Hey!! sorry it took super duper long to post this chapter. i was too caught up with school work adn stuff. Anyways, hope you like it. (:
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I was glum for the rest of my shift, knowing that I let a beautiful boy slip out of my fingers like that. All day, I was discombobulated with the rest of the world as I tried to figure out the looks he was giving me. He only seemed to be looking at me with a peculiar interest. He seemed to be annoyed with this Tanya girl.
Twice, I knocked down a shelf full of handbags in my own clumsiness and twice had Mike attempted to take me out somewhere. I was so relieved when the clock struck 6:30. My shift was over. I hung out my work uniform in the employee lounge as Mr. Jordan was counting today's profit in the register. I picked up my few belongings and dashed out of the store before Mike could utter a word. As soon as the cold city air hit me, I was most relieved; as if I can finally breathe again without the monitoring of Mike.
I walked down a block, swerving through pedestrians. That's when something... I mean someone caught my eye. Ahead of me, I heard a low grumble coming from a smooth attractive voice. That person was holding the passenger door out open and he seemed annoyed as he peered into the silver Volvo. A whining sound came from inside the car. I observed as the whining sound seemed to be refusing to go somewhere while the low grumble was trying to persuade her to go somewhere. As I went closer, his face abruptly turned to my direction in a snap. His emerald eyes glimpsed at mine then went back to glare inside the car. I watched with aw.
I sighed as I tugged my trench coat tighter around my body. The wintry crisp smell made my nose turn slightly pink. Trying not to intrude, I stepped in the coffee shop that the silver Volvo was parked in front of. I took a seat in one of the arm chairs as I tried to unfreeze my numb fingers, ears, and nose. From the coffee shop entrance, I heard the swinging of a door as some people walked in. I did not inspect the entrance thinking it was no one I knew. As the chair from the table adjacent to me screeched, I glanced over. The Tanya girl was plopped in it with a sulky expression on. She didn't look like she wanted to be here. I sighed as I stood up and went up to order a drink.
"Hi, may I help you?" said the woman behind the register.
"Um… may I have a caramel espresso with a hint of vanilla in it?" I ordered.
"Sure," she said while pushing some buttons on the register. "Is that it?"
"make that two," a smooth velvety voice behind me had said.
I froze. Who was this person to just intercede? And why did this voice sound so…. Familiar. I felt my eyes starting to widen in horror. Was he here? Stiffly, I turned around to be met my a pair of fabulous emerald green eyes. He was, too, looking at me with the same intensity he had on earlier.
"That would be $6.47 all together," the woman behind the register had said, breaking me out of the trance I was in.
He slipped a bill to the cashier without even looking at her.
"No change," he mumbled.
"You didn't have to do that," I blurted out, unthinkingly; still lost in his eyes.
"My treat," he muttered.
Suddenly, a wave of panic washed over me as I glanced quickly at the table Tanya was at. To my surprise, she was gone. Edward seemed to notice my expression as I turned to look at his flawless face.
"W-w-where…" I started.
"She called a taxi and left," he explained with no emotion.
"But…"
"She didn't want to be here, that's all."
"Because of me…."
"She isn't aware."
I stared into his face. He seemed to be rigid about talking about this Tanya girl. When our order was ready, he grabbed the two cups and sat down at the table I was at earlier. He motioned me to come and I obediently walked over to him. I sat down across the table from him as I took a sip of my coffee.
"So. I never got your name," He said.
I peered over my piping hot drink as I saw him looking intently at my face again. I dropped my gaze as I looked down.
"Bella," I finally managed to say.
"Edward," he said.
"Is she your girlfriend?" I asked unthinkingly.
Mentally, I gave myself a smack on the head. What a stupid question like that. However, Edward didn't seem to think it was stupid.
"No," he began. "She's my little sister's friend. She, uh, has sort of a liking for me and today happened to be her birthday. My little sister, Alice, asked me to just take her out for the day."
"Oh," was all I could manage to say as I absorbed the perfect formality of his speech. "Why me?"
His expression changed to a puzzled look as he said, "What do you mean?"
I took a deep breath and gave him a small smile.
"I mean… why are you talking to me? I'm nothing special."
He gave me a crooked smile that took my breath away. He never really answered my question and I let it go. Soon enough, we were both done with our coffee as he held the door open for me to get out, like a perfect gentlemen.
