Chapter 5
Once they were at the beach, Emmett, Jasper, and a few guys from the football team left Edward at the main site while they scoured the beach looking for wood. From the looks of things there wasn't the crowd that Emmett thought there would be. The bonfire was a much smaller affair then he had been boasting about.
Edward busied himself by creating a fire ring a small distance from the water. It was still low tide but that would change soon. Edward was so lost in thought, he didn't notice as others started showing up, bringing things down to the beach. He was still thinking about the girl from the quad at school, Isabella. That's what Emmett's girlfriend had said her name was.
It wasn't until someone called him by his dreaded nickname that Edward let the girl drift from his thoughts. He hated being called Ed, so hearing the voice that called, he already knew who was speaking before he even turned around.
"Hey, Ed. I think I'm getting lucky tonight with that redhead over there. Man, wouldn't you like to grab a hold of that body and ride it till next Tuesday? Oh, wait, that's right, you're not into girls, or women... are you?" Eric mocked. Asshole, Edward thought.
Edward had known Eric back home in Chicago, before he moved to Washington. Eric was right about one thing though, he probably would get lucky with the red head 'over there', whichever girl that was.
"It's Edward. And have fun with that," Edward retorted. It figured Eric would be the one to pull him from where he wanted to be, thoughts of Isabella, and now that had been ruined. He wasn't in the mood to be at the bonfire. He wanted to find out more about the mysterious girl who wouldn't look at him.