13. Friends
School ended quickly and Bella said that Tiffany could come over, but I was a bit offended that my entire family said her blood was unappealing, but it didn't matter….shed be coming over.
I told Tiff about my next date with Matt and she wanted all the details…though I really couldn't tell her much, Bella and Edward did say I could go out with him again, after they asked Jake.
The house was always a permanent residence. Even if we had to head up to Denali or down to South America, it was always here.
Tiff knew my entire family, even Jake, and he surprisingly felt more relaxed around her when she was over than most days. Either way she was always surprised at my huge family, but it was always the same story of Carlisle adopting so many kids, but now I was apparently his own.
Alice, Bella and I were playing checkers when Alice interrupted and told me that Tiff would be here in a minute. I let them finish up, Alice won, and went to the door. There she stood, tall and lean, with no surprise expression on her face.
"Hey Nessie," she greeted me
"Hey Tiff," I replied back.
Tiff was the pretty blond with bluish-green eyes. She was athletic and smart, and very, very kind, and a bit full of herself, but she was my best friend…but it always bothered me that she was a little taller than me.
I led her towards the kitchen where Esme was supposedly cooking, and asked if Tiff wanted anything to eat.
"Sure," she said, and I too went in for something to snack.
We were both having a ham sandwich when Jasper and Emmett walked in.
"Hey Mom," Emmett said, "Hey Tiff," he also greeted
"Hi Emmett, Jasper," Tiff replied.
Jasper seemed to be focused on something, because he obviously didn't pay attention to the fact that Tiff was in the room, a few moments later he came to his senses.
"Oh I'm sorry Tiffany, I was a little spaced out, and how are you today?" he asked
"I'm fine thank you," she replied with a soft smile.
I then found out that Jazz was just looking at Alice's face while she sawsomething. But then she ran over to Rosalie…apparently a huge sale for a shopping trip, she'd tell me later…but not Bella. I chuckled.
Tiff and I went back to eating while Esme asked about the boy's days and Edward's too. Tiff went to the bathroom for a second while I kept eating.
"Aw you know how he is, always too preoccupied with Bella and Nessie, what else? 'Are they safe!?!?''' What else is new?" Emmett said in exaggeration.
Rosalie then burst in the room with the shopping news.
"Nessie, there's a huge sale at the mall tomorrow are you in?" she asked anxiously.
Ever since the day I was born, Rosalie had been nicer than me than most people, she was my big sis, just like Alice and Bella, but Bella as my mom too.
I briefly thought about my schedule for tomorrow afternoon. My date was later in the evening.
"Cool! Sounds like fun…I really need some new jeans and a new top or two," I said.
"Great! I'll tell Alice," said Rosalie and she darted after Alice.
Tiff came back moments later and we went up to my room.
We were watching MTV and talking and we laughed about stupid things like teachers or people we knew. When I was with Tiff I felt like a normal person, a normal teenager, and nothing could ever break that feeling when I was with her.
"Haha, that just makes no sense at all," I laughed, somewhat unaware of what we were talking about.
"Hey, do you wanna go outside, play basketball or something?" I asked. We were both very athletic girls, both on the school basketball team and softball teams, and cross-country team for me.
"Haha….sure, why don't we ask a couple of your brothers to play with us, so it's even," she insisted
It was always fun to play with members of my family.
"Sure," I said, and we walked downstairs to find that Emmett and Jacob would play.