Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters. They all belong to Stephenie Meyer.
A/N: I am sorry this chapter has taken a little longer to get out. I had a terrible case of "I just wanna read and don't wanna write." And then, this site decided to be all screwy so....Please forgive me.
Also want to thank the ladies of The Fictionator Blog. I was a part of their Teaser Monday and I noticed that I have gotten some new readers from that. So Thank You Ladies!
Last night I couldn't sleep. After Edward left his message, I listened to it countless times. Each and every time, I let the tears stream down my face. Yes, I was hurt by what he had done, but I knew deep down that I would forgive him. First, I needed time to cope with that. Usually, I wasn't one to forgive easily. But something about Edward, the way I felt about him, I couldn't explain. I felt something so different with him than I had with any other person. And that fact, I admit, scared the hell out of me.
I decided this morning to write Edward a letter to let him know that I appreciated the fact that he respected my wishes and would give me some space. I also wanted to let him know that I would still be going on the trip for work this weekend and that I planned on driving myself instead of riding with him like we had planned before. I just didn't think us spending hours alone together in a car would be a great idea right now.
I walked down the hall and looked around to make sure no one had arrived yet. Since I hadn't slept much last night, I decided to come in early to make sure that I could leave the letter with no interference. I placed the note on Edward's desk under his crystal mountain lion paper weight in the center of his desk. I wanted to make sure that he knew I did get the message and hoped that he would understand.
Once Edward walked into his office around fifteen minutes later, I was chomping at the bit wondering what he was thinking. I was on the computer trying to edit an article that I had been working on when I got an email alert.
I opened it up and saw that it was from Edward. I took a deep breath and began to read it.
Bella-
I want to thank you for letting me know you got my message. I was a little afraid that I had been speaking to some old lady or something since you didn't answer. But I understand. I will give you the space you need Bella, for as long as you need.
I just want to take this chance to apologize again. I meant every word I said in my message last night.
I understand about the driving separate to the festival. It might be better if we don't spend too much time together too soon. Wouldn't want you killing me just yet. I plan on leaving first thing tomorrow morning, so I will see you there.
Edward
I was so glad that he understood. I knew that I would immediately forgive him, but he didn't need to know that. I sent him a message letting him know that I would also be leaving tomorrow morning and went on with my day.
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I was up bright and early the next morning ready to get a start on this weekend. I decided to leave a lot earlier than Edward and I planned on together because I really wanted to get to the festival first to see what it had to offer. I knew Edward and I would have to spend a lot of our time together, so I wanted to plan as many things as I could to do so we wouldn't have too much "down time". We needed to discuss "us" but I wasn't exactly sure how to go about doing that.
I packed my bags and loaded them into my car. I selected the On the Go play list on my iPod and started the journey. After about an hour on the road, I decided to pull in for gas at this little country store off the main road.
I filled up my car and got a couple of snacks and made my way back to the car. I was making good time, and was sure I would arrive before Edward. I sat back down in my seat and turned the key.
And nothing happened. I tried again. And once again, nothing happened.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
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Four hours later, I was exhausted and pissed. I finally pulled into the bed and breakfast and made my way up to the desk. The place was quite busy and I assumed it was because of the festival. I was thankful that I had made my reservations early.
"Hello. My name is Bella Swan. I have a reservation for the weekend.," I told the lady behind the desk. She began entering the information I had given her and shook her head slightly.
Uh oh. What does that mean?
"I am sorry Miss. I have no Bella Swan entered into our system. Are you sure this is the right place? I mean, there are other bed and breakfasts here in town. Maybe one of those is where you made your request."
"No, no. This is the place. I know that for a fact," I told her calmly. Although deep down inside I was fuming. I did not need this after the morning I had.
"Could you please check again," I asked her nicely, "check under Isabella Swan this time."
She began typing away again and was still shaking that damn head of hers. The mood I am in I could shake that damn head of hers until her head came off and rolled across the polished wooden floors of this fucking place.
"I'm sorry Miss. No record of a Miss Swan in our system."
"Okay then. I guess I need to get a room please," I said, while getting my credit card out of my wallet.
"I'm sorry. We are completely booked due to the festival. As a matter of fact, I think every room in town is booked." I said a quiet thank you and she walked away. I just stood at the counter and tried to figure out what the hell I was going to do.
I felt someone come up and stand beside me. This was not the best time for some damn pervert to be hitting on me. He was likely to get his junk punched.
I looked up and saw Edward standing there. He twirled a room key around his finger and smirked. Son of a bitch was not going to pull this shit today. I do not want to be mad at him, but I swear to God if he says it.....
"Looks like I got the last one Swan," he says, grinning widely.
I expected myself to slap the hell out of him or at least scream. But no. You wanna know what I did? I broke down. I fucking broke down crying and ran out onto the porch of the bed and breakfast.
I plopped myself down on the steps of the place and just sobbed into my hands. I felt when he came up and sat down beside me. He started rubbing my back soothingly.
"Shit Bella. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry. I just noticed that you didn't have a room and I was trying to offer to let you stay with me."
I looked up at him and he looked very worried. I wiped my face with the sleeve of my shirt and sucked it up.
"I know Edward. It's not your fault. I have just had the morning from hell and you just did that shit at the wrong time."
"What happened? Why did you have such a horrible morning?" He was probably going to laugh his ass off at this whole story.
"I left extra early this morning because I wanted to get up here and plan out what we could do. So I stopped in at this gas station and went to start my car again and the fucker wouldn't crank. I had to sit at this little crappy country store and wait for hours while this mechanic fixed it. The whole time being hit on by his son, who let me say, was extremely ridiculous. The kid had to have still been in high school."
I had started to smile and even laugh about the whole situation now. Just being around Edward made my day a lot better. Edward was laughing too.
"I am sorry your day sucked Bella. Mine wasn't all that great either. It's a long ride up here when you are all alone," he said, nudging my shoulder with his.
"Yeah, it is. So, about this whole room sharing thing. How are we gonna do this?"
He looked nervous. "Bella, if you want, you can take the room. I can sleep in my car or something. I just don't want to push you into spending time with me if you aren't ready to yet."
He kept blabbering on and I was only able to shut him up by placing my hand completely over his mouth.
"Edward, I have thought about it. I mean, I had a couple of hours today with nothing much else to do except think. I really would like to give us another try, if that is okay with you."
He reached over and hugged me tightly and whispered in my ear, "That is definitely okay with me. I wouldn't want it any other way."
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A/N: Pimping time.....these are some stories that I am loving right now.
The Screamers by KiyaRaven
Emancipation Proclamation by kharizzmatik
Good Fortune by RobotMoose
3, 2, 1 by heather dawn
Age of Consent: My Summer as a Legal Intern by mylittlesecret84
Failure to Thrive by Julesnerd
I Get Off by Britpacksuccubus
