A/N: Hello everyone…This is chapter 14…..Thanks again to Susie my coach. Thanks to my lovely you tube and twitter friends…Thanks to my readers…Thanks for your support and love. A special dedication to Julianne and to Lucia…Love you xx
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MY ALL chap.14
WOLVES
EMBRY
I was not that happy this morning. What the fuck? Did the students decide to play the musical chairs today? Quil was sitting on the other side of the table, next to Jane, on her left side, and Edward was now sitting next to Bella, on the left. Jasper was sitting on the right side of Bella, which was usually my place. So I had to sit in front of Bella now… next to Jane and Quil and I was not enchanted at all.
I arrived at school later than usual this morning. My alarm clock decided to fuck the shut up, and Quil left early, to have breakfast at the Starbucks with Jane….He told me that he found Jane to be a very interesting and charming young woman, and that he wanted to know her better….which was fine with me…but now that I lost my seat next to Bella…I was pretty annoyed.
Isabella was, according to me, the most beautiful and clever girl in this class. She was gorgeous, but on top of that she was so nice and sweet…always ready to help…Isabella was a gem…a pure soul.
And, I was certainly not the only guy to have noticed that. Cullen looked at her, like he wanted to eat her. He was not indifferent to her. No, in fact, I knew he was totally attracted, and Bloody Hell, I was really jealous.
And now I was not sitting next to her. Bloody Cullen was. But I was in front of Isabella. Maybe I could catch her attention. I wanted to ask her for a drink the previous week, but I chickened out. It was not my usual way with girls. I was not a shy person at all, but Bella intimidated me. I was intimidated and fascinated.
I had to do something. I had to invite her for a coffee, a drink or a dinner. No way I would stay still and wait. No way was Isabella going to slip through my hands. I had to try my luck with her. This week I would invite her.
EDWARD
Isabella was so beautiful this morning. When I first saw her at the condo with her long, shiny, brown, mahogany hair, curling on her shoulders, her big brown-chocolate eyes staring at me, her pink sexy dress, her black stilettos… She was gorgeous. She was magnificent. She was radiant. She was breathtaking.
The ride to school was pleasant. My girl was next to me. My Isabella. We talked all the way along about music, about literature, about our favourite movies and so much more. I discovered that we had many things in common. Our taste in music was varied. We both loved Kings of Leon, John Mayer, Gun's n Roses, De Bussy, and many more. One of her favourite movie was 'the notebook' and the Harry Potter's movies, and I told her that I watched all the Harry Potter's, and had the whole series at the condo. She said that I looked a bit like that Cedric guy….RPattz….her favourite story….'The Goblet of fire'. That he was a gorgeous actor and that she was so sad when he died.
"So you think that this Cedric is gorgeous and that I look like him…Interesting"…I added smiling at her.…"So if he is gorgeous…and I look like him…Am I gorgeous, too?"
"You are sort of beautiful, yes….And I saw your last movie…you know…Harry Clearwater…yes…indeed I can say that you are kind of pretty"…she retorted back, laughing.
And we finally arrived at school. I parked the Cayenne, took my schoolbag and went out of the car, almost running to open the door for Isabella.
I took her schoolbag and we walked through the entrance doors. We made a stop at the cafeteria and I picked up two coffees…one for her and one for me, and we headed to the elevator.
Almost all the students were already in class, except for Embry and James. Quil was not at his usual place. He was next to Jane. So I sat at his place….inwardly thinking that I was very lucky indeed, because I would sit next to Isabella. Jasper stood up, winking at me, evidently noticing that there was something very different going on between Bella and me, and he sat at Embry's place on the other side of Bella.
We talked a bit and then James arrived in the classroom. He wished us a nice day and began to unpack his schoolbag.
The last one to enter the class was Embry. He looked at all of us and seemed pretty annoyed….Maybe because he was late…maybe because Jasper was sitting at his place.
