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Edward's POV
"Eddie boy!" Emmett's booming voice echoed around the apartment, and I winced.
Jasper cried, "Emmett, no!" before there was a loud crashing sound and Emmett said,
"Oops! Sorry Jazz, was that your head?"
I sighed and turned back to my laptop,
Piano_man – Sorry Bella, I have to go, my friend just arrived and I think he might've killed my roommate.
Starsandswans – Haha, that's ok. I'd better go check on Alice, she's been strangely quiet for the past…5 minutes. I think she's planning on dragging me outside today.
Piano_man – Talk to you later x
Starsandswans – Bye. Remember my pen!
Starsandswans has logged off.
Bella and I had become even closer friends, and I was sure that I liked her…a lot. And I was still unsure as to who she was: that sneaking suspicion that she was more closely connected to my sister than I thought still nagged at the back of my head, and I was still yet to call Alice and see if I could meet this 'Bella'.
I pushed my chair out and stood up, making for the door. I opened it and was immediately hit in the face with a snowball. "What the…?"
The whole apartment was full of snow; Jasper was glaring at Emmett, his hair completely drenched in wet slush, and Emmett was grinning wildly, looking very proud of himself. "Sorry Edward," Rosalie, his girlfriend, peeked out from behind him, "I couldn't stop him."
"Where did all this snow come from?!"
"Erm, duh, dude. Outside! Look!" Emmett dragged me to the window and threw the curtain aside. The whole of Clapham common (we lived just across the road from it) was covered in white, glimmering snow that looked practically untouched, apart from a few footprints.
"Wow…"
"I know!"
Emmett started dancing around the room, until Rosalie smacked him on the back of the head and said, "Emmett, behave!"
"Sorry Rosie."
"Dude, you're whipped!" Jasper was laughing and Emmett shot him a glare.
"Oh, yeah, this coming from the person who can't get more than an 'H…h…hey Alice' out of his mouth whenever a certain PIXIE is here." Jasper paled and Emmett grinned evilly, "Yes, my dear Jazzy…we all notice. Even Edward."
I nodded serenely when Jasper glanced at me, looking unnaturally terrified, then shrugged, "Hey, if you like my sister, that's alright with me, just don't date her. You can just watch her from afar…"
Emmett yelled, "Ouch, hoovered! Oh yeah!" and put his hand up for a high five.
"No way am I 'high fiving' you, Emmett. Not until you clean up all this snow."
"I'll just high five my dearest Rosalie then. Rosie! High five!"
"No."
"Darn…"
"Do you think we should call Alice and see if she…?" Jasper caught our expressions and grumbled, "Ok, I guess that's a no."
I shook my head slowly…this was the perfect opportunity to find out if my suspicions were correct. "No, Jasper…you can call Alice and see if she wants to come out in the snow with us."
"Really?"
"Why not? One evil pixie more can't hurt."
Jasper's face brightened; it hadn't escaped my notice that he only smiled like that when Alice was near or someone was talking about Alice. He opened his phone and said, "Hey Alice! I was…ok well, WE were wondering whether you and…Bella, is it…would like to come out in the snow with us?"
There was a high pitched squealing and Jasper laughed, "Ok then, good. We'll meet you out there in about half an hour, ok? Alright, see you Alice." He snapped the phone shut and smiled, "Done!"
As we clattered down the stairs and Emmett was pulling on his gloves, I asked Rosalie, "So, how long's it been like this?"
She shrugged, "Emmett pulled me out of bed this morning to see it; I think it snowed overnight. All the roads and schools are closed, so we're all pretty much snowed in."
"Isn't it awesome?!" Emmett added, his cheeks already red with excitement.
"Best day of my life," Jasper agreed sarcastically.
"Party pooper."
When we got outside Emmett was nearly run over by a car as he rushed across the road, and we all eventually made it onto the common. Emmett ran in front, pulling a laughing Rosalie with him, whilst Jasper and I trudged behind, Jasper surreptitiously searching for Alice.
Two girls appeared on the far side of the common. I watched them in interest; one appeared to be being dragged by the other. The other girl was very short, very thin, and had spiky hair. The dragged one had long brown hair, which was already full of white snow.
