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What Ever You Need Me To Be
William stepped out of the truck with a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Bella asked.
"Don't get upset but your truck makes too much noise. I think it has something to do with my hearing" William said. "Do you mind if I take a look? it can be a lot of things that make those infernal noises but nothing that can't be fix."
After seeing Bella didn't seem convinced he continued. "Come on, won't you want to start your truck without having everyone turning toward you because of the roaring."
"Alright but I don't have a lot of money to"
"Don't worry it won't cost you a dime… Well I hope, you usually spend a lot of money because you have to completely replace parts but we can fix and reuse the part for your truck… besides I can help you pay for –"
"No, it's my truck so I will pay." Bella interrupted.
"Wait" William said as he checked his pockets. "I don't have my wallet! No! This can't be happening to me! All my credit cards! Well I can cancel them but my driver license… and my social security card!"
Bella watched as William began to talk to himself and run his hand through his hair.
"Do you have any idea where you might have lost it?" Bella asked.
William tried to think about it. "I don't know… It could be in the hotel that I was staying at in Port Angeles or maybe I had it with me on my backpack when I went hiking."
"We could go and check in the hotel." Bella said.
William nodded with a sigh. "Well then, let me check if there are any tool in the garage."
Bella looked around, everything was covered with white sheets. This house was full of memories of the family that she loved and missed so much. She felt the hole on her chest, she wanted put her arms around herself and closed her eyes.
"Bella?" William asked.
Bella opened her eyes to see William looking at her with a concern face. "You alright?"
Bella looked to the side and nodded.
"Why are you so upset?" William asked.
"It's nothing." Bella said, when she saw William about to protest shook her head. "Can you just drop it."
William frowned but nodded and let Bella toward the garage. "It seems like fixing your truck it's going to be easier than I thought. Here are more tools than I was hoping for."
"Do you want to check it now?" Bella asked.
"Yeah." William said. He was going to ask Bella if he could work on it during the nights but he didn't wanted to leave Bella's side while there was a vampire seeking revenge on the loss.
Bella nodded but before she got too far she tripped. Before she could hit the floor a pair of cold and hard arms caught her.
"Are you always this clumsy?" William asked with amusement.
Bella could feel the blush covering her cheeks. This caused William to chuckle.
William dropped his arms and let Bella walk toward her truck. Soon the truck was in the garage and with the hood up.
"And I thought it smelled bad before." William said with a face. "Now let's see what we can do for this poor truck."
They spent the whole day there working on the truck. William constantly explained to Bella how each part worked. Bella watched how William disabled part that he explained needed a touch up or part replaced. Fortunately they found all they needed in the garage, the welder helped a lot.
"Ok, start the truck." William said as dropped the hood.
Bella started the truck and was surprised when she didn't heard the usual roaring that always came when she started her truck. Bella backed her truck out of the garage.
"See… told you it won't cost you a dime." William said as he wiped his hands with a rag. "And now it can go over 50 miles."
Bella suddenly realized that it was already getting dark; her stomach growled, reminding her that she hasn't eaten anything yet.
"I'm sorry I completely forgot that you still need to eat." William said.
"Don't worry about it. I lost track of time." Bella said. "I should head home now."
William closed the garage and got inside Bella's car before she could finish her sentence.
"I'm coming with you." William said. "I need to keep an eye out for Victoria."
Bella was about to protest but William interrupted her before she could said anything. "You know that a vampire can be in an out of you house without anyone noticing? She could be waiting for you."
Bella felt the blood draining from her face and nodded. "William, are you afraid that Victoria will try to kill you if you try to get in her way?"
"Don't worry about me. I know how to defend myself. But I can't stand the idea of her taking advantage of you being only human! It's completely unfair! She better think twice before she come anywhere close to you with me around!" William was getting angry by the mere thought of a vampire killing an innocent human just because she wanted revenge. She was nothing but a coward for not trying to fight against the vampires that killed her mate.
"I don't think she cares whether is fair or not." Bella said.
"Well I do. Now, let's go before it gets too dark and your dad decided to come and look for you." William said.
Bella nodded and began to drive toward her house.
"You also need a stereo." William commented.
"No, I don't" Bella said.
"But don't you get bored when you drive?" William asked.
"No, and I'm ok without a stereo" Bella said.
"If you say so." William said.
They were quiet the rest of the way.
"Stop right here." William said. "I will run the rest of the way so your dad doesn't see me and wonder how I'm going to get back to my house."
Bella nodded and stopped on the side of the road to let William out.
"I will see you in a bit." William said as he ran into the woods, probably just far enough that people won't see him.
Bella couldn't help but admire how easily William had adjusted to being a vampire. For what little she knew he should be ruled by his thirst for blood. She drove the rest of the way wondering about William's mysterious self-control.
