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Lucky in Love: Bella Swan's Story

Chapter five: How could I have feelings for him?

"I can't believe the audacity of that man!"

"Bella just count your blessings, and thank god you are not stuck in the middle of nowhere with an idiot for company."

"Rose, I still can't believe that you're stuck in Alaska, I thought you would have a way out of there by now."

"Yeah I thought that too, but no plane has any clearance to leave until this freak snow storm is over. Who would open a toy store in the upper part of Alaska? I'll tell you who, a crazy man. A crazy man that laughs at everything, a crazy man with the most adorable eyes…"

"Rose, are you getting soft on me?" I had to smile at this, Rose does not fall easy.

"Hell no! You know that I'm not going down that route again and I don't fall remember."

"I know that Rose, but it sounds like someone has a little crush…"

"NO."

"Fine, I really hope you get out of that town soon. Have you called Alice yet?"

"I tried to, but it went straight to voice mail. Have you heard from her?"

"Yeah, she called a couple of days ago, apparently the women that she is staying with; her son's a real piece of work. I guess he thinks Alice is the devil." I had to laugh at the end of that.

"Alice is more like a pixy then the devil." Rose was laughing all though that picture. "Keep me posted with what happens there. So how's Sophie?" Rose was always the one to step in and take care of Sophie if she didn't have to work.

"I'm on my way to pick her up from my Dad's. I don't know what I'm going to do. If Cullen is thinking about expanding the restaurant then I'm going to have longer hours and I can't afforded to pay a babysitter that long every day." I've been so worried about that, and after yesterday's incident, Mr. Cullen said that we might be working longer hours, and I don't know if I can do that to Sophie.

"Bella it's going to be fine. Mrs. Cope runs the day care all day until eight and you're usually out of work by then."

"Rose" I sighed. "You know that Sophie really doesn't connect with the kids there. Remember last time." That was a horrible day. Sophie came home crying, and saying the other kids were making fun of her because she didn't have a daddy. I cried myself to sleep that night.

"Well… you could always hide her under a table in the kitchen." We both laugh at this. There was no way I was taking Sophie to work with me. Mr. I'm-the-best-at-everything-and-you-suck would have a heart attack.

After are laughter died down, I heard something in the background on the phone, it sounded like a bear. "Rose, what was that?"

I heard her sigh in frustration. "The big meat head I'm stuck with! God, he's so-so…I don't know! A man has never got on my nerves as bad as he does. I don't know what I'm going to do Bella."She sighed in aspiration this time.

"Rose, you are a master at men. True?"

"Yes"

"Then do what you think would be the best to get him off your back." That sounded simple enough.

"I guess so. I have to go before the meat head burns the house down. Give Sophie my love."

"Okay, bye Rose."

"Bye love!" Then she hung up the phone.

I still had over an hour until I was at Charlie's so I popped in my favorite CD and enjoyed the ride on the familiar highway.

I just pushed the whole restaurant issues out of my head and watched the road pass under me.

…

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" My little girl screamed before I even stopped the car.

I stepped out of the car and instantly something small crashed into my legs.

I smiled at the little angel attached to me. "Hey babe, how was your weekend?" I said while I was picking her up.

"It was so-so cool and awesome and-and cool!" I'm going to miss this when she's a little older.

I walked up to the porch were my father was standing looking like the chief of police that he was.

"Well, look at you all spiffy in your uniform; you almost look like a cop." I always like to tease him.

"Well, I was just wearing this just in case your new boss left any bruises on you." You can see where I get my humor from.

"Hey old man" I said while giving him a hug, with Sophie in between us. I set her down and she went back into the house.

"Hey I'm not that old. I chased around a five year old all weekend. How are you kid."

He had to ask.

I just gave him a look.

"That bad. I could always go down there and scare him a little bit." He offered.

"Dad" I said while walking in the house. "Edward Cullen doesn't peg me as a man that would be scared by a father that was a cop."

"You mean he wouldn't be afraid of me?" he just chuckled under his breath. I gave him a questioning look. "Well, Bella maybe you don't want him to be afraid."

"Dad that is not what I want!" I can't even fathom what he just said.

"Well Bells, you have never reacted this way to a man before and I think that he's getting under your skin."

"Yeah he is getting under my skin because for the past three days everything I do, make, or say I'm just wrong and for some reason I don't understand why he just doesn't fire me." I'm so wired up from this week that I just need a breather, and my dad is just standing there with a stupid smile on his face. "Dad this isn't funny."

"I know that, but you need to calm down. He is your boss, but it is okay to like him. It's human nature." I can't believe that my dad just said that. I'm not having this conversation. "Well anyways I have to go to work." He said. I stood up and gave him a hug. Just then Sophie came back in the room with her bag.

"Pop!" As she jumped into his arms.

"I love you to Sophie." It just tares my heart out that she doesn't have a father to do that with.

"Pop, do you think that my wish is going to come true?" I don't think I was supposed to hear this because she whispered to him.

Dad smiled at me and whispered back "I think it's going to happen real soon." By now I'm so confused.

I just shook my head and kissed my dad on the cheek.

Crazy people.

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I woke up at six the next morning because Mr. Cullen said that he wanted everyone at work from now on to be there at seven thirty. Now when I wake up earlier then my daughter there is something wrong.

