Hi all! Well, I was doing homework and a thought popped into my mind. It went "What the heck are reviews for anyway?"
So if you could answer that, kudos to you. I, however, will be posting up a new chapter regardless of reviews.
Aslin: I'm so sorry, I didn't know! Agh, I feel like such a jerk for giving away something…. Well, no, Mozzie doesn't die. He just got shot.
Weird, I looked in my sink and was all "Whoa, smashed apple. When did that happen?"
Anyway, Twilight doesn't belong to me.
I dropped off the girls on Monday morning before school started and waved at Trina. Moz was still upset at me so he holed himself in his workshop. I knocked on the door and let myself in. Moz was in a black wife beater, shaping a block of wood into a chair. He was a talented carpenter and I watched as the muscles rippled with his every move.
"Done ogling?"
"Gimme 10 more minutes." I smirked and he chuckled.
"Moz, I don't plan on telling them unless it's under extreme circumstances." I said quietly after a while.
"You shouldn't be telling them at all."
"It's my decision to make."
"You're not thinking about everyone that it involves" he raised his voice.
"It only involves me" I replied calmly.
"No it doesn't Bella! Have you forgotten about me?"
"You're not involved Moz! Why do you keep including yourself?"
"Because you're all I have!" he screamed. I was surprised.
"You're all I have" he repeated quietly and sunk down on his chair. I made my way over to him and sat in his lap. I started stroking his head while he sobbed quietly on my shoulder.
"That's not true Moz" I soothed "Trina's here and I want you to remember that I'll always be there. I'm never going away and don't you ever forget that. Do you hear me?"
He nodded and we sat there in silence for a while.
"Aren't you supposed to be in school?" he croaked.
"Oh. Darn I probably should…" I trailed off as soon as I looked into Moz's face. How could I think about leaving him after he bared his insecurities today? "You know what; school could do without me for one day. What am I going to miss?"
Next day:
"Oh man Bella, you missed it!" Alice said to me on Tuesday. I had spent the whole day with Moz doing random activities that we pulled out of a hat. Trina opted to stay home to give us some "Boz" time as she called it. We played "I Want You To" by Weezer on repeat the entire time and sang along to it the whole day. It had been a great day.
"What did I miss? Stink bomb? Girl fight? Food fight? Break dancing contest? Brownie stomping?"
"No, no, no, and break dancing Bella? Really? Does it look like anyone here can pop or lock? Where did you even see Brownie stomping before?"
"I don't know, Eric looks like he could bust a move. Brownie stomping is what you do to disgusting rock hard brownies. Breaks your shoes too if they're made by Ms. Fredel."
"No Bella! You're missing the point! You missed something big! Who the heck is ?"
"Well, what did I miss? Stop dropping hints and just tell me already!"
"I can't do it now but I'll tell you later" she said and walked away.
"You what? Come on Alice! You get your pixie butt over here and tell me what I missed!"
"Later Bella" she shouted while waving her hand in my direction.
I frowned in her direction and walked to English class where I slumped in my seat. I looked over towards Jessica and Lauren and smiled at them. They scowled at me but then a worried look crossed their faces and Jessica waved at me hesitantly while Lauren looked down at her desk. What had happened yesterday?
The time flew by and I found myself sitting at lunch with the Cullens again, smiling at a story Emmett was telling about the day he wanted to try on pantyhose.
"…. When they ripped, I knew I was a goner but who knew it would be so hard to put those things on? They're so fragile too! I mean, as soon as it touched my skin, they fell to pieces in my hands!"
"I told you that your hairy legs broke them!" Rosalie said while throwing a chip at his head. Emmett feigned hurt and slumped onto Edward.
"Get off of me you big oaf!" laughed Edward.
"So Bella, are you ready for this afternoon? Do you have any Halloween costumed ideas?" Alice chirped while pushing around her salad. I didn't blame her, lettuce was supposed to be green, not brown.
"I do have a few ideas but what I really want to know is what happened yesterday."
The Cullens froze and looked at each other before sneaking glances at Edward. Had he been part of the event of yesterday? I feigned ignorance when they shifted their eyes back to me. I would question Edward in biology.
"Don't worry about it Bella" dismissed Alice but her eyes were communicating that she would tell me later.
Soon, the bell rung and we were on our way to Biology. Mr. Banner needed to create quizzes for next week so he popped in a movie.
I slid a note over to Edward.
So, what did you do to Lauren and Jessica yesterday?
