Chapter 11 – Breathing With No Air

Jrfan81 – We actually kept our promise. It's amazing isn't it?

Brunette Girl – I knew we would.

Jrfan81 – yeah right you Alice wannabe…

Brunette Girl- Alice is amazing…

Jrfan81- Anyways… before we start the chapter we wanted you to know that Bella doesn't know they are vampires yet she just knows they're not like everyone else…

Brunette Girl – it would be too easy for her to know already… our plans would fail…

Jrfan81 – OK AND ONTO THE STORY!

The next week passed quickly. Everyone at Forks High School seemed to love me. Everyone wanted to be my friends because I friends with the Cullen's and Mike seemed to like me. Edward and I had become friends and I loved talking to him. This Edward was so different than the one in my "dream" it was hard to believe they were the same person.

"Good Morning Bella," I heard and looked up from my book to see Edward smirking at me.

"Morning Edward," I replied with a mile.

"And how are you on this fine morning?" he asked, sitting next to me.

"Pretty good actually," I said actually meaning it for once. Today was starting out pretty good. This past week I had said I was fine but the truth was I wasn't. Charlie and Renee's funeral had been earlier this week and I was taking it a lot harder than I showed. Only Alice and Edward seemed to notice that I wasn't acting like my normal self. Alice tried to take me shopping telling me that it would make me feel better but I protested that shopping would do nothing to make me feel better. Edward on the other hand just looked at me in concern then tried to take my mind off of all that was going on around me. I felt lucky that they were my friends.

"That's good to hear," he told me with a smile. During our exchange Alice had flounced over to me and sat down.

"Morning Bella!" she said grinning.

"Good Morning Alice," I said with a small smile. It was hard to not smile when Alice was around; she was always so excited and happy.

"So I just remembered that you still have stuff over at our house. Most of it should be thrown away but I was wondering if you wanted to come over and help me go through it," she said and I rolled my eyes. It would be more like Alice tossing all my clothes out.

"Sure Alice why not?" I said. It would be nice to hang out with Alice.

"Yay! See you after school!" Alice exclaimed before bolting back to where Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett were standing.

"You do realize you don't need to be there for her to throw your clothes out," Edward commented.

"Yeah I know but I can't say no to Alice, evil little pixie. Plus it'll be nice to be around people for a while," I told him and he nodded. We chatted for a bit before heading to class. Mike smiled as he saw me walk in.

"Hey Mike," I said finding my seat.

"Hi Bella," he said standing next to me.

"What's up?" I asked noticing he looked a little nervous.

"I was just wondering if you would go out with me on Friday night?" he said and I couldn't say no to him. I didn't want to crush him plus he was a nice guy.

"Sure Mike," I said and he grinned.

"Ok I'll pick you up at 7," he said before walking to his seat. I smiled, it was the first time anyone had asked me out on a date. I was surprisingly excited about it. Class passed quickly and soon it was time for lunch. As soon as I walked into the cafeteria Alice descended on me.

"BELLA! I can't believe you have a date!" she said and I scoffed.

"ALICE! Is it that unbelievable that I could get a date?" I asked and her eyes widened and she shook her head.

"I didn't mean it like that," she said and I gave her a smile to let her know that I wasn't mad. "Can I help you get ready?" she asked and I again couldn't say no to her. She's got to teach me how to do that.

"Sure Alice," I said and she bounced up and down excitedly.

"We'll talk about it when you come over tonight," she said before bouncing over to her lunch table. She started talking to Edward and Jasper excitedly and Edward looked up at me. He looked a little hurt but I couldn't figure out why he would be hurt. He looked away and I frowned. What did I do? I shook my head and walked over to get some lunch and sat at my normal table. Jessica looked a bit upset at me. She probably liked Mike. Soon it was time for Biology and I sat down next to Edward and gave him a smile.

"Hey Edward," I said and he didn't look at me.

"Bella," he said coldly and I frowned.

"What's wrong Edward?" I asked and he shook his head and didn't answer as the teacher started class. He lectured all hour not letting me talk to Edward. When class was over Edward ran off making me frown some more. I went to gym and managed to not get hurt this class period it was a miracle. I made my way outside and saw Alice standing next to my truck. I glanced around and realized all the other Cullen's were gone. "Hey Alice," I said and she smiled at me.

"Hey I figured I'd just ride with you," she said and I nodded and soon we were headed towards the Cullen household.

"So Alice, I have a question," I said and she looked over at me.

"Sure what's up," she said.

"Why is Edward mad at me?" I asked and she looked away.

"I didn't notice anything different about him today," she said and I noticed she wouldn't look at me and I had a feeling she was lying. "So I'm excited about helping you get ready on Friday," Alice said changing the topic.

"Yeah, me too Alice," I said as I pulled into the Cullen's driveway.

After I shut off my truck, I heard music blasting from the inside of the house. Wait… was that Thriller by Michael Jackson? Who was listening to that? Alice quickly ran into the house, and I followed silently. As I got inside, I followed the music to find the source. I really wanted to know who was listening to thriller. As I rounded the corner, I stopped dead in my tracks. Was I really seeing this? Was Emmett seriously dancing to this song, with the exact dancing as in the video?

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and…

Alice shook her head as Edward came down the stairs.

At the same time they both said, "EMMETT! What are you doing?" He stopped dead in the middle of the dance. He went over the high-tech stereo and turned the music down.

"What? That is the most amazing song ever!"

"I swear I don't know you sometimes, Emmett," Edward said, ashamed.

"Yeah, Emmett, I have to agree with Edward this time," Alice added, "And only because I wasn't here to dance with you!" I stared at them in disbelief. Emmett and Alice knew this dance? "Well, Bella, I guess we should get to work, throwing all of your clothes away." I sighed. There went all my comfort clothes.

