33HIHI!
So, totally amazing thing happened so far-MY BIRTHDAY! I had so much fun!
Of course, school doesn't care if its my birthday, so I still had loads of homework!
But at least I updated right?
By the way, THE TITLE WILL CHANGE! TELL ME WHICH ONE IS THE BEST!
Contemplations of a Teenage Cat
Meow, Snarl, Woof
A Twisted Love Story
Or...is there some other title you prefer? TELL ME IN YOUR REVIEWS OR PM ME!
Memory Lane
Driving. Just the word itself freaked her out. She had watched enough thriller movies with Emmett to know that driving was the reason most people ended up rotting in a cemetery. Living with vampires kept her at an immensely high risk of death (as Edward took pleasure in reminding her whenever he could), and she would not give that risk a chance to rise with driving. For now, she was perfectly fine getting a ride from Edward.
"You can't always get a ride from me," He smirked.
"You said you can't read my mind."
"No. I rely on your face."
"Then my face must tell you that I'm going camping when you are."
Edward's teeth clenched together, "We're wasting time, let's go."
Bella had no idea what she did wrong, and she was intent upon finding out.
"Edward?"
"Not your fault Bella. It's not your fault that we're vampires and you'll never get a normal life because of that," His voice was etched with pain.
For a small second Bella wondered how their playful banter transformed into something so serious so fast.
"You're right. I'll never be normal, I haven't been normal since about 35 years ago," Bella said fiercely.
What was wrong with him? She loved the Cullens; she constantly felt that she was the one intruding upon their lives. For someone so perfect, Edward was kinda weird.
"No, I'm sure you've always been kinda freaky," Edward grinned.
Before she could think of a witty remark, Edward went into a full blown speech on the mechanics of driving. Somewhere in the middle of "combustion" she stopped trying to understand. Edward seemed to realize that fact.
"Are you listening to me Bella?," He asked, annoyed.
"Look, I got the basics okay? Accelerator, brake, flashy arrows, lever thingy, stop lights, stop signs, intersections, and steering wheel. See? I'm good," Bella smiled.
"Maybe you shouldn't learn how to drive," Edward frowned.
The fact obviously displeased him, why, Bella had no idea. But, seeing him have any form of negative reaction made her want to cry.
"You haven't even let me drive," She glared at him.
Edward rolled into the parking lot of a grocery store. They sat there in silence for a few seconds and Bella's patience started wearing off.
"Well?" She asked.
"I shouldn't have brought my baby," Edward whispered miserably.
Bella blinked rapidly. Very funny. Like she could total a Volvo. Utterly hilarious.
"There won't be a single scratch," Bella gave him her 1000 watt smile.
Edward melted immediately; it was quite safe to say that she had him wrapped around all her fingers five times over. But of course, Bella didn't know that.
They switched positions in the car and Bella revved up the engine.
"Please don't crash," Edward muttered.
"Even if I do turn this hunk of metal into a Volvo pretzel, we'd both be able to walk away," Bella replied lightly.
Edward however, did not take it so lightly.
So, Bella made a show of careful driving and slowly-about four miles/hour-out of the parking lot.
"Please Bella, speed," Edward sighed, "I hate slow."
"This is slow? I'm going over the speed limit. And you gotta admit, I'm kinda good at this," Bella grinned, swerving onto the road.
"Not smooth, Bella," He winced at the screeching noise.
"Sorry," She muttered.
"There on one-oh-one," Edward said eagerly, excitement seeping into his voice.
Bella saw the woods up ahead, "I knew you wanted to find some way to suck my blood."
"I would never ever dare to hurt you," Edward said solemnly, snatching Bella's hand.
The sincerity in his voice made her heart sing, and she blushed, knowing that he could hear its discordant tune.
Edward settled for chuckling and rubbing circles in the palm of her hand. Bella felt as if her heart would die from exertion.
Finally, the road clashed with wooded land. It looked unexpected, civilization hitting the wild. The trees towered over them, and their strong woody, new-furniture like smell reminded Bella of Jacob. Why hadn't he called her yet? She missed him. But now, it was more important to focus on Edward, so she shut and locked her brand-new Jacob drawer.
"What now?," Bella questioned.
"We are going on a hike," He announced.
She stared at him; clearly, he was telling her the truth. Bella didn't like hikes, unless if she was hiking up a tree.
Judging by his smile, Edward knew that very well.
"I'll give you a ride," He smirked.
Bella gulped knowing what was coming up. One second she sat horrified the car seat, and in the next, she was on Edward's back, speeding past the trees.
"You know, abusive relationships are against the law," She mumbled, burying her face into his neck.
"Oh, so we're in a relationship, are we?," Edward asked mischievously.
Bella didn't reply. "I wish," She thought longingly.
Before Bella could throw up because of the speed, Edward came to an abrupt halt. If his hands weren't clasped tightly around her knees, she would have tumbled towards the ground (and landing on her feet, of course.)
But the nausea passed quickly, and was replaced by wonderment. Around her was a vast expanse of grassy land with wildflowers springing up randomly.
"Wow, Edward, this is so beautiful," She smiled, twirling three 360 degrees.
Edward watched her with soft, melting eyes. Warmth bubbled up inside of him-metaphorically speaking.
"Not nearly as beautiful as you," Edward murmured.
Bella stopped in the middle of her fifth twirl. Say what? Edward, her brooding best friend, the keeper of her heart, just said something romantic?
Whoa. Different.
"E-Edward," She asked, barely managing to keep her heart steady.
He smiled softly, and held out his hand. Well, that was different, usually he just grabbed it.
"Are you going to gawk at my hand all day?"
"Well, some things haven't changed," Bella thought, sighing.
She took his hand, and he pulled her led her down a path of well-worn grass. Obviously, he'd wandered the perimeter of the circling meadow quite often.
"Remember the first week you were with us?," Edward asked.
"Oh yes, and I thought Esme was going to kill me because I broke her favorite vase," Bella recalled.
"And then the rest of us framed Emmett," Edward chuckled.
"That was priceless. Esme made him drink cold cow blood for a month," Bella smirked.
"Then, two weeks later, I took you out to that restaurant, Essex House," Edward said.
"So expensive," Bella frowned.
However, she remembered that day for another reason, it was the first time he actually hugged her.
"They were planning to demolish it after a week," Edward smiled.
Suddenly, he wrapped his arms around her tightly. If she wasn't a freaky mutant, she'd probably have been crushed to death right then.
"A few days after that, you tried to make strawberry shortcake," Edward chuckled.
He grabbed her hand again as if nothing happened and started walking.
Of course, that night, Edward had kissed her forehead goodnight.
This was exactly what he was doing now.
Bella was utterly confused. Why was he reenacting a trip down the memory lane with her?
This time, Bella intercepted him.
"And then, Esme and Carlisle went out, and we decided to play truth or dare. I kissed you-" Bella started.
Edward finished by kissing her cheek.
"There's just one event missing," Edward mused.
"What?," Bella asked, her cheeks tinted with pink.
"This," He replied.
And his lips came down on hers.
Author's Note: THE AUTHOR'S NOTE ON TOP IS IMPORTANT! I'm kind of bad at this fluff stuff. But is this good? I might be taking things too fast, but really, It's almost been two and a half months in the story.
ANYWAYS, tell me what you think! I better get a lot of reviews! You'd all be nice enough to give me a birthday present right?
And sorry for errors (: