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Chapter 2:The Party Has Arrived

"Eddie we've been driving all night. Aren't we there yet?"

My brother could be such a child at times. "Yeah Em, we'll be there in the next hour," I told him hoping it would shut him up so he would stop calling me by that horrible name. I knew that agreeing on this trip with my brother and best friend we might get on each others nerves, but I didn't think it would start before we even got to the park.

Emmett, my older brother by about two years, called me last month saying he was tired of everything and had to get out of Seattle. I figured we would just go visit our parents in whatever dinky little town they had relocated to after our fathers retirement but Emmett had other plans. He decided to reserve a camping spot at some RV park along the Mendocino Coast for the next couple of weeks. When I realized how long he wanted to stay I insisted on inviting my best friend Jasper along for the trip, that way we were less likely to want to kill each other.

I met Jasper Whitlock in college in one of my history classes. We had gotten partnered together for some project over the Civil War and I couldn't have gotten a better partner. History was not really a strong point of mine, but Jasper was from Texas and a real southern gentleman who ate that kind of shit up. Although we were studying different things, him being a psychology major and me double majoring in biology and music composition, we remained to stay close friends eventually sharing an apartment together even after graduation. He even put up with all my bull shit frustration while going through med school.

We pulled into the camp a little after seven in the morning and got checked in. The guy in the office helping us out was friendly but I have no idea what he meant by when he said to 'enjoy the view'. I guess he was talking about the water and stuff but whatever. It didn't make sense since we were in the middle of camp and didn't have a view of the ocean. Oh well.

It was easy finding our site seeing as it was the only one left. I tried to get into the spot without waking Emmett and Jasper so I could get some sleep too but of course that didn't happen. Emmett may not be the best morning person, but regardless he is extremely awake and loud. I noticed that there was no movement in the trailer next to us to I quickly tried to quiet my goon of a brother but it was no use.

"Hey Eddie! Do you need any help out there setting up? Where the hell are we anyway? I fell asleep before we came across the exit. Do we have any food? I'm starving!"

"Emmett will you please shut the hell up. People around us are trying to sleep. Its not even eight yet." I said as I hit him on the backside of the head. Thank goodness I'm his brother. Emmett's a really big guy and anybody else wouldn't have gotten away with that smack, or 'love tap' as our mother calls them.

"Dang Eddie! Don't get your panties in a bunch. How are people supposed to know the party has arrived if I don't always make my presence known" he smirked as he headed back into the trailer. This is definitely going to be a long trip. Hopefully with his outbursts we didn't wake any of our neighbors.

As I was hooking up the cables I thought I saw someone looking out the window in the trailer next to us. Hmm. Maybe it was just my eyes playing tricks on me due to lack of sleep. I finished hooking everything up and headed inside to find my brother and Jasper. Sure enough they were both crashed out on the beds leaving me with the couch.

I knew I was tired from driving all night but I didn't think I would sleep that long. However by the time I woke up it was about five a clock in the evening. If the guys hadn't turned the TV on to play Rock Band I would probably still be sleeping.

"Rise and shine princess," Emmett yelled over the nose coming out of the speakers.

"What are you guys even doing in here. I figured you would be out trying to find the next one to ride…what do you call it?"

"He calls it his midnight meat train," Jasper all but shouted out.

"Hey! Every girl wants a ride on this train Jazz," Emmett countered as he gestured towards his pants. That's my brother, a real class act.

"Although its lots of fun to talk about your junk Em, I'm gonna head out and look around camp."

Before they could even respond I all but bolted out the door in search of somewhere to get away to. Since I really wasn't dressed for the beach, I decided maybe a hike on one of the trails would be a better idea. It would give me time alone to clear my head since I didn't get a chance to with Jasper's horrible singing and Emmett's snoring on the way down.

I know the guys think I came along just to get out of the city and have some 'bro time' as Emmett was calling it, but really I came down here to get away from the constant nagging that is Tanya. We only dated for like five months and at first it was cool but after the first few weeks it was like she did a complete 180 turn. She would freak out if I didn't call when I was supposed to and when I wouldn't get off work when I was scheduled but what did she expect. I am a doctor after all. We hadn't even had sex yet and she was already trying to convince my mother to start planning a wedding cause 'it was only a matter of time before I purposed' as she put it. I didn't even mean for her to meet my mom, we just happened to run into her downtown one day. At least poor Esme didn't buy into Tanya's shit.

So for the last three months I've been trying to get rid of her. If it we a normal girl it probably would be easy to dump a girl after a couple months. But not Tanya. She was sneaky and manipulative. She would cancel plans and then just show up unexpected trying to seduce me. She would yell at me for not calling but never answer when I did. I didn't want to be a complete asshole and break up with her over the phone and I think she knew it.

Finally one night she came over after I came home from work. Her eyes were all puffy and I could tell that she had been crying. I should have felt bad seeing a girl like that but I didn't. Not her. She started babbling about being overlooked at work for a promotion at the publishing company she worked at. She said it went to some stuck-up girl two offices down. Whoever the girl was I'm sure she deserved it. Tanya was lazy at work and usually mooched ideas off of her coworkers.

After telling me her about her horrible day she tried to straddle me on the couch, rubbing herself all up on me. That was the last straw.

