A/N: Here is chapter 18-part 2- Remember I speak Spanish, so I'm sorry for the mistakes this might have. PLEASE COMMENT BACK! And Enjoy ;)
Chapter 18 – part 2
The lake seemed a bit crowded when we arrived. The sun up in the sky – making its presence notorious by the heat it was irradiating. Emmett pulled over his jeep – he almost cried to let us bring – and within some minutes we found our spot near the lake.
The short white skirt Alice had chosen for me was making difficult my comfort but I had to admit it went pretty well with the stone blue top. What I was afraid – and seriously afraid was to take off this outfit and show the real one. The tiny, super tiny blue bikini Alice had thought would be the best one for me. Thank you, Alice!
Edward and Emmett helped Alice and she was sighing all the time. But well, I couldn't do anything here… No way was Edward not going to help her. There were some girls far away, but I couldn't identify who they were by my spot.
Emmett and Edward started taking their shirt off and Alice – with NO help – her skirt and top. Yep, the only one left was me.
But I couldn't do it, I felt too self conscious. And for the excess of heat in my face – that I was sure the sun couldn't provoke it, I knew I was blushing like hell.
I was sitting in the sand and Edward had his back to me – standing. and unconsciously I couldn't stop myself and peeped once at his well formed back. Almost a Michelangelo's type of back. I took my eyes fast enough before he turned around and stared back at me. His eyes skeptical.
"Umm, Bell? Why are you still with your clothes on?" His eyebrows were arched.
Why did he have to point that out?! "I'm a bit cold…" I lied, wrapping my shoulders with my hands.
The three of them laughed. "Yeah, I can see the 'cold-sweat'!" Emmett amused, a loud guffaw invading the quietness. I glared at him with dark eyes in response.
"Oh, please, Bella! Just stop with that 'I'm-so-embarrassed' thing! You know your body rocks and besides, Edward and Emmett know you since you are seven!" Alice almost shouted, obviously pissed off for my no appreciative attitude towards her work.
Their eyes turned to meet me. And I gulped heavily. She was probably right… no need of this self conscious thing, we were friends!
Their looks were too concentrated. "Alright, could you at least not stare?" I fumed.
They both chuckled in response and turned around. "Come on, porn star! We really don't want to make you blush."Emmett laughed. Edward's fist found Emmett's arm as he punched him. Aw, thank you Eddie!
First the skirt, then the top and then… voilà! Jeez, this blue thing was really minute. Alice grinned mischievously as she stared at me, her eyes proud.
"Oh, I really am a genius." She sang, clapping her hands with impatience.
"Can we turn around?" Edward asked, hitting the sand with his foot.
"Sure," I murmured. And with that the red color found my face one more time.
"Whoa, Bella! You are not seven anymore, aren't you?" Emmett almost shouted as he scrutinized my body. He made my blush of the day as he finished with a wolf sound escaping his thorax.
"Jerk," I muttered defeated and landed in the sand.
I could feel Edward's eyes staring at my face –but it was like some kind of invisible force was making him look to other parts of me – and he was making the impossible to fight back.
He walked silently to my spot and sat beside me, his elbows in the sand to support himself. Alright, I so wasn't expecting any comment by him. But it wasn't like I ALWAYS wore this kind of outfits! Wasn't he even a bit shocked? Not that I cared, anyway.
Alice sighed and fumed at Edward. "Aren't you going to say... anything?"
"Sorry?" He breathed.
Alice's eyes were pointing him, me. "I don't know… like about the girl you have on your side, maybe?"
Edward's eyes were in the front. Not looking at me even by mistake. "Oh, yeah." He shrugged and kept staring to an invisible spot in his front. And just there something felt odd… I felt something inside I couldn't really interpret, but it wasn't a nice feeling at all.
"Jeez, thanks." I muttered without thinking. It just came off my system before I could shut it.
Edward's eyes suddenly met mine. "What?"
"Nothing," I muttered back and lay down in the sand.
"Oh, I can see Tanya from here! She's just some meters away. I'll go there, okay?" Alice said excited. Tanya was one of her best friends, and she was pretty nice. The best thing was that she'd never cared about Alice being in a wheelchair, and that was awesome.
