Bella's POV
The rest of the day went rather fast for me. I only had two classes after lunch, Biology and Gym. Biology was pretty boring, not that much to talk about there and Gym, well that was something else.
Alice Cullen was in Gym with me and she was so darn strange. I asked her about her brother, Edward and she just laughed lightly and told me I'd find out soon enough. It was just weird to me. How did she know I'd find out anything about him? I'm sure he wouldn't be offering up much info to me anytime soon! Seriously, he was a greek god and I was….well not. When I tried to express this to her she glared at me, I mean really glared and told me that she knew for a fact he and I would talk, eventually.
Gym was the last class of the day for me. Which I was happy about that. I'd hate to have it first thing in the morning. After class ended, Alice walked with me out to the student parking lot, if you could call what she did walk. She bounced, skipped, glidded, almost floated at some points. I almost got dizzy watching her. She talked about all sorts of things as we made our way to our cars. Boys, parents and shopping being the ones she was most interested in. When she laughed it really did sound like wind chimes. I think she was growing on me. I do think I liked her.
"Well, this is my truck." I stopped walking and looked at my old pickup. "Oh, wow. That actually runs?" She was trying really hard to hide her disgust, but the look on her face spoke volumes for what she thought of it.
"Umm, yeah. I know it doesn't look like much, but it's strong and reliable." I patted the rear fender. I actually was fond of the truck. It was my only way to escape from the confines of Charlie's when I felt cooped up.
"I guess I just have a different taste in cars. I like fast and flashy!" She looked over at a silver car that I didn't know the name of. Edward was standing by the driver's door looking like he might come over and drag Alice away from me any minute. "Man, why is he looking at me like that?" I looked away from his glare.
"Don't worry about it, he's just interested about you." She waved him off with a quick flick of her hand.
"Uh, ok. I'd hate to see him if he was angry then, if that look is just interest."
"Bella, you are so funny! I have to go, I'll see you tomorrow." She skipped across the parking lot into the arms of Jasper. The all climbed into the silver car and it backed out of the spot and roared out of the parking lot.
I climbed into my truck and patted the dash board. "Don't worry. I like things reliable, not fast." I told it as it I started it up and backed out of my spot and drove out.
Now, off to the grocery store. Hmm…I wonder what Charlie would like for dinner?
It wasn't a far drive to get to the store. Forks only had one grocery store. When I pulled into the parking lot the rain was starting again. "Great," I muttered as I climbed out and ran inside.
I tried to be quick as I went up and down the aisles looking for things the items I needed. Unfortunately, the floors were wet and I'm not that coordinated, so as I was coming around one of the aisles a little too fast and slipped on some water and went skidding down the aisle with my little basket I was carrying held tight in my hand. "Oh,Oh,Ahh….Watch Out. Crap…Crap…Triple Crap!" I was trying to catch my balance so I didn't fall and spill the little basket everywhere. My legs were going much faster than my upper body and I was leaning backwards doing a back bend, while I was pumping my arms like a tight rope walker trying to regain my posture. "Oww." Suddenly something very hard smacked into me.
I looked up and there stood Edward Cullen. He had reached out to stop me and now his arm was around my waist. It was the most wonderful feeling I'd ever felt. He was so strong and his touch felt so good. "Uhhh." Well, that was brilliant. I frowned at myself. He pulled his arm away and smiled an adorable half smile down at me. "You ok?" I swayed a little, but not from skidding down the aisle, from the closeness of him. I felt like my stomach was in knots and I was having a little trouble catching my breath. My heart was beating so hard I thought it was going to pound through my chest.
"I, yeah, I am." God he was positively gorgeous! And here I just made a complete fool of myself.
"Umm, thanks, really. I appreciate it." I smiled and knew I was getting redder by the minute.
"It was nothing. Be careful." If velvet had a sound, it would sound like him. He smiled that half smile again.
"I'll try. Thanks again." I started backed up and as I turned to leave I ran into the shelf that was behind me knocking down a row of Mac and Cheese. "Sorry." I tried to grab them as they went down.
"I don't think the Mac and Cheese are hurt." He chuckled lightly and helped me pick them up and put them on the shelf.
"Do I need to escort you through the store to make sure you don't damage anymore processed food?" He was mocking me.
"No. Thanks, I'll manage." I was so embarrassed. I think my face was on fire. "I need to finish and get home. Thanks." I walked off as fast as I could, which was not fast enough because I was trying to keep from falling on my ass!
I glanced back as I rounded the corner at the end of the aisle and he was standing in the same spot with that lopsided grin on his face.
Probably thinks I'm quite the clown! Oh, well. Let me finish so I can get out of here.
I managed to get my last remaining items without falling or knocking anything over and checked out.
Wonderful. It's raining again. What's that song.."Rain, Rain go away come back some other day?" If I sang that enough would this rain stop?
I ran out to my truck and tossed the bags onto the seat beside me. I shivered from the cold and the rain and turned the heat on high as I started the truck and backed up. It was really coming down now. I could hardly see out the windshield. I really hated driving in the rain. Actually, I hated doing anything in the rain. I wonder what brought Charlie to this town. I was gonna have to ask him.
I was trying to drive more than 20 miles per hour, but it was really hard the rain was coming down so hard I couldn't see anything past the frontend of my truck. I was really glad at this moment that Forks wasn't a real big city. At least there wasn't a whole lot of traffic for me to try to deal with in this rain.
People always drive like idiots in the rain. I don't know why. Maybe if I turned the radio on it would be a little better. At least then the sound of the rain on the roof of the truck wouldn't be so loud. I leaned forward to switch on the radio.
I never even saw it coming. It sounded like a bomb went off in my truck. I heard the glass and felt the metal biting into my leg and I couldn't figure out why it hurt so much. What the hell?