Chapter 10
Edward's POV:
So, here I was…sitting in Starbucks with my bitch of an ex-girlfriend…. Drinking coffee.
"So, Eddie…"
"Please do not call me that. Better yet, please don't talk to me at all," I answered. I shouldn't have left the store. I shouldn't have. Why did I come here?
"Oh? Feisty are we? Well… I miss you. I miss everything about you. I made such a dumb mistake breaking up with you," she tried.
"And I made a dumb mistake dating you. Thank you. Goodbye," I began to leave.
"No, stay and talk to me Eddie. I hear your dating little orphan Bethany…"
"Bella."
"Whatever. Anyways….how long have you two been dating?" she asked.
"1 month, 1 week, 2 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes," I told her precisely. I sat back down across from her.
As soon as I sat down, I felt a foot rubbing my crotch. Oh… it felt nice… but…. I'm taken! I'm taken and I'm happily taken!
"I swear, I will call the cops and report you for sexual harassment if you don't stop," I ordered.
The foot gradually left my private area.
"I'm leaving," I stated and walked away.
(A/N: Haha! I wonder if anyone of you readers thought I was going to make Edward go back to that beeyotch Whitney! HAHA! I would never do that to poor old Bella. But Whitney's not gone yet….)
I went back to the CD store and picked up the CD I had put down earlier. I continued looking and ended up buying Anything Goes, Applause, 42nd Street, Green Day's CD: Nimrod, From Under the Cork Tree, and Bullet in a Bible. I wanted to go another store now.
I walked past Victoria's Secret and was SO tempted to buy a bra or lingerie for Bella. However, I didn't know what size she was or if that was her style! So, I continued on.
I walked into Hot Topic. I know Bella would love this store. I wonder if she's ever been in here before….
I looked through some of the T-Shirts and pins…then I headed to the back of the store where the toys and posters were. In the back corner was Whitney once more…
"Oh… how would this look on me?" she asked in her most seductive voice. She put a black and red polka dot bra over her small shirt. Hmmm… what kind of a comeback could I come up with here?
"Thanks. Bella needed a new bra. After our last get together… she had lost one outfit completely," I fibbed. I smiled.
Her ego has truly been rubbed now, I can tell. She dropped the bra onto the ground and stared at me like a spoiled child.
"What do you mean your last get together?" Whitney snarled.
"Well… the last time we made… love… her clothes KIND of got ripped off of her body. Shredded off is more like it…" I lied.
I won the battle. She stomped out of the store… I picked up the bra she dropped and hung it back up. I shouldn't lie completely, I thought. I looked through all the different sizes and decided on the one that looked most like Bella: 36C.
I looked through all of the T-shirts one last time and decided on a Panic at the Disco tee and a Green Day tee. They looked her size.
I decided to wait a few more minutes before buying these clothes. I called Alice and made sure of the sizes. Surprisingly enough, I had gotten them all correct.
I bought them all. I was walking back towards the place I entered from… when I passed Bath and Body Works. Ugh. Bella's loves that store… but I'm not sure if I can brace myself to going in there.
Do it for Bella, I thought.
I took a deep breath in and ran into the store filled with so many different, strong scents. I decided to do something quick. I ran in and got Bella a 100 gift card for the store. I think that will suit her enough.
I sprinted back out. Across the walkway was a jewelry store… would Bella like a necklace or something? I don't want to give her any kind of ring. Yet.
I slowly walked in and looked at the different pieces. There was a simple locket that had a diamond heart in the center. It was 200. That's pretty cheap compared to others in the store. I bought it and left once more. I made it to the door I entered from finally. Next to it was one of the cheap games with the claw that you get a stuffed animal from. I have always been fantastic at these. I put the 50 cents in and won Bella a big fluffy stuffed bear. I think I have my gifts done with now. And for some reason, I was nervous about giving them to her.
On my way to the Volvo, I just remembered today was Alice's birthday! I didn't want to go into the mall again. I decided to give the Fall Out Boy CD to Alice for her birthday. While everything else would go to Bella.