Previously – And I was going to tell him, soon.
Chess, Discoveries And Port Angeles.
This was getting out of control, I was practically obsessed with her. I always wanted to be around her, I was always thinking about her, I was only really happy when she was with me and even my subconscious wanted het, I still dreamed about her. We were in the forest again but this time she was trying to tell me something, but she couldn't. She was trying to get me to guess, but I just couldn't say the word vampire, even if I wanted to. She got upset eventually and the left, but I shouted it after and she ran back and hugged me. The dream was very strange to say the least.
I raced through my morning routine, again, so that I could spend more time with Bella, which of course ended up with me punching the bathroom wall when I was putting on my pants. Nursing my throbbing hand I went back to my room, got my bag, phone and IPod. I decided to skip breakfast, I was too anxious to eat anything anyway. Mum was late and was only starting the shower when I was leaving the house. I called goodbye and ran to the car, turning on my music and going to school. She wasn't there when I got there, but I parked in the spot next to where she usually does, even if I seemed desperate. After about five minutes the car pulled up next to me. Rosalie stormed off as soon as she had parked the car, but the others stayed behind. I exited my car to a chorus of hello's.
"Hey." I said back, whilst returning Alice's hug. Bella came and stood next to me, leaning against my car and asking me how I slept.
"Great." I said smiling.
"Any nice dreams?" Alice asked smirking. Bella turned to glare at her, shaking her head.
"Actually, they were really good." It felt like the right thing to say, and it was truthful. And it was. Bella turned her head around to me, smiling brightly. I smiled back.
"So what about you all, good night?"
"I beat Emmett at chess!" Jasper said loudly. His brother turned to him , pointing at Alice.
"You used your Alice to cheat! Rosie can't do that!" What did he mean 'used Alice to cheat'? And he called Rosalie 'Rosie'? She seemed a little to fierce for a name like 'Rosie'. And what can Alice do that Rosalie can't? Smile every now and again? They were arguing again and but I couldn't really understand what they were saying, again.
"What can Alice do that helps you cheat?" I asked Jasper. He froze and turned from Emmett to look at me.
"She helps me to play, gives me advice and stuff. But Rose can't play chess at all – she sucks. With Alice's help I win, like last night." He smiled and Emmett just rolled his eyes and said "Rematch." I laughed at them and asked how long we had until the bell.
"You know Jasper, that is kind of cheating." He glared at me whilst Emmett gave me a high five.
"Only a few minutes, come on, lets start walking to class." I nodded and Alice followed me and Bella to the english block. She was talking about a new design book that Esme had ordered from a shop at Port Angeles. They wanted to redecorate the half of the spare room next to Alice and Jasper's room, she wanted a bigger closet. I was still a bit confused as to why they shared a room, and I decided to ask Bella about that during history. I didn't want to be rude, but I don't think that she would mind if I asked politely.
We each went our separate ways when we got to the english block. With my trusty IPod the first two periods went quickly I all but sprinted up the hall to history. I got there before Bella, as per usual because she was on the first floor and I was upstairs. I watched the door anxiously as student after student entered the room. Finally a flustered looking Bella entered the room and trotted over to me.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey, are you alright?" She looked much better now, and I felt it. I was always better when she was around and the tugging was gone. The feeling wasn't unpleasant but I preferred to just be with her.
"Oh, yer I'm fine, just looking forward to an actually interesting class." She smiled. Did she mean the actual class, or me? Did she really think that I was interesting? If she did, she had us the wrong way around.
What, because you think that she's a vampire? I mentally smirked at myself.
So I still thought that something strange with happening between her and her family, alright, I knew it.
But who cares? She could be a vampire or a pixie (which would make sense because of Alice, but wouldn't because of Emmett.) or even just a normal human, but I knew that she wasn't. And I was going to get her to tell me, or at least drop hints so that I could get it myself. The movie that we were watching was pretty much the same as the one yesterday, but this time it focused on the tactics of the north. Of course, that got me thinking about yesterday's DVD and that got me thinking about Jasper and being a vampire from Texas.
Bella had told me that the twins were born there, and I had picked up on a faint trace of an accent from Jasper, but not from Rosalie. Sure, she had only spoken to or around me a few times, but she had always spoken loudly and clearly, and she didn't sound southern, at all. I really needed to know what they were. And I wanted to talk to her, so I did what we always did. I opened my note book and started to write her a note, looking over towards her to see her staring at the paper with a smile on her lips. I had written –
So I asked my mum about the house and your family last night.
Had she heard of us?
She looked nervous, like she already knew what I was going to say.
She thought that she had heard the name, but thought that that was from the early 1900's or something.
She read the paper and swallowed, before sighing and picking up her pen to write her response. I waited nervously, trying to notice what was going on on the screen but all my mind could process were fuzzy pictures and the sound of guns screaming.
Huh, that's weird. I don't know much about the family history so I don't know if my family would have even owned the house from back then. Thankyou anyway though.
I nodded and kept on trying to think about what could be going on with her and her possible-vampire family.
/*&*/
"Come on you two would you walk faster!" Alice called from the cafeteria. Bella and I had started writing notes again after I had temporarily given up on finding an answer, I was giving myself a headache. She stayed away from the topic of Chicago and Texas which I was grateful for, I just wanted to be with her without thinking about the supernatural, I could always do that when I was alone. We had met up again at the math block, as was becoming part of our routine.
Most people looked at the little pixie as they passed by her, some even stopped and stared. I am guessing that most people had never even heard her speak before and now she was yelling across campus. Maybe it was her high pitched voice that caught their attention.
Bella laughed and quickened her pace slightly. For an averagely tall girl, she could walk really fast. I was taller than her and even I was having trouble keeping up, I guess that she just wanted to make Alice happy. When we reached her, she grabbed both of our hands and dragged us towards the food line. I got a salad and a cheese sandwich, as did Bella and Alice, weird. They were watching me and the food that I was picking curiously, like they had no idea what the stuff was.
"So why did you want us to go faster?" I asked Alice, who was poking at the tomatoes and frowning at them. She smiled up at me and laughed.
"Oh I just have a feeling that something good was going to happen." Bella and I looked at her curiously.
"Good as in beneficial or good as in funny?" Bella seemed to put a lot of stock towards Alice and her 'feeling', so I tried to believe her.
"Funny, but funny for us." She skipped towards our table. I looked at Bella curiously, and she looked back at me and shrugged. "She's usually right." I nodded again and we made our way to the table. I sat between Emmett and Bella, and Emmett gave me a high five when I sat. Jasper muttered a hello from where his face was buried in Alice's neck and Rosalie was….well….Rosalie. But a least she moved her head today, she turned her head to glare at me, rolled her eyes, flicked her hair and then went back to stabbing her tomato with the plastic fork. What was with everyone and tomatoes today, but they were gross! I started to pick mine from my salad.
"What are you doing?" Alice asked.
