First let me start by thanking the lovely Aurowanfinn for pointing out my faux pas this morning! It has been changed! I stand corrected, it is indeed the Chicago White Sox and the Red Sox are in Boston. In my defense, I posted at 5:00 this morning, so I think I´m allowed to mess up a little! ;)
Loving the reviews, sorry I haven´t responded, but I figure if you review and I give you more chapters, then it evens itself out! Do we have a deal?
Glad you enjoyed that first little meeting and just a bit more setting up and we´ll blow the lid off this thing!
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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Chapter Seven
BPOV
"Coming," I yelled out in a hoarse voice.
With one last look out the back window at my father´s legacy to me, I turned around in my seat and sighed.
I was really doing this!
I was leaving Forks, the only home I´d ever known.
My stomach churned nervously!
I had never been outside of Washington State, with the exception of one time.
Charlie and Sue took me, Leah and Seth to Disneyland for my thirteenth birthday. We had a blast, but that was before Leah turned into a lying, cheating, backstabbing, whoring bitch!
Phew… that felt good to get off of my chest!
Silent tears trickled down my cheeks!
Damn it, I thought I was done crying!
Deep breaths Bella pull it together girl! My inner-voice chastised.
You don´t want to give poor Liam a heart attack now, do you?
Did I?
I cocked my head to the side and thought for a minute, concluding that indeed I did not want to cause the polite stranger any alarm.
Feeling his eyes on me, I looked up to find his eyes filled emotion staring back at me.
The kind-looking gentleman in question regarded me sympathetically in the rearview mirror. I tried, but failed, to offer him a weak, watery smile when my brown eyes connected with his cobalt blue ones.
In them, I saw nothing but kindness.
Knowing that words would be of no use to me at the moment, he held up a crisp white handkerchief above the seat in silent offering.
Without a moment's hesitation, I reached out for it as if I had been offered a lifeline!
My fingers moved across the fabric, testing, feeling, trying it out.
Oddly, the textured was stiff and wrinkle-free, but yet soft and inviting all at the same time.
Wonder what kind of fabric softener he uses?
Bringing the vibrant cloth to my face, I mumbled a quiet "Thank you" and turned my attention to the trees that were fading to a blur with each passing mile.
While the miles faded… the distance between me and Forks grew.
I prayed internally that Sue would forgive me for taking the coward´s way out.
A letter…
I know…
But it was the only way!
I couldn't bear to face her, have the whole town know what Jacob and Leah did to me.
No, this was the only way.
I feel better knowing that she has Seth to look after her, Lord knows that slut Leah wouldn´t be bothered to do it.
"Oh Sue," I sigh quietly as the car headed towards my future.
My mother, I think her name was Renee – not that I give a damn - left before I was even released from the hospital; it had always just been Charlie and me.
Well, almost always.
His best friend Harry Clearwater died of a heart attack when I was ten. Charlie, being the good friend that he was, stepped in to help Sue out with her kids and other ends and odds around their house; one thing led to another and after years of being alone, and giving Sue a couple of years to grieve Harry, they just got together.
Funny thing was that it was never verbally confirmed. It was just a given that the Clearwater´s and the Swan´s would spend every weekend and all major and minor holidays together.
We were people called a blended family.
I even thought of Leah and Seth as my siblings.
We were close; at least I thought we were.
Around the age of fourteen, Leah turned into a colossal bitch; nothing I did was ever good enough for her anymore.
She hated everything about me, especially my relationship with Jacob.
Now I know why!
Bitch!
I hope they both get syphilis and rot in hell!
Harsh, but true!
The four hour ride was spent in blur, and when we pull up to the area designated for the departing flights, I could barely remember leaving Forks.
Suddenly, I´m overcome with a bout of serious nerves.
I couldn't believe I was really going through with this!
I graduated top of my class at UW, and now I was headed to graduate school at Northwestern.
Chicago´s an awfully big city for a little small-town country girl, leaving everything and everyone she knew behind to start a new life in a metropolis, where no one would know anything about me.
Where no one will look at me and pity me for my situation.
Plain little Bella Swan would be no more.
I planned on taking the bull by the horns, and that included sowing my womanly oats!
With my head held high, I thanked Liam for my safe arrival, bid him farewell, tipped the skycap that so graciously loaded my luggage onto his dolly, and made my way to the check-in counter.
I had a new pep to my step, and a hell of a lot of pride in my stride.
I blushed like the shy fool I was when I caught a couple of college-looking guys checking me out.
I may or may not have added a little more sway to my hips when I headed for the counter of the next available agent.
Check-in is a breeze; it seemed that membership had its privileges.
Guess that´s also something I´ll have to get use to.
In no time, I was making my way to the VIP lounge in search of my very first drink ever.
Internally, I squealed!
In accordance with my newfound freedom, I´d done my research and knew that for my virginal taste buds, fruity was the way to go.
Set on a trying a Cape Cod, I parked my carry-on near an empty bar stool. I looked up and was greeted by the angry stares of two beautiful women sitting at the end of the bar.
What the fuck is their problem?
Taken aback by their hostility, upon a closer look, I realized that their ire wasn´t meant for me, but for the person standing next to me.
Oddly enough, I had been so focused on getting some alcohol in my system, I hadn´t noticed anyone standing there.
The feel of an arm brushing against mine and a shock of unruly bronze hair peeking out from under a baseball cap, sent a searing heat, unlike I´d ever known blazing through my entire body and straight to my now burning core.
Jacob and I had fooled around a bit, even getting as far as second base, but nothing he´d ever done made me feel like this.
In a matter of seconds my panties were soaked, and I was squeezing my thighs together in an attempt to ease the aching between my legs.
Turning so I could get a better look at him, I was momentarily transfixed by a pair of the brightest, most mesmerizing green eyes that I´d ever seen.
Holy fucking shit!
He was beautiful!
Well, what do you think of Bella´s newfound attitude? Leave me some love, and I can´t promise anymore tonight, but I promise to give you at least three tomorrow! But you gotta leave me love! ;)
Krazi
xoxo
