Erm, guys? Whats the deal? Last chapter got over 200 hits... but no one bothered to review! You make me sad...
So lets try again, yeah? This is actually the longest chapter I've ever posted...
Jesus, I thought I was scared of posting that last chapter. I really am scared about posting this, cuz I know how many team Edwards (idiots, np) are reading. And I know they will all be screaming at their computor screens for a second. But then you'll all read on, and then you'll all probably laugh. Honest. So just keep reading!
On that note, I'll leave you to it!
Oh yeah, this chapter is totally dedicated to Leanne and Dave, who are getting married in June :) Thnx for the inspiration, Lea! xx
I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT. OR WEDDINGS.
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"Why is the date so important?"
Alice sighed and rolled her eyes at me. "This is gonna be a day that we will celebrate every year for the rest of our lives. It needs to be perfect."
After much deliberation, we (namely Alice) had decided on a May or June wedding. We had the calendar out, and were trying to pick an exact date, which was proving harder than anyone would have originally thought.
"Okay, well…May 3rd?"
"That sounds weird."
"How the hell does that sound weird? It's a date on the calendar!"
"I don't like it. I really think June is the way to go…"
We spent another half hour picking through the pros and cons of the 30 days of June.
"I'm not gonna pick a date just because its on a Saturday…"
"Jazz always says that Saturdays are the busiest days for policemen… the whole force will be at the wedding. What day of the week is relatively crime free?"
"There are specific days?"
I shrugged. "Jazz always says so. They have this database thing at the office, there are patterns between the days apparently, maybe-"
"Why didn't you tell me this before?!!" she screeched, leaping to her feet and running upstairs.
She was back minutes later with a very confused looking Jasper in tow.
She had that crazed look in her eye. I decided that this was really a task for the couple in question, not a tag-along maid of honour, so I got up, grabbing the keys to my truck, and left them to it, ignoring the death glare Jasper sent my way.
It wasn't until I turned onto the long winding drive that led to the big white house that I realised where I had been going. I really hadn't meant to. I just…had. Out of habit, I guess. I switched the engine off and sat for a minute on the drive, deciding what to do. I was far enough away from the house that they couldn't see me if they looked out.
I could drop in and say hi. I hadn't seen Emmett in a while, and Rosalie was saying I should visit more, before… Edward moved back in.
I should turn around and go home.
Edward might not even be in.
I really should turn around…
I could just drop in for a bit, to give Rosalie her…
I looked frantically around the car for something that belonged to Rosalie. Nothing. Just my luck that my car was a 'filthy death trap she would never set foot in'.
Well, I could still just pop round…
Edward must hate me. He doesn't want to see me.
He might still feel the same way…
He broke up with me!
He thought me and Jake still had feelings for each other. Everyone makes mistakes.
Well, that was one mistake too many. Do I really want to be with someone who doesn't trust me?
Ugh, f**k you, multiple personalities!
I turned the key, and drove…
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"I really hope you don't mind me dropping by like this," I said, walking through the door and into the tiny kitchen. I turned into the living room. "Oh, hey, Leah."
She smiled at me, and turned back to her books.
"Not at all, Bells," Jacob said. (Who saw THAT coming?! Lol) "You know you're always welcome here."
He sat back down next to Leah and shuffled some papers around.
"Oh, you guys are studying? I'll leave you to it," I told them, turning back towards the door, not wanting to impose.
"Bella, don't be stupid," Leah stopped me. "Come on, sit down. You can help me with this freaking Algebra."
"Erm, I really don't think I'm the best person to help you with that, Leah," I laughed.
We spent the next couple of hours laughing, tackling Algebra problems together, just hanging out, and… having fun. It didn't feel like 'fun' happened to me anymore.
Billy came home with Sue just as Leah was thinking about going home, and they asked me to stay for dinner. Well, it would've been rude to say no, wouldn't it?
Billy suggested I call Jazz and Alice and invite them down; they arrived shortly after Leah's brother Seth, Sam Uley and some of the other kids from the Reservation. I had to step outside to calm down for a minute when the house became suddenly full of very good-looking, muscular, tanned, male adolescents. I am only human, after all.
I was actually having a really nice time. These were the people that had been forced upon me since I was born because if Charlie, but we'd seen less and less of them since he died. It was nice to see them all again, almost like nothing had changed. Almost as if…
"Hey."
I jumped a little bit at the sound of Jake's voice cutting through the night toward me. He laughed his laugh, and I couldn't help but to laugh with him. He was contagious. He walked over and leaned against the wall next to me.
"You okay?"
"I'm good," I smiled. "You?"
"Yeah, it's all good."
