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Chapter 2: Second Encounter

Bella POV

"What happened?!" Billy came into the kitchen looking worried. He saw the knife in my hand and how dangerously close it was to Jacob. "Whoa Bella, calm down," he soothed. I slowly lowered the knife from my hand, all the while keeping my eyes locked with Jacob's.

"Dad, who is she?" Jacob asked.

"Huh," I snorted. Jacob ignored me as he looked towards Billy for an explanation.

"This wasn't how I planned to tell you," Billy sighed. "She's been living with me for the past 6 months after both of her parents died," I flinched at the mention of my parents. "She came in two months after you last visited so you never got to meet her. She's like a daughter to me now and you better treat her good," Billy tried giving him a stern look but he failed miserably.

"Great, another girl," Jacob muttered thinking I wouldn't hear.

"Excuse me? Just cuz I listen to your music doesn't necessarily mean that I like you as a person. Mind you I still have a knife in my hand," I threatened.

"Okay, I think you've done enough threatening," Billy said as he carried me away from Jacob. "Welcome home son!" he seemed giddy and gave Jacob a huge hug.

"It's great to be home Dad. I'm sorry for not visiting as much," he bowed his head in shame.

Realizing that it was a private moment, I slipped away and went back to cooking. The last thing I heard was "Nonsense. What matters is that you're here now."

I've never heard Billy sound so uplifted before. I guess he just missed Jacob that much. Damn, fucker thinks that I'm one of those girls who swoon at the sight of him. I'll have to prove him wrong.

I grabbed a carrot and started cutting it into pieces, maybe a bit too hard. I was making marks on the cutting board. I cut a few more vegetables and then took out the steaks. I got a foiled glass tray and set the steaks on it. I got the vegetables and placed it neatly on the steaks making it look classy. I loved making edible art. It's one of my talents.

"Edible art?" someone asked behind me. I gasped and turned around to see a smirking bastard.

"Stop sneaking up on me," I threw a carrot at him angrily. He caught it and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mmm, it tastes good," he smiled his trademark smile. I just rolled my eyes and huffed before returning to my work. His face dropped a bit.

I grabbed the food and opened the oven. I timed it to 45 minutes and put the steak in. I got started on dessert. I could feel Jacob's stare on me the whole time as I cooked.

"Hey, wait a sec," Jacob grabbed my wrists to face him.

"What?" I huffed.

"I want to thank you," he added.

"For what, making your food?" I added a playful tone but really, I was trying to be harsh.

"Wow, you're really mean……. But no, that's not what I want to thank you for. I want to thank you for taking care of my dad when I wasn't there. I know that I wasn't being a good son to him and you were there to be the daughter he's always wanted," he said sincerely. I didn't know he could be so sincere.

"You don't have to thank me. I wasn't doing it for you anyways. I'm doing it for Billy," I snapped before returning to my work. He just sighed in defeat before leaving the kitchen. Okay, maybe I'm being a bit too harsh but can you blame me?

I went through the cabinet and found two packages of pudding. I got out the milk, a mixing bowl, and a whisk. I mixed the ingredients and began whisking it. After the pudding was soft enough, I placed it on a tray and set it in the freezer to freeze. Just when I finished, the timer went off and I got the steaks out. It smelled amazing. I set the table and put the food on it.

I walked towards the living room and saw Billy and Jacob watching a football game. From where I was, I could see how much both boys loved each other. Maybe I made a mistake on judging Jacob? Maybe…..

"Uhhh…. Time for dinner," I announced uncomfortably.

"Thanks Bells!" Billy grinned.

"So your name is Bells?" Jacob asked.

"Ahh… no actually i-it's," I have no idea why I'm stuttering like a fool in front of him.

"It's Isabella, but she likes being called Bella," Billy finished for me. "Mmmmm it smells good," he sniffed the air as we reached the dining room.

"It does," Jacob grinned.

Okay, is there something wrong with me or is Jacob still being nice to me after how I treated him?

Jacob POV

She's so….. different? I don't know but it's a nice change. She's not like all of those other girls who overreact to just seeing me. Some of them even cry. It's so pathetic. She…. She doesn't even give me the time of day.

Before I ate, I ran outside and got my stuff. I told my driver to just pick me up tomorrow at 9 am. He nodded then left. I walked back into the house and took a seat next to my dad.

As I put the first bite into my mouth, I felt like I died and went to heaven. Her cooking is so good. I ended up having 4 servings while Bella and dad watched me open mouthed.

"What?" I asked with my mouth full.

They both laughed. Wait, they? She actually laughed. Yes! Score 1 for JB!

"Well son, you sure seem to like Bella's cooking," my dad chuckled.

"It's so good. I felt like I died and went to heaven," I commented.

She blushed a deep shade of red before tilting her head down as she kept eating. Hmmm…. beautiful…..

"Jacob!" my dad yelled.

