A/N: OMG! vivx-chan you are like a freaking music genius! Other than yours truly of course :P. lol. Peoples she got the songs right AGAIN! Step your game up if you want a sneak peek for yourself! Shout out to all those who review while in writing this!
Previously:
"Shut up Edward. You're just jealous you haven't been laid in almost a year now." Emmett retorted.
"Whatever man, I refuse to discuss my sex life with you." Edward flipped him off and Emmett just rolled his eyes. "Where's Jasper?"
"He went to say hey to Alice." Emmett replied.
"Alright, when he gets back down here we'll start." Edward turned to me. "No you've done a good job impressing me but now the real challenge of impressing Jasper comes. He can be a bit…critical about who we let in the band."
I nodded and looked up as I heard footsteps on the stairs. Emmett muttered "Let the games begin."
I was terrified
Chapter 3:
Bella POV:
I gulped as the person came down the stairs. When Jasper finally emerged in the room he grinned at Emmett and Edward and they did their manly greetings and all of that. I just stood off to the side awkwardly.
"Hey Jazz, this is Bella. The girl I told you about last night." Edward said introducing me.
"Hi," I greeted timidly.
"Hello Bella," Jasper smiled at me which shocked me at first. They'd made Jasper sound like he'd be a scary, intimidating person.
"So I think Bella is just what this band needs. She has a great voice, a great personality and she's really pretty too." Edward told Jasper. I blushed when he said I was pretty.
"Well Bella let's see what you can do." Jasper walked up to a stereo and put a CD in it. "This is a mix tape of a bunch of different songs. Some of them start from the beginning and some start from the chorus. There are 5 of them and if you don't know the songs wave your hand." He instructed me.
"Jazz that's really not necessary." Edward told him.
"Well you say she's good. I wanna see how good she is for myself." Jasper smirked at me and in relpy I narrowed my eyes and placed my hands on my hips.
"Bring it." I told him.
The first song started and I grinned. I knew this one.
You held my hand and walked me home, I know
When you gave me that kiss it was something like this it made me go ooh ohh
You wiped my tears, got rid of all my fears, why did you have to go?
Guess it wasn't enough to take up some of my love
Guys are so hard to trust
Did I not tell you that I'm not like that girl?
The one who gives it all away, yeah
Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?
Did you think that it was something I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Don't try to tell me what to say,
You're better off that way
Jasper then switched the song. I knew this one too. It started from halfway in.
I could follow you to the beginning
Just to relive the start
And then maybe we'll remember t slow down
At all of our favorite parts
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
Emmett and Edward looked stunned that I held the note and I could see that even Jasper was impressed. He didn't show it though. He simply switched the song.
I hear you crying and I know
What it's like to be alone
You're scared and I'm not there
It's like you're living with a ghost
Someone you can't hold
And you say it's so unfair
And just so you know
The distance is what's killing me
Time and space have become the enemy
And what I need is so far away
And so it goes
The distance makes it hard to breathe
My heart won't let go easily
I don't want to be this far away
I sung this easily. Jasper was starting to have difficulty hiding how impressed he was. He smiled and switched the song again.
I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home
Can you see
My eyes are shining bright
'Cause I'm out here
On the other side
Of a jet black hotel mirror
And I'm so weak
Is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete
A love that's so demanding
I get weak
"Wow," I heard Emmett mutter. "She's good." Jasper shushed him and switched the song for the last time.
You made it so easy
To fall I had no fear at all
I saw you beside me
You never saw me there at all
I promised you all this
I made plans thinking this was it
I never imagined I'd find you and lose myself instead
I just never pictured it would end
And I wanna believe in love
I wanna believe in something bigger than the two of us
And I wanna breathe again
I wanna go back to the days the days I had my innocence
I wanna believe again
Jasper stopped the mixed tape and looked at me in awe. "Well Bella, welcome to Disbanded City." He said.
I grinned and the Emmett threw something at me. It was a black t-shirt and across the front in blue is said Disbanded City. "Thanks," I grinned and the down.
"So we have to practice a lot this week because we have a gig next weekend over at the House of Music." Jasper informed me.
"Well have we decided what we're playing?" Emmett asked while he sat down in a chair next to me.
"I was thinking we could do, Tonight, Tonight, Believe, Fences, Bushes and Emmett and Bella can do Stereo Hearts at the end." Edward said.
