Author Notes: I would first like to thank all the people who reviewed and put this story or me on your alerts, so...THANK YOU! You are the best! I hope you all got my reply from your reviews. If you didn't get one, I apologizes for that. The next thing I would like to address is that I would like to apologizes for all the forgotten words in the second chapter, sorry! -blushes- You shouldn't need to worry about that this time around because my friend, RagingSapphireStorm have kindly offered to edit my chapters from now on. So, THANK YOU RagingSapphireStorm! I couldn't asked for a better friend! Oh, and finally, I just wanted to let you know that Edward is in this one, but Bella is not. It was a last minute thing. I hope you enjoy it, and please review so I know what you think of it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight and its character...I only own Lil.
How can you call that love?
Chapter 3: Let the Interrogation begin!
Lil's POV
I can't believe how wrong I was about being able to tolerate riding with this guy! I mean sure if we were hanging out without any car rides being involved I would have been fine, but that wasn't the case here. The guy is like a speed addict! I do not think he was ever going at the speed limit the whole entire 30 minutes we were driving for, and to boot it was suppose to take an hour to get to Forks from the airplane. Have I convinced you yet, or do you still think I am exaggerating here? You know what? If you don't believe me, then I am just going to have to tell what happen in that car then!
I figured since it was going to be a long car ride and he seemed like the type to enjoy quiet, I would get to read my book. I like quiet myself, so I was perfectly content with reading my book during the whole car ride to Uncle Charlie's house.
Several minutes passed by with me contently reading, until I started to feel dizzy and couldn't concentrate on what I was reading. 'Why do I feel so dizzy all of a sudden? Maybe I am hungry?' I look up at the clock on the dashboard. '1:00pm…I guess I am hungry, but I don't think it should be enough to make it impossible to read,' I thought. I looked out the window to see where we were, only to see blurs of greens and nothing else. I couldn't decide rather the fact that I couldn't make out anything because I was too dizzy to focus or that we were going too fast. So, I looked at the speed gage to see which of the two options it was. It read…90mph! My jaw dropped to the floor in shock.
"What…are…you doing?" I exclaimed still in shock with how fast he was going.
"I am driving…you to Chief Swan's house," he answered confused.
"That is not what I am talking about!"I shouted at him.
He turned around to look at me, "Then what were you talking about?"
"Look at the road! The road!" I yelled quickly while I pointed at the road.
"Sorry," he said dully as he turned his head back to the road.
"God, are you trying to kill us or something!" I exclaimed.
"What do you mean? Why would you think something like that?" he asked as he turned to look at me again.
"The road!" I shouted out. His head went back to look out at the window shield. 'If this guy doesn't stop being such a reckless driver, I think I will die from a heart attack before I die from a car accident caused by his reckless driver!' I thought.
"What I was talking about is your driving! You are driving at the speed of…" I paused to look at the speed gage to get an update reading of our speed. It took me a couple of minutes before I was able to continue. "…100mph…100mph! You are over the speed limit by 50mph! So, you are going double the speed limit! Do you know who dangerous that is?" I paused to see if he had something to say for himself. When all he did was shrug, I went off the high end.
"You don't get it do you? From that speed it would be hard to react to any sudden changes in the road! In those words, if something pops up out of nowhere, we would die! So, yea, I would say that is dangerous to do!" I finished my lecture.
"Is that what you are yelling at me about? My speed?" he questioned totally unfazed.
"Yes!" I yelled from the top of my lungs.
"Oh, okay. Would you like me to slow down then? Would that calm you down?" he asked. I was speechless. 'This guy was driving 100mph on a 50mph speed limit and I was the insane one here? What is with this guy here?' I nodded because I still couldn't get any words to come out of my mouth. He looked at me, since I still didn't answer him. I must have still been nodding because he only looked at me for a second and then looked back at the road. A few second later I saw the speed gage start to drop down sufficiently. Then I oddly enough started to calm down because normally it would have taken me ten minutes to reason with myself that everything was okay and there is no reason for me to be upset before I calmed down.
"You and Bella really are related," he stated as he shook his head and let out a little chuckle.
That is how the rest of the car ride went. I would continuously point out how fast he was going or my breathing and grip on the seat would signal out that he was going too fast. Then he would slow down to 70, only 70, and speed right back up again in a couple minutes later. He would never go slower than 70mph hour, even when the speed limit was 25mph!
