Disclaimer: unfortunately I do not own the wonderful characters or books that Stephanie Meyer created.
A/N: Sorry it took a little longer than I had hoped. I had writers block, then the power went off last night when I had hoped to finish it. so here is is late, but done! I hope you like it. READ AND REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!
Chapter 5: Hand in hand
I woke up in Edward's arms. My head was resting on his chest while his arms were wrapped around me. I sighed happily remembering the night before. It had been a good night. I tried to untangle my self from Edward's arms and looked up towards the door. I froze. Woops. Edward and I had slept a lot longer than we intended to.
Elizabeth was staring at us with wide eyes. I jabbed Edward in the ribs and he groaned and pulled me closer to him. Oh, god. I thought.
"Edward, wake up!" I said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Just open your eyes." He sighed and his eyes fluttered open and as he registered that his mother was standing gawking at us, they filled with horror. He quickly scrambled out of the bed.
"Edward," Elizabeth growled. "My room, now!" He nodded and after she turned her back and walked out the door he walked backwards mouthing, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I heard a door slam and I quickly moved from Edward's room to my own. I tried not to hyperventilate as I listened to the yelling that was going on across the hall.
Edward's point of view:
"What are you thinking Edward? She is in a delicate state and you are taking advantage. Please, tell me you haven't done anything…bad." mom screamed.
"Mom, I think I am in love with her! I know she is in delicate state, I have been with, her when she cries her self to sleep every night." I said only to receive a horrified look on my mothers face.
Woops. Wasn't supposed to tell her that. "Of course we haven't done anything mother. Who do you think I am?" I was a bit offended that she thought I was taking advantage of Bella. Especially in that way, she knows that I would never do that to her.
"You think you're in love with her? Edward, how could you possibly be in love with her you have only known each other for a month!" she said.
"We told each other everything at night. You know, I am the only one that she told about what actually happened to her parents? We trust each other, and last night she told me that she thought she was in love with me. I told her the same back. I had my first kiss and it was absolutely perfect. Then we got tired, came up stairs and fell asleep. I swear that is all." I told her.
"Okay, you guys can date. But, no more sneaking into her room at night, and you can't sleep in the same bed, none of that. Got it? You can be like any other normal couple, except you will live in the same house." She looked at me and I nodded and grinned. "Go on. I swear Edward if you hurt her, you will be the one moving out, not her." She said as I walked out the door.
Bella's Point of view:
As I listened to Elizabeth scream at Edward, I tried to think about my nightmare from the night before. It was not the same as others that I had. In this dream I was walking with my parents again just like that day. Then the man came out and my parents moved in front of it, but something else stopped it. Edward. He came out of nowhere, facing us. And the man fired the shots, and then left as Edward fell to the ground. I ran forward and knelt by his side. Then the second that I tried to touch him he disappeared.
Then we were walking along a hallway, and something separated us. All of the sudden, I couldn't hold his hand anymore. We were slowly being pulled away from each other. We kept reaching towards each other but I couldn't will my legs to move. Then I woke up. I wondered what it meant. Did it mean that something was going to happen to us? Was something going to pull us apart? A knock on the door pulled me out of my paranoid state.
"Come in." I said. Edward walked into my room and sat down next to me on my bed.
"So, everything is fine. My mom said that we could date. So, I was wondering if you wanted to go to first beach down in La Push." He said.
"Yeah, that would be great!" I said. He smiled at me and I smiled back giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"Considering that it is 12:30 we should probably get going." He said.
"Okay, just give me a minute to change, you probably need one too." I said, he nodded and walked out the door.
I changed into jeans and a light blue colored t-shirt, and a brighter blue sweater over it. Then I walked out my door where Edward was waiting. We made our way to La Push talking about different things. He asked me if I had slept well, I knew what he meant. Really, he was asking if I had any nightmares. I told him, I liked the sleeping arrangements, just not what happened after I went to sleep. He nodded and took my hand intertwining his fingers with mine.
When we got to the beach we walked hand in hand a long the water. We talked about school, and how I dreaded Alice dragging me shopping. I hadn't managed to make any friends outside of Edward's little circle.
