hey everyone. i know i keep saying im going to update more and i havent, but i've been having some personal problems. in short, i was dispressed and didnt feel like anyone would care if i updated or not. i knoiw it sound kind of sad, but thats what i think when i dont see any reviews. so if you want more story, please, please review.
anyways, i am in school again, so i would not always have time but i will try to get this up because i want you guys to read the end because i really like it and i know you guys would like it. how do i know that, because you love the end of APL and it's like dat, but more intense. way more intense. well, this is another filler. there would be some of those for a while, as i warned before. dont worry, the rest of the story is not dumb fillers. but i didnt want the story to go so fast and if i didnt have this filler chapters, it would be. but the next one will kinda be like "Stories" from the first story, so yeah...
im done talking. so enjoy please.
12. Visiting
"How much longer?" I sighed.
He looked at his watch. "You have about ten minutes, maybe fifteen." He answered as he wrapped his arm me again. I rested my head on his chest again and hugged him tighter.
"I'm going to miss you so much." I looked at him. "Is it too late to change my mind?" I replied back with a smile.
He chuckled as he smoothed my hair. He pressed his lips to the top of my head. "You don't want that." he stated. "What about Jacob?" he asked.
I shook it against him. "He'll be fine. Besides, I don't even think Leah wants me there. They will have fun with Alice, I'm sure." The day after Edward and I stayed up talking, I told Alice I couldn't come with her on the trip on spring break. I told her that Edward said no just like I thought. she said she would talk to him, but I said that was okay. The reason being is because I didn't tell her that he said he would think about it. If he does decide to go, I don't want to share him with anyone else; not even Alice and Jasper.
But since we weren't going anywhere for spring break, Alice came up with the idea that we both take a few days off school and go see Jacob and Leah in California. Since I pretty much in a safe place in all my classes and I haven't seen my other best friend since Edward came home, which was months ago, I was all over the idea. But now that we're standing in the middle of the airport, I am reminded that I have to leave Edward after we just got back together. I'm having second thoughts. Which was why I was hugging him like I was holding on to dear life.
I looked at him again. "Are you sure you don't want to go?" I asked him again. when I told him when Alice and I were going, he told me to have fun. He said he didn't want to go for two reasons. He wasn't fond of California as a state and he and Jake were still on the rocks as friends.
He smiled. "I'm sure. Plus don't you want your along time with Alice and that dog you call your other best friend?" he asked as he made a face with the last statement. Like I said, on the rocks. He kind of has this thing about Jacob and I being friends ever since I told him we use to date. He keeps saying it's hard to believe that two people can be as best friends as we are after dating for almost a year. Somehow, he forgets the part about us being broken up for almost half of it.
I laughed. "I thought you like Jake now."
He rolled his eyes. "Please, Bella. I tolerate the guy. But I will never like him." he corrected.
I tilted my head to the side. "Why not?"
He smiled. "Because he fucking stole your lip virginity." He teased.
That wasn't really fair since the first time Jake and I kissed wasn't even during the time we were dating. The first time we kissed was during a game of Spin-the-Bottle when I was 12 and he was 10. Even though that was both of us first kiss, I still wouldn't count that. but he wants to play that card, okay. Two can play it that game. "Hmm, kinda like how Tanya stole your actually virginity?" I replied with false innocence.
He clinched. I bet he regrets saying that now. "Touché." He replied. "But she has nothing on the damn one who's got me." he said. Before I could say the same thing back to him, he started closing the small space between us.
If he felt that way about me and Tanya, there was no competition between him and Jacob when it comes to their kisses. Jacob's lips were soft, but it always seemed like he was in a rush for sometime. But Edward, he's soft, and gently and he takes his time every time.
This would be our hundredth or so kiss since we got out the car thirty minutes ago and it was still as sweet as the first one this morning when he woke me up. I hugged him tighter as he leaned into me more. I gripped the back of his shirt as he ran his hand through my hair.
"Aww, aren't you guys as sweet as swimming in a pool of sugar and syrup." I heard someone say in a sarcastic and disgusted tone. I pulled away and look at my best friend smiling at us.
"What do you want, Alice?" I asked annoyed as I laid my head back on him.
"Do you guys ever get tire of the PDA? I know I get sick of looking at it." She said, ignoring my question.
Edward chuckled as he pulled out of his lean. "Alice, has anyone ever told you that green isn't a good color on you?" he joked, causing me to laugh.
She rolled her eyes. "What do I have to be jealous of?" she asked.
"Maybe of the fact Bella has someone to kiss." He teased.
She gave a smile. "Well considering the person she's kissing is a jackass, I would have say no, I'm not." She shot back.
I patted his chest before he had the chance to say something back like I knew he would. He hasn't been the one to not reply lately. "Must you be mean to everyone I date?" I asked her.
"And how many fucking people has she been mean to?" he asked. I turned to look at him. when our eyes met, I just smile; not really giving him an answer. I didn't answer him because I don't really know. It's not like I'm easy or something with multiple past relationships. It's just I dated a few people but the only two relationships I'm willing to count is him and Jacob. Besides, I don't ask him about his past relationships.
