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CH12JPOV
Cooking with Bella was fun, normally I hated cooking, but I felt very proud. I could feel her watching me as I scaled the fish, and it made me move the knife faster up and down the fish's body. Now that probably wasn't such a good idea, cause I swore I was going to end up skinning my knuckles. But thankfully I didn't. It was nice to show that I could do something besides fix cars though.
Charlie came down stairs and took a seat at the table; I followed suit, then Bella. "So, Jacob, how've you been? Getting chased down by the girls yet?" I chuckled and saw Bella blush.
"I guess you could say that chief."
"Dad, would you like some fish? Jake cleaned them and fried them himself." Bella was trying to avoid being embarrassed, and I think Charlie knew it.
"I'd love some Bells." He offered his plate, grinning as she piled on two fish fillets. "You know, I had a lot of girls chasing me around when I was your age." I grinned trying to picture Charlie as a younger man with a flock of girls behind him, it was hard.
"Did you?"
"Oh yea, I was quite the rebel, girls loved it" he answered cutting his fish and reminiscing in the past.
"You Charlie, a rebel?" it was defiantly hard to see the chief of police as a rebel.
"Hard to see isn't it? Had the bike and tattoo, got in trouble a lot".
I glanced over at Bella, who was looking down at her plate. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to embarrass Bella a little, I loved the color she turned, all rosy, and I thought it was cute. "So what was the tattoo of?" I tried to picture a skull or something, or better yet, the heart with 'mom' written in it.
"It was a cross. It was a big thing back then; I was never really religious though. I still have it" Charlie rolled up his sleeve to reveal a simple fading cross on his shoulder (pic on profile). It was nothing big or fancy, but I guess people liked God if they loved the tattoo as much as Charlie says.
"I never knew you had a tattoo dad, why didn't you ever tell me?" Bella asked looking at the cross. I don't blame her for being a little stunned; I don't think anyone would have expected Charlie to have a cross on his arm.
"You never asked." Charlie answered with a shrug. I doubt she was going to ask something like that, I'm pretty sure those things don't come up in natural conversation between a father and a daughter, right?
"Seems to be fading there chief"
"Yea I've never gotten it touched up. There's no point to it now, but the girls sure loved it" he stated rolling his sleeve back down. "I really don't know why girls have an eye for the guys with motorcycles and tattoos, but they do." I found that really funny, seeing that I had both a bike and a tattoo. Bella became quiet again at that comment and looked down, face reddening again.
"I don't know either," I couldn't resist doing this but I had too "So why is it Bella? Why are you attracted to a guy with a motorcycle and a tattoo?" Charlie stopped bring his fork to his mouth and looked at Bella, either he was generally curious or he understood what I was getting at. Bella's head just shot up to stare at me with wide eyes.
"Um…"was all she could get out, if Charlie didn't know what I was implying he sure did now.
"Is there something you want to tell me Bella?" Charlie asked seriously as he put his fork down on his plate.
"Um…yea, Jake and I are kind of going out" she finally got out looking at her dad. Charlie moved his eyes from his daughter to me then back to Bella.
"You mean like dating?" no she means going outside and taking a walk.
"Yea, like dating." I didn't know if Bella was relieved or scared, but to be honest the look on Charlie's face was kind of funny, his eyes were wide and it looked like he was holding his breath. His face was getting all red, not the kind of red Bella turns but more of a blotchy angry red; I found it a little amusing.
"You want to date my daughter do you boy?" did he just call me boy? Charlie went in father mode, talking down to me and making it seem like he didn't like the idea. But I truly don't really care if he likes it or not, I'm not leaving Bella unless she wants me too; but it would be better if I remained on Charlie's good side.
"I wouldn't want anything else Charlie." I stated proudly and sat straighter in my seat to show I wasn't going to be scared of him. He let out a long sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"So you have a tattoo and drive a motorcycle, do you Jacob?" he asked still pinching his nose.
"Yes I do." Rolled it up to show him (Pic on profile)
"Aren't you a little young to get one?"
"Not really, most guys on the Rez have one, the tribal tattoos are kind of normal." It was sort of true, everyone in the pack has one; it's like the mark of the protectors issued by the elders.
"And the bike, do you ride it too?" his glare shot to Bella, I guess he didn't notice my bike in front of his house.
"I have, once or twice" Bella's little voice spoke out, she seemed intimidated. I grabbed her hand under the table and gave it a little squeeze; to ashore her he was just being a father and asking necessary questions. It was a good idea to leave out that she had her own and crashed on it a few time…..yea should probably leave that one out, just to be safe.
"I make sure it's safe when she's with me, make sure her helmet is secure and I drive extra cautious to ensure nothing happens to her. I would never make it dangerous for her."
"That's the nature of bikes, they are dangerous."
