Chapter 5
Edward's POV
After Practice, I walked over to where Alice had parked my car.
"Edward!" she yelled "You have to meet Maverick!"
He was quite big, bigger than Emmett. I wasn't sure that was possible, until he straightened to meet me, wow he was definitely bigger than Emmett. Emmett couldn't have been more than a few inches shorter, but this Maverick was huge.
"Edward," He said extending his hand to me; I met his in a very firm shake. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Maverick."
"Same here Maverick." Releasing his hand I glanced around noticing we were missing two, Rosalie and Maverick's sister. "Where's Rose?" I asked casually.
"She took Bella to meet Coach Sanders; they'll be back in a few." Jasper answered as he glanced towards field 2. I followed his glance and saw the softball team gathering around two girls and the coach.
A few minutes had past, Alice was chatting about where she wanted to take Bella shopping. That's about all I heard, I wasn't really paying attention.
Out of nowhere a girl squealed, we all turned, and then I saw her.
Bella, I was stunned by her beauty. She had dark chocolate hair and the most beautiful, big brown eyes I had ever seen. She was wearing dark, tight fitting jeans, and a plain white polo, her outfit hugged her in all the right places. She was quite petite, but it suited her. Her face was perfect, everything about her was perfect. I noticed she stopped walking a few feet away from us, I hope my staring didn't frighten her. I tried to look away, but I just couldn't bring myself to do so. I didn't want to miss anything. After staring at her, for what seemed like forever, Jasper walked over to the exquisite Bella.
"Bella," he said as he wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her towards me "This is Edward, Alice and Emmett's brother." She blushed as he said my name.
She was the first to speak, "Hi Edward," I loved the way she said my name. It just sounded right coming from her "It's nice to meet you." She held her hand out for me to take it. Her hand was soft and smooth; I would have held it forever. She took her hand back before I even spoke.
"Bella, it's an honor to meet you." She giggled, the sound was pure heaven. Could she be any more perfect?
Jasper still had his arm wrapped around her; he leaned in and whispered something in her ear. Whatever he said made her giggle that heavenly giggle and she blushed to most beautiful pink color. She turned her head to face him, and then she kissed him. It wasn't until Maverick hit Jasper on the back of the head, that I realized what happened. She kissed him.
"Hey!" Jasper said rubbing the back of his head where Maverick's massive hand hit.
"Are you ok?" Bella sounded concerned. She placed her hand on Jasper's cheek, stroking it gently. His cheek flushed under her touch. How I longed for her touch.
"Now I am." She smiled and wrapped her small arms around his neck, pulling him towards her. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her gently off the ground and back down again. She released him and he slid his hand into hers lacing their fingers together. I shouldn't have been even the slightest bit jealous. But I was, extremely so.
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Bella's POV
It was a long, awkward drive to the mall. I noticed Edward staring at me a lot through the rear view mirror, thank goodness for Alice's mindless chatter otherwise I would have stared at him just has much. Jasper sat with me in the backseat, our hands intertwined on the seat that separated us. Maverick and Emmett hit it off, so he went with them.
Once we arrived at the mall, the boys offered to stay with us. Alice said no, they wouldn't have enjoyed it much anyway. I was about to get out of Edward's car when I felt Jasper tug me back towards him. I had forgotten our hands were still linked. He pulled my face to his with his free hand, and our lips met. It was a wonderful kiss, gentle and sweet. I really liked kissing Jasper, he was good at it. The few short moments Jasper and I had kissed, I could feel Edward's eyes burning on us. I was forced to end the kiss when someone pulled my arm away from him. It was Rosalie.
"Bye my Bella, call us when you're ready to be picked up." His Bella, I was his Bella. It was nice to hear that someone wanted me. I smiled at him before saying "Bye."
As I slid out of the car I glanced at the rear view mirror. They hit me like a ton of bricks, his gorgeous emerald green eyes. He wasn't looking at me; he was glaring at Jasper in what looked to be pure hatred. This confused me. He must have felt my eyes on his, his eyes shifted to meet mine. His gaze softened, there was another emotion now present, it looked as if he were in pain. No, I thought to myself as I shook my head breaking the hold his eyes had on me.
"Bye Edward." I said as I slid the remainder of the way out of his car.
I could barely hear it but he said "Goodbye Bella." He was always so formal.
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As we walked through the mall, I couldn't stop thinking about Edward. I wondered why he seemed so jealous in the parking lot and then so hurt in the car. I couldn't understand it.
We had already been at the mall for two hours; we each had several bags, me with the most thanks to Rosalie's not suitcase rule.
"Let's go in here!" Alice shouted as she pulled us into the store. It was an expensive store, but for once I didn't mind. Before we left Charlie gave Maverick and I our own credit cards. When we asked what the limits were, he refused to tell us, which usually meant, TOO MUCH. He also said it would take us at least four years to max them out, the limits were that high.
Once inside the store, Rosalie and Alice began throwing things at me, telling me that I had to try them on. After they had decided I had everything I would need, they pushed me towards the dressing rooms. I tried everything on, they loved everything and insisted I take it all. I couldn't argue with them, last time I tried it didn't end well.
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Flashback
"Alice I really don't need all of this." I pouted.
"Oh yes you do little missy!" She said with authority.
"Bella I wouldn't argue with her if I were you." I glared at Rosalie, she laughed.
"ALICE!" I shouted, she turned to face me "I am NOT buying all of this! It's ridiculous I don't need ten dresses!"
