Hello again, my readers, to another fabulous chapter of High School Never Ends, A Remake!
Recap of Chapter 4:
~Alice's revenge had taken place and now, both Edward and Emmett are in a heap of trouble when they get home. But, while yelling at Edward, she almost revealed Bella's secret; thankfully, Rosalie was able to stop it. Meanwhile, Bella and the girls begin forming a plan that will split the school in half. Will it take effect soon enough? And, what will Edward want when he ran up to Bella on the track? Will his question change their relationship in any way? ~
Wow, that's a long recap. XD
So, what does Edward want to be to Bella? Will she accept his mysterious request that left her stunned?
Well, read and you shall see the answer!
Chapter FIVE
Bella's POV
I looked up and out across the track field to see Edward running out of the gymnasium, and heading towards me. I waited impatiently for him to get over here. Seriously what does he need that involves me? Couldn't he just ask some other girl if it isn't that important?
He finally stopped in front of me, wearing gym clothes that defined his muscles, and his good looks… Bella! Get your mind out of there and see what this idiot wants! My mind mentally screamed at me; it was right of course. Man, I got to stop thinking to myself…
"Yes, Edward?" I asked him, crossing my arms in front of my chest. "Oh, come on, Bella. Do you have to greet me so curtly?" Edward complained, pouting. Ugh, great. Now he's going to act like this?! "If it isn't that important, then you can leave." I growled, turning on my heel and walking away from him. He called my name again and caught up easily with me. Damn; forgot he's a faster walker than me.
"Look, I'm sorry that I'm not taking things seriously as of now, and I came out here to say something else." He said, looking down at the ground, his face emotionless. "Got something to say, eh? Well, look me in the eye and tell me what it is." I stated, stopping my walking. He too stopped beside me and looked up, his eyes holding an apologetic gaze while he shifted on his feet.
"I wanted to say sorry about yesterday, in the hallway. I know I keep telling you it was just some simple teasing, but I see that what I did really struck a nerve from within you. So, I promise that I won't do anything like that to you again." Edward began, his voice ringing with sincerity and remorse. He was actually apologizing? Now?!
"R-Really?" I stuttered, shocked at this. What the hell brought him to say this now? "Shocked that I'm apologizing, Bella?" Edward asked, a hint of a tiny smile twitching at the corner of his mouth. Unable to answer back, I just nodded wordlessly. He chuckled – that left me dazed – and shook his head. "I guess I'm surprising you for the first time?" he asked again, now smiling an actually friendly smile.
I too smiled a tiny smile back at him and nodded, giggling slightly. Wait, what am I doing? I'm not supposed to like this guy! I can't laugh or smile so easily when I'm around him. He's one of the many players at this school. He's probably trying to get inside me so he can just rip out my heart like what Joshua did.
But, something about Edward just kept telling me that Edward was different. Though he was a player - or at least acted like one -, he didn't look like the kind of guy who would hop from one girl to another so quickly. Maybe go to one girl then another in a day's time, but not one that would do it within minutes of each other.
"Hello, Bella?" Edward's voice brought me away from my thoughts, where I saw that he was waving a hand in front of my face. "Oh, sorry." I mumbled, feeling a blush creeping into my cheeks. He seemed to stare at my flaming cheeks for a while, or it might've been my imagination.
"Edward?" I called, laughing when he jumped from my voice. "Oh, sorry." He mumbled, sounding like me earlier. I again laughed, earning a confused look from Edward. "Well, if that's all you came out here for, you can go back inside you know." I told him, beginning to walk away. "Wait!" he shouted, running after me and catching my wrist. It felt like something had just shocked me on my wrist, thus causing both Edward and I to jump back in surprise.
"Did you…?" I asked him. "Um, yeah - oh wait, no... no…" he trailed off awkwardly, shuffling on his feet. After awhile, Edward shook his head and took in a couple of deep breaths. "Listen Bella. You know that I apologized about yesterday, and now I'm apologizing for my behavior for the past few days as well. It was completely uncalled for, and I shouldn't have teased you like that." He told me, looking sincere and apologetic like earlier.
"It's alright Edward. I understand for it, and I know that since you're a guy, it's just sort of like natural." I stated, looking down at the ground. "Well, I want to ask you something." He began again, shuffling his feet again. "Go ahead, Edward. Just tell me." I murmured, getting slightly worried. What was he going to ask me that was making him this nervous?
