Chapter 9- The Interview.
The plan should go as follows:
Edward leaves ten minutes before interviewer shows up, then comes back when Shauna text him, about ten minutes in.
I show the house to said interviewer, keep my rings, which where on my ring finger for life now, hidden until the opportune moment. Shauna wanted my hand hid behind my left hand almost until Edward came, and then I would shift, and lay my hand with the rings on my left hand.
Shauna would be doing what she does best. Which mean's I don't know what the hell she is doing.
Confused? Me too. We'll see how it goes.
Hearing the doorbell ring, I got up, and set the kitten that Alice and Jasper had gotten for me on the floor. They had said that petting a cat would help relieve stress, so not only had I gotten one, but so did Rose, and Jasper had gotten one for Alice as well. Our kittens had had one play date so far.
"Bella, E! is here. The interviewer is Ryan Seacrest. Be nice, and don't hit anybody, and most defiantly not Edward."
"Why would I hit the guy I love."
"You did it before."
"He pinched my ass, in public. Where are they?"
"Go, open the door, and they will greet you. I'm getting ready to text Edward."
I walked to the front door. Placed as real of a smile as possible on my face, and opened the door.
"Hi," I said to the camera-operator, and Ryan, "come on it."
"What a nice house Bella." Ryan commented.
"Thanks, it's my friends from high school, they are letting me stay here for the wedding."
"The camera went off as soon as we stepped though the door." Ryan said, and I blew a puff of air out. Ryan laughed.
"So, would you like something to drink?" The plan was already falling apart.
"No, thanks." Ryan said. I looked at the camera-operator. He shook his head.
"Where would you like to do the interview? My friend doesn't mind if we use the living room." I directed the crew into the living room, and set down on the sofa, while the crew got ready.
Shauna gave me a thumbs up, meaning she had text Edward to let him know that he could come.
"Bella, first of all, E! would like to apologize for the interview with Mr. Newton. We should have checked with you first. We would also like to thank you for the opportunity to visit with you, so you can talk about why you think Mr. Newton did what he did, and what about a rumor that you are already married, and have been for sometime. So, when ever you are ready we will begin." I nodded, and felt the lights turn on, and saw the little red light on the camera come on, and knew they where taping.
"In 5, 4, 3, 2," the producer ticked his fingers off, and at one, he pointed at Ryan.
"I'm here today with Bella Swan who was recently said to have been married to up and coming young star, Mike Newton, but we here at E! got the report wrong. Ms. Swan is not married, at least that's what we think. With the new rumor going around, Bella is going to set the stories and rumors true. Bella, nice to see you." The camera zoomed out to include me in the shot, while the second camera was a stationary head shot of just me.
"Nice to see you to Ryan. I'm sorry that you had to come all the way to Washington to set a falsified story and rumor true, but I am looking forward to giving you my opinions, and tell you what is true, and what isn't true."
"Are you married?" Shauna pointed at me, and I shifted my hands so the rings could be seen. Even though we had gotten married on a bet, Edward had went out and bought me a matching engagement ring and wedding ring. The set would slide together, to create one ring out of two.
"I am, but I'm not married to who you think I am. I am not married to Mike, I was never even romantically linked with him. We said hi a few times, and that was about it."
"Why do you think Mike said you where married?"
"I can't give you good solid reason, but I think, and don't take this with anything more than a grain of sand, he wanted to date me, and every time I would say no, it made him angry. So when I disappeared off the radar to come and help plan my brother's wedding, he figured that it would be a good time to get back at me, by saying we where secretly married. At least that is what I think." I looked at Shauna who gave me a thumbs up, and I saw Edward standing by her. When had he gotten there.
"How did you coop?"
"My agent/publicist is really good at what she does, she was in Seattle before I even knew what was going on. I was pulled out of bed, not only by her, but by my family, more so, my sister-in-law, Ali, when my cell phone started blowing up with calls, right after you reported the story."
"Again, E! is very sorry about not checking with you first. I noticed you said sister-in-law, does that mean you really are married?" "Alice has been my sister-in-law for four years, but we have been best friends for seven, since I first met her freshman year of high school, when her and her family moved here. She is set to marry my brother Jazz here in a few months. I don't want to say much, but she might plan my vow renewals. She is really good at planning weddings."
"So, who is the lucky man?"
"His name is Edward Cullen. Like I said, we first met freshman year, when he sent mud flying my way. He actually just walked in."
"Let's get him over here, so we can put a face to the name."
"Oh, now that we are public, your going to be seeing him a lot, especially during awards season. He is my date to each event."
I motioned for Edward to come over, and he did, looking slight nervous.
"Don't worry, honey, it's just you me and the crew plus Shauna. This isn't live."
"And, we can cut that out." Ryan added to my statement. Edward instantly looked better.
"So, what is Bella talking about when you slung mud at her?" "That wasn't suppose to be brought up again. As you know, my family moved here the summer before freshman year of high school, it was me and my twin Alice, and my older sister Rose. Well, the first day I was out in our new yard, working on my corvette, I saw this beautiful girl walk into the house across the alley. It turned out to be Bella. Her eyes where what caught me. The looked like mud brown. She came out to take trash out, and I threw mud at her just to see if it matched."
"I was furious. I had never had mud thrown at me before, and I looked up and found these emerald green eyes staring at me, with such intensity. I yelled 'what are you looking at jerk,' and he said nothing. I ran inside crying."
"I was fourteen, and should have just asked her to come over, but she looked so guarded. I was afraid to speak to Bella. I later got a good look at her eyes, and they where like warm chocolate, and every day when I eat chocolate, I think of her." Edward concluded. "Even when I go to her movies, I have to eat chocolate. It makes me feel closer to her."
"You knew you loved her from the get go."
"I knew I loved her, but I conveyed the message wrong. I treated her like something I had stepped in. I caused many tears and broken bones over the course of freshman year."
"I only broke my ankle once."
"What about the leg when I pushed you out of a tree?"
"Oh, forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me."
"Broken bones, how did that happen?"
"My ankle, he placed a stick on ice, in front of me, and I tripped and slid, and broke my ankle. The leg was when Alice was doing her nails, and I was climbing a tree during the summer before freshman year, and he quietly snuck up the tree and pushed me out of it. He wouldn't stop laughing."
"Boy's will be boys." Edward added.
"So, what happened after freshman year? I understand that you graduated high school in Florida."
"Yes, I moved to Florida to be closer to my mother.
"How did you two rekindle the romance?"
"On a bet slash dare. I chose to move back to Washington, and I was hanging out with Alice and my brother Jasper." I said.
"Alice, was intoxicated one night, and bet Bella that she couldn't do something spontaneous. Ali said that it had to be big, and then I walked up, causing Ali to say that Bella had to marry me. So, we ended up married. That was the first night that I told her I had loved her since freshman year, since the mud slinging incident."
"Somehow in my heart, I found that I loved him as well, we eloped that night, and the family told us to annul it, but we never did. Here we are three years later, in love, and on are way to being a family of three."
"Three? Are you trying to say something."
"Yes, our family of two is growing to a family of three in April."
"Wow, you are going to cause some hearts to break in Hollywood."
"Most defiantly, but you know I'm happy, and I can't wait to have the baby. Edward and I where ready to start a family while I was on my hiatus, it hadn't been planned, and we both had been talking, but life threw us a little surprise."
"Thank you both for opening up to E!. I'm Ryan Seacrest, and this has been an E! exclusive."