Ok guys, I didn't get a lot of reviews but got a whole bunch of new followers. Well this chapter is the one everyone has been waiting for. Edward comes home and finally sees Bella for the first time all summer. How will he react? Will he like what he sees? You gotta read to find out.
Bella POV
The past few weeks have been so amazingly fun. I didn't realize how much I missed my guys until they came back. Of course Alice and Jasper had a day or two to themselves to get "reacquainted". Emmett and Jake actually got along really well and Emmett has been ga-ga for Rosalie, of course she is playing hard to get.
I was really fuckin nervous for tomorrow. Ya see, tomorrow is when Edward is coming home and Alice and Esme are throwing a huge welcome back party. They are really going overboard; with all the decorations and shit a person would think that he was being raised from the dead or something.
Jasper and Jake knew the real reason behind my transformation, and yes it was a transformation; I wasn't too sure whether Em knew about or not. Anyway, I have been in some contact with Edward since the guys came home but not much. I had a feeling that Jazz and Em knew something that they weren't telling me or Alice.
After the shock of first seeing me, we went swimming at Rose's and just hung out. They told me all about camp and I admit I was drooling a little in jealousy that they got to go to a camp that I could only dream about.
Em said something about how they all were missing me and Edward was just a little annoying about talking about me too much. I just laughed, knowing he was joking, and then gave him a hard yet joking push into the pool. Everyone busted out laughing at Emmett's shocked face and wet clothes.
Right now we were all at the Cullen's house finishing up the final touches. Well Alice, Rose, Jake and Esme were finishing up. Jasper, Emmett and I were banished from the decorating committee after I tripped and ripped most of the crey (I don't know if I spelled that correctly) paper. It would have been fine if that was all that happened, but no. Emmett had decided to make a dog pile on top of me and pulled Jasper with him. Jasper wasn't having that then proceeded to wrestle Emmett, still with me under them!
"Em, you are an absolute idiot." I said rolling my eyes trying to keep the ice bag on my nose.
"HEY! The dog pile went perfectly fine. It was Jazz here that decided to wrestle with me. He knows I can never turn down a chance to wrestle!" Emmett whined.
"Yeah what the hell Jazz? Did you forget I was under the two of you or did you really just not give a shit?" I snapped. I didn't really care that they wrestled or that we got kicked out of decorating. I was pissed that I got kneed in the ribs by Emmett and got Jasper's foot in my nose, effectively breaking my nose.
Jazz just shrugged his shoulders and mumbled an apology. He was embarrassed and feeling a little guilty. Especially after Alice basically ripped both the guys a new one stating that my broken nose would ruin everything she had planned for tomorrow night.
I huffed and turned on the TV to watch one of my favorite shows NCIS, I just love Gibbs and Dinozo. Half way through the episode I heard my phone ring; when I looked at the caller ID I saw it was Edward. I swear my heart stopped.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bella, its Edward." I rolled my eyes at this. Like I didn't know the guy I love's voice.
"Yeah I know who you are Edward. What's up?"
"Uh, nothing really, I am just packing up to leave tomorrow. Will I see you when I get home?"
"D'uh, of course you will see me! Although I do have to go run some errands with Jake all day but you will definitely see me at your welcome home party that Alice and your mom are throwing." I chuckled.
"Ugh! Don't remind me about that! I begged them not to do anything extravagant, how bad is the house right now?" Edward groaned, I am not gonna lie it sorta sounded sexy.
"It's not too bad, you like the color pink right?" I laughed hearing him groan more. "All I can tell you is that Emmett, Jasper and I are excluded from helping anymore. So enter the house at your own risk tomorrow."
"Do I even want to know why?" he asked uncertainly.
"It wasn't actually my fault this time. Emmett decided to grab Jazz and form a dog pile on me after I tripped and ripped the crey paper. Then Jazz decided he wanted to wrestle while I was underneath them. I got a knee in the ribs and a busted nose, no biggie." I explained, this shit happens all the time when you are a klutz like me.
"Well Jasper should have been more responsible since he knew you were underneath him." Edward growled. WTF?