He inhaled a ragged, shaky breath, before he asked, "I want to be your friend."
I stood there, my mouth wide open, stone stiff and shell shocked.
"You want to be my what now?" I asked him shakily, staring up at him with my brown eyes completely wide. He looked down at me, his facial expression entirely serious and showing no signs of any joke or teasing. I was waiting for him to say, "Just kidding!" and then we'll go back to our argument-like relationship that we shared.
But, he remained silent, probably waiting for an answer from me. "Are you serious?" I asked him quietly, afraid that if I talked any louder, my voice my break from shock. He nodded, still not showing any emotion.
"I-I-I don't know, E-Edward." I told him, stuttering. He nodded and sighed sadly. "I mean, I have to think about it for a bit." I told him honestly and quickly, feeling horrible that I made him sad. Why, I don't know. I never really cared about him and his feelings until now for some strange reason. And it was getting me confused.
Edward's face instantly lit up from my simple statement, smiling a genuine friendly smile. "Thank you, Bella." He murmured happily; he suddenly grabbed my hand – while I ignored the sparks that ignited from the skin contact – and he pulled me into a huge bear hug. "Ah, Edward – Can't – Breathe!" I gasped out when I could feel my oxygen supply quickly fading.
"Oh, sorry Bella!" he exclaimed, releasing me from the hug. "I'm so sorry, Bella. I didn't mean to hug so tightly." He rushed out, embarrassed. In fact, I could see his cheeks slowly turning cherry red. "Oh my god! I made you blush!" I squealed while laughing hysterically. Ha! I made Edward Cullen blush!
He continued blushing, but he laughed along with me. I never felt this safe or this exuberant with a guy before. Sure, I felt like this when Joshua was my friend, but now, it was completely different when I laughed with Edward. His deep, musical chuckle with my high pitched feminine giggle; it sounded as if these two sounds belonged with each other.
Our laughter eventually died down, and Edward rocked back and forth on the balls of his heels. It looked like he was waiting for something. "Edward? Are you waiting for something?" I asked him, tilting my head to the left. "Just seeing if your decision was made already." He muttered, looking down at the floor.
"Alright. I'll be your friend. If there's any funny business from you, I'll make you wish you would've never asked me." I told him, wagging my finger at him like what a mother would do if she caught one of her children eating cookies from the cookie jar before dinner. He laughed and nodded.
"There's one problem, or situation to this whole thing though, Bella. It might get you mad." He began, frowning and losing his bright grin. Oh no... "We have to keep it in secret. I doubt the both of us would want to lose our friends if we were to be seen in public, doing friendly things together. Plus, I don't think our friends would approve of our friendship. It won't bring them together on friendly terms, you know." He added, sighing sadly. He did have a point.
For some reason, I was fine with this secret relationship between us…
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(The Next Day…)
"Alice!" I yelled, making her jump. She has been applying plenty of layers of lip gloss to my lips for the last two minutes, when I only need one layer of it. "Oh, sorry, Bella. Just thinking to myself." She muttered, her cheeks growing a light pink. Her outfit for today was a forest green pleated dress that looked like an overall dress; underneath it though was a sleeveless white, button down shirt with black, cotton mini shorts while she wore forest green converse on her dainty feet. She had already had done her make up for today – light green eye shadow with black eye liner surrounding it. Her lips was a light pink that looked somewhat sparkly, while she had an emerald green necklace of a black, spring bunny on it and teardrop shaped green earring that dangled from her ears.
"There! You're perfect for today, Bella!" Alice chirped happily, stepping away from me. My outfit of the day was a plaid blue and black mini dress, with black dance shorts underneath, and black low Converse to match my shorts. Alice had applied black eyeliner around my brown eyes with midnight blue and what appears to be cobalt blue eye shadow on the lids, with light pink lips from the lip gloss. She had added a sky blue necklace that was now clasped around my neck, and placed a satin blue bow headband into my hair that was curled.
"Wow…" I trailed off, smiling. I think I actually like this outfit. I got up and hugged Alice, telling her thanks for doing my make up; I was never really skilled in that department. "You're welcome, Bells." She told me, squeezing me. "Am I interrupting a love fest here, girls?" Rosalie's voice asked, coming from the door of our dorm room. Alice and I turned to see Rosalie and Angela standing in the doorway, wearing their outfits for today.
