Sorry it took so long for me to update. School started, and I really wanted this chapter to be good. Special thanks to Moonorchid for your reviews and enouragement! :D
To answer the question, yes this is the chapter where Edward does tell Tammy they can't be friends. Will it go well? Find out!
*The Cullen House*
Edward was playing the piano when Alice got home. He would've been waiting in Bella's room but he knew he needed to talk to his sister. She skipped in the house happily "What a fun night!"
Jasper greeted Alice and they both kissed. When they pulled away from each other, Jasper raped his arm around Alice "How was it?" Even though he didn't need to ask he saw a smile on her face and he felt how happy she was.
"Very fun! I enjoyed it and I think she did too." Smiled Alice. "She is so fun!
"Who, Bella?" laughed Jasper.
Alice smiled "No, not really. Tammy did. She helped Bella lighten up a little." She turned to Edward. "Bella needs to learn to have more fun."
"I'll suggest it to her." Replied Edward.
Alice frowned "I guess it wasn't much fun here was it?"
Before anyone could answer Emmett stood at the steps "You can thank Edward for that." He was standing in the middle of the stairs with Rosalie behind him.
"So, Alice, how did it go with the human girls?" asked Rosalie.
"Very well Rosalie. Thank you for asking." Alice said calmly.
"Alice I already…"
Alice rolled her eyes "I know, I know Edward. This is my last day with her." She pouted her lip "Can't you change your mind? She is very excited for her date…"
"NO!" Hissed Edward.
"But Edward, I wanted to do her makeup and plus she could really use…"
"I'm telling her tomorrow Alice and that's final!" Edward shouted.
Alice's face fell and she shook her head "Fine but remember, she won't take it very well." She took Jasper's hand and they went upstairs. "This will not go well at all."
Edward sighed "She'll be fine, Alice."
"No she won't."
"Good riddance." Rosalie rolled her eyes. She headed down the stairs.
Emmett looked at Edward and shook his head. "Here we go again."
"Shouldn't you be at Bella's right now?" Rosalie asked Edward as she walked by him.
"I was heading there right now." Replied Edward.
"One human is bad enough Edward. I would hate to see you drag another one into our lives."
"Enough Rosalie," Carlisle said coming from the kitchen. He was holding Esme's hand and they both walked towards Edward and Rosalie. "Edward has enough on his plate already and doesn't need your attitude right now."
Rosalie was about to argue back but decided not to. She looked Edward "Alright," she muttered and walked away from them.
Edward looked at Carlisle and Esme "I'll be at Bella's house."
Carlisle nodded and Esme smiled "Alright but be careful."
Edward smiled "I will." He opened the door and took off with full speed to his girlfriend's house.
*School*
Tammy hopped off of the back of a truck. She turned and thanked someone "Thank you for the ride Joe!" The man nodded "You're welcome Tammy." Then he drove off.
She put her hands in her pockets and walked up to the school building. She was glad that she was able get a ride for school today. Once in a while she'll bump into someone on the road who will offer her a ride. She knew them because it was a small town and tourist never offered her a ride. This time one of her neighbors had time to give her a ride before going into work for come construction job. But because he had a lot of junk in his truck, Tammy decided to ride in the bed of the truck, despite the cold weather.
Thankfully it wasn't raining yet. Just cloudy but Tammy knew better. It was cold and she shivered a little. Last night she had slept peacefully. Her Aunt and Uncle weren't arguing when she got home. So she was able to take a shower, do her homework and go to sleep without any problems.
As she was walking through the parking lot, she felt her phone vibrate and saw it was from Derek. Tammy forgetting where she was at, stopped and replied back. Then right when she about to push send, she heard someone honk at her. She looked up and saw it was Lauren.
"Move out of the way, freak!" she called.
As Tammy pushed sent, she flicked Lauren off, closed her phone and walked away smirking. "Take that, bitch!"
"I'll get her back." Lauren narrowed her eyes.
Not far away, Edward laughed out loud. He was surprised by this but not as surprised as his sibs when they turned and looked at him with confusion. Edward had never burst out laughing from out of nowhere.
"What's so funny?" asked Emmett curiously. He was bored standing around and wanted something to do.
Edward cleared his throat "Nothing." He fought the urge to give any hint of a smile.
"It's still not too late Edward." Thought Alice.
Edward shook his head.
