Love Story

DISCLAIMER: IT ALL BELONGS TO STEPHENIE MEYER. I'M JUST BORROWING HER FANTASTIC MADE UP WORLD. Please don't sue me I have no money.

FIRST FANFIC EVER so let me know of any spelling, grammar, or just plain goof's you guys' see and I'll work on fixing them.

AN: Sorry this took so long to post I had surgery and it took much longer to recover than expected. Also my mom was involved in a car wreak and I've spent the entire summer nursing her back to health. As you can see my mom and I are just as accident prone as Bella but with no Edward to save us. Darn it! Thanks to all of you who have reviewed, read my story, added me to your favorites, etc., Also Edward's room is the same as in the movie but neater with maybe one or two more pieces of furniture. I've really been working on this chapter for the last couple of weeks. It took me awhile to get back into the story. I saw New Moon today and thought it was great. I took someone with me who hasn't read the books and didn't have to explain the movie to her like I did when we watched Twilight. If you haven't seen it go NOW. It stayed as true to the book as you could when trying to make a book fit into two-three hours. Sorry for any mistakes I just wanted to get this chapter posted.


Chapter Six

Bella's POV

A storm was brewing outside and I found myself wishing that my grams hadn't traumatized me growing up. Grams was a strong Ranch Woman from a small town in Southern Texas but she completely lost her mind when a storm came in. She cursed my grandfather every day for moving here. Lightning and a huge clap of thunder broke me from my reverie as I jumped in the bed whimpering as I grabbed one of the extra pillows. The lightning and thunder were getting worse and hail was beginning to ping on the windows. I really needed my sleep if I wanted to survive shopping with Alice again. Thunder rang out again in a long drawn out wail causing me to shriek and fall off the bed. Lightning illuminated the room and then the thunder came crashing down again around me making the room shake and the large window rattle. I quickly leaped into my slippers and robe flying out of my room as if a pack of wild dogs were on my heels.

All I could hear in my mind was my grams shouting to take cover. Meaning get the hell way from the windows. As I ran out into the hall shaking as the storm only to get stronger I cursed as I noticed the hallway also had large window's. I could see and hear the battle taking place outside. I walked briskly down the hall passing Edward's room to see if Alice might be up. As I reached Alice's door I noticed her light was on and moan's were coming from her room. At first I thought she was scared of the storm like me but then I heard Jasper moan Alice's name so I quickly turned around and headed back to my room. As I passed by Edward's door I hear the gentle playing of Chopin, I stopped to listen for a moment and all of a sudden Edward was standing in front of me.

" Bella are you okay?" Edward asked me.

"Yeah, I'm just having trouble sleeping. I normally don't sleep very when not in my own bed but this storm is making it down right impossible." I told him. I wasn't sure if he knew that Alice and Jasper were as intimate as they were and I really didn't want to start a family war.

" Would you like to join me in my room. I have trouble sleeping as well. Maybe we could keep each other company as we try to pass the midnight hours?"

"Um okay." He ushers me into his room.

It wasn't a normal teenage boys room. An oriental gold rug covered the wooden floor and the walls were covered in shelves of vinyls, cassettes, c.d.'s, and dvd.' He had a flat screen television mounted into the wall closes to his door and a Sony music system nestled in between the shelves of his music. He too seemed to have a window for wall but it was covered by thick curtains so the storm outside could not be viewed at the moment. The room was dominated by a large white leather couch and a beautiful wooden desk sat catty corner to the couch with an elaborate chair. One thing was missing though...

"I'm glad were going shopping tomorrow as you can see I have no bed. Emmett broke it when he tackled me the other day showing me of the wrestling moves he picked up from watching UFC."

"Oh was anyone hurt?" It was weird how he could practically read my mind.

" No just the bed and well my pride. I should have been able to out maneuver him. He may have more muscle than me but I'm faster."

"Emmett's a prankster isn't he?" I asked as I sat down on the couch.

"Yes, so be watchful when your around him."

" How did you come to live with the Cullen's?"

"My parent's and I were very ill a very long time ago. It's hard for me to remember them."

"So you've been with Carlisle and Esme a long time?"

