Bella and Jacob get stuck in a lift when the city suddenly undergoes black out.

A cute two shot, stay safe and have a happy weekend.

Bed of Roses

Chapter 1

Bella

I'd left the bachelorette party of Angela as the designated driver, bringing my friends home, though they didn't really drink much, but they had kept their cars at home.

It was close to three in the morning so I started driving back across town to my home after dropping all of them.

I sipped on the water left in my bottle and made my way inside the building premises.

"Hold the elevator!" I called out . A hand shot out, sending the doors flying back and I skipped inside.

"Thanks," I breathed, setting my bag down and rearranging the skirt of my rather small black dress. How Emily had convinced me to wear it, I'll never know.

"No problem," the most body-melting, husky voice spoke.

I looked up, and a face that matched all those above adjectives and more was smiling back at me.

"Which floor?" he asked brightly as the doors closed.

"Ah, fourth ," I whispered. We both glanced at the buttons, the fourth button was already lit.

"I guess that makes us neighbours," he said with a grin, looking over my face.

Got to say his grin was infectious as I grinned back ."408 ,nice to meet you."

He laughed "410."

"Wow! Why have I never bumped into you before?!" He grinned at me and we looked up to the numbers over the door.

1…2... 3...

Crash. The lift stopped abruptly, sending myself and my water bottle(empty, thank God) into the stranger.

The lights went out immediately and a few back up lights came on.

He crouched down and opened a panel, taking out the emergency phone. "I can't believe this." He hit the receiver. "It's dead."

"So we can't call for help?" I whispered. He grimaced, but pulled out his cell phone.

"I'll ask my friends to come up and tell management." Before he could even dial, his phone was ringing.

" Sam ? "

I was close enough to hear the deep voice coming from the ear piece.

" Is the power gone at your place, too?". This was probably a city-wide blackout.

He began explaining to his friend the details of where we were and that he wanted him to come up to find the management and get them to find some help.

Meanwhile, I moved to the other side of the elevator to give him more privacy and then I called Emily, hoping she'd still be awake.

"Bella, what do you think you're doing, calling me at a time , the power's after going out..."

"Emily the power's gone everywhere. I'm trapped in the elevator between the third and fourth floors."

"God! Is anyone else there?"

"Yes," I sighed, trying to make sure she sounded quiet in the small space.

"Is he cute?"

"Yes." I sighed dramatically "Emily just get up here and find out how to save me. I also don't know how long the lights are going to last."

"Okay, I'm on my way but send me a picture of elevator-boy."

"SAVE ME!" I yelled, though she barely caught it, hanging up.

I sighed which was when I heard a click and looked up to see the stranger aiming his camera phone at me. I'll admit, it was a bit flattering, but it was also a little bit creepy.

"Sorry," he said with an adorable grin. "I thought it might be nice to have a picture of the person I'm going to die in here with." I smiled, and before he could lose the cute look on his face.

I snapped my own picture and sent it to Emily, with the title 'Room 410' on it.

He sat down on the floor next to me and rested his arms on his knees. "My name is Jacob Black."

"Bella Swan."

"My friends are on their way " he said softly. We turned to look at each other, and for a second I completely forgot what the problem was. His silky black hair was falling like a curtain around his face but he ran his hands over it to push it back.

He was breathtaking, as proven by the fact that I had forgotten to breathe, again.

"My friends are coming too," I stammered. "Maybe they'll meet up downstairs and then we'll all know each other," I murmured.

Jacob laughed, a shy smile appearing over his lips again while he typed something to one of his friends.

"JEEZ . HE'S GORGEOUS. WHAT A WAY TO MEET." Was Emily's text playing across my screen. I sighed and let my head fall against the wall.

He breathed out, blowing his hair from his forehead. I noticed, for the first time that he was dressed in a black blazer, white dress shirt and a loose tie.

'Where are you coming from?" I asked while looking at him.

"Bachelor party. My friend's getting married tomorrow. And you ?" He asked .

"Bachelorette party. Wedding's tomorrow, too."

"Yours?"

"No ." I was getting tired now. "My friend Angela's."

"Small world," He grinned at me "She's marrying my friend, Ben."

"Aw, too bad we won't be able to go, dying in here."

Jacob nodded sadly and stared ahead.

"Do you mind?," I yawned, leaning closer to him. "If I slept on you for a little bit?"

He smiled at me and shook his head, so I curled up next to him.

After some minutes, he rested his head on my own and I went to sleep.

