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Hidden Soul
Chapter Seven
"I hope you aren't hungry Alice, Bella and I already ate all the pizza…well more like Bella." Rosalie said jokingly while grinning at me.
"Hey now, I can't help it if I like to eat and that you eat like a little bird." I said while grinning at her.
"Hey! Watch it miss! I do not eat like a bird thank you very much."
"So eating only two pieces of pizza isn't eating like one then?" I asked curiously.
"I was just being nice so you would have enough to eat." Rosalie said while smiling at me.
"Now that we have that settled, I'm not very hungry for pizza." Alice said while glancing at me, causing me to blush. I saw that Rosalie kind of shot Alice a look, which was one that I couldn't recognize.
"Well then Alice, I'm sorry to say but that is all that we have here besides some snacks." Rosalie said while moving to sit on the couch. I went and sat next to her and Alice went to sit on the love seat. "So who's up for some truth or dare?" Rosalie asked while looking at both of us.
"I'm in." I said while smiling.
"I'm definitely in." Alice said while winking at me.
"All right, who goes first?" Rosalie asked.
"How about Bella goes first?" Alice asked while smiling at me.
"Um okay…um…Rosalie, truth or dare?"
"Hmm…truth."
"Since it's just the beginning of the game I will start with an easy question. Who was your first kiss?" I asked.
She seemed to think about it for a second and then found the answer. "His name was Emmett McCarty."
I could almost feel my heart tug at that, but I knew that was in the past and she could have easily changed since then. The game went on like this for a while, going back and forth between the three of us either making up silly little dares or truths. That was until it was Alice's turn.
"Bella, truth or dare?" She asked while looking at me.
"Um…dare." I said confidently. How bad could it be? It was only a little dare.
"I dare you to kiss me." Alice said simply.
I stopped and double thought on what she said. Did I hear that correctly? "Um…what?"
"I said, I dare you to kiss me." Alice stated again.
I took a glance over at Rosalie and saw that her jaw was tensed. I could feel my heart tug at this, feeling as if I was cheating on her even though we weren't dating. I'm going to assume that this was the mate connection taking affect. I slowly got up to sit next to Alice and took a breath. Leaning forward, I felt our lips connect and thankfully there was no spark to it. Before I knew it, I felt Alice place her hand on the back of my neck and pull me closer. She was kissing me deeper and I just couldn't get myself to kiss her back, feeling as if I was still betraying Rosalie. She slowly pulled away with a satisfying smirk on her face. I quickly got up and sat down in my previous seat. I looked over at Rosalie to see her practically glaring at Alice.
"Damn Bella, you are an excellent kisser." Alice said while winking at me again.
"Um…thanks…" I said kind of awkwardly. I really wish she would stop doing whatever it was that she is doing. It is making me really rather uncomfortable. "Um Rosalie…it's your turn."
She quickly looked away from Alice and smiled at me. "Truth or dare Bella?" Rosalie asked me with a look in her eye.
"Dare." I said while looking at her.
"I dare you to kiss me." Rosalie said loud and clear.
I was shocked and surprised to say the least. I mean, Rosalie just told me to kiss her. I have been dreaming of her lips for what feels like centuries. I was finally getting the chance to kiss my mate. I slowly got closer to her and laid a hand on her cheek softly. Her skin felt so soft under my fingers, almost like I was touching velvet or silk. I leaned in slowly and ghosted my lips across hers. I could hear her hold her breath, anticipating the kiss. Right when our lips were about to connect, we heard the door open slowly. We quickly pulled away from one another and I looked and saw her blushing. I was pretty sure that I was blushing as well.
"Well, what do we have here? Alice, I thought you moved away?" Came a man's voice by the front door. He had curly blonde hair that stopped at the bottom of his ear. He actually kind of looked a lot like Rosalie, but obviously not nearly as attractive. This must be her brother Jasper that she was talking about.
"Jasper, I would like you to meet my friend Bella Swan. Bella, this is my brother Jasper." Rosalie said introducing us.
I smiled at him while he gave me one back along with a head nod. "Well it is nice to meet you ma'am."
"It's nice to meet you too." I said while still smiling.
"Well, I don't want to interrupt your little slumber party you have here, so I will be in my room if you need anything." Jasper said while going upstairs.
"Actually, I need to be leaving. My parents are probably wondering where I am. I told them that I was just going to be out for a little bit. It was very nice to meet you Bella. I hope to be seeing more of you soon." Alice said while getting up from the couch and smiling at me.
