Emmett: Hey everybody! Yay we have reached TEN real chapters!
Me: Hey! That's what I was going to say!
Emmett: Well I beat you to it this time so there! I'm so awesome!
Me: well I get to say thank you for all my lovely readers who have read this story so far and added me to favorite's lists or added my story to their updates list!
Emmett: No fair that was supposed to be my line!
Me: Really? What are you going to do about it?
Edward: I am surrounded by children! Emmie don't you have something you need to say?
Me: *breaking off staring contest with Emmett* oh yeah! I own nothing twilight! The characters and stuff all belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 10: oh joy
(Bella pov)
Monday mornings. Need I say more? After the eventful Saturday I managed to put off talking to both Alice and Edward since the Family and I spent Sunday at the hospital seeing my new little nephew. Cabby is so cute! (Yes the nickname stuck, Em let it slip when he went to see Leah and she loved it, she said it was original. I think it was the hormones talking to be honest.) He had little black curls on the top of his head like dad's and Em's we could all tell the Swan traits would be dominant, its too early to decide who he looks like. Uncle Billy and Jakes sisters had been unable to make it to the hospital over the weekend but they were going to spend today helping the new parents back at Leah and Jake's (they finally moved back to their place and Em got the room they were using, I didn't mind and now he and Seth could stop building pillow forts when they should have been sleeping.)
Since we were at the hospital all of yesterday I conveniently forgot my cell at home. I know I was avoiding the inevitable but I figured Alice could wait (the thirty missed calls I had last night only proved how much patience the evil pixie has!) Now Edward I was avoiding, I realized after the Cullens left that I had acted impulsively in kissing him, even if it was just on the cheek. I am such a loser that I hadn't even kissed a guy on the cheek before. And after what Alice had shouted out last Wednesday he probably thought the same thing, I had almost forgotten about the incident from band class until later Saturday night (technically it was 2 am Sunday morning). I also figured that was the real reason behind Edward actually going with me to the dance (well we would have gone if my sister didn't end up going into labor). What the hell was I thinking? I am such a loser.
"Um, Bella if you keep staring off into space like that we will be late for school and I kind of would like to see Rosie for a bit." I didn't hear Em walk into the kitchen. I jumped and knocked my nearly empty cereal bowl over. Yep Mondays and I are great friends.
"Hey are you okay? You seem out of it." Emmett asked as he helped me clean up the mess.
"Yeah I'm fine, just tired I guess from all the excitement of the last couple of days." Em didn't ask me anything else as we headed off to school. By some miracle the Hurricane decided it wasn't busted when we tried it out Sunday morning. Em mentioned something about the "fucking starter" but I don't speak car, him and Rose were going to mess with it during their mechanics class as an extra credit project, and they call me a nerd.
Pulling up to the school parking lot I could already see a tiny bouncing figure standing by three others next to the shiny Volvo. Naturally Em parked next to the Volvo. I was actually able to get out of the car this time before Alice was on me like white on rice.
"Did you not get any of my phone calls? Where were you yesterday?" Alice exclaimed as she put her hands on her hips and started tapping her foot.
"Relax Alice. The fam and I spent yesterday visiting with Leah and the baby. By the time we got home it was already too late to call you back." That was a lie, we got back at 7 but she didn't need to know that. "And yes I got all thirty voice mails." I tried to give her my best pissed off glare but she just rolled her eyes at me before turning and dancing back over to the others (I'm serious, she literally glided along like a ballerina, she has guts).
I glanced over to see Em put his arm around Rose and give her a kiss (so I guess she said yes to going out). Rose actually blushed and giggled as Em pulled a way but left his arm around her waist, it as so sweet I wanted to gag a little (hey it's my brother, I am happy for Rose but that doesn't mean I want to see that shit!) Once Alice danced over she went to stand next to Jasper and Edward, who were deep into a conversation about something. As I got closer I was able to hear what they were talking about.
"Come on it could be a lot of fun, just think about it." Jasper argued. I also noticed that Alice was subtly holding his hand. Like I said before, the girl works fast.
"I don't know Jazz, I am the only piano player and you never know someone else might need to work with me." Ahhh Edward. He was running his hand through his hair and I was suddenly struck by a very disturbing thought, could people go bald from pulling at their hair? God I hope not. Since neither had noticed my presence I took the opportunity to openly stare at my Greek god…I mean he's not really mine, I would like him to be mine…now I am rambling, back to eavesdropping.
"Edward, dad said we could form our own musical groups to work together in class since there aren't many of us, why not do a strings and piano grouping? Ali on the cello, me on the viola and you on piano, it would be awesome!" Jasper gets really excited when it comes to music. It made me a little sad that I couldn't work with Edward, but there is always Angela and Ben. Edward gave a huge sigh before looking over and finally seeing me standing by Alice.
