Hey my darling readers!! I've decided to treat you to another update today! Well it's mainly because I wont be able to update tomorrow. For those of you who dont know, I will be very busy the next couple of weeks. So I wont be able to update as often as I do now. I will try my best to post an update every few days. But my parents are coming to visit next week, then my younger sister is going to be staying the week after that, and after that I'm off to Florida for a week! So it's going to be a crazy 3 weeks lol.
"Hey beautiful!" I rolled my eyes at Zack. I was dreading math all morning. Although I was happy he didn't say 2 words to me with Alice by my side. I knew he would save all the chit-chat for when he had me alone.
"Can you do me a favor?" I asked glaring at him.
He slid his chair closer to me, "Absolutely anything."
"Good, now leave me alone." I growled
"Anything but that." He laughed once.
"I mean it, Zack! Don't test me." I warned him. He huffed, but leaned back in his chair smirking.
When the bell rang, I stood quickly trying to beat him out the door. I made it to my locker, and sighed. "Hey!" He smiled leaning against the locker next to me.
"UGH!! GO AWAY KID!" I yelled slamming my locker, and pushing past him.
"Why should I? I like you."
"Well I don't like you!" I snapped at him. I turned towards the cafeteria, and barged through the doors.
"Oh I think you do." He smiled widely grabbing my arms. I gasped when his face leaned in towards mine. I quickly looked around fighting the urge to not throw him across the room.
"Get your hands off her!" Edward was at my side, and easily pulled me out from his grasp.
"Hey, man… let her decide what she wants to do."
"I choose to do this…" I said taking Edwards face in my hands, and kissed him, "and if I didn't have a room full of people I'd choose to rip your lips off of your face."
"That's something I would love to watch her do to you." Edward took my hand and we turned to walk away.
Zack stepped in front of us, "You, me, outside after school."
"I'm not going to fight you." Edward growled stepping around him.
"Why not? You too scared to lose your woman?"
Edward laughed loudly, "No, that… well lets just say we're bonded together so strong, that the end of the world couldn't tear us apart. I wont fight you, because I would kill you, and that would just be bad." Edward whispered. Zack let us walk past him this time.
We all sat silently during lunch, and I was happy. I didn't feel like talking. After lunch I walked with Emmett to my next class. He met me after all my classes. "I don't need an escort you know." I said glancing at his hand on my shoulder.
"Your still new at all of this. It's just a precaution." Emmett said warmly as we walked out into the parking lot. I was happy when Lindsay or Zack didn't try to meet me at my car.
"Can I drive please?" I begged Rosalie for my keys.
"No little girl, you cant." She laughed getting in the car.
The ride home was silent, and once again I was happy I didn't have to talk.
"Hi mommy!" Renesmee sang as she skipped up the driveway to me.
"How was your day? Did you apologize to that boy?"
"Yes I did. He ran away from me crying. I just said sorry." She laughed shrugging.
"Well at least you tried." I was happy she did.
"Hey mom." Renesmee turned to peek through the back of the kitchen chair at me.
"What is it?" I asked getting up off the couch to walk over to her.
"Can Alyssa come over after school tomorrow and sleep over? It's Friday, please!"
"I have to talk to daddy about that when he comes back from hunting." I smiled at her, "But I don't think it will be a problem." I winked at her, and she bounced excitedly in her chair. "Finish your homework." I said laughing.
The next day school went by quickly, and I was relieved when Zack didn't even look at me in any of our classes. "Your getting better at this." Rosalie informed me when I sat down during lunch.
I rolled my eyes, "Thanks."
"Something wrong?" Edward asked me as we laid on the living room floor after school. Esme and Carlisle were upstairs in his office, Emmett and Rosalie were laying on the couch, and Alice and Jasper were sitting out on the back porch.
"Just kind of nervous about Alyssa coming over."
"You'll be fine." Edward assured me.
"Well, we're about to find out." Emmett smirked as we all heard the bus pull onto our street.
Esme walked down the stairs with Carlisle behind them. "We'll be right back." Esme smiled walking out the front door. I stood up walking over to the bay window.
"I hate this." I moaned.
"I know love, but it's the only way. If we said she was our daughter, well then you would have been 12 when you gave birth."
"I know." I laughed at the hideous thought. At 12 I wasn't even thinking about marriage, and kids.
I watched Renesmee step off the bus and run into Esme and Carlisle's waiting arms. I couldn't help but feel jealous. "Mom, dad, this is Alyssa!" I heard her say. My breath caught as she called them mom and dad, but I reminded myself that this was the way it had to be. I glanced at Alyssa. She was a cute little girl. Her dirty blond hair was almost as long as Renesmee's. She was a few inches shorter than Renesmee, and freckles spotted her cheeks and nose. Her dimples shown on her cheeks when she smiled.
"Welcome to our home sweetheart." Esme smiled politely, and led the girls inside.
"Do you have to call your mom?" Carlisle asked when they walked inside.
"I don't have a mom." Alyssa's face turned red, and she looked down at her feet.
"I'm sorry, err… your dad?" Carlisle asked raising an eyebrow. She just shook her head. "Who is your guardian, who is in charge of you?" He knelt in front of her.
"My grandma." She whispered.
"Well who was the young lady I talked to on the phone last night?" Esme asked standing by Carlisle.
"Umm… that was my babysitter. I'm sorry." Alyssa looked at Renesmee who was frozen next to her. Renesmee's eyes wondered around the room till she found me.
"Bella!" Renesmee raced across the room to me. She had her story down better than I did, and I couldn't help but laugh.
"How was your day?" I asked tucking her hair behind her ears.
"Boring… I thought it would never end!" Renesmee took Alyssa's hand, "Oh, this is my sister Bella, and my foster brother Edward." She said pointing to us.
"Hi, Alyssa. We've heard a lot about you." I smiled at her. She looked up at me with an astonished look.
"Your pretty." She said shyly.
I laughed uneasy, "Well thank you."
Renesmee finished introducing her to the rest of the family, and Alyssa smiled taking all of us in. "Why don't you girls sit down, and I'll call for a pizza." Carlisle said taking the phone.
"YAY pizza!" Both girls sang in unison.
"Can we talk?" Alice asked Carlisle once the girls were settled on the living room floor eating and watching a movie. I noticed for the first time that both Alice and Edward were frozen in place the moment Alyssa walked off the bus.