I stopped still and just stared; she was beautiful. Her hair was long and curly, flying around as she laughed and ducked snowballs from the smaller girl. She looked like she was dancing across the snow, and I caught a glimpse of her face. Her eyes were large and brown, and her skin was creamy white.
She was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen in my life, and I felt that I recognised her from somewhere.
Jasper whispered, "Jeez," from beside me. I turned to look at him, but he was staring at the spiky haired girl, a weird look in his eyes. I gasped as I realised…I knew that pixie haired little monster!
"Bella!" Emmett yelled, at the same time I cried, "Alice!" and he let go of Rosalie to charge across the snow towards the dark haired girl.
"Emmett?" She let go of Alice's hand and turned, her hair swinging round, her mouth twisted up into a surprised smile. Emmett ran straight into her, rugby tackling her to the ground whilst Alice began to laugh.
"Hey Bella!" he shouted, before smashing snow into her face. She squealed and kicked at him, but he wouldn't budge.
"Emmett, get off! I can't breathe, you idiot!"
Alice straightened up and grinned, "Hey Edward! Jasper!" She shot over and jumped on him, giving him a huge hug. "Hey Jazzy!"
She was the only one allowed to call him that, "Hey Al," he said softly.
I crossed my arms and glared at Alice, "What, I don't get a hug too?"
"Hey Edward!" she squealed, and hugged me tightly too. Bella was up by this point, and she and Emmett were having a furious snowball fight.
"Emmett, what did mum say?! You don't attack your sister…especially when your sister is very prone to HATING SNOW!"
"How can you hate snow?!"
"I'm just insane, Emmett, yes, I know, but still!"
"Take that!"
"DIE EMMETT SWAN!" They continued pelting snowballs at each other, and all four of us were in hysterics. Bella didn't seem to have realised that we were there, and Emmett chased her straight towards me.
Everyone else ran for it as they ran full speed towards us, but I was too transfixed to move. Bella was laughing, and before I knew it, she tripped, straight into my arms, knocking me down too. We fell together, the snow crunching as I hit it, Bella right on top of me.
It was then that it really hit me. This was THE Bella…I was completely sure of it. The brown hair…the obvious relationship with Emmett…this was her!
Bella's POV
"Bella!" I knew that voice.
"Emmett?" I turned to see my only brother pelting full speed towards me. I barely had time to shriek before he knocked me down, Alice laughing her head off a few feet away.
"Hey Bella!" He grinned and wiped snow all over my face.
"Emmett, get off! I can't breathe, you idiot!" I squirmed, laughing as Emmett rolled off me to gather more snow.
"Haha, Bella!" He held up three large snowballs, and I backed away slowly.
"Emmett, don't you dare…" He chucked two and I dodged them, then ran for it, hiding behind a tree. A large piece of ice fell off one of the branches, and I picked it up, chuckling evilly to myself. Just as Emmett rounded the corner I threw it straight at his head; it broke into three pieces and Emmett fell, looking dazed.
I ran into the middle of the common, and I spotted four other people watching us, but I didn't pay much attention to then. I gathered more snow and shouted at Emmett, "Emmett, what did mum say?! You don't attack your sister…especially when your sister is prone to HATING SNOW!"
Emmett jumped up, "How can you hate snow?!"
I ducked a snowball and chucked one back, "I'm just insane, Emmett, yes, I know, but still!"
"Take that!"
"DIE EMMETT SWAN!" I furiously attacked him with snowballs, unaware of the four people laughing their heads of at us as we fought. When I ran out of snow I screamed and turned away, running as fast as I could as Emmett steamed after me. Alice and the two others ran for it, but one stayed. I barely had time to look at his face as I glanced back; judging whether I could get home without Emmett catching me…and then my natural clumsiness took over.
I tripped over a piece of ice and fell straight into the man in front of me; his arms wrapped around me as we both tumbled towards the ground. We hit the snow with a crunch, and I slowly opened my eyes, breathing heavily, too dizzy to think straight.
The man chuckled underneath me, and I looked down at him for the first time. What I saw would've made me stumble if I hadn't already fallen. This guy was the most handsome man I had ever seen. His green eyes twinkled and his bronze hair glinted in the light reflected off the snow. He was laughing, his smile desperately dazzling, and his emerald eyes reflected my shocked face.
I realised I was lying on top of him, his arms wrapped around me tightly, and I blushed furiously. I twisted off him, but he didn't let go, so we ended up on the ground, facing each other, both of us wonderfully close.