"Edward, other than my black eye I am perfectly fine. Ribs hurt a little but I have had worse. You and I both know that." I said trying to reassure him.
"Edward? Are you in there?" I heard some girl asking in the background.
"Shit, Bella I gotta go I will see you tomorrow at my party." Edward said rushed.
"Yeah ok, bye-" I tried saying but Edward hung up. Having him hang up on me this time really hurt, especially for a girl. I started thinking that maybe this whole summer and plan would turn out to be a bust.
I was just sitting on the couch getting more and more upset when I felt the couch slump considerably; I looked to my left and saw Jake had plopped down beside me.
"I know that look chica and don't even think about that stuff. I may not know him but from what I have been told, Edward is in love with you and this will help him realize it tomorrow." Jake said bumping his shoulder into mine. I let out a pathetic smile and tried to hold back some tears.
I was so emotionally drained this summer and just wanted things to be over with. Jake knew this because he quickly grew to be my confident. I couldn't talk to Alice or Esme about this stuff because they had been doing all they could to make me into a girl and I just needed a non-family member to vent too.
Jake gave me a big hug, "Plus if this doesn't work and he needs more nudging I will just pretend that I am your boyfriend to make him jealous." He added just shrugging his shoulders. That statement made me laugh, half because I just couldn't imagine kissing Jake and the other half because the thought of Edward being jealous was simply laughable.
After a couple more episodes of NCIS Jake drove me home since the house was finally decorated to Alice's standards for her twin. I was feeling a little bit better by the time I got home and went into the living room to talk with Charlie. He had been working long hours lately and I missed our chats.
"Hey pops, what's up?" I asked and plopped down on our worn down couch.
"Nothing really Bells, just watching some baseball. The Mariners are getting smoked." Charlie grumbled as I laughed.
"Well I hate to say this but I told ya dad. They just couldn't win against them." I tried to sound sympathetic but it wasn't working.
"Yeah, Yeah. Hey isn't the big unveiling happening tomorrow night? Nervous?" my dad asked breaking eye contact with the game to look at me.
"Oh god I don't even want to begin to think about it dad. What if all this work just goes to waste? What if he doesn't even notice?"
"Bella, he has to be blind or a complete idiot not to notice the changes that you have gone through since he has been gone. If he doesn't notice than it might be time to set your sights on another person who will notice."
I just stared at my dad. Was he basically telling me to go for the next person that comes on to me?
"Uhm what I mean is that if he is too stupid to realize what he has in front of him than he doesn't deserve you and you should find someone who knows what they would have." Charlie explained looking uncomfortable.
I walked over to his chair and gave him a huge hug. That was such a sweet and loving thing he just said to me, something that he doesn't express too much.
"Thanks a lot dad. You are the best. Well I am going to head up the wooden hill, Jake and I have some errands to run before we head over to the Cullen's tomorrow evening."
"OK Bells, good night. Hopefully I will be able to make it over to the party at some point. You will knock him dead. Just remember what I said."
I nodded then started up to my bedroom thinking about all that will come of tomorrow night. It will either end perfectly or disastrously.
Edwards POV
I was coming home tomorrow…
I didn't know what to think of that little fact. I missed everyone terribly but I missed Bella so much more than anyone else.
Being with Tanya all summer made me realize how much I didn't want anyone else. I mean yes I should have stopped fuck after I realized that, but once again I am only a guy. Was I ashamed that I actually used a girl like that? Yes, very, but I can't take it back and it occupied most of my time once Emmett and Jasper left.
I was getting antsy with every hour that drew my arrival closer. I decided to call Bella, what I would say I had no clue. I pressed 3 on my speed dial and waited for her to answer.
"Hello?" I let out a breathe that I didn't know I had been holding
"Hey Bella, its Edward." Of course she knew how it was, I am an idiot
"Yeah I know who you are Edward. What's up?"
"Uh, nothing really, I am just packing up to leave tomorrow. Will I see you when I get home?"
"D'uh, of course you will see me! Although I do have to go run some errands with Jake all day but you will definitely see me at your welcome home party that Alice and your mom are throwing."
