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Chapter 14
Bella's POV
I walked over to the piano bench and sat down and traced the outline of the black piano. This was too much—it was so confusing. Could it be Edward?...........Who was Edward Cullen? I mean the real Edward Cullen.
I called Alice. I knew it was impulsive and probably crazy I mean there were probably more then 500 kids with green eyes in a university this big but it was a hunch. I wanted, no needed, to know if Edward was musically talented and Alice would be the only person who really knew.
"Hello Bella" said Alice happily
"Hi Alice I guess I didn't wake you up"
"No, I woke up like half an hour ago because Jasper an 8:00 class…..but I am surprised that you're awake this early. Is everything okay?"
"Alice, I need to ask you something but I don't want you to ask questions or anything like that. It's just a question."
"Um okayy this is weird but okay what's the question"
"Is Edward musically talented?"
There was a pause on the other line and then finally Alice answered "He was….he used to play when he was little. I remember that he was really good and Dad and her….they were really proud of him. But he stopped playing a long time ago Bella……"
"Oh" I said quietly. So he did play before, does that mean that he does now? Ugh.
"Yeah….You know he wrote me a song it was this pretty fast paced song it was supposed to describe me perfectly. He played it for me on the last birthday before she left us."
"Thanks for telling me this Alice"
"Yeah no problem" said Alice. I knew she wanted to ask why but she contained herself and for that I was grateful "Well then I guess I'll see you later"
"Yeah bye Alice' I hung up the phone.
I was on the Student Center café with Alice and Rosalie. I could tell that Alice wanted to ask me what was that phone call about but I wasn't going to budge. I needed to find out who the real Edward Cullen was…..maybe I could help him and that way he could be happier. Maybe we could be friends later on, when he forgot about me of course. I was so completely lost in my thoughts that I wasn't hearing the conversation that Alice and Rose were having about Edward.
"…and when I went to Emmett's house this morning, I saw Edward" I looked up at Rosalie now she had my full attention "and the poor guy he looked like shit. I had never seen him like that he looked all depressed and tortured soul or something. He didn't even try to pretend that he was happy, it was strange."
Alice looked at me and then looked back at her plate her face was serious "I guess I should go talk to him then I mean it has to be something serious if he looks like that. Usually my brother pretends that it doesn't matter, that he doesn't care but I know better then that. He's probably getting drunk as we speak, that's the way he deals with the pain." Then she looked at me again "Do you want to come with me Bella?"
"I don't think that's such a good idea Alice. Your brother and I don't get along at all and I'm sure he won't talk about his personal stuff with me around. I'll just stay here and get some studying done"
"Oh please Bella come with me!" begged Alice "You can stay in the living room if you want I just need someone with me please." She gave me the puppy eyed look and I forced myself to smile
"Okay Alice I'll go with you" I told her. Alice suspected something that's why she was asking me to come with her. She wanted to know the truth and I couldn't tell it to her, I couldn't tell it to anyone without breaking my promise to Edward.
Alice smiled "Thanks Bella, you're a really good friend." Alice got up from her seat "I'm going to get a sundae I'll be right back." She left.
"Is there something going on here that I don't know about" said Rose.
"Not that I know of"
"Are you the reason why Edward is like that?"
"No!" I said louder then I in tented it to come out. Rose arched her eyebrow and smiled "Sorry it's just that I…..it's not me. Edward is probably going through something okay…..but Edward doesn't even like me okay he…..he just wanted to use me remember that."
"Yeah" said Rose smiling. She took a spoonful of her yogurt into her mouth.
Alice and I were walking towards Edward's fraternity house. Alice knocked on the door and then Tyler opened the door. He smiled at both of us, but made sure to smile extra big for me.
"Good Morning beautiful ladies" he said
"Hi Tyler" I said
"Tyler" said Alice with a quick nod "Is Edward here?"
"Yeah he's in his room" said Tyler then he looked at me again "Do you want to come with me to the kitchen Bella while Alice and her brother talk?"
"Sure" I said.
We went to the kitchen and sat down on a stool. It was uncomfortable Tyler kept on looking at me and I just kept pretending that the small television on the counter was the most fascination TV show I had ever seen but then he coughed and began speaking
"I know we don't know each other that well but maybe we can go out to the movies or something?" asked Tyler with a sly smile.
"Um I'm sorry I can't" I said as I circled circles with my fingers on the table.
