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JACOBPOV
I laughed as I checked my messages. Once I read them I didn't bother replying to either one, and looked back up. I lifted my hand to pick one of the CD's up as Billy cleared his throat. I stopped my arm in mid-air, looking at my Dad curiously.
"Help Bella in any way and you don't get to do the Rabbit." I whined and looked at Bella sheepishly. Choose her or the car? I slowly put my hand back dwon, and Bella resumed her attempts at trying to get them.
I grinned at the memory. It has been 2 days since Bella and Alice have come, and we've got on really well. I hope there is a big future for me and Bella soon. Yesterday I showed Bella and Alice around Forks, where to get what and so forth, and we went to buy some paints. Bella said she wanted to paint the room, so she got a mix of different colours, and chose to buy a lilac colour, light blue, dark blue and white.
"I want something light, but not too bright so you can't dream well." I had no idea what she meant, so I shrugged and waited for her to make her purchase. She also bought some DIY shelves and varnish, and also the stuff you 0put on the floors as to not get paint on them. We then spent the rest of the day moving around furniture into the other rooms on the top floor, and spread out the floor covers. I offered to do the shelevs and some painting, and she agreed enthusiastically. I then described my skill, showing off a little. It worked, and she stared at me in amazement as I told her what I've fixed, what I'm going to be...if you are curious, we did get all the CD's off the ceiling. Bella threatened them with her cooking. Ha! I remember looking at her, confused. She told them to start foxing her ceiling, and then dragged me downstairs to the kitchen. She then hustled and bustled with food and pots and pans, then served the whole family a dish of delicious smelling food. I gulped it down. It was truly...amazing. The best cooking I've ever tasted.
"Holy...Shizzle..." I moaned with a mouthful of food. It was so good, but I shouldn't swear infront of Dad. I grinned sheepishly at him, and he smirked.
"Always have the power." He muttered. I looked back at Bella, who was eating away.
"I'm serious- this food is amazing. You should be a cook for sure." I went back to the food. "Boy, you can turn vegetarians and vegans if you offered them this meat. Soo good!" Bella laughed.
Today, then, we were going to start painting. I had already set up the shelves where she ordered, and they were secure. Bella then handed me and Alice a paintbrush each. They decided to go all out on clothing. Wearing paint stained dungarees and white tops, they reminded me of a certain movie or something. I decided to wear old tattered jeans and a black top that showed off my muscles. I saw both sister's eyes' widen as I arrive, and I remember smirking.
"Let's have some pumping music!" Alice went to the centre of the room where she pressed a button on her iPod dock.
"We want some passionate songs, to help us paint right?" I shook my head at Bella, she shrugged. "Okay maybe not. Put anything on."
The Veronicas started to blast from the iPod speakers, and Alice turned it down slightly.
"Let's do this shit!" She screeched, handing us all a pot of white paint. I switched my brush for one of their rollers, and got to work. We were dancing and getting ourselves covered in paint. I had paint on my face, Bella of course, and on my black top. Suddenly a new song came up, and the two girls started jumping in the air, full of glee. I looked at them, confused. They both moved away from the wet wall and into a space. I then recognised the song. Off the Rocky Horror Picture Show...TIMEWARP!
I joined in, and we all danced.
"Lets...do the timewarp againnn!" Alice laughed.
"It's just a jump to the left..." I said in a low voice.
And then the girls sung. "And then a step to the righhhtt."
Then me again. "Put your hands...on your HIPS!"
"And bend your knees in tight! But it's the pelvis thrust...which really drives you insannneee!"
"Let's do the timewarp againnn!" We all sung together, then bursting out in laughter.
"Oh I love that song!" Bella shouted, rolling on the floor, knocking herself into her paint pot that she'd put on the floor. "SHIT!"
She jumped up and picked the now half empty paint pot up. "Good job that floor thing is waterproof, otherwise it would have been worse." She muttered.