"Now who's rocking the green sweater?" Alice teased, using his joke against him. he turned and glared at her.
I looked at her as well. "Be nice, Alice." I told her.
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever, besides I'm only mean to you and Jake; you know, the two who deserves it." She told him, answering the question he asked me.
"And what the fuck had I done to deserve you being mean to me?" he asked.
She gave him a look. "You really want me to answer that?" she asked with her own question. I looked at him again. A moment later he shook his head at her. She chuckled. "Didn't think so." She answered.
I turned back to her. "Alice, do you mind?" I asked her.
She sighed hard. "Fine. Finish up your good byes that you started since we've got here and yet to finish. I'll go check in our bags. You have about six minutes." She warned me.
I smiled. "Thanks Alice." Edward and I said at the same time as she walked away.
When I was sure she was gone and I turned back to him. "Since when does Alice fucking hate me?" he asked in a teasing voice. Even though I knew he was teasing, something told me he would really be bother if he actually thought she hated him.
But teasing or not, I still laughed. "She doesn't hate you; she adores you."
He chuckled. "She sure as hell has a funny fucking way of showing."
"Exactly." I agreed with him. "Edward, her and Jake go back and forward like cats and dogs all the time and she still considers him her best friend. Trust me, you're fine. Your relationship with her is just going to be more shots at each other now." I warned him.
He shrugged. "I guess." He answered.
I held him tighter again. "I'm really, really going to miss you." I said changing the subject. Call me crazy, but I rather not spend the last few minutes with him before not seeing him for a few days talking about why Alice is the way she is. If that was the case, we would need more than six minutes because I've been friends with her forever and I still don't know.
He chuckled as he tucked a loose strand of my hair. "Babe, you'll be fine. Besides we've been apart before; why is this any different?" he asked, making a good point. We have been apart before this a longer than the few days I'll be away. I shrugged because I didn't have a real answer for him. I rested my chin on him.
"You're acting very calm about this. Are you not going to miss me like I'm going to miss you?" I asked.
He chuckled again. "Of course I will; you know you have no reason to ask that." he replied.
I shrugged again. "What are you going to do while I'm gone?" I asked.
"Well, Jasper asked me to help out while you're gone, so I'll be doing that." that was good for both of them. Jasper found someone to replace me and Edward found something to do. No wonder Jasper was rather quick to let me go. And here I thought it had everything to do with who I was going with. He continued. "Emmett's going to some fucking work thing with Rosa for two days so I'll be watching Angel. Carlisle and Esme wants me to come over so I'll do that one day. Plus, remember that interview I told you about?" he asked, when he mentioned it, an unstoppable chill with through my spin again. the job interview made my mind connect to Edward and mine first really big fight. And I didn't like the memory. "Well, that's Thursday so I'll be preparing myself for that."
I left out a breath. "Wow, you'll be busy. You won't even have time to miss me." I told him.
He smiled as he hugged me tighter to his body. "I will sure as hell miss you at night. I will be all fucking along in that bed."
I smiled back. "Yeah, I know. I bet it's going to suck." I teased him.
He shrugged. "Maybe not."
"Why?"
He smiled. I don't think I like that smile, however. It made me think he was about to say something I wasn't going to like, but I bet he'll find it hilarious. "Maybe I'll call Tanya; see what she's up to." He said.
That caused my smile to drop into a serious frown. I know he was joking, at least he better had been, but I still didn't like it. "Excuse me?" I said like I didn't hear him clearly; even though I hated that I did.
"You get to hang out with your ex, I should get to hang out with mine. It's only fair." He continued to joke because I obviously gave him the response he wanted.
I really don't like when he jokes like that. When he does that, I can't help but tot get mad. I have a perfectly good reason, if anyone asks me. but I think it was time I teach him a lesson about messing with me and time to put a damn end to it. I nodded. "When you put it that way, you're right; it is fair." I humored him.
Before I thought to change my mind, I took the knuckle of my thumb and dug it in the spot below his right shoulder blade. "Ow! Ow, Bella, stop." He reacted.
In a person's back, there's a spot right below each shoulder blade. When pressure is applied to it, it can hurt like hell. It's called a pressure point. I know because Jasper hit me dead in it one time and it hurt worse than the rest of them. When I asked why the hell did that hurt so much, he said because he hit me in one of my pressure points. Apparently, a human body has more than one and being a solider, he was trained to know where they were.
The good thing about him doing that is after, he showed me how to do it too. I've waiting for a chance to do it. I will have to thank him later because I soon as I start doing it to Edward, that damn smug smile disappeared
I gave him a fake confused face. "Stop what, sweetheart?" I said with false innocent to match.
He tried to push away from me, but I wouldn't let him go. "I have no fucking idea what you're doing, but you do. Now stop." He ordered, still in pain.
I smiled. "Oh, you mean this." I said as I dug my knuckle deeper in his back, causing more pain.
He groaned in pain through his teeth. I mentally giggled at him. I know it's sick of me to think so, but I found it funny that I was causing him so much pain. "Yes, that. whatever the hell it is you're doing, stop. That shit hurts." He groaned in pain as he continued to tried to push me off.
