Chapter 11

Sleepovers

'Honey! I was soo worried about you!' was basically all my mom kept saying. And I had to keep saying 'I'm back, it's okay.'

While we were waiting for the Cullen's to return, my mom, Marvin, and I decided to play go fish. We were going to play poker, but Marvin won the coin flip.

"You got a seven?" I asked Marvin. I yawned.

He meowed and I moaned with defeat as I got another card.

Marvin messed up his pile, and the closest card, I picked up. "Sorry, don't have an ace. Go fish." I sighed.

He patted the cards in the middle and the closest one that landed towards him, I put in his pile.

"Aww man! Marvin ruined the pile again!" My mom moaned as she fixed it, again.

Marvin meowed, and I laughed. "I know it's not your fault, now, whose turn is it?" Someone cleared their throat and all of us jumped. Marvin hissed.

"We're home!" Emmet called out. "A cat playing go fish, who knew." He grinned and snickered.

"Just to let you know, he's a very smart cat. He catches on pretty quickly. Should I say 'did you have fun', or is that a wrong term?" I asked, not looking from my cards while my mom did her turn.

Edward chuckled, "No, 'did you have fun', is a fine term.

"Okay," I said as I lowered my cards to see Edward's face. I was protecting my cards because I've learned that Marvin's a cheater. "Did you have fun?" I teased.

"More or less." Edward said shrugging, light burning bright in his eyes.

"Huh, that's cool. Hey Marvin! No cheating!" He meowed and I laughed, "Apology accepted, your go."

Edward laughed and sat down next to me as the family departed to do their own thing, even my mom handed Edward her cards and said she wants to spend time with Esme and Carlisle.

"What's cool?" Edward asked me as he looked his my mother's cards. "Wow, no offense, but she isn't really good at go fish."

"Yeah, I know." I snorted as Marvin asked for a three, which I handed over, grumbling.

"You still didn't answer my question." Edward pushed.

"Fine. Whenever you guys come back from hunting, you skin's less pale, you're less crabbier, and your eyes….. They're amazing." I marveled, unable to look away from them.

"Okay." He said and smiled as I stared at him, "Marvin, you got a two?" Marvin skillfully handed over a card, it was a two. "Wow, he's smart."

"I know right?!" I gushed, Edward raised an eyebrow at my succeeding attitude into teaching Marvin a trick, I quickly turned it into a cough and rephrased my words, "I know… Right?" I said swiftly, not adding too much enthusiasm. I didn't want to gloat. Edward laughed at my quick word change.

Later, Marvin won a game, and we challenged rematches, he always won. Eventually, we gave up, knowing he'll win. He meowed with victory, and I giggled at his remark. I also giggled because he was thinking of eating fish.

Edward helped me clean up the cards, and then he decided to give me a tour. I didn't really get anything special when I first came here, to tell them what I am.

He showed me everyone's room, his last. I questioned his room.

"No bed?" I asked.

"Did you forget? We don't sleep."

"Oh, yeah." I mumbled to myself. I saw an entire wall of his room was covered by music shelves. "I, uh, see you like music." I giggled at my imagination making a cartoon Edward playing a saxophone. He chuckled.

"Yeah, I like to play the piano." He said humbly and shyly.

"No way!" I said as I jumped from his (really) comfortable couch.

I dragged Edward downstairs to where the piano is, and let him play.

"I made this song for you." He said, as he played.

The song was beautiful. It was just perfect, I loved it.

"Oh my god! Thank you! I love it!" I exclaimed. We were both sitting on the piano bench, and I reached to hug him, but we both fell with a thud.

"Oh, okay. Oops." I said. I fell with me on top of him.

He just chuckled. Then, Emmet strolled in the room.

"Uhh. Did I interrupt anything?" He was trying not to laugh.

"No. No, no! You didn't interrupt anything." I said quickly. I jumped up, and pulled Edward with me.

"Mmmhmm." He said and laughed at me. I wanted to punch him. Hard.

When I pulled Edward up, I quickly dusted the top of his hair, then straightened out my clothes. Emmet laughed, and then walked away.

"Well, then." Edward said, looking at me with an adorable smile.

"Yeah." I decided to walk upstairs, to fold my stuff properly. They got messed up while running here.

