Hello again...so as promised here is the next Chapter.
I'm trying hard to get these chapters out as I know the further we get into the story the longer I will take to get them out. I'm picky sorry.
So enjoy this short but sweet chapter. xoxoxox
Stephenie M. owns all the beautiful words in twilight......
My fingers gripped the steering wheel tighter as the Seattle skyline came into view. It was a beautiful day out, the blue sky spread out wide with soft white clouds scattered across it. The heat was streaming down from the sun up above as I continued to drive towards the busy city ahead of me.
Welcome to Seattle.
I read the sign as my foot lightened its pressure off the gas peddle allowing the truck to decelerate. The truck slowed to a stop as the multi lane highway turned into a traffic jam, cars around me sat idling awaiting the chance to move again.
"Is there an accident?" Rosalie spoke from the passenger seat, reaching for the dial on my radio. She turned it to one of the local stations hoping to hear the recent traffic reports.
"I hope not." I looked over to her as I held my foot down on the brake pedal.
After a few minutes, the station finally announced that there was a three car pile up, up ahead. Rosalie and I both groaned knowing we would be stuck here for a while, I reluctantly put the truck into park preparing for the inevitable half hour delay.
"Mommy I'm hungry." Rosalie and I both looked down at Anthony, he looked so small sitting in between us as he had his head turned towards his mother.
"Ok sweetheart," Rosalie kissed him on the forehead before she leaned forward grabbing his Spiderman backpack that she had in front of her. She unzipped the bag and pulled out a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Bella you want one?" She asked waving the zip lock bag back and forth in the air.
"No thanks." I unbuckled my seatbelt and turned my body slightly watching Anthony chow down on his sandwich.
"Anthony, slow down." Rosalie warned her little man, his little hands pushed half the sandwich in his mouth. He pulled it out and smiled up at both of us, his face covered in peanut butter and jelly.
She grabbed a napkin wiping his face clean as I rolled down the driver side window allowing some fresh air to circulate throughout the truck. I was beginning to feel restless, Rosalie and Anthony feel asleep as the time seemed to tick slowly and the half hour delay was now pushing an hour.
The truck was dreadfully quiet, so I turned the key in the ignition and started the truck up again. I looked over to the tape deck that was now my stereo system for the time being and hoped I would have my car back next week as Jacob my mechanic originally promised.
But the cassette tape that was poking out of the tape deck had me grinning within seconds. I gently pushed the plastic cassette into the radio and sighed once the first song began to play.
I closed my eyes allowing the music to take me away from the traffic jam that I was stuck in.
Flashback
I watched Edward's Volvo turn off Rosalie's street before I placed the truck in gear and drove towards my home. Charlie suspected nothing when I walked in the house just after ten in the morning, I gave him a quick kiss and went straight to my bathroom.
The warm water felt perfect against my chilled skin, I showered quickly and spent the rest of the morning helping Renee make Sunday lunch. Alice didn't make it home till late in the afternoon, you could see she was hung-over as she stood in the middle of the kitchen allowing Charlie to scold her on her lies.
I hid my enthusiasm as my sister finally did something wrong in Charlie's eyes. Her eyes filled with tears as our father explained how disappointed he was that she stayed at a hotel instead of at Angela's like she had originally stated.
I excused myself going up to my room, happy as a pig in shit that it wasn't me for once. I was lying in my bed as I heard her footsteps pound towards my room. She didn't bother knocking, whipping my door open.
"Did you tell him?" She yelled at me across the room, her face bright red with anger.
"No." I screamed back. "Why would I tell him?" I jumped out of my bed and approached her.
She looked up to me with a lost look in her eyes. She knew I wouldn't tell on her no matter if I was mad at her or not. I pulled her to my bed and allowed her to vent out her frustrations.
I finally got her side of the story about what happened with Edward. I chose to act surprised knowing now was not the moment to inform her about my relationship with the man she loathed.
It was hard to sit there and allow her to speak down about him, but I kept my mouth shut knowing she didn't know the real Edward that I knew. I let her talk for almost an hour before my phone rang and interrupted our conversation.
I looked at the screen not recognizing the number, so I decided to ignore it and threw it back down on the bed. Within seconds my phone vibrated alerting me of a message so I punched in my password and listened to the familiar voice.
"Was that Emmett?" Alice's voice grew louder as I attempted to hear the rest of his message.
She made me call him right back and I don't know what was worse, listening to Alice or talking to Emmett. I flipped Alice the middle finger as she jumped up and down in excitement. I pushed her out of my room and slammed the door needing privacy as Emmett asked me how my night was.