As I looked up at his laughing face, it hit me. I knew exactly who this guy was…I'd dreamt about this face every night for weeks on end. "Edward…" I whispered to myself, and he abruptly stopped laughing.
"What was that?" he asked, and neither of us moved from our position as we stared at each other.
"Erm…nothing?" I attempted a weak smile, and Edward pushed a little of my wet hair out of my face, smiling down at me.
"Edward Cullen, pleased to meet you." I couldn't help a nervous laugh as he twisted one hand into the small space between us and grasped my fingers gently.
"Bella Swan," I stuttered back, aware of nothing but the feeling of his fingers on mine. Our hands had somehow intertwined themselves, and we were both silent, just looking at each other, my expression mirroring his. My heart picked up and beat erratically, and I was finding it hard to breathe.
I couldn't believe this was THE Edward…the guy I had a serious crush on. Well, more than that, now that I had seen him. He was perfect – and I already knew him so well. If only he knew who I was, and I doubted he did. He wouldn't guess that the girl he talked to so often over instant messaging was me.
"Bella?" Alice's face appeared above Edward, "What are you doing? Edward?"
He pulled his eyes away from mine and let go of my hand, "Hey Alice…I was just…erm…helping Bella." He smiled at me and stood up, holding out his hand to me. I took it and let him pull me up; again stumbling into him as I did so. Alice giggled as Edward swiftly put an arm around my waist to stop me from falling again.
"So, Bella…I guess you've met Edward then."
I groaned inwardly at the tone of her voice, knowing what was coming, then forced a smile, "Yeah." I turned to Edward and smiled apologetically, "Sorry I ran into you…I'm clumsy like that."
"I didn't mind at all." Edward smiled crookedly, his eyes twinkling and I swore my heart stopped for a second, then picked up double-time.
"I…erm…" I was locked in his eyes, and unable to move. I wished he would look away, but he just continued to stare at me. Alice cleared her throat, and he released me, glancing over at Alice with a slightly irritated expression on his face.
"Yes?"
She giggled, "You can let go of Bella now, Edward. Oh, and her brother's coming, and he doesn't look happy." Sure enough, I looked behind me to see Emmett charging across the snow, two snowballs in his massive hands, his face murderous.
"Let go of my sister, Edward!"
"Emmett!" I shouted, clenching my fists furiously, but Edward just laughed and yelled back:
"You'll have to catch us first!" With that he picked me up with both hands and slung me onto his back, running away from Emmett with me clinging on tightly.
"Are you planning on dying today," I laughed into his ear, "my brother can get pretty angry when it comes to someone kidnapping me."
"Well, I'd better not let him catch me," he said, grinning at me again, "I can run fast."
Emmett was still running after us, shouting abuse at Edward, to which he just laughed and said to me as he ran, "You know, I can't imagine you two being siblings. Emmett's just too…insane to be your brother."
"Well, I always thought he was adopted…" We laughed together and I swung one of my arms out, catching some snow off a tree and forming it into a ball.
"Think fast!" I threw it at Emmett's head; it was right on target, hitting him right in the face, spraying snow all over his eyes.
"Ahh! It burns!"
I laughed and whooped, ignoring all the snowmen-makers' faces as they watched us flee from Emmett's wrath. Edward neatly dodged all the grit-balls Emmett threw at us, all the time shouting gleefully at him. I could see Alice and two blondes walking slowly behind; Alice was holding the blonde guy's hand, so I figured that was Jasper.
I overbalanced as I leaned over for another snowball, and I began to slip off Edward's back. I fell over to the side, and Edward overbalanced too, sending us both to the ground for the second time that day; only this time, he was on top of me.
We both collapsed laughing, covered in snow, and I rested my head against the ground, laughing so hard I teared up. Edward flicked some snow at me, resting on his elbows, "Remind me never to try and steal you again; you are too accident prone. I've never fallen over this often in my life!"
I giggled, "Well, it was your fault, Edward Deadly-Nightshade." I don't know what possessed me to say it, but Edward stopped laughing as soon as I did. Shit, I thought to myself, ok, how to undo it, how to undo it…
His soft voice interrupted my mental beatings, "I suppose it was, Bella Von-Cuddleypoops."
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