BELLA POV
It's morning. I have been lying on this bed in frustration all night. Who did this Rob character think he was? What gave him the right to keep me here? I sighed in frustration and sat up. Just then, I remembered my phone.
"Idiot." I muttered and pulled it out of my pocket. I had 10 missed calls from Charlie. I sighed again and hit the green button, only to be met by the high pitched, nasal voice of the network woman.
"We are sorry but you have insufficient credit to make this call at this time, please top up and try again." I screamed and threw my phone at the wall. Why do I get all the shit in my life? I'm a good kid. There are people out there my age taking drugs for crying out loud and I get locked up and kept prisoner? Screw this life sucks. I walked over to my bag on the floor and pulled out my copy of Shiver. This was my all time favourite book. I just loved the whole Sam and Grace relationship, and hoped I would meet someone as charming as Sam one day. I sank back down on the bed and got lost in the life of Grace.
A few hours later, my stomach was really rumbling. I hadn't gotten anything to eat last night after my chips from McDonalds, so naturally, I was starving. I climbed off the bed, tiptoed over to the door and pressed my ear against it. Nothing. I sighed again and exited the bedroom.
EDWARD POV
Why am I so stupid? How the hell did I think it was okay to lock up a seventeen year old girl? The only feelings she's going to have for me is hatred. I sat on the sofa and put my head in my hands.
"Something troubling you child?" I looked up. It was Nora.
"Nora, I've done something stupid." I groaned into my hands.
"What have you done, Child?" she asked me. I looked up at her.
"I've got a girl upstairs against her will." I whispered. She was quiet for a while.
"That's wrong." was all she said. I looked at her in desperation.
"Believe me I know, Nora, but I'm desperate, so desperate to lift this, this thing." I couldn't bring myself to say the word. She sat down beside me and put a hand on my shoulder.
"This issue has nothing to do with me. I know you are a good man on the inside, you will work this out." Then she stood up and left through the front door. I leant back on the sofa, this was a mess. Just then I heard footsteps coming from the stairs. I sat up quickly and looked over at the stairs to see Bella at the bottom. She looked at me, sighed and carried on walking over.
"Bella, listen I'm really sorry about this, I wish I could explain truly I do but you wouldn't believe me if I did." I blurted before looking at her to see her reaction. She stared at me for a while.
"Okay, Rob, firstly, I'd like to apologize. You saved my life last night, you didn't deserve being shouted at the way I did. It was immature and irresponsible." She stopped to readjust her top, then continued. "Second, I will stay here for a while on one condition."
"What's that?" I asked.
"I need to call my father to tell him I'm okay." She said. I shrugged. It seemed reasonable.
"Sure, anything else?" I asked whilst reaching over for the house phone. She took the phone off me and began dialling.
"Yes. Could we have breakfast? I'm starving." I smiled at her.
"Sure, what would you like?" I asked. She shot me a look.
"The works." Then she walked into the other room. I was putting a lot of trust into her right now by allowing her some privacy, she could be telling her dad to come and fetch her right now. I decided I wouldn't refuse her the chance to leave if she asked again. So if that was the case, she would be free to leave. I headed over to the kitchen to cook breakfast.
BELLA POV
The phone rang three times.
"Bella?" Charlie shouted down the phone.
"Yeah. It's me." I responded. He let out a huge sigh down the phone.
"Oh Bells, I've been so worried. Where are you?" He rushed.
"Slow down dad, I'm fine. I'm-" I stopped mid sentence. I couldn't use Ang, what about if she had phoned the house in my absence. Then an idea came to me. "I'm at Rosalie's." he went quiet.
"As in your cousin Rosalie?" he questioned. I sighed.
"Yeah, I hadn't seen her in a while and decided to stop by. Must have fell asleep." I admitt it, I was a bad liar. I was hoping this was going to work.
After a long silence, Charlie spoke again. "Well okay Bells, how long you thinking of staying up there?" he asked. Shit. What was I supposed to say?
"Erm I'm not sure yet, Dad, I'll call when I'm coming home, okay?" I answered.
"Sure Bells, see you soon." and with that he hung up. I smiled to myself. I suppose staying out of trouble helped with the whole trust issue. I walked out of the living room, towards the smell of bacon.
EDWARD POV
I was just putting breakfast down on the table when Bella exited the Living room. I smiled at her.
"Good timing." I commented. She sat down opposite me.
"Yeah. Thanks for making this, it looks great." she told me before digging in. I let her eat for a while before I asked my questions.
"So how did the phone call go, if you don't mind me asking, is everything okay?" I asked her. She stabbed a baked bean.
"Yeah, everything's fine. He thinks I'm staying at my cousin's." she answered. We carried on eating. "So, do you live here alone?" I looked at her.
"No, I live here with my dad." My tone must have been harsher than intended, because she looked at me questioningly. "We don't exactly see eye to eye." I said simply.
"Oh." She answered. I felt as though she deserved a better answer.
