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I slowly opened my eyes and lifted a hand to touch my throat. I winced as I lightly ran my hand across it; my throat probably has a deep bruise already. I rolled over to look at the time and saw that it was 2 AM. I rubbed my eyes, and then realized that I was in my bed, not on the floor. I quietly looked over and found Jacob asleep next to me. I laid still and tried not to hyperventilate. I couldn't handle laying here beside him, but I don't want to wake him up and make him angry.

Jacob moved beside me, and I chanced a glance in his direction. His eyes were open and staring back at me. I felt my heart sink in my chest. Jacob, however, smiled and wrapped his arm around me. He nuzzled his face into my shoulder and sighed. "You know I love you, Bells."

I remained quiet and Jacob placed light kisses along my shoulder. "Baby, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to get upset. You know I never mean it when I say those things. I just can't imagine someone else having you."

"You know that I wouldn't let anyone else have me, Jacob," I whispered quietly as the tears fell down my cheeks. I don't know how to be mad at him when he gets like this. It's like he is back to the Jake I fell in love with.

"I love you Bells. Try and get some sleep. I promise that it won't ever happen again. I'll even make you a nice breakfast in the morning to make up for tonight."

I didn't answer him, and soon I was back asleep.

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When I woke up again, it was because my alarm was going off. Jacob was already out of bed, and I remembered him mentioning that he was going to fix breakfast for me this morning. I slowly walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror at my neck. It's no surprise that it was already hurting during the night. I could clearly see each of Jacob's fingers outlined in deep purple across my neck. I knew that makeup would never cover that, so I would be wearing a carefully placed scarf today.

After changing into my usual clothes, I picked out a fluffy black scarf that would easily hide the bruise on my neck. I wrapped it around me, and checked three times in the mirror to make sure that nobody would be able to see what I was hiding underneath.

I walked downstairs and turned the corner into the kitchen, expecting to see the breakfast that Jacob promised me. When I entered the kitchen, there was no Jacob, and no food. I walked throughout the house calling his name, but he wasn't there. He must have already left for work. I shrugged it off and just grabbed an apple to head to work.

When I got to work, I noticed that Alice was already there. Alice never gets here early, so immediately I knew something had to be wrong. I ran into the shop and found Alice with a construction crew.

"Guys, what is going on?" I asked, completely confused.

Alice motioned for the crew to keep working, and she came over to fill me in. "Bella, honey, please don't freak. A pipe blew last night. It was in the kitchen area, so the whole place got flooded. Luckily, I left my cell on the counter and had to come back after you had closed up. I found the water and called plumbing to come fix it. That got fixed and is fine, but the whole kitchen floor is going to have to be replaced. They said that we can't open today, but tomorrow everything will be fine to return to normal."

"I'm glad you came back and found it. One day not being open won't kill us, I guess. If you hadn't come back, who knows when would have been able to reopen the place," I said as Alice breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm glad you didn't freak on me! I know how you hate to close the shop for anything. By the way, what's up with that Edward guy? He showed up bright and early. Said he was going to see if you wanted him to help out today?" Alice asked with a huge smirk.

I bumped shoulders with her and laughed, "He offered to help out yesterday since someone bailed on me!"

"Touché. Well anyway, he's in the back talking to them about the best way to fix the floor. He just redid his flooring and wants to make sure they don't mess up the coffee shop. He knows you're married, right?" Alice quietly asked.

"Alice! Yes he know that I'm married. Can't a girl and a guy just be friends?"

"Yes they can, but he talks about you like he's interested in more than friendship."

I laughed as I posted a sign on the front door to let everyone know that we would be closed today. "You're delusional, Alice."

Alice walked over to grab her purse and gave me a hug goodbye, "Well I'm going to go back home to Jazzy and celebrate my day off," Alice said with a wink.

I laughed and waved goodbye. A minute later, I felt someone's presence close by me. I quickly turned around and found Edward standing there.

"Thanks for coming in. Alice said that you showed up to see if we needed help today," I said with a smile.

"Yeah, I just didn't want you to be short on staff again. I'm sorry about the pipe bursting though."

I smiled and reassured him that it would be okay. We were only closing for one day, after all.

"So what are you going to do with your one day off from work?" Edward asked with a curious smile.

"I don't really know. I might just go down to the park and hang out for a little while. I don't really want to go home right now." I told him with a small smile. The truth is that if Jacob came back home early and found me there, he would be furious with me for not being at work. It wouldn't matter that we couldn't open today.

Edward smiled, "Would you like some company?"

"Sure! That would be great. I can show you around a little too. There isn't much to see at all, but I can show you around what there is, if you want?" I asked with a smile.

Edward agreed and so we walked around the small town of Forks, while I subtly kept us away from where Jacob works. Edward is a funny guy. He definitely seems to like making people smile because he kept making corny jokes all day.

After a little while, we made it to the park and found a nice big tree to sit under. It was actually a nice, sunny day so we didn't have to worry about rain being an issue. Edward and I didn't talk for a little while, but it was comfortable. We just sat near each other and watched everyone else that chose to come to the park today.

"So tell me about you, Bella. Not the coffee shop owner or the wife. I want to know Bella." Edward said as he turned to face me.

I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. "There isn't much to tell. I'm kind of a boring person."

"I disagree with that. You aren't boring at all. And everyone has something to tell."

"Okay, well let's see. I've lived here my whole life. I haven't ever been out of the country, or even this part of the country. I have had the same best friend since I was little, her name is Rosalie. Jake was my first real boyfriend, but Rose doesn't like him much. They butt heads. I like to read and listen to music. I don't do much of either anymore. And I used to write all the time. I loved it; just being able to have all of your thoughts down on paper was the best thing ever," I told Edward as I trailed off.

Edward continued to watch me closely as I talked, "So why did you quit writing?"

"I don't know really. Jacob thinks that it is a waste of time, so I just stopped after a while," I smiled and tried to change the subject, "So tell me about Edward."

Edward laughed and leaned back against the tree that we were sitting in front of, "Well, I lived in Los Angeles before coming here. I wanted something different, so I found this nice little place and they needed a new doctor. My brother actually moved here with me, his name is Emmett. He's working at the fitness center as a personal trainer. My dad is a doctor in LA, so I kind of took in his footsteps, but I wanted to go somewhere that wouldn't constantly compare me to him. That's about all there is to tell about me," Edward laughed.

We spent the rest of the day asking silly questions like favorite color and favorite food and biggest pet peeve. After a few hours of talking about nothing, we looked up and noticed that most of the people had already left the park and it was getting dark out. Edward offered to walk me back to the shop, and I agreed. I don't like being out by myself at night.

When we got to the coffee shop, Edward smiled and a friendly hug, "I had a good time today, Bella. Thanks for showing me around."

"That was no problem. Be safe heading back to your place," I told him with a smile.

As we turned to go our separate ways, a strong wind came through and I was too late grabbing for my scarf. It blew to the ground, and of course, Edward turned before I could put it back on.

"Bella! Oh my gosh, what happened to you?" Edward exclaimed, shocked by the bruise on my neck.

I quickly put my scarf on and looked down, "Nothing, Edward. Just let it go. I'm fine."

"You are not fine. Bella, you can tell me what's going on," Edward said softly as he grabbed for my arm.

I jumped back and pulled my arm close to me, "Leave me alone. I said I'm fine!" I yelled as I took off down the street to go back home. I can't believe I was so stupid to let my scarf blow away. He can't tell anyone. He won't. He's new here and doesn't know anyone to tell. I'm okay. It's all going to be okay.

Wonder what Edward will do now that he's seen that bruise…Please review! Let me know what you think.