Once in Edward's room, I found my stuff.

Great, I thought, just because I fell, we have the same room.

I sat down, and opened my stuff. I packed a light-blue tee-shirt, with a monkey on it. I also packed light-grey sweatpants, to match the monkey. I packed my toothbrush, my hairbrush, and underwear.

I realized I didn't have my guitar.

I sprinted downstairs, and ran into Edward. Of course, we both fell.

"Wow, okay, I'm clumsy. Are you alright?" I asked as I stood up and offered a hand. He took it.

"Yeah, you just caught me off guard." He said and laughed as I dusted his hair and fixed my clothes, again.

"Edward, listen." I was serious; I needed my guitar, "Tell me where you put my guitar. I need it." I love my guitar, I need it, and I practically live with it, like how you need air to live.

"It's right behind the piano; I can go get it for you." He insisted.

"No thank you. And thank you." I gigged as I ran to get my guitar; I passed Edward and quickly told him that I'll be upstairs. I got to the room, and lightly closed the door.

"Whew," I said. I was relieved that I have my guitar. I sat on Edward's couch, and started tuning it, thinking of a song to play. I giggled as I remembered my old guitar. It was pink and had Taylor Swift's autograph and picture. I was kinda like a really big fan. Anyway, with the pink guitar, I threw it in the dumpster.

Once I tuned my guitar, I lightly started playing a favorite song, You Don't know Me. I lightly hummed the song, and then whispered, then full out singing it with a hairbrush as a microphone.

"You think you know me, but you don't, know me. You think you own me, but you can't, control me." I danced and did Ariels; random, no handed, cartwheels.

"You look at me and there's just one thing that you see, so listen to me… Listen to me!" I sang as I danced randomly, "You push me back, I'll push you back. Harder. Harder. You scream at me, I'll scream at you. Louder. L-l-l-l-louder! I'm dangerous! I'm warning you, but you're not afraid of me, and I can't convince you. That you don't know me. You think you got me but you don't, get me. You think you want me but you don't know what you're getting into! There's so much more to me than what you think you see, so listen to me… Just listen to me! You push me, I'll push you back. Harder. Harder. You scream at me, I'll scream at you. Louder. L-l-l-l-louder! I'm dangerous! I'm warning you, but you're not afraid of me, and I can't convince you. That you don't know me! And the longer that you stay, the ice is melting! And the pain, it feels okay, it feels okay! Hey… You push me back, I'll push you back… You scream at me I'll scream at you. Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder. Louder! Louder! LOUDER! You push me back, I'll push you back. Harder! Harder! You scream at me, I'll scream at you! Louder! L-l-l-l-louder! I'm dangerous! And I'm warning you! But you're not afraid of me! And I can't convince you. And I don't have to. I think you know me." I finished and held onto the note for a long time. With my eyes closed, I bowed and whispered to myself, "Oh my god, four-chair turn! I pick… Adam Levine for my coach! Yay!" I started jumping around and hugged and hand shook the air. And waved to imaginary people. "This is the voice!" I sang perfectly under my breath. I turned to face the door with my eyes open, and find it wide open, and all the Cullen's staring at me.(My mom already knew I sing, so she's not surprised, and was downstairs.) "Oh, shoot." I said, slowly.

Everyone was really surprised, I felt instantly embarrassed. I got my hairbrush, and quickly got some of my hair and brushed it. It wasn't fooling anyone, so I threw my hairbrush like a layup, and it landed in my backpack.

"Uhm, did you need anything? I was just… Uh… Cleaning up?" I lied as I quickly fixed the cushions, and started to pick things up, in my speed. I was done in a matter of seconds. They were all still surprised, and said nothing. "Uhm… Hello? You know, I don't mean to be rude, but, you can always knock. Like this." I walked over and knocked for them. They didn't say anything. "You know what? I'm getting really tired," I hoaxed a fake yawn, "I should, uhh, get ready for bed, soo… Everyone out, do your thing. I was doing my thing. I just got into the voice!" I grumbled as I pushed them out. Then Esme spoke up.

"You have a wonderful voice, honey." She said. I blushed.

"Uh, thanks. I'm not that great. Now, can everyone, like, go away?" They all groaned and walked away, and I closed the door and sighed.

