Never Ending Love
Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight that's Stephenie Meyer
AN- ok, I AM SOOOO SORRY! I was just about finished with this chapter a long time ago but them I didn't save it and lost everything! I know it's sad. And when Elyse posted AN she didn't say that! (bad Elyse! I will beat you up later for that! HAHAHAHA (Except for that Elyse didn't know that then so you can't beat me up! Mwhaha!)) Ok I'm so sorry again and here is the next chapter!
Are we there YET?
"Are we all ready to leave?" Edward's voice sounded loud and startled me; everything was very quite since the 3 out of the 4 of us where stuffing our face. Hey what can I say? I love Dennys!
"I know I am! I think if I eat any more I will explode!" My mom rubbed her stomach and patted it as if it were a baby.
"And we sure don't want that!" I said imagining… yeah I think you got it!
"Ok, well Mrs. Dwyer? How would you and Phil like to come over to the hotel that I am staying at and rest for a while? You could meet the rest of my family if you would like, they have been stuck in the Hotel for days now and they are getting quite annoying now. Some company would be nice I think." Edward pulled out an 50 dollar bill and placed in tightly in the waiters hand and told him to keep the change.
"Umm…I think that would be wonderful. Thank you Edward for inviting us." We all stood up and exited the Restaurant and piled into the Volvo. My mom took the passenger seat so I sat in the back with Phil who to tell the truth, smelt like terrible BO! It wasn't the best ride for me if you ask me.
We came to the corner before the turn to the very large and expensive Hotel. And Edward spoke directly to my mom and Phil.
"Hey Bella, just to warn you, Alice hasn't stopped thinking about you for like weeks now. She misses you a lot so if I where you I would be prepared when you see her. She might be a little excited to see you." Edward said, I could tell that he was telling the truth.
"Ok, I've missed her too." I said sadly. "You kind of get use her joyfulness all the time and then when you haven't seen her for a while it's like something is missing." I said.
"I know." Edward parked sharply into a parking space and turned off the soft and quiet engine. He quickly came around to my side of the door and opened it for me.
"Thank you." I said in a small voice. I climbed out of the car and held Edward's hand for support so I wouldn't kill myself in the process. Then Phil and my mom followed Edward and I as he walked up to the Hotel room.
Edward was just about to open the door with his plastic key when the door suddenly slammed open.
"BELLA!" Two small arms flew around me and all I could see was Alice's dark hair as she hugged me. My stomach began to squeeze as she hugged me with a little too much strength and I couldn't breathe from the lack of air.
"Be careful Alice! Don't break her!" Edward yelled to Alice.
"Oh sorry I just have missed you so much! Ahh you don't even know how frustrating it is to sit in this boring Hotel all day long. It's so boring and there's nothing to do in here but ha ha annoy Rosalie. But that's only fun until she gets REALLY mad, after that it gets frightening. Alice laughed at a little inside joke and then continued. How are have you been? Hey? Who's this?" Alice looked pass me and questionably at my Mom and Phil.
"This is my Mom and Phil, Mom Phil, this is Alice." I introduced Alice. Her eyes widened and they glittered with excitement.
"I didn't see you two coming! I have been waiting to meet you for a long time. Bella talks a lot about you. But trust me, it's all good. But it's very nice to meet you finally." Alice said all in one breath.
"It's very nice to meet you too Alice." My mother said politely.
"Here come in! Excuse the mess though Rosalie doesn't know how to pick up after herself! You could tell that she said the last part a little louder to Rosalie who from what I could see wasn't here.
We walked into the Hotel and it didn't look at all of a mess, everything was neat an tighty like the first time I came. We all found a place to sit; Edward, Alice and I sat on the long brown comfortable couch while Renee and Phil sat on a bed facing us. Then Alice finally broke the silence.
"So Phil, how is baseball going?" She asked.
"Um it's going pretty good actually. We think the team might make it to semi nationals for our league. It's a miracle if you ask Me." he said.
Emmett and Rosalie joined us and talked about embarrassing things about Edward. Which I thought was extremely funny since for the first time I was the one laughing and not the person who denies everything. Time went by quickly and I could tell that even though my Mom and Phil were having fun they wanted to go home, maybe also since they were offered sandwiches that Alice made every 5 minutes. Us three where still very full from our large Breakfast so food still didn't seem appetizing.
"Thanks you so much for this, we had a lot of fun but I think we should be heading home." My mom looked at her watch and made a mental note in her head.
"If it's ok Mom, can I stay just a little longer over here and hang out?" I asked.
"Yeah that's fine. Umm… Edward would you mind giving us a ride home?"
"Well I just had Emmett get your car and he's outside right now, but if you would like I could."
