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Loving From A Distance
Chapter Four
Paul POV
I woke to breakfast wafting into my nose, and I was excited to know that Bella had cooked me breakfast.
Yay for me! I love Bella's cooking!
I quickly got changed into my day clothes, made my bed and walked towards the kitchen and heard the distinct sound of Jacob Black in my kitchen along with a laughing Bella Swan.
"Look what the cat dragged in" I play whispered to Bella, holding my hand to my face so Jake couldn't 'hear' me.
"You're soooo funny Lahote. Don't get a job as a comedian. Actually go back to school…" Jake said with a laugh, and Bella was up and making another plate for me as well.
"So Dad has taken Charlie and Harry fishing all weekend, what are we going to be doing?" Jake asked us both.
"Well Leah is teaching gymnastics, Pilates, yoga and zumba all day and I am teaching both dance and art classes from ten till three, and then I've got marshal arts at four till six" I said in between bites.
"Geez hungry much Paul" Bella and Jake laughed at my enthusiasm.
"Yeah I was roped in to teaching three days a week – Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday. Dance – ten till twelve, singing class at one till three, then music class from four till six" Bella said with excitement.
"Arggg" she groaned dramatically, "thank goodness for hour long breaks!" she grinned, we all knew that she loved working with kids and more importantly that she got to share her passion and what she was good at with them.
So I get to be close proximity with Bella all day.
'Leah… You have Leah' I chanted in my head, trying to clear it out of all the thought induced Bella – she was JUST my best friend.
"Wow busy day. I wonder why no one has ever asked me to do anything like that" Jake said with a pout.
"Ah probably because you are still a kid Jake and we actually perfected what we are going to be teaching" Bella and I said together with a laugh, and Jake pouted some more.
"Well Jake… have you actually shown interest in anything?" Bella asked him curiously, and he shrugged, and I nodded my head at her like we were thinking the same thing.
"Well maybe if you did I'm sure they would offer you something or maybe offer your services?" she suggested to him, always so selfless and ready to help people.
"Bella studied for four years Jake, and she also taught while she was doing it" Paul chirped in, and I smiled at him.
"Guess you are right Bells" he was now stuck in deep thought.
"Yeah Jake" I agreed with Bella, and Jake was really good with kids.
"What styles do you teach all day?" Bella asks me as she clears our plates, while Jake and I push her to sit down so we could clean up since she cooked.
House rules; whoever cooks gets to sit and rest while everyone else cleans up whatever mess said cook made.
"Each class I teach is half hour hip-hop and funk classes, and all up six dance styles until we have finished learning these styles, then we move on to other kinds. Break, Crip walk, krumping, locking, Detroit Jit and snap dance. With have fifteen minute breaks in between and answering any questions the kids might want to know after class. Then Art; every week we learn something new; like painting differently styles each week, then when we finish that we might do drawing and do the different ways to draw. Then it leads to clay and so on until they have learnt different expressions of art. Then two classes starting at three, capoeira for seventy-five minutes, then Shobukan for another seventy-five minutes, and then a special stretching class for thirty minutes"
"Wow I didn't realise that you have learnt so many things since I left" she looked at me with amazement and I just shrugged my shoulders at her.
My mom had always busy when I was growing up, and since Bella had left, I had more time to do the things I was interested in. and I had a knack for learning things fast and being able to do it. They say that I have a photographic memory that is why I excel in everything that I do.
"Did they also ask you to come volunteer on Fun–day Sunday as well, play sports with the kids?" she nodded her head and Jake looked at her with amazement.
"Why don't you come Jake, the more people to help teach and help out, the more the kids will be able to learn and achieve and have a great tie doing it" this is the reason why she is perfect for me.
'Say what? Damn… I'm gona have to kick my own ass for all this dumb as thinking…'
Repeat after me: 'I AM WITH LEAH SUSAN CLEARWATER. I AM DATING LEAH SUSAN CLEAR WATER. I AM IN LOVE WITH BELLA SWAN!'
OH SHIT! OH SHIT! OH SHIT! WHATTT? FARKKKKK I'M IN A BOAT LOAD OF TROUBLE!
"You okay there Paul?" Jake said with a laugh, shaking his head at his friends facial expressions.
"Looked like you were having a mild panic attack… geez I'm NOT that BAD with kids! Come on!" Jake whined at me, while Bella just giggled.
"Okay was fun, thanks for having brekkie with me guys, but I gotta hit the showers and change into my own clothes" she pulled at my clothes, while she giggled at herself.
"See ya at the Community Centre Itzy"
"Sure Inny" she called back before closing the door behind her.
"Damn Paul, if I didn't know you were with Lee, I would have said you were whipped and head over heels in love with our Bella" Jake had nailed it right on the nose. Damn him.
"And all the cutesy nicknames you have for one another, does Lee know about them?"
God I really wanted to punch that smile off his face and his truths.
"Fark, if I was her, I would feel threatened, but hey it's Belles: the most non threating thing in the world" Jerk face said with his shit eating grin.
'God if he doesn't get out of her soon, he won't have a face to smile with!'
"Well don't be saying any of this crap to Bella or Leah now you hear! Keep your mouth, and watch what you say in front of them okay! Or shit will hit the fans and I'll kick your ass if you start talking shit in front of them" I threatened him more than I had initially wanted to, but the truths he was saying was starting to piss me off.
"Shesh Paul, calm down man. By the way you were acting; you'd think I was chucking out bullets at ya! I was just talking shit!" Jake held his hand out in defence, and I calmed down a little.
I wasn't made at Jake I was mad at myself. I have to get over this shit, and fast! I was about to see Leah in an hour, and I didn't want to be in this mind set one bit!
"Sorry Jake, I just don't want anything coming between Lee and me. She means the world to me and I don't know what I will do without her" I half lied to him, and he ate it all up like cream cheese on toast.
"Alright, sorry again for riling ya up pal, catch ya later, probably for dinner somewhere ey?"
"Sure man! See ya later" and with that he closed the door behind him, and I sunk back down on the kitchen chair and sighed loudly in my now empty kitchen.
Farrrkkkkkkkk I was in a predicament!
My phone began to ring and it was Lee.
"Heya Babe" I greeted my sweet and beautiful girlfriend.
"Hey Bub, you coming over here for some brunch before we head of to the Gym?" she asked me curiously.
I stood up and walked towards my room to grab my things and pack a bag with a change of clothes and uniform.
"Sure thing Babe, give me twenty to fix everything up and I'll be right there okay"
"See ya soon Bub" guilt riddled up my back as I thought about last night's almost kiss and our dismissal of the elephant in the room.
I waited for her to hang up the phone before quickly tossing it in one of the pockets, and packing my bag and doubled checked that I had everything for the day and headed out to my car. It made more sense to drive so I wouldn't have to carry everything, and it beat having to walk after such an interesting day. I close my house door, and took in a deep breathe.
Day here I come…
A/N: If you were wondering, Bella had studied dance, music and drama while she lived with her mom, and Pauls took up whatever he could so he would be constantly doing something. Paul and Jake didn't hang out as much since Bella left. And so that pushed Jake to hang out more with Embry and Quill. Paul was a loner after Bella had left and he only started hanging out with everyone again when he met Leah. They offered him a job at the community centre working with kids and adults, and Leah also got a job there as well. That's where Leah and Paul had gotten close. Bella was offered a job there when her father wouldn't stop talking about the many productions she has been in. So when she moved back, they saw this as a chance to offer some more classes at the community centre, and Bella loves what she does and accepted.