"I hope you're hungry," Edward said as he sat his tray of food that he wouldn't be eating on the table.
"Starving," I said and quickly grabbed the poor excuse for a pizza and bit into it. It was greasy, it was disgusting, it was probably not even legal anywhere outside of the United States, but I loved it.
"Oh, Bella, Michael Kors is having a sale tomorrow, and you know what that means," Alice sang as she sat her tray of food that she wouldn't be eating in front of her and took a seat between Edward and Angela Weber.
"Alice, please don't drag me to Seattle," I whined.
"I'm not dragging you to Seattle, Bella," the little vampire pixie replied. I let out a sigh of relieve and opened my water bottle so I could wash down the pizza. "I'm dragging you to Port Angeles," she informed me. I felt Edward stiffen besides me, but I couldn't pay him any notice because I was too busy choking on my water.
"Bella!" Edward gasped panicked as I continued to cough to get the water out of my wind pipe. I felt someone pat my back to help me, and knew instantly that it wasn't my vampire boyfriend. By the look that Edward was giving the person that was currently saving my life, it could have only be one person: Mike Newton.
"Better?" He asked when I was finally able to breathe again.
"Yeah, thanks," I thanked him and took a cautious sip of my water. Mike smiled at me and began to pull the seat out next to me, but then quickly opted to sit across from me after the look Edward had given him.
"If he ever touches you again, I WILL kill him," he whispered to me. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. I liked it when Edward got all jealous and possessive, but sometimes it got to be annoying.
"Oh, Edward, he was helping me. That's what you do when someone's choking on water: you pat their back," I told him, but he of course knew this already. Not because he has lived for over 100 years or because his father was one of the best doctors in Forks, and most likely the whole State in Washington, but because Edward himself had been to medical school.
"Still doesn't justify it," he argued, making me roll my eyes at how childish he was acting. He may be over 109 in vampire years, 17 in human years, but he sometimes acted like a 7 year-old.
"So, Bella, what do you say?" Alice asked me.
"What do I say to what?" I asked her confused.
"To shopping!" She sang.
"You're going shopping?" Jessica Stanley asked as she sat down between Mike and Angela.
"Yes! Tomorrow in Port Angeles! It'll be great," she said and began to excitedly bounce in her chair. She had way too much energy for someone of her size.
"Oh, Bella, that reminds me. Could you come in for a shift tomorrow? I have to leave at four and I can't close early," he explained.
"Why do you have to leave early?" Edward asked him.
"I have things to do," Mike snapped at him before he turned back to me. "Please?" He begged me.
"No problem," I agreed smiling. I would be willing to do anything to get me out of shopping. I loved Alice like a sister, but she had way too much energy for a pixie and loved shopping way too much. "Sorry, Alice, I have to work," I said apolitically, but we both knew that I wasn't one bit sorry.
Alice narrowed her golden colored eyes at me before a huge smile appeared on her face that scared me. "No problem, Bella, we'll have a long time to go shopping together on Friday," she said happily. I groaned in annoyance and looked up at Edward with pleading eyes.
"Sorry, love, I can't help you. I'm going out hunting with Emmett and Jasper," he explained with a pained expression. I stuck out my bottom lip in a pout. It looked like I was going shopping on Friday, and not only that, but Edward would be away hunting. Just great. "Don't pout. I'll be back Sunday morning, maybe even Saturday evening," he whispered to me before he pressed his cold lips against mine.
-.-
"Are you sure that you don't want me to drive you? I really don't mind," Edward asked hopeful from the rocking chair in my room. My dad was called in on a last notice shift, which was the only reason Edward was in my room. Ever since I had gone to Italy with Alice to stop Edward from exposing himself in the sunlight and with that killing himself, Charlie hated Edward. Not that they were best friends before that incident, especially not after I abruptly left after James was trying to kill me, but the Italy incident was Charlie's last straw. Of course he didn't know that Edward spend every night with me, but what he didn't know, couldn't hurt him or me.