" You could say that." Edward says with a smirk like he was aware of some inside joke. "Carlisle was a doctor at the hospital we were being treated at. After my father died, my mother who must have known she would not get well begged Carlisle to do whatever he could to save me and he did." Edward finishes his story looking away from me at the wall of music.

I can't help but think that his not telling me the whole story.

Edward's POV

"Are you enjoying living with your Dad?"She was making me uncomfortable with her questions harmless as they may seem to her. Time to move the conversation to another topic.

"It's a bit weird since I know I won't be seeing my mom for another five months. When I use to come stay with my dad in the summer's I just thought about it like it was camp. I mean I'm not even sure if all this change is really going to change anything." Bella stops talking and I can see panic rise in her eyes and her heart beat picks up with her last statement like she's giving away a secret. I don't want to scare her away so I decide to yet again move on to another topic.

"So Bella what music do you like?" I ask her

"Um that's a hard questions. I don't want you to get the wrong impression of me. I mean the type of music someone listens to can tell you a lot about a person. I'm very eclectic in just about everything fashion, books, movies, and music. I love listening to classical music when I'm writing, reading, doing homework, or just zoning out. My mom introduced me to classical music when she went through one of her phases. I love to listen to the oldies when I'm working around the house, on road trips, and during the holidays. My grandparents and dad were always playing records when I visited in the summer. I personal love Debussy's Claire De Lune. I listen to pop when I just don't want to think and sometimes when I just need to laugh or make fun of something. I like to listen to alternative music most of the time or in my personal opinion music that does not suck. Some of the bands and musician's I like in no particular order are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Muse, Weezer, The Wallflowers, The Donnas, The White Stripes, Blondie, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta Bacy, Bobby Darin, The Who, and the Rolling Stones. That's just naming a few of my favorites. I love music and reading it helps me to escape."

" As you can see I love to escape as well." I tell her amazed at her taste in music for being so young. I'm sure I can introduce her to some bands she's never heard of.

" How have you been able to collect such an amazing collection of music?" Bella ask me as she gets up from the couch to look over my collection I decide to join her.

"Well, I've spent some of my money on this collection. Some of the collection were inherited when my parent's died, plus Christmas presents, and it's amazing what you can find if you just go searching for it. I mean I got like fifty of my vinyls from a woman throwing out her ex's stuff when she found out he had been cheating on her." I'm proud of myself I didn't lie to Bella okay I may have omitted but I didn't lie. My parent's had five records when they died, my family has gifted me with tons of albums though out the years, and I did get some amazing vinyl's from Cynthia Lennon of course it cost me a couple of grand. (Let me know if you get who this is.)

Bella continues to scan through my collection and the storm seems to grow again as a bright flicker of lightning strikes followed by a booming crack of thunder. Bella jumps about five feet in the air looking like a frightened doe.

Bella's POV

"So Bella I take it you don't like storms?" Edward ask me with a silly smirk on his face as he watches me jump into the air.

"Yeah what gave me away the jumping in the air or my whimpers?" I sarcastically ask as I grab a vinyl off the shelf and head back to the couch. Edward follows me but grabs two blankets from his closet.

"Everyone's scared of something Bella," Edward tells me as hands me one of the blankets and sits down throwing the other blanket around him.

" I hate storms my mom's parents were originally from Texas. They lived though some horrible storms including several bad Tornadoes. My grams in particular hated storms and she hated Forks due to all the storms. My grams lived with my Dad after grandpa died. Every summer I use to come up here and stay and grams use to go nuts though every storm. It freaked me out and scarred me for live. "

"Why did your grandparent's move to one of the wettest place on earth if your Gram's hated storms?" Edward asked

"My grandparent's moved up here after World War II to start a new live. My grandfather lost one of his leg's durning the war and couldn't keep the family ranch going. So my grandparent's gave the ranch up to some cousins and moved up here where grandpa could get better medical help and an office job. Grams was understanding about it but I think she missed her ranch. You see the ranch was her family's and she had to give it up. Grams had never been more than 100 miles from the ranch when they moved. It didn't help that Grams was in her late eighties and going senile when I was younger. She didn't mean to scare me she just couldn't communicate very well. Grams did when I was eight but she was an amazing woman if a bit crazy."

