A Different Kind of Romance
Chapter 4: A Bit of a Disaster
There was a time when Bella was only allowed outside with two or more of the family members. She used to walk into Town surrounded by her family. Edward would be growling the whole time as the boys all looked at her like a piece of meat. Bella didn't care. She was actually quite oblivious to it. Besides, she had Edward with her. What could happen with your full vampire-future-boyfriend-slash-husband there to protect you?
Not to mention the fact that she could send them flying without even having to move a muscle.
There was also a time when she changed her appearance. She looked like a 10 year old, and she expected to be treated like a 10 year old.
That was when she refused to go into town with them and demanded to go alone. Now, this started quite a riot with the family, but Bella was stubborn and refused to back down on it. She argued with Edward, too. She screamed and fought. She didn't like being treated like a one year old, having to have your family go with you whenever you went out into Public. Even though everyone respected her family (and maybe a little more), she was embarrassed by the thought of it.
That was when her family had had enough. Edward was still angry, but what could he do when his soul mate wanted to do something independently. He respected her, but he just didn't trust all those little boys. He hated their thoughts.
Bella chose to go into town on a day when she wanted cake mixes. They had used all of it up, and they needed more. Edward had tried to dazzle her into letting him come with her, but it hadn't worked. Well... it nearly had, but Alice had thrown him through the wall, which had amused, yet upset Bella, even though she was grateful for Alice snapping her out of it.
Bella hummed her lullaby as she walked down the streets. She was so excited to be on her own, that she was almost skipping. Her hair swung behind her, her wavy, waist length, mahogany hair glinting in the fading sunlight. She was glowing, though the humans just thought that it was because she was so happy.
She didn't notice Ben walk up to her with a grin as she hummed her way through Town.
"Hello, Isabella!" he greeted her. Bella turned around quickly.
"Oh, hello Ben," she greeted him back, with a polite smile. She turned back around, humming again, expecting him to go his own way.
"So... where are you off to all alone?" he asked her. Bella grinned, and Ben's breath caught in his throat at the site.
"I'm off to the store. My mum said that I could go alone this time and we needed more cake mix." Bella explained.
Ben nodded. "Okay. I understand. So... your family isn't here? Not even Edward?" he asked.
Bella stiffened. "No. Why do you ask about Edward?" she questioned him.
Ben shrugged. "No reason. You just seem closer to him than the others. Whenever you come into town, you're usually on his back or on his shoulders, or just holding his hand." Ben said bitterly, clearly annoyed by their close relationship.
"That's because he's my best friend," she replied. Just then, Frank came running over to them from across the street.
"Isabella! Isabella!" he called. He finally caught up to them, and tried to catch his breath. "Fancy seeing you here," he said, speaking only to Bella. He glared at Ben. Bella nodded politely.
"What're you doing here without an escort?" he asked, putting an arm around Bella.
"Her family trusts her enough to let her go down to the store for some cake mix," Ben said, clearly smug with the fact that he knew something that Frank did not.
"Hmm," Frank said, pissed at Ben, who was acting smug. Bella was feeling more than uncomfortable by now, and slyly took Frank's arm off of hers. "Well.. anyways, I'll be your escort around here, young lady." he said in his british accent that they all had. Bella smiled and walked at a faster pace.
"That won't be necessary. I know my way around here. Besides, you wouldn't want to be around boring old me!" she said, trying to get him to get the hint.
"You're not boring," Ben cut in. "I like you just the way you are." he said, making Bella's cheeks coat red.
"Yeah! You've just moved here, anyways. How would you know your way around. Especially surrounded by your big family," Frank said.
"What's up, Isabella?" Jovani asked. Bella actually liked Jovani. She sometimes heard him telling funny jokes to people, and trying to make veryone laugh.
"Not much," she admitted.
"So... why are you here all alone with two boys? Didn't your mother teach you right?" he scolded, wagging a finger in her face. Bella threw back her head and laughed, sounding like a siren to the boys. All of their breaths hitched.
"Silly boy! Of course my mother taught me. Who else?" she asked innocently. "Well... not you, certainly." she said, pretending to be in great thought about that.
"Oh, Isabella! How you wound me!" Jovani said, pretending to have been stabbed in the heart by clutching it.
"Oh, ha ha, Jovani. You're very funny," Ben sneered. Bella frowned as Jovani pouted.
"I thought I was funny," Jovani said with a shrug. Bella placed a hand on his arm and smiled at him.
"You are funny, Jovani," she told him. Frank pretended to sneeze and Bella rolled her eyes.
"So, Bella. What're you doing on Saturday afternoon?" he asked.
Bella blinked. "I'm going fishing with Edward and Emmett," she said, automatically making up lies.
"How about Sunday?" Ben interrupted, something that he did a lot. Frank glared at him.
"Alice, Rose, Esme and I are having a Girl's day," she said, once again making plans.
"Oh," Ben breathed, disappointed.
"Sorry," Bella said, not in the least sorry for him. Before anyone else could ask her another question, Blake joined the four, making them five. They also ran into two more boys in the Supermarket. They then ran into one more boy on the way home, after all of them insisted on walking her home. Bella was utterly annoyed while walking down the street with a bunch of boys surrounded by her. She got death glares from the girls, and stares from the grown-ups.
She was angry that her independence had been quite a bit of a disaster. She had never thought about this happening. No wonder Alice threw Edward through the Wall, she thought that it would've been amusing. Bella begged to differ.
Her family could smell all the blood as she stopped a quite a while away from her home. Infact, it was at the edge of the city. Her family was surprised and worried because of all the blood and ran their way to her. Edward almost fell down when he saw then scene before him.
There was the pouting Bella, her arms crossed, her mouth in a thin line, a grocery bad hanging from her hands, which were clenched tightly. Thre were boys trying to get her attention everywhere. Edward walked up to her, and untangled her arms before taking one bag and one hand in his.
"I'll take it from here, boys." he said coldly. The boys' eyes all widened as they scrambled away from Edward who looked ready to kill. They could hear Emmett's booming laughter from the trees and Bella automatically destroyed it.
"You think this is funny?! I don't think so!" she ranted. It was obvious that Edward agreed.
"Any of these boys could've tried something on her! What if they all kidnapped her or something! Or... ehat if they asked her on a date?" he said angrily. Rosalie laughed, coming out.
"Relax, Edward! Nobody 10 year old asked her on a date," she said waving a hand as if to brush him off. "Right, Bella?" Rosalie asked. Bella bit her lip.
"Well..." she began, about to tell her story...
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Summary: Tanya and Edward made a mistake, but she left him with their child. Edward accidentally bumps into the famous author, Bella Swan when going to his College and they start a romance. My first AH story!
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A little sneak peak...
"No, no, no! Not like that! Like this!" Alice commanded. Bella growled quietly.
"Does it really matter the way I walk?" she asked.
Alice bounced up and down. "Of course!" Bella rolled her eyes.
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"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"Yes-darn-it, Bella! Don't do this, be serious, okay?"
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"No."
"Darn! How come you didn't fall for it?"
"Because, it was my trick in the first place."