"Thanks for the offer, but my truck really needs the exercise," I declined as I put on my white vans that I wore with a pair of blue jeans and a white sweater. "Go do something with Jasper or Emmett," I told as I put my curly brown hair in a ponytail. Edward made a face. "Alice?" I asked. He shook his head. "Help Carlisle at the hospital," I offered as I grabbed my white Michael Kors purse that I "just had to have", according to Alice. He shrugged. "Why don't you spend some time with Esme? She'd like that," I told him and grabbed my car keys from my desk. Edward thought about that for a moment before he nodded his head.
"I think I'll do that," he agreed and smiled my favorite crooked smile.
"Tell her I said 'hi' and that I miss her," I told him as I walked out of my room.
"I will," he agreed. "Of course you could do that yourself if you would only get ungrounded," he said from behind me. I didn't need to see his face to know that he was smirking at me. I was about to say something sarcastic when I missed a step going down the stairs and fell forwards. I would have tumbled down the steps, most likely breaking a bone or two and getting concussion, if it wouldn't have been for Edward's speed and reflexes. "Are you alright?" He asked me worried and gently put me back down on the floor at the bottom of the steps.
"I'm fine," I assured him.
"Are you sure? I could take you to Carlisle," he said. I cringed. It's not that I had anything against Carlisle, I saw him as a second father, but hospitals weren't really my thing, even though I couldn't stay away from them for long periods of time.
"Edward, I'm fine, really. I just missed a step," I assured him. Edward chuckled and shook his head.
"You're going to be the death of me, Bella," he said and bend down to press his lips against mine for a short kiss that had me craving more. "I'll walk you to your car," he said and intwined our hands with each other. "I could follow you to make sure that nothing happens to you," he offered as he opened my car door for me.
"Edward, relax. Nothing's gonna happen to me," I assured him and closed the door. I rolled down my window so Edward and I could continue to talk. I wanted nothing more than to spend the day with Edward, but I needed the money, and of course I could never tell my more than rich boyfriend that. If I would have told him, I would be finding money every where: my truck, my books, under my pillow. The concept of working wasn't foreign to him and I didn't think that he wanted to give me money so I wouldn't work because I was a woman, I only think that he hated me working because I was working for Mike.
"Have you forgotten that you seem to attract bad luck like a magnet?" He asked me with a raided eyebrow. I rolled my eyes. Overprotective as ever.
"I really have to go now," I said before he would be able to give me the whole speech about how I attract bad luck.
A pained expression crossed over Edward's face and for a moment it made me feel guilty. I almost wanted to tell him that I could just skip work, when he quickly changed his facial expression to my favorite crooked smile.
"Be careful, love," he said and leaned in to give me a kiss.
"Have fun with Esme," I wished him and kissed him back.
"I love you," he whispered in my ear and pressed his lips against mine for a too short kiss.
"I love you more," I replied. For a second Edward looked like he was about to argue with me, but luckily he didn't.
"Call me when you get off," he said and gave me another quick kiss before he walked over to his silver Volvo, got in, and drove off.
-.-
I walked around the empty store, making sure everything was in order before I got out my poor excuse for a phone and dialed Edward's number. "Are you alright?" He asked me worried after the first ring. I couldn't help but laugh and roll my eyes.
"I'm fine, Edward. I just wanted to tell you that I'm about to get off work," I told him as I squished the phone between my ear and my shoulder so I could slip my brown jacket on.
"Alright, I'll see you shortly," he said with a smile in his voice.
"How was your day with Esme?" I asked him. I was so tired that I was more than positive that I would fall asleep immediately when I got home and that I would most likely forgot about his whole day with his vampire mother.
"It was very nice. Thank you for the suggestion," he thanked me. I smiled as I grabbed my purse.
"I'm glad you had fun, but I'm about to lock up. So, I'll see you at eleven," I said as I eyed the clock behind the register. It was currently ten-thirty, which was way too late for me to just now get off, but the store was such a mess and so dirty that I couldn't just leave it like that.
"I'll be waiting," he replied. "I love you," he said.
