BPOV
I managed to only trip twice in gym, both times because I was distracted y Jess and Lauren's pointless interrogations. Feeling relieved that another day of school was over; I left the gym, heading for my truck. My sixth sense suddenly kicked in, and I automatically shielded myself, my second skin comforting me. Suddenly Mike came up beside me, grabbing my arm and spinning me towards him, my back now up against the building. What and the literal Fuck? "Hey Bella, I'm sorry about before." He apologized. Blowing his breath in my face. Smells like shit. "How about I make it up to you by taking you to dinner," he offered with a supposed to be smooth voice that made him sound like a duck. He would have to do better than that, I mused; he had nothing on vampires and their dazzling skills. Because let me tell you they're top-notch. My skin crawled as I realised that Mike was running his hands up my arms. Disgusting. I froze as his fingers deliberately dipped inwards, trying to cop a feel. Oooooh HELL NO!
I scowled at him, " LOOK I'm REALLY CLOSE to HITTING you so hard even google won't be able to find you AND There is NO way in HELL that I would EVER go out with an Narcissistic ego maniac Such as Yourself and Breaking news: You're an asshole! Mike." I growled out before wrenching myself out of his grasp and taking off for the parking lot at a run. Never had I ever been more tempted to kill a human.
I could hear him chasing after me as if he didn't catch on to my words I neared the parking lot. I knew my truck was on the other side of the lot, and I desperately looked around for a means of escape.
My eyes alighted on a red monster jeep, parked close to me. It was already started, and as I reached it Emmett hopped into the driver's seat. Before he closed the door, I raced up, and jumped, using my shield to push me. I landed on Emmett's lap. Shutting the door, I quickly put the jeep in reverse and slammed my foot on the accelerator. The faster I get out of here the better.
I performed a perfect 180, spinning the jeep quickly around, and sped out of the parking lot. By the time we reached the end of the parking lot, the jeep was already going at 60mph and I was thanking my lucky stars that vampires liked fast cars. I looked in the rear view mirror. What the hell is wrong with that boy? When I saw that Mike had gotten in his car and was attempting to follow me, no doubt to assault me again. Which had my tolerance for him Extremely LOW.
I sped up, drifting the jeep around a tight corner, and then swinging a tight left onto the main highway. Once on the highway, I effortlessly worked my way through the gears, until we were cruising at over 200mph as I weaved through the sparse traffic. I kept up the speed until we reached Port Angeles.
Realising how far I'd driven in my attempt to escape from Mike, I slowed down and did a handbrake park, easily spinning the jeep into a parking space. I turned off the jeep, and threw my head back, hitting Emmett's chest in the process. "Please tell me that Mike is not following me anymore" I begged. They were silent for a moment probably shocked before Alice piped up.
"No, he gave up when you sped away on the highway," she assured me. I let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank God," I muttered, relieved. "I don't think I could handle him apologising again while trying to grope me without seriously hurting that boy." I shuddered at the memory, disgust lacing my tone.
Then I suddenly realised where I was. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry guys. I barely know you and I hijacked you and your car and took you all the way to Port Angeles." I exclaimed, horrified by what I'd done. "I am so sorry." I said again.
Jasper spoke up, a sense of calmness washing over me as he talked, "It's alright Bella we're fine." He assured me.
"Yeah," Alice added, "If Mike tried to grope me I'd probably do the same thing."
I laughed, "No you wouldn't, you'd probably get Jasper to eat him instead," I snickered. They chuckled, thinking that I didn't know just how funny they found my comment.
"That's one advantage of having a boyfriend," Alice conceded.
"If you need someone to scare him away let me know," Emmett offered, "I love scaring people." To prove his point he grinned at me, showing his bright, sharp teeth. I smiled back, completely unafraid, and his expression turned to disappointment.
I suddenly realised that I was still sitting on Emmett's lap. "I'm sorry Emmett, I forgot where I was," I said sheepishly, "I should be going now guys. Thanks for being so good about me taking you on a detour." I said, opening the car door and jumping to the ground.
"Wait Bella!" Alice called, "Where are you going?"
"Yeah Bella, I was fine," Emmett smiled at me.
"I'm going to get a cab and go home guys." I said, confused.
Rosalie rolled her eyes at me. "Get in the car Bella, we'll take you home."
"But I've already inconvenienced you enough this week, what with hijacking you, and eating lunch with you," I protested, "I can find my own way home."
Alice sighed. "Bella get in now before I get out and force you in." She demanded, her look telling me I wouldn't like to face the consequences of her wrath.
I hopped into the back, Alice scooting over to the middle to make room for me. "Thank you," she said smugly. I huffed at her as Emmett started the jeep and headed back to Forks.
"So Bella that was some pretty cool driving you did back there." Emmett sounded impressed, "Who knew a little creature like you could handle my monster jeep like that?"
I kicked the back of his chair, "Please Emmett," I started, rolling my eyes, "I learnt to drive in an Ariel Atom, a Hummer and a Pagani Zonda." I stated smugly. I figured that since they already knew about my Audi, It couldn't hurt to tell them about the other cars I'd driven. "Your little jeep doesn't scare me one bit." I said smugly. "In fact, it's nothing in comparison to the amount of power my Bugatti Veyron has." I mentioned casually.
