Chapter Two: Realisation
After
the passionate scenario I had experienced this morning, I was
thoroughly confused. I mean, it wasn't as if I hadn't enjoyed it,
because it certainly had my day a better one. It was just that I had
told him that I wanted to wait. His sudden desperation to cling
himself to me so suddenly had taken me by surprise and I had a funny
feeling that something was wrong. Edward was, annoyingly, the perfect
gentleman and though I had certainly tried to take advantage of him
in the past, I was fairly certain that even I wouldn't have gone that
far if he had told me that he didn't want to... at least, I think I
would have resisted.
It was as I drove, in my treasured red truck,
that I had one of my moments- one of those moments when I realised
that Edward Anthony Cullen actually did love me. It was an odd
moment, but also one that brought on a rush of happy feelings... In
fact, I was so happy that my brain managed to block out the sound of
the beeping cars behind me, egging me to go through the green light.
I
arrived at the sport's shop with a horrible feeling of foreboding. I
didn't want to have to go into the shop and take my post behind the
counter and have to pretend to be happy when I knew what I could be
doing. It was going to be a busy afternoon- one that involved the
hectic process of choosing dresses and flowers and tasting cake and
wine. Alice was going to be excited and I knew I wouldn't be able to
resist smiling too due to the fact that Alice's tauntingly beautiful
face could bring up such a contagious smile.
"Morning,
Bella!" Mike Newton, still as enthusiastic as a spaniel, hopped
up behind me, causing me to drop my handbag. "Oh, sorry!"
Mike bent down and began to pick up the clutter of objects on the
floor. He tactfully passed over the box of sanitary towels and went,
instead, to pick up a brochure on wedding entertainment. I saw the
tips of his ears redden slightly and a feeling of guilt washed all
over me as he put on his
fake
smile. "Planning already?" I nodded, giving him a small
smile and picked up the box and my mobile phone. Mike murmured
something and then handed me the array of different items he had
collected from the floor. My phone vibrated in my hand- Alice had
sent me an alarm that I had two hours until she came and collected
me. I looked up from the text message to find Mike looking
particularly miserable.
"Are you alright?" I knew he
wasn't. Mike did have a very obvious attraction to me and I did like
him, very much so, but... he wasn't my type...
"Yeah. Yeah,
I'm fine." There was an especially awkward silence, but just
before I went to break it, he spoke. "So, Bella, what are you
doing here?"
"Hmm?"
"Bank holiday, Bella,"
he indicated towards the sign on the door. I groaned- so I had come
out here for nothing.
"So, what are you doing here?" I asked,
attempting to make a bearable conversation.
"Just fancied a
walk, you know… then I saw you and-" Mike was cut short as a blur
of black shot past us on the road. It was a motorbike and not only
was it a motorbike, it was one I was only too familiar. A question
entered my head and knocked against my brain as the sound of the
roaring engine came to a halt around the corner.
What was Jacob
doing here?