Playlist:
Shake It – Metro Station
Teenage Werewolf – The Remus Lupins
Waking Up in Vegas – Katy Perry
Lucky – Jason Mraz & Colby Callait
Set Fire to the Third Bar – Snow Patrol
Should've Said No – Taylor Swift
In Too Deep – Sum 41
"Bella let me in." Edward said tapping on the glass with his knuckles. He had a dark bruise starting to form on his cheek. I reached forward and pushed up the window for him.
"W-w-what are y-you doing h-here?" I said still trembling. "What were you doing outside my house?" My confidence was growing thanks to the flood of red hot anger that was now pulsing its way through my veins. "Did you think it would be a nice piece of payback to come back here in the middle of the night and try to give me heart attack? You do know who I thought it was outside there… don't you? I thought it was that car from earlier but no it was-" He cut me off grabbing my forearm so tight that it hurt.
"Bella, that's exactly who it was." His eyes were serious.
"W-what do you mean?" I asked, my stomach plunging in the mere second it had taken him to say that.
"I was sitting in my car around the corner-" Edward started.
"What do you mean you were "sitting in your car around the corner"?" I glared at him.
"Never mind." He said avoiding my gaze, "And then the black car from earlier drive past and pull up outside your house. I drove back down here as quick as I could and he had just gotten out of his car."
"Did you see who it was?" I asked, Edward was pale and slightly sweaty.
"No, they had a hat on and a scarf around their face. Whoever it was didn't want anyone to know who it was. But I got the car's registration plate. Have you a pen? I'll write it down." I nodded and tried to stand up but I was anchored to Edward by his strong grip on my arm. "Ugh sorry," he said releasing his hand and staring intently at the bed. I handed him a blue ballpoint pen and a small stack of yellow post its. He wrote down the reg before sticking it lightly on the window.
"So what happened then?" I probed.
"Well when he saw me get out of the car he stopped and told me to go away, that this was none of business. I stayed going over to him and then he lunged at me and punched me, then I punched him. Then he just got in his car and drove off. Bella, I don't think that's the last we're going to be seeing of him." Edward finished, holding onto my arm again, but this time more lightly.
"I know. What were you doing hanging around here anyway?" I asked, I wasn't planning on leaving this go anytime soon.
"Well," he said looking embarrassed, "I promised you that I'd stay here tonight didn't I? I figured you didn't want me here after earlier and I guess I didn't really want to hang around either. I decided it was the next best thing to do, guess I was right." I shuddered thinking about what could have happened if Edward hadn't come. I wasn't the sort who loved being the damsel in distress saved by the big strong knight, but I was no match for whoever this guy was.
"Thanks." I said quietly, scrunching up and smoothing over a piece of the duvet. "Will I get you some painkillers for that?" I asked, anxious to help my rescuer.
"That'd be great. My head hurts." Edward said releasing my hand once again so I could leave the room. He closed his eyes and lid down on the bed placing one hand on his forehead. I ran as quickly as I could, miraculously without tripping over anything, I picked up the painkillers for Edward and a bag of frozen peas. When I came back he was lying in the same position on the bed as I had left him.
"Here." I said giving the pills and carefully laying the icepack on his forehead.
"Thanks," he said after he had swallowed them, "that feels really good." He murmured gesturing lightly to the peas on his head. He patted the bed next to him and I sat down. The silence, though deafening, was comfortable.
A.N. I'm getting kind of stuck for ideas in this story hence this chapter is a little shorter than usual. I promise the next one will be a little bit longer, but even though it's the summer holiday's things are still a little bit crazy.
Also, please check out my new Darkest Powers story, The Reckoning. It's a fic about what I think will happen in the third Darkest Powers book. If you haven't read them yet, you should really check them out! You can read a preview of the first 10 chapters of the 1st and 2nd book in the series if you google them. The first is called the The Summoning, then The Awakening. They're really good! They're wrote by Kelley Armstrong and I know I'm hooked! I'd reccommend them to any Twilight Fan! XXX