"Thanks for the coffee," I breathed.
He gave me another crooked smile and said, "Can I give you a ride home?"
His words surprised me.
"N-no thanks. My apartment is really close from here. Like just a couple of blocks," I explained.
Why on earth was I telling him where I live? I gave myself another mental smack. I shivered with much violence as another arctic breeze whirled around me. Edward obviously noticed as he raised an eyebrow of concern.
"You'd freeze if you took another step," he said with humor in his voice.
I smiled with chagrin. Suddenly, he was tugging on the sleeve of my coat as he was dragging me to his car. Normally, I would have screamed, but considering the fact that he was just so beautiful, I let him take me away. He opened the passenger seat open for me as I stepped inside and closed the door. He was already inside as he started the ignition and turned the heater up. I sighed at the warmth and gazed at his perfect face. He didn't seem to notice as he backed out of his parking space.
"Where do you live?" He asked.
"Um. Keep going straight. My apartment is on the right, in front of the bus stop."
There was a silence as he drove me there. I was trying to find my courage to make small talk. He seemed to be in deep concentration, almost as if something was going to pop up and shoot him.
"Thanks," I said with hesitation when he came to a stop in front of my apartment.
I didn't want to leave. He gave me a beautiful crooked smile. I gazed back at him idiotically as I stumbled out of his car. I thought I heard him chuckle and my face burned furiously red. Without looking back, I strolled into my apartment complex. As soon as I arrived to the seventh floor, I plopped down on my couch and sighed. I bet I made the worst first… second impression on the more gorgeous guy in the planet. Wow. I should be in the records book. Ugh.
I got up from my seat and walked over to my window and peered outside. Edward's car was no longer there. Frantically, I searched the furthest corners of the street, squinting my eyes to see a silver Volvo. Still no luck. Gosh. This Edward Cullen is fast. Almost as if he's too good to be true. I sighed again.
Suddenly, my kitchen phone shrilled. Startled, I banged by head on the frosty window, knocked over a few books on a table, and tripped over a chair leg on my way to the kitchen. Wow. A new record. By the time my hand snatched the receiver, I was out of breath. Who was it? What if it was mystery man, Edward Cullen. I smiled at the thought.
"Hello? Bella here." I practically sung into the phone.
"Hey, baby. You sound better than ever," a voice said from the other end.
I could feel my high spirits collapse in utter disappointed. Ugh. Why did Mike always have to ruin my good moods?
"What do you want?" I snapped.
"Don't be so tense, baby. I just wanted to ask if you were free tonight. Mike will give you a good time if you come, baby," he crooned.
I made a gagging noise that was inaudible by Mike and scrunched my nose. He was disgusting.
"Er.. Mike, no thanks… and I'm not your baby so stop calling me that."
"Why won't you go out with me?!" his voice suddenly whined into my ear.
I held the phone away from him, hearing his voice raise into a girly octave. Ewer. Despicable. I sighed.
"Goodbye, Mike."
"H-hey! Wa-" was all I heard when I hung up on him. The phone rang again and glanced at the caller I.d. it was Mike again. Ugh. In aggravation, I disconnected the phone wires and shoved it in a kitchen drawer. Maybe that will stop him. I sighed with relief at the fact that I didn't give him my cell phone number. Then that would be bad. I practically lived on my cell phone.
The sun was setting as I sat near the open window blowing a cool breeze into the room. A pleasant shiver ran through my body as I flipped the page contently of my beaten up copy of Wuthering Heights. Gee… This book never gets old. I watched the sun finally disappear behind the skyscrapers in hues or pink and orange until it darkened into a rich royal purple. At least the evening was going well. It had been a quiet 30 minutes without the calls from Mike and that was a new record. Wow. Come to think of it, a lot of records are being made. I smiled to myself and cracked open my medical book that I had leftover homework from. I worked on it the rest of the night and dreamed of those brilliant leaf green pearls that I've witnessed today in my sleep. By then, the sky had turned into a blue bruise. This would probably be the last time I saw Edward Cullen again and my heart sunk with disappointment and despair. Hopefully, at the strike of luck, I'd be able to see him again.
Did ya like it? I know it may not have been quite interesting, but i promise the story will get better (:
Will Bella ever see mystery man ever again? or will he just fly by like every other guy? and what will Bella do about the Mike situation? Well, you'll just have to wait and find out (:
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