Rosalie wore a red plaid mini dress with a white tank top underneath, along with wearing black shorts underneath as well. On her feet were bright scarlet red Converse, while in her golden locks was a bright red flower clip, pulling the hair behind her back. She also wore a plaid red bangle on her wrist, and her makeup was of scarlet red lipstick, shadowy black mascara and a baked color eyes shadow that looked somewhat of a sandy color.
Angela wore a grey safari wrap dress with a black belt tie in the loops of the dress, and grey shorts underneath with grey Converse. She had lovely blue earrings that looked like little crystals of sorts, and had pearl bracelets on one wrist. Her makeup was of shimmery grey eye shadow, black and shimmery grey – silver really – mascara playing up her dark eyes, and her lips were a bright bubble gum pink.
Both Alice and I laughed from her comment, before we left the dorm room. I was lagging behind the girls, when I felt my phone buzz from my backpack. I pulled it out – a various colored polka dotted blue Blackberry – to see it was a text message from my now new friend, Edward. Yesterday, before we left the track field, Edward and I exchanged cell phone numbers with each other, and that began our large text conversation. He was asking questions about my likes and dislikes, and I did the same to him. We never really asked personal questions that involved our childhood past – which I was fine with – and so, today, after classes were over, we would be heading somewhere where our friends wouldn't see us together, to do our quizzes to see if we remembered each other's likes and dislikes.
I opened up the text message;
To: Bella
From: Edward
Subject: Hi!
Hey Bells. :) So, how's your morning so far?
I simply smiled from the little text message. He's starting to earn my trust slowly just by simply asking little questions.
I texted him back, making sure my friends didn't notice.
To: Edward
From: Bella
Subject: RE: Hi!
I was tricked into another little Bella Barbie session from Alice. How can you stand her when it comes to picking an outfit? XD
Shockingly I received another text message very quickly from Edward; wow, not only is he fast at walking or running, but he's also fast when it comes to texting people. I opened up the new message;
To: Bella
From: Edward
Subject: RE: Hi!
You get use to it. LOL
Aw, and I thought Edward at least had proper grammar. Laughing quietly to myself from Edward's "Text Talk", I typed back my reply sadly.
To: Edward
From: Bella
Subject: RE: Hi!
I would've thought you had more grammar than that, Edward. Gtg; girls are about to notice that I'm texting.
Edward didn't reply back from my text, but when we came closer to the main building, my heart began pounding quickly when I saw him – along with Jasper, Emmett and Mike (I knew it was him thanks to Jessica's description of him.) – all waiting by the fountain in the back of the school. It wasn't as large as the fountain that sat out front, but it was still pretty large all the same.
Edward's outfit for today was of a black sweater over a white button down shirt, while he wore nice fitting black jeans and black Converse. Emmett's outfit was a dark green t-shirt that looked a little too tight around his torso, with black jeans and dark forest green Converse. Jasper wore a grey sweater vest over a black button down shirt and dark jeans with black and grey Converse. Mike just wore a simple jersey with a number on the back of the jersey, with faded jeans and black Converse as well.
"Hello ladies." Edward began, sending a wink my way. It wasn't his flirty wink, that is. Last night, Edward and I came up with ways of sending secret "hi's" to each other today. He told me that he would send me a wink after saying hello, while the girls would think it would be his normal wink. I rolled my eyes, sending my secret message to him as well.
"Didn't we tell you guys to not bother us anymore?" Rosalie asked them angrily, placing one hand on her hip. "Yes, you may have told us. But we're guys. Do we ever listen?" Emmett asked sarcastically, laughing loudly. Jasper also laughed with him, not as loudly like Emmett. Mike only chuckled, while Edward was secretly sending me apologizing glances for his friends. I nodded secretively towards him as well, accepting his silent apologies.
"No, you don't." Alice snarled angrily at her adoptive brother. "Thank you for agreeing with us." Jasper replied back, still laughing. Alice growled again, before she began stomping towards Jasper angrily. Rosalie and I quickly grabbed both of her arms, where she tried to take a couple of punches at Jasper, but Edward stood protectively in front of Jasper. "Whoa there, Ali. If you're that angry, take your anger out on someone else." Edward said calmly, glaring down at her.