Anyways, here I am collapsed in the middle of my uncle's front lawn gasping for air. 'Oh God, why did I get in the car with this…this…speed demon?' I paused and realized something more important than this guy reckless driving. 'Wait, why didn't a cop pull him over? We had to at least run into one, right? There is no way that not even one cop was patrolling one of the many routes we took to come here…right? Where is the justice system when you need it the most?' I considered my own question and decided what the answer to that question could be. 'Nowhere that's where!'
"Lil?" The speed demon asked for my attention. I looked up from the ground to look at him, but did not say a word. He continued on, "I know that you were not fond of how fast I was going, but don't you think this is a little…over dramatic, here?" 'How dare him! He could have gotten me killed with his speed addiction and now he thinks I am being over dramatic! I thought I was going to die! I have all right to act however I want after he put me through!' I evaluated. I looked down at the ground and made sure my breathing was even, before I picked myself off the grass and stood up straight.
Making sure I was looking at him straight in the eyes, before said, "Look, I could have gotten me killed with the top speeds you were going! No one could have had complete control over a car going at those types of speed!" He stiffened up at my close proximity and then took a few steps away from me.
"Calm down, Lil. You saw that I had complete control over the car at all times or else I wouldn't have been able to make it pass all those sharp turns." He reasoned. That, for some reason, clamed me down.
"Okay, maybe you are right there, but you have to admit that there is a speed limit for a reason and should be uphold at all times," I pointed out.
"Yes, I know there is a reason for the speed limit, but it should only be uphold for the idiots who can't hold a car at some speeds," he confidently stated. I was dumbfounded. How could this guy honestly believe he was an exception to the law? As a person that has grown up with a lot of law enforcement in their family, I tend to believe that there is no exceptions in the law and the law should be upheld at all times. So, this guy was questioning the very foundation of my beliefs.
"There is no exception to the speed limits, and it is that arrogances that will get you killed one of these days," I remarked.
"Have you gotten your license, yet?" he asked me.
"No…" I replied confused.
"Well, we can have this discussion after you pass your driving test," he said. I was speechless once again. This guy was asking for it, but he had a point. I can't really judge other's driving if I myself didn't even have a permit. No matter how reckless it was.
I glared at him and vowed, "Oh, believe me that is the first thing I am going to after getting it."
He chuckled and shook his head, while he started to go the trunk of the car. 'Oh great, now he is going insist on carrying my suitcase in the house. Well, I am going to get my bag before he can get that, too!' I hurried over to the passage side of the car only to see someone stand next to the open car door holding my bag to me. I jumped back and my eyes shot open. 'When did this guy get here? How did he get here?' The guy was tall but not as Blondie and he had the same deadly pale skin as Blondie, too. He also had the same golden eyes and purple bags under them as the other guy who was get my suitcase from the trunk. Though I got to say the most shocking thing about this guy was his hair. I could not tell if he had red hair or brown hair…or maybe it was something in between the two colors. 'Man, the two guys must be related here because there is no way the two of them could have so much in common and not be related. I mean they both have the same color skin, same color eyes, their height is pretty close to each other…and they have the same lean muscular build!' I tilted my head to the side to get a better look at him. 'Though they do have different hair color...but this guy hair color is so weird! I still don't know whether it is brown or red, and let's not forgot how messy and uncombed his hair is. I mean has the guy ever heard of a brush before?' I stop to rethink everything I just said. 'Okay, maybe I am being a little too overly critical here because I do have an habit of doing that…especially, when I am judging myself, but let's not get into that…I mean sure the guy has messy hair, but to other girls, mainly my friend Jewels, they would say it is stylish messy hair. To me, it is just messy!'
"I am sorry for startling you, but I hear you pull up and figure I would help you unload your stuff from the car," he apologized with a small smile on his very pale face.
I took my bag from him and replied, "It's okay. Are you related to him?" I pointed to the blond closing the trunk.
He followed my figure and answer, "Why yes, that is my brother, Jasper."
"Good to know, but what are you doing at my uncle's house?" I asked. 'I might as well ask that question, too, before we get into pleasantries or else I may have get to ask that question.'
"I am here to wait for you," he said simply. To that, I gave him a very puzzled look with a tilt of my head to complete the look. He laughed at my confused face.
"I hope you don't mind me jumping to pleasantries, here," his smile widened and had a secretive gleam to his eyes. 'Something is up here. He knows something, but I don't know what it is…I will find out, though!'