"Hey Bella." He smiled, oh that smile. I could feel my face heat up as a mumbled a reply.
"Your sis and your nephew okay?"
"Yeah, thanks to you for showing up on time for our date." I told him, and then froze when I noticed that I put my foot in my mouth. Shit, I did not just say that. The look on his face says that I just did, he looked as shocked as I felt. The bell rang to head in to the school and I took off like a bat out of hell. Damn damn damn! Just when I was finally able to talk to him like a normal person I had to go and make it awkward. And I let him know that I thought of Sat originally as a date! I wasn't paying too much attention on my way to English class and I ended up bumping into someone and my books got scattered all over the floor (thank god I left my flute in the band storage room over the weekend).
"Watch where you are going bitch!" Damn, Monday just got worse. Of all the people to run into today I had to run into Tanya, literally. I thought I was done with her, she has only been glaring at me from a distance since the second day of school, but I guess not. She thankfully walked off after only kicking my books out of her way. As I was gathering them the warning bell rang.
It must be my lucky day because I made it as the late bell was ringing. I ignored both of Rose and Em's stares as I made it to my seat and put my head down, I had already read the book Things fall apart when I lived with my mom so I didn't really have to pay attention. An hour later when the bell rang I was the first one out and the first one to math class, the one and only class that really gave me a headache (gym class doesn't count, that class just wants to watch me die a slow painful death, math wants my brain to fry itself). When Angela and Ben showed up they asked me why I skipped out on the dance and I told them about Cabby minus the nickname, but Ben said the same thing that Emmett did, which earned him a smack on the back of his head from Angela (maybe they can double with Em and Rose). I didn't want math to end, no matter how much my head hurt, because I knew that I would have to face Alice in Spanish. Thankfully we aren't able to talk unless it's in Spanish, and seeing as I only know five phrases I was in the clear!
Not. I wasn't in the clear. Senora Martin apparently ate some bad sushi and called in sick. This meant Alice had a whole hour to question me. Oh what joy! And she didn't waste any time.
"Bella! What the hell happened this morning? You just took off with out so much as a see you later!"
"Nothing really happened, other then me embarrassing myself like an idiot." I told her putting my head in my hands.
"Well I guess that normal behavior for you, what happened on Saturday? Don't think I didn't see that peck on the cheek you gave my brother."
"I was thanking him for helping out and looking after Seth, he didn't have to do that and I think I might have over stepped myself with that little peck."
"Oh please!" Alice scoffed. At this I looked back over at her. "He was more then happy that you showed him a little affection, he had a smirk on his face the whole ride home and trust me when I have control of the radio he never smirks." Hmmm that made me happy. He didn't mind my act of loser-ness. Then I remembered this morning.
"But Alice I made another mistake this morning." And I told her about mine and Edward's brief conversation.
"You mean the whole date thing? That wasn't a mistake you just caught him off guard. Trust me, he didn't mind it being called a date. And considering the fact that he hugged you on Saturday I would say it was datish anyway." I could see that she had a point…wait how did she know about the hug?
"Um, Alice how did you know he hugged me?" She gave me an evil smile that sent chills down my spine.
"I have my ways." After that she changed the subject on me by telling me about her and Jaspers date. They actually did show up at the dance but spent a lot of their time outside the gym. Then we got side tracked by her finally showing me how to work the ringtones on my phone and how to put in on silent (I did a happy dance in my head cause now I can get Barbie World off my phone!) After that class I was starting to enjoy my day again. Then we made it to the cafeteria and my happy spirits turned into nervous ones. I had brought my lunch again so I went and sat down while Alice went to the line. The others were there already and the only to seat available were next to Jasper or Edward. To be fair to Alice I sucked up what little courage I had and decided to sit next to Edward.
"Hello again." Yep that's what I was able to come up with for a greeting, aren't I the coolest person on earth? Edward looked over at me and smiled. I made up my mind right then and there to pretend my slip up earlier didn't happen.
(Edward pov)
"Hey Bella, had a good day so far?" I mentally was hitting myself in the head. Smooth move Cullen, that's the best thing I could come up with? After she ran off this morning I had a billion different scenarios and questions running through my mind. First I was ecstatic! She thought us going to the dance together as a date! I was in too much shock to really say anything back and then I missed my chance. What would have happened if I had followed her? What if Emmett had over heard?
"Um, you still there Edward?"
"Huh?" I said noticing Bella was giving me a worried look. "Sorry I zoned out for a minute there, did you say something?" Great now it looks like I don't care enough about what she says to me, again way to go Cullen. I was caught off guard when she giggled.
