A/N- Okay. Well here we go for another chapter. I know it's taking a long time. There will be a lot of swearing in this chapter.
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Listen to 'Tear's Don't Fall by Bullet for my Valentine'
Chapter 9
Chase's POV
Way to fucking go, Chase. Bella is royally pissed at you. She's probably going to dump your ass. And she's going to be gone till Monday.
"Dude, she'll forgive you. But if she doesn't…we're 500 bucks richer!"
The guys high five each other, and grab another beer. They toss me one and I gladly accept.
"You guys are so helpful," I reply sarcastically and take a long swig.
"You're right…please tell us your problems," James laughs and topples over onto the floor.
"You are so drunk. I think I'm falling in love with her."
"That was not part of the bet," my best friend, Brad says.
"I know. I can't help it," I tell them and drink some more of my beer.
"Chase, the bet was that you make HER fall in love you and then break her heart. Not the other way around," Brad reminds me.
"I know god damn it," I finish off my beer and grab another one.
"So have you fucked her yet," Levi laughs.
"No and I probably won't," I admit.
"What?!?!?!" They all splutter.
"Guy's she's been through a lot. She talks in her sleep and she keeps mumbling 'I love you Jeremy' and 'Jeremy's dead'. I have no idea who this Jeremy guy is but I'm guessing he was pretty important to her," I inform them.
"You need to find out who this Jeremy dude is," James says and guzzles down another beer.
"I'm working on it. I told her she can tell me when she's ready because she really doesn't like to talk about herself."
"Well try harder dude," Levi points out the obvious.
"She's really stubborn," I say.
"Then catch her when she's vulnerable. Some of the guys say that they can hear her crying in her room couple times a week. Nothing says vulnerable like an emotional woman," James gets his like 5th beer.
"Something tells me she will be extremely vulnerable for the next couple of weeks I'm guessing," Brad has a funny tome in his voice.
"What do you mean," I ask.
"Look at this," he cranes his head towards the TV and turns up the news.
"This is just in, there is some sort of gang robbery going on in downtown Forks. We just got news of some shooting going on. Three people have been injured and two have been killed. We should be getting the names of those people within the next few minutes. In other news…" everything else is a blur and we are all quiet.
"Shit," I blurt out.
"It may not be her dad," Daniel pips up.
"And we have the names. The three people injured are Jack White, Kyle Barber, and Luke Riske. And the people killed are Colin Shelton and Chief of Police Charlie Swan…" Brad turns the TV off.
"Double shit," I lean back in my chair.
"You my friend are going to have one hell of a week. She is either going to stay mad at you and take it out on you or she is going to forgive you and you will be in tear city," James laughs and falls back down on the floor.
"Guy's help me move him to the bed," Brad orders and we all get up to move our drunken friend.
James passes out as soon as his head hits the pillow. We all chuckle and sit ourselves back in front of the couch.
"So…how about some kick ass movies?" Daniel asks and pulls 'Tropic Thunder' off my bookcase.
He puts the movie in and we spend the rest of the night watching movies, eating pizza, and drinking beer.
Bella isn't going to be back till tomorrow. She will probably still be mad at me. I should have gone and stayed with her. I bet Cullen is comforting her.
I growl audibly. Thankfully the guys are still passed out. We drank a lot last night. Speaking of drinking my head hurts like a bitch.
Brad groans and rolls over.
"Damn my head hurts," he means.
"Mine too buddy," I tell him and very slowly walk over to the mini fridge.
I pull out our concoction and take a swig and my head starts to feel better, I toss it over to Brad and he takes a drink then throws it back to me.
"So what are you going to do about Bella," he asks and seats himself on the couch.
"Fuck, I don't know. She's amazing. I'm pretty sure her heart has been broken one too many times and this bet isn't going to help. But I'm sure Cullen will be there to comfort her," I growl, again.
"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were already in love with her," Brad chuckles.
"Shut up asshole," I order and turn the TV on.
A couple hours later we are outside passing a soccer ball around. A group of freshmeat runs up to us.
"Dude, have you guys seen Bella's new ride," one of the twerps ask.
"Bella's back," I check.
"Ya, I'm guess she came back early cause of her dad," they tell me.
