Chapter 4
"Well I was going to go to sports authority and pick up some work out machines. And it be nice to have a guy with me who might now what would be best for me. And time for us to get to know each other."
"Well I do get off in 2 hours but I am the boss so yea I think I can get off now and meet you there."
"Ok, so I'll meet you there in say 30 minutes"
"Sure"
"Ok, see you then"
I hung up and ran to the shower like my life depended on it
I tore my clothes off as if I was on fire and jumped in the shower I quickly washed my hair and body faster than I have in my whole life.
I got out and ran to the closet and almost tripped on one of the kittens
I looked down and saw Una playing with one of her toys
I picked her up
"Una baby you almost tripped mama"
I gave her a quick kiss on the head and petted her and set her on my bed with her toy
Only to have her jump off and run out of the room
I shook my head
I picked out a pair of jeans and a cute little top and I blow dried my hair and kept it down.
I put on some mascara and some light shadow and some lip gloss and out the door I went
When I got there I was 15 minutes early
Luckily sports authority was located in the mall. So I went to the food court to go get a drink. When I got back I notice Nick was standing outside of the store.
He waved at me once he saw me
I laughed when I got close to him
"I guess were both early"
He laughed
"Yea I guess we are"
He pointed to my drink
"Mind if I have some, my mouth is dry"
I gave him my drink
"Sure"
I turned to go in the store
He gave my drink back
"So what kind of work out machines are you looking for?"
"Well I did see that "X" thing on the TV. If they have that I'll take that along with a bunch of other things"
"Oh I have that it works great"
"Yea, I can tell"
He smirked
"Oh, really"
I smiled
"Really"
We walked in and not too far in we found what were looking for
"Oh here it is"
"I think we might need a cart"
"I'll go get it"
He went to the front of the store and got a cart and came back over to me
I put the "X" work out thing in the cart and we went looking around some more
"So how long have you been in London?"
I sighed
"For a few days"
"Is everything ok?"
"Yea, why"
"Well you sighed when I asked you how long you had been here"
"Oh, yea I'm fine just some stuff going on. And I kind of already had this chat with one of the guys at the hotel I'm staying at"
"Oh, ok I get"
We picked out a few more things
"So how's the house coming along?"
"It's going good. I'd say we could get started in a few weeks"
"How long do you think it might take to get it done?"
"We'll we have to factor in the weather so I'd say a few months"
We found some videos and we got them as well
"Why do you need all this stuff?"
"Well I find myself to be weak and I want to be strong and to be able to take care of myself if something were to happen to me"
"Like getting mugged or robbed"
"Yep, and I wanna make sure I can kick there ass and put them in the hospital for months or even better put them in a coma"
"Did something happen to you when you were little"
"No, I just don't like being weak"
"Well when you do learn to kick ass remind me not to get on your bad side"
He laughed
"Ok well I think were done here"
"You sure"
"Yep"
"Ok then let's go check out"
We went and checked out
When we had put everything in my new truck I turned to him
He pointed to the truck
"Is that new"
"Yep just got it a few minutes ago"
He nodded his head
"So are you going to need help taking all this to your hotel room?"
"I would love help"
"I'll follow you then"
I smiled
"Ok"
I got in my truck and waited for Nick to get in his and I pulled out and he was right be hide me
When we got to the hotel we unloaded the truck and headed up to my room
"How hard do you think this stuff is going to be to set it up?"
"It's not all that hard. Did you want to do it now?"
"No that's ok I think I'll figure it out and if not I'll call you for help"
When I walked him to the door he turned around and looked at me and I don't know what it was but the way he looked at me was empowering and his eyes said so much at one time
I kept staring at his eyes that I didn't notice that he had gotten closer to me and that I had closed my eyes and our lips were touching so very lightly and so tender
He suddenly backed up from me
"Im sorry for that I don't know what came over me"
I opened up my eyes and touched my lips with the tips of my fingers
I looked up at him
"It's ok"
"I better get going before I do something I might regret later"
"Yea I think that would be good"
"Is it ok if I hug you?"
I smiled and opened my arms and waited for him to hug me I wrapped my arms around him and rested my head on his chest
He put his strong arms around me and rested his head on top of mine
I don't know how much time had gone by cause I absolutely love this feeling of being held and felling loved, safe and wanted
"You smell good, what is it?"
"Calvin Klein"
"I like it"
"Then I'll wear it more often than"
"You should"
I let go of him and he did the same to me
"I guess I'll talk to you soon"
I shook my head
"Yes"
He opened the door and turned around and smiled and then walked down to the elevator
I closed the door and stood against it and smiled
"Meow"
I opened my eyes and looked down and Felix was at my feet rubbing up against me
I picked him up and he meowed
"You Hungry?"