"Want me to stop?" I asked.
"I would like it, yes." He answered back quickly.
"Fine; take it back." I told him, knowing he knew exactly what I was talking about.
"Bella, it was a fucking joke." He groaned through his teeth.
Did he seriously think I didn't already know that? That's why I got so pissed. I don't think there's nothing I hate more than that joke. Of course, he knew. "You know how I feel about you and that girl and yet you continue to make jokes about it. Now take. It. Back." I demanded stretching out each word of my request. "Now!" I commanded as I dug my knuckle in his back one more time.
He breathed out a stressed breath. "Okay, they're not funny. I get it." He choked out.
"And?"
"I'm sorry. I'll stop. Now please stop what whatever the hell it is you doing." He begged. Funny, being that his brother was the one who showed me that punishment, you would think he knew what I was doing.
I smiled. "I guess that's good enough." I said before removing my knuckle. I wrapped my arm back around his waist. "For now."
"What the fuck were you doing to my back?" He asked as he rubbed the spot where I was hurting him.
"Sorry, it's a secret." I said with a wink.
He gave a eye roll. "Bella!" I heard someone call me. we both turned and saw Alice waving at us, signaling me to come on. "The plane is about to leave." She said.
I sighed. "Coming." I told her. I turned back to Edward. "I have to go." I told him releasing my hold. I gave him a quick peck before grabbing my carry-on bag that was on the floor. It was the only one I had since Alice already took my suitcase to where the other luggage was. "I'll see you in a few days." I told him as I started to turn away. Before I could get too far from him, he grabbed my wrist.
"Oh hell no." he stated while he grabbed it. I turned to him. he was smiling. "You honestly think I'm about to let you leave like that?" he asked. "No. bring it back here." He playfully ordered. I smiled back at him as I let him pull me back to him. he lock the wrist he had behind my back. He gently grabbed my chin and tilted my head towards him. without hesitation or thoughts, he put his lips to mine. When I realized it was supposes to be longer than a peck, I dropped my bag.
With my free hand, I ran my fingers through his hair. He had it cut so it wasn't as long as it was when he first got out, but it's still longer than when he first went in. I kinda wish he would cut it to it's original length. I don't tell him because I told him I'm learning to love the new him; which was why I allow him to swear like he has no filter.
"Bella; let's go." Alice called. Hearing her, he placed a few later soft kisses on my lips before letting go of my wrist.
"Love you." I said with a smiled.
He smiled back. "Love you too. See ya in a few days." He said before he nodded in Alice's direction. "Go. Have fun." I nodded as I grabbed my bag. I started walking away from him again and he allowed me to get away this time. "Not too much." He called after me.
I stopped and turned to him. "So, don't tell you about Alice and mine plans to visit a male strip club, got it." I said, mocking him with a smile.
He gave me a serious look. "Bella." Was all he said.
I laughed. "Just kidding." I informed him before turning around again. "Maybe." I mumbled loudly.
"Bella." He said, obviously hearing me. I laughed at him as I walked to Alice. good; I wanted him to. Serves him right. I was giving him a tasted of his own medicine. I heard him sigh. "Take care of my girl, Alice." He called to her when I got next to her.
She smiled. "Don't you worry your overprotective little head. She is with me." she reminded him.
"I know and that's what I'm worry of." He said.
I turned and waved at him. "Bye Edward." I said before grabbing her hand and pulling her to the door that lead to the airplane.
"Good rainy Forks, hello sunny Cali." Alice cheered after we showed the guy our tickets.
I laughed at her. "We'll only be gone for a few days." I reminded her.
She smacked my arm. "Don't kill my buzz." She warned them started humming the chorus to "California Gurls" by Katy Perry. I shook my head at my crazy best friend. I looked over my shoulder and saw Edward still standing where I left him. he smiled and waved. I gave him a small wave back before going though the door.
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We got on the plane and we found our seats. She had a window one and I had and aisle but she asked if we could switch because looking out of it makes her dizzy. I told her sure because I loved looking out of the window.
The plane took off and we were on our way to California. It was a quiet ride. She had about ten fashion magazines; I had my IPod and some homework I wanted to finish. The trip was only about two hours so I had time to get it done. But about thirty minutes in, I got tired of looking at it and looked out the window. It was amazing how small everything looked. Sooner or later, I fell asleep.
Alice woke me up when we landed. I saw that the sun was setting by the time we got out of the airport. I was happy when we went straight to Jacob's house.
We knocked on the door when we did. "We don't want any." He said through the door. He tried to disguise his voice, but we know it was him. we looked at each other and shook our heads.
"Jake." I called.
He opened the door and smiled at us. He opened the door wider and we walked in. "I thought I said with didn't want any." He repeated.
Alice and I turned to him. "Good 'cause Bella is taken and you know I wouldn't give you any if you begged for it. So you weren't getting any anyways." She joked. I couldn't help but laugh. Turning something into a sex joke; it was almost like we just travel back to high school for a minute.