Some people would have found the silence awkward, but not us. Not with everything we've been through. It wasn't even awkward or uncomfortable when he wrapped his arm around me and hugged me when I started to shiver slightly.
"This has been really fun," I told him.
"Hmm," he murmured into my hair. I felt his strong, warm arms wrap a little tighter around me.
"It's been nice to see everyone again."
"Hmm," he murmured again. "It's nice to have you here again."
I turned my head to smile at him, and then realised just how close our lips were. I felt his breath tingle on my lips, and I closed my eyes and sighed contentedly. I was home. I was wrong to think that Jacob could only be a friend to me. He was so much more, and at that moment, I wanted him to be.
I opened my eyes just as his lips pressed gently to mine. He skimmed his lips along my jaw, down my neck, and then back up to my lips, silently asking permission with his eyes. I answered by pushing my lips back to his. They parted and he took my bottom lip in between his, sucking lightly. My hands moved to around his neck and grabbed fistfuls of his hair, deepening the kiss. Our lips moved easily against one another, and I wondered why the hell we had ever stopped doing this in the first place.
When we eventually broke apart for air, I realised just what we had done. Just as I was deliberating between whether to start apologizing madly or kiss him again, he shoved me back roughly, an angry look in his eyes.
"What the hell?"
He leaned over me, and hissed, "Leave me alone, Bella."
"Jake? But…what? Huh? You…I…we…You kissed me!" I stuttered stupidly.
He didn't answer, just glared.
"Stay away from me. Stay away from Leah. And if you ever try anything like that again, don't think the new me will be around for much longer," he said menacingly.
He stalked off, leaving me alone in his back yard, tears streaming down my face.
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I woke up Sunday morning feeling like crap. I looked like it, too. Just as well, really: I didn't have anyone to look good for.
I made my way downstairs. I didn't feel like being sociable, but I really didn't want to stay in bed all day feeling sorry for myself. So I pulled myself out of my bit, slapped a smile I hoped looked genuine on my face, and walked into the kitchen.
"Morning!" Alice cried cheerily. I winced as the sound echoed in my head.
"Hey," I said, pulling out a chair and sitting down with them at the table. "What are we up to?" I gestured to the envelopes and such that scattered the table in strategically placed piles.
"Alice- ouch! – We picked a date for the wedding, and we wanted to get the invitations out as soon as possible." Jazz smiled at his beloved, rubbing his leg where her bony little foot had kicked him.
"Aw, sweetie. You're learning." She smiled at him, and patted him sweetly.
I was trying hard to keep last night's dinner down.
I poured myself some juice. "So what date have you set?"
"June 20th."
I choked on my juice violently. Jazz slapped me on the back.
"What?"
Spluttering, I gasped, "That's…that's Edward's birthday."
Alice slammed her fists down on the table, screaming, throwing the papers everywhere. Too many profanities that I could keep up with streamed out of her mouth, and she ran from the room.
Jazz and I sat still in a stunned silence for a second, and then he got up, muttering, "I better go see if I can calm her down…"
And then I was alone. I sighed, and started sorting the strewn invitations and envelopes back into piles on the table.
I skimmed the lists of guests, split evenly under the headings 'His' and 'Hers'. I couldn't help but to smile at her cuteness…
What? That can't be right. She wouldn't do that to me. Jazz wouldn't do that to me. It must be some kind of mistake…
I saw that the name had been ticked, so I rifled through the pile of invitations until I found it. Sure enough, there it was, in black and white. Well, blue and gold, the colours Alice had picked, but whatever.
Mary Alice Brandon and Jasper Whitlock Swan
Invite you
Edward, (+1)
together with their families to share in their happiness as they exchange vows of marriage and begin their new lives together
Plus one? PLUS ONE?!
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Soooo?? Did I do alright? Are you all totally hating on me because of the kiss? Are you hating on me because of Jacob? Should I kill him off?
Lol, you know I could never do that! Hehe. Oh, guys! Who's loving my new page-break things? Aren't they pretty?!! I only realised the other day that the ones I'd been using all along wern't showing up. Which was kinda embarrassing, tbh :D
Oh, and I completley forgot about that song thing from a couple of chapters ago! "Things are looking up, oh finally..." is the opening line of Looking Up, by Paramore. Its a pretty kick-ass song. Go youtube it or something, if you haven't already (which you really should of). I was kinda shocked only one person, (out of the TWO of you that actually bothered to review that chapter :P) namely my best mate (LOVEEE YOUUU!!) got that right. She is ridiculously hooked on that band :P xx
Right, I'll go now. :)
Love ya, mwah xxx
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