The Boy Next Door
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I know I took WAY too long, which it completely unforgivable but straight after my exams I went on holiday with my family and I haven't been back long. But the good news is that for the rest of the summer the updates should be much more frequent! Promise! I also want to thank everyone that has read, reviewed, followed and favourited! It really does mean the world 3
Chapter 9:
BPOV:
Previously:
Edward pulled out his iPod and a wireless dock. He set them down and put the iPod on shuffle, while proceeding to lay out a rather large array of food. I was impressed with his taste in music, and smiled to myself as the lyrics to "Somewhere only we know" played gently. It was shocking how fitting the lyrics were, as the meadow was now our "somewhere only we know":
"And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know"
We sat for hours in our meadow, talking about everything from childhood pets to our impossible dreams, I told Edward that I had always dreamed of being a singer, but was always too shy to tell anyone.
"Bella!" he said disapprovingly. "That is not an impossible dream! You have an amazing voice!"
"Chill, Edward, its fine, really. I don't mind just singing to my shower. It's easier that way." I said, but couldn't quite hide the sadness in my voice.
"What's easier?" he asked, looking slightly perplexed.
"Well, you know, I'm a pretty shy person. I wouldn't really like the idea of performing in huge crowds. I just don't have the confidence…" I trailed off, unsure of what to say. We slipped into a silence for a while, but it wasn't awkward. That was the thing with Edward, it was never awkward. We could talk about anything and it was just… easy.
We packed up and left the meadow at around 4:00, and I was surprised how long we'd been gone. Oh well, they say time flies when you're having fun, but I could easily adapt that to 'time flies when you're with Edward.' When we got back, we walked to the front door of the magnificent Cullen house. Edward turned to me.
"I really like you Bella." He smiled a warm smile, which I willingly returned.
"Me too, I mean I've only known you a day and your already like my best friend." I told him. It was hard to tell, but it seemed as though he was a bit put out by what I said, but I couldn't see why.
As soon as we walked through the doors, I was grabbed by Alice and Rose (who had clearly been listening from behind the door) and pulled into the kitchen, I shouted a quick bye to Edward and then they closed the door.
"Bellaaa" Alice whined. She and Rose looked at me disapprovingly.
"What?" I asked, completely bemused.
"Edward just told you straight out that he likes you, and you go and put him straight in the friend zone. We thought you liked him." Alice explained.
"The what?" I asked, still confused.
"The friend zone." Rosalie clarified. "It is the point in a relationship where one does not consider the other a 'viable sexual candidate'" she said adding the air quotes "therefore meaning that you two don't have any chance of a relationship, because he thinks that you don't think of him that way." She explained.
I tried to wrap my head around it. I never even knew about the 'friend zone', although now that I had been talked though it, it made perfect sense. Friendship hardly ever developed into a relationship without one of the people being extremely brave, and that was clearly not happening, well not on my part anyway.
"Oops." I mumbled pitifully. Rose and Alice looked at me sadly.
"It'll be okay Bella, if it's meant to be, then it'll happen. I mean, come on, you've only known the guy for what? A day?" Alice explained, with a kind hug. I was really starting to like Alice; she was so understanding, with just the right amount of firmness to go with it, and put me straight where necessary.
"Yeah, you're right, thanks Alice. There's no use in moping now." I concluded.
"Besides, we all need to get ready for school tomorrow!" Rosalie chirped in. I had forgotten about that. Today was Sunday. That of course meant that school was starting again tomorrow. Only this time the Cullens would be joining me.
EPOV:
All day. All day I had spent working up the courage to tell Bella that I liked her. Her telling me that I was fast becoming her best friend was like a fucking punch in the gut. I went straight upstairs and told Emmett and Jasper of what had happened.
"Well, it's a damn good job that you didn't like her dude, cause you have just been FRIEND ZONED." Emmett told me. I looked down and chuckled slightly. Jasper looked at me quizzically.
"You do like her, don't you?" he asked. I shrugged. That was the problem with Jasper; he was so intuitive; you couldn't hide anything. He always seemed to know how I really felt.
"I don't know, Jazz, I mean I barely know her, I just feel this weird connection, like she's tied to me. But it doesn't matter now. Like she said, we're friends." I sneered the word that I now loathed when it came to Bella.
"Okay, I know what we need to do." Emmett announced, getting a discreet nod from Jasper. "You need to make her jealous. And there's only one sure-fire way to do that. We need to get Eddie boy a girlfriend." Emmett said smiling, and I frowned at him.
"No." I said, trying to sound firm, but apparently failing.
"Come on, little bro," Jasper said reassuringly. "How long has it been since you felt this way about a girl? Since-"
"Do not speak her name. And I feel nothing for her. Never compare her to Bella." I was fuming. Just the thought of her made me grit my teeth. But Emmett was right, as cruel as it seemed, seeing me with another girl may just make Bella jealous to the point that she might start seeing me differently.
"When do we start?" I asked, a mischievous smirk growing across my face.
"That's the spirit!" Emmett yelled.
"We can start at school tomorrow." Jasper clarified, and so operation get Bella began.
That's right! A little snippet of Edwards's point of view just thrown in there! I just thought why not?! So who do you think Edwards potential girlfriends could be? And how will Bella react? And what do you think about Edwards's mystery past? So many questions! Write your guesses in reviews!
Will write again soon,
Lili x