Bella's heart raced, a glance at the clock revealed it was an hour after three. Without hesitation Bella raced out of the building to the safety of her truck. After fiddling with her keys, she tried to start the truck but the engine refused to respond. She let out a sigh of frustration and panic. A tap on the glass made her jump
Edward stood outside the window standing smooth and calm, "Do you need a ride?"
"No!" she exclaimed. With a shrug edward walked away, but Bella looked around the parking lot. there was noone else there and Bella didnt have a car. She swallowed her fear and pride and opened the door looking down at her, "Edward wait!...I need a ride."
He had already pulled his pitch black '67 ford mustang up and had the door open to her by the time she finished her embarrassing request. She stepped in and closed the door sitting as far as possible from him.
"Where to?" He asked.
"Starbucks downtown I have an interview" Bella said nervously. Edward drove down the street with a smile on his face
"Why did you tell me that you were a vampire?" Bella asked fiddling with her thumbs.
"I have my own reasons."
"Are you going to tell me them?"
He laughed "no" A long silence followed till he finally spoke "We're not allergic. We have very active smell and incase you didn't know garlic stinks."
"What about silver? or Holly water and holy grounds?
"Both False."
"Do you sparkle in sunlight"
That got her a strange reaction as he looked at her "no."
"What about the girl yesterday is she going to turn into a vampire? And why does she act like nothing happened"
"Because i bit her? No. Turning is more complicated then that and she is one of my thralls."
"So you just use girls...typical."
His face suddenly changed, his smile replaced by a sympathetic frown "Were here" He parked along the curb of the store and let Bella out. Once she was out Edward drove off, back to her home she imagined.
Bella went through the interview confidently. Starbucks wanted a waitress willing to work nights which is what Bella wanted. She landed the job and was scheduled to work tommorrow for orientation.
After calling Charlie to pick her up and fix the truck Bella was back home in bed on her lap top once again. The school had set up a chat room for students to help each other with homework but it was mostly just a gossip lobby.
The big topic today was over a fisherman that hadnt been seen in a couple weeks. He wasnt the first though, apparently there had been around five previous occurance all around the town of forks. The first one's body had recently been found hanging from a tree with this throat ripped out. HIs blood was completely drained.
THe next day Edward wasnt at school,thankfully Bella couldnt take being around someone like him. Vampire or not he just used women just like her father, just like every other guy. In her frustration, she snapped at Jessica which caused a shit storm of her tears. Bella apologized but didnt mean it
Self Defense was boring, with out Edward there to be her partner Bella worked on a punching bag. This helped her vent her frustration which confused herself, She hated Edward yet everytime she thought of him she immediately went to his eyes. Those burning embers which seemed to warm her body to the core.
She screamed as she punched the bag off of its chains dropping it to the floor just as the bell rang. After changing into her uniform Bella drove to Starbucks for work. The work was hard but Bella earned tips and a fair amount of hours after she learned the ropes. The last thing she had to do was take out the trash.
The back alley behind star bucks was disgusting rats squirmed from the dumpster in search of food. Trash from the various other stores that share the alley litter the ground creating a caked layer of paper and old food.
Bella threw the bag into the dumpster and began to walk back into the store but someone blocked the way. Hs face was hooded and in his left hand he held a long serrated knife.
As the guy walked closer to Bella he whispered to her "Hey sweet thing you got a nice body. How about you come here and give me some loving." Bella's heart race and before she could run away the man tackled her to the ground with the blade at her throat.
With his free hand he loosened her pants and pulled them down to her knees along with her panties. Tears well up in here eyes preparing for the pain to come. Suddenly a monsterous roar bellowed down the alley way and some beast tackled the man lunging them into the wall. With another roar the beast had mad his way behind the man and was tearing them form his torso, spreying blood around the alley. the mans body collapsed to the floor screaming with whatever consciousness was left before the beast stomped his foot through the mans jaw.
Bella pulled her pants up and shuffled to her feet and stared at the beast that panted wildly at the corpse. Bella exhaled shakily causing the beast to turn to her with its glowing red eyes, Edwards eyes.