"Waste not want not!" Alice said, and dipped her roller into the paint that was slowly making it's way across the floor cover. She then continued to paint. Then we all joined in and ended up not wasting it. We spent a couple of hours getting the room nice and white, me having to paint around the shelves and other objects as they left their magic paintbrush back in England. I didn't mind. We finished the job at about half five, so we went downstairs to make a hot drink. Bella tutted as she examined how covered I was in paint.
"Urgh...do you want to take a shower or wash the paint off your arms, hair and face while I put your painted clothes into the washing machine?" I shrugged then nodded. With her standing there, I confidently stripped down to my boxers, and then put the clothes on the chair. Bella must have been standing there ogling me for a few minutes. I cleared my throat and she shut her mouth.
"Hey! Do NOT blame me for any of that. You watch Alice, she'll do the same thing!" She huffed back upstairs, and I followed, as the shower was there... She jumped as she realised I was behind her, and then Alice came out from nowhere, and stared directly at my boxers, not being shy or discreet at all. Her eyes went wide and then she looked at the rest of me.
"Um...Jake...Bella is a lucky girl." she laughed, still eying me. I then creeped into the bathroom as fast as I could. Phew. But Alice knew about me and Bella? ...Or what could happen? Did Bells like me? Should I ask Alice? I thought it through as I took a shower, then dried myself with a big white fluffy towel and when I reached for where I put my boxers, I couldn't find them!
"What the hell?" I whispered as I wrapped the towel around my waist tightly, then opening the bathroom door, peering out. I called for Bella and Alice, and I found Bella in the bedroom, eying the blank wall. She didn't notice me come in, until I stepped on the floor cover, and it crinkled with a loud noise. She turned around in a quick movement, and then tried her best t keep her eyes off of me.
"Er..hi Jake. Sorry, Alice shoved your boxers into the washin machien too. It'll be a few more minutes." I didn't want her to be uncomfrtable, so I looked down and cleared my throat, shuffling on my two feet.
"Oh...okay then." I looked up then to see Bella's eyes linked with mine. her eyes were so pretty. They got bigger and I hadn't realised that I was taking strides forward, and I caught her in my arms. I bent my head down and our lips touched ever so carefully. She was unresponsive for a few seconds, before I felt her lips react to mine. She grabbed my shoulders and pulled me closer toward her, and too soon I felt the pressure that she was pushing me away. I let her go and took a much needed step back.
"I-I'm sorry." I stuttered. "Er...I don't know what came over me..." I closed my eyes, cursing under my breath.
"Jake..." Bella sighed, and I looked up. Her eyes were filled with sadness, but I wasn't sure why. " I-I don't know what to do. I need to tell you about...England. In private..." She then walked past me to the door and shut it tightly, locking the door. I was confused. What was going on?
She sat on the floor and I did the same. "Start from the beginning." I prompted, as she looked confused and lost. She nodded.
"Okay...the beginning of my relationships...Italy. Guy named Nahuel. I 'fell in love'" She made speech marks with her fingers. "But of course I now know that that wasn't love. Just a crush with him. That was two years ago. When I left Italy I was devastated and hurting. It took time for me to recover." I nodded, absorbing all of this new information.
"...then last year I went on holiday. I met...E-ed...him...I quickly fell in love, but it wasn't meant to be. I l-lived in England and him in America...long distance never worked. A-and then I met Raoul...he was seen as a complete bad-ass and he had a bad reputation, but I thought I had seen the better in him. A month later...he missed a day off school. He didn't reply to my texts...I went to his house...he was drunk...he threatened me with my life...he killed himself...after he raped me..." I froze. He WHAT? Bella was shaking with tears and I quickly got up and ran forward to hug her in my arms. Sadly the towel...slipped. I was stark naked, in front of Bella. Bella didn't seem to have noticed, so I quickly grabbed the towel and tied it around my waist once again. Bella cried in my arms as I whispered sweet nothings in her ear.