What makes you think I did anything to them or even anything at all for that matter?
Don't give me that innocent spiel. I have a sneaking suspicion that you did something yesterday that was newsworthy. Now tell me or else. He rolled his eyes and looked at me. I held his gaze until he sighed and scribbled on the paper.
Lauren and Jessica were saying some petty things about you yesterday and I intervened. That's all.
That's all? What's so bad about that?
People make up different versions as to why I did it but I did it because you are my friend and I do not enjoy seeing my friends get hurt, even if they took a mental health day ;)
I smiled at him and faced the front as I chewed over my thoughts. I don't know why, but his comment twisted something in my gut. Were Rosalie, Alice, Emmett, and Jasper right? Did I have feelings for Edward?
The bell rang and we walked to gym where we ran suicides all day. I had to feign tiredness and it appeared that the Cullens were faking as well. That seemed odd.
Rosalie and Alice walked over to my car and we set off towards my house. When we got there, Alice used the giant eraser board in my bedroom to jot down costume ideas.
"So, I had three ideas in mind for my costume. One was a zombie bride, another was a burlesque girl and the last ones were either a mermaid or a nun." Alice jotted them down and looked toward Rosalie. Rosalie had an evil glint in her eyes and Alice's eyes sparked as well as if they had an inside joke.
"What is it guys?" I asked uneasily.
"Oh, I have a feeling that one of these costumes will drive Edward especially crazy."
"Really? Wait, crazy in a good way or a bad way?"
"Good way, definitely." Rosalie said smugly.
"Which one? The mermaid?"
"No silly, the burlesque outfit."
"Oh, well I had only thought of it because I loved the era of the 20s and 30s. The mermaid was just because of the movie I was watching last night."
"Well, the burlesque outfit is going to be great. You're going to drive our little Eddie wild."
"Ha, I doubt that."
"You don't believe us?" asked Rosalie with attitude.
"Did Edward tell you in Biology what really happened yesterday?" Alice questioned.
"Yeah. Wait, how did you know what I asked him in biology?"
"Just a feeling I had" she shrugged "What exactly did he tell you?"
I walked over to my backpack and showed them the note we had written to each other. Alice and Rosalie read it quickly and looked up at me with knowing faces.
"Oh Bella darling, that's just the gist of what happened yesterday. Here's what really happened." Rosalie informed while settling down on the chair.
"Lauren and Jessica were spewing lies about you to anyone who would hear and they said a particularly mean comment about how you were a 'Lying bastard whore'."
"Lying bastard whore?" I interrupted, "That's a new one, I've never been called that before. Let me write that down." I said while pulling out my journal and jotted it down.
"How many times have you been insulted?" asked Rosalie perplexed.
"More than I can count but I only write down the ones I ever really liked." I told them as I wrote down the names of the people and the insult. I closed the book and gestured to Alice. "You can continue."
"Right, so they called you that but what they didn't notice was Edward walking behind them. Then, he went off."
"Oh my gosh, he hurt them?"
"No, he just defended you!"
"So? He already told me he did that. What's the big deal?"
"The big deal, Bella" Rosalie piped in "is what he said to defend you."
"Well, what did he say?"
"He said, and I quote, 'Don't talk like that about Bella. She's twice the woman that you will ever hope to be and she does not deserve your childishness. She only deserves love!' Lauren and Jessica snorted and asked 'Who would ever show her love?' and Edward yelled 'ME!'"
I sat unmoving on my bed. Edward had said that? He said I deserved love? From him? I didn't know what to say and I looked helplessly at Alice and Rosalie.
"Well Bella, what do you think about that? It shows definite proof that he truly cares for you! Aren't you excited?"
"Well first, you can eerily mimic Edward's voice well. Second, why didn't he tell me that?" I asked sadly. Had Edward not mean what he said or did he love me in a different way?
"No honey, he has just never felt like this before so he doesn't know how to react to a gorgeous girl."
I snorted.
"If I'm gorgeous, you two are sinfully beautiful women. I'm nothing compared to you."
"Oh sod off Bella. You're hot and you should embrace that. You should also let Edward see that too. What do you say to making him fall for you this week?" Rosalie conspired.
"I say, how do we do it?"
Alice and Rosalie grinned and we created a wardrobe for the week. Operation Drive Edward Crazy had begun.
Ooh… long operation name….
Yay! Bella's friends with Moz again!
Anyway, I'm gonna go to school now but first, I must finish breakfast. Mmm, bagels.
