Chapter Thirteen: Girls Night Out

"Why do the boys need to protect Bella?"

I tried to sound casual when asking Emily as she braided my hair, but it wasn't really casual sounding. It almost sounded jealous. I wasn't jealous though. Why would I want to be in danger? That was just a stupid thing to be jealous over. I was curious though, as to what Bella had gotten herself into. From the limited amount of time with her, I knew she was a klutz.

Maybe she killed the lion's cubs by tripped and falling on them.

"What do you mean?" She sounded more casual than I did, but I knew she was trying harder. Emily knew exactly what I was talking about.

"Jacob said he needed to protect Bella. So I'm guessing they all are too. And... I saw this orange blur earlier, are there lions around here?"

What was I, a little girl? I sounded like a seven year old with all of my questions, but curiousity wasn't limited to age. But perhaps the things they did were limited to their group. Sure, I was a sudden regular to La Push and they all accepted me immediately, but it wasn't really my place to snoop into their secrets. Especially when it was obvious they wouldn't tell me.

So subtly, the topic was changed to school. I decided not to persist on the Bella topic anymore. Afterall, it wasn't my place. It wasn't. Maybe I was too clingy with Embry.

I should text Lindsay later and see if she wants to hang out. In fact...

My phone was flipped out of my pocket, and I texted her quick.

Want to go to the mall?

The mall was up in Seattle, but it was a good idea. An even better idea was asking if Emily wanted to come with us. She met Lindsay once before, they seemed to get off alright.

"Please Emily?" I begged, trying to pull that puppy dog pout the boys all had down so well. I was sure I was failing, but I still tried. "I'll keep bothering you about where the boys are? And the lions! The lions, Emily!"

She caved.

Yea were r u

Lindsay texted back, and I told her La Push. She would head out to pick us up in a a little bit.

"He smiled when she's not looking, she daydreams when he's not there. It won't be long before they discover, Ron and Hermione love each other~"

I was suddenly hyper, something Emily had never had the pleasure to see me. She was shocked at first, but joined in with my random happy dance. Bi-polar, Ellie?

First you were griping and moaning about how no one would tell you what was going on, and now you're excited about going to the mall. You're a teenaged girl, what else was really expected of you?

We met up with Lindsay and her car, heading off to Seattle, to the mall. I called shotgun, leaving Emily in the back seat, Lindsay and I singing and bobbing our heads in the front seat to the Lily Allen song from her CD. Honestly, it had been a while since Lindsay and I hung out like we used to. She and Tyler were doing well, and I was always down at La Push, I kind of missed her.

I extremely missed her. She was my best friend, my sister. It was shame we had hardly any time for each other anymore.

The carride was like any other though. Singing, chatting, ect. The only difference was Emily, and she fit in rather well. She liked the girl talk, never really having anyone but Bella, Kim (who was Jared's girlfriend, I met her a few times), or myself. Lindsay was a great experience for everyone. A fresh, new, lively face. She was ten times more fun than I was, and she always would be.

That's why I loved her.

Windows down on the highway, we sang along to "Foundations" by Kate Nash. Which really, if you thought about it, was a sad song.

"My fingertips are holding onto the cracks in our foundations, and I know that I should let go but I can't. And everytime we fight, I know it's not right, every time when you're upset and I smile, I know I should forget, but I can't."

It was such a great song though. It just made me hope Embry and I would never get like that.

Pulling up to the mall, we pulled into a parking spot, and bounded off into the mall. I linked arms with Lindsay and Emily, and looked around at all the people in the building. There were a lot. It was about six at night, so we had four hours to spend and enjoy at the mall. But first, to the food court, we needed to catch dinner somewhere.

This was a good idea. Spontaneous, but good. I tended to surprise myself a lot lately, well this particular day at least. I yelled at Jacob, who I wasn't even particularly close with, I went bi-polar with curious to hyper, then asked Lindsay to the mall, begged Emily to come, and... Well, I guess that's really it. I was proud of myself though. Normally, I was quiet, content, but I seemed to be calling the shots today.

Go Ellie.

Taking a seat at the food court, we all sat and ate our meals. I must've been hungrier than I thought, because I went and got a Philly Cheesesteak with a side of curly fries, while they both more mildly ate salads. ..big salads, mind you, but still salads.

"So how's Tyler?" I asked, smiling playfully as I sipped my soda.

"His arm's still broken." She grinned. The two of them were playing basketball and... Something happened, somehow ending up with Tyler's broken arm.

I was having fun, and it seemed like both of them were having fun too. Good. I was glad to be able to mesh both my friend lives together. It was a happy medium. Like Embry against the cold air.

Wonder just what he was doing.

"Oh, Emily, that guy over there!"

And Lindsay bursted out laughing, Emily's and my heads turning quick to see a group of boys looking our way. One boy seemed to be staring intently at Emily, and when he noticed us looking back, he winked. I could just imagine Sam's reaction to that. He would be pissed. Emily knew that too, so she quickly turned back around, her shiny, dark hair flying as she put her head down, giggling.

After eating, we flew through stores easily, somehow managing to try on things and buy things, time going quick that it was already time for the store to close. Most of the bags fit in the trunk, the other's had to sit in the back with Emily. Everything seemed to go quickly after that. We dropped Emily off, then found ourselves in front of my house, laughing and chatting, almost as though we hadn't not seen each other in a while.

"Alright, El, time for you to get out." she smiled, holding her arms out to me.

I hugged her, pouting. "I don't want to! Stay over?"

She laughed. "We're going away tomorrow morning, remember? I can't."

I pouted more. She flicked my nose.

"Loooove yoooou."

"Loooooove yoooou toooo."

When I got out, she pulled away. "Don't forget to bring me back a gift!" I shook my head and hurried up the steps to the house, opening the door and walking in.

"Have fun, sweetie?" My mum was walking by the doorway just as I entered; her orange robe tied around her, a cup of tea in her hands.

"Yeah. Night, mum." And I scurried up the steps, carrying my many bags, pulling my pants off in the hallway, ready to crash in my bed.

I threw the door open.

"Hey... Ellie."

A/N: The songs used were "Accio Love" by Ministry of Magic and "Foundations" by Kate Nash.
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