Hour Two

Emily

Jeez. Why did Bella have to live in such a weird part of town? It took me almost 20 minutes to drive out there. It didn't help, that trees had fallen over in some of the roads so I had to drive around them.

Things were dark and quiet at her apartment building, and I used my key to get inside. I stopped when I noticed someone else, mashing the elevator buttons.

"Excuse me," I called, walking a little faster towards him. "The power's out, if you haven't noticed. The elevator is stuck, my friend is inside."

The man turned and smiled at me sheepishly. "I know, my friend is inside too. I was hoping I'd get lucky."

So, Bella's Jacob is pretty good looking I'll admit, but this guy was so much better to look at.

He had a mop of black hair on his head and bright obsidian black eyes.

"I'm thinking we should go wake up Mrs Crowley..She is the management here, and all." He nodded and followed me down the hallway, then knocked on the old lady's door.

It took a good few bangs, but eventually she came. We heard her muted footsteps stomping towards the door and then it was flung open, revealing the elderly woman with rollers in her hair and an old nightgown. "Listen, you kids aren't the only one's without any power, half the city is gone- go upstairs and do what you do in the dark, and come morning, everything will be back to normal."

I actually blushed at what she had implied and glanced at my new friend who was smirking happily.

"Actually Mrs Crowley, we're here because the elevator is stuck. Both our friends are left inside." She froze, eyes darting between the two of us before she sighed in horror .

"Frank!" she yelled, turning to go back inside.

"My name's Sam " he said as we sat in Mrs. Crowley's living room as she talked with the plant owner to get our friends out.

"I'm Emily," I told him, drawing my feet up to me on the couch while sipping on some sort of juice I couldn't pick out in the dark.

"Pleasure meeting you under such strange circumstances," he said with a goofy grin that was barely illuminated in the candlelight . I grinned and held out my hand to shake his.

"Well my dears," Mrs. Crowley said gently as she sat herself down in between the two of us. "I'm sorry that you had to come all the way out here. Frank is going to get someone over to get them out, so if you'd like you can head back home. We'll tell your friends to call you."

As politely as I could I shook my head no and smiled at her. "I think I'll just head up to Bella's for a while. The roads are too bad to get anywhere else."

"I'll probably head up to Jacob's, too,"

Sam said, smiling adorably .

He stood up and offered me a hand, leading me towards the door. In the kitchen we dropped off our glasses and left our cell numbers on the fridge.

"Have a good night, dears," Mrs. Crowley said.

Now that she was awake, she didn't seem very much like a grumpy old bag.

When we got to the staircase Sam was chuckling to himself softly. "What's so funny?" I asked.

He just shrugged and opened the door to the stairwell. I pushed past him quickly.

"Race you!" I yelled and began skipping half the stairs. I was at the second floor before he caught up with me.

We were both laughing loudly as we stumbled and bumped our way up to fourth floor.

I slipped my key into Bella's door and began to kick off my shoes. It was dark and quiet- I'd almost expected Bella to be here.

"I guess I'll go to Jacob's, now," Sam said, standing in the doorway and looking rather lonely.

"You can stay here, if you'd like," I found myself saying. " I mean- what's the point of us splitting up if we're here for the same reason and we have nothing to do?"

Sam grinned and stepped inside, shrugging out of his jacket. I shut and locked the door behind him, smiling to myself.

"I don't suppose Bella would mind if we ate her perishable food items, would she?" My stomach growled it's response.

"Not at all," I said, jerking open the dark fridge door. "You find us something and I'll go find the candles." Sam nodded and began flicking through the cupboards to find glasses and plates.

I managed to find a handful of candles in a sidetable in the living room, and even more when I poked through Bella's closet. I used my phone as a flashlight while finding matches, and then placed the candles all over the living room, hurrying to light them all.

Sam came in with a huge smile on his face,bringing a large platter of food. From the hallway closet I pulled out blankets and pillows .

"How are you feeling about cards, really, since that's the only thing you can play with two people..." Sam laughed and pulled the deck from my hand.I don't know how long we were playing Crazy 8's, and Queens while we talked and got to know each other better.

He was absolutely amazing. Aside from good looks , he was was smart and funny too. I'd decided that there was no way I was letting him go.

If he didn't ask me out before Bella and Jacob were saved, I was asking him out in the morning.

"God, I'm so tired," I yawned , rubbing my eyes. My entire body felt thick with sleep. "I think I'm going to close my eyes for a bit."

"Okay," Sam said. "Me too. Blow out the candles, though, so that we don't kill anyone." I did as he asked, plunging us into darkness.

We quietly whispered goodnight and fell asleep.

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