"Oh well if he already went through all that trouble then we can mange to drive home. It was nice meeting all of you I'll see you later Bella." She blew me a kiss goodbye.
"Bye Mom, I love you too."
"Bye Mrs. Dwyer! It was good to meet you!" Alice said happily.
"It was nice to meet you too, maybe the next time Bella comes down to visit you all can come down too."
"I think we could arrange that." Edward said smiling. I knew that after this summer that I wouldn't be able to leave Edwards side for more than a day and I knew he would have to come.
My mom and Phil left and it was just the gang and me now.
"Your mom and Step Dad are really great Bella." Alice said from behind me.
"Yeah they are I'm going to miss them when we leave." Suddenly the room filled with sad eyes. Nobody looked at me straight in the eye.
"But I would miss my new family even more I think, I know my Mom is happier the way things are. And so am I." I added.
"GOOD! Because I wasn't going to let you leave us even if you wanted to! I have to say, Edward would drive all of us insane!" Emmett said as he threw me gently on to the Hotel bed.
"I would." Edward laughed.
"So when are we leaving the sunshine? I would love to go outside really soon. It gets VERY boring in here all day long." This came from Rosalie who was packing her bags on the other side of the room.
"That's up to Bella." Edward said. I thought about it hard, I would miss my mom a lot but I knew Edward's family where going through hell just staying inside all day.
"How about not tomorrow but the night after that."
"Are you sure Bella? That's pretty soon." Edward asked me as he sat next to me on the hard bed.
"I'm sure, I've been here a long time now and I know we all need to get back to the rainy and gloomy Forks. I'm even starting to miss the dark sky, I can't stand to burn any longer!" The one thing I hated the most about myself was that whenever I would burn unlike normal people, I wouldn't tan. Nothing just nasty snakeskin would shrivel off of my body for weeks. It was gross!
"You are starting to look like a ripe tomato, I've never seen any human burn like you do." Emmett poked my skin and watched it as it would turn white and then quickly back to bright red.
"Ow! Don't poke it! But would that be alright with all of you if we leave that soon? And will we driving or taking a plane?" I wasn't sure if we would be speeding through the states or taking our sweet time flying.
"Well I think we could tell your Mother that we are flying but actually drive, that way when we get there by the next day she won't think we are putting you in any danger by our driving. Even if any of us driving is 100 safer than taking an old plane. I will call Carlisle right now and tell him the news." Edward picked up his cell phone and started dialing numbers on the small cell phone.
"Yay! We get to go home! Hey! I have the best idea! BELLA .since school should be starting really soon and we are driving back, WE CAN GO SCHOOL SHOPPING!" Alice, the Tinker Bell she was, danced up and down the room ecstatically.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Rosalie and I wined at the same time. And for the first time she smiled at me. It scared me at first, maybe she has something stuck in her teeth. Or maybe she thought I was someone else, but she knew it was me for sure. It made me happy to know that maybe she didn't hate me.
"Yeeesss! Edward, Edward, Edward! Can we go shopping on the way home?" Edward plugged his left ear and tried to listen to the person on the other line in responce.
"EDWARD? Alice called again.
"Don't listen to her Edward!" I asked pleading.
"Alice, I'm on the phone BE QUIET!" Edward yelled quietly for my sake.
"But can we?" She started.
"SURE ALICE! Now can I finish my phone call?" He said as he stared at Alice angrily.
"Yes! Mwhahaha!" Alice said evilly. A grin swallowed her face and my heart began to race. (Hey that rhymed!) She was already planning her attack! I'm scared. I thought to myself.
Edward finally got off of the cell phone after Alice told Rosalie, Emmett and I all we needed to get and who was going to go in teams at the mall. My head started to hurt from her screaming every time she almost forget to tell us something.
My head hurt to bad and my feet ached too much to care anymore what we where doing on the way home. I asked Edward if we could go home and he took me without hesitation.
"Bye Bella! I love you and can't wait for 47 hours 12 minutes and 54..53..52 SECONDS! We are going to have so much fun!" Alice yelled after me as I got into the Volvo.
I could wait a million years! I thought to myself. "OK..I can't wait either! I love you too." I shut the passenger door and then glared at Edward and pretended to be mad at him the best I could.
"What is it Bella?" He asked with a smile on his face. I hated that he loved it when I was mad.
"While you where on the phone making plans so was ALICE! And you told her that it would be alright if we got to the mall, wait MALLS on the way home. Now I'm going to have to spend 5 long hours shopping for clothes that I won't even be able to think about buying!" All Edward did was laugh, he laughed and laughed like something was very funny!
