A/N I loved the reviews guys! Keep them coming! I got one that said to stay away from the movie quotes because it's "awkward" but no worries, I just used that one because it is like one of my favorite scenes from the movie. I hope you guys are enjoying your spring breaks! Even though all my friends left town for the week, I am devoted and will update at much as possible this week! Thanks.
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"Let's Spend the Night on Top of the World" –Boys Like Girls
On Top of the World
Edward P.O.V.
I woke up Saturday to sun shining into my window. The weather guy was right; I didn't see a cloud in the sky. I got up and put on jeans and a t-shirt. After I was done getting ready, I headed out to the Newton's Hiking store. Over the last few days, Mike and I have come to terms. I told him I wouldn't join the team if he would stop being a jerk. And wow, did he do a 180. He really didn't want to lose his spot as captain. Coach Jones wasn't too happy, but he was glad Mike had changed. Mike still has his moments though that you have to question his motives.
I arrived to find a few vans and cars parked. I walked up to them after getting out of my car. "Hey Edward, we are going to pile up in Mike's van. You can have the back with Lauren and Tyler." Eric greeted me. I wondered who had invited him. He wasn't the most popular guy and was extremely nerdy and covered in acne. I noticed Ben and Angela talking to each other. I knew Ben had a huge crush on Angela and she was crazy about Ben. They just didn't know it. Mike and Jessica were getting into the front of the van. I climbed in after Tyler and Lauren and sat down. Eric climbed in the middle seat with Ben and Angela and then we were off. First Beach was only about ten minutes away from the store. We got there and walked around on the beach until we found a fire pit. We gathered some more branches to make the fire bigger and sat down around it with marshmallows and long sticks. Some kids from the reservation came up and sat down. I noticed Seth and Quil from my first day; I actually hadn't seen them since. I called them over and they sat by me.
"Where have you guys been?" I asked; I noticed they seemed way bigger than they did a few weeks ago. They also looked a lot taller.
"We moved back to the rez, it was a family thing." Quil answered. A girl with long brown hair came to sit by Seth. She looked a little older than him, but they looked like siblings. This girl was beautiful, but had nothing on Bella. "Oh, Edward, this is my sister Haley. Haley, this is Edward Cullen. He moved here about three weeks ago." Quil introduced us. She smiled at me and I smiled back. Her smile was radiating, it would be hard to not smile back.
"Hey Edward, where's Bella Swan? Didn't you invite her? What, did she turn you down?" Mike mocked at me. I really thought he had changed, but I was wrong.
"The Swan's don't come here." A big, burly guy sitting on the opposite side of the fire said in a harsh tone. Everyone went silent at his serious comment. After what seemed like forever, the conversation started again. I asked Haley if she wanted to go for a walk. She agreed and we walked to a tree that was washed up on shore. We sat down on it and sat in a peaceful silence for a little while. Curiosity got the best of me though after a while.
"What did that guy mean when he said 'the Swan's don't come here'?" I asked her.
"That's just Sam Ulley. He is a real believer in the Quileute legions. But I'm really not supposed to say anything about them even though I don't believe a word of it." Haley informed me.
"Oh, I was just curious. That's too bad; I was really in the mood for some stories." I tried flirting with her.
She blushed, "Um, okay, I don't think I could get in that much trouble though. I mean, who's going to find out? Do you like scary stories?" She asked the last part with a hint of mystery to it.
"Of course." I told her.
"Well, did you know that supposedly Quileute's are decedents of wolves?" I shook my head. "Well, the legions say that we only exist because they exist. The Cold Ones; what you would call vampires. Vampires are our enemies. According to the legions, we turned into wolves when they were near. You would call us werewolves. In one legion, a coven of vampires neared our land, but they were different. They didn't hunt humans, instead they drank animal blood. We still didn't want them on our land, so we signed a treaty with them. Stating that if they were to come on our land, we would expose them to the pale faces," Haley shrugged towards me. "And if they bit a human, it would turn to war between out tribe and their coven. Supposedly, that coven is the Swan's. That's why Sam said they didn't come here." I had goose bumps on my arms after she said this. My brain was soaking this up for future reference. "Are you okay? You look a little pale. It's just a story." Haley said.
"No, it's just that you're a good story teller." I lied. She was a good story teller; but what if what she said was true?
"Well, we better head back. I think your crew is packing up." Haley said looking over her shoulder to the fire pit.
"Yeah, it was nice meeting you Haley. Maybe I will see you around sometime." She was really nice; I could see hanging out with her would be fun.
