Revenge is Sweet
Chapter Five – Phone Calls
We stepped out of the car and were greeted by Emmett, Jasper, Edward, Carlisle and Esme. Edward looked dashing.
Everyone, with the exception of Edward and I, had went inside the grand restaurant.
He walked towards me, and linked my arm. He smiled his dazzling, crooked smile at me.
"I realized whilst on my way here that a triple date involves a date. At least, what was originally meant to be a triple date and is now a quadruple date since my parents decided to come," he trailed off into his own train of thought, "anyway, since this is technically a date, I think it only acceptable for me to ask for you to be my girl friend."
I tilted my head to the side, confused, and asked, "what?"
"Will you be my girl friend?" he repeated, more clearly.
My phone rang. The caller ID read: Poppy Sun.
"Uh, family thing, I , uh, I'll be right back. Go in without me, I'll be in soon," I mumbled, running down the long road until I was out of hearing distance from the others. I didn't want them listening in on a private conversation with my great aunt.
"Poppy?" I asked.
"Bella! Bella! You'll never guess what!" she chirped, merrily.
"What?" I sighed. What Poppy classed as huge news was usually quite boring, but as her great niece I felt obliged to listen.
"I've finally found someone," she began, squealing wildly.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you!" I interrupted.
"You didn't let me finish," Poppy stated, "I found a mate. For you."
"No," I replied.
"I'll tell your mother if you don't agree to meet him," she countered.
"Fine," I said, tears welling up in my eyes. I hung up instantly.
I glanced in the mirror I had in my purse: the tears had yet to fall from my eyes so my make-up was still in tact.
I ambled back to the restaurant with my thoughts uncontrollable. I was fearing that if anyone, especially Edward, said anything to me that I may start crying.
I entered the restaurant, looking around for the Cullen's when I saw them sitting at a table near the front, close to a large stage.
I walked over slowly, trying to control my emotions. I sighed as I took the seat next to Edward.
Everyone looked at me.
"Finally, Bella! We've been waiting ages!" Alice moaned.
"It's been 6 minutes, leave the girl alone," Rosalie snapped.
"What would you like to order? We postponed the waitress for you," Esme asked, politely, handing me a menu.
I scanned it, quickly.
"The seafood platter would be lovely," I said, unintentionally coldly. Alice noticed.
"Bella, please, come to the restrooms with me," stated Alice, then she repeated, "please."
She dragged me to the restrooms with her, and demanded to know what was wrong. Every time she asked I replied with the same 'nothing, Alice, nothing'.
She wasn't believing me one bit, but took me back to the table.
"Bella is upset or confused or something and she won't tell me what's wrong," Alice stated.
The remainder of the meal was quite awkward, especially disposing of the Cullen's uneaten meals.
When we left, Rose insisted that I called my father and told him I was having a sleepover with herself and Alice.
I gave in eventually and collected some stuff from my house before arriving at the Cullen residence.
Edward welcomed me in.
"So?" he asked.
"So... what?" I replied.
"Will you? Be my girlfriend, I mean?" he responded.
"I would love to, honestly," I started, a smile lit his face which dampened when I continued, "but I can't, I'm sorry."
I felt the salty, wetness on my face and my chest throbbed as sobs were threatening to burst from my lips.
I ran into the bathroom on the second floor and locked it.
"Really, Bella, is that the best you can do? You know a locked door won't keep us out if we want to come in," I heard Alice and Rosalie's voices chorus.
Sobs erupted from my chest.
I felt pathetic. Pathetic and useless.
Here I was, breaking down, sobbing hysterically on the Cullen's bathroom floor, clutching the toilet with one hand and the sink with the other.
Within 4 seconds, the door was on the floor beside me. Alice and Rose sat beside me and held me.
"What's wrong, Bells? I hate seeing you like this," Rose asked.
"Yeah," Alice joined in, comfortingly.
"I... I c-c-c-can't t-tell you..ou," I stuttered.
Alice picked me up and carried me into her bedroom.
"Sleep, Bella, we'll talk properly in the morning," Alice smiled, sitting on the edge of the bed next to Rosalie. Esme walked through the door.
Esme knelt by the bed, close to the pillows and stroked my cheek.
I fell asleep, waking hourly. I woke once, screaming loudly, after a nightmare. It was about my new mate – killing the Cullen's, brutally, and forcing me to watch before torturing me up. I was distraught.
At 7:03am, I decided to get up.
I could see everyone gathered around my bed. Edward was humming a soothing rhythm.
"Tell us, Bella, we can't bear to see you like this," Carlisle murmured, rubbing my fore arm gently/
"I can't," I responded.
"You can, you can tell us anything," Jasper retaliated.
"No, I really can't. They'll find me and kill me like... like they did to Shay," I choked.
"Who's Shay?" asked Emmett.
"My great uncle. Poppy Sun's brother," I informed them.
"Poppy Sun?" Emmett asked again.
"The phone call," I looked at Edward, "was from her."
Edward nodded, understandingly.
"Who are 'they'?" Edward queried.
I bit my lip before answering truthfully, "the Volturi."
I heard lots of gasps and many jaws dropped.
"We will do the best we can to protect you from them. I have a feeling that the Volturi are the main reason you aren't telling us your problem, but what are your other problems, dear?" Carlisle whispered, softly.