"Where is she," I ask.
"Parking lot by building 3," he points to the lot.
"Gotta go guys," I take off running.
I see Bella getting out of her brand new Avalanche, good car, and before she gets too far I call out to her.
"Bella!"
She turns and I keep running towards her. She drops her stuff and runs to me. She jumps and I catch her. It feels so good to have her in my arms again. Before I can say anything she gives me one of the best kisses of my life. I shove my tongue into her mouth and relish in the fact that she responds by playing with mine. We go like this for a few minutes before she pulls away.
"Baby, I'm sorry about everything I said," I coo and hug her tighter.
"And I'm sorry too, I missed you so much," She nuzzles into my neck.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. I saw what happened to your father on the news," I apologize.
"I don't want to talk about him right now. I want to talk about us," She gives me a kiss under my earlobe. I probably shouldn't have brought him up.
"Maybe we should go to your dorm room. You'd probably be more at home in your room," I suggest.
"No, I want to go to your room. I like your bed," She teases and the throbbing erection just got worse.
"Fine," I agree with a tight voice and place her back on the ground. I place my arm around her shoulder and grab her duffle bag while she grabs her purse.
We walk back to my room where Bella proceeds to throw her jacket and shoes off and climb under the covers of my bed. I hear her take a deep breath and take a mental picture of the sight.
I walk over to her and lay under the covers with her. I wrap my arms around her; holding her close. She changes positions so that she has her head partly on my shoulder and mostly in the crook of my neck. I feel her wiggling around and I realize my arm must be poking her in the chest. I move my arm so I'm cradling her to me.
Brad's right; I think I'm already in love with her.
Bella's POV
December 20th
Well it has been 10 days since the shooting. I am currently sitting in my room, by myself. Jake and Jordyn had left 2 days ago because they are spending Christmas with Jordyn's family in Wenatchee. Chase and a group of about 7 other guys including; Emmett, Edward, Jasper, James, Brad, Levi, and Daniel are all over in the other building. Being as they all live in that building but you never know.
It started snowing yesterday morning and it hasn't stopped since. Every building has fully stocked vending machines and emergency food because apparently snow storms are common. But according to Chase this one is bad. One of the worst they've ever had.
I walk over and sit in front of my closet door. I want to open those boxes. I truly do. But I'm afraid it will be painful and I'm all alone in this building. No one to stop me from doing something bad.
Then all of a sudden…the power goes out. Well, shit. It's dark; there is no one else in my building, and no way to escape.
Thump. What was that?
I bet it's some psycho rapist coming to get me! I hate this! I want to leave!
Thump. Thump. Thump.
I start to cry and I quietly crawl to the bathroom door.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
I open the door very slowly and crawl into the bathroom. I shut the door and go sit in the shower.
Thump. Thump. Knock. Knock. Knock.
I want to scream but I cover my mouth. I cry a little harder and my adrenaline is pumping. Whoever it is starts walking away and I hear the elevator ding.
I let out a sigh of relief. I'm still crying when I quietly make my way to my bed. I start to rock back and forth. I can faintly hear them walking around. Up and down the floors.
Boom. Boom.
Thunder! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!
Hey baby it's Chase. Answer your phone.
I quickly answer my phone before the creepy rapist stalker hears.
"Chase," I blubber.
"Honey what's wrong," he asks immediately.
"There's someone in the building. They were knocking on my door and they keep walking around the building. I'm scared," I cry into the phone.
"Shhh baby Shhh. I want you to come to my room. Can you do that?"
"No. I hate the snow, Chase. I don't want to go out there. And I don't know how I'm supposed to get past them," I whine.
"Bella you need to do this. You can't stay in your building. You're alone, the powers out, there's a storm going on, you are freaked out of your mind, and I would feel better if you were here and safe with me. Pack your duffle and come to me," Chase reasons.
"I hate the snow! I don't want to," I tell him.
"Sweetheart, you can either stay in your room by yourself or you can come to me where you have me and 7 other senior and junior guys to protect you," Chase tells me.
"I'm not happy about this. I will hate you forever if I die," I warn him.
"You are not going to die," he tells me.