Stupid, stupid, stupid! You're in a house with vampires that can hear every creak, and you're out there singing your stupid heart out! Jesus. I thought as I scrubbed away my foot prints with a hand. If I tried, it went away easily. I started whispering the song again, but then stopped when I started. I just decided to sing it in my head, I didn't really care if Edward heard me sing, I mean, everyone did. Kinda embarrassing.

Then someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" I called as I scrubbed away my last foot print.

"Edward." He called.

"Oh, come in." I was acting like this is my room.

Spoiled, much? I thought sarcastically, Edward was staring at me while I sat at the ground, scowling at myself.

"Are you talking to me, or yourself? Sometimes, I really can't tell." He said amusingly as he slid on the floor, next to me.

"Myself." I said and quickly added, "That was embarrassing."

"What do you mean? You're a great singer." He softened.

I sighed. "I guess the way you guys looked. You looked like you're surprised that I can dance, play guitar, sing, and do a flip or whatever."

"We were just surprised at how good you are at everything, and you should sing more often." He said, playing with a strand of my light-brown hair.

"Why?" I challenged.

"Your voice is amazing." He said, still playing with the lock of my hair.

"Thanks." I blushed, of course.

"You also play the guitar well; you should play that more too." He said.

"Okay," I said as I reached for my guitar, "What should I play? I forgot my music, but I know some songs by heart."

"Anything you want." He said, still playing with my hair.

The first song that came up was Party in The USA, by Miley Cyrus. I started playing the song, it was soothing.

"Nice choice." He pointed out.

"Thanks, again." I said. I abruptly stopped, and looked around. "Where is Marvin?" I asked anxiously.

"Your mom has him." He said.

I whewed, and he laughed. I laughed too.

He swiftly put his arm around me and I didn't shrug it off, which he was expecting.

I slowly stood up, and put away my guitar. "I'm… Gonna go downstairs and… Explain what I was doing." I said, and ran downstairs. In a few moments, Edward was downstairs.

"You gotta wait for me, Jelly." He said amusingly. As we walked into the family room, everyone saw me and smiled. Emmet laughed, and I wanted to sock him again. I took a step forward to pound him. Edward elbowed me, and I got his little secret, 'Play nice.'

I sat with Alice. "So…" Wow, this is awkward.

"You're a great singer." She enthusiastically said.

"Thanks." I said.

"You should sing more." She added.

"Edward thinks so too. Maybe I will."

"Yay!" Alice hugged me. I laughed.

"Can you sing?" I asked her.

"Not as good as you can!" She laughed.

I looked at the clock, it was 10:00, and I strangely felt tired. I asked Alice where I should sleep, and she said that I could sleep on Edward's couch, or this couch or they could set up a bed for me. I chose Edward's couch.

I got a couple blankets, and trudged upstairs. I brushed my teeth, and changed my clothes in the bathroom, within 30 seconds. I hoped on Edward's couch and got my blankets and curled up in a ball. My mom drove home with Marvin, so she could get to work and stuff.

I had a dream of me, on stage, with my guitar. I had auditioned for The Voice, and I became the winner. It was a great dream. I woke up and forgot where I was. I usually stretch before I get up, so I began to stretch, but I fell off the couch with a thud. "Ow." I whispered, and got up and rubbed my hip. I looked at my watch; it was 5:00, my usual waking standard now-a-days. I brushed my teeth and changed my clothes. I brushed my hair, and put it in a braid going down my shoulder. I washed my face and went downstairs. I had folded my blankets and fixed the couch. I put the folded blankets on top of the couch. I said hello to everybody.

"Hi, guys." I said. Everybody looked up, confused.

"What time is it?" Emmet asked. I looked at my watch, it said 5:30.

"What are you doing up?" Edward said.

"What do you mean? This is my usual waking time." I said. They still looked confused.

"What? Shouldn't you be awake in like, five hours?" Emmet asked.

"I can wake up when I want to wake up." I said stubbornly. Then I remembered, school! "Uhh, do you have coffee?" I asked.