He looked at me
"Meow"
"Awww I guess you are"
So I walked into the kitchen with him and put him down and poured some food out for them and the others came running
I laughed it was so cute how they would run
Once I was done I went and got them water as well
I went to go check there litter and noticed that it was going to need to be changed
I just didn't know where to dump it
I picked up the hotel phone and called for Brian
"Hello this is Brian the manger how may i help you"
"Hey Brian its Bella, where can I dump the litter box"
"There's a room a few doors down from you labeled pets trash and there's a shoot you throw your pets trash down into"
"How very convenient, thank you"
"No problem"
I hung up the phone and gathered up the litter box and headed to the pet trash
After dumping the litter I headed back to my room.
And filled up their litter box
After she was done with that she changed out of her clothes to get into her workout get up
She got to work on setting up her work out stuff
Once she was done she popped in a DVD and got to work
She had the DVD of the sexy dance
She had the p90 DVD
Even tybo
As well as the DVD that came with the X workout
She wanted to try the sexy DVD first
And within 20 minutes she was in love it with
And was really feeling it where she wanted to get toned at
Once she was done she looked at the clock and since it was still early she decided to take a shower and go out and see a movie
Once she was done with the shower she headed over to the table that her new laptop was on and searched for a movie theater close by here.
When she found one she looked at the movies that were playing
It was a call between the source code and Paul
So she did the one thing she always did when she couldn't make up her mind
She'd flip a coin
Heads she'd see the source code
And tails she'd see Paul
She flipped the coin and it came up tails
So Paul it was
When she got to the theater she got her ticket and went to go get some food
She noticed that the prices were kinda high then she would have liked
But she figured it be worth it just this once
But while in line she didn't know if she should get popcorn or nachos
She really didn't want have to flip a coin with so many people around
So she pushed her fears away and went to flip the coin
It didn't go straight up as she thought but went be hide her when she went to turn around her heard someone say
"Woo there"
"Oh gosh I'm so…."
She looked to see that it was none other than nick
"…..sorry"
She finished
Nick smiled at her
"Well this sure is an surprise bumping into you here"
"Yea"
There were butterflies in her stomach and a small earthquake happing throughout her whole body that had her shaking from nerves
And her mind completely empty of all thought
All she could do was stare
He had such an alluring force about him
He looked at her puzzled
"What do I have something on my face"
He wiped his hand over his face get rid of whatever Bella might have been staring at
She shook her head
"Ah….sorry I didn't mean to stare, and no there's nothing on your face or clothes"
He smiled at her
"Oh god there's that smile again. Did he even know what the smile could do to me or any girl for that matter"
"I think you're up to order"
She turned around and noticed that the line was gone and the guy be hide the counter was waiting on her to make an order
She walked up to the counter and made her order
"Ah….yes can I have a large popcorn with a large drink"
He rang her up and got her order
Once she had it she waited off to the side for nick
So once he was done he headed over to Bella
"So what movie are you here to see"
"Paul, you?"
"Same"
"I suppose you won't mind if we sit together will you"
"No not at all"
Her and nick headed to the side of the theater that the movie was going be playing. They waited in line for their ticket to get ripped so they get the stub back
They headed down the hall and went inside the door to go sit down
About an hour later
Nick and Bella walked out from watching the movie
"So what did you think of the movie"
"Ehhh it was ok. Not as good I thought it would have been. But I am glad they had Seth Rogan to do the voice"
"Yea same here. I don't think anyone could have done that roll better than him"
"Who are your most favorite actors?"
"Oh wow, that's a tough of because I have so many. Do you have any?"
"Yea but probably not as many as you though"
"Ok well you can start and tell me who your favorite actors are"
Bella laughed
"Ok then, ummmmm…..for the girls I like keira knightly, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Rodriguez, kisten Stewart, Dakota fanning, Audrey Hepburn, Jennifer Lopez .and probably several more but I can't think of them right now. And as for the guys I like Taylor lautner, Seth rogan, Johnny depp, Orlando bloom, Clint eastwood, and that's all"
"You seem to have more girls on your list then guys"
"Well for a few years now I've come to think that I may be bisexual but I'm not too sure"
"Oh I like that in a girl, if you are cool if not even cooler I won't judge you if you are or are not"
"You know what even funnier"
"What's that?"
"That's the first time I have voiced that out loud"
"Really?"
"Yep"
"You want to go and grab some lunch"
"Sure"
"Where would you like to go"
"Well I saw this place like right next to here. I think it was called the z or something like that"
"Sure we can go their"
So they walked out of the movies theater and walked next door to the food place
They stood in line and waited to be help upon
"Did you want to go find a seat for us while I order?"
" I'll take a number one with a small fry and a small Oreo shake"
"Ok will do"
Bella walked off to find a seat
I could get use to this Bella thought
But do I want this to go further then where it is already. I mean I left to start my life. Would it to any good to jump into something like this again just to have it crash and burn in the end and id have to move again?
