A/N: Okay I'm extremely sorry for not updating in a long time. This chapter has been done for a couple of weeks. But my brother had the internet on his computer and theres this whole thing about different accounts and we cant find my account information. So when I went to set the internet on my computer, it was like haha, emma, you're stupid and can't use the internet. so yeah. Right now im in the MIDDLE SCHOOL. Im a highschool student HAHA. there's tiny children singing "Do your chain hang low." :P
Chapter seven is halfway written and the next chance I get I'll update. SORRY:3
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Pictionary, Twister or anything else I might mention in this chapter. Well… besides the storyline :P
Chapter Six: Shiny Happy People
The next few weeks were bliss. I spent nearly every waking hour with Edward and Alice. We went on trips to Port Angeles and Seattle, then we spent rainy summer days playing games and watching movies. I was amazed they'd do these things with me. After all, with an eternity waiting before them they surely had all the time to watch movies, but still they chose to watch them with me. They'd played every game ever created and still whenever rain was pelting outside they pulled out a Twister mat or Pictionary, anything at all.
I tried to spend a couple days with Charlie, but, being away from Edward made me anxious. Whenever I wasn't with him I thought of him. The days I spent with Charlie were either very sunny, or whenever the Cullens went on one of their "camping trips." It was now the beginning of August, and my stomach did flips whenever I thought of how much time I had left. Although Phoenix, my sunny haven was where I wanted to be, I couldn't have Edward with me.
I woke up one morning to find the sun pouring in through my window. Charlie was standing in the doorway, his fist on the jamb. That was probably why I'd woken.
"I'm going down to La Push today, you want to come?" he asked. There was something in his voice that sounded like he was inviting me just for the sake of having me there. That, maybe, having me watch was sort of like the quality time I was here for.
"No thanks Dad," I said with a smile, rubbing my eyes. "I think I'll just laze around today." He smiled and nodded, not seeming too upset about not having me there to complain. I rolled over and closed my eyes again, trying to block out the sunlight. I knew there was only a small chance of seeing Edward today. He had told me that for some reason he couldn't go out in the sun, but hadn't told me what it was.
Since he made it sound like he was able to, I ruled out bursting into flames. I sighed and curled into a ball. I heard Charlie pull out of the driveway and head down the street.
"Wake up sleeping beauty," I heard a smooth voice say a couple of minutes later. I turned over slowly in my bed, my eyelids heavy with sleep. There was Edward, leaning in my doorway and grinning at me like he knew a secret I couldn't know.
"What are you doing here?" I managed though my words were slurred together. He laughed and stepped back into the hall.
"I'm here to take you out, get dressed and meet me in my car." Without another word he was gone, down the stairs in a flash. I sighed and forced myself out of the warm cocoon I had created. I pulled the brush through my waves of chocolate hair, not really caring what it looked like. I pulled on a pair of jean shorts and a long sleeved blue shirt. Then deciding my hair was beyond help and I'd probably break the brush, I tied it up into a messy ponytail and practically fell down the stairs.
I stuffed a piece of bread in my mouth and slipped on my converse, walking out the door into the heat and glaring sunlight. Edward was sitting in his shiny, silver Volvo. Even though I knew he was old enough to drive, it still made me uncomfortable. He was supposed to be posing as a fifteen year old. Actually, he had been posing as a boy who'd just turned fifteen a little over a month ago. I recognized the road he was taking me down, but when he turned down another I got a little nervous.
"Where are we going?" I asked suddenly, breaking him off mid-sentence. He stopped the question he had begun to answer and looked at me curiously. Then the crooked smile I loved grew warmly over his face.
"You said you wanted to know what we looked like in the sun didn't you?" he asked quietly. I nodded. "Well then guess what we're going to do.
I frowned. "Couldn't you have showed me in the backyard or something?"
He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Honestly Bella, I'm not supposed to draw attention to us. How would it look if someone came to your house and saw me in the backyard… looking the way I will." I blushed. It made sense I guess. He grinned mischievously at me. He'd told me that when I blushed it was beautiful. That it made me hard to resist. He's also said that I'm his favourite food, sort of like his favourite brand of heroin. That had made me happy. Just knowing that I had some effect on him, like he had on me.