I chose to leave out the whole sleeping in Edward's car conversation. I knew the reasoning behind his phone call, so I got straight to the point and finally convinced him that we would only be friends. You could hear the disappointment in his voice but I couldn't lead him on knowing I was with Edward now even though no one else did.
End Flashback
I looked at the cars around me, some of the people were not standing outside, stretching from the long wait. Angel eyes began to play throughout the truck reminding me of the night I got the cassette.
Flashback
I was working the late shift on Thursday night, Rosalie and I were bored out of our minds, both of us talking and texting trying to pass the slow night away. Not one customer walked in, so when I heard the front door chimes ring I ran to the front in a rush.
I stopped mid step, shocked to see Edward standing upfront, a subway bag in one hand and a pink gerbera daisy in the other.
"Enjoy your break." Rosalie winked at me as I continued to look at her in shock.
Edward walked towards me and I threw my arms around his waist. I hadn't seen him since Saturday night. He kissed the top of my head before he handed me my favorite flower.
"You remembered." I brought the delicate petal towards my nose, inhaling the soft aroma.
"Of course." His arm snaked around my waist as we walked to the back of the store.
I unlocked the back door and stepped out into the back lot where my truck was parked.
As soon as we sat in the privacy of the truck I threw my arms around him and kissed him passionately.
I showed him all my emotions through my kiss, I missed him so much and I was so grateful for him coming down to see me.
I pulled away feeling my lungs ache for air as he chuckled beautifully wiping my lip gloss of his lips with his fingers.
"Sorry." I bit down on my bottom lip feeling foolish for throwing myself at him like I did.
"Never apologize for kissing me Bella." He leaned forward and kissed me softly, he licked his lips tasting my flavored lip gloss. "Especially when you taste like strawberries."
I smiled happily at him as I slid my body up against him, feeling the same electric spark that always seemed to flicker between us. I unwrapped my sub and wasn't shocked to see a vege sub sitting in my lap knowing I told him it was my favorite the other night.
We sat in the truck until Rosalie popped her head out the back door of the building. I had been outside for an hour with him, not realizing the time.
We got out of the truck and he walked me to the back door. "See you Saturday?" I looked up into his eyes.
"Six o'clock sharp." He pressed his lips against mine. "You better get back to work."
"I don't want you to go." I pleaded for him to stay a moment longer.
"Saturday is right around the corner." He reassured me. I kissed him one last time before I opened the back door of the store.
As soon as the door closed I whipped it open again. "Edward can you lock my truck, I forgot."
He walked towards my truck and opened the passenger door. "Bye." I blew him a kiss closing the back door behind me.
It wasn't till later that night that I found the cassette sitting in the passenger seat of my truck. The black writing had me laughing as soon as I read it.
Slow and sappy #1
The songs on the tape were a combination of songs that we both liked, now each song meant more to me then it did before.
Saturday night came faster than expected, I lied to Charlie, telling him I was hanging out with Rosalie again. Rosalie understood how overprotective Charlie was so she suggested I leave my truck at her place while I went out with Edward in his car.
We drove out to Port Angeles again and decided to eat at the Italian restaurant we attempted the previous weekend. The waitress looked at me before she welcomed Edward more warmly than necessary.
"A table for two?" His voice had her staring at him in awe, her eyes flickered to me as she watched his hand grab on to mine.
She turned and guided us to area where all the booths were empty. "How's this?"
"Perfect." He flashed his gleaming smile at her.
She stared at him as we both sat down, he slid right beside me as she handed him his menu, he instantly handed me the black leather booklet.
"Can I get you something to drink?" I didn't miss the fact that she was speaking only to him.
He looked to me and kept his eyes on me the whole time we ordered. I watched her walk away, dissatisfied.
"You know you shouldn't do that." I looked at him, as he gave me a confused looked. "Oh come on," I said hesitantly. "You have to know the effect you have on people."
"What effect?" He flashed me his gleaming smile now, knowing exactly what I meant.
"That!" I pointed to his mouth smiling in return. "You dazzle them, it's hardly fair."
He leaned forward, his smile turned into a cocky smirk. "Do I dazzle you?"
I closed the gap and kissed his lips with more force than necessary. I gripped the material of his shirt and pulled him towards me. My confidence grew as he moaned softly feeling my hand slide up his upper thigh.
My hand rested on his hip as I left kisses on the skin of his jaw line. I traced the delicate skin of his ear with my lips before I spoke to him softly. "Frequently," I admitted.
End Flashback
My phone vibrated beside me, ripping his beautiful face from my vision, I clicked my phone to read the text from Edward.
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You here yet?
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Still stuck in traffic, sorry.
