Isabella & Abrielle

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A/N- In case you were curious to what I pictured for characters, they are listed on my profile. Links included to pictures. I like to say sorry for the delay since last update. Due to computer malfunction I was not able to update. I hope I will not have any further delays.

Chapter 9: Do You Want to Hold My Hand

On the ride over to La Push Bella talked about the movies. Her main topic was Christopher.

"Abby you looked pretty cozy with Christopher. How did you like your first date? Do you think he will be your first boyfriend?" She had a contained smile on her face. I think she was slightly afraid of my response.

What do you say to that. Honestly I had no idea. Chris from what I gathered was a nice guy. He was not all hand last night like Jessica and Mike which was a plus. I have accepted that it was indeed a date. Even if I had not planned or originally agreed on it before hand. I will bet that was Bella's plan all along.

"He was a gentlemen the whole night. I get along with him well enough, but I am not sure about him being my first boyfriend."

"I hope he will be since that would mean we could double date. Christopher is a nice guy. He even asked me about you a few times. He was a little intimidated and found it hard to approach you. The few times I talked to him it seemed like he is a good guy. He is not another Tyler or Mike so I had no problem setting you up."

"I knew it. That was a planned date. Edward was right to assume then." I was irked that Edward was right. I was so adamant that it wasn't a date. I seems like I owe him an apology. He is going to gloat I just know it. I wonder if he had an unfair advantage of reading it in there thoughts.

"Edward, what does he have to do with this? Are you dating him? I thought you said you were only friends."

"We are only friends, but he was mad that I had to cancel plans with him and his sister on Friday for a date that I denied having. He was right all along. I believed it was just a group outing so I kept telling him he was wrong. "

"I'm sorry. You sure he is not interested in you as something more than a friend because his anger suggests some thing other than his displeasure of you changing your plans with him. I would go with who ever you choose. At least with Christopher I know he is willing to go with a group which would mean we would get to do things together again. I had fun with you there."

"I enjoyed hanging with you too even though I was a bit confused with what was happening with me and Chris. I'm not sure what is going on with Edward so I can't tell if you may be right. This is still new territory for me."

"You are right. Both of us have been totally out of our old lifestyles. Look we both have friends and boys actually interested in us. Who would have thought that it was actually going to happen."

"Ostriches we are no longer. I guess it was time for us to venture out of our own little world. Are you happy?"

"Yeah I am. Are you?" I can see the change in her since Jake reentered her life. She is increasingly happy. I have not seen her as carefree as I have now. I may not get any time with Jake like I use to when we visited since his eyes are for Bella only. It is worth it in the long run. I give up all my time with him to keep her this happy.

"Yes." I have two new friends that care about me. They may be different from the average Joe, but that might be because that is the only kind that can understand me and really accept me. I am happy we came to Forks. I just hope that they stay in my life for a long time.

After our talk I know I felt better with things between us. I was less apprehensive with what the day was going to take me with Bella and I on the same page.

At the beach were Jake and his friends. They were the same age as me but looked a bit older. I wonder if it had to do with that wolf thing Jake mentioned from his stories. After all if there are vampires then I would assume there would be the wolves like in the legends. Of course they would be different since I never heard mention of a moon involved in the wolf protecting its people. I will have to ask Edward what he thinks... well if he is talking to me.

Embry and Quil were hilarious. My stomach hurts from all the laughing. We were totally ribbing on Jake and Bella. It seems Jake is the first of his friends to get a girlfriend. It was still cold out here so I was bundled up. There was mishap and I fell into the water. More like I was pushed. Are the boys crazy it is no where close to warm weather and There was not even any sun to help dry me off. I had to borrow clothes from Embry. He said the set of clothes he gave me were the smallest he had. They were still big but they did not fall down since I had the pants tied up with a piece of rope. I was carrying me wet clothes towards the truck. I hated to leave but they were ready to head to the bonfire and I remembered Alice saying she would meet me at Newtons. She never declared a time so I figured she would just know. Bells dropped me off. She still tried to get me to come back, but I told her I had made plans to make up for canceling yesterday. She reluctantly agreed and we said we see each other later. I decided to just leave my wet clothes in the truck and just be content with my borrowed clothes.

Alice was sitting in Edwards car. This car was pretty much the same as the last car. I wonder why the same car and not something different. I noticed it the first time he brought it to school, but never really brought up. It really is does not matter.

"Abby what are you wearing?" I felt the heat on full blast and a coat was sitting on my seat. I put it on and snuggled into it. Alice must have anticipated my lack of a jacket. The way she asked the question was not in any way insulting, more curious for the answer. It is like she did not see my impromptu swim.

"Well I had a bit of an accident. The boy thought I was hot so they made sure to throw me in the water to cool down. I guess they could not understand the difference between 'hott' and hot. Boys."

Alice was cracking up I know she knew I was mostly exaggerating. "So has your visions changed since you last saw me?"

"Nope you will be still be stolen away by Edward. His mood has not changed so I am sorry for you. Jasper has been complaining all about Edwards moods. We will probably leave the house for awhile."

"Poor Jasper. I am surprised neither he nor Emmett tried to give Edward Midol."

"Don't give Emmett any ideas. He would do just that. Jasper has even tried to mess with Edwards emotions. I did feel random ones flow past hitting me on their way to Edward. So tell me how were the boys?"

"They were great, freaking huge. I wanted to actually ask you about that. Do you think that since you are vampires that there are werewolves now?"

