Chapter 2
Bella POV
Sunday passed very quickly and nothing interesting happened. It was now Monday and the boys all had to go to school. I was going to surprise them at lunch. They went to Forks High School and they all had the same lunch hour since there were only about 300 hundred kids at the school. I was going to be attending Forks High next year because I decided not to go back to boarding school.
Their lunch hour was from 11:30 -12:30. It was now 10:00 and I was getting ready for the day. Since my brothers hate to see me wearing anything that shows a lot of skin I decided that I was going to have fun getting ready. I was going to wear an ultra-mini skirt with a tank top. The skirt was a jean skirt and it was light blue. The tank top was two shades of purple; light and dark. I loved this skirt. It was really comfortable and fun. My brothers would hate it so it makes it that much better. Don't get me wrong, I love my brothers, but it is fun to mess with them.
I put on some eyeliner, mascara, and a little bit of lip gloss. I then straightened my hair since it is naturally wavy.
I was going to leave at 11:30 so that I it would be 5 minutes after lunch started so everyone would be there.
I watched a little bit of TV to pass the time before I left.
When it was 11:30 I got off the couch and put my 4 inch white heels on and left the house. I walked to the school while listening to my iPod. I was listening to Circus by Britney Spears and then when that song was over, I listened to Love Story by Taylor Swift.
When I got to the school I went to the office and they gave me a visitor's pass once I told them I was going to visit my brothers.
There was no one in the halls so I guess they were all in the cafeteria. The secretary in the school told me where the cafeteria is so I walked to where she told me. I opened both doors and walked in. Everyone turned and stared at me when I walked in. I saw my brothers so I walked over to them; they were sitting with Josh, Justin, Austin, Edward and bunch of other people who I didn't know. I glanced around the cafeteria while I was walking over to where my brothers were sitting. I saw some familiar faces. There was Mike Newton, Jessica Stanley, Lauren Mallory, Angela Weber and a few others.
I don't think they recognized me. It would take a miracle for them to recognize me, even my brothers, who have known me for my whole life didn't recognize me so I don't think that some people that I didn't really hang-out with when I lived here before would.
When I got closer to my brothers' table they all jumped up and Mikah yelled, "You can't wear that! It's too small."
"Calm down. I like this outfit," I defended.
"Well we don't. Put my sweater on," Eli said.
"No," I refused putting my hand on my hips.
They looked shocked.
"Bella, the clothes you are wearing can't even be called clothes they are so small," Emmett said.
"But I like this outfit," I said not backing down.
Alice POV
Rosalie and I had a girls' weekend and the guys weren't allowed to see us or call us or anything like that. When we came to school today they told us that their one and only sister came home from boarding school. I was so excited to meet her. I was planning on going over to Jasper's house after school to meet her. Jasper told me a lot about Bella while she was gone. But this morning he told me that she changed a lot. I was shocked when a girl that I didn't know walked into the cafeteria. There wasn't a new student at school because if there were everyone would know about it. I then recognized her from the description that Jasper gave me of his sister. She was very pretty. She was also a lot taller than me, but then again everyone is taller than my 5' body. But she was wearing heels that looked about 4 inches so I don't think that she is actually that much taller than me.
Emmett, Jasper, Ryan, Matt, Eli, and Mikah all stood up and started talking to Bella. I was listening to the conversation. While Bella and her brothers were fighting I looked at her outfit, which is what they were arguing about, and I saw nothing wrong with it. In fact, it was an awesome outfit.
I looked over at Rose, who was sitting beside me, and she was examining Bella's outfit as well. She looked up at me and we both nodded our heads at each other. We stood up and walked over to the Swans and I said, "Hi, Bella! I'm Alice, Jasper's girlfriend and this is Rose and she is Emmett's girlfriend."
"Wait! You guys have girlfriends and you didn't tell me?!?!?!?!?!" Bella yelled at her brothers. They all winced when she yelled at them.
"Yes," Emmett and Jasper said sheepishly.
"You didn't tell her that you had girlfriends?!?!?!" Rose screamed.
"No," Emmett and Jasper answered sheepishly again.
