Chapter 3: The Decision

As soon as I was done gathering my stuff, Edward grabbed my arm and led me out of the classroom. I caught a glanced at Mike and noticed he was fuming. I smirked in his direction and tried to keep up with Edward.

We almost made it out the door. Almost. Until a sneaky little pixie almost literally poofed in front of us. I heard Edward groan as she took my arm out of his strong grip, which refused to loosen and led me to my next class without a look back. I snuck a look at Edward while Alice was looking for jasper. And shot him an apologetic look. He shrugged then turned, walking off to his next class. I sighed as I entered the nearly empty classroom.

Leave it to alice to want to make it to class early so she could "get the best seat." Bull shit. She picked the worst seat in the whole class, smack dead in the middle, and since Jasper or as she called him Jazzy wasn't in this classroom i was expected to sit next to her. I didn't think i could hate her anymore than i did then.

Okay, I could't really blame her. She didn't know Edward and I were about to have a private conversation. Then again, she must have seen the force behind his grip on my arm. I decided to just ignore it for the time being and turned my attention to the teacher.

I tried to listen in class; I really did. But all i could think about were those sparkling green eyes. That mussed up bronze hair, and those strong hand gripping my arm. And most importantly i couldn't stop thinking about what he wanted to say to me. Alice didn't seem to catch on to my foul mood towards her, and just continued making plans for us for the weekend.

I silently stood in awe, watching the tiny bundle of energy rave about something that was over five days away.

I was glad Alice wasn't in my next class. If i had to hear that pixie mention anything involving me in the future- as she so bluntly called it- i was gonna tare her pixie wings off! Metaphorically of course.

The rest of the day went by without incident. I didn't see Edward again, because he had practice after school. But i thought it was for the best. If i found out what Edward wanted to tell me and it was something the pixie shouldn't have kept me from, I was definitely going to crush her.

When I finally made it to my truck. I threw my backpack to the back and shoved my self inside. I banged my head twice on the steering wheel before making my way out of the parking lot and home.

I stopped by the grocery store, remembering Charlie didn't have decent thing in his fridge, and picked up some things for dinner and to keep just in case. I quickly paid with my scarce funds. I would have to talk to charlie or groceries were going to be an issue.

I noticed the cruiser was missing so i ran straight up into my room deposited my bag on my desk chair, threw myself on the bed, and aloud my scream to be muffled by my pillow.

After a while of just lying there, I got up and decided to make Charlie dinner. I thought about what i had bought and decided that i would make steak and salad. I knew it was one of Charlie's favorites.

I was just finishing tossing the salad when Charlie walked through the door. He seemed to not have noticed that dinner was already waiting for him because he tarted pulling out his phone. Probably to call for pizza or something. He kicked off his boots and made his way to the kitchen with the phone in hand.

I opted to stay quiet and see how long it would take for him to notice. He seemed to be getting frustrated from no one picking up the phone. So he took a deep breath and stopped dead in his tracks still not letting it out. I smirked as he dropped the phone and nearly ran over to me.

"What you got there Bells?" He said looking over my shoulder.

"Oh, just something i put together when i got home. Do you want some?" I said the smirk still visible on my face. He nodded rapidly and went to take his seat at the small kitchen table.

Something told me Charlie wasn't used to eating home cooked meals, because when i placed his plate in front of him; his eyes widened so much i could swore they coming out of his head.

I mentally congratulated myself and sat down across from him. I watched him take the first bite. Poor guy was nearly drooling on he finally swallowed he let out a long moan of appreciation and proceeded to scarf down his food.

I sat watching him go up for seconds and then thirds. Not wanting to be rude and excuse myself from the table early. I stayed until he finished the last bite then stayed to clean up when he headed to the living room to watch the game.

I washed the dishes silently; plotting what I was going to cook for him the next day. Until I was done. I said good night to Charlie then went up to my room.

Since I had such a long day. I decided to take a shower. I stripped down to my undergarments, wrapped a towel around myself, then headed to the bathroom with my toiletries bag in hand.

I let the hot water steam up the room while i stripped down. I lowered the heat a bit before going in, then sighed as the warm water sprinkled the tension of my shoulders.

I got out and got changed then headed back to my room. I hear loud snores coming from Charlie's room and realized he was already asleep. I was never one for sneaking out. But Charlie's sleeping habits might come in handy one day. I stored that thought away in my head as i silently made the short trip back to my room.

As I opened the door to my room , i noticed my computer was flashing. I went over and saw that i had left aim account open and i had a new notification. I quickly clicked accept and read the message.

PixieCullen: Bella! Bella are you mad at me, you avoided me like a plague after 5th period and then left without saying good bye! I'm sorry if i did something wrong =( But I don't think I did anything wrong. I mean one thing we were holding hands the next thin, well you know the plague. I thought about calling you earlier but i thought you would call when you were ready to talk about whatever was bothering you, but since that didn't happen i'm going to be the bigger person and just ask first.

Her little rant was amusing, even through messages i could hear her clear high pitched voice. I thought about lying to her for a while but then i changed my mind thinking of the consequences of being caught in a lie.I thought about how to answer. I couldn't tell her why i was mad at her so i decided to play forgive and forget. I decided to tease her a bit.

Bells: No i'm not mad. Nice name though, fitting. Sorry i had a lot on my mind at the time don't worry it doesn't have to do witch you.

PixieCullen: Oh good i was getting worried i thought you didn't want to be friends anymore! Anyway so were still on for shopping this weekend right? Please???

I had to laugh at how dramatic Alice was being. Why would i not want to be friends with one of the nicest girls in school. I quickly typed back a response and shut my computer off not waiting for an answer.

Bells: Of course i still want to be your friend. But i'll have to ask Charlie a bout the shopping, i don't know if he had plans for us.

I know i lied about the charlie thing but, i really wasn't in the mood to be subject to one of Alice's 'Bella barbie' games.

I lied down and just as I was about to drift off to sleep, my phone rung. I picked it up not bothering to see who it was and mumbled a "hello."

"Isabella Swan, you will not log off on me, you will not refuse me and you WILL play Bella Barbie with me on our shopping trip this weekend. Understood?" I nodded even though she couldn't see me, but she seemed to have gotten the message because the next words out of her mouth were "Okay, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!"

I hung up and threw my phone across the room, i shoved my face into my pillow, but was too frustrated at the time to do anything. Especially not sleep. I laid back, closed my eyes and thought about Phoenix. Next thing I knew my annoying alarm clock was waking me up for school.