Chances
Chapter 4: Stop the Stalking
Thanks to all of you for sticking with Dad-ward, I hope you like it so far. I am sorry I have been slacking off a bit here, I am really sick and am taking some meds that make me all kinds of crazy and tired. Sorry I should be feeling better soon and back on my A game. Oh and I just want everyone to know that I will not be retelling a lot of things when I switch pov because I find it repetitious so if you guys really want me to give everything from both POV's please let me know in the reviews and I will do it. Please review at the bottom when you are done feed back is so important. I am still trying to post one a week or so, but I am also working on Blue so bare with me. TY to rachelninjas for her help she is a very busy girl so I appreciate it.
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BPOV
When I got home from work, all I could think about was how lucky I had been today. I should have been mad or disgusted at Newton, but I really wanted to hug and thank him for giving me an opportunity to talk to Edward Cullen. I wouldn't though, it would be rewarding bad behavior and his behavior was really bad today. I was sure when Edward called me into his office after I told Newton quite loudly that I would not suck his cock, that I was fired. Maybe I should have been, but Edward felt bad for me. I couldn't really believe that though he was so sweet. I knew from Alice that he was really nice, but I had never interacted with him before and his door was usually closed so I didn't hear anything either. I wanted to have an excuse to talk to him again but the soonest I would have an excuse is Monday, a week from today.
After I had dinner, I watched some tv and then took a shower. I hated mornings so I always took my showers at night to get a little extra sleep. Once I got out of the shower, I called my mom and we talked for a little bit about things at Pattinson and then decided to call it a night after we were all caught up. I turned of the light and laid in bed unable to sleep. I kept thinking about Edward and his beautiful eyes and his sensuous voice. I imagined what it would feel like to run my fingers through his wild bronze hair. I had been infatuated with him for so long, but since I had never talked to him before today, I hadn't really fantasized about him to this extent. I never wanted to find excuses to talk to him and I never would have wanted to touch his hair. Okay, maybe I would have, I honestly don't know how anyone could resist those gorgeous, soft strands.
As I laid there, I couldn't help thinking about how intimate the situation in his office was. He didn't sit behind his desk, but instead sat right next to me. He let me call him Edward and he called me Bella. My name rolling off of his tongue made burn for him. I was getting wet now at just the memory. I wanted to hear him moan my name while we had sex. I wanted him to call it out as he came inside me. I wanted to have sex with him so badly I could almost feel. I was getting wet just thinking about him this way. I needed some sort of release. I reached down and began massaging my clit. I circled it a few time gently, still trying to decide if I really wanted to masturbate to thoughts of someone who is practically my boss. As I got wetter, I decided that I did. I reached into my nightstand and pulled out my small, fingertip vibrator. I put it on my finger and turned it on. Within seconds of touching it to my clit and thinking about that bronze hair, I was twitching with orgasm. That was by far the fastest I had ever cum on my own.
After I was finished, I got up and went to my bathroom to clean up. I put my little handy helper back in the drawer and got back under my covers. I felt a little guilty for thinking of Edward in such a way, he was so sweet to me today and I used it to pleasure myself. I mulled it over for a moment and then decided that it felt too good to feel bad about. It didn't take long to fall asleep and I slept great through the night.
When my alarm clock went off in the morning, I was happily surprised that I felt so rested. It was the first morning in a long time that I hadn't wanted to chuck my alarm clock out of the window. I was never a morning person. When I was a freshman in college, I failed at least two classes because I couldn't get myself up in the morning to go to them. By my sophomore year, I had gotten wise and only registered for classes later then noon. On a couple of occasions I would have to take a class around 1030 because that was the latest it was offered, but I found myself attending in my pajamas on more then one occasion. I saw a girl attend a class in her pajamas once and decided that she was brilliant. As long as they were cute, clean, and conservative, why the hell not.