"Yer, what did that tomato ever do to you?" Emmett joked.
"Tomatoes are gross they taste funny and their really hard to cook and cut.' I complained.
"Really?" Emmett asked.
"Yer, haven't you ever cooked a tomato before?" I asked confused. What, did he eat steroids instead of vegetables? Would his parents let him, because that could explain the no eating thing. Plus maybe Alice sneaked some and that's why she is so strong.
He smirked. "Not that I remember." Alice snorted.
I shrugged. "Whatever." Alice started to bounce again.
"What-" I started to ask, but didn't get the chance to finish my question.
"WHAT!" Another voice said just after I had. The Cullen-Hales all flinched. That nasally screeching could only belong to one person. "What!" Lauren had shot up, sending her chair flying backwards and gaining the attention of anyone who wasn't already looking. Tyler was looking at her nervously and then around the crowed room, and then back at her and shaking his head. Alice started clapping quietly.
"Lauran I just – " I could hear him mutter.
"Are you seriously sure that you want to do that!"
He nodded.
"Why?" She demanded. She stomped her foot, looking ridiculously like a stereotypically American teenager – she reminded me of that cheerleading movie that my cousin forced me too watch.
"Because, I just don't love you anymore." He muttered. Oh this was just too good. All the people at my table, including me, chuckled
"I said WHY!" Bella put her hand over her mouth, Alice pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, smiling.
"Do we have to do this here, your making a scene." He muttered.
"Yes we do!"
"That's why!" He shouted, shooting up too and knocking over his chair. "Your attention seeking and annoying and you sound funny and you look kinda like a fish!" He yelled, and he was right, she did look like a fish. "Hey I hadn't noticed that before." I whispered to Bella, tilting my head to the side. She giggled and nodded.
Lauren was staring at him with her mouth open and a few people were starting to laugh louder, she was starting to be able to hear them. She looked around herself to see the giggling but still shocked faces. Then she finished the fight. She slapped him across the face and the sound echoed. That was the mini cherry onto top of the regular cherry that was on top of the ice cream Sunday that was this lunch time. She stormed from the cafeteria
People were still laughing, and those who held their chuckles in now let them free. Other's were still in shock but Jasper and Emmett were more or less laying on the table heaving with fits of laughter, soon the others on my the table, including me, were mimicking their position, The shot of humor came from no where, what had been funny was now unbearably so. The tables around us soon started laughing heavier and even Jessica, Lauren's 'best friend' who had been trying to glare at everyone started to chuckle. That was weird.
"Look's like a fish – priceless!" Emmett roared.
"Oh she deserved that!" I had never seen Rosalie smile let alone laugh, or speak joyously. Alright, so saying that someone deserved to be hurt wasn't exactly happy, but she sounded happy. Shocking.
The next ten minutes were spent talking and laughing about what had just transpired, but then we got over her expression.
"So, got any plans for tonight Edward?" Emmett asked me. I looked up at him from my salad, as did Bella and Jasper. Jasper nodded and then looked back at Alice. Bella still looked confused as I answered him.
"Erm, I have to do something with my mum tonight, but she won't get home till late. Why?" I started to chew on my sandwich and almost chocked in delight with the next words that left his mouth. "You should come over then, Jazz and I started an epic battle of guitar hero and you can pay with us, or then you can learn extreme chess times ten."
"Yer that would be great!" I smiled enthusiastically.
"Cool." And not even Rosalie glaring could dampen my mood.
"My brothers really like you." Bella said thoughtfully as we were walking to Biology. I smiled and turned to look at her.
"I am glad, and I like them too, they're nice?" She looked at me incredulously. "Well I think that they are nice, they seem nice, when you get over the sheer size of Emmett." I laughed, and she joined me. Nodding appreciatively, she said.
"I know how you feel, even I was intimidated by him when he first joined the family."
"I don't mean to be rude or anything…." I said hesitantly, and she looked over at me curiously. "But why do the others all share their bedrooms?"
She smiled at me, obviously understanding, maybe even expecting the question.
"It's alright.. I get that the situation is strange, but they all do really love each other. Our parents don't mind, they would rather that things happen safely and in a good environment then the others having to hide their feelings or sneak round."
"Well that makes sense." I nodded, still not completely understanding : but I could see where they were coming from. Who was I to doubt them? We laughed and talk about what else we could do that night, assuming that we got bored of chess and guitar hero before 6:30, when I would have to leave. When we were in biology and passing notes we decided that she would drive with me to her house so that I wouldn't get lost, that driveway was really hard to find! Tyler and Lauren were sitting a few benches in front of us, as far away as possible from each other. When I pointed that to Bella, she giggled and said that Rosalie was right.
"So why does Rosalie dislike Lauren so much?" I asked as we were walking to gym.
"Oh. When we first moved here Lauran and her lot tried to get us to be friends with them, but we tried to reject them nicely, but Rose got annoyed when Lauren kept on lusting after Emmett. The three of us overheard Lauren and Jessica saying how much more attractive Lauren was than Rosalie, and Rose always prides herself on being beautiful. They had a bit of a war ever since, Rose put water on her face and made her make up ran when she had no more foundation. Lauren threw coke on Rose's head which pissed her off. A few other stupid things like that." I laughed.
Mike was talking to me again. "So you're sitting with Bella and her family at lunch, that was not expected, aren't you going to sit with us anymore?"
"No."
"How come?"
"Because I like Bella and her family, and most of them seem to like me."
"Most of them?"
"Rosalie doesn't seem to like me."
"Well she's a bitch, if you knew what she did to Lauren you wouldn't be sitting with her or her stupid family." I rounded on him.
"Hey! Don't call her a bitch! I have heard some of the things that happened between them and I think that they were funny, Lauren brought that on herself. And that family is not stupid! They're great! They are all really nice people, and they are all much more interesting than you and your friends."
"Whatever, you are only spending time with that Bella bitch and that coz she's hot. And eventually she will get bored of you and dump you, and then you will have to come crawling back to me and my friends." And then I punched him in the face. He stammered and started to fall, but caught himself on the lockers. Everyone went quiet and Mike looked up at me and glared, with tears glistening in his eyes and blood streaming from his nose. I walked up to him and spoke in a quiet voice, knowing that he would hear me.
"If you ever speak about Bella and her family like that again, I'll do more than punch you in the face, alright?" He nodded quickly and I walked from the locker room staring at my hands. I wasn't usually a violent person, but hearing Mike Newton call Bella, my Bella a bitch was beyond what I could take. That protective instinct rose up again and I hurried to see Bella, but I didn't have to go too far. She was leaning against the wall to the boy's locker rooms with a concerned look on her face but she was standing so still that she looked like that statue again. She looked like she wasn't even breathing.
"Did you hear what happened?" I asked quietly, and then she hugged me. Tightly. I was so shocked that by the time I realized that I hadn't moved yet she was starting to pull away from me. Quickly I wrapped my arms around her, pulling her to me tightly and letting her bury her head in my neck. She rewrapped her arms around me neck and held on tightly, but not as tightly as she had before, sadly.
