Remember Me: Chapter 7

Chapter 7

BPOV

I had been home for no more than twenty minutes when I heard the front door open. I had changed into the pajamas that I had worn the night before and treated my ears. I was currently sitting on the couch eating my way through a tub of ice cream and watching television when Jolie strolled in plopping down beside me, her long red hair bouncing as she settled herself.

"Hey Jo!" I smiled offering her a spoon full of ice cream. She happily obliged.

"Hey B. Nice pajamas, I like. Oh my gosh you got your ears pierced!" she squealed.

"Yeah, its was one pretty eventful day." I smiled, as she grabbed another spoonful of ice cream.

"How was your sleepover?" she asked.

"It was actually fun. We went shopping. Alice and Rosalie went completely overboard. They bought me 15 bags worth of clothing and accessories." I breathed, thinking of all those multiple bags up in my room, just waiting to put away.

"Fifteen bags! Damn B, you make me wish I were your size." She pouted.

"Jo, you're not that much bigger than I am." I said which was true. She was maybe 2 or 3 sizes larger than I was. Lately when she was around I noticed she was refraining from eating too much. Her only guilty pleasure of course was ice cream. I now wondered if the guy she was seeing was making her self conscious about her weight.

"What about you? I asked, as she twirled one of her long burgundy strands of hair around her finger.

"Ooh Bella, I think I'm in love." she said with a gleam in her eye.

"Really Jo, you've only been dating him for what, a week?" I gasped. It was wrong of me too act that way. She probably felt the way I was slowly for Edward but you don't see me dating him yet after knowing him for such a short period of time.

"So? I just know he is the one." she smiled.

"Well tell me about him. You haven't told me anything about him at all. What his name? What does he even look like?" I said."Well his name is Jimmy, but I call him "J", and he is just beautiful. He has a skin disorder so he's very pale. He also has long blond hair that he usually wears in a pony tail. He also has sensitive eyes so he has to wear shades. He's a real sweetheart." she cheered.

"Well he has to be if he has to put up with you." I teased, as she playfully shoved my shoulder.

"Shut it B. He's taking me out for my birthday Friday and I'll like you to accompany us." she said."Really?" I asked. I thought it was a little early to be introducing us. I mean it had only been a week.

"Yeah, I can't wait to have my best friend meet my boyfriend." she grinned grabbing another bite of ice cream.

"Boyfriend? So you're exclusive now?" I asked.

"Yep, and I couldn't be nay happier." she smiled, laying her head back down against the couch.

"And I an happy for you." I smiled as we settled back on the couch, grinning and chatting like the fools we were.

EPOV

"What do you mean she was bitten?" I asked, as we all looked at Carlisle to continue. He ran his hand through his hair before continuing.

"I mean just that. Esme and I had just finished hunting when we stumbled across the accident. It was complete chaos. The strong smell of blood and gasoline permeated the air and it was beginning to slightly drizzle. That's when we heard a small scream. We both glanced over to see a blonde haired vampire with red eyes holding her in a vice grip his teeth inching closer and closer to he neck. We immediately got on the defense, seeing that she was just and adolescent. He had bitten Bella on her neck when Esme and I ran over and frightened him away, dropping her in the process, hence the bruises they found on her when the police arrived on the scene. Poor Bella was in agony. A small 5 year old girl left screaming and writhing in agony. When I looked her over and examined her wound I knew that we had arrived just in time. When he bit her, he had only managed to get a little dose of venom inside of her, but it wasn't enough to completely change her. She may have not gotten the full extent of the fire we feel when were changing. She felt enough of what most humans would call a mild 1st degree burn. From all of her screaming I figured that there might be a few side effects to worry about, but I wasn't too sure. Being young and frightened only added to the hysteria so I thought she might be okay. Esme sat and held her while I went to go investigate the wreckage, and I guess the rest is history." Carlisle said. We all sat there in silence relishing his words. We sat there momentarily secluded by silence when Alice spoke.

"Well I guess that explains things." she said as she stared blankly at the wall.

"Explain what?" Esme asked. As we all looked at her. I tried reading her mind but she was blocking me by reciting the U.S constitution in Russian.

