AN: See the bottom!
Chapter 29: Bland
"Kix or Cheerios?" I ask Edward, holding each box up for him to see. He has a polite look of disgust on his face. I'd feel offended but I really can't blame him. They are the blandest cereals ever invented.
"Is that honey-less Cheerios?" he squints his eyes.
"Well, yeah." I mumble, slowly dropping the boxes. "Look, this is the best I can do, okay? I need to go shopping. All my stuff is expired."
"So you were gonna give me expired milk?" Edward laughs, throwing his head back.
Grumbling, I put the boxes back on top of the refrigerator.
"Fine, starve for all I care." I shrug.
"You forget that I live next door. I was just being polite." He says, smirking at me. He's leaning on the kitchen counter, with his jeans and hoodie all wrinkled, and his hair a mess. Still, he looks like he could be a model. It's not fair. I look at my attire and I realize that I'm over here in my wrinkly shirt and messy hair looking like a banshee.
"Well, leave then, you fool." I say, a bit put off.
"Aww," He walks around the counter and pulls me under his arm. "How about you come over to my place, we have some breakfast and then I'll go grocery shopping with you?"
I pretend to think this over, and then nod stubbornly with my nose in the air. Edward laughs and then takes my face into his hands and kisses me. It's a quick one, but passionate enough that I have to catch my breath. Well, if I'm honest, any time he kisses me I have to catch my breath.
"Well, come on then!" he says to me, yanking my hand. I smile but slip my hand out of his.
"Um, I'll be there in a second. Just let me freshen up and stuff okay?"
He purses his lips. "Don't be too long, BB. I won't wait forever."
"By all means then, do my shopping without me then. I don't mind." I raise an eyebrow, and turn down the hallway towards my room.
"Fine. I hope you like junk food." He shouts. I wrinkle my nose, thinking of the mayonnaise he'll buy.
"Ugh, I'll be over in ten!" I shout back. It's not like I didn't like junk food, because I do. It's just that I don't eat it as much as the average American male, aka, Edward. I have a feeling that will change, based off of the company I keep. I'm no longer kept on some kind of meal plan, since I don't live with my parents anymore, but at the same time, my health is obviously important. Don't want to end up in the hospital again.
My alarm on my phone goes off, signaling my time to take my meds, and I think of my mother, and how she's doing. I'm just pulling off my undies, and wondering if it would be a good time to call when my phone goes off. I look at the screen. Alice.
"Hey, Alice! Why didn't you call me last night? How was your date?"
"Oh, Bella! He's the one, I swear! God, he's the one." She exclaims dreamily.
"Whoa, I take it last night went well then?" I laugh, tugging off some jeans off of a hanger.
"Yes, it was amazing! Jesus, Bella! He's such a gentleman! And so fucking sweet. . . I'm gonna marry him, I swear I am."
"Don't elope too soon!" I warn her jokingly. Alice gasps.
"Bella, don't you know me at all? I could never just run off and do that. I've been planning my wedding since I was six! Besides, Edward would kill me."
"Right, right. So how about you come over later and we can have a girls night and talk and stuff? I can't right now." I offer, yanking more things out of my closet.
"I was just about to say that!" she shrieks. "We should invite Rosalie, too! A slumber party! I'll bring the liquor!" There is a rustling over the phone, a deep voice asking something. "Wouldn't you like to know?" Alice says away from the phone, giggling.
"Know what? Was that Jasper?" I ask, pausing. "Are you at his house? Did you. . . Did you and Jasper – "
"Bells, I have to go, okay? But we'll talk later tonight, okay? Jazzy, say hi to Bella!" more rustling over the phone.
"Hi Bel-" I hear Jasper start, before the phone is taken away.
"Alright, see you tonight, girl! Bye!" And then she's gone.
Huh.
I'm really curious about what happened with her last night, and I spend my whole shower worrying about Alice. It feels like she's rushing things with Jasper and I worry if she's ready for a relationship. But then again, who am I to judge? I still don't know if I'm ready for a relationship right now. Or if I'm even in a relationship. Am I?
I wrap myself in a towel and step out of the shower. It takes me about ten more minutes to brush my hair and teeth, and get dressed. I don't know why I told Edward I'd be done in ten minutes, because getting ready is the most meticulous part of my day. That would never change for anyone.
I grab my bag and crack my room window to let some air in, but only a little since it's so cold outside. After checking to make sure that everything is tidy, I lock the door and head to Edward's.
AN: Yeah, so there's obviously a troll situation going on. Thanks and love to everyone who defended me, or my story. And thanks to everyone else who is reading and reviewing! I'd like to say a few quick thing. First, I recognize that the troll does have some valid points on this story, I mean, duh. I wrote this story almost ten years ago, in the midst of a Twilight obsession, and it was one of the first stories I had ever really wrote, and put up for others to read. I was younger, and a novice, not an expert. So are there parts of this story that don't make sense, and are some of the characters shitty and naive? Hell yes! I was naive when I wrote this, and almost ten years later, *I* still cringe when I read it, as would anyone else rereading one of their first stories ever written would. But, I realize that I could change those parts, instead of just posting them, and trying to do clean up later. So, things/characters will change and develop, and hopefully become less shitty, as they often do in stories.
Second, I feel that the only responses we should have for the troll are those of pity, because for the love of God, who has the time to do this? I think, to quote Zootopia, that they have a lot of self-doubt that is manifesting itself in the form of unchecked rage and aggression, just like Gideon did in the movie. So, henceforth, the troll's name shall be Gideon, and Gideon will have a role in this story, since Gideon seems to really like attention.
Third, again, thanks for the nice words! See you next chapter!
