Never Let You Go: The BBQ Part 2:
Quil's POV:
"Hello?" I answer the phone on it's third ring while heading home from a long and gruelling shift in the "yard."
"Hey man, my mom is engaged to Charlie Swan now, they're having some sort of BBQ tomorrow to celebrate. Anyways, I was hoping to shoot some hoops, you want to come?"
"Uh… yeah I'll be there. What time?" I asked. I knew that I sounded tired, and it's because I was. I didn't want to have to be up too early in the morning. Honestly, at the moment, all I wanted was to lay back and drink a nice cold one.
"The BBQ starts at 11, but come by anytime. See you tomorrow dude!" Seth was always excited, just a real happy go lucky guy.
I'd always been that way myself. I was lost in thought as I stretched out on the couch and popped the top of a Bud Select. I took a big gulp and turned the TV on. There was a game to catch.
I thought it was funny how for the past ten or so years, I'd been a real ladies man, but that shit wore me out now. I wanted one woman, someone to come home to. Someone who I could provide for, and she'd make sure I've got something to eat other than beer and tv dinners.
Hell, my stubborn self even wanted a kid now. I never saw that for myself in the future, but the house was just so damn… quiet.
Sure, I'd met some nice girls along the way, the last several years, but none that I could imagine making my wife. None that I could imagine procreating with. I chuckled aloud at the thought and took another relaxing swig of my beer.
It wasn't long before the game ended, the house was dark, and my tired ass was snoring on the couch right where I'd been sitting for the game.
Light filtered into the house through the pulled blinds. It woke me up and I stretched out. My back was sore from the day before at work, then sleeping on the couch instead of my perfectly good bed certainly didn't do me any favors.
I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and made my way up the stairs to take a shower and change clothes. I couldn't believe I'd fallen asleep in my disgusting work clothes. I'd scare everyone away with my stank if I showed up to the barbecue like this.
The shower water was hot and hit in all the right places. I don't know why it hadn't before, but it finally dawned on me that this was Sue Clearwater and Charlie Swan's BBQ… that meant that there was a very good chance that Bella Swan would be there.
My heart rate stupidly picked up a bit, I had to remind myself that the last time I'd seen my teenage wet dream, a few years back, she was still with that Cullen douche-bag. They were probably happily - well they were probably married by now. I couldn't understand how a woman like her could be happy with a prick like him.
Bella Swan had been the girl of my dreams from the moment I'd seen her hanging out in Jake's garage the summer I turned sixteen. She was smart and quick witted, but still sweet and charming. She had huge, innocent chocolate brown eyes and long brown hair with some red in it. What do they call that? Auburn. She had long, auburn hair.
I continued on my train of thought as I made quick work of washing my thick hair. My stomach rumbled and it reminded me how Bella had always brought snacks and baked goods with her when she came to the garage. They were always delicious.
I shut the water off and patted myself down with the towel to dry off. I shook out my hair and pulled on a basic tee shirt and some basketball shorts. I took a quick look in the mirror and knew I looked good. Confidence was always my strong suit. I shoved my feet into some running shoes and grabbed my wallet and keys. I was glad to be getting out, the house was just too quiet these days.
"Ay yo Clearwater!" I yelled as I jogged up to the park and saw him with a few of our other friends already warming up. My house was just half a mile or so down the road from the park, so I'd opted to come on foot instead of taking the pickup. It was surprisingly hot out today, so I was already sweating a little. Damn. I was hoping to see Bella before I got dirty and smelly.
"Ay yo Ateara!" He yelled back and the other guys hooted and hollered. We all sounded like a bunch of idiot frat boys, but that was the fun of it.
I stopped to say a quick 'hello' to both Sue and Chief Swan, then I finished the jog up to them and set my phone and shit on the bench next to where they all had put theirs.
Just as we were about to start the scrimmage, the Black van pulled up and we had two seven year old boys and a toddler sized girl running around, all wound up. The twin boys, Collin and Brady darted towards Seth, their uncle and official superhero.
"Quilly, Quilly!" Claire Black, Jake and Leah's 4 year old stumbled her way towards me, holding her daddy's hand. "I gots a new dwess!" She told me excitedly and jumped up and down trying to show off her pink dress.