He gave a smirk. "I'll consider that as a blessing." He commented before pulling her in a tight hug. After a good minute of her whining and squirming, she hugged him back then he let her go. After h let her go, he wrapped his arms around me and lifted me in tight hug. "How have you been loca?" he said. Unlike like Alice, I hugged him back right away.
I shrugged when he put me down."Can't complain." I told him. I gave his muscles a light squeeze. "See you'll still working out."
He flex his muscles. "Yeah I like to stay in shape." He said with a smug smile.
I decided I should wipe it off. "You know, I hear steroids will shirk your manhood." I teased.
"You know, I heard that too. Good thing I don't take them." He said.
"Well, can you at least take our bags?" Alice said.
"How do you come to my house and order me?" he teased.
"Because we're your guest and you love us." I said.
He shrugged. "Well you got the guest part right." He said as he grabbed both of our bags. We both hit him in the back on both sides, which was the only way to get a reaction out of him and we did. "Ow! You know hitting your host is very rude." he said. we rolled our eyes behind his back as he led us in his apartment.
The apartment was small. It was more like a one floor dorm. It had a small living room which led into the kitchen. The only thing that separated the two rooms was the change from carpet to tile on the floor. There were three doors. All of them were closed; one being slightly cracked, but I couldn't tell what was behind it.
"Cozy." I said out loud. It was something nice to live in while still in school. "Are you going to give us a tour?" I turned to him.
"Not much to show us that we don't already see." Alice mumbled. I hit her in the side.
"Be quite." I said, turning to her. I turned back to him. "Well, I want to see." I told him. he held out his arm and I hooked mine with him so he could led me throughout the place.
He first when to the kitchen. "This is the kitchen. We don't have much food, so expect to be eating out a lot while you'll here." He told me.
I shrugged. "That's cool. As long as it's pizza." I said with a smile.
He nodded. "I think we could do that." He led me to the three doors. "This is the bathroom." He said as he pushed the cracked door and showed me the small bathroom. "That's our room." He pointed to the door next to it. "And that's the lining closest." He pointed to the door at the far end. "And that's it." He said.
"I could've showed you all of that, Bella." Alice said. we turned to see her sitting on the couch.
"Be quite, Alice." I said again and walked over to her. I sat next to her.
"Whatever. Where are we sleeping, Jacob?" She asked him.
"You're sitting on it." He said as he walked over to us.
We both looked down to see if were missing something. "I know we're both small, but I don't think we can fit on a couch." Alice told him. I didn't say anything, but I agreed with her. There was no way we could sleep comfortable on the couch.
"That's why I got a lay out bed. If that's not good enough, you can go sleep in a hotel." He said.
I smiled at him. "I'm fine with it." I told him. hotels cost money. It costs nothing to sleep on a friend's couch. I turned to her to see what she was thinking.
She shrugged. "I guess I'm fine too. It's not like I would be sleeping all day anyways." She came to a continuation.
I gave a chuckle before I turned back to Jacob. "So where's Leah?" I asked because she wasn't here when we came in.
"She's in class." He said sitting next to me.
"She is going to be MIA while we're here?" I asked him.
He chuckled. "No; she actually felt bad that she wouldn't be here when you guys came." He stopped to look at his watch. "But she should be getting out now. I should probably go get her. She hates when I'm late." He said as he got back up.
I laughed because I felt the exact same way with Edward. "I know how she feels." I told him.
"You two need to stop depending on your boyfriends to pick you up." Alice commented.
"I would if we had another car." I said as I turned to her.
"We're the same way. Plus sometimes she picks me up too. It all depends on who gets out first or who doesn't have a class. Anyways, I have to go. Make yourselves at home. I'll be back." He said. I watched him as he walked out of the door.
I turned back to her. "So what are we doing first?" she asked excitedly. "We should go to the beach. Or maybe we should go to the mall or something. Oh, I know, let's go to a club. Come on, Bella pick something." She exclaimed as she bounced on the couch with the energy of a four year old that just ate a bag full of Halloween candy.
"How about we sleep?" I said as I rested my head on her shoulder.
"That's no fun." She pouted.
I sighed. "It's not supposed to be fun, its supports to be relaxing. I'm a little jetlag. Let's do that stuff tomorrow." I said.
"Bella." She whined. "If you wanted to sleep, we could've stayed in Forks." She complained.
I chuckled to keep myself from getting annoyed. "Alice, what's the rush. We have all day tomorrow and four more days after that to do all that and more. Let's just take a break tonight and then tomorrow you can pull me all over the state." I told her.
She sighed hard in disappointment. "Fine, but I'm going to hold you to that." she said. I chuckled then nodded.
After few minutes later, we heard the door open and Leah and Jacob walked in. "I leave you alone for one hour and you already have girls sitting on our couch." Leah said when she saw us.
"Hi to you too, Leah." I said drily without removing my head from Alice's shoulder.
"Are you guys going to be like this all week?" Jacob asked.
I shook my head. "I'm not doing anything. We're cool."
"Yeah, it was just a joke." Leah said after me. "Jake, I'm hungry." She said to him.
"Yeah, so am I." Alice agreed. "What about you, Bella?" she said looking at me.