"Fine, I'll try my best," I sniffle.
"There's my girl. I'll see you in a couple minutes," Chase says and hangs up the phone.
I grab my duffle from the corner and start to pack clothes, undergarments, bathroom necessities, Christmas presents, Brutus, games, movies, and some books. I manage to stuff my purse into the bag. I slip my snow boots on, put my snow coat on, gloves, a hat, and wrap a scarf around my neck. I grab my duffle and as quietly as I can manage I slip out into the hallway.
I can hear footsteps on the level above me and my crying picks up again. I decide against the elevator (then I realize it wouldn't work cause the power is out) and take the stairs. I make it down one flight of stairs when the door opens two levels above me.
They must have seen me because they call out to me.
"Hey wait!" I deep voice calls down.
I look up at them. It's defiantly male, very tall, muscular, and their face is covered. By a hockey mask, I think.
"I said wait," they yell and start to run down the stairs.
I scream and start to run. Praying that I won't fall. I run down the last flight of stairs and they are right behind me. I slam the down and I hear a muffled groan. They must have run into the door.
I fast walk to the main door when the staircase door opens.
"Stop!" he yells and I started to scream my head off.
I run out the door and am welcomed by a gust of wind carrying a truck load of snow. I hate the snow. It's difficult running through it but I try my damnest. Of course I'm screaming and crying the whole way but I'm not stopping.
I can hear the man coming after me and somehow I manage to make it to Chase's building. I go in the door.
"Chase!" I scream and run to the staircase door.
"Chase! Edward! Emmett! Brad! Someone!" I scream, lock the door, and start to run up the stairs. I'm really tired but there is no way in hell in stopping. I hear him messing with the door but when I get to Chase's level he stops.
I turn around and look down. I hear a faint grunt and then the door busts open. He kicked the door down! I scream and run into Chase's hallway. I trip, of course, drop my duffle, but get back up and run to Chase's door. I'm still screaming and crying. I get to his door and start pounding on it.
"Chase! Let me in! Please! CHASE!" I shriek.
The door opens and I scream even more. A tall man wearing a hockey mask is standing there.
I turn to run and the other man, who is also wearing a hockey mask, is starting to walk towards me. I turn and run to the end of the hallway. There is an emergency staircase that almost no one uses. I thrust the door open and I hear their big footsteps getting closer.
I run down to the next level and I hear the door I just came through open. I open and slam the door shut then very quietly run down to the next level and hide as best as I can. I cover my mouth to try and muffle my sobs. I hear them coming down to the next level. The door opens for a few seconds and then shuts. I get up and walk into the 4th level hallway. I start to jiggle the handles on the closest doors.
I hear some doors opening. I turn to the opposite end of the hallway and 4 guys wearing hockey masks step into the hallway and start to make their way towards me. I scream and run to the other stairwell. The door opens and 3 more guys wearing hockey masks step out into the hallway.
I'm trapped! I'm going to die!
I cry even harder and try to open some doors. Then one door opens! Thank god. I run into the room and run straight into something big. I look up and realize that it's a man wearing a hockey mask. I scream as hard as I can. He chuckles and drags me back into the hallway.
"CHASE!!!" I cry out. My throat hurts from all the screaming.
He drops me on the ground and all the men crowd around me. They all chuckle and my body is racking with sobs.
"Okay guys I think that's enough," one of them says and takes of his mask.
My eyes are all blurry but I faintly see all of them take their masks off.
Levi, Brad, Daniel, Edward, Jasper, Emmett, James, and Chase! They tricked me!
I continue to cry and make no move to get up.
"Baby, are you alright," I hear Chase ask.
I shake my head back and forth on the floor.
"Guy's I think we scared the shit out of her," Emmett points out the obvious.
"Baby can you get up or do you want me to help you," Chase asks sweetly and bends down to me, I think.
My reply is a choked sob. I feel Chase's broad arms slip under my waist and he picks me up.
"Levi and Jasper can you guys grab her stuff? Let's take her to my room," Chase orders and I fell him walking.
I continue to blubber like a baby, but the adrenaline is still running threw my body and I can't calm down.
A few minutes later Chase sits down on his couch I'm guessing and cradles me to his chest.