"I am not sure if we are suppose to be talking about this, but I will confirm that there are a few. I don't know who they are but there are some. Maybe the rest of the boys you know will be turning. From what I have heard in discussion is that in the past there were an equal amount of wolves to every vampire in the area. It is our guess that there will be at least seven wolves soon enough. We do not know the rate of transformation. It could steady increase over the time we are here. It could be due to the ages of the potential boys. We are not sure what age that it is triggered. We have been in Forks for a year and a half already and there is two wolves that we know of. I know this is a topic of fascination for Carlisle. If you are interested he may be willing to go over the theories."

"Do you think he will, because I agree that it would be fascinating as well. Especially if the boys I know from La Push have the gene that triggers the transformation. Imagine Bella dating a werewolf. If that happens she will soon enough find out about you guys too. After all it is her boyfriend who told me the legends. I bet they will be telling some of the legends at the bonfire. We might have a nosy Bella soon."

"Well we will have to worry about that later for you right now have to deal with a grumpy vampire who can hear the car approach and his outside waiting for you." Oh no I am feeling a bit queasy. Where is Jasper when you need him. As we arrive at the house I see him. He is a stony mass with no indication of his foul mood. He is at my door in mere seconds and he opens it. His hand is outstretched to help me out of the car.

"Hello Abby, I am surprised you did not cancel out on me again after your little date yesterday. Are you wearing his clothes now? And why are you? Yesterday you did look cozy holding his hand while cuddling with him in the theater and then as you left never breaking contact. Did you like him pressing you into the car like this? Is this how he did it?" Edward had me flushed against the car with him leaning over me. His face was getting closer and closer to mine. I was shocked was he going to kiss me? He was right there so close I could almost feel and taste him. I felt his breath on my cheek as he let his cold lips linger by my ear.

"Would you have let him kiss you if you had not been disturbed." He pulls back to look into my eyes waiting for a response. With his gaze I felt a bit light headed. A fog was rolling in and my ability to think of the reasoning behind this attack was not feasible. I was only able to try to find the answer to the question he asked.

"I don't know." I could not lie to him. I really don't know if I would have stopped the kiss or just let him do it. It would have been my first kiss. I had never been in that situation before. I remember my thoughts and being confused on what to do. That distraction gave me no chance to find out.

I could see in his eyes if nothing else betrayed his inner thoughts that this was not the answer he wanted. He stood straight up, quickly lifted me on his back and ran. Oh my god. I think I am going to be sick. I have never been on a ride that went this fast. I squinted my eyes. I saw flashes of foliage fly past us. I was ready to give in and ask Edward to stop when he suddenly did. I suppressed the urge to puke. That is not something I want anyone seeing never mind Edward. I just stayed seated on the ground not being able to move.

He walked away a bit with his back to me. I just stared after him trying the catch my breath and calm my racing heart.

"Edward, please. Why are you upset with me? I don't understand."

"Abrielle, I did not like seeing you with him. I hear his interest in you in my mind. Since I can not hear you all I have to go by is your actions. And those have not alleviated my fears. You held his hand. You did not shy away from his touch or turn down his advances. You behave in the way girls act when they are on a date. A date you said you were not going on. Group outing, please. It was clearly a date. He bought you dinner, paid for the movies, and purchased snacks for the movie. He even wanted to end it with a good night kiss. So do you want to confirm it for me? Do you share the same romantic interest he has in you? Do you like him?"

"Christopher is a nice guy. I don't know what I feel beyond that. I don't know him well enough to make that statement. Why does this interest or bother you?"

"It is because I have similar interest in you. I have been fighting my attraction because of what I am. Having him step in and ask you on a date. I thought I forfeited my chance with you when I saw how close you two were becoming. It upset me to think that all I secretly dreamed for was ruined. I think you are beautiful, intelligent, funny, fascinating, thoughtful, caring, sweet, I could go on if you like. I love how we are both enthralled with music and books. Even if some of your reading subjects do not intrigue me as they do you. I can monopolize my whole day and I would still feel it is not enough. You make me feel things I only seen in the mind of others. Would you give me the same chance you gave him or will you refuse my declaration?"

Oh my. This is beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of. I never thought I'd hear words like that spoke to me. It is like one of my stories come to life. Who in there right mind would refuse when the same feelings are shared. I just thought I was to be his first human friend and I was happy to accept that. But to be more than just his friend... I focus back on my eyes and see he is waiting for my response and the time I am taking is not doing anything to relieve any of his uncertainty.

"I would certainly give you the same chance. You would have a greater advantage since I have been spending so much time with you getting to know you. I already like you as a person, and would look forward to spending more time with you." As I finish my answer his face changes. The lost look now becomes a radiant look of complete happiness. I could not help but reciprocate. We were mirror images. He reaches and clasps my hand in his. He settles himself on the ground in front of me. I turn my head because the emotions in his eyes is a little much for me. I let my eyes trail over the landscape and notice we are in a clearing in the woods. It is a meadow. I bet in the summer it is really beautiful here with wild flowers all over.

The evening started to set in when we got up to leave. It was nice to sit there holding hands just talking. No school work involved. I learned so much more about him and he learn a lot of trivial and non-trivial things about me. As we arrived at his house he set me down again by his front door. He looked at me and something flashed across his face. Like he remembered something.

"Abby you never did get to tell me why you are wearing boys clothes that are way too large for you."