Chapter 4 – La Push
EPOV.
Sunday had finally arrived. I had been looking forward to this day all weekend. To be honest I was slightly scared that Rosalie might convince Bella not to go, but hopefully that wouldn't be the case.
It was only 9:30 but I was already standing in front of my closet, wondering what to wear. This was all new to me, impressing a girl I mean.
I decided to call Alice for some assistance with what to wear. I picked up the phone and saw that I had three missed calls from Bella. She must have called while I was in the shower. She wasn't calling to cancel was she?
I decided to call Bella back. After four rings, she picked up.
"Edward?" She sounded quite anxious.
"Yes Bella, its me. Is everything okay?" Please be okay.
"Rosalie said she'd meet us there. We're going to First Beach right?"
"Yes. That's right."
There was silence.
"Um…Instead of following your car, do you think maybe I could get ride with you? It'd be more fuel efficient."
Yes, yes, yes!
"Of course you may." I said, trying to hide my excitement. I probably failed miserably.
"Okay. Thanks, Edward. I'll see you at 10:30?"
"Wait, where do you live?" I asked.
"Serious? You don't know?"
Uh oh. Was I supposed to? Had she told me before?
"Um…"
"Oh I just thought everyone knew where the Chief lived." She said.
Realization washed over me. "You're the Chief's daughter?" Oh no.
"Yeah. Hence the same last name."
"Oh…yeah I know where you live." Hope daddy isn't not home.
Bella laughed. "I'm having trouble with deciding what to wear. Will it be cold there?"
"What a coincidence, I'm having the same problem actually."
"Alright, well then we'll just have to wing it. I'll see you soon!" She said hanging up.
Wing it? What did that mean?
Being the nerd that I was, I went to my laptop and looked it up.
I went on Google and typed in define: wing it
There was only one definition that came up.
To improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; or to perform with little or no preparation.
Wow, Bella was so clever.
Gee, I was so sad.
I ended up wearing blue jeans, a long light tan sweater with a collared shirt underneath. All my clothes were picked out and bought by Esme and Kaure so hopefully I didn't look like a dork. I smoothed the collar against my neck and got ready to pick up Bella.
I got to Bella's house at 10:05. I hope she didn't think I was an obsessed weirdo. Thank god Bella's truck was the only one in the driveway, guess Daddy wasn't home after all.
I decided to stay in the car and listen to the radio.
The passenger door opened not long after and Bella came into the car. She giggled.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"We match."
That's when I realized Bella was also wearing jeans, a tan sweater with a collar showing underneath. The difference was, she looked stunning and I looked like a boring college professor. I even had the glasses to complete the look.
Boring definitely would not be a word I would use to describe the drive to La Push though. Bella was so lively, so excited, she couldn't stop talking.
"I'm talking too much, aren't I?" Bella asked twenty minutes into the drive.
"Yes." I admitted. "But I love listening to your voice. Please don't stop."
Bella blushed. "If you've heard me sing before, you'd probably state otherwise."
"Try me. I want to hear you sing."
Bella started shaking her head vigorously. "Hmmm…lets play twenty questions." She suggested, trying to change the subject. It worked.
"Okay you first." I replied.
"Um…How about a less personal question first…" She said trailing off. "Who would you rather, Megan Fox or Pamela Anderson?"
Neither. I'd rather Bella Swan.
"Um…Megan Fox."
Bella smiled "Okay your turn."
"Mike Newton or Tyler Crowley?" I asked.
"That's not fair, they're real."
My eyebrows furrowed together. "Megan Fox and Pamela Anderson are real too."
Bella huffed. "Fine. Mike." Interesting.
"What about you? Rosalie, Lauren or Jessica?"
"I thought we were playing twenty questions not…'Who would you rather'."
Bella giggled. "It's a question isn't it?"
"Fine…Jessica."
Bella nodded. "You're turn."
"Why did you buy me that day at the slave auction?" I asked.
Bella answered after a moment of hesitation. "Honestly Edward…I don't know."
"You can tell me." I barely whispered.
"I just felt…sorry for you, I guess."
My heart sank. Of course it was out of sympathy. What else would it be?
"You really didn't have to do that you know."
"Yeah but I don't regret it one bit."
"That's a hundred dollars down the drain."
"Yeah but that one hundred dollars allowed me to get to know you."
I smiled. "We're here." I said.
Bella and I got out and walked over to the beach. It was basically deserted.
"EDWARD!" I heard someone yell in a high-pitched voice. Alice.
I turned around and saw my short pixie-like cousin. Alice had cropped, dark hair up to her shoulders, she had small features and was very thin.
"Hi Alice." Alice wasn't even paying attention to me anymore.
"Hi, you must be Bella. I'm Alice Cullen" Alice said, pulling Bella into a hug. Actually, it was more of a squeeze than a hug.
"Alice!" I groaned. She glared at me, still holding Bella in a tight embrace.
"BELLA!" Emmett said coming out of nowhere as he went to hug both Alice and Bella.
Emmett was the same age as Alice and I, but he looked much older. Emmett had dark, curly hair and had the physique of a bodybuilder. This scared me because he could potentially be hurting Bella.
"Let her go, Guys!" I demanded.
