Girls' night was surprisingly fun, but man was I wrecked the next morning. It was already 11am by the time I treaded back to my dorm.
I was about to go inside when I noticed a certain cute boy leaving the boys' dorm across the carpark.
"Jacob!" I called out, running over to him. He looked up and seemed almost…annoyed?
"Oh…hey Bella," he murmured.
"I'm so glad I caught you. What's up?" I asked, embarrassingly out of breath from running. For a dancer I'm extremely unfit.
"Just…you know…getting on with stuff," he shrugged. Why was he being so cold?
"Is everything okay?" I asked.
"Well, it's just…I mean…if you're not interested in me you could just say," he blurted out.
I was momentarily shocked into silence. Not interested?
"What…what do you mean?" I stared back blankly.
"Yesterday, you said you'd love to go to the cinema and then…nothing," he mumbled.
"Oh..God no no no! I was saying that I'd love to but I already had plans with the girls. There was just so much noise and then the reception was so bad…I realise that sounds like terrible excuses but I'm actually genuine. Shit, I should have called you back when I left my room," I internally cursed at myself.
He looked quite relieved. "So, you're still…interested in me?"
"Are you kidding?" I burst out, way too eagerly. He just laughed.
"The reason I came over here was actually to ask if you're free tonight? Maybe we could check that movie out after all," I smiled.
A huge grin broke out on his face. "That'd be sweet. Meet you at the cinema at 7?"
I nodded my head in agreement and waved him goodbye. See? It was not hard to ask out a guy at all. And now I had another date.
Another date…with Jacob. Damn, I had to make sure this one was better than the last. It should probably be easy with no stupid Edward to distract me.
I decided I had better pop into the city and find something hot to wear, since my closet was pretty much non-existant. I considered asking Angela and Jessica to tag along, but figured I'd be faster alone.
It was already 1pm by the time I made it into the city. I strolled around the shops pretty aimlessly for about 2 hours. There really wasn't much to see at all. I eventually found a classical little black dress. It was a little more revealing on the chest than I would have liked, but there really was no other option so I went ahead and bought it anyways.
When I got home I immediately started getting ready. I had to admit…I looked good. The dress hugged my figure nicely and gave some extra umpf to the breasts. I styled my hair so it fell in gentle curls and applied a natural make up look with a hint of smoky eyes.
It was only 6pm but I was already set to go. I knew it would only take about 15 minutes to get to the cinema beside the campus, so I figured I'd swing by Angela's to get her approval of the look.
I started walking towards her dorm when I noticed a big figure approaching. I couldn't quite make it out but assumed there was nothing to worry about.
As it came properly into my view, I realised there was a lot to worry about.
It was the huge man I had seen talking to Edward that night in the alleyway. My heart started racing and I looked firmly down at the ground, praying he wouldn't recognise me.
Had he gone yet? I briefly glanced up. Big mistake.
He looked me directly in the eyes and changed his course. Was he…was he coming over to me? No…he couldn't be..he wouldn't—oh yes, yes he was.
He stood towering above me, looking down at me with a menacing glare. I wanted to sink into the ground with fear.
"You're Cullen's employee. You tell him that my job isn't to make deliveries to the kiddie playground that is this college," he huffed, shoving a small parcel into my stomach.
Thankfully he marched away in the opposite direction without another word. I stood still in confusion.
The parcel was a rectangle shaped wrapped in brown envelope. It wasn't any bigger than an average textbook, but boy was it heavy. I shook it against my ear but nothing jiggled.
I seemed to be stuck to the ground. What in the world was this and what was I supposed to do with it? I sighed, realising the only thing I could do was bring it the devil himself.
I swivelled around and headed for the boys' dorm. I guess I wouldn't get the chance to call over to Angela after all.
I knocked on Eric and Edward's door, praying someone would be in, preferably Eric so I could just leave it there and not deal with Edward.
Unfortunately, Edward answered the door. He looked down at me in surprise.
"Uhh…what do you want?"
"To be anywhere but here," I replied dryly. I held out the package in my hands.
"That big guy from that that incident I'm not supposed to talk about just gave me this. He also said to say something about not being a delivery man to kids or something," I pathetically relayed the details.
Edward seemed to stiffen and a frown came over his face. He looked left and right down the empty corridor and then dragged me into his room.
"Hey, what are you doing, get off!" I yelled, as he closed the door.
"When did this happen?" he shouted, running his hand through his hair.
Uhh…like five minutes ago outside. Look I need to go, can you just take this and—"
"That wasn't supposed to be delivered here, FUCK," Edward yelled, slamming the lamp on the desk to the ground where the whole thing shattered.
I jumped and was suddenly scared. Edward looked like a violent maniac, pacing up and down and shouting curse words.
"Umm…," was all I could muster up.
"Idiots! I'm dealing with absolute fucking morons!" he yelled some more.
"Edward…what is this?" I asked. He looked up at me for the first time since dragging me into his room.
"It's just…it's just work stuff. It's nothing big it just needed to be delivered somewhere else by 7pm this evening and now it's all fucked up," he spat, angrily.
"Well, can't you just bring it to where—"
"I can't, I have to get straight to a medical lab," Edward sighed, running his hands through his hair yet again.
"Medical lab? Wait you study medicine? How did I not know that before," I thought out loud. Not the time Bella, really not the time.
He seemed to be deep in thought before he looked up suddenly at me with a twinkle in his eye.
"You," he whispered.
"Uh…me what?"
He looked slightly crazy as he moved closer to me.
"You can deliver it," he grinned, as if all his problems had disappeared.
"What? Are you crazy? I have plans, I need to get to the cinema, I'm meeting—"
"The address is 10 minutes from the cinema. Haha, yes!" he clapped his hands. This joyous side of Edward was slightly more alarming than the violent side.
"I am not a postman," I snapped.
"Look, it's super easy. There's this guy, his name is Rhys. He lives in apartment 23 on 4 Bird Avenue, just down the road from the cinema. Just ring the doorbell and tell him I sent you with the stuff. It'll take 2 minutes, that's all."
"But I…I mean…I have to…what is in this damn package?" I asked, exasperated that I had got myself into this situation.
"It's just some…uh…work stuff. Paperwork, that kind of boring crap. Nothing to get concerned over. And just a heads up, Rhys is very picky over this package so if he sees you've opened it, there's no telling how he'll react," Edward warned me.
I felt a lump in my throat. "Edward is this guy violent?"
"No, of course not. He works for me. He's my friend. As long as you don't do anything stupid, he'll be a delight," he insisted, leading me towards the door.
"Ugh…fine," I reluctantly agreed, figuring it was the quickest way to get out of there.
I walked out the door and started down the corridor.
"Oh and Bella?" Edward called out after me. I turned around, surprised he had actually remembered my name this time.
"With you wearing that dress, he'll be extra delightful," he winked and shut the door.
I rolled my eyes but couldn't help the grin spreading on my face.
