Sleep over
A few months later it was spring again. Spirit had really grown and loved to follow Edward and I as we walked through La push. Quil had sent me to the store for some stuff so we were enjoying the decent weather. While it wasn't rainy it was cloudy and not all that warm.
Edward had his hand in mine and Spirit was in front of us. The people in La Push loved Spirit and were always stopping to pet her when they saw us walking. Spirit was a sucker for attention and didn't seem to know any strangers. Old Quil even let her in the store.
We reach the store and find Amber and Jacob sitting on a bench outside of the store eating ice cream. "Hey Bella!" says Jacob cheerfully. Amber runs over and hugs me.
"Hey Bella!" squeals Amber happily. Spirit jumps up on Amber's legs trying to get her attention. Amber pets her and Edward chuckles.
"Good afternoon Amber," says Edward pleasantly. Amber looks up at Edward and grins.
"Hey Edward. Ask Emmett if he wants to watch Blades of Glory with me sometime," says Amber cheerfully. Edward chuckles and nods.
"I'm sure Emmett would like that. He's always looking for someone to watch those sorts of movies with," says Edward.
"He was trying to get me to watch Superbad with him the other day," I say. (I might have spelled the movie title wrong sorry.)
"So what're you two up to?" asks Jacob.
"Quil sent us on an errand," I sigh.
"Do you have patrol tonight?" asks Amber.
"No. Sam decided Emily deserved to go out on a date in Port Angeles so I was going to hang out at Edward's. Alice has been begging me to let her give me a make over and just talk," I say.
"That sounds cool," says Amber.
"Do you want to join us?" I ask. Amber grins and nods.
"Alice will be pleased," says Edward approvingly.
"I should probably ask Carlisle and Esme first," I say.
"They're not going to mind, Bella," says Edward. Soon Amber was in the back seat of Edward's Volvo and we were driving down the Cullens' driveway. When we get there Edward grabs Amber's stuff out of the backseat and we all go inside.
Esme and Carlisle were waiting by the front door with smiles on their faces. "Hello Amber," says Esme kindly.
"Welcome back, Amber," says Carlisle cheerfully.
"Thanks," says Amber. Then Edward was at my side again.
"I put your things in Alice's room, I hope that's okay," says Edward. Then Alice comes flying down the stairs and stops in front of Amber.
"Hey Amber! We're going to have so much fun tonight!" crows Alice. "Rosalie's going to join us too! And the boys are going hunting so it'll be just girls all night!"
"It sounds like you're going to have quite the night girls," says Edward pulling me close and kissing the top of my head.
"I have a feeling I'm going to do a lot of blushing," I say. Then Emmett walks into the room followed by Toby. They both had grease on their hands; Toby even had some on his shirt. He notices Amber and was suddenly beside Carlisle.
"Hello," says Toby timidly. His eyes had finally changed to gold and he was fitting in with the Cullens very nicely.
"This is Toby, he's the boy I found," I say.
"Is Toby short for Tobias?" asks Amber. Toby nods and Amber grins.
"That is such a cool name!" says Amber excitedly. Toby smiles seeming relieved that Amber seemed to like him.
"I guess so," says Toby thoughtfully. Edward chuckles all of a sudden and I look at him.
"You mind sharing what's so funny?" I ask.
"I wouldn't want to embarrass Toby," says Edward. I glance at Toby who looked like he wanted to blush.
"Emmett, Amber would like someone to watch Blades of Glory with her. Do you happen to know anyone who would want to do that?" asks Edward.
"Hell yeah! She can watch it with me!" says Emmett excitedly.
"Edward and I will get some snacks, you can start the movie, Em," I say grabbing Edward's hand and leading him to the kitchen.
"Emmett seems to like Amber," says Edward as I pull a bag of popcorn out of the cupboard.
"Sometimes I think they were made to be friends," I say as I place the popcorn in the microwave. Edward pulls two sodas out of the fridge as well as getting two glasses of ice. Carlisle was always telling me that pop was bad for me, yet it continued to get added to the shopping list. Edward didn't like me having it because of my low tolerance for it. I didn't drink it that much though. I usually drank milk or juice, even water.
"They seem to like the same things," says Edward as he pours the pop into the glasses. I grab a big bowl out of the cupboard and wait for the popcorn to get done.
"So…what didn't you want to embarrass Toby about?" I ask conversationally. Edward chuckles and walks over to me before leaning so his mouth was next to my ear.