"Your lucky to have memories of your family. I don't remember my parents very well and can't remember having any other family around." Edward tells me as I lean into the couch getting comfortable. Edward's room smells so intoxicating that I think I'm a bit drugged. " I should really try to finish up my math homework." Edward tells me as I snuggle into the couch.

" What's your favorite color Bella?" Edward asks me as he sets at his desk pulling out his homework.

"Topaz." I quickly shoot out

"Why?" Edward asks me

"I recently grew an appreciation for the color." I tell him looking into his hypnotic eyes.

" Really? What was your favorite color before you grew this appreciation?" Edward ask as he licks his lips.

"Oh um, Brown usually but it tends to change day to day." I think my brain is shutting down. How can one boy be so breathtakingly gorgeous?

" Brown?"

"Yes, brown, the color of sand, dirt, rocks. It reminds me of home. Here there's to much green! It's not natural." I say in a huff as Edward laughs.

"What's your favorite color?" I ask Edward

"Mmm Brown."

"Brown?" I asked exasperated

"Yes, I recently grew an appreciation for it." Edward tells me with that adorable smirk on his face.

We continued talking until at some point I feel asleep. I woke up to the smell of coffee and sunshine on my face. As I opened my eyes I realized I was snuggled up on the couch with both blankets on me and Edward was asleep at his desk with his head laying down on his Geometry homework.

Stretching my arms above my head and trying to move the blankets out of my way as I get up off the couch caused my legs to get entangled in the blankets so as I stepped away from the couch I fell forward landing in a pile of blankets on Edward's rug. Before I can continue my personal war with Edward's blankets I find my self standing up straight free of those pesky blankets staring into Edward's eyes.

"Thanks. I thought I was done for." I joke causing Edward to laugh which of course causes me to space out.

"Yo lovebirds. Get a move on!" Emmett bellows as he walks by Edward's opened door causing me to jump away from Edward who was still holding on to my arms.

"Oh. I need to get dressed. What time is it?" I ask as I head out the door.

"It's only six o'clock in the morning too early to be up on a Saturday. You have plenty of time to get ready as breakfast won't be ready until a little after seven o'clock." Edward reassures me.

"Thanks for keeping me company last night. It was fun." I tell Edward.

" Bella the pleasure was all mine." Edward tells me.

After a quick shower I toss on a pair of jeans that have holes in the knee caps caused by many falls not because I paid for them to be that way, my comfy long sleeved gray knit T-shirt, and shove my feet into my red converse snickers. I have time to kill so I start working on the last bit of homework I have to worry about this weekend. About forty-five minutes later Alice comes bounding into the room.

"Good Morning Bella! I heard you had a slumber party with Edward last night." Alice giggles as she jumps onto the bed.

"All we did was talk! Of course I don't think you and Jasper can say the same thing." I tell her as I turn away from my now finished English Essay. " I didn't say anything to Edward but I heard Jasper in your room last night. I wasn't trying to listen or anything. I was going to see if you were up and let you play Barbie with me do to the storm keeping me up."

"Oh well you should have knocked all Jasper and I were doing was making out no biggie. Next time knock we would have had so much fun."

I laugh at that. "I didn't want to bother you plus how was I supposed to know? It's not like I can see the future or through walls."

" Your silly Bella. Breakfast is ready and then were heading to Port Angeles if your ready?" Alice asks

"Yeah I just finished my last bit of homework for the weekend." I tell her as I finish packing away my school books.

"Come on you need to get downstairs before Emmett finishes all the food! I already grabbed mine but I want to sit with you and go over what were looking for today." Alice tells me as we head out the door so I grab my coat and black wallet stashing it in the back pocket of my jeans.

" I thought Emmett and Rosalie were going to be gone the entire weekend?" I ask as we head downstairs.

"They had a fight and Emmett decided to take a bus back home. Rosalie is still at are friends house working on the car. She likes to works on car's she'll probably major in engineering. Emmett got in around four o'clock this morning." Alice tell me as we enter the kitchen.

