BPOV
Strangely enough, I didn't mind Edward not being with me that night. It was kind of nice to have some alone time, and I know that had he been here, I would have felt obligated to finally have sex with him. And I just don't know if I'm there yet.
I mean, I've really tried so hard, but every time we get close, a voice in my head keeps going: 'how many girls have gone before you?'
I woke up, showered, cleaned my room, ate my breakfast and basically did everything as normal.
As I was cleaning the kitchen I heard a car pull up outside. Presuming it was Edward, I spruced myself up a bit and tried my best to look as sexy as possible, lying on the couch.
When I heard the door open, I smiled to myself.
"I've been expecting you" I said in a seducing voice.
"You have?" my mother snorted back at me.
I opened my eyes wide and jumped up abruptly from the couch.
"Mom? Wh-what are you doing here?" I asked, flustering around.
"Ugh, long story. Who were you expecting?" she smirked, raising her eyebrow at me.
I heard my dad hauling the bags in the door.
"Can we talk about this later, please?" I hissed. "Hey dad"
My father came in, with a rather glum face. He seemed extremely grumpy and fed up.
"Humphh" He mumbled in response.
I raised my eyebrows at my mom. The smile had gone from her face too.
"Guys, w-what's going on? You're scaring me. You're not supposed to be back for another three days!"
"Um, nothing is wrong sweetie, don't worry. We just got into an…argument..and decided it was best to pop home. Nothing to worry about" she gave me a reassuring smile, but it didn't seem too convincing.
I decided not to linger, afraid of more questions about my predicament when she came in.
"So what are you doing back? I thought you were staying at the Cullen's until school started?" my mom asked, clearly trying to change the subject.
"Oh, um…Alice and I kind of had an argument of our own. Nothing to worry about" I repeated, and slowly made my way to the stairs.
"Okay, well I hope ye patch things up" my mom called after me.
EPOV
"Woah, thank God I wasn't there! Could you imagine?"
"Yeah, and with the mood that my dad's in right now, you wouldn't want to imagine what he would've done. I mean, had he walked in on us….canoodling….let's just say I don't think a jury would be impressed with what he'd do" Bella said.
I swallowed a little bit, and shifted uncomfortably in my chair.
"Way to make a guy nervous. Can we just like..never tell them?"
"Are you kidding? My mom is already poking her nose around everything. She's been up to room 3 times in the last 15 minutes, claiming to be looking for things, but I know she just wants me to spill the beans. Either that, or she just wants to avoid my dad—"
"Why would she want to avoid your dad?" I asked.
"Um…nothing, nevermind, it doesn't matter. Anyways I should go. I'll text you later and maybe we can meet somewhere tomorrow. Bye" she said suddenly, and hung up.
I wondered what had all of a sudden shook her, but I figured if it was anything important she'd tell me.
I sighed and got up from my chair. I walked to my bedroom door and pushed it open, only to knock over Alice, who had clearly been pressing her ear to the other side.
She coughed and brushed herself off, trying to look innocent.
"Alice, were you eavesdropping on me?" I snapped at her.
"Were you on the phone to her?" she asked, quietly and sternly.
"Yep" I sneered in her face and walked past her. She was really pissing me off these days.
"I thought I made my feelings about you two clear" she said, running after me and trying to keep up.
"Oh you did, I just chose to ignore them" I replied, starting to run down the stairs. She followed me, very persistently.
"For God's sake Edward, can you not just—" she stopped talking when we got to the living room.
Emmett was standing there talking to Jasper. They both turned to face me and Alice, and I saw Jasper take a deep breath.
Alice looked at him, then Emmett, then back at him, and turned around to run up the stairs.
"Alice, Alice, wait please—" Jasper called out, grabbing her arm.
"Get off me Jasper. I don't want to talk right now" she snapped back at him.
"Then when do you want to? Will you ever want to? Can you not at least hear me out?" he asked.
She turned around to face him, but looked over his shoulder at me.
"No, I just can't forgive you right now" she said to him, but she was looking at me.
I rolled my eyes in exasperation at her dramatic attitude. Jasper, being a complete fool, ran up the stairs after her in desperation.
I grabbed my keys and headed for the front door.
"You going to Bellas?" Emmett asked.
"Nope" I replied.
"Then where?" he asked.
"Um..just to meet some friends. If Alice asks, tell her I'm gone to the gym" I told him.
He merely nodded his head and turned back to the tv.
I got outside and jumped in my car. I drove for about ten minutes until I reached a coffee shop.
I walked in and saw my companion seated in the far left corner.
"Hey Edward" she smiled, biting her lip when she saw me.
"Hey Lauren" I smirked, sitting down opposite her.