"You don't have to do this she…."
Edward glared at her. He didn't have to speak to her. She knew what he was saying. They both didn't want the others to know what they were talking about. Alice silently sighed to herself and lowered her eyes.
Edward looked back at Tammy and watched her continue walking to some benches outside. He would never admit it that he was starting to like this girl.
*After School*
It was drizzling when school was over. Tammy walked out of one of the school buildings.
She looked around for any sign of Edward or Bella. She saw nobody and since she was standing in the rain, she walked under one of the nearby buildings that had a roof to protect her from getting wet. Tammy wasn't fully paying attention when somebody , stook out their foot from underneath Tammy's foot which made her fall right into the ground and into a puddle of mud.
Tammy turned to see who tripped her and saw Lauren holding onto the handle of her umbrella and smirked "Ooops! Sorry," she said with a fake voice. "Not!"
Edward saw what Lauren did and he clenched his hands into a fist while other kids laughed. Tammy slowly stood up, completely getting soaked as the rain picked up. Forgetting about Bella, he walked quickly over to Tammy. He was getting sick and tired of Lauren's thoughts and actions towards Tammy.
"That fucking bitch!" "Why don't you fuck off Lauren?" glared Tammy. She knew Lauren was getting her back for flicker her off-which was stupid. "Who does that? What is she 5 years old?"
"Oh good come back." Sarcastically replied Lauren.
"Yeah, because I know somebody like you wouldn't be able to comprehend anything else."
"Oh please!" she saw Edward walking quickly over to their direction. "Oh look here comes your boyfriend!"
Everyone turned and saw Edward. Edward ignored all the meaningless thoughts from the students.
"Not surprising…."
"Well look who's coming…"
"Oooo look Cullen to the rescue."
"Cullen coming to save his new girlfriend."
"Look at how mad Edward looks, he defiantly likes Tammy."
"There is something going on between them."
"Edward sure does look pissed."
"Where's Bella?"
"If I were Bella, I'd dump Edward Cullen's ass!...Maybe I'll have a shot with him. I'm way prettier than Tammy any way."
"If only Derek were here to see this."
Tammy rolled her eyes "Oh shut up Lauren! None of it is true so mind your own fucking business."
"That's not what everyone says." Lauren smirked.
Tammy was about to say something back, when a male teacher asked "What's all the commotion out here? You kids scatter and go home!"
As kids began to leave, Lauren turned to Tammy "This isn't over," She whispered harshly.
Tammy mimicked her "This isn't over." She shook her head and rolled her eyes "Whatever Lauren."
Lauren pretended to ignored Tammy and walked away. The crowd disappeared and Edward looked in Tammy's direction. She was still standing in the rain, getting more soaked. Tammy pulled up her hood on her jacket and walked over to Edward. "Why can't Lauren just fall off of a cliff?"
"Come on let's get you out of this rain." Said Edward.
Tammy nodded. Then she and Edward headed towards Bella. Bella was holding a bag. Edward knew that, that bag was from Alice no doubt and it held fresh dry clothes for Tammy to change into at Bella's house. He would've been angry but he was thankful that Alice had done this.
When they got closer Bella said "Uh..this is for you. Some fresh clothes to…change into. I -I-I had some spare clothes with me and you can have them."
Tammy could tell that Bella was a horrible liar but she didn't care at all. She was grateful she'd have something fresh to change into. Tammy nodded "Thank you." There was mud all on one side of Tammy. "I'm going to have fun washing my jacket again tonight."
When they reached Edward's Volvo, Edward opened Bella's and Tammy's door. Bella got in and Tammy thought "Oh no, I can't get in!" She turned to Edward "I'm sorry Edward; I don't want to get your car all dirty." "Stupid Lauren!"
"You have nothing to worry. There's a towel for you to sit on." Edward said and pointed at it when Tammy gave him a funny look.
She smiled "Ok, cool."
Tammy hopped in and they rode off to Bella's house. They were all pretty quiet and didn't say anything. Tammy kept looking out the window. Edward of course couldn't help himself from listening to her thoughts.
"I do feel guilty for getting dirty. Stupid fucken Lauren! She'll never get a guy that way…unless the guy is pathetic and a looser like her…. It's kinda convenient that Bella had these clothes for me and that there was a towel here for me to sit on…as if this was all planned out…oh who cares? Sigh. Happy thoughts! Let's see what my radio has for me…."
