Collision Chapter 10, a twilight fanfic

Collision

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Thank you for all the reviews so far. I really appreciate them. This chapter will be split between Bella's POV and Edward's POV.

Now, here is another chapter of Collision. Enjoy

Bella's POV

I can't believe he won't leave it alone! I am angry with him. I am so angry with him. I know that he was just trying to help me, but he doesn't really know me yet. I was not speaking to Jacob Black and Edward just threw that out the window. Now Jake was never going to leave me alone.

I felt my phone vibrate in the elevator. I pulled it out of my bag to look at my text message.

Bella – I am so sorry. I shouldn't have spoken with Jacob. Are we still getting together tonight? –Edward

I sighed. As angry as I am right now, I know that I want to see him tonight. We just needed to have a little talk about privacy. I waited until I was seated next to Mike at our table before I sent a quick reply to Edward.

We can still meet. Pick me up at six. – Bella

Mike smiles at me and we start working. We have to meet with three other writers today and I hope that we can sign at least one of them. Our goal was to find three new writers at the conference. We found our first one yesterday. She had already signed on the dotted line. We just needed one today and then we just had to sign one more.

"Remember me telling you that we needed to go on a boat ride with one of our important authors and his girlfriend on our day off?"

I nod and sigh. "I remember."

"Well they would rather go after lunch today if that is all right with you. We would be back to the hotel around 5:30 or so. Maybe we could all have dinner?"

I shook my head no. "I can go out on the boat with you all, but I already have dinner plans."

"Bella, please. This guy really wants to meet you. If you do this dinner tonight then you can have the whole day off to yourself tomorrow to enjoy anything you want. Please. Mr. Hunter is dying to meet you."

"Just give me a moment and I will check and see."

I take out my phone to text Edward.

"Supposed to go on a boat tour with one of our authors and his girlfriend. Mike wants me to join them all for dinner afterwards at the author's request. If I go, I can have the entire day off tomorrow. What do you think? I know we have a lot to talk about. Let me know, ASAP. – Bella.

I wait for two minutes and then get a response.

That's okay. Will you come up to my room after dinner please so we can talk about this morning? I can't wait until tomorrow to see you. – Edward

I smile and immediately type a response unable to stay angry with him. He was just being protective after all.

Sure. I will see you after dinner. Shouldn't be after eight. Then we have the whole day and night together tomorrow. – Bella

I grin when I see his response.

"I am going to hold you to the ALL day and ALL night. See you soon. Miss you. –Edward

I turn to Mike who is looking at me expectantly.

"Okay. I changed my plans until after dinner. We can meet them after lunch." I tell him. I was trying to recall Mr. Hunter…ah, James Hunter. He wrote stories about deranged serial killers who stalked their victims. Great. Just fantastic. I hoped he had a very creative mind and didn't actually do any first hand research. I know I am being silly, but even his name gives me the creeps.

Mike nods excitedly…a little too excitedly I might add. We get back to work immediately.

Mike and I found another writer we both liked and we were close to getting her to sign a contract with us. My phone buzzed in my pocket and I saw it was Jake...again. I knew I needed to talk to him and I felt like it might as well be now.

"Mike, would you mind if I took my lunch break now?"

He smiles at me. "Of course not, Bella. I will see you back here in an hour or so." He winks at me. Feeling awkward, I wave a little before heading into the lobby and taking the elevator up to my room. I need complete privacy for this conversation. Edward had opened the line of communication last night. I had to close it.

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. I picked up the cell phone and called him. It rang once before his desperate voice answered.

"Bella?" He asks me breathlessly.

"It's me, Jake." I tell him in a firm voice. I am not going to lose control. I won't.

"Thank you for calling me back. I thought after that guy answered your phone that you would never-"

I cut him off. "What do you want, Jake? I told you that I can't talk to you now."

His voice is tear-filled. "Please, Bella, please. I am so sorry. I was crazy drunk and out of my head. I swear that I didn't mean it. If I could take it back, I would. I know that is not how you pictured your first time to be. I can't believe I am the bad guy in this equation."

"Jake-" I start but he rushes on.

"We were so close, Bella. You held my hand in the cab that night on the way to the club. You allowed me to kiss you the night before in your apartment. You were actually giving me a chance and now I have blown it. I have destroyed that, haven't I?"

I sigh deeply. I had kissed Jake the night before. I had held his hand on the way to the club. I was trying to see if there was anything there…now I know that no matter what I may have felt at the time, I could never find out if I had once felt for him. If I had felt for him that way, then it was gone now. Completely gone.

I remember fragments of that night. Jake removing my shirt while tears leaked from my eyes. I couldn't speak above a whisper, but I remember begging him to stop repeatedly. I vividly remember him yanking my pants down my legs and quickly removing his own…I can't think about that now. I can't think about that night ever again.

