Have you ever had that moment right after you wake from a deep satisfying sleep where your life comes into perfect clarity before your eyes? You realize that everything up until now no longer matters; your life is yours for the taking and you embrace it. This morning when I woke up I had that moment. It was simply amazing. I knew coming to live with Angela was the right thing.
I crawled out of bed and headed into the kitchen, still in my clothes from yesterday. Angela was sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. "Hey sleepy head."
I smiled at her and said, "What time is it?"
"Eleven-thirty." She said it with a slight giggle.
"Wow, I didn't know I was so tired. But oh well, it felt good and that's all I care about. I need to go find a job today, care to join me?"
"I would but I have class in an hour, but good luck though Oh, by the way, Edward called while you were sleeping, he wants you to call him."
Great, I haven't even been gone twenty-four hours and he's already obsessing. "He just can't make this easy on me, can he?"
"Maybe he just wants to make sure you got here alright."
"I doubt that's all, he probably is going to tell me that I made a huge mistake. But I made up my mind and he is not going to change it."
"Well, you should still call him, even if it is only to tell him not to call…often. Alright, I'm going to class, see you later Bella."
"Bye Ang." Wow. Who knew so much could happen in one day. I'm going to take a shower and then I'll call him, maybe.
I got out of the shower twenty minutes ago. I'm still sitting in front of the phone. I know I should call, and I want to, but then again, I don't want to argue over something that is already done. But if I wait any longer he is just going to show up here because he'll think something awful happened. I should just let him think that for a little while, but doesn't really deserve it I guess. Ugh, fine, I guess I'm going to have to call. Here it goes. I dialed his cell. It rang once before he answered it, he must have been waiting, great. "Bella. I've been waiting for you to call, I thought something happened to you."
"Honestly Edward, I can go a day with out being attacked. You need to relax. I'm fine and I will continue to be fine. Is there anything else you wanted to say Edward?"
"I want you to come home."
"Is there anything ELSE you want to say? I'm not coming back for a while, accept it. Don't try to convince me otherwise, because I will hang up on you." He was silent for a while after that. "Edward?"
"Bella."
"I have to go."
"I love you."
"….I love you too….Bye." I hung up before he could say anything else. It wasn't the worst talk we ever had, but it could have been better. Well, if it wasn't him, it could have been better. He is far more stubborn than I ever will be. Ok now that I've got that all squared away, time to find a job.
I hopped into my truck and drove into downtown Seattle. I went into a couple boutiques but no one was hiring. I finally ended up in a small but packed pizza place. They needed a waitress to work nights, I couldn't find anything else so I took it. Waitressing isn't my cup of tea, but I could tell the tips would be good, and that's all I care about. It's too late in the semester to enroll at the university, but the community college is still accepting late admissions; I headed straight over. Registering was simple enough, just chose my classes and paid the late fee's. I put my tuition on a deferred payment plan, I'll pay it off as soon as I can afford it. I start classes tomorrow. I wanted to get acquainted with the city, but it was starting to get dark, and I'm sure Angela is back at the apartment.
I was driving home when I realized I felt guilty about how I handles Edward on the phone. I decided to call him and tell him he could come visit on Saturday (today is only Monday, so I've got time to settle in). Gosh, I can't believe I'm already feeling sorry for him. The ride from the school to the apartment (I don't really feel like it's mine yet) is really short, I was already pulling into my space. I'll just call him from here, I don't want Angela to hear incase it doesn't go how I want it to. I dialed, and again he answered after the first ring. "Bella? Whats wrong? Did someone try to hurt you?"
"Edward, calm down, everything is fine. I was just feeling bad about my call earlier. I know you worry about me. So I've decided that you can come down to visit on Saturday, but only during the day, I have to work at night."
"Oh Bella, love, that sounds delightful. I will see you on Saturday. Well, I have to go, Jasper and Emmet want me to play some new video game they bought. I love you, bye." The phone went dead before I could even say bye back. He's handling himself better than I ever thought he could. It is odd though that only this morning he was depressed. Oh well, I'll choose this well adjusted Edward over stubborn overprotective Edward any day. I got out of the truck and went into the apartment. I was right, Angela was home. She was cooking dinner, it smelled delicious.
"Angela, what are you making, it smells wonderful."
She laughed, "Geeze Bella, calm down, it's only Rice-a-Roni"
I must have skipped lunched while I was out today, oops. "I'm starving, anything is good right now. How long until it's done?"
"About five minutes."
As soon as it was done, I stuffed my face. I said goodnight to Angela, and headed off to my room. I still hadn't unpacked anything, so I did that first and then I conked out.
