Clothing Store in Port Angeles
I did everything I could to keep her composure. I had to keep in mind that I was still furious with him for coming back into my life so abruptly, and after having left that way as well.
"Ummm...hi" I managed to get out, glancing over at my sister, who had quickly said hello, snickered and began scouring the racks for clothing.
"Hello" Emmet said. His voice was a smooth as silk, and those golden eyes would not turn from my eyes. "How are you?"
"I'm ffff...fine" I stuttered out. The butterflies in my stomach started fluttering so rapidly, and my cheeks were suddenly flooded with a bright pink color. "You?"
"Alright, I guess." His hand reached for mine as he answered. "You know, I love when your cheeks get all flushed." He said grinning and lacing his fingers with my own.
Suddenly my mind became clear and jerked my hand from his. "Rosalie." Was the only thing I said before pushing past him, searching for Bella in the rows of clothes.
He began to follow me, so I quickened my pace. "Hey.." he called after me. After practically running through rows and rows of cute clothing, mad at Emmett for making it impossible for me to stop and look, he finally caught up with me. His big hands wrapped fully around my small arm. "Rose left."
I turned to look at him. "Nice try." I said sighing and turning to walk away once again.
"She left because I told her about you, and that summer in Italy."
I stopped, closed my eyes, and remembered that summer fondly. But as my eyes closed another face popped in to my head. A dark tanned face, chocolate colored kind eyes, and a smile that could make any girl weak in the knees. By this time Emmett had made his way over to me.
"Will you at least talk to me." He pleaded
"Yes." I replied. "But not today, I'm shopping with my sister. If I can even find her again."
"She's in the dressing room, she went in about 5 minutes ago." He said quickly. "How about tonight? I'll meet you outside your house, and we can take walk in the woods."
"Fine, Ten o'clock" I said, then began to make my way toward the dressing room. I only looked back once but Emmett had already vacated the premises.
I let a long sigh escape my lips and closed the distance between the dressing rooms and I just as Bella was walking out wearing a dark blue, long-sleeved top. It was simple, very Bella, but the color complimented her pale color and dark hair.
"Wow Bells, that looks great!" I said forcing a smile on my face.
Later that evening at the Swan House
Once they returned from their shopping adventure they took their bags and bags of new clothes upstairs, and dropped them on the floor.
"I'm gonna go down and start supper." I said as I headed down the stairs, but I was met with a tall figure standing in my way.
"No need Krissy." My father was standing there, his arm around my shoulder, turned me around and led me back upstairs.
"Hey dad!" Bella said, folding and hanging up all her new clothes. She stopped for a moment and pulled the credit card out of her pocket "Here's your card." She said handing it to Charlie.
"By the look of this mountain I'm sure you girls maxed it out!" He said laughing. "Now, get ready, we're going out to eat."
"It's getting chilly, I'm gonna change my shirt really quick." Bella said. "And we didn't max it out, pretty much everything was on sale." She stated disappearing in to the bathroom.
"I'll go downstairs so you can change too if you need to Krissy. Hope you had fun today" He said turning and heading back down the stairs.
"Thanks daddy." I said smiling. "I did" Then I turned to the sacks of clothes that had migrated from the floor to my desk. "Hmmmm, now what to wear."
I rummaged through the new shirts, deciding that the jeans she'd been wearing all day would be fine. I picked out a forest green camisole, and a gray long-sleeved cardigan, and threw a black skinny belt around my waist. Just as I finished, Bella walked out in her new blue shirt.
"We look amazing" I said smiling. "I just have to throw my boots on and I'm ready to go" I slipped in to some thigh high black slouchy boots and we headed down the stairs. I quickly glimpsed at the clock taking note that it was 8:30. I was a little worried about my walk 'n talk with Emmett this evening.
We all hopped into the squad car and went to the local diner. Dad questioned us about our trip and complimented our outfits, assuming they were new only because we had been shopping.
Once we entered the diner Dad was waving. Billy and Jacob black were across the restaurant at a table that was made to seat five.
"We're eatin' with the Black's tonight!" Dad said, stating the obvious as we made our way to the table. Dad sat beside Billy, and Bella took the seat next to dad leaving the seat beside Jacob as my only option.
As I sat down we all smiled and greeted each other. Jacob turned directly to me and starting asking about my day. I conveniently left out the part about Emmett.
"You look great tonight" He said smiling. I returned the smile and a slight blush flooded my cheeks.