"Jake, I know you were drunk. I believe you when you said you didn't mean to hurt me. But even though I believe you, it doesn't change what happened. I can't forget it. It still happened to me."

I am trying to be kind to him. I really don't believe he drugged me, but he still took advantage of me. Drunk or not it wasn't okay.

"I know." He tells me softly. "But Bella, I love you. I have been in love with you for years. Can't you give me a chance?"

My heart hurts in my chest, but I am not going to get sucked into this. I don't owe him anything, not anymore. "Jake, I've met someone. I am falling for him. I don't feel that way about you, Jake, and I never will."

I hate being this way, but he is not getting it.

"That asshole who answered your phone? You can't have known him long, Bella. You can't be falling for him already. You need to give me a chance. I deserve that much from you."

His words fill me with fury. "I don't owe you a damn thing. Don't call me anymore. Don't text me. Leave me the hell alone. We are not friends any longer. It is over, Jake. All of it. Goodbye."

"I won't give up, Bella. Not ever." He says before I hang up on him. I am shaking in rage and overwhelming emotion. He has a whole lot of nerve.

I calm myself and then leave my room quietly to head back to work. I am not hungry anyway. I hope I don't get sea sick on that boat I am going to catch in an hour.

Edward's POV

My phone rings and I see that is Jenks.

"Jenks, what do you have for me?" I have just reached my room and I close the door quickly behind me and sit down on my bed.

"Well, Edward do you want the good news or the bad news?"

"Give it to me straight, Jenks. What did you find out?"

A beep on my phone stops me. "Jenks I need to call you right back." Jenks accepts and I hang up before I read the text I just got from Bella.

A whole day with Bella? That sounded amazing. However, I couldn't wait until tomorrow to talk with her about what happened this morning.

That's okay. Will you come up to my room after dinner please so we can talk about this morning? I can't wait until tomorrow to see you. – Edward

I hold my breath in anticipation and she replies quickly making me smile.

Sure. I will see you after dinner. Shouldn't be after eight. Then we have the whole day and night together tomorrow. – Bella

My heart rate picks up as I try to analyze her words. I decide to acknowledge her word choice in my text message.

"I am going to hold you to the ALL day and ALL night. See you soon. Miss you. –Edward

I decide to take a quick shower and then I order some breakfast from room service. I finish my breakfast leisurely realizing I probably won't eat lunch now since it is 10:30.

I make plans with room service for champagne and chocolate covered strawberries to me sent up to my room around seven before I pick up the phone to call Jenks back.

His secretary tells me that he will call me back as soon as he can. He is following up on another lead for me before he calls me back.

I am impressed that he has already put so much time into finding information about this Jacob Black. If I had my way, he won't be walking around so free and leisurely much longer.

My phone rings and I pick it up quickly. "What do you have for me, Jenks?"

Jenks takes a deep breath before divulging what he has already dug up.

"Jacob Black is the son of Billy Black. His mother died many years ago. He lives in Forks, Washington. He works as an auto mechanic and also helps a Charlie Swan at the police department answering phones and such."

I gasp slightly. "Charlie Swan?"

"Yes, that is Isabella's father."

I didn't realize their entire families were connected. The thought filled me with anxiety, but I forced it away. "Please continue."

"Jacob Black visits Miss Swan in New York City once a month like clockwork. He pays for his ticket and she lets him stay with her at her apartment. It appears they are not dating, but I believe he means to change that."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Jacob Black bought an engagement ring in Seattle, Washington. He had it engraved with Miss Swan's name and a personal message to her. The engraver did not tell me what the message was. Only that the ring was intended for Isabella Swan."

I snort derisively. They weren't even dating. Why would he buy an engagement ring?

"When was the ring purchased?"

"Four months ago."

I nod even though he can't see it. "Continue please."

"I looked into every purchase in Jacob Black's name and I can find no connection to him buying any drugs. He is clean. In fact, he had a blood test done five months ago…routine physical…and he is completely clean. I don't believe he slipped a drug into Miss Swan's drink. I have spoken to the bartender at the club and he remembers Jacob Black as being so drunk he couldn't walk on his own two feet. He said he called him a cab. He told me that a young woman joined him in the cab and that she looked slightly inebriated as well."

I sighed. I was glad for Bella that her best friend had not set out to rape her, but it didn't change the fact that he still had in my book. I know she felt the same way but would not admit it to herself.

"So, was that the good news or the bad news?"

"That was the good news, Mr. Cullen. The bad news is quite shocking. I believe that someone you know slipped Miss Swan that drug intending to sweep in and take her home with him. That same person is in Hawaii right now. He just arrived yesterday for the publisher's conference Miss Swan is attending."

My heart nosedives and I question Jenks immediately. "Who?"

"James Hunter."

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