"No, I'll go with you." Edward was on his feet at that second, overprotecting her one more time.
"Hey, I'll go…" Emmet suggested, his voice playful. "I think I see Rosalie Hale from here too. Yummy!" He let out another loud guffaw and started walking beside Alice. Rosalie Hale, the sister of someone I'd go on a date tonight, was one of the prettiest girls I'd ever seen. For not to say the prettiest one – I really didn't know that many people.
And Emmett had always had a crush on her. But she had been all the time too busy on herself to really like somebody else. But Emmett, oh Emmett would never surrender.
Edward sighed and splashed to the sand one more time. I closed my eyes, filling myself with the nice heat of the sun.
The sand felt so comfortable… I knew some people didn't like the feeling of the sand all over their bodies, but I did. I really liked to feel the sand caressing my skin, and an unconscious smile touched my lips in response of the enjoyment.
Suddenly everything felt too quiet. And reflexively I opened my eyes to see where this muted state was coming from.
Just to wish not to have done that, because the heat on my face increased so much that I thought it would explode. And somehow… my heart started to beat faster, it should be the sun, yeah it was that.
Edward was staring to every inch of my body, his eyes widened, and his mouth a bit more open than usual - the corner of his lips arched in a smile. One hand was messing his own hair up as he scrutinized me from head to foot, with lost eyes. He seemed to be almost hypnotized because I stared back at him as if he would catch the hint, but he would just continue with the 'checking-out-party' with the same weird look on his face. Why was he doing that? He sure was preoccupied because of the way I talked to him before, that was why he stared like that. But… he should have been staring to my face if that was the problem, right?
When I thought I was really going to explode from the blush on my face, I thought it was time to clear my throat and see if that would take him out of the state he was in.
But it wasn't me doing it. "EDWARD!" JessicASS called from behind us. Making us both jump in response to her pig-like shriek. She was wearing a hideous full of sequins bikini, exposing as much of her body as possible.
Edward cleared his throat this time and stared at her with disoriented eyes. "Jessica?" He said - his voice husky.
"Yes, baby. How are you?" Her voice had an edge I couldn't really identify. Would have she seen the previous scene? She bended down with a provocative movement and kissed him strong in the lips. Edward eyes widened for the unexpected action. And my eyes involuntary turned away, meeting everything but them.
Suddenly I felt them stop and Jessica sighing loudly, as if she was annoyed.
"Hello Isabella," She said with the same annoyance in her voice.
"Hi," I muttered. AND IT'S BELLA!
"It's Bella," But it wasn't me who said it.
"Oh, whatever." She glared at her 'boyfriend'. "So, I didn't know you liked to dress like that. Do you think it goes well with… you?" She slapped and scrutinized me with disgust on her face. Oh, who did she think she was?!
I was going to say something, but she made me wondered if she was right… God, I hated her, she always made me feel so small!
"Actually, I think she looks really good. Blue suits her perfectly." Edward mumbled, trying to fight with that invisible force one more time. And of course I blushed, and smiled… he was always there for me. Even if he didn't really mean what he said.
She almost ate him with her eyes. She truly looked diabolic for a second. "And what about me, baby. Do you like what I'm wearing?" I could tell she was angry, but she hided it well under her 'sexy' tone.
"Yeah, it's nice." He shrugged and stood up from his spot, leaving her in the sand. Ha, ha.
"Ugh, I hate the sand." She muttered under her breathe and stood up. Her features more annoyed.
"Really?" Edward frowned. "I love it."
And I smiled for my inside.
"Why are you smiling?" Jessica glared at me. Well, I thought it was for my inside!
"I wasn't smiling; I was making a face because I'm hot." I lied and waved my hand in the air.
"Wanna go swim?" My best friend invited me offering me his hand.
I was going to complain, to tell him I didn't swim. But for some reason, I did want to swim today. "I do. Thanks." I smiled at him and took his hand.
JessicASS sighed heavily, she could have totally shouted of the furiousness she was irradiating. And it made me want to… laugh.
"You wanna come?" Edward asked her, frowning.
"Of course I want to go!" She said with an over sweet voice and passed her hands through Edward's chest. That wh*re! "Would you take me to the water?"
