Yet again thanks to my reviewers though the last chapter was a little neglected. I am running late again so I don't have time to list all of them, but a heartfelt thanks goes out to each and everyone of you. Now I normally respond to each review, but my internet wasn't letting me respond nor was the pm working for me today, so everyone who didn't get thanked personally, here is a special thanks to you. I hope this lets me post this cause I had a hard time posting another stories' chapter today. Is anybody else having issues with ? Anyway r and r, and EdwardpwnsJacob225, I really need to talk to you, so please with a cherry on top pm me. Let me know what you think of this chapter cause I'm not so sure about it. This story has taken a completely different direction than I first imagined and I'm not really sure how good it is anymore, should I drop it or start over or keep it the way it is? Let me know.
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Alice opened the door before I could even begin to find my swipe key. " Mike, Bella, what are you doing here? You were gone when I got up Bells; I was just coming to find you. She took in my tearstained face and the fact that I was leaning heavily on Mike. Comprehension dawned on her face and the next second she was in action.
Pulling me out of the hallway, she continued on straight to the en-suite. She ran water into the tub and when it was filled tested the water temperature with her hand. " Get in," she told me leaving the room and closing the door all but an inch.
Without thinking, I did what she instructed. As I slid into the warm water, I could hear voices from the other room.
"What happened?" Alice was asking Mike in a concerned voice. She kept it at a quiet tone, but all the same I could hear it.
" I don't know," he answered. " I saw her on the track when I went for a run and she seemed fine, then all of a sudden she took off. She was running like the bloody devil was on her heels… she bypassed half the members of relay team, she should so go out for track… hmm."
" Focus Mike." Alice snapped.
" Oh, yeah, and then she collapsed in the middle of the field clutching her leg. I went up to her to see if she was ok, and she just starting hysterically crying in my arms, that was when I brought here back. I guess everything just caught up to her."
I didn't want to listen anymore. I slid down in the tub until most of my face was under water, but I could still breathe. What the hell was I doing? This wasn't how that it was supposed to be. My first Olympics was supposed to be amazing, something that I would always remember as one of my proudest moments. Instead I was letting it be a nightmare instead of the dream that it should have been.
Right then I made myself a promise, if I didn't get kicked off the team, which I wouldn't even think of as a possibility, I would be the best that I could be in gymnastics, have the best experience here and stay as far as humanely possible from Edward Cullen.
I finished bathing quickly, pulled on one of the fluffy robes, and wrapped my hand in a towel. I walked out of the room resolved in my new positive only attitude.
Alice and Mike looked up at my approach. I smiled brightly at them.
" Hey, guys. I just wanted to thank you for helping me, I really don't know what got into me. I am normally nothing like this."
They looked relieved that I was acting normal again though slightly wary as though I might burst into tears again at any second.
" So your feeling better, Bells?"
" I'm feeling so much better I was stupid to let all that stuff get to me that's not what I'm here for."
"It's ok, your not the first my brother has gotten to," Alice told me with a hug. I just stared at her. How did she know that it was her brother that messed me up like that or at least part of the way, I had to take some responsibility for my idiotic behavior.
Mike looked a little confused at the turn that our conversation had taken, but he hugged me too.
" Want to go out for brunch anyone?"
" Sure, I'm starving," I answered. Alice was back to her bubbly self.
" Is it ok if we go to a certain place," she asked. " Cause I have a surprise for you Bella."
Mike and I looked at each other with the same ' is she crazy' look, but quickly agreed; her enthusiasm was infectious.
20 minutes later we were sitting at a table in a restaurant in the hotel and Alice was practically bouncing out of her seat. " Alice, calm down," I laughed.
" She's just excited to see the look on your face when you see me," a voice came from behind me.
I span around really quickly. " Mom?"
" You didn't think that we would miss your first Olympics did you sweetie?" My mom pulled me into a bone-crushing hug. Actually I did think that. I knew Charlie my dad couldn't come. He couldn't leave his post as Police Chief in the small town of Forks Washington. And Renee was on a second honeymoon with her second husband Phil and I told her that it was fine when she explained that Phil had surprised her with the second honeymoon, and I was surprised that she did turn up here. I didn't say any of this aloud though.
" I'm glad you came mom," I said returning her hug. " You too, Phil."
" You sooo should have seen your face," Alice babbled a mile a minute at me.
I turned to her. " Did you know about this?'
" Yep, your mom called the room and I picked up and then we decided to surprise you, even Mike knew about it."
That reminded me of my manners. I introduced everyone still shocked over my 'surprise'.
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We sat there and talked until Alice announced it was time for us to get ready for the Opening Ceremonies tonight and I had promised that she could do my makeup again.
I had forgotten all about the Ceremonies as I caught up with my mom, but jumped up at the reminder. I practically sprinted out of the restaurant with excitement and Alice laughing tried to keep up with my much longer stride.
Yet again I sat there while Alice worked her magic. Only this time I was reading this amazing book called The Host, by Stephenie Meyer. Alice had to literally pull me away from the book. It took her telling me that I would miss Opening Ceremonies if I didn't stop reading soon. I jumped up again and practically ran out of the room, before she told me we still had ten minutes.
I was so excited at this point that I couldn't stay still. I started pacing the suite. On one of my rounds I caught sight of my reflection and stopped. Alice had worked a miracle again. I was wearing my Team USA clothes that everyone had to wear, but my hair looked so cool. Tiny little cornrowed French braids intertwined with red, white and blue ribbons adorned the top of my head. The ribbons flittered down through the rest of my long hair, which was left down, and poker straight. My eyeliner was a deep blue and I had on white eye shadow and red, white and blue face glitter. All together it looked amazing and really patriotic. Leave it to Alice to make a patriotic fashion statement.
My patriotic reflection was a great distraction and in no time it was time to meet the rest of the team in the lobby.
From that point on everything was a blur. We walked into the stadium proudly as a team, waving flags and taking pictures. The ceremony itself was beyond words and all I felt was a huge flood of pride and more excitement as the Olympic Torch was lit signaling the beginning of what I had worked for for the last 10 years.
It was one of the best nights of my life and one that I knew I could never satisfactorily describe because it was something that you had to experience yourself to fully understand and appreciate.
Everything that had happened in the last few days, every bad decision, every horrible occurrence, every doubt that I had faded into oblivion. At least until after when Carlisle said that he needed to talk to me as soon as we got back to the hotel.
I very nervously paced outside his door as I waited for him to open it. When I did I saw something I had been dreading. Carlisle and the rest of the coaches along with the press coordinator for the American team were all inside, looking at me with troubled expressions.
Oh boy, I thought, taking a deep breath. Here goes nothing.
I stepped inside and Carlisle closed the door behind me. " Bella," he said in a serious tone. " Can you explain these?"
I looked down at the table he indicated and saw not one, but two pictures. The one with me kissing Jacob, and one of me kissing EDWARD!
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Sorry for any mistakes didn't have a chance to proof read. R and R.
Meg