Chapter 7

"We've been looking all over for you! We thought you got lost!" Rose uncharacteristically snapped.

Alice was looking at Jack speculatively and asked, "So, who are you?"

"Hi, I'm Jack Carls, you ladies must be of Bella's running friends. It's a pleasure to meet you," Jack offered a hand, to which Alice eyed suspiciously.

Rosalie however, was more interested, grabbed his hand and shook vigorously.

"Well, I think we should go for lunch now guys, I already promised my parents the visit, and we are not going to be late." Alice said loudly.

"Um, isn't it a little early for lunch right now Alice?" I asked, looking at my watch.

Alice glared at me and shook her head towards Rose's direction.

"We gotta go before Rose forgets that Emmett is her guy, I mean, look at her flirt with Jack…" Alice hissed in my ear.

I sighed and shrugged. Jack got Alice's message and glanced at his watch.

"Yikes, look at the time. Sorry girls, I gotta run." He started to take off in the other direction. Then he slowed into a walk and looked back at me, "Hey Bella, I really enjoyed meeting you today. Hey, next week, maybe we can meet here and go out for coffee or something." He smiled and waved.

I blushed and waved to him. Next to me, Alice and Rose were exchanging glances.

"What?" I asked glaring back at them.

"Nothing!" They both sang out in unison, smiling with furtive looks.

"Ok Alice, let's go, where do you want to eat?" I ignored the looks they kept exchanging.

"Um, how about that new restaurant that just opened in town, what was it called? Uh, North Hill Grill, Edward said it was a good place to eat." Alice answered, smiling happily.

"Maybe it's because he's been there so many times with his blonde girlfriend." Rosalie aimed the sentence at me.

"Are you saying that on purpose? Things were going fine without him in this!" I muttered to her loudly, trying not to attract Alice's attention. And then I gasped; did I just say that out loud? Oh no!

"What do you mean Bella? How….ohhhh, I see how it is." Rose nodded, winking at me. "You have a little crush on Edward?" She whispered loudly.

"Who? Who has a crush on Edward? You guys better tell me, he's my brother!" Alice squealed excitedly.

"Ugh, no one would crush on him, right Rose?" I asked her back, my teeth clenched.

"Whatever, you can't be sure, he's pretty good looking, but I prefer your brother Bella." Rose answered grinning.

I stared at her, amazed; she actually confessed that to me, wow. Rosalie finally started to blush a delicate rose color.

"Okay, enough talk about boys, I'm starving!" Alice pulled us to her Porsche, which was parked closest to the lake and we all jumped in.

We arrived at the grill and the girls went through the menu to find a quick lunch. Alice wanted to go to her mansion right afterwards and she kept telling us we had to eat fast.

I couldn't eat because I was so nervous about meeting Edward. Alice and Rose were worried but they couldn't convince me to order anything other than an iced tea.

Alice only ordered a mini slice of Hawaiian pizza and a strawberry milkshake, usually, she would have gotten more. Rose got a garden salad and a peach smoothie. They finished half of what they got and we headed out the door to Alice's car and rushed off.

"Why are we in such a hurry Alice?" Rosalie asked, frowning at the speedometer.

"There's something important I have to deal with at my house." She replied, finally slowing down a bit and breaking into a wide grin.

"You mean Jasper?" I asked, teasingly.

"No! Not him! I mean, I would love to see him again, but this is different." Alice started to blush, and glared at us from her mirror.

Rose and I cracked up and leaned on each other to support us from tumbling on the floor from laughing so hard.

"Sure it is, we really believe you." Rose's sarcasm started another round of laughter, but only from us. Alice just rolled her eyes, though she blushed deeper every second we laughed.

When we finally arrived at Alice's place, the Alice and Rose rushed in through the door.

I took a deep breath and followed them inside…

A/N: My sincere apologies for not updating for so long, it's been what, two weeks already? Yeah, so again, I'm really sorry, but I guess you guys do know the reason why right? Busy busy bee. Yupp, all week I had projects and loads of homework, the whole nine yards.

Anyway, so I finally finished the 7th chapter, I'm so proud. Read, enjoy, and submit some thoughts or recommendations if you like, I'll appreciate that. Thank you all for reading!

MA