I'm taking a little break from I Won't Let You Go.
It's not being completely given up on, just a break.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1
"Edward, let me go! P-P-Please s-stop!"
I couldn't stop the stream of giggles escaping my mouth. Edward Cullen knew my true weakness. My ticklishness.
His bright green eye's looked into mine, and he wore a smug grin on the pale face of his.
"Okay, okay." He said reluctantly.
We both sat down on the couch in my living room. I crossed my legs and started to fiddle with my hands.
I could feel Edward's intense gaze on me.
"Bella," he started, "Please tell me whatever secret you are keeping from me."
He proceeded to put on the pout that usually got him whatever he wanted. His lower lip jutted out, and he looked at me with pleading eyes. Some of his bronze hair fell over his eye. It was always out of place, being that he never bothered to style it.
I knew I wouldn't be able to resist much longer. I could never deny my best friend something when he made that pout. But I was going to try and prolong the moment of me knowing something that he didn't.
"Well…" I said in a small voice as I fiddled intently with my hands. I knew if I looked at him again, then I was done for.
"Belly, please tell me. I'm going to explode from not knowing."
I smirked. He only pulled out the 'Belly' card when he was really frustrated or annoyed. I was doing well.
"It's not really that important. It doesn't matter." That was sure a lie.
"Well," he began to reason, "If it doesn't matter, then why are you thinking about it? Come on Belly, you tell me everything!"
I sighed. He was right. In our many years of friendship there was hardly anything that I didn't tell him.
I finally looked up and met his gaze. A look of relief passed on his face, knowing that he had won. He turned his body to face me.
"Well?"
"You just have to promise not to tell Alice. I want to tell her myself." I told him the circumstances.
"Pinky promise."
We joined pinkies and I took a deep breath.
The other reason, besides enjoying Edward's unknowing, was that I wasn't really comfortable about telling him this. I didn't know how he was going to react, since I had never talked to him about anything like this before.
"Ok. Well, you know Jacob Black, the junior, right?"
His eyes seemed to darken when I mentioned that name. I saw some fierce emotion cross his face, but he quickly masked whatever it was.
"Yes, I do know him," he responded through gritted teeth.
I wasn't sure if I should proceed telling him. He seemed really angry or annoyed at Jake, and I wasn't sure how he was going to react.
"Well… he asked me out to the movies on Friday. My first date Edward! I think I really like Jacob too! I'm so excited!"
My mind began to wander to when he had asked me out.
I had taken a trip down to La Push to see him. His father and my father are friends, so we used to hang out when we were little kids. But, when I got into high school, I didn't go down to La Push anymore, my life had gotten so busy.
I recall the beach being beautiful, the sun just about to set.
"Hey Bells!" Jacob called out to me.
"Hey Jake!" I ran up to him and gave him a hug. He might have been a year younger than me, but he was about two feet taller.
"Did you grow again?" I asked, looking up at his face. His russet skin hadn't changed since I last saw him a few years back. His hair had gotten a bit longer, and the baby fat from his face was long gone. He face was more angled now, and his cheekbones stood out.
"Probably," he laughed. "You look great Bells."
I blushed, something I did too often for my liking.
He smiled when he saw that he made me blush. Jake seemed more confident then when I had seen him.
"Come on, let me show you the rest of the beach," he said, taking my hand.
Yes, this Jake was extremely bolder, and this made me blush yet again.
For a couple hours, we just sat and talked. He made me laugh and blush so much, but I didn't mind at all. I actually rather enjoyed it.
"Bella, it's been great to catch up like this," Jake commented as he threw skipped a rock out into the ocean.
I attempted to skip a rock too, but it just sank straight to the bottom. We both laughed at this.
"Yeah," I agreed, "It's been fun."
"We should do it more often," he continued, staring me straight in the eye, "like maybe this Friday?"
He smirked after he said that.
I foolishly blurted out, "As a date?"
My cheeks became red from embarrassment.
Jake didn't seem embarrassed at all.
"Only if you want it to be," he responded calmly, the grin on his face just became bigger as my blush increased.
"Where are we going to go for our date on Friday?" I emphasized the word date, making my intentions clear, and my blush grew even more. My face was probably as red as a tomato.
Jake's smile got so big that I was afraid his face was about to crack. It was kind of cute.
"Movies, 7:00," he responded, "I'll pick you up."
"Congratulations. I'm happy for you." Edward's voice broke me out of my reverie.
His tone of voice completely contradicted his words. He wore a congratulatory smile, but I could see in his emerald eyes that the smile was not genuine. Even when he tried to keep things from me, his eyes gave himself away.
"Oh don't worry Eddie," he winced at his nickname that I had so graciously given him, "Jake isn't going to change anything. You and I are still going to be best friends. We always will be."
He looked down at the ground. This didn't seem to comfort him at all.
So I did the only thing I could think of to cheer him up.
Luckily, Edward and I shared the same weakness.
I pounced on him, tickling his sides.
He started to laugh, which in turn made me burst into laughter. We both ended up on the couch, sitting next to each other, clutching our sides.
After our laughter had ceased, Edward spoke.
"I think I better be getting home."
His crooked smile was present on his face, but he wouldn't meet my eyes. I would confront him about it later, but for now it didn't seem that he would be telling me anything.
"See ya, Eddie."
Hehe. Don't you just love the best friends falling in love stories?
Me too. But this one might have a bit of a twist...
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