a/n. I am sooo sorry I haven't uploaded in ages, a million things have been going on, one of them is I got a new puppy! Her name is Maggie and she absolutely loves trying to eat me (well, gum me as she doesn't have sharp or many teeth) and she's always on my side against my other two dogs when we're playing except today. My other reason is that she got behind the computer downstairs and completely chewed the modem cable so we had to get a new one!!! Anyway, this chapter is dedicated to my 11 week old lovable ball of fur! Enjoy!
Disclaimer; I don't own twilight. Jeez that was boring! I need something better next time.
Chapter 12. Carneys and kisses.
BPOV
"It's Saturday," Alice called out from the other end of the dorm. She skipped towards me and perched on the end of my bed.
Saturday already?
It had been three days since I'd "broken up" with him. Even saying his name hurt. When he kissed me, my whole life just fell into place and then I went and ruined it. I was sure that it was a prank, and that moment of doubt cost me Edward!
Tears streaked down my cheeks as I chanted his name in my head. I felt small arms around me and looked up to find a blurry Alice hugging me. Also, there was a blob of yellow which I assumed to be Rosalie's long blonde hair coming towards us.
"Bella, its Saturday you know," Rose began.
"So?" I croaked my throat thick with tears.
"So Saturday is the day we're allowed out of the camp for a day! And there's a fair!" Alice chirruped. I knew this already, it was camp tradition. Exactly a month before the inmates were released, a fair always stopped near here. It was only a mile or two away and we permitted the inmates to go for a day of freedom. I groaned inwardly, I knew where this was going.
"Alice, I don't want to go!" I moaned and rolled over in my bed, I heard a small growl.
"Bella, get your mopy ass off this bed and march it to that god damned fair now!" she ordered, I rolled back over and raised my eyebrows up high.
"Is that an order?" I laughed as she took the military position.
"yup! Now get the fuck up!" she barked. I jumped up to my feet.
"sir, yes sir!" I imitated her salute and tone of voice from her first day here. They both doubled over in laughter. After they regained composure, they each grabbed one of my hands and dragged me out of the door and off to the fair.
I'd been to this fair every year since I was five and it hadn't changed much. Some of the Carney's were new but some of them I still knew from years ago. I walked over to Hal who is permanently stationed on the snacks cart. I dragged my two very annoying but loveable best friends over to him.
"Hey Hal. Long time no see." I leaned up against the counter and he kissed my cheek.
"Sure is Hun! Who are your friends?" he gave them a dazzling smile. Hal was 21 with shaggy chestnut hair and sparkling blue eyes, he was also very fit! Too bad he was taken. Alison, another Carney I knew, and he got married last year. Alison was small and petit with flame red hair and sapphire eyes.
"This is Alice and Rose." I replied, pointed to each of them in turn.
"Hey girls!" he waggled his fingers and I swear I saw their eyes bug out.
"So Hal, any knew stuff this year?" as tradition, I asked this every year. If there was something new going on, Hal was always the first to know.
"Yeah. There's this new fortune teller, Madame Mimi. She's sooo freaky, and really accurate! Go check her out Bells!" He gave me a small push in the direction of a black and red tent.
Oh well, this should be fun!
I got the girls attention from a very annoying mime that was imitating a monkey. They each grabbed a hand and I pulled them over to Madame Mimi's tent, however we saw something very disturbing on the way. Around the back of the ghost train, Edward and Victoria were making out. I'd heard the rumours about those two that they were going out but I knew that Edward was only doing it to get back at me.
I sighed to myself and pulled the other two through the flaps of the mysterious tent.
"Ah, Isabella I was hoping you would come soon." Croaked an old and slightly wheezy voice, I jumped and then realised that the other two had chickened out and were muttering outside the tent.
Babies!
I walked further into the tent and as my eyes adjusted to the darkness that was brightened only by a few tea lights, I saw a very ancient old woman. She had brilliant white hair that was piled atop her head and grey sparkling eyes that were totally surrounded by crow's feet and wrinkles and she wore a frumpy deep purple gown that was squashed into the battered old armchair she sat. The only thing in between the old woman and I was a small round table that held a small crystal ball (a/n I actually have one of those! Whoop!) and another armchair.
"Sit down child." The voice belonging to the old woman croaked again, gesturing to the empty chair.
I sat down uneasily, afraid that the chair would collapse under my weight. Thankfully, it didn't but the old woman, whom I now associated as Madame Mimi, was chuckling quietly at my wary expression.
"How did you know my name when I walked in?" I asked quietly, the frail bag of bones looked like she could keel over anytime and I didn't want to scare her and give her a heart attack.
"Because I saw it." She answered simply and gave me a grin flashing her crooked teeth before fixing her attention to the crystal ball. "Ah, you have been through heartbreak recently haven't you?"
"H-how did you know?" I stuttered, this was creepy.
"Honestly child, keep up! I saw it, remember!" she was getting impatient with me so I shut my mouth and let her get lost in her trance again.
"You must seize the moment, don't take no for an answer and seek revenge on those who stand in your way, only then will you find love." She told me. I didn't really get what she was saying but I kept my big gob shut. She opened up her eyes and glared at me a little.
"What are you still doing here, you're done! That's five dollars please." She gave me a toothy grin and I sighed and stood up. I dropped a five dollar bill into her eager hands and walked out.
Seize the moment, don't take no for an answer and seek revenge on those who stand in your way. What crappy advice!
"Bella!" I heard a voice sing from the snack cart. I walked over and saw Alice with a candyfloss and coke in her hand, Rose was behind her, chatting animatedly with Hal.
"What's up Alice?"
"Sorry for leaving you back there but we just saw the two morons sucking each others faces off and we just had to get away." She took a breath.
"No problem Alice. I know what you mean though; they're bugging me like hell as well." I glanced over to the two 'lovebirds' and saw Victoria flirting with another guy and Edward rinsing his mouth out with water, or at least that's what it looked like.
I growled quietly, how that whore dare chat up another guy while Edward is near. What a slag! Then it came to me; maybe that advice Madame Mimi gave me wasn't so useless after all.
I snatched Alice's coke and candyfloss off of her and marched up to where the couple were arguing. As soon as I got to them, I poured the coke all over Victoria. She screamed bloody murder and glared at me, probably trying to set fire to me mentally.
"What the he-!" she started but I cut her off.
"Listen up, and listen well you fucking slag! He doesn't want you and never did so piss off!" I screamed and mussed the sticky candyfloss in her hair. She threw some very un-ladylike comments at me before rushing off in the direction of the toilets, probably to try and wash out some of the gooey mush that was currently stuck in her hair.
That was the most fun I'd had in weeks!
Edward was looking at me with shock, admiration and… lust? I grabbed his hand and dragged him further away from the rest of the population so I could talk to him.
I stopped walking and turned around to address him but before in could he flew at me and pinned me to the wall, a hand either side of my head.
"Uh, Edward what are you doing?" I asked, unsure of his intentions.
"Do you realise how sexy you looked when you were taking care of Victoria?" He whispered, our noses nearly touching, my breathing hitched.
"Well I knew that you were only going out with her to make me jealous." I breathed. He looked a little dazed for a moment before he turned his piercing green eyes on me again. It appeared we had the same effect on each other.
"That's true. So, did it work?" He brushed his nose with mine.
"Work?"
"Were you jealous?"
"Understatement of the centaury! I was about ready to crawl in a hole and die." I laughed airily and he chuckled a little too. Except it wasn't his normal laugh, it was husky and very sexy!
"That's what I was going for." He chuckled again. I know he only answered my first statement but to me it felt like he answered the second one as well, I laughed at this.
"Do you still think I'm playing a prank on you?" he asked.
"No. Edward… I love you." He gave a triumphant smile as I spoke the golden words. They sounded so right on my tongue.
"I love you too Bella!" he shout-whispered in my ear. "Ever since I first saw you I knew I loved you. You're a delicate flower, a precious diamond and the light of my life." He finished his speech and took a breath.
"Edward?"
"Mmm?" his nose glided along my cheek bone.
"That was beautiful but will you shut up and kiss me already?" as soon as the words left my lips he pressed his to them. Our lips moved in perfect synchronisation and after a short while I felt his tongue sweep my bottom lip, begging for entrance which I granted eagerly. Our tongues fought for dominance as our breathing became laboured. After what seemed like forever but only a second at the same time we pulled apart.
While we'd been kissing my hands had fused themselves into his hair and we'd fallen to the floor.
"Bella? I know this sounds corny but… will you be my girlfriend?" he looked shy, cuteness alert!
"God Edward, are you dense, of course I will be!" I threw myself at him and we shared another passionate kiss!
God I loved this boy!
VPOV (Victoria's POV)
I rushed to the toilets to wash out the entire gunk that the bitch had put in my hair, but not before Edward had dumped me.
Oh well, I still had James.
As if on cue, my new boyfriend walked in, wrapped his arms around me and kissed me hard.
"What's up babe?" he asked non-caringly.
"That evil bitch Bella got stuff in my hair and Edward broke up with me!" I whined.
"Its ok babe, we'll get them back good!" he grinned evilly at me.
"Hell yeah we will!"
A/n. PLEASE READ THIS! I've done something that no writer should ever do. I've forgotten who my beta is! I'm so so so sorry! I haven't talked to her in ages and I just forgot! So can my lovely beta please PM me ASAP! Also, I noticed that a lot of people just add me to their favourites and don't review. I'm begging you, just review. It only takes two seconds and you make my day sooo much!