"Here Chase," Edward says.
Chase grabs something from him and holds it to my lips.
"Bella its water, I need you to drink some."
I drink it around my sobs and my throat stops hurting a little. I start to breathe better and I look up at Chase.
"Sweetheart, I'm sorry. We thought it would be funny at the time. I didn't think you would get this scared," Chase apologizes.
There is a chorus of "I'm sorry" and I feel a little better.
"It wasn't funny," I tell him.
"Your right; it wasn't," he says.
"You guys really scared me. I thought I was going to die," I tell them.
"Just take a minute to catch your breath," Edward instructs.
I calm down after a few minutes and then I sit up on Chase's lap.
"What were you guy's thinking?" I demand.
"That we would play a little joke on you and it would be funny," James says, it sounded like a question.
"It wasn't funny. Tell me what happened."
"Well we were talking about practical jokes and how we never get the chance to scare anyone. So we decided that since you were in your building by yourself we could scare you. So Brad walked over to your building and then the power went out. It turned out to be perfect."
"So we told Brad to knock on doors and wander around the building while Chase called you and tried to coax you into coming over to our building. Where we were all waiting in the stairwells and different rooms. Since we all play hockey every once and a while we thought it would be scarier to wear our masks. It was Brad in your building and following you. Then you know the rest," Jasper explained.
"I can't believe you guys did that. I was totally convinced I was going to die and that you guys were creepy rapist stalkers intent on raping me and then killing me," I told them.
"Once again we're sorry," Chase says.
"It's going to take a long night of groveling," I warn them.
"Whatever you want to do as long as we can do it without electricity," Chase promises.
"First let's light some candles. You do have candle's right," I question.
"Um…"
"I do," Edward stands up.
"Can we use them Edward," I ask kindly.
"Yes, I'll go get them," he says and looks t me.
I give him the 'I want to talk to my boyfriend alone' look. He nods.
"Hey guys come give me a hand," Edward tells everyone.
"All of us," Levi asks.
"Yes, everyone," Edward emphasis's.
They all groan and get up to follow Edward. Edward slams the shut and gives me a smile.
"I hate you," I turn on Chase.
"What?!?!" he looks surprised.
"I hate you."
"Why?" he's such an idiot sometimes.
"1) you made me run in the snow. I hate the snow Chase," I stand up so I can feel bigger than him, "2) you scared the living shit out of me. You inconsiderate creep. 3) I can smell the alcohol in here."
"Baby calm down," Chase stands up and suddenly all the power I had a minute ago went out he down.
"Don't you baby me," I order.
"I'm sorry you had to run in the storm. Once again I'm sorry I scared you. I needed a drink. I only had two bottles and it was only beer; nothing extremely strong." Chase replies calmly.
"As long as it's only beer. If I find that you've been drinking anything else I will dump your sorry ass so fast you won't have time to say sorry," I look up into his eyes so he knows I'm serious.
"I promise. Nothing else till I'm 21," Chase looks down at me.
"Then kiss me to make it up to me," I giggle when he grabs my waist.
"Whatever you want," he smiles then kisses me.
This time it was me to a little 'rough'. I twist my fingers in his hair and practically jam my face to his. But I'm sure he doesn't mind.
And as if on cue, once I was enjoying myself, someone fake coughs. I pull away but keep my fingers in his hair.
"We got the candles," Edward holds them up with a sheepish smile.
"Great," I say and walk over to Edward.
The candles are large white ones and he has like 20 of them.
"Let's only light five," I say and take three candles from him.
"I need a lighter or some matches," I remind them with a rude tone.
"Bella maybe you should let me," Chase suggests and hold up a lighter.
"For your information I am very capable of lighting a candle," I reply and snatch the lighter from Chase.
I light my three candles and hand the lighter to Edward. Edward and I place the candles around the room and suddenly I can see better.
"So Bella what do you want to do," Brad asks.
I walk over to my duffle bag and pull out my favorite board game ever.
"We are going to play Apples to Apples!" I hold the game up with a smile on my face.
"Whatever you want," Chase smiles.
"Okay you guys, move the couch and we'll sit in a circle on the floor," I tell them and wait for them to move the couch.