I got dressed and ready for work and then went downstairs for breakfast. I microwaved myself some mini muffin tops, they are my favorite. I always ate on the road so that I could sleep a bit longer. I know its pathetic, but nothing was more important to me then sleep, I would rather starve. I substituted juice for my usual cherry pepsi, figured I was awake and refreshed enough to skip the caffeine this morning. Surprisingly, the muffins were even better with juice then soda, but the I was going to have to get some sort of spill proof container if I was going to make a habit of this. My juice sloshed out of its glass and all over my cup holders on more then one turn. I kept a packet of baby wipes in my car expressly for this purpose. My best friend, Leah, has a four year old kid who is always a sticky mess. I started keeping some wipes in my car so that when I gave Leah and her son a ride, I would have some for them if they needed it. After a short time, I realized how convenient they were to have around even without a kid. When I got to work, I cleaned up my cup holders and drank what was left of my juice, leaving the glass in the car.
I hated my job Tuesday through Thursday. Tanya would always make those days my, run all her crappy errands day, on top of having to go through storage and replace items that were ordered that we already had in stock. Sometimes, I wished that people would go down to storage and check what we had down there before they ordered stuff, but if they did I would have less to do and Tanya would surely find something crappy to fill my time. Polish her shoes perhaps, I wouldn't put it past her. When it came to finding grunt work for me to do, Tanya didn't seem to have any limits. One day a couple of weeks ago, she actually had me pick up her dry cleaning, her sister's dry cleaning and then drive it to her family home about forty-five minutes away. I have never driven so slow anywhere in my entire life and I took the scenic route. When I got back and she asked me what took so long, I just explained that there was a ton of traffic as I handed her back her keys. She hasn't asked me to do that since.
Once I got to my desk, I checked my voice mail just like I always do. To my surprise there was a message from Tanya saying that she wouldn't be coming in today and that I should work on fulfilling the orders that I could from storage. I am sure that meant I would have no way to get out of Tanya's busy work tomorrow, but today I would get to spend some time with Angela in storage. It took me only a couple of minutes to get together a list of all the things I needed from storage to fill the orders. I had already ordered the rest of the stuff on the list so everything else needed to come from the storage. Well, not everything, there was this idiot Victoria on the third floor who thought that she could order anything from purchasing without even looking at requirements for purchase requisitions. There was one time when I first started here that she tried to order a computer. She tried telling me that hers didn't work properly and that she needed a new one, preferably a HP laptop. I was new so I let Tanya deal with it, maybe not the best idea as Tanya called her into her office and laughed at her. I could hear her telling Victoria that this wasn't best buy and that she couldn't just order whatever the heck she wanted. I tried to make it a little better when she was leaving Tanya's offer, I informed her that if her computer wasn't working she could tell her direct supervisor and they could put a purchase order for a new one for her. She had given me a dirty look and stormed off. I knew then that she deserved every ounce of what Tanya dished out. I really hated going down to the third floor because of Newton, but on days when I had to tell Victoria that her order wasn't being filled, Newton was the least of my worries. In the last couple weeks, I had been lucky enough not to have to say anything to her. She never failed to scowl at me as I walked past her desk though.
I made my way down to the storage room and Angela was very excited to see me. "Bella, you are never going to guess what just happened." She's right, I am not good at guessing.
"Well, spill it. What happened?" Her enthusiasm was contagious, I didn't know what was so exciting but it was making me giddy seeing her this happy.
"Ben just called," I should have known that he was responsible for this. I laughed and nodded. "He asked me if I wanted to go see a movie with him this weekend."
"I hope you told him yes." It was really about time the two of them stopped beating around the bush and went out already.
"I did and he was so excited he dropped the phone, I mean he said he dropped the phone but didn't say it was because he was excited, but I am sure that was why. He had been quiet after I said yes and then I heard a long thunk as the phone smacked the desk and then fell on the floor. I was laughing when he picked up the phone saying oh shit sorry." She was so happy and it made me really happy for her.
