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Here is Edward's POV! Enjoy!
" Alice do you see anything?" I asked anxiously as we approached the George Washington Bridge. We had decided not to bother flying, so we decided to drive the whole way to New York. Jasper and Emmett had made another bet that Bella wouldn't want to see us when we got there, so I was already irritable. Alice shook her head.
" Nope. But I'll tell you as soon as I do." She said while cranking the song, " When I Grow Up" by The Pussycat Dolls on the radio. She began singing along with the song. I sighed. It had been a long car ride, and now I was on edge.
First, Emmett insisted we stop at McDonald's in Montana, so that he could crawl around in the play pen, but then of course he got kicked out because he broke the ball crawl. After that I had to listen to Jasper and Alice flirt with each other the whole way through Indiana, and finally I had to listen to Emmett and Jasper making bets about what Bella would be like, who would be the first to make Emmett fart, and other various topics, all the way through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and It looks like New York. Fabulous.
" Alice! Why are we listening to this song?! Its provocative, and makes women seem like seductive toys!" I snapped as it came to a part where they were singing about wanting attention for their big boobies. Alice rolled her eyes.
" Please Edward. Conservative much? They are just say that they wanted to be famous when they were little. Thats all." Alice responded while she kept singing. To my dismay Emmett apparently liked the song too. So I had an annoying pixie, and a full grown bozo singing along with a stupid pop song while I was trying to focus on the traffic getting into New York. Isn't life just great?
Jasper finally came to my rescue when the next song, " My Humps" came on the radio, by punching Emmett, and kissing Alice while I shut off the radio. It was silent in the car for at least 5 minutes. Thats a first. Damn, Rosalie's sarcasm is really rubbing off on me...
" Edward I saw her!" Alice suddenly shrieked. I slammed on the brakes with a screeching halt. I whipped my head around to face her, ignoring all the honking horns behind me.
" What?! What did you see?! Where is Bella?!" I persisted anxiously. I had been waiting this entire trip just for this moment.
" I just saw Bella. She was in someones living room with that girl from the picture Rachel. They were comforting a sobbing red head. After the red head left, Bella stood up and rushed out of the room. Something about being late for English. Thats when the vision faded out." Alice replied calmly. I thought about that for a second. I could feel the wide grin forming on my face as I realized that Bella was alive. She wasn't dead! She was alive and she had friends! She was going to college like any other teenager! As these thoughts rushed through my head, I knew why I was so excited. Bella was safe. My Bella...
" Edward do you want me to drive?" Jasper asked me. I turned back to the steering wheel and continued driving. Anyone could see that my mood was lighter and more carefree now that I knew Bella wasn't in any danger.
" Can we turn the radio back on? Maybe we can catch the end of " My Humps" if we hurry!" Emmett bounced in his seat, causing the car to shake. I cranked the radio without even listening to the idiotic 50 Cent song playing. Alice and Emmett started up the singing again, and Jasper stayed quiet, obviously trying to control all of the happiness my body was emitting. I checked Alice's thought for an image of Bella.
There she was sure enough rubbing the back of a red head. She looked even more gorgeous in person. Her skin was still pale, but it had a slight peachy tone to it. It looked healthy. Her hair was longer than I remembered it being. It was almost down to the small of her back. And of course her eyes were still that deep chocolate brown, and still beautiful. I watched the vision Alice had talked about.
Bella stood and stretched. Her hair was curled, and she was wearing extremely form fitting jeans, a blue tank top. The outfit was a little to low cut for my taste, but Bella still looked gorgeous. I noticed what Charlie was talking about when he said that she was too thin. Her hip bones were sticking out in the jeans, and her arms were much to skinny. I winced as I thought about her falling down the stairs with that frail body.
Then another thought occurred to me. She had stopped eating because I left. Which meant that I had made her look like this. Jasper must have felt my agony and guilt, because he sent a wave of happiness through me. I felt happy, but as soon as the happiness was gone, my body was filled with writhing agony thinking about my Bella in pain because of me. I was silent for the rest of the drive. When we got to NYU, I turned to Alice who had been silent.
" Bella is at her dorm lying down on her bed. She looks at a picture of her new baby brother, then she...uh..well..she..uh." Alice stops talking and looks down embarrassed.
" What is it Alice. You know I can just search for the memory in your head." I say. She glares at me before continuing.
" She gets undressed and looks in the mirror in her underwear before sighing and turning away. She says, " Why did Rachel put a god damn mirror in my room?! I thought I told her that I hate looking in the mirror." She then she changes into a pair of adorable mini shorts. And an adorable tank top. Well at least she has better taste in clothing... anyway, she watches a little TV, then sits on her bed listening to her Ipod, and reads Sense and Sensibility. There is a knock at the door. She is scared, then she opens the door. The vision suddenly cut off." Alice reports in an emotionless tone.
