A/N: Hi guys! I decided to post up another chapter since there were quite a few lovely people who added my story to story alert after only a day! A special shout out to morino_sora for commenting Thanks so much! So, without anymore further ado, here it is!
Disclaimer: Twilight Saga belongs to the awesome Stephanie Meyer. I own nothing but the plot.
Bella's POV
We were going to the park just around the corner of our apartment block. There was a spacious green field that is open to dogs smack in the middle of it. I loved that field. I was free to let Marley, Katie and Timmy off the leash to run, to play fetch, and to mix around and drool over other dogs while I chatted with fellow dog owners. Oh, the life of social interactions. Well, usually it is just me and Marley. Jasper always bring Katie and Timmy to god knows where of the park to "interact" with the female population there. He thinks I don't know what he does, but seriously, I don't really want to know, and I pity my Katie and Timmy to be subjected to such a corruption of their youthful innocence. For some reason though, he shoved Katie to me when we were near the park and grabbed Marley's leash instead. Huh. Weirdo. What's with his behavior? I dismissed it as him trying to impress more females. Usually, I take whoever I am walking to the field first, before continuing on our walk. Today, however, I decided to save the field for last, for some reason I cannot fathom. Somehow, the naggy voice residing in my head was chanting save the park for last. Save the park for last mantra over and over again. Little did I know that following that mantra would be one of the best presents life had to offer…
I tugged Katie gently away from the bush she was sniffing at. Actually, more of a leaf. She was sniffing so hard at it that I felt a sudden spasm of panic. "What if she sniffed it into her nose?" My loose screw side said. "Nonsense, what rubbish you can think of, loose screw" My reasonable and sensible side scoffed. Still, as a safety precaution, I still dragged her away as soon as I could. We walked up the stony path, in search of the 3 big boys of the family. The park wasn't really that big anyway. I was daydreaming about spaghetti and molten chocolate cakes, Katie froze suddenly.
"Katie honey? Why did you stop?" I asked amused. She cocked her head to the right, her ears pricking up. She lifted her nose to the air, gave a couple of sniffs, and gazed straight ahead.
"I don't see anything worth stopping for, Kate." I said, using her "official" name when I try to be serious with them. It was true, there was nothing ahead of us on the path worth stopping. Heck, there was nothing in front of us. That was before she gave a sudden bark and started running headlong for the front, completely catching me by surprise.
"Katie! What the hell are you doing?" I screamed, trying to keep pace with her. That is, being the klutz I am, until I tripped over a rock (like seriously of all times) and fell to the floor, with Katie still running. Just my luck that the stupid ground was made of rocks and gravel. I was dragged along the ground for a good 10 meters or so before I could stand up again. My knees were a lost cause. I could feel the blood dripping down my leg.
"Katie! You are so dead once you stop running!" I screamed at her, while trying to keep up amidst the pain on my knee and looking at her crazed out faced. My pleasant, sweet, even tempered Golden NEVER EVER had that crazed out look. A bad mistake to look at her face. It was then that I crashed into something solid and warm, sending the object and I sprawling onto the ground.
I lifted my face only to be bombarded by the loveliest pair of green eyes I have ever seen