If things were different.
CHAPTER 11; Sun, sun, sun
"Beach, now!" Emmett grumbled as we appeared at the bottom of the stairs. My eyes immediately drawn to Edward slumped against the banister, wearing a pale yellow polo shirt and blue board shorts. His eyes met mine briefly before I turned my head to hide my embarrassment.
"Calm down! We're coming, just let us grab our sunnies, bikinis and put on our flip-flops!" Alice squealed.
"You don't half do anything do you?" Edward said, glaring at Alice. Half do what? I asked myself.
"Nope," Alice replied lightly popping the 'p', flashing him a wide grin, "any problems? Or can we go?"
"Only that we could have gone over half an hour ago..."
"What was that dear brother of mine?" Alice growled.
"Nothing, Alice," Emmett mumbled.
"Let's go!" Rosalie inserted.
"Agreed!" shouted Jasper.
"I concur(!)" Edward yelled, mocking Jasper.
I giggled, raising my hand to hide it.
"What?... Bella?" Edward looked at me questioningly.
"Nothing," I giggled. God, he's so funny. I hit myself on the head with the palm of my hand. Don't even think that, I told myself.
Edward, still looking puzzled, absent mindedly ruffled his already gorgeous bronzed hair.
"Come on guys!" Emmett grumbled.
"You guys realise we won't all fit in my car..." I said.
"That's cool. Your mom said we could borrow her Mercedes CLK Cabrio."
"...When was this?" I asked.
"When you guys went back to sleep this morning, before she went to work."
"Then how did she get to work?" Emmett asked looking seriously confused.
"Renée has more than one car, Em."
"I knew that," he dismissed walking through the door into the garage.
"I shotgun Bella's car!" Alice trilled.
"I shotgun my car too!" I imitated Alice's high and excited tone, unlocking the door to my white Bentley. Everyone laughed and chuckled. I opened the driver's door and rested my chin on the top of the window, looking at the rest of my friends.
"So...?"
"I'd like to test drive this Merc. Rose, you want to join me?" Emmett said.
"No arguments from me."
"I guess that leaves me and Edward in with Bella and Alice," Jasper said, stepping towards my baby. Alice followed.
"Me and Jasper want to sit in the back!"
"That's fine with me. Just don't over do it with the PDA," I said.
"You can put the roof down; it's not raining. Plus it'll give your hair a windswept look," Alice replied, ignoring my comment and gliding into the back seat.
"What about your hair? Won't it look a bit like you've been... struck by lightning?" I giggled, pushing a button to let the roof down.
"Shhh!" Alice stage whispered. "No-one's supposed to tell!"
"Which way to the beach, Bella?" Emmett called through the window of Renée's silver Mercedes.
Edward and Jasper automatically flexed their biceps pointing in the general direction of the beech saying in unison "That'a way."
Jasper had average sized muscles, but Edward's...phwoar! No Bella. He's Alice's brother...but she's going out with your sort of brother. Even if Alice was okay with it... doesn't mean he'd ever like you. I smiled in spite of myself.
"No seriously, guys. Which way?"
I saw Jasper wiggle his eyebrows at Edward, who returned the gesture.
"If you follow us it'll be easier than giving directions. It's not far anyway," I said, turning the key to start the engine. Emmett copied.
"I miss my Porsche," Emmett moaned.
"Since when did Emmett have a Porsche?" I asked, more to myself than anoyone.
"Mom and dad bought it for his birthday," Edward answered, looking shifty.
"Oops! I knew I forgot something," I groaned, hitting my head, while simultaneously pushing the button to open the garage door. "Oh crap."
"What?" Edward asked, looking worried.
"Uhh, nothing!" I quickly replied, driving along the road outside Renée's house and checking in the rear view mirror to see how far behind Emmett and Rose were. Nothing... except I forgot it's your birthday in two weeks...
The sun beat down on the top of my head and the wind blew through my hair making it flow behind me in a tangle. So much for windswept! Alice and Jasper were having a conversation between the two of them, with Alice trying to persuade Jasper to take her to New York Fashion Week. Edward was looking out the side of my car, watching the houses and landscape trail away. Eventually we came to the turning to the beech car park.
"I love the beech!" Alice squealed.
Emmett turned in and parked next to us. Rose immediately opened her door and hopped out.
"You wanted to come, so don't complain!"
"I wasn't," came Emmett's voice from inside the car, a little irritated.
"Sure you weren't!" Rosalie replied. You could hear the stress in her voice.
Alice and me exchanged confused glances, while Edward and Jasper both climbed out. I turned around in my seat and was about to open my door, when Edward pulled it open and gestured for me to get out.
"I-I can open the door myself," I stammered, shocked at Edward opening the door for me.
"I know that...I was just..." he stuttered, looking for the right words. I was looking into his eyes.
"Ahem. You two can quit staring at each other now!"
"I-I...uhmm..I-urh," I mumbled, not deciding on what to say. I blushed.
"I lo-" Edward started and stopped himself. He looked at me, then turned and walked off to join Jasper and Emmett's conversation. Well, I say join... he stood there looking at the concrete not saying a word.
Alice and Rose came over and started talking to each other.
"Emmett's moaning about how it's the middle of the day and we only just got to the beach!" Rosalie complained, "I mean, how is that my fault?"
"It's not your fault, he's just being Emmett, your typical guy...Bella?"
"Huh?" I replied, releasing myself from my day dream.
"What are you staring at?" Alice asked.
"N-nothing. I-I'm not staring at any-anything." I stammered, snatching my gaze from him.
"Someone's in love!" Alice giggled.
"Someone in not in love! Someone needs their head screwed on properly," I said through clenched teeth. Is she right?
"Someone's in denial!" Rosalie sung
"I am not!" I whispered, through my still clenched teeth, because the three guys were approaching.
"Oohh, Bella! If looks could kill!" Emmett laughed.
"Are we just going to stand here, or are we going to the beach?" I asked, impatient and irritated.
"You feeling okay Bella?" Jasper asked.
"Yes," I said, looking at him as if he'd grown a second head.
They all exchanged confused faces, except Edward who looked distant, before we headed to the sand.
"Who's up for a game of catch?" Emmett asked, when we reached a nice spot on the beach.
"I'm game."
"Me too."
"Me three."
"I'm in."
They all looked at me.
"Bella?" Emmett questioned,looking at me with pleading eyes.
"I'd rather not."
"Suit yourself," Rosalie muttered, strutting towards the water.
I watched on as Emmett threw the ball to Jasper, who caught it and tossed it in Alice's general direction. Alice attempted to catch it and failed. Pouting, she went to retrieve the oversized novelty beach ball. She chucked it at Rose, who was staning next to her, but it got caught in a breeze and veered of course. Alice turned around, said something and came to join me sunbathing on a towel.
"Stupid ball," she muttered to her self.
She smiled when she looked up to find me watching her.
"Hey, how's it going on the beach?" she continued to smile.
"Not too bad."
"What happened earlier... by the car?"
"What do you mean?" I pretended to act as if I had no idea what she was talking about.
"You and Edward. What happened?"
"I...nothing." I turned over so I was looking at the sky
"Come on, Bella. You're my best friend. I know you better than that."
I looked up, once she'd laid her yellow towel out next to mine, to find her eyes expectant and worried.
A/N Is it okay? Sorry it took so long to update and stuff. Been really busy. Does ANYONE have any ideas about truths or dares? Please just put it in a review :) Also can you guess what Edward was about to say? :P
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