"Well, tell your pig of a friend to keep his smart remarks to himself!" Alice screamed at Edward, where behind Edward, I saw Jasper flinch from the frothing rage of Alice's scream. Weird; before, whenever we would retaliate from their remarks, none of them would ever flinch from our seething rage. Now, he flinches from Alice's screech?
I wasn't the only one who noticed the flinch from Jasper; Edward was glancing over his shoulder at his friend while Emmett and Mike were staring at him confused, and Rosalie and Angela were also staring at Jasper confused. Alice didn't seem to notice, though she was slowly calming down from her struggling against our holds on her arms. I sent Edward a confused glance, and he lifted his shoulders slightly before letting them fall – sending me a tiny shrug of confusion as well.
"Well, um, bye." Rosalie was the first one to recover from the silence between all of us, where we dragged Alice away with Angela following slowly behind us.
Huh, weird moment for all of us there…
Morning classes passed by slowly, and soon, it came to the time for lunch. We sat at our own separate table together, far away from the boys. After we had gotten our lunches and sat down to eat them, conversations from the other students around us quieted. Odd; usually this place is buzzing from the talking of the teenagers. It takes something big to make them stop.
My phone buzzed from my pocket and I opened it.
To: Bella
From: Edward
Subject: Sorry…
Better duck!
Well, that was a strange text message from Edward…
Just as I finished sending my reply back to him, asking him why I should duck, something large and goopy-like came splattering down onto the table top, where food exploded. Some got on Rosalie and Alice, and a little got onto Jessica and Angela. The worst of it was now on my face and some of my dress. I wiped off the food from my face and glared around the cafeteria, before my fiery gaze landed on the table across the cafeteria.
"Bullseye!" Emmett murmured to Jasper, Mike, Ben (from Angela's description, I knew it was him.) and Edward who were surrounding him. Edward sent numerous silent "sorry's" my way, while secretively kept jutting his thumb over at Emmett. Another text came my way.
To: Bella
From: Edward
Subject: RE: Sorry…
That's why…
I growled underneath my breath, before I stood to my feet. "Bella, don't retaliate. We're better than that." Alice warned me. "Well, for me, I have to." I hissed to her, picking up my food. Good thing I have a good arm when it comes to throwing things.
I pulled my arm back, and then threw the food, watching as it sailed over straight towards their table and landing smack dab at the back of Emmett's large head. He jumped from the impact, while some of the food splattered all over, getting some of the guys in the process. Edward secretively looked over at me, sending me a wink and tiny smile.
Emmett stood to his feet and turned towards the cafeteria, whereas everyone was watching the scene. "Who threw that?!" he boomed angrily, glaring at anyone he could make eye contact with. Then, his glare landed on me, who was still standing. "You." He snarled, pointing an accusing finger at me. "Me." I stated, smiling and waving my fingers individually at him.
He picked up more food from behind him, and aimed the food at me, but suddenly, more food from the left of him, colliding with the side of his face. He whipped his head to the left, to see Edward standing there, holding up a bit of food. Aw, that's so sweet of him; throwing food at his adoptive brother so I wouldn't get hurt from it. He is a true friend…
"What the hell, Edward?!" Emmett shouted at him, lowering his arm. Edward merely shrugged saying, "It seemed like the perfect time to throw food at you."
Emmett again pointed a finger at me, growling to Edward, "Are you protecting the little thing?" Oh, that's it! No one says that while I'm in the same room. I grabbed large handfuls of food, and there, Rosalie, Alice and I all threw the food at Emmett. He looked back at us, shocked. "Do not call me a little thing!" I yelled over at him; I could practically feel the steam coming out from my ears.
"Emmett, just calm down." Jasper began worriedly, walking over to his friends and standing somewhat in front of Edward and to his side as well. "Want me to calm down?! And what, let those girls beat me at my own game?!" Emmett shouted murderously at his friend. "Em, really, calm down before you do something you regret." Edward hissed to his brother.
"I don't need to listen to you – either of you." Emmett snarled, and did the unthinkable.
He snapped back his meaty arm and it collided with Edward and Jasper, sending the both of them backwards. Everyone in the cafeteria gasped from Emmett's action, while Rosalie and Alice ran over to their brothers. "Jasper, are you okay?" Rosalie asked her brother, holding up his head. "Edward, how about you?" Alice asked her adoptive brother, trying to help him sit up.