"He sees me as a failure. He doesn't say it out loud, but I can see it in his eyes." I told her. She looked at me.
"I'm sure your wrong. So what about your mom. Where's she at?" she asked me. I looked down at my hands.
"She died in a car accident when I was six." I whispered. She reached out and touched my hand, only to pull away instantly. It left a warm tingle where she had touched.
"I'm so sorry Rob, that must have been hard." I attempted a smile.
"No worries, it's in the past. So how about you ? Tell me about yourself." I asked her. She took a sip of her orange juice and put down her cutlery.
"Well, I live with my dad. I came to stay with him for a while because my mom just got re-married. I figured I'd give them some space. My mom said she didn't mind me being there but I felt like a third wheel. I've lived with her basically my whole life, so me and my dad aren't that close. I mean, I love him don't get me wrong but It's just awkward sometimes. Erm, you should probably know I'm a major bookworm, got bullied at school for it but I can't help it, I just love books." I leaned back in my chair.
"Wow, thank you for sharing all of that with me Bella, it means a lot. I don't really get to talk to that many people, except our housekeeper Nora." I told her. She smiled. It gave me butterflies.
"It's nice for me to talk to someone different also." she responded. I suddenly had an idea.
"Come with me, I want to show you something." I told her before exiting the kitchen. I could hear her behind me. I climbed the stairs to the third floor, and headed to the last door. I stopped outside of it. "Okay, I need you to close your eyes, because it's a surprise." I told her. She shot me a quizzical look before closing her eyes. I opened the door, and took her hand. I smiled at the contact. I had missed this. I had missed being close to people. I looked at her. She really was beautiful, I couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before. Then it was as though my mind was answering me. Because I was a jerk. I pulled her into the room and stood her in the centre of it. I stepped away.
"Okay, you can open your eyes." I watched as she looked around her. Her face lit up in excitement.
"Oh my God! Rob this is amazing!" she shouted at me, before running around the room. I laughed at her, she was adorable. She suddenly ran over to me and pulled me into a hug. I froze. Then I wrapped my arms around her. She suddenly, pulled away red face. "Sorry about that Rob." she laughed nervously. Her blush was so beautiful.
"It's fine." I answered. I was starting to fall for her. Hard. She was such a lovely person. I wasn't used to people like this, Jess had been a bitch to everyone. She looked at me.
"Well go explore then." I told her laughing. She squealed then ran further into the room.
BELLA POV
He looked at me. He stood up.
"Come with me, I want to show you something." Then he left the kitchen. I stood up and began to follow him. We climbed the stairs up to the third floor, then stopped outside a door. Rob turned to me.
"Okay, I need you to close your eyes, because it's a surprise." He told me. I shot him a quizzical look then closed my eyes. He grabbed my hand. I smiled at the warmth. I heard him open the door, and pull me into the room softly. We suddenly stopped and he let go of my hand. It was tingling from where he had touched it. "Open your eyes." he told me. I did as he told, not knowing what to expect. I was in heaven. I spun I a circle slowly. On every wall, there were shelved that stretched from the ceiling to the floor full of books. My face spread into a huge smile.
"Oh my God! Rob this is amazing!" I shouted. Then I ran quickly around the room. It was literally a personal library. It was huge. I was so excited right now. Lame I know. I looked back to him. He was watching me, smiling. He looked cute when he smiled. Without thinking, I ran over to him and pulled him into a hug. I felt him tense, then wrap his arms around me. It felt amazing. My whole body was tingling. I suddenly realised what I was doing, and pulled away in embarrassment. I could feel the blush rising up my face.
"Sorry about that Rob." I laughed nervously. He flashed me that cute smile again.
"It's fine." I was beginning to get feelings for him. This was so stupid! As if he could like me! Why did I like him? He was keeping me here prisoner! Things had changed though, I didn't mind being here. I felt safe. I looked at him.
"Well go explore then." he told me. I smiled then ran towards the shelves and shelves of books.
EDWARD POV
She's been book searching for hours. I smiled to myself, remembering her excitement. Just then something caught my eye. I looked over in alarm and laughed. It was Bella, only I couldn't see her for the massive pile of books she was carrying. I stood up and walked over.
"Here let me take those." I offered before taking them off her. She smiled at me.
"Thanks." She led me out of the library and toward her room. She held her door open for me. "Can you just put me them on that desk please?" she asked sweetly. I smiled at her.
"Sure." I set them down on the desk and turned to her.
"Thank you for showing me that place, it means a lot, truly." she told me. I smiled again like a fool.
"Feel free to go and visit it whenever you want." I responded.
"Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow, Rob." I groaned internally. Why didn't I just tell her I was Edward, jeez.
"Night Bella." I told her before going back to my own room. I closed my bedroom door and leaned against it. She was the one, she had to be.
"I love her." I whispered, smiling. "I love her." I glanced at the rose to see another petal fall.
7 days…
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