Previously
I opened the chat window and saw that Max, was available to chat. I opened a chat window and typed a rushed;
Hey! – Bella
Sup Blondie? – Max
So BORED! – Bella
Done your assignment yet? – Max
No, still have to scope the area out before I take the target out. I am confident that it will be done by the weekend though, what about you, you done yours yet? – Bella
No, the sneaky bastard keeps slipping though my fingers without even knowing it. Got any pointers for mere mortals like me *Insert dramatic sigh* - Max
I chuckled before I kept typing.
Would have to know the target first before I can offer help but… how about just get him! – Bella
Tried that :P – Max
Damn… that is always a good one – Bella
We kept talking for a while about nonsense and the old days when we were free agents we joked, when life was simple and laid out for us, ready for the taking. We talked about the future, Max wanted to meet someone and have a family, give up assassination of course when he was sick of it and had kids to look after, me… I didn't know what I wanted. He often joked that would end up immortal, just keeping living and doing everything that was to be done, I honestly didn't know what I wanted and it annoyed me to no end. I liked have a plan about what I was doing, going to do and do after that but I was still working on the do after part, I felt my teeth grind in annoyance. I mean I could see myself having a family I guess… but that would depend on who I met, if I met the right person, where I was living and everything else. There was a pause for about two minutes or so and I checked that Sue was still busy, which she was.
… So you gonna tell me so I can help you or not? – Bella
… Not this time Blondie… you know how it is sometimes… you just have to do it on your own – Max
I frowned at that… that wasn't like Max, he never said no to help from me… ever and it stung like a whip. It was then that I knew something was up, he was my best friend… and he had never done this kind of thing before, he was hiding something from me. That in itself sent my hair standing on edge, something was giving him a bad feeling about this mission if he wasn't telling me about it.
You still there Blondie? – Max
Yeah, sorry… just spaced out – Bella
I have to go anyway, I will try and catch up with again when I can, yeah? – Max
See you, be safe Max – Bella
I felt unease building in my stomach, something was up with Max, I had never wished more than in that moment that I could leave this small area and go with him, have his back like we used to when we were little.
Love you Blondie – Max
Love you too –Bella –Be safe... but it was too late, he had gone offline before I had time to enter 'be safe'
I felt frustration bubbling up in my stomach and I flared my nostrils, I wanted to go back to HQ, I wanted to go with Max and help him. With a sigh of annoyance I knew that there was nothing I could do, I would just have to wait and see what would happen with Max… more than anything I would have to believe in him. I had always believed in him but… I think it made me nervous that I was better than him and could see the flaws in his ways of thinking sometimes, his behaviour in some aspects to me made him seem reckless when it made perfect sense to him what he was doing.
"Everything okay Bella dear?" Sue asked kindly, putting something in the oven and setting the timer
"Yeah." I nodded
My eyes drifted to a clock above the counter and saw that it 7:30am, I had been talking to Max for an hour and a half.
"I might just go for a walk if you don't mind." I said pushing up from the bench up leaving no room for argument in my voice
"Oh," Sue said slightly disgruntled "Alright, don't be too long, breakfast will be ready soon and if my lazy kids get up this century you might actually be able to meet them."
"I won't be longer than an hour." I mumbled walking out the door, pulling my boots on and began walking down the street
I had walked around the whole town and ended back at third beach and was contemplating going back when I heard a voice say;
"You lost?"
I turned and took in the sight of the person standing slightly up the beach, giving me a surprised look. I think I gave them a surprised look in return… he was hot. He would have been about six foot three, not enough fat on him to grease a cake pan and almost solid muscle that rippled with each movement he took closer to me. Now I knew my alarm bells should have been ringing but I couldn't find it in my hormonal teenage girl body to care. I realised there had probably been quiet a pause and I cleared my throat and said;
"No."
He moved next to me and I didn't both looking up at him, if I did I knew I would blush.
"Haven't seen you around is all." He shrugged; I could tell he was looking down at me
"I'm new around here," I shrugged "I came here for the day while Charlie went fishing."
"Charles Swan?" He asked
"I swear everyone knows everyone around here." I grumbled, earning a chuckle from random stranger
"That's how it works in small towns." He chuckled "So… you know Charlie how?"