I shrugged. "I can eat." I said.
"What do you want to get?" Jacob asked all of us. Alice and Leah said something at the same time. I didn't hear what either of them said. "What do you want, Bella?" He said to me.
I shook my head. "I really don't care."
"Let's go for Chinese. There's this place just down the street we can go to." Jacob suggested. Everyone agreed and we left the house.
When he said it was down the street, he wasn't kidding. We got there in a matter of minutes.
After we ate, they walked us to the nearest places. They showed us their favorite places to go. We saw a designer clothing store. Alice said we were going there for sure. I just nodded. I knew I couldn't argue with about the plans she had. Then we walked back to the restaurant to get the car and we went back to their house.
When we got there, we spent the rest of the night playing card games because there was nothing else to do there. We played Uno and Speed. They were dangerous with the game Speed. At one point, my finger had a nice meeting with the floor when it got caught when Alice slammed a card down while I was still placing one. She just said I had to be faster if I didn't want to get hurt. Jerk.
I want to say Uno was better. They were cheating with that game. I swear every time it was my turn; I ended up drawing or being skipped. Then when I had a draw four or something, it was reversed and I was skipped again. At one point, I had so many cards in my hand, I just quit because I knew there was no way I could get rid of all of them the way the game was going.
After a few hours, Jake and Leah said they had wake up for an early class so they went to bed. Alice and I thought that was the time to pull out our bed. Alice and I was use to sharing a bed because of many sleepover at each other's house and we wouldn't let the other sleep on the floor. However, I was glad it was a king bed.
"Jake, stop" we heard Leah giggle when we got settled in bed.
"I hope they have the decentness not to have sex while we're two feet away." I commented in a low voice before I yawned. It was bigger than I thought it would be. I guess I was more tired than I thought was.
Alice giggled. "Would you and Edward?" she said.
I thought about it. I would have said of course not if I knew that was absolutely true. Instead I said "Well, considering that our bedroom is on a whole other floor then when a guest would sleep, I doubt they would hear us anyways."
She giggled again. "That's not what I hear. Jasper told me about your first Christmas with him. something you never told me, by the way." She responded.
As soon as she said that, I knew what she was talking about. I rolled my eyes in the dark. I remember when Jasper and I was sharing a bathroom and he told me to make sure everyone was asleep next time because I was "quite screamer". I remember being so embarrass back then, now when ever he brings it I just get annoyed then hit him in the arm.
"Damn that brother of his. He talks too much." I complained. I didn't get it when Edward said Jasper can say things when they don't need to be said until I got a taste of it.
She laughed. "I still can't believe you guys did that in his parents' house and on Christmas, no less." She teased.
I shook my head. She was making it sound way worst than it was. "We thought everyone was sleep. How was I suppose to know the only single guy in the house wasn't?" I asked. she shrugged. "And I would appreciate it if you two don't talk about us." I snapped.
She laughed. "Please Bella; we talk about everything. Sometimes you and Edward come up, sometimes you don't." she answered.
I smiled at my friend. I like when she talks about him, she seems happy. It was like when Edward and I first dating and I use to talk about him all the time when I was with her. There was only one thing bugging me about them, besides the fact that they talk about me when I'm not with them. "I wish you guys would date already." I complained.
She sighed hard and flipped on her back. "You and me both."
I followed her lead and flipped on my back as well. I stared at the ceiling, waiting to drift into a slumber. I couldn't because I was thinking of something. It wasn't really bugging me, but it was probably something Alice should hear about. "Alice." I said softly, thinking she was asleep. She gave a soft hum in response. "Did you know he thinks you hate him?" I asked.
I saw her turned her head to me and open her eyes. "Jasper?" she questioned with confusion.
I chuckled. Please, as if Jasper ever thought she hated him. I shook my head. "No. Edward." I clarified.
"What? That's ridiculous; I adore Edward." She commented.
"I know that and that's what I told him. I don't think he believed me though." I told her.
She rolled her eyes back to the ceiling. "I don't hate him. wishes he would treat my only best friend better, yes; but hating him is something I wouldn't do to you." she replied.
Even though she kind of sped past her first comment, I heard what she said. Any other time she would imply it. This was the first she said that point blank. That was why I sighed. "He treats me just fine, Alice." I noted.
"Bella, he's too over proactive for his own good; sometime he puts off the vibe that he thinks he's smarter than you and at times, he talks at you like you're a child and not with you like you're his girlfriend." She noted. I swear I thought I was the only one who saw some of those things. But of course Alice would see it since she's around us the most. But then again, she was making it sound like he treats me like a puppy or something. He's not that bad.
"He was away for five years and haven't seem me grow up. He probably still sees me as that seventeen year old girl trying to seduce her teacher." I excused him.
She shook her. "I don't think that's an excuse, but I'm not couple therapist, so who am I to judge?" she commented.
"What happen to as long as I'm happy?" I asked her knowing she was just saying that so the conversion would end. But she wasn't getting out it that easily. If she really did feel that way about him, shouldn't I know?
