Six: Friends?
Monday.
"Hello?! Bella? Earth to Bella?" Angela exclaimed, waving her hand in front of Bella who was sitting across from her. Angela and Bella were sitting on a lunch table, and Bella had finally sat there instead of sitting at an empty table waiting for some people that wouldn't show up.
"Oh sorry Ang, I was just uh daydreaming." She apologized and Angela nodded sympathetically.
"So what are you planning to do this weekend? I mean Eric asked me out-"
And she babbled on and on while Bella thought about Damon-the fight they had, well not a fight but more of a disagreement. She thought about how Damon made her feel a bit of sparks, of how she felt content, like the Cullens were out of her life. Which they were but she still-
"And I was like, 'No Eric what about Lauren?' 'Cause you know he likes that girl so he's like-"
Damon was someone who made her forget about Edward. Apart from the fact that he was a vampire, he was sorta-
"So I ask myself, do I really want to go out with him? And then Jess-"
Bella thought about how she easily walked away from Damon, maybe he was lying about what he said, maybe he did like her, and she just gave up on him. He was too eating on humans, she couldn't let him do that!
"After the whole scene Eric asked me out on the weekend so I don't know what to say?" Angela said, and Bella looked up to see Damon and Elena strolling across the cafeteria, and by that moment she didn't care that he was with her or alone she was still going to talk to him. Bella got up abruptly, scooting her chair in and was about to walk away when Angelia grabbed her arm.
"Bella?! Should I say yes or no?!"
"Argh Ang, do whatever you want but for now I've got to go." She let go of Bella and Bella walked fast to Damon her heart skipping a beat. Elena stared at her and smiled sweetly but for some reason it didn't reach her eyes. Bella smiled back.
"Damon I need to talk to you-"
"Oh really? That's too bad because I don't want to." He said, smoothing out his black leather jacket, smirking at her. Elena just rolled her eyes.
Ouch. That stung. Bella thought, and for a second she was about to just let it go and walk away from him.
"Damon please." She said flatly and Elena sighed.
"Damon just talk to her, I'll leave." With that she left, walking away to another table.
"Well what do you want? I don't have all day." He said, tapping his foot impatiently and crossing his arms. His blue eyes glared at her and she took a deep breath.
"You have to stop eating on humans. You have to, ok? And I care about you because I just-I just do!"
Damon blinked, his heart just stopped for a second.
"And I'm not going to give up on you, like I said before, you might look hard and cold on the outside but you're a softie on the inside." She added, and stared at him in the eyes the whole time.
Damon breathed slowly, shocked. He didn't think Bella would come back to him, he felt warm, it was the first time someone other than Elena had said that, (that she had said something to Damon along those lines) especially after a fight.
"Bella I-." He sucked in a breath, and he looked down.
"Sorry." He said as if the word was being strangled by him. She resisted the urge to smile, but Damon looked at her and said,
"I guess I was being stupid."
Bella then smiled and let out a faint laugh.
Damon watched her smile and laugh, and even if it was just for a second, he knew that he instantly loved it.
"Would you like to come with me and I don't know, do something together?" He asked, eyes gazing at hers.
It only took a moment for Bella to answer-
"Of course I would. Just as long as you don't eat humans." She said the last part seriously and he rolled his eyes. She slapped his shoulder playfully.
"Hey! I'm being serious!" She said, but she was grinning at him.
It had been months that she'd been able to laugh and smile without Edward, and now to fully feel nice and warm inside; and all because of Damon?
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"Edward? Get up!" Rosalie hissed at Edward who was on the floor curled up in a ball.
"God I thought you were more manly than this." Rosalie snapped, and Alice nudged her.
"Be considerate." Alice whispered to her and she rolled her eyes.
"Edward you're clearly not happy. We can go back, Bella is doing awful without you-"
"You've checked up on her?!" Edward now was on his feet, towering over Alice. The rest of the Cullens were hunting, so Jasper wasn't there to calm Edward down.
"No! the last time was a month ago and she's been horrible! Oh!" Alice then turned into a blank, eyes wide and pupils dilated.
Rosalie glared at the ground.
"Alice! Hey!" Edward grabbed Alice by the shoulders gently.
Alice blinked, and looked down sadly.
"I had another vision of her." She said quietly.
"What?!" Edward was now on the verge of sobbing.
"Seriously Edward get ahold of yourself!" Rosalie hissed once more, but they both ignored her.
"Edward, Bella's happy." Alice whispered and this time, Rosalie turned her attention towards Alice.
"Happy?" Edward said slowly and softly.
"Yes. I saw her she's getting ready for someone; Angela was there; Bella was trying on clothes saying, 'will Damon like it?'" Edward didn't need to hear more. He slowly shrunk away from Alice. Rosalie however grinned.
"Oh wow Bella sure moved on fast. And here I thought that she was clingy!" Alice now was the one glaring at her.
"I can't go back now. Bella's happy and that's what I wanted. For her to forget about me." Edward whispered, and Alice stared soft heartedly at her brother. She made up her mind; she was going to pay a visit to Bella.
hello! Chapters will be posted now and so sorry for long wait! thanks for the reviews!