"Angela, I am so happy for you. I was getting to the point where I was going to kidnap both of you just to get you two alone outside of work." She smiled and laughed a little. I handed her my list and we grabbed an empty box and starting searching for my items. "Do you know what movie you are going to see."
"We haven't decided on one yet, but he mentioned that new chick flick that's out, but I don't know if I want to make him sit through that."
"I think you should find a nice scary movie to see," she looked over at me curiously, "so that when there is a scary part you can grab his hand. If you two weren't so shy, you wouldn't need a scary movie to hold hands, but I think for you it might be a good way to speed things along." My philosophy was always being straight forward. Most people appreciated that about me because they always knew I didn't talk behind their back. Of course, I try to be sensitive and put things in a way that won't hurt their feelings. With Angela, she is very sensitive so I am careful about how I tell her things. She is one of my closest friends and I would never want to ruin that by saying something to bluntly. Men were good with blunt, women not so much.
"I never thought about that, Bella you are so smart. How can you not have a boyfriend?"
"Angela, honestly, I ask myself that question all of the time." That was the truth. I had been single since I got to town and it was certainly not by choice. "Did I tell you what happened yesterday with Newton." Of course I would bring up something that involved Edward right after a discussion about boyfriends. Great, I hope Angela doesn't pick up on my little fixation with him. I really needed to stop the stocking or my little fixation was going to become a full blown crush, if it hadn't already.
"Ben called here yesterday and told me that Newton had followed you upstairs, he didn't know why,lit said he felt bad for you."
"Yeah that little pervert ran into me yesterday making me drop all of my paperwork and then kept right ongoing without a word or a backwards glance. Later on when I was dropping off the receipts, he said he had to make it up to me by escorting me around the building like he was my fucking body guard or something," I shook my head and Angela rolled her eyes.
"What an idiot," Angela laughed.
"That's just the beginning," I told her. "He was hitting on me in the elevator and then said some really inappropriate things too me."
"I guess that neanderthal behavior works for Jessica," we both laughed then.
"I was thinking the same thing and told him that I wasn't Jessica and that I wasn't going to suck his cock."
"Bella, you are my idol, I would never have had the nerve to do that."
"It gets better," she looked curious, "apparently Mr. Cullen overheard us arguing and was standing right behind me when I said that to Newton." Angela's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. Her face was probably pretty close to what mine looked like yesterday when it happened.
"Oh my God Bella, how much trouble did you get in?"
"That's the funny thing, he told me to wait in his office and I almost had a heart attack sitting in their thinking I was going to get fired. He chewed out Newton and then came in and asked how I was. He wasn't mad at me at all. In fact, he said that I should have punched Newton." She looked at me in disbelief and then laughed.
"So you didn't even get a lecture on your language, he was just checking on you? Why did he ask you to wait in his office?"
"He said that he was trying to get me away from Newton. From what I heard, he was giving Newton quite an earful and Newton left looking like her might wet himself," we laughed again and I couldn't help but picture Newton with wet pants in a crowded elevator and everyone laughing at him. "Mr. Cullen was so nice Angela," I didn't mention that I hadn't been able to stop thinking about him since I was in his office.
"Wow Bella, I think if it had been any of the other vice presidents, you would have been at least given a warning. I guess yesterday was your lucky day." She was probably right, well at least about one of those things.
"Actually, today is my lucky day, Tanya didn't come in."
"You are on a lucky streak, maybe you should go buy a lottery ticket."
"Maybe I will!" I grabbed the box with all the stuff we had been putting in it and Angela checked off the last item on the list. "See you later Ang! Thanks for the help."
"No problem Bella, and if you win the lottery remember it was my idea and cut me in."
"Of course, I would never forget the little people," we laughed at that. "Let me know what you and Ben decide on for the movie."
"I will, see you later."
"Bye!"