"You don't need ten dresses?" That was a question I wasn't meant to answer, so I didn't. "Bella I'm only trying to help you…you want my help don't you Bella? Don't you?"
"Yes of course Alice, but I really don't think I need so many dresses…I mean I don't really wear dresses…ever."
"Fine…Don't get the dresses…I don't think we can be friends anymore!"
"What?!" I have to say I was hurt. I thought Alice and I had become instant best friends. "Alice no! Please don't be upset with me…here look…" I said as I went to the cashier and handed him the dresses "I'm taking all of these today." I handed him my credit card and driver's license.
"Alright Miss…Swan," he read my name off my driver's license, "Your grand total is…1,549 dollars and 87 cents." I nodded at him, he swiped my card and then my receipt began printing out. When it was done he handed me the receipt and proceeded to put all of my dresses into garment bags. Once all the dresses were in bags, the cashier grabbed
them, walked around the cash wrap, handed me my bags and said "Miss Swan, thank you for visiting us today, you have a great day!"
"Thanks." I'm sure I made his day with that purchase. I ran to where Alice was standing, "See look Alice look!" she slowly turned to face me "I bought all of them…For you!" she was fighting back a smile. "Do forgive me?" I pleaded.
She was quiet for a few seconds, Rosalie was standing next to her, she too was waiting for Alice's answer. A smile slowly grew on Alice's pixie like face, "Bella, you're silly…did you actually think I was going to stop being your friend because you didn't want to by a few dresses?"
"What? I'm confused…"
"Bella, I only said that to get you to buy the dresses…it obviously worked!"
"So you're not mad?"
"Of course not, silly girl."
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Alice and I took everything to the counter, as Rosalie called Jasper.
"Hey Jasper…We're ready…Ok see you in a few…Uh-huh bye." She put her cell phone back in her purse and walked over to us at the counter.
"So what are you getting Bella?" She could be such a pain.
"All of it." I sighed; both of their smiles were blinding and mocking at the same time.
"Ok well lets go meet the guys." Rosalie was already out of the store, Alice and I followed.
"The guys?" I was confused, I thought Jasper was the only one coming to pick us up.
"Yea, Jasper and Edward."
"Oh." I could only hope they would come in separate cars. Being around Edward was not as easy as I wished it was.
Rosalie and Alice helped me carry my bags through the mall. We were going to meet the Edward and Jasper at the same place they dropped us off. Alice was practically singing she was so excited about all the clothes I had purchased.
"Ok so we must go out tomorrow! Bella has to show off her new clothes!" Rosalie and I laughed at her enthusiasm. "Oh you can wear that super cute pair of boot cut jeans you got at bebe with the adorable lace corset top…you know the pink one?"
"Umm...Alice, honestly I have no idea which jeans and which top you're talking about." It was hard to keep from laughing.
"What?!" her eyes wide "How could you not know which ones I'm talking about?" she looked somewhat hurt.
"Oh wait…yea I know which ones you're talking about. Yea that would be a great outfit!" I faked enthusiasm, she must have believed me. She was bouncing as she walked.
We were almost to the exit when I saw them, Edward and Jasper. They were sitting on a bench just outside the doors, Jasper spotted us and stood, Edward looked towards us and smiled. He had the most beautiful crooked smile, I had to look away from him otherwise I would have fallen. Jasper walked in to meet us. He came to me first, kissing me on my forehead, then he took all the bags I was carrying. "Get enough Bella?" he said eyeing the large bags he had stolen from me.
"I think so…"
How weak I must have looked, here I was stumbling with the bags, having to use both arms to carry them. Jasper on the other hand was able to hold them all in one hand, just his hand, no arms needed. I was still marveling at his superior bag carrying skills, when he wrapped his free arm around my waist pulling me close to his side, and walking me outside. Rosalie and Alice were already at Edward's car loading the bags they were carrying for me in the trunk. Jasper lead me to Edward's car and tossed the bags in the trunk with the others. Edward was already in the driver's seat, by the time we got there, Alice and Rosalie were sitting in the back. I slide into the backseat next to Alice, and Jasper got in the front. The drive to the Hale's was quiet, well except for Alice's detailed descriptions of what I bought. How she was able to remember every little detail about what I got was beyond me. I tried to remember what she was talking about at first, but realized there was no hope. I just stared out the window, all the while I felt as if someone was watching me, I just ignored it.
Halfway to the Hale's, the feeling that I was being watched was really starting to bother me. I glanced at the rearview mirror then back out my window. Wait…No…Goodness I must be really tired… I thought, I decided to look back at the rearview mirror just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. OH MY GOD! I shouted to myself. I wasn't going crazy. It was him, he was watching me. Edward Cullen was watching me, he was the reason I had that feeling. Once he realized I caught him he looked back to the road, and never back to me.
Once we got to the Hale's, Rosalie, Jasper and I got out of the car. Jasper got my bags from the trunk, all of them, while Rosalie and I said bye to Alice.
"Bella, I was thinking we could work out together tomorrow morning…what do you think?" Did she honestly think I was going to say no to her.
"Of course Alice, that sounds great. I'll see you tomorrow morning…Edward?" I said to the closed window on the passenger side. He rolled the window down and leaned towards it.
"Yes?" He looked a little nervous.
"Thanks for the ride." I really wanted to say something else but I couldn't.
"Anytime, Bella." The way his lips moved as he said my name was positively sinful. I waved bye and spun around before I could do anything I would surely regret. Jasper and Rosalie said their goodbyes, then turned. Rosalie grabbed my hand and led my inside, Jasper followed close behind.