Jake again, I didn't want to hear that she is going out with Jake right before she sees me.
"Ugh! Don't remind me about that! I begged them not to do anything extravagant, how bad is the house right now?" I groaned, knowing my mom and twin would be going so overboard.
"It's not too bad, you like the color pink right?" She laughed making me groan more but not from thinking about the party. "All I can tell you is that Emmett, Jasper and I are excluded from helping anymore. So enter the house at your own risk tomorrow."
"Do I even want to know why?" I asked knowing that there was some mishap, probably because of Bella's clumsiness.
"It wasn't actually my fault this time. Emmett decided to grab Jazz and form a dog pile on me after I tripped and ripped the crey paper. Then Jazz decided he wanted to wrestle while I was underneath them. I got a knee in the ribs and a busted nose, no biggie." She explained.
I knew this was something that happened all the time but I was usually there to make sure she wasn't hurt too bad.
"Well Jasper should have been more responsible since he knew you were underneath him." I growled. I mean she could have suffocated!
"Edward, other than my black eye I am perfectly fine. Ribs hurt a little but I have had worse. You and I both know that." She tried to assure me… it didn't help much.
I was about to steer the conversation away from her being hurt when I heard someone coming up the stairs of my bunk hall.
"Edward? Are you in there?"
Jesus Christ! I forgot I was supposed to meet up with Tanya to go to the bon fire.
"Shit, Bella I gotta go I will see you tomorrow at my party." I said hurriedly, not wanting to explain who Tanya was since she wasn't someone really important.
"Yeah ok-" I hung up in her just in time as Tanya was opening the door.
I looked up and saw what she was wearing. A too tight emerald green tube top and a white skirt that reached just below her ass. It wasn't attractive at all, I was really getting sick and disgusted of how ridiculous she always looked. I stood up and walked out the door with a fake smile on my face.
Tanya kept the conversation flowing during the walk there talking about how much fun she had this summer and all the usual shit. I wasn't paying too much attention to what she was saying until she started talking about us possibly visiting each other.
I snapped out of it, "What? What do you mean visits?" I asked her.
"Well, I do live in Seattle, silly. I figured we wouldn't have to stop this little thing we have going on, since we live so close." She said in a tone that sounded like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
I let out a deep sigh, "Tanya, it really has been great and everything but I thought we had agreed we weren't a thing and this was just for the summer."
"Yes, that is what we agreed on originally but I thought maybe things had changed. I suppose there is someone else. She can't be better than me though; I mean look at me. I am amazing, every man's dream girl." She said starting off low but ended up screeching.
"Tanya there isn't another girl but nothing has changed for me. I am sorry to hurt your feelings but you just aren't it for me." I finished the conversation and left her standing there in disbelief. I didn't even feel like going to the bon fire anymore so I just went back to my bunk. I took some Nyquil I had left over hoping that it would put me to sleep and I would wake up just in time to get on the plane home.
When I got on the plane that was taking me home to my family and Bella I couldn't have been happier. I sat in front of this annoying 5 year old that kept kicking my seat. After turning around five times to glare at him I just couldn't take it anymore. I quickly turned to his mom and asked her quite politely if she could control her little fucker of a son and get him to stop kicking my fuckin seat. She was surprised at my question and quickly told me to go to H-E-double hockey sticks. But I have to say the little fucker didn't kick my seat anymore after that.
After a long ass plane ride we finally heard the captain announce that we were getting ready to land and I was more nervous than ever. I got off the plane and I saw my family there waiting for me. Alice was practically jumping up and down, Mom had tears in her eyes, and dad just had a smile on his face and arm wrapped around my mom's shoulder. Even Em and Jasper were there, everyone was waiting for me except the one person I wanted to see the most, Bella.
When I was off the tarmac Alice came sprinting at me and jumped on me.
"Ah I missed you little twin!" She screeched in my ear.
"Oh my god, Alice! That was my ear, but yes I missed you too."
"Oh Edward, How was camp dear? Did you have fun? Make any new friends?" My mom asked the typical mom questions.