"I'll take that as a yes than?"
"Thankyou." She said quietly.
"What?"
"I heard from 'so you're sitting with Bella and her family' – "
"Wow, how fast do you get changed?"
"Quickly, but that's not the point. I heard you defend me and my family and Thankyou. There are not too many people that would do that. And I appreciate that." She pulled away and kissed my cheek, making my breath catch in my throat and my grip tighten. The electricity that had been running through my body more intently than ever because we were touching pretty much everywhere intensified even more, more than ever. She smiled shyly and pulled away, and I let her.
We were walking towards the coach to get our ball, I had just assumed that we would be partners now.
"I am usually not that much of a violent person, I have a short temper but that's not how I usually get rid of the anger. He just shouldn't be talking about you like that, or your family." We got the ball off the coach and found a space near the doors.
"Wait, you defended Rose."
"Yer, so what?" I asked confused.
"She's been horrible to you, and you defend her."
"Well, she's your sister, she probably isn't that bad." She smiled at me.
"I will tell her that for you. You even made fun of Lauren." I laughed.
"Where is Mr. Newton?" The coach asked. I think that his name is Mr. Dwyer and he is a retired minor league baseball player. I exchanged a glance with Bella.
"He got sick coach." Eric yelled. The coach let the issue drop and asked us to start the competition, and we won again. Bella got stiffer and tenser with every step towards the locker room, swallowing more then what I thought was necessary. Mike was still in the locker room when we went back. At least his nose wasn't bleeding, he couldn't complain too much. I changed quickly and left, ready to see Bella again. She was standing near the open doors, she usually sat near the stands that were next to the boys locker room.
"That anxious to go?" I asked jokingly.
"Just to leave the gym." She responded. She was still tense, but not as much.
We walked to the car park, and the Mercedes was still there, but Rose was sitting there waiting with Jasper sitting in the back seat with Alice and Emmett waiting next to my car.
"Hey." They said.
"Hi." I said, Bella waved.
"We ready to go?" Alice bounced. We both nodded and Alice grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her to their car.
"Umm, I'm going with Edward, so that he doesn't get lost."
"Change of plan's, you're coming with us and Emmett is going with Edward." Bella pouted but proceeded to the car and I went around to the drivers seat of my car, sad that I wasn't spending the time with Bella but happy to be able to get to know Emmett better.
"What you aren't going to open the door for me?" Emmett asked, opening his mouth and feigning shock, holding his hand to his heart.
"Nope."
"What do I have to do to get you to open the door for me?"
"Be a girl." I answered, not looking at him but smirking all the same.
He laughed and we entered the car, driving slowly through the car park trying to avoid crashes but picking up gaining pace when we were on the highway. We continued this way until we got to their house. Their car kept on going around the road that went past the house, but Emmett told me that that was the garage and that I could pull up at the front of the house. We had talked about guitar hero and he was happy that he had a willing challenger.
The others were already in the house when we entered, and Esme and Carlisle were sitting on the love seat, curled up and reading books and magazines. They were the picture perfect couple that I missed, that used to be my parents. They offered me their greetings and this time Esme actually did hug me. She was hard and cold, but I didn't mind, I was getting used to the feeling. Jasper set up the Play station Three and Guitar Hero and we all sat on the couches or the floor that surrounded the couch. Alice was surprisingly good and never missed a single one, sometimes it seemed like her fingers were there before the new colour even showed up on the screen. She won obviously and Emmett started sulking about how she was cheating. I didn't understand that but shrugged, just another strange thing about the family that I would one day know. I beat Bella, who actually sucked considering that she owned most of the songs on the game, and made Jasper throw the guitar to the ground and pout like a child when I beat him. I lost to Emmett and surprisingly Carlisle, who was really good and started shit talking once his wife left the room. That was funny. He didn't seem to be much older than his early to mid twenties, but he was a doctor so he had to be late twenties, early thirties. He had the attitude of someone much older than he was, and had an air of peace, tranquility and wisdom about him, except for when he was playing the game. He started to act like the twenty something that he looked like, and I couldn't help but laugh along with the others as he made fun of me, but more so Rosalie and Emmett. I was surprised that she had stayed to play with us, but maybe she was warming up to me. I assumed that Bella had told her about what had happened during gym .
After a while, Emmett was getting bored, he was sick of loosing I thought, so he started to set up the ten chess boards near the glass back wall. He was putting so much effort into making sure that all of the boards matched up, the sight of a huge Emmett leaning over tiny chess boards was humorous.
"Edward, come play!" He yelled. He looked like an over excited child. I walked over to him, smiling as I saw that Bella was leaving the kitchen with Esme and heading in my direction, or the direction of the chess board's, but that's where I was going. I sat opposite Emmett as he was putting all of the figures on the board. Bella sat next to me.
"Why do I have two Kings?" I asked him.
He glared at me playfully. "Because that is how you play the game, don't you dare take his side with this." He pointed towards Carlisle, who was now playing Jasper, but doing so much more politely. I shrugged at him.
"Edward, can I get you anything to eat or drink." Esme was standing behind me, wringing her hands and smiling brightly, she looked so excited. What was so important about getting me something, she lived with five teenagers, this should be like a chore to her. But still, she looked so happy and who was I to say no?
"Erm, could I just have a glass of juice? I can get it if you want."
"Oh don't worry, I'll get it for you." She smiled again at me brightly, turning and walked to the kitchen with a little extra bounce in her step. She really was as maternal as she looked wasn't she.
She came back with my glass of orange juice just as Emmett had finished setting up the pieces. Bella scrunched up her nose.
"Thankyou." I smiled up at her.
"You're welcome!" Than she smiled at me again and walked over to the loveseat, flipping through a design magazine
"Alright, do you need a recap of the rules?" He asked seriously, I don't think that he has ever worn an expression this serious round me. I shook my head, mentally going over the rules that he and explained to me.
"Alright, let's do this."
/*&*/
"Kid, you gotta give up." Jasper laughed at me, his accent was getting stronger with every word that he was speaking. He was definitely from Texas. They was no denying it. Rosalie had left almost as soon as guitar hero had gone back to the cupboard, so I couldn't hear her voice. This was the third game, and I hadn't won one. There was a close call on the second game, but Emmett had gotten my second King before I could get his.
"Alright, you win, besides I have to get home now." I sighed, standing up.
'Is it that late already?" Esme asked from the couch, where she was sitting with Carlisle's arms wrapped around her.
"Yer, I'll see you all tomorrow. Thankyou for having me over." I nodded at Esme and Carlisle and waved at the others, watching as Bella got up to started to walk towards me.
"I'll walk you to your car."
We walked in silence to the car, listening to Emmett and Alice talking and Esme chastising them for what they were talking about.
"Hey, you remember that design book that Alice was talking about this morning?" She asked me once we had reached my car.