Edward was relieved that she didn't think too much into how convenient everything was for her. Then he heard her next song. It wasn't words, but a tune. The introduction to a show that involved a big hill outside in the sun, grass and some flowers. The sky was blue and at the top of the hill, there were a few trees…and a horse pulling what look like a wagon? "What?" Thought Edward. Edward listen carefully and saw Tammy close her eyes and lean back on the towel. He saw the words Little House on the Prairie in big letters. Edward himself had heard humans in the 70's talk about but he had never seen the show. He saw a man with brown hair, wearing a hat, very dark brown pants, boots, and a purple button up shirt with the sleeves pulled up to his elbows. The man pulled the reins on a horse and beside him, a woman with blond hair, wearing a bonnet, a long blue skirt and a white top with very small flowers on it. She pulled the top part forward and tucked her hair in the bonnet as the man pulled the reins. The man looked at the woman smiling and the woman straightened her poster and looked a head with a small smile. Then Edward saw there little girls and a dog running down a hill, surrounded by flowers and grass. One girl in braids is wearing a red dress, she smiles big and shows that she has buck teeth. The second girl-who seems to be a little older then the first- has a blue dress on and she too has a big smile on her face as her blond hair flows behind her while she runs down the hill. Then a smaller girl about the age of two or three, wearing a gray dress runs but ends up falling in the field of grass and flowers. In seconds she helps herself up and starts walking. The last thing Edward saw before while the little tune was wrapping up was the small little town.
"She must really like this show." Thought Edward. "I don't know why she would. It seems like a lousy show that humans make."
They arrived at Bella's house faster than usual, thanks to Edward's driving. The raining had turned into drizzling. As soon as Edward turned off the car, everybody got out of the car and headed up to Bella's porch. She opened the door and allowed everyone to come in.
Edward closed the door and Bella pointed upstairs. "The bathroom is upstairs."
Tammy smiled "Thank you." She headed up stairs, carrying the bundle of clothes.
Edward put his and Tammy's poster board out on the table as Bella got dinner ready for her, Charlie and she figured Tammy since Edward and her were staying. Bella was cooking Hamburgers. Bella had invited her partner over but he was out sick today. He was a little on the geeky side and had a small crush on Bella but his fear of Edward surprisingly helped him get over his crush.
After a small awkward silence, Bella whispered "Does she suspect anything?"
Edward shook his head "Nothing." He paused for a moment and whispered "But when I take her home, I'm going to let her down gently and tell her that we cannot be friends."
"How do you think she'll take it?" asked Bella after a couple of minutes.
Edward shrugged "I think she's a tough girl and can handle it. She seems to be…" He tried to find the right words "A little feisty, when pushed too hard but she seems to be a very and I mean very unique teenager. Alice on the other hand seems to think otherwise."
"What do you mean?" Bella tried to hold down her jealousy but it was a little hard for her to hear Edward talk about another girl he found unique other than her.
"Well for her being unique, her mind is really different. She has songs going off and on in her head. Sometimes it's the same song. She actually puts the song on pause while she has something on her mind and then continues the song when she is done with her thought. She does think of Derek but other times it's other personal things, like her family or friends from back in her home town or even just school. I've even seen some of her technics for the way she sketches. It's quite fascinating. And of course, she is very irritated with the rumors going on about her and me at school." Edward explained.
"W-what about Alice? Why doesn't she think Tammy could handle being told you and she can't be friends?"
Edward sighed "She thinks Tammy will cry and be very hostile. You see she's sensitive right now." He immediately stopped talking and Bella couldn't ask him anything else because she heard Tammy coming down the stairs.
When Tammy walked closer to the kitchen, she sniffed the air "It smells good in here." She put her hair in a ponytail which was a little wet and her bangs were forward and barely touching her eyebrows. She had short pieces of hair loose on both sides where her ears were. Edward noticed that she had pierce ears and didn't really notice them before because her hair was always loose and sometimes hid them.
Bella said "Thank you. I'm making hamburgers. Would you like to stay for dinner?"
Tammy's eyes widened "Oh no, you don't have to. I'll just eat something later at home." "I'll have Edward drop me off somewhere in town and I could grab a bite to eat."
"It's ok, you can join us. It might be a while before we can leave with the rain and our poster board." Said Edward.
