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I started to slightly panic in my mind. What should I say? All i could think of was something like 'Ah yes...the reason why I have your glasses is...RUN!' or ' They're mine. Shoo'. I can't use them obviously. My eyes were taking their time to adjust to the darkness, so I couldn't tell whether he was angry or not. He then seemed to misinterpret my silence as he then changed his position- he became more relaxed and maybe understanding? Whatever it was he let the sun right back into my eyes- blinding me. I slammed my eyes shut quickly.
"Oh! Of course she doesn't speak English..." he said to himself. Ahh! No we don't want him think THAT! Do we? Who is 'we'? Do I want to know? Okay shut up Bella.
"Uh NO I am English! Its just that you caught me off guard." I took off the sunglasses and handed them over into his direction as I couldn't see. " I have your sunglasses...because I found them on the side and assumed someone must have lost them. And they are really nice sunglasses" I explained, waving my hands in the air. He laughed and i felt the object being removed from my hands, then put on my face.
"Here, borrow them. You look like you need them at the moment more than myself, who careless left them on the edge when I went off with my friend..." I started to shake my head, opening my eyes.
"I insist" he prompted. I finally allowed the gesture and promised to give them back later. That was when I looked into his eyes. His emerald green eyes. I then noticed the rest of him and my mouth dropped open wide. Reddish-Auburn coloured hair, flattened slightly from the sea, with toned muscles all around and a welcoming but sexy smile. This guy was beautiful. I could see he was looking at me oddly, so I held out a hand.
"I'm Bella" he took my hand and shook it.
"Edward...Cullen" he said the last part slowly. I froze and he cringed. And then I understood. Cullen. Cullen. CULLEN! As in Emmett Cullen! What a coincidence! It must be pretty tough to have such a famous brother, so I unfroze, but I wasn't sure it made much of a difference. If I see Emmett later, I'll get rid of any worries Edward has of me.
"Swan." this time he froze... and smiled.
"Swan as in Alice Swan?" I nodded, much trouble has she gotten into already?
"I think your...sister? Yes, your sister has made an quite an impact on my best friend, Jazz...Jasper. I think he's smitten already with her charm."
We both laughed. He then asked me " So...do you want to meet the rest of us? I think me and Jazz saw your two other English friends go up to the pool before. Alice and Jazz followed them just. Wanna join? You can meet my...brother and his girlfriend, too, as well as Jazz."
I agreed. As we made our way back up the stairs back to the main hotel, we chatted about who we were:
"So Edward...you don't sound English. Where are you from?"
He looked down at me, a step or two higher than myself," America. Small place in Washington. You?"
"Close to Birmingham, England obviously" He smiled.
" When did you arrive, and how long are you staying here for? "
" Well me and the rest of us got here a few hours ago, we had just spent time unpacking and eating, we were starving!"
"Same right back. Age?"
"16" Edward then replied with the same. We had then reached the pool and found our 'group'. I saw Jess staring at Edward with her mouth wide open. I smiled slyly. Been there, done that! I then heard a booming laugh and turned to Edward frantically, who looked uncomfortable and with a worried expression, who then said,"Yeah my brother..."
I was then pickup and spun around. I knew instantly who it was. Em!
"Em! Put me DOWN!" I laughed and screamed as he tried to tilt me. As he set me back on my feet, I gave him a hug then turned back to Edward, who had his own mouth agape like Jess's had once been.
"What? W-when?..." He stuttered, "...What?"
"We met Belllaaaa at the airport" said Emmett teasingly. I then noticed Rosalie and went to give her a friendly hug. She looked surprised to see me, but i felt Em already knew as he saw Alice previously when he returned my pen without Rosalie. " She OBVIOUSLY wants my soccer ball. It's in my room, Bellaa" He said with a wink. I scoffed and me and Rosalie rolled our eyes.
"OUR room, dudee", Rosalie smacked his head before he could duck. He whined.
"Rosiee! You know I only have eyes for you!" He hugged her tightly, causing her to giggle. I smiled to Edward.
"I didn't want to say anything until i was positive that you wouldn't run away screaming"I leaned forward, "before I..." I then shoved him into the water. I heard a "crap!" before he hit the water, and I laughed, looking up at Emmett and Rosalie. Emmett held up a hand which I high fived him with proudly. I then noticed Alice getting close to Jasper on the poolside. Alice had tried to keep dry from Edwards 'fall', covering her body as much as she could with her hands and hiding her head in Jasper's shoulder, laughing. Jasper looked comfortable for someone he has only just met. He noticed me looking and got up, pulling Alice with him, and headed over towards me and held out a hand, offering me to shake it, which I did.
