Chapter 4
I went back up to the apartment, still slightly out of breath from my encounter with Jacob. Honestly what was it about him that intrigued me so much? I unlocked the apartment door, to find what I thought was an empty apartment. I figured no one was home, because it was pretty much silent and Edward's shoes weren't here.
I went into the kitchen, without taking my jacket off, and got a bottle of water, I cracked it open and was about to take a swig but I heard something coming from my bedroom. My brow furrowed and I quietly padded to my closed bedroom door.
I was almost positive that I had left it open when I had left.
"Oh Edward!" I heard a voice moan.
My eyes narrowed in anger. He was cheating on me?
I flung the bedroom door open. Sure enough, he was fucking some blonde girl in our bed.
"You fucking asshole!" I screamed. Immediately he jumped away from her, wrapping a blanket around his waist. The girl pulled the sheets up to her chin and held them tight against her.
"Bella! I thought you were going to be gone all day." He said, obviously panicked.
"How could you?" I growled. "You keep such a fucking tight leash on me, because you don't want me to cheat on you and here you are fucking some girl behind my fucking back!" I went into the closet and grabbed my suitcase. I began throwing my belongings into it.
"Bella, please baby, don't leave." He begged. "I swear I'll never do it again."
"And how many other times have you done this?" I snarled. "Get the fuck out of my way." I pushed him out of my way and went into the bathroom to get all of my things. He followed me.
"I've never cheated on you before. This was a one-time thing, I promise." He said. "Please baby, don't go."
"Fuck off." I said. I made sure I had everything that I would need or want, and pushed past him again. I took one last look around the bedroom, trying to see if there was anything I had missed. In the corner I saw my favourite black boots, and I snatched them, and stuffed them in my suitcase. I zipped it up, and left the bedroom.
I almost made it to the front door, when I was pulled back.
"Baby, please stay." He said. "Come on, I'm so sorry."
"If you hadn't gotten caught you'd still be in there fucking her!" I yelled.
"Where are you going to go?" he asked desperately.
"Why the fuck do you care?" I demanded. "You treat me like absolute shit; this was just the last straw Edward."
"I've provided you with a job!" he said angrily. "And your little 'fixes'. Who else is going to give that to you?"
"Do you think I'm going to stay with you just for drugs and working as a fucking stripper?" I yelled. "No thank you. Oh and by the way, don't expect me at work again. I quit!"
I wrenched my arm away from him and left the apartment, slamming the door shut behind me.
I stormed down the hallway of the apartment building and to the elevator. I pressed the call button a bunch of times wanting to get the fuck out of this building. Down the hall, I heard Edward open the apartment door, and start running down the hall. As the elevator doors opened, I rushed in as I heard Edward call for me one more time, and caught a glimpse of him just making it to the elevator as the doors closed.
I wasn't sure where I was going to go. Maybe I could stay with Alice and Jasper, just for a few days. I wasn't sure if I should though, I didn't want Edward to know where I was. Alice and Jasper's place seemed like too much of an obvious place to go.
I called Emmett. I knew that his place was pretty obvious too, but I also knew that if Emmett knew that I didn't want to see Edward, Emmett would beat the shit out of him if he came by.
"Emmett, I know its short notice, but can I stay with you and Rose for a bit?" I asked once he answered the phone.
"Yeah Bells, of course, what's wrong?" I began walking out of the apartment building and down the street towards Emmett and Rosalie's place.
"I caught Edward cheating on me." I said. "I've broken up with him and quit my job at the club."
"Shit, Bells, that's rough. Do you want me to come pick you up?"
"No, I'm fine walking." I said. "I'll be there soon." I hung up on Emmett and continued to lug my suitcase down the sidewalk. I was already out of fucking breath from carrying the stupid thing.
"Bella?" called a voice. I turned to see a beat up red car driving towards me. In the driver's seat was Jacob.
"Fuck." I whispered. He pulled up to the curb and got out of his car. He came up to the sidewalk and stood in front of me. I hadn't wanted to see Jacob on the way to Emmett and Rosalie's house. I didn't want to have to explain to him why I was walking the streets with a giant ass suitcase.
"Bella, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Um…" I stammered, unsure of how to say what I wanted to say. "Well…I'm, um, I've left Edward."
He looked at me, surprise passing through his features. "You've actually left him?"
I nodded. "I got home to see him fucking a girl in our bed."
"Aw shit Bella, I'm sorry to hear that."
I waved it off. "Honestly, that was just the last straw. I had thought about leaving him before this happened."