I stomped over towards Emmett and the group, standing in front of the four from this monster that was now growing. "Oh, really, this little girl is actually going to beat me up?" Emmett taunted, laughing at me. It seemed funny to him, since I was much shorter than him. He didn't think about one thing.
I stepped up extremely close to him, and kneed him right where it hurts for dudes. He gasped from the pain, and just as I about to punch him, he grabbed my hand and smirked at my surprised face. He then, threw me hard, across the cafeteria floor. I hit trashcans and then rolled to a stop at someone's table. Everyone was now getting more frantic from the scene. Some looked like they wanted to help; others looked like they only wanted to run.
"Bella!" two voices called out worriedly, where I heard the rushing of feet coming towards me. My eyesight was getting hazier by the minute, from the pain that was slowly building within my head. I saw two figures lean over me; one had raven black hair and the other had bronze hair – Alice and Edward.
"Bella, are you okay?" Alice asked me, trying to get me to sit up. Something inside me had snapped and was causing me to tremble violently. "Shit, I think she's going into shock, Rose!" Alice shouted over to Rosalie, who was still by her brother. Edward and Jasper looked at Alice, confused as to what she said.
"Bella, I…" Emmett's voice was filled with remorse, where everyone in our group turned towards him, glaring angrily. Emmett took a hesitant step forward, and that sent memories flashing before my eyes.
Joshua came slowly closer towards me, his arms down by his sides and his face sinisterly evil. "Don't worry, Bella. I won't hurt you, much." He murmured, smirking.
I screamed, where tears began to fall. Everyone around me froze from the agonized sound. "Bella?" Emmett asked, stepping forward again, but froze immediately when I continued screaming. "Please no! I promise, I won't – I –"I choked out, trembling violently. Realization washed over Alice's face and she gasped before wrapping her arms around me and letting me lay my head on her shoulder.
Edward hesitated, placing his hand on my shoulder. I grabbed his arm and pulled him closer to me, seeking for any sign of comfort from anyone. Angela came running over and stood in front of me, while Rosalie walked over with her brother's arm slung over her tiny shoulders. "I think you've done enough, Emmett." Angela snarled angrily at him, crossing her arms over her chest.
"But, I was trying to apologize." Emmett argued making me sob harder. "That's what he always said to me." I sobbed to Alice quietly, making sure that Edward couldn't hear me. She nodded and began cooing slightly to me, stroking my hair. "It's alright, Bella." Edward reassured me, glaring murderously at Emmett.
"Come on, we better get Jasper, Bella and you to the nurse, Edward." Alice told her brother. He nodded to Alice, and the both of them helped me to my feet. Alice let Edward carry me bridal style – which I was completely fine with if you ask me. There, we all left a stunned Emmett in a cafeteria full of stunned students.
Once we were outside, with the others ahead of us, Edward looked down at me, where I was clinging to his shirt with my hands clutching fistfuls of his shirt. I would occasionally let out a sob, and Edward would cooed softly, "Shh, Bella. You're safe; I won't let Emmett hurt you."
At times like these, I wished for someone to just do what my mom would do; kiss my forehead and hold me tight. Sure, it was better that I was holding onto Edward's shirt, but we were only on friend terms, and so, that meant no kinds of kissing whatsoever. Wow, I sound like somebody who's dying to have the hottest guy in the school to notice her and kiss her senseless.
And, inside me, I was starting to wonder whether I should tell Edward about my secret. I couldn't ask for the girls' opinion; we had agreed to not date or interact with guys like Edward, Jasper or Emmett, and that meant I couldn't ask for their opinion on whether I should tell Edward or not. Plus, I couldn't risk the secret of our friendship. Edward wanted it to be kept secret because he did have a point; both of us are afraid that if we tell our friends that we've been hanging out with one another, we're afraid that they might shun the both of us and we'll never be able to talk to them.
The sounds of the soft murmurs from Edward were slowly lulling me to sleep, though I still trembled in fear from what happened back at the cafeteria.