"Well, I guess we don't matter that much since you didn't tell your only sister about us," I said, "Bella, I love your outfit. It looks amazing on you."
"Thank you," Bella said.
"Well, I think we shall leave these boys who don't care about their girlfriends and we should go hang-out. Does that sound good?" I asked.
"Definitely, just give me a second," Bella said and then walked over to Josh and sat down beside him and said, "When are we going out?"
"How about tomorrow night?" he asked.
"Sounds good," Bella kissed his cheek and then walked back to us and we walked out of the cafeteria.
Josh POV
Bella kissed me on the cheek and left with Alice and Rosalie. I heard all of their fight and I really didn't understand why they were fighting. Bella looked amazing. She was the hottest girl I have ever seen. I was always jealous of Emmett and Jasper because their girlfriends were the hottest girls ever but now that Bella moved here I'm not jealous of anyone. But if Bella and I don't end up going out anymore and she goes out with someone else I think I might be jealous of that person.
I looked up at Ryan, Matt, Eli and Mikah and they were all staring at me. Emmett and Jasper were yelling after Alice, Rosalie and Bella trying to apologize to their girlfriends while their sister was laughing.
"What?" I asked.
"Where are you taking her tomorrow night?" Eli asked.
"To dinner in Port Angeles," I explained.
"If she comes back home crying or sad or anything you will be in big trouble man," Ryan warned.
"Okay," I said. The Swan brothers have been my friends for a while now and I have never seen them protective of someone.
Rosalie POV
As Bella, Alice and I walked out of the cafeteria I heard Emmett and Jasper run after us yelling, "Come back!!! Please. You know we love you guys."
"Rosie, please, I love you, I just didn't tell her about you because I was busy catching-up with my sister that I haven't seen in 2 years. Please forgive me, babe!!" Emmett yelled across the cafeteria.
I looked over at Bella and she was laughing at her brothers who were screaming and pleading for Alice and me to forgive them. I looked at Alice then and she was ignoring Jasper the way that I was ignoring Emmett.
The girls and I walked out of the cafeteria and we walked over to the pick-nick bench and sat down. Alice and I sat opposite Bella.
"I'm Rosalie Cullen but you can call me Rose. I'm 16 years old. Edward and I are siblings. I have 6 siblings including Edward. I have a twin named Rachel, who is sick today so she's not at school, then there is Edward and he is 15 and then I have 4 other sisters. Deanna and Victoria are 13 and Kate and Brooke are 5. Emmett and I have been going out for 2 years now," I started a conversation.
"My name's Mary Alice Brandon but call me Alice and I'm 16 as well and Jasper and I have been dating for almost 2 years. I have 6 siblings as well; I have 4 sister and 2 brothers. Blake and Ethan are my brothers and they are 13. Katrina is 6, Cynthia and Alex are 5 and Samantha is 4," Alice said.
"Hi. It's nice to meet you. Have my brothers told you anything about me?" Bella asked.
"Not really. At least not for me. Alice?" I said.
"Well Rose moved here 2 years ago and then about a month later I moved here but you were already at boarding school. He told me some stuff about you then but this morning he said that you were back and you changed a lot but he didn't really tell me anything other than what you looked like. So I think it will be easier if you just tell us about you," I reasoned.
"Sure. Well my name's Isabella but I hate being called that so call me Bella. I'm 15 years old. Eli and Mikah are my twins. I did change a lot in Rome. Before I left, I wore just t-shirts and jeans and I was really clumsy. When I got there I realised that I wanted to look my best so I changed my style. I took salsa and hip-hop classes so I'm no longer clumsy. I do gymnastics now too. My best friend in Rome was a guy and he loved video games and so we played all the time so I creamed Emmett at some racing game that is the champion at on Friday when I came home. When I walked into the arcade Ryan started hitting on me and it was hilarious. They didn't recognize me because I changed so much," Bella said.
"They started hitting on you?" Alice laughed.
"Yeah; it was hilarious," Bella said.
Alice and I were laughing really hard now.
We talked until the bell rang signalling that we had 5 minutes before the next class.