I can feel myself getting more and more anxious. She is nervous, she answers the door and her future disappears?! Someone could have hurt her, or worse... Jasper clenches his fists together as he tries to control all of my anxiousness. I jumped out of my Volvo and sprinted towards the dorms. Before I could even get as far as the door, Alice was holding on to my arm.
" Bella isn't dead Edward. I'm getting another vision. Hold on." Alice stood still for a few seconds. She was still clutching my arm. Emmett and Jasper got out of the car and stood next to me and Alice waiting for a verdict. Alice turned back to all of us.
" Bella is fine. Rachel was trying to make her go to this new club. She agreed, and Rachel dressed her in this super adorable blue tube dress, heels, and she curled her hair. Rachel calls her a supermodel. Bella rolls her eyes, and they grab their bags. They walk downtown to the club. Rachel knows the bouncer and gets them in. Thats all I saw. See Edward! I told you Bella wasn't gonna die! Now lets go to that club and find Bella! You can search my head for her picture if you would like a more livid picture. But first we have to go shopping for clubbing outfits! And what an awesome time to do it! Bella is still getting ready, and Gucci is just around the corner! Lets shop!" Alice exclaimed as she bounces towards Gucci. I roll my eyes, but I'm relived Bella is safe.
Alice drags us into Gucci, where she promptly finds herself a red sequined dress, and matching red heels. She makes me, Jasper, and Emmett wear these black suits, and leather shoes. We all roll our eyes as Alice bounces around looking for more clothing.
" Excuse me, do you have these shorts in a size zero extra small?" Alice asks as she buys our clothes. The cashier looks at her and arches an eyebrow.
" Listen kid, this is GUCCI. We only sell sizes zero through fourteen. You could try Baby Gap." The woman smirks at Alice as she scans our suits. Emmett and I laugh while Alice glares at the cashier.
" Excuse me? I'm 17 years old thank you very much. And obviously I know that its Gucci, or else I wouldn't have come in. Besides Gap is for poor people. Now lets try this again. Do you have my size in these shorts?" Alice glared at the woman as hard as she could. The cashier smiled sheepishly and shook her head.
" Sorry miss, but I'm afraid we don't. I'm sorry I just got confused because you were so short and stuff. I'm really sorry. Heres you stuff. Have a nice day, and please come visit us again sometime!" The woman nervously stutters. Jasper, Emmett, and I are shaking from silent laughter, as Alice stomps out of the store.
" Can you believe her?! So just because I'm a size zero extra small she has to like freak out on me and tell me to go to Gap!" Alice said "Gap" like she was saying " Butt crack", which only made us crack up even more. She glared at us.
" Whatever. Just change into your clothes. Bella is already at the club. Here lets change in the car." Alice ordered as she unlocked my Volvo. " I change first since you guys were such assholes in there." She added as she slammed the door and rolled up the windows. Jasper shakes his head.
" She is a firecracker. I'll say that much." I say as we watch her climb up into the drivers seat. She tips the rear view mirror towards her so that she can do her makeup. It had only taken her a total of 3 seconds to get dressed and put her makeup on. She jumps out of the car.
" Kay I'm done! Now since Edward is in denial he can go next. Then Jasper. And Emmett since you said I had a big butt yesterday, you go last." Alice skipped over to Jasper and hopped on his back. I crawled in the backseat of the car and changed just as fast as Alice had. After we were all changed, and our clothes were locked away in the car, we all walked towards the club called Olive that Bella was supposedly at.
When we got there it was packed. But the bouncer took one look at Alice and let her in. We didn't even bother asking how Alice did it, we just walked in and searched for Bella. Alice wandered off to find Bella on the dance floor, while us boys just sat down in a booth and watched from there.
Amongst the fruity perfumes that swelled in the air, I could still faintly make out the scent of freesia, gardenia, and a new smell. It was an almost tropical smell that blended in perfectly with Bella's scent. The monster inside of me was instantly alert and thirsty for her blood. I could feel my fists clench together as I tried to restrain the sudden urge to attack Bella. Jasper sensed my uncomfortable state, and sent waves of calm through me. Emmett was staring intently at the bar.
" Hey guys isn't that the girl Bella was with in that picture that we have?" Emmett commented as he pointed to a girl at the bar. I look at her. She is about 5'5, and has light caramel skin. Her hair is long and honey blond with a slight natural curl. She has striking blue eyes. Not to mention thin. She looked exactly like the girl in the picture.
" Stay here you guys I'll be right back." I say as I rush off to talk to Rachel. When I approach her she looks up at me in surprise. Instead of blushing or swooning like most girls do, she just turned back to the bar and sipped her drink. I sit on the stool next to her. She gives me a half smile before she orders another drink.
