A.N.: Hey everyone! So this is my new story! I hope you like it! :)
It's based off one of my favorite music videos that's my all time favorite song by We The Kings called Check Yes Juliet, which is as you've seen the title of this story. Seriously... I'm in love with this song, I love the band... just LOVE! lol! So I will post a blog post for the video so you can check it out.
Thank you Ashley for prereading! You're the absolute best! I love you! Mwah! :*
ENJOY! :D Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. SM does. I also don't the rights to the song Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings - it is written by them (& S-Curve Records is their record company). I just love the song and the lyrics, so I am borrowing them for this story! :)
CHECK YES JULIET
CHAPTER 1
Check yes Juliet
Are you with me?
Rain is falling down on the sidewalk
I won't go
Until you come outside
Ugh... grounded.
It truly sucks ass that I'm grounded with prom around the corner. I don't really blame anyone but myself. I'm the one who got myself into this. As much as I'm in love with Edward, it's like we have all these obstacles blocking our path. No one in normal society would ever really support us. He's different, and my dad, Charlie, who's Chief of Police in our tiny town of Forks, doesn't want me with different.
Edward's different because he dresses in black or dark colors, wears tight, ripped up (sometimes skinny) jeans with Converse, and band tees. He's pierced and tattooed and I'm supposed to be the good girl, the Police Chief's daughter who doesn't get into trouble.
Who won't fall for a rebel.
But I did, and I don't regret it. But like I said, I got into a lot of trouble being with Edward. I don't blame him. I enjoyed every minute we've spent together for the last three months. But until I'm outta Forks, maybe I really should lay low with him for a while; take a break. Just to please my dad.
He seems to be the only one against us. My mom actually was encouraging me to have fun for once. And every girl needs a bad boy once in their lives, she once told me a few years ago when she wanted me to start dating, even when no one caught my eye. She was right. But I don't think I'll give up my bad boy. I love him the way he is, I love him because he's him. And I'll want him forever and not for just one time.
It's early June and prom is a week away, and I'm grounded. Actually I'm still supposed to be grounded, but I'm allowed to go with the exception that I'm back exactly an hour after it's over. Which fucking sucks because my school is in Port Angeles, a private school. My parents don't really make much, and with partial scholarships and grants I got in, but my dad wanted me to stay away from the hoodlums in Forks, so a private school it was, even if it cost almost an arm for me to attend. Not like that would keep me away from jerks either.
They may not be like Edward, but I think with their preppiness and money, they cause more trouble than my Edward ever would. Edward doesn't even cause trouble in town – he may look like a troublemaker, but his mom, Esme, raised him right! She'd kick his ass if he was caught with alcohol, cigarettes (even though he's legal to smoke) or drugs of any kind, or was arrested for anything. And he's been nothing but a perfect gentleman to me, even though he gives off the rebellious look.
But with prom being a full hour away from home, I have to leave a little bit earlier than before it completely ends and head straight home. Edward is supposed to be my date, and because me and my friends decided not to get a limo, our dates were our rides, so without him I got no ride unless I carpool with one of my friends. But now that I'm grounded, I can't bring Edward. I'm banned from seeing him. Even after my punishment is over. Like that'll stop me. I might as well not go. I wouldn't have a good time if I wasn't with Edward.
I'm in my room, wallowing in my own self pity that I got into trouble while doing my homework for the weekend, when I hear pebbles hitting against my window.
What the fuck?
I push my Calculus text book off my lap and stood up, walking to my window. I look outside and see Edward and Jasper, one of his best friends, as well as cousin and bandmate, leaning against the hood of his car. I open my window and lean out.
"What are you doing here?" I ask him.
"Coming to get you!" he calls up. "There's a party we're playing at. I gotta see my girl in the crowd and play just for her!"
Edward is smiling widely. This is one thing I love about Edward. No matter what's going on, even if something's bothering him, I always knew his face lights up whenever he sees me. He told me that after a few times we've met before we were secretly dating.