"Well, Alice and I have a free period now so do you want to hang-out more?" I asked.
"Sure," Bella said, "Do you guys want to come over after school today? I have nothing better to do with 6 brothers in the house. You guys can stay for dinner too."
"You can cook too?" Alice asked.
"Yeah," Bella said.
"Well I think that with you home it will be about to 5th home-cooked meal in 2 years. They went out all the time for meals," I explained.
We talked for the rest of our free period and then Bella went home. Emmett and Jasper didn't bug us while we were talking. They passed by after lunch but didn't come up to us and try to apologize which was good. I think they understood that we just wanted to hang out with their sister.
I had History now and it was boring. I was texting Alice the whole time. She was sitting on the other side of the room. Alice and I texted in this class all the time and the teacher never caught us.
Bella POV
After I got home I cleaned up the kitchen a little bit because it was sort of messy.
All my brothers, Rose, Alice, Edward, Austin, Josh and Justin came into the house talking and laughing.
"Hey everyone," I greeted them while I got off the couch and went to talk to everyone.
"Hey Bella," everyone said.
We all went into the living room and sat on the multiple couches and chairs. I sat between Rose and Alice on the couch. Everyone else found a spot in the room.
"How about we all play Truth or Dare?" I asked.
Everyone agreed.
Emmett decided to go first, "Josh, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare," Josh said.
Josh POV
Oh boy!!! Emmett is going to give me an awful dare and I might die from embarrassment!
"I dare you to go and get a helium filled balloon and then get high on helium," Emmett cracked up laughing. This is going to be so embarrassing.
I got in my car and went and bought a balloon and brought it back to the Swan house.
After I got high on helium I went into the living room and started talking, "Alice, Truth or Dare?"
Everyone burst out laughing because my voice was really high and squeaky. They finally stopped laughing and Alice answered, "Dare."
"Okay, I dare you kiss Matt," I said.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Jasper and Alice yelled.
"Alice has to kiss Matt," I explained in my squeaky voice. I really hate Emmett right now.
"There is no way that my girlfriend is kissing my brother!" Jasper yelled outraged.
"She has to," I said.
"Matt. I swear if you make-out with her then I will kill you!!" Jasper threatened.
Alice got up and went and kissed Matt on the cheek.
Bella POV
That was hilarious!!!!! Jasper threatened Matt and then Alice went and kissed him on the cheek. Josh looked shocked. He obviously wanted her to kiss him on the lips.
Alice sat back on the couch beside me and said, "Bella Truth or Dare?"
Uh-oh.
"Dare," I said.
"I dare you to kiss Edward on the lips" she said.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!" my brothers all yelled.
"There is no way she is kissing Edward. She is going out with me," Josh said.
Edward POV
Why would Alice want Bella to kiss me? I really have no idea. I know that all the Swan brothers and Josh are really mad about it. I could tell that Jasper was mad that Alice made Bella do that but he loves her so he was a little bit less mad.
After a bunch more bickering the Swan brothers and Josh threatened me that if I make-out with her or if the kiss is longer than 5 seconds then they are going to hurt me.
Bella walked over and sat on the ground beside me. We were both leaning in and our lips connected. The second that her lips touched mine I felt these sparks. There were fireworks going off in my head. Our lips moved together and I was sure that my 5 seconds were up but I didn't care. It felt amazing to kiss her. We kept kissing until someone pulled Bella away from me.
Everyone was staring at me. Rose and Alice looked really happy. I don't really know why though. Oh well, I have bigger problems now, like how the Swan brothers and Josh are going to kill me now.
"Edward, you had 5 seconds and we were trying to break you guys up for about a minute. Now, since you were making out with our sister, we have a problem. We told you not to push it," Emmett said.
"No, Emmett, it was my fault. Don't hurt him," Bella defended me.
Then she ran upstairs and we all heard a door slam.
"We are going to go and see if she is okay," Rose said.
Now I'm in trouble. I think I am in love with Bella already. I have only known her for 3 days. And she is going out with Josh.
It didn't look like they were going to kill me anymore so I decided to say something, "I didn't mean for it to go that far. I'm sorry."
