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Chapter 10: Phone Conversation With Tanya
"Bella!" Tanya whined from the other side of the phone, "Why did you move in with Alice and Jasper? Is it my fault? Oh my gosh, it is! I-I know that I'm not around much, but I really do care!"
She actually sounded genuine; her vocals were wavering, and I could make out what seemed like sniffles on her side of the phone. The sniffles were almost inaudible, but I heard them, even if she didn't know that I did.
And she thought that it was her fault I moved out of her house, and into Alice and Jasper's house—which was just yesterday. Only twenty-five percent of why I moved out was because of her; the rest belonged to Edward. Because he was foolish enough to think he had false feelings about me, and then he acted on those fake feelings, he made a jerk out of himself, and messed up our friendship.
So, maybe it was Tanya's fault a little bit—considering she's married to the guy I love, but it wasn't her fault. I mean, who wouldn't want to marry Edward Cullen? You know, besides if you're related to him; like Alice and practically Rosalie.
I held the wireless phone between my shoulder and ear as I continued to make my mouthwatering ham sandwiches. It was about two o'clock in the afternoon which was my third lunchtime.
"It isn't your fault, Tanya. You did nothing to upset me; I just needed a little more freedom from Edward," I said, telling the truth as I explained the last part.
It wasn't true that it wasn't Tanya's fault, but I did need more freedom from Edward. It wasn't that I didn't like his company—I loved it before that one sexual night—but it was that I wanted to be free from this....spell....he seemed to have over me. I wanted to be able to go at least one second without having his handsome face in my mind. That was the main reason I moved out.
I don't want to have to depend on Edward.
"B-but.... why?" she asked me, sniffling quietly.
"Tanya, I may be Edward's best friend and I may be having your child, but that doesn't mean I want to be smothered by everyone. I don't want to depend on you two, and Edward was just making all of that harder. He was...suffocating me with all of the attention," I explained to her, biting into my sandwich.
"Are you sure that he didn't do anything, Bella? Did he do something to make you angry at us?"
Sitting down on the kitchen stool and swallowing, I snapped, completely annoyed with her now, "Look, Tanya, I know you're worried about me and all. But like you said before, when you on the phone with Edward the night I got attacked by the drunk men, I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself."
Cringing, I realized that I just accidentally let her know that I had listened in on her and Edward's conversation.
See, this was what I was talking about when I said that when you try to keep something a secret for so long and you try too hard, it eventually becomes revealed, whether you like it or not.
"Um, excuse me? You listened to our conversation that day?"
"Yeah....I'm really sorry that I did. It's just that...I was curious, and my curiosity took control of me."
I was expecting her to yell at me, to be furious and never want to speak to me again. But none of that happened; she took it surprisingly well.
I heard her sigh from the other side of the phone, "It's okay. I probably would have, too. But anyway, I didn't actually call you to complain about you moving out or anything. I just called to tell you that you have your first ultrasound next week, on Wednesday at Ten o'clock in the morning."
Smiling, I took the last piece of my sandwich, shoving it in my mouth.
I chewed as I thought about how excited I was to finally be able to see the baby that was growing in my stomach.
My smile faltered when I realized that Edward would have to be there; in the small stuffy room, where he could say anything that he wanted.
He could have told Tanya about what happened between us already, and she could be just waiting and anticipating when she can take revenge on me. But I knew that he didn't tell her; if he would have already, she wouldn't talking to me at all and she would be kicking Edward's ass.
"Who's all gonna be there?"
"Well, I asked Alice and Jasper, and Emmett and Rosalie if they'd want to go with us; Alice said that she has a meeting with some home designer in Toronto, Canada."
Alice decided in college to become a professional home designer, which made Esme ecstatic. And, of course, just like Esme, she is very successful.
"What about Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper?" I carefully avoided that one name.
"Rosalie said she was still having morning sickness, and she didn't want to go and be puking everywhere. Emmett and Jasper had class to teach."
Ah, yes, Emmett the wonderful Ballet instructor. When Emmett had told everybody that he wanted to teach Ballet, we were shocked but thrilled that he actually wanted to do something with his life; it's more than I can say for the high school dropouts that were in Forks High when we all graduated.
Jasper, the most southwestern Texan—he moved to Forks later on in his life—that I've ever met, is a Karate instructor. Not Japanese, Korean, or Chinese, Jasper still finds peace in martial arts. He teaches all ages; elderly, adolescent children, men, and women. My favorites of his students is the forty year old woman who has a huge crush on him; it just makes me laugh when he blushes awkwardly as she flirts with him.
I brought myself back to the phone conversation as I turned on the small television in the kitchen and flipped through the channels.
"So, it's just me and you there?" I asked, silently praying for her husband not to come.
"Actually..Bella..I'm sorry, but I won't be going either. I have this big opportunity for me at the hospital. I'm preforming brain surgery and it's scheduled for that day. If the patients are happy with the results then I could get like a huge Christmas bonus this year."
I didn't care that much so I didn't make a fuss of it, "It's just me then?"
"Well, no; Edward will be going with you to the ultrasound place. It's you and him."
"Okay, thanks, Tanya. I have get going to..the grocery store; we're running low on milk and eggs. Bye!" I lied as I got off of the couch, went over to the coat rack, and put on my warm black coat.
"Oh...well bye then! Have fun. Love ya!" she said. Then she hung up.
I heard the annoying buzz coming from the phone, telling me that nobody was on the other line.
Chucking the phone at the wall, it snapped in half and the pieces inside fell apart. It was kind of like a ripped open teddy bear with the fluffy white stuff spilling out.
It's amazing how every time I want Edward to be somewhere with me, he isn't. And then when I don't want him around, he's there, haunting me with his perfect looks and smug attitude.
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