Chapter 2
Since the flight was going to take a good few hours i decided that id read a little then listen to music and fall asleep. I took a look around while i was finding my seat and gave a sigh of relieve that there were no children on this flight. I was so in no mood for loud crazy children. i didn't get a lot of sleep the night before and was hoping that I would get enough on this flight.
Once i took my seat i took out my book and got to reading. When the plan started to move i put the book down and held on for dear life as the plane took off the runway and waited till we leveled out. Once it was safe i reopened my book it was the new book from laurel k Hamilton tilted bullet. It just sucks that i have to wait till next year for the next book to come out. So far it's getting good i just hate that i won't be able to express my reactions without people thinking i was going crazy.
"Hello may i get you something to drink or eat"
"Yes can i have water and a salad?"
"Sure"
While the flight attendent walked away i started to read my book. i was so in grossed into the book that i had forgotten that i had her get me any thing
"Ma'am here's your order"
"Oh thank you"
She started to walk away
"Um….ma'am can I ask you a question"
"Sure"
"Ok well I don't normally do things like this. But id figured I'd give it a try. So my question is. Do you have a boyfriend?"
"Well I must say this is a first for me. Why do you ask?"
"Well I have a friend that is very lonely and I'm trying to find him a good girl who can love him and give him more than all the other girl ever could"
She stood there thinking it over for a bit
"Ok, I'm in what's his name"
I smiled if this pulls off I won't have to worry about me ever hurting Jake again
"His name is Jacob black"
"Age"
"22"
"Job"
"Works on cars"
"Heritage"
"Native American, I think"
"Has he ever been married, and have any kids"
"No and no"
"Where does he live?"
"Forks, Washington"
"Ok well just write his address down and sometime next week I'll go and see him"
"Oh sure I can do that"
I went in my purse and ripped off a small piece of paper and wrote jakes address down and gave it to the girl
"Can I ask for one favor?"
"Sure"
"Don't tell Jake I sent you. Just go and watch him then make your move. But make it small the guy is super smart. He'll be able to tell if you were sent or not. Make it look real."
Sure, what's your name by the way?"
"Bella, Bella swan"
"Bella, I like that name, I'm tiffany"
"Nice to meet you tiffany, and thank you for doing this"
"No problem. I've been looking for a guy, and your Jake sounds like my kind of guy"
"Really? That's great"
She smiled and walked away and went to the other passengers
I smiled and got back into my book, with ten chapters in to the book my eyes lids were too heavy to keep open any more i marked my page off and put it back in my bag and grabbed out my i pod and listen to my tunes. And drifted off into dreamland of the unknown.
"Bella?"
The sound of his voice made me stop in my tracks. i never thought I'd hear his voice . But there it was and i know i was not dreaming. i turned around and face him .
"Jake?"
He walked over to me with a slight smile. The one that would make my womb quiver and my sight to blur
"Wha...Jake what are you doing here. How did you find me?"
"Wasn't too hard just ask some questions with some Leverage"
"Leverage meaning what?"
"Meaning money and the right words"
i looked at him and i mean i really looked at him like he was someone knew and i guess he was cause i know that i was. But there was something new with him that you'd have to look really hard or know what to look for that made me see it.
"What's your job Jake?"
"What i was doing when you were home, Fixing cars"
"You're lying Jake. i can hear it . And there's something different about you as well."
"Trust me bells I'm still the same old Jake you left in Forks"
"i didn't leave you Jake"
"Yes you did"
"No, i didn't Jake. You just never would have understood"
"What would i have not understood? i knew you choose him over me and i was fine with it after a few years ."
"So, that still doesn't explain why your here"
"Cause i want you back. And i know that i can get you back this time"
"Jake it won't work. You can't come here and expect me to just believe your words and act like nothing ever happen with me leaving."
"Bella i didn't want to do this but he's dead"
That didn't make sense no one can't be dead I would have been told about it.
I stood there looking at Jake trying to find the answer in his eyes
Then it was there. And then I knew. He saw it in my face and tried to hide it but I saw it and he was to slow to not show it.
Every emotion ran through
i looked at Jake with pleading eyes with tears slowly falling down my cheeks
"Jake, if you're lying to me i swear i will find a way to kill you."
My voice hitched when I was trying not to show how bad his news had affected me
"No, I'm not lying Bella, it happen a few years ago i was hoping that you would have found out some other way, then by me. But i could see that you never knew so i decided to tell you."
How could this have happen. How could Edward be dead i mean he was a vampire. He always said there was nothing to worry about he was the oldest vampire that lived in the US.
i woke to find that i was still on the plan and hearing the pilot
Say that we were landing in 30 minutes looked around and saw everyone else getting ready to land i left my i pod on and just sat there thinking why i had that dream. i was a big believer in dreams telling a story either of the future or an unconscious thought. So this was either something that was to come or just a very scary thought that I've had for a long time.
