I'm back! I know, it's a shocker. I'm really sorry for the wait. I'm hoping to update ''What if things were different?'' also. Either tomorrow or the next day. Fingers crossed! Anyway, I have a new story posted, yes I know, even though I still have to finish so many! Sorry! Anyway, it's called, ''When One Door Closes, Another Opens.'' It has three chapters posted at the moment. I'd love it if you checked it out and left a review. So, without further ado, I hope you enjoy the chapter. Please review.
Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns Twilight. Not me. Damn it!
I must have fallen asleep at some stage, for I awoke to light streaming through the wall of glass and Edward's beautiful smiling face. For a moment I simply smiled back at him, completely at ease. Then I started. Charlie! I had spent the entire night at Edward's house without permission or explanation. I had to get home, now, so I could explain. I jumped up and scrambled for my shoes, only to realise that was wearing the outfit that Alice had forced me into. I groaned, I couldn't wear this! Edward seemed confused. ''What's wrong?'' He asked, concerned. I had been heading to the door, intent upon finding Alice, and my own clothes, so I could leave.
His question, however, stopped me. I turned to him and said, somewhat hysterically, ''Edward! I've stayed here the entire night. We're teenagers! You're male, I'm female. And we're married! What the hell do you think Charlie is going to think?'' I ended, finding it somewhat hard to breathe. Perhaps I was having a panic attack. Edward chuckled, seriously, he chuckled! He took me by the shoulders and said, ''Bella, calm down. Breathe! I told Alice to call your father shortly after you fell asleep. She told him you were with her and the two of you lost track of time. She asked for his permission for you to sleep over. He agreed immediately, everything's fine. Charlie doesn't suspect a thing, okay?'' I felt myself relax. All the panic left my body. Everything was fine. Everything was fine. Thank God.
''Come on, now.'' He said. ''We've got to get going. It's tie for school.'' I groaned loudly, more stares and whispers. Great. He laughed at my expression. ''It gets worse. You didn't wake up early don't have time for you to go home and change, so Alice gets to choose what you wear.'' He smirked at me and I could have sworn that I heard a high pitched squeal of delight from somewhere in the house. I felt the colour drain from my face. ''WHAT?'' I shouted. He laughed once again, seeming to think that my horror was the most hilarious thing in the world. Even though his laugh was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard, I wanted to hit him. However, I refrained, because I would only hurt myself. It was not fair! Not fair!
The door opened and the seemingly harmless pixie that was Alice skipped into the room, a Cheshire cat like grin on her face. On second thought, perhaps she didn't look so harmless after all. She took my arm and gently, but firmly, steered me towards what I could only assume was her room. I looked back at Edward, willing him to save me, but I could tell from one glance at his grin that he had no intention to do so. Stupid, unhelpful vampire! She led me into a large bedroom and then to a pair of nondescript wooden doors. When she opened the doors I felt my jaw drop. It was impossibly huge and was filled with more clothes than anyone would ever need. Oh, no, this was going to be horrible. Even worse than the night before.
She threw ridiculous after ridiculous outfit at me. After about twenty minutes, she sighed. ''Fine,'' she huffed. ''Have it your way! We need to go.'' Then she threw another outfit at me. I would hardly call it, ''My way.'' The clothes were designer and probably worth more than all my clothes a hundred times over. I sighed. At least it was a jeans and shirt. Even if it was ridiculously over-priced. I put them on and realised that the shirt was somewhat lower a cut than I was used to and the jeans were slightly more snug than my own. She had also given me a pair of shoes. At least they were flats. I would have preferred to wear my own, but I didn't want to push Alice too far. If I did, I was almost certain that she would force me into one of the more ridiculous outfits she had thrown at me.