"Oh, why not?"
"Because I like someone else" I found myself saying. Tyler looked like the persistent type and maybe if he knew that I was not interested then he would leave me alone. In a way, it was true though I was attracted to James. He said he would find me? But I still haven't heard from him. Oh Bella it's been less then 24 hours.
"Who?"
Someone else" I repeated.
"Let me guess Cullen"
"No it's not him it's someone else"
"Hmm I'm patient I can wait"
"No Tyler, just move on to someone else…." I got up from the stool "I'm going upstairs"
Edward's POV
I was in my boxers only lying down on my bed with my I Pod on listening to the most depressing songs in the world. I had actually downloaded them through that—I felt like shit. I finally realized that no matter how hard I tried, I wasn't going to forget about her by sleeping with every girl in the world. I needed to do this proper way—wallow and slowly move on with my life. I felt like a girl right now—I never thought this would be happening to me.
There was a quiet knock on my door. It couldn't be any of the guys because they would just walk inside of my room without even knocking so it must be a girl. Definitely not Tanya, she doesn't knock like that. Maybe it was Bella…..Oh, God please don't let it be Bella. I felt like an idiot for going to her room like that last night and acting like a vulnerable little boy. I wished I would've done it when I was sober so I wouldn't have a said a few things that I didn't want her to know.
"Come in" I said quietly. The door opened and there was Alice, she gave me a small comforting smile and then closed the door. "Alice, what are you doing here?"
Alice sat down on my bed "Edward, what's wrong? Rose told us you looked horrible and you do….Did something happen last night?"
"I don't want to talk about it Alice"
"I'm your sister you can tell me anything"
"No I can't"
"Edward please tell me what's wrong" she begged. I decided that I could give her half of the truth but I definitely was not going to tell her anything about Bella. No one would know about this.
"Nothing I just finally realized that I need to change my lifestyle. I can't be sleeping around with every pretty girl that I see…..I need to change Alice."
Alice smiled and kissed my cheek "Oh brother you have no idea how happy I am to hear you say that….but why the change? Did you meet someone that you really like?"
"No" I whispered "This is just for me, I need to do this for myself"
"Oh well that's really good Edward. If you want you can hang out with us that way you won't get tempted so much I'm sure Bella wouldn't mind. She doesn't look like she hates you anymore"
"Hmm"
"Yeah and I think she likes this French guy she met….which is so good for her because she needs someone that loves her and can treat her like a princess"
"Yeah she does"
The door knocked again
"Come in" I said
It was Bella she looked beautiful today. She was wearing a black tank top with some jeans it was casual but she still looked radiant as always. Her hair was in a messy bun, it was cute. She looked at me briefly and I could tell she felt sorry for me. God, how miserable could I feel.
"Hi um….I'm going to go Alice I can't stay downstairs with Tyler I'll kill myself"
Alice giggled "Oh yeah sorry about leaving you with him you can stay with us if you want"
"Um I don't know" said Bella looking at the floor
"Alice, why don't you get us some ice cream from downstairs to celebrate?" I asked.
"Okay" Alice jumped out of the bed happily and left Bella and I alone. There was an awkward silence and I didn't know what to say and she obviously didn't either. This was uncomfortable, and I felt bad for making her feel uncomfortable so I nodded my head.
"Bella"
"Edward" she said looking at me and holding her gaze at me.
"Last night I was drunk and I…" I didn't know what to tell her, I wanted to explain to her everything because I'm pretty sure I had shocked the hell out of her last night.
"You lied??" I almost smiled, almost. She looked so hopeful that I might've lied to her.
"No I didn't I do care about you it's just that I…I'm sorry that I'm making you uncomfortable with this whole situation. Just forget that I ever told you anything last night…..I'll get over you don't worry. In a way I think you expected you to reject me…..you're good Bella and you deserve better then I could ever give you and…"
Surprisingly Bella walked over to me and sat down on my bed and grabbed my hand…her hand was so soft, I wanted to hold her hand forever. God, I was becoming such a girl!
"Edward, I know you're better then what you appear to be. I just wish I could help you somehow" she said slowly as she was trying to chose her words carefully so that she didn't hurt me anymore…well she already did but at least she was trying. She truly was an amazing person.
