AN: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long to update =(
I've had a ridiculous week at school, stupid teachers cramming stuff in last minute! Then I got sick so yeah. Hope you like it =)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. Stephenie Meyer does.
BPOV:
At exactly noon Alice and Rose were over.
"Hey Bella!" They both said in unison.
"Hey guys. Come on in." I moved out of the doorway to let them in. "Charlie's out fishing again with Billy so we'll have the house to ourselves for the day. At least until the bonfire tonight. Who's all coming?"
"No one really important. You, me, Rose, Emmett, Jasper, oh and Edward." The last one took me by shock. He never really hung out with his family. The past week though he has been sitting with us at the lunch table. I wonder why the sudden change.
"Edward? Why has he been changing all of a sudden. Two weeks ago he barely knew of your existence and now he's eating at the lunch table. Do you guys know what's up with him?" I asked.
"Oh I don't know. Teenage mood swings?" She guessed, but I had a feeling she knew the real reason why.
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Around six they finally finished dressing me up. Although they did a wonderful job with everything it seemed like a waste of daylight to me. It got sunny outside and I wanted to go take a walk around the block but Alice said that we wouldn't have enough time to finish my hair or make up so I gave in. When we went into the bathroom Alice closed the blinds blocking all sunlight. I wonder why that was. I mean its an off day when its not raining in Forks, why not enjoy the sun?
But I just sat there and let them pick at my hair, brush it out and start all over again. By the time everything was done I had long loose curls rolling down my back. I had little makeup on but it made my face look beautiful. The outfit they chose me was dark jeans, and a tight hoodie. Alice said that the weather was going to be warmer and with the fire I would be to hot in a normal baggy hoodie. I didn't believe her but let her have her fun.
Around six thirty Charlie came home. I introduced him to Alice and Rose and he immediately took a liking to both of them. I could tell things were playing out perfectly. He offered us dinner, but Rose declined saying that we were having a bunch of food at their house for the bonfire.
After saying out goodbyes to Charlie, we left for the Cullen house.
Alice was driving the speed limit today and I wonder why the sudden change. Instead of making it to her house in a mere five minutes it took us fifteen.
When we walked in the door we were instantly greeted with everyone from the family.
"Hey Bella! Good seeing you back here!" Esme said. She was like my second mother in a way. She had the motherly touch about her.
"Hey Mrs. Cullen. Thanks for having me over again!" I said.
"Oh honey please call me Esme. And its no problem. Any friend of Alice's or Rose's is welcome here anytime." I just smiled politely.
"Hello Dr. Cullen." I said. I have never really talked to him before. The last time I was over he was on his way out to the hospital.
"Hello Bella, please call me Carlisle. Dr. Cullen makes me seem to serious." He joked.
Emmett then came up and crushed me in another big bear hug of his. "Hey Bella! I missed you from yesterday!" I had to laugh at this. It was only a little after 24 hrs since I've seen him last and he makes it seem like its been centuries.
"Hey Emmett. Yeah that whole 24 hour thing has been killer."
"Your telling me!" He said seriously. Jasper simply came up behind him and said hi. Who I wasn't expecting to make any sort of greeting was Edward. He was coming down the stairs when he saw me.
"Hey Bella. Spending the night again I see?" he said.
"Yep. I got forced too again by these two." I pointed to Alice and Rose. He laughed and it sounded like bells chiming.
" Ok enough saying hello's! The bonfire starts at 8 so be out there you guys!" Alice yelled. "We're going upstairs to talk. See you guys in an hour!"
With that being said we all ran upstairs into Alice's room. We sat there and gossiped about people in school. We talked about random things that popped into our brains at the moment. Pretty much anything you could think of, we talked about. Soon, it was time to go get the fire ready.
"Ok guys! Let's go!" Alice said. We raced back downstairs and I ran into something hard. Well I thought it was something, but it was actually someone. Whoever it was caught me before I fell though, so that was a plus.
"Whoa watch out there Bella. You don't want to hurt yourself running into things now do you?" Edward asked.
"Yeah, sorry about that." I blushed. He chuckled.
"It's alright. Just try to be more careful. Please?" He let the full effect of his topaz eyes onto my boring brown ones.
"Yeah no problem." I finished lamely. How could I promise to be safe when I was a danger magnet?
"Are you two done yet? Or do you want another five minutes to oogle each other?" Alice said. Edward just shrugged and I blushed. Again.
We both left to go out the backdoor to the backyard. If I thought their front yard was nice, their backyard was even more beautiful. They had a large patio outside the back door. The fire pit was placed about twenty feet from it and there was a stone path getting to it. Me being a klutz, tripped multiple times.