She sighed as she turned her head to me. "I do. Why you think I haven't kicked his ass yet?" she asked. I couldn't help but laugh when she said that. "What, you don't think I could beat him if I wanted to?" she asked, almost insulted.
I shook my head. "Alice, I can't beat him when we're wrestling even if he tries to let me win." I told her the truth. Whenever we're playing, no matter how hard I try and how hard he doesn't, somehow I always end up on my back with him hovering over me and pinning me down to the floor by my wrists. Not that I'm complaining considering what follows.
She popped up. "So, that's you." she noted. "I maybe small, but I'm scrappy." She commented before hitting me with a pillow.
"Okay, Scrappy." I teased then laughed as I threw it back at her.
She rolled her eyes as she laid back down. "Whatever; you'll find out how dangerous I am. If he ever puts his damn hands on you, going back to jail will be the least of his damn problems when I get a hold of him." she said angrily. My smile softened. Not just by the comment about him going back – which is one of my biggest fears now – but when she inferred he'll do something like that. she was seeing something that wasn't there.
"Let's go to sleep." I told her.
"Right. We have a city to take over tomorrow." She agreed
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We've been here for two days, (not counting the day we landed). Alice made me keep my word about dragging me all of California. She pulled to stores, beaches, restaurants and anywhere else she could think of. And I let her. I did come here to let my mind free.
But on day five I told her I needed to do my homework because she wouldn't let me do it any other time. She kept saying I could do it later, but later never came. So since Jake and Lead was on their break now, she took Leah to be my replacement. They got along better than Leah and I did so it was a good plan.
While I was working on a question, my phone rang next to me. it said I had a text on the screen.
I really hate this damn monkey suit. It read. I smiled when I saw who it was from. It was from Edward, of course. Since he was so busy back home, he didn't have time to talk to me on the phone like we wanted to. We tried to talk before we go to back and wait up, but sometimes it can be hard.
I turned my phone and slide it up to revel my keyboard under it to back it easier to text back. Why? You've wore a suit b4. I texted back
That doesn't excuse the fact that I still fucking hate them. he texted me back. Before I had a chance to text him back, he texted again. I wish you were here. You're way better at this than I am.
I laughed before saying something. I was no way good at what to wear to what reason. I think you're thinking of Alice. I'm no better at fashion than you are. I texted him back.
After a minute, my phone rang again. Yeah, but you can tell me what you think.
I can tell you now. I texted back the same way as before.
And how can you do that? he asked.
Just send me a pic of yourself. I said. There were about three minutes before my phone rang again. This time it was telling I had a picture message. It was picture of him. he was sitting in a chair with a background that look somewhat like an office or something. He was wearing a full grey suit with a white shirt and a tie with different shades of grey, white, and black stripes. He held the phone so I could see the watch. I smiled. He looked great. You look great. The tie doesn't match, though. I sent him to mess with him.
REALLY?! You think I have time to go home and change? He sent back. By the caps, I could tell he was panicking.
I laughed before texting back. Lol; calm down. I was j/k. you look fine. I told him so he would calm down.
I was about to press sent when someone covered my eyes. "Guess who?" I heard a male voice behind me.
"Hi Jacob." I said with a smug voice.
"Aw, how did you know?" he said in a playful disappointing tone as he removed his hands. When I could see again, I pressed sent.
"You're the only other one here. Plus the deep ass voice was a dead give away." I teased as he sat down next to me at the table I was sitting at to do my homework.
He shrugged. "So whatcha doing?" he asked.
"Homework." I told him as I tapped my book with my pencil.
"What kind?"
"Economics."
"Really? I took that last year." He said in shock. Unlike me and Alice, he was actually on track with his college credits. Since she went to Paris for a long time, when it came time to graduate, she didn't have the classes she need. So Jake took a lot of the classes we are taking now already.
"Yeah, well I couldn't take it my freshmen year like I wanted to because I was having problems, remember?" I said looking at him. he nodded. When I turned back to my page to do something else, my phone rang again.
-_-, I would appreciate if you don't do that again. I'm already nervous enough. He said. I laughed again.
Sorry. I texted him.
"Who are you texting?" Jacob asked beside me.
"Edward." I said as put my phone down and picked up my pencil.
He chuckled. "What are you saying? 'oh Edward, I love you so much.' 'My dear Bella, I miss you so much. I want to kiss you all over'." he mocked a voice for the respective person.
That sounded like something we would say. Almost too close. I looked at him. "Have you been reading my text messages?" I asked him.
He laughed. "You guys actually talk like that? I was just kidding." He said before laughing again. When he stopped, he talked again. "Why is he texting anyways?"
"He's stressed about something. I'm trying to relax him." I said as I turned back to my notebook.
"Then why text? I'm sure whatever you two are saying would be mushier over the phone rather than looking at words on a screen." He pointed out with a teasing tone. He had a point about that.
I sighed at the fact he did. "He can't. he's somewhere where he really isn't supports to be using his phone at all. He told the people he needed to talk to me and they let him text but that's it."
"What are you talking about?" he asked as if he was missing something.
"He's not sure if he's wearing the right suit." I told him. then I got an idea. I knew he looked great, but I should get a second option. "Here, look at it and tell me what you think." I said as I went to the last picture message that I got.
