Title: Summer Liaisons 2
Pairing: Paul/Bella
Genre: Drama/Angst
Rating: M
Word Count: 500
Prompt: Young Summer's "Waves that Rolled you Under"
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Summer Liaisons 2
She avoided eye contact. He probably overdid it. He usually had game, but she did something to him. He wasn't himself.
Paul started back after making a tentative appointment. No idea why she didn't want to see Jacob. Had he ever heard him mention her? Maybe. Paul thought her father was chummy with Billy.
He couldn't stop himself from having one final look. She didn't go back. She walked farther away, close to the water. Bella picked up a stick. She was drawing something in the sand. He wasn't sure but it looked like she was upset.
His feet had a mind of their own. He ended up following her.
"Hey, everything okay?"
She quickly wiped at her eyes, "Yes, it's just all this damn sand. It gets in my eyes."
He looked down and saw a small heart in the sand.
His nosy attitude prevailed, "What's that for?"
"Nothing, I need to go. See you next week, Paul."
He looked back at the three passed out lugs in the backseat. Quil was bobbing his head to some annoying tunes.
"So, you know that Cullen chick is off limits, right?"
"I was just talking to her."
"Bullshit. You don't just talk to women."
"What do you know that I don't?"
Quil said Jacob briefly dated her and really liked her. She dumped him for Fancy Pants. "Everyone knows Cullen's a player. I heard he only married her because she was knocked up, but she didn't look pregnant and that was almost a year ago. Probably rumors. Who knows? Jake's still sensitive about it.".
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Paul purposely told her Tuesday afternoon because Jacob took night classes two nights a week. Bella pulled in her Mercedes. He stopped what he was doing, jumped a tool box and ran to the counter before Seth greeted her like normal.
"Hi Bella, right on time. I was just finishing up an alignment. I ordered the parts especially for your vehicle, they came in this morning." She looked around nervously.
"He's at class."
"I'm sorry. He deserved better."
He offered her a seat in the office. She said she didn't have a ride, but he told her it would be at least an hour.
Paul returned to the office to find her in a heated discussion on her phone. He backed out but she waved him back in.
She hung up, made a frustrated noise. "I don't know what I'm doing. We keep losing contractors. You don't know any trustworthy handymen, do you?"
He handed her the bill. Paul said something totally unplanned and barely truthful, "I do a little carpentry, whatcha got?"
"Renovating the pool-house. Are you really interested?"
"Yeah, Bella... I'm very interested."
~Thanks for reading.
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