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C H A P T E R 3:
As predicted, Rose showed up at my door in the early afternoon Saturday, her hand full of cosmetics and hair products.
"Rise and shine sleepyhead! Charlie let me in. by the way." No! I groaned.
"Leave me alone, go torture someone else!" I hid my face under my pillow; it was way too early for this. What time was it anyway? If she would just leave me alone for a few more hours, I would promise to be bright and joyful tonight. We could catch a movie or, of course!
The party! I mentally slapped my head for forgetting.
The party where 'everybody' would be to see me make an ass of myself, of course I was sure I would.
I groaned again, but got myself out of bed.
"I'm going to take a shower, I'll be right back. What time is it anyway?"
"It's almost four o'clock. You've been sleeping for thirteen hours or so! How can you even still be tired?"
"Twelve hours, I didn't go to bed before 4am last night" Rose just laughed at me and I yawned.
"I'll set everything up!" She called after me as I entered the bathroom.
When I came back, my room really looked like a beauty salon. Rose immediately rushed towards me.
"This is going to be so much fun and we are going to look so great!" She squealed as she started pulling at my hair and blow drying it. I was so nervous, but I still couldn't help a silly tingle running through my body as Rose cheerful mood started to rub off on me.
"So, who exactly is 'everybody'?" I asked, dreading the answer.
"It really is everybody, not just everybody as in the one that 'means something', but really everybody. The jocks, the bullies, us, the nerds" Wait, wasn't we the nerds? "The shopaholics, the want to be's. You know everybody!"
Oh, my, god!
This was going to be ten times worse than I thought!
"Wait, who are the nerds?" And who are we if we're not them?"
"The nerds, you know, Tyler what's his name, Eric Yorkie and Mike Newton." Who? "Those guys, you never really see them, they spend all their time in the science lab. And, for the record, we, my friend, are the weirdoes." She let go of my hair, straightened her back and paraded around my room as she owned it, and said with a perfect imitation of Jasper.
"And you should know so, shouldn't you, Swan?" I joined her, standing a few feet behind her, looking like I didn't have a problem in the world.
"Indeed Jasper and that goes for you to Hale!"
She snapped her fingers and I was immediately at her side.
"Yes?" I exclaimed eagerly before we both broke down laughing.
After recovering from our laughter fits Rosalie continued doing my hair, putting on some cheery music and vigorously filling me in on all the latest gossip. It always amazed me how much would happen those nights I was working. And by time we were ready to step out I was actually feeling quite giddy myself to. Rose and I giggled all the way down the stairs.
"I can't believe he actually said that to you" That being Mike Newton asking Rose to the party tonight while I was working. When I thought about it, I had wondered how she had heard of these nerds in the first place, here was my answer. Poor Mike Newton, kina, Rose was so out of his league though.
"I know me either!" She laughed as Charlie came out of the kitchen with his dinner, giving us amused looks.
"What's up girls? You look pretty dressed up" He let the sentence hang in the air for a second as he looked at my outfit, clearly not approving.
Crap! Crap, crap, crap. Did I forget to tell Charlie about the party?
It seemed so; I felt my face flush, ops.
Rose clearly picked up the tension in the room, because she quickly excused herself to wait for me outside. Charlie was still looking at me for an answer.
"I guess I forgot to mention it, Rose and I are going to a beach party today." He didn't look surprised at all.
Wait a second! This was Forks for god's sake, of course he knew!
He gave me a small smile and nodded, aha! Suspicion proved! He moved on to the television and sat down, turning on some game. My father was really the sports idiot. I carefully moved after him, I needed to get everything out before he was too emerged in the game and forgot I told him.
"I am staying at Roses after the party, and dad.." He didn't move as he answered.
"Yes, of course honey. You have fun." I frowned.
"DAD!" He jumped in his seat and turned to me. I turned the TV at mute and started repeating myself.
"I am staying at Roses tonight, and please, please be the cool dad. Just for this one night if so." I pleaded him, making my eyes big and puppy like. It clearly confused him.
