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My son's teacher

By: Ann Arston Ara

Translation: ClaryFlynn98

Beta: Ritchee the fangirl

Chapter 23: Anthony, the spy and the ogre (II)

Bella ran with all her strength to the end of the tunnel and when she least thought of it, she had hit Jacob's back.

— Are you alright? — he asked.

Bella nodded nervously and turned to try to see inside the tunnel.

— Bella, what….?

Bella didn't look at Jacob. She just looked at the tunnel.

What was going on? Who wanted to hurt him? And above all, who was that man who was following her even in her dreams?

— Bella? — Bella hugged Jake, scared, and told him:

— Just, just don't leave me alone, please.

Jacob took advantage of this and put his arms around Bella's waist and pressed her, while behind a wall an ogre and a spy were pointing in their direction.

— We can't shoot them — said Anthony and Edward grunted in acceptance. — Bella would find out and then we'd be in big trouble.

Edward grunted again in the direction of his son, who laughed softly at the way his father was behaving.

Jacob and Bella approached the batting cage, as Jacob had been determined to teach Bella how to bat.

— Are you sure we can do this?

Jake smiled and waved his neck in the air, picked up a bat, and waved it with expert moves.

— We're here alone Bella, relax.

Bella looked around the empty stadium and said not too convinced:

— Sure…

— You should relax a little, Dad — said Anthony with a baseball ball in his hand.

— Do you know how to play? — Edward asked his son, who shrugged his shoulders and threw the ball into the machine behind them.

The machine was old, one of those machines that throw baseballs non-stop and that expert players hit. Anthony smiled openly and walked up to the machine.

— Help me.

Edward stood up and helped his son push the machine to the wall where they were hiding.

— This is going to be very funny — Anthony whispered, making his father smile at his son's cleverness.

— Jake, I'm not going to bat, really, I can't — Jacob rolled his eyes and grabbed Bella's hand, luring her to the base.

— Listen, you just take the bat like this — said Jacob, putting it in her hands and touching them.

…

— Wait — said Anthony to Edward.

…

— Well now I'm going to throw the ball to you, right? — Bella denied saying:

— Jake… — but Jacob sighed and made her be quiet, and then he got behind her and pressed her to his body so that he could feel her as close as possible.

— Now… — said Jake, squeezing her tighter, so tight that Bella felt like throwing up — you move it like this — continued Jake, forcing her to swing the bat. Bella nodded and Jake left a kiss on her neck that made her want to hit him in...

— Wait — said Anthony again. Edward looked at his son annoyed and snarled at him, saying:

— That King Kong's attempt has his hands on her.

…

Jake walked away and took the ball in his hands, made a turn that Bella wanted to laugh at and then threw the ball.

…

— Now! — Anthony screamed. Edward activated the machine and it threw a ball hitting Jacob in the thigh making him fall.

Bella looked at the bat in her hands and then at Jacob lying on the ground not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Jake got up from the floor as if nothing had happened and said:

— It was beginner's luck.

He walked to the ball that almost broke his leg and took it carefully, made the same turn and threw it again.

— Now! — shouted Anthony. Edward pressed the button again and this time the ball that the machine shot hit Jacob in the stomach leaving him breathless.

….

Bella looked at the bat in her hands and then turned to Jacob, who was on the floor trying to get some air. She hadn't hit the ball, she was sure. So where did the ball, that hit Jacob, come from?

In a disguised way she looked around the stadium trying to see something, and, in the background, she could see a hair that she would recognize from thousands of miles away if she could see it. She smiled unconsciously and saw Jake rise from the stadium floor with grass on his face.

Okay, that was hilarious.

In all her life she had never had a date involving three people, the only question she had was who could Anthony be with? Was he alone? That made her want to walk over to him and, as she was about to do so, she stopped in her tracks. It was Edward she had seen, and Anthony was with him.

What were those two doing together?

— You're good, but you could not aim in my direction every time you bat — Bella looked at Jake carefully. She didn't know Anthony's intentions, or Edward's, but she was sure she wanted to know how far this would go.

— I'm sorry — she said to Jake, smiling openly. Jake sighed and said:

— One more time.

— Jake, I don't think that… — started to say Bella but Jake interrupted her by saying:

— What could happen?

— That's what I'm afraid of — whispered Bella in a worried voice.

Jake moved the ball and threw. Bella closed her eyes and heard a strange sound, then Jake moaned in pain and fell back to the floor.

— Are you alright, Jake? — Bella asked, throwing the bat on the ground and running in his direction. — Oh God, Oh God! — she said when she saw that his nose was bleeding.

— I'm fine — whispered Jake in a choked voice.

He stood up carefully from the stadium floor and stood still for a moment, then laughed out loud. Bella frowned a little frightened and took several steps back.

— Don't be frightened — said Jake calmly, and then he laughed out loud again. — You know? I've never had so many accidents on a date and it'll sound silly, but I think it's funny. — Bella denied a couple of times before giving him her hand to help him up.

— You hit your head hard — said Bella. Jake smiled and said as he stood up:

— I think I need a doctor — Bella nodded and helped him out of the stadium to the hospital.

Bella hated hospitals, she hated the smell of the ill in them, the spirit of death that walked among the people who were waiting for some news of their relatives, the sadness in the eyes of the people who prayed daily for their sick, she hated all that.