"Huh, wait yeah?" I broke out from my daze.

"What happened? You were stuffing your mouth with food then the next minute you're staring into space," he laughed.

"It's uhhh nothing," I continued eating.

"So how's your career going?" he asked.

"It's great dad! I'm working on my fourth album. I'm going to be singing a song with Sean Kingston in my next song," I answered, proud of myself.

"So… do you write all of your songs?" Bella suddenly asked. I blinked once, twice, three times trying to make sure she was really talking to me. "Well?" she added impatient.

"Yeah I do. I never let anyone see my songs until I'm done," I answered.

"So no one ever edits it for you? It's all yours?" she added.

"Yeah, it's all mine unless it's a joint writing with someone else. But most of my songs are purely mine," I explained.

"That's nice," she mumbled. After that conversation, she kept quiet the rest of the dinner.

"Well I'm stuffed," my dad commented as we all finished eating.

"I'll clean up Billy," Bella smiled.

"I knew I kept you for a reason," he grinned.

Bella's laughter echoed through the halls. "Sure, sure," she laughed. Whoa, I use that same expression all the time too.

She picked up the plates and went into the kitchen.

"Let me help you," I suggested as I took the plates from her.

"No I go – " I cut her off.

"Look, you cooked for us. At least let me help you," I offered.

"Fine," she mumbled.

We got all of the plates into the sink and she started washing.

"You wash, I dry?" I asked.

"Alright," she sighed.

She started washing the dishes.

"Hey," I said softly. She turned to me with a hard glare in her eyes. "Chill out Bella. What did I do to make you hate me like this?" I asked.

"It's just, I don't understand how you could've left Billy like that. You know that he's still hurting over your mom then you went ahead and disappeared too. What kind of son does that?" she snapped.

"I wanted to pursue my dream and to do that I had to move to California. I asked him if he wanted to come with but he said that this place, this town, just had too many memories that would be left behind. He knew that this was a once in a lifetime chance and if I didn't take it, I would probably never be offered the opportunity again," I explained. Her eyes softened.

"Great now I feel like I've been a jerk," she muttered to herself. Her eyes seemed so trained on the plate that she was washing and I could see how hard she was holding it.

"It's okay you know. I guess I kind of deserved your bitchy-ness anyways," I said trying to make her feel better.

She dropped the plate into the water and turned to face me. "Sorry if I judged you like that. It's just because Billy's grown to be my second father and I just really care about him," she sighed in apology.

"No worries. Like I said, thanks for taking care of him when I wasn't there," I smiled. I expected her to say the same snappy comeback, but it never came.

"You're welcome," her smile seemed genuine enough to me.

"Would you mind if we got to know each other more?" I asked after a moment of silence.

"Excuse me?" she asked shocked.

"I uhh…. I meant that since we're practically going to be living under the same roof, we might as well know each other," I explained.

"Oh yeah, that would be….. nice," she answered.

We continued washing the dishes and in a matter of 5 minutes we were done. It was already 9:30 pm and we were all getting ready to sleep, but I wasn't ready to sleep yet myself.

"I'll see you two in the morning," my dad shouted as he walked up the stairs.

"Night Billy," Bella yelled after him.

"Goodnight Dad," I added.

Bella and I were still in our outside clothes.

"Night Bells," I said.

"Goodnight," she replied with a smile.

I walked up the stairs with a goofy smile on my face. Why does she make me feel like this? It feels so brand new to me.

I changed my clothes and got dressed in a pair of basketball shorts and a white t-shirt. I crawled on my bed and closed my eyes, but I couldn't manage to sleep. I got off of my bed and sneaked down the stairs carefully as I tried not to wake my dad or Bella. As I got down, there was a figure hunched over the counter.

My instincts got the best of me and I grabbed a baseball bat by the stairs. I had it ready so that I could easily swing. As I got closer I realized that it wasn't an intruder, it was just Bella. I sighed in relief and put the bat away.

"What are you doing?" I asked her.

"Jacob!" she squeaked. It actually sounded cute. I looked at her up and down. She was wearing a dark purple tank top and blue boxer shorts. "Are you done?" she was tapping her foot.

"Oh yeah," I managed to pull my eyes away from her body.

I looked at what she was busying herself with and it was the chocolate pudding that she was working on.

"Yeah, I forgot to bring it out earlier and I couldn't sleep so I thought 'what the heck?' What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I couldn't sleep either," I answered. "Mind if I have some?" I asked.

"Not at all. Just get a spoon," she replied.

I got a spoon and served myself. "Mmmm this is sooo good," I commented.

"It came from a package," she laughed then raised her eyebrow at me. "Are you just saying that to up your chances with me?" she teased.

"Maybe," I smirked. "So about the whole getting to know each other….."

"We can get started now…" she trailed off.

"That'd be perfect," I smiled.

She lifted herself off the floor and sat on the kitchen counter.

"Ask away"

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