"What do you mean, Bells? Am I not always the coolest dad in town?" The last part was said with a bit of humor, he was clearly trying to lead my mind onto something else, but I wouldn't be stopped. I had to stop this possibly catastrophe.
"You know you are, dad. But still, could you please today be the dad who won't call Rosalie's parents to check on me all night, the dad who don't freak out if I'm not in bed by eleven. And whatever you do, please don't be the dad who shows up with the entire police force to 'break up' a presuming dangerous party?" I could seen on his face that at least one of my 'accusations' was correct.
"Bella, please, I wouldn't do that."
"Oh yes, you so would!"
"Bella, this is for your own good, and not calling Rosalie's parents would be extremely irresponsible" There is was, I could be fairly sure my first and last suspicion was correct.
"Dad, I'm SEVENTEEN! And interfering in the party would completely ruin my life. You would be the coolest guy in town, sure, and of course all the parents would love you. But I would be stuck as the town looser, the party pooper, and the one everyone would stay away from and leave out of every plan."
I made my lower lip tremble.
"And dad, when was the last time Rosalie's parents called to check on her when she slept over here?"
Hah! Busted, he's got no good comebacks, I win!
I hurried out in the surprisingly warm night. The weather was really perfect, considering this is Forks and that its spring, it was great. I had a warm spring evening, me, my best friend, and the (assumingly) best party of the year.
"What took you so long?" Rose asked as we made our way down my driveway. We had decided to drive her car to her home, and walk to the beach from there.
"I just avoided what would have been the worst disaster possible!" I told her, unable to hide my spark of pride.
"Oh no, don't tell me your father was planning on?" On look at my face confirmed her worst fears.
"Please, tell me you worked it all out?" I grinned.
"Of course" I made my big doe eyes, "Who's daddy's little girl?" I asked innocently.
"Yes!" Rose squealed and threw herself around my neck. "Let's go rule that party!" She almost shouted as we sat down in her car. She had obviously reached her previous bright mood and sped way past it as well. I was back to being really nervous, I could feel the panic flood through me. That familiar unwanted feeling of being a complete loser and totally worthless filled me. I hold onto my
seat with a death grip and turned to send a panicked look at Rosalie. She turned on the radio, turned up the volume and sang out, obviously understanding my feelings.
Her little distraction actually worked, and soon I was singing with her, almost all forgotten about my low self-esteem.
We parked in Rose's driveway and chatted on our way to the beach. Our plan was very tactic, Rose lived right by the beach and this way we weren't bound to drive anywhere later tonight. The sight that met us on the beach was really breath taking; it was the kind you would think only existed in movies. The beach was crowded; someone had put up a big stereo and some kid I thought I recognized from my Spanish class was currently working on getting it up and working. Someone else had brought a barbeque and some boys was hanging around, drinking beers and laughing loudly. As I said, you wouldn't think this kind of get-together was possible in real life, but hey! Just take all of Forks high school students, some fancy props and voilah, teenage movie get together.
Soon the music was up and running, and people was starting to warm up and dance, Rose and I was fixed up with some beers of our own, the work of some overly helping boys! Normally I didn't drink, I had felt no need to 'prove' myself that way, and so I was not that familiar with alcohol. But this particularly night, it seems I was feeling quite the rebel, and so I was nipping slowly to my beer as I and Rose made our way through the crowd to escape the dancing. None of us was bad at dancing, but remembering last weekend's event, we both agreed it would be for the best to stay out of the spotlight, at least for a while.
We met up with Angela and Ben after a little while, and while they emerged to the dance floor, I caught some boys staring after me and Rosalie. I tilted my head to the side and furrowed my brows in confusion and one of them winked at me. I abruptly grabbed Rose by her arm and turned on my heel onto the dance floor.
"What's the matter girl?" she looked confused at my flushed expression.
"Some creep winking at me, let's dance." She gave me a tiny pitiful look before she warily said.
