Previously in "I Was Born To Tell You I Love You":
"Last chance: Are you positive, Jacob?", I asked, doing my best to look at him seriously.
"Yes, I am. And call me Jake, for Christ sakes. You don't see me calling you Isabella, do you?", I grimmed
"Got ya!", I said nodding. We both laughed.
But, as we were making our way back to the club, we heard a gun shot and a lot of screaming. And suddenly, I was getting closer and closer to the ground.
Chapter 7 - First Impression is what counts, right?
"I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are." J. D. Salinger
Jacob POV
I couldn't believe it. Finally I would get my chance to be close to Bella again. After so many years, she looked more beautiful than ever. That dress she was wearing... I had no words. It fit her so perfectly that made me sighed. The time really did her some good. Not the she wasn't beautiful since ever, but she was stunning, now.
I build up some nerve and walked torwards her to say 'hi'.
She seemed surprise at first. I should've know that she wouldn't recognize me at first. She didn't even was aware that, for a few days now, I have been living in the same street as her. So distracted. I laughed quietly. I have seen her almost everyday when I was jogging by the park and she was always with the same combination at hand: a book and her ipod. But hey, that's Bella.
I was able to notice now that several things hadn't change much about her. Things that I always loved to see on her. Her mannerisms, her blushing, her smile... Even her scent, strawberry and freesias, that now was just more concentrate, more pure. It was mouthwatering. I love all those things.
While we were talking, she was losing up a bit, getting confortable with me. We remain in front of the club for a bit, catching up. We talked about a La Push, my sisters, our dads... When I told her that I've been missing her, was like I had let free a thousand of butterflies in my stomach. My chest was tigh, but not in a bad way. It was a good feeling that I didn't had so strong in so long.
Sure that I would end up being a jackass raised by a pack of wolves in some point: I let the girl freeze to death for a while until I took the hint of the sight of her shaking with the cold air. I rush on put my jacket over her shoulders, and them I felt her body leaning on mime. Icouldn't help but notice that her slightly cold and tiny frame fitted so well on me, it kind felt like that was right, you know? It felt like home.
I looked at the moviment at the street. It probably wasn't such a good idea stay where we were at night time, but I didn't wanted loose this contact with her just now. So I started to talk again. "Better?", I asked.
She jump up a little when she heard my voice. I smiled. I made me think that there was a chance that she was also feeling what I was, right now. Could it be true? But right after, she tried to pulled away from me. That wasn't right. I didn't want to loose her from my embrace.
I tight my arms around her. "It's okay." I said, trying to smooth her."But I think that we should probably go inside. Your friends are probably looking for you."
"Oh boy, Rose and Alice are going to kill me!", she pulled away, looking at him, eyes wide. I bited back a laugh.
"I think they wont.", I said simply, " I can come and help you explain how did you bump with a old friend." and with that, I couldn't help but chuckled.
"Are you sure? You don't have to. I mean, they can look very much like the Spanish Inquisition. They are very very bossy."
And now I was laughing. "I think I can handled.", I said, nodding.
She smiled, but than got very serious. So beautiful..."Last chance: Are you positive, Jacob?"
"Yes, I am. And call me Jake, for Christ sakes. You don't see me calling you Isabella, do you?", she grimmed. I knew she would do this. I smiled at her expression.
"Got ya!", She said nodding. We both laughed.
But, as we were making our way back to the club, I heard some strange moves across the street, but it was to dark to see anything. It was than that my eyes caught a glimpse of metal and we heard a gun shot. I try to act fast and pushed Bella and I to the ground, when something burned with full force my left shoulder. Bella landed on her side as I put my right arm to protect her head. She still bumped it anyway. Lots of people were still screaming when I bumped my head and my back on the ground too. I got a little dizzy.
I turn around as fast as I could to check on Bella. "Are you alright? Bella? Do you hear me? Bella?"
She groaned. "Ouch! I'm okay, I think. I just bumped my head and some ribs. No big deal." she said as she tried to looked at me. I lift her head a little to check for injuries, when I heard she scream scared. "Oh My gosh, Jacob, You're bleeding! Oh my god! You got hit!"