"I love you, too," I replied with a giddy smile on my face and millions of butterflies in my stomach as I walked out of the store and locked up before I hung up and put my phone in my purse and grabbed my keys. I was about to turn around to walk to my car, when I felt someone put their hand over my mouth and wrap their arm around my waist.
"Scream and I'll fucking kill you," a man with a deep voice hissed at me. I could smell alcohol on his breath and felt my stomach churn when I realized what he wanted to do.
"Help!" I screamed without thinking against his hand when he began to pull me behind the store. I felt him let go of my waist and was about to make a run for it when I felt something sharp being pressed against my stomach.
"Did you not fucking hear me, bitch?" He hissed at me and pushed me so hard that I fell to the hard, cold ground and hit my head against the ground in the process. I was shortly dazed, but I knew that I had to get it together. I tried to stand up, but he grabbed my ankle and pulled me towards him. He flipped me around so that I was facing him before he ripped open my jeans and pulled then down to my knees along with my underwear. I was frozen for a second. All I could look at were his eyes. They had no trace of any humanity. Even with the dim light of the street light, I could see that they were as blue as day. Maybe even the bluest eyes I had ever seen. The coldest eyes I had ever seen. James had nothing on this guy.
When I finally snapped out of my trance, he was pulling down my pants.
"Help!" I screamed again as loud as I could and began to hit him and tried to kick him, but he only punched me in the face, causing me to hit my head against the concrete once again.
"Shut up, bitch! I'll fucking kill you if I hear you make one more sound," he growled at me as he began to open his pants and pull them down.
"Please don't do this," I begged him as I began to cry. I felt him punch me again.
"Shut the fuck up, bitch, and let me enjoy this," he growled before he shoved himself inside of me. I screamed, but I was immediately silence by another punch in the face. It hurt so bad. He was moaning and groaning above me as he continued to push himself in and out of me. I felt ashamed. Why did it have to be me? Edward was right, I did attract bad luck. Oh my God, Edward! What would he think of me? I began to cry harder. Where was he? Wouldn't Alice had seen by now what was happening to me? "You would like it more if you would relax," he told me and then groaned again as he pushed himself into me with so much force, I was positive that he would tear me apart. "You feel so good, baby," he groaned and began to thrust into me harder. I began to cry harder. Not only because of the pain, but because I felt ashamed. If I would have let Edward drive me, this would have never happened.
I would have never been raped. We would probably be laughing right now or he would tell me about his day with Esme while I would tell him about my day at work. He would have dropped me off at home and the snuck into my bedroom window when Charlie was asleep. He would be talking about marriage while I would try to talk some sense into him and tell him that I was still too young. Then I would try to bargain with him and tell him that I would only marry him if he would make me a vampire, but as I saw how much the man above of me was enjoying himself as he raped me, I knew that I would never want to be a vampire. I didn't want to remember this forever. I wanted to forget it. I wanted to die.
"Fuck," the man moaned as he began to push himself into me at a much harder and faster speed. I began to cry harder. It hurt so much. "Ah," the man moaned before I felt something wet and hot fill me.
'Oh God! Please no!' I begged silently when I realized that he came inside of me. I wasn't on any birth control. Why should I? I was still a virgin and didn't have to worry about getting pregnant with Edward because he couldn't have children. I gasped when I felt him pull himself out of me. This man, no! This monster had just taken my virginity.
"This was fun," he said grinning as he stood up and pulled up his pants. "If you tell anyone, I will fucking kill you," he threatened and kicked me in my ribs before he took off running. I cried as I pulled up my pants and fished my phone out of my purse. I was about to dial Edward's number, when I felt someone pull me against their body. I knew it was Edward. I felt his cold, hard chest and heard him sob my name, but I couldn't help the scream that escaped me. Edward immediately let go off me and I tried to run away, only as soon as I was on my feet, my legs gave out. I fell to the hard ground crying.
I was in so much pain and I felt so ashamed.
"It's gonna be alright, Bella, I'll take care of you," he promised from beside me as he gently picked me up. I whimpered a quiet apology before everything went black.