Okay, so I didn't get 10 reviews, that will be my goal for this chapter, but I got 8!!! Thank you to the 8 reviews! I really liked them. Sorry for updating late, we had a ton of work today, and with midterms and everything. And my friend and I have been discussing The Office very thoroughly. But enjoy this chapter!
CHAPTER SIX
"Abigail!"
She turned her head towards me, "Anthony? What are you doing here?"
"Um I live like two minutes from here, I was on my way home."
"Oh, right."
I looked at her. She had her hood on, over her hat, as well as gloves and earmuffs and at least two scarves. But she was shaking like crazy.
I quickly ran back to my car and grabbed a blanket- I always kept two blankets in my car, don't ask me why, it just made everything more comfortable. I grabbed only one blanket and ran back to her. She was now shivering even more and her teeth were chattering.
I wrapped the blanket around her hopping that it would at least protect her a little more from the snow.
"Th…th…th…th..tha…thann…thankkk…thank youuuuu."
She was shivering so much, "Why didn't you call someone?"
"I…I lefttt…my phooooonnne….at…hooommeee."
I nodded my head, "Why don't you go in my car and turn the heat up. I'm going to see if I can fix your car."
"But…woonn'ttt….youuuuuuu…getttt…cooolllddddd?"
"Shh…it'll be okay. Just turn the heat up really high."
She walked carefully to my car and got into the passenger seat. I saw her lean in to turn up the heat and I smiled.
I looked at her car.
I learned a lot about cars from Rosalie and my dad. After some inspection of the car I figured out that there was an extremely important part that needed to be replaced. It wasn't that big of a deal, and it wasn't that expensive, but you needed this part in order for the car to work.
And there wasn't another car repair shop around for miles.
I closed the lid of the car and walked back to the driver's side of my car. Abigail finally had stopped shaking.
I turned to her and said, "There's a part in your car that needs replacing. It won't work without the part. There's not another car shop around for a few miles, and I doubt that anyone is open in this weather. But I'm sure that if we just leave your car here, nobody will take it. Why don't we drive to my place and you can call your aunt and tell her that you're coming home? I'll drive you home. How far away is your place?"
From previous conversations I found out that her parents died in a car accident when she was three and she has been living with her aunt ever since, she didn't have any other family.
I was NOT stalking her.
"Um, around thirty minutes from here. But in the snow it would probably be more like an hour. You don't have to take me that far, I can just call a cab or something…"
I started the car and headed to my place, "That's ridiculous, I don't mind driving you home. Won't your aunt be worried about you?"
"She's out of town this week. She had a cooking convention to go to. She won't be back for another week."
I nodded my head. I wasn't really comfortable with her staying in her house all by herself. Especially in this snowstorm. The power could go out and if an emergency happened, she wouldn't be able to call anyone.
Maybe I could convince my parents to let her stay with us for the night…
A minute later we pulled into the garage. I pressed a button to close the garage door behind me. I turned off the car and turned to face Abigail. It was dark, but I could still see all of her facial features.
"Um, my parents are out of town with some of my er, brothers and sisters. So it's just me, Bella, and Edward."
It felt so weird saying their names.
She nodded her head and then smiled. We both got out of the car and walked to the door to the house. Before we went in I realized that this was the first time that I ever brought a girl home. I smiled at the thought, but I was still pretty nervous.
Then I realized, what if my parents were thirsty? No, they went on a hunt a week ago. But maybe I should warn them that I was bringing a human into the house.
Dad? Um, I'm bringing a human into the house. Try not to freak out. And um, try not to eat her?
We walked in and the lights were on. My mom was in the kitchen…making food…odd. And my dad was helping her, what? Did they forget that we didn't eat?
I walked into the kitchen with Abigail next to me, "Hey, um Edward and Bella. Um Abigail's car broke down a few minutes away from here. And I'm going to drive her home, she just needed to use our phone."
My mom said, "There is no way that you are driving in this weather. You two could get hurt. Abigail, you can stay here for the night,"
"Oh, I really don't want to get in anyone's way."
My mom shook her head, "You're not in anyone's way. Do you need to call your aunt to tell her that you'll be staying the night?"
Gee, thanks mom, what if she doesn't want to spend the night because she knows that I'm a freak and she probably hates me? Way to push this on her.
"Well, my aunt's out of town right now. But I suppose I should call her anyways so that if she calls my house she doesn't worry where I am. Thank you for letting me stay the night."
"Of course, you're always welcome in this house. Plus it's dangerous staying home alone in this weather. The phone is in the living room."