"Howdy, Bella? My names Jasper Whitlock-Hale, but call me Jazz. My sister, Rosalie, who you can call Rose, but Em calls her Rosie, who only she can stand for that name to come from." He grinned cheekyly with a dimpled smile, also drawing out a Southern American accent. I felt that bit brighter in his presence. He must have a way of doing that- is he a therapist? Or going to be one?
"Hi Jazz, nice to meet you! I see Alice already has her claws into you" which caused a few giggles and Alice to slap me lightly, which i ducked. Jazz smiled, looking at Alice, with his other arm around her shoulders. This is turning out to be an interesting holiday!
"Naw, I'm secretly bulletproof and clawproof" Jazz breathed in a ton of air, posed like superman, then slammed into the pool water, causing the splash to hit us full on. We all jumped back, a little too late.
Oh well, I shouted to him, "JAZZ! Are you waterproof though?" We then all jumped in after him, me and Alice shouting "HEADS!" before we had landed. The water was a bit too cold for my liking, but Edward dragged me up and held me in his arms, which for some reason I was completely comfortable with, for a lack in trust of holiday flings, and being so intimate so early. Alice noticed and gave me a knowing look, which I laughed off, getting comfy.
"So what do you lot want to do today?" Edward asked, squeezing me lightly.
Everyone looked like they were thinking. Alice spoke up "Has everyone seen the whole hotel yet? Where are th entertainment and what restaurants are there?"
"Umm...i think there are 4 different restaurant which we need to book in advance...we can all book on the same nights, so we can sit together!" Rose answered, on Emmett's shoulders. It seems Emmett will be showing off his strength a lot this holiday, which doesn't bother me at all. He can do the work, as I am a weakling, seriously. Everyone seemed enthusiastic in Rose's idea, so we decided for someone to wake up early to check the restaurants, then book us a large table for tomorrow night. Alice and Jazz volunteered.
"Later we can take a look at the rest of the place, after lunch maybe. I really want to try out the water sports. You lot in? Me and Eddie went to the pier this morn, jumped off, and it was wiilld! I swear it was a huge thrill, its gotta be about 6 metres or more high, but there's a lower section if you girls don't want to jump from that high..." Jazz said, offering a challenge to us all.
"Are you kidding? You have NO idea what we get up to at home Jazz. Come on, lets go to the pier and we'll show you what we're made up of!" I wiggled out of Edwards hold and got out of the pool. I could see he looked slightly hurt so once he followed suite, I walked up to him so he can hold me again. I like the feeling- so what? Jazz grinned. My reaction was exactly as he wanted. We all headed down the long flight of stairs to the beach and I saw the pier. Me and Alice looked at each other, grinning. Oh, they had NO idea!. We took off our flip-flops and made a run for it, dashing for the end of of the pier. We had to assume nobody was underneath the pier, as the people at the end gave us 'the singal' to say so, and we carried on running at the same pace, laughing our heads off at the shouts from behind and the booming laugh. We heard loud thuds from behind us. We looked at each other, panic covering our faces. But I then saw Em on Alice's side, keeping our pace, grinning widely. I had to laugh. Just as I was getting out of breath, we hit the end of the pier, jumping like a pencil jump. Jazz was right- it was thrilling. I love the thrill. I may be on this pier more than in the hotel! Actually maybe not, as even though i had shut my eyes tightly, the impact to the seawater forced them open, feeling that unusual stinging. The force of the water also gave me a wedgie, and forced my bikini top up, which I immediately pulled both down, pushing on the deep sea floor to bring me up. The air was a relief. I looked around. Jazz was shaking his hair around like a dog, and Alice had just come to surface after me, breathing deeply, gasping, then smiling widely. And I couldn't see where Emmett was, but most of the water was bubbling white from a spot close to Alice, and I was right. A wave passed by, then Emmett shot out of the water, his booming laugh brightening my day. I wondered how far behind Jazz was, as I hadn't heard him come from behind us. I saw from above the pier, Angela and Jess sitting on the edge of the pier, feet hanging over, holding our flip flops in the air, signaling that they had them safe. I wondered where Edward was, but then I felt hands creep around my waist, and I leaned back into his muscled torso, sighing contently.
"Where did you get to?" I asked looking at his glistening face. We were so close, and he looked so good. I could smell the salt on his skin. Every nerve was tingling with electricity. He looked down at me grinning.
"I'm the fastest runner back home. Not even Emmett is close to beating me. I was behind you, running SLOWly" he teased. I was going to lightly shove him, but before I did that, he pressed his lips lightly to mine, and then it was over. His lips hovered over mine for a moment then moved away. I looked into his eyes. They were brighter than before, more alive. The moment was partially ruined with a booming laugh and a long whistling. I looked over at them, they were already heading fro the pier ladder steps, and more than a few of them I could tell were sharing our moment. I grinned, looked back at Edward, who had the same expression as myself. We headed slowly to the steps as well, ignoring the rest of them. We held hands in content silence back down the pier.
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