"You don't think you overreact a bit? I mean, it doesn't hurt flirting just a tiny bit now and then."
"What? What's that suppose to mean?" She raised her hands in surrender.
"Nothing, nothing, just, I think you wouldn't find it horrible to loosen up a bit once in a while."
"This is the alcohol talking, not you." I said grumpily, I knew how to have fun. I had plenty of fun! Just because I didn't throw myself at every boy didn't mean I don't have fun! Doesn't mean I don't know how to flirt either.
"Bella, you don't get drunk after one beer." She glanced down. "Half a beer actually"
"Well I certainly do" The ground was threatening to tip over.
"Silly Bella, you're not drunk, you just think so because you don't drink normally" I shook my head slightly and nodded.
"I guess you're right"
"Always am, now let's go dance. Just promise me you think about what I said." She grabbed my hand and dragged me after her, practically in center of the dance floor she started moving her hips adjusting to the music and I followed suit. After a while my mood, ruined by Rosalie's 'Bella can't have fun' speech, lightened a bit. As the sky became darker the DJ decided that the mood was set for some slow songs. Previously he had been playing fast songs, more danceable, but now he was playing song 'for all the little lovebirds', as he so nicely put it. Both Rose and I started our way back to the mingling area of the beach, almost laughing our buts of by the goofy DJ. He sounded just like some old dad, trying desperately to seem 'cool' to his kids.
We were almost out of the danger zone when someone grabbed by hand and pulled me back hard.
"Dance with me?" He slurred slightly in his words and I could tell he'd had way more to drink than me.
"No… thank you" I tried to pull my arm out of his grasp, but he wouldn't let go.
"Come on, now that's not a nice way to treat a superb guy like me" he was obviously very full of himself.
"Really, no means no" I tried once again to get my arm back, but when nothing happened this time either, I seriously started thinking about it. How much do I really need that arm anyway?
I doubted I needed it more than it would cost me not getting away from this creep. Luckily Rose came to my rescue right when I decided against chewing it off and readied myself to knock him unconscious.
"Bella, where did you go? Oh…" I gave her a desperate look, but she'd already read the situation correctly.
"Mike, let go of Bella's arm this instant" She said with a clear minority in her voice.
Mike? Mike, Mike, Mike. Where did I hear that before? Nooo! The science geek! Why me?
I took a better look at the boy currently responsible for taking my arm hostage. He was blond with spiky hair and very baby blue eyes. Also his clothes were very, geeky, I thought.
"I'm sorry Rosalie, but Bella have a dance to accompany me to, so if you would leave us alone?"
"GOD! How many times do I have to say it? NO, and give me my freaking arm back"
"Give Bella her arm back, Mike. She's not interested, so step off!" This new voice made all our heads turn.
"Alice!" Rose squealed, before she instantly turned serious again. "This creep won't give Bella her arm back" She scowled at him again.
"Mike, get a grip!" When he still wouldn't let go she took a few quick steps and slapped him in the back of his head. Both Rose and I stared at her in surprise; Mike looked slightly confused, but finally let my arm go and excused himself.
"He's so annoying; he's been hitting on every girl in Forks tonight. Oh look, there goes Lauren too!" Alice frowned angrily and stomped her foot.
"Well, it's better to turn them down quick and hard, that way they don't expect anything later." Rosalie huffed as we made our way to the barbeque, but the conversation soon turned in on more enjoyable themes. Like outfits of the night; of course Alice concluded that ours was the best, and who had hooked up with who.
Alice and Rosalie occupied themselves in a deep conversation, planning a whole day shopping trip to Seattle next Saturday; I turned my back to them and studied the dancing people in front of me, deep in thoughts of my own. When I snapped out of it and turned back they were… gone?
I looked around a bit more, and finally thought I spotted them on the dace 'floor', as far away from me as possible.
Fine! I thought, if Rosalie didn't want me along she could have just said so instead of leaving me.
