The story of Twilight was created by the wonderful Stephanie Meyer.
Chapter 32: She Will Creep
I turned over in my soft comfortable bed before lazily opening my eyes and then I stared at the mound of my blue pillow softly. It happened to be the only thing in my line of vision because my head was sunk deep into my pillow. My eyes blinked rapidly to moisten themselves and my chest heaved as I breathed deeply through my nose.
Then I patted the left side of the bed as if I was searching for someone but I quickly realized that no one was there. That side of the bed was flat, cold and unoccupied. I lifted my head slightly off of the pillow and looked around the king size bed. I was alone in these white sheets covered with a blue comforter. I slid my arm back to myself feeling the soft blankets slide gently against my skin as I did.
I sat straight up before ripping the covers away from my body to search for whoever was supposed to be laying there next to me. But before I could get up two large pale hands stopped me. I turned my head away from the bed quickly to see their face as I was clearly startled by them coming out of nowhere. My eyes stared straight into the hazel eyes that I knew so well and that were now staring me down .
"Edward..." I said with a smile. He brushed back a lock of my hair before running his fingers softly through my scalp and then gently he pulled back. I could not help but blushed.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." He said and then he bent down towards me as our eyes bored themselves into each other we shared a soft kiss. At first it looked as if we were going to stop but then we ended up bringing our lips back together again. He held my shoulders as we kissed tenderly about several seconds longer. Then he pulled back gently and we both opened our eyes.
"Come back to bed, it's very comfortable but I don't like laying here by myself." I said and he gave me a smile before he walked quickly over to the other side of the bed. He pressed his left knee into the side of the bed to balance himself as he took off his soft blue t-shirt. When he was done he got in to the bed and covered himself with the sheets and the comforter. He looked over at me before putting his hand on my lower back and he pulled me as close to him as I could get.
My torso was facing him and we were chest to chest as our thighs overlapped. I draped my left arm over his right shoulder comfortably. And I watched him closely as he put his hand on the back of my neck and brought our faces close resulting in our lips smashing softly together with love. I felt so happy and complete, made whole.
I laid my head on his chest to feel his smooth skin against my cheek, but then I noticed something from the side of my eye. At the end of the bed I saw the silhouette of someone. My head snapped to where they were and I saw that it was a woman with glossy black hair that even shined in the dimly lit room. She wore the same expression as a college student studying chemistry. She didn't take her eyes off of me and I was already extremely bothered by her and now I started to feel really weak and strange. Then the dream quickly went black.
I woke up with my heart beating so fast against my chest I could feel it thump threw out my ribcage. The dream had left me shaken up and so I unconsciously looked around my room at the familiar things to bring me fully back from the dream. it was only a dream, I told myself but before I could calm down I saw a figure in my corner and it immediately disappeared as quickly as my eyes turned to it.
I stayed frozen on my bed looking at the corner. I could now hear my heart ringing in my ears, but besides that everything in the house was silent. Which was strange because I always left my television on while I slept. I pulled myself back to the head board of my bed until my back was flat against it to get a clear view of my room.
Dead silence was still present but a sign that I was alone here. I took deep breaths through my nose so my heart could get back into its normal rhythm. I looked towards my window and saw the almost sunny morning, only a quarter of my window had the Sun's rays shining through it. I sighed and got up from my bed and went over to the corner, it was just as empty as it has always was. Normal, nothing was wrong and no one was here but me.
Then all to quickly I jerked forward when my alarm clock went off, it sounded a lot louder than it usually did. I looked up at my ceiling with wide eyes before closing them for a couple of seconds. I hurried over to my nightstand quickly and pressed the off button so fast it to snapped back with a pop. I wished the dead silence was back because my ears were ringing my heart pounded again.
Of course I would get scared out of my wits the first thing in the morning the day that I actually have things to do. Now all I wanted to do was to turn on my t.v., roll over in my bed and sleep.
"Jessica! Are you up!" I heard my dad shout annoyingly at me, he yells all the time in the morning. My mom, my sister and I keep saying that is inconsiderate of the people who still sleeping, he says that people should be already up at a certain time.
"Yes!" I answered back.
"Are you going to church!?"
"Yes!"
"Then hurry up! I need to get gas!" He shouted.
"Okay!" I said, then I sighed loudly. I better hurry before he leaves without me. I was was turning towards my dresser when my eyes glanced at the corner once again. The figure that I remembered seeing flashed to my mind once again before I went off to get ready for church.