Once we landing i hailed down a cab and had them take me to the nearest car dealer ship
"Hello my name is nick. Is there anything i can do for you?"
"Yes what's the newest sports car out on the market?"
"Well there are a lot of them out this year. Any certain style or name you like."
"Let me look around and I'll come find you when I've found the one i want"
"Sure no problem"
i went walking around they had bout ten that saw right off the bat that like but i wanted to look a little bit more. There was the Jaguar XE Roadster, BMW Z2, Lexus LFA, and so many more but in the end i ended up picking the Jag.
i notice nick coming back so i waved him down
"So did you pick the car of your choice?"
"Yep the jag right be hide me"
"Ok well let's go get the paper work started"
"That won't be necessary. I'm paying in cash"
"Ok well let's just go to my desk any way so i can get a key for you and fill some papers out"
"Sure no problem"
After like 10 minutes for everything to get done i was on the road with my new car. Now for a house and a job. But first i had to get a hotel room
i drove around for awhile till i came across a hotel that looked like it was 5 star.
"Hello welcome to the Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel how can i help you"
"Yes id like a suite for 6 months"
He rang up the price and i paid him and got my key and went to my room
Once i checked out the room i headed out to do some shopping. First i went to go get a new phone. Then a laptop, then clothing, then tomorrow i would go house hunting.
Once i was done with all that i decided to call Charlie
"Hello"
"Hey dad it's me"
"Hey bells how's it going"
"Good just got done doing some shopping"
"That's nice"
"You sound tired did i wake you"
"Yea kind of, but it's ok"
"What time is it there?"
"5 hours be hide you"
"Oh ok, so anything new going on"
"Well Jake asked about you"
"And?"
"Well i told him you went to college out of the states and would be back when you graduated and that was it"
"I'm sorry you have to deal with all this dad"
"It's ok bells i don't mind"
"Any thing else going on besides Jake"
"No not really same old same old"
"Ok, well im going to go because i have a lot of things to do in the morning"
"Ok bells i love you"
"Love you to dad"
i hung up and felt sad , why i had no idea but i just really didn't want to be here right now but i knew that i was in the right place for the right reasons
So once i went back to the hotel to drop my things off i went back downstairs to talk to the manager
"Hello can i help you"
"Yes can i speak to the manager please?"
"Is there anything wrong with your room?"
"No i just had a question that id rather ask him then everyone else"
"Ok one second while i call him"
"Sure"
Once he talked to the manager i waited for a few minutes
"Hello I'm Brian the manger is there something i can help you with"
"Yea i was wondering what your policy for animals are"
"Yes pets are allowed"
"Ok cause I'm alone and wanted to a pet to keep me company"
"What pet were you thinking on getting?"
"A cat i love them there easy to take care of"
"Yea i agree with you they are easy to take care of"
"Ok well I'm going to go and get my cat"
I used the maps on my phone to find the nearest animal shelter. Once I had it programmed into my phone I headed out
It was 20 minutes from town and easy to find
The building was by itself kind of hidden in the back on a dirt road be hide a flower shop
"Hello how you doing today. Anything I can help you with"
"I'm interested in looking at a cat"
"Ok if you can follow me in to the back"
We walked into the back and were shown the 20 or so cats that were back there
"My god how many animals do you get"
"Bout 3 a day and we can only keep them for a number of days before we have to put them down. It's quite sad"
"Do you have any that are brother and sister because it would tear me apart to have to take a brother and not the sister?"
"Yes we do, we have 6 different groups of them "
"How many are in the group itself"
"From 3 to 6 "
"Ok well I'll take the group with the 3 kittens"
"Ok and there over here"
We walked over to the last cage on the right. There were two black kittens and a white one
"The two black ones are males and the white one is a female"
"Awww there so cute, how old are they "
"8 weeks"
"Do they have their shots?"
"Yes they have all their shots. We don't have them fixed that may be the only thing you'd have to do if you didn't want them to reproduce"
"Ok doesn't sound too bad. I guess I will take these guys"
"Ok well if you'll go meet up at the desk I'll get these guys ready for you"
"Ok"
I went to the desk and waited my kitten to be given to me
5 minutes later I walked out with 3 adorable kittens that were meowing up a storm in the seat next to me.
What I didn't realize was that I should have gone to the store first and gotten the things there going to need at the hotel
Since it wasn't such a hot day I figured that id get the litter , food and a litter box then head out later for the toys and bath products
So off to the store I went. 10 minutes later I was in the car and heading to the hotel
I walked in and right away saw Brian. He came over to see the kittens
"So what did you end up getting"
"two brothers and a sister"
"Oh really "
He looked and inside and was in love with them right off the bat
"So who are the two males?"
"The black ones. And the female is the white one"
"That's nice. Did you pick names for them?"