"I said that my day has gotten better as it goes on, then I asked you what you and Jazz were talking about this morning, you know about the playing groups in band." She ended with a smile.
"Oh," she should smile more often, "Jasper wants him, Alice and I to team up but I'm not sure what I want to do yet." I really wanted to work with Bella but I am too much of a chicken to just out right ask her.
"Oh, well that sounds like it would be a good group for a trio, you guys could do a lot of different music styles."
"What about you, do you know what you want to do yet?"
"I was thinking of working with Angela and Ben, she plays oboe and he plays clarinet so we could do a woodwind trio." My hopes were dashed. I thought about changing the subject when she spoke.
"But if you wanted I guess we could play something together too, I mean my uncle didn't say anything about being in more then one grouping, and it would make our concert longer then just half an hour." At first I thought I heard her wrong but when I looked at her face I could see her blush and the nervous look in those chocolate brown eyes.
"That would work just fine by me. Who knows, maybe Alice and Jazz could even do a duet on the side as well." Bella and I smiled at each other for a bit but our happy moment ended when Alice joined the table. I told her that I would join Jasper and her as well as work with Bella. The rest of lunch was spent talking about what pieces Jasper, Ali and I could play, while Bella added some suggestions that she remembered from her time at band camp (we had to stop talking about said band camp even though I wanted to see if she remembered me but that had to wait cause Emmett chose this point and time to copy the American Pie movies by doing all the "one time at band camp" one liners). It wasn't till the lunch bell rang that I remembered the riddle that Seth left me with about Thursday. I decided to ask Bella about it as we walked to biology.
"Hey Bella, can I ask you about this riddle I heard the other day?"
"Sure, I'm awesome at riddles."
"Okay, what does it mean if a day of the week only comes by once a year for a certain number of years?" God I hoped she could get it, I didn't want to use Thursday or 17 in case she didn't want Thursday to be known like Seth said she didn't. She was silent as we walked and as we took our seats, at first I thought she got offended. But then she had an aha moment.
"It's a birthday. Think about it, a day that only comes around once a year for a certain number of years, its not a holiday because those happen every year."
That's when it hit me. Thursday was her birthday. Looks like Seth earned his five dollars and he is about to earn five more cause I have no idea what to get her. The rest of the day flew past in a blur. In band after warm-ups we told Mr. Whitlock about our groups and he encouraged people to do more then one do I could play in both the trio and with Bella.
Nothing really happened in gym class other then the usual. We were playing badminton this week, it was Alice's turn to pair up with Bella this week (she refuses to pair up with me cause of the black eye incident and we think out of the other four in the group it is only fair to divi up the bruises) and Bella some how managed to not only hit her self and Alice with her racket, but also Loran, Clare, and Mike. After the trip to the nurse it was time to change and head home. I let my sisters choose the music in the car, because I didn't care at the moment. We made it home; I kissed my mom hello then went and locked myself in the practice room the my parents built for Ali and I (they built Rose a little work shop off the garage, Rose's dream job is to work in NASCAR as a pit crew person, I know she is such a nerd).
Since biology I have thought of nothing other then what to get Bella for her birthday. I didn't tell anyone cause it seems like something she didn't want known, but I still want to get her something. I was playing with the keys on my baby grand when a melody got stuck in my head, it started out sweet and soft but had a sad tone near the end. After playing around with it for about an hour I finally figured out what to give Bella for her birthday, it wasn't finished but I still had three days to work on it. I was so excited I didn't notice the knock on my door.
"That was pretty, you know it's been a while since you composed something for fun." My mother stood leaning against the door frame. She had a smile on her face and her eyes were sparkling.
"Really, I guess I haven't noticed." I mumbled hoping the subject would drop.
It didn't drop.
"You know you haven't composed anything since the summer we let you and Alice go to that summer camp, I think Alice mentioned something about it being because of a girl." Damn Alice and her big mouth, I should have confided in Rose but know that she is with said girl's brother…
"I would like have her for dinner." Wait what?
"Um mom I missed that last statement." Mom gave me the same evil smile that both Alice and Rose inherited.
"I said that it was nice meeting Bella on Saturday but I would like to have her over for dinner sometime, we could invite Emmett and Jasper too. I think its time we had all my children's love interests over, don't you think?" With that she turned and left me sitting at my piano bench in complete wonderment.
My mother wanted to meet all her children's love interests? And then it hit me. Esme Cullen figured out that I liked Bella and wanted to have her and the others over for a family dinner where she would most likely show our baby pictures.
Oh joy…
Me: Thank you for reading my tenth chapter! And I would once again like to thank my readers, the few who have reviewed and my sister for convincing me to post my story. I would live to know what you all think till next chapter I hope you all are enjoying your summer ;p