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Chapter 5 (Bella's POV)
So that's what he meant when he said we would talk in an hour. I had completely forgotten about that until now, when I saw him pull up. I dismounted and ran over to his car.
"So, ya finally got it finished?" I asked him, looking at his rabbit.
"Yep, about a week ago. Quil and Embry helped on it." He wasn't looking at me, but at Edward. I looked over to him, now standing on the ground, holding the reins of both horses.
"Jake, this is Edward. Edward this is Jacob Black." Neither moved to shake hands, just stood watching the other. Like a showdown. I mumbled, "Bring out the guns."
Jake must have heard me because he started laughing. "Sorry, I was trying to picture where I've seen him at." He looked over to Edward again. "You go to school here?"
"I will after this next week is over." Edward said, loosening up. "But I've never gone before."
"Hmmm." Jake looked perplexed.
"Well," I said, bringing the attention back. "What did you want to talk about?"
"Well, I was wondering what was wrong with Charlie. He and Billy won't talk to me, so I figured I would come ask you why he's been at our house for the past few days." Jake stared at me, "But when I saw you on your horse, I realized why."
"Jake-" His arms wrapped around me.
"I'm glad. You've finally gotten back on the horse, so to speak." He laughed, causing both of us to shake.
"Well, I just thought it was time." Though I just wanted something to do, other than work.
"Good." He kept an arm around my shoulders. "Plus, there's some people wanting to see ya."
I looked back behind us, at the car, seeing Quil and Embry. "Well, well. What do we have here? I'm surprised you guys showed up. Thought you would be with your girlfriends."
They looked uncomfortable, but I still hadn't really forgiven them for dropping me into all the work right after the rest of the workers quit. There were only two other workers beside them, but we all did our part. Then Quil and Embry and Jake decided they wanted to be with their girlfriends instead of work. I couldn't really blame them for that, but still, they dropped me like a fly when I needed them most.
"Sorry about that, Bells." Embry said softly. He was the most quiet of the group. "We wanted to make up for it by giving you a ride in Jake's new car."
I thought about it. Jake said he had finished it a week ago. They had probably taken it around town, showing it to everyone already. I decided I rather go with Edward rather with them. I didn't want to drop him just like they dropped me. "Sorry, I don't want to ruin your fun. Plus, Edward and I were just going for a ride of our own."
That did not sound right, but they go the point. We remounted our horses but Jake had something else to say.
"Bells, we're having a bonfire tonight. We would like for you to come." He said it pleadingly. He knew I was still holding something in.
"I'll think about it. Talk to ya later." I took off and didn't look back. I stopped at the gates behind the house to wait for Edward. He wasn't too far behind me, but the horse was probably not wanting to go away from Jake. He was his favorite. But Edward looked like he was doing fine. Surprisingly.
"Let's go." He said as he caught up with me. We went through the fields, just riding. Edward didn't talk. Neither did I. We just rode. After a couple of hours, I guessed it was about one or so, so I decided to take us to the lake to enjoy our lunch. It was the same lake my mom and I used to go to.
I dismounted and Edward tried to, he fell off. Probably his legs were so stiff from the ride. I asked, laughing, "You are alright?"
"Yeah." He got up slowly, but then sat down by the tree, just a few feet away. "Ouch."
I laughed again and got our lunches. I threw his at him, "Just imagine about the long cattle drives they had to do back then. Bet those were just so fun, huh."
"Man," He made a face. "That would hurt so bad."
I burst out laughing at his expression. "Well, good thing ya aren't livin' then, right?"
"Right." He laughed, then winced. "But I'm still sore."
"Come on." I stood up and took off my shirt and shorts. Underneath I had my bathing suit. I had been planning on going swimming, just not with someone. "Let's go for a swim."
"Um." He looked at me with wide eyes. I never noticed how perfect the green was. They could see into your soul it seemed like. "I don't have any swimming trunks."
"Well, strip down to your undergarments, I won't look." I proceeded by jumping into the lake and looked towards the house's direction, waiting for him to jump in. I finally heard a splash and looked back. But all I saw was rippling water. I was suddenly pulled down into the water. Of course I struggled and swallowed some water in the process. When we came back up, I splashed as much of water as I could as onto Edward, after I caught my breath of course.