"You did…you finally made me feel what I've been doing to hundreds of girls ever since I was 13. I'm not saying that I'm going to change drastically but I'm not going to play around anymore with any girl anymore….maybe only Tanya because a guy does have needs" I said with my signature smile hoping that she wouldn't see me as a pathetic loser anymore.
Bella shook her head smiling "Can I ask you something Edward?"
"Anything except for why I'm like this"
Bella nodded "Why did you hurt Alice? Why did you hook-up with her friend if you knew that would hurt her?"
"Um….you always surprises me with your questions. But she only became friends with Alice because she wanted me I didn't realize it at first until I had sex with her one night while I was drunk and she told me. I told her to go to hell and that she sucked in bed and that I didn't want her talking to Alice anymore. Her response was fine it's not like I liked her anyways. The bitch was just pretending……"
"Oh wow does Alice know this?"
"No I think it's better for her to think that I corrupted her friend then to let her know she was being used."
"You love Alice a lot"
"Well she is my little sister after all" I said as I stood up and released Bella's hand. I was trying to change and everything but having Bella in my bed and looking so damn pretty….I don't know if I would be able to resist "Can I ask you something now?"
"Sure"
"Do you like the French guy?"
"How do you know about him?" she asked quietly
"That doesn't matter" I said "Are you going to answer my question"
"Edward, don't you think it's best if you don't know….I mean, you're just hurting yourself more and I don't want to hurt you. I feel bad…"
"Tell me, I need to know" I pleaded with her hoping that at least my puppy eyes and pout would work on her. Apparently it did because she sighed and looked at me sadly.
"Fine….I like him okay. He's cute and seems like a fun guy. It's nothing serious though I don't know him but I want to get to know him….." said Bella. It was quiet for a few seconds when she asked "Why do you like to torture yourself?"
I titled my head confused what the hell was she talking about? Who likes to torture themselves? No One. "I don't….I just wanted to know so I could be prepared"
"You're lying. I think you like it when people disappoint you more that way you can always have a reason to be angry with people. That way you can never let anyone come close to you…"
I didn't know what to say maybe she did have a point or something….she usually did. So I responded with the only thing that seemed like a reasonably answer "Maybe" I said shrugging my shoulders
"Edward" she got off from the bed and came closer to me "Let me help you….Maybe if you let all of your feelings out then maybe you'll feel better."
"No Bella….you can't help me and I don't need your help. I don't need anyone's help. I want to be alone, tell Alice that I fell asleep and that I'll hang out with her one of these days."
"Edward"
"Bella, please" I begged her "Just leave me alone"
"I can't…..I feel bad and…."
"I don't need your sympathy!" I yelled at her. "I want you to be with me because you want to be, not because you feel sorry for me or because you feel bad…..Get out Bella please….before I say something I'm going to regret later on"
Bella nodded and walked away closing the door.
"Arrgh" I grabbed a stapler and threw it across the room.
Alice's POV
I brought a gallon of ice cream and three spoons with me when I saw Bella with her eyes closed resting on Edward's door. Seriously, what the hell was going on here? Bella was acting strange and Edward was finally going to act like the brother I always wanted. Something is going on between those two….
"Bella, why aren't you inside? Is Edward changing?" I asked.
"He says he's sleepy and is going to take a nap Alice"
"Oh" I frowned "I guess next time then. I'm so happy Bella, Edward looks like he really wants to change, isn't that great?"
"Yeah" she nodded and smiled "I really hope he does"
"Me too I've never seen him so sincere about changing. This is the best news I've heard in awhile I really hope that he does."
Bella smiled at me "Yeah that would be nice. I think I'm going to go to visit my mother drive to Jacksonville and I'll be back before classes on Monday."
"Oh wow that's spontaneous"
"I miss her a lot Alice. I was talking to her this morning and she wants me to visit and we don't really have anything planned this weekend. Or do we?"
"I guess you forgot about Disney World" I told her. She was so excited to go maybe even as excited as me and she had forgotten? Something is definitely going on in that mind of hers.
Bella hit her head playfully "Oh right I forgot about that...I guess I'll just go next weekend then"
"No if you want you can go we can go there next weekend it looks like you really need to go visit your mother. I understand completely Bella"
"No that's fine it wasn't that urgent" said Bella with a small smile "You know I wanted to go to Disney World I just can't believe I forgot like that……I'm going to go for a walk around campus for awhile and I'll meet up with you later ok"
I nodded "Okay Bella text me if you need me"
"Okay"
I watched Bella leave and then rushed into Emmett's room were he was lying down on his bed with Rosalie resting her head on his chest.
