Chapter 1.5 (The missing scene of Edward's escape from Jessica)
Edward at the New Year's party.
Bella and I had an argument two days before the New Year's party. It was my fault. She had said that maybe she was going to move away from Forks, to stay with her Dad in New York. I overreacted and told her that she was a selfish. How could she make that decision on her own? I had left her house in a very foul mood. I did not call her or text her for the two days. I, of course, did not expect her to show up at Alice's New Year's Party, but then again I did not expect myself to get emotional over Bella and follow Jessica up the stairs. I was stupid and an asshole.
"Edward" Jessica said wrapping her arms around my neck. She leaned closer to me and I could smell the alcohol on her breath,
"Edward, what do you say to some fun?" She asked seductively whispering into my ear. I wanted nothing but to shove her away and leave the party. My head was occupied with Bella and our fight.
"Jessica, I'm no interested." I said after her several failed attempts at kissing me. She pouted, a terrible pout, which was nothing compared to Bella's pout. Bella's pout was adorable and undeniably desirable. Jessica grabbed my hands and dragged me towards the stairs. She was drunk off her ass. She barely got up the stairs, I quickly steadied her when I noticed she was going fall from the top of the stairs.
"Oh Eddie, I love it when you have your hands all over me." She murmured kissing my neck. I quickly pushed her away and walked towards my room, away from her. Jessica and I dated in 10th grade, but broke up quickly afterwards, because I just could not find anything to talk about with her. She was all, cheerleading this, cheerleading that, and constantly gossiping about her friends. I quickly lost interest in her and her looks after that. Bella moved to Forks four months after that, and I could not be any more attracted and attentive to anyone else like I was with her.
Soon as I got to my room and tried to close the door, Jessica barged in.
"Eddie, you almost locked me out" She said inviting herself into my room. I pinched the bridge of my nose to keep me calm.
"That was the point Jessica. I told you, I'm not interested." I once again repeated the words I had told her last night.
"But, Eddie, I like you. I miss you." She once again did that stupid pouty thing and I could not help but feel the need to punch myself.
"Jessica, please leave. We broke up long time." I said trying to convince her that we were a bad idea, because we were. I had my mind and heart set on a different girl with the most amazing personality. Jessica moved closer to me, and I moved back, away from her. I put my hands in front of me to stop her from coming any close to me. Before I could say anything, my phone started ringing,
"Hello?" I answered quickly without checking the caller ID, trying to get away from the crazy ex.
"Edward." I gulped in surprise. Bella. I heard cars whooshing in the background and briefly wondered if she was driving while talking to me. She knew how dangerous that was.
"I'm on the highway." She said softly. So many bad scenarios went through my head. Was she okay? Was she in a car crash? Before she could answer, I pushed past Jessica and stormed down the stairs. I took the back door out of the house and went around.
"Bella?" I asked once I was in my car. Did she call the police already?
"Are you okay?" I asked her quickly, and loudly. Why was she not saying anything? I started my car and backed away from the driveway, making sure not hit anyone.
"No." Bella muttered from the other side. I accelerated though the small streets of Forks, not bothering with the Stop signs, since no one was going to be out of their house on New Year's.
"My car isn't working," She said after few short breaths. I stopped myself from stomping on the break. Her car was not working. She was fine; it was her car that was not working, not okay. She was okay. She was safe.
"I'm on my way." I muttered and hung up the phone.
When I had met her on the highway, she was sitting on the hood of her car, watching the stars, as the cars passed her by. When she felt my presence, she lifted her head to acknowledge me and got up. She was wearing a beautiful maroon dress that reached her knees. I motioned for her to get off the hood of the car, so I could see what the problem was with the car. She moved to the metal fence at the edge of the road and set down on it.
I realized there was nothing wrong with her car. I looked at her after sighing, because I knew why she brought me here. She was giving me one of her signature looks. I closed the hood of her car and leaned against it.
"I see you're still in Forks." I said a little bitterly. She looked away from my eyes to stare at the passing cars. Every time a car passed by her hair would move in front of her face. I noticed she was not wearing her contacts.
"Yea, I was headed to the airport." She said with a sad smile. How could she even smile, while I was harboring a broken heart? She stood up and walked over to me. For the first time that night, I got a good look at her face. There were tearstains on her cheeks. I immediately panicked and cupped her face in my hands.
