10-Inquisition

"So Josh" Edward began "tell me about Bella. The things that she wouldn't tell me." He smirked at me as I turned in my seat to shoot pleading looks at my best friend in the back seat.

"Well..." He began suggestively

"Josh! Please?"

"Oh come on Bells. No one else is going to hear this. I'm sure Edward wouldn't tell...besides. You made me sit in the back. I have to get you back somehow!"

"Fine" I grumbled "But Edward! You had better not tell anyone what Josh tells you." I was serious, and he could tell.

"Of course. Just us."

"Okay...well. Let's see. Bella would always come over half drunk and stay the night with me. She's hilarious when she's drunk. She's really random too. I remember when we met. She was this like 8 year old girl. So scrawny! But she kicked my butt in Zelda. I knew from that day on we'd be best friends. Renee was kinda tight with my mom, so we spent a lot of time together that summer. Then when school started, it was my job to protect the little klutz, and to keep the guys away!" He reached forward and mussed up my hair a bit, and I smacked his hand away.

"Quit it Josh!"

"Fine....well, let's see. You know about the clown, the stolen car, the karaoke.....OH! You don't know about the mall thing!" I groaned loudly "B and I went with Ad-man and Kris to the mall. Kris was always picking clothes out for B to wear, but she hates the mall and would always bring me along, and Kris would insist on bringing Ad-man. Then it was less boring when they started making out. Well....the one thing in a mall Bella hates the most is Victoria's Secret. One day Kris decides to force her into one and drags her into the dressing room. This one was set up kind of weird, the dressing rooms were out in the open kinda. So when Kris had changed B into this rather revealing piece of lingerie, she opened the curtain and pulled B out to show Adam and I, well, everyone in the store saw. And the windows were right there, so a lot of others saw too." He started laughing a bit "What's worse, is that we were skipping school that day because a lot of the classes were going in a trip to the I-Max which happened to be in that mall, and they were walking past when she was out there, so like half the school saw B with no clothes on!" He couldn't contain his laughter now.

"Ugh...it was horrible! Up until then I had only worn slightly baggy jeans and t-shirts so, none of them knew I was skinny-ish. It was a big surprise to everyone. The guys were staring at me for weeks after that. One of them even took a picture, but thankfully the window caused it to glare!" I looked over at Edward. "It's okay ya' know, you can laugh too" I told him. He just chuckled a bit, but I saw a tear fall down his cheek.

"Well....was skipping school something regular for you guys?" He asked.

"Yea, pretty much. B is like a freakin' genius tho. Her grades never suffered. And we needed a break. Life kinda sucked for all of us."
"Yea, but it was better with you Josh!"

"Hmm...okay. So what's the most illegal thing you've done?" Edward inquired.

"Well..I don't know! The car I guess? But....underage drinking...stuff like that. Most of the stuff is because I did it when I was too young. I ran away a few times, but the cops would find me and bring me back. I broke into the school once. I did some serious vandalizing. Oil down the halls and chocolate syrup on the walls. That was fun! Mostly petty stuff....." I looked to see a wide-eyed Edward staring at me.
"So...anything else?" He asked.

"Well....nothing funny. I mean little trips and falls, and drunken incidents, but nothing too hilarious. There was that one time she insisted on bar dancing That was fun, but the rest is just personal stuff she'll tell you sometime on her own." Josh answered a bit somberly.

"Yea, I will tell you everything Edward. Just....right now I don't think either one of us could handle it. We're still pretty new to this relationship, I don't want anything to ruin it....." I leaned towards him "I love you though" I whispered in his ear, and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.