"Of course he's joining them. He's the boyfriend. I'm…ok I'm me but I shouldn't…but then again Edward is my ride home.."
"Yes, you can join us. I'm sure Charlie wouldn't mind."
"Oooh yeah. I forgot about Officer Swan. Great, it looks like I have no choice but to stay." Edward wondered about her thoughts. In her mind he saw her think of the last time she saw Charlie Swan. Which wasn't that long ago-more like a few nights ago. Tammy was at home lying on her bed in her room, trying to ignore the screams and shouts from her relatives. She knew it would be only a matter of time before one of her neighbors called the cops about the noise. And while she was trying to figure out her math homework and was about to turn the volume up on her MP3 player when saw the red and blue lights flashing outside her window and in seconds, she heard pounding at the door and Charlie shouting "Amie! Andrew! It's Officer Swan!" Since Charlie had known them for years and is very familiar with their situation, he no longer refers to them as Mr. and Mrs. Majia.
Tammy snapped out of her thoughts and glanced at Bella "Would you like any help Bella? Is there anything I could do?"
Bella and Edward were both surprised by Tammy's question. Tammy looked at Edward and Bella with a questionable look "I wonder why they're looking at me like that? I just wanted to see if Bella needed help with cooking…"
"She asked if I needed help cooking? This is a first. Nobody has ever asked me that before…."
"Bella?" asked Edward. Bella broke out of her thoughts, she looked at Edward "Tammy asked if you would like help cooking."
"I'm guessing Bella isn't used to being asked if she needs help with cooking." Tammy thought.
Bella smiled and shook her head "Oh, no it's ok. I got it all covered. Thank you though."
Tammy smiled "You're welcome." She sat down and looked at the blank poster board that was her and Edward's.
Then Bella remembered something "Oh, Tammy, please don't say anything about me and Edward being a couple. Charlie doesn't know anything yet."
Tammy looked at Bella and nodded her head "My lips are sealed. Don't worry, I won't say a thing." She pretended to zip up her lips, lock it and toss the key away.
Edward grinned at her. Tammy then thought to herself "That's understanding. I think every girl gets uneasy when it comes to liking boys or admitting they have a boyfriend to their fathers. I used to think that. I still think that way even around Uncle Adam, hell even Chris and Alex- and Sam too."
"Who is Sam?" thought Edward.
Tammy turned to Bella "So, Bella is your partner joining us?"
Bella shook her head "No, he was out sick today."
"Ah... Oh well maybe next time. He can join us." Smiled Tammy.
Bella tried to smile "Sure," but it seemed to come out fake and luckily Tammy wasn't paying that much attention.
"As far as you know." Thought Edward.
"At least after today, I can put all these silly feeling behind me. I don't know why I'm jealous. Edward loves me!...Right? I mean…well she is pretty-ok a lot prettier than me. And I'll admit she does look cute with her hair up like that. Sigh. But she was so nice to me yesterday. I don't think she's really boyfriend stealer like most people think. Sigh I don't know. Maybe I'm overthinking this. There probably is nothing to worry about." Bella thought to herself.
"So, Edward, while we wait, should we get started?" asked Tammy. "Might as well since there is nothing else to do."
Edward nodded "Yes," He sat down next to Tammy and looked at her. She was thinking. "Hmmm how should we do this?" "What are you thinking?" He asked.
"I'm wondering how we can do this. There are different ways…" She got up and went to her backpack "Hopefully nothing got ruined…." She looked through her backpack and sighed in relief. "Oh thank God it's not ruined and everything looks ok." Edward saw that she was talking about her sketchbook. She put the sketchbook back and got out her spiral notebook and then brought it to the table. "Ok, I printed out some pictures of cars and carriages and I'm hopeing that none of it is ruined or the notes I've taken." She opened it and saw some of her pictures were ruined and sighed "Typical." She shook her head. "Stupid high schoolers have nothing better to do!" She didn't know why but she could feel the tears forming in her eyes "What's done is done. There's no point about making a big deal about this now. I'll just have to print them out again. Great!"
"Don't worry about it. I'll print some pictures out later." Said Edward
Tammy sighed and nodded her head "Thanks." "I hate to do that to Edward but I rather not print them out again. Now if I can just stop these tears from forming. There's no reason for me to cry…but what if…NAH! It can't be. It's too…"
"If only you knew." Thought Edward. He didn't want to think about it so he shrugged it off. "So what were the different ways we can present this?"