"Sure, it was nice meeting you too, Edward." Haley smiled, waved, and walked back to her car where Quil was waiting. I waved over at him and he waved back. I headed up to the others; goose bumps were still present on my arms. That night, I had a hard time falling asleep. When I did, I fell into a deep dream. I was standing in a forest. Haley was standing next to me begging me to follow her deeper into the forest. But there was a light heading towards us. Bella stepped out of the trees. Her eyes were blood red and she looked menacing. She beckoned me to her. I took a step and Haley yelped. I looked to see her, but in her place was a white wolf. It started to growl at Bella, but Bella ignored the wolf. I took another step towards Bella, and then the wolf lunged at Bella's throat. I sat up straight in my bed. I looked around me; I was just in my room. I knew I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, so I got up and went to my laptop at my desk. I pulled up Google and typed in Vampires. It took me several minutes to sift through sites that were about movies and what would be true. I finally found a promising website and clicked on it. The site said that vampires were immortal, never went out into the sunlight, didn't eat or drink human food, and were pale and cold. I started to think about Bella. She never ate the few times I've seen her at lunch, neither did her siblings. On sunny days they weren't at school. They were all very pale. I've brushed against Emmett's arm a few times during Spanish, and each time it was freezing cold. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I was going crazy and imagining things. Look at me; here I was thinking the Swan's were vampires. What? Did that mean Haley and the La Push gang were werewolves? Doubt it. I sat back and ran my hand through my hair. I was just tired; not crazy. What would Bella think if she knew what I was thinking? I just needed to lie down and sleep. I fell into a restless sleep. Sunday I did homework and I went out with Jasper to throw the ball and enjoy the sun while we could. Bella was right, it didn't last long. Monday, I woke up to the sound of thunder. Lovely, well, at least Bella would be at school. What was I saying? She was not a vampire.
I got to school and I noticed Jasper and Rosalie ran right to Alice and Emmett. At least they were on speaking terms. I grabbed my bag from the backseat and turned to see Bella leaning on the car next to mine. "Hey Edward, did you have fun at the beach?" She asked with pure curiosity.
"Yeah, I did. I ran into some friends from the rez." I told her honestly.
"That's cool. Sorry I didn't tell you I was leaving. I forgot, I guess. Me and Emmett left early Wednesday to go hiking. Alice and Esme came up that night. We camped out up there for the rest of the weekend." Bella informed me why she was gone.
"Yeah, I heard your family does that when it's sunny. Carlisle would do more with us, but he's so busy with the hospital, he can't find time to. We used to do that kind of stuff back in Chicago." I missed those days. Just then the bell rang for school to start. "Well I will see you at lunch then?" I asked her.
"Sure," Bella agreed and headed off to her first period. At lunch I saw Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice sitting at the Swan table. But I didn't see Bella. She was probably late. When I got out of the line, I saw her sitting by herself at a table. I made my way over to her and she looked up at my approaching footsteps.
"Is this seat taken?" I asked politely.
"Yes, by you, now sit down." Bella laughed.
"So, why are we not sitting by our siblings?" I asked curiously.
"I wanted to talk to you by ourselves. Emmett being Emmett…" She started to mumble to herself. I noticed she didn't have a tray of food in front of her.
"Do you ever eat?" I asked her.
"Do you?" She questioned back. I picked up my pizza and took a big bite of it and started to chew it. She gave me a disgusted look. "I don't know how you can eat that. School food is disgusting."
"It's not that bad." I grumbled and took another bite. I didn't realize I was this hungry. I had skipped breakfast this morning. Bella looked up over my shoulder and started to laugh. I turned to see Lauren getting up and walking right towards me with a determined look on her face. "Oh no, Bella, I got to go." I went to get up but she grabbed my arm and sat me back down.
"Why?" Bella asked between giggles.
"There is only one reason why she is coming over to me." I whispered roughly.
I heard a throat clear and I turned to see Lauren standing there with a genuine smile. "Hi, Edward, well, there is a dance this weekend. And it's girl's choice. I was wondering if you would go with me."
"Um, Lauren, I can't, I'm sorry. I'm going to Seattle this weekend, so I can't go. Sorry," I gave her a genuine smile in return and turned back to Bella, who was trying hard to bite back a laugh. As soon as Lauren walked away, we busted out laughing.
"So, why are you going to Seattle this weekend?" Bella asked me when she was done laughing.
"I don't know. I had to think of an excuse for saying no. I'm not that mean to say flat out no." I told her, hoping she would ask me instead. But I was wrong. Instead she picked up her bag and stood up.
"Are you coming? We are going to be late." I looked around and the cafeteria was cleared.
"Oh, yeah, I'm coming." I picked up my half eaten pizza and threw it away. I grabbed my bag and walked to the science building with Bella. When the bell rang at the end of Biology, Mike walked over to our table. I knew what he was going to ask; so I thought it would be perfect time for payback. I stood up and got in Bella's way so she couldn't escape him.
"Hey Mike, what's up?" Bella tried to smile, but it came out as a grimace.
"I know it's a girl's choice, but I was hoping you would ask me to the dance. Jessica asked me but I said I would think about it. I was still thinking you might ask me. But the dance is Saturday so I took it upon myself." Mike looked so shy while he said this.
"Actually, I'm not even going to the dance. Um, Edward and I are going to Seattle together. Sorry, it's really important and we can't miss it." I felt my mouth drop. We never talked about doing anything this weekend.
"Oh, okay then. Maybe another time," Mike grabbed his bag and went to his 7th period. I walked Bella to the gym; we were both silent.
"Hey, what are you doing this weekend?" Bella asked me as we reached the doors to the gym.
