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Chapter 7
EPOV
I was sitting at my bedroom window, trying to ignore the thoughts of my family and playing old tunes on the guitar. It had been a long time since I'd felt like playing anything. It made Esme very happy to hear me happy again. And yes, she could make out my mood from the tunes I played. No tunes meant were code red for her.
She worries too much.
It was another normal day in Forks. By normal, I meant that it was pouring cats and dogs. I wonder what Bella and Jake are up to.
Now that I thought about it, it was a very silly question that I asked Bella. Although seeing as she was the first angel I'd met and the only other creature besides Jake who's thoughts I couldn't hear, it was very difficult to understand her. Jake was not that hard. He was pretty much like a normal human teen, but less obnoxious and more mature. The thing that unsettled me the most was that they seemed to know about our kind very well. Either they'd been with vampires for a long time, or were simply just extraordinarily observant.
I was pulled out of my 'Bella- analyses by the sight of an SUV driving down to our house. Not exactly top of the range, but ostentatious enough so I was pretty sure it belonged to Bella and Jake. We'd made plans to have dinner at our house this evening. Well, only they could eat, but Jake agreed as soon as he heard the word 'food'. They were quite early.
As I went downstairs to open the door, I saw that Bella was standing alone on our porch. There was no sign of Jake.
"Hey! You're early. Where's Jake?"
"Hi Edward. Jake's being a damn drama queen and I wanted to go somewhere but he won't come with me so I wanted to see if you were free. But it's totally alright if you don't want to come. I'll understand. After all..."
And there she goes with her rambling. With a slight chuckle I quickly interrupted her before she went off again.
"Sure I'm free Bella. But where do you want to go in this weather? Not that it would cause me any inconvenience but..." she didn't give me a chance to continue, just grabbed my hand and pulled me with her with a wide smile on her face. It took me by surprise that she was able to move me with her strength. Hmmmm... It seems that Bella is more powerful than she is letting on. After we both said a quick goodbye to everyone, we ran to her car whose engine was still running. I eyed the driver's side. Will she let me drive? Nothing wrong with asking, or pleading politely. She's a sweet girl...
She's a girl, which means flattery is definitely going to work.
"Bella, you know I was very impressed with your driving skills this morning. Perhaps..."
"No Edward. Unfortunately, my baby is somewhere flattery won't work. Sorry sweetheart." With a smirk in my direction, she strutted towards the driver's side, leaving me gawking at the fact that she read my mind again. Dear lord, was she doing it right now? I have to stop thinking. Yes. Clear out my mind.
I took my seat in the car and was careful to avoid speaking. That's right. Stop speaking, stop thinking. I was doing great. She wouldn't get anything from me now.
Or would she? Could she still read my mind? Should I ask her?
I was horrible at this. God knows how Carlisle and Alice do this. I should ask her about these powers of hers...
"Later Edward. I promise. Right now, we need to head to the mall." Damn. She replied to my thoughts again.
Wait, what? We were going to a mall? For shopping? No wonder Jake refused. Maybe I could make an excuse... Why did she have to bring me? Alice was perfect for this job. Oh no, did she shop like Alice too?
Boy I was in trouble.
"Relax, Edward. It's not that type of shopping. Just chill." She put on some classical music and we drove in silence the rest of the way. There was something about her that brought out very extreme reactions in me. One second I felt innately calm, the next I was 'freaking out' as Emmet would put it.
Bella seemed to know exactly which shop to go to which was surprising considering the fact that she had never been here before. Oh well. She was a woman after all. All women had some built-in shopping mechanism.
Bella started picking out warm blankets. She picked out four...then five, then six. She didn't stop.
"Uh, Bella? I know Forks is cold and all, but you seriously won't need that many blankets." She had already piled about a dozen. Next, she got woollen socks in all sizes and colours. I simply followed her, not understanding what she was doing. It seemed as if she were preparing to take a large trip to the mountains or something. All in all, she bought about two dozen blankets, around the same pairs of socks, shawls, ready-to-eat packages, dry snacks and some anti-cold meds. Apparently, my only purpose was to hold these for her. That's what you get for offering and trying to be all chivalrous. Not that these bothered me; super strength was a major plus point.
After losing a fight over who would pay the bill and being called a 'chauvinistic prick', we went back to her car with the stuff and zoomed off to yet another unknown location.
Mission Impossible 6: Making sense of a woman. Angel. Whatever...