"Well we can do it like a time line but that might require more pictures and more notes to explain them." She got up "On the top middle, we can put in big letters CARS! If we just put History of Cars, it might get too boring and nobody will want to pay attention. Or…We can do somewhat of a time line, like put a picture of the very first carriage- or wagon here on this end (which was the left side of the poster board), two pictures here or one either the 1800's carriage or the 1900's automobile in the middle of the poster board and then on this end (which was the right side of the poster board), it can be a modern car like today. OOOOO and if you like to make it stand out more, we can connect them with roads instead of lines. Like in the beginning since there were no roads or streets, it was just dirt we can make like dirt road all around the beginning pictures and then as time goes on we can draw concrete streets and roads. What do you think?" smiled Tammy. When she looked at Edward and Bella, her eyes widened a little.
Both Edward and Bella were staring at her wide eyed. Bella had stopped what she was doing. She was looking at Tammy and it looked like she was about to turn a patty over but held the spatula over the pan. Edward sat there in his seat surprised and speechless. He really shouldn't have been because he knew Tammy was an artist but her creativity was amazing! He had never met anyone who took the time to make anything stand out or draw attention to something.
Tammy looked from Edward to Bella. "Am I really that surprising to people?"
Then they all heard a car coming in and parking in the drive way. Bella thought "Charlie?"
Tammy thought "Officer Swan no doubt."
Bella snapped out of it and went back to cooking. She realized that this patty might be a little burnt and figured it could be hers.
Tammy just stared at the door, listening to the sound of Charlie shutting off the police car, getting out, closing the car door, locking it and walking up to the porch. Tammy closed her eyes remembering Offer Swan's loud voice as he banged hard on the door and his harsh voice as he yelled and tried to calm down her Aunt and Uncle for what seemed like the 50th time. She knew the constant fights were getting old and it wasn't something new anymore in her neighborhood. Although, this time it scared her more because Charlie had warned them that if the arguments keep on continuing, he was going to have to really step in and take her to Seattle to Social Serves and put in a Foster Home.
"Even though I'm not exactly crazy about this place, I don't want to move again." She thought to herself as the doorknob turned. Tammy quickly turned back facing Edward when Charlie Swan walked in. He turned and saw that he had company. "Oh, hi kids!"
"Hello," everyone said except for Bella.
Charlie put his gun down and took off his jacket. "Where's Adam? Wasn't he coming today too?"
"Adam couldn't make it. He wasn't feeling well today." Replied Bella. "It'll be just us three."
"Is that ok Officer Swan?" asked Tammy. She turned around to face him.
Charlie looked down and saw Tammy's innocent pleading eyes. He knew she was a good kid and felt really bad for her. It was obvious that she didn't want to go home. He knew she spent most of her time in town wondering around and she sometimes ate out in restaurants, especially at the Kings' restaurant. If she wasn't eating she was walking in the streets in the pouring rain with her hood up and clutching her umbrella. She also liked to wonder into the forest which wasn't a smart thing and Charlie often warned her about that. He smiled at her "I'm off duty Tammy and of course you two can join us." "Now which Cullen boy is this again?"
Edward stepped forward holding out his hand for Charlie to shake "Hello, Mr. Swan¸ I'm Edward."
"Hello, Edward." They shook hands and Charlie tried not to make a face at how cold Edward's hand was. "You like sports Edward?"
Edward nodded "I like to watch it from time to time."
"There's a new game that's playing tonight would you like to join me while we wait for dinner…"
"Yeah don't ask me-just because I'm a girl doesn't mean that I like sports too Mr. Swan!" Tammy thought angrily but her face didn't show it.
"Dad! We have a project to work on. I think Edward wants to get it out of the way."
"Don't mind me, I just here after all." Tammy thought angrily. "I think it'll be ok. You're almost done with dinner any way right? We don't have to work on the project right this second. We are going to work on it after dinner any ways." Tammy spoke up calmly.
Everyone glanced at Tammy and then Charlie smiled "See! Let's watch the game. Tammy you can join us too!"
Tammy happily got up and before she followed Charlie, she turned back to Bella "Are you sure you don't want any help?"
Bella turned and faced her "No, I'm ok. Go join my dad and Edward. Dinner will be ready soon."
