Chapter 13- Bella's Past
BPOV
"Bella?" Edward asked, "Would you like to play Twenty Questions?" he continued, grinning.
"Seriously? Um, okay?" I tentatively walked over to the piano chair. "You go first."
"Hmm… What's your favorite color?" he inquired.
"Green, what's yours?" I would never tell him why green was my favorite color- because it was the color of his eyes.
"Brown," he answered easily. I wonder why he chose brown, I mean, it's so boring. Maybe he likes things like that. "Okay… what's your favorite flower?" he asked.
"Freesias, they smell so good! Uh, let's see… well, why did you break up with all of your girlfriends? Not that I care, I just… all of them? Why not just one or two?" I asked, getting straight to business. I hope he bought my trying to play dumb!
"Freesias? Interesting. So… why do you care anyway? I don't buy you trying to play dumb, sorry. Well, the truth is, I really, really like this one girl but she's not impressed by me and my 'player ways' so I decided to try to show her I'm a good guy," he explained, burning a hole into my face. "Do you have any crazy exes?" he joked.
"Oh, I see how it is, you can ask me anything in the world but I get crap for asking you something simple," I smiled. "Uh, I'd rather not talk about that topic- touchy," I explained, fervently hoping he wouldn't press me on the subject.
"C'mon, you know you can tell me anything! Oh, well, you probably wouldn't believe that, so I pinky promise I won't tell anyone!" he whined, holding his right little finger out.
"Fine, but I'm holding you to this, Cullen. If you break this promise I will personally make sure your face gets rearranged." I agreed, holding his right pinky with my own.
"I promise to you, Isabella Marie Swan, what gets talked about in this room will stay in this room," he said. I looked into his eyes (almost getting lost in them yet again) to see if he was joking- and found nothing but seriousness and… love? Absolutely not! That was a dream, Bella!
"I cannot believe I'm about to tell my mortal enemy this, but… Jacob… Black. Wow, that was hard to get out. He was my best friend, and eventually boyfriend, and was always the overprotective-brother figure in my life. Still, we had an amazing relationship- until he started hanging out with these…" I shuddered. "They weren't exactly a gang, just a group of evil, horrible people. Sam Uley, Jared Kelly, Paul Grey, Embry Call, and the most reluctant to be cruel of all, Quil Ateara. Still, I hope they all burn in hell.
"Anyways, one day I was going shopping in Port Angeles- you know me and my books- but when I saw there was only about two books in the store, so I decided to turn around and head back.
"Unfortunately, I had parked a ways up the street because that new Bella Italia place was so packed they took up practically the whole street! So I walked and was about five cars down from my wonderful truck when I was glaring at the clouds behind me and saw Jared and Paul coming towards me. Of course I freaked out and started walking faster. That's when I noticed Embry and Quil coming from the side. I just kept walking really fast and they kept the same pace. By now I was way past my car, but I was on the other side of the street from my car because I parked across from the bookstore instead of next to it. What? There weren't any parking spaces in front of the store! Anyways, I had just crossed the street (because Embry and Quil had finally caught up with me) when Jake and Sam showed up. You know how that one part of Port Angeles is absolutely deserted? Yeah, that's where we were. Of course I wondered aloud what the flip was going on-" by now I could feel the tears that had been building up overflow and run down my face. Alice is going to kill me if my mascara runs! Oh, no, wait, she put on that waterproof mascara… Ha ha, it's almost like Alice knew this was gonna happen! " and Jake just asked everyone if they thought I was pretty.
"I was freaking out of course, I mean, the second he opened his mouth you could smell the pot- with a hint of some strong alcohol- on his breath. Like I was saying, Jake just asked everyone if they thought I was pretty and… I think it was Sam, he said something like 'It's hard to tell with her all covered up' and… they- they…." I just started downright sobbing into Edward.
"But then there was a really big flash and Alice came up to me and sprayed the guys with pepper spray. It was so amazing! By the way, that's how we met. She took me to the ER and stayed there the whole time until I was allowed to go back to my house. Even then she stayed until I was one hundred and ten percent better. She's so amazing and oh crap. Truth or Dare is gonna start in, like, fifteen minutes! Alice is going to kill me! My hair's a mess! Quick, where's the bathroom?" I asked Edward.
A/N: Don't worry, I didn't go into a coma like Bella! So, for those of you who were too LAME to read my A/N for last chapter (which I'm gonna take down really soon), do you remember when Eric was trying to get a date with Bella? Yes or no? And remember when Bella hit a brick wall? Yes or no? See, that's when she was in a coma. I think ONE person reviewed saying they understood when the actual chapter came out. I'm really sorry this chappie's so short, it was gonna be super duper long, but I have a short attention span and wanted you guys to be able to read already. Plus, I've been busy ALL FRIGGIN JULY. So sorry. Now it's time for me to beg for forgiveness and ask for ten reviews before I post the next chapter ASAP and then some advertising for my other stories. Gots ta go! Buhbuhlye!