"I believe Bella does suffer from a few side effects from being bitten." she started as we waited for her to continue.

"Didn't you notice how beautiful she was? Any one in their right mind could see that, and anyone who didn't was probably jealous of her. Even Edward read the dreaded thoughts of the envious girls and love stricken boys on her first day." Alice said, as we all nodded our heads.

"Hmm, I did notice that she was extraordinarily beautiful for a human. I don't know why she would even consider herself plain." Esme mumbled.

"Then look at her skin. She's maybe a shade or two lighter than we are. Everybody at school even noticed how closely she resembled Em and Jazz." Rose added.

"Well that would also explain her scent. She smells better than most humans but slightly woodsy; strawberries and freesia." Emmett added.

"And haven't you all noticed her eyes. I mean there still brown but they have a faint hint of red to them, which would make sense, since she still has blood flowing throughout her body." Alice added. Carlisle stood off to the side an intrigued look upon his face.

"Well those are some interesting theories. I will have to do some further research on the matter. If what you're saying is true, Bella may just be one of the most important factors that link our world to theirs." he said.

"It's probable. I mean Edward; remember you told us that you couldn't read her mind? What if that's her gift? She's blocking us." Rosalie said.

"I think we're getting a little over our heads." I answered, getting a "headache" from all of their raging thoughts.

"No, but it makes sense. Bella said that she had no recollection of that night, only small flashes. It's sort of like our transformation. When we awake we only remember small bits and pieces of our past life. Only the most important memories are remembered. We all remembered Bella because she had impacted all of our lives tremendously. Rosalie might be on to something." Jasper said. We were all met by silence once more as we were left to our thoughts all thinking the same thing:

There was more to Bella then we had ever imagined.

BPOV

"Explain to me, why I'm doing this again?" I pouted at Jolie, as she applied makeup to my face with an amused smiel.

"Because you love me." she grinned as she put one of her many brushes down. I was tired and in desperate need of sleep. Luckily it was Friday so, I had all weekend to rest, but knowing Alice, sleep wouldn't come too easy this weekend. The week was uneventful. When Monday morning came I was bombarded by Angela who apologized profusely for Lauren and Jessica's actions. I just shrugged it off and gave her a smile. Lauren didn't pass me a second glance but that didn't stop her from glaring at me every now and then since I was now sitting at the Cullen/Hale table. Sitting at their table was really fun except when Alice brought up shopping. My body and feet still ached from the constant trying on of clothes at my house to prepare for the school week. Thus bringing us to now, where I look on at my best friend Jolie as she dressed her self in a black dress and ankle boots that I so willingly gave them to her much to Alice's dismay.

"You're lucky that's the only reason." I huffed, pressing down on an imaginary wrinkle on one of the many garments Alice and Rose had purchased for me. I was dressed in a blue and brown paisley dress that ended at the knee with a blue cardigan over it. I so called finished the "ensemble" as Alice puts it with a pair of silver flats. Jolie had just finished braiding my hair into a twist when she finally said that she was done.

I was finally meeting the so called "J" in Port Angeles. I was driving us there because afterwards they planned to go out dancing, but I simply figured it was because they wanted some private time alone and didn't want a pesky seventeen year old ruining it. It wasn't that long of a drive until we arrived in front of a quaint Italian bistro. As soon as we stepped out of the truck Jolie ran into the arms of a tall blonde.

"Bella, this is J." she smiled, her blue eyes twinkling. I looked up to observe him. He was really tall, maybe 6'2, not as tall as Edward. Like Jo described he was ghostly pale, well paler than me the albino. His hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and although it was dark outside, he had his shades perched upon his face. He must have very sensitive eyes. As we headed towards the entrance to the put in our reservation, I got this weird vibe. For some strange reason I had a bad feeling that something big was going to happen. All of this started when I met him. It was just something about him that disturbed me. Something off. I was probably just being delusional. Jo was through the roof about this guys so the least I could do is sit here and enjoy it.

I was enjoying it. Most of dinner consisted of me eating while watching the two of them make kissy faces at each other, as I sat there nauseated. I swore as the two of them talked he would sneak glances at me. It was really creeping me out. I was even madder at Jo for making me even come in the first place and then ignoring me. The two of them didn't even eat. I was just miserable. I even resorted to texting on the new phone Edward had bought me as a gift. It had took him plenty of convincing me to even accept it. I was halfway reading through a text where Angela was telling me about her date with Ben when I heard a throat clear.