I didn't mind, it meant not having to tell people about my parents. As far as most of the schools population knew, I just didn't live with my parents. I was enjoying the momentary silence leaning into Edward with his hand around my waist when I hear my name called.
"Bella?" A booming voice yelled. I turned to where the sound was coming from. It was a tall boy who looked about my age, had dark skin and dark long hair. Once he came closer, I realized that it was Jacob Black.
My father, it hurt to think his name, would go fishing with Billy Black, Jacob's dad, whenever my mother came down to visit Elizabeth. I stayed with my father the whole time and that is why I never met Edward. I did become very good friends with Jacob. Although I hadn't seen him in two years I recognized him immediately.
"Jake?" I said and ran up to him. He gave me a large hug.
"Bella, I am so sorry about your parents. We heard that they had died about a month ago and we tried to reach you but you had already moved. We didn't know that it was to Forks! Any way, I was just thinking about you. Dad and I were watching T.V. when the news came on and it told the story of what happened. Oh, Bella, it must have been awful." Jacob said when I pulled away from him.
I was suddenly terrified. My story, the one that I had worked so hard to hide from people, was on the news. Every kid in forks high was going to know, not only that my parents were murdered, but also that they were murdered right in front of me. I went rigid and then fell sitting into the sand.
"Bella! Bella what's wrong are you okay?" I heard Edward say as he sat down and wrapped his arms around me. I looked into his worried green eyes, and his features became blurred as the pool of tears flooded my brown ones. Edward pulled me into his lap. Rocking me back and forth. I buried my head in his shoulder crying.
"What's wrong? Did I do something?" Jacob asked worried.
"No, you didn't do anything. It's just, she hadn't told any one besides me and our other four friends that her parents were dead, and she hadn't told anyone else how it happened. I think it is going to be very hard to walk through school on Monday for her." Edward explained.
It took me a while to calm down. Edward kept patting my back and rocking me back and forth. Jacob sat down next to us and waited for me to calm down. When I finally was able to stop sobbing it was just tears running down my face, I picked up my head. Edward looked into my eyes and kissed my cheek. I pushed my self off of his lap but his arm was still around my waist. Jacob was still there waiting.
"I'm sorry Jake, you didn't have to wait here." I said.
"I know, but I wanted to see how you were. You know, besides this." He said, smiling slightly. I wished I could smile back but I couldn't seem to get my moth to move in that direction.
"Thanks, I have been doing okay. With Edward here I have managed to control my crying when I am at school. He has helped a lot. By the way, sorry I haven't come up to see you. I forgot all about La Push. I was trying not to think about them you know? So I just focused on Forks." I said.
"Don't worry about it you had plenty to worry about. Do you like it here, in Forks I mean?" he said.
"It is rainy, but nice enough. School is fine, but there are a couple people that I wish weren't there. I really wish that no one knew now. It is going to be hell. What about you? Still hanging out with Quil and Embry?" I said.
"Schools good. Yes. We ride our bikes a little ways down from here. Its awesome!" he said grinning. I smiled lightly back at him.
"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't introduce you guys. Edward, this is Jacob Black. When my mom would visit your mom, my dad would take me up her and visit Billy, Jacob's dad. They went fishing. That is why I never met you, I was always with my dad." I said. Edward put out his hand for Jacob to shake. Jake took it and smiled at him.
"So, are you guys like, going out?" he asked playing with the sand.
"Um, yeah. Since last night." I said. It was very awkward. I always knew that Jacob had a crush on me. This just made things more complicated now that I was with Edward. I never liked Jake more than a friend. He had always been there for me. He was my only friend my age. Other than that, I was a total loner.
"We should probably get going. It was great to see you Jake! We really should hand out sometime soon okay?" I said. He nodded and smiled at me. Edward waved and we walked back to the car.
"Edward, what is going to happen at school on Monday?" I said on our way home.
"I don't know Bella, but I will help as much as I possibly can. I will be there with you the whole day. I promise." He said taking my hand and bringing it up to his lips.