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This chapter is unedited in every way. Meaning I didn't even spell
check! I just want this up. It will get revised sooner or later. So
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Previously:
"Sadie!" he shouted as I stood up and waited for the bear hug.
"Uncle Charlie!" I said as excited as I could get.
"You'll never guess who was asking about you today?" Charlie said as he pushed me to arms-length.
"Oh?" I asked genuinely curious, "Who's that?"
"Victor Pent!"
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I've always thought of
Charlie as a father, but I have to admit, his matchmaking skills are
not the best. Although I wasn't really surprised at the news he was
about to tell me, Victor was a number of firsts for me. First best
friend who was a boy, first crush, first kiss, first "boyfriend"
and first "ex-boyfriend". We had a lot of history, but when
I left Forks it had been sudden, almost overnight, I didn't really
get the chance to tell him where I was going. I had always assumed
that he took it as rejection, because he had never once tried to
contact me. I felt really bad about it, because I sort of still did
have those "puppy love" feelings for him.
"Victor Pent huh?"
I stated as I tried to smile. Maybe if I smile
and nod, he won't bring anything more of him up.
I thought as my hopes where shot down.
"You know, that kid
is going somewhere." Charlie directed more to the couple at the
table than to me. Trying to impress someone
Charlie? I thought as I pasted a confused
smirk on my face. Did he think he was suddle? No, he was definitely
trying to push something.
"Isn't that right?"
Bella said from the table as she tried to hold back a giggle. I
didn't know exactly what was going on behind my back, but apparently
the two thought this was hillarious.
There's a few things in
life I can't stand, one would be being out of the loop, especially
when the loop involves the three other people in the room and not
myself.
"What's going on
here?" I asked really confused now. I turned to look at the two
occupants of the table, whom where surpressing giggles. Which
surprised me, amazingly enough. Then turned to look at Charlie again.
"Well, I would just
say don't worry about getting settled in for tonight." Charlie
told me. I couldn't believe how oblivious I am. He's trying to set me
up with my former crush! Well, that's just
great.
"He'll be around
later, maybe you two should get back in the know." He continued.
"You know, he was just crushed when you left."
For some reason beyond me, that felt like such a low blow. Maybe it was because I might still have feelings for him, or maybe because I knew I had broken his heart. But I was ten, he was eleven I got over it. Was it really that serious between us? I thought just before the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!"
Charlie exclamed before he let go of his grip and walked out of the
kitchen, toward the front door.
"Oh, just be happy
that he's not trying to get you together with Jacob Black."
Bella said before the two had another one of those secret giggles. I
turned back to sit at the table before I put my head in my hands and
prayed that people would stop trying to pry into my life. Charlie's
voice and an unfamiliar voice could be heard from the foyer. I tried
to hope for the best as I could hear the voices getting louder. I
dropped my head on to the table, placed my hands on the back of my
head and pulled my head into the table. If God existed, he would have
striked me down that second. Wishful thinking.
"...She'll really
appreciated that Chief." The unfamiliar voice said as it rounded
the corner following Charlie.
"Sadie." The
tone of shock could be easily detected. I lifted my head out of my
hands and turned to look at the source of the voice. It definitely
didn't look like the boy I remembered. He had lost all of the boyish
charm that remained in my mind. He had become a man.
"Victor." I said
sort of dumb-founded. "You've changed so much." I said as I
stood up. Victor walked over to me and wrapped his long, strong arms
around my small frame.
"You haven't changed
at all. Sadie." He said while we embraced. He pulled me out of
the hug to hold me at arm's length and gave me a good look over.
"Okay, so maybe you have gotten taller." He kidded before
he giggled a little.
Our eyes remained locked
together for what seemed hours, just silently welcoming each other.
It had been years since we've last seen each other. Those deep auburn
eyes. They had always entranced me, they were always so welcoming and
kind.
"Well..."
Charlie said from doorway. Breaking our focus. "Maybe you two
should go out for diner tonight. Catch up and remember the good-ole
days." Charlie suggested. Victor clearly didn't want to
interfere with me getting settled in as it didn't take him long to
protest.
