Chapter 3
(Mikes POV)
I was humming the tune of America's national anthem as I made my way to my car. Today was the day I was going on a date with Bella Swan. Not only was she smoking hot, she was filthy rich. I hoped that we could have a future together and that I could inherit most of her money. My family was in a very rough time now. My dad had lost his job and he was bankrupt. My mom never completed school so she couldn't get a job at all. I was the only one now who could help my family so I had to get Bella to lend me some money. And the only way that could happen is if I was her boyfriend.
I was borrowing my dad's car to go pick her up. It wasn't much but it was the best we had. I wanted to look presentable in front of her dad while in reality I was just another gold-digger trying to take advantage of her kindness. I felt a twinge of guilt just thinking about it but quickly shook it off. I was a mission today and nothing was going to ruin it.
I made my way to her house, the White House, so it wasn't difficult to get there. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I kept repeating myself. Washington DC was huge but a house that big was pretty noticeable.
It was a fifteen minute drive to her house and I gawked at it as I made my way closer and got a clear view. I'd seen it on TV before but I never thought it would be this big and magnificent.
I stopped at the gate and a security guard came forward to me. "What's your name," he asked me coldly. "M-m-Mike N-Newton", I said shakily. It was intimidating just to look at the security guard. "I need your ID and your driver's license", he said. He didn't even add a 'please' so I knew that he wasn't friendly. I produced my wallet and fished out my ID and drivers license. He took it without a word and headed back to the side building. I waited in the car for about five minutes when he came back outside accompanied by two other security guards.
They asked me to get out of my car so they could inspect it. I picked up the bouquet of roses out of the car but the guard stopped me halfway." We need to inspect those too sir," he explained. I was too speechless to say anything but I handed it to him. This security thing was just too much for me. This was going to be one hell of a night
(BPOV)
I was sitting down nervously in my room against the window still when Emmet came in and informed me that Mike had come. I nervously got up and headed out of my room. The Whit House was so big that I had to climb four flights of stairs down.
I knew that from outside, I must have looked very calm, but mentally, I was hyperventilating. Just calm down Bella you can do this. I made my way to the front door accompanied by Emmet and two other guards. Ok you can do this. I opened the door and then I saw him. I must've looked stupid with my jaw hanging opened, but I didn't care. Mike looked handsome in a black tuxedo he wore and as usual, with spiky jelled hair. As he stared into my eyes, I thought I could read a shocked emotion but shook it off. I thought he was shocked to see me pretty but I knew that I would always be all, I would never be pretty enough for someone as breathtaking as him.
I decided to talk first and said shyly," Hi Mike." He quickly recovered himself from something and returned my greeting. Then, like the gentleman he was, got out of his car and held the door open for me. I slid in and he went back into the car. There was no awkward silence between us. "Um… Bella? I…uh... Got these for you." He gave me a bouquet of what looked like beaten up roses. "I thought they'd impress you but the guards went a little overboard. But anyways it doesn't matter." He quickly tossed them in the backseat but I stopped him. "No wait. They're fine. They..," I tried to think of what to say next. "They died protecting their country," I said jokingly. He laughed along then said something which seemed like he wanted to say the whole time. "Want to get out of here?" he said eagerly. "More than you know", I said breathlessly. And with that we zoomed out of the gate, out of the house, and I into the hands of freedom.
A/N: So this is the third chapter. I hope you like it. I know I said that I'd make the chapters longer but I just feel comfortable with writing a bit short chapters. So hope you review and I want to thank all the awesome people who reviewed and all the anonymous readers out there. : )