She smiled and said "Thank you." Then walked into the next room.
"Mom, why are you cooking?"
"She's going to be hungry."
"What if she didn't want to spend the night?"
She sighed, "That would have been dangerous."
"But I don't want to make her uncomfortable."
"That's why I'm making food."
I thought for a second, "Wait how did you know that she was going to be here? Did Alice see something?"
My dad shook his head, "No actually. And before you think their whole hunting trip was planned, it wasn't. I can read minds remember? I heard you two coming up the driveway and I told Bella."
"Oh, okay. But she might have already eaten, is the dinner really necessary?"
"Yes."
I let out a sigh and turned to my dad. He just smiled then I said, "Stay out of her mind."
"Will do. And tomorrow I'll change that part in her car. It'll be in the garage by the time she needs to leave."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
A minute later Abigail walked back into the room. My blanket still around her jacket, "Um my aunt said that I shouldn't go anywhere in this weather. Thank you so much for letting me stay here."
I turned to her and smiled, "Don't worry about it."
My mom noticed that Abigail was soaking wet now. The blanket really didn't do much.
My mom turned to her and said, "Why don't you jump in the shower so you don't get sick, I'll get some clothes for you."
"Oh, thank you."
My mom went towards her room and Abigail followed her.
I turned to my dad and leaned down so that my head would fall on the table, it made a big banging noise, there might have been a big crack in it later, whatever, "What am I supposed to do?"
"You don't need to do anything. She does not think that you are a freak because you're not."
"Dad…"
"You worry too much."
"There's not much I can do about that now can I?"
"Nope. But you should probably jump in the shower and get changed into your sleepwear."
I nodded my head and then made my way towards my room. I took off my various layers of sweaters and scarves and got a t-shirt and some sweatpants. Then I jumped in the shower. I tried to make it as fast as possible, with cleaning myself enough.
I got out of the shower and put my clothes on. A few minutes later I walked out of the bathroom, my hair was still slightly wet, but there wasn't much more I could do about that.
I walked into the dinning room and Abigail was sitting with my mom and dad. They weren't eating but she was eating the pasta that my parents made for her. They all had science together, so that's why I heard a lot about cells and such.
I took a seat next to Abigail, "Is the pasta good?"
She nodded her head, "Bella and Edward are wonderful chefs. You're not hungry?"
I shook my head, "No."
I didn't explain it any further, because if I did, it would be lying to her and I wasn't going to do that. Tomorrow I was telling her what my parents were and what I was.
Lying would get me nowhere.
Abigail finished and I grabbed her plate to put it in the kitchen before she could. I didn't want her to lift a finger.
When I came back from the kitchen Abigail was still sitting at the table but my parents were sitting on the couch ready to start a movie. I turned to Abigail and then took her hand in mine and brought her over to the other couch so we could watch the movie with my parents.
When we were walking I finally realized what she was wearing. My mom let her borrow on of her t-shirts. It was just plain navy blue. Then I looked down at her pants, she was wearing my sweatpants.
My sweatpants…well duh, I mean it's not like anyone else in this house had any sweatpants besides me. But there was something about her being in my clothes that made her even more beautiful, cute, adorable…sexy.
Shut up Anthony.
I heard my dad laugh at me talking to myself in my mind, I glared at him.
We both sat down on the couch as my parents started the movie. I wasn't paying attention. I could only focus on the beautiful girl sitting next to me. She was sitting so close that our shoulders were touching. I looked at her and she looked back and we both smiled.
It was a little cold in the living room so I took the blanket from the couch and wrapped it around her. She looked up at me and smiled. I smiled back at her. About half way through the movie I could tell that she was getting tired. She rested her head on my shoulder.
Oh. My. God.
Was this what heaven was like?
I wrapped my arm around her shoulder, making it more comfortable for her and she cuddled further into my shoulder.
Yep, this was definitely heaven.
About half an hour later the movie was over and Abigail was fast asleep. I didn't want to wake her, but I didn't want her to sleep on the couch other.
My dad turned to me and said, "Just bring her into the guest bedroom."
I nodded my head. Then moved so that I was carrying her bridal style. Her head was now resting gently on my chest. I'm sure that my heart was pounding like crazy right now.
I walked to the guest bedroom and put her gently under the covers. I turned up the heat really high so that she wouldn't get cold in the middle of the night. Before I left the room I gently kissed her forehead, I couldn't help it. Then I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me.
I walked into my own room and fell asleep dreaming of Abigail the whole night long.
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