"What?" I replied as looked at the my left shoulder, that she was grabbing. And, with no mistake, there it was the bleeding that she was talking about. "Bella, this is nothing. It's probably a superficial cut. I'm fine. Let me check your ribs. Come on, sit up."
"Nah-ah, Mister. You stay there." People were surrounding us now.
The security of the club approached us as Bella forced me to stay on the ground as she got up.
"It's everything okay here?", a really large and tall man asked.
"Sir, please, call 911. My friend here got shot, I think. He's bleeding too much. We need help.", Bella said, her voice weak with worry.
"Bella, this is silly! I'm perfectly fine. It's superficial. No big deal.", I said trying to get up again.
She put above my chest one of her high heels to keep me in place. "You shut your pipe hole and stay right where you are, Jacob Black. You're have a injurie, you're bleeding. We're taking you to the hospital right now. That's the end of this discussion. Got it?", she said, looking very mad at me.
I sighed in defeat. "Sure, sure..." I said in my good old fashion patronizing tone. She gave a pointedly look. "Yes, ma'am. I got it.", I stay in silence as she gave informations to the security guy but, in no time, I muttered. "But I still think that this is stupid."
She gave me a tearing look. "Jake...", she said in a warning tone.
"Alright, alright. I'm quiet now. Pipe hole shut.", I said, gesturing the my mouth was looked and I had throwed the key, smilling at her. She fought back a smiled too. Oh yeah, I could tell.
"Bella? Bella! BELLA!, I her female voices calling her. They must be from her friends. I heard the sound of heels striking the ground as they approached. "Bella, thank God! We were so worried. When we heard the screaming and people running into the club, we started to look for you everywhere." A tiny brunette hugged her as she talked.
"We were so worried about you. My God!" The blonde one put a hand over her shoulders. "What happened?", she asked as she noticed my jacket over Bella's shoulders and me lying on the ground, under her heel.
I cleared my throat. "Bella?", she looked at me. I looked back to her heel. "Do you mind?"
"Ops. Sorry, Jake.", Bella said as she pulled her foot from me.
Both girls were looking at me now. I waved, smiling. "Hey there."
Both of them raised their eyebrows when they saw me. "Bella?", the little one called, looking confused.
"Care to explain?", Blondie asked, still eyeing me down. Jezz... Could she be a little more creepy, looking at people like that?
"Oh, right! Alice", she pointed to Tiny, "Rose", she pointed to Blondie. "This is Jacob, a friend of my from La Push."
I nooded as I could. "How you doing? Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, Jacob. Jezz, you're bleeding!", the Alice girl exclaimed.
Bella turned to me quickly. "Still? Oh God. Where's that freaking ambulance?"
"Bella, calm down. You're overreacting. I'm just fine!", I tried again. She scolded at me. I chuckled.
"What happened, Bella?", Blondie asked.
"When I came outside for some air, I bumped at Jacob and we stay here talking for a while. Just when we were about to get in, to find you guys, we heard a gun shot and next thing I know, we're on the ground and Jacob is bleeding.", she said sounding distressed. "I already talked to the security, the man called 911, but we're still waiting."
Both, Blondie and Tiny nodded. Blondie looked very furious for one second but then her expression changed entirely to concern. Tiny was the one who spoked first. "Do you want me to call Northwest and check if Dr Eleazar is on call tonight?"
"Please, Alice. I would like that.", Bella nodded as she kneeled down and ckecked my shoulder. "Is this hurting?", she asked as she riped off my sleeve and compressed it above the wound, trying to stop the blood.
"A little. I already told you. It's no big deal, Bella. Relax.", I rubbed her arm with my other hand.
"Oh, shut up.", she said. I chuckled. She fought back a smile again. "You're stupid."
"I'm gonna call Emm and Jasper. Ask if them could meet us at the hospital.", the one named Rose informed us. Bells nodded. "Bella, are you sure that you didn't got injuried too?", she asked.
"I'm fine. I just bumped my head and some ribs. Nothing major.", Bella informed her.
"Okay, but I want you also checked when we got at the hospital, got it?", Blondie said in a mothering tone.
"Rose, there is no need of this. I'm...", Bella started to say, but got cut off.
"This is not open to a discussion. You're doing this, period."
At the moment, Tiny got back with the paramedics. When did they arriveid that I didn't notice? Oh what hell...
