Chapter Seven: That Leeche

I woke up, it was dark outside (of course). Edward wasn't on my bed. I sat up, wondering where he was. Then, a note was flouting in the air from the wind I created. I grabbed it and saw Edward's flawless hand writing. I began to read it . . .

My Bella,

I'm sorry that you have to wake up to my absence. One of your friends were coming over to visit you. I'm sure that you didn't want me there when they came over. I'll see you later.

Love, Edward

Love, Edward. How sweet, I smiled. I wanted to keep the note, so I put the note in a draw in my night stand. Then, my alarm went off. It was playing Lovestruck by V Factory. I wonder why my alarm went off? It's Sunday. I shrugged, and got off my bed.

"Hey, Bella," Sam greeted, standing near my window.

"Hi," I said and turned off my alarm.

He sniffed. "What's that smell? It's horrible."

Oh, crap. Uh . . . "My dad cooked last night," I lied.

"Oh . . ."

"What's up?" I tried to change the subject.

"Well, we wanted to know . . . if you wanna hang out," he asked.

I exhaled. "Sam," I whined. "I have school today," I lied, I just wanted to spend time with Edward today.

"I won't take no for an answer," he said trying to sound strict.

I laughed at his attempt. "I still have school."

"We don't care," I heard Seth call from outside the window. Ugh, peer pressure.

"Fine," I sighed.

"Good - now go get changed and febreeze that shit!" Sam said, pinched his nose and started waving his hand around.

I laughed. "Ok." He left the room. I took my phone off the night stand and looked for Edward's number. I started texting him . . .

Edward, I look forward to see you later.

;) Love, B

I laughed at my message and pressed send. I closed my phone and threw it on my bed. I went to the bathroom and washed up. Then, I went to my room, changed my clothes and put an extra in my backpack. Out of nowhere, the sun came out. Wow, a miracle happened today. I took my backpack and phone, then went down the stairs. I didn't take my coat today, there was no need to. I left the house and everyone was waiting for me. Ugh.

Everyone waved at me, except Margarita and Daniela. "Hey, Bella!" They seem so optimistic today.

"Hi," I said back walking towards them.

"Gotta go," all the guys said and started running off scared. Sam tricked me. I shook my head.

"Come on, Bella," Crystal said and started skipping the oppostie direction where the guys went. Yep, diffinitly annoying.

"So what are we going to do?" I asked Margarita.

"We were planning on walking to Port Angelos," she answered excited. "Come on," she tugged on my arm and started walking. Leah was following Crystal, I never seen her smile. Maybe, she'll stop being so rude. Maybe. We were walking behind Crystal and Leah. I have no idea how Leah puts up with Crystal.

"So, when did you move here?" Daniela asked trying to start up a conversation.

"Well, I was born here. But, my mom and my dad got divorced when I was one years old, and I moved to Phoenix with my mom. I moved back a couple months ago," I answered. We walked in silence for a moment.

"Why did you move back?" Margarita asked.

"My mom got remarried. Her husband is a MINOR leadge baseball player, and he travels a lot. She would stay home with me, but I knew that it made her upset. So, I decided to stay with my dad."

"Are we there yet?" I heard Crystal ask.

"That was nice of you," Margarita pointed out.

I shrugged. I wanted to change the subject. "How about you?" Hoping one of them would answer.

"Our parents just decided to move here," Daniela answered.

"You're sisters?" I asked.

"Yeah," they both answered.

We giggled. Then, the clouds started covering the sunlight. There goes my day. We just got to Port Angelos, there was barely no one here. There was a store with t.v.s that was playing a replay of American Idol.

"O.M.A. ANOOP!" Daniela screamed.

"What's o.m.a.?" I whispered to Margarita.

"Oh my Anoop," she whispered back. Daniela practically threw herself at the glass. "She's obsessed with Anoop."

I could see that. Maybe... I should make my own acronym, o.m.e., oh my Edward. Perfect, I smiled. My phone started vibrating. I checked it, it was a text message from Edward. I can't wait either. ;)

I smiled even wider. "Who's that?" Crystal asked.

Ugh. "A friend," I answered trying not to sound annoyed.

"A friend?" Margarita said while moving her eye brows up and down.

"Yeah, a friend," Crystal repeated poking my arm with her elbow. I blushed and looked down.

"Ha, I knew it! What's his name?" Daniela (literally) jumped into the conversation.

I didn't want Leah to hear his name, she was standing behind me. "Edward," I sighed.