"It was nice meeting you too Alice." I said politely.
"I'll walk you out Alice." Rosalie said with a certain tone of voice like she wanted to talk to Alice alone.
The two walked out and I was very thankful for having advanced hearing. I could tell that they were by Alice's car.
"What the hell was that Alice?" I heard Rosalie say angered.
"Why whatever do you mean Rose?"
"Oh don't you Rose me Alice! I was talking about Bella. What the hell was that "I dare you to kiss me" crap."
I could hear Alice kind of chuckle which I could tell made Rosalie even angrier. "What, that? Oh that was just me taking what's mine."
"What's yours? So you all of a sudden think Bella's yours?"
I heard her chuckle again and heard some shuffling which I was assuming was her getting closer to Rosalie. "Why of course I do dear Rosalie. I find dear Isabella here very attractive and you and I both know that I always get what I want, and I want Bella for myself."
I started growling, feeling myself getting angry. How dare she think I was or would ever be hers! I will NEVER be hers because I belong to Rosalie. Sure, she may not know it just yet, but I could never betray her like that. I would have sworn I heard Rosalie make a sound that almost sounded like a growl.
"Aw is Rosalie getting angry? It's not like you two are dating. For all I know, you don't even like her like that…or do you?"
It was silent for a few minutes and the only thing I could hear was my heart beating frantically waiting anxiously for the answer. "Even if I did like her, it's not like she is a lesbian or anything."
"You clearly are not very observant. But, it doesn't matter anyway because she is mine. So I highly suggest you back off of her or you will regret it."
With that I heard Alice's car drive off and I quickly went into the kitchen to act like I was getting a drink. I was just opening the fridge when I heard the door open and I saw a pissed off looking Rosalie. She saw me and walked into the kitchen.
"Are you all right?" I asked curiously.
She looked up at me while saying, "Yeah I am. Alice is just being…well Alice."
"Did she say something to you that made you mad?"
"No, why do you say that?"
"Well, you look angered or bothered about something. You can talk to me if you ever need someone there for you." I said honestly.
Rosalie gave me a smile and looked at me. "Have I told you that you are way too observant for your own good?"
I laughed while walking over to her. "I'm sure you have, but I can't help it. But really Rosalie, are you all right?"
"I think I will be. Can you just promise me something Bella?" Rosalie started to ask softly.
I looked at her and in her violet blue eyes before saying honestly, "Anything you want Rosalie."
"Can you promise me that you won't fall for Alice?" Rosalie asked while looking me in the eye.
I kept looking in her eyes while saying honestly again, "I give you my word I will not fall for Alice. She isn't even close to being my type Rosalie, but why did you ask me for? What did she say to you out there that has you all bothered?" I asked playing it off like I didn't already know the answer.
She paused for a second to look in my eyes and then continued softly. "She said she wants you Bella, like wants you want you. Alice is the type of person that if she sees someone she likes or even closely wants, she will get her way, whether that means hurting other people in the path of the prize. She doesn't deserve you Bella…so please…I'm begging you to please not fall for her Bella." Rosalie said practically begging me.
"Rosalie, like I said, I give you my word that I won't fall for her. She really isn't my type at all."
I could see her relax a little bit after that. "Hey, how about we go upstairs to my room and watch one more movie in my bed?"
I smiled and soon enough we were both lying down in her bed watching some movie. You want to know the ironic part to the whole situation? We were watching some corny movie about Lycans, and let me tell you the way they show how we "supposedly" are is far from being true. Before I could stop myself, I heard myself start to laugh some at the movie, which caused Rosalie to look at me weird.
"What do you think is so funny Ms. Swan?" Rosalie asked while smiling at me.
I tried to control my laughter while looking at her. "It's nothing. This movie is just really corny and the way they show how Lycans are is completely wrong." I said it before I could even realize it. Shit I hope I can get my ass out of this one. I am so not ready to come clean to her.
Rosalie looked at me even weirder before saying, "Well then Bella, how would you describe how a Lycan looks like?"
"Well let's see here, a Lycan would definitely not look like a pathetic wolf like they make them out to be. They would be at least nine feet tall with menacing fangs and teeth and over all scary as hell. Also, they wouldn't have two different eye colors like they said they do. They actually would have only one eye color. So the color that they have in their Lycan form would be the same in their human form. But that is only if they were real." I said confidently. If only she knew that what I said was the actual truth.
"Damn Bella, you really know your facts. Do you look up this stuff when you are bored?" She asked teasingly.
I laughed while saying, "Eh, something like that I suppose."