"Alice, you do realize that Bella didn't need to come over to have you do this?" Edward said. I looked at him quickly, a giant, crooked grin spread across his face. Well, I thought, whatever mood he was in before, he obviously out of it.

"Well, I now know that, but its better that she's here anyways. I don't want to come off as rude, duh." Alice said, making a face at him. He chuckled.

"Wow, Edward. You laugh at something other than me?" I asked, smiling.

"Ha! That was funny, Bella! Hey guys, I like this girl. She gets to stay," Emmett said, through his laugh fit.

"Ok, Emmett. Nice to get your approval on our friends," Edward said, also laughing at me, again.

"Alright! Enough chit-chat. Come on Bella, I believe we have a cleaning date. And you," She said as she pointed at Edward, "Stay out of that room, got it?"

"What are you going to do to me if I go in there?" He said testing her.

"I'll un-tune your piano," She threatened.

"You wouldn't dare! That thing takes forever to tune!" Edward said, eyes narrowed.

"Try me." Alice challenged.

"Alrighty then. Alice lets go do the closet before some loses their life." I said before they could start fighting.

"Okay," Alice said as she bounced up the stairs. As we got in the room she said, "Well I'll trust you to go through the last suit case, which I figured out isn't clothes, while I go through the closet,"

"Ok," I said dragging the suitcase towards me. When I opened it relief flooded through me. Most of what was in there I forgot I brought with me and I would have died if it was still in Phoenix. I looked through the suitcase and discovered my CDs, my old copy of Wuthering Heights, other miscellaneous things, and my notebook where I kept my poetry. I quickly grabbed it out of the suitcase before Alice could see it. No one had ever heard my poetry, ever. Not even my one family.

"All done, Alice!" I called into the closet.

"Already? How did you go through it so fast?" She asked as she emerged from the closet.

"Its stuff I don't need to go through. I'll put them away when I get home." I said, still hiding my notebook behind my back.

"Oh, well then… I guess your free then. Have fun doing whatever," She said, and I was relived. There was no way in hell I was going to help her. I went to the desk that was in the corner, and opened the notebook to the first clean page. I dated the page and began writing.

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air

I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew
Right off the ground to float to you
There's no gravity to hold me down for real

But somehow I'm still alive inside
You took my breath, but I survived
I don't know how, but I don't even care

It's so hard for me to breathe

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air

"Wow, Bella, that is really good," Edwards voice came from behind me, and he scared the living daylights out of me, causing me to fall off the chair onto the floor. "Oh my god, Bella! Are you alright?" He said worried, helping me up off the floor.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, just give me a second to restart my heart." I told him.

"Is that Edwards voice I hear?" Alice said suspiciously.

"No! That was the...uh… Wind!" I said trying to protect him from the wrath of Alice. "Get out before she kills you, Edward!"

"I'm not scared of Alice." He said.

"What about your piano?" I asked.

"Easily retuned. Plus," He began and raised his voice a little louder, :" I wanted to borrow Bella for a second Alice, considering she isn't doing anything."

"Sure, take her I don't need her anyway," She said her head popping over my pile of clothes collecting outside the door.

"Awesome. Thank you, Alice!" He said escorting me to what I assumed to be his room. "I wanted you to hear this, Bella. I want you opinion on it." He picked up a guitar lying next to his bed. He started playing a beautiful introduction to a song. If I thought that was the most beautiful part of the song I was wrong. He started singing and I felt myself melt. He had the most amazing voice I had ever heard!

I should never think
What's in your heart
What's in our home
But it's all i want

You'll learn to hate me
But still call me baby
Oh, love
So call me by my name

And save your soul
Save your soul
Before you're too far gone
Before nothing can be done

There wasn't one moment his eyes left mine, and I couldn't look away.

I've tried deciding when
She'll lie in the end
I ain't got no fight in me
In this whole damn world
Tell you to hold off
You choose to hold on
It's the one thing that I've known

Once I put my coat on
I'm coming out in this all wrong
She's standing outside holding me
Saying, 'Oh, please
I'm in love
I'm in love'

Girl save your soul
Oh save your soul
Before you're too far gone
Before nothing can be done

'Cause without me
You got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
Without me you got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
So hold on

He ended on a final cord and then I realized I was crying. Quickly rubbing the tears away, embarrassed for crying, He smiled.

"Did you like it?" He asked.

"What kind of question is that? How could you ask me if I liked it?" I asked, seeing the hurt and disappointed look on his face made me smile. "I loved it, Edward. That was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in my entire life! How couldn't I like it?"

"Well I'm glad, because I wasn't ever going to pay that in front of anyone. Not even Esme," He said and I laughed.

"Well, I better get back to Alice and she how she's doing." I said getting up from his bed, "Oh and Edward?" I looked back at him and smiled, "Thanks for playing it for me. You are extremely talented," He smiled his breath taking crooked smile, and I had to leave before I died from lack of oxygen.

As I entered the guest room I found Alice putting the clothes into bags.

"Well," She said, "you can go home now, Bella. I finished a couple of minutes ago. And take that suitcase with you. You want that stuff remember?" She said to me like I was stupid.

"Ok, Alice," I smiled and went and grabbed the suitcase, not being able to not smile after that song. "I'll see you tomorrow, Alice!" I called up the stairs. "Bye Edward! Bye… Emmett?" What was he doing now, jamming to Britney Spears?

"Bye Bella! HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME!" He sang at the top of his lungs.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow, Emmett," I said snickering as I went to my truck.

The drive home was a quick one, me being all happy and stuff made it go faster. I got in the house and brought my stuff upstairs. I opened the suitcase and put everything away. I went to go look at my poem I and wrote earlier, opened up to the page it was supposed to be on, but it was missing.

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