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Don't be sorry, I have a few things to do so let me know when you get to Rosalie's.
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K
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Cant wait to see you
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Same here
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Last Saturday was hard on us, after dinner we spent the rest of the night making out in his car, but he stopped us before it went any further than kissing. He dropped me off at my truck shortly after midnight. I watched him drive off, knowing he was heading to nightclub. So that's when I made my decision to visit Edward in Seattle.
We needed alone time, so I asked Rosalie to drive up with me for the weekend. Charlie had no problem with it he actually helped Rosalie and I with our bags this morning. He even gave Anthony a little car to play with for the long drive.
But Charlie didn't know that I planned to leave my truck with Rosalie while I spent the whole weekend at Edwards. There was no way I would be able to come out here if he knew a boy was involved.
Rosalie finally woke up by the time traffic began to move again, Rosalie waited to wake Anthony up until we approached her parent's area. The familiar buildings guided me towards their house reminding me of the drive we took here last summer.
It's still weird to think that her parents are renting the house from Edward, the moment I told Rosalie she immediately remembered meeting him the first time they viewed the house. I even remember her telling me about him, he was tall, rich and handsome.
The truck slowed down to a stop once we pulled into the driveway of the small bungalow her parents lived in. They were waiting outside for us, Anthony ran into his grandfathers arms as Rosalie and I grabbed all the bags from the back of the truck.
Her mom walked towards us her smile full of happiness. She was just as beautiful as Rosalie, her wavy blonde hair was shorter then the last time I saw her, stopping right at her shoulders.
I stood to the side giving them some time to reconnect. After a few moments Rosalie's mom looked over to me.
"Get over here Bella." She waved me over, I stepped towards her and enjoyed her warm embrace.
"Long time no see Mrs. Hale." I spoke to her feeling her arms tighten around my body.
"Bella," she stood back, her face disappointed.
"Sorry," I smiled bashfully at her. "Mom."
"That's better." She grabbed Anthony's hand and we followed her to the house. I stepped into the well furnished home and couldn't help but feel proud, knowing it was actually Edwards. To think he was linked to someone I knew far before we ever met.
I phoned my parents and informed them of my safe arrival before we all sat down and enjoyed some coffee. Edward was on his way as Rosalie's parents looked through the stack of pictures of Anthony that Rosalie brought for them.
My phone began to vibrate in my front pocket and I knew he was outside waiting for me. I stood up from the table bringing my coffee mug to the kitchen sink before I said my goodbyes.
Rosalie walked me to the front. "Have fun Bella," she hugged me as we stood in her parents front foyer.
"Thank you so much," I hugged her more forcefully. I wanted to show her my appreciation for everything she has done for Edward and I. "See you Monday," I grabbed the door handle and smiled to her as I opened the oak door.
As soon as my eyes saw him I felt my body explode with excitement, he was leaning back against his car, waiting for me in front of the house.
"Hi Edward," Rosalie yelled from behind me, I looked back to see her waving happily at him.
I continued walking towards him as he waved back at her. I dropped my suitcase as he pushed his body away from his car and stepped towards me in three long strides.
A squeal escaped my lips as he grabbed onto my waist and lifted me up in the air. I wrapped my legs around his body, his hands slid under my bum holding me up as he twirled us around.
We were both looking forward to this weekend, our excitement was evident.
"I'm so happy you're here." He said to me as came to a stop.
I brought my hands up to his face reacquainting myself with his flawlessness. My fingers slid over every inch of face, enjoying the feeling of his stubble before tracing the delicate skin of his lips.
"I've missed you so much," I smiled at him as he continued to hold me up in his arms.
"It's just you and me now," he spoke with enthusiasm, his green eyes twinkled in the sunlight.
It was like a weight was taken off my shoulders, it wasn't like being back in Forks. We didn't have to hide our relationship out here, I didn't have to worry about Charlie or even Alice as he was holding me in public for everyone to see.
"Get a room." We both chuckled as Rosalie yelled at us before she closed the front door.
I slid my legs down his body allowing my feet to touch the ground again. Edward bent down and I took the moment to admire his ass before he stood up.
"What did you pack?" He asked me feeling the weight of my bag.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I smirked up at him, intertwining my fingers in between his, thrilled with the possibilities that this weekend could have in store for us.
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And if you have checked out my blog I uploaded Slow and Sappy #1 for you all to listen to.......and slow and sappy was the name of the cd my husband gave me when we first started dating. So yes there are men out there that like sappy songs just as much as us women...
A big thank you to my best buddy in the world who proofs my story for me.. xoxox luv ya
on to the next chapter..... ohhhhh what will it consist of????? xoxox