"You know, Sadie's
probably really jetlagged and she would have to unpack and..."
It was terribly cute that he was trying to make excuses so that he
didn't impose on me, but I actually wanted to go out, so I had to
step in.
"Victor," I said
cutting him off, "my luggage can wait a night and I'm not that
jetlagged. I'd love to go out for dinner."
Victor seemed a little
surprised that I actually wanted to go out with him. Maybe he was
nervous, although I really doubted it. From what I remember and heard
about him, he's grown to be a really confident guy.
"Well, there's this
really good Italian place in Port Angeles..." Again he was cut
off, not by me, but by one of the two sitting at the table.
"Bella Italia!"
Bella shouted, a little too excited, "It's a really nice
restaurant. You guys should really go there." I was feeling very
suspicious of Bella that moment. She never used to act like that, so
why would she start then?
"Sounds good..."
I said a little uncertain, "Just let me go freshen up." I
said before turning to the table to grab Bella. I pulled her up the
stairs behind me.
"So, I'm just
curious..." I said as I ran between my new room and the
bathroom. "It seems like you've changed..." I was a little
concerned, because the Bella I knew would never act like she just
had. "A lot." I ended my statement hesitenly while I tried
to put some on eyeliner.
"Oh. It just that..."
Bella hesitated as she sat down on the bed. "That restaurant has
some history for me." She sighed, "Hey, maybe Edward and I
should go with you two!" I knew that she was trying to change
the subject and I personally didn't have the energy to pry the truth
out of her.
"No, we'll be just
fine alone. Besides I have a lot of catching up to do." I said
going back into the bedroom and placing my makeup bag on to the
dresser. I returned to the largest piece of luggage, which contained
the majority of my wardrobe. I needed to get out of my skirt, it was
much too cold in Forks to go around bare legged.
I pulled random articles
of clothing out, looking at each intently then throwing behind my
back after it's inspection. When I found the right jeans, I ran back
to the bathroom and quickly changed.
"Alrighty then."
I said as I fixed myself in the doorway to the bedroom, throwing my
skirt on top of the pile of clothes I had just made. "I believe
I'm now properly equiped to go outside now." Bella and I
laughed, she knew what I was talking about. Just as she wasn't used
to the weather when she first moved here, neither was I.
Back down stairs, Bella
said bye to Charlie, Victor and I before she and Edward left. She
said something about dragging me somewhere before school started, I
wasn't paying too much attention to her. I didn't want to know where
she wanted to take me anyway. Victor was becoming increasingly
nervous as the two of us sat at the table across from each other in
the kitchen. Charlie had a game to watch, or something. I figured it
was just a ploy to give us some more time together. We hadn't spoken
much in the minutes that we sat there. Just us. It actually gave me
some time to notice just how much he had changed.
Victor had always been
smaller than the other boys, but I guess with all the growth spurts
and whatever else, he had caught up. He had an atheletic build,
probably from playing a sport or working. But the trait that changed
the most on him was his face. Even though I knew he was nervous, he
kept this serious look on his face, sort of like he was disappointed
or something. His jaw line was much more angular, having lost his
boyish charm.
I shot him a nervous smile
from across the table. If this had been a premonition as to what
diner would be, my stomach was certainly protesting against my going.
He looked at me with a messed up face. As if he wanted to ask me
something really important, but he was just trying to grin and bear
it.
"Maybe we should head
out now." I said, cut voice cutting through the silence like a
butter knife though a log. I was definitely feeling nervous, my
stomach wasn't going to let me forget that anytime soon.
"Sure." Vincent
looked up at me really suddenly. Maybe he was enjoying the silence? I
didn't even know.
"My car or yours?"
I raised my eyebrow. Guys never really took too well when I would ask
them that dying question. It usually hit a soft spot with guys, my
past experience with guys and cars, mix the two and it's never good.
He raised an eyebrow to my
question, which made him look incredibly cute.
"Since when do you
drive?" He asked, his rich, deep voice melting away some of the
anxiety in my stomach. I didn't answer his question. I plastered a
smug grin on my face before getting up from the table, grabbing his
hand and leading him to the front door. I slipped on my shoes, not
bothering to tie them.
