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A New Beginning
Chapter Twenty-Five:
I was having a bad week. Everything that had happened over the weekend had suddenly caught up with me. I don't think at the time, I really knew what was happening.
It had almost been a week since Danny had gone back to Phoenix and I still hadn't heard from him. I didn't think I would for a long time to come. One thing was for sure, I didn't care. Leo hadn't said anything else to me either, so I guess he wasn't really bothered either, bless him. The thing was, I didn't think Leo really understood what had happened and who Danny actually was. It was very confusing for him. I was beginning to this it was even more confusing for me though. I hated being confused.
I think everybody had begun to notice I wasn't really with it this week. Everybody knew what had happened and had just accepted that I wasn't going to be 'there' with them. I needed to snap out of it and fast.
It was lunch time on Friday when I finally decided that I needed to come out of my 'Bella Bubble'. Well I was going to try.
I was walking from Spanish with Jess when she suddenly spoke to me. I think I had annoyed her a little bit with not talking that much this week.
"I'm worried about you Bella. Are you sure you're okay?" She kept on walking but looked at me briefly.
"I'm fine. Now. I think, anyway."
"You know that me and Ange are here for you, don't you?" That statement actually made me want to cry. In a good way.
"I know that Jess. You have helped me. I was just…trying to get everything together in my head. Sorry that I haven't the most sociable person this week." Jess laughed.
"I haven't known anybody to be so quiet. But I know what you mean. And it's okay, we understand." I truly didn't deserve friends like these. To be honest at the moment I didn't deserve anything.
"Thanks." I smiled at her. We were in the cafeteria now, and sat down at the table. Everybody else was there already. How slow did we walk? I sat down next to Edward, who had obviously been waiting for me. Bless him.
"Are you okay?" He whispered. What was it with everybody keep asking me that? You'd think I was ill or something.
"I'm fine." I smiled.
"Does anybody wanna go to the movies, soon?" Jess asked the table. Well I think she asked the table. Everybody just looked at her.
"To see what?" I didn't even know what was on at the moment.
"Ummm." She was stuck now. "There's that Jonas Brothers 3D Concert thingy." Jess looked at me and smiled. Most people at the table just looked at her.
"The Jonas Brothers?" Emmett asked.
"What's wrong with the Jonas Brothers?" I asked. "I like them." I nodded. Emmett just looked at me and started laughing.
"You would." I stuck my tongue out at him. Idiot.
"Didn't Taylor Swift go on tour with them?" I asked Jess. I was ignoring Emmett for the sole reason of not being teased.
"Yeah. I just wanna go to look at them." She laughed. "Nick is hot!" Ew.
"Ew." Jess looked at me.
"What do you mean Ew?"
"Joe is hotter." I smiled at her. It was Jess' turn to disagree with me now.
"That's fine. Means I can have Nick."
"Jess!" That was Angela. Bless her.
"What?" Jess looked at Angela. "I was kidding."
"Sure, you were." I joked.
"Oh like you wouldn't to Bella."
"I wouldn't." Jess gave me a 'whatever-stop-telling-lies' look. "Like I said, Nick is ugly. I would have Joe." I winked at her. Jess laughed.
"It's like a reality TV show!" That was Emmett.
"Do you practice being an idiot? Or does it just come naturally?" I asked him. He shut up then. Good.
"We'll go next weekend." She smiled at me.
"Cool."
The rest of the table, well the girls anyway then launched into a conversation about who was hotter in the music and movie world. It was so funny!
"Bella?" Jess asked me.
"Huh?" Crap.
"Who's hottest? Ne-Yo or… Brad Pitt?"
"That's unfair! But I'd have to say Ne-Yo because he's younger." Jess laughed.
"Who next?" Jess sat there thinking.
"Enrique or… Orlando Bloom?"
"Orlando." Jess, Alice & Rosalie all said at the same time. Causing Mike, Jasper & Emmett to look at each of them. I laughed.
"Gross. Orlando only looks hot in Pirates." Jess, Alice & Rosalie all looked at me.
"You're not right in the head." Rose told me.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome Bella." She smiled at me.
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The rest of the school day went really quickly. I was walking out of Math with Angela when we met up with Jess.
"Lunch was fun Bella. I'm glad you're feeling better." She smiled at me.
"It was! Just to see the look on the guy's faces" I giggled. "I'll see you two on Monday." I smiled at them both before walking over the Edward's Volvo. He had insisted on driving me to school at the moment. He wasn't there, but just as I was walking over towards I felt some arms go around my waist.
"Guess who?" He whispered.