"Tanya, you need to stop!" I all but yelled at her.

"Oh Eddie boy. I know you like it. Why don't we just take this into the bedroom and…" I got up before she could finish. "I knew you would come to your senses."

Did she really think I was getting up so I could take her in my bedroom. Not gonna happen. "Tanya you really need to leave. And just for tonight, but for good. I cant do this anymore."

"Eddie what are you talking about? You don't want me to leave. You're just scared at how close we're getting. Its okay. I'll make everything all better." She said that last part in a low husky voice. I think she thought it was sexy but in reality it kind of just made her sound like a man.

"No Tanya. You could never make anything better. You only make everything worse. I don't wanna see you anymore. Don't call. Don't stop by. Don't go near the hospital. And for god sakes leave my mother alone!"

I got up to head for the kitchen. As I did I could hear the front door open and slam shut. Finally.

I drank a lot that night. So much that I passed out next to the toilet that night. I wasn't drinking cause I was upset or anything. I was far from it actually. I felt so relieved to finally get that all off my chest. Unfortunately I had failed to completely get rid of her yet. She still continued to call my cell phone. Even when I changed my number she somehow managed to get a hold of my new one. She was also still showing up at the hospital where I worked. I told the people I work for that I needed to take some time off. I work hard and never really ask for any so they allowed me to take a few weeks off. I didn't tell anyone where I was going and I turned my cell phone off. I figured I could turn it on if I needed to and everyone important had Emmett's and Jasper's number if they really needed to. All the guys knew was that we weren't together anymore. They didn't know about her still trying to get a hold of me and still stopping by.

It was starting to get dark outside so I started heading back towards our campsite. I could hear someone coming up on the trail behind me and scooted to the left so they could get by easier. However it didn't help any. I looked behind me in attempt to avoid a bad situation and was thrown to the ground with someone on top of me.

"I am so sorry. Sometimes I can be such a klutz and well…" as she kept rambling I couldn't help but notice that she was still on top of me. Not that I minded. This couldn't be who I heard running behind me. This girl had to have fallen from the sky. At that moment I think she noticed we had not moved from the ground and she quickly shot up and apologized.

Her voice was so intoxicating. I wasn't even sure what she was talking about now. She could be talking about the best ways to skin a cat or how she was going to bury my body so no one could find it and I still wouldn't have cared. Just as long as I could stay here and listen to her talk. She was definitely the most beautiful girl I had I ever seen. I could get lost in her deep chocolate eyes forever. I found myself longing to undo the messy bun on top of her head just to run my fingers through her long mahogany hair.

I was pulled out of my trance by two joggers running past us. They obviously weren't paying attention because they near trampled over her. Suddenly I felt her in my arms. I looked down and noticed that without thinking about it, I had pulled her in close as to avoid another accident.

"Thanks. Well I don't want to take up anymore of your time. I better be getting back." As she pulled away from my arms I couldn't help but feeling empty.

"Wait!" I called after her. "Let me walk you back to camp. I mean, we are both heading in the same direction anyways and this way you're less likely to hurt yourself, or someone else for that matter. I'm Edward by the way," I said as I held out my hand. She gently placed her own in mine and I couldn't help but feel a spark. "Bella" was all that came out as she blushed the most perfect shade of crimson I had ever seen.

"It's nice to meet you Bella."

The rest of the way back to camp was silent. Not a creepy kind of silence, but a comfortable one. But still, I wanted so bad to know anything and everything about her, like where she's from, how long she's staying, who she was here with (specifically was she here with a guy), and if she wasn't I was dieing to know if there was one waiting for her back home, but she didn't speak once and I couldn't find my voice no matter how bad I wanted to. Every once in awhile I would catch her looking up at me. As soon as I would catch her, she would quickly turn away and look very deep in thought. I wanted, no I needed, to know what was going through that pretty little head of hers.

We got back around to where the trailers were and I noticed she didn't turn down a different road. Well at least I knew she was camping out near us. "So which one is yours?" I asked. She pointed straight ahead. "That one over there with the crazy girl bouncing around."

I couldn't help but smile as she pointed to the trailer right next to ours that did in fact have a petite girl running frantically around the picnic table setting up enough food to feed an army, or possibly someone like my brother, and another laying out reading what looked to be a magazine.

"I guess that makes us neighbors than. That's us right there," I said as I pointed to the trailer that me and the guys were sharing.

"Us?" Bella asked looking a little disappointed.

"Yeah us. Me, my older brother Emmett, and my best friend Jasper." As I finished I noticed that the smile was back on her face. Maybe she thought when I said us I was talking about a girl, not the two goons I was actually staying with.

As if to prove my point, Emmett all but threw open the door to our trailer wearing his "Kiss the Cook, He's Horny" apron and holding a plate of hamburgers with Jasper right behind him wearing his equally embarrassing "Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed" apron.

"Eddie! Where have you been? It's time to eat." Of course all Emmett was thinking about was food.

"Bellaaa! Where did you run off to? And how do you know Eddie? Oh well. The guys are joining us for dinner so go get cleaned up while we finish up."

Before I could say anything Bella was running into their RV. At least I knew where to find her.

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