"OMG! You guys are actually gonna let me do Stereo Hearts?" Emmett jumped up beaming.
"I love that song!" I added. Then I turned to Emmett. "I didn't know you could rap as well."
"Yeah, I'm pretty ok at it." He replied modestly. "We usually don't do a song that has rap in it."
"Guys we need to start practice." Jasper interrupted. I nodded and stood up.
"So do you know any of the songs we're singing Bella?" Edward asked.
I nodded again and blushed. "I know all of them." I replied.
"All of them?" Edward repeated. Jasper looked shocked and Emmett gaped at me.
"Yeah, I love music so I don't there are many songs I don't know." I shrugged.
"Do you know Cheatercheaterbestfriendeater?" Emmett asked with one eyebrow raised.
I laughed. "Yeah, it's by Nevershoutnever!"
"Wow," Emmett said in awe. I laughed and rolled my eyes.
"Well Edward gonna sing Tonight, Tonight and Bushes and you are gonna sing Believe, Fences and Stereo Hearts." Jasper told me. "The songs you don't sing in you can play guitar."
"I thought you weren't big fans of Hot Chelle Rae." I said raising an eyebrow at Edward.
"Well, I'm not a huge fan of them. But some of their songs are really good." He replied sheepishly.
"Sit there Bella. We're gonna start our practice with Bushes." Jasper said pointing to a chair. I grinned because I would finally see Edward sing with the rest of the band.
The boys got all set up and grabbed mics. They started to play.
I'm incognito
like a shadow that moves through the night
you sit by your window and wait
And I can see you as the moon hits your eyes
It's my guide
Shinning to show me the way
Shinning to show me the way
You got me walking through the bushes baby
Your body's like a charm
Oh Ooh
Your silhouette that gets me
Yeah this darkness turns me on.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Kiss Me, Kill Me,
Nobody's gonna see you touch me feel me
You got me walking through the bushes baby
Sneak out the back
I'll have you back
Before he knows your gone
I feel the freedom as we just left the bright city lights
The sky's filled with stars from the rain
For the moment when you see your dreams come alive
I know that well never be safe
As the sun comes to take you away
Before he knows you're gone
Before he knows you're gone
Before he knows, he knows, he knows
I clapped eagerly when they finished. I had thought Edward was good all by himself but once they put it all together, they were just amazing.
"That was great!" I praised enthusiastically. The guys all grinned at me and we continued practice.
About 2 or 3 hours into the practice I was tired and somewhat sweaty. And very, very hungry. I blushed and Emmett laughed.
"Did you eat breakfast Bella?" Edward asked with a smirk. I shook my head and blushed even more.
"Come on, let's get something to eat." Jasper said laughing. He led the way up the stairs and I was the last one up.
"So are you having fun?" Edward asked me. We were sitting on his porch and practice was over.
"Yeah, I had lots of fun today. I'm thinking this band thing might actually be good for me." I replied.
"You look happy." He told me.
I turned to him confuse. "I do? How would you know?"
"I've seen you at school. You sit in the corner at lunch all by yourself. Whenever someone speaks to you, you kind of close up. You don't have any friends at school…well you didn't but now I guess you do. Something happened to you Bella." He said looking intently at me.
"Yeah," I whispered looking away. I could feel tears building up in my eyes and I blinked to keep them back.
"You can tell me, I promise I won't judge you." He said. I looked at him with my eyes filled with tears.
"I was severely bullied." I confessed.
"How so?" he pressed.
"Well, back in Arizona I was a loner. I kept to myself and spent lunchtimes alone in the library. The popular kids used to hunt me down and the girls would beat me up and stuff like that. Once they tricked me into believing they were sorry and we went out to a movie and on the way back to the car they, they tied me up and left me in a dirty alley. So I started to cut myself. I almost killed myself at one point." I whispered. I looked away again as the tears built up and spilled over. I sniffed and wiped them away.
"Oh my God, Bella are you ok?" Edward asked. He moved closer to me with concern on his face.
"I wasn't. I was severely traumatized and depressed. My mom sent me here because she thought getting away from Arizona might help some. It did, but not much. I haven't cut for a while but the whole situation with Leah was going to cause me to snap." I took in a deep shaky breath.
"Music helps doesn't it." He said quietly. I turned to look at him in surprise.