" Hey, can I have a Cosmo? And can you put a cherry on the side please? Thanks." She says to the bartender. Her voice is a husky, almost hoarse voice. It surprisingly fits her personality perfectly. The bartender nods and Rachel turns back to face me.
" Can I help you with something?" She asks while turning to look on at the dance floor. I clear my throat.
" I believe that you are here with your friend Bella Swan. Am I correct?" I say in a formal tone. She raises an eyebrow at me, then snickers.
" Why? Are you that Mike Newton kid who stalked her all the way to New York? If you are get lost." She says while staring directly into my eyes. She doesn't even seem to be affected by my gold eyes. How strange...
" No, I'm a friend from high school. Edward Cullen. Perhaps you've heard of me?" I ask, reading her face for a reaction. She nods slowly.
" Oh yeah I know who you are. I heard the whole story. And before I say anything else I just gotta say that was pretty damn shady what you did to her." Rachel glares at me for a minute before returning back to normal.
" So whats Bella doing right now?" I ask hoping to get away from the subject of my departure. She laughs.
" Damn boy! You must be really infatuated with her! Well I was just teaching her how to do a booty shake. Yeah I went to go get drinks while she practices." Rachel leans towards me. " Don't tell her I said this, but she sucks at it. Its because she has like no self confidence." She leans away and pulls something out of her purse. Its a camera.
" Here look at this picture I took of her. It was the day after our trip to Florida a few weeks ago. Its was about 3 in the morning and I was a little tipsy, so I woke her up. She was furious. Look at her!" Rachel laughs as she passes me the camera. I stare at the picture. Bella is half springing off the bed at the camera, and half in bed. She is wearing a tight pink tank top, and rolled up white boy shorts. Her left leg is still tucked in her blue bedding, but her right leg is in the air. Her face is angry and surprised, and her hair in her face. Even though the picture is supposed to be comical, she still looks amazing. I hand the camera back.
" Do you have anymore pictures of Bella?" I ask as Rachel puts the camera back in her purse. She shakes her head.
" Nah. I used to have like a billion pictures of her from when we first met and our vacations with Aubrey, but then she stole my camera and deleted all of them. I keep my camera away from her so that she can't delete this picture." Rachel replies as she grabs the Cosmo off the counter. I turn to her before she leaves.
" Why did you tell me all of this if you've heard such bad things about me?" I ask with a sudden curiosity. She shrugs her shoulders.
" You seem like a nice enough guy. Plus I know that all the stuff that Bella says is all out of anger so most of it is all bullshit. Anyway I gotta bounce so see you later." She salutes me with her free hand before she teeters off towards the dance floor. I stare at her after she is out of sight and smile to myself. At least Bella has a good friend like her. I walk back to Emmett and Jasper.
" Wow. That girl is a piece of work." I say quietly. " She said Bella is on the dance floor trying to do a booty shake, whatever that is. Lets hope Alice will find her." I answer. I resist the urge to sprint over to Bella and engulf her in a hug. As much as I want to feel her warm, small body pressed against mine, I just can't take the thought of me losing control and possibly... hurting her. They nod and look towards the dance floor.
" Do you think Bella's any good at booty shaking?" Emmett asks out of nowhere. Me and Jasper smack him. Jasper suddenly is on his feet.
" I see them." He says to me. " Lets go." We all run to the dance floor and follow Jasper. As we approach the edge of the club I smell a familiar scent getting closer. I turn and look at Alice. Across from her is a beautiful girl who is stunned and was obviously taken off guard. I see Rachel next to her holding the drinks and watching them talk intently. Bella stammers something before Alice points to us. Bella looks at us.
For a second we make eye contact. I try to decipher the feelings that are suddenly filling in Bella's eyes. Shock, happiness, hurt, anger, and finally the one I've been dreading. Betrayal. She stares at me with such betrayal that I can barely walk straight. I stand next to Alice and look back at Bella.
" Hello Bella." I say politely. Her mouth pops open and she closes it. She then opens it again as if she is about to say something, but she closes her mouth again. Everyone watches her until she finally closes her eyes and looks back at me.
" Hello Bella?" She says in her same sweet high pitched voice. Even such foul words sound like music coming out of her mouth. Alice looks at Jasper to put calm through Bella, but Bella holds her hand up before he can touch her.
" Don't even bother Jasper. Now I would just like to ask one thing. When I kill you Edward, should I hire a hit man, or should I do it myself?"
CLIFFY!! And in case you were too stupid to pick up on it, Alice was the one who tapped Bella on the shoulder while she was dancing. So how do you like it so far? Should I make any changes? I am open to criticism. Ok so you know what to do.
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