A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I think I'm just going to keep the POV's Bella and Edward's. Maybe I'll sneak another Emmett in there or something… Who knows…
I don't own anything ((P.S there may be some One Tree Hill stuff in here, just go along with it. You won't be disappointed))
Bella's POV
"Why the hell would we go over there tonight? I thought we all agreed once a week would be good enough for you, Bella! I can't stand them!" Nathan yelled pacing up and down the living room floor.
I flinched. I had no idea that he would be this upset about something like this. I mean it was only one night, and I want to catch up with them. "If you don't want to go Nathan then just don't come with me. It's that simple."
"No," he said shaking his head, "it's not. We all agreed that we would go with you because we are afraid of what may happen if we don't come."
I groaned. "You're being impossible! I don't want you there because you feel like you need to come. I want you there because you want to go-"
"Like that will ever happen," he scoffed.
"Nathan all I have ever wanted is for all you guys to accept them and try to befriend them. Charlotte was the only who tried, unlike you and Austin. You guys just had a picture of what they would be like and didn't try to be nice at all!"
"Bella, don't you get it? They left you and you told us all about them, so of course we don't like them. They were terrible to you. They just left you, and you expect your family to forgive them just like you did? Oh and FYI Charlotte hates them!" Nathan yelled running up to his room.
"Oh no you don't," I mumbled running after him. "Nathan I have to explain something to you. Maybe it will help you understand better," I yelled banging on the door.
He slowly opened his door and then ran back to his couch. I stepped in and slowly walked over to him. "I have to explain to you what led to them leaving me. I actually haven't told anyone this story.
"It was my 18th birthday and Alice wanted to hold a birthday party at her house for me. I didn't want one because you know how much I hate being the center of attention. Well anyways I was opening up a card from Alice and Edward when I accidently got a paper cut on my finger.
"Jasper, the one who can sense emotions, is the nicest to this life-style. He was very weak with the human blood factor, and well he pounced on me. Emmett and Edward were able to hold him back, but I stumbled backwards and cut my wrist on a piece of glass causing more blood."
I looked up to Nathan who was in complete shock. I took a deep breath before I continued again. "I got some stitches, and after that Edward became distant. He was afraid that that may happen again, and he didn't it want me to get kill over a small paper cut. So he thought the only way I would be safe is if he left me. So he did.
"Nathan, he lied to me. He told me early Saturday morning. He said that he only said those things so he could leave, and he never stopped loving me. He only said it so that I wouldn't die, even though that didn't work. He lied."
Nathan's face became composed about five minutes after I told him. "I now understand why you didn't tell us that story. That happened on your birthday?" I nodded. "Wow. I don't blame him for leaving anymore, I guess. I mean I can understand why he didn't trust his family after that."
I turned around and started pacing the room. I suddenly stopped and started to shake again. This happened every time I thought of that day.
"Bella," Nathan said sounding worried. "What's wrong? Are you okay? Why do you keep on shaking?"
I slowly sank to the floor. "I just hate thinking of that day. It brings back so many memories," I whispered looking out his huge bay window.
He nodded and then sat down beside me. "I'm sorry Bella, but without that story our family will never really understand why he left, you know?"
"I know, but I thought they did when I explained to Austin and Charlotte what he said to me in the meadow. I thought they understood."
Nathan sighed. "They did a little bit. They just didn't understand why he left you still. They didn't understand what led up to the departure, I guess you could say. You have to tell us things, Bella. Or else we will never understand."
I looked to him and gave him a hug. I didn't want to let go, I just wanted to cry onto his shoulder, but I couldn't. I can't cry anymore. "I know Nathan. I just hate opening old wounds. It's hard for me to remember that day, and I'll never forget it for my long, long life."
"I understand Bella. I'll come tonight," he whispered into my ear.
I broke the embrace and looked at him confused. "No, no, no I don't want you there if you are just going to be angry the whole time."
He shook his head and then ruffed my hair. "Silly Bella, I want to come. I want to come not only because I want to make sure you are safe, but also to try and make amends with his family. Also maybe him," he said shrugging.