"Yer."
"Well Esme got the call today and it's in, but tomorrow she's busy so she can't go and get the book, but Alice has a thing against that particular store and she probably won't get the book. So I might have to go. Do you want to come?" She asked me nervously.
I stared at her. Had she just asked me on a date? Did Bella Cullen just ask me on a date? But she just – what?
"Don't worry," She said fast. "I can go by myself, I am not even sure if I will go yet."
"No, I'd like to go with you, I haven't been to Port Angeles, only driving through, it would be fun." She looked up at me and smiled.
"Great! Umm, just give me your number and I'll call you later." I nodded and took the cell phone that she offered me, programming my number and giving her mine, silently telling her that I wanted her number as well.
"Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow, or later tonight." I smiled. She nodded at me and started to walk back up the stairs, pausing and turning on the first step to look at me. I walked to the divers side door and waved at her before starting the drive back home.
I got home at twenty to seven and started on my homework. At exactly seven o'clock my mother walked through the door and greeted me brightly. "Hey sweetie!"
"Hi mum!" She stood in the door way and looked at me curiously. I wasn't usually this bright when I greeted her.
"Good day?" She smiled curiously, but still somewhat knowingly.
"Extremely, how did you know?" I smiled at her, wrapping an arm around her waist and leading her to the kitchen.
"Well, you are very happy. Does this have anything to do with the ever sweet Bella?" She asked.
"Yer, most of all."
"Well, what else happened?" We were in the kitchen now and she put her bag in the breakfast bar. I went to the fridge and started to collect all of the things that we would need for taco's and she went to the cupboard and got a fry pan and oil. I started to chop the tomatoes while she put the mince on the stove and started mixing the sauce.
"Well, Lauren Mallory got broken up with by her boyfriend, she started to make this huge scene and then he fully stood up to her and said that she was annoying and stuff and than said that she looked like a fish."
"What!" Mum turned to look at me. I started chopping cucumber. Yer we have cucumber on our taco's. And what?
"Well she's not a very nice person, and she is really annoying and even though she had a boyfriend she flirts with other people!"
"Who?"
"Lauren."
"Who does she flirt with?" I was silent. "So she flirts with you and that's why you don't like her?"
"Kind of, but that's not all. And besides that's unfair to Tyler. Then Emmett invited me to their house, and I went. It was great. Bella invited me to Port Angeles tomorrow night but I didn't know if it is a date or not, or if I'll be home late. Plus she hugged me and kissed my cheek at gym." I blushed. What had happened to my filter? I never usually went into this much detail, but she always hammered me for more information so this was saving her breath and I kinda wanted to tell her this.
"Really! How come?"
"I don't think that you want to know why mum." I muttered. "Why?" I put the knife on the counter and started to put the cheese in a bowl then put that on the table top.
"Mike Newton, this annoying guy, has a thing for Bella. He keeps on asking her to date him and she always said no but when she started to talk to me, he thought that she would be more open to dating him. She said no and today he started to talk to me about her. He was making fun of her and her family and then he called her…. Names. So I punched him in the face and than gave him a bloody nose. She was waiting on the wall to the locker rooms and heard everything." How had she heard everything actually, we hadn't been that loud. "And she was trying to say Thankyou."
"You shouldn't result to violence Edward." That shocked me, that was the first time that she had said my name in about three months.
"Yer, but I just snapped, he shouldn't be talking like that about Bella."
We spoke about Bella and the case that mum was working on through dinner, and I had gone upstairs, and was about to get my things to take a shower when my cell phone rang. Running to my bedside table and snatching up my phone seeing Bella's beautiful name up on the screen.
"Hey Bella."
"Hey!"
"So we still going to Port Angeles tomorrow."
"Yer, I couldn't convince Alice to go and get the book, so we can still go."
"Great, umm how late home do you think that we will be?"
"Do you have a time that you have to be home by?"
"Nope." I'm sure that mum wouldn't mind, I knew that she liked Bella.
"Well, do you want to go to a movie after the book?" Would she mind if I started screaming YES! I think that that might scare her just a bit.
"Yer, that would be great!"
"Great, so do you want me to pick you up for school tomorrow, then we can just go straight there after school."
"Yer that would be great." Was that all that I could say now. Was I being rendered speechless? She actually wanted to spend more time with me of all people. She could spend that time with pretty much anyone and she chooses me.
"8:30 than?"
"Will we make it to school in time?"
"Yer, trust me."
"Alright."
"Well, I'll leave you to your night, good night Edward."
"Goodnight Bella." She hung up and I think that I skipped to the bathroom. I had a date with my Bella. Wait, my Bella, controlling much?
/*&*/
'Late night breaks lock hear the tires squeal
Red light can't stop so I spin the wheel
My world goes black and I feel and angel lift me up
And I open bloodshot eyes Into fluorescent white
Flip the siren hit the lights
Close the doors and I am gone
Now I lay here owning my life to a stranger and I realize that
Empty words are not enough.'
'Artist In The Ambulance' was blaring through my phone speakers. My alarm woke me up with a start, that volume was up loud. But that was a great song so who was I to complain. Plus at least I got to see Bella soon.
Bella.
I scramble from my bed, not wanting to be late for her, and wanting to wear something casual enough for school but presentable enough for Port Angeles, but Bella probably wouldn't mind, she wasn't one that really cared how you looked. Now I sound like a girl.
I ran to the bathroom, almost knocking over mum who was just leaving the bedroom.
"Morning Mum."
"Good morning, what would you like for breakfast?"
"Nothing."
"So toast great." And than she walked away from me.
I rushed through my morning routine, ate quickly and had my shoes on, bag packed and was waiting by the front door by ten past eight.
"What are you doing just standing by the door, and why are you in such a hurry, your usually just getting breakfast by now, if." Mum asked as she made her way back upstairs to get ready. She had to leave at eight thirty, and I had no idea how she got ready so quickly. Didn't girl usually take ages to get dressed. I shrugged and went and sat at the piano. I was thinking about Bella as I put my hands on the keys and let the music flow from my finger tips. The sound was really good, not trying to be conceded, but this composition was beating most of the other things that I had written. I grabbed the sheet paper and started to write what I already had, just so that I wouldn't forget.
"That was lovely, but what are you still doing here?"
"What time is it?"
"8:28, you usually leave for school by now."
"Bella is picking me up today, so that we can go straight to Port Angeles." She nodded thoughtfully, but looked like she needed to say something.
"What's up?"
"Tomorrow my work friend is having a barbeque. Just some people from work, her family and some other friends from the reservation."
"Reservation?"
"There is a little Indian resevaTion jusT a few miles away from here. Sue Clearwater lives there with her family and she invited us to go. Would you like to come, I don't really know anyone else that will be there and There will be other boys your age."
"Of course, that should be fine." Maybe I could invite Bella.
"You could invite Bella to come if you want, I am sure that Sue wouldn't mind."