I left the room to find her waiting for me. She narrowed her eyes. ''Better,'' She said. ''But believe me, next time, you won't get off so easily.'' She continued in an ominous tone. Then she skipped off to who-knows where. I shook my head. She was completely insane. I walked downstairs and found Edward in the kitchen. I looked at him in confusion when he handed me a Pop Tart. ''Breakfast,'' He clarified. ''I got it especially for you, is it okay?'' I nodded. He looked at his watch. ''We need to leave, or we're going to be late.'' I nodded once again and followed him out to his Volvo.
We arrived at the school and hurried towards the doors, in an attempt to avoid the stares and whispers. Why had Edward's brothers done it? Why? We went first to my locker. As I was gathering the books I would need, I noticed that Edward seemed angry, unnecessarily so. ''Edward,'' I said tentatively. ''Is something wrong?'' He seemed startled by my question and for a short moment at a loss for what to say. However, he soon collected himself. ''Wrong?,'' He questioned. ''Nothing's wrong.'' He said this through semi-gritted teeth, so I found it hard to believe him. I raised an eyebrow at him. He looked around us, his jaw seeming to tighten as he did so. Then he looked back at me, his eyes traveling over my outfit, eyes narrowing as he did so. ''Are you cold, Bella?'' He asked suddenly, removing his jacket as he did so. ''Not really,'' I replied. Alice hadn't given me a jacket, but it really wasn't that cold today. It was shocking, yes, it being Forks, but still. This seemed to throw him for a moment, he froze in the action of giving me his jacket to wear. Then he spoke, ''Are you sure?'' Why was he so intent on my being cold? ''Are you certain? Because if not, I could give you my coat.'' He continued. His eagerness for me to take it was almost palpable. I rose and eyebrow at him, but said nothing and allowed him to slip it onto my shoulders. The coat was extremely large on me, the sleeves trailing far past my hands. He rolled them up and raised the zip smoothly. Then he smiled widely and placed his arm around my shoulders. How very odd.
The remainder of the day passed as I would have expected. Lots of staring and whispering. I sighed, when would it end? Edward refused to let me take off his jacket all day long. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why. It made absolutely no sense. At the end of the day, I had to visit the bathroom. Edward had been particularly unwilling to leave me alone all day, but I had convinced him that waiting outside the girl's bathroom was strange, so he was supposedly waiting in the car. He was probably a lot closer though. It was sweet, of course, but I wished that he would trust me more. Suddenly, I felt someone tap me on the back. I paled, what if it was Lauren and her crew again. I suddenly felt hopeful that Edward was closer than he had said he would be. Perhaps he would be able to hear me scream.
I turned around and found, not Lauren, but Alice. She was grinning from ear to ear. I felt my heart-rate decrease dramatically in relief. I inwardly chuckled. It was somewhat ironic that I was more afraid of a simple human teenage girl than a vampire. ''Hi, Alice,'' I said as I dried my hands. ''Hello, Bella!'' She chirped, then dropped her voice dramatically. ''Edward's been acting really weird today, hasn't he?'' She questioned conspiratorially. I nodded. ''Do you want to know why?'' She continued. I nodded eagerly. Her grin widened. ''He's jealous.'' She said simply. I looked at her, uncomprehendingly. She groaned in exasperation. ''The outfit you're wearing today. Some of the male population of Forks High are thinking thoughts in response to it that are not exactly to Edward's liking. He's jealous and angry. That's what the coat is about.'' She said, motioning to the garment in question. I felt my mouth form a large 'O'. His behaviour now made sense. The fact that boys had been thinking such things made me blush deeply. Poor Edward, he had to hear what they were thinking. ''Bye, Alice. Thanks.'' ''No problem,'' She replied. Then I left.
As I had suspected, Edward was closer than he had promised. However, he was not close enough to have heard my whispered conversation with Alice. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him lightly on the lips. ''I love you, Edward.'' I said. He seemed pleasantly surprised. ''I love you too, Bella.'' Then he kissed my forehead softly. ''Come on,'' He said. ''Let's go.'' Then we walked out to his Volvo, ignoring the whispers, and began the short drive to my house.
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Thanks,
Kate.