They move it and we all sit in a circle on the floor. I take the game out and deal 7 cards to everyone.
"You all know how to play right," I check to make sure.
They nod their heads and I take the first green card.
"Disgusting," I read and wait for them to put their cards down.
I grab the pile of cards and read them out loud.
"Jackie Chan, cleaning the bathroom, Antarctica, the KKK, Mary Kate and Ashley, Vampires, James Bond, and Marilyn Monroe." I laugh at some of them.
"Well I love James Bond and Vampires, so those are out," I flip those cards over.
"Jackie Chan is awesome…so is Antarctica," I flip those cards over.
"Cleaning the bathroom can be fun," I flip that card over and the Marilyn Monroe card.
"The KKK is just flat out mean. I'm going to have to go with Mary Kate and Ashley," I announce.
"Yes!" James shouts and grabs the green card.
We all laugh and Chase takes the next green card.
"Fragile," he reads and sets it down.
I shift through my cards and decide on Love.
Chase grabs all the cards and reads them out loud too.
"Love, Marie Antoinette, Great White Shark, New York, Pacific Ocean, Pickles, Mustard, and the toilet," we all laugh at the last one.
"I choose Love," Chase decides.
"Ya," I grab the card and give Chase a kiss on the cheek.
"That's not fair! If he knows that you'll give him a kiss every time he chose's your card he will chose your card every time," Levi whines.
"Well you can always give me a kiss on the cheek," Chase jokes and points to his cheek.
Levi calls his bluff and kisses him on the cheek. Chase has a look of disgust on his face and we are all laughing and rolling around on the floor.
"You think that's funny," Chase asks and tickles me.
"It was hilarious Chase," I laugh and roll around some more because Chase is tickling me.
"I am now emotionally scarred for the rest of my life," Chase whines.
"Well we don't want that do we," I reply and give him a small kiss.
"Is that better," I ask him like a mom speaking to a kid that just fell.
"For now," he smiles with an evil glint in his eyes.
"May we get back to the game now," Daniel asks us.
And so for the next couple of hours we played Apples to Apples.
"Guy's I'm tired and cold," I complain and set my cards down.
"Ya me too," Brad pipes in.
"Babe what time is it," I ask Chase.
"Midnight and it's like 20 degrees outside," No wonder I'm cold as hell.
"Alright. I think we should all sleep in the same room. That way our body heat should keep us warm," I tell them.
"Chase and I will sleep in his bed. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett you guys can sleep on the pull out bed. Brad and James you guys can each have one of the chairs. Levi and Daniel, Chase has some mats in the closet. You guys take those. Is that okay with everyone," I check, even though I know Chase will have no objections.
"Yes Bella," they all reply simultaneously.
"Great," I smile and go to my duffle bag.
I grab my PJ's and hair brush.
"I'm going to change my clothes in the bathroom. Anyone coming," I ask.
"I'll come," Edward says and jumps up beside me.
"Okay. Rules first. You all should know this but just in case…if you go to the bathroom…remember if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down." I blushed when I said that but it had to be said.
They all nod their heads and I grab a candle and Edward's arm. We go out into the hallway and walk to the dorm bathroom.
"So you really were scared weren't you," Edward laughs a little.
"Yes I was," I tell him and go into a shower stall.
I change my clothes in the dark and then brush my hair while Edward holds a candle up so I can see.
"So Bella, can I ask you some questions," Edward asks.
"You just did, but sure go ahead," I welcome.
"How did you and Jeremy meet," he asks warily.
"Oh wow, that was unexpected. I usually don't talk about Jeremy," I reply honestly.
"Well if you don't want to we can…" his sentence trails off.
I set my clothes and hair brush down. I grab the candle and sit on the floor against the wall. Edward sits down next to me and I set the candle in between us.
"It was the second month of my freshman year at school, and I was being ganged up on by a couple of senior football jocks. They were shoving me around and saying some stuff I'd rather not repeat. Anyway, he came over to us and told them to back off or they would be benched for the rest of the year. They left and Jeremy helped me up from the ground. I actually twisted my ankle and couldn't walk. Jeremy picked me up and carried me to the nurse's office. Since I was the well known nerd and was a typical target of teasing I couldn't understand why Jeremy helped me. After she wrapped my ankle Jeremy helped me outside," I took a deep breath and forced myself to continue.
