Skinny Love

Bella's Pov

Shit! He's here. Edward's here. Edward is fucking here! At my nice appropriate job. It was bad enough that he met me at a strip club, but I can't risk him seeing it's me.

"Miss?" Edward called. "Miss?"

"Bella!" Mike called from behind the counter. "Get to work! Go see what he wants!"

I gave Mike a nervous glance and walked to Edward. "Yes?"

He stared at me intently as if he was trying to remember who I was. "Who are you?"

"Me?"

"Yes, who are you? You seem to know who I am but I cant seem to remember who you are." he frowned.

"No. I don't know who you are." Of course he wouldn't remember me. I was half naked last night and my face was covered. Right now I'm in full uniform; a white collard shirt and black jeans.

I looked everywhere but his eyes. I couldn't stare into his green eyes because if I did, I'd most likely get lost in them and he'd figure out who I am.

"Oh." he frowned sadly. "Ok."

He grabbed his wallet and shoved some cash in the bill case and handed it to me.

The chilly August wind blew as the sun hid. I shook coughing.

He stood up shivering as he pulled the sleeves of his dress shirt down.

"Are you cold?" I whispered.

"Yup. My feet are too." He laughed wiggling his toes.

He had given me his jacket and shoes in the morning when he saw me freezing. It was a nice gesture of him, something that men these days don't do anymore. I was impressed with him but this morning when I woke up from my four hour nap, I caught my self inhaling the scent coming of his jacket.

His copper hair shined as the sun peaked it way out of the clouds, making him glow. "Don't freeze out here. I'd give you a jacket, but I've already given someone mine."

I smiled. "I don't doubt you would."

"See ya later, Bella." He smiled and walked down the sidewalk barefooted.


I found myself walking through pale white hallways after my shift. I knew the place like the palm of my hand. I'd been there so many times over the year, it wasn't even funny.

I walked into a room seeing a man hooked up to multiple machines, sleeping soundly. The constant beeping of the monitors were the only sign that he was still alive. I ran my hand through what little hair he still had, wishing for him to get better.

"Bella," he whispered smiling faintly.

"Hey dad," I whispered.

Edward's Pov

I walked up the steps to the Denali house. I was scared to see Eleazar, Tanya's father, in fear that he would want to castrate me if he found out that I wasn't marrying his daughter.

I knocked on the door, breathing heavily. Please don't him, please don't him, please don't him.

Kate Denali opened the door, her smile dropping when she saw it was me. "I thought you were Garrett."

"Sorry. Is Tanya here?" I asked nervous.

"Ya. I have the feeling you're gonna dump her now so please, go ahead. She's bugging the hell out of me with her 'Dream Wedding.'"

I took a deep breath.

"Don't worry. I'll keep dad entertained when you cut the 'wicked Witch of the west' loose. Go." She shoed me forward to Tanya's room.

I knocked on her door. "Tanya?"

"Edward!" she screamed from the other side. "You're not supposed to see me until the wedding! Its bad luck if you do! Go home or I will get my dad to castrate you!"

"Hes going to do it anyway when he finds out.." I muttered.

"What?" She opened the door.

"Ah!" I covered my eyes "What do you have on your face?"

"It's an avocado mask. Now what were you saying."

"Tanya," I breathed. "Its not working out. I can't marry you?"

"What?" her face fell, her eyes tearing."What do you mean?

"I can't marry you... because i don't love you."

"Why?" she sobbed.

"I'm in love with someone else."

"Who?" she barked at me.

"Does it matter?"

"Yes! I'm going to tell her to make you happy."

"No! Don't do that... wait what?" i looked at her surprised.

"If she was woman enough to take you from me, then she deserves my blessing. She should treat you like an ass you are." She wiped her eyes and tried to smile.

"Thank you Tanya." I gave her a quick hug. "Thanks for understanding."

"I'm going to castrate her..." she muttered.

"Shes a woman. You can't do that."

"Oh I'll find away." She chuckled. "Go find your woman."

I smiled and ran off.


So... sorry this chapter is kind of short. I haven't really had time to write this week, but I'll try to make the next chapter longer than this.

Please check out this story my friend Riley and I are co-writing. It's called 'Blinded by the Light' by EpicBoogerEatingStrippers (inside joke).

Well. That's it. Thanks.

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