I sat there, letting what I'd just told them sink in. "You have a Bugatti Veyron too?" Rosalie asked. At my nod she grinned in excitement. "How fast have you gone in it?"
"Well last time I was in Europe I took it to the Autobahn in Germany and got it over 290mph."
Rosalie looked impressed. She grilled me on my car for a little longer before sighing, "I've got to try one of those out. It sounds exhilarating."
"It is," I assured her. "I have to admit though, this jeep is very impressive, did you put the performance upgrades on?" I asked her.
She looked surprised, "Yeah I did, how'd you know it was me?" she asked.
"Well you may look like a supermodel." I said, "But you're obviously the one in this family with the passion for cars." She grinned at that. "I'd love to get myself a Maserati GTS as a fun car to drive around out of town, but I don't know where I could keep it." I explained. "Charlie knows I have money, but he doesn't know how much."
"Besides, it would stand out too much in Forks." I said regretfully.
"A Maserati GTS? We have plenty of room in our garage for another car, you could keep it there." Rosalie offered.
The others looked shocked at Rosalie's offer. She must not do that often. "Rose you never let people into your garage, especially not strangers," Jasper hissed at her under his breath. And I was right.
"It's a Maserati Jasper," she hissed back, "Think of all the fun I can have tinkering with a new car. I haven't been able to play with a new car for ages thanks to Carlisle saying we had enough cars as it is." She grumbled.
"Wow, that's awfully generous of you Rosalie, if you're sure you wouldn't mind, I'd love to take you up on that offer." I was extremely pleased, now I could occasionally get out of town and have fun in my fast car when I was fed up with my slow truck.
"It's no trouble at all," She assured me, "In fact, please call me Rose." She asked.
"Okay Rose." I grinned at her before pulling out my phone. "What's your address for when I have it delivered" I asked. She told me and I typed it into my phone before calling Santiago.
"Hi Santi," I said when he picked up.
"Hey Bella, how's school?" he asked.
"Not bad," I answered. "Anyway, I'm calling because I want to ask a really big favour..." I started, my voice turning persuasive.
Santiago groaned. "What is it?"
"Can you order me a brand new midnight blue Maserati GTS, to be delivered to the address I'm texting you?" I asked, "Please," I added sweetly.
He chuckled, "I think we spoiled you, getting you a Bugatti Veyron for your 15th. Now you seem to think you need a new car every couple of years." He teased me.
"Of course I do," I teased him back, "And thank you for my new Maserati Santi." I grinned, my tone smug.
"Yeah yeah, I'll get right on it," he said, "You should have it within the next couple of weeks," he assured me. "I'll send you some upgrades for it too."
I thanked him again, then hung up. Of course, the vampires in the car had heard the entire conversation, and were grinning at me, amused. "And that's how you get a new car." I said proudly. They burst into laughter. "I only wish it could get here before the weekend," I moaned, "I don't know what I'm going to do with myself, driving my slow old truck to Port Angeles this weekend."
"Why are you going to Port Angeles?" Alice asked.
"I need to shop for some better clothes for Fork's weather." I explained. I was suddenly wary as I saw Alice's eyes sparkle. I felt a momentary sense of dread, which was quickly replaced by unnatural excitement. I inwardly cursed Jasper.
"Shopping!" Alice yelled excitedly, bouncing in her seat. "Oh Bella we're going to have so much fun!" she exclaimed.
"Who said you were coming?" I asked confused, though the idea definitely had an appeal.
"I did of course, I LOVE shopping." She answered.
Beside her Jasper chuckled. "That's right Bella, Alice lives for shopping." He informed me.
I realised that I wouldn't be getting out of shopping with Alice, who seemed to like it even more than Heidi (Which was saying something). I gave in. "Okay Alice, you can come." I said. "But if we're going to do this, we're going to do it properly." I warned. "In fact, I think we should make a weekend out of it." I said, a plan forming in my mind.
"I'm coming too." Rose said quickly, "We can take my car."
I grinned at her, "Sounds like fun." Then I told them my plan. "I think we should drive up to Seattle after lunch on Friday, and fly to Edmonton so that we can spend the weekend shopping there and come back Sunday afternoon." I offered. I could see from the sudden smiles on Alice and Rose's faces that they knew which mall was in Edmonton.
Emmett obviously didn't. "Edmonton?" he asked.
"Yep," I answered, "Home of West Edmonton Mall, one of the largest malls in the world." I explained. "It has over 800 stores." I deliberately left out the fact that it also had an amusement park with a rollercoaster, water park, ice shaking rink and aquarium, suspecting that he'd want to crash our shopping trip if he found out. Judging from the glances I was getting from Rose and Alice, they didn't want him to find out either.
We spent the remainder of the ride back to Forks talking about different options. Alice offered to check out the flights and accommodation details and get back to me. I exchanged phone numbers with them, and they dropped me off at my house.
That night I drifted off to sleep eagerly anticipating the coming day.