"No not yet, I think I'll wait to see what there personalities are like before i decide names for them"
"Can I have someone go grab the rest of my things and bring them up to my room, please"
"Sure thing ma'am"
I went up to my room with the bell hop not to far be hide me ladled down with bags.
"There you go ma'am. You need anything else"
"No that will be all thank you "
I went and settled my kittens in placing the litter box in a nice spot and showed them by taking their paws and running it threw the litter that this was to be there potty. Then I showed them were there food was going to be. Once I had all that done I had to get something to eat and some sleep cause tomorrow was going to very busy. My first day here and I didn't relax like I should have. It was straight to work for me.
I went to take a nice bubble bath and to read my book.
It's dark with the fog in the air. And there's a chill that runs down my spine as I walk the road. I don't know where I'm going for sure but something is pulling me down this road.
Pass the many trees that line the road I come to a clearing and in the horizon I can barely make out a roof to a house.
That's the direction I head into. Cause something in me knows to go towards that roof.
I can barely see when the clearing runs out and becomes a forest it's to dark to see what's in front of me.
Im tripping over sticks and fallen logs and getting my shoes wet from the rain. I don't know how much longer I have to walk but it feels like I have been walking for a few hours.
Once I come to the clearing of the house it's bigger than I thought from the look at the roof.
The front is mostly made up in panel glass and you can see through it
there looked me be a lease 3 floors and big, very big. A good hundred thousand just to make it or more.
But why would it be so far from town.
I kept walking till I reached the bottom of the stairs and just stood there staring at the house waiting for someone or something to happen
When I felt that nothing was going to happen I walked up the stairs to the door and rang the door bell
When no one came right away I tried again
Still no answer. So I knocked on the door.
Only to find that when I knocked at the door it slowly opened up for me.
So I stuck my head in
"Hello, any one home"
I waited to hear a response. When I didn't get any I carefully walked inside and closed the door
The house was very open there was a staircase off to the left. The main room from the looks of it was very homey looking with an L shape couch and a big plasma tv as well as a huge entertainment system along with it.
The kitchen was just on the other side of it. It had all the latest new kitchen appliances
I headed up stairs and saw that there were 6 rooms in total and each one had their own master bathroom and walk in closets.
I headed back down stairs to see if there was a basement.
When I found a door that just may be a basement I turn the light on and headed down the stairs
It was dark and damp and smelled like a flower field. That was very new since most dark basements smell of mold or dirt but never flower fields.
When i reached the last step i took a look around. There was a pool table in the middle an open bar along the back wall. It looked like a guys retreat from women.
i looked around some more and found a door . This one just so happens to be locked. i looked around for anything i could possible break into it with and found nothing.
As i was walking back to the stairs i noticed something shining
I walked over to investigate the shining object. And noticed that it was a crow bar
What was a crow bar just lying around I had no idea. But as I got closer to it I was rethinking my decision on breaking the door just to see what would be hide it. Cause curiosity killed the cat but I'm not a cat and I only have one life to spare.
So I went to the door and place the crow bar in between the door and the panel and I pushed with all my might till it started to crack.
Once I had the door open I waited for my eyes to adjust to the lighting that was in the room.
The room was cover in black lights. And with the black lights were metal tables that u see in a morgue. And it looked to have people on it with white sheets coving them.
So I walked over. Knowing that it was probably the dumbest things I may have ever done and looked under the closest table near me.
I pulled the sheet back as far as down to the neck and saw that it was a man of about 17. With bronze color hair. And fine features that almost made him look like a girl if he wanted to.
As I stood there staring at the beautiful but dead man. I was thinking how or what could have taken his life very fast.
If I uncovered the rest of the sheet would his wounds tell me what happen. Could I even guess to see how he had died?
I slowly raised my hand to touch his face. When his eyes suddenly opened up.
I screamed like I have never screamed in my life. Then there was darkness. But before the darkness came. His eyes, they were such a lovely color of amber.
I woke up in a cold sweat. I looked around to see where I was. And took a sigh of relief when I saw that I was in my bed at the hotel.
I looked at the clock and notice that I had two more hours before i had to wake up and start my day
I ran my hands through my hair and sighed
What could that dream mean?
I laid there thinking it over and over. And I couldn't think what the dream could have possibly have meant.
So I got up and took a shower
When I got out and got dressed I went to check up on my babies
They were still sleeping in the little basket of blankets
So I went and made sure that there food and water was full before I went to go do some research
When I found what I wanted I wrote it down and off I went. But before I could get started I had to go to the store and grab some toys and shampoo and meds for my babies
So after doing some shopping for the kittens. I was off to get started on my house.
As I was driving I had so many things on my mind.