"Ne-Yo? You finally found me!" I giggled. I spun around and kissed Edward. "Hey." I smiled. "I was kidding by the way. It's no fun if I get it right straight away is it?" Edward just laughed at me.
"You okay still?" Ugh. Enough already!
"I'm honestly okay now. I promise." I smiled at him. He walked over to the car and got in, so I followed and got in the other side.
"I just worry about you." He took my hand and laced his fingers through mine.
"I know." I squeezed his hand. "That what you're supposed to do!" He let go of my hand and started the car up.
We were about 10 minutes from school when I noticed we weren't going towards my house.
"Where are we going?" I was confused.
"My house." Edward answered me. Oh, but why?
"Why? Not that I don't mind…"
"We're going out." I could hear the smile in his voice. Out?
"Out?" I squeaked. Damn It! Why did the squeak have to come back now?
"Out." He answered. Was that all I was going to get?
"And you're not telling me where are you?"
"Nope." We arrived at his house not long after that. I got out of the car but didn't get far. Edward came up behind me and put his arms around me again. "You're Dad is looking after Leo. You don't have to worry." I smiled.
"Thanks." Alice came running out of the door then. I had never seen a girl run so fast. She jumped down the steps and came running over to me. She stopped just before she skidded into me.
"Hey Bella!" She almost shouted at me. Edward laughed, dropped his arms from around my waist and walked away.
"Hey Alice. What are you so excited about?"
"Nothing." She tried to look innocent.
"Spill Alice." I laughed. Instead of answering me she just grabbed my hand and pulled me inside. She kept dragging me until we got to her bedroom. "I'm in here because…?"
"Please don't get mad at me and run away." She let go of my hand and went to stand by the bedroom door.
"Why? What's happening Alice?"
"I'm just getting you ready for you're date with Edward." She sighed.
"That's all? Why does that involve standing in front of the door?" I laughed.
"In case you tried to run away." Alice eyed me up.
"Oh Okay. I'm not running away." I looked around the room a little bit. I noticed that there was a bag on Alice's bed. My bag. "Why is there a bag of what is most likely my stuff on your bed?"
"You're staying over…" She told me like I was missing out on something.
"I am?" I squeaked. Damn It! Alice just nodded at me. She decided at that moment to grab my hand again and pull me towards her closet.
I couldn't quite understand how one person could have so many clothes. It was like a mini mall in there! She stood me in the middle and went and had a look at some stuff that she had. After about 10 minutes of looking through she must have found something.
"Here it is!" It had been quiet for so long it made me jump when she suddenly spoke again. "Come on Bella." She grabbed my hand again and pulled towards her bathroom, which happened to be almost as big as her closet. She sat me down in a chair that was in front of a very large mirror; underneath the mirror there was a counter that had a lot of different products on it.
"Oh no." I groaned.
"Stop whining Bella."
After about a good hour of messing around with my hair and adding make-up, Alice was finally finished. I looked at myself in the mirror. Well, at least I think it was me. My hair just looked like I normally had it, except it was a little bit more curled, and I didn't have that much make-up, but what I was wearing was enough to enhance my facial features.
"What's wrong Bella?" Alice sounded worried.
"Nothing. I'm just...wow."
"You like it?" She sounded excited now. I just nodded. "Good." She threw a dress at me. "Now go put this on."
I took hold of the dress and let it drop. It was a black dress that came to looked like it would come to just above my knee and it had metal rings inside the straps.
"Seriously? Like I could ever wear this." I laughed.
"Just go and put it on Bella." I stood up and Alice shoved me towards what looked like a room with a curtain in front of it.
"You don't have a changing room?" I giggled. "Oh, Alice! You're so cute!" I walked over towards it and went inside.
I put the dress on and Alice slid some shoes underneath the curtain. They were flats. That was very unlike Alice. I was expecting something with a 10 inch heel.
I finished getting ready and walked out. Alice squealed.
"Oh Bella!" She ran over to me and hugged me. "You look gorgeous."
"Really?" I was pretty optimistic. I had never worn anything like this before.
"Really." She grinned at me.
"Thanks Alice. I still don't know what's going on. Any change you're going to tell me?" She shook her head.
"Not a chance." She giggled. "And don't worry. No-body else is here. Except for me, you and obviously Edward." She smiled at me. Good that would make this less, daunting. "Come on." She grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the bathroom and then out of her bedroom.
Edward was waiting outside of her bedroom. He looked shocked when he saw me.
"Do I look that bad?" I smiled at him. He grabbed my hand and pulled me close to him.