"I am Edward Cullen, Bella's fiancé, and you must be," he paused and looked at the blond guy for a second before continuing, "…Lillian, Bella's cousin." To that, I cringed and the blond guy's head dropped down in what seemed to be in a disappointed way.
"Lil, called me, Lil," I said with a fake smile. 'Well, at least, now I can justified all that criticism I gave him, internally that is, because he was the one who broke my cousin's heart and changed her personality!' He extended his hand and had a slightly tight smile on his face now. I shook his hand. 'God, his hand is cold! I can't believe they have the same cold hands too!' I thought that as my eyes widen to the sizes of balls. He must have noticed my reaction to his cold hand touching my hand because he quickly dropped his hand.
"I shall remember that for next time," he said with that polite smile on his face.
"Is it in your family's genes to hate being called by your given names?" he joked with a raised of his eyebrow. The blond guy and he started laughing at that comment as they started to walk up to the house. That was the first time I noticed how musical their laughter were. '…wow, that sound like a duet. That was weird…I guess that is another weird quality about this family, and the list goes on. Soon I will be about write a book on this family.'
"Maybe so…" I stated with a shrug as I followed them to the house. 'God, is everyone going to point out the fact that both Bella and I hate being called by our full names? I am sure we do both hate it, but there are completely different reasons behind our not liking to be called by our real names!' I stopped there to not going too in depth about reason behind hating being referred to that name because I was not in the mood to have a trip down memory lane today, even if it was just in my head. I caught that the weird haired guy glanced back at me for a second, though just disregarded as a peer to see if I was following them or not. I decided to take in the whole scenery, since I would get bored if I just pay attention to where I was going. The house was a small, two-story house with a garage attached to it, and it was bathed in the plain color of white. It didn't look like anything special, but it was a lot bigger and homer than what I was use to since I have only live in an apartment my whole life. When I widened my scope, I took in the one thing that I have always looked forward to every time I could here and that was the massive, beautiful forest that Forks were filled with. Of course, the forest being my favorite thing about this place was not counting the fact of being able to spend time with the only extended family I know of.
I was still totally awe stuck as I was on my way up the pathway to the front door, I tripped. 'Totally predictable… Now, how can I pull off the whole tough interrogator look?' I caught my footing and stand up straight again. 'Oh well, I guess I will have to just forget about the me tripping thing and just pull it off the best I can…'
"Are you okay, Lil?" They asked at the same time as they both stifled a laugh. 'Of course, they would find that funny because just about everybody in the world finds it just so cute and funny! Oh, and I really appreciated the concerned statement along with your oh-so pitiful attempt to cover your amusement in the whole mater!' I thought sarcastically.
"I am perfectly fine," rolled my eyes after I finished saying that.
"And to think, I thought I would be able to find any qualities similar both Bella and you," the guy who Bella is oh-so in love with said. 'Oh, how charming this guy is, don't you think? Telling a girl that he thought you would have nothing in common with your own cousin, until he noticed how much you hate being referring to as your full name and seeing you trip on a pathway. What a caught, isn't he?' He let out a chuckle that was a delayed to go with his remark, but I shrugged it off. I mean you don't want to get too suspicious before you even started the interrogation, right?
"Yea, yea, yea, I know my cousin and I are just so much alike just because we both hating being addressed to using our 'given names' and we both can fall and trip at any given time…along with a few other habits that see no importance of addressing now," I remarked.
"Well, to be fair you are not as…uncoordinated as Bella is," the blond guy defended me. 'I knew there is a reason I could tolerate that guy!' I smiled up at him.
"Speaking of Bella, where is that lovely cousin of mine at?" I asked.
"Bella is tied up with Alice, our sister. Alice wouldn't let her go until she finished showing her something. So, I was allow to meet you at the house, until Bella was able to come," Bella's fiancé explained as he opened up the door for me to which I thanked him and walked through.
"Oh really? That is too bad. I guess you guys will just have to keep me company until my cousin that I am dying to catch up with shows up," I said trying to sound a little disappointed as a devilish smirk spread across my lips. 'Bella try as you might to keep me from being alone with him, but you just couldn't. I will have meet this sister of their, so I could thank her for a chance to alone with him.'
"Yes, it will give us a chance to get to know each other. I am sure it will be quite pleasant for me to get to know you, Lil," he said politely as he sat down on one of the kitchen's chairs.
"Yes, it will," I sat down on the chair across from him. 'I am sure it will be pleasurable for me…but for you? Not so much. Let the interrogation begin!' I thought as my smirk grew larger.