In fact he was more than annoyed…He looked clearly pissed. I saw his eyes, lingering on Isabella and staring at me…He stood there for a minute, not moving, obviously waiting for Jasper to change places….But Jasper didn't…So he walked to the chair I usually sat on the previous week, in front of Isabella on the other side of the table. And he kept staring at me and at Isabella…something in his eyes….an emotion… I couldn't read it….but I didn't like it….I didn't like it at all.
The morning class went well except for Embry. I couldn't be happier. We all went in front of the class, paired off in teams chosen by James. I was luckier than ever, because I was with Bella. And as we had practiced the day before, we both got an 'A'.
And at the end of the dialogue, I added… « Alors Isabella tu as passé une belle fin de semaine…Une belle fin de semaine pour une si belle fille. Tu es vraiment magnifique. »
"So, Isabella you had a beautiful week-end…A beautiful week-end for a so beautiful woman. You are really magnificent."
Isabella was all blushes and flushes, as every man….except Embry….began to whistle and the girls applauding.
And we both returned to our places…Embry still staring at us…and My God…I could read his mind now…The guy was fucking jealous. His eyes were so dark with that shifty, suspicious, cold look when he was looking at me, and with that watching, sparkling look when he was staring at Isabella. There was a wolf in the class now…Embry was the wolf…No way I would let the beast approached my girl…no fucking way…
BELLA
Jesus Christ…What was going on? ...Embry was always staring at me and at Edward.
He looked so angry when he was looking at Edward, and when he was looking at me…Fuck…I was so embarrassed.
I didn't know where to look when Embry was staring at me like that….that lust in his eyes…I could feel it. Last week, I was nervous because of Edward…nervous being a very weak word…but now I was a real pack of nerves…
And Edward, on my left side… the sexual tension between the two of us…still so present…
During the class, his hand was often slightly brushing my knee or my arm…and that sent shivers along my skin, along my spine and making my spot ache in sweet tortures.
And I touched him, too…My hand covering his hand….My fingers on his thigh….just light, feathery-like gestures…but we both reacted…I watched him under my lashes…..every time I touched him…this smirk on his face…and the way he looked at me…The look of desire…
And I knew that Embry noticed what was going on between Edward and me…and Edward knew that Embry was furious…It was so fucking evident…
I am sure that was why Edward added this sentence at the end of the dialogue…Maybe he didn't add it on purpose…Maybe he wanted to gauge Embry's reactions…And I knew Edward thought every single word he uttered, out loud in front of everybody.
I knew it because he told me those words in the morning…whispering in my ear…Tu es si belle….Tu es tellement belle…You are so beautiful…You are really so beautiful…
And every time he murmured those words I could feel the heat on my face…the warmth in my body…my cells burning and longing for him…my center on fire…
I was in serious trouble now….Impossible that this was only sexual attraction…There was something more….Yes…the bitchy familiar voice muttering in my head…there is definitively something more, Bella…you know it and I do…maybe you should face the facts now ….Are you falling for Edward, hun?...And I couldn't say anything because there was a kind of truth behind those words….
EMBRY
What the hell was going on between those two? …Nobody seemed to notice….But I did…
That fucking asshole…Cullen…I saw him whispering in Isabella's ear…maybe the other students thought that he was talking about the French exercise we had to do. But I knew there was something else. The way Isabella was cocking her head. Her face blushing with different shades of red, and Edward…his fucking crooked smile….his eyes staring at her…I purposely dropped my pencil on the floor, and I saw Edward's hand on Isabella's knee.
I was getting really mad now…I was furious and I was stupid…Why didn't I invite her when it was time? The first days at school, Isabella was clearly avoiding him…and now…What happened during the week-end? …They seemed so close now…
Even in front of the class during the dialogue. They were in their own little universe.
