Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephanie Meyer
Chapter 2
Bella: 21
Alice: 21
Jasper: 23
Emmett: 24
Rosalie: 22
Edward: 24
*3 years later*
"Alice! We have to go." I yelled to my best friend from the kitchen of our shared apartment. Alice Cullen was the most hyper, shopahlic, and caring person I have ever met. We have been friends since high school. She was a petite girl with short spiky black hair and hazel eyes. Her brother was Emmett Cullen. He could be intimidating and scary when he wanted with his strong muscular physique. Besides that he was the biggest teddy bear and a little kid at heart with his smile and dimples. He was the older brother I never had. His girlfriend Rosalie Hale was our other best friend. She was beyond gorgeous and even put models to shame. With her long golden blond hair, icy blue eyes and perfect features she had the ability to lower someone's self esteem by being in the same room. Rosalie had an older brother who was dating Alice. Jasper Hale was like another brother to me. He knew how to calm people down easily, sometimes just standing there. His calm personality balanced out Alice's hyperness. He had honey blond hair and blue eyes and a tall and lean physique. Alice and I are in our junior year of college; Rose is in her senior year. Jasper became a teacher at none other than Forks High School. Emmett became their football coach. Alice was becoming a fashion designer, Rose a model and I and author, hopefully. None of my friends know what happened in Chicago all those years ago and I didn't want to tell them just yet. I tapped my fingers impatiently on the counter.
"Alice!" I called again. She sashayed out of her room.
"I'm here." She said smiling. I shook my head at my best friend.
'Remind me again why we got jobs while we are still in school?" She asked her tinkling laugh filling the room.
"Then we have extra money and it uses up time." I replied joining in with her laughter.
"I'm driving!" She exclaimed. I huffed but followed her to her yellow Porsche. She drove to the bookstore that we worked at. The manager trusted us enough to leaves us her by ourselves.
"You know I'm not into the whole book thing but working here is kind of fun." She said as I unlocked the doors. I raised my eyebrows at her.
"Well me and you get to hang out, and most of the time it isn't crowded so it give me time to work on sketches or read the magazines." She explained. I laughed.
"Oh I forgot to tell you, my mom and dad are inviting us for dinner tonight. They said they had a surprise or something." Alice told me as she switched the sign to open. I nodded my head.
"Your dad is going to be there also." My dad Charlie is really good friends with the Cullens. My mom Renee and he divorced right after I was born. My mom currently lives in Jacksonville with her new husband Phil.
"What time are we going over there?" I asked.
"Around 6. So after we close up here then we will get ready and go over." She said. I nodded, smiled and began putting books on the shelves. Today wasn't very busy so I had some extra time to begin writing. Before I knew it, we were leaving. I locked the doors and got into Alice's car. She drove back to our apartment.
"Bella I have an outfit for you. It is in your room." She smiled. I groaned.
"No Bella Barbie please." I pleaded. She laughed.
"It won't be bad I promise." Alice told me before disappearing into her room. I laughed and took a quick shower. The outfit Alice picked I loved. It was a pair of black skinny jeans with a green belted bubble tube top. I put it on and walked out of my room only to be pulled into Alice's room.
"Bella I love this outfit on you." Then she began attacking my hair. She blow dried it, and curled the ends. When she was done with my makeup she let me look in the mirror.
"Voila! I am done." She exclaimed. I laughed, stood up and looked in her floor length mirror. I gasped when I saw my reflection. I didn't believe it was me. Alice appeared behind me.
"What do you think?" She asked.
"Alice I love it!" I said throwing my arms around her. "Thank you so much. I love your outfit also." I said. She smiled.
"Thanks." Alice was wearing dark skinny jeans with a purple/red shirt that had black lace on it. Her shoes her black stilettos and she had black earrings.
"Time for your shoes Bella!" She said clapping her hands and running out of her room. I followed her and she handed me black flats.
"No heels?" I asked surprised. She shook her head.
"Not tonight, but in the future yes!" She exclaimed. I laughed.
"Ok time to go!" She looped her arm through mine and we walked out of our apartment. Well she practically dragged us.
"Alice you have too much energy." I said laughing. She shrugged her shoulders. We got into her car and went to her parents. Alice walked right in and we were greeted by Esme.
"Hellos dears. How are you?" she asked giving us both hugs.
"Hey Esme." I replied.
"Hi mom." We walked all the way inside and I was attacked by Emmett.
"Belly boo! I've missed you." He exclaimed giving me a big hug.
"I've missed you too Em, but I can't breathe." I said. He put me down and I saw Rose. I gave her a hug as well as Jasper. Carlisle joined us a few minutes later.
"Hey kids." He said. We all said hi back and continued talking amongst each other. My dad walked through the door.
"Hey dad." I said walking over and giving him a hug which he returned.
"Hey Bells." We both smiled and he went to talk to Carlisle. Charlie was the police chief here in Forks and Carlisle was the best doctor around.
"Ok mom what is the surprise? The suspense is killing me." Alice complained. Esme laughed.
"You will find out soon enough dear." She replied smiling. Alice huffed, stood up and walked over to her mom.
"Please mom, just tell me." Esme shook her head. Then I heard a voice, a voice I never thought would fill my ears ever again.
"Hey little cousin." Alice turned around and squealed while I kept my face out of view.
"Edward! What are you doing here?" She exclaimed throwing her arms around him. He chuckled.
"Well, I decided to move out here." This could not be happening. How did Edward know the Cullen's?