She probably just wanted to get away from 'Bella the party pooper'. Hadn't she just complained and told me just how boring I was? 'Loosen up a bit Bella; you have no fun, flirt around!' Pff, like I didn't have plenty of fun. Maybe she was tired of me altogether; maybe she wanted Alice to be her new best friend. Alice was fun, Alice was flirting, and Alice wasn't a weirdo like I was.
Saddened by my train of thoughts I started walking slowly away from the party and headed onto the small pass way through the woods and into the old playground. Finally there, I sat down on the swing I and Rosalie used to play on when we were kids. I pushed myself just enough to move slowly forwards and backwards. I closed my eyes and laid my head to rest on one of the sides of the swing. I could hear someone sit down in the swing beside me, but I didn't move.
"Do you mind if I join you?" I didn't even bother to get mad.
"No" I sighed "Do as you please" What was with the sudden politeness?
"Why did you leave the party?" I just shrugged, not leaving my position.
"You look nice tonight" At this I had to look up and my eyes met his instantly. Was he sincere?
"Are you even allowed to say that?" I asked, with a bit more venom in my voice that necessary and a little bit less than expected. He just chuckled.
"I believe I am free to say what I want."
"Doesn't seem that way" I mumbled under my breath, if he heard he didn't show.
"Are you going back?" he asked instead.
"No, I didn't plan on it, how about you?" Wait, was I really having a pleasant conversation with Edward Cullen? Well, maybe not pleasant, but at least a two-way and polite conversation. Wow, miracles really do occur!
"No, I'm a bit fed up by the all-American get together and happy people." He smiled briefly, a crooked smile, who actually was a bit cute. I smiled back.
STOP! What did I just think? Cute? Edward Cullen and the word cute in the same sentence, how much did I really have to drink?
"Would you like to take a walk with me then? If you're not going back I mean" He looked at me expectantly, and I completely lost count of my thoughts.
"Oh, I don't know" His expression fell.
'Nothing, nothing, just, I think you wouldn't find it horrible to loosen up a bit once in a while'
Damn Rosalie, I'd show her.
"Ok, where are we going?"
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Edward and I followed the main road for a while; there were no cars as the time showed past midnight already. At first we walked in complete silence, each with our hands in our pockets, pretty embarrassed. Why did I agree to this again?
Oh, yes. Rosalie.
I decided this wouldn't really show her anything, if I couldn't even start a conversation how fun was I? So my goal, talking, I looked over at Edward who was deep in his own thoughts. What would I talk about? I didn't even know this guy, the only think I knew about him was;
"So, how's being Jasper and Emmett's pet working out for you these days?" Oh,please tell me I didn't say that out loud?
"What?" So much for being fun.
"Never mind"
"Is that how you see me?" No! Not the puppy eyes! That was my trick!
"Err, kind of?"
We walked in silence a while longer.
"Where are we going? Have you noticed?" I looked around, not sure I recognized the street. But this was Forks after all, how lost could we be, I looked at Edward and was surprised to see him blushing slightly.
"Yes, it seems I have, unconsciously, walked us to my home." He looked at me as he expected a certain reaction.
"Oh." Oh my god, Rosalie was absolutely right! I was probably the most boring person on the planet.
"Would you like to come in?"
NO! You're Edward Cullen, of course I don't want to come in!
"What about your family?" He looked like he was almost surprised I hadn't turned down his offer right away. So was I.
"My parents are divorced, mum is out of town this weekend and Alice is staying at dads." It always surprised me whenever someone reminded me that Edward end Alice was family, siblings, twins even. And there went my way out as well, I readied myself to reject him, when Rose interrupted me.
'You don't think you overreact a bit? I mean, it doesn't hurt flirting just a tiny bit now and then'
"If you don't have any plans or anything?" I thought about this a little, Charlie wasn't expecting me home at all tonight since I had told him I'd be sleeping at Rose. But I hadn't really ever talked to her about that. We never did, I would have just come home with her and stayed.