"I... I can't explain properly without telling you what I am and if I do that then the Volturi may get involved and that can't happen," I mumbled.
"Bella, please," Rose pleaded.
"Poppy Sun has found me a mate. I don't want a mate because... I like Edward," I admitted, "but my future mate knows... what I am, so if I don't become his mate he will tell the Volturi."
Alice hugged me, "that doesn't stop you telling us. It may help us understand what you're going through."
"I can't tell you because my family and I have a strict agreement that only mates of people in our family and the family of their mates may know of our heritage," I spoke.
Everyone seemed to be beginning to understand.
"Can you all leave, please, I need to think," I sighed. The family nodded and left in a hurry.
I was so overwhelmed. Could I risk denying a possible mate for Edward? Would the family accept me if they knew how different I was? Would the Volturi find out and kill me?
There were so many awful possibilities I couldn't bear to imagine.
With all of this on my mind I decided to give Poppy Sun a call.
"Poppy, I refuse to meet whomever you have chosen for me. You cannot make me do it, nor can my mother," I stated.
"If that's how you feel," she replied.
"It is, I hope to see you again soon. Goodbye," I said.
"Bye," She chimed. I hung up.
I sent a text message to Edward:
Edward,
Come in.
-B xo
I heard his phone vibrate from downstairs, I saw a bronze flash as the door swung open.
Edward plonked himself next to me on the bed and pushed some stray strands of hair away from my face.
"I changed my mind," I told him.
"About being my girlfriend or telling me what you are?" he inquired, shuffling closer to me.
"Both," I smiled. I kissed him on the cheek, "Oh, yeah, why aren't we in school?"
"Way to kill a moment," he joked, pulling me onto his lap. I giggled.
"Now, seriously, why aren't we?" I repeated. He pointed towards the window. The sun was shining brightly through the closed drapes, "ah," I concluded.
He chuckled. I opened the drapes, and then the window. He raised an eyebrow questioningly.
He looked beautiful, his pale skin reflected the sunlight, like tiny diamonds scattered all over him.
I grabbed his hand, tugging him towards the windowsill.
Hesitantly, I let go of his hand and jumped from the window. I looked back up at him, he looked worried, scared and quite alarmed.
I laughed at his expression and motioned for him to jump.
He did and landed on top of me.
"You did that on purpose," I laughed.
"So what if I did," he smirked, "now, where are you taking me?"
"Your meadow."
"My meadow?"
"Yeah, I caught you thinking about it one day. Plus, it's far enough away for us to talk."
Edward nodded in response then said, "I'll race you there."
"Game on, Rainbow."
"Nice insult," he joked. I winked and ran at a super-speed towards the meadow. Edward could have only been 25 feet behind me. With my speed and stamina, it was unlikely he could catch up.
Of course, I beat him to the meadow. When he arrived, 12 seconds after me, I tapped my wrist.
"What time do you call this?" I mocked.
He grinned and pounced, playfully, at me.
We wrestled for a few minutes before I had him pinned to the ground. My large, razor sharp fangs were millimeters away from his neck.
He raised his hands us in defeat.
My fangs morphed back into my normal teeth. I closed my lips and kissed his neck where I was previously threatening to bite.
"Not bad," he commented.
"Shut it, or next time you won't get away with it," I winked, kissing him again.
"Is that a promise?" he growled.
"Nope, just an empty threat," I laughed, rolling off him and sitting with my back to a small gray rock.
He groaned as he got up and I couldn't help but laugh. He narrowed his eyebrows at me and scooted over to me.
Edward grabbed my hand and started playing with my fingers.
"You start," I said.
"Start what?" a confused look crossed his perfect face.
"Sharing stories," I amended.
"So you weren't joking about dating me?" he asked, happily.
"Never," I sighed.
He pressed his lips, hungrily, against mine. Our lips moved in perfect harmony for what felt like seconds but was actually hours.
Edward's phone rang, ascending in volume. We both grunted as our lips parted and he answered his phone.
"Um, where the hell are you? We heard you leave, but seriously, it's been 4 hours!" I heard Alice yell.
"Calm down, Alice, Bella and I are at the meadow... talking about... stuff," he murmured.
"Not from what I've seen. Can you two please start talking because you only have 20 minutes: Esme wants Bella home before midday so she can eat. Because she needs to eat food, in case you forgot," Alice said.
"Okay, Alice, we'll be home soon. But be warned, we will leave again after Bella has taken care of her needs," Edward spoke calmly, then slid his phone shut.
I bit my lip to stop myself from smiling – he just got mentally whooped by his tiny little sister.
"We'll leave now, so I can eat and shower, but then we're coming back to actually talk," I stated. He nodded and grabbed my hand.
We walked at human pace through the forest discussing unimportant things, like favorite colors and films and books.
A/N: I don't like this chapter – it seemed better when I was writing it on paper so sorry if it completely sucks. I would apologize for the lateness, but I've already done that... What the hell, I'll do it again! Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry! There. Bella will reveal what she is in the next chapter, but I'm not sure when that will be out because I think I'm still banned from the laptop. REVIEWS PLEASE :D Thanks, Lexie xo
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT. Just this storyline, a very nice cell phone and an English accent ;) but not the one you're thinking of – ENGLAND DOES HAVE MORE THAN ONE FREAKING ACCENT!!