AN: Like I said everyone I'm going to update a chapter once a week or maybe even two in one week if possible. I'm really busy with my schoolwork right now so I'm trying to crank up the amount of chapters I need to write before I upload. Thanks for all of the reviews and alerts I've gotten from this story. I'm going to try and update the next chapter of both UD and THT so look out for them!
Chapter Three
Fights and Setups
I got up and placed my box filled with pictures of Sarah and Alex back onto the highest shelf in my closet. After, I pulled out what I was going to wear to the party tonight. Since I'm going to try and impress Alice tonight, I decided to put on some nice, clean-cut, clothes. I put on a pair of dark wash jeans that are flexible and loose, a dark, green, polo, shirt, and my favorite pair of Nike Shox. I studied over the directions that Alice gave me for a couple more minutes before heading out on my bike, not bothering to tell Sue about where I was going.
It didn't take me too long to find the house, and when I did my jaw hit the ground. Luckily my face was hidden behind my helmet so nobody could see. The house is a mansion to put it into simple words. The design and structures were an amazing sight to behold. The mansion is half wood and half brick, making it look like a cabin. They were cars parked everywhere in the driveway, and I could hear the sounds of the partygoers that were already inside. I parked my bike on the street in front of the house as close as possible to the driveway.
The second I walk into the house I immediately feel out of place. I don't know anybody who's here except for Alice if she's here tonight, and the fact that there's so many people here who keep bumping into me is starting to make me mad. I hate it when people bump into you and they don't even have the courtesy to tell you that they're sorry. I'm getting so mad at the fact of people bumping into me that I'm about ready to punch the next person who does in the face. I just had to go and jinx myself, because the next thing I new a blonde girl slammed into me. Luckily I caught her before she rebounded off of me and onto the floor.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I helped her stand back up. She turned around and looked at me, and I was stunned by how beautiful she is. She has piercing blue eyes and a body any girl would kill for, but sadly she's blonde so she's off my list.
"Yeah I'm fine, thank you." she said as she brushed herself down to fix her clothing.
"No problem, I'm Bella." I told her and stuck my hand out to her. She shook it with a small smile plastering her lips.
"I'm Rosalie, it's nice to meet you. Why don't we go head out back where we wont get trampled." she suggested. I nodded and she led me outside into the backyard where it wasn't as crowded. I sighed in relief that I didn't feel cramped up anymore inside of the house. I heard Rosalie let out a small giggle next to me.
"I know what you mean, Bella. My house is constantly filled with people day in and day out." she said and then started laughing at the look of absolute disbelief on my face.
"T-This is y-your house!" I stuttered out causing her to laugh even more. She was about to reply when a huge set of arms wrapped around her, and a bear-like man stood behind her. This guy was easily recognized as a body builder with all of the muscle he has and stood at around six foot five in height. His face was currently buried in Rosalie's shoulder so I couldn't get a good look at his face.
"What's going on over here, Rosie?" the man asked in his grizzly like voice and lifted his head. It was then when I saw how much he and Alice resembled each other with the short, black, hair and the same striking, green, eyes.
"Nothing much, Em. I'm just making friends with, Bella." she replied as she snuggled back into his massive form. He looked up at me and smiled, his dimples showing, and outstretched his hand towards me.
"So you're the one that Alice told me and Edward about at home. I'm Emmett, Alice's older twin brother, it's nice to meet ya, Bella." he said.
"It's nice to meet you too, Emmett." I replied and shook his hand. We decided to sit down at a small table in a corner of the back porch.
"So what's it like being famous, Bella." Emmett asked, his eyes sparkling in excitement.
"Emmett!" Rosalie yelled at him and smacked him hard on his shoulder. He winced and rubbed his shoulder in pain.
"What! I don't see the problem in asking when we're both big fans of her fights." he answered causing my eyes to widen in shock. I knew that I was a hit on Youtube for some of the fights that I was in that got recorded, but I didn't know that I actually had fans.
"Wait a minute, you guys are fans of mine?" I asked them still amazed at Emmett's comment.
"We're huge fans of yours. My favorite fight was between you and the kickboxing guy where you did a tornado kick to him in the face for a TKO." Rosalie answered. Emmett nodded eagerly in agreement at Rosalie's response.
That fight was my most popular in all of the videos I've been in that were posted. It was a great match, the both of us were always neck and neck in the fight. I would get a good punch and he would counter it back. I remember just learning how to do the tornado kick and I caught him off guard on the hop before my right foot came around and clocked him straight in the chin. He dropped like a sack of potatoes and I won about two grand on the fight. The money lasted Sarah and I for about two months rent in our cheap apartment.
Don't think about Sarah right now, Bella. You're here to have a good so be happy!
"Why'd you stop fighting for the last couple of months?" Emmett asked, both he and Rosalie leaning forward to hear my reply. That question immediately brought up Sarah and how she got into a car accident after we got into that fight. I would give anything and everything to take back what I said that night just so that I could have her back in my arms with Alex with us.
"For personal reasons." I answered back not wanting to go into any detail. They accepted my answer seeing my obvious discomfort at the question. Luckily they didn't press me with anymore questions, and we just made small talk for a little while. Then while we were in the middle of our conversation, I hear a squeal come from behind me followed by someone putting their hands over my eyes.
"Guess who?" the person asked cheerily. I knew without a doubt it was Alice from the sound of the mystery person's voice.
"I'm guessing a really excited person who has black hair, green eyes, and is vertically challenged." I replied and felt a sharp pain in my shoulder afterwards. Rosalie and Emmett burst out laughing at the display as I turned around and was met by a mad Alice who was pouting. I laughed as my eyes took in her facial expression before my eyes zeroed in on her jutted out, bottom, lip.
