"Why do I have to go with you?" Edward asked me.
"Because if you went, you'd be the best-est boyfriend ever," I said, begging him to come with me and the two little peoples to the Jonas Brothers concert tomorrow night.
"But I already am the best boyfriend ever," said Edward.
"Fine then," I sniffed. "You don't have to go," I told him.
"No, no! I'll go!" he told me quickly.
"No," I sniffed again. "You don't have to go if you don't want to," I told him, looking down at my empty plate.
He reached across the table to put one hand on my shoulder and pull my chin up with my other hand. "I do want to go," he asserted. "When is it?" he asked.
"Tomorrow," I said in such a small voice, I was afraid he hadn't heard me.
"But I was going to take you to see a movie. Can't you skip the concert?"
"I can't. I have to go and we already have the tickets," I said, pulling the envelope out of my purse and handing him his ticket.
"Front row? Center seats? Backstage passes?" he said, staring at the tickets in disbelief.
"Yeah," I said, taking a piece of bread out of the basket in front of me and starting to pick at it.
"You know if I go, we'll probably just both get sick…" said Edward, still trying to talk me out of going to the concert.
"I know, but…" I started, planning on bringing out my big weapon. "Well, I was jogging this morning and I was doing a cartwheel and I fell and all the sudden Joe Jonas was there…" I paused, checking Edward's face for a reaction. "And he offered me a ride, but I wasn't that far from my house, so I refused…" I paused once more. "And then, before I had a chance to walk off, he kissed me, just like that," I finished. Edward's face didn't change. He just leaned back in his chair, took the napkin out of his lap and placed it on the table.
"I'm going," he said with such a straight face that I had to laugh. Edward wasn't joking and it wasn't a command or a question, just a simple statement. "You ready to go?" he asked, smiling.
"Yeah."
I stood up and brushed off my skirt while he got the ticket and paid. We walked out to his car and got in silently.
"So, he kissed you..." Edward said, staring blankly out the window.
I tried to say yes, but the word caught in my throat; I thought he might be mad at me. The sound came out as a weird squeak. He turned with a straight face to put his arm on the back of my headrest to back out of the parking space. When he had successfully pulled out without running over anyone, he returned to staring out the front window as we made our way down the road toward my house.
"So, do you have some kind of emotional attachment to him now" he started, turning to smile at me briefly. I was relieved; at least now I knew that he wasn't mad at me. "Or can I kill him tomorrow night?" he finished.
I playfully hit him on the arm, laughing. "Sure, just don't kill Nick; my sister might kill you afterwards, then move on to me," I joked, gulping sarcastically as we pulled up to the door. He unlocked the door and leaned over to kiss me on the cheek.
"I'll be back in an hour," he told me as I stepped out of the car and walked up to the front door. I turned back to wave as he drove down the road.
When I walked in the door, I was greeted by Bella, running down to meet me. I carried her up to my room, where Alice was waiting. I handed Bella off to Alice. I felt kind of bad; normally, I spent more time with Bella.
I shrugged it off and went to go change into my pajamas. I wore a pair of worn SpongeBob sweatpants and a large t-shirt that said "This is what perfect looks like".
I walked through my large room, over to the stereo that still held the Hanson CD, stepping around the couch that had been moved up to my room by the maids who knew that Edward would be over later. I pressed the button to turn it on and the horrible intro greeted me full blast. I skipped past the intro to listen to the second song, walking over to sit on the window seat.
The earth is shaking under siege
And every breath will meet its fate
Still we hunger for a moment of freedom
Even though the hour is late
I sighed as I started into the tangled limbs of the tree outside the window.
I find hope it gives me rest
I find hope in a beating chest
I find hope in what eyes don't see
I find hope in your hate for me
Have no fear when waters rise
We can conquer this great divide
I sang along with the chorus, noticing the song playing from the house across, where the light was on in a magnificent blue room. I could faintly hear a deep voice singing from the room.
When every eye is on the fortune
It can only breed contempt
They say blood is thinker than oceans
Still he box our brothers in
I recognized the sound of my sister leaving, probably to spend the night at her boyfriend's house. I twisted the purity ring on my hand; glad that I and my sister had made the promise...sometimes, I wonder what might have happened if she didn't have it.
I find hope it gives me rest
I find hope in a beating chest
I find hope in what eyes don't see
I find hope in your hate for me
Have no fear when waters rise
We can conquer this great divide
I sang quietly along with the voice in the other room.
Whoa, ooo, ooo, ooo ooo
Whoa, ooo, ooo, ooo ooo
Whoa, ooo, ooo, ooo ooo
And we're gone
And we're gone
And we're, holding on
And we're holding on
And we're holding on
I felt my eyes getting heavier and I fought off sleep.
I find hope it gives me rest
I find hope in a beating chest
I find hope in what eyes don't see
I find hope in your hate for me
Have no fear
Have no fear when waters rise
We can conquer this great divide
The last thing I heard before drifting off to sleep was the beautiful voice singing the final whoa cords in the song...
JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad
I woke up when I heard knocking on the bedroom door. I jumped up, knowing exactly who it would be. I ran to the door and stopped to compose myself. When I was ready, I opened the door to see Edward standing there with a duffel bag. He smiled at me as he walked into my bathroom to change, leaving me in the doorway. I closed the door and looked at my quote wall while I was waiting.
And none of this was on accident. They saw the trouble coming and we were sent exactly what we needed to prevent a catastrophe...exactly the right tools for the job. An expert in solar dynamics. A tree who's afraid of every fire but that one. And a fixer par excellence...All crazy people, all with nothing to lose because it's not their world, not their star. And all personally committed beyond even their commitment to the Powers...because of knowing somebody here.
And
You may be the only bible some people ever read.
I jumped when I heard Edward's voice behind me. "You ready?" he asked.
I nodded and we made our way over to the couch. He dug through his duffel bag, coming out with a DVD. "Sorry, no Goosebumps tonight," he said as the DVD loaded and I saw the menu screen for The Holiday.
I squealed and clapped my hands excitedly as he came to sit next to me, laughing.
We watched the movie for a while, his hand around my shoulders and I leaning on his shoulder. He took his arm out from around my shoulder and took my hands in his. "You know what would make this birthday the best one for both of us?" he asked, grinning coyly.
He didn't give me any time to answer. By the time my mouth had opened, he was on top of me. The only thing that I had time to think of was that it was kind of like Jacob Black kissing Bella.
It took us a while to get worn out, but nothing happened but kissing anyway. He pouted as I turned away from him to watch the movie, which still had a while left. I was tired. He looked at me, pouting.
"No," I said sternly. "I'm done for now. That was fun, but I'm tired."
He just looked at me and I smiled at him, laying my head back down on his shoulder, trying not to laugh. He sighed and leaned his head on top of mine as I drifted off to sleep.
JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad JustAFad
I woke up and glanced at my clock. Edward woke up when I got up from the couch to go to the bathroom.
"Shh. I'll be right back."
I got my water and was walking back to the couch when I saw someone climbing in the now-open window.
A/N: Okay, thanks for the reviews for those of you that did. I'm through with typing chapter 11, so the more you comment, the quicker I'll update. I know there are more than 4 readers out there becasue I have e-mails in my Yahoo! inbox saying that this is on several people's alert list. If you are one of those people, please comment! If you don't have an account, don't hesitate to comment as well, that's why I don't make you have to be signed in to comment.
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Moosecoo9: Yeah. It was pointed out on the other site that I posted this on that it was very OOC for any of the Jonas Boys, but during parts of this story, it kind of writes itself...that's why somethings are so werid...then again, it could be weird becasue I use personal experiences to write some conversations.
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