"I'm his daughter." I answered, shifting around uncomfortable before I said sarcastically "I'm surprised you didn't know who I am… you know knowing everyone else's business."
He let out a back of laughter and said "I'm Paul Lahote, nice to meet you Bella Swan."
"See!" I exclaimed, "I didn't even have to say my own name, you already knew it!"
"Once again." He laughed "That's how it works around here… on that note you haven't been here that long, how did you know about third beach… locals usually only know about it?"
I shrugged and looked up to him, about to shoot back a smart comment when I felt my whole entire world shift. He was my world, he was what was holding me to earth, not gravity, I felt weird and… light, it was like billions of steel cables fastened themselves of their own accord to him. I felt a deep blush break out on my cheeks and chest, it felt like someone had decided to push a burning hot towel over me. I looked into his eyes, they had a dark brown ring around the outside, and they went into a lighter more honey brown with a ring of gold around the iris. Just looking at him a felt my heart growing warmer… it was like he made me feel protected and wanted… loved by just looking at me. I dragged my eyes from his and looked down at my watch, I should be getting back to Sue's so he didn't worry, not that it didn't bother me I just figured if Charlie got wind of it he wouldn't be too impressed.
"I… uhh should get back." I said, clearing my throat, trying to get my blush to go down
"Where you headed?" He asked, a grin forming on his handsome face as he watched me shuffle around, looking at my boots
"You know Sue Clearwater?" I asked before I chuckled "Of course you do, small town and everything."
"Oh yeah, of course I know Sue." He snorted, rolling his eyes "She is like the unofficial mother to everyone."
"Well yeah…" I trailed off, starting to walk off, my instincts scream not to turn my back on him even if I was having a weird… comfortableness feeling with him. Old habits die hard a voice whispered from the dark recesses of my mind
"She was expecting me anyway, let me walk with you." He said jogging for a few steps to catch up with me
So we walked back to Sue's in comfortable silence, me listening to his soft foot falls, the sounds of his breathing… I found it strangely comforting. I paused at the door, unsure whether to knock or just walk in, Paul beat me to it and just opened the door and gestured for me to come in. I stomped the mud off my boots before I took them off and heard Paul follow me in… at least he had manners. I walked into the kitchen where I saw two teenagers sitting at the kitchen table looking at me bleary eyed. The girl looked to be around 19 or twenty and I guess the boy was 15ish. Sue looked at me then to Paul who I couldn't see in the blind spots in my vision, she smiled at me and said gesturing to her children.
"This is Leah and Seth."
"Nice to meet you." I nodded politely, I just wanted to… I actually didn't know…. just stop being the new kid I guess and fit in as well as I could
The girl grunted and nodded but the boy, Seth, started chattering away when he said something in particular that caught my attention;
"So where were you when you disappeared I know people say…"
"Seth!" Sue exclaimed looking at him in annoyance and me in… embarrassment
I cleared my throat and looked at Paul how was seated at the table with a… cinnamon roll raised halfway to his mouth. He looked shocked but also curious… I could see pity deep in his eyes though and that made me bristle, I hated pity.
"Somewhere you could scarcely dream of, Seth." I spat out, thinking of my time when I had been… taken… towards the end of my training "You don't go poking a wounded tiger if you don't know if they are dead or just pretending so they can kill you."
Sue looked sheepish and hit Seth hard on the head with the wooden spoon and Leah just look… unsurprised at her brother's antics. She raised her eyebrow at me and shrugged; showing she either didn't care that I had be 'found' or that there was nothing she could do about her brother. I found myself liking her more than her brother at that moment.
"He doesn't have a verbal filter." She offered at me, smirking
Okay so chapter 6 is up! I am currently away with no internet, i did this on my friends laptop so to my actual friends that I know in person sorry I haven't checked my emails but the people i am staying with have limited amount of internet and i didn't was to use it up. Once again I don't own anything that isn't mine so yeah. Any questions concerns or complaints, let me know and i will answer. Please review at least four times or the next chapter won't be posted. Thanks, Paul is all mine ladies.