I smile back and blush. The guys always say they play just for us. We're their muses and their biggest support group. I love it. And I love him. But then I frown 'cause I can't be there to support him.
"I can't. Still grounded."
"Oh, come on! Sneak out like you always do, babe."
"No way! I'll really be dead if my parents find out! And I don't know what Charlie is capable of when dealing with you."
"Pretty please, baby?" Edward pouted.
"No. I can't. I'll talk to you tomorrow. I love you," I tell him reluctantly.
I close the window and blinds, not even waiting for his 'I love you'. If I hear it and see his face pout more, I'll give in. And I can't. We can always talk on the phone and Skype. But for now, until I'm not grounded and I'm in Seattle for school, then we can't really be seen with eachother.
Plus cops would inevitably show up at that party, shutting it down. If I'm seen with Edward, they'll tell Charlie. He's already briefed them about that.
I go back to doing my math homework. Pebbles are still being thrown at my window. It's really starting to get annoying. I'm really this close to saying 'fuck it!' and sneaking out, consequences be damned. So I put my headphones on and turn up my music. And damn it! It's Edward's recorded covers of my favorite rock songs that he burned onto my iTunes.
Faintly I hear the pebbles. But then CRASH!
I jump nearly a foot off my bed with the crash of a bigger pebble hit against my window, breaking it. I pull my headphones off and hurriedly run to my window. Just in time, I see Edward speeding away from my house in his car.
Shit! What am I gonna do? I can already hear the pounding of Charlie's feet coming up the stairs. Uh... uh... yes! The lamp! Knock it over and set it up that I knocked the lamp down against my window and it broke. Charlie could surely believe that my clumsiness could be blamed.
My door is knocked on twice as a warning before it's open and my parents walk in.
"What the hell happened, Bella?" my dad asks, hands on his hips. "We heard a crash."
"You know me. Clumsy. I tripped on the cord of my lamp, pulling it down, and when it fell, it slammed against my window and it broke the window. Sorry, Dad," I told him smoothly. I've learned to lie pretty well because I always lied about me hanging out with my friends so I could see Edward. And they bought it... until I was caught.
"Alright. You gotta be careful, Bells! One day you're gonna get really hurt. I don't need to hear about your clumsiness being the cause of you falling down stairs or out a window."
"Yeah, be careful, baby," my mom cooed.
"I will. Sorry," I blushed, feigning embarrassment.
"Done with your homework?" my dad asked authoritatively.
"Almost done with Calculus. It's the only homework I got this weekend since the year is almost done. They're letting us slack off a bit."
"OK. Finish up and go to bed at a decent hour. It may be Friday, but we don't want you being a slacker and waking up at one in the afternoon just for the hell of it because it's the weekend."
"Yes, Dad. Love you both."
"We love you, too, hon," my mom said, blowing a kiss to me before they both exited. When my door was closed and I heard footsteps going down the stairs, I sighed deeply in relief. Phew! That was close.
See what I have to do just to be with Edward?
A.N.: So what did you think of this first chapter? I know it was sort of short. The coming chapters are longer; I promise! So please review and tell me your thoughts! :D
Just so you all know I will be posting this story once a week - most likely on the weekends because I'm working Mon-Fri this summer, so the time for me to post this is best when I don't have work. And it's a fairly short story - 10 chapters (9 left after this one) - and should be complete by early September. It's all prewritten, too, so you won't have to deal with long waiting periods between chapters. That was what the problem with me posting How You Remind Me was - I had all the time in the world during the summer to spew out chapters yet because I never had it all written out prior to posting, I got lazy and lost inspiration and blah blah blah. So yeah... once a week posting. :)
Pictures will be up on my blog when I have something to show you. I'll post the Check Yes Juliet video on my blog so you all can see and listen to it. As you read you'll see it is alike to the video with it's own version behind it as well. But pics will be up for each chapter when chapters are posted.
Um... that's it for now. I will see you all next week with a new chapter! BYE! xoxo