"Sorry!! I just thought it would be funny!!!" He laughed. "I used to do it to my sister's all the time."
"Oh." He never really brought up his family. "How many siblings do you have?"
"Two brothers and two sisters." He thought of something, "We're all adopted. From separate families. Except Rosalie and Jasper. They're twins."
Hmm. I heard those names before somewhere.
He went on, "I was the last to join the family. I'm the only one actually related to Esme and Carlisle. Their really my aunt and uncle, but after my parents died, they took me in a few years ago."
"Wow, that was really nice of them to adopt all of you." That was a huge family. What would it be like if I had that many brothers and sisters?
"Yeah. I was homeschooled mostly because I hate going to school. My parents died while I was at school. They were killed going to the hospital when my mom went into labor and they rushed there, but another car ran a stop sign and both were killed on impact. The baby lived for another hour, but it's lung had been punctured somehow and died. All this happened while I was at school. My parents and baby brother died." He looked far away, pain and sadness was in his eyes, filling them with tears. He looked back at me, and gave me a weak smile.
I smiled back at him, then decided to do what he did to me just a few days ago. I gave him a hug. Which was hard in water, but I somehow managed.
"Thanks." He said, giving a small laugh while wrapping his arms aroung me.
"Well, you helped me more then anybody in the last week than anybody else has in the last five years." I said, still having my arms around him. Edward leaned back and I let go, but his arms, I realized, were still around my waist. So we swam a little, him going backwards, then stopped when we were a few yards from the edge of the lake. He stood up, holding me with him.
"What are you up to?" I asked, looking into his now bright eyes, no more pain in them, and a smile playing on his lips.
"Nothin'." He said grinning. He looked so perfect, with his hair wet and his eyes squinting when he smiled. He had a light tan from his work. I never seen him so close without his shirt on. He usually took it off on hot days, but he was on the tractor, and darn the luck, I didn't have any binoculars with me. But now, I could feel his strong chest and muscles under my own.
I felt his arms tighten and pull me even closer to him. He put his forehead on mine. He stared right into my eyes and said, "You look perfectly kissable right now. You know that?"
"I know you do." I smiled shyly. I tried looking down, but we were just so close together. His lips touched mine and I went crazy. I pushed myself even closer, though I needed no help as he held tight to me. My hands ended up in his hair, holding his head and lips to mine.
We finally stopped when one of the horses whinnied. Edward let go slowly, lowering me into the water, but still kept his arms loosely around me. I laughed softly, thinking 'how cliché' and saw Edward grinning.
"I was right." He said finally.
"About what?" I asked, confused.
"How perfectly kissable you were. And still are." And with that, we kissed again, him leaning down, but I still hadn't really gotten him back for dunking me early. So I put my arms around his neck and pulled him down slowly. He came willingly, but then I pulled him hard and he stumbled into the water. Of course, I got out from under him before he hit the water and pushed him in. The water flew as I tried to get to the egde, but Edward pulled me back.
"AHHH!! HEY, LET GO!!" I said laughing. He held me around the front and carried me out of the water. He let go of me and I fell to the ground, not realizing that he indeed, entirely let me go. "Ofph."
"Whoops, MY fault." He said, laughing. I got up, still bent over, and then tackled him to the ground. I laughed in his face, pretty loudly. I was on top of him, and all he did was laugh with me. But our laughter soon died down, but we made no move to get up. I rested my head on his chest, noticing he only wore boxers, which were wet and sticking to his body. Which was absolutely perfect.
"So…" Edward said, in a deep voice. "I didn't want to bring this up, but…"
He trailed off, leaving the conversation to me. I looked up at him, then back down, at the water. "I bet you have a few questions?"
"Yeah." He said softly. "But if you don't want to tell me, then—"
"What's the first one?" I said, wanting to get this over with.
"Well, let's start at the beginning," I felt him stroke my hair with one hand, while another wrapped around my waist, placing it on my lower back. "How about, why Charlie was mad at you riding a horse the other day?"