Chapter 6

I woke up to the bright sunlight that was shining through the curtains of my window. There was no Alice waking me up today. I listened to the silence in the living room and decided that today would be my studying day.

I got dressed in a black square-neck tunic with attached camisole and nakita wash boot-cut stretch jeans. Just to make sure I wasn't alone, I peaked out the doorway and saw Rose reading the newspaper. Alice was nowhere to be seen.

"Morning Bella, how'd you sleep?" came a voice next to me.

I twisted around in surprise and saw Alice in her bunny pajamas. I smiled and said, "Not too bad, how about you?"

She made a face and sighed. She looked timidly at my face and said…

"Well, you know… I was wondering, if you wanted to go out for lunch later, just to freshen up before we go back to my house in the evening." Alice placed a hand on my shoulder. "I already talked to Edward last night, everything's clear, he apologized for not telling me.

"Rose already agreed to go," she continued. "Please come?" She begged pouting her lips fully, her eyes wide.

"I don't know Alice, I still need to study." I replied. And what's more, I really didn't want to face Edward today.

"I know you'll come with us sooner or later Bella, so hurry and study so we can have breakfast. Rose's turn to make cook today." Alice said confidently, and strode to the living room.

I sighed and followed her, no sense in studying while I have to worry about seeing Edward again.

"Good morning Bella!" sang Rosalie.

I returned her smile. The best thing about Rose is that she doesn't look back into past events, so the incident last night was already forgotten to her.

Once we finished breakfast, Rose wanted to go jogging by the lake, something us girls have taken up on Sunday mornings.

So we all changed into our regular matching jogging sweats and tanks and grabbed some water bottles. Rose, who was probably the most athletic, ran ahead and called for us to hurry up.

"Come on guys, hurry up! I swear, you're both getting so slow now!" Rose laughed and stuck out her tongue.

"Oh, be quiet Rose, you know very well I'd rather shop than jog any day!" Alice replied grumbling.

"Tell us something we don't already know Alice, if you like shopping so much, why not just live at the mall." I said, laughing along with Rose.

The fresh morning air seemed to match with our brights moods this morning and the calm sweeping breeze blew against our faces gently.

Fifteen minutes later, Rose dared Alice to race with her. I was slowed down and began jogging backwards in the same direction they were racing.

Thump! All of a sudden, I bumped into a hard wall. Turning around slowly, I realized that I had bumped into a tall young man.

He had medium auburn hair and sharp intense sapphire blue eyes that matched his shorts, his chest was bare with strong hard muscles that were directly displayed in front of my face.

"I'm so sorry!" he apologized, even though it was my fault. "Are you alright?"

I blushed crimson, "Actually, I'm v-very sorry, yes I'm f-fine." I looked up at him and smiled to cover up the stammering.

He grinned and said, "It's nice to meet you, my name is Jack, Jack Carls. What's your name?"

"I-I'm Bella Swan." I answered, unsure. I couldn't help but to admire his deep and attractive low voice. He must be about 18 years old.

"You seemed a bit... lost in thought earlier," he remarked. I stayed silent and he spoke again.

"So, do you come here often? I ever haven't seen you around." He questioned, tilting his head wonderingly.

I didn't notice that I was jogging with him until now, "Um, yes, I come here with my friends almost every Sunday morning."

" Really? Hmmm, how strange, I come here just about every weekend also. Anyways, I'm glad we met." Jack smile widened.

"Yea, it's strange how I just happened to bump into you." I sigh, it's not everyday I get to run into, literally, a handsome hunk. Wait a second Bella, how do you know if he doesn't already have a girlfriend…like Edward. Oh why does it hurt so much just to think of him and the girl...

"What's wrong Bella?" He asked, wondering at my long lapse of silence.

"Oh, it's nothing." I smiled, trying to make my voice sound convincing, though I know I'm a terrible liar.

"BELLA!" two loud voices screamed out from behind me. Both Jack and I turned around to face Rose and Alice. Both were standing with their arms crossed.

A/N: I'm really really sorry for not updating in such a long time, it's been a really tiring week and I didn't have anytime to write. But here's the 6th chapter for you! I hope you guys liked it. Tell me what you think about the new character, any ideas on him? Hehe. Well, thank you for reading and bye for now!

Love, MA