When we get to the kitchen I place my jacket on back of one of the chairs. Alice seats next to the chair. Edward and Emmett are washing their dishes by the kitchen sink.

"Esme saved you a plate of food in the oven. She had to head into town to pick up some items at the nursery and was very sorry not to able to wish you a good morning herself." Edward tells me as he puts his dishes in the dishwasher.

" Oh that was sweet of her." I say as Emmett hands me the plate of food. Esme made hard boiled eggs, a fruit salad, and grilled tuna.

" Do you want juice, coffee, milk, or water to drink?" Edward asks as he moves to the fridge.

" Oh wow um I'd like a cup of coffee and some water but I can get it. You don't have to wait on me." I tell Edward as I begin to get up from my chair.

"Even if I didn't want too Bella like I told you last night your are a guests and Esme would have my head if I didn't as you say wait on you." Edward tells me as he puts the coffee and water down in front of me.

"Do you want cream and sugar Bella? We've got French vanilla cream, Belgian Chocolate Toffee, Creme Brulee, and Hazelnut available in cream and regular cane sugar and Splenda available in sugar." Emmett tells me

" Belgian Chocolate Toffee cream and Splenda sounds good."

"Okay here's the creamer and how many packets of Splenda?"

"One should be enough because this creamer is awesome."

"Esme pulled together some items she's not going to use in this house from our home back in Alaska and thought you might want to take a look before we take the items to the Good will in Port Angeles." Edward tells me as he cleans the kitchen counter top and Emmett sweeps the kitchen floor.

" Bella there's a bed set in their I think you'll like. It's a twin like your bed and it hasn't been used."

" Yeah because you ordered it without checking the size dummy." Emmett laughs as he picks up the dust pan to throw away the crumbs he has collected from the kitchen floor.

"It was on E-bay and I thought it would work in my room but no only was it not the right size it wasn't even the right color." Alice whines

"If it's not been used you'll have to let me pay you for it Alice. That's only right I'd feel like I was stealing from you otherwise."

" It only costs me thirty bucks Bella. I should have known it was too good of a deal." Alice tells me.

" Let me look at it then we can talk." I tell her as I finish up my breakfast.

"We'll go look at the stuff Esme is sending to Goodwill while you guys finish cleaning the kitchen." Alice tells Emmett who's now mopping the floor and Edward who's grabbed my dishes and is putting them in the dishwasher.

Alice POV

I ushered Bella into the living room where the five boxes going to Goodwill are waiting for the boys to load into the Hummer. I have to get Bella to except the comforter since I bought that for her myself. I had a vision of Bella falling in love with Ralph Lauren's "Rutherford Park" Bedding set but with the price tag being too high she wouldn't be able to get the bedding.

"Alice this is a marvelous bed set by Ralph Lauren you can't expect me to believe it's worth only thirty dollars." Bella tells me as she examine the bedding.

"Oh it's worth more than thirty dollars but that's what the idiot from E-bay charged me."

" Alice I don't think your telling me the truth."

"I am cross my heart and hope to die."

"Your not going to let me leave this house without this bed set are you?" Bella ask me as she looks me in the eye

"I'll sneak it into your bedroom if I have to but that bed set is yours. I want it to go to someone I love that well appreciate it's beauty." I tell Bella.

"Fine but I'm still paying you." Bella tells me as she reaches for her wallet

"Bella don't you dare. I'll only use the money you give me to buy something else for your room."

" Your impossible Alice but your a great friend." Bella tells me as she laughs at my antics.

" Your a great friend too Bella. Come on let's go through this boxes I have no idea what Esme is getting rid of." I was telling the truth for once. I hated lying to Bella but we had to keep are secrets it was the law.

"These are unbelieveable." Bella says as she takes out two brass ornate candle holder's from the early twentieth century.

"Those would look good in your room. One by you bed and the other by your desk. Oh look at this curtains Bella." I hand them over to Bella for review. Esme was getting rid of some gold sheer curtains Edward use to have in his room in Alaska. Bella holds the curtains up to the light to see how they look.

"Your right Alice their perfect. I think we should get some dark purple black out curtains to go over the sheer's in case to keep the cold out in the winter." Bella tells me as she looks at them.