"I will try to trust you...b-b-but you understand how it may be difficult for me...I've been hurting...s-so much." She wailed into my shoulder, and I wrapped my other arm around her and squeezed her tightly, resting my chin on her head.
"I completely understand, okay? We can take this as slow as you want, and I can assure you that I am not violent, I won't hurt you, I promise." She nodded and sniffled. "I also don't drink." She let out a weak laugh, and I smiled at her attempt to feel better. She looked into my eyes and gave me a soft kiss on my lips, my lips and myself wanted much, much more, but I let her be. But I couldn't stop the pout forming, as well as soemthing else forming underneath this towel. I shan't say anything though. As long as we stay here for a few more minutes, I may be able to sort the problem out before then. Think dead animals...think the Chevy...think football...think Mike New- okay...problem solved.
I felt Bella wiggle from my arms and I let her go. SHe stood up and pulled me with her as she unlocked the door and wiped her leftover tears away. I followed her downstairs and she pulled my clean clothes from the drier. Alice stood next to it, proud.
"See? I can clean clothes!" I could tell she was giving me a false sense of security, as her smiling face was breaking in some parts. I narrowed my eyes. I checked the inventory. Bottoms...fine...boxers...fine...top...now fit's Ken. Size -10. I sighed. At least it wasn't the boxers- I cannot go commando. I left the top on the counter and went upstairs to change in the bathroom. When I got down, Charlie had just returned from work. he looked at me, shocked.
"Why are you not wearing your top?" I shrugged.
"Alice shrunk it in the wash." He let out a throaty chuckle as he hung up his gun. "It now fits Ken." I repeated my thought.
Bella walked through to the hallway to my side. "Hi Dad. How was work?" She made conversation.
Charlie laughed. "We did zilch, but the other police officers are hilarious!"
I grinned. Please don't mention...please don-
"Hey Jake, we were talking about you and that Chevy of yours just last week." I groaned. Whenever my truck does something wrong, which may be allot, Charlie always ends up telling me how they gossip over it, right in front of the lads. The lads think its as funny as Charlie sees it, and its Charlie's way of punishment- full on embarrassment. Bella looked up at me and grinned.
"What did Jake and his Chevy do?" I groaned again. This was always the line after Charlie...it may aswell be a script.
"Well...his Chevy was going so slow, and I pulled him over, warning him once again. Not to drive faster, but to get a new car!" He chuckled again. "And then when I let him go, he had to get out of the car before I drove off, to give him a lift home for his tools! The thing wouldn't start and he left the tools at home! Hahaha!" He leaned onto the door-frame for support, and Bella leaned onto me. Yeah, whatever. Laugh away.
"Well, I'm fixing up the Rabbit as soon as I can- I need a few parts before first. So I'm saving up." I tried to change the topic conversation, but Bella shook her head.
"Oh no you don't- we are still laughing here!" She then dissolved into another fit of giggles. I quickly sped off out the open door as I shouted 'BYE' to the family. I got into my fixed Chevy and drove back home. As I was driving I felt my phone buzz longer, signalling a call. I drove to the curb of the road, turning off the noisy engine and answered the call.
"Yello?" I answered cheerfully.
"Yello to you too." I smiled. Bella.
"Bella...what can I do for you?"
"Come back tomorrow?" I nodded. Of course.
"Sure thang!" I said, hollering to the sky. Another day with Bella!
"Great! Now get home! You'll get cold without a shirt!"
"Nahh I'm 108 degrees hot!" I heard her sweet laugh flowing through the phone. I zoned out for a second, listening to the tune-like sound. Like music to my ears. Bells.
"Okay I'll see you tomorrow. Bye"
"Bye Bella."
I put the phone on the seat next to me, and turned the key for the engine. All I heard what the engine clattering and wheezing as it tried to restart. Shit, not again! I bashed my hand on the steering wheel and got out of the car to fetch my tools from the back. I really need a new car...
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