"Yeah, want some?" Edward asked as he ran into the kitchen, but I beat him there. I found a coffee maker, and started it; I quickly and silently made my coffee. He handed me sugar and creamer, I quickly put it in. Edward handed me a coffee cup, and I put it in and shook it so all the sugar and creamer go everywhere. I got my backpack and started towards the door, Edward got there first.

"What do you think you're doing?" He asked.

"Isn't it a Friday?" I asked, he nodded. I checked my watch, 6:00. "Then I need to go to school!" He still didn't move.

"Carlisle thinks you should stay here, for safety reasons." Emmet called out.

"But I'm fine!" I whined. "Wait, why aren't you at school?" I asked Edward.

"We're here to make sure you don't run away." Emmet called.

I grumbled and walked towards the stairs. I saw many windows, one was open, but it was next to Edward. I tried my best and ran at it, he blocked me, and I skidded to a stop trying not to crash.

"Nice try." He said smirking.

"Please move, or I'll dazzle you." I said stubbornly.

"Nope, sorry." Edward said.

It didn't take long, but I dazzled him and jumped through the window, yet Emmet got my foot and pulled me back.

"Hey!" I said. I gave up fighting, as he dragged me to the couch by my foot.

"Stay." He warned and then un-paused the TV. I could push him and run, but I had too much heart to do that.

I sighed and sat on the couch, crossing my arms.

"Good." Emmet patted my hair and continued watching.

Jasper walked in from the kitchen. "How are you feeling?" He asked me.

"Like I'm in jail." I mumbled and Jasper laughed. So did Edward and Emmet.

I frowned. I didn't like this. Edward came next to me and put his arm around me. "Don't worry, "Edward said, "We'll have fun today." His soothing didn't help me.

Can you let me go now? I thought stubbornly.

"No." Edward said and sighed.

I frowned again, I know he doesn't like it when I'm sad. Please? I thought. I frowned.

"Nope, sorry."

I stood up, and everyone blocked me to go anywhere.

"Relax! I'm just going to go check on my guitar." I said. I glanced at everyone, they didn't budge. "Fine, I'll stay here. Edward, you go get my guitar then." I sat back down, and they relaxed. Edward sprinted upstairs to get my guitar and ran back down with the case. "Thank you." I said politely and opened it up. I tuned it and played random notes.

"Hey," Emmet said, grinning, "What song were you singing in Edward's room last night?"

I sighed, "Why?"

"Just wondering." He tried to hold in a laugh.

Can I punch him? I asked Edward.

"No."

"Bite me. You never let me!" I grumbled, staring at Emmet in a cold way.

"What?" Emmet said.

"This is the third time that she wanted to punch you, you're welcome." Edward said.

"Really?" Emmet was about to taunt me.

"Emmet, I'm warning you, if you somehow irritate me, I'll punch you so hard and won't feel sorry about it. It'll give you a bruise. Maybe even if you irritate me enough, I'll rip your miserable head off." I warned.

He flinched and "Ooh-ed", then he said, "Whatever you say. Like it'll hurt." He said. He grinned.

"Did it hurt last time I punched you?" I asked.

His grin was wiped away and everyone laughed.

With all the random chatting, I came up with a plan. I would ask them if we could play hide and go seek. I'll seek, and when they hide, I'll run away.

"Nice plan, but it won't work." Edward accused.

"Worth a shot." I mumbled, playing my guitar. Everyone laughed besides me. I was feeling a little grumpy that I couldn't leave. "Wait, does my mom even know I'm here?" I asked.

"Yup," Jasper said, "We talked to her yesterday."

Aww man! I could've seen the future! What a waste. I thought miserably.

I took a sip of my coffee, it was cold, but I didn't care. I realized that Alice and Rosalie weren't here. "Hey, where are all the other girls?" I asked.

"Alice and Rosalie are at school, and Esme is spending the day with your mom." Edward said.

"Then why do I stuck have to stick with the three of you morons, no offense." I asked.

"Because, we're the strongest." Emmet beamed.

"Mmmhmm." I said.

"What?" Emmet challenged.

"I'm the strongest. If I really wanted to, I could beat you all up, and walk away. But I have the heart not to… Most of the time." I said.

"Fine, let's arm wrestle." Emmet said.

"I think you may want to keep that arm, so let's not." I said matter-of-factly. Jasper and Edward laughed. Emmet grumbled.

