Growing More

Chapter 1: Can't Wait

Bella's POV:

I woke up to the birds cawing outside my window, and the sun shining brightly through my blinds. I sat up and looked to the bed to my right. Alice, my big sister, was still fast asleep. I looked to my left, and my big brother, Emmett, was asleep, too, snoring like a bear.

I threw back the comforter and put on my slippers. I walked over to my silver full body mirror and put my auburn hair into a high ponytail.

I put in a dark blue camisole with a built in bra and some dark distressed skinny jeans that had holes on the knees. I took off my grey bunny slippers and put on a pair of black uggs.

I grabbed some of my powder foundation and put it on, then put on a little bit o lipgloss.

Finally, I grabbed my favorite baseball cap and slipped my ponytail through the hole in the back of the hat.

After I got ready, I went downstairs to make something for breakfast. Dad had already gone to work, he goes for overtime, so my siblings and I are left at home a lot.

I pulled some frosted flakes off the shelf and poured some of it into a plastic bowl. I walked over to the fridge and grabbed our milk and snatched a spoon from the drawer.

After I poured the milk in, I put it back in the fridge and say down at our dining table. I managed to eat two bites of cereal before I heard scraping at the door.

At first I thought I was hearing things, until the knocking started.

Nobody should be here at 7:00am on Sunday.

I slowly stood up, pushing my chair back. I walked up to the front door and latched the chain lock, so I could open the door partially without letting them shove open the door.

I slowly turned the knob, and pulled open the door. I peeked out. Standing there with a smug smirk on his beautiful face, and his hair bronze-tinted and damp - probably from his morning shower - stood my best friend, and crush, Edward.

I quickly unlatched the lock and opened the door.

"Dude! Why would you scare me like that?" I asked him, shoving him playfully. He began to laugh.

"Did I really scare you?" he asked, grinning.

"Yes! I thought you were some weird guy who wanted to shoot my face off!"

Suddenly, Edward went very serious.

"If anyone wanted to hurt you, they would have to get through me first, Bella."

We stared at each other for a while, his emerald eyes blazing into mine.

Then, he cleared his throat and said, "you know your eyes are actually kind of an amber color? Amber is in the top three rarest eye colors."

"So is emerald," I said unthinkingly.

He chuckled. "So, what were you doing before I came over?"

"Well I was just eating breakfast, then I was gonna call you to see if you wanted to take me on in a game of chess."

"You're on!"

Edward made his own cereal, then sat next to me. We ate together, talking about how we were starting school tomorrow. Suddenly, Emmett came down the stairs, with hilarious bed head.

"Nice hair, Emmett, it really fits your scattered personality," I teased.

Edward laughed.

"Shut up, Izzy," Emmett yawned.

Edwards jaw dropped open. I glared at Emmett, and threw my chair back. Edward tried to tell me to sit down, but I shook him off.

"What. Did. You. Just. Call. Me?" I screeched. Our ex-stepmother called us that, and she abused me.

Emmett dropped the bowl he was holding, and looked around at me, his eyes fearful. I marched over to him and grabbed him by the collar of his pajama shirt.

"No one, not even Edward," I spat, "calls me Izzy." I shoved Emmett into the counter, and stormed up to my room.

I slammed the door behind me, not caring I Alice was still asleep or not. She wasn't, she was at the mirror doing her makeup, wearing a pink sundress.

"I heard the argument, by the way. Nice job, sis," Alice said, putting on mascara.

"Thanks," I mumbled, and stomped over to my bed. There was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" I moaned.

"It's Edward,"

"Come on in,"

Edward walked in. He looked at Alice, said "nice, Alice. You look good,", then he walked over to me.

"Bell, I know that that brings back bad memories. But I think Emmett was so used to being forced to call you that, that he just said it instinctively, not on purpose."

"He knows I hate it. You know I hate it!" I said, my eyes tearing up.

"I know, but that's not Emmett's fault. Go easy on him, okay? The divorce just cleared last week, it's going to take Emmett some getting used to to know that he's free to call you whatever now."

He stared at me for a long moment, and my heart melted. "Fine," I agreed.

"Thanks," Edward hugged me, then said, "now, get ready. We're going swimming today!"

"Awesome!" I yelled, and shoved him out of the room so I could get into my bathing suit.

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