"I was about to walk away when Jeremy caught my arm. I turned back around and Jeremy asked if I would like to go to dinner with him that night. I told him no. He asked me why and I said 'Look it was very kind of you to stop those guys and all. But I need to focus on my studies. Beside I'm just a freshman girl and your captain of the football team and a senior. It would never work out. And school is more important.' I turned and started to limp off when I heard him yell after me. I'll never forget what he said, 'I'll never give up on you. I don't care if you're a freshman and I'm a senior. You will be seeing more of me.' I laughed at him," I remember that day clearly.
"What happened after that," Edward encourages.
"From that day on he waited for me after every single one of my classes. He would sit by me at lunch no matter how much I complained. He was everywhere I went. He would walk me to and from class, sit by me in the few classes we had together. Every single day he would try to get me to let him drive me home and pick me up for school. I was so mad at him. People would tease me even more, and it seemed that I was no longer invisible. I liked being invisible. Then about a month after that day, he caught me," I chuckled.
"It was right before a football game against our rivals. Rosalie and Alice had drug me to the game against my will. I preferred to stay home and do extra credit. They literally dragged me out of my room. They wanted to flirt with some football player's so they took me down to the field while both teams were warming up. The coaches didn't care. I ended up talking to some player on the other team. His name was Dakota. He was taller than me and I was enjoying myself. He was making me laugh and he was super nice. He was about to ask me out when Jeremy came over. He seriously looked like he could kill someone," I smile to myself.
"What happened," Edward asked, I could tell he was smiling.
"Dakota asked if he needed something. Jeremy said that he was flirting with his girl. I was appalled and told Dakota that I was defiantly not his girl. Dakota told Jeremy that he should leave because I and he were talking. I will never forget this. Jeremy walked right up to Dakota, punched him in the face, then threw me over his shoulder and walked away. I was kicking and hitting his back and screaming for him to put me down. He just kept walking until we were on the opposite side of the field away from Dakota. He set me down and I remember just pounding on his chest. He just stood there and let me. 'What the hell was that for' I asked him. All he said was 'I'm going to win this game for you' then he walked back over to his team. I was furious. Rosalie and Alice came over and asked what was wrong. I pointed to Jeremy and told them what happened. They started to laugh and we went up to sit in the stands. I was fuming the entire game. The game had like 10 seconds left and Jeremy threw to the ball and then got tackled by about 5 other huge guys. I made a squeaking sound and stood up to see if he was okay. Alice and Rosalie and everyone else started to scream because the pass was complete and we won. The guys got off of Jeremy and it seemed like I waited forever for him to get up. When he didn't I acted on impulse and ran down to the field. A crowd was gathering around him and I pushed pass all them and practically dove to the ground. I took his helmet off and touched his cheek. His eyes opened a little and he laughed. He said 'I told you I was going to win the game for you'. I started to laugh and cry," I looked into the candle flame and shed ad few tears.
"I wiped the hair from his face and he sat up. He got up on his own, against my telling him not to. I stood up and faced him. Then he said 'I'm going to kiss you now'. I said 'Okay' and then he kissed me. I will spare you the details. It turned out he got a minor concussion," I giggled at the memory when we found out.
"So that's it," I finished.
"That defiantly sounds like something Jeremy would do," Edward and I laughed.
"I think we should go back to the room," I say.
"You're probably right," he says and grabs the candle.
We walk back to the room where I proceed to blow out the candles and climb into bed with Chase.
"What took you guys so long," Chase asks and brings me close to his body.
"Edward and I were talking," I yawn.
"Oh ya, about what," he asks.
"Stuff, we'll talk about it in the morning," I end the conversation.
"Good night baby," Chase whispers and kisses my neck.
"Hmm night," I yawn and close my eyes.
That night, while sleeping in the arms of Chase, I dreamed of Jeremy Night. The love of my life.
A/N- Well that was one of the longest chapter's I've ever written. I hoped you guys absolutely loved it! Review and tell me what you think! Please! I worked super hard!