The day continued like that. I would make fun of Emmet, Jasper and Edward would laugh, and he would grumble.

I checked my watch, it was 1:00.

"Can I go home now?" I asked.

"I thought you wanted to go to school." Edward pointed out.

"There's no point to go to school now. There's no time. Can I go home now?" I complained.

"You can, but we would have to go with you." Jasper said.

I moaned. But then had an idea. "Whatever, let's go!" I got all my bags and started towards the door, but Edward stopped me.

"We are driving." He said, and I sighed.

"Fine." I walked outside with him to his car. I threw all my stuff in the car and buckled up. Edward and Emmet sat in the front, and Jasper sat next to me to make sure I don't jump out of the window or something.

"I don't like being held hostage, you know." I said as we started driving.

"You're not being held hostage." Jasper said.

"Then what are you doing right now?" I asked and pointed at his hands holding at the buckle to make sure I don't jump out.

"Safety reasons." Jasper said and smiled.

I rolled my eyes and said, "Fine, I promise I won't jump out the window or do anything dangerous to you, Edward, and myself."

"Hey, what about me?" Emmet whined.

"If I do promise, I won't be able to keep it." I pointed out.

"She's probably right." Edward said and laughed.

Jasper laughed and let goes of the buckle slowly, waiting for an attack. I rolled my eyes. We reached my house, and parked. Edward opened the door on my side, and picked me up.

"Hey!" I said.

"Don't want to take any chances." Edward said and smiled.

"Fine." I grumbled and stopped fighting. We reached the door and rang the doorbell. I checked my watch, 3:30.

"There goes my plan of escape." I mumbled and Edward laughed at my plan and walked inside.

Mom hurried to Edward. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"I'm a hostage." I said as Edward put me down and Esme giggled.

"Ohh." Mom laughed.

"It's not funny, mother." I said arms across my chest.

"Ohh, ok." She tried to stop laughing, but couldn't. Everyone laughed.

"Fine, I'm gonna take a shower." I said as I stomped up the stairs.

"We'll be down here, honey." She called, half laughing.

I grumbled as I got out fresh clothes and my favorite lotion. I also got the best towel. I headed towards the bathroom and locked the door.

Thank god there's some sort of privacy. I thought as I started the water. I first undid my braid slowly. It made beach waves in my hair. I threw my dirty clothes in the hamper behind the door, and I hoped in the shower. The water was warm and pleasant. My strawberry shampoo smelled like home to me. I rubbed it in deeply and rinsed it out. I got my coconut conditioner, and applied it. I rinsed it off too. I cleaned myself off and realized that I was singing a song I made years ago. I remember I made choreography to go with it. I would always sing it in the shower. I forgot that there were guests over, and I went to sing my heart out. I finished up my shower and put my hair in a towel. I pulled on my clothes after putting on my lotion. I just quickly added my daily amount of light eye shadow and lip gloss. I cleaned up and walked outside of the bathroom, humming my song. I skipped to my room, and brushed my hair. It smelled a lot like strawberries. I loved the smell of strawberries. After I brushed my hair, I cleaned my room. After that, I went downstairs.

Everyone was happy to see me. Alice and Rosalie returned from school. Everyone was talking. I started singing to myself as I poured orange juice in a glass and settled in a dining room chair. Edward settled in the one next to me.

"Strawberries?" He said and smiled.

"Yeah." I laughed. So did he. "That's my favorite shampoo."

"Hint of Coconut?" He asked amusingly, not sure of himself.

"My favorite Conditioner." I said and smiled.

"And you're drinking orange juice." He exclaimed and laughed. So did I. How ironic.

When I was cleaning my room, I put my hair in a high ponytail.

Where's Carlisle? I wondered as I grabbed an apple.

He's at the hospital right now; it's a little busy today. He answered.

But why would he have a job that involves blood? I asked.

It's not the blood, he just wants to save lives.

But how can he stand it, you know, blood bags?

He just practices. He answered.

Ohh. Cool. I thought.

Edward started swinging my ponytail around.

You should put your hair up more often. He thought.

You like it? I thought.

Love it. He answered.

Okay, I'll put my hair up more. I said.

