Twilight Restless Minds

Chapter:26

Please don't touch me, Bella.

Her eyes met mine again, dark and fierce. I stood a mere two feet away from her, our faces and our mouths level, and I knew if the situation was different I would have taken her into my arms and kissed her.

I took a swig of beer, acting casual before cocking my head to the side.

Her smile never faded as I approached. It turned into a cute little smirk. "Hey B…what's up?"

"Can I bum a cigarette from you, E?" She said E with a sarcastic tone, enjoying our newly formed names for each other. I liked it too, I had to admit.

I pursed my lips, trying to maintain as much control as my drunken state would allow, fishing in my jacket for the pack of smokes. I held my hand out, offering it to her, but she just continued to smirk, making no move to take it from me.

Shit.

Her lips parted and I carefully stuck the cigarette right in her mouth, praying that she wouldn't reach for my hand or something. Cautiously cupping my hand around the end, I lit it, shielding the flame from the wind. I hadn't even been so close to her before. She smelled of burning wood and soapy clean perfume or something.

Bella mouthed, "Thank you." She rose, and resumed dancing seductively on the table while the puffs of smoke drifted upward from her mouth. I walked away smiling to myself as I lit my own cigarette with the realization that Bella was actually flirting with me and I had to completely ignore her.

21 months until freedom.

Won't even matter, because my balls will have exploded by then.

And Bella will be gone.

At some point Emmett had gotten an eye full of Rosalie's provocative outfit, and stormed off somewhere to stew in his jealousy. She took off after him, leaving Bella and Alice to fend for themselves.

It got late and cold as people began to leave, the embers of the barbecue pit fires going out all around us in clouds of dense gray smoke. Jazz was still in a coma on the table next to me and Emmett was nowhere to be found. Bella and Alice were a few feet away, talking quietly.

"We're going to get going. Are you guys okay to drive?" Bella asked.

"Uh, no actually, we're not," I replied, glancing at Jasper's heap. "Have you seen Emmett?"

"He left with Rose about an hour ago. Angela was going to give us a ride home."

"Shit, are you serious? That fucking flat leaving bastard…" I seethed.

"Hey, I can drive you home," Bella said. "I only had one beer, like three hours ago."

Shaking my head I replied, "We have Jasper's car. It's a stick."

She smiled and rolled her eyes. "I can drive a stick." Jasper's head snapped up and he muttered something about "no girl driving his car."

"I learned to drive on Phil's Ferrari. I'll be fine," she said confidently, not masking her annoyance.

That was enough reassurance for me. I popped off the table, pulling Jasper's arm. Jasper climbed in the back, his long legs cramming into the tiny space as he slumped down in the seat next to Alice.

We drove a while, the stillness in the car deafening. It was silent in the back seat, so I turned, expecting to see them sleeping; but very surprised to see Jasper's head nestled in Alice's lap. She was running her fingers through his hair, her head resting back on the seat with a small content smile on her face. Bella turned to glance at them and grimaced at me. We both knew he would be so fucked in the morning when Alice thought they would be getting married or something. I knew for a fact that Alice was not Jasper's type…at all.

Serves him right for getting so wasted.

Bella was surprisingly good at driving a manual transmission. She had no trouble with the coordination of the clutch and break and the gears shifted smoothly under her grip. I watched her hand wrap tightly around the knob as she moved it into third gear.

"Hey E?" she asked. "How fast does this car go?"

I shrugged, smiling at the continued use of my new name. "Jasper hasn't had it long enough to test it out, but I'm guessing probably around 140."

She craned her neck to look behind her at the snoring passengers in the back seat. A Cheshire grin played on her face. "Wanna test it out right now?"

"Uh…" Before I could protest, she down shifted the car into fifth gear, sending it into overdrive. Her foot jammed down onto the gas pedal as we surged ahead at full speed with a huge satisfied grin on her face and only the purr of the engine surrounding us. If I wasn't so wrecked, I probably would have shit my pants, but watching her control the sports car like a pro, excited the hell out of me…until I felt the sudden need to throw up.

"Pull over. Now!" She downshifted and swerved to the side of the road, jerking the car to a stop before I threw open the door. I stumbled out onto the wet grass and puked. I heard her door open and her heels clicking on the ground as she rounded the car toward me, but I held my hand up.

I got back in the car, popped a mint in my mouth while scrubbing my hand over my face embarrassed, but still fucked up enough to not really give a shit. It was her fault anyway. Mostly.

"Sorry," she whispered. She drove the rest of the way home at the speed limit, silent. I told Bella to pull in front of her house, because I didn't want her to walk home alone from ours, even though it was maybe a hundred feet drive way to driveway. We left Alice and Jasper in the car as they were, and she waved good bye.

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