My father and I were were on our way to church when I got out my ear phones to listen to some music. I was in the middle of listening to a Yolanda Adams song when I heard mumbling in the background, so I took out my buds and looked at my father.
"You said something?" I asked my dad. He turned his milky green eyes to me for a second before putting them back on the road.
"Yeah, I was asking you where did you want me to take you after church?" He asked.
"Leppell's Flowers & Gifts." I said raising my hand to put my ear buds back into my ear but then I saw he opened his mouth to speak again so I stopped.
"Oh, so you're going to pick up something for your sister?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said put my ear buds back into my ears.
~After Church~
We were back on the road and after awhile of watching the road and trees pass us by my mind started to wonder. I started thinking about that dream I had before my paranoid mind had tricked me into thinking that there was actually something in my room. Edward and his hazel eyes and long pale fingers and how I felt being so close to him.
Don't get me wrong it always feels incredible being close to Edward, but usually everything's so intense that I feel like i'm going to faint. However in the dream my feelings for him flowed more smoothly but still just as strong. Will we ever get to a place like that? We just admitted to being friends...
How was he going to tell me that he was a vampire, or will I hint that I already know? I know he's careful but no one likes to hold back their feeling, especially when they are strong ones. How were we going to get to a place in our relationship where he and I could have as many kisses as we wanted? Or for him to even hold me without any restrictions or boundaries. The dream that I had seemed so faraway in reality, perhaps its influence made me think too far ahead. Which is true to the point of being laughable, we haven't even shared one kiss yet.
After our first or even a couple of kisses i'll give it more thought...And i'm such a teenage girl if all I can think about is kissing a boy. I tried not to smile as I thought that.
"We're here." My dad told to me so I turned away from looking straight ahead and towards the store in the plaza and saw that we did arrive at the store. I had expected the ride to be longer.
I unbuckled my seat belt and grabbed my purse before I got out of the car. I had to avoid a couple of cars as I walked through the parking lot, but of course it didn't take long for me to get to the store.
Inside the little store there were colorful gifts and gift bags for every occasion on every shelf. But the isles weren't labeled so I didn't know where to start. I looked over at the counter for help but there was nobody occupying it. I guess I would have to find the right isle myself and then find a gift.
I started to walk down the first isle which first consisted of flowers and then further down there were stuffed animals that read 'Get Well Soon'. 'Lucky me.' I found it on the first isle, any other time I would probably start at the last isle and then work my way up, i'm glad I didn't do that. I walked slowly down the isle looking up and down on both sides for a perfect gift and about a minute later I found what I was looking for. There were rows of Get Well Soon teddy bears holding little balloons on plastic sticks.
The bears themselves were so fluffy and adorable I knew my sister would love one. And on the top shelf I saw a white bear with turquoise overalls and pink flowers on them holding a balloon that said get well soon and had a happier but corresponding design. I smiled to myself because I was happy to find exactly what I was looking for. Now here comes the other challenging part, reaching it. I am not short, I am 5'5, which is perfectly average. It's just sometimes things are out of reach, for example this bear i'm jumping up to get. And I must add that these shelves are really tall.
On my fourth jump I could tell that I was getting closer to succeeding because I touched the fur of the bear. ' Just a little more...'
I kept jumping at it and just before I was about to knock it down someone's hand landed on my shoulder. I was in such concentration that I jumped up in surprise before turning around and gasped. My hand landed on my chest and I was sure that my mouth was still making an 'O' shape.
I looked at the person guilty for scaring me half way to death and saw that it was a woman who was wearing an apron that had the name of the store printed on it in cursive letters. The lady that apparently worked here was tall, and she had an hourglass figure. She looked as if she should have been on a commercial for cosmetics or shampoo because her hair was long jet black and beautiful.
She looked at me with such intimidating and studying eyes that I was overwhelmed and unconsciously took a step back. For some reason she reminded me of the woman that I saw in my dream last night.
"Can I help you?" She said charmingly. Is my over reactive imagination finally causing me to go insane? There's no way that dream was remotely real, she's just some random person. She looked at me with her light blue eyes patiently awaiting my answer.
"Uh, yes. I need to get that bear up there but I can't reach it." I said. With a smile she gave me a semi hard look with her eyes before she looked up and grabbed the bear. And then she looked at it.
"Get well soon?" She mumbled and then she looked at me in question.