They actually listened.
"I'm sorry about that." I said to Bella.
"What? It's fine." She said smiling. "Its really nice to meet you guys." She said, blushing slightly.
"I like you." Alice said with enthusiasm. "Let's go for a walk." She continued, dragging Bella away.
I looked over at Emmett. He was grinning at me.
"What?" I asked.
"She's cute." He stated.
"Yeah, I know."
"Ask her out already, Dude!"
"I…What if she says no."
"We'll you'll never know."
"Hi Edward." Someone said behind me.
I turned around. It was Rosalie.
"Hello Rosalie." I said, trying to hide my distaste.
"Since we're all introducing our cousins, I brought mine. This is Jasper." Rosalie said gesturing towards the tall, lean guy with honey blonde hair standing next to her. I didn't even notice him.
I gave him a small wave. "This is my cousin Emmett." I said, motioning towards Emmett.
"You're hot." Emmett said holding his hand out for Rosalie to shake.
Rosalie giggled and shook his hand.
Finally Bella and Alice came back.
"There you are!" Rosalie said to Bella. "Guess what Bells…"
"What?"
"I invited all the seniors from Forks to come here! Party time!" She squealed.
There was silence.
"Uh…Alice this is Rosalie and Jasper." I said, trying to break the silence.
Alice gave them a shy smile and a little wave. Wow. Who would have thought Alice would ever be shy?
"Ew! What the hell Bella!" Rosalie exclaimed.
"What?" She asked.
"You're dressed the same as Edward. What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Rose please…" Bella said. It sounded as if she was begging.
"Okay I'm sorry. I wont let you're horrific little outfits ruin my day."
The awkwardness past and before I knew it, the whole beach was surrounded by people.
Emmett and Rosalie were walking along the beach, laughing with each other. Alice was sitting on some large rocks with Jasper, seemingly whispering amongst one another. Bella was surrounded by a group of guys and I just stood in the middle of the beach. Alone.
"Edward!" I'd recognize that voice anywhere.
I turned to see Bella wearing a black leather jacket.
"Nice jacket." I complimented.
"Mike gave it to me coz it was kinda cold."
How kind of Mike.
"Want to get out of here?" Bella asked. "We could go to a Diner with Alice and Emmett."
Yes please.
"Alright." I said.
Bella and I ended up in La Push Diner along with Alice, Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie.
Rosalie and Bella were seated together. I was on Bella's left; Emmett was on my left who was next to Rosalie. Rosalie had Jasper on her left and Alice was in between Jasper and I.
We had all ordered and were speaking animatedly amongst one another.
"Bella and I are going to use the bathroom." Rosalie announced.
"I'm coming too." Alice said.
I watched as Bella walked away. She was so beautiful.
"I was just wondering…" Jasper began. "If it's okay with you Emmett, I'd like to take Alice out on a date. She told me that your parents had past away, so I wanted to ask for your approval."
"I don't know…" I began.
"Sure. As long as I can take Rosalie out one day." Emmett grinned.
"Is today the day to trade off our sisters and cousins or whatever?" I asked.
"I see how you look at Bella, Edward." Jasper teased. "She's like a sister to me too."
I was about to tell him I had no idea what he was talking about when the food arrived.
Five minutes after the food had come, Bella, Alice and Rosalie still hadn't come back from the bathroom. Emmett had already started eating, however, Jasper and I were still waiting for the girls to return.
"Do you think they're okay?" I asked, rather concerned.
"They're fine, Edward. You know what they're doing in there? Talking about us." Emmett said with his mouth full.
"I wonder what they're saying…" I said to nobody in particular.
"Probably how handsome I am." Emmett replied.
"Or how cute I am." Jasper added. I rolled my eyes.
The girls finally returned and we started to eat.
After our meal we just sat there talking for about half and hour. It was as if we'd all been friends for years. To my surprise, even Rosalie had kept her snide comments to herself, which was something I did not expect.
It was almost 6:30 so Bella and I decided to go. I went to pay for everyone's meal and left.
I opened the passenger door of my car for Bella to go inside. I then went around and got into the driver's seat. Unexpectedly, Bella went over the console and straddled me. My breathing hitched. She gave me a small smile and put her arms around me.
"I'm sorry about today. I know it wasn't what you planned. We didn't even get to spend much time together." She said.
"Its okay." I said, hugging her back. This definitely made up for being left alone on the beach.
Bella moved her arms from around me and put her hands on the sides my face.
"Edward, you're amazing." She whispered.
My heart was beating at a rapid speed. I was panicking. Was Bella about to kiss me? Was I about to have my first kiss? What if I did it wrong? I didn't have bad breath, did I?
"Bella…you are…incredible." I basically stuttered. "I'm so lucky to have someone like you in my life. You'll always be my best friend."
"Oh." Bella said, removing her hands from my face.
There was a tap on the window. Bella and I looked over at the same time. It was Emmett. His thumbs were up and he had a huge grin on his face.
Bella and I turned our attention back to each other.
"Friends…" She whispered as we she back to the passenger side.
Why had I said that? I was such an idiot. I really hoped that I hadn't ruined my chances with Bella. With my luck, I'm pretty sure I had.