"You know I didn't mean to hurt you." I told her closing my eyes, unable to see her so broken.
"Ditto." She mumbled looking into my eyes. She brought her hand up to face and traced my eyes with her index finger softly. It was a feather light touch, that if I did not know her touches, I would not have felt it.
"Why did you call me?" I asked her. I grabbed her hand that was on my face and kissed her palm. She once again gave me that sad smile.
"I thought about us." She said gulping down her emotions. I did not say anything as I waited for her to indicate why she called me here.
"You know, I think I want this thing that I have with you to last a really long time." She looked at the sky, blinking back the tears.
"That is, as long as you'll have me." The tears slid down her cheeks, and I was quick to wipe them away. I touched my forehead to hers and smiled.
"I don't think I can run away from you." She stated and placed both of her hands on my face and stood up on her toes to kiss my lips. I wrapped on hand around her waist and lifted her up to place her on the hood of her car. She quickly wrapped her legs around my waist and brought me closer.
"I'm sorry about being such an ass." I said after we broke apart from our embrace. She shrugged her shoulders.
"You reacted like someone who has been heart-broken and left to hurt. If it were I instead of you, I would have knocked some sense into me the very first time I uttered those words. I should not even be thinking about leaving something so beautiful and amazing." She said kissing my neck. Her arms tightly clutching the front of my shirt. We were both on the hood of her car, laid out under the stars.
"I should have 'knocked some sense into you' but I didn't know if that was what you wanted." I said kissing her forehead. She tightened her grip on my shirt and pulled me even closer.
"I will always want you to bring me back to reality. I will always need you." Her face was buried in my neck, and her words were muffled but hearing those words in any manner coming from Bella was something new. She was never open to him about her feelings, especially towards Edward.
"I realized I haven't been fair with you." She continued, "I should tell you what I feel and don't feel at all times. It is something you should know. It concerns you after all." She pulled back to look into my eyes and I could not help but give her the smile that was reserved just for her.
"You mean too much to me Edward Anthony Cullen." She concluded. She did not hide her face in my neck, or avert her eyes. She stood her ground, to let me know that she was not going to back away from this relationship unless it was a mutual understanding. I gently cupped her face, leaned down and kissed her lips. It was a promise kiss.
"So you're not going to New York." I asked to clear things up as I rolled over on top of her. The hood of the car seemed to protest just a little, by making a popping sound.
"Not without you." She said running her hand through my hair.
"I'm sorry for being such a coward and not confronting you earlier, I was afraid of losing you." I told her. She hummed in response and then grabbed fistful of my shirt and pulled me closer.
Some cars passing by us were honking at our indecency, but we did not care. We were in our own world at that moment.
"You think the drivers got a good show?" She asked as we moved away from the hood of the car. I readjusted her dress and she fixed, well, she tried to fix my shirt. She, once again, destroyed the buttons of my shirt.
"Edward?" Bella asked after few minutes. I looked up to meet her gaze. She bit her lip and turned away from me.
"Thank you." She breathed out. I raised an eyebrow at her, questioning her gratitude.
"For, you know, caring enough to drive in the middle of the highway to make sure that I'm okay." There was something else that she wanted to say, but she seemed to be too high on emotions to say it aloud.
"I…you're my only friend in this town." She looked away from my eyes embarrassment tinging her cheeks.
"You know maybe if you tried being nice…" I teased her as I ushered her into my car. She was probably going to have her car towed home.
"Nice, please those kids at school can't even differentiate between helpful and flirting. I can't be nice to just anyone Edward." Bella told me seriously. I just laughed and closed the door once she sat down.
"It's not funny." She said once I was in the car. I turned up the heat, knowing we were both freezing our asses off.
"I think you're just a little bit hopeless when it comes to people not your own age." I told her teasingly. She turned to flick me off, but I just grabbed her hand and kissed her fingers.
"You're my age." She stated. I nodded, letting her get a little riled up.
"You just have no faith in humanity." I told her.
"How can I? Do you not see the news? The Kardashians are homo sapiens!" She ranted about the million things wrong with people, the things they do, the odd habits some people have, and the abnormalities of some middle school students.
*Chapter 1.5 End*
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