Return to Forks

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Chapter 6: What's Bella saying?

Bpov

After myself and Edward's near kiss I tried to not put myself in a situation where it could happen again. By the time that Emmett had left I Had pretended to have fallen asleep. But like I said, I pretended. There was noway on earth I could get to sleep knowing that Edward was right beside me and that he most likely wanted to kiss me as much I wanted to kiss him.

I must have finally managed to doze off because soon after Alice was awake and jumping on top of me.

"Bella, it's time to get up. We have so much to do and so much planning. We're going back to my house and then we're going out for dinner. Don't worry about what to wear because I have some outfits for you. I went shopping before work yesterday to get you a few things. Plus we can put the Get Rid of Jessica plan into action a day earlier."

I groaned and started a feeble attempt of swatting her away from me. "Go away Alice. I need to sleep."

"Honestly Bella I don't how'll you manage tomorrow morning when you'll have to get up before 7."

"What! Before 7. I can't do that. Back home I don't get up till half seven at the earliest." I groaned again.

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When we got back to The Cullens, Alice rushed me up the stairs.

"Come on Bella, we only have a few hours to get ready."

Rose and Alice seemed to take forever doing my hair and make-up but when they came to doing their own it only took half the time they spent on me. Alice had chosen out some beautiful dresses. She had it narrowed down to three and surprisingly she let me make the final decision. I chose a deep blue strapless dress. It had silver lace running along the neckline and the waistline. Alice forced me into a deathtrap pair of silver heels and she gave me a silver shawl and handbag to match. I had little make-up. A bit of eyeliner, mascara and a light layer of silver eyeshadow. Rose had done wonders with hair. She had put it up with ringlets falling down around my face. I looked in the mirror and couldn't believe it was me staring back. I looked good, I looked better than good. I looked gorgeous if I do say so myself.

The three of us went down the stairs and we could hear the boys laughing and chatting below. When we came into view, the laughter stopped and all three of them were staring at us with a look af awe on their faces.

"So guys what do you think?" Alice asked.

"Wow girls, you all look ... so .... beautiful," was Edward's reply.

"You're all .... wow. I don't know what to say, you're gorgeous especially you Alice darling. You're breathtaking," was Jasper's response.

"Hot damn girls! You're smokin! I mean wow, Rose! I'm gonna have to be fighting of all the guys tonight!" was Emmett's reply.

Just then a man and a woman entered. He looked to be in his early thirties and was really attractive. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. The woman had caramel coloured hair and a heart shaped face. She had brown eyes and they both looked to be very kind.

"Oh my goodness, Bella, You've never met mine and Edward's parents." Alice said, pulling me over to them.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Cullen," I said and offering my hand to them. Alice's dad smiled at me and said
"Please call us Carlisle and Esme. It's a pleasure to meet you too Bella." He shook my hand. Esme pulled me into a hug and said "It's great to finally meet you. When Alice came home on Friday all she could talk about was you. It was Bella this and Bella that!" I laughed and blushed red, embarrassed that Alice had been talking about me.

I chatted with Esme and Carlisle for a little longer until Alice started becoming impatient and was practically pushing me out the door. We all got in Emmett's jeep as it was the only one big enough for us all. We pulled up outside a fancy restaurant in Port Angeles called Bella Italia. We all went inside and were guided over to a booth in the corner. On one side of me was Emmett and on the other side was Alice. Jasper sat beside her while Rose sat next to Emmett leaving Edward sitting across from me. We ordered our food and while waiting for it to arrive tehy quizzed me some more about my life in Ireland.

"Did you ever have any boyfriends in Ireland?" Rose asked.

"Em naw I didn't." They seemed surprised. "I was just never really that keen on any of them. I didn't have time to date. I always had better things to be doing like my music." We continued to chat about different topics until Alice piped up "So Bella, can you speak Irish?"

I was actually wondering how long it would take them to ask me that. "Yeah I can. They start teaching us in primary school. When I moved over it was hard to pick up at first but since I live in an Irish-speaking area it got easier."

"So say something?" I laughed. "Well what do you want me to say?"

"Anything. Say my name is Bella and I live in Forks and em ... oh oh oh say Alice is great."

"Alright! Is mise Bella aus tá me i mo chonaí i Forks. Tá Alice ar fheabhas."

