Storming Sky

TRUTH

The rest of the weekend was great.

I got a beautiful blue knee length dress for the dance, and Fiona got a long red empire dress that made her red hair stand out like flames. We talked about boys, girls, and everything in between, and really caught up with each other. On Monday, we went to school, I dodged questions about the whereabouts of my family, apologized to Andrew again, and Fiona and I watched chick flicks and did our homework.

Then Tuesday happened.

It seemed like a normal day. The sun was still bright, so my siblings didn't go to school, but I went yesterday so it didn't seem normal to not go today. Plus, I had been with Fiona. I looked over at their empty table in the cafeteria, and saw Bella doing the same. She was sitting with Jessica, Lauren, Mike, Eric, Tyler, and Angela, but it was clear who she'd rather be with.

You are one strange creature, I thought, looking at her. Then, she started to walk over to me.

"Can I sit here?" She asked. No, I thought, but said yes anyways.

"What's up?" I asked her, trying to be friendly.

"Where is everyone today?" She asked, and I knew she was referring to my brothers and sisters.

"Camping," I said, automatically.

"Why aren't you with them?" She asked.

"I slept over Fiona's instead. I was sick last week and I didn't feel up to camping, so they said I could stay with her."

"Oh, okay," she said, hesitant, but accepting. That's when the bell rang. I got lucky.

My dad picked me up from school – he was the one who had the tinted windows – and drove me home. He asked me the usual "How was school," questions and I gave him the usual answers.

"I talked to Bella a little bit," I confessed after a few moments of silence. He looked at me, astonished.

"Edward asked you not to," he said, sternly.

"Daddy, we go to the same school and they weren't there today. She's going to have questions and she hunts me down for the answers because I'm the closest she can get to them! It's not my fault!"

"Relax, dear," he said, chuckling. "I'm sure you are innocent. You just need to be careful and let Edward make the moves."

"This isn't a chess game, Dad," I complained. Too much drama.

"But isn't it?" He contemplated, "Isn't all of our lives just a giant chess game?"

"Okay, Dad, stop right there. I haven't lived nearly enough lives to be able to follow you right now," I said, putting my hand up. Dad just laughed.

We pulled into the driveway and Alice was waiting at the door. She wanted to see the dress I had picked out. I showed her a picture since the real thing was still at Fiona's house.

"When are you going to get it?" She asked.

"Well, since we are getting ready at her house I thought I would just leave it there," I said, softly, knowing Alice wouldn't like that answer.

"Nonsense," she said. "We'll go pick it up tomorrow after school." I rolled my eyes.

"If you keep rolling your eyes like that, they'll stick inside your head," Jasper said, coming up behind Alice. I hugged him. I missed them over the weekend, even just for a little while.

"I was thinking we could go outside and play some human-football, if you're interested. Emmett already said he was in," Jasper offered. Alice gave him a look, but he just shrugged. The dubbed "human football" was very different from the games that Edward, Emmett, and Jasper played, but there was still risk involved for the said human.