"I'll do that." Just then a car pulled up in the front yard. A really great car. A car that made me jump up from my piano and consider trading my Volvo for, but then I dismissed that thought.
Then I realized that that car must have been Bella's and my mouth opened in shock. Then she stepped from the car and my mouth opened even more. She was wearing black high top chucks, black skinny jeans and a white shirt, overtop of which she had a black and red checked jacket that came up to her elbows. It was slightly warmer today. We matched, kinda. I was wearing black skinny jeans and high top chucks and a white shirt, but with my reliable black hoddie.
"She has got a really nice car." Even mother was impressed, and all she knew about cars was what brand and whether or not they looked pretty.
I just nodded, going to open the door for her before she could knock.
"Hey!" She said.
"Good morning." I said. "I am ready too go"
"Good morning Bella." My mother said as she walked from the house behind me., locking the front door behind her. "That's a very nice car that you have there, what kind is it?"
"It's a Mercedes Guardian." She smiled tenderly at the car, and then turned to my mother. "She's my baby." My mother just laughed at her, waving to us and saying that she would see us tonight.
"So you're one of those 'I love my car more than anything' girls?" I asked jokingly.
"Not more than anything, but it is high up on the list." She laughed. 'If I can't have kids, than this is the next best thing." That shocked me. Could she really not have kids? Why? And why was she being so honest with me about this, I mean, having kids wasn't that important on my 'want to do in my life' list, but I know that a lot of women usually want to be mothers. She didn't seem to concerned or sad when she said 'can't have kids' though, so maybe she wouldn't mind me talking to her about that. What else do you say in response to that anyway? Oh, sucks to be you, I but your sister rubs that in your face right? Rosalie probably would.
"You can't have kids?" I asked quietly.
She was at her side of the car now, I hadn't even realized. She stopped as she was about to open the door and closed her eyes tightly. She looked back up at me after a moment.
"I can't believe that I just said that, I am so sorry, that – "
"Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong."
"That didn't just make you uncomfortable?"
"No. I was more curious than anything – "
"And sympathetic, I could see that in your eyes Edward."
"Sorry." I muttered.
"Don't be, just get in the car or we might be late for school." We entered the car. "So what exactly were you curious about?" She asked, starting the engine and stepping on the gas petal, tearing form my driveway and towards the school. She drove fast.
"You don't have to talk about this."
"I want to."
I was quiet and still for a moment before quietly talking. "What happened?"
"I got sick, really sick and then when the doctor made me better, this was one of the side effects." She was quiet for a moment before continuing. "Carlisle always felt really bad about that" She all but whispered.
"What!" My voice was louder than I had expected and we both jumped. She sighed.
"I told you that Esme and Carlisle were living in Chicago, and that they found me. But they found me at the hospital, or Carlisle did at least. I was his patient and he knew that my parents had abandoned me, he got to know me and then introduced me to Esme, who straight away was more like a mother than Renee ever had been and I already loved her. They took me home after I was cured, but the way that I got fixed made me unable to have kids. He was always upset saying that this was his fault, but I was just happy to be alive."
"That sick?" She nodded. "Wait, your parents abandoned you?" How could anybody leave her? Didn't they realize how lucky they were? And she was only five! We were at the school parking lot, I don't know how long we had been here for.
"Yer."
"Why! Sorry that was rude, don't answer that."
"Because they weren't responsible people and they didn't want to get – long story."
"Alright." I got our bags and opened the door, telling her to stay there and closing the door to her laughter. I ran round the car and opened her door to her laughing and joyous face, so much different than the expression that she had been wearing only moments before.
"To form?" I said, offering her my arm. She laughed again and threaded her arm round my own as I walked to form, savoring my time with her before I had to leave her at her form class.
"I'll see you at history." She kissed my cheek and walked to the classroom as I stood at the doorway shocked. That was twice in two days. And she got closer to my lips this time. Did she want….but….kiss.
Maybe tonight, but did she even see it as a date? I didn't want to scare her or make her angry or anything by thinking that this was a date, but what if it was? What was she expecting?
She didn't say just as friends but maybe she just thought that the situation was obvious.
Girls really were confusing, or maybe that was just Bella Cullen, possible vampire. But whatever, because she was my Bella Cullen, possible vampire.
/*&*/
I pretty much ran to history, the whole three classrooms and everything, even though I knew that she wouldn't be there yet, her class almost always got closed late and she wasn't as close to here as me. I had probably only been sitting for less than five minutes but it seemed life a life time before she entered the classroom, swinging around the door and tripping over her foot, catching herself on the other side of the door and than smiling sheepishly at me while she walked over to me.
"You alright?" I asked, smiling but still concerned. For someone so graceful she was a bit of a klutz.
"Oh yer I am fine, I have managed to injure myself a lot more than just running into a door." She smiled at me, sitting at her seat and dumping her things on the desk in front of her.
"So how else have you managed to hurt yourself over the years?"
Class started at that moment and she continued the conversation through her history note book pages.
Lots of stuff really, once when I was a kid I fell off the horse and almost got crushed.
"What!" I whisper yelled.
She shrugged whispering "That was a long time ago."
What about you, any big injuries?
She wrote.
Three years ago I was riding my bike along the wharf and fell in, don't ask how, but my arm got stuck in the wheel and than I almost drowned.
She had stiffened in her seat. She turned her head towards me and raised and eyebrow, mouthing 'almost drowned?' I nodded sheepishly.
"Seriously?" She whispered. I nodded again and she laughed lightly.
Well you attract trouble just about as much as I do.
I'm not usually that bad, just had an accident.
She laughed again.
"Miss Swan, is everything alright?" The history teaching was glaring at her, but his glare wasn't as serious as whenever he glared at everyone else, his eyes darted towards her chest and then back up to her face. I gritted my teeth and balled up my fists, putting them on the table. Bella noticed too, for she glared Mr. Ericson, who shrunk back from her, with what looked like fear on his face. She did look a little intimidating, which was weird, Bella was always so nice.
"Everything is fine Mr. Ericson." She even sounded intimidating. The boy in front of us shivered.
He nodded and turned back to the front of the room.
"Asshole." I muttered but she heard me, then she snickered and nodded.
Freaky old man, I always knew that he was mean and stern, but pedophilic, never would have thought that. I spent the rest of the lesson thinking of different insults for Mr. Ericson and thinking of what would happen tonight, and if this was actually a date.
I spent the next two lessons waiting for lunch and rolling my eyes at the people who came asking me about what had happened during gym that last day. Apparently Mike hadn't told anyone and had asked other people to follow his example, but a few people that were in our gym class had told their friends and now the story was all around the school, even if the reasons for the punch and the amount of punches were different during every different story. That was why school sucked, stories spread like wild fire but they were all different.
Bella was waiting at the math block with Jessica next to her talking away, but Bella was staring my way and smiled when she saw me. When I was next to her, Jessica glared at me but then smiled 'seductively'.