"Details, details," Margarita pushed.

"Crystal, want to go somewhere else?" Leah asked.

"Okay, bye peoples," Crystal sounded excited and they started walking away.

"Bye," we all said grateful that she left.

"Okay, that's go," I said hoping that they would forget they conversation before. I started walking the opposite direction of Crystal and Leah.

"Oh no, you don't missy," Margarita said following me. I stopped walking. They were following me. I stopped walking. I smelt that thing again. The blonde leeche was standing about ten feet in front of me. She threw me a bone and unintentionally caught it.

"Good dog," she said with an evil grin.

I dropped the bone. "Do you know what a blond and a beer bottle have in common?" I asked. She stood silent. "They're both empty from the neck up," she gave me a dirty look. I smiled, I learned that one from Jake. I walked past her with Margarita and Daniela walking behind me.

"What was that about?" Daniela asked.

"Some girl in my school, she hates me," I answered.

Daniela nodded. "KRISTIE, MISHAKA!"

I laughed at the name.

There was a two girls, one with tan skin and bronze, long, wavy hair and the other with really long black hair and also tan skin. There was also a guy with black short hair, he looked like the kid from Journey From the Center of the Earth (I never watched that movie).

"DANIELA, MARGARITA!" they both said and they had a group hug.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Bella. This is Kristie," Margarita pointed to the bronze hair girl.

"And that's Mishal . . . but you can call her Mishaka," Daniela pointed to the other girl.

"Hi," they both said.

I waved, "hi."

"Oh, and this is my boyfriend, Josh," Kristie pointed to the boy next to her. I waved again.

"When did you two get here?" Margarita asked and they started walking. I followed them.

"Just yesterday, I moved two blocks from here," Kristie answered.

"I moved here a week ago, it was a miracle to get my parents to let me out of the house," Mishaka answered annoyed.

"Where did you move?" I asked trying to be more social.

"On the rez, I wanted to walk as far away from my house as possible," Mishaka answered. I nodded. Her phone started ringing.

"Ugh," she said. Then answered the phone, "Yeah?" She stood quiet to a couple of seconds. "Okay," she sighed and hung up the phone."Shit! I gotta go home," she said and put her phone in her purse. "Bye," she waved and started walking ahead of us.

I waved back.

"Bye," Margarita said. My phone started vibrating again. I looked at it, at the same time there was a really bad smell. I was hoping that blonde leeche was going to attack me in front of them. It was from Edward. Turn around.

That's weird. I turned around and Edward was standing behind me. I smiled and did he. I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him.

"Hi," he whispered in my ear.

"Hi," I whispered back. I forgot that Daniela and Margarita where there. When I realized, I got off him. "Oh, um, this is Edward," I answered embarrassed as they were looking at me. "Edward, that's Margarita," I pointed to Margarita. "That's Daniela," I pointed to Daniela. "And that's Kristie and Josh," I pointed to Kristie and Josh.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all," Edward said polity.

"You too," Margarita said with a worried look on her face. She obviously knows about his secret.

"What were you doing?" he asked.

"We were just walking . . . a- and talking," Daniela said hesitantly.

I tried hard not to laugh. "Come on," I said and grabbed his hand. We all started walking again. We ended up walking for an hour. We ended up at my house, Charlie still wasn't home. " I should go," I said and stopped walking.

"Oh, why?" Margarita whined.

"Charlie will be home soon," I explained.

"Fine," she sighed.

"Will we see you soon?" Daniela asked.

"Uh, sure," I answered.

"Do you mind if I come inside with you?" Edward asked.

"Okay," I answered trying to be calm.

He smiled.

"Bye," I waved to them while walking with Edward to the front door.

"Bye," they called. I opened the door and closed as soon as Edward walked through. I turned around and Edward kissed me. It was a deep and long kiss. I put my hands through his hair. He pulled away a couple of inches from my face.

"Have no idea how long I wanted to do that," he breathed.

"Me too," I sighed. Then, I heard my dad's car park into the driveway. Crap.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you," he joked.

"I'm not worried about me . . ." I said.

"Do you mind if I meet him?" Edward asked innocently.

"Uh . . . okay," I answered. I heard Charlie's boots, coming closer and closer. I jumped, Edward chuckled. "Lets go into the kitchen," I suggested. I grabbed Edward's hand and dragged him into the kitchen. "Sit," I orderly nervously.

He laughed. "Calm down, love," he said. I sat down, more calmed. Then, I heard the door unlock and Charlie stepped through the door.