"That's a great idea Bella. Do you see anything else you might be able to use." I ask her as I look over the last box.

" No but this is more than enough I feel like I'm stealing from your family." Bella tells me as she bites on her nails.

"Bella the comforter set is a gift to you and the other items were going to be giving away anyway. My family loves giving gifts Bella."

"You guys ready to head to the mall." Emmett bellows as he comes into the room.

"Bella lets take these item's upstairs while I grab my purse. Edward and Emmett get Jasper who's in the garage to help you put the boxes into the hummer." I tell the boys as we both head upstairs. I leave Bella in her room and run to get my purse and black card from my bedroom.

Bella's POV

The drive to Port Angeles was filled with Alice telling me the latest fashion trends from Paris and hunting stories from Emmett. We made it to the Goodwill store just as Emmett was finishing his story about the time he wrestled a gator in New Orleans. The boys took in the boxes Esme was donating to the store while Alice and I began walking through the store hoping to find some other items for my room. We were going down the furniture aisle when I came across an unfinished bookshelf it had five shelves that were deep enough to hold my meager book and music collection along with the few knickknacks I had brought with me to Forks. The best part was that the bookshelf was only $25.00.

"Alice I think this might work for my books and stuff."

"Oh Bella it's perfect. I'll get Jasper to stain it along with your rocking chair. Hey Bella what about this mirror I think it would look good in the corner by the bookshelf on the other side of your bed?"

I went over to were Alice was and looked at the mirror it was a tall free standing mirror that was framed by an ornate wooden frame stained very similar to the desk I had previously bought. It was beautiful but big.

"I don't know Alice it's awfully big I'm not sure if it will make it up the stairs? It's got to be expensive." I tell Alice

"Don't doubt my brothers they can defiantly get this up your stairs. It's probably only about a hundred pounds or so and Emmett can bench press five fifty no problem. The mirror cost $75.00 what do you think?"

"I like it lets first find me a night stand and dresser then come back to the mirror." I tell Alice as I step away from the mirror and continue my search for the most important items needed for my bedroom.

"Bella every girl needs a mirror in her room and you have more than enough money to pick up your missing items." Alice tells me as I continue searching through the items.

"Would this dresser and nightstand work in your room Bella?" Edward ask as I round the corner and find him looking at a set of furniture that matched perfectly with the mirror Alice had shown me just moments ago.

"It's gorgeous." The night stand had two drawers and the dresser had five drawers the set was being sold together for a $50.00.

"So Bella what are you thinking?" Alice asked as Emmett and Jasper joined us.

"If I get the bookshelf, mirror, and set that would leave me with about $140.00 of course that's not counting the delivery charge. Let's go talk to the cashier." I tell them as I pull my coat together as it seems to have gotten colder in the store as we stood together looking at the pieces of furniture.

"Hi my name is Bella Swan and I was looking at a few pieces of furniture b how much it would costs to have the items delivered to Forks?

"The delivery costs on furniture is $50.00 and another $50.00 for deliveries outside of Port Angeles."

"Wow that adds another $100 to the total." I tell the cashier as I try to figure out how to if $190.00 will cover the purple curtains and the items for the bathroom since Charlie told me it was okay to redecorate. Charlie did say he would help cover the bathroom budget but I really wanted to be able to do it with the money Charlie and Renee gave me. I guess I could do some extra chores around the house to pay Charlie back on the bathroom if I needed him to help pay for anything.

"When would you be able to deliver the furniture?"

"Tuesday between the hours of four and six in the evening and a person over the age of 18 must be present with identification." The cashier tells me.

"That works my dad has Tuesday off since he's working this weekend." I tell the cashier as she follows us back to the furniture to mark the items I'm getting as sold and taking the price tags to ring me up.

"Okay Ms. Swan your total will be $250.00. Our driver should give you a call before he brings the furniture by to make sure you are home. Thank you for shopping have a great day!" The cashier smiles as we exit the store and head back to the Hummer we'd been in the store for over two hours looking for furniture.