Wasn't she supposed to be dating Mike, the guy that I punched/ beat up/ broke the ribs of/ threatened to kill? Told you that the stories went crazy.
"Hey Edward. Is what happened yesterday true?"
I rolled my eyes. "Wouldn't you like to know?" I smiled sarcastically at her. I looped Bella's arm through my own and started to tow her giggling form with me to the cafeteria.
"Have you heard the rest of the stories yet?" She asked me.
"Some of them."
"Broken ribs?"
"Yer."
"The real story, more or less.."
"Yep."
"He tried to kiss you and that was how you retaliated?"
"What!"
"That one was funny, really ruined his reputation."
"Nice. Did you hear the one where I threatened to kill him?"
"Nope." She hesitated. "Did you hear the one about us?"
"You mean the more or less real story?"
"No, the other ones?" She spoke quietly but I still heard every word.
"What about us, I haven't heard anything."
"Just a few little ones, not that big a deal." I looked over at her face and she was biting her plump bottom lip. But she still looked concerned so I pulled her over to the arts block, which was empty now because it was right next to the cafeteria and all of those kids got to lunch early, the foreign language block was the furthest away from the cafeteria.
I unhooked my arm and put both of my hands on her shoulders, lifting her head up with one of my fingers so that I could see her eyes.
"What are the rumors, and why are you upset? Don't worry about the others, so what if they talk, they will get over this sooner or later."
"I am not upset, I just don't like people whispering about me and my friends. Besides, the rumors were to be expected and I am more concerned about what you will think opposed to what they all think." I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Well, what they are saying are just a few things about us dating, which isn't anything to serious, but then there are also the other ones. Some people are saying that what Mike said was different to what he actually said, that we were sleeping together because 'I'm hot' and 'you're the new guy' and what Mike said pissed you off. Also there is one that we're engaged and that's why Mike saying those things made you angry." She rolled her eyes.
"Seriously?" I laughed. "That's all? Who cares, I am not worried and you shouldn't be either. Besides, we could confuse them all and actually pretend to be engaged, that would be funny, I bet that we could do that." She laughed as I looked past her, thinking of all off the things that we could do to convince them, thinking of peoples reactions and trying not to be happy about the words, you (me), me(Bella) and engaged all in the same sentence, without the word 'not'.
I threaded my arms through hers again and we were still laughing and joking about trying to convince everyone else that we were engaged, I still think that this was a good idea.
The food wasn't to bad considering that this was a cafeteria, but a lot of the food was made fresh. I got a fruit salad and a cheese sandwhich, real cheese too not that fake crap. Bella was looking at me curiously and when I asked what she was looking at, she just shook her head but started staring at her own cheese sandwhich, .
"What are you staring at?" I asked once we got to the table.
"Just the cheese sandwhich, don't you think that the cheese smells funny?'
"Umm, no." Who thought that cheese smelt funny, and how did she even smell that dairy product?
"Oh, alright." She started poking the bread with her plastic fork, still looking at the cheese curiously with her nose slightly scrunched up. Emmett and Jasper started to make fun of me because of the rumors and than Bella as well, apparently they had heard the engagement rumors.
"Hey have either of you actually seen Mikes face yet?" Emmett asked while Jasper started to throw his apple.
Bella laughed. "Yer."
"Did you see the size of that bruise?" Jasper asked.
"I did and I must say that I am impressed. That bruise is the size of Texas." He clapped his giant hand on my shoulder.
"Hey, offended." Said Jasper.
"I haven't, he skipped Spanish and that's the only morning class that I have with him." I spoke up.
"That means that he is scared or ashamed that he got hurt, what do you think that it is? I suggest a bet?" Alice chirped.
"It's both sweet, trust me, I would know." He smiled widely and the others, except for Rosalie who wasn't here for some reason, laughed and I found myself chuckling along, not sure why.
"How would you know?" I asked him, and after looking at Alice who nodded he turned back to me and answered with a smile.
"I'm just good with emotions, I tell you more about that later." Good at emotions? What does good at emotions mean, and why is that so funny?
"So Mike is over there, you see that bruise, is his nose more crooked? Or is that just me?" He continued, tilting his head to the side and pointing to the table that I used to sit with. I followed his point, seeing Mike glaring at from the table where I used to sit. If I was unsure whether I would be able to sit with them again, I was sure of the answer now. They were all talking to each other, occasionally pointing over and looking at my new table, most of them glaring. Mikes glare was the hardest, I think at least. His nose and left eye was purple and kind of swollen so I couldn't be sure. But that wasn't what mattered. His bruise was huge and purple and I think that Jasper was right, just a little bit crooked. I wasn't a huge supporter of violence but he deserved what I did because he was horrible to Bella and her family. I spent the rest of lunch talking and laughing with the others, and I found that all of my fears and distastes about moving to Forks were completely gone, they had been completely eliminated by my gorgeous Bella and her awesome family.
During the next two classes Bella and I spoke about what movie we were going to see and, after Bella argued that just eating popcorn wasn't healthy, what restaurant we were going to go to. I told her about the little Italian restaurant 'La Bella Italia'. My mum had said that the food was great. She agreed enthusiastically, saying that she didn't mind and would go wherever I wanted. As soon as we had changed from gym and I was able to escape glares and questions from the other jerks Bella and I rushed to her car, wanting to get to the city as soon as possible
I opened her car door for her, enjoying her smile as I also closed the door and ran around to my side." So, get any questions about our engagement during gym?" I asked her, and it worked, she laughed.
"Oh yer, Lauren asked if you had given me a ring yet, some weird girl that I don't even remember the name of asked of there was an opening to be a bridesmaid. Like three other girls asked to see the ring, but Angela stood up for me and said that there was no wedding. She's a really nice girl, even if she doesn't spend much time around me, that is really understandable."
"Why is that understandable? I mean, what's wrong with you? You know, that's the second time that I have had to ask you that this week, the first week that I have known you, do you have self esteem issues or is that just my opinion?" I asked jokingly, but still honestly somewhat concerned. She shouldn't have any self-doubts, either about her looks or her personality, she was not only beautiful, but she was sweet, kind, funny, loving and all together exquisite in every way.
"There's not really anything wrong with me, so to speak, but I am different Edward." I was silent for a moment before saying quietly.
"I already knew that, I just don't know what yet, I have theories though, but…."
"But you don't know yet and you don't want to tell me yet." I nodded.
"I get that, I was like that. Apparently you will get it soon, that is what Alice said, and you shouldn't bet against Alice."
"Why not?"
"Sorry, can't tell you that yet."
"Soon?"
"Soon." She nodded.
Hey phone started to vibrate than, and she whipped the phone from her pocket. As soon as the item was up at her ear a frightened voice came through the speakers.