"How can you find anything about this subject funny! I might die in 47 hours 9 minutes and whatever seconds from now!" I asked, I could feels my cheeks flaring.
"I'm sorry Bella, I really don't mean to laugh. I'm sorry when did I tell Alice that we were going to the mall?" He asked. He struggled to keep the smile from reappearing.
"When you where on the phone talking to Carlisle." I said more calmly.
"Oh you mean when she was bugging the holy chocolate star fish bits out of me! I had to shut her up Bella! I couldn't even hear Carlisle on the other line. It made her be quiet didn't it?" His eyes began to sparkle as he looked at me from under his long and dark eyelashes.
"O! She told me everything she was going to do and buy me 10 times! I hope you know my head is killing me right now." Edward took his hands off the wheel and kissed my forehead.
"Is that better?" My body melted and my heart began to run a marathon. Why did he always have this effect on me?
"I guess so." My head was starting to feel better.
"Now are you ready to go inside or would you like to yell at me anymore?" He said sarcastically.
"I wasn't yel-" I tried finish but he cut me off.
"I know, I'm just joking. Come on lets go inside and ask your mom about the plans we made earlier." Edward walked me to the front door and we both walked.
"Hey Bella! We're in the back! Come on out!" I motioned him to follow me and we walked outside to the back yard where my mom was barbequing.
"Hey Edward, Bella!" She was wearing some kind of apron and weird cooking hat! She looked like some freak want-a-be cooker!
"Hello Renee." We both took a seat at the table near my mom. She filled the patties that were starting to burn and sat with us.
"So, what's going on?" She asked.
"Well Edward and the rest of the family where discussing about when we should all head back to Washington." I was afraid of how my mother would react to me leaving again.
"Oh good, what did you guys come up with?" Well that was unexpected.
"Well we were thinking about taking a plane back in tomorrow night." Edward answered for me.
"That will work out perfect, Phil just got a phone call from his team and they are heading to California in a few days. I was going to ask you today what your plans were."
"So it's ok if I fly home with Edward?" I asked.
"Yeah! I mean I trust you, and I would feel even better if he did fly with you. Those planes are very dangerous these days. CRAP!" We looked over to the grill and flames grew out of control from the hamburgers my mom was grilling.
"Mrs. Dwyer! Sit! Stay you two!" Edward placed my mom and I together and we watched in shock as he fought the fire to die down. Not long after we realized that after this my mom was NOT allowed to cook, Edward had put out the fire and was starting to clean the charcoaled mess.
Oh my gosh! Are you ok Edward?" My mom rushed over to Edward and brushed off the mess on his white skin.
"You and your daughter! Now I know where she gets it from, always worrying about the wrong things. I'm fine, mostly indestructible if you ask me. Are you two ok?" Edward laughed and looked straight up at me. I stood up and walked over to him.
"Yes, we're fine." I placed my hand in his and we stared into each other's eyes. Nothing mattered then; we were alone in the world, just the two of us.
"Bella would you mind going into the kitchen and grabbing me some more hamburger patties?" My mom broke the silence.
"Um Mrs. Dwyer if it's ok, I would be happy to finish the meal for you. I mean, my super man powers might run out if I have to use them to much." Edward said sarcastically and then winked at me. My mom stared at him wide mouthed.
"I'm joking." She busted out laughing and we all joined her.
"I would be happy if you would do that Edward. Thank you." Edward finished grilling the hamburgers and now hotdogs that my mom found and was just about to serve them to all of us when Phil walked in the door.
"Hey I'm home sweetie!" He yelled out as he threw everything on the floor. His shoes flew off and landed on the floor and so did his sweaty T-shirt.
Phil walked into the kitchen and I just about had a heart attack when I was exposed of a little more of Phil then I could've lived forever without!
"OH MY GOSH! AHHHHH!" Phil scream and ran back into the living room and found his T-shirt that was in my mom's new dogs mouth, Sparky!
"Spark, give me my shirt!" We heard him struggle with the 3-foot dog. Edward and I both where laughing uncontrollably. His musical laugh made me feel all warm and fuzzy which made me laugh even louder. Never had I laughed so much.
"Stop laughing Bella, it's rude." I tried to but I COULDN'T! The image of Phil face when he walked was sketched into my brain and there it would permanently stay. Which really sucked for me!
I began to stop laughing after 10 minutes when Phil walked back into the kitchen after taking a shower. His cheeks were still a little rosy for the recent event.
"Are we all ready for the delicious dinner that Edward prepared for us?" My mom clapped excitedly.
"Edward made this?" Phil asked. "No wonder it's not burnt. I love your cooking dear. I'm just kidding." But my mom didn't look hurt at all.
