Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or its original characters. No copyright infringement is intended with the posting of this story.
A/N: These outtakes are not beta'd. They're just something I do as a writing exercise to help me get into the heads of other characters and build on the plot a little more through their development/inner thoughts. You'll want to read each one *after* reading it's cooresponding chapter to help them make sense as they won't flow from one to the next the same way the main story does.
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Chapter 2
OUTTAKE
...Edward…
As soon as I see him looking at her I know he's trouble.
The guy is clearly obsessed, and even though I still barely know her, I honestly can't blame him.
Bella and I had finally shared a moment in her backyard last night before sharing her bed.
She'd even attached her body to mine as if it had been the most natural thing in the world for her to do.
Things couldn't have gone any better but now he's swooped in to mess with her head and I'm annoyed.
I'd not heard a single mention of Bella having an ex that used to also work the road with her, so when she'd informed me of his existence it had taken me by surprise.
It also sent up a few red flags, but those flags haven't scared me away.
At least not yet.
I make it a point to stand off to the side while I watch them hug.
He cups the sides of her face with his hands to look her in the eyes and they whisper a few words that I can't make out.
I can sense her unease.
I hate it.
I hate it because it means she's still got some feelings for the asshole.
Feelings he probably doesn't even deserve to control based on the fact he let her get away in the first place.
Liam sizes me up as soon as Bella introduces us.
He's suspicious but he's not overly worried.
At least not yet.
When he refers to me as her babysitter my hands instantly ball up into closed fists from the inside of my pockets, but I'm quick to recover when he extends his own hand out for a quick shake between us.
That's when he casually lets it slip they were once engaged.
My entire body tenses back up.
My eyes go wide.
Engaged?
What. The. Hell.
Bella never hinted things had been serious between the two of them.
Then again, the way she'd mumbled his name in her sleep last night, I should've known their relationship wasn't some simple history lesson she'd be able to easily bury and forget about.
I've yet to find out her actual age, but she doesn't seem old enough to have come so close to settling down with some undeserving dick who apparently likes to play mind games.
The more I watch them interact, the more obvious it becomes.
They both still have very strong feelings for one another.
She hates it though.
You can see it in the way she sways away from him.
She doesn't want to feel anything, but she does.
She doesn't want to need him, but there's a part of her that can't let go.
Not completely. Not yet.
I myself have never been in love. Not like that. Not even close.
All my life I've never had a serious girlfriend. Even in college, when everyone around me was falling in love and moving in together, I was the one guy in my group of friends that refused to ever get tied down, no matter how great they might have been.
Living life for me and no one else has always been my one and only priority.
That is until this tour fell into my lap.
Literally.