I really wasn't sorry. I was so glad that I got to kiss Bella. It was amazing.
They all still looked pretty mad. The only people that weren't mad at me were Justin and Austin. They were kinda just sitting there shocked.
After a while of everyone sitting there not talking or anything I started to worry about Bella.
"Guys, is it okay if I go apologize to Bella?" I asked.
"As long as you are apologizing then its fine," Eli said.
"Okay," I got up and walked upstairs and knocked on the door. The door opened and Alice came out and shut the door.
"I need to talk to her," I said.
"Let me see if she wants to talk to you. But if she doesn't want to talk to you then you need to respect that and go away," she explained.
"I know," I said.
Rose POV
When Alice and I got upstairs we walked into Bella's room and she was lying with her face in the pillow. She was sobbing.
We went and sat on the bed with her and she just cuddled with us. She just needed to let this out and we were here for her. We may not have known her for a whole day yet but we just knew that she needed to cry. After a while there was a knock on the door. Alice got up and went out of the room. She came back after a minute and said, "Bella, Edward wants to talk to you. Is it okay if he comes in? We will leave while he is here."
"Yeah; that's fine I need to talk to him anyways," Bella sobbed.
I am really mad at Edward right now; he caused Bella to be sad. I have only known Bella for less than a day but she is already like a sister to me.
I got up and walked to the door. Edward was standing there looking at the ground and he was fidgeting.
"You can go in," I said bitterly.
Edward looked at me and said, "I'm sorry Rose."
"You should be apologizing to Bella not me. She is blaming herself right now," I explained.
Edward POV
I walked into Bella's room and she was lying on her bed with her face in the pillows.
"Bella, I'm sorry," I said.
She sat up on her bed and said, "It's not your fault. It's mine I shouldn't have agreed to kiss you."
"I know this might screw up any chance of us being friends but I'm really glad that you did agree," I admitted sheepishly.
"What?" she asked incredulously.
"I don't know about you but when you kissed me I felt these sparks; it was like fireworks going off in my head," I admitted.
Bella started sobbing again.
"Bella, don't cry. Please. I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't have said that," I said.
"It's not that. I felt the same thing and I have no idea what is going on," Bella said.
"Bella, I've only known you for about 3 days and I don't know what is happening between us but there is one thing that I know. I'm in love with you. I know you don't feel the same but I needed to tell you that. I'm sorry if I'm pushing you or anything and I know that you are going out with Josh but I needed to get that off my chest," I let out a huge breathe.
"Edward, I felt the sparks but I have no idea what that means. I like you, I like you a lot and I think that I'm falling in love with you. It's really hard for me to have feelings for anyone now because when I was in Rome I had a boyfriend and I thought that I loved him but I didn't. He cheated on me. And it's very hard to trust people that aren't family. None of my family knows that and I don't want to tell them because I know they will over react," Bella said.
I went and sat beside Bella on her bed. I pulled her into a hug but I made sure she was okay with it first. Bella started sobbing again. I was comforting her.
After a couple minutes she stopped crying and she just looked at me.
"I really don't know what to do about any of this. I really like you Edward and I have no idea what to do about Josh," Bella said.
"Well, the only thing that I can tell you is follow your heart. What is your heart telling you to do?" I asked.
"My heart is telling me that I shouldn't go out with Josh and that I should let my heart be open to love you," she admitted.
I pulled her closer when she said that.
"I love you Bella, I know it's probably not the best time to say that but I really and truly do and if you trust me and open your heart I won't hurt you. You can trust me," I comforted her.
"I can't go out with Josh. I can't be true to him because I don't have feelings for him," she said.
"Are you going to tell him that you can't go out with him today?" I asked.
"No, I can't go back downstairs; I don't want to face them. But I will tell him tomorrow. I promise," she said.
"Okay. I love you Bella, I won't hurt you," I promised.
"I trust you. I'm scared though but I trust you to not hurt me," she told me.
I cuddled her closer.
"Bella, this probably isn't the best time but will you be my girlfriend?" I asked.