"Alice, Alice! Calm, where's Jasper?" The voice relaxed marginally. "What do you mean gone, just black?" Bella was panicking now, her breathing stopped and she was shooting glances at me from the corner of my eyes. "Alright…. Just let me speak to him about that….maybe the reservation is to blame. Alright Alice, I'll talk to him and you later, alright." She hung up.
"What was that about?"
"Erm…. What are you doing tomorrow?" My eyes widened, I her completely forgotten to ask her to the reservation tomorrow, but she had mentioned that place when she was speaking to Alice.
"Um, I was actually going to invite you to a barbeque that my mum's friend from work is having, the lady lives at the reservation."
"Who's barbeque?"
"Sue Clearwater."
"Oh, that explains everything than."
"What do you mean? And can you come?" I was nervous, what if she didn't want to, what if she thought that this was too much?
"I can't explain yet. And I would honestly love to come." She sounded genuine and my heart beat faster with hope. "But me being at the Quileute reservation is a big mistake, trust me."
"Why?"
"Not yet, sorry."
"Not even a hint?" She seemed to consider my statement for a moment before she sighed heavily and nodded.
"My family and the Quileute people have an agreement, we won't go on their land and they up hold their end, but I can't tell you that yet. Me being there would start war, well not war so much as an attack, there is only one of them now and seven of us, but we want to avoid making them angry, we just want peace. But will you promise me something, please?"
"Alright."
"When you see Sam Uley, don't talk to him unless he talks to you, and be nice, don't annoy him, don't insult him or his family or friends or….anyone there. You probably shouldn't mention me around him, or at all."
"Why."
"They do not like me, and you won't like an angry Sam."
"Alright."
"Promise?"
"Promise." We were quiet for a few moments while I was thinking everything over.
"Wait, how did Alice know that I was going to the reservation?"
"She didn't, I suggested that that was where you were going."
"But then what was she talking about? What did you mean when you said, 'what do you mean gone'? What's gone."
"You were gone, the reservation, or Sam Uley, does that to people. Or to Alice at least." I started at her unblinking, so confused and feeling like I was just getting more questions to ask and not being able to remember them all.
"So let me get this straight, you admit that there is something different about you and your family, that should make people try to stay away from you?" She nodded thoughtfully.
"But you seem to be an exception to that." She commented.
"Right. And Your family can't go to the reservation because they do not like you there. Sam Uley makes people disappear to Alice. And you won't tell me why?"
"Yer."
"Well that isn't confusing, not confusing at all." She laughed at me.
"All will become clear soon my dear."
"You sound like a cheap clairvoyant from a carnival." She laughed again.
"Well I learnt from the best, Alice has that sound perfected."
"What Alice is a showground clairvoyant?" I said jokingly, laughing again. But when I started, she stopped.
"Bella? Bella Alice can't actually….Oh can she?"
"She doesn't work at the show grounds but yer Edward, Alice can see the future. When people are around Sam they disappear, for some reason she can't see him or his kind. When people are around him, she can't see them either. She will be able to see you going and leaving there, as long as you don't get killed there." She shivered. "But anytime that you are with him, she won't be able to see you. If you don't spend time around him she might be able to see you, that is another reason why I don't like the idea of you being around him, he is too dangerous. Call me prejudice, I probably am, but still, they are even worse than me."
"There is nothing wrong with you Bella, why can't you see that?"
"Thankyou." She smiled over at me. "But I am dangerous, to you more than anyone Edward."
I don't know what she meant when she said that, but my mind was made up, and I wasn't changing now. "I do not care what you are, and I don't care how dangerous you are to me. Your still my Bella." And then I blushed because her head whirred around to meet me and I had just realized that I said my Bella. Not just Bella, but not one part of me wanted to take that back. "Plus, I am not afraid of you or your family, I like you guys, and I will not be changing my mind on this." I nodded.
"Selfish as this is." She whispered and I turned my head to look at her. She was looking straight ahead with fear and joy written on her features. "But I am glad that you don't want to go, not yet at least, and at least I have a few more days of not afraid Edward, I will miss you if you go. Besides, " She turned her head to look at me, smiling. "I like being your Bella."
"Good!" I smiled laughing. "Oh and Bella?"
"Yer." She said, looking at the hand that was resting between the two seats as I put mine on top. "I am not going anywhere." I smiled over at her. The rest of the drive was silent as we listened to the radio. She had turned the station to and Alternative one, and I was enjoying the music. No words needed to be said as she drove and I thought over what she had said with our hands resting together. I enjoyed the electricity and hoped that she felt it too, I wanted everyone to be able to feel this. She said that I was going to be afraid, that I would go. But I wouldn't go, I don't think that I can anymore, I was too involved with her, and I loved it. This was where I wanted to be, not necessarily sitting here, but with her. Why did she think that she could scare me off? And Sam Uley, she seemed really scared at the thought of me being near him, should I still go? Mum wanted me to go, she still wasn't overly comfortable being around other people at parties with dad not there, they had never let go of each other whenever they went somewhere and my mother was quite the socialite, and with dad being a 'big-shot' lawyer, they were often invited to fancy parties and dinners, and mum loved being introduced as his wife. Me being there with her was like a safety net, I could correct her when she went to gesture to dad and introduce him, I was there and we had the same name, but once she called me her husband. I had to go with her, I knew that. She needed to get to know more people here and this would help her. But still.
"I can not go tomorrow if you want."
She turned to look at me with raised eyebrows. "No, you have to go, your mum. But just….just text me every few hours, Alice probably won't be able to see you and that makes me anxious, we really do rely on her visions way to much, we were fine before we got her but now that we are used to her visions, we feel blind when they aren't there."
"I will, promise." We were at Port Angeles now, driving along the board walk and looking at the ocean and the shops that were on the sidewalk. She pulled to a stop in font of a little book store.
"Alright this is the book store that Esme needed."
An elderly woman greeted us as we entered, and I pulled Bella along after me after I greeted the woman back, saying that we should have a look around the store before we left. I got a few books, as did Bella, including another Anne Rice book and the original Dracula, which she didn't see, which was good. This vampire wouldn't be like her, if she was one, because she went to school during the day, whatever.
We put them in the car after we had gotten the book for Esme and than went to the movie theater, by foot. We decided to see the Sherlock Homes movie because I loved the stories and thought that Robert Downey Jr. was awesome. She told me that she wanted to watch that movie because she had a thing for Watson. I threw popcorn at her for that and she ran away, giggling towards the cinema. I told her that she had a crush on a fictional character but still trying not to look at her. She said "Naww, I know, but he is great, he is a doctor and everything."
"You know that Carlisle, the man you call dad is a doctor right? That's like having a crush on your dad."
"Plus Jude Law is hot." I squirmed in my seat, unable to say 'don't think they are hot, what about me?' I settled for throwing more popcorn at her.
