Smallville at Twilight

Chapter 3

Someone was holding me loosely around the waist when I woke up. Then I remembered I had stayed the night at Bart's after he left. I was lying on my side and Bart was spooning me. I twisted so I was now face to face with sleeping Bart.

He looked so peaceful when he was asleep. His face was completely relaxed and smooth from any worry's he may have had last night patrolling the streets. He was keeping the citizens of Metropolis safe and out of harm.

Bart sighed, fanning me with his breath.

I just now noticed that Bart was sleeping only in sweat pants leaving his chest completely and utterly bare to me. Bart was a little bit more muscular than him but nowhere near the size of Emmett. Kind of the size of Jasper. I traced the muscles of his chest and abs with my finger tip. I ended my little personal tour of Bart's chest when I got to his heart. I laid my hand flat against it and I could feel it beating.

Bart sighed again in his sleep. I gave him a small peck on the lips and he opened his blue—green eyes.

"Good morning." I whispered to him.

"What a good morning it is." He agreed and kissed my soundly on the lips.

"Definitely." I agreed when I got the chance to breathe again.

He hummed and attacked my lips again.

Somehow I don't think I'll be leaving this bed for awhile.

~*~*~*~*~*~*Later~*~*~*~*~*~*~

When Bart and I did finally leave his bed it was only because we got hungry. We didn't do anything besides kissing. Bart wasn't about to pressure me into anything and right now I really didn't feel like doing anything like that. I liked the way things were now. If we added in sex…who knew what would happen. And besides we had only been dating for about three months.

I made Bart pancakes while he took a shower and he came out just as I finished the last one. I think he grabbed like four and I grabbed two. We ate in silence but I had no need to fill it.

After breakfast it was my turn to take a shower. Then we just watched some TV and talked during the commercials. Before I knew it, it was nearly one in the afternoon.

My phone rang as I was heading into the kitchen to make lunch.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey Bella!" Alice's voice said over the phone. "I was wondering if you would like to come over to the house today?"

"Um…Alice I don't know where you live." I whispered glancing over at Bart.

"I'll come pick you up. Where are you?"

"Um…my…friend's apartment."

"That's cool. Where is that? I can't see you right now."

I gave Alice the direction's to Bart's apartment and we said our goodbyes and see you soons.

"Hey Bart?" I called while grabbing my things.

"Yeah?"

"I'm going to go see…um…an old friend. I have to go now." I shouted as I grabbed my last thing.

When I turned around he was right there. He leaned down till I could feel his lips brush mine when he talked.

"Did you really think you could leave without giving me a kiss goodbye?" He whispered.

I smiled slowly. "Maybe, maybe not." I breathed as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

Then his lips were on mine. One of his hands went to my waist and the other cupped the left side of my face. It was over before I would have wanted it to.

"You should go before I hold you prisoner here." He warned me.

I smiled but didn't move away. "That doesn't sound so bad."

"And your friend?"

"Damn." I sighed.

Needless to say within a few minutes I was in front of the building waiting for Alice to show up. Within a minute of me standing there a new looking bright yellow Porsche was pulling up in front of me. The window rolled down and I ducked down to see Alice sitting in the driver's seat.

"Well, are you going to get in or what?" She asked in a singsong voice.

"As if you don't already know the answer to that question." I muttered as I hooped in the car.

It was silent as we made our way out of the buildings pull up section. Finally we were out of the city and on to a forest closed rode.

Finally I sucked up to say what I was willing myself to say. "Hey Alice, about yesterday…what I said was rude and uncalled for. I'm really sorry. It's not like you guys can help what you are."

She nodded but didn't say anything. Alice wasn't being her normal bubbly self. She kind of looked like she would be crying right now if she could.

"Um…Alice are you okay?" I asked her.

She waved her hand in dismissal. "It's fine. It's not like it's your fault." I don't know if I heard this next part right but I think I heard her breath out, "Although Rose would disagree with me."

"What wait did you say?"

"Nothing." She shook her head as if she didn't want to think of something.

I just noticed that we were parked now. I looked up to see a house—or maybe mansion?—that looked like the Cullen's house in Forks. It was huge, white and had tons of windows like the other one.

"Wow." I breathed out.

"You like it?" Alice asked.

"Of course I do." I smiled at her. She smiled a little in return but not her usual one.

"Come on. Emmett's dying to see you again."

She got out of the car. I scrambled after her nearly falling on my face in the process. When she reached the front door she just walked in. I noticed Emmett and Rosalie sitting on the love seat to the right of me. The inside reminded me the house in Forks. It was bright in here too. A lot of light creams and white colors too.

Emmett hopped up out of his spot and gave me one of his bear hugs before I could even register it. He was crushing me with his strength but I didn't mind I missed him. Along with every other Cullen including Rosalie.
Finally when I couldn't take much more of Emmett's hug without passing out I gasped, "Can't…breathe."

Emmett laughed his booming laugh and set me down. "Still the same breakable human that's for sure."

"Hello again Bella." Jasper said from beside Alice.

I jumped a little and Emmett chuckled. Then Emmett made his way back to Rosalie's side.

"Hey Jasper." I waved a little and smiled timidly.

I noticed Rosalie hadn't looked up from her magazine she was reading.

"Hello Rosalie." I whispered.

She looked up from her magazine long enough to glare at me and return to her reading.

"Carlisle and Esme are on a trip in Paris but they'll be back in a few days." Alice explained.

"Oh." I said. "So where's Edward?"

They all glanced around at each other even Rosalie stopped reading.

"You didn't tell her." Rosalie realized.

"There was never a good time." Alice explained.

"She should know though." Jasper said in his accent.

"Yeah." Emmett chimed in.

"What don't I know?" I asked.

"Edward's...not here." Alice winced.

"So where is he?" I asked still not getting what they were hinting at. Was Edward on a trip too? Or was he hunting?

Rosalie looked me square in the eye and said the four words that made my heart stop completely, "Edward joined the Volturi."

Oh snap!

Bet you didn't expect that cliff hanger!

So this chapter was like really short—I know that—but you gotta hate cliff hangers, right? I thought I would leave you with that until next time.

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