Chapter 14

Mechanic

After we left the coffee shop, Mike drove me back to the Cullen's house. Mike didn't ask to walk me to the front door, but whatever. I didn't want him too anyway. That kiss still had me dizzy a little. When I knocked on the door, Esme answered it. She had a sad face and I wondered what had happened. "Hello, Bella darling," she said smiling, but I could tell something was wrong.

"Hi, Mrs. Cullen. Is Alice here?" I asked her.

"Yes, but… I don't think she wants any visitors right now—"

"What happened?" I shouted.

"Calm down, Bella. Nothing bad happened. Alice is just… not doing well today,"

"Is she sick? I can go get her some med—"

"She's not sick. She and Edward got into a fight and she's just angry at him,"

"THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT! Did Ed—"

"My son would never hit a girl, let a lone his sister, Bella. Just give Alice a few days and she'll be fine, okay?"

"Okay, I'll just text her I guess. Thank you Mrs. Cullen,"

"You're welcome to stay if you want. You can watch TV in the living room until Alice wants to come out her room. She says she wants no one to come and comfort her,"

"No, I'll give her some space. Bye Mrs. Cullen,"

"Bye, Bella darling." She waved at me as I got back in Mike's car.

"What happened?" Mike asked when I got back in his car.

"Alice isn't keeping well. I need you to drive me home, if you don't mind," I said.

"No problem," he said and started the engine.'

When the car drove into the drive way of my house, Charlie was outside. Why was he out the door? "Bye, Mike," I said opening the door.

"See you later," he said and waved at me. I waved back.

"Hey, daddy," I said to Charlie.

"Hey, Bella. I thought you were staying with Alice tonight," Charlie said.

"She's sick," I told him. "Why you sittin' in the dark alone, dad?"

"Just thinkin. I had a long day at work today. We got a complicated case on our hands,"

"Want me to stay with you outside or you want to be alone right now?"

"You can stay if you want. Doesn't matter to me."

I sat on the porch with Charlie the rest of the night and we talked about random stuff. I was glad he never asked about the date. When it turned mid night, he said I had to hit the sack now. I agreed. My consciousness was wearing off by the second.

I feel asleep with Mike's kiss on my lips, and it made me fall asleep pretty fast. I still didn't like the dude, he was such an amateur. But not without kissing, but with everything else about him. Why anyone would want to be exactly like Edward is beyond me.

The next day, I had no school because of the suspension. Tomorrow I was going to the club for the first time. I wonder what we'll do there. I knew Edward would try to get me drunk or something, it was something I knew that evil genius would be capable of. I promised myself that night that I would not lay a finger on any alcohol at the club on Friday night. If Alice started drinking, I would go down with her this time. She was on her own.

Early in the morning, I got a text message on my cell phone. It was from Mike. I hope he wouldn't start stalking me to death or thinking we were going out or something. Mike wasn't my type of guy. What was my type of guy anyway? I read the text message: Hey, Bella its Mike. What you been up to?

I texted back: Nothing. You?

He replied: Just thinking about you.

I replied: Interesting… should I be happy about that?

And he replied: Not sure.

And I replied again: You're never sure of anything.

He replied: I guess you're right.

I'm always right, I thought to myself. Mike just had to agree with everything I said. He was like a golden retriever, way too loyal like a dog. Mike was getting on my nerves. I didn't text back after that. I called Alice instead.

"Hello," she said on the phone in a small voice. It sounded like she was trying and tried to hide it.

"Alice, are you okay?" I asked immediately.

"More or less," she answered. "How was the date with Mike?" She still sounded low and quiet.

"It's was surprisingly not all that bad. Actually, it wasn't bad at all,"

"Oh… glad you had a good time. What did you two find to talk about?"

"Not much,"

"What did you do for 3 hours then?"

"Eat ice cream… and… other stuff,"

"What other stuff?" She sounded interested now.

"Well… he might have asked me something,"

"Ask you what?"

"Before I tell you, please tell me why your mom said you weren't feeling well today. What did your brother do?"

"Oh, we got into an argument,"

"You too get into arguments all the time. What makes this so different?"

"Nothing, Bella. I'll tell you later. Now what happened between you in the Newton kid?" She demanded and I sighed.

"Not much happened,"

"I know something happened. You kissed him, didn't you?" She was mad right and her low voice was high, ready to scream.

"Is that a bad thing?"

"I don't know, but you didn't call me when it happened. And you didn't call when you got home. Why?"

"I was with my dad outside. He had a rough day at work,"

"Oh… so what was the kiss like?"

I was silent for a moment. Okay, what do I do? Tell the truth or lie? What would be better? Tell her it was AWESOME or tell her he's a bad kisser even though that was the best kiss I ever had… and the only kiss nonetheless. "It was alright," I decided to say.