She continued to give me random things to translate until our food arrived. Throughout the meal I'd catch Edward staring at me and he'd smile that crooked smile I love. I sighed and my heartbeat increased. How could one person have such an affect on me by only smiling? When we were all finished I nipped to the bathroom. When I came out again, none of my friends were in sight. I went outside to where Emmett had parked the car. It wasn't there. Fudge! Fudge! Fudge! Please tell me that they hadn't driven off without me. They wouldn't be so cruel as to that. I walked around to the back of the restaurant where I was met by seven lauhging figures standing by Emmett's jeep. That was not funny!

"I'm so sorry Bella, we just had to do it. It was Emmett's idea." Rose explained. I don't care who's idea it was, he didn't force them all to do it. They all did it on their own free will.

"She's probably not talking to us now," I heard Jasper say. Oh I had a much better idea than not talking to them. Since they were all fascinated by my native tongue I decided to only speak to them in Irish until further notice.

"Ní me ag caint libh anois. An rud a deanann tu, bhí sé an uafasch."(I'm not talking to you all. What you did was horrible.)

"She's being stubborn now. Bella has always been stubborn. What the hellis she saying?" Emmett asked.

"How the hell should I know? I don't speak Irish. Lally I'm so sorry. We really didn't think you'd react like that. If I had known I would never have done it." Alice looked at me sadly. I hated to see Alice sad and I nearly stopped my stubborness then .... nearly.

"Is cuma liom. Tuigim go bhfuil brón ort ach tá seo dhul a bheidh greannmhar."(I don't care. I understand that you're sorry but this is going to be fun.) I laughed and they looked at me confused but with a hint of hope in their on their faces.

I ignored them and got into the jeep. During the ride home they continued to talk to me hopin I'd speak to them in englis but to no avail. Eventually they gave up. I can be very stubborn when I want be and I wasn't about to back down on having a bit of fun messing with them. My phone started ringing. That's odd, who cuold be calling me? I looked at the caller id and screamed - gaining a few worried glances from those around me. It was my friend Aibhe. I hadn't spoken to her in ages because she hadn't returned from her holidays before I moved. I misse dher so much. I flung open my phone and shouted out my greeting.

"Aibhe! Conas atá tu? Cén fath nach bhfuil tu ina chodladh? Nach raidh sé an luath sa mairdin in Éire? (Aibhe! How are you you? Why aren't you sleeping? Is it not really early in the morning in Ireland?"

"Bella? Why are you talking in Irish? Are you messin with the Americans? Ah my child I've taught you well." We both laughed at that. Aibhe is the best person in the world at pulling pranks and messing with people. Emmett would meet her match in her.

"Aibhe! Tá an chraic mor. Ní tuigeann siad focal amháina deirim." (Aibhe! It's great fun. They don't understand one word I'm saying.) I heard her laughing on the other end of the phone and then I heard a thud and Aibhe saying ow.

"Aibhe, an thit tu ar an urláir aris?" (Did you fall on the floor again?)

" .... em .... no" She sounded guilty. Hell yeah she did. Aw it was so good to be talking to her. In all honestly I hadn't even thought of calling my friends this weekend. I had been enjoying myself too much this weekend that I hadn't had time to be home-sick.

"So Bella, Tell all. Have you met any guys yet?" It was my turn to sound embarrassed.

"Aye. Is é Edward." (You can guess what's she saying there but "aye" is not an Irish word. I suppose you could call it a slang way of saying "yes")She screamed so loud I had to hold the phone a few inches from my ear.

"What's he like? You have to tell."

"Bhuel, tá sé an-dathuíl. Tá suíla glas agat agus ... em phóg muid." (Well, he's very good looking. He's got green eyes and ... em we kissed)

"You what? You've been there three days and you've already kissed one. You don't waste any time." She shushed me then and there was silence on the other end for a few moments. "Bella hun, I'm sorry I've got to go. I've woken mammy and daddy with all ma shouting. We'll chat soon. Slan!"

"Slan Aibhe!"(Bye Aibhe) After I hung up I felt sad. I really missed all my friends back in Ireland. It was so good to talk to one of them again. I really should thank Emmett and his friends, my friends for keeping my mind off things.

A/N Dia duit mo chairde! (Hello my friends) So what do you think of this chapter. Do you want me to continue with the whole speaking in Irish thing? If you do it'll only be until the end of the next chapter. I just wanted to put in some sort of Irish thing ya know. If it's annoying please let me know. If you want me to tell translate anything for you I will gladly do it. I might even be able to tell you you're name in Irish. I can include pronunciations also. So please review!

Charming =]