She laughed and soon she was passed out next to me. Next thing I knew, I was being woken up by a bright light shining in my face. I groaned quietly and tried to turn to my other side when I felt a body curled up against me. I cracked open my eyes to see Rosalie indeed curled up against my side with her head resting on my chest. I smiled at the sight before me and didn't want to move from my spot. But sadly, luck wasn't on my side and I felt her move against me, slowly waking up. She cracked an eye open and when she saw our position she quickly put some space in between us. I wanted to pull her back to me, but thought it wasn't the best thing to do yet.
"I'm sorry about that Bella. I guess somehow in my sleep last night I curled up against you. When I was little, I used to do that with my grandma all the time. I don't know but there was just something about cuddling up next to her that made me feel safe from harm." Rosalie said while looking up at me.
I smiled at her and looked into her eyes. "Well, I can tell you that as long as I am around, you will be safe."
She smiled at me and stretched, which I couldn't help but look at the sight before me. "So, what do you want to do today?"
"Well, I was wondering if you would want to teach me how to play some basketball maybe?" I asked softly.
Her face lit up at that. "I would love to! Oh this is going to be fun!"
I laughed and got up to stretch. "What would you suggest I wear?"
She got up as well and went towards her dressers. "Hmm, how about those basketball shorts and a tank top or something."
I smiled at her and looked through my bag for a tank top. Luckily I like to over pack and found one. I quickly changed before she could even turn around. When she did turn around, she looked surprised.
"Wow you changed fast. I didn't even hear you move." Rosalie said while smiling some.
I smiled back at her while saying, "Well, I am a very fast changer I suppose. Either that or you were just oblivious."
She laughed and soon enough we were walking outside and to her small basketball court that she had out in her back yard. Thankfully it wasn't raining so far today so we had almost perfect weather for some outside basketball.
"Okay, first of all, do you know how to shoot a ball?"
I laughed and asked for the ball, which she threw me. I caught it with ease and dribbled the ball to the free throw line and shot the ball, which made an almost swish in the basket.
"Hmm, impressive but you aren't shooting it right." Rosalie said while walking over to me.
"Oh really now, and how exactly do you shoot it?" I asked.
She smiled and walked up behind me. I held my breath, anticipating on what she was planning on doing. I felt her slowly slide her hands down my arms, sending those shocking tingles all over my body. She eventually got to my hands and slid hers over mine. "First, you put your left hand here on the side like this." She said softly in my ear while slowly moving my hand to the side of the ball. "Then you keep your right hand on the back of the ball like this." Then positioned my hand on the back of the ball like she said. "That way, you can use this hand to push it up into the net to make it swish every time." She then used her hands to make my hands shoot the ball, which swished right into the net. Soon enough, I felt the warmth of her body leave mine, which made me miss it even more. I swear she will be the death of me.
After a few minutes of shooting the ball, we soon decided to play a game of HORSE. Sadly, I ended up losing, but I kind of let her win anyway. I didn't want her to notice my advanced senses or any of that. So I just decided to play it safe. After that, we decided to go back inside the house to play some games and watch more movies from her huge movie collection. Sadly, it was soon night time and I had to head home. We were standing by my car talking.
"Do you really have to go home tonight?" Rosalie asked sadly.
I nodded my head a little and looked at her. "Yeah, I need to go home. The house is probably a mess without me there. Knowing Carina and Blain, they probably play wrestled and broke every piece of furniture in the house." I said while laughing some.
She laughed too and before I knew it, I was being pulled in for a hug. I felt her arms wrap around my shoulders, and I quickly wrapped mine around her waist and held her close. The hug was far longer than what people would call your "normal" friend hug, but we didn't mind.
"Well, I will see you on Monday at school okay?" Rosalie asked while looking at my eyes.
"Of course you will silly." I said while smiling and going towards the driver's side door.
"Okay good. Be careful on your way home okay Bella? I don't want you getting hurt or anything."
I smiled and told her that I would and soon enough I was driving home.
