Chapter 37
I decided to go to the garage with Edward. I used to do that from time to time way back when so I could help them with the books and to clean their office. It was after all a couple of guys running that office. That day, I didn't want to be away from Edward. I was acting like the annoying, clingy wife. However, I didn't care about that. I just wanted to be close to him. It had been a few years since I have been near him so sue me.
While he was working, I sat on an old back seat from a car that Edward moved over next to the Ford Mustang he was working on. Occasionally, he would ask for either a screw driver or wrench. He would caress my hand as I would hand them to him. Yeah, Edward knew exactly what he was doing to me.
"Hey, Belly Baby Poo," Jake said as he walked in and saw me sitting there. "Fancy seeing you here," I rolled my eyes at the second time I heard that phrase that day.
"Hi Jakie Poo," I returned. "How are you today?"
"Overly tired," he drew out. "A little birdie called me at the Ass Crack of Dawn," he said in his fake accent.
"Sorry dude," Edward said from under the hood of the car.
"Sure, sure," Jake responded and all was right in the world again. My phone rang then. I decided to let it go to voicemail when I saw it was James. He had already tried calling me at least ten times but all have been spread out through out the day. That made me nervous thinking it could have been him calling during lay overs or what ever. When I voiced my concerns, Edward shrugged it off with him saying, "doesn't matter, your not going anywhere and I will protect you." I eventually dropped the subject but that didn't stop me from worrying about it.
"What's wrong with the 'stang anyways?" Jake asked in his normal voice. See, that is what I was talking about. One minute he was talking with an accent and the next he was normal. He was exasperating at times.
"I rebuilt the carb the past few days and a tune up," he said as he popped his head out from under the hood. "Bella and I are going to go grab some grub, want us to bring you something back?"
"Of course, you know what I like," he said as he was bent over the hood of a Ford F-150. See a trend here?
All eyes were on us when we walked into the diner. I saw my dad in the corner so we made our way over to him. He looked at our hands and smiled wistfully since we were holding hands.
"Well you two look cozy," Charlie said as we sat down. Edward placed his arm on the back of my booth and I cuddled into his side.
"Thanks," Edward said with a smile.