"I drive safely, follow the speed limit and watch the road to make sure I don't loss control. She is safe with me Charlie." And she was. I would never let anything happen to her.
He let out another long sigh, "I'm not sure how I feel about this," he paused for a moment looking at us, like he was studying us "but ok."
"So you're fine with this?" Bella asked squeezing my hand with relief and excitement.
"Yup, as long as you're happy Bells" he smiled and stood up scratching the back of his head. "I'm going to turn in Bells; it's been a long day."
"Good night dad." Bella smiled. Charlie half smiled back, semi waved his good night and turned to walk out of the kitchen and up the stairs. Bella sat in silence, listening to his steps ascend the stairs and the door close.
"Well that went smoothly" I chuckled as Bella let out a sigh and slumped in her seat. "Oh come on, it wasn't that bad." She just let out a groan and slid out of her seat to walk slowly to the sink. She turned the hot water on, filled the sink with hot water and started putting the dishes into the sink. I gathered the dishes from the table and set them by the sink. I wrapped my arms around her waist from the back and put my chin on her shoulder. "Are you ok Bells?"
She just grunted in reply, and continued to wash the pot she stated a few seconds before. "Are you ignoring me?" I asked in a sarcastic surprise gasp, trying to be dramatic to make her laugh. It almost worked; I could see the corner of her mouth turn up and could sense she was trying to suppress laughter.
"Why are you ignoring me? What did I do?" still nothing. "Do you wish we didn't tell him?" I thought she would be happy that her dad knew, maybe I'm wrong.
"No, I'm glad he knows. But did you have to bring it up that way?" so that's what this was about, I guess I did put her on the spot. I was about to apologize till I saw her almost smile again, indicating she was just joking. So I decided I wasn't going to let up so easily.
"Bring it up how?" I played dumb. She turned in my arms causing me to let her go, and put her hands on her hips. She was looking at me with a look that said 'you know what I mean.' I continued to look confused, wondering where she'd go with this.
"You know the whole 'so why are you attracted to guys with motorcycles and tattoos?' did you want to give him a heart attack?" she was trying to act all stern, but her cheeks were getting rosy, telling me she wasn't serious.
"I was sincerely curious, I wanted to know. I wasn't expecting him to infer it the way he did." I shrugged; putting my hands in my pocket and leaned against the counter next to the fridge. She walked up to me so our toes were touching and I had to look down at her. She reached to my right shoulder and rolled up the sleeve. She brought her finger to the edge and started tracing the circle with her nail, and her head crocked to one side. It looked like she was thinking.
"You want to know?" I nodded; she got on her tip toes and whispered "I think it makes you look extremely sexy." I was shocked to hear her say that to me, I don't think I've ever heard her use that word before. She lowered herself from her toes with a wicked grin on her face.
"Does it?" it took so much to make sure my voice didn't crack in surprise.
"Defiantly" she purred as she kissed the center of my tattoo, "something about them makes you seem so…dangerous, like a rush , even when I know you could never hurt me." she whispered, dragging her bottom lip across the ink that was imbedded into my shoulder. What the hell has gotten into her? I had no idea, but it would be a lie to say I didn't like it. It took all my strength not to kiss her and let her play this out how she wanted to. She was so close to me that I was literally right up against the counter; her body was cool against my overly heated one, even though I could see she was flushing.
"Dangerous huh?" I verified as I rested my hands on her hips. She got on her tip toes again to reach my ear. She bit it gently letting out a conformation noise to my question.
Giving my ear a little tug, which I thought was hot, she spoke "In fact, maybe" she paused running her small hands up my arms, "maybe a little too dangerous. " I saw her iniquitous smile grow; she dropped her hands and stepped away from me, not saying a word jut walking back to the dishes. I stood there dumbfounded for a moment, not sure of what exactly just happened. Her back was once again turned to me and she was back to washing the pot, like nothing happened.
"Bellaaaa" I drag out the last syllable, not in a whining way but in a 'what do you think you're doing' kind of way.
"Yes Jacob sweetie?" she said in a higher pitch, did she think I was going to let something like that go? I don't think so. I took the two steps it takes to get myself right behind her; laying my hands on her hips gently running them up and down. "Jacob I'm trying to clean up dinner, can I help you with something?" I could see that coy smile grace her lips again as she slowed down her scrubbing on the fryer.
"Actually you can help me with something." I answered running my hands all the way up her sides and back down, causing her to shiver.
"And what is that?" I noticed her eyes closed and she was trying to breathe deeply. My turn, I thought to myself.
"Well I just want to know how such a beautiful girl could get a guy all worked up and shocked, just to walk away." I bent to kiss the shell of her ear.
"That is a puzzling question, poor guy, gets his expectations shut down." She shakes her head and raises her eyebrows.