"Ok," Tammy shrugged and headed to where Edward and Charlie were sitting and watching the game. Charlie sat in the armchair while Edward sat on the couch. Tammy sat on the other side of the couch.
Bella began to get uneasy hearing both Tammy and Charlie bonding. She could hear them routing for the same team and Edward even jumped in every now and then. She and Charlie didn't hear when Edward would chuckle under his breath. Tammy heard but pretended not to hear.
"Come on that was a foul!" shouted Charlie.
"What are you blind ref?" shouted Tammy.
Edward found it very amusing that Tammy didn't actually route or care about any of these teams that they were watching tonight. She did like watching basketball but routed for her home town team. She was playing along for fun. Edward on the other hand was cheering only to get on Charlie's good side, but he was starting to enjoy himself like Tammy.
A whistle blew and Charlie shouted "Awww come on!"
While Tammy shouted "What the hell ref?"
While Edward shouted "Really ref?"
Bella called out in a nervous voice "Dinner is ready!" She had just finishing up some a small second off to the side where it had all the food items that could go on the burgers since she didn't know what everyone wanted on their burger.
Charlie turned off the TV "It's a bad game anyway."
"I think the other team bribed the ref." said Tammy getting up and walking to the table. "This was fun."
"I think you're right." Laughed Charlie.
Dinner started off quiet. Bella sat across from Charlie, Edward sat on her right and Tammy sat on her left. "So..uh how was school kids?" asked Charlie, trying to break the silence.
"Good," Replied Bella.
"Not bad," Tammy said before biting into her burger.
"Pretty good." Said Edward. He didn't have anything in front of him and just sat there leaning on the chair with his arms crossed.
"You're not hungry Edward?" asked Charlie before taking a bite out of his huge burger. e HeHe
Edward shook his head "No, I ate an early dinner with my family before my father left for work."
"Ah," Charlie chewed.
"When was this? I don't remember seeing Edward leave school to go join Dr. Cullen. He was with me and Bella after school. There's no way he left campus to go join his dad, I doubt the teachers would let him….Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing Alice and Jasper eating their lunches yesterday….maybe they weren't hungry-how could they not be? There was a whole plate of food in front of them…well Jasper did give me his cookie… I don't know…. Just another player in your game for two,You may hate me but it ain't no lie,baby bye bye bye…" Thought Tammy. "Talk about random again."
Edward tried not to chuckle again but failed. Everyone looked up at Edward and saw him sit up and clear his throat. "Sorry, I had a cough forming."
"Are you sure you don't want anything to eat Edward? Or drink?" asked Charlie.
Edward shook his head. "No, I'm ok. Thank you though, Mr. Swan."
"Ok," Charlie bit into his burger.
"I like to singa….Don't want to make it tough,I just want to tell you that I've had enough,It might sound crazy but it ain't no lie,Baby bye bye bye…"
The rest of dinner was pretty quiet. As soon as Charlie was done, he went to go finish watching the game. Tammy was finished a little bit before Bella and she waited patiently for Bella to finish. Bella finished the chips that were on her plate, got up, took Tammy's and her plate and headed to the sink to put the dishes there. Edward got up and went to go get the poster board and Bella's backpack.
"Ok so where should we start?" asked Tammy standing up.
"Do we have enough information to start putting this together?" asked Edward.
"I'm not sure, well first let's try and set it up that way we know what we have and what we need." Tammy turned to Bella "What's your topic Bella?"
Bella said "Oh, uh… The Roaring 20's."
"Oooo that's a good one! You and Adam must have fun working with that topic."
"Yeah but I'm not so sure about this, other than Flappers and the Stock Market Crashing what else is there?" asked Bella.
"There's a lot of things. There's tons of inventions, people spending money like crazy and going to the Stock Market, Prohibition, Jazz and how that effected America, the aftermath of WWI, styles of the 20's and food as well-that's some but I'm sure there's more examples online." Smiled Tammy.
Bella still gave her a speechless look; Edward grinned. "She really does know her history."
"Is she showing off how much she knows about history so that way she'll look good in front of Edward?" Bella wondered. She couldn't help it. Tammy seemed to be everything that she wasn't. She was graceful, smart, straightforward, confident, bubbly, in to sports, creative…. That's when Bella realized that both Edward and Tammy were still looking at her. "Oh, yeah I'll have to tell Adam about that so we can do more research. Thanks."