When I reached the fire pit, there were lounge chairs set up and everything. The fire was really close to the woods and that made me nervous because you never know what's in there at night. And since I wasn't in Phoenix anymore, bears could be out there or mountain lions, anything that could possible want to eat me. So I sat facing the trees instead of my back to them. I wasn't going to be the first one down, although if we ended up running away I would be most likely to fall.
I ended up sitting between Edward and Emmett. Rose was sitting on the other side of Emmett and next to Jasper who was next to Alice. The fire was huge. I hoped the fire department didn't come thinking someone's house was on fire that's how big it was.
We sat there laughing and telling ghost stories, which scared me shitless especially with the woods right there. All in all it was turning out to be a fun night. We decided to play hide and go seek in the dark. Me, being a scardy cat, was too afraid to, so we ended up on teams. Alice and Jasper, Rose and Emmett, and me and Edward. Not awkward at all.
Alice and Jasper decided to count first. We had one minute until they were coming to get us. Edward grabbed my hand and pulled us into the woods. He kept deciding to stick somewhere then change his mind. What was his problem? Why cant we just stay in one spot! I'm going to fall here! Finally he decided on a spot. It was far back in the woods on a log hidden by bushes.
"So Bella, having fun yet?" He joked.
"Oh yeah, except for the fact were stuck in the woods. When its dark. And we'll probably get lost somewhere back here. I don't even know how you found this place, but its going to be hard getting back to the house." He just laughed at this. What was the joke here?
"Silly Bella, we won't get lost back here. I promise." Then he smiled and I was lost. Stupid dazzling player. After a while of no response he looked at me concerned.
"Is everything alright?"
"Huh? Oh yeah just fine. I just hate the dark and especially in the woods. Its creepy, like something out of a horror movie." He turned his head and I think I saw him fighting a smile.
"Ha! Found you guys! We found Rose and Emmett first so they get to count. How the heck did you guys get all the way back here? What were you guys doing?" She said with a wink to me.
"Absolutely nothing. So when are they going to start counting?" I asked
"Once we all get back to the house. We decided to come find you guys first incase you were doing…other things…." I blushed. We reached the house and to my surprise we didn't get lost. Which I was glad about.
"Found them! And you Emmett owe me $50! They didn't do anything like I told you! Ha! Told you not to bet against Alice!" Jasper said.
"Damn! I was sure Edward was going to pull a move." Emmett whined. They started counting and this time Edward decided to stay in one spot instead of moving around. We decided to trick them and hide in the trees. Apparently it wasn't good enough because soon we heard Emmett.
"I see you guys up there! Edward and Bella sitting in a tree, literally, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"Emmett shut up! We're not doing anything! Your so immature! And stop singing! You are the worst singer I know. Its bad enough I have to hear it when your in the shower!" Edward yelled back.
Since Edward and I were first to be found, we had to count. I was nervous because we actually had to go looking in the woods for them. Where it was dark. What if we found something we didn't want to find out there? Edward must have read my reluctance.
"Don't worry. I won't let you get lost out there. We'll stick together until we find them. It won't be that bad." He smiled.
"I'm not scared." I lied.
"Sure your not. Well lets go find them! Don't want them to get caught up in the moment of being alone in the dark now do we?" I shivered at the thought. "Didn't think so."
After about five minutes we heard something rustling in the bushes. It scared me and I ended up grabbed Edward's hand. I was squeezing it so tight I was afraid I would cut off his circulation. His hand was freezing! But that didn't bother me because I was still scared of what was in the bushes. All of a sudden Emmett jumped out of the bushes.
"BOO!" he yelled. I screamed. He laughed.
"Emmett you idiot! I swear you are the most retarded person I've ever known." Edward said. I was still holding onto Edward's hand super tight. He didn't seem to notice though, which didn't bother me or he would have said something stupid.
"Oh and what were you two doing while trying to find us?" Emmett said. He must have seen me holding onto Edward's arm.
"Nothing. She wouldn't be holding onto me so hard if you didn't scare the shit out of her!" Edward said. So he did notice me holding his arm. We'll at least he left it alone. Alice and Jasper appeared out of no where to see what was happening.
"Who screamed?!?! And why?!?" Alice yelled.
Edward answered her. "Well Emmett here thought it would be funny to jump out of the bushes and scare Bella." Alice looked and me and gave me a wink. And a look to say 'We'll talk about this later.' So she obviously saw me attached to Edward.
"Emmett you big oaf. Well I think since Emmett decided to ruin the fun, we should just go back and make smores!" Alice said.