"Bella?" Charlie called when she entered the house.
"Hey, dad. Sorry for being so late, I completely lost track of the time." Bella said.
"That's alright. I didn't heard the truck. Did someone gave you a ride back?" Charlie asked as he stood up.
"No, I came in the truck. William, Alice's cousin, fixed my truck." Bella said.
"He did?" Charlie asked as he checked outside and saw the truck parked in its usual place.
"Yeah, we spent all day in the garage and completely lost track of time." Bella said.
"He must be good if he managed to make that truck stop roaring in one day." Charlie said.
"Yeah, he explained to me how each part worked and everything I needed to check in case my truck broke down." Bella said.
"Is he planning to stay around for a while?" Charlie asked. He was worried about Bella becoming close to another Cullen man.
"I think so." Bella said. "He didn't mention how long he planned to stay."
"Well, I order some pizza so you don't have to worry about making dinner." Charlie said.
"Thanks dad." Bella said and made her way to the kitchen. She ate a slice of pizza and drank some orange juice.
"Good night, dad." Bella said.
"Night Bells." Charlie said.
Bella entered her room and found William looking at her College applications.
"You know that you already missed the application deadline to many Colleges?" William said as he checked Bella's report card.
"I have been kind of out of it the last few months." Bella said. She knew she had to go to College to give Charlie some peace of mind.
"Well, your grades are great and even though they have deadlines many colleges still accept applications." William said. "It would be better to file it out online. I think it would be better if you do it online."
"My computer is kind of slow." Bella said.
"I don't doubt that." William said as he eyed the old computer. "I have my laptop in Port Angeles."
"Hey, I never asked you. Where are you from?" Bella asked. "You aren't from around here are you?"
"Nope." William said popping the 'p'. "I'm from Manhattan, New York."
"And what are you doing in a small town like Forks?" Bella asked curiously.
"Well, my parents passed away 5 months ago and I had to take care of the family business since I don't trust my dad's stupid assistant. This semester I decided to take a break from college and do some traveling around the country."
"How old are you?" Bella asked.
"I'm 18." William answered.
"And what kind of business do you run?" Bella asked curiously.
"It's mostly home decorations, anything the client wants we do it. I will have to show you the web side. My dad also invested on other big companies and real state but I don't move much on those things."
"So you are rich?" Bella asked.
"I used to say 'I'm not rich, my parents are rich'." William said with a smile.
"That's what rich people say." Bella said with a chuckle.
"And you traveled alone?" Bella asked.
"Yeah, there wasn't anyone really close to me, I didn't have friends since I was surrounded by the typical spoiled rich brats that thought that they were better than everyone. I enjoyed spending time with my parents. And from time to time I would go out to night clubs to dance. I love dancing." William said.
"Oh." Bella said.
"You should get some sleep." William said.
Bella nodded and left to the bathroom to get ready for bed. Bella soon was in her bed and dipped of into a dreamless sleep.
William grabbed Bella's history book and began to read from page one. He had just reached the middle of the chapter 15 when the sound of small rocks hitting the window interrupted him. He walked toward the window and looked down and saw a Jacob.
William was confused with Jacob's reason for being shirtless, was he trying to impress Bella or something?
William didn't know what to do. He couldn't let this guy see him, he decided to wake Bella up and see what she thought.
"Bella." William said as he gently shook her.
"Hmm… Wha… What?" Bella asked sleepily.
"There is a shirtless guy outside hitting your window with small rocks." William said.
"Ah?" Bella said still a bit sleepy but she walked to the window and looked down. "Jacob? What are you doing here?"
"Bella, I need to talk to you." Jacob said. "Move away from the window so I can come up."
"No! Wait! I will go down and we can talk." Bella said as she closed the window and put the lock on it.
"He stinks! He smells like wet dog!" William complained.
Bella made a sing for him to be quiet and just stay right there while she went to talk to Jacob.
William stayed up and heard how Bella was being questioned about the Cullens. What did Jacob meant when he said if she was going to forgive him so easily. What was Bella not telling him? So it seemed that Jacob knew what the Cullens were and hated them for some reason. Bella tried to brush it off as old legends, in the end Bella walked back into the house in tears and Jacob left furious.
"Bella?" William said as soon as she walked into the room.
"Not now William." Bella said with a sniff.
"But I want to undest-"
"I said that not now" Bella snapped. Bella instantly felt bad when she saw the surprise and hurt on Williams's eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap but I just need to rest and sleep."
"No don't apologize. I shouldn't have tried to question you just after an argument like that. I'm sorry." William said. "I'm going to step out a bit and hunt, my throat is beginning to bother me."
"Alright. Have fun." Bella said.
"See you later." William said as he opened the window and jumped out of the room.
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