"Guys something is seriously going on between Bella and Edward!" I yelled as I jumped into the bed. Rose and Emmett looked at each other and nodded their heads
"You're right Ali something is going on, we need to do something about it" said Rosalie "I think Edward might have fallen for Bella accidently and now he is all depressed"
"He looks like shit and he didn't sleep with the girl from the bar he was home before us" said Emmett "He's acting differently too there are minor changes but I can tell, I know Edward better then anyone else."
"We need to ask Tanya, she's his best friend" I told them.
"She won't betray Edward she loves him" said Rosalie "We need to do this on our own"
"But how do we get Edward to talk to us? We've never been close to him" said Emmett
"There is one person who he might talk to" I said
"Who?" they asked in unison.
"Jasper they were best friends at one time, maybe if Jasper really tried Edward would open up to him" I told them. It was a crazy idea and who knows if Jasper would even help but it was worth a shot. I needed to know what was wrong with my brother and fix it…..because if he really was going to change and if it was for Bella then I needed to make sure that he was happy with her.
"I don't think Edward would tell him anything Ali" said Rosalie getting out of the bed and walking around the room "Jasper and Edward had too much problems before and they were never really friends just buddies that went out and partied together, the only person who is close to him is Tanya….unless we get Edward drunk then he might spill the truth"
"I don't think it'll work it's almost impossible to get Edward drunk" said Em
"We have to try something!" I said punching the bed frustrated "He wants to change; my brother doesn't change for anything I need to know what's going on."
"Why don't we just ask Bella then?" asked Em
"Or better yet let's get Bella drunk she'll sing like a canary she can't even hold four shots of tequila in her system" said Rosalie with a smirk.
"I don't know Bella might get mad at us if we were to do that to her" I told them.
"Well then that leaves us nowhere" said Rosalie.
I sighed and lied down on the bed with them as we continued to fire up ideas.
Edward's POV
I took a shower and put on some jeans with a white T-shirt and went downstairs. I could hear the guys laughing and joking around in the living room but I kept on walking towards the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator and saw that there was barely anything
"Crowley!" I yelled loud enough for Tyler to hear me.
"What do you want Cullen?" asked Tyler as he walked into the kitchen a minute later.
"You were supposed to go grocery shopping yesterday."
"Oh right I forgot"
"Well looks like someone is going to go on a grocery trip now then"
"I'll go later"
"I said now. Don't forget I am president and you still have to obey me"
Tyler crossed his arms "I'll go later right now we're doing a Rock Band competition and I'm in the lead so I'll go later on tonight. I'm sure everyone will be fine with waiting a few hours before I get some food. We'll just order pizza or something"
"Are you going to pay for the pizza?"
"Yeah whatever just let me get back to my game"
"Fine I'll order it then"
"Okay" called Tyler out as he left the kitchen. I picked up the phone and ordered ten large pies of pizza and 4 two liter Coke, Sprite, Minute Maid, and Root Beer. Then I ordered 50 pieces of Hot Wings. I smiled I hoped Tyler had enough cash on him.
After that I walked over to Tanya's sorority house. I knocked on the door and she opened the door she kissed me on my cheek and hugged me.
"How are you feeling cowboy?" she asked.
I smiled at her "Not so good. I hate my life right now…..I never thought that I could feel this way."
"Come on let's talk in my room" she grabbed my hand and led me to her bedroom. We sat down on the bed cross legged and I began telling her everything, I never felt so free after telling her all of these things with Bella. She held my hand all the time and nodded most of the time keeping quiet which was weird because Tanya always had something to say.
"Well aren't you going to say anything?" I asked her.
"Edward, I understand that you love her and everything it's just that I'm still shocked that you want to change because of her. Don't you see, she's the best thing that ever happened to you? And you're going to let her walk out of your life. Fight for her, woo her in, make her fall in love with the real Edward, the one that I get to see, the one that I love, if you don't you'll lose her to James and trust me you don't want to lose her to him."
"What do you know about him?"
"I've heard some rumors and none of them are good Edward but that's not the point right now the point is what are you going to do about yourself?"
"I….I said I was going to change I don't want to hurt anyone's feeling anymore. If I can't have Bella at least I want to make Alice happy……I'll be nicer to people…..but when it comes to Carlisle I can't forgive him."
