Real Women Have Curves (Twilight AU-Human)

Chapter 7: Bound

B POV

The next few days were uneventful. I went to school, came home, read, made dinner, watched some TV, worked on homework, did some laundry, and went to bed. Rinse and repeat.

I had called Renee the day after the cryfest and told her about school and how I made friends with a girl named Angela. How dad spoke out of turn and that the guy that I was partnered with was good-looking and nice but that I doubted that anything would happen.

She urged me to get involved more, maybe find an after school job or extra curricular activity. If nothing else it would look good on a resume. I agreed and began job hunting. However, no positions for a high school student were really available.

I asked around a little and Mike said that his mom was looking for some help at their Outdoors Equipment Store. Hell, I could sell sleeping bags. Maybe I could prove how roomy they were by demonstrating how even I could fit in one.

Edward's and my biology partnership was going well. He definitely wasn't the slacker type. I had a feeling he was bull shitting me on the whole, "I don't understand this stuff." He seemed to know it pretty well by himself. He gave up the act eventually and claimed his dad had helped him understand it.

This only caused more concern for me. Why was he sticking around then? He didn't seem to need me to boost his grades, come to find out he had the highest GPA on the football team and quite possibly was in the running to be Valedictorian of our class.

It wasn't really until Thursday morning that I thought something might be up.

As I was sliding my binder back into my backpack, a small cough caused me to look up. There stood the spiky black haired girl, Alice. She had hazel eyes, shadowy make-up that made her look dramatic and a big smile plastered on her face.

"Hello Bella." she chimed. "I'm Alice Cullen. Edward's sister. I know that you two are partners in biology and seem to be forming a friendship so I thought I might invite you to the post game get together tomorrow night."

"Um-" was all I could manage to get out before she interrupted me.

"Edward knows I'm inviting you. He said he'd love if you'd go but didn't want you to feel obligated. It's just going to be a few people. I think it would be a great way for you to get to know some more people a little better. So please will you go?"

I nod slightly, but it's all the fuel Alice needs to get excited. She giddily claps and springs up and down like a slinky.

I clear my throat, "Um, where is it going to be at?" I ask with more bravery than I thought I could muster.

"Oh, well. About that." She puts her finger up to her lips and taps it three times before answering. "It'll be at our house, but it's a little hard to get to. How about I pick you up from your house tomorrow before the game? You can ride with Rose and me over and then Edward can take you from the game. Rose and I have to stay a little late to help clean up the stands. Our house is a little difficult to get to without having one of us to show you where it is at first."

"Umm, okay." I agree trepidly. "What time is it that you're going to pick me up?"

"Well the game starts at seven, so let's say I stop by at six. We have to be there a little early because as the cheerleaders we have to help set up. You don't have to do any of that though. You can just find a spot in the bleachers."

"Ok, six sounds good." That will give me enough time to hyperventilate, pass out, collect myself, make dinner and change clothes at least three times.