"Just joking Edward, don't worry, but he is my favorite character." She paused for a moment. "And I do not have a thing for my dad!" I still didn't respond, but kept my mouth shut tight. "Edward." She poked my arm. "Edward?" She poked my chest. Edward!" She poked my cheek, but I wouldn't look at her, then she threw popcorn at me and I cracked up laughing, enjoying the sound of her bell like giggles accompany my laugh. The movie started and we made jokes at inappropriate things and laughed when everyone else gasped. I loved every moment of it. She didn't eat any popcorn.
"Good movie. " I said as we were walking from the cinema and towards the restaurant Her arm was through mine again and I was acting possessive, pulling her closer whenever another guy came any close to her than I thought socially acceptable.
When we got to 'La Bella Italia' the hostess was overly friendly and I felt Bella stiffen, before muttering "Sorry." And wrapping her stone hard and cold arms around my waist, leaning her head on my chest. My heart started beating faster than ever at having her so close and I wrapped my arms around her upper torso, enjoying the shock on the waitresses face more than I should and enjoying the way she eyes widened when I asked for a private booth. She walked towards the tables and I spared a look at my Bella, she was smiling at biting her lip, looking at the waitresses back, before she shifted her glance up to meet me gaze, letting her lip free of her teeth and smiling widely and brightly, the smile reaching her eyes, which were swimming with joy.
"Here you go, " The hostess was gesturing to a booth, not at the very end but not to close to the other tables. I let go of Bella and slid onto the booth, hoping that she would sit next to me not across because I had thoroughly enjoyed holding her and wanted to do it again , and rather soon too, but she sat on the other side, and I tried not to be too bothered. At least I could more easily see her face and her eyes now. Eyes which were now looking intently at me, and than at my own eyes. "Your server will be here soon." She put two menu's on the table and walked away.
"So, any idea what you want?" I asked her, just wanting to hear her voice again.
"Nope, you?"
"I feel like lasagna." That sounded good, and I grinned at the menu when I saw that they had the food.
"That really is your favorite food." She observed, smiling lightly at my while her eyes were glowing with affection.
"Yer." I nodded thoughtfully. "Are you going to tell me what yours is?" I asked.
She looked up at me, smiling still. "Not just yet, Edward, but I already kind of have." She looked back at the menu.
"You already kinda have?" When? We had only spoken about food a hand full of times, her saying 'no comment' when I asked my question and her asking me questions about the food that we got at the cafeteria.
"Not just yet Edward." She smiled. She lifted her head from the table and looked up at me, and I couldn't draw my eyes away from her. Then I head the voice of the waitress, offering her name and asking us what drinks that we wanted.
"Edward?" Bella looked at me.
"Oh right, umm, I'll just have a coke." I looked up at the waitress, she was average height with dyed black hair and a nose piercing and flat brown eyes. She was giving me a smile that was not really appropriate given that I was here with another girl.
"Two cokes." Bella was glaring at the girl, and the waitress shrank back and the smile was wiped off of her face by the look on Bella's face.
"Right." The girl nodded, and walked off to fill our orders.
"So, can you tell me what Sam is, or why he doesn't like you?"
She looked at me contemplatively before she said. "I can't tell you what he is, and I can't go into too many details, but his kind is my kinds enemy, the only reason he is even like he is is because of me and my kind, mostly because my family lives so close. We didn't move here to make that happen to him, and we stay even further away from the line that separates the two towns to make sure that this doesn't happen to anyone else, but for him the damage was done and we only knew that we were making that happen to him after we had already moved here."
"If I am going to know soon, why can't you just tell me now?"
She shook her head. "I was told not to, to only drop hints. I might have even said too much, but probably not. I was told to talk to you about this and if Alice saw that this was changing anything she would call and tell me to shut up."
"And what exactly is going to happen?"
"I have absolutely no idea, but she says that you make things better, that you fix things. I have no idea what there is to fix or make better, but who am I to argue?"
"I make things better? I fix things?" I asked as the waitress brought back our drinks.
"Do you know what you would like yet?" She asked, still looking at me but not smiling as widely.
"Bella?" I asked.
"Sure, can I have the mushroom ravioli please?" The waitress nodded and wrote the order.
"And you sir?"
"I will have the lasagna." I nodded at her. She wrote the order and nodded, making her way back to the kitchen.
I looked back at Bella, wanting to know what I was doing for her or her family, how was I supposed to help when I didn't know what she was or what needed fixing. How was someone like me meant to help people like her and her family? What would they even need someone like me for?
"That's what she said, but that's not the only reason that we, or me, are talking to you for. We like you, you're interesting and different, and you're not scared of us, we can tell. Jasper and Emmett really do like hanging out with you and Alice really does think that she is your friend, and me, well….I would have tried to be your friend even if Alice hadn't told me that I should try to – or more so she told me not to k- do not worry about that." She muttered.
She thought that I was interesting. She actually wanted to be my friend, not just because I would help her and her family, but because she actually liked me, she wanted to be around me, and so did her family.
"Wait, you can tell that I am not scared, does that have anything to do with Jasper?" That would explain why they always laughed whenever he said something about how people felt.
"That has everything to do with Jasper, but there are also other ways that we can know. I can tell you that later." I nodded in acceptance, I was just glad that she was being this open and honest with me, this night was better than I had expected.
We spent the rest of the night talking about everything that we could think of, but trying not to talk about the supernatural. She didn't want to give to much away, and she didn't. She hadn't told me what she was, and she hadn't given any huge hints – like I sleep in a coffin or I have fangs, which she didn't unless they just grew from her mouth whenever she was about to drink blood, which she hadn't told me that she had and she hadn't tried to eat me yet.
We were walking from the restaurant and back when I mentioned this again.
"So no more hints? Anything at all, desperate man over here." She laughed at me. "Honestly, anything that you say can only help right now, right?
"There isn't too much more that I can tell you without giving what I am away."
"Fine than" I pouted and she laughed at me.
We walked to the car and drove back to the town, not as fast as we had been on the way to Port Angeles, still laughing and talking about books and music. We were crossing the town limits, after she had made me listen to a new song that she had downloaded last night, when I decided that I only had a few moments before I would have to leave her again for the night, until Monday. That was a whole weekend without my Bella, and I didn't feel strange about calling her my Bella now, she said that she liked it. So, I decided to bring up The reservation just one last time.
"So are you sure that you don't mind me going to the reservation tomorrow?"
"Of course, just be safe, and text me, and don't talk to Sam, leave him alone." She nodded determinedly.
"Alright, I promise." We pulled up at my house, and I reached to the backseat to get my books. "Goodnight Bella, I'll talk to you later." I smiled at her, getting from the car but leaning and bending my knee's slightly so that I could still see her.
"Goodnight Edward."
I smiled again and started to move away and closed the door, before I remembered something. "Wait." She rolled the window. "Remember how I told you that my mum said that she had heard about the Swan family from Chicago, but that they were from the early 1900's, was that you?" She looked shocked for a moment but than smiled.
"The Spanish influenza was a real bitch too." Than she drove away, leaving me standing shocked in the driveway.
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