"I'll be home by
midnight Charlie." I said before opening the door. Charlie
mumbled something about "and not a minute later" or
something like that. I didn't really listen to him. I left the house,
pulling Vincent behind me and he shut the down.
And there it was. In the
driveway parked right behind the cruiser, My
baby. A silver Corvette coupe. In order for
it to get in that driveway at that time, I had to send it a week
before I left my home. I had to hire a driver to bring it down,
because I really didn't want to just have it shipped.
"You really don't
give off the "I'm into cars" vibe Sade." Vincent said
as he walked over to my car. I followed, grabbed his wrist and pulled
him away gently.
"Stop drooling on my
car, hun." I held up the key ring which contained the thing that
hw currently wanted most. "Wanna drive?"
I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head, either that or he was going to kiss me. To say that would have been awkward is an understatement. He grabbed the keys out of my hand said something along the lines of "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" and almost dove into the driver's seat. I slowly walked around my car, letting my hand grace the body until I made it to my door handle. When I opened the door I noticed how eager he was to get going. It wasn't everyday that he would get to drive something like my car.
When I got into the car, I
fastened my seatbelt and waited for the very excited driver to pull
out of the driverway. But to my dismay, Vincent still hadn't even
started the car.
"Hey Sadie."
Vincent said, I turned my head to look at him, his usual stoic and
unreadable expression on his face, slowly turning into a smile.
"Thanks a lot for deciding to go out..with me...tonight."
I smiled in reply,
"Anytime." I assured him.
I don't know why but I
felt like I owed him something, maybe it's because when I left all
those years ago, I never said goodbye like I should have. Maybe I had
felt sorry for not keeping in contact with him, at all. There was no
reason for it. I was just so preoccupied with my stupid life that I
never gave him a second thought. Whatever it was that I was feeling,
I definitely had to make it up to him somehow.
The drive to Port Angeles
was relatively long, with very little conversation to fill the
forty-five minute drive. I knew that Vincent was enjoying himself,
which is truely what mattered at the time.
When we got to Port
Angeles the sun was mid-set, it was a late dinner, but I was fine
with that. Port Angeles hadn't really changed all that much in seven
years, it was still a tourist trap and you could definitly tell it
was tourist season. Couples walking along all the little boutiques on
the main street. It was kind of cute.
We got to the restaurant
just after the dinner rush, so it was very easy to get a table. It
was a really nice restaurant, probably the best that you can find in
Port Angeles anyway. Seated at our booth at the back of the
restaurant. We ordered our food, Vincent be grudgingly admitted the
prices were a little steep. I told him not to worry about it.
The dinner was fine, we
talked a lot more than the ride to Port Angeles. He asked me about my
home on the East coast. I asked him about living in Forks, since it
was going to be something I would have to get used to again. Then we
talked through dessert about our childhood and we both admitted some
feelings that were beginning to pop up again. Then we were done.
There really wasn't much else to do at ten o'clock at night in Port Angeles. There was a small bar, which both of us were too young to actually go into. We decided to go for a walk, just down the street. It was so great to get to spend time with Vincent again, we walked for such a long time before we decided that it would probably be best if we got back to my car.
That's when I got the most
childish and rotten idea...
"Race you!" I
said before jetting away from Vincent. I could hear protests, until
he finally noticed how far ahead I had gotten. I started running
backward so I could see his face. He was still yelling something
about being a cheater when I felt a blow on my side, like someone was
tackling me, pulling me to the ground with so much force. Seconds
after I landed on the sidewalk I heard screeching tires and a very
loud crash. I thought for sure I was a goner, which I would have
been. I thought I should have been out cold after a fall like that,
but I was infact fully aware. Especially aware of the body on top of
mine.
I looked into his deep
dark eyes. Our faces were so close. Our lips only centimeters apart.
He was the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. And then he was
gone.
I laid still on the
pavement, so many questions flashing through my head. The only one
repeating itself:
"Who was that?"
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