Chapter 9

Whack-A-Mole

If I do this the looney shit might kill me. Hell, she might even tie me up and stuff me in her basement, only to bash my legs in with a sledgehammer. It might be Misery part two.

I think I'm gonna be sick.

I suck down both beers in hopes of getting an instant buzz.

"Now who's hiding in the bushes?"

The shriek that erupts from my mouth is nothing short of embarrassing. But you would be screaming like a bitch too if you were in my shoes.

"Please don't kill me!"

I cover my head with my arms.

"Have you lost your mind? I'm not going to kill you."

I slowly bring my arms down and chance a look up at Creepyella. If she wasn't so goddamn beautiful, I'd probably whack her over the head like a game of Whack-A-Mole.

"Then why in the hell do you have a rolling pin in your hand?" I tell her, pointing to the baking object. "You gonna bake me to death?"

Bella's purses her lips, and for a moment I wonder what it would be like to kiss those pretty little lips.

"Well, you see…"

And then I change my mind as she starts to vigorously wave the thing around my head.

"You know what…" I get to my feet and pick up the empty beer cans. "…this was a bad idea. See ya."

"Then why did you come over here if it was such a bad idea?"

I stop walking and squeeze my eyes shut. Why does she have to be so damn pretty…and insane? Why?

"Alice wanted me to check on you. She was um…worried." I bite the inside of my cheek. I was never a good liar. "And I brought beers."

"You drank them."

"I know."

I watch as Bella toes the small gravel beneath her feet, her brain obviously in overdrive.

"I have orange soda in the fridge," she says, still keeping her eyes to the ground. "Want some?"

What the hell is it with the orange?

"Sure," I say signing my death warrant. I just hope that Alice has 911 on speed dial.

I follow behind Bella, my eyes never leaving her.

"You're not going to kill me, are you?"

"No, Edward, I'm not going to kill you."

I must be insane.

::peeks around the corner and waves white flag::

Sorry I've been MIA for a while. Hopefully things will be back in full swing!

So...who's missed this two nutjobs?

Until next time...

OzellaMarie