— Oh, hell — Jake's voice brought her from where her thoughts were leading her.

— Miss Swan, you can wait for your friend in the waiting room — said the doctor in discomfort.

Bella nodded, grateful that she could escape from that dreadful place, and she went out of the room where Jacob was being examined. Well, now she had to find something to do while she waited for Jake's nose to be cured.

She looked for a place to sit and managed to spot Edward's hair in the distance, as if he were hiding.

"Hmm, so they followed me here." Bella thought.

She walked, carefully, hiding behind some medical students until she got close to her two spies, who were "hiding" in one of the hospital corridors.

— Stop drawing so much attention, Dad — Anthony said with folded arms, looking annoyed and bored.

— Don't you think they took too long in that room already? — asked Edward shaking his left foot nervously. Anthony snorted and rolled his eyes saying:

— They are in a hospital room and they are not alone, the doctor is there with them.

— You're just teasing me, aren't you? The doctor may be friends with King Kong's attempt, and he may be helping him. Bella could be needing us at this very moment — emphasized Edward as he tried to get up.

— What I need right now is for you two to explain to me why you are following me.

The tone of voice Bella was using at the time only meant she was upset. Edward, or the cowardly ogre as Anthony would now call him, opened his mouth and closed it again, not knowing what to say.

— I'm... sorry? — whispered Anthony in question mode. Bella raised an eyebrow in Edward's direction and crossed her arms, tapping her right foot on the floor. Anthony struck his father in the ribs, drawing his attention. When Edward turned to see his son, he pointed to Bella.

Edward sighed and stood up, standing taller than Bella, who recoiled a little intimidated by the proximity.

— I'm not going to tell you that I'm sorry when I don't — Edward faced her, with a fortitude and confidence that he didn't feel. Suddenly a doctor approached where they were.

— Miss Swan, you may enter the room now. Mr. Black is waiting for you —with that, the doctor turned and left the way he had come.

Edward was divided, on one hand he thanked God that Bella couldn't continue to tease them, but on the other hand, he would rather she stay angry with them than have to go back to the room with that one.

Suddenly, Bella confronted them and said:

— This conversation isn't over. I won't let this go. Tomorrow I'm coming to your house and you better have a good reason for following me, otherwise you're going to see me angry and I assure you that you're not going to like it — Bella turned and went to the room where Jacob was.

Anthony and Edward had been stunned. They didn't expect Bella's burst of genius. She was always so sweet, gentle, although well, Edward still remembered the kick she had given him, so he didn't know what he was surprised about.

— We'd better start thinking about what we're going to tell her tomorrow, otherwise she's going to kill us, don't you think, Anthony? — Edward looked at his son as if he had all the answers. All Anthony could think about was keeping Bella from being angry with him. He loved her too much for her to leave, so he told his father:

— Dad, you're the adult, so think something up.

The two of them looked into each other's eyes and turned to leave the hospital, thinking about what they would say tomorrow to appease her, because the truth could make her angrier.

— I'm sorry about all this — said Bella when Jake stopped in front of her apartment building.

— Don't worry, I'm fine, nothing else matters.

Bella looked at the entrance of the building and opened the car door to get out.

— Bells… — said Jake before Bella got out of the car.

— Yes? — Bella asked, looking at Jake intently. Jacob smiled at her and Bella thought it was funny because his nose looked like Rudolf's.

— Thanks for going out with me.

Bella didn't know why, but this time she was the one who kissed him on the cheek. Jake, despite his crazy attempts, had made her feel good and she had to thank him somehow. She knew she couldn't have a romantic relationship with him, but they could be friends.

— Thank you for everything too — she said before she got out of the car and watched it speed away.

When she turned, she hit the chest of someone scared? She backed up but stumbled and nearly fell. She closed her eyes waiting for the blow, but strong hands stopped her fall.

— I'm sorry, I didn't notice you — said a voice that Bella recognized. She opened her eyes and found herself with black eyes, looking at her with attention. Her body began to tremble with fear.

Frightened, Bella rejoined and let go of the stranger's grip without courtesy.

— I didn't see you either — said Bella walking towards her building.

— Well, I'm a little big, it's only natural that I look like a tree to you — said Dimitri following her.

Bella had never felt so nervous, yet she didn't show it. She smiled at the stranger with courtesy and said:

— I'm distracted — the blond man nodded and smiled, showing his white teeth. Bella turned and Dimitri made her stop in her tracks when he called her name.

— Isabella, keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer.

— Who…? — Bella turned immediately but the man was gone. He was gone. Nervously she entered her building as Dimitri watched her from the dark alley with his hand on a man's neck.

— Who sent you? — she asked in a whisper, with his sharp voice and a razor in his hands.

*Insert dramatical music here* Sorry! It's not my fault that the author loves drama and leaving us with intrigue.

Can you guess who should be studying for her college exams but instead is translating another chapter? Yes, me xD

And, as Savage Rob said: "That is the worst date ever" hahaha. I loved that comment! It made my day

Since I'm "talking" about comments, I wanna say thanks to every person who wrote one on the last chapter: Savage Rob, queen cullen0527, Canyaceme, motherbeatrice, joshuasmom131.

Also, welcome to Canyaceme and leinchen to the story. I hope you like it :)

See you on Monday! (I have that chapter already translated, okay? I won't forget it again hahaha)

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