"Nothing," I told her honestly.
"What do you say we go for a little hike?" She asked; looking at me from under her eyelashes.
"Uh, um, sure, yeah. That sounds fun," I stumbled over the words. Bella smiled and walked into the gym and I stumbled to my class. I managed to get to class before the bell rang. My dreaded weekend was looking brighter and brighter by the minute. After school, Tyler ran up to me and told me he was going to ask Bella to the dance. I just laughed in response. But I had to see her face, so I pulled out in front of her to block her while I waited on Rosalie and Jasper. She gave me a confused look and then caught on when Tyler knocked on her window. I was watching through my review mirror and I knew she could tell I was watching. She kept glaring at my tinted windows.
Bella rolled her window down, "I know Tyler, Cullen is holding me up." She said this loud enough so I could hear.
"No, that's not what I was going to say. I was actually going to ask you to the dance." Tyler coolly asked.
"Um, isn't that girl's choice?" Bella asked; Tyler nodded his head. "Well, I'm going to Seattle this weekend with Edward, so I will have to past. I'm very sorry." Bella looked back at my car and was looking hard at my tail end. Please don't, please please don't Bella. The look on her face said it all. She was really considering hitting my bumper. Just then, Jasper and Rose got in and I peeled out of there; laughing the whole way.
Bella P.O.V.
I got home and was mad as hell at Edward for doing that. That little jerk. Oh well, I did the same to him at lunch. I heard a knock on the door and Alice stuck her head in. She had a huge smile on her face; like always. "Hey Al, what's up?" My lips popped on the 'p'.
"Oh nothing much, really. I had a vision about Saturday." She said as she sat on my couch and flipped through my iPod. "It's going to go very well." Alice selected When Did Your Heart Go Missing by Rooney.
"What's going to go well?" I asked and laughed at how ironic her song choice was. She soon burst out laughing with me and switched it to Lollipop by Framing Hanley.
"You telling Edward our secret. You will be surprised at his reaction." Alice stated. I pushed my field out, but when it reached her mind, she was singing along to Lollipop.
"Alice! Tell me right this instant what you are talking about!" I demanded.
"I saw you taking Edward to your meadow and the conversation turns to what we are. That is all I am going to say because you need to figure this out on your own without any cheating. Just do it please, the outcome is beautiful. This also means Emmett and I can open up to Rose and Jazz. So please don't mess this up for the rest of us. Okay?" Alice said this so quickly that no human would have been able to hear. But somehow, Emmett heard from downstairs. He was suddenly standing in my doorway with the big grin I loved.
"Really Bella? I can tell her? She has been getting really close to guessing and I don't think I can keep her off for long." Emmett pleaded on one knee at the foot of my bed.
"Yeah Bella, Jazz is the same way. He knows there is something different about us, but he is too wary to admit it. I saw Edward last night in a vision looking up vampires on the computer before he said he was being an idiot and going back to bed. They are getting extremely close, we can't hold them off any more." Alice was now pleading with Emmett on the floor.
"Fine, but we all need to do it Saturday. What about Esme and Carlisle?" The last two weeks, they have been inseparable; I didn't say anything to her because she was glowing like the sun when she came back from being with him.
"Too late, I see Carlisle looking up legends on the computer in the next few days. He suspects something too. Edward just had a little push in the right direction, but I can't tell what. I saw him at the beach, and then he just disappeared. He came back when he left the beach." Alice started to get frustrated with the last part.
"Looks like we have no choice but to tell them. What are our plans for Saturday? I'm taking Edward to my meadow. Emmett, what do you have in mind?" I asked him.
"I think I might take Rosalie to my garage. We could hang out for a little bit before I tell her or I push her in the right direction to guessing." Emmett stated proud of his plan.
"Alice what are you planning on?" I asked Alice.
"I see us in the backyard, sitting on a blanket and he starts to ask me what I am, and I tell him." Alice came back from her vision with a smug smile.
I noticed Esme had entered my room, "Mom, what about you and Carlisle?"
"I'm going to invite him over. The whole family can come over and we can separate to tell them the truth." Esme smiled.
"That's perfect. Well, who would have thought; a family of lions fell in love with a family of lambs." We all laughed.
"This is going to work out, trust me." Alice winked as she flitted out of the room.
"Don't worry Bells, Rose will understand." Emmett shrugged as he boomed down the hall.
"Isabella, you have nothing to worry about it." Esme smiled as she shut my door. I was alone to think. I hope Alice was right, but then again, she always was. You never bet against Alice.
A/N I wanted to add more, but I thought it would be a good place to stop. I will update tomorrow! Oh yeah, don't forget to vote for Adam, Allison, and/or Kris on American Idol! Thanks for reading and be sure to review!
Lyrics Game: Here are the people who guessed correctly: maggiekangaroo, simply-vamped, and Smily Kylee. It was Dear Maria, Count Me In by All Time Low! One of my favorite songs!
You know you just wanna just let go
It's time to roll down the windows
And sing it, oh, oh
Yeah, all we need, so here we go