"And why not?" she arched her eyebrow "The reason you hated him all your life was because of THIS and now you know exactly how he felt, and you can't understand his pain, his love for your mother. You have to forgive him; you out of everyone else should understand what he felt."
"I can't he ruined our lives" I whispered.
"Well get over it Edward stop being such a baby, no one's life is perfect it's time for you to start being a man instead of a little boy. Grow up Edward Cullen for once and for all because if you want to get on with your life and become a better person you have to get over your past first."
"Wow Tanya you've never talked to me like that"
"I'm getting tired that's why. You're a great guy and people should start seeing that Mr. Cullen"
"Thanks Tanya" I kissed her forehead "You're the best friend a guy could ever"
Tanya smiled at me "I know"
I was walking back to my room when I see Alice skipping towards me. I smiled when she approached me.
"Finally Edward I've been looking for you everywhere" said Alice in a happy mood. I knew something was up she was too excited she could barely stand still. I gave her a cautious smile and shook my head
"Alice what's up?" I asked her.
"Oh I have such good news you are cordially invited to come with me and the group to Disney World. We're going tomorrow morning and I'm not taking no for an answer mister"
I didn't want to be around Bella but I wanted to make things right with Alice and I could tell she wanted me to go so I pretty much had no choice. I would go and just try to avoid Bella as much as possible maybe I can even make amends with Jasper and Emmett and we could all be close friends like we used to.
"Well then since I have no choice I would love to go to Disney World with you guys."
"Great! We're going to leave at 8 am I'll bring bagels and coffee so don't eat breakfast just be there at 8 sharp in the parking lot."
"I'll be there at 7:59 then and I want a plain bagel toasted with cream cheese and two creamers and 9 sugars in my coffee."
Alice scoffed "I'm your little sister not your personal slave Edward I will bring a bag full of creamers and sugars and you can put it in them yourself."
"I guess that'll have to do" I said "Who's driving?"
"Emmett is of course you know he loves to drive and he'll get us there in half of the time anyways with his crazy driving."
"Alice you do know that all of us won't fit in his car right? It only seats five"
"So I'll just sit in Jasper's lap we'll be a little squished but that's okay you don't mind being that close to Bella?"
"Of course not Alice why would I?" I said with a cocky grin.
Alice gave me a small smile "I know you don't Edward that's why I'm doing this."
I gulped. Wait, did she know? Did Bella tell her? No, she wouldn't do that to me. Maybe I'm just over-thinking these things.
"Well I got to go see you tomorrow" said Alice quickly. She kissed me on my cheek and ran away.
Bella's POV
It was 6 am when Alice woke me up by jumping into my bed and screaming loudly Disney World right in my ear. I jumped out of my bed and fell on the floor hitting my butt hardly.
"Owe" I whispered with my eyes closed still. I was so tired, last night I could barely sleep with all the thinking that I had done about all of this crazy mess.
"Oops!" said Alice "Sorry, are you okay?"
I nodded my head and opened one eye "I'm fine Alice…..just get in the shower I'll be up in a few minutes"
"Okay but don't go back to sleep now missy" said Alice as she ran into the bathroom. I sighed and closed my eyes again going back to sleep for a few minutes. Someone kept poking my arm and I opened my eyes and there was Alice in a robe
"Wake up Bella we leave in 40 min."
I nodded and got out of the floor "You know the floor isn't that bad to sleep in"
"Hmm that's interesting….I think someone hit their head a little too hard"
"Ha funny" I said as I grabbed my towel and my toiletries "Did you pick out my outfit?"
"I was just deciding what to pick actually…..but hurry up I don't want to be late"
"Yes commander" I walked into the bathroom. I took a nice warm shower and came out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around my body. Alice was already dressed with make-up on and everything.
"Here put this on and quickly!" she said as she pushed clothes onto my hand. It was a pair of booty jean shorts and a light blue tank top. I put them quickly on and blow dried my hair. I quickly put on some mascara and eyeliner and some lip gloss. "I'm ready"
"Good let's get going now!" Alice grabbed my hand and two plastic bags at the same time and pushed us both out of the dorm room.
When we got to the Jeep, Em and Rosalie were already there making out.
"Get a room!" yelled Alice loudly.
Rose pulled away "We were but we were going to be late if we stayed for another round"
"Oh God" I whispered. I hugged Em and Rosalie "You two better not make out in front of the little kids in Disney World you guys are going to traumatize them."