The dream, the names for the cats, this house, my friends back home, my dad
I didn't have time to have so much on my plate I had a goal and I was going to achieve it no matter what, everything else could wait
So I turned on the radio so drowned out the thoughts.
When I reached the place that I needed I parked the car and sat there and took a breath.
A gathered everything I needed and walked into the building
The first thing I heard was noise, lots of it; it was hard to hear myself think
There were so many men walking, running around I didn't know where to go
For a moment I felt overrun with emotions
Where to go, who to talk to, what to do and how to do it.
It's like going to a new job and the boss is laying 20 things on your shoulders and you have to get them all done before you leave. And having to remember it all without asking for help.
When I was about to turn around and walk out a very attractive man came up to me
"Hello, can I help you"
No matter how many times I hear London boys talk they always still make my knees weak.
He was bout 5'10 with hair the color of hay, and he looked to be in shape but I could only tell from his arms. He was wearing a black t shirt with his work name on it and was wearing faded blue jeans.
The real blue jeans, not the ones u buy already faded.
"Yes, I'm looking for your boss or at lease someone I can talk to bout building a house"
"You're in luck; I'm the guy you need to talk to"
He smiled and I swooned
He grabbed my arm
His touch was gentle but strong
"You alright?"
"Yea, I guess I forgot breakfast today"
I slightly smiled at him for thank of catching me.
"Ah I feel ya I do it every day"
I got balance back in my feet and brushed myself off
"So what can I help you with?"
"I'd like to get a house built for me"
"ah your just in luck . we got done with a big project and were looking into getting into another one"
"I hues that's a good thing around here then"
"Yep, sure is"
"Well I'm glad I could help you guys out then"
"Right then, let's go to my office and get some ideas out"
"Sure"
He turned around and we walked straight back from where we were
When he got there he held the door open for me
"Lady's first"
"Thank you"
I walked in the small trailer that he had. And what I saw was mind blowing. There were papers everywhere on his desk piled so high you were scared to talk, thinking that the papers would just fall and go all over the floor and thinking how someone never lost a thing in here was amazing.
"If you can have a seat we'll get started"
I sat in the chair that was in front of his desk and waited for him to take his seat. But he went over to the file case that was to the left of the door and pulled out some papers.
Then went over to another file case and grabbed some more paper.
If all this is what I had to read and sign I was in for a long day because I'd be here for ever
"Ok well as you can see I have a few papers for you to look over. Basically it says that you can't sue us if you say we messed up and didn't inform us properly what we did wrong at the point in time we keep you updated on your house.
And that the time set for your house to be completed will change do to weather.
He handed the papers over to me and I did a quick scan of it. And was surprised that he was right on what he had told me. I couldn't sue him at all and that the timing for the house to be done would change due to weather.
I signed them papers and handed them back to him
"Ok then well let's get started on what you wanted"
I opened the folder I had brought with me and gave him what I had
His expression would change with each new page he looked over
"Well I must say this is some find work. The drawings are perfect detail and on how and where you want everything set up"
"Well thank you. It took me forever to figure out how big and spacious I wanted it to be"
"Now I'm not going to try and assume any thing here. But is money going to be a problem for you?
"I don't know. How about you do a guess on how much it would get that built and you tell me"
He raised his eye brow and gave a little smirk. Like as if he liked what I said to him
He started typing in numbers then printed out a receipt for me and handed it to me
I looked it over.
I laughed
"For real?"
"Yep"
"This is so cheap"
He laughed a good throaty laugh
"I guess money is most def. not going to be a problem for you then"
"No it won't, and even better is that….."
I opened my purse and pulled out the amount he had given to me and then some as a bounce if he did good. But there was a twist to it.
He looked surprised to see so much money on his desk
"You look surprised"
"I am"
"Why's that?"
"I never had a client pay me in cash"
"Well I'm different. You want to count it out"
"No it's ok, I trust you"
"Really, now did you count as I sent each pack down?"
"No, was I suppose to?"
"It would have been nice if you did"
"Whys that"
"Well there's a bounce in there if you do good"
His eyes went from normal or large dinner plates
"And it's all for you"
I took the bounce out of the real amount and put it back in my purse
"So when can you start?"
He looked at me a bit longer then he realized that I had just asked him a question
"Oh …..Ah…."
He shuffled a few papers around till he found his desk calendar
"Will next Monday do for you?"
"Sure, now do you know around when it will be done?"
"A house like this, probably a month or two"
"Good I can live with that"
I got up and went over be hide his desk and wrote my number down
He looked at it then up at me
"What's that for"
"If you need to reach me or if you just want to talk"
I wink at him and left his trailer. I was half way to my car when I heard my name
I turned around and saw the boss running after me
"Did I forget something?"
"Yea you did, you didn't tell me your name"
He smiled and put his hands on his hips
I smiled
"Bella"
"Bella, I like that"
"And yours would be what?"
"Nick"