Bella:
Alice has agreed to give me a lift to school today, since my car is pretty broken at the moment. Jacob will definitely be needed to come and fix it.
"Thanks for the lift!" I grin as I get into the car. I notice that a certain cowboy is sat in the front next to Alice, so I sit in the back with Edward. Alice turns around just to glare at me, claiming she's annoyed since now Esme's convinced Alice is going out with Jasper, and apparently gave her the safe sex talk last night. I laughed. A lot. "Hey Cowboy." I add, maybe just to wind Alice up a bit.
"Cowboy? Do y'all think I'm a cowboy?" Jasper asks.
"Yep. But in a good way. I'd love to go to Texas!" I lean forward and see that, yes, Jasper is again wearing cowboy boots.
"Oh, Bella, I've decided we're having a big party for your birthday!" Alice smirks as she tells me this.
"Is this my punishment for telling Emmett about the Cowboy?" I sigh, while Edward chuckles a bit.
"Of course. Now, we'll have to invite Queenie, and then Emmett will come, I'll be there, Edward, do you want to come? Oh, and Jasper, you can come if you want?" Alice goes into full party-planner mood, soon to be issuing out orders to all of us.
"Y-yeah, i-if that's o-ok with Bella…" Edward mutters.
"Of course it is! You're practically family to me, now." I smile at him.
"It'd be a pleasure to come, Miss Bella." Cowboy drawls.
"The more the merrier!" Alice sings. Once we reach school, we go our separate ways, apart from Alice and Jasper, who hold hands and walk off together.
At lunch time, Alice goes completely crazy with birthday plans. Well, she's always crazy, but she's going, if possible, crazier.
"Right, now, who do you want to invite? See, I was thinking Angela, Ben, Jessica, Lauren, Eric, Tyler, Bree, Riley, Diego, Fred, Tanya, Kate, Irina and…is there anyone else?" Alice is writing down the people as she speaks.
"Heidi, maybe?" I offer, to which Alice nods her head and scribbles her name down.
"You a fan of sports, Edward?" Cowboy asks, breaking the party planning. Not that I'm complaining about that, or anything.
"Um…y-yeah. I l-like basketball." Edward replies.
"Well, I was thinkin' 'bout goin' for the basketball team. You wanna come with?" Cowboy asks. He seems sweet, even with his cowboy boots.
"Y-yeah, I'd l-like that. Th-thanks." Edward grins shyly. I wonder if he's good at sports?
"My pleasure." Jasper drawls. He drawls everything, pretty much.
"Y'all finished? Lunch is 'bout to end." I ask, trying to do a Texas accent. Judging by the laughing, I'm not too good at it.
"Nice try, Miss Bella." Jasper smirks.
"Whatever, Cowboy. I would fit right in on a ranch in Texas. Oh, and on a completely unrelated topic, is saying someone's hair reminds you of oil a positive or negative thing?" Alice glares at me, while Cowboy smirks.
"A compliment, Miss Bella, 'cause this little miss' hair reminds me of home." Cowboy ruffles Alice's hair, and I'm thoroughly surprised he doesn't get a glare from her. When I so much as gently touch her hair, she goes crazy! Damn, she must really like him.
When it's the end of the day, Alice and I go to the gym to watch Jasper and Edward try out for the basketball team.
"You really like Jasper, don't you?" I ask after we've taken our seats.
"He's sweet and caring, and funny. Yeah, I can see myself falling for him." Alice sighs wistfully.
"Already? Isn't it a bit…soon?" I question, because I don't want to see Alice getting hurt.
"I don't love him yet, but I know we'll be together for a long time." Alice then proceeds to look over the gym to try and spot her Cowboy. While she does that, I find myself looking out for Edward. I spot him, standing awkwardly near the door to the gym, looking anxious at all the loud boys surrounding him.
"Looking at Edward?" Alice teases. Shit, I didn't realise I was so obvious.
"I'm just making sure he's ok. Like a friend would, you know." I mumble while looking at other people just so Alice doesn't get suspicious.
"Whatever, unsubtle, rubbish liar." Alice jokes.
"Yeah, you pixie-on-drugs." I joke right back.
"Hey! I'm not a pixie!" Alice protests.
