**This is just a oneshot but I wrote it on my phone so I have to upload it in
two different parts. I just didn't want there to be any confusion. Enjoy**
I was half laying on my bed working on my calculus homework (yuck) when I heard the
slight squeak my window always made when it was being opened... but that's all I
heard. If it had been who I was expecting there would have been a noise after
the squeak of the window.
I knew in an instance that it was a vampire... and I was fairly certain I knew which one it was.
I flipped over quickly and he looked shocked that I had even noticed he was there.
"Hello Edward" I said smoothly then stood up from my bed
His eyes raked over me and I felt slightly self-conscious realizing I was just wearing an over large t-shirt as I had planned to try to sleep after I got done with my calculus
I tugged the hem of the t-shirt down a little and cleared my throat to get his attention back to my face.
His eyes snapped back to my face instantly and he looked a little abashed to have been caught checking me out.
He smiled in a suave sort of way then said "Hello, Bella."
I opened my mouth to answer but the shrill sound of my phone ringing stopped me before I could ask him why he was here.
I walked over to my bedside table and picked up my phone.
"Hello?" She answered her phone without taking her eyes off me.
She was just as beautiful as I remembered. I had missed her so much. I knew I had to
come back to her. And the way she looked in just a t-shirt? I was nearly drooling.
"Oh, hey!" I heard her exclaim into the phone as a smile spread across her face and her heartbeat accelerated slightly.
That was odd. Who would be calling that would have that kind of effect on her? Her heartbeat had stayed eerily slow when I had come through the window. Just a slight jump when she had first noticed the window was being open. Then I realized she had probably been in shock when she first saw me and was probably just now realizing who exactly was in her room.
I couldn't hear who was on the other end of the line but I listened to her side of the conversation while never taking my eyes off her.
"I was just working on my Calculus" she paused as she listened to whatever the other person was saying. "I know, I hope I don't fail the test on Wednesday" another pause "Well you said I was gonna do fine on Spanish exam and look how that turned out" Pause. "I got a D!" Pause again "Well sure technically that is passing but still" a slight smile accompanied her pause this time "You're right, I'm just nervous." She glanced nervously at me while she listened to the other person talk this time "Um, yeah. I'm safe and sound." A pause and a frown "I did not hesitate!" Another pause then a smile "Don't you think maybe you're being a little over protective? Again" she emphasised the word again as if whoever was on the other line had a tendency to be over protective. "I forgive you" she laughed then paused "I know" she replied "Talk to you later. Bye"
She hung up the phone and gave all her attention to me again.
The silence stretched on uncomfortably until finally I said "Is Charlie worried about you for some reason?"
She furrowed her eyebrows and said "why would you think that?"
"Was that not him on the phone?" I questioned back. It was the
only conclusion I had been able to come up with while listening to her side of the conversation.
"Oh, that" she waved her hand dismissively. I was about to question her odd behaviour when she asked me "what are doing back in Forks, Edward?"
"I came back for you, Bella" I said smiling "I missed you so very much and I couldn't bear to be away from you any longer."
"What?" She placed a hand to her forehead as if she was getting a headache trying to figure out why I was there.
"I lied to you that day in the forest, Bella. I still love you. I always have and I always will. I only left for your own protection. I'm sorry I had to hurt you so badly but I had to make you think that I didn't love you anymore so you would move on with your life. It was just recently that I realized it didn't matter because I couldn't move on with my life without you. I love you, Bella"
She opened her mouth to answer me when the phone gave a shrill ring again. She jumped slightly, startled for a moment then glanced at the clock and grinned at the time as if it had all the answers.
"Hey, there." She answered the phone this time as if she knew exactly who was going to be on the other end that time. "Yeah, well basically finished... it will be fine... um" she glanced warily at me "I was thinking about taking a shower real quick." A blush appeared on her cheeks and she turned away from me and lowered her voice "no!... well, of course... because it's 9:20 on a Sunday... well yeah but... no, I can't... Some of us have school in the morning... thank you." She turned around to face my way again and I noticed her blush had died down but that small smile from earlier had returned "So what time will you be home?" She frowned slightly at the response she was given "Well I was hoping you could help me with my physics homework tonight... if you could that'd be great... thank you so much..." she grinned a little wider and said "I know. Talk to you later. Bye"
She hung up the phone and looked at me again. I must have had a puzzled look on my face because she simply said "Checking in" and pointed towards the phone.
I nodded. "I can understand that Charlie must be worried, I read not too long ago that people were going missing?" I questioned.
"Read? She asked me slightly puzzled herself.
If I could have I'm sure I would have been blushing as I meekly said "I've kind of been reading the newspapers from around just to kind of keep an eye on you."
"Oh" she didn't look as pleased as I thought she would've been. In fact she looked kind of weirded out, like I was some kind of stalker or something.
Once again the silence stretched on between us. This was not going anything like I had thought it would. I expected us to be in each others arms kissing passionately to make up for lost time by now. I sniffed the air then wrinkled my nose. Had Bella's room always smelled of wet dog before? Then I noticed the dream catcher hanging from her bed and realized that Jacob Black must have made it for her.
Had he been her room? Had he already started changing? I tried to calm myself down. Of course he hadn't started phasing yet. He would have at least been smart enough to stay away from Bella if he had been phasing.
She must've noticed me glancing at the dream catcher because she said "I was having nightmares for a while so Jake made me that to help. He's also been helping me with... other things. He's my best friend now. He's also-"
"NO!" I roared cutting her off. He couldn't be around Bella once he started phasing. He would hurt her!
I hadn't realized I had even moved until I noticed Bella shiver under my hands which had latched onto her arms "You can't trust him, Bella. He could hurt you. How old is he now? Sixteen or so? You really need to stay far away from him now!"
The phone started ringing again but I ignored it as I tried to make Bella see reason without actually having to tell her about the werewolves existence.
She tried to extricate herself from my hands to go answer the phone but I wasn't letting her go until she agreed to stay far away from Jacob Black and his future pack of mutts.
Edward held on to my arms a lot harder than necessary and it was starting to hurt. I had to get to the phone before stopped ringing.
"Edward, let go of me." I said trying to pull my arms out of his grasp.
"You don't understand! Bella, Jacob Black is dangerous! You need to stay as far away from him as possible! He'll hurt you!" Edward was basically yelling at me now.
"Looks to me like you're the only one hurting her right now, Leech" said a very familiar
voice from my window. Edward turned and we both saw Jacob standing there in only
his cut off shorts just inside of my window. "Now, get your hands off my
fiancée"
"Fiancée?" Edward questioned looking back at me.
In answer I held up my arm so he could see the promise bracelet Jake had woven for me shortly after he started phasing and had imprinted on me.
