Alright, so it's been forever since I've updated, but this week has been insane! All the buzz about Breaking Dawn, and going back to school...it's been crazy, but I'm back and ready to go...so I present chapter seven!
Bliss
Three Months Later
I was laughing so loud that it was obnoxious, but I was past the point of caring. I sat at the table in the restaurant surrounded by my wolfish friends and listened to them tell their completely inappropriate jokes, and laughed harder than I ever had. Jake sat next to me with his arm casually slung over the back of my chair. The past couple of months had shown everyone just how much of a couple we were. We literally spent every moment together. Jacob actually spent most nights crashed on our couch, and Charlie was so happy that I'd chosen Jake that he never said a word. Only to add Charlie's joy was the fact that Edward-the Cullens had moved out of Forks shortly after that day...that day that I didn't think about. Those thoughts were packed neatly into a drawer that was locked tight forever in the back of my mind.
"So Bella," Paul said, leaning across the table, "you didn't get to know our Jake until he was what? Fifteen? There are so many stories you haven't heard! I remember this one time-"
"Shut up, Paul," Jake said, good-naturedly reaching out and punching his shoulder, "Bella doesn't want to hear those stories!" He turned to me, "do you Hon?"
I grinned, "Actually-" He cut me off
"Would you look at the time! Our movie's going to start soon, Bells, we gotta jet!" He turned back to the guys, "It was fun guys, see ya back home!" They instantly started a string of protests,
"Aw come on!"
"Jake, where ya going?"
"Are we not invited, Jakey?" He rolled his eyes.
"No guys, it's a date, duh." He took my hand and we headed out the door, chatting along the way.
"I really like going out with those guys. It makes me feel like I have 10 big brothers...it's nice." I sighed happily. Jake rolled his eyes again.
"Yeah, nice for you. You have no embarrassing stories to be picked out of your brain. I swear, sometimes I just need to get away from them! They drive me crazy!!" I touched his arm,
"Hey," He looked down at me, "You're not really upset are you? They were just fooling around, no harm. You know that those stupid stories don't make me think differently of you."
The crease that had formed between his eyebrows smoothed, "Yeah, I know, Bells. Let's hurry, though! We're gonna miss the movie!" He grabbed my hand and ran, and I hung on for dear life, laughing the whole way.
We made our way to the middle of the theater, "for optimal movie viewing!" Jake had assured me. I followed, simply happy to be with him.
"This is the perfect movie for us!" He said happily, "Nice and scary for me, with a love story at the center of the plot for you! We can't go wrong!"
I giggled, "So what's so scary about this movie, huh? I hope it's not about werewolves," I made a terrified face, "they scare me to death!"
He leaned close to me and snarled softly in my ear, "Oh really? Then you better lean in close, cause I hear that's exactly what this movie's about." He laughed and we snuggled up for the film.
The opening credits began with eerie music and a full moon in the back ground. I stifled a giggle, looking up at Jake, who rolled his eyes. "Stupid human assumptions." I whisper giggled and turned my attention back to the screen where an unseen monster was chasing a young girl in a forest. She ran for a good minute and a half, screaming the entire way, before she inevitably fell and her pursuer caught up with her. The camera zoomed in on her face as a man's deep voice said,
"I've got you now beautiful!" She screamed. "Go ahead, scream all you want, my dear, there's no one around to hear you!" The camera finally cut to the attackers face, which was incredibly handsome. He had deep blue eyes, a perfectly straight nose, a mouth just begging to be kissed, and- my mind froze. Every muscle in my body locked down. I heard a sharp intake of breath beside me.
Protruding from this monster's mouth was a pair of fangs. Sharp and shiny, quickly moving to bite the neck of the young girl. I felt Jacob's panicked gaze on me, and I composed my face, showing no emotion whatsoever.
"Oh God, Bella! I didn't know! I swear..." he whispered frantically, "let's get out of here!"
"Why?" I asked hoping that all he heard in my voice was curiosity. He looked at me, amazed, but seemingly unwilling to say it out loud.
"Let's just go. You don't have to be brave." I was insanely relieved. There was no way I would have made it through that movie, but I couldn't let Jake know that seeing a vampire in a movie had affected me so much.
The ride home was silent until I asked, "Are you staying tonight?"
A slow grin spread across his face as he replied, "If that's what you want."
"That will always be what I want, to be with you." I squeezed his hand and nestled back into the car seat. It was so easy being with him. I looked down at the dashboard.
"Holy crow!" I shouted, "It's almost midnight! We have to get home!" Jake chuckled.
"Really Bella, do you think Charlie will say a word?" I wrinkled my nose and smiled.
"No, probably not." The prejudice that Charlie showed might have infuriated me a few months earlier, or even now if I were allowing myself to think of the past. Which I wasn't.
We finally arrived home, still in comfortable silence. I pecked Jake on the cheek before heading upstairs for the night, but he caught my wrist and spun me around, his lips finding mine with ease. He kissed me with less caution, and much less restraint, as if he was trying to remind me. That he was the one for me, that I had chosen him. That he loved me.
As if I needed reminding.