"It's for my sister." I said giving her a peculiar look.
"Oh my, well I hope she gets better soon." She said handing the bear to me and for some reason I didn't feel like she meant it at all.
"Thank you." I said and she gave me a curt nod.
"Sure." She said. I turned around to go to the counter and I know that she was supposed to ring me up but the way she followed me reminded me of a predator observing its prey. I could hear the click of her heels against the floor mirroring my own foot steps and time started to move slower than it usually did. Excruciatingly slow. I felt pricks of alarm from the tiny hairs on the back my neck start to stand up. What was the matter with me?
When I finally made it to the counter she went around it to ring me up but she also kept looking at me.
"You know, I always thought short girls were unattractive, you're quite pretty." She said with a smile that was nothing but fake. Ok I recognize a backhanded compliment when I hear it and now I get what's going on here, she's a total b****.
"Uh, thanks." I said. Just because she was like that doesn't mean I have to be, but this makes things a heck of a lot more awkward. I started to fidget uncomfortably where I stood. Would she hurry up so I can get out of here! It's just one item, what is taking her so long?!
"Yeah a girl as pretty as you must have a boyfriend."
"No." I said shaking my head with a tight smile. 'Really lady, really?'
"Oh well, i'm sure you're interested in somebody?" She said.
"I really have to go." I said and she looked up at me with a blank face.
"No problem, that would be $15.59." She said. I went into the pocket of my purse to get the money out and the clerk spoke again.
"You look so young." She said and then she hummed. I glanced at her before speaking.
"Am I supposed to be older?" I asked getting the exact change out of my purse and then I handed it to her.
"It's not that." She said counting the money. "Young girls around your age always go around looking for attention in all sorts of places." That was my cue to ignore her.
"It's sad really, some girls date men as old as their fathers. Some go out with any man that gives them the time of day. And others...love to steal another woman's man" She said. I watched her fingers as they drop each coin in the cash register slowly and making clanking sounds with them as she did.
"Is that right?" I tried to say casually, but I said it too fast. Why was she telling me this anyway?
"Yes it is." She said with a sigh. "And those jealous women who those men had left can get a bit...over the top. Young girls should be careful." She said staring me directly into the eyes and I felt really uneasy all over my body. "But then again if they had the nerve to take away such good man away from those poor women they might deserve whatever comes their way." I swallowed hard after she said that. 'Okay now she has officially freaking me out.'
"Well it's a good thing that I'm not like that so that sort of thing will not happen to me." I said seriously and she silently laughed.
"I'm sure it won't." She said holding out my bag towards me. I grabbed it and gave her and nod before I headed towards the door quickly but not before she said one last thing.
"Goodbye now, and please tell your friends about our store. You never know how soon you will need another good well gift." She said with a creepy smile and squinted eyes, a chill went up my arm.
When I came out of the store I turned my head around to look back at the strange woman. But she was no longer behind the counter. She had been replaced by a short haired blond boy who speaking with another customer. Where did she go? She was just there? I scowled and slowly turned away. I'm sure that other clerk replaced her as normally as any other clerk would replace another clerk, they walked. That's the reason and there's nothing more to it, i'm not going to freak myself out over nothing again.
I went over to my father's car across the parking lot and jump into the car and I accidentally slammed the door too hard. I forcibly leaned back into my seat and stared out of the window at nothing in particular. A worried look had crossed my face. I guess I hadn't shaken off what has happened in the gift store just yet.
"Oh that looks nice...What's wrong." My dad asked me before he started the car. I didn't say anything I just shook my head and put on my seat belt. Then we left the parking lot and went back onto the road. A couple minutes later I was still deep in thought, stuck UN the memory of my encounter with the dark haired women. Why did it bother me so much? I jumped up a little when my phone started to ring.
I picked it up and saw that it was my mom, then I sighed calmly before answering.
Hey guys sorry it's been a long time since I had updated, honestly I'm trying my best but I'm running out of steam. Uh, but I deserve to be punished so I will except the penalty. (Lowers head and walks into a lonely and divorced Carlisle's bedroom.) Oh the pain(wink)
Anyway I really hope that you guys had enjoyed this chapter! I'm currently still writing the next chapter and hopefully i'll be done soon. Please, please, please review! I love to hear what's going through minds, what you think about the story and how you feel about it. And any questions you might have feel free to PM me I love reading them and I love responding! Also I know that this chapter differs a lot from the others but it does have serve a purpose!