"I'm very partial to that colour with your skin tone," he said, making me blush a more violent shade of red. He chuckled at me and I glared straight ahead, crossing my arms over my chest. Then I noticed the road come to an unpaved dead end, only woods straight ahead of us. He stopped the car and got out. I undid my belt and when I went for the door it was already open, Edward waiting for me. He smiled as he took my hand to help me out and I couldn't but smile back.
We're going to be hiking from here," he said. I gulped, a large lump in my throat. My face paled a few shades before Edward turned back to look at me. He was standing at the beginning of a hidden path; I was paralyzed next to the car door.
"What's wrong Bella?" he asked. He moved to stand next to me. With every step he took my heart sped up a few notches.
"You've seen how I walk across a flat surface, how to you expect me to hike through an overgrown path in the woods?" He laughed at me then, and my fear switched to anger. He turned around so that I was staring at his back.
"Climb on, I'll show you something else about vampires," he said simply. I frowned and attempted to jump onto his back, only to have him barely grab my legs and move me higher up onto his back. "Hold on really tight," he stated. I wrapped my legs around his waist and held my arms around his neck.
We were in the woods in barely a second and I found myself giving Edward a choke hold as I desperately tried to hold on for dear life. I knew it didn't matter as he really didn't need to breathe, but I still felt embarrassed at my reaction. He was running so fast! I forced my head down onto his shoulder to keep it from snapping my neck backwards. I could see the wide smile on his face; he seemed to be enjoying this. I was breathing hard on his neck and ear and I saw him glance at me from the corner of his eyes.
I looked ahead and saw too many trees coming at us too fast. But, just when I was about to scream at him to get out of the way he turned. His reflexes were amazing and in no time I could see sunlight ahead. We burst into a clearing, a beautiful meadow of tall, bright green grass.
That was when something caught my eye. I fell off his back in astonishment, landing hard on my backside in the grass.
I let out a loud "Oh!" when I landed, and part of it was because of what I saw. Edward's skin was alight with thousands of sparkles. He was shining like a diamond. I stared wide eyed at him for a while before I realized my mouth was hanging open.
He turned to look at me, his eyebrows raised. He flashed his white teeth in a smile before laughing at me. I shut my mouth then and stood up, looking up into his eyes.
"What are you laughing at?" I asked. He stopped laughing to look at me.
"I'm sorry," he stifled a laugh. "I wasn't expecting this from you." I glared again.
"What were you expecting? Running and screaming?" He stopped to look serious. "Well, screaming maybe, but no running. I'm never running away from you." He frowned slightly.
"It really would be better if you did, I'm too dangerous to be around you. Even being here like this is very trying." I grinned and slumped into the grass in the middle of the meadow.
"Because I'm so tasty, right?" I asked teasingly. He sat down next to me and nodded.
"So what do you think of vampires now?" he asked with a grin. I lay on my back and stretched my arms out, staring up at the clouds. "We don't hate garlic, we don't burst into flames in the sunlight… we're not very exciting now, are we?"
I laughed and closed my eyes, the sun was too bright. "I think you're very interesting, but I'm still not scared of you." I turned my head to look at him, he was leaning on his elbows next to me and staring at me. "You're going to have to try harder to get rid of me, Cullen."
He grinned at me and I saw something in his eyes I'd never seen before. And as such I didn't know exactly what to call it. It made my heart freak out on me though. It took a while to get back to its regular, boring, healthy way of beating.
"I don't want you going anywhere, Swan," he said quietly. I smiled and looked back at the sky. He laid down next to me and stared up as well. We spent a while looking for shapes in the clouds, something I was sure someone as old as him should find boring. When I asked him he said it was rather enjoyable. He hadn't done it since he'd been human. He even said it was an added bonus, having me there. I just blushed as a reply.