Edward grabbed her hands with a light movement. "Umm, sure if you want to…"
"Awesome!" She shrieked and jumped to his chest. Edward grabbed her easily and motioned me to follow. I felt really out of place, but went anyway. Something inside me I didn't understand wanted me to be there.
We climbed a few rocks and then after Jessica requested his mouth one more time, I thought he was jumping to the water with her, but he released her to the water with another light movement.
After the SPLASH! And Jessica's face when she reached the surface again, I was sure she'd thought the same as me. And her devil eyes were there one more time.
"Why didn't you jump?! Aren't you coming to the water?" She shouted, waving her hands.
Edward grinned mischievously. "Yes I am!" And then with a fast movement he grabbed me from waist and made us both flew through the air until the SPLASH! and the water surrounded us.
I was still so shock for the sudden and unexpected action that I forgot to float. The water was already pulling me to its depth when two warm hands catch me and brought me to the sun again.
"'you okay?" Edward face was worried as he scrutinized mine. I coughed some times to let out the water my system gulped. And nodded.
"I'm sorry, I was playing…" He said a bit guilty. His arms still restraining me at my sides.
"Oh, she's fine Edward! But you shouldn't let her in the water she clearly doesn't know how to swim. Why did you jump with her in first place?" That was the witch Jessica talking.
Edward was still facing me as he talked. "She knows how to swim, I've taught her myself… And I jumped with her because is too funny the face she puts when she's falling." He chuckled.
"Ha ha," I said, splashing him some water.
"Oh, I see you are better."
"Yes, she is! Just let her swim herself." Jessica spoke for me and went to grab his back. He was going to say something when I cut him off.
"It's true, I'm okay, I can swim you said it yourse---"
But as I was finishing the sentence two shouts cut me off followed by another SPLASH!
Emmett and goddess Rosalie reached the surface with goofy smiles on their faces. Each one splashing water to the other.
"Oh, hey bro!" Emmett grinned. "I'm here with Rose," He winked at him.
"Really? I didn't see her," Edward chuckled, rolling his eyes. His big brother splashed some water to him in response.
"Rose!" Jessica shrieked, swimming to her side. Yep, they were friends. Close friends. "Emmett, huh?" She giggled on her ear. Rosalie smiled back.
And then her eyes found me. "Hi, Bella." she greeted, smiling sweetly. She really seemed nice. Why would she want to hang out with someone like JessicASS? "So you are coming home tonight, huh?"
BLUSH, BLUSH, BLUSH! "Y-yes, I am." How I wished to drawn here and now! But well, it wouldn't be such a productive thing to do… surely Edward would be rescuing me in that same second.
Rosalie laughed. "Don't worry, we won't be there to torment you. Jasper asked us if we could go eat outside tonight." He did?
I thought to have heard Edward muttering something under his breathe but I couldn't really tell. I was still too embarrassed for being talking with my date's sister.
Emmett was staring at Rosalie as if he was hypnotized, a bright smile decorating his face. Rosalie would kept peeping at him from the corner of her eyes and giggling back. There was surely something there, I could so tell that.
"So, I was wondering," Rosalie said, her tone seductive. "Maybe we could go out the six of us sometimes. Like in a triple date?" She stared at Emmett and smiled.
WHAT DID SHE SAY?!
Emmett mouth turned to a big grin, his eyes shining. "Yeah!" He almost shouted, too excited to just talk.
But in that same time Edward and I both denied it, abruptly. "NO!" Why I did that? I don't know. We stayed staring at each other's faces for some seconds, Jessica's face a poem, when Emmett swam to my side and bended down to reach my ear, to whisper.
"You know I know it wasn't a documentary, right? And I'm really dying to tell…"
I gulped and looked at Rosalie. "I'd love to…" I choked. Emmett grinned. Oh, I SO hated him right now!
"Edward?" He asked.
Edward stared at me with a frown and then sighed. "Sure, why not?" He muttered.
"I ADORE the idea!" Jessica shrieked, giving a kiss to Edward's neck.
"And I know my brother won't have any problem with it, so…" Rosalie grinned. "Tuesday's night?" We all nodded.
"Tuesday's night. It's a date." Emmett smiled brightly and splashed some water to us.
Great. Just, GREAT.