I laughed getting up. "Thank you Nathan. You don't know how much this means to me."
He smiled as I left his room to go and get ready for tonight. My mind was wondering with what I should wear. I finally settled with a brown polo and jeans with my hair down.
Nathan and I were about to leave when I knock came to the door. I looked at him confused and he just shrugged at me. So I ran down stairs and opened the door. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward all came through the door. "What are you guys doing here? We were just about to come over," I said looking at them all in shock. Nathan was now at me side.
I looked at Edward who winced, as he stared at Nathan. Ugh Nathan had to be thinking of what I told him. I quickly blocked us, hoping no more trouble would come.
"Well," Alice said looking to her brothers and sisters, "Carlisle and Esme decided to go out dancing tonight, and we thought since we haven't seen your home we should come over. Also we want to play a game with you guys," she said with an evil grin.
This will be fun, I thought as I looked over to Nathan who was looking at me. "Um, sure," I said recovering quicker than Nathan. "Grand tour?"
They all nodded and Alice came to my side instantly hugging me. I laughed and stepped back. "Well as you can see this is our foyer. Charlotte thought we should look fancy, at least until you reach the bedrooms," I said as Nathan and I laughed. Charlotte and Austin's room weren't very fancy.
"This is our living room," I said leading them into our huge living room, with plasma TV, two leather couches: one love seat, and reclining chair. Also our PS3, mainly for Austin and Nathan, and a small bookcase.
"This is our parlor," Nathan said as we all walked into it. It had a bar-mainly for decorations, a card table, and a grand piano. I saw Edward's eyes go wide when he saw it.
We all headed upstairs, knowing it didn't really matter what the kitchen and dining room looked like. "Um, this is Charlotte and Austin's room," I said stopping at the first door. Nathan opened the door. It was classic white. They had a circle bed with black and white pillows on it. They had a nice size closet, and a TV and fire place. Not fancy, more like chic. New, different.
"Wow, this is amazing," Rosalie said amazed by the room in front of her.
"This is amazing. I never would have guessed this type of black and white combination for a bedroom," Alice said observing the room.
Nathan and I laughed. "Yea, they are different. Charlotte said she always wanted a room like this, and Austin really didn't have a choice in the matter," Nathan said heading back out the door. "Okay so onto my room?" I nodded.
I opened the door to his room, considering I beat everyone there just because I felt like it. The boys stepped into his room like it was heaven. It was a total sports room. Black walls with red carpeting. He had a huge couch that did a have circle around the TV. A big, flat screen TV, to be exact. He had a small hoop in his room so he could shoot hoops and a score board over it for when Austin and he keep score.
"Wow, now this is what a room should look like," Emmett said amazed.
I laughed. "Yes, Nathan had a vision," I said mocking him. "He wanted somewhere where he could just play the game he loved. Considering we can't sleep I told him he should have it in his room. I just didn't know he would go this extreme."
Nathan laughed looking down. "Funny sis. Anyways let's go and see your room."
By the way he looked I could tell he was thinking, who has the last laugh now? I scowled at him. "Sure let's go," I said leading to my room.
Alice jumped to my side. "I'm so excited to see your room. I can just picture it now!"
I opened my door hesitating a little. Nathan sighed and pushed it open. Everyone went into the room. I looked at everyone to see what they thought. Edward looked at the walls shocked. Probably because the walls were Midnight Blue. Hey I could like the color, just not on me.
"Um, so how about that game?" I asked feeling kind of awkward in my room with all the Cullens.
Alice jumped up and down. "Yes, yes this will be fun. We need to go downstairs now!" she said ushering everyone out of the room.
When we got downstairs I ran straight to the stereo to put on some music. My favorite artist, Kate Voegele, was still in the CD player so I played one of my favorite songs Kindly Unspoken.
As high as the moon
So high were my spirits
When you sang out my name
And coming from you
It was enough just to hear it
Oh, it rang like the bells did today
I sighed, walking over to the couch to sit next to Nathan and Emmett. Then I sat there waiting for Alice to explain the 'game' to us all. I looked over to Edward who was standing by the recliner. He looked rather stiff, like he wasn't sure if something was a good idea, or if something wouldn't work that he wanted to. Well that's confusing.