It's been about a month and a half now since my first sleep over at her house. I soon began to go over to her house every weekend. She still has yet to come over to mine, mostly because I didn't want to risk anything with her finding out about my pack or myself. Rosalie and I have grown close more than ever over the past month and a half and if I didn't know any better, she returned the same feelings for me that I have for her. I mostly say that because we have had many close calls between us, and by close calls I mean almost kisses. A lot of the time we would be in the middle of talking and as the conversation went on, the closer we would get. Before we knew it our lips would almost be touching and right when I would start to lean in all the way, someone would interrupt us. As for Alice, well she hasn't done much since that night. Yes, she does flirt with me discretely, which would annoy both Rosalie and me. I would catch Rosalie most of the time sending her menacing glares, which would make me smile a bunch. As the weeks and days went on, I could feel my connection with Rosalie grow stronger and stronger. By now, I was almost dying to just kiss her and tell her everything about myself, but sadly I couldn't if I wanted to keep myself and my pack safe. It's not that I am worried about Rosalie hurting any of us or telling anyone, I'm just scared that someone would find out somehow, no matter how secluded we were. Lately, I have been thinking about asking Rosalie out on a date. Maybe take her out to eat, see a movie, and then possibly take her to this one beach I found on one of my nightly runs.
Right now we were sitting in our first period class that we had together. She could tell that I was bothered by something for a few days now but I just couldn't get myself to ask her out on a date. I looked over at Devin and saw that he was giving me the "go on ask her" face. I sighed softly and soon enough the bell rang. As we got up, Rosalie linked her arm with mine, which made me smile and feel a little better. She had to go to her locker before her next class, which I offered to come with. And that is where we currently are now. I sighed softly and decided that it was now or never.
"So…Rosalie…what do you have planned this weekend?" I asked softly.
She looked up at me and smiled. "Well, nothing that I know of. Why? Do you have something in mind?"
Come on Bella, you can do this. I took another deep breath and let it out before saying, "Well…I was wondering if um…maybe you would like to go out on a um…a date with me?" I could feel my heart wanting to explode from my chest from the nerves.
I saw her smile a bunch at me with a look of pure excitement in her eyes. "I would love to go out on a date with you Bella. What do you have in mind?"
I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and beamed with excitement. She said yes! Hot dog she said yes! I did a little happy dance in my head before I remembered that I had to answer her question. "Well, it's a surprise. But just dress comfortably, kind of like casually, but not too casually and not too fancy. So I guess somewhere in between?" I said nervously. I can't believe she said yes! AHH I am so excited!
She laughed and gave me a hug. "Bella, relax and breathe. Just tell me what time I need to get ready and when it is."
I gave her a hug back and looked at her and smiled, feeling my heart slowly returning back to normal. "Well, since today is Friday, I say we should have it tonight. I will pick you up at seven?" I asked.
"That sounds perfect Bella. I can't wait. Now, I have to go to class and I suggest you do that as well before you are late." Rosalie said while smiling at me and walking away.
I kept my shit eating grin on my face the whole day. Soon enough, it was after school and I was getting ready for my date with Rosalie. I took another shower since I didn't really want to smell like school or anything. Afterwards, I returned to my room to pick out what I was going to wear. I decided on a pair of nice black skinny jeans with a nice fitting v neck to match it. I slid on my nice pair of Toms and fixed my hair. When I was done, I turned to look at the clock and saw that it was 6:30. After spraying some Pure Seduction all over my body, I decided that I better leave. Thirty minutes later, I pulled up at Rosalie's house right on time. I knocked on the door and after a few rustling sounds that sounded like it was coming from upstairs, I saw the door open. My jaw almost dropped by the sight before me. Rosalie was wearing a simple yet stylish black short dress that stopped about mid-thigh with a pair of matching black heals to go with it. Her hair was its usual wavy self which looked absolutely perfect. She looked absolutely perfect, like an angel was in front of me.
"Wow Rosalie, you look beautiful." I said while looking at her in awe still.
She blushed and smiled at me. "Thank you Bella. You don't look too bad yourself."
I smiled and offered her my arm while saying in a horrible British accent, "Your chariot awaits my lady."
She giggled and took my arm and we walked together to my car. I opened her door for her and made sure she was in all the way before I shut it to walk over to my side to get in. I started the car and we were now on our way to the restaurant.
"So, may I ask exactly where are going?" Rosalie asked while looking at me.
I looked over at her and smiled before looking back to the road. "We are actually going to go eat at Olive Garden. I hope that's okay with you. If it isn't, we can easily go someplace else."
I felt her place her hand on top of mine, which was resting on the arm rest, before saying, "That sounds perfect Bella. I happen to love that place."
"Is it really? I love that place too!" I said while smiling a bunch.
She laughed and it was soon a comfortable silence. I realized that her hand was still placed on top of mine, so I slowly laced my fingers with hers. Thankfully, she didn't pull away. I smiled a bunch and held her hand the rest of the drive. We pulled into the parking lot of Olive Garden and surprisingly I got a relatively good parking spot. I turned off the car and got out, walking to her side and opened her door for her. She got out and smiled at me and thanked me. I smiled back at her and we walked into the restaurant.
