Always Yours

"Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it." – Meg Cabot


"You know we all had crushes on you when we were little, right?"

She can feel Jake staring at her. She focuses on the snag in the dashboard cover of his dad's car.

"Paul always told us not to mess with you, that you were one of us."

She shakes her head. "He should mind his own business," she says, reaching for him, pulling him in for a kiss.

He stops her. "Bella, you know I'd never hurt you, right?"

He won't kiss her and she knows what's coming.

"You don't want to be with me," he says quietly.