"You look amazing." He whispered into my ear. Alice must have gone because I didn't hear her again. "You're so beautiful, Bella." I blushed.
"Thank you. You don't look half-bad yourself." I laughed. "Still not telling me where we're going are you?"
"No." He laughed.
Edward grabbed my hand and pulled me downstairs. What was it with people pulling me everywhere today? We got outside and got to his car. Driving somewhere?
I got into the passengers side and waited for Edward to get into the car as well. Once he got in, he leaned across and kissed me.
"You do look beautiful." I blushed again.
"I don't like not knowing, where we are going…" I looked at him and smiled.
"I'm still not telling you." Dang!
He drove off then and after about half an hour of driving we came to somewhere I recognised. It was the same trail that took us to the meadow we had been too what seemed like a very long time ago.
"Here? It's a good thing I'm wearing flat shoes." I laughed.
"This is why you're wearing flat shoes."
"That's why Alice didn't give me death-traps then." Edward wasn't in the car anymore. Nice. He came round to my side and opened the door for me. Aww. "Thank you." I climbed out and Edward took my hand. "What are we doing here then?..." This didn't make a lot of sense.
"I thought this would be better, than just going out for dinner or something." He smiled at me.
"It's perfect." We just walked for what seemed like a long time. Once we got to the meadow, there was what seemed like a picnic or something set up. Awww. I really didn't deserve someone like Edward. Not at all.
We reached the place where it was all set up and I sat down on the blanket. It was kinda cold already though. Alice had taken so long getting me ready it was already dark outside.
"Did you do all of this?" I asked Edward. He had sat behind me so I was leaning on him.
"Yep." I could hear the smile. "Do you like it?"
"It's amazing."
We literally just spent the evening sat there together, eating some of the time and generally just talking about a lot of things. It was amazing. We had probably been there about 2 or so hours when I yawned. Edward laughed.
"Are you tired?"
"I think so." I laughed. "Talk about ruin the moment." I sighed.
"You're allowed to be tired. You didn't ruin anything." He put his arms around me and kissed my hair.
"Thank you. This was…amazing."
"You're welcome. I didn't like seeing you all upset this week." I felt him flinch slightly. "I worry about you. I like that you're feeling better."
"I'm always okay when I'm with you though." He laughed.
"Exactly." He pushed me forward and stood up. He held his hand out, so I took it and stood up as well. I yawned again before Edward took my hand properly and laced his fingers through mine.
"Aren't you…"
"I'll sort it tomorrow. Stop worrying." We started walking back through the trail, it seemed to take ages.
We eventually got back to Edward's car. I got in and yawned as I sat down again.
"Alice told me I'm staying at yours. Since you forgot to mention it." I laughed. "It makes a nice change from you just staying with me all the time."
"Exactly. I'm glad you don't mind. You're staying the whole weekend by the way." I looked at Edward and he winked at me.
"I am?" I squeaked again. Damn It! He just nodded at me.
"Is that okay?" I just nodded back. I wasn't sure exactly what to say.
We started driving back. I think I must have fallen asleep on the way home because the next thing I knew the car door was open.
"Bella?" I woke up properly then.
"Hmm?" Maybe not completely awake. Edward grabbed my hand and helped me out. "Sorry."
"Don't be sorry, love." Love? That was a new one. We walked indoors, but it didn't look like anybody was back yet. Even Alice wasn't there to hound me about how it had gone. Good. I was too tired to deal with her at the moment anyway. I love Alice, but she can be a bit much some times.
"You can go upstairs." Edward smiled at me.
"Okay…" I was way to tired to even think about saying anything else. I just went up the stairs and into Edward's bedroom where all my stuff now was. I found my pyjamas and my bag of toiletries and went into the bathroom. I changed and brushed my teeth. I came out of the bathroom and just lay on top of the bed.
"You'll get cold like that…"
"Huh? Oh." I laughed.
"How can you be so tired?"
"No idea. I'm always tired." I moved around a little bit so I was actually in the bed and then I yawned again. Edward laid down next to me and put his arms around me.
"I love you Bella." He kissed my hair.
"I love you too."
Even after everything that had happened in the past week or so. Nothing could ruin how happy I was at the moment. I had the most perfect boyfriend, amazing friends and I had my family. I know I had said I didn't deserve any of it, but I had to be one of the luckiest girls in the world.
A/N: Woah! Long Chapter! Haha! I Think This Is The Longest! It Was 6 Pages On Word! =O Lol.
I Hope You Like It. I Do. It's So Sweet! =) Oh, The Link For Bella's Dress Is Now On My Profile! =D
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