A blonde guy, baby face and blue eyes that identified himself as Benjamin, knelled down next to me and began to examine me. "Sir, any other injurie that you believe you have beside your shoulder?"
I was about to answerd him, but Bella cut me off. I sighed. So stubborn. Jesus! " Check the back of his head. He could have an concussion. Check also his back, please. He hit the sidewalk really really hard, Sir."
"And you are?", the man asked her.
"I'm his friend.", she answerd. Friend... I didn't liked that word so much...
Tiny spoked again as Blondie got back. "Take him to the Northwest, please. I have a friend of my family, Dr Eleazar, wainting for us in the ER."
"Sure thing, miss", the paramedic answerd as the other taked my blood pressure and prepared me to transport.
When I was about to get in in the ambulance, Bella grabbed my hand, looking directly at my eyes. "I'll meet you there, alright? Please, be good.", she pleaded.
"Woman, I already told, I'm completly fine. It's just a little bleeding. It will stop at anytime by now. But I'll be good, okay? Calm down. See ya in a few?"
When I got in, I smiled. She was worried about me. She cared... Maybe, but just maybe would I have a chance there?
Sundally, I felt an extremly throbbing pain in the head that made me throw up and everything went blank.
I opened my eyes again, but too much light was hurting them. a very loud crushing sound, like something pretty hard had hit some door. In a distance, I heard someone talking.
"Jacob Black, 22 years old, ... a gun shot wound on his le... ulder, a few brusies at ...in and out ... ten minutes, possible... a concussion.", was all that I was able to understand. Why was everything so fuzzy?
"Someone give me his charts, please!", another voice, possible male, talked. And then again, I heard the crushing sound one more time.
"Eleazar! How is he?", I heard a female voice asked.
"I don't know yet. He is showing signs of concussion, but other than that, I'll have to examed him better and get back to you, alright? Got to the waiting room. Wait for me there.", the male voice project itself again. A very strong light hit my eyes.
"Could you check Bella late, please? She also fell.", I heard some other female voice, more harsh than the first.
"I'm fine, Rose. Please, just check him out, okay?", I heard Bella's voice. I tried to talk. It made my headache worst.
"I will. See you in a few...", the doctor said and than I felt the bed that I was lying on starting to move again and everything went black one more time.
I opened my eyes again, a loud bip hurting my ears from time to time. The light was still strong. I groaned, and them a felt something squeezing my hand.
"Jake?", I heard Bella's voice calling in distance. "Jake, do you hear me? Are okay? Jake?", she keeped calling.
I tried to answerd, but I couldn't make out the words. I groaned again. "Okay, mister. I'm calling the nurse right now."
And then was my time to squeeze her hand. 'No...", I whispered.
"Oh Jake, thank God!", she said in relieve, sighing. "I was so worried!"
"You worry too much. I've been telling you that I was fine. You just didn't believe me.", I said in a soft voice. It was still difficult to talk.
"Fine, huh? You had a concussion, genius. Apparently, your head is not that hard as we all thought it was.", she smiled at me.
"Really? Wow... That sucks, I guess...", I said, lacking of something better to say. My headache was messing up with my line of thought.
"You really know how to make a girl get stuck with you for a while, hum?", she teased me.
"Oh yeah. I couldn't just let you go home. I've haven't saw you in years. I had to make this a remarcable night. So God gave me some help and I got shot. Luck me, hã?", I said as a joke.
Bella giggled. "You're stupid, did I already said that?", she was laughing now.
"Oh yeah, but you like it.", I said, winking at her.
She blushed. I smiled. So damm beautiful... You should ask her, Ask her now!
"Hey Bells... I've been meaning to ask you something for a while now. And... I think that I better not wait any longer, givin that Murphy remembered me.", I started.
She giggled. "Sorry, but I think murphy didn't remebered you exactly. You just was a little too close to a life-threatening magnet."
I laughed. "Okay. Whatever you say. But... What I want to ask you is..."I took a deep breath. I can do this. I have to... There is nothing on the way now. "Would you like to go on a date with me, sometime?" I blurted out.
I looked at her face, trying to read her reaction... Please, say 'yes'! Please, say 'yes'! Please, say..."
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