"Oh right, I'm sorry, I forgot. You're an oil rig!" That earns me a hit to the arm. "You're a very violent person, you know. I think you need anger management, or something."
"I DO NOT NEED ANGER MANAGEMENT!" Alice shouts, making us receive some weird looks while we just laugh. I see Jasper look up to us and laugh, as well.
"Crazy, oil rig pixie." I tell her as Coach Clapp walks into the gym. He begins barking out orders, making Edward look even more scared.
Soon enough, all the boys begin dribbling the balls around the hall. After they do some more of that and other training things – like running and press ups, both of which I hate – they begin shooting hoops.
They take it in turns shooting firstly straight on. When it's Edward's time to go, Alice and I cheer, hoping to relieve some of his nerves. He looks so nervous, bless him. He looks up to us, and grins a little at me. I grin back and cheer him again, which seems to prompt him to take a shot.
He does, and it goes straight in, earning him an even larger cheer from Alice and I. Cheerleaders are so not as enthusiastic as we are.
Cowboy takes his shot, and like Edward's, it goes in with ease. Cue another cheer from Alice and me.
Once everyone has taken some shots, a game is set up. Cowboy and Edward are on the same team, so that's the team Alice and I cheer for. For the most part, Edward stays away from the action, until Cowboy seems to give him a pep talk or something. That seems to spur him on, causing him to catch the ball and head straight for the hoop. Somehow, he manages to fight off all the others, and get to the other side of the court.
He seems far away from the hoop, but with Cowboy shouting 'Shoot, Edward!' he goes for it. It goes in, causing a big cheer of joy from his team, and Alice and me. I feel like I'm in one of those films, where an important match is being played and the main character scores in the last few seconds.
Whatever, I'm happy for Edward. He seems pretty happy, too.
Shortly after, the game finishes, with Edward and Cowboy's team winning. The coach choses people to be on the team, and both Edward and Cowboy make it. Alice and I both rush down to congratulate them, with her going straight to Cowboy, giving him a big kiss on the cheek and hugging him. Judging by the pinkish tint to her cheeks, she didn't mean to be that excited, but Cowboy doesn't seem to mind.
I go over to Edward and hug him. At first he seems a bit tense, but then he relaxes and tightens his arms around me.
"You were awesome!" I compliment, to which he just chuckles and pushes his glasses up his face. Cute.
"T-thank you. I c-couldn't have d-done it w-with-out your and A-Alice's cheers." He smiles sheepishly at me.
"Then I guess I'll have to come watch every game, won't I?" I promise him. He nods his head eagerly in response.
"Well done, Masen, that was some natural talent I saw there. Have you played on a team before?" Coach Clapp says while patting Edward on the back.
"N-no, sir." Edward answers.
"I can see you having a good career in basketball, if that's what you want." Coach smiles before walking off. Edward and I walk over to Alice and Cowboy, before going into her car.
"What do you want to do when you're older?" I ask Edward once we're in the car.
"I'd like to study astrophysics. Space really interests me, and I'd really like to visit NASA some time." Edward said, and I noticed that when he was talking about space he seemed really passionate and didn't stutter once.
"That's so cool! I'd love to go to NASA too." I reply, smiling so widely since he didn't stutter. I don't think he's even noticed he didn't.
"W-what d-do you w-want to do…w-when y-you're older?" Edward asks.
"I've always wanted to open my own bookshop, and maybe write a book. I love English, it's my favourite subject." I grin at him.
"M-my favourite subject i-is maths." Edward smiles back.
"You'll have to help me with my maths homework sometime then!" I joke.
"I c-can…if y-you want?" Edward asks nervously.
"Of course! I welcome all the help I can get with maths." We reach my house then, so I say a quick goodbye to everyone before going back inside.
Maybe, if Edward keeps opening up more, his stutter will get better.
A/N: What did you think of the basketball? :D
Random questions, what are your favourite subjects? I'm with Edward on this, maths all the way!
And, has anyone been to NASA? I have, it was so totally awesome! I went back in March last year, and saw the shuttle on the launch pad! But, because the take-off was delayed, we didn't get to see it go off :( It was still awesome though!
Review please! :)