Got up this chapter, It makes a little more sense than the last chapter, but not much more. Sorry, haha. It might take a little more time to get the next chapter up, cuz I am gonna finish a different story first.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, but the story is mine!
Hope you like it!
ONE YEAR LATER:
The shrill beeping of my alarm clock went off in my ear. I rolled over and hit the clock, knocking it off my bedside table. I dragged myself to the bathroom and splashed my face with water. I took a hot shower and got dressed in a light blue sweater, a light brown jacket, jean skirt and dark blue tights underneath. I pulled on my light brown crochet boots and stood up. My eyes automatically flickered towards my calender.
Curious, I stepped toward my calender and realized the date. It had been exactly a year ago I had first gone to Forks High School. I tried to remember what had happened that day, and I remembered that's how I met Alice.
Alice Cullen is my best friend. We are completely different, she is always hyper or overexcited, but extremely graceful at the same time. She loves to shop, and she is constantly convincing me to go shopping with her. She has lots of money, her family lives in a mansion, miles away from my house. I love her family. Her older brother, Emmett is like an older brother to me, he is always joking and making everyone laugh, except he makes fun of me because I am possibly the most clumsy person in Washington. Her dad, Carlisle is a doctor, he works at the town's hospital, and her mom, Esme, is always at their house, cleaning or cooking. Her other brother, Edward I don't know much about. I haven't ever really talked to him. I honestly think he doesn't know I exist. Alice and I don't spend very much time at her house, and when we do, he is hardly ever there. Lately, I couldn't understand why, but I had been thinking about him a lot.
Outside, I heard a honk. I looked at the window to see a bright yellow Porsche parked outside my house. Realizing I was going to be late, I ran downstairs and grabbed my bag and a Poptart and headed outside.
It wasn't raining, just misty outside, with the clouds above me making it look like dawn. I walked down the sidewalk quickly, tripping on the cracks of the concrete and catching myself on the door of the yellow car. I climbed in. Alice was laughing silently.
"Hi Alice." I said icly.
"Hello Bella!" She sang, still laughing. I didn't say anything.
"So," She said, when she stopped laughing. "What are we doing after school?"
"I don't know, you decide." I said. We were already pulling into the parking lot of the school. Alice drives like a maniac, She had gotten me to school in plenty of time. I stepped out of the car, meeting her halfway around so we could walk to our first class.
"Do you want to come over to my house?" She said, "Jasper and Rose are coming over to hang out with Emmett and Edward." She said, absentmindedly rummaging through her bag. Edward? Gulp.
"Er, Sure." I said. We were to class now, and the bell rang. I sat down and stared at a spot on the wall, bored.
At lunch, Alice and I walked to our usual table and sat down. Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie were already there.
"Hi Bella!" Emmett said. I laughed, and sat down next to him. Jasper nodded, thinking about something, and Rosalie just said "Hi."
"Hey guys." I said.
"Are you guys still coming over tonight?" Alice said next to me, looking at Rosalie and Jasper. They both nodded. They were exactly alike, I laughed. Rosalie and Jasper were twins, and they were always at the Cullen's house. I knew Jasper a little, but I didn't know Rosalie very well.
After school, Alice and I went shopping, then headed over to the Cullens. She opened the door and danced in, dropping her bags. I followed her, closing the door behind me. Alice was already in the living room. I followed her and saw her sitting with Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie. I could her Esme in the kitchen. With a curious sense of disappointment, I saw Edward wasn't there. Alice was talking to Jasper, and Emmett and Rosalie were talking. I headed toward the kitchen, sitting down on one of the stools.
"Hi Bella." Esme said nicely, turning around. "You haven't been here in quite a while." I shrugged.
"Are you hungry?" She asked.
"No thank you." I said and turned to the door. Carlisle walked in.
"Hi Bella, Nice to see you." He said.
"You too." I said, waving and walking back into the living room. Alice, Rosalie and Jasper were talking again, but now there was pillows and blankets all over the floor in front of the couch. There was a bowl of popcorn and a stack of DVD's on the couch. I looked over the mess on the floor, then went to sit by Alice on the floor.
"Hey Bella."
"Hey." I said halfheartedly, for some reason, not in the mood to do much anymore. "So what's all this?"
"Emmett wants to watch a movie." She explained, then her tiny eyebrows pulled together. "I wonder where he went. . " She started to say, but I guess she figured she didn't really care, because she shrugged.
"Hey look who it is!" Emmett said, from the stairs behind us. I turned around and saw Emmett walking down the stairs with Edward behind him. I froze. Edward rolled his eyes, but waved jokingly at us. My cheeks burned.
I turned back around, and Alice did the same. Emmett jumped over the back of the couch, sitting in front of it, like us, right next to Rosalie.
"Eddie's gonna come watch the movie with us." Emmett announced, and from the kitchen, Edward called, "Don't call me that!" Alice laughed, and I couldn't help but laugh too.
Jasper got up to set up the DVD player. Alice stood up and went to sit down in front of the armchair, leaving the only other seat in between me and Emmett. I gulped. Jasper put in the disk, and went to sit in the armchair behind Alice. Edward walked around her to come sit down. I shifted slightly away from the center of the couch, and he sat down. Someone turned the lights off, and the movie started.
I couldn't even tell what the movie was about. Everyone kept laughing, I guessed it was a comedy. The only thing I could think of was Edward was sitting less than a foot away. I was hyperaware of every movement he made, when his shoulder brushed mine, when he adjusted how he was sitting, when he put one foot up against the small table in front of the couch. But eventually, everyone got more and more bored with the movie.
Someone finally turned it off, and everyone just kept talking. I moved so I was sitting next to Alice, who was talking to Jasper. She tried to talk to me, and I was trying to pay attention, by I kept seeing Edward out of the corner of my eye. I mentally smacked myself. What was wrong with me?
Behind me, Edward stood up and walked into the kitchen. I looked down. I could hear his footsteps up the stairs.
"I'll be right back, Alice, okay?" I said. She nodded, and I stood up. Curious, I walked into the kitchen. I walked up the stairs Edward had gone up. Upstairs, away from the talking downstairs, I could hear music. It was the piano, the most beautiful melody I had ever heard.
I followed the sound, to a door at the end of the hall. The door was slightly open, and through the crack I could see Edward, sitting in front of a white grand piano. I listened to him play, leaning my head against the wall next to the door. I continued to watch his long fingers move across the keys, weaving through the complicated harmony.
Abruptly, he stopped playing and stood up. I slipped into Alice's room, across the hall. I sat down on her huge bed, thinking.
Why was I doing this? I didn't even know Edward. I wanted to know Edward, that was the problem. I really wanted to know him. But why? I hardly ever talk to him, he is my best friend's older brother.
Realizing Alice would be wondering where I am, I stood up and walked toward the door. I opened it and started to step forward. Behind me, I heard something fall, I looked over my shoulder, and the toe of my shoe caught in the floor, and I fell forward.
Someone caught me, because I didn't hit the floor. I automatically adjusted myself so I was on my knees. Slowly, hoping it wasn't who I thought it was, but at the same time, hoping it was, I looked up.
Edward's perfect face was barely inches away from mine. My breath caught in my throat. He smiled, his perfect double curved lips pulling over his teeth.
And then it hit me. I knew why I had been thinking about him so much. I knew why I wanted to know him so bad, why I wanted to be with him all the time.
As I stared into those piercing, emerald green eyes, I realized I was in love with my best friend's older brother. How cliché.
Haha love that last line. Sorry its kindof like whoa, really rushed. Hopefully this made a little sense, but probably not.
So.. I don't know if you like it so please review, tell me what you think!
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