I don't know what it was about her but I was captivated. I was now thinking irrationally and
doing things that I would never have dreamed of, like that note. What was I thinking? If Lauren ever
found out…. and Bella what would she say if she knew my real situation. She was sitting in her beat
up old truck, unfolding the paper that I had given to her this afternoon. I couldn't help wonder what
her reaction would be to such a bold note. I mean I hardly know her, yet the words seemed to flow
effortlessly onto the paper. When she glanced up there was a look of pure shock and I couldn't tell
if she was offended or did she think it was endearing; Bella was proving to be a hard person to
read. But our eye contact was soon broken as Lauren came up and put her arms around my neck
and gave me a passionate kiss. It seemed so awkward to be kissing Lauren when all I could think
of was Bella, and how her soft lips would feel upon mine.
"So how was the rest of your day? Mine was all right, except Jessica went all ballistic during
Algebra today. It was like that girl…." She began to ramble on about Jessica's hissy fit during class
and how all the guys could only talk about Bella. This went on the whole way to her house but I had
learned over the past few months how to tune her out well, so now I only heard a few words here
and there. "So my parents are out of town for Halloween and I thought about throwing an amazing
party…hello earth to Edward…what do you think?"
"Oh…uh. Yeah, that sounds good." I wasn't quite sure what it was that I was agreeing to but I
figured if it turned out to be something extremely bad I could always think of an excuse to get out of
it later. "Well I have got to be getting home, Esme is expecting me home early today." She leaned in
to give me a kiss but I turned my head quickly so all she got was my cheek. I wasn't sure why but I
was suddenly repulsed when Lauren kissed me, I felt as if I was cheating. Lauren was of course not
pleased with this and she let out an angry grunt and stormed out of the car.
I took the long way home just because I needed to clear my head some before I had to deal
with the next problem, my family. When I first started dating Lauren, I was head over heels for her,
and so when she told me that she didn't approve of my family situation and to not associate with
them, I did it. Nobody in Forks really seemed to like my family dynamics but Lauren seemed to
protest and detest it the most. By the time that I was adopted by Carlisle and Esme, they had
already adopted Alice, Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie. Jasper and Rosalie are actually twins but other
then that none of us are blood related; so when Alice and Jasper and Emmett and Rosalie, got
together the town started to talk. I admit it was kind of weird to have all these couples living under
the same roof but they were my family. None of them really understood what I saw in Lauren to
make me shun them and to tell the truth I wasn't even sure myself any more. It was getting dark by
the time I pulled up in the driveway, and I took a deep breath before I opened the front door and
into my new personal hell.
"Esme! He's home! Thank you so much for gracing us with your superior presences, now we
can have some dinner." Alice shouted as I entered. She had taken the ostracizing the worst,
because we were always the closest. There was just always something between us that allowed us
to know what the other was thinking. "What is wrong with you? Did Lauren break up with you?"
"No. Just drop it and lets eat." She stared me down; I knew that she was trying to figure out the
real reason.
"It's the new girl isn't it? I saw how you were looking at her at lunch today, you are falling for her
aren't you." I turned and stormed off to the dinning room to take my seat and wait for my family to
gather. Was it really that obvious? I don't but for some reason hearing Alice say that, confirmed my
feelings. I was falling for Bella, and I was falling hard.
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