Chapter 6: Theory
"Why do you care?" He asked, turning to face me. I wasn't expecting him to ask me that. I walked around him, and leant up against the tree face him. "Why wouldn't I care?" I asked him. He looked at me confused. "Edward, you're my friend, of course I cared." I said. "Friend." He muttered. "Hey, it's better then being siblings, that would be creepy." I shuddered, it got him to smile. "Yeah, that would be really creepy." He agreed. "So now will you explain to me why you went all lone ranger on me?" I asked. "I don't know. I guess I-never mind." He said. "Okay then. Do you want to head back?" I asked. "Sure." He mumbled. As we walked back, I noticed there were a lot of drunk people here. A lot. We passed the fire. "For the record, I do dream about you, all the time actually." I said. He stopped short. "You do?" He smiled, crookedly. "Yeah, almost every night, unless I am having dreams about…other things." I answered. His smile spread, and it covered practically his whole face. "Is that a surprise?" I asked. "Totally, but a good one none the less." Edward said. "I'm glad." I said, and continued walking. Edward caught up to me, and surprised me by grabbing my hand and intertwining our fingers.
It is already August 26th, ever since the bomb fire, Edward and I have been dating. Alice says he has wanted to ask me out since junior year, but didn't have the courage. Better late then never. All Dartmouth freshman have to be there on the 28th. Everything I am bringing is packed, the only thing I left were clothes for the last two days. We all have to wait until freshman orientation, the 29th, to find out who our roommates are. Charlie told me I have to at least go out with him for a farewell dinner the night before I leave, other then that he said I could hang out with anyone I want. So Emmett, Rose, Alice, Jasper, Edward, and I are going into Seattle for the night. We are seeing a movie and going out to eat. Alice sees it as our last outing before the college gear officially kicks in, what ever that means. We are staying at the hotel for free, something to do with the owner being a close friend of Carlisle's.
"C'mon Alice!" I yelled. For once, we aren't waiting for me. "Yeah, yeah, hold your horses. I'm done." Alice said, walking down the stairs, and zipping up her bag. "Phew, and here I thought I was going to die of old age." I said. "Bite me." Alice said, scowling at me. "Don't tempt me." I joked, snapping my jaw shut, to make a biting sound. Emmett laughed. "Are we all ready?" Edward asked. "Yes." Alice and Rose said at the same time. I nodded. Edward grabbed my hand, and led us to Emmett's jeep. We got lucky cause we missed all the traffic. Emmett pulled into the parking garage of the Pans Pacific Hotel. We walked into the lobby, one word; wow. "How good of friends are they?" I asked. They all laughed. "They are old friends from middle school. They do favors like this for each other all the time." Edward said. He started walking to the receptionist, and he pulled me along with him. "Checking in." Edward told the guy, his name tag said Peter. "Name?" Peter asked, looking at me. "Edward Cullen." Edward said. Peter typed in a few things. "Everything is covered for. How many room keys do you need?" Peter asked. "Three for each room." Edward answered, pulling me closer. He nodded, and handed us elegant looking key cards. "Enjoy your stay." He said smiling.
We walked over to everyone else. "The girls are in suite 1028, and the guys are in suite 1027. They are right across from each other." Edward said, handing everyone our own keys. We all piled into an elevator, and rode to the tenth floor. I wonder how many people get lost in this hotel? Alice, Rose, and I got to our room first. "Okay, so the dinner reservations are at 7, that gives us about twenty minutes. The pool is opened until after midnight, so after we eat we can go for a midnight swim." Edward said. "Only twenty minutes." Alice said, "c'mon, Bella, we got serious work to do." She said yanking me into the room behind her. "Help." I mouthed to Edward. He gave me an apologetic look, then went into his room. One dress, a pair of high heels, and three burns later, I was ready. Rose insisted on curling my hair, and she burned me a total of three times. But it was worth it, I do look pretty good. Rose was wearing a red off the shoulder dress, with white heels. Alice was wearing a black dress that brought out her sapphire eyes, very well. I was wearing a midnight blue dress, courtesy of Alice, and black heels. "Let's go ladies." Emmett said, knocking on the door.
The three of us walked out into the hall together. "Ready?" I asked the guys, all they were doing was just staring. Edward was the first to gain his composure. He walked over to me, and grabbed my hand. "You look beautiful." He whispered in my ear. In my opinion, he looked better, he was wearing a white button down shirt, with the sleeves rolled to his elbows, a pair of black pants, and my favorite pair of converse.
Edward POV
Dinner went well, all the waiters were old, so I didn't have to be worried about horny teenagers checking Bella out. Every time I am around her, I feel very protective of her. We were waiting out side the girls room, for all of us to go down to the pool. "How deep do you think it is?" Emmett asked. "I think it is like every other pool." Jasper said. "Nice." Emmett muttered. I could hear the girls through the door. "Alice!" Bella yelled. "Yes?" Alice said, too innocently. "Where is my bathing suit?" Bella asked, angrily. "You're wearing it silly." Alice said. "No, Alice, that isn't mine, and you know it. Now, where is mine?" Bella asked. "Good will." Alice answered. "You gave my bathing suit to good will? Alice!" Bella yelled. "I'm not going down like this." Bella said, she sure was stubborn. "You are already wearing it, c'mon, please." Alice begged. "You are so lucky I want to see Edward so badly, or else I would just stay in the room." Bella said. I smiled. She wants to see me, as much as I want to see her.
When they came out, Bella had a towel wrapped around her, so I couldn't see the bathing suit. The pool was on the third floor, it seemed like we were the only ones awake, and we were the only ones at the pool. When we got there, Bella walked over and sat down on one of the lounge chairs, still keeping the towel around her. "Bella, you have to take that towel off." Alice told her. "Not if I am not going swimming, and I don't plan on doing much of that, so the towel stays." Bella said. Rose whispered something to Emmett, and he smiled. This cant be good. Bella pulled out a book, and began reading. Emmett snuck up behind her, picked her up, and ignoring Bella's protests threw her into the pool. "I hate all of you!" She yelled as she climbed out. She turned around to face us, and she was wearing a black bikini. My eyes landed on the scar that covered her stomach. It looked really similar to the one that is below her jaw line. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't take my eyes away from it.
"Bella, are you sure you don't know how you got that scar?" Rose asked. Bella ran her finger over it, and pain crossed her face. "Yeah, I know where it came from, but I don't want to remember." She answered. "What does that even mean?" Alice asked. "It means, that you guys don't know everything there is to know about me. I'm going back to our room, I will see you guys tomorrow." Bella said, and walked towards the doors. By the look she gave me, she didn't want me to follow her. "What does she mean by that?" Alice asked. "If we knew what it meant, she wouldn't have had to tell us." I said. "Damn." Alice muttered. "What?" Rose asked. "It is nearing the time when she becomes Bitchy Bella." Alice said. I sighed. "Alice, that is only a theory." I told her. "Yeah, but usually my theories are right." She said back.