He's a really good looking guy and sweet. But that's nothing to rely on for a relationship. Most start out sweet just to win you over then once you get married or engaged there true colors show through.
I have so much I want to do for myself. If I get with nick will we be strong or will we fight if I go for the job that I really want where I'd be gone most of the time.
I guess I'll just see how far this goes before he says anything. Then if he does ask to take it to the next step I guess I'm going to have to let him down. Or inform him that if we got together and I went for my dream job would he be able to handle it and stay faithful to me and not go be hide my back.
So many things to think about and not something I really want to deal with.
But I guess I'm going to have to.
Nick came back with the food
"So where were we before?"
"We were talking about who are favorite actors were"
"Ah, right well you made it quite easy for me because all your favorites are as well mine. And maybe like a hundred more."
"Lovely, do you like to go to the movies much?"
"Yea whenever I can at lease"
"I usually wait till it comes out on DVD before I watch it; movie tickets are getting pretty pricy for my taste"
"I hear ya"
"So how did you get in to construction?"
"My dad was a builder and when I was about ten my dad let me come with him one day to help him build a house and since then I loved it."
"Was there anything else you wanted to be before you got into construction?"
"I wanted to be a firefighter"
"How brave of you, I never would have been able to do it"
"Why not"
"I don't like to get to hot and I have sports asthma so having to go save someone would have slowed me down"
"Oh I love to get all sweaty. Cause then I know that I either had a good workout or if I were a firefighter I know that I had saved someone or at least I tried if I couldn't find them"
"I'm a true girl when it comes to not liking being sweaty or smelly."
"I won't hold you against that"
Bella laughed
"Thanks"
"So what did you want to be when you were little?"
"A princess"
Nick laughed
"No, really, ummmm I wanted to be a veterinarian"
"Are you doing that now?"
"No not right now. But I'm working on it"
"Well I know a friend who may be able to get you in if you're interesting"
"Sure that would be wonderful, thank you"
"No problem"
Bella's phone went off
She looked at it
"Oh I gotta take this, will you excuse me real quick"
"Sure take your time"
"Ok thanks"
Bella went to go take her phone call
"Hey dad what's up?"
"Not to good"
"Why what's wrong"
"I don't know how to tell you this, but Jake is dead"
Falling that's all she felt. As if she was pushed off of Niagara Falls and never stopped falling
And having the Alaskan winter water injected into her veins
She couldn't breathe, she could talk
The words Jake is dead was running through her head in an endless line
"Bella?"
She could hear nick calling for her but he was so far away
"Bella"
She felt heat on her arm
"Bella what's wrong"
She couldn't say the words she just couldn't
"Dad I'll call you back"
She hung up with her dad
She looked at nick
"Jake…..Jake….Jake"
She could feel the tears coming
"Jake what Bella"
"d….d…dead"
She fell but nick caught her in time
The sun it was so bright. She covered her eyes to keep the sun out.
Bella smiled when a butterfly came to rest on her nose and she would breath very slowly to not frighten the butterfly away.
"Bella" Jake called impatiently "watch me"
She turned to him and smiled "I'm watching go ahead"
A mischievous grin split his face, and he kicked his horse into action
"For my fair lady" he cried
Hurtling towards the target, wooden sword clutched in his fist
Jumping to her feet, she cheered when he cut the head off of the wooden stick figure
The head fell to the ground and rolled lopsidedly along the ground
Jake stopped in at the woods edge, hidden in its darkness but a moment before turning to ride back to her.
Bella looked around for the butterfly and saw it amongst the flowers collecting nectar
Jake drew closer and her attentions returned to his form outlined in the brilliant sunshine
Squinting, she tried to see him better.
Her heart began to hammer
The horse had grown into a large warhorse the man on it was covered from head to toe in armor
She tried to run but her feet were stick to the ground like she was standing in mud that wouldn't let her go
The knight pulled up next to her and looked down at her
She stopped breathing when he reached out
Not to grab her as she had thought but to offer her a brightly color spray of wildflowers.
"For my fair lady" the voice rumbled from within the mask
A warm glow crept over her, and a shaky hand reached for the gift
"For me" she question timidly eyeing the delicate blooms
"Only for you my lady" the voice rumbled again in the mask.
The man handed her flowers to her, then reached to lift his visor
"Wait, where's Jake"
He man looked over his shoulder towards the woods, he turned towards back over to Bella
"Why just inside the woods my lady"
Bella looked back n forth from the knight and the woods.
She looked down at the flowers and set them down on the ground
She slowly walked over to the woods.
She couldn't see anything for it was too dark
She took a few timid step and bumped into something with her foot
She looked down and saw a foot.
She went to turn around and run but the knight was in her way
"Why"
He just stood there staring down at her
"Why, tell me why" she started beating on his chest
He stepped back
"He doesn't deserve you I do"
She looked up as he was lifting up his visor
"NO!" she screamed