Tulips are better
Chapter 4
I groaned getting out of my bed, I had gotten too use to being asleep, thinking of Bella and what she was thinking, how any man could say 'I know what my woman thinks,' I don't know.
I could never figure out Bella, she was a quiet girl, always got on with work and always knew how to amuse the others and myself.
But since my emails to Bella, all had been quiet, I didn't know what was going on; she seemed distant, quiet and the only time she came to my office was to ask if I needed a coffee. Every time I answered yes, I was always hoping she would hand it to me then talk for a bit, but that never happened. I missed it.
"Edward? You alive in there?"
I heard Jasper pondering around the flat; although he wasn't here now and again, as he would be with Alice it was always nice to have him home.
"Yeah I'm alive, thought you were with Alice?"
"Oh yes, I'm here too Cullen."
Great, pixie is here.
"Hey Alice. I'll be out in a minute guys, just need to have a shower,"
"So that's the smell that's going on here," I heard Alice say, ignoring her I grabbed my clothes and took to the shower.
"So any news on Bella Alice? She seems different since the emails. I'm worried,"
Alice looked at me, I could see she was hiding something from me, I didn't care if I wouldn't like it or not, I needed to know if she was okay, she was worrying me so much.
I could sense Jasper felt tense between the silence Alice had held for so long; to be honest I thought someone had come by and stole her voice box, that pixie had never been so quiet before.
"Alice?"
But I didn't get her reply; she went over to the coffee machine and got herself a coffee before returning back,
"She feels shit after what happened."
Okay that I can understand
"I tried asking her to try hard not to think about it, but she wont listen, she came out with me and rose last night, and she didn't want to talk about it; don't worry I know about the emails you sent her, and I know she sent some back, but I really think you should just go to her office and lock the door and talk about it, Bella has never been the one to confront things like this, she gets all embarrassed."
Well now things are making sense
I looked down to my feet, I felt nervous right now, but I knew what pixie meant. I had to talk to her even if she wanted to run to the other side of the world, trying not to fall over of course.
I was about to say thanks to Alice when I caught both of their faces looking down the hall, there walking towards her office with a starbucks coffee in her hand was Bella; turquoise long jumper with black leggings and turquoise dolly shoes. She had her hair hanging loosely, I could see Alice smile at her, although I have a feeling this was an outfit that she had picked out for her.
Thank god she doesn't do this for me.
"Bella, you look amazing!"
"Thanks Alice, and thanks for last night, even if I wasn't the best, I'm about to load the photos up on facebook though, so give it an hour before you look at them."
The two girls laughed a little, where as Jasper shrugged
"Don't go in to it, they went out looking like Alice in Wonderland,"
That was all I needed to know.
****
talk to Bella before the end of the day
ask Alice what on earth made her want to wear that outfit again
ask why they did Alice in wonderland
I couldn't help but wonder what on earth made them want to do that in 'New Moon'. My sister, in a small dress looking like Alice with a rabbit, while Bella must of gone as the mad hatter, she was wearing the same looking dress as Alice but in a dark green by the looks of things, I had to admit, she looked pretty good in it, but it was Rose I laughed at more then ever, she went at the Queen; sounded about right for her, and it was the way she had tapped Bella on the head with her love heart wand, it looked so funny.
Edward Cullen: is off to Bella's office to talk to her whether she likes it or not
Yes okay, I had been on facebook all morning, but now I was planning on getting Bella to talk to me, even if it meant I had to chase her round the office.
"Bella?" I lightly knocked on her open door, she was there in a pile of paper working, she looked up from the pile to gaze at me, I couldn't help but look in to her hazel pool, every time I did, I was like a moth to a flame I knew if I looked at them too much I would go boom like a moth when it hit the flame.
"Yes mr Cullen?"
"Bella, you know to call me Edward, I came here to talk actually." I replied, I closed to door behind, knowing Alice would be watching and moving over to the door.
I noticed the movement in Bella, she was nervous; she was never like this around me, she was always laughing at my jokes, the ones that the others didn't find funny most of the time. That's the Bella I love
Edward Cullen if I have to hit you one more time for saying that I'm moving on to Emmett and seeing if he can act smarter then you are right now
Ignoring my head, I sat at the seat and looked at her, she looked at me, knowing full well what I was about to discuss.
"Would you mind excusing me? I need to hand these to Alice…"
"Oh no you don't Swan," I slid to the door and blocked her, no escaping this Cullen.
"Bella, you have to stop hiding from me. I cant take the pain every time you walk past my office and we don't laugh at one enough, how you don't talk to me anymore, it's silly."
I gave her a moment to respond, but nothing moved from her lips
"What I'm trying to say is, I meant what my email said, and I have feelings for you, I don't care if you don't believe me Bella, but I do, I want you to believe me right now, believe me that I'm telling the truth and it's not a prank that Emmett would pull, heck if he did I wouldn't be doing this right now. And we both know he's not capable to do something like this,"
it was a long shot I know, but she was killing me with her look, she looked so confused and unable to decide what to do, so I decided to make myself prove to her what I had said and did something I knew Alice would be proud of.
*****
"You kissed her?" Jasper sat down at the table in our flat, he seemed just as shocked as Bella had been, I nodded to him, explaining everything to him, what I had said and he agreed,
"I'm sure the girls are round Bella's talking about what you did,"
"Yeah, and I'm sure Bella still doesn't believe a word, I can't help how I feel right now, I don't think this was here before, it's sort of a feeling of me wanting to protect her. Did you ever feel like that around Alice?"
Jasper came to sit beside me he had a smile on his face, it looked like it was painful to put it on his face.
But then again, Jasper was always the one who kept to himself and thought more about things then any of us, he was also the reason Alice was hyped up most of the time, he was the reasons I had to sound proof my bedroom from her shouting when she was pissed off.
"Yeah, I feel like it when I'm with her, it's called love Edward." Then he picked his keys out from his pocket and left the flat, leaving me there stunned.
Love?
Edward Cullen: thinks someone has to stop putting laxatives in Jasper's food; it's making him come out with shit
Alice Cullen: Rose and Bella have come to the conclusion that taking a two week holiday from the office will do the world of wonders for us. California get your red carpet out, the girls are coming
Oh great, Alice was taking Bella away for two weeks; did she not understand the fact I needed to ask Bella how she felt?
Now why do I have a feeling the guys will be round mine for two weeks pigging out?
Why are those girls so annoying sometimes?