"Or teach them a lesson or too" said Emmett with a grin.
"Where's Jasper and Edward? In two min. they're going to be considered late" said Alice checking her watch "Em did you remember the coffee?"
"Yeah it's inside the car" said Em
Then Edward showed up and I looked at Alice. She smiled immediately as soon as she him. I guess things were going to change now, Edward was going to be with us all the time now. "Hey guys" he yawned and I smiled it was cute.
Alice hugged him "Hello brother! This is going to be so much fun we're going to go on all the rides"
Edward smiled at her "Just don't puke on me"
Rosalie laughed "You puked on Edward before?"
"Last time we went" admitted Alice a little flustered "He was 11 and I wanted to go on this thing that went around in circles and I told Edward to make it go faster and he did….and then I threw up on him. I felt so bad"
"I felt worse, all I know is I'm not sitting next to you"
"Thanks you know." Said Alice "I already got over my motion sickness you would've known if you went with me to Disney World last year"
"Yeah sorry about that"
"Its okay I knew you were busy back then" said Alice as she patted his back.
"Sorry my alarm clock died" said Jasper when he arrived.
"It died" repeated Alice "Ugh I knew I should've slept over or at least called you, you're always pressing the snooze button I don't know how you get to your classes."
"Neither do I Ali" said Jazz. He put his arm around her shoulder "So let's get this show on the road I want to go on Space Mountain"
"No the Slush Gusher!" said Emmett.
"Oh wow I haven't been in that ride in forever" said Edward.
Rose linked arms with me "And we are going to go on the Summit Plummit Bella you're going to love that ride."
"She's going to get scared when she sees it" said Em
"No I'm not I like thrill rides"
"It's actually a water ride" said Alice "it's fun but really high"
"I can handle it" I said confidently.
We got into the car and Edward gave me a small smile when he sat down next to me.
"Everyone comfy?" asked Emmett.
"I am really comfortable" said Jasper as he placed a kiss on Alice's neck, she giggled.
"Oh God Jasper she's my sister" groaned Edward.
Emmett laughed "If you're going to hanging with us from now on you better get used to it you should've seen them last week they were making out passionately in the back seat of…."
Alice slapped his head and blushed a little "Emmett shut up and pay attention to your beautiful girlfriend and the road."
"Fine" said Emmett
The entire car drive we played I see and sang a few songs. It was funny and I could tell Edward was relaxing as the time went by and felt more comfortable being around all of us especially me.
We went to Epoct Theme park first. We were in the line for Test Track.
"It's four per car" said Jasper.
"Well you guys don't mind sitting together do you?" asked Alice.
"Of course not" said Edward quickly. I nodded. While the couples were whispering in each others ear I leaned closer to Edward
"So is this ride any good?" I asked. I didn't know what else to say so a topic about a ride that was always a safe subject. He gave me his lopsided smile
"Yeah it goes really fast you'll love it" he said quietly.
I nodded and looked at my feet. Maybe this wasn't going to work out I didn't know what to say I felt so unlike myself "Good"
"Yeah it looks like we're going to be stuck together for all the rides partner"
I smiled "Yeah please tell me you don't scream"
He chuckled "No I don't, I suppose you don't either"
I shook my head "No, I hate when people scream so loudly in my ear I want to unfasten their seat belt so they could just fall out of the ride."
Edward opened his mouth wide and I laughed "Bella Swan I did not know you were like that"
"What can I say? I have a lot of pet peeves."
He smiled at me and I smiled back. Maybe things were going to be not weird after all.
We went on Rocking Roller Coaster, Space Mountain, and now we were in the line for Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror. Honestly as soon as I saw that high building I freaked out I hated rides that just dropped like that they scared the hell out of me and I always felt like my stomach was going to come out of my chest. But this one, made the other one seem like a playground.
"Isn't it high Bella? It drops from all the way to the top till the bottom pretty crazy huh?" asked Emmett with a huge grin.
"I don't know if I want to go on this" I said quietly.
"Told you she would chicken out pay up" said Emmett. Jasper gave him a five dollar bill
"You guys betted on this!" I glared at them.
Rose laughed "Bella it's actually not what it seems"
"Don't ruin it for her!" said Emmett.