He chuckled. I raised an eye brow but he just shook his head. I didn't search his head, he should have some privacy.

Once I finished my orange juice an apple, I slowly stood up to put the garbage away. I was thinking of my dream of singing and dancing and playing my guitar. I giggled and went to the kitchen. I put the glass in the dish washer, and started it. I turn around from the sink and bumped into Edward. He was smiling, from ear to ear.

"Edward, are you okay?" I asked him. "What's funny?"

"Yeah, just… I'm fine. Nothing." He lied, he chuckled and then laughed.

"Whatever it is, you can tell me, right?" I said, wiping up the kitchen. Everyone else was in the family room.

"No, I can't tell you. You have to figure it out yourself, and no cheating by using my head."

I was concerned, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

He chuckled at my compassion, and then laughed. "Maybe, but we should see the family first."

"Okay." I said. In less than 15 seconds, the kitchen was clean. I followed him into the family room.

They were just all in a circle, talking. Edward sat on the couch. Alice looked at me and giggled. I mouthed, "What?" She just pointed to her head, like she's going to mind tell me. But I pointed at Edward, she just waved it off.

Did you guys kiss in the kitchen? She thought and giggled.

What? I thought. What?!

She imagined herself making a little kissy face.

What? I thought. I lost you. WHAT?!

She sighed, and turned around from the group to face me. Did. You. Kiss. Him? Or did he kiss you? She thought and giggled.

No. We didn't, why? I thought.

I just saw a future a couple of minutes ago, it was Edward kissing you. Why didn't you? She demanded.

I was cleaning the kitchen. I said.

What was Edward doing? She demanded.

We were talking, and then, he started smiling and laughing… Oh… I thought.

So you guys didn't kiss? She asked.

Nope. I said. I tiny bit relived, and a tiny bit of sadness. Relief I didn't kiss him, and sadness for the same reason.

She moaned and turned back to the group. Everyone was saying what's wrong, she just said, "The future sometimes lies to me."

I looked at Edward and raised an eyebrow, and he was laughing. I rolled my eyes, and sat next to him.

Nice secret. You made me think it was something like… I don't know. Something important, but you were laughing like it was no big deal. I was concerned. I thought arms across my chest.

He just laughed; I looked at my watch, 9:00. I stood up and walked towards the stairs. I walked upstairs and found Marvin in my room. I closed the door gently behind me. I sat on my bed, and thought of a new song I could make. I remembered about an application you can download on a laptop, and make a song. I pulled out my laptop from underneath my bed, and I got my beats headphones too. I found the application and downloaded it. I opened it up, and I was amazed.

"Wow," I whispered, "This is awesome!"

I spent an hour making my song, but got sidetracked by mostly watching Cinderella.

What are you doing up there? I miss you. Edward called up to me.

Programming. I replied. Ha! Mostly watching Cinderella.

Can I sit with you and watch you? Edward asked.

Sure, I miss you too. I thought, and he smiled as he came through the door. Marvin was asleep in the corner, and I was on the bed, eyes in my laptop.

He sprinted next to me and sat with an arm around me. He sighed with relief to be next to me. I decided to turn off the laptop for now and spend time with him.

What were you programming? Edward thought.

A song. I replied.

Nice, what's it called?

I didn't come up with a name yet. I admitted.

We talked like this for a couple minutes, and then we were quiet. We were relaxing. Then somehow it turned out to be Edward sitting up, and me lying down, head on his lap. He played with my hair while I took in how perfect his face is.

"Edward, we're going home!" I heard Esme call out.

Edward leaned down and kissed my hair. He whispered in my ear, "I love you." Then gently raised my head off his lap, then turned and jumped out the window.

Tell me something I don't know. I said amusingly.

Okay… Tomorrow, you're going to La push. He answered.

What? I wanna spend the day with you! I whined and he chuckled.

As do I, but you need time with Bella. He said.

Since when were you a pacifist?…. I thought. I heard him chuckle quietly. I sighed, collapsed on my bed, and got out my phone. I quickly texted Bella, 'Hey, can your friends pick me up for La Push?' She texted, 'Sure. Be there at 1 p.m.' I checked my phone, it's a Saturday tomorrow. 'Thx.' I replied. 'Np.' she answered happily.