"Camp was great, I did have fun, all day sports every day. Uh, yeah, I made some friends." I replied and went to collect my luggage.
We all loaded back into the car and headed out of Seattle and back to Forks, back to my home.
"So where is Bella? I figured if Emmett and Jasper welcomed me back Bella would be here also?" I asked trying to sound as casual as possible.
I guess it didn't come out as casual as I wanted it to be because as soon as it left my lips Alice and my mom gave each other a smirk of some sort.
"Bella had some stuff she needed to do with Jake before your party tonight. She will definitely be there tonight though." My mom explained.
I heard Alice's phone go off signifying that she had just received a text, "Actually Bella just text me saying that her and Jake are running later than expected. She is gonna be a little late to the party but says she wouldn't miss your homecoming for anything. I wonder what could be holding her up."
I just blanched thinking at all the things that could be making her and Jake run late. I think I am going to throw up.
Emmett leaned over to me and said "Dude, wait till you see her! She is totally different!" He meant it to be a good thing but I truly didn't want Bella to change. She was perfect the way she was.
I simply nodded and phased out the rest of the ride home. When we pulled into the drive way it was almost five and I remembered what Bella had said on the phone yesterday about the decorations. I let out a groan and pulled my bag out of the trunk. My dad laughed and clapped me on the shoulder.
"It isn't too bad, Edward. I did have to remind Alice that you were a man and not a girl though." He laughed. I laughed with him and we walked into the house.
I was surprised at how little the decorations were inside the house. Out in the backyard was a completely different story though. Alice had transformed the backyard into a dance floor with spot lights, crey paper, balloons, a DJ stand and our Jacuzzi's lights were changing colors inside the water. It all looked really cool and like an outdoor club. All three of us guys were pushed up into my room to get ready for the party; surprise, surprise, all of our clothes had been picked out already. We were all wearing black pants, Em was wearing a dark green button down, Jasper was wearing a red button down and I was going to be wearing a blue button down shirt. I must admit we all looked pretty damn good.
Right when I stepped out of my bathroom we heard a knock on the door. I told them to come in and in stepped my sister and this blonde chick I can only presume is the girl Emmett's been drooling over. She was pretty but nothing compared to my Bella.
Alice was wearing this red strapless dress that was puffed out at the bottom, tool I think it is called. Rosalie was wearing this green dress that had ruffles over the chest going down to the top of her stomach.
"Oh good you guys are ready! Edward this is Rose, Rose this is Edward. Now that you too have met we need to get downstairs." And with that she pushed us out the door and down to the living room.
We were about an hour into the party and Bella still hadn't shown up. To say I wasn't happy would be an understatement. I was fucking pissed; how could she just forget that I was coming home tonight? My parents had gone into the house and up to bed so it was getting a little crazy. The music was loud and the dance floor was packed. I went inside to get some water to cool down. It was when I opened up the refrigerator that I heard the most beautiful sound in the world, Bella's laugh.
I looked up and walked out of the kitchen and into the living room and saw her. She was wearing a blue square-neck dress with straps and god damn it her legs looked like a mile long. The skirt section of the dress was barely covering her ass, not that I really cared, I just didn't like that all the other guys would be seeing her long silky legs.
I cleared my throat and Bella turned around and our eyes met. She smiled and ran towards me. She jumped up and gave me the biggest hug, I think I died and went to heaven.
After a couple seconds like this she got off, blushed "Sorry" she mumbled
I shrugged. "There isn't anything to be sorry about. I missed you too Bells, so much."
Again she blushed. Then I heard another throat being cleared. We both turned our heads at the same time. There I saw this huge looking tan dude in my doorway.
"Oh yes I completely forgot. Edward this is Jake, Jake this is Edward." Bella said smiling at Jake.
Holy Shit! I have some competition!
OK guys this has been the longest chapter that I have written. The end was sorta rushed because I didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer. My semester is over and I will try to update as soon as possible but I am working over 50 hours a week so I might get a little tired. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep reviewing. It makes me write so much faster when I actually hear from the people that are reading my baby.