Chapter 40
"Bella, could you wait up?" Baseball Boy was almost sprinting to catch up. I was gasping for air. It was not in my nature to do anything quickly.
"I need to get home." I started to jog. Why do people do this to themselves? I started to breathe even harder. Running is evil.
"I drove you! We also need to take Jake and Seth home." My kid grabbed my arm and made me stop. "Tell me what's wrong."
I felt like my face was burning up, as my chest rose up and down rapidly. "I would prefer not to see Jacob Black's den of dressed up animal corpses. Thank you very much, but I'll take my chances and hitchhike. Maybe a nice trucker will take me back it Casa Swan."
"That's not funny and usually you're hilarious." He looked at me and eyes narrowed as he took in my hyperventilating and sweat. My kid licked his lips. "I have never seen anything as beautiful as you."
"Go tell it to your girlfriend, Bo...Angela." I stomped away from him, but not for long.
Baseball Boy tossed me over his shoulder and carried me to the bleachers near the football field. I yelled at him the whole time.
"Be quiet, my pretty girl," he demanded and sat me down.
I was speechless. My kid was even more attractive when he was bossy. Not that I would let that behavior slide or let anyone live if they found out the truth. I have a reputation to uphold.
"How dare..."
He put his hand over my mouth. "I know you are very tempted to bite me right now, but save it for later. Emmett says it's fun and we should try it."
I licked him and my kid laughed.
"That's not going to work either." He stroked my face. "I'm not even a little attracted to Angela Cheney. We dated in second grade."
Rationally, I knew that a second grade romance was ridiculous. However, Baseball Boy made me insane. I mumbled in his hand, "Did you kiss her?"
"In second grade, I thought girls had cooties. No, I didn't kiss her." He removed his hand. "There's only one girl I want to kiss."
"I have cooties."
"I love your cooties," he admitted with a wink. "I'm going to make you forget all about Angela."
He kissed me and I felt it all over. I was becoming one of those stupid Kate Hudson movies that Boobs was planning on dragging me to.
"Ed! I was looking for you everywhere!" Emmett called out. He had been absent, which normally would be relaxing if Jacob and Seth hadn't been at school.
"Are you feeling okay?" My kid asked. "You didn't try to eat moldy fruit again, did you?"
"Naw, Ed, I learned my lesson! I'm actually the luckiest dude on the planet." Emmett did a jig. It looked like a floundering water buffalo. "Baby, give it to them!"
Rosalie was behind him in ripped jeans and smacking her gum. She placed a piece of pink construction paper folded like a card in my hands. One of them had drawn hearts on it and covered it with glitter. I was covered in the sparkly stuff. I hated sparkles. I was going to shove this glitter bomb up Emmett's...
"You're going to be my Maid of Honor," she announced and then continued chewing her gum like a cow chews its cud.
It was a wedding invitation. This was lunacy. This was insanity. This was...
"The best news ever!" My kid yelled.
Sure.