“Give me two seconds, Bella, a girl has got to look good!”
I tapped my foot as I impatiently watched Alice finish applying her lip-gloss.
I used to hate living right across the street from a high school. During summer vacation, the bell would still ring and wake me up every morning. It drove me nuts. I can’t remember the last time I actually slept in.
I definitely do not hate living across from Port Angeles high school any longer. My best friend Alice and I attend the Olympic Christian School. Our school starts thirty minutes earlier than public school, which sucks on the waking up part, but it means we get out of school 30 minutes earlier. This is how we discovered them.
A few weeks ago after school, Alice and I were at my house hanging out on the front porch. That stupid bell rang and Alice joked how she was going to go the office of the school and complain. She started crossing the street and so I ran after her.
As the kids were piling out of the school, we definitely looked out of place with our uniforms on. We got a few catcalls due in part to our short skirts. As we were both laughing and heading back to my house we saw the two hottest guys ever.
The first boy, whom I quickly called dibs on, had the coolest hair color I had ever seen. It was bronze and messy, and I just wanted to run my fingers through it. He also had the greenest eyes I had ever seen. His clothes fit his body perfectly, snug but not tight. He had to be a swimmer. I seriously had to find out.
Alice quickly started drooling over the second guy. He was blonde with blue eyes. Cliché yes, but hot non-the-less. He had the same body type as boy number one.
Alice stopped dead in her tracks staring at this boy. I ran into her as I was staring at boy number one. The boys were walking towards Maple Street, which meant they lived nearby. This was not good…for them.
So all of this happened a few weeks ago. Now Alice and I had a routine. We would come home from school and quickly change our clothes and pretty up our faces for our stalking. Yeah, I said it, stalking. We changed our clothes to fit in. Nothing stands out more than two girls in a uniform at a public school.
We would walk over to the school and ‘casually’ stand around by the fence that ran along the whole distance of the property. When the boys would walk by us, we would wait about one minute and then we would follow. Yes, follow. We would follow them right until they would turn onto Maple Street; when they did, we would continue straight and then circle the block back to my house. We were seriously getting toned from all this walking.
“Ok, I’m ready. Let’s go!”
“Bout time! Maybe we should talk to them today,” I half asked, half told Alice as we made our way over to the fence.
“Bella, they are the guys which means they need to make the first move,” Alice replied as she nervously picked at the hem of her shirt.
“Then why haven’t they done it yet?” I asked, but Alice shushed me right when the bell rang.
We were at our post, as we had been calling it. Boy number one and boy number two walked by, smiled at us, and then continued walking. We waited our minute, which in reality was like thirty seconds, and proceeded to follow.
“His ass is so cute, don’t you think his ass is cute?” Alice asked as she for the millionth time check out boy number two.
“Yup,” I answered while staring at boy number ones ass.
“Bella, oh my god, tie your shoe! Tie your shoe!”
I looked over to Alice; she had a horrified look on her face. The boys had stopped walking and were talking to a third boy.
On instinct, I dropped down to tie my shoe. One problem. I was wearing flip-flops.
“Fuck, Alice! Look!” I tried to whisper.
Alice looked down and cursed me for my shoe choice. I fiddled with the thong of the flip-flop for a minute, knowing I looked ridiculous.
The three boys were laughing. The third one started to walk away.
“See ya Friday, Edward. Jasper, tell your sister to call me!” he called out as he left, while boy number two flipped him the bird. I’m guessing he was Jasper.
Edward! Boy number one had a name. He totally looked like an Edward. Alice smiled at me and gave me the ‘Yes! We know their names’ look. The boys, Edward and Jasper, started to walk again. I stood back up and Alice and I continued toward Maple St.
After a few minutes of walking, I tried to whisper to Alice.
“Something is off, we are walking slower than usual.”
“I thought that, too. Just stay calm.” She replied through clenched teeth.
We kept staring at each other wide-eyed and both expecting the other to give an order.
If we would have been paying attention, we would have noticed our pace slowed even more.
“Bella!” Alice screamed.
“Wha…Oomph”
I heard laughing. Boy laughing. Boy laughing that was right in my face. While my face was pressed against Edwards chest. Wow, he smelled really good.
“Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” I blushed as I pushed myself away from Edward.
“Hey, no problem. Bella, right?” he replied.
“Yeah, how’d you know?”
“Your friend there called your name.” He pointed to Alice, who was now standing next to me.
Geez, could I be any smoother?
“Hey, I’m Alice,” she said extending her hand and smile to Jasper.
“Well hello little lady, I’m Jasper,” he replied with a slight southern twang and then kissed Alice’s hand.
I looked over and saw Edward fake gagging himself over his friends’ corny introduction. I could not help but laugh, and soon Edward was laughing as well.
“Why hello, Bella, I’m Edward.” He laughed as he mocked Jasper and grabbed my hand. But as soon as he touched me, it was no longer funny. We looked at each other in wonder as my skin tingled from his touch. I think he felt it, too.
“So are we going to need a restraining order?” Edward asked as he slowly let go of my hand.
I could feel my cheeks immediately turn hot. Oh god, he knew. I couldn’t speak.
“We’ve been waiting for you ladies to talk to us. What’s it been, Edward, like three weeks now?” Jasper asked.
“We have no clue what you are talking about!” Alice tried to play innocent.
I still could not speak. Edward kept smiling at me and I was smiling back.
“I’m just glad I know your name now.” Jasper smiled at Alice. Alice blushed. I don’t think I have ever seen Alice blush.
I finally found my voice.
“So if you guys have known this whole time, why didn’t you talk to us? Why did you keep letting us follow you?” I asked, still blushing.
“You were pursuing us. We were waiting for you to make the move.” Edward smiled.
“I freaking’ told you, Alice! Now we look like idiots!” I gushed.
“Sorry, Bella…” Alice started, but Edward cut her off.
“You don’t look like idiots. You look pretty good from where I’m standing.”
Mr. Smooth talker made me blush even more.
“Look, you guys want to come over and hang out?” Jasper asked us both, but his eyes never left Alice.
“Of course we do!” Alice beamed.
“Shall we then?” Jasper asked as he extended his arm to Alice. And of course Alice accepted.
Edward fake gagged once again, making me giggle as Alice and Jasper started to walk ahead of us. We started walking and Edward casually grabbed my hand and entwined our fingers together. I looked down and smiled at our joined hands and the tingly feeling that accompanied it.
I have never been happier to live across the street from Port Angeles high school.
**S Meyer owns it**
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