I was glad that the game was over. Although it wasn't that bad, I prefer to play it during the day when I can see things. Even though surprisingly I didn't trip once while playing. We reached the fire and sat in the same seats. Alice threw the marshmallows at me, and me being me slapped them away towards the fire, only to be caught by Edward.
"Thanks." Lame Bella, really lame.
"No problem. I've heard about how you play in gym and so I figured something like that was going to happen." I blushed. I think I blushed more this night then I ever had before around them.
We just sat around the fire telling stories and just hanging out. I could tell Edward was having fun hanging out with his family. He was still trying to be a better person. He hasn't talked to anyone of his girls since last weekend, which impress me a lot.
After two smores, it was near one in the morning. I cant believe we have been out here for five hours! I guess time flies when your having fun! Things were calming down and it seemed like the bonfire was only going to last a little longer since the flames were dying out. I was adapting to the dark and wasn't afraid of the woods like I was at the beginning.
That was until I heard it. It sounded so close, like it was in the woods. It was a wolf howl. I knew there was wild animals in the woods, I just never expected to experience one so close. It scared me so much I jumped out of my chair and ended up in Edward's lap. He felt rigid when I realized I was on his lap. I don't think it was me that was making him so tense though. His eyes looked darker and he was looking towards the woods. I just hid my face in his shirt, not wanting to see if some animal came out and attacked us.
"Alright well I think we should call it a night. Why don't we put the fire out and go inside and watch some movies!" Alice said. Always upbeat even when a wild animal is out there ready to pounce.
"Yeah I think that's best. Alice and Rose you can take Bella in, I'll put out the fire with Emmett and Jasper." Edward said. I didn't even realize I was pulling on his shirt so hard. It was wrinkled where my hands had been.
Alice and Rose dragged me inside where the light hurt my eyes from being in the dark so long. Rose noticed and turned the lights down a few notches. We went and picked out a movie for us to watch. Since I had enough scares for the night, we decided to watch an original movie, Forest Gump. The guys came in around ten minutes later. We just kept playing the main menu until they came in. Me, Alice and Rose occupied the two couches and the guys just sat on the floor.
"Are you ok?" Edward asked softly after the movie had started.
"Yeah just a little shaken up from everything that happened tonight. I mean it was mostly fun but that wolf scared me to death." He nodded his head understandingly.
We both turned our attention back to the movie. The next think I knew the TV was off and it was morning. According to the clock above the TV it said it was nine am. Well at least I got eight hours of sleep! I must have fallen asleep on the couch because I don't remember walking up the stairs and climbing into bed.
But it wasn't Alice's bed I was in. I was never in this room before so I knew it wasn't Rose's either. So that left Emmett, Jasper, Edward or a guest room. But it didn't look like a guest room since there was clothes and a ton of music in the room. I remember from last week Emmett told Edward he couldn't play any of his music except country and the piano was his so I was guessing this was his room. But why would I be in here? A knock at the door broke me out of my thoughts. Edward peeked his head in.
"Are you awake?" He asked quietly, probably wondering if I was still sleeping.
"Yeah I'm up."
"How are you feeling this morning? A lot happened last night." He said with concern in his voice.
"I'm fine. It was fun. We definitely need to do that again! Except for the whole wolf part but that's whatever. No one was hurt and I didn't hear it for the rest of the night so I'm guessing it moved away from here." I just kept blabbing.
"I don't think any wolves would bother coming around here. Too much population. Plus we had a fire going and that was sure to keep them from getting any closer." He said.
"Well that's good. It was fun having everyone together. And we totally kicked ass in the hide and seek game." He laughed at the last part.
"Of course! Well if your up, Esme made you breakfast if your hungry. Which I hope you are since she made a ton of food, again. Every time you come over she goes crazy with over cooking everything." He mused.
"I'm starving! I forgot to eat dinner last night and all I had was two smores last night. I'll be down in a sec."
"Alright. The bathroom's right there if you want to use it. Meet you downstairs." And with that he left.
I brushed my teeth and hair and went downstairs for breakfast. And Edward wasn't kidding when he said she made a ton of food. There was pancakes, waffles, bacon, eggs, toast. Anything you could think of was there. I quickly ate, and a lot I might add, and went to find Alice. She was in her room with Rose. We spent the rest of the afternoon lounging around and talking.
Around seven I went home to meet Charlie. He asked the general questions about how my weekend was blah, blah, blah. I was exhausted from the weekend and went to bed around nine. I hoped Edward would act like he did this weekend when we're at school tomorrow. I could get used to him like that. I actually liked him when he was nice. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
AN:
Sorry it took so long to update! But I wrote it long! Over three thousand words! Woot! Thanks for all your guys reviews! Keep it up =)
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