"Ok…" "You're welcome." Said Tammy. She sat down again and they all began to work with what they had. Edward mostly helped Bella with her project while Tammy began sketching a wagon. She and Edward both agreed that they should at least include that since the automobile came off of that. Edward and Tammy had a three dimensional poster, so hopefully it wouldn't rain and ruin all their hard work.
When it was time to leave, Tammy had perfectly sketched an 1800's prairie wagon. She was going to color it later but it had taken all of their breaths away, even Charlie's when he walked by and glanced at it. Edward was going to type up some of the information tonight-which he already did secretly.
Luckily it wasn't raining when Edward and Tammy decided to leave. Edward was going to hold onto the poster board overnight and had it right next to him as he put on his jacket.
"Thank you Mr. Swan for letting us come over." Tammy said as she put on her jacket.
"You're welcome. Come over any time." Laughed Charlie.
"And thank you Bella for inviting us over. It's a shame Adam couldn't join us." Said Edward grabbing the poster board.
"Yes, thank you Bella," smiled Tammy. "I want to hug them but I don't think I should." She put the straps from her backpack on her shoulders and held onto the wet bag of clothes.
"You're both welcome." She smiled at Edward, knowing he'll be back right after he drops Tammy off.
Edward opened the door and let Tammy walk out into the cool night first and followed her. Charlie and Bella both watched them get into the car and drive off.
Edward turned the heater on full blast. Luckily Tammy was all dry from this afternoon. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye. He knew the time had come. If he was ever going to save another human from entering his dangerous life, he was going to have to do it now before something else happened to interrupt.
"Tammy, listen there is something you should know."
"What's up?" asked Tammy looking at Edward. "I hope it's nothing bad."
"I know that you're hopeing that this projects would make friends out of us but.."
"You don't want to be friends." Tammy finished for him.
"Yes," Edward looked at her and saw how grief stricken she was. The smile she had on a couple of minutes ago was gone. She looked like she could cry, but instead, she breathed in and swallowed before any tears could come out.
"Talk about a bomb shell." Tammy nodded her head "I see.. ok." "Don't cry, don't cry, whatever you don't cry!"
"Look it has nothing to deal with you. It's all me." Replied Edward.
"What the hell? Is he using the breakup speech on me? You've got to be kidding me, REALLY?" Tammy just looked at him "You're seriously giving me the breakup speech Edward?" Her tone was now angry.
"Ok, apparently that came out wrong... That's not what I mean..."
"Ok, so what then huh? Do you believe all those rumors? Are you afraid that I'm falling for you? Edward you've got it all wrong…"
"I know that! I don't believe a word those people are saying! I'm just saying that it'll be good for you if I wasn't your friend and my siblings for that matter." Snapped Edward.
"Oh, so what are you guys like mobsters or what? Edward, I think I can judge who's ok and who isn't."
"Honestly, I don't think you can." Edward thought to himself.
It began to rain and for a moment, all both of them could hear was the rain pouring hard down on the Volvo. Then Tammy was the first to speak "Come on, if I had such lousy judgment, I'd be friends with Lauren, Jessica and Mike."
Edward sighed. "She is very difficult. Again, not what I expected. Alice was right."
"Sigh. What am I doing? I can't just force him to be my friend. He doesn't have to be if he doesn't want to. I'll suck it up and put it on a happy face throughout this project. Afterwards, I won't have to deal with him…hopefully." Tammy looked at him again "Alright Edward. I get it. We don't have to be friends."
Edward turned down Tammy's street and came up to her house. Edward could hear her Aunt and Uncle arguing clearly. He glanced at Tammy and she had blank look on her face.
"Great just what I needed." She shook her head and avoided making eye contact with Edward. "I'll see you later, Edward. Thank you for the ride."
Edward nodded his head. Tammy swallowed, grabbed her things, opened the door and stepped out into the pouring rain. Edward watched her walk slowly to her house. The house where she hated living in and in the town where she hardly belonged.
Tammy got out her house key, her hand shook as she opened the door, she took a deep breath and walked in and closed the door without looking back at Edward.
O.O Yikes! Well I hope you liked it. I'm starting the next chapter now and I hope to update soon. Please tell me what you think!
There'll be more surprises on the way, I'll promise you that! ;D