"Bella, you do know I'm a guy right?" he asked with a cocked eyebrow as if he wasn't sure I was sure. I rolled my eyes at him.
"I know that, but it's always nice to see what other people think. Just take a look please." I said to him.
He sighed and rolled his eyes. "Okay, let me see." I clicked open and turned the phone to him so he could see the picture. "He's looks okay, I guess." He said with a shrug.
"Just okay?" I said as if the word wasn't good enough. I pulled the phone back to look at the picture again. He looked more than okay to me. Maybe it was just me.
"What do you want from me; that he looks 'to die for'?" he said with air quotes. I gave a shrug. I didn't want that, but something better than okay. "Repeat. I'm a guy." He repeated slowly. I shook my head. Poor excuse.
My phone rang again. Bella, I'm stressing!The text read. I chuckled. "What?" Jake asked.
"He's stressing." I repeated what the text said to him. Will you just calm down. Even Jake said you look great. I texted.
"I did not say that." Jacob said as he looked over my shoulder to read the message.
"Stop reading my messages, dog." I snapped as I pushed him to his own sit. "Plus, you might as well have. What's the difference?" I shrugged as I pressed sent.
Is that what he really said or are you putting words in his mouth? Another text came a minute later.
I guess that would be the difference. He would know what Jacob would say and what I would say to make him feel better. He said you look ok. I replied.
There was a longer pause after that message. I was starting another question when my phone rang again. …that actually makes me feel a little better. He said.
I looked at the message with a confuse face. That didn't make sense. Wait a sec… I tell you you look great and you stress, he says ok and you feel better? That doesn't make sense to me.
Lol, you're my girlfriend you suppose to say things like I look great. He's a guy, so when a guy tells another guy he looks ok, its more comforting then hearing then saying I look fine. Its weird. He text back. Sometime I hate when he has to type a whole dame paragraph. Just say its hard to explain and be done with it.
The explanation was still stupid no matter how you put it. I shook my head. "What, do all men across the world have something in there mind to tell them to all think the same way at the same time?" I mumbled as I told Edward I still didn't get it, but I was going to let it go for I will never get how the male mind works; not fully anyways.
"What he say?" Jacob chuckled next to me.
I sighed. "About the same thing you did." I told him as I slide my phone closed. "Even though you two don't like each other, you think more like than you think."
He shrugged. "It's a guy thing, I guess." He answered.
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever." I didn't care anymore. It was obvious both of them were crazy. I wasn't going to make sense of them and I was wasting time trying. Besides, I didn't feel like arguing anymore anyways.
"What does he need a suit for anyways?" he asked.
"The thing he stressing about, it's a job interview." I told him. I was looking at my paper so I didn't see his reaction.
"What does he need an interview for?" he asked.
I slowly turned my head to him when he said that. He looked at me with a confused face to match his tone. "You do know when he left, he was let go from being a teacher at Forks High, right?" I said like it should be already understood.
He shrugged. "I don't know; I guess I kinda figured. But honestly, I didn't think they would go through with it."
It was my turn to give the confusing look. "Really? Jake he went to jail…" as I said it point blank like that, there was a small pinch in my chest; but I continued. "You thought he would be welcome back with opened arms?" I asked him.
"When he first left, yeah I thought about it. But like I said, I didn't think he wouldn't be."
I shook my head. "Well, he slept with an underage student, so he wasn't."
"Who cares?" He said.
"The school boards. Apparently, it's frown upon to have anything more than an in-class relationship with a student." I said rolling my eyes. I was with Jake. Who did care? I was seventeen and willing. It wasn't like he did anything against my will. And if it wasn't for the country saying the legal age was the next year, my age wouldn't have mattered at all. But people who didn't know the real story will never see it like that.
"That's bull. He was one of the best teachers at that school." He argued, shaking his head.
I couldn't help but giggle at that. "How would you know; you never even had him for a teacher." I reminded him.
He shrugged. "Maybe not. But the way I heard people talking about him, I could tell he was a great teacher."
I snorted and I made a disgusted face. "You sure they wasn't just said how hot he was?" I said in a bitter and annoyed tone. I could imagine girls saying "Mr. Masen is such a great teacher." Right before that continued by saying. "Because he's so hot." I know I was right with them when they said that, but when I started dating him, the comments just annoyed the living hell out of me. what was worst was that I couldn't claim him and tell them to stop talking about him like he was some male model or something because he wasn't suppose to be mine to claim. Even after all these year, the damn thought still bothered me.
He chuckled when he saw that. "Considering the fact they were all dudes, pretty sure." He said in a teasing voice. That made me feel better since I thought most of the guys were jealous that Edward had all the girls attention and love. "With that being said, I think they should bend the rules for him." he got back to the point at hand.
I laughed shortly. "You're not the only one." I agreed. Then I sighed. "But sadly, the option of two former students doesn't really matter." I told him in a disappointed tone of voice. At least I wasn't the only one who thought he should get his job back. But there was also Alice and Leah and Angela and (sadly) Lauren too. That was four more. That should matter, but it didn't and it sucked.