"Alright? Bella, was it good or bad?"

"Alright, it was alright,"

"Nope! Was it good or does he suck?"

"Okay, Alice, I give up. It was the best kiss in the world, are you happy?"

"REALLY? YOU… MIKE… KISS… BEST IN THE WORLD! ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

"Yes, unfortunately. But the kid is so annoying. I hope he doesn't think we're going out or something,"

"Why won't you go out with him? You like him, don't you?"

"Not really! I think I better set him straight before he gets the wrong idea,"

"Suit your self. I'll talk to you later, Bells," Alice said.

"Alright, Ally." I hung up the phone. Now what can I do the rest of the day? Charlie will be at work and I'll have the house to myself. Maybe I could have another make out session with Mike? Nah, it wasn't worth him thinking I was his girl friend. Maybe I could go to Alice's house. She's probably better today. Or she could come to my house. That would probably be better and Rose could come too. At least Edward won't be able to bother us.

I called Rose and Alice to my house. They both said they'll be there in a second. Alice came first and I opened the door for her. "Hey, Ally," I said and hugged her.

"Sup, Bella! Rose here yet?" She asked.

"Not yet. Where does she live anyway?"

"Few blocks away. Her parents aren't home so she has to walk,"

"What happened to her car?"

"It needs a repair. She called a mechanic over to her house in a few hours so she can't stay here for long,"

"We could go to her house then,"

"If she lets us,"

"Alright then. I'll ask her when she comes."

When Rose arrived, we asked if we could come to her house and she said it was no problem. So we talked and watched TV in the living room for a while and headed to Rose's house. Her house was like mansion, just like the Cullen's house. I was the only one with a small house. I felt left out a little.

The inside of her house was beautiful and elegant just like the Cullen's. It was amazing how a like their life style was. "When's the mechanic coming?" Alice asked.

"Right now! It's 4 O' clock," Rose and answered. "I'll say about 5 minutes,"

We went to her room and talked. The TV wasn't on because we never watched TV. Maybe we should have just kept the TV off at all times. We never paid any attention to it.

A knock on the door appeared. "That's him," Rose said, getting up. "Or her."

Alice and I followed her to the front door. She opened it and a tall, handsome guy with long black hair stood in the door way. He was sexy, with hot abs and everything. Yum! Who was he? "What's up, I'm Jake your mechanic," the handsome guy spoke.

"Hey, Jake. Nice to meet you. I'm rose," Rosalie said and Jake nodded.

"Nice to meet you too. Where do I start working?"

"In the garage. I'll show you to it." Jake followed Rose to the garage and Alice and I followed behind.

"It's not that badly broken," Rose said. "It just needs a few minor repairs."

"I think I got this," Jake assured her.

"Want us to stay and keep you company or do you like to work alone?"

"It's alright. I would love to keep you lovely ladies for company."

Rose blushed and rolled her eyes. We hung out in the garage which was actually kind of fun, talking to Jake any stuff. I hated talking about cars, but it was fun with him.

"So what's your name?" Jake asked and I wasn't sure who he was talking to. "The beautiful brunette girl," he cleared up and I blushed. Stupid Bella, don't blush, I said to myself.

"I'm Bella," I said and Alice giggled a little with Rose.

"Nice to meet you Bella. Do you mind helping me with something?" Jake asked.

"Sure, but let me warn you, I'm not good with cars,"

"It's okay."

I walked over to Jake and he held my hand to the car engine. "I need you to remove the spark plug when I start the engine, okay. Just pull this rusty thing,"

I laughed when he said "rusty thing" and he smiled. "I got it," I said and he walked into the car to start the engine. When he did, I pulled the spark plug. The car started roaring more smoothly now.

"I think the engine is cleansed now, Rose!" Jake yelled over the loud roaring of the car.

"Yeah, it's running fine," Rose said.

"Bella, you can let go now!" Jake yelled to me and I let the plug thingy go. He walked back over to me and hugged me. His body was go muscular, I wanted to squeeze him even tighter. "Thanks so much," he said.

"No… problem," I said breathless and he smiled at me. Rose and Alice giggled.

"Thanks, Jake," Rose said. "How much?"

"You know what? I'll make you a deal. You give me Bella's phone number and the repair is free,"

"REALLY?"

"Sure,"

"Bella, give him your phone number," Rose urged and I rolled my eyes.

"Fine," I gave in, but really didn't care. I wanted to give him my phone number. He was HOT!

Now, Jake's in the story! I hope we don't have any Jake haters, wouldn't want to disappoint anyone. Please review and tell me if you like Jake in the story now. And sorry if I had mistakes!