like her that way. I didn't even know when I realized that I had feelings for her. 683 pictures later, her stomach growled, and we realized that it was nearly time for her dinner.
"Oops, we forgot to feed you. Humans sure need to eat a lot," Alice remarked.
Bella smirked sarcastically and opened her mouth to say something, but then her cell phone started ringing. I was surprised by her hard rock ringtone. Alice left then to make Bella some food.
"Hello," she answered.
"Well, the Wicked Bitch of the West has landed her broomstick back in Forks!" The boy laughed. I felt angry that he called her that, but I remembered the name and the voice from the call she received in the car on the way back to school. It was Jake.
Apparently there were several people on the phone, and I knew who they were from Bella's descriptions, stories, and pictures. I listened as they talked, and wondered why the hell Jared would borrow a sequined purse. Then I wondered what Bella did at the bar when she got drunk that she was so embarrassed about. Then Alice came over with a plate of food for Bella, so she said goodbye to her friends and hung up.
Alice gave her the plate and said, ""I got some recipes from the Food Channel, so tell me what you think!"
Then, being the total idiot that he is, Emmett grinned at Bella and said, "So, you wanna tell us what you did at the bar when you got drunk...?"
Bella blushed bright red and cringed as she mumbled, "No, thanks."
I felt Alice's confusion as she asked, "What did I miss?"
Bella groaned and dropped her head onto a pillow. This just inflamed all our curiosity, so we pushed and threatened her into telling us.
"Okay, we went to a bar a couple of months ago, and we all got totally wasted. Anyway, I, um, started making out with, um, a girl. I don't even remember her name, but apparently she was as drunk as me. We decided we were going to get...married. I passed out and woke up on the ground outside the bar with that girl, Jared, and Dylan. I made them both swear never to tell anyone ever again or I would hunt them down and castrate them," she admitted.
I was completely astonished. It was really funny, but in a kind of gay, twisted way. Emmett sure got a kick out of it, though I'm sure he won't be telling anyone. I felt his fear when Bella threatened him and showed him that video. After Bella left, Alice wanted to follow her home again. I put up a fight, but what Alice wants, Alice gets. Emmett didn't want to be near her after that not-so-subtle threat, so Edward came along. That made them both happy because they could be together. Unfortunately, that meant that I had to feel their constant love.
When we got to her house, Chief Swan was at the station, so she was alone. We heard her play several different instruments, and I have to say, I was really impressed. She was singing along to the piano in French, too. Was there anything she couldn't do? After she finished practicing, she ate lunch, and called her friend, Jared. They talked awhile and then Bella put some beach items in a designer tote bag.
"The only beach around is La Push," Edward pointed out needlessly.
Alice whined, "We can't follow her there!"
I sighed. I really didn't want to let her out of my sight, but what choice did we have? When Bella left, I felt Alice get mischievous, while Edward felt apprehensive and guilty.
"What?" I demanded.
Alice looked sly as she said, "Let's go look in her room! I already saw us doing it, so save us some time and don't argue."
I relented, and we went into her room. It smelled just like her, and it was so concentrated, I almost lost it. But then I remembered the strange feelings of love that I realized I had for her and managed to use every last shred of control in my body to not go hunt her down and kill her. Alice immediately started snooping.
Alice opened a drawer and commented, "Wow, she has a lot of lingerie!"
I tried hard not to think about that, and who she might've worn that for. Alice quickly distracted me though when she noticed a laptop sitting open on Bella's desk. She moved the mouse and the screensaver disappeared. Bella was in the middle of writing an email when she left it, apparently. It was pretty mundane stuff, mostly about the weather, her clothes, and how she was running out of gourmet coffee. I smiled when I read that part. She didn't add the email address, though, so we couldn't see who it would be sent to.
Bella had almost as many clothes as Alice, and lots and lots of shoes. She also had some drawing paper out with sketches of random things on it, like a rundown little church that I recognized from Greece. She made it look entirely beautiful, and I wondered if she had actually been to Greece, or if it was just something she had seen in a picture. Bella also had a pretty big candy stash, too. We finally left, and we all felt really guilty for invading her privacy like that. However, from Bella's behavior in general, we (or at least I) kind of felt that she wouldn't really have minded, had she known. Back at home, I had absolutely nothing to do, and I was completely bored out of my harder-than-diamond skull.
Sorry, it's kinda short, but for some reason, I'm having some seriously heinous writer's block. :( Maybe I've been watching too much Ghost Whisperer, but if any of you readers have any brilliant ideas, let me know please!