"Ok guys, the game is pretty much Dare or Dare! I haven't played this game in forever and I though Nathan and Bella would like our 'bets' or dares," Alice said with a wicked smile on.
Nathan turned to me and whispered in my ear, "I don't like the sound of this."
I laughed nervously, not liking the sound of it either, but I didn't want to disappoint Alice. "I'm sure it won't be anything to bad." Although I really didn't convince myself.
"Okay so who is in?" Alice asked looking at everyone in the room.
"I am," Emmett said.
"Same," Jasper said.
"I'm out. The last time I did this I ended up having to-"
"Rosalie, we don't really need to rehear the experience," Edward said in a hard tone.
Alice laughed. "Well I'm in. I love bets."
"Uh, I guess I'm in," Nathan said.
All head turned towards me. Oh how I hate this, I thought. "I'm in," I sighed.
Then everyone, including me, turned their heads to Edward who wasn't looking at anyone. "Geez guys, do you have to yell in my head?" Edward said rubbing his head. "Ok, ok, I'm in Alice."
"Good, this will be fun," she said sitting on her husband's lap. "Who's first?"
Emmett stood up. This will be interesting, I thought. "I'll go. Nathan," he said. Nathan looked over to me with furious eyes. I shrugged pretty much saying, you asked for it. "I dare you to… dress up in a girl scouts uniform and sell Girl Scout cookies to someone."
I started cracking up. Nathan wouldn't be caught dead doing that! "Wow, I would pay to see this. Luckily I don't, now," I said smiling.
Nathan growled at me. "When do I have to do this?"
"After everyone has their first dare," Alice pointed out.
"Fine," he mumbled. "My turn?" Alice nodded. "Ok good. Jasper, right, I dare you to paint a black strip on Charlotte's wall," he said smiling.
"Nathan," I hissed. "She is going to be so pissed off!"
"I know. This will be interesting," Nathan said.
I looked over to Jasper who looked unsure. "It'll be okay. We have white paint downstairs that can be painted over once she sees it. So don't worry, maybe." Charlotte hated when someone messed with her stuff or room, in this case.
"Ok. My turn. Well since Emmett with have to go last I'll go with Alice," he said smiling. He whispered something in her ear. Something I knew I didn't want to hear. I looked over to Edward who was whiter than normal, also looking like he was going to throw up. Now I really didn't want to know.
Alice looked down smiling. "Sure, I'll do that." Edward groaned. "My turn! Edward, I dare you to sing to, Bella pick a song," she snapped at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Pick a song for me. Something by a girl though."
"Uh, Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis?"
"Perfect, I love that song. Edward, you have to sing to Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis," she said smiling.
Edward cringed. "Great, I guess it's my turn. Bella," he said softly, "I dare you to ask me to the dance this Saturday."
I saw Nathan's mouth drop open out of the corner of my eye. He was going to flip later. Though I didn't take me eyes off of Edward. He was so serious, it worried me. Was I ready to do this? Could I really go to this dance with him? Is that why Alice gave me that dress? Ugh. How was I supposed to answer something like this? I mean it wasn't a question, it was a demand. How do you answer something like that? Well really you can't!
"Done," I said trying to look as calm as possible. "Emmett I guess it's your turn," I said although I never took my eyes off of Edwards. He was still smiling. "I dare you to cheer for us in Charlotte's old high school cheerleading uniform." I had to video tape this one.
"You're kidding, right?" Emmett asked not wanting to know the answer.
"Nope, not at all," I said smiling wickedly.
Alice stood up then crossing the room. "Okay I guess we will just go in order of the dares. Meaning Nathan, you are up first."