I frowned "You guys all suck"
Edward leaned into my ear "Bella it's not scary I promise you it isn't, you don't even drop all the way you'll see what I mean just trust me."
I looked at him and smiled. I trusted him somewhat and I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt but if this ride scared the hell out me, he would pay. It was finally our turn and we sat down
"Oh My God what was I thinking" I said as the ride began to go up quickly.
"Relax" whispered Edward. He grabbed my hand and held it tightly "Squeeze as much as you want"
"Thank you" I mouthed to him. The first drop came I bit my lip and squeezed hard but then it just stopped and I was like "That's it?"
"Told you so, this is the way it's going to be till we get to the bottom" said Edward
"Attraction Ruiner" yelled Emmett.
"You were scaring the shit out of me for this Em I'm going to murder you" I hissed at him. He laughed and shrugged his shoulders.
When the ride was over I jumped on top of Emmett
"Jerk!" I yelled as he continued laughing. He managed to grab me and put me down on the floor
"Sorry I thought it was funny if it makes you feel better I did the same thing to Rose and Alice the first time they went on it."
"It's true it's tradition" said Alice.
"You guys all suck" I said crossing my arms and sticking out my tongue at all of them.
"Hey I warned you" said Edward
"Right everyone except for Edward sucks" I said "Come on Edward let these people suffer alone while I buy you a snow cone"
Edward smiled like a little kid "Yay I want a blue one"
I smiled at him and it made no sense how easy it was to be comfortable with Edward and at the same time uncomfortable with him. We walked away from them as each of the couples went their own separate ways. Edward and I were walking along the Italy Pavilion in silence. Ever since we separated from the rest of the group neither of us has dared to talk and I definitely wasn't going to start it. I was uncomfortable with this whole situation for some reason I couldn't put my finger on it.
"Bella" he whispered.
"Yes Edward" I looked at him and he was looking at me with such intensity that gave me the chills all over my body.
"I want to be friends with you"
"Huh?" I said. I was confused I was not expecting that one when I had asked him if he wanted to be friends he had said no and now he wanted to be friends.
"Yes I want to be friends I thought about it a lot and I can tell that there's no point of us not being friends when it looks like we're going to be stuck with each other since I'm okay with Alice and everyone else now….so what do you say?"
"Are you sure Edward? I don't want to hurt you anymore."
"Yes I'm sure"
"Okay Edward we can be friends" I said with a smile.
He smiled at me and gently touched my shoulder "Thank you"
Edward's POV
I missed them, all of them hanging out with them. It felt right and I missed Emmett all those silly mischievous times we spent together. I missed my little sister; I missed being the guy she could look up too.
Disney World was fun, a lot of fun and I think that things are all right with me and Jasper now. He smiled and even talked to me about his mom Delilah and his future plans so I think that means we're good now. Being with Bella was absolute torture and a blessing at the same time and I realized that I didn't want to stop talking to her and maybe that was the most stupidest thing I had ever come up with, but it was true. So I had asked her to be friends with me and she accepted and by her doing that made me a very happy guy. I would probably suffer later on with this decision but for now, I needed to do this.
We spent the rest of the nights going on ride after ride. We were on our way back home now it was midnight and everyone was exhausted.
Bella yawned and looked at me "Great tomorrow we have classes"
"Yeah I'm going to be tired as hell…….I forgot to ask how are you doing in math?"
"Oh that…..I was doing okay but I have fallen a little behind again"
"It's just that I'm not there to help your simple mind understand the complexities of college algebra"
She smiled and playfully slapped the back of my head "Math is hard but I can beat your ass in science any day"
I snorted "Bella I'm taking Genetics right now, aren't you like taking BIO101?"
She glared at me "If I was in your Genetics class I could totally beat you"
"Sure you can"
"Shh" whispered Emmett "Everyone is sleeping except for you two nerds"
"I'm a sexy nerd though" said Bella with a small smile. She was right about that she was smart and sexy two lethal combinations. She was the women I was in love with but I couldn't have. It was like that quote from Toto as soon as forever is through, I'll be over Bella
"Yes we all know that Bella" said Emmett rolling his eyes.
I smiled at Bella and bumped shoulders with her "You should get some sleep we're still thirty minutes away…..my shoulder is yours to use."
She smiled at me "Thanks" and rested her head on my shoulder. I watched her go to sleep and she looked so angelic and peaceful and I sighed because I could see myself being with her forever.