"Do you have a place to stay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm staying with a couple friends." I said.
"Let me drive you there." He said.
I grudgingly allowed him too. I could have said no, but I didn't want to have to carry my suitcase the whole way there. I got into Jacob's car while he put my suitcase in his trunk. Once he was in the driver's seat, I told him where Emmett and Rosalie's apartment was. We were both quiet as he drove. I was deep in thought at how much of a shit hole my life had become. I was a coke addicted stripper.
Well, I wasn't a stripper anymore. Now I was a fucking jobless coke addict. As Jacob pulled up to Emmett and Rosalie's apartment building, I turned to him.
"Thank you for driving me here." I said.
"Give me your phone." He said, once the car was parked.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"I want to give you my number, so that if you need anything, you don't have to walk around the city looking for me." He explained.
I fished my phone out of my pocket and handed it to him. He put his name and number in before handing it back to me.
"If you ever need anything, I'm just a phone call away." He said.
"Thank you, Jacob." I said, getting out of his car. He got out too and went around to his trunk. He opened it and took my suitcase out of it, before coming back around the car to me and giving it to me.
"I guess I'll, um, see you later." I said.
He ran a hand through his hair. "Listen, I know you haven't had any time to really think about what I said earlier…but if you want to go for coffee or out to dinner sometime…I'd be more than willing."
A smile spread across my face, despite my own inner wishes for my face to remain neutral.
"I'd really like that." I said.
He grinned as he got back into his car. "Give me a call sometime."
"I will." I whispered after he had closed his car door and started driving away. He waved once, before speeding off. I went into the apartment building and buzzed Emmett and Rosalie's apartment. Emmett answered and let me in. I got into the elevator and went up to their floor. When the elevator stopped, I dragged my suitcase out of the elevator and went down the hall to their apartment. I knocked on the door and Rosalie answered it.
"Come in." she said. "I'm sorry to hear what happened with Edward."
I waved off her apology. "Don't be. Thank you so much for letting me stay here, I promise it's just until I can get back on my feet."
She smiled. "Bella, you are always welcome here. You can stay for as long as you need to."
I hugged her tightly. "Thank you so much, Rose. I don't know what I'd be doing without you two right now."
Emmett came out of one of the bedrooms and grinned at me. "Hey Bells, how ya doin'?"
It always made me smile when Emmett called me Bells. It reminded me of home. My dad always called me Bells.
"I'm okay." I said. "Forever grateful."
He took my suitcase from me and went into the room he had previously come out of.
As he came out, he told me that that would be my room for the duration of my stay.
"We'll try and help you find a place to work." Rosalie said. "Where did you work before you worked in the club?"
"You know that little antiques shop on Stanton?" I asked. She nodded. "There."
"The owner of that shop is fucking creepy." Rose said.
"That's why I don't work there anymore." I said. "He's perverted. But, if it comes to that, I'll go back there. I might have to."
"We'll try and help you as much as we can." She said.
"Thank you guys, so much." I said. "I don't know how I can thank you enough."
They both grinned at me.
"Oh…and if Edward asks, you guys don't know where I am." I said. "I don't want to see or talk to him."
"I'll kick his ass if he tries." Emmett said. "He may be one of my closest friends, but I won't hesitate to beat the shit out of him for you."
I smiled. "That really means a lot to me, Emmett. Thank you."
"How long will it take you to stop thanking us?" he laughed.
That night, I was lying in the bed that they had provided me. I stared up at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep. I had decided to try and get clean. Now that I had virtually no money, I wouldn't be able to pay for the drugs.
I would do it on my own. I didn't want anyone to try and help me quit. I didn't need help, nor did I want it. I was just going to try and quit cold turkey.
I also needed to find a job as soon as I could. I didn't want to go back to the store. I had hated it there. But, if I absolutely had to go back there, I would. I'm sure I wouldn't have a problem getting my job back. He owned a pretty popular shop, he always needed help stocking shelves or working at the register.
I thought back to my day today. So much had happened it almost made my head spin. Coffee with Jacob, kissing him, catching Edward with some girl, seeing Jake again on my way here, and finally, lying here right now.
I was so exhausted, yet for some reason I couldn't seem to fall asleep. Was it simply because I was in an unfamiliar room?
I didn't know. I had crashed on both Alice and Jasper's, and Rosalie and Emmett's couches before. What was so odd about tonight?
Was it because I didn't have anyone lying beside me? I was used to having Edward lying in bed beside me, even when we had crashed on our friends' couches.
I sighed. I guess I'd have to get used to sleeping alone.