"Is that so? Well you look mighty fine in it little girly!" I scooped her up and lifted her in the air. I set her down on my shoulders and her teeny tiny arms wrapped around my neck as she squealed in delight. I was around a lot since I was close friends with Jake and Seth, Leah by proxy, and for whatever reason Claire just loved me. I didn't mind, the Black kids were my God children anyways.
"Hey man, you look beat." I stated when my attention finally turned to Jake. He looked under the weather for sure.
"Yeah, I think I'm catching a cold or something. Sucks too, I wanted to play some b-ball with you guys while the kids were distracted." He laughed a little. "I think I gotta sit this one out though."
Claire started wiggling, antsy to get down so I set her down and watched her run up to Embry and his wife Kat, who had just pulled up too.
Leah took that moment to finally make an appearance, I think she'd gone to talk with the Chief and her mom first too. She gave me a quick hug and we all caught up for a moment.
"Hey! Charlie! You wanna come play?" Seth called out.
"Ohhh, no. I'm gonna leave it to you young guys. I'd school ya anyways!" Charlie shouted back, laughing and shaking his head.
We had been scrimmaging for a while and several more guests had arrived, but there were still no appearances from Bella or Edward. I'd been keeping an eye on the lot, anticipating her arrival, and dreading his.
I really needed to get my head in the game. Seth passed the ball over, then picked for me, making Embry stumble when he turned to follow me on defense. This left me with a wide open shot, so I rolled around them and tossed a perfect layup.
"Hell yeah!" Seth said at the same time as one of his other buddies who'd been on our team shouted, "that's game!"
All of us on the winning team high-fived each other and gave ourselves a pat on the back. It had been a while since I'd played and just had a good time. I was glad to know that I still had it, especially since some of the guys here were a good few years younger than me.
We made our way off the court to grab a couple of beers and some grub. I followed some of the other men who were all headed towards the pavilion where the ladies were chatting and the drinks were being kept cold in the shade.
When we got there, there was a woman with her fine ass stuck up in the air, attached to her gorgeous set of feminine legs. Her dress was pulled up and her black lace panties were just barely visible. Some of the guys were staring and starting to whistle at her, being obnoxious. I just, painfully, peeled my eyes away from her in an effort to be respectful, and used the bottom of my tee shirt to cover my eyes and wipe the sweat off my face.
When I dropped my shirt back down and my eyes readjusted I was speechless when I saw that the woman had turned around. Her cheeks were a bright red in her embarrassment and her hair was long, auburn, and braided to one side, showing off the feminine curve of her neck. Her large, beautiful brown eyes met mine.
Oh fuck me. That ass, those long legs, those beautiful, heart stopping, fucking eyes… they belonged to none other than Bella Swan herself.
I swelled with pride when I could see her eyes flash with desire. She wanted me. I was thankful for that, because holy hell, I wanted her too. She was wearing a little black sundress with flowers all over it. It hugged her tits perfectly, and it hinted at the roundness of her hips. She had been beautiful when we were teenagers, but time and age had done her well. Now, Bella was the most gorgeous woman I'd ever laid eyes on. She was sexy and all woman now.
"Bud Select, please." It took me forever to realize that she had asked me a question and was waiting on my answer.
She turned and bent over the cooler again to grab my drink along with the other ones. This time she was careful not to let her dress slide up so far. I smiled at the thought, but kept my eyes off of her ass, as hard as it was.
"Yo, Quil, you coming? Ready to go back out?" Seth called out from somewhere behind me. I waved him off and said something about catching up with them later, but didn't have any real intention of leaving Bella anytime soon. Edward was nowhere to be seen, and she wasn't wearing a ring on her finger, and I intended to find out why.
"Quil Ateara?" She asked, but I saw the recognition had already crossed her feature, she'd already figured out who I was.
"Bella Swan?" I replied without answering her question. I just smiled at her with the most charm possible and loved it when she smiled right back.
Author's Note:
I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! I will switch between their POV sometimes, but this should be the only one that is the same events being told from each perspective. I thought it was important for their initial meeting to be told by then both.
Make sure you check out my other story, Exposed and while you're at it, hop over to MacabreMystic, my beta, and check out her story empty gold!
Happy reading!
~Dahlia~