I straightened myself up to lean back on both of my elbows, looking around at the dark woods around us. I started thinking then, about how close I was to him, and I got a little nervous. I'd never had a boyfriend before, never had anything like it, and I guessed that that was sort of what he was becoming to me.
He leaned up to lean on one elbow facing towards me. My heart started to race a little, his face only inches away from mine. He was breathing heavily, and it hit me, it was cold and smelled marvelously.
"Bella," He muttered softly, I noticed his eyes were staring at my lips. I turned on my side to face him as well. When I did he looked up in my eyes. He smiled and laughed breathily. "I'm not very good at this, being close and everything. I've…" he hesitated, not quite sure to say. "I've never done this before." I smiled and sat up straight, he sat up with me.
I leaned in and put his arms around my back before leaning against his chest and closing my eyes, my arms tightly around him. "This is enough," I whispered. This is good."
His head lowered down to rest on my hair. He started to rub my back rhythmically and all I could do was stay there and try not to hyperventilate over how gorgeous he was and how wonderful he smelt.
"You're very good at this," I murmured after a while, laughing into his chest, he smiled and pulled me back to look at my face. I was a little disappointed and being separated, but he made up for it by letting me look at him. His hands were still on my arms and before I realized it, I was being pulled in and he was leaning forward. I felt my eyes starting to close the closer we got and I saw Edwards shut as well. I knew I was so close to touching his lips, my heart was racing and he was hesitating. So I leaned forward, closing the gap between us and sending my heart into frenzied flips. His lips were cool and soft against my own.
I felt something come over me when we'd touched like that and I stiffened, my hands running up his arms to cup his face in my hands. Just when I thought to deepen the kiss I felt him break away from me, panting heavily.
I looked at him confused, "You're going to be the death of me, I swear," he said. I laughed a little and stood up, shaking dirt off my back. Edward stood up next to me and checked his watch.
"We've been gone for quite a while," he said. I looked at him, his brow was furrowed, and he seemed slightly angry.
"I'm sorry," I said suddenly, knowing I sounded desperate. "I didn't mean to, I couldn't help myself."
His expression change to confusion and then it softened he smiled and shook his head. "Don't be sorry, I liked it." I blushed. "I'm just angry at not being able to control myself. If I could then maybe I'd be able to be close to you like that without a great risk." He smiled and scooped me into his arms. I grabbed his shirt tightly in my fingers.
"You're not going to run are you?" I begged. He smiled and shook his head at me. Clearly, to him, I was being foolish.
"Just close your eyes, it'll be easier." I squeezed my eyes shut when I felt us taking off. We were at the car in less than five minutes. He held the door open for me and then sped around the front. I buckled myself in for another fast ride.
I spent the entire ride staring at the window, feeling a little sleepy. But my mind kept racing back to the kiss, my first kiss. I smiled and tried not to look at him, knowing I'd be smiling too widely to not cause some suspicion. His cell phone rang and he picked it up and began a speedy conversation.
When he pulled into my driveway he hung up his phone and looked at me seriously. "Alice wants to have a sleepover," he said bluntly. "Do you want to?" I nodded enthusiastically. I could hear the phone ringing and ran to the house, leaving the door open on the way. Edward shut it when he walked in.
"Hello?" I asked, gasping for air. It was Charlie, lucky me he'd chosen that time to check up on my.
"Bella? You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine dad; I was just out with Edward. Hey listen, Alice wants to know if I can sleep over to her place tonight, would that be alright?" He seemed to be hesitating before finally blurting out.
"Oh sure Bella, that'd be fine, just leave me a phone number so I can call." I said I would and hung up, running upstairs to pack a bag. Edward wrote down his phone number on a slip of paper and left it on the kitchen counter. When I came bounding down over the stairs he caught me before I could fall. He grinned down at me and took my bag, heading out towards his car. I followed behind, blushing madly at what a gentlemen I had on my hands.
A/N: Yep, so that's that chapter. That's all I can manage now. For now you'll have to wait for another update :D Review 'yo! That makes me happy when you do. And me being happy is a good thing, you get updates! (Cheer) hahaha…. Review!