"But the guy didn't have any expectation, took him completely by surprise. He was just enjoying the moment with the goddess." My hands made a new path up her sides, over her shoulders and down her arms, making them warm. She had completely stopped scrubbing the fryer; her hands were now on the rim of the sink.
"Oh now it's a goddess, not just a beautiful girl?" her face got a little redder, if that's possible.
"A beautiful goddess." I answered putting light kisses on her neck.
"Well, everyone knows that goddesses can be such teases. Setting their eyes on a mortal and then leaving them in a flash. They never stay and finish what they originally set out to do." She whispered tilting her head, so I had better access to her neck.
"So I guess it's dangerous to fall in love with a goddess? " I asked kissing her jaw; I want her lips on mine. But this game was so fun; I could drag it out a little longer, if I tried.
"Very" that one little word cracked once I sucked on the soft skin that connects the end of her jaw to her neck. I waited to respond to that, liking the moans I got from this beautiful goddess too much to stop just yet. After a minute I stopped, giving her new hicky a gentle lick before I spoke again.
"Maybe a little too dangerous." I copied her words, getting a groan of dissatisfaction, probably thinking I was going to follow her actions. I'm not that strong to just walk away. Leaned to her ear again to whisper to her, "I do like danger very much though." I maneuvered my face so I could kiss her lips while staying behind her. Her lips were so sweet and refreshing, like honeysuckle in the spring. I would never get enough of it; I would never get enough of her. She turned in my arms with out breaking the kiss and wrapped her arms around my neck. The kiss deepened as I ran my tongue along her bottom lip, earning a faint moan. She was driving me crazy, running her fingers through my hair and pressed up against me. My hands moved from her hips to her back, my thumb caressing the strip of skin between her shirt and jeans.
We made out for a few more minutes, just standing in her kitchen, till she broke away. "Jake, I need to finish with the dishes." She whispered through shaky breaths with her eyes still closed.
I kissed each eye lid once "Okay, if you really have too" I grinned when she didn't let me go till a few moments later. I spun her around so she was facing the sink, kissed the top of her head and walked to sit at the table. She gave me a questioning look, "to make sure I'm not too tempted to distract you again." I simply stated. She laughed a little and went back to washing the dishes, which she was already almost done with. "So about this fair thing we're going to Thursday…"
"Oh right, do you want to go? Cause we don't have to." She asked worriedly
"No, I want to go. It'll be nice to go out and do something normal for once. You know, like a date, with friends, what normal couples do." We both laughed at the word normal, that term has been so farfetched with us.
"What is normal again? What ever it is it doesn't sound too interesting." She joked finishing up with the dishes.
"Your right, but it could be an interesting attempt. You, me, public place, with normal people who don't know about mystical beings." I haven't hung out with people who didn't know for such a long time.
"That does sound interesting. So you want to go?" She looked happy to know that I want to do something with her friends; I wasn't too excited that that kid Mike was going, but I'd have to deal for her sake.
"Yea defiantly" Her smile broadened. She was about to say something when my phone stated to buzz loudly in my pocket. "Sorry," I apologized as I took the phone out to see Embry on the color ID "It's Embry." I stated before I flipped open the phone. "Hey is everything ok?"
"Yea just dandy, how are you?" He asked, why is he calling to ask me how I was?
"I'm good….how are you?" I was confused.
"Good, Good. Guess where I am."
"Um…I don't know." What's going on?
"I'm in the woods, you know the place you were supposed to be twenty minutes ago to trade off patrol."
"Oh shit" I hit my forehead realizing I was late for patrol.
"Oh good you remember now." He seemed a little ticked, but he was laughing at my stupidity.
"I'm so sorry bro, I completely forgot. I'm over at Bella's and lost track of time."
"I guessed that much, I thought I'd call instead of howl to avoid Sam getting mad at you."
"Thanks I appreciate that. I'll repay you soon."
"How about we trade places? You can patrol, like you should be doing, and I'll fill your shoes for Bella so she doesn't get lonely. How's that sound?" I growled thinking of someone's hands on my Bella. The growl just caused Embry to laugh. "You disserved that and you know it."
"Yea, yea, that wasn't a pleasant thought. I was actually thinking more along the lines of filling your patrol for a little tomorrow."
"That'll work I guess, better see you soon." With that he hung up the phone, I put mine back in my pocket.
"Everything okay?" Bella asked worried
"Yea, I just forgot I was supposed to switch off with Embry twenty minutes ago. All this talk about normal made me forget my duties." I joked with her
"So you have to go?" I nodded, walking over to kiss her gently goodbye. "Be safe ok?"
"I always am, go get some sleep, you have school in the morning. I'll see you tomorrow." She nodded, walked me to the front door and I ran off into the woods.
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