I got into the elevator with my heavy boxed and hoped that no one would stop the lift before I got up to the fifth floor. When it reached the top I decided that it really was my lucky day because no one else had gotten in the elevator in between floors. I carried the box quickly to my desk and was surprised to see Alice sitting in my chair. "Where have you been Bella, I have been waiting here for you for two whole minutes?" I sat the heavy box on the floor by my desk. "By now Mr. Cullen has probably already lost a stapler and two pens." She smiled, but I was pretty sure that she wasn't kidding.
"I was picking up this stuff," I pointed to the box on the ground, "so I can fill some orders without having to buy new stuff. In fact, I bet that half of the stuff in here is for Mr. Cullen." She started to reach down into the box, but I pushed her hand away.
"Hey, I thought you just said that most of that was for Mr. Cullen?"
"I said probably and I still need to go through the requisitions and check things off. They will be delivered with all of the rest of the orders." She huffed and slouched back into my chair. "Oh stop pouting Alice, I know you have plenty of supplies to keep Edward stocked for a bit." I put my hand over my mouth knowing I had just slipped and used his first name. A smirk crossed her face and narrowed her eyes at me.
"Edward huh?"
"Oh don't start lecturing me, you call him Edward all the time, I guess it's contagious." I rummaged aimlessly through the box, hoping my blush would disappear quickly.
"Maybe, but I have never heard you call him Edward before," She was measuring my responses. "Maybe something changed after your little meeting with him yesterday. Maybe you too are friendly now." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"Don't read that much into it Alice, we were never unfriendly before, we had just never talked, now we have talked, but it doesn't change anything. I bet we never have another conversation, there would never have been a need if it wasn't for Newton and now Mr. Cullen," I emphasized the Mr. Cullen, "has assured me that Newton will not be bothering me again. So I don't see any conversations happening in the future." She was on to my little obsession, definitely going to need to stop the stalking, I was going to get busted.
"I think the lady doth protest to much," Alice was always spouting off that kind of crap. "For someone with nothing to hide you are sure trying hard to convince me." I needed to get her off of this subject.
"What are you doing over here and in my chair for that matter?"
"Jazz has to work today so I was wondering if you wanted to join me for lunch."
"Sure Alice, Tanya isn't here so I can take my lunch whenever you are ready to go." It was nice that I wouldn't have to wait around for Tanya to give me permission to go to lunch. Freedom like this only happened once in a very long while.
"Great! Is that new pizza place down the block okay with you?" She was beaming.
"Sounds good, come and get me when you are ready to go."
"Alright, I better get back before Edward loses something that I don't keep in my drawer." She emphasized Edward and then laughed walking back to her side of the building. I mumbled under my breath and then picked up the box again. I put in in the locked closet that we had in purchasing so that no one would take anything out of it and went back to my desk. I got started on filling out fulfilled order receipt, yes there were a lot of receipts because you don't want people to be able to say that they never got their order.
Time must have flown by because Alice was back in what seemed like only a couple minutes. "Ready to go Bella?" She was bouncing up and down in front of my desk.
"Wow, is it lunch time already?"
"Did you get lost in your work Bella, we are actually leaving a little later then normal because I got caught up making some copies for Mr. Cullen." Oh thank heavens we are back to calling him Mr. Cullen. Hopefully she won't bring that up again.
"I guess so, I didn't have Tanya calling and distracting me with a bunch of nonsense every five minutes so I was pretty engrossed in my paperwork."
"Alright, let's go then."
Alice and I had a nice lunch, I let her do most of the talking. She was telling me all about how she had met Jasper through Edward and how nice it was of him to introduce them. She told me that she thought Edward was the nicest boss she had ever had and that he always showed his appreciation. Alice told me that there was even one time that he forgot secretaries day and she had a family emergency with her sick grandmother the following week and he assumed that it was because he had forgotten the holiday that she had stay home. She said he bought her a bunch of stuff right before she came back and Edward had gone over board with flattery and generosity ever since then. Alice loved that he had been so full of himself that he actually thought he was the reason she took time off. She said that it was very "cute" and "self-centered" at the same time. She was obviously very fond of him.