"Yeah it does. It was the only thing that felt like it helped until I met you." I said. Once I realized what I said, I blushed and clapped a hand over my mouth.
"I feel the same about you Bella." Edward confessed. I looked up at him from under my lashes.
"Really?" I asked.
"Really. Will you go out on a date with me Bella?" He asked shyly. Edward Cullen shy! What was happening!
"Yeah, but Edward if you ever hurt my in any way I will kick your ass." I warned.
"I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing." He said and smiled at me.
I smiled back and leaned into his side slightly.
I ended up going back home at the end of the day. When practice was over, I hung out with Alice and she did my nails (dark purple, I refused pink) and then we watched a bunch of movies. At 9:45 I looked at my watch and sighed.
"I better go home now." I said to Alice and Edward who had joined up when we were on our 2nd movie.
"Are you actually going home tonight?" He asked.
"Yeah, I gotta sort the whole situation with Leah out before it gets worse and something happens." I replied. I picked up my stuff and walked out the door. I heard Edward get up and follow me.
"So will I see you tomorrow?" he asked as I put my stuff in my truck.
Don't know. I might spend the day with my ad since we haven't really had and father/daughter time since I've been back." I told him.
"Well can I text you?"
"Sure," I smiled at Edward as I hopped in the truck.
"Night Bella." He said. Then he shocked me by leaning his head into my truck and kissing my forehead.
"Goodnight Edward." I replied blushing slightly. He stepped back and I pulled out of the driveway.
My dad opened the door when he heard my truck pull up into the driveway. At first he looked confused and then he smiled broadly when he saw it was me.
"Hey daddy." I greeted. I got all my bags from the car and ran up to him.
"Hey baby, are you home?" he said pulling me into a tight embrace.
"Yeah, I'm home." I grinned at him.
"That's good," we pulled apart and headed into the house. I went up to my room and dumped all my stuff on the bed. Then I took a deep breath and went to knock on Leah's bedroom door.
She opened it and then scowled when she saw me. "What do you want?" she spat.
"Can I just talk to you for a minute?" I asked with my hands up in surrender. She paused for a moment and then stepped back to let me in the room.
"What do you want?" she asked again in a less harsh tone.
"Leah, I'm sorry for whatever I did to you to make you hate me. I don't want to fight with you anymore. It's tearing our parents apart! My dad has had heartbreak before and he truly loves your mom but us fighting is going to tear them apart and I don't want that to happen. Can we just call a truce of some kind? Fighting with you is affecting me as well Leah and I've had enough." When I said the last part tears sprung into my eyes.
Leah sighed and sat on her bed. "I'm sorry." She said in a small voice.
"Pardon?" I asked not believing my ears.
"I'm sorry. I know I've been nothing but a bitch to you since you got here and I'm sorry. It was only because I'd just lost my dad and then my mom remarries your dad. Then you came and I could see how much your dad adored you. You're his little girl, his perfect angel. I will never get to see my dad again. He'll never call me his angel or tell me how beautiful I am. So I figured if I made your life hell it would make me feel better. I was jealous Bella." Leah told me.
"Jealous of me?" I sputtered.
"Yeah," Leah looked up at me. Tear were in her eyes.
"Leah, your father might not be here anymore but you will always be his little girl that he loved so much." I said. I sat down on the bed next to her and hesitantly put an arm around her.
"You really think so?" she asked sniffling.
"I know so Leah," I replied. I squeezed her shoulders gently and she smiled.
"I think Seth was right." She said out of nowhere.
"Right about what?" I asked.
"He told me you were a really good person when people get to know you. He was right." Leah smiled and actual smile at me.
"Thanks," I blushed.
"So does this make us friends now?" she asked me when I got up to leave.
"Yeah, I guess it does." I smiled.
"Cool," Leah nodded. I nodded as well and then left her room to find my dad.
"Hey daddy," I said. My dad was sitting on the couch in our TV room looking at a picture.
"Hey Bells," he smiled when I came in and put the picture down.
"Whatcha got there?" I asked and plopped down on the couch next to him.
"A picture of you and your mom," he said. He handed me the picture.
I smiled and chuckled slightly. It was a picture of my mom and me. I was about 8 at the time and my we had all gone to the beach. I was grinning into the camera and my mom was kissing my cheek with a huge grin on her face.
"I remember that day." I told my dad.
"Yeah, it was a good day then." He replied. I snuggled into my dad's side and he put an arm around my shoulders.