We entered the nurse's office a few minutes later, with me slowly falling asleep from the exhaustion of crying and sobbing so much. Edward set me down on one of the beds that were in the nurse's office, while Rosalie helped Jasper to another bed. Edward patted my arm lightly and headed over to a bed for himself. The nurse came in – an aging woman – and looked at the three of us who were on the beds, confused and surprised.
"My adoptive brother hit Jasper and Edward miss, and he threw my friend, Bella, across the cafeteria. Can you check to see if they're alright?" Alice asked the nurse, a hint of worry peeking through her voice.
"Of course, dear." The nurse told her, smiling kindly down at Alice. She went over to Edward first and asked him if he was feeling any pain at all. "Well, except for the fact that my head hurts just a little, and that my hand's hurting as well, I feel fine." Edward answered smoothly, smiling a tiny smile up at the aging nurse. She nodded and moved onto Jasper. "My arm and my wrist are hurting, but that's it." Jasper answered smoothly as well, rotating his arm while wincing slightly.
She nodded again and finally moved onto me. "How about you dear? Are you alright?" the nurse asked me, looking worriedly down at me when she saw that I was still crying. "Um, my whole right arm hurts pretty badly, but I think it's slowly going away." I told her, sniffling. "You seem tired, dear. Do you need to sleep for a bit?" she asked me, coming over to my side and pressing the back of her palm to my forehead.
"No, no, I'll be fine." I rushed out; I didn't want to sleep just yet. I still wanted to meet up with Edward in secret. "Bella, I think you should sleep." Alice told me disapprovingly, wagging her finger at me. "Alice, I'm fine. Trust me." I told her, rolling my eyes at her and giving my best friends a reassuring smile.
After much arguing with the nurse, we all left the nurse's office finally when the final bell rang, signaling the end of the day. "Wow, today went by fast." Jasper commented weakly, laughing shortly. No one laughed with him.
"Well, I think we should head back to our dorms for now." Rosalie suggested, already starting to lead Alice and I over to the girls' dorms. "Oh, wait. I think I just want to head out to the front for a bit." I told them, pulling out from their arms. "Want us to come with?" Alice asked me. "Nah, I really want to be alone right now. You know, to think." I told them, when really I wanted to leave so I could meet up with Edward. "Alright; we'll be in our dorms." Angela asked; whoa, when she'd get here. Sounds rude I know.
Apparently, everyone else jumped from Angela's voice. "When did you get here?" Jasper asked her rudely, clutching his chest with one hand. "I was here the whole time." Angela mumbled sadly, pouting at the ground. "Of course you were, Angie. You were just as quiet as a mouse, and I bet you were quiet because you were worried for Bella, right?" Rosalie assured her, wrapping one of her arms around Angela. "Yeah…" Angela said, looking up and nodding. "Then alrighty." Alice stated, wrapping her arm around Angela's shoulder like Rosalie.
"We'll see you later, Bells!" Rosalie shouted out to me when they began walking away.
"Yeah, I think I'll be heading off to the weight-lifting gym, Jasper." Edward told him, catching on as to why I wanted to be alone right now. "Really? You'd think that if you're in the slightest pain, you would be heading to the dorm." Jasper teased, snickering. I snorted and began walking away – slowly so I could still hear the conversation.
"Oh, ha ha, Jasper. Very funny." Edward said sarcastically; I could imagine him rolling his eyes right now. "Whatever dude. Go ahead and go lift weights if you want." Jasper said, before I heard him begin walking away. "If you run into Emmett – "Edward began. "Don't worry; if he's in the dorm, I'll be in the lounge." Jasper told him, cutting off Edward from his warning.
"Alright. See you later, bro." Edward shouted back. I continued walking slowly, until I felt Edward's presence behind me. I turned around…
Only to basically crash right into him. I blushed deeply from this and jumped back, stuttering out incomplete apologies. "Bella, it's alright." Edward told me, chuckling and stopping my stuttering rant of apologies. "Still, I should've turned more slowly." I mumbled, not feeling the blush go away.
"You're that embarrassed from this that you're not going to stop blushing?" Edward inquired, leaning around me and began striding away. I huffed and stomped my foot before I turned around and ran to catch up with this fast boy. "Stop teasing me." I grumbled, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Sorry, it's fun to tease you, Bella." Edward said, laughing. Oh, he can be such a jerk sometimes…
I stuck my tongue out at him, and then I whacked his head before I ran away. "Ow, Bella! What was that for?" Edward called out to me. "For being mean!" I shouted back, laughing. It's a good thing that there weren't a lot of people out here.