Bella's POV
It was the following day and I grabbed some breakfast with Rosalie.
"You and Edward looked pretty cozy yesterday"
"We're friends now Rose"
"Well that's good" said Rose. "Did you know that most friends end up being in a relationship together?"
"Oh Rose you're impossible" I said smiling.
"Only because I'm right plus too prove my point you're smiling"
"Only because you're crazy"
"Sure whatever you say Isabella"
I was walking towards the music room after my first class I was going to try to see if the pianist was there or not when someone ran up to me.
"Bonjour Isabella" said James. I smiled at him he looked really good today; he was wearing a black fitted shirt with some jeans. I smiled even more when I noticed he had kept his promise, he had found me. So he was interested after all.
"Hi James"
"You look beautiful as always"
"Thanks" I blushed a little "You look good too"
"Oh you're just saying that because I told you a compliment"
"No really I'm being serious. The color black looks really good on your pale skin"
He smiled at me "Thank you. Are you walking to class?"
"Actually I just got out of class how about you?"
"My class doesn't start for thirty minutes….would you like to walk with me till then?"
"Sure I'd love too"
"Great" he grabbed my hand "So tell me more about yourself Bella"
"Well I'm a Pre-Med major and my parents are divorced. I'm an only child and I have a pretty dull life if it wasn't for my friends."
"Yes Rose and Alice I met them last week those girls are quite interesting"
I laughed "What do you mean by interesting?"
"Just that they are straightforward"
"Oh yes they are" I said "So what about you?"
"I lived in France all my life till last week I wanted to come over here and see if I'd like it so far I'm loving it I'm in the presence of a beautiful girl so what's not to like"
I smiled "Does that mean you're planning on living here?"
He nodded "Yes for now, yes."
We continued talking until it was time for my next class. James was one of those types of guys that always made an impression and always had a great story to tell; he was exciting, adventurous, and a badass. It was fun being with him and I wanted to be with him but honestly I couldn't see anything serious but who knows? Life is full of surprises.
I walked towards my HPE class and jogged over to Angela's house. She smiled at me
"So tell me everything about Ben! Is he a good kisser?" I asked as soon as I sat down on the bench beside her. She blushed and nodded vigorously
"Oh Bella I really like him! He took me to Miami Beach and we went to the beach and he taught me how to surf….well tried" she laughed "I really sucked but he was patient so he made it into a lot of fun afterwards we had a picnic in the beach. Then we walked along the pier all night going to the rides and stuff. It was so romantic he kissed me when we were in the top of Ferris wheel."
"Awe I'm happy for you! Ben sounds like quite a catch."
"He is…..he asked me out for another date tonight we're going to go to this Chinese Buffet"
"Wow he can't stay away from you!" I smiled at her "I'm sure that kid is going to ask you to marry him soon"
Angela laughed "I wish because I wouldn't mind at all Ben has every quality that I like….He's smart, sweet, considerate, and determined."
"I'm glad you found your man and if Ben is all those things then he won't let you go away so easily Angela and if he ever hurts you, you just tell me and I'll sucker punch him."
"Edward Cullen is coming towards you" said Angela. I glanced up at Edward and there he was coming towards me, I smiled at him and he gave me his signature smile.
"Um I thought you guys hated each other?" asked Angela
"We did but everything is good now. We're friends"
"Wow I think I need like a blog for you two, you guys are hard to keep up with" said Angela
"Hey Bella" said Edward "Angela"
"Hi Edward" I said
"Hello" said Angela "I'm going to change I'll see you in the lockers" she quickly got up and left.
"Are you sleepy?" I asked Edward
He shrugged his shoulders "Kind of but I drank two cups of coffee already so I think I'm good for the next few hours."
I laughed "That's what I should've done but instead I had a papaya milkshake"
"Hmm papaya milkshake that's one of my favorites"
"Really? Mine too" I said a little surprised. So we had stuff in common "What's your favorite potato chip?"
He chuckled "Wow that's random but it's Doritos"
"They're okay but I love Lay Classics"
He wrinkled his nose "Those make me thirsty"
The whistle blew "Come on Bella we're going to be late."
"Yeah" I got up "I'll see you later"
He nodded and walked off to his side of the locker room while I walked to mine. I walked into the locker room and I could feel everyone looking at me again. I guess this was the price to pay if you were friends with Edward Cullen but…….it was worth it. At least I hoped it was.
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