"No, I'm free, so sure, you live here?" I looked up at a big white house; he nodded and led the way. Inside he showed me into the living room, we sat down in the sofa and the embarrassing silence erupted over us again.
"Why did you invite me here?" I finally asked the question that had been bugging my mind since I first heard his voice in the playground.
"What do you mean?" I tried to catch his eye, but he was studying something very interesting on the carpet.
"I mean, why did you come after me to the playground? And if you didn't, why didn't you leave? You have never showed any interest in talking to me before and now I'm suddenly in your living room, that's what I mean" This time he met my eyes.
"I think you're cute, that's why."
"What?" What did he just say? I wanted to ask someone, did anyone hear what he just said? Because I just started having delusions in my hearing.
But he didn't answer me this time, instead the leaned forwards and kissed me. He kissed me! His lips moved gently over mine, so gentle and soft. Why didn't I pull away? Whatever the answer was I didn't, instead I moved myself closer to him and knotted my hands in his hair as I sighed. He opened his mouth slightly and ran his tongue tryingly over my bottom lip; I opened my mouth eagerly and welcomed his tongue in a heated battle for dominance.
I nearly didn't notice when he lifted us both up from the couch and placed his hands on my waist as he moved towards the stairs and guided me into his room. All I could think of was what an amazing kisser he was. When he sat us down on his bed I finally managed to have one sensible thought. Why was agreeing to this? I found the answer; I blame the beer and, really, who cares?
I pulled him closer to me and ran my hands over his back before I started unbuttoning his shirt at the same time as he pulled my top of, only breaking the kiss to pull it over my head. When he got it off he laid me gently down on the bed and for a second he just stared at me, suddenly self conscious I held my arms over my chest in an attempt to cover myself.
"No, don't, I'm sorry" he said a bit stammering as he leaned over me and captured my lips in another heated kiss. He moved his lips to trail a line of butterfly kisses over my jaw line and down my neck and collar bone before returning to my lips. I unconsciously caressed his back, as he did the same to my front. Somewhere along the line my bra and both ours pants joined our shirts at the floor.
It hurt. Somehow I wasn't really surprised, in theory I knew it would, but still. This was the real deal, and it was so much more intense than I expected. So intimate.
And then there was also pleasure, I didn't know if he had ever done this before. Probably, was my immediately answer. But he seemed insecure as well. Sparks and stars dancing, and he let out a low sound I didn't really catch before collapsing by my side.
He took hold of my waist and held me close to him, and I knew I should have been crying or reacting in some way, because before today I all I knew of this person lying beside me was bad, but by some reason I didn't. I just slowly fell asleep in his arms.
Soo, this just wouldn't come out right. I'm really sorry if the end of this chapter was completely suck-ish, but again, this is my first fan fiction, so bear with me. Anyway, I still don't have a beta and English isn't my native language, so please don't get all too annoyed with my mistakes.
I'm not sure actually, how long it's been since I updated, by as I said, this part was just stuck! So you all should thank Too Much Is Enough for this chapter as it was his/hers review that pulled the trigger.
Please review, thank you.
-RFIY
OH! And if anyone noticed, there was a star earlier in the chapter like this: . That's because my original plan, well not exactly, for this chapter ended there. Anyway I had even written the authors note which would explain a few things for those interested.
A/N: Cliffhanger? Hope so, either that or my writing really suck..
Anyway, hope you enjoyed it; I am already working on next chapter (which was originally a part of this). I am working on getting my chapters longer by the way. And I guess I should add, I do not support underage drinking and I hope you understand this is not Bella's normal stance towards alcohol.
Oh, and I just want to mention I have changed Forks a bit, I think. We never really get an description on the whole city and this beach they're at is NOT the La Push beach, this is one in Forks itself, and that's why Bella and Rosalie can walk there, also I picture Forks in this FF as a small city, but still with the higher society's neighborhood a bit divided from the working class' neighborhood.