I get up take my shower, get dressed, make a quick breakfast and wake up Sophie, get her dressed all in one hour and I feel very proud of myself.

By the time I got in the car and ready to go, let's just say that Sophie was not that happy about going to Mrs. Cope's.

"Mommy, can't I go with you to work?" This just broke my heart.

I took a big breath. "Honey, I have a new boss and I can't take you to work like I use to. You're going to have to be a good girl and go to Mrs. Cope's okay?" I looked in the back seat and saw that she was pouting. "Sophie, I promise that if you're a good girl today we can go out to your favorite place to eat." There I knew that would make her happy.

"Really? We can go to the Coney Island?" I had to chuckle at this.

"Yes we can go, but you have to good for me okay?" She was nodding her head enthusiastically.

I dropped her off at Mrs. Cope's and got to work five minutes late because I had to give Sophie another pep talk. I just wanted to take her home and hid until my friends got back, but I have to go to work, and deal with Mr. Meanyhead.

I walked in and the first thing I saw was my two chefs making out.

Okay I know I helped get them together, but I really didn't want to see that.

"Ahem" I cleared my throat and the two jumped apart looking sheepishly at eachother.

I just shook, smiled a little, and headed to the main kitchen. Sitting on the stool was Angela.

"Hey." I said while walking in, she turned and smiled at me.

"Well, well, well, look who's late." She said with a smirk.

I just did what any adult would do.

I stuck out my tongue.

We both broke out in laughter.

"So how was your day off?" She asked me.

"Well…it was interesting. It started out fine and then my dad said that I like Edward Cullen and I was just denying what I feel. Can you believe that?" I looked over at her and she had her eyebrows raised. I frowned a little. "Angela?"

"Well, you are the one that always gets on his nerves, and I think you enjoy that."

"I'm the only one that gets on his nerves! Every day I come in here and he has something to say about what I do and how I do it wrong." I let out a breath, I can't believe that my friend thinks I like that-that…Oh! There's not even a word for him.

"Well I think he likes to get you rallied up, but haven't you seen the way he looks at you?"

"How he wants to ring my neck when I back talk him, yeah I've seen that look, and further more why would he want me? I'm plain and not the glamorous girl that he should be with." That thought sadden me for some reason, but I just pushed it back.

I sighed and Angela looked like she was going to say something else, but someone walked in the door and her eyes went wide.

I turned around and was met with a solid wall of chest. I looked up and saw a very handsome Native American man.

"Can I help you?" I asked, I most likely looked like an idiot.

The man had almost a boyish face when he smiled and his long black hair pulled back into a ponytail. He almost reminded me of…

"Hello I'm Seth Clearwater, I'm looking for a Ms. Swan." He held out his hand and I took it.

"I'm Bella Swan, what can I do for you?" that's odd, why would he want to see me?

"Didn't Mr. Cullen tell you?" What? Tell me what?

"I don't know what you mean." I think I look more like an idiot right now.

"I'm the architect that Mr. Cullen hired to work on renovating the restaurant." Oh

"Well it's nice to meet you but why would you need to see me?" Edward only mentioned this once to me.

"Mr. Cullen said that he wanted your input, and I brought some sketches, if you would like to see them. I haven't show Mr. Cullen yet, but he said that he wanted your opinion first." Wow.

"Okay." I was beyond confused by now.

"Okay so Miss. Swan would you like to see the sketches?" For the first time I notice his eyes kept wondering to something that was behind me, and I think I know what it is.

"Yeah I would, and please call me Bella. Oh and this is one of the wait staff Angela Weber." I backed up and introduced her and saw a blush go across her cheeks. I just smiled.

"Okay Bella I'll go get them, it was nice meeting you…Angela." He had a huge smile at the end of his sentence and I could feel the romance start to build in the air.

He walked out the door after that and I turned to Angela. "It was nice to meet you…Angela" I said in a deep manly voice.

"Shut up." She looked down and blush and I just laughed.

…

The first half of the day was pretty good. Seth showed me his sketches about what he wanted to do and I loved them, and he and Angela kept flirting. It was cute. Also I learned that Seth and Edward have known eachother sense college and he has done all the renovations for every restaurant that Edward has owned. I also learned that Seth is a bottomless pit. That boy can eat.

Best part of all of it was Cullen never came in. I got word that he would came in before the dinner rush and he couldn't be there the first half of the day because of a business meeting which was fine with me.

It gave me some time to actually think about what my dad and Angela said. I will admit in my head that I might have a little crush on him and he is sometimes nice to me, but there is no way I'm saying that out loud.

I started to get things ready for the dinner salads when Angela came in the kitchen, and she had a big smile on her face. "What are you so happy about?"

"I just found out that Seth is single and lives in Seattle." She said this with an even bigger dreamy smile.

I started to laugh when the phone started to ring and Angela went to answer it. "Amore, this Angela speaking how can I help you?"

I was dicing tomatoes when I heard Angela's panicked voice.

"Bella Sophie's in the hospital" And that's all a heard before I was out the door and in my car.

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AN-I'm so sorry for not updating any of my stories for so long, but the summer has been a blur, but I am a proud Aunt of a baby boy. Just so you know I have been working on some of my stories slowly, but I'm almost ready to update at least two of them. So tell me what you think! Chapter 6 is under way!