Bella POV
All Human
Chapter 3: Volvo Driver
School was done – finally - and I walked to my locker which I struggled to open again.
"Damn thing!" I complained.
"Allow me?" A deep voice called to me. I turned around to see that it was Edward. I moved aside – helplessly – to let him by and with a few hits on the bolts of the locker it came swinging open.
"Thank you." I said putting my books in.
"Bella right? Sorry for the way I acted at the lunch table. It was rude of me,"
He was apologizing again?
"No please don't be sorry. I understand that people have their ups and downs days it's okay," I assured him. This seemed to have eased his tension. Glad I know I did something right.
"Hey; are you busy after school? Or right now I should say." Edward asked all most nervously.
My heart began to race, Mike did ask if I wanted to hang after school, but then I thought to myself when was I ever going to get another chance where Edward Cullen was going to ask me out to anything again? "No nothing planned," I confessed.
Edward grinned, "Do you mind if I drive you home then?" He asked.
Edward Cullen was offering to drive me home? I placed my hands behind my back and pinched myself. Ouch! Yes he was really asking me! I tried to keep a cool expression on my face and smiled back warmly at Edward.
"Oh… well… I drove to school this morning," I confessed.
"I know," Edward said with a titter, "I'll have Alice drive it home for you later if that's all right with you Ms. Swan?"
I nodded my head completely unable to say no. His eyes were just hypnotizing unbelievable to look at. Its colours swirled in mine as if he was saying something to me, but Edward turned away quickly. I blushed looking down at the floor for a quick second and looked back at the stunning image in front of me. He was looking at the time when he turned back to me and grinned showing his white marble teeth.
"Good. Let me drive you home then," Edward offered.
We walked to the parking lot where I was getting a tone of stares. On the first day of school Bella Swan was already going home with Edward Cullen! We walked over to his car, a Volvo! I wasn't surprised his family looked as if they could afford it. Edward pulled his keys from the pocket of his jacket and with the press of a button I saw the lock release inside the car.
"Allow me," Edward offered opening the door of his car for me to get in.
It was shocking for him to do that, "Thank you." I said as I got inside the car. If he were to do that back home in the school parking lot, chances are the next day at school he would have gotten beaten up. But here it seemed like girls envied for a young man to do that.
Edward turned on the car. The roar of the engine coming to life made Edward smile. When we were driving out the parking lot I looked into the rear-view mirror to see Mike and his shocked expression as I drove off in the Cullen's car. I had to laugh to myself trying not to let Edward see but I think he noticed something. When we got out of the school parking lot I heard Edward clearing his throat. Was he about to say something?
"So
Bella," Edward said as I turned my head to face him, his eyes
remained on the road,
"You mentioned at lunch that your mom
stopped you from coming to Fork?" Edward asked.
I nodded, so he was paying attention, "Yes. Ah when I was seven I hit my head climbing a tree. Charlie told me I feel and hit my head pretty hard. I was out for two weeks. Anything before the fall I can't even remember; Mom blamed Charlie for it, and she never trusted him again. Though I tried to see him over the years mom was furious," I confessed. Why was I spilling myself to him?
"That's …unfortunate. Do you remember if you had any friends here before?" Edward asked.
I tried to remember, "I can only remember one. Jacob Black." I confessed.
Edward's hand's tightened around the steering wheel of the car, "The one in La Push?" Edward questioned his voice filled with tension that he was trying to cover with a fake smile.
I nodded, "Yes do you know him?" I was trying to act as if I didn't notice his sudden change.
Edward seemed to have to think about his next answer, "We were friends, as children. We are no longer associated with one another." Edward confessed whiles his speeding got faster.
"That's a shame. Jacob and I haven't spoken to one another since I arrived," I confessed whiles I watched the needle on the speed bar getting higher, "Aren't you going a bit fast?" I said kind of worried of the speed limit.
"I don't like to drive slowly," Edward informed me. Oh great now I feel a lot safer.
"Slow down; isn't there a speed limit?" I questioned.
A grin came across Edwards face. I pleased him? This was good to know. I watched Edward's feet lift off the accelerator as my heart came back to normal and I relaxed in my seat.
"Glad to see that the chief's daughter cares about the law." Edward said laughing to himself, "Though I will inform you Miss. Swan laws are easily broken here in Forks." Edward said giving me a wink.
A bad boy? Edward didn't seem like the kind of boy to get in trouble but then again…what do I know about him?
"You know where I live?" I just realised that Edward was driving in the direction of my house without me telling him where I had lived.
"Ah…" Edward said with a pause, "Who does not know where the chief of police lives." Edward added.
Right; Forks was small who didn't know where everyone lived already. It was just surprising that Edward found my house with little trouble. We pulled in the drive way as I got out of the car slowly.
"Thank you for the ride home it was nice of you," I thanked him sweetly.
"Don't worry about it. Alice will bring you car over soon. Look Bella…do you want me to pick you up for school tomorrow?" Edward asked.
He was offering…to pick me up…again! That's amazing! Once again I composed my face keeping it cool, calm and collective. Something my mom taught me.
"Ah well is it an inconvenience I mean I do have a car." I reminded him.
"That thing won't last you very long. Let me pick you up. I will be here at eight tomorrow morning. See you later Bella Swan." Edward said pulling out of the drive way. I watched him drive all the way down the pathway until I couldn't see him anymore. Then I walked inside my house to see Charlie watching TV.
"What are you doing home? I thought you weren't going to be home till later dad?" I asked.
"I called in early. It's a slow day in Forks. Who drove you home?" Charlie asked. I stopped him from getting up before he saw that my car wasn't there. I looked out the window to see Alice driving up the road. All I had to do was stall for a little bit. I didn't know Charlie noticed everything.
"Ah just some guy." I said in a low voice sitting in the chair beside him.
"Some guy; your first day at school and you have guys driving you home already? Who was it?" Charlie asked. The Cullen's kept to themselves, I am sure that Charlie didn't know their family well.
"Edward Cullen." I said quickly hoping that he didn't know him.
"Edward Cullen? You drove him with Edward Cullen? What? The Volvo driver?" Charlie said in utter shock. I am guessing he did know the same Edward I was talking about. Leave it to Charlie to remember someone by the car they drive.
"Yeah dad do you know him?" I asked. I hope Charlie had nothing personal against Edward.
"Know him?" Charlie said pausing for a moment. Why did everyone have to think about what they were going to tell me? "Ah no…his dad is well known that's all…what about you? Do you know him?" Charlie asked in a nervous voice.
Dad seemed shaky when he asked me that question; I wasn't sure what to tell him. I didn't know Edward all that well, but something was compelling about him. Something about the way he looked at me. It was as if he had seen me before…as if he knows something that I didn't know.
"There's something…familiar about Edward dad, I just don't know what it is," I said truthfully.
Charlie leaned back in his chair, "Familiar eh? Well if you say so...just be careful with him. He is a Volvo drive you know?" Charlie told me.
I nodded and walked up to my bedroom, I thought I might get some homework done before I started making dinner for the both of us. But I couldn't concentrate; my mind was running all over the place, some with Edward and then the thought about why people were acting so weird. Why they all had to stop and think about what they were going to say to me.
I shouldn't say everyone but Charlie and Edward…they had to stop and think before saying anything to me. But maybe it was just me that was over thinking it. Maybe I wasn't…
I was now in Forks, and I was considered…popular among the students because my father was chief. But the Cullen's; they seemed different. They seemed to want to be friends with me, because I had something to offer.
Something that they knew…that I didn't know…