Once our food came, Alice dropped the subject of Edward and moved on to talking about some big party that she and Jasper were having at their house this weekend. Jasper and Alice had lots of parties before I started working at the company and had been so busy moving into their house that they hadn't had one yet. I supposed this one was a house warming party of sorts. I was never a big fan of parties, I was so clumsy that a party was a sure fire way to embarrass myself in front of a lot of my peers. I had refused to attend on a few occasions, but agreed to get her to stop asking.
After we finished eating, we walked back to the office, stopping at the coffee shop downstairs so that I could get a hot chocolate. They had really good hot chocolate there, so I stopped in pretty regularly. I never had to tell them what I wanted, I just paid and they handed it to me. Alice didn't stop talking about how excited she was about the party or that I was going to come, then entire way up in the elevator. I was relieved when we hit the fifth floor and parted ways so that I could have some piece and quiet. I loved Alice, but that girl could talk. I had never met Jasper, but I assumed that he must be a pretty quiet guy to be with Alice.
I went back to working on my paperwork and tried to keep myself from sneaking over to see Edward through his window. I knew that if I thought about it long enough, I could come up with a good excuse to go talk to Alice. It was a bad idea though because she was already suspicious. I stayed in my chair like a good girl and hoped the end of the day would come quickly.
I was done with all of my work just before five and was packing up to leave when I saw him walking over towards my desk. As far as I know, Edward had only been on this side of the floor once since I started working here. It was to talk to Tanya, although argue with her would be more accurate. I was really surprised to see him and didn't know what to say. "Hello Mr. Cullen, I am sorry, Tanya is not in today. Would you like me to leave a message for her, letting her know that you stopped by?" He was frowning at me and I didn't know why. I wondered briefly if Alice and I had been late coming back from lunch. I was sure that we hadn't, but she came and got me so maybe she had been off for a bit before we left. I hoped that this was not the case.
"Definitely not Bella, I do not want to talk to her if I don't have to," I nodded and smiled understanding exactly what he meant. "She isn't here so you can call me Edward, alright Bella?" He emphasized my first name and I almost melted in my chair hearing him say it.
"Yes Mr....I mean Edward." I couldn't stop calling him Edward before and now I couldn't stop calling him Mr. Cullen...what was wrong with me. This man had me tied up in knots.
"Alice told me that Tanya wasn't in today and I thought I would come by and make sure that Mr. Newton was following my advice and not taking advantage of your isolation over here."
"Well, that was very sweet of you, but he hasn't been by at all." I had been trying so hard not to think of Edward that I had totally forgotten that if Newton had come up today, I would have been pretty far from any kind of saving. This side of the floor is pretty well hidden from the rest of the fifth floor and its usually nice, but not if Newton were up here with me. The thought made me shudder and not in a good way. I tried to look up at Edward but I just couldn't he was still just too beautiful and I guess I didn't feel worthy. I know it was silly, but I just couldn't help it.
"I am relieved to hear that," he sat down on the edge of my desk and all I couldn't stop inhaling his scent. Damn that man smelled good. "Alice told me that you two went to the new pizza place, was it any good?"
"Yes, it was great, a little crowded for my taste, but maybe that was just because it was new. You will have to try it." I hope that my suggestion didn't come off like I was telling him what to do.
"I will, maybe next time we can all go have lunch together. I usually eat by myself, but there's no need when there are so many nice people around here to eat with." I flushed and kept looking down hoping that he wouldn't notice my reddened cheeks. I know he was hitting on me, but I felt like he was talking about me when he said "so many nice people."
"That's true," was all I could manage.
"I can see that you are getting ready to go home and I should get going to, have a good night Bella. I will see you tomorrow."
"You too Edward," I looked up to watch him walk away because he really did have a nice ass and I wasn't going to miss that view.
I spent the rest of the evening wondering if he said that he would see me tomorrow as just a normal polite good-bye or if he really intended to see me tomorrow. Maybe he did want to see me and maybe he does want to have lunch with me... no that couldn't be.
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