"You're right Edward. That probably wasn't the best time to ask me that but I will be our girlfriend," Bella laughed humourlessly.
"Thank you," I said and then kissed the top of her head.
Mikah POV
I was still in shock from what happened between Edward and Bella.
Rose and I came back from the living room and Edward and Bella were up in our room talking.
"You left them up there alone?" Josh yelled with his voice still on helium. It was kind to hard to resist laughing even in this tough situation.
"Yes Josh. They are upstairs alone. They will be fine. Edward is apologizing and Bella is really not in the mood to talk to anyone now so just stay here. She will talk to you when she is ready," Alice explained.
"If she doesn't want to talk to anyone then why is Edward there?" Emmett asked.
"Because they need to talk this out by themselves but I know that she doesn't want to face you guys right now. You will just yell at her and she doesn't need that," Rose said.
Rosalie and Alice sat down on the couch that they were sitting on before. We didn't talk or anything, we sat in silence. We didn't hear anything from upstairs.
"She's going to break-up with me," Josh said quietly after a while of silence.
"You don't know that," I said.
"It's pretty clear; the way that they were kissing. You could see the passion between them," he explained.
Everyone was silent after that.
Edward came back downstairs after a little while. My brothers and I and Josh all glared at him.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow. I'm going home," he said.
Nobody said anything as he walked out of the house.
"We're going to go too. We'll see you tomorrow," Austin and Justin got up and walked out of the house.
"Alice and I are going to go in a minute but we are gonna go talk to Bella first," Rose said.
While Rose and Alice were upstairs, Josh stood up without saying anything and left.
Alice POV
Rose and I walked upstairs and in Bella's room. She wasn't crying anymore she was sitting lying on her bed staring at the ceiling. We both sat down on the bed and just sat for a minute or two and then Bella said, "He said he loved me."
Rose and I looked at each other with shock written across both our faces.
"What?" I asked.
"Edward came up here and told me that he loved me. That he felt sparks when we kissed and he wouldn't hurt me if I let him in," she said.
"What did you say once he said that?" Rose asked.
"I told him that I really like him and I think that I am falling in love with him. Then I told him that I can't go out with Josh and I was going to break up with him. Then he asked me to be his girlfriend," she explained.
"He asked you to be your girlfriend at a time like that?" Rose was mad at Edward and I could tell.
"Yeah," Bella replied.
"Well what did you say?" I asked.
"When he asked he said that it probably wasn't the best time to ask and I told him that it wasn't the best time to ask me that but I said yes," she told us.
"He is so stupid!" Rose said loudly.
"Yeah, he is," I agreed.
"I have no idea what I am going to do. I need to break up with Josh but I don't know how to do that. I am supposed to be going out with him tomorrow night but I have to break up with him before that," Bella was stressed out with this.
"Bella, it will be fine. Josh will understand," I comforted her.
"No it won't. Josh is going to hate me and this is going to wreck Josh and Edward's friendship. Why didn't I just stay in Rome? When I came here all I caused was drama. Your guys' lives would be better if I had just stayed in Rome. Maybe in the fall I will go back instead of staying here for the school year," Bella pondered.
"Bella, you moving here was a good thing. Your brothers are all happier; I have a new best friend that is already like a sister and I know that Rose feels the same as I do. And you have made such a big impact on Edward already. He has never had a girlfriend before and for him to fall in love with you or even like you is a huge deal. He has only known you for 3 days and for him to feel like that already is insane. Sure, maybe Josh won't be too happy that you are going to break up with him but he will get over it and it is more important that you are happy and you aren't happy with Josh," I said.
"Thanks girls. I feel like I have sisters for once," Bella said.
"As long as we are around you have sisters," Rose said.
"Well, since we are like sisters can I tell you the real reason that I changed when I was in Rome?" Bella wondered.
"You can always trust us with secrets and everything," I assured her.