"Bella, I can't believe you. At least you can act like you want to be here." Jolie glared at me furiously.

"Excuse me?" I gasped, at the harshness of her voice.

"That is so rude. J comes all the way out here for us and you're just ignoring the two of us." she huffed her face flushing an angry shade of red."Ignoring you? You were the phone attached at the lips to blondie over here for forty minutes." I growled. I couldn't believe her, I gave up my Friday night for her considering that I didn't have any other plans, but if I did I gave it up just to even come tonight.

"Don't talk about him like that. He's being courteous, while you're acting like a bitch." she screeched drawing the attention of a few patrons.

"Oh please. Look who's acting like a bitch. I gave up my evening only to sit here and watch the two of you swap spit." I rolled my eyes. I snuck a glance a J to see him with an amused smile on his face as he let out a snort. He had actually found this funny."What in the hell are you laughing for? This isn't funny." I glared at him.

"Don't talk to him like that! You're just jealous. You think that since you're pretty, that you're better than everyone. You're just mad that I have a boyfriend and you don't." she huffed.

"Yeah that's it. I don't have time for this, I'm leaving." I said as I got up.

"Yeah leave Bella. That's what you always do. Run away. You're so whiny. No wonder your parents and siblings left, I would want to leave too or die in their case." she sneered and I stopped in my tracks. That was a pretty low blow and she knew it. Angry tears welled in my eyes and with one final glance, I turned in her direction.

"Drop Dead." I said harshly before storming out of the restaurant. Only then when I got inside the truck that my tears fell. How could my best friend say that to me? She knew how depressed I first was at the loss of my family. And then there's that smug bastard who just sat there laughing. I wanted to smack that smirk off his face but knowing Jo at this moment she would probably side with him a guys she's know about a week compared to a girl she's known for nearly 12 years. I angrily pulled out the parking lot but not before stealing a glance at Jolie and J as they exited the restaurant, J creepily waving a hand at me as Jolie flipped me off.

I drove home with angry tears falling down my face as my phone rang. I looked down at the caller id to see it was Alice.

"Hello?" I said my voice raspy.

"You okay?" she asked her voice full of concern.

"No, but I will be." I said. This was true. We would get over this stupid argument and go back to being best friends again.

"Do you want to come over?" she asked.

"Nah, I think I am just going to call it a night and get some rest. I'm pretty tired." I breathed.

"Well be careful. I'll talk to you tomorrow." She said before hanging up the phone.

"Bye Al." I said.

"Bye Bella." she said before hanging up the phone. I finished my drive home cutting at least 15 minutes off of my duration since I was pressing so hard down on the gas pedal. I quickly changed into my pajamas and headed to bed. I was so exhausted. I was asleep before my head even hit the pillow.

I was having the most horrifying dream, when I heard a loud thump, awakening me from my slumber. Grateful that I was just dreaming I headed downstairs where the thump continued to get louder. I glanced over at the clock to see that it was 4 in the morning. What someone could want at this hour? The lights were still off so I figured Jolie had stayed with him. I carefully opened the door to make sure it wasn't some loon when I noticed the red and blue lights flashing outside. Nothing ever came good from those two colors. I opened the door to reveal to policemen outside my door. My heart stuttered in my chest. If I could ever remember anything from the accident it was the policemen arriving on the scene of the accident delivering the sad news of my family's death.

Fearing the worst I managed to stutter out a quick inaudible grunt.

"Are you Isabella Swan?" one of them asked.

"Yes?" I breathed, my heart pounding harshly in my chest.

"I'm sorry." One of them said, and I instantly knew.

"No!" I shrieked as I dropped down to my knees. This was never supposed to happen. She was going to come home, we would apologize, hug one another and things would be back to normal. I never thought that when I told her to "drop dead" it would kill her literally. The world began swaying as the two policeman became blurs. She had left me. Everyone left me. I fell into the dark depths of darkness, and for the first time since I the accident, I hoped that I nevered resurfaced.