"Leah and I made up." I informed him. He looked surprised.
"Really?"
"Yeah, we had a little talk and decided we could try being friend."
"That's great honey." My dad smiled and nodded in approval.
"Wanna spend some time together tomorrow?" I asked him.
"Yeah anything for you kiddo. I want to hear this great voice your mom says you have." He laughed and I blushed.
"Speaking of my great voice; I joined a band today." I told him smiling at the memory of the day.
"Really?" he looked at me shocked.
"Yeah, Edward Cullen's band, Disbanded City."
"Wow baby that's great. Cullen is a good kid. I've never had any trouble form him or his brother or sister." My dad said going into police sheriff mode. I laughed and tried to imagine Edward or Emmett getting into trouble. They were pretty good people. I suppose Edward could pull off the bad boy look and still look great.
"Bells?" my dad interrupted my daydreaming.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"I asked you when your first performance is." Charlie said trying not to laugh at me.
"Um, next weekend at the House of Music." I replied. I bit my lip and got slightly nervous at the thought of playing in front of people I didn't know.
"Oh yeah, I heard they have an open mic night on Saturdays," Charlie nodded, "Make sure you tell your mom. I'll record it for her so she can see your first live performance."
I just nodded. I was now terrified thinking about next week's gig. What if I messed up? What if I couldn't remember what lyrics I was supposed to sing or what notes I was supposed to play? Jasper had given me sheet music of everything we would be performing and a bunch of other things, but still!
"You'll do great Bella," my dad assured me. I just smiled weakly in response.
Then next morning I woke up a little later than usual. I got up and went into the bathroom to get ready for a day with my dad. We'd decided to go out for lunch together and then head over to the lake where we used to spend time when I was younger. The lake was near our house and whenever I got upset or wanted sometime alone I went to the lake. It was like my own little place to sit, think and sing to myself.
I got out of the shower and pulled on a pair of black skinny jeans, a yellow top with a black smiley face on it and my black converse.
Not to brag or anything but I have converse in every color you could think of. I even have multicolored ones and converse boots. Besides for converse the only other shoes I really wore were flip-flops or, on a rare occasion, boots.
"You ready dad?" I asked as I came down from my room. I grabbed a jacket incase it decided to rain.
"Yeah I'm all set Bella," I looked at my watch and saw that it was 11:30. I grabbed an apple on my way out the door.
"So where d you wanna eat kiddo?" my dad asked as we started the drive to Port Angeles.
"I heard a new Italian place opened in Port Angeles. Why don't go there?" I suggested.
"Anything you want Bells." I smiled at my dad and then turned the radio up.
We sang and laughed and talked the entire way to Port Angeles. It was nice hanging out with my dad. It made me remember the times when I was younger and we would have father daughter time. Most times I went fishing with him but as I got older we did stuff like going down to the beach at La Push or even shopping, which I grew to hate.
"Dad, do you ever miss my mom?" I asked as we sat down in the restaurant.
"All the time baby, she really lit my world. I was crushed when she took you and left." He smiled sadly.
"I missed you too dad," I replied. His smile got bigger and I grinned right back at him.
"Hello my name is Thomas and I'll be your server today. What can I get you to drink?" a tall dark haired guy said. I looked up at him to see him staring at me with interest in his eyes.
"Uh, I'll have a coke please." Replied and looked away.
"Can you take your eyes off my daughter? She's clearly not interested." My dad snapped.
"Sorry about that." The guy looked away and blushed.
"I'll take a coke as well." My dad said smirking at the guy he nodded and hurried away.
"Wow dad, way to make a guy feel uncomfortable." I joked when he was out of hearing range.
"Well you're my only little girl. I gotta protect you somehow when the guys come knocking." He replied. I just laughed and looked at the menu.
You gotta love my dad.
A/N: There you have it folks! Chapter 3. If I'm feeling nice I might finish chapter 4 and upload it today. We'll see. Songs for this chapter are Don't Tell Me by Avril Lavigne, All I wanted by Paramore (WHOOP WHOOP!) The Distance by Hot Chelle Rae (*swoon*) Famous Last Word by My Chemical Romance, Believe by Orianthi, aaaaand Bushes by Hot Chelle Rae (*swoon*).
I NEED SONG SUGGESTIONS SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM TO ME IN A PM!
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