"Thank you."
I was thankful that the waitress chose that moment to come take our drink orders. "Sweet tea" I said, then dad made a joke about me being sweet enough already. We all laughed and then turned to our menu's.
I let the arm closest to Jacob drop to my side. I really wasn't hungry and nothing on the menu seemed to appetizing. But when the waitress came back around I ordered a grilled chicken salad. That was also the moment I realized that Jacob had woven his fingers with mine and had been stroking the back of my hand with his thumb.
I quickly glanced down, it seemed to fit. And apparently it hadn't bothered me, it had felt as if our hands were supposed to be conjoined. I looked up to his face as he smiled his half-smile, at the fact that I had just noticed he was holding my hand. I gave a small shrug and tiny smile in return and let it be.
Unfortunately I was right handed and by the time the food came we had to release our hold on each other to eat.
"Why do you keep looking at the clock?" Jacob asked. I had been glancing frequently at the clock on the wall as the time grew nearer to ten.
"Oh, I guess I didn't realize I had been" I said, playing it off like I didn't know what was going on.
He shook his head and returned to his meal. The conversation was light the entire meal. Once we had finished our meal and the boys had finished their pie we all stood up to go our separate ways. Bella said good-bye to Billy and Jacob and went to wait in the car. The two then headed toward the door and I went to follow, but I felt a light grip around my wrist and heard a soft whisper "Wait".
I turned to Jacob and his face was inches from mine. "We should do this again sometime. Only just the two of us." He said smiling.
I couldn't help it, that smile made me melt, I couldn't form any words so all I did was smile and nod. He then wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into a hug. Oh boy, did he smell good! We stayed like this for a few moments before he let go.
"I think our dad's are waiting for us." He gestured to the door. "Ladies first." I smiled and moved in front of him walking toward out the door.
"I'll call you." He said as we parted ways. I smiled, nodded and slid in to the car.
Bella and dad had the biggest grin's on their faces as they burst out in to a chorus of "Krissy and Jacob Sittin' in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g!"
I buried my face in my hands, laughing so hard but begging them to stop. Unfortunately the torture continued the entire ride home. As we stepped through the door I looked up at the clock. I still had fifteen minutes until I was supposed to meet up with Emmett.
Dad yawned "Well girls that was a fun night, but I'm tuckered out." He hugged us each and headed to bed.
"I'm gonna go upstairs and get a shower." Bella said. I nodded and took a seat at the kitchen table waiting to hear the shower turn on before I headed up the stairs. I looked in my mirror, fluffed my hair a bit and spritz some perfume on before heading back down the stairs and out the door.
It wasn't quite ten but Emmett was outside waiting already.
"I was afraid you would back out." He said cautiously taking a step toward me and offering me his hand.
"I wouldn't do that." I said a bit offended, but I put my hand in his. "So..." We started walking toward the woods. "What did you want to talk about?"
"Us." He said softly, turning his head toward mine.
"There isn't an us Emmett, you made sure of that when you left Italy." I replied, no anger in my voice. "You crushed me."
"I didn't want it to happen that way. I wanted to tell you good-bye, where we were going, I didn't even want to go...I...I..."
"You didn't have to go" I said cutting him off, and stopping dead in my tracks. I let go of his hand and turned to face him. "You could've stayed, you're what a hundred and something years old, and still can't make a decision for yourself?"
"I didn't want to leave my family." He said turning to me. "I had to go with them."
"So you had to go, which also meant, you had to forget about me." I looked around the forest finding a fallen tree and taking a seat on it. My eyes turned to my feet as the silence fell upon us.
I heard the crunch of the leaves beneath his feet as he moved to take a place next to me.
"I'm so sorry." He said in a broken voice. "It was my greatest mistake."
I could almost hear the tears forming in his voice.
I lifted my head to face him, and there they were. A few tears escaped from his eyes and rolled down his glistening cheeks. But it was his hand that moved to catch the ones that had begun to spill from mine.
"So, what now?" I had been so sure that after he had left, I was over him, but looking in to those golden eyes all of the sweet memories of the past came flooding back. "What do you..." But before I could get the words out, his cold lips were against mine.
I apologize for taking such a long time to update. My class and work schedule has been CRAZY! However I did have some time to get one up for you tonight! Thanks for the feedback! I'll try to be quicker with another chapter! :D Much love! -Tressa