"Well we would have had a fire toasted meal but Edward came to the rescue and finished making everything."
"There was a fire! Are you ok?" Phil looked very worried for my mom, and I had never really noticed how much in love they where in. It all came to a surprise to me.
"Like I said Edward came to the rescue. He put out the fire, which was the biggest one that I have started so far, within a few seconds." This was why I normally cooked, Charlie wasn't a good cooker and my mom would burn down the house if no one was there to watch over her.
"Wow Edward, thank you for watching over her. She is always asking for something to go wrong."
"It's not a problem at all, I have a full time job with her daughter. Renee is quite simple when she's compared to Bella."
"Hey!" Edward winked at me and then pointed back to my full plate. He wanted me to eat obviously.
"So how much longer are you all going to hang out here?" Phil asked. I could tell that he wasn't a big fan silence like my mom.
"Well I think we might leave Friday night. We might drive actually." Edward said, I thought the plan was to tell them that we were taking a plane and then drive so we wouldn't have to answer the millions of questions?
"Oh, so not tomorrow night but the night after that?"
"Yes."
"Why don't you buy a plane ticket? It will be so much faster if you take a plane and not as tiring if you ask me."
"Not exactly. It should only take us two days to drive through straight." Phil's eyes went wide and he started chocking on some of his meal.
"WHAT? How is that possible? You would have to drive like a mad man to be able to do that." Edward smiled and Phil got the point and my mom started shaking her head.
"I think you all should take a plane." She glared at me and her eyes spoke everything, "What are you thinking to do something like that Isabella?" She always said that when I was in trouble.
"Mom Edward can drive ten times better than the fastest and best driver ever. His reflects are better than any humans ever would. I would be safe." I told her sounding as convincing as I could.
"Mrs. Dwyer I promise you, I would NEVER ever put Bella in any harm." Under the table I secretly grabbed Edward's hand and laid my on top of his. And we smiled at each other quickly.
"But Edward tell me one thing, how fast would you be driving on average?" My mom asked.
"Well I won't lie to you Renee, about 120 mph. Unless Bella would like me to go slower." He looked at me questionably. I was not so use to his speedy driving that no when I was in the car with Charlie I would feel as if I would die of impatience.
"No." I said shaking me head.
"The roads here are very bad in some places, and I know through some other places the drive will be very bumpy." Edward sighed.
"If it will worry you too much Mrs. Dwyer I will get a plane ticket just for Bella and me." Edward said. My mom thought about the idea quietly for a few minutes and then answered him.
"You have to promise me something Edward, that there won't be one scratch on my Bella. And as for you Bella, you better call me right when you enter Washington." She looked very serious and I knew to answer her as fast as I could.
"I will mom. I have driven with Edward before, as long as he has been driving has he ever got into an accident. Everything will be fine Mom."
"Ok Bella." My mom sighed in defeat.
Edward tried to help with cleaning up the dishes but I wouldn't allow it. His eyes where almost a dark shade of black and I knew that he needed to hunt desperately.
"Go ahead Edward, you need to."
"I'm fine Bella at least let me help clean up."
"Edward you made dinner! Please, just go with the others and TRY to find something here, I know it will be more difficult then in the green forests in Forks, but I hear that there is a zoo down town…"
"We're not going to a zoo. Even though, we would be able to try… all… the… different… flavors…" he was starting to pant as he imagined all of the different treats that he could have at a zoo. "I love you, you know that right?"
You've said that before I think." I smiled.
"I will be back when I can. Thank you for having me over Mrs. And Mr. Dwyer!" Edward said a little louder. They answered in a your welcome but never came out.
Promise me to walk up and down the stairs and most importantly be safe my love." He leaned down to reach my warm lips and kissed me lightly and then disappeared.
"I LOVE YOU TOO!" I said into the air. I knew he would hear me though.
I walked back into the kitchen and cleaned up the dinner mess with my mom.
"Bella?"
"Yes mom?"
"What do you think about just you and me doing something together tomorrow before you leave to go back to Forks, I still don't understand how you can love that place!" My mom rolled her eyes and continued washing the dishes.
"I would love to do that. And about Forks, I have a few of my reasons for loving it." I paused. "Mom it's late, do you want to watch a movie or something before we need to both go to sleep."
"That sounds like fun! You get the movie and I'll be there in a second."
"Ok."
AN- You must all hate me! I am so sorry for taking so, so, so, so, so, so long! I feel very bad and I know I should. But was it as bad as I think it was? PLEASE let me know. It's ELYSE'S turn next so it might faster. Thanks everyone who has read this and has reviewed! WE LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH!
Jessica and Elyse!