Damn, Alice looks so kissable right now with her cute little pout!
"Bella, whatever you do never comment on Alice's height. She'll come after you like the little hellcat she is." Rosalie told me.
"Thanks for the late warning, Rose!" I exclaimed jokingly at her. She just giggled and rested her head against Emmett's broad shoulder. I looked back over at Alice and saw that she had a small smile on her face.
"It's good to see you here, Bella. I'll be right back, I'm going to find Jasper." she said before she skipped off in an unknown direction. I heard Emmett groan in displeasure at hearing Jasper's name.
"No offense, Rosie, but I cant believe that my sister is dating that dick that you call your brother." he said.
"Non taking, Em. In all honesty I actually hate him after I've seen the way he treats people. I've tried to tell Alice, but she just wont listen to me. It's like she's got tunnel vision whenever she sees him." Rosalie replied. I slumped back in my seat when I heard that Alice had a boyfriend.
I know what some of you are thinking. How can you move on so fast when your girlfriend past away six months ago? The truth is, is that I have an undesirable need to take care of people. Sarah knew this and she told me that if anything ever happened to her that she wanted me to go out and find myself a nice girl that I could settle down with. She knew that I was very protective and that I have to have someone to take care of in order to fill the whole in my heart that I had before I met Sarah and after she died. As of right now my heart is a sliver of what it used to be. It's literally been completely shattered and I need someone to come and mend it back together.
"Well look who it is, boys. It's the, Bella Swan, here to grace us with her presence." I heard a familiar, slimy, voice say behind me. I turned around and saw the same blond, douche bag that was bullying my brother, Seth, not too long ago along with Mike and Tyler. I was pissed when I saw Alice give him a hug and then went to stand over by Emmett.
"Yeah and it's the dickhead who decided to go ahead and beat up on my brother earlier today." I replied causing the whole entire backyard to become deadly silent.
"Wow, those sound like fighting words, Bella. What do you say everyone, should the famous, Bella "The X Factor" Swan and I face off in a match right now?" Jasper asked causing the whole crowd to erupt in cheers and to start chanting.
"No thanks, you're not worth my time." I replied and began to make my way out to my bike.
"So you're not gonna fight me, Bella. Is it because of the accident back in Arizona six months ago." he called out to me and I saw red. I turned around and charged my over to him. I saw his cocky, little, smirk, and I returned it with a devilish smirk off my own.
"Your gonna wish you were never born, boy." I growled out looking him straight in the eyes. His smirk grew wider as he shoved a pair of UFC gloves in my hands.
"Then gear up." was all that he said. I took off my leather jacket and polo shirt leaving me in the sports bra that I had decided to wear tonight instead of a regular bra. With me being topless, it showed off the tattoo that I have of Alex's name down the right side of my torso. I got it shortly after she was taken away from me to remind me of why I do the things I do.
Jasper took off his shirt drawing cheers from a lot of girls, and I almost laughed out loud when I saw Alice do nothing. Then he starts to jump up and down like some kind of monkey to get himself pumped up and it made me realize how Jasper is so full of himself. If there's anything I learned in my fighting career though, is to never judge a book by it's cover and be aware at all times.
"Alright, for this match we'll have two five minute rounds. Touch gloves and wait for me to start the fight." some random guy that decided to ref for us said. Jasper and I didn't even get near each other after the referee finished, we just walked back to our neutral corners. I have Emmett and Rosalie in mine, while Jasper had his goons and Alice just sat on the sidelines.
"Let's get it on!" the ref said and clapped his hands together. Jasper and I immediately started to circle each other getting our reaches in with each other. I figured out quickly that he had a shorter reach than me when he decided to throw the first punch. I easily weaved out of the way and threw a punch of my own which he narrowly missed.
The round started off slow each one of us not willing yet to make a gutsy move. When there was about two minutes left in the round, I started to do some work. I started working in my combinations landing hits in Jasper's most vital areas. I learned the power in using pressure points to my advantage to make fighting my opponents easier. I found an opening and landed a kick straight to the teardrop muscle next to the knee in Jasper's leg leaving him wide open for a right hook across Jasper's chin. The second that I tried to get on top of him to finish him off with a TKO the referee called time. I walked into my corner panting lightly while Jasper was having a little trouble getting off of the floor.
"Great job, Bella! Just keep him on his toes and go in for the knockout." Rosalie said as she took a towel to wipe off the sweat that gathered on my face. I was in need of some water when I saw Mike carrying two water bottles and toss one to Emmett. He squirted some into my mouth which I swallowed and then he squirted some more in so that I could spit.
The next thing I new, the referee told us to start again, and Jasper and I were back out there exchanging hits. About a minute into the fight I started to lose my vision like everything began to blur together. I stopped for a second to find my bounds again, but Jasper caught me in my left eye. I fell down to one knee as I heard him laughing in the background. He kicked my arms out from under me so I fell to the floor on my stomach. I got back up as fast as possible and held my arms out as I tried to regain my eyesight.
"You know it's too bad about, Sarah." I heard Jasper whisper in my ear. I swung out blindly and he countered with a forceful punch to my stomach. I yelled out my frustration at the fact that I couldn't see, causing him to laugh even more. I began to stagger on my feet as I felt my body become insanely hot, and at that moment Jasper decided to go with my finisher of using the tornado kick on me. The last thing I remember is his foot connecting with my face before blacking out entirely.
AN: What happened to Bella to cause her to lose the fight? This wasn't originally planned, but I decided to spice up the drama aspect of the story. If you have any ideas on what might've caused Bella to lose, let me know and I'll post all those who got it right in the next chapter. Let me know what ya guys think!