"Oh, you're in for it now, Swan!" Edward shouted, laughing before I heard his thundering footfalls, telling me he was running towards me. I squeaked and began running faster than I have ever done before. We came towards the trees that lined the walls of the courtyard, and there, Edward caught up to me, tackling me to the ground. He made sure that he was the one to land roughly on the ground with me on top of him.
"Ha, got you!" he exclaimed triumphantly, smirking up at me. We were both breathing heavily from our run, our chests meeting and pressing up against each other in the process. "That you did, Mr. Cullen." I concluded, tapping his nose with the tip of my index finger.
That's when I noticed that Edward's arms were still wrapped around my waist – tightly too – and my hands were pressed against Edward's torso. Edward noticed this and slowly unwound his arms from my waist, muttering a quiet apology to me. I rolled off to the side and lied next to Edward, my body facing upright while my head was angled towards him.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Edward cleared his throat and turned towards me, his whole body facing me now, with a small smile adorned on his face. "So, how about we take that little quiz?" he asked me. Oh right, the quiz to see if we had been paying attention to each other about our likes/dislikes.
I giggled and nodded, turning on my side so I was facing Edward now. "Alright." I said, looking up at him.
"Your favorite color is either brown, or green, because one, you think brown's warm and cozy, while green is the favorite color of my eyes?" he asked, smirking at my shocked face. "How did you find out about that?" I glared at him. "So, it's true?" he questioned, incredulously. Oh, damn; okay, he didn't know about that in the first place. "Oh, um, well, you see, uh…" I stuttered, already feeling my face blushing.
Edward laughed loudly, rolling onto his back from it all. I glared down at him where eventually, his laughter quieted down. "Its okay, Bells. I guess that seems somewhat friendly." He told me, smiling. "Doesn't sound obsessed?" I questioned shyly, twirling bits of the grass. "Well, I'll admit that it does. I'm fine with it though." He answered back, still smiling. "Why though?" I asked him, my curiosity peeking. He coughed awkwardly and said abruptly, "Uh, I believe it's your turn, Bells." Wow, total change of the subject, Edward…
Rolling my eyes, I said, "You're favorite color is blue. You like it because the color reminds you of water from the beaches that you used to go to." I explained, smiling when he nodded.
That's how the rest of the questions flowed easily, our answers either short and simple, or well thought out. The sun was setting when Edward and I left the courtyard that was in front of the main school building.
"Well, I'd say that today was good." I stated when we neared the dorms. "If you call my adoptive brother throwing you at lunch fun, then maybe." Edward added, groaning. "Edward, I'm fine now, okay? My arm is feeling better, so you don't have to worry so much." I told him, stopping from our walking to the dorms.
Edward sighed but nodded, somewhat grudgingly that is. "Well, I guess we have to head in now." Edward said, sighing sadly this time. "Wait, isn't it time for dinner right now?" I asked. I had a sudden idea in my head that was beginning to form in my head now. "Yeah…" he trailed off, stopping by me and turning towards me.
"Why don't we go out to eat?" I suggested, earning a shocked gaze from Edward. "What?" I asked, confused by the look. "Go out?" he asked me. "Yeah, go out to eat food, talk, and have a good time, like what friends would do?" I asked him, where secretly I knew what he was probably thinking about – out at a restaurant, just me and him, alone, no friends, no fighting, music around us; like a date.
"Oh. Okay." Edward said, a sudden smile appearing on his face.
This should be an interesting experience…
There you have it, my readers. Another chapter for you – and long one at that. :D Over twelve pages and 6,000 words or so.
I know, it seems odd for Bella to accept Edward's friend request so willingly, when she didn't trust him fully in the past few chapters. And, I know Emmett seems like a raging mad man, hell bent to kill someone. XD
Let's just say that, remember, these characters are very OOC in this version of HSNE. :)
So, what do you think of this chapter? Tell me so in a review if you did like this one! Tell me if I need to improve something or not.
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Bye for now,
~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~
NEXT CHAPTER:
"So, what will you two have for tonight?" she then saw bonded hands and smiled sweetly.
"I see. I'll tell the chef for the lover's delight menu." Oh great…