"Toby has a bit of a crush on your friend Amber," whispers Edward. I had to hold back a giggle just as the microwave dings.
"What man doesn't? The girl is pretty hott," I say. "Not that I like girls or anything," I add quickly. Edward laughs as I pour the popcorn into the bowl while contemplating a way to get back at him.
"That's perfect! I'll get the stuff!" shouts Alice. I blush and Edward looked confused.
"Amber is attractive in her own way, but she's not you and therefore I am not attracted to her," says Edward.
"You should see the guys at school," I murmur. Edward chuckles and kisses my cheek.
"Emmett's wondering where we are," says Edward.
"Guys you're missing the movie!" shouts Emmett. I giggle and grab the pop corn before we go to the kitchen.
***
That night Rosalie, Alice, Amber, and I were sitting around Alice's floor. Rosalie was playing with Amber's hair while Alice was giving me a pedicure. "Bella, I've been meaning to ask you: how are things between you and Edward?" asks Amber. I blush and Alice giggles.
"Was something wrong before, Bella?" asks Alice.
"I was being foolish before. The more I thought about it the more I realized I wasn't really ready at that time," I say.
"Ready for what?" asks Alice.
"She tried to have sex with Edward and he said no…twice in one night," says Amber. I blush again.
"He made it clear he was just trying to protect me. If I was a werewolf again I wouldn't have these problems," I say.
"It still hasn't come back?" asks Amber.
"I have a feeling it isn't going to come back," I say.
"Then Edward can turn you into one of us!" says Alice happily.
"I don't see how that's going to work. What if the venom still acts like it would if I was wolf?" I ask.
"Carlisle can compare your blood to that of a werewolf's," says Alice looking at Amber. Amber notices Alice's staring.
"Um…me?" asks Amber.
"Yes you," says Alice. Amber shifts uncomfortably.
"Umm...sure I guess," says Amber. And then Alice was gone. When she returns she was holding two slides for a microscope as well as two micro lancets.
"Do I want to know why you have that stuff in your house?" I ask as Alice walks towards me. Alice grins but otherwise doesn't say anything except:
"Hold out your hand." I groan and hold out my hand for her. "Rosalie, hold your breath or leave." Rosalie walks out of the room and Alice pricks my finger.
"Ow!" Alice puts my blood on the slide and puts a piece of plastic over it to keep it on the slide and then she turns to Amber and pricks her finger. I suddenly felt light headed and nauseous.
"Go to the bathroom, Bella," says Alice. I immediately get up and run towards the bathroom. Unfortunately I didn't make it that far before I vomited. Esme was at my side with a bucket and Alice wasn't far behind Esme.
"I'm sorry, Esme," I whisper hoarsely before passing out.
"Is she awake?" a familiar voice asks as I open my eyes and look into a pair of golden eyes. "How do you feel?" It was Edward, of course. I take a moment to think about his question. I felt fine actually. I even said as much to Edward. Then Carlisle was there putting a thermometer in my mouth.
"We got back as soon as we could. Esme said you got sick and Alice said it was after she pricked Amber's finger," says Carlisle. I could tell by the under tone in Carlisle's voice that he'd be questioning me on that one. Edward looked confused. Carlisle pulls out the thermometer and looks at it.
"You don't have a temperature," he says thoughtfully. "So why was Alice pricking Amber's finger?"
"She was going to give the slides to you to study. We wanted to see if I was actually human or not," I admit.
"Why would you want to know that?" asks Edward. I blush and look down.
"No particular reason, just curious," I lie. Edward didn't seem to believe me, but he didn't push it either. I was grateful for that.
"Well you appear to be okay. Perhaps it was just the blood," says Carlisle.
"Yeah probably," I say.
End chapter
A/N: Thanks for reading! I think I'm going to delete Blood Singer and try something new. I watched a movie today and it had me inspired! I'll have to think it through more. Also, I've begun my own story. It'll be my first attempt at a story by me that I intend to publish if all goes well. It's about werewolves living among humans, but a werewolf is killed-possibly by a human-and things become a little dicey. I've sort of already written the story before like two years ago, but now I'm getting the chance to fine tune it. If I get far enough I might make use it as a bonus chapter in one of my fanfics. I haven't decided yet. Oh and thanks for the reviews from the twilight names thing I posted. There were only a few, but they were helpful. I'll probably fine tune my list and add the names to the list or something. Thanks for the reviews for Taboo as well. Keep them up! Sayonara! =]