Oh how funny it all was. I seriously haven't laughed this much in ages. Nathan looked hilarious in one of Charlotte's old Girl Scout uniforms. He had the hat and everything! Oh so funny. Jasper was shaking painting the black strip on Austin and Charlotte's wall. Maybe Alice knew she was going to flip out on him and told him. No needed to see Jasper's bet with Alice so we let that one go. You know even if he was singing a girl song, Edward's voice was still the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in my life. It's like a guy wrote that song instead of girl. I was so jealous that he was amazing at everything. It just wasn't fair. Then Emmett's bet/dare came. That could have won 100,000 on America's Funniest Home Videos, no lie. Mainly because he fell trying to lift his leg over his head. Though he did rip the top trying to get into it. Charlotte wasn't going to be too happy about that one either.
It seemed like half the dares had to do with Charlotte somehow. Interesting…
As for me, I said I would do the dare without everyone around. I didn't want it to just be 'Edward will you go to the dance with me?' in front of everyone like that. I know it sound corny, but I wanted it to be semi-special. I'm not completely sure why yet, but I just wanted it to be.
When we were done with the dares, it was around 3 o'clock in the morning. Alice said Esme was worrying about them being out too long. So they all decided to leave then. Alice, Jasper and Emmett gave me a hug goodbye while Rosalie just walked out the door. I waved goodbye and then noticed there were only four of them. Where was the fifth?
I closed the door and walked back into the living room. Nathan was gone, probably upstairs to his room. Edward wasn't there either. Where could he be?
I then ran to the parlor. There he was, sitting at the grand piano we had. It looked like the ones the singers used to lay on while they sang. He looked up at me as I walked over. He smiled his beautiful crooked smile. "How come you're still here?" I asked leaning against the side.
"I drove myself. Sorry I didn't mean to stay longer then needed, but we got rid of our grand one, and I just wanted to check it out," he said grazing his hand along the keys. "Ah I missed this. I used to sit at the piano for hours a day just because it felt right."
"Why did you get rid of your piano?" I asked softly.
He looked up at me and smiled, sadly. "When I sat there, the day we came back to Forks, all these memories came rushing back to me. Mainly the one of you and me sitting there. It was too painful, so Esme got rid of it, and I got the smaller one in my room."
"Oh," I said looking at the strings as they went down when he pressed a key. He started to play a soft melody. Extremely beautiful as it got louder. I realized he was playing the piano part of Kindly Unspoken. "Why are you playing this?" I asked surprised.
"I saw you when you played the CD. You seemed to love this song. Like it spoke to you or something. When you closed your eyes, when it started to play, I knew it was special to you."
You're right. I played it when you left me all those years ago thinking I could figure you out then, but I couldn't because you lied! I thought to myself. I safely shrugged. "I don't just when I heard it; I fell in love with it. At first because of the piano part, but the lyrics are deep too. It just makes sense."
He nodded, still playing the music. "It's because of me leaving you. Like you were trying to figure me out, right?"
"I thought you couldn't read my mind," I said smugly.
He shrugged. "I could just tell by your voice. It wasn't confident in the answer except for the last part. It made sense to you. That I could believe. Besides you're a terrible liar, especially to me," he smirked.
I looked down defeated. "That's what everyone tells me. I thought I was getting better."
"You were with your smile," he said softly. "You were lying to your whole family by just smiling. It was always forced and fake. I could have told you that the first time I saw you smile again."
I looked up at him. "Wow, I didn't think anyone noticed that. Not even Nathan can read me that good."
"He can't because he doesn't know you like I do. Bella, just by your smile I could tell how much I hurt you. It wasn't that beautiful smile you used to have. That may be why your family couldn't tell the difference, because that's the smile you had on for ages."
I let out a deep breath. He knew me better than anyone on the planet. He could have told someone I've been lying to everyone by me just saying 'hi' to someone. Every since he left everything has been forced, but only he could tell. "Edward," I said.
"Yes?" he asked no longer playing the piano.
"Will you go with me to the dance on Saturday?"
He smiled my crooked smile. "I would love to."
A/N: I hope it was good) See I told you the dress was coming in somewhere! Oh and I'm thinking of starting another Twilight story, I'm just not sure if it's any good. Tell me if you like the summary:
Forgotten Promise
Bella ran away from Phoenix driving for three days until she came across a small town. A town that looks like it holds no secrets. Old family friends take her in on one condition, stay away from the Cullens. What happens when she can't keep her promise?
So does it sound good?