"When I was in Rome, I had a boyfriend. It was all going really well until he started only saying a few sentences to me, never replied with a full answer. It got weird. I was getting a little fed up with him and this girl came and told me that she was his girlfriend. You should have seen this girl! She was so much prettier than me. When I found out, I completely broke down and I didn't know what to do! I thought that I was in love but just thinking about the girl and how pretty she was, made me think if I was pretty enough, smart enough, GOOD enough for anyone. So I changed the way I was, dressed nicer, acted a bit different. To be like everyone else kind of; I've been noticed SO much more now that I've changed. And it's because of him. So it's hard to trust boys anymore. I am cautious with love. But now, with Edward, it was just like a spark. More than what I had with HIM. I really, really think that I love him guys. I really do," Bella said.
Rosalie and I sat in shock for a minute. Then Rose said, "Bella, I'm so sorry that happened and I know that Edward is really different from that. I can see it in his eyes. He truly loves you and I'm so glad that you guys are going out."
"Wait! I thought that you would be mad that I was in love with your brother," Bella said.
"Never. Bella, Edward hasn't ever had a girlfriend and I know that you are perfect for him," Rose assured her.
"Okay. Thank you guys so much. Can you guys stay here with me tonight?" Bella asked.
"Bella, I don't think there is enough room for us to stay here tonight," Alice said.
"Eli and Mikah can stay in the other guys' rooms. I just need my sisters right now," Bella pleaded.
Bella POV
Rosalie and Alice stayed over last night. We all got up at 6:00 so that Rose and Alice could get ready for school.
We all took a shower and then we took turn doing each other's hair and make-up. Rose and Alice were going to borrow clothes from me today since they didn't have any with them.
When we were all ready we went downstairs and started making breakfast for the guys and ourselves.
Ryan POV
Rosalie and Alice had stayed over last night with Bella. I was guessing that Bella needed support from friends. Eli and Mikah had stayed in mine and Matt's room last night.
Emmett and Jasper walked in the room.
"I don't think that we should mention what happened last night to Bella. I think she just needs time to relax and figure everything out," Jasper said.
"Yeah," I agreed.
Everyone else agreed by nodding their heads. We were all silent for a minute and then we heard
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
I guess I just lost my husband,
I don't know where he went,
So I'm gonna drink my money,
I'm not gonna pay his rent,
I gotta brand new attitude and
I'm gonna wear it tonight,
I wanna get in trouble,
I wanna start a fight,
Na na na na na na na I wanna start a fight,
Na na na na na na na I wanna start a fight,
We walked very slowly and quietly down the stairs and there was Bella, Rosalie and Alice singing and using the kitchen utensils as microphones.
So, so what
I'm still a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't need you,
And guess what,
I'm having more fun,
And now that were done,
I'm gonna show you tonight,
I'm alright,
I'm just fine,
And your a tool,
So, so what,
I am a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't want you tonight.
The girls still hadn't turned around so they didn't see us staring at them. All my brothers and I were watching them sing and dance around the kitchen. I was surprised that they hadn't seen us yet.
The waiter just took my table,
And gave it to Jessica Simps (shit!),
I guess I'll go sit with drum boy,
At least he'll know how to hit,
What if this songs on the radio,
then somebody's gonna die,
I'm gonna get in trouble,
My ex will start a fight,
na na na na na na na he's gonna start a fight,
na na na na na na na were all gonna get in a fight,
So, so what
I'm still a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't need you,
And guess what,
I'm having more fun,
And now that were done,
I'm gonna show you tonight,
I'm alright,
I'm just fine,
And your a tool,
So, so what,
I am a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't want you tonight.
You weren't there,
You never were,
You want it all,
But that's not fair,
I gave you life,
I gave my all,
You weren't there,
You let me fall.
So, so what
I'm still a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't need you,
And guess what,
I'm having more fun,
And now that were done,
I'm gonna show you tonight,
I'm alright,
I'm just fine,
And your a tool,
So, so what,
I am a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't want you tonight.
No, no, no, no
I don't want you tonight,
You weren't there,
I'm gonna show you tonight,
I'm alright,
I'm just fine,
And your a tool,
So, so what,
I am a rock star,
I got my rock moves,
And I don't want you tonight!
The girls finished signing and Emmett and Jasper said, "Woah..."