"Oh my gosh. This is amazing!" Alice said. Everyone was smiling and standing up. Alice introduced Jasper and Rosalie to Edward.
"So this is the girl Emmett keeps gushing about every time I talk to him. Nice to meet you Rosalie." Edward said shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you too." She replied. I was still hiding my face behind my hair and standing behind Esme. Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me towards her.
"And this is my best friend. Bella this is my cousin Edward." She finished. Edward put his hand out and I quickly took it, making the mistake of looking into his eyes. They did not look happy. Taking my hand away I quickly walked into the kitchen. I heard Alice asking what happened as I disappeared.
"Need any help Esme?" I asked.
"No, everything is quite alright. Why don't you go on out there with everybody else?" She suggested which was far from what I wanted to do. I walked to Alice and quietly said, "I'm going to step outside for a minute."
"Wait, why?" She asked. I quickly made up a lame excuse.
"Uh, I need some fresh air and my mom just called so I am going to call her back. Before she could say anything else I walked to the back door, with the feeling of someone's eyes boring into my back. Once outside I took a long, deep breath. I still could not believe that Edward Masen, the guy from Chicago that I thought I would never see again, was here. And to make this situation worse he was Alice and Emmett's cousin, which meant that I would have to see him more often then not now. I heard the door open and Alice came out.
"Hey dinner's ready." She said.
"Ok." I smiled, trying to take away that fact that I was internally freaking out about how the rest of the night would play out. We walked inside and into the kitchen. The only open seat left was across from Edward. I sat down and looked at anywhere but him.
"Edward, what brings you out here?" Charlie asked.
"Well, back in Chicago I was studying to become a doctor. Now that I am done I am able to do more hands on experience. I decided to come and study with my uncle and learn from the best." Edward answered.
"You know a few years ago, Bella was in Chicago. That would have been one small world if you two met." Charlie said. Great dad, just great. Edward chuckled.
"One small world indeed." He replied looking straight at me. I looked down at my plate as I took a bite.
"Edward where are you staying?" Alice asked.
"Uh, I haven't quite figured that out yet. I will probably be staying here tonight while I look for my own place." He said.
"Tomorrow night we should all go out." Alice suggested.
"That would be fun, except what is there to do in Forks." Emmett commented. Jasper and I laughed, while Rose and Alice glared.
"At least two people think I am funny." He said.
"We will go to Port Angeles, duh." Alice said. After dinner the six of us went into the den while our parents sat and talked.
"We need to do something, I'm bored!" Emmett said sitting down with much exaggeration. Rose sat next to him. Jasper sat on the chair with Alice on his lap leaving me and Edward on the floor. I lay down on my stomach and Edward sat leaning up against the couch.
"How about we play a board game." Alice said.
"Monopoly!" Emmett exclaimed just as Jasper said "Scrabble!"
"Ok so it is between Scrabble and Monopoly." Rose said.
"Edward, you pick." Alice said.
"How about Monopoly, then I can beat Emmett…again." Edward said laughing.
"Oh it's on cousin!" Emmett yelled as he ran up the stairs.
"I bet I can beat everyone here." Jasper challenged.
"Obviously you guys have never played Monopoly with Bella." Alice said.
"Yeah, she is the Monopoly champ." Rose added. Edward and Jasper laughed as Emmett came back.
"What did I miss?" He asked plopping down next to Rose.
"Rose and Alice think that Bella can beat us all." Jasper said as Emmett began setting up the game. Emmett's booming laughter filled the room.
"You don't stand a chance Belly Boo." Emmett said.
"We shall see Emmett." I replied laughing. I was an expert at Monopoly. My dad and I used to play all the time when I was younger and every time I won. 4 ½ hours, $20,000 and Boardwalk the only property left on the board, it was between Edward and me. Everyone else was sitting around watching. Whoever was the next person to land on Boardwalk and have to pay rent lost. I was 2 spots away from buying it. I picked up the dice and rolled, as everyone waited for the results. On the board appeared snake eyes.
"Dang Bella! That's skill. No one can get snake eyes with Boardwalk as the next property." Emmett said clapping his hand on my back.
"Told you she was good." Alice whispered. With Boardwalk in possession I was able to buy hotels.
"Your turn." I said to Edward. He rolled the dice. As he moved his piece he landed on Boardwalk.
"Pay up." I said laughing. He handed me the rest of his money and I officially won the game.
"You and Rose weren't kidding." Jasper said to Alice. I stood up, Edward did as well.
"Good game." He said smirking and left.
"Whoa, what just happened there?" Alice said.
"It seems our little Bella and Edward were having some sort of secret conversation." Rose said wiggling her eyebrows. I lightly punched her shoulder.
"We were not. Nothing happened. He said good game and that was all." I said.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night Belly." Rose said patting my shoulder and leaving.
"Awesome job Bella! No one has ever beaten Edward before. You are officially the new crowned champ of Monopoly." Emmett said following after Rose.
"Ready to go Bella?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, I'm exhausted." I said. Jasper chuckled.
"I'll walk you out." He whispered to Alice. I said bye to my dad, Carlisle and Esme.
"Drive safe." Esme said.
"Oh mother, when do I not?" Alice said smiling. Esme laughed.
"Bye!" We said. I got into the passenger seat while Alice said bye to Jasper. Maybe Edward wasn't mad anymore. But there was no way he could get over it that fast. I'm not the only to be blamed in this situation. He never made a move to contact me either. That night Alice and I went straight to bed. I couldn't figure out if I was looking forward to the next evening or not.
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