Part two: One eventful meal: Bella

As soon as I entered the house I smelt something cooking. Not good! I rushed to the kitchen yelling as I went, "No Charlie! Step away from the poor stove!" Sliding on the linoleum I crashed into a chair and slammed into the floor. I looked up at the hand offered to me, it was attached to the very uncharlie Sue Clearwater. I tried to ignore the gales of laughter coming from Charlie and Seth in the small living room as I accepted the hand up.

"Don't worry Bella, I can cook, so no more telling me off OK?" I nodded sheepishly, what a silly phrase, how do you nod like a sheep and what exactly is sheep like about it?

A pair of fingers snapping in my face brought me back to the here and now. "I said where is Leah?"

I cocked my head, shrugged then turned to look for her, crashing into the door frame on my way, reviving the laughter in the other room. Rubbing my forehead I tried again and managed to make it outside without further incident.

"There she is" I muttered, spotting her still in the truck. I pulled the hood of the coat I was still wearing up and stepped out to stand by the window. I rapped on it with my knuckles, well what else would I rap it with, my feet? Focus Bella! "Hey you not hungry or something?"

Leah gestured for me to back up and I did, letting her out. "Sorry about that I was thinking about some things." She made for the door and I followed almost slipping in the mud.

As we entered the kitchen Charlie got up, "Wow Leah you've grown, last time I saw you you were this big." He indicated about knee high and Sue grabbed his wrist raising it to waist height. "Yeah well she was still smaller than she is now." He grumbled.

I laughed, it was way past my turn, and got a glower from Charlie. "Sorry dad but you did bring it on yourself."

"She got you there pops." Seth had easily transitioned from mocking me to Charlie.

Then I lifted a lid from one of the pots on the stove but dropped it with a yelp when a wooden spoon struck my hand. "Why do that?"

Sue seemed to be enjoying my pain a bit too much when she answered, "Dinners a surprise so hands off."

"Don't worry she did that to me too Bella." Seth called from his spot on the couch

"Fine in that case I'm gonna go email mum."

Leah looked up from the chair at the kitchen table she had been sat at all this time, "Hey mind if I come?"

"Er sure I guess." Judging from the others faces I wasn't the only one surprised by her sudden outburst. The pair of us climbed the stairs and then crossed the landing to my small room.

Inside I sat at the desk and switched on the dusty old PC and drummed my fingers waiting for it to load, surely that should be drummed the desk? While Leah sat cross legged on my unmade bed.

It wasn't until my email was checking for new messages that Leah spoke again. "What did you mean by Jacob likes me?"

I spun the chair round to face her, caught off guard by the odd question. "Just that he likes you. You know like a friend." Had I meant anything more? I couldn't remember.

"No there was more. I know there was, but I can't figure it." She blew her hair out of her eyes and looked at me as if to say 'tell me all your secrets' but I wasn't about to do that.

"You got mail." She said pointing.

"Oh hey thanks." My smile was back on my face as I scanned the page and then shot off a reply to my mum, Renee, keeping her updated on all the latest happenings.

When I looked back Leah was staring out the window at the clouds. I opened my mouth but Seth beet me to it and yelled up the stairs. "Yo girls get your buts down here so we can find out what diner is!"

"We better do what he says." I shrugged and got up, "You coming?"

Soon we were all crowded around the small table a plate in front of us piled with steaming vegetables and some form of meat. None of his wanted to be the first to try it just in case. "OK I give up, what is it Sue?"

"Nope, not till you've eaten it all." She was already half way through, but then she knew what it was.

Charlie and Seth looked at each other and sighed, both brought a piece to their mouths and tentatively bit into it, where does that word come from? Like a tent? No probably not. At the exact same time their eyes lit up and they began to wolf it down.

I looked over at Leah and was surprised to see that she was patiently staring into space, her plate empty except a piece of broccoli she was absentmindedly pushing around with her fork.

Well nothing ventured nothing gained I suppose. One bite and it was over, luckily no one was hit by the vomit. "I'm sorry" I apologized for what felt like the hundredth time while Sue finished cleaning the floor, "I ruined your lovely meal and . . ." Leah had stuck the broccoli she had been toying with in my mouth and stopped my stream of apologies.

"It's alright Bella, rabbit isn't for everyone." At that moment the phone went and Sue left to answer it. Her voice floated out of the hallway, "Yes she is and who is this? . . . OK just a mo. Leah phone for you, he says his name's Jacob"

I was probably the only one looking at Leah when Jakey's name was said and so the only one to catch the smile that came and was gone again quicker then lightning. "Coming mum" She grabbed the phone and made her way upstairs to take the call.

Sue passed me and plonked herself on the sofa next to Charlie. I finished off the parts of my dinner I could eat and then joined them, with Seth in the chair my only choice was the floor so I sat and leaned my head on his knees.

An hour later we were all still there but Sue now had her head in Charlie's lap softly snoring and I would soon be following her. Charlie looked away from the flat screen for a moment, "Hey Bells you mind top and tailing with Leah tonight?" I slowly shook my head, "Then Seth could you help her up stairs and get Leah off the phone? Then we'll find somewhere for you."

I felt myself being lifted to my feet and next thing I knew I was in my doorway and Seth was saying something about Leah being asleep already. Then he was lowering me in to bed and I found my arm didn't want to let go, didn't want him to leave but unconsciousness grabbed me and my grip slackened as I fell into a dreamless sleep.

and here we have a present for all you fans out there, two updates this weekend ^.^ part two from Bella's perspective.

Ok guys thanks for the reviews makes me feel good ^.^

most people seam hung up on the Bella/Seth thing and quite a few mentioned the age gap. Leah and Jacob have the exact same age gap but ya don't complain about that do you?

Another thing you picked up on was the Bella Leah friendship. Bella sees thier relationship as close friends if not as close as sisters. Leah sees it as more of an ally of convieniance thing, Bella is the only one she knows at school other than her brother so she hangs out with her.

Bella being happy, people metioned that as well but I have big plans for so you have to wait and see.

Abiut the whole rabbit throwing up thing I wrote the scene and then found out that one of my friends had done the exact same thing so it is plausible.