"Hello, how many will it be tonight?" The host person asked me with a smile.
I smiled at the guy while saying, "There will be two."
"Alright, follow me ladies."
The guy grabbed two menus and led us to a back room with no one in it. We sat down at the table, with both of us sitting across from each other. "Your server will be here with you shortly."
I smiled at him and then turned to look at Rosalie. She looked up at me with a smile then returned to looking at her menu. A few minutes later, our server came up to our table to ask for our drinks. I let Rosalie order first.
"I will take a Coke please."
"Alright, and you miss?"
"I will take the same thing please." I said while smiling at the guy. The guy said he would be back with our orders.
Two five cheese zitis and several bread sticks later, we were both heading out the door completely stuffed. She offered to pay for her meal, but I quickly dismissed it and paid for the whole thing myself. We were now back in the car driving to the next place.
"So, where are we going now?" Rosalie asked while looking at me.
I looked over at her and smiled and kept driving. "You'll have to be patient and find out."
"But maybe I want to know now." Rosalie said while pouting at me.
Oh my god her pout was so amazingly heart melting. But I must not give in. I really wanted to surprise her with this spot. After about thirty minutes or so of driving, we finally pulled into the beach that I found a few weeks ago. We both got out, me opening her door once again, and I led her to the spot I had set up for us.
"Wow this place is beautiful Bella." Rosalie said while looking around.
I smiled and looked at her while saying, "Yeah, it really is."
She looked over at me and smiled and we got to the blanket I had previously laid out for us. We both sat down on it, pretty close to each other I may add.
"How did you find this place Bella?" Rosalie asked while looking at me.
"I found it one day while I was out on a run."
"Man, you must run far. This is like what, at least twenty minutes away right?"
I thought about it for a second and then said, "Yeah, at least twenty minutes or so. I love to run. For some reason it soothes me."
"Kind of like how basketball soothes me, right?" Rosalie asked while still looking at me.
I nodded my head and then looked ahead of me. I watched how the water came in and out of the shore and listened to the soothing sounds of the waves.
"What are you thinking about?"
I looked and saw that Rosalie was looking at me curiously. "Do you believe in mythical creatures?" I asked randomly.
"Like vampires and werewolves?" Rosalie asked.
I turned and looked at her. "Not just them. I'm talking about everything. Vampires, werewolves, witches…even lycans…"
"Well…I believe that it could be possible I suppose. How about you? Do you believe in mythical creatures?"
I snorted some and smiled a little. If only she knew. "I definitely believe in them. I mean, the world is full of possibilities right? So why not creatures as well. Do you think they are all evil? You know, kind of like how the movies portray them to be." I asked while looking in her eyes.
She was looking in mine as well while saying, "No, I don't believe that they can all be evil. Actually, I think that everyone is just too closed minded to even think of them any different. I mean, doesn't the movies portray them all to be humans in some way? Just because they are different than your average human doesn't make them evil. Yeah, vampires drink blood and werewolves and lycans both kill humans, but if they were real I believe that they wouldn't want to harm every human being in sight."
"At least you aren't one of those closed minded people then. There's at least some hope for humanity, right?" I asked teasingly.
She laughed and looked at me. "Of course. Why should I judge someone by what they are?"
I looked into her eyes and smiled at her. She really is the most perfect human being I have ever had the privilege of meeting. I could seriously look into her eyes all day if I had to. We soon grew into a silence, which wasn't awkward at all. We were both just staring into each other's eyes. I saw her start to slowly lean in and so did I. I really think this is it. This is finally the time that I get to kiss her. As our lips got closer, I could feel my heart start to explode. Finally, after what felt like centuries of waiting, I felt the softest lips on top of mine.
Yes, I am that type of person that ended with a cliff hanger. Normally I hate when writers leave with cliff hangers, and I hate that I had to do it but I felt like this was a perfect (well in a sense anyway) spot to end it at. Anyway, keep in mind that I won't be updating probably again for about two weeks because my girlfriend is staying with me this coming weekend/week. But if I get a chance to update before she comes, I will try my best to do that. But keep in mind that they will probably be fillers or something since I usually don't have much time to update during the week. Anyway, like always it would be greatly appreciated if you sent a review telling me how you liked this chapter or the story as a whole. Also, if you have any ideas that you would like to see in the story, feel free to tell me them either in a review or a PM.