Jake shook head in disbelief. "Well, since it doesn't; tell him I said good luck. I hope he gets it." He said finally in a tired voice. I don't think he like the fact that there was nothing we could do. Him and I both.
I nodded then grabbed my phone and revealed the keyboard again. Sweetie, Jake said good luck and b4 they left, Alice and Leah said they wish you the best. We're all sending you our love over here. I text him, hoping that would calm him down a little if at all.
I felt Jacob's eyes on my message again. I hurried and pressed sent before he could read the whole thing, if he hasn't already. I wasn't saying anything bad, but I just had this thing about people looking over my shoulder. I feel like I'm on display or something and I find it highly aggravating. "So why are you over here, besides to bug me and read my texts over my shoulder?" I asked him as I put my phone back next to me and looked at my book.
"Because there's nothing to do." He whined the last word.
"Well, that's not my fault." I mocked him by whining the last word too. "Go find something." I told him.
"I did everything. I did all my work for the shop; since we're on break, there's not much to do for school; there's no work around the house. I'm bored." He finished.
I chuckled. "What, is your world empty without Leah?" I teased, knowing I had no right to talk.
"Not really. Unlike you and Edward, we know how to live without each other for a few hours." He countered. Touché'. As if on cue, my phone rang. "Speaking of which." I heard a smug smile in his voice. I rolled my eyes as I picked it up.
He replied. Tell every1, I said thx. I g2g now.
Ok, don't tell me if you got it or not until I get home. good luck. C u in a few days. I miss you and love you. I told him.
Alright. Love you, miss you 2.
I knew how upset he was and I hated it. I sighed as I closed my phone and sat it down. "Not texting back?" Jake asked me when he noticed I didn't text back.
I shook my head. "He had to go. But he said to tell everyone thank you." I told him.
"Well, since you're done talking to him, how about you and I do something? Let's go to the beach or something." he suggested.
"I have work to finish." I told him.
"You need a break and I need to get out the house. Come on, will be fun."
I sighed and looked up at him. I knew he wasn't going to give this up unless I find some hole in his plan. "How are we suppose to get there? Alice and Leah took the car." I reminded him.
He smiled. "I was kinda hoping you would say that. I have another way." He said. before I could ask what, he grabbed my hand and pulled me to the door. He continued to pull me until we was at the back of the house. I saw something leaning against the side of the house. Even though it was covered, I think I had a pretty good idea what he wanted to take.
He let go of my hand and removed the tarp and revealed his black motorcycle. Like red one, it looked unused.
"I can't believe you still have this." I said shaking my head; even through I had mine too.
"Of course I do. She's my baby." He said then kissed the handle bar. He turned to me. "You don't have yours?" he asked.
I nodded. "Since my car stopped on me; it's kinda my only source of transportation. Besides Edward's Volvo, of course." I told him.
He chuckled. "Sorry about that." he said about the car he made.
I shrugged. "It's cool. It was bound to go out soon or later."
He rubbed the handle bars. "I'm glad my baby hasn't died on me." he commented.
I laughed at him. "You bet not let Leah hear you talk about that thing like that." I commented on the fact that he not only still calls his bike a 'she' and his baby.
"Her." he corrected. I shook my head. Why did I bother again? Then he shrugged. "She knows how I feel about 'her'." I noticed he did it again.
"If you still have your bike, why don't you just take this…" before I finished, he gave me a look to correct myself before he did. I rolled my eyes. "Why not just take 'her' to school?" I correct myself to humor him.
He shrugged again. "Leah thinks it dangerous. As if I never rode before." He said, rolling his eyes.
"Edward was the same way" I agreed with him.
"Come on; let's take her for a ride." He said. I giggled because it didn't sound right. After he said that. he tried not to smile. He knew himself that it didn't sound the way he wanted it to. He looked at me when I didn't answer right away like I knew he thought I would."For old time's sake." He tried to convince me. To be honest, he didn't have to try to hard. He had me when he took the cover off.
I nodded. "Let me go get my phone." He nodded as he pulled the bike off the house and started rolling it to the front. I jogged back inside to grab my phone and my shoes. I left Alice and Leah a note just in case they got back before us. I locked the door and turned off the lights as I walked out the door.
When I came out, he had already rolled the bike to the street and was leaning on it. "Ready to go?" he asked. I nodded as I walked over to him. He got on the bike and handed me the only helmet he had. I gave him a look. "I'll be fine." He said, knowing what the look meant. He was right. He could control the bike so well, he really didn't need on.
I nodded as I put my phone in my back pocket. I climbed on behind him I put my hair in a loose ponytail before taking the helmet and put it on. I wrapped my arms around his waist. "Ready?" I heard him said. I said yeah. "Then hold on tight." He said with a smile in his voice as he started the motor. As we started slowly moving, I tighten my grip and lift my legs. "Here we go." He cheered as he picked up the speed to eighty and made our way to the beach.
btw, does anyone know how much longer until the last twilight movie. i met to start a countdown back in the summer, but never got around to it.
anyways. as always, R & R.. Luv & Rockets