"Bella there's a linen store just a few blocks away that is having a sale that Esme told me about and I think they may have the rest of the items your searching for it's called Mila Linen's. Would you like to check the store out?"

"That sounds great Alice. I also want to stop by the hardware store to pick out the paint for the my room and the bathroom. Charlie already as all the painting supplies since he repainted the garage last fall."

"We should probably stop and get lunch after were done at the linen store and then go to the hardware store." Edward suggest from the passenger seat as Emmett drives.

Jasper and Alice are seating next to each other while I'm seating behind the passenger seat with the window rolled down breathing in the fresh air.

Emmett drove for about five more minutes until we pulled up to another little strip of family owned business. Emmett grabs a parking space right in front of the store and Edward places $2.00 in the parking meter giving us an hour and a half to shop. Jasper holds the door open as Alice grabs my hand and rushes into the store eager to continue shopping.

"Bella what are we looking for first." Edward asks from behind me

"The curtains."

"This way." Alice says as she drags me to the back left hand corner of the store.

The curtains are 50% off their regular price so that make me fill hopeful I won't have to go ask for more money from Charlie. After about ten minutes of searching I found the perfect set of curtains they were deep purple matching the bed set and they were made of veldt so they would be heavy enough to keep the winter chill out of my room.

"I like the curtains your holding Bella. I think they would go perfectly with your bed set and sheers." Alice tells me as I look for the price.

"I think so to Alice and they should only cost about $30.00 since their half off. Lets go look in the bath section and what I can get today."

"Do you have a color scheme or certain theme your going for in the bathroom?" Alice asks me as we find the bath section of the store. The boys seem to have disappeared.

"I was thinking about maybe cool gray for the coloring no particular theme except for cleanliness. Were are the boys?"

"Oh they snuck out and are at the sports store across the street." Alice laughs as I begin to look at the towels.

"I'm surprised they were so patient with me at Goodwill." I tell her as I decide to get two sets of grey hand towels with that have a border of different shades of gray circles at the bottom as they were buy one get one free. I then went to the Bath Towels and found that the extra big towels were also buy one get one free. I grabbed four big white fluffy towels as Alice went to go get a buggy from upfront. Alice picked out a Dark Grey shower curtain that had a black border at the bottom of the curtain. I grabbed a mat to put in the shower that help me from falling in the tub when taking shower. I then grabbed a black bath rug set that was 75% off for the bathroom. Alice found a three piece faux grey black marble accessory set for the bathroom for hand soap, tissues, and q-tips. Thank the stars the sink had a built in toothbrush holder as it was one less thing to buy.

"Okay Alice let me add this up and see if I can get everything."

"Oh Bella silly I've been keep track of that as we've been shopping you should have about $50.00 left after you pay for these items." Alice tells me as she looks at a blue chenille robe.

"Wow Alice your good with numbers. You going to get that robe because it's awfully cute and I would hate for you to go home empty handed." I tell her as I look at some bath salts.

"It is cute isn't it? I love this material it's so soft. Okay I've decided the robe's mine. You need to look for anything else here?" Alice asks me as she takes the robe down from the shelving.

"Nope let's go get some lunch. I'm starved." I tell her as we head to the checkout.

The boys meet us outside of the store.

"You boys have fun?" Alice ask as she gives Jasper a kiss on the check.

Emmett and Edward take away are bags and put them in the back of the hummer before I even realize what their doing.

"We went and grabbed something to eat and stopped by the sports store to check out some batting equipment. We would have waited on lunch but Emmett was being difficult." Jasper tells us as Alice laces her arms around Jasper and leans on him as we walk down the street.

"Bella I need to run an errand for Esme and I'm not very hungry would you mind if Jasper and I left with you Emmett and Edward?" Alice asked

"Oh that's fine Alice."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you Bella but I need to get a 'I'm sorry Baby, please don't stay mad' apology gift for Rosalie. So you'll just have to settle for my little brother's company at lunch." Emmett kids with me as he heads in the direction of a jewelry store.

"There's a little restaurant around the corner. It looks like an old cottage with a small garden out front called, Simply Delicious." Alice tells Edward and I as her and Jasper walk away from us.


Don't know if this is the best place to stop but I've got to.