And when it was almost over…the last sentences he said…A beautiful weekend for a beautiful woman…and that she was magnificent…Fuck…he was flirting with her in front of the whole class…And I was fucking damn sure he meant all those words, and he said them out loud to mark out his territory…These words were for her…And these words were for me…evidently not meaning the same thing at all.
It was not better in the afternoon. I wanted to speak to Isabella, alone, but her watchdog was always near her.
During lunch time she was with him and Jasper. Quil was nowhere in sight, and as Jane was not in the cafeteria as well, I presumed they were together. I sat with Kristen and Leah, acting interested in their conversation, but I was not; not that they were boring, but my mind was preoccupied and busy watching the trio, who were sitting at another table.
At 1:30 the bell rang, and it was time to go back to the classroom. As I walked in the room, Edward was talking with James. I went to my place and waited for the lesson to begin. Isabella was sitting, chewing her bottom lip and again staring at Edward…Then both James and Cullen went back to their chairs, and James began to talk.
"Okay, guys….I just talked with Edward here. He can't be in class Wednesday morning…so as we have just one and a half hours that morning, maybe we could look at our schedule and try to reorganize it…What do you think?...Maybe we can take off all morning and cut a free period somewhere else…As Edward told me, it won't happen that often….so do you mind?"
Everybody agreed, and I was not going to raise any objection here…For what reasons? …I didn't want to do anything to please him…but my reasons were certainly not honourable…Maybe they were for me…but the other students didn't know the turmoil I was living inside…
I waited for the end of the class and shoved my things in my schoolbag.
I was outside when I saw Isabella with fucking Cullen again.
And I asked her if I could talk with her…just a minute…Cullen walked to his Porsche, obviously waiting for our conversation to end.
"Bella…ummm….Bella…Are you in a hurry? ...I would like to invite you for a drink….Can you…. come…just for a drink?"
"Oh! No …sorry Embry…I can't…Edward is waiting for me….umm…sorry…maybe another time. Bye, Embry…see you tomorrow."
Then she left…almost running to Edward's SUV…definitely, there was something going on between those two.
EDWARD
What did Embry want? Why did he want to talk to Isabella? I was there, near my Cayenne, looking at the two of them, and waiting.
I watched him all the afternoon, continually staring at my girl. The bastard…
I was sure he wanted to invite her somewhere. The wolf…no way he was going to catch my lamb.
And there was Rob, too…He spent the weekend with her…We were three around her now…I was not sure about Rob's feelings… but Embry's? They were written all over his face.
When Isabella sat in my SUV, I didn't ask her anything, remembering my mom's advice…Don't harass her Eddie…give her time… I couldn't tell her that I was fucking jealous and to confess that I was in love with her.
So we drove back to Laval, pretty much in silence…me thinking of her, of Rob and Embry and my feelings for her…and Isabella deeply plunged in her own thoughts.
I put a CD of Bic Runga –Sway … the lyrics clearly meaning what was going on in my head right now. My head was battling with my heart. And as I drove I sang….I sang the song to her.
Don't stray
Don't ever go away
I should be much to smart for this
You know it gets the better
Of me sometimes
When you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you
Pull me out in time
Don't let me drown
Let me down
I say it's all because of you and here I go
Losing my control
I'm practicing your name
So I can say it to your face
It doesn't seem right
To look you in the eye
And let all the things
You mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth
Indeed its time
Tell you why
I say it's infinitely true
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
And there's no cure
And no way to be sure
Why everything turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired
I feel so uninspired
My head is battling
With my heart
My logic has been torn apart
And now
It all turns sour
Come sweeten
Every afternoon
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go and like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
It's all because of you
It's all because of you
I finally talked to her. Drawing her out of her reverie.
"So, Isabella, we learnt a lot today. And we have a lot to study, too. We will be pretty busy this week."
"Ummm…Yes…It seems less difficult than last week. I still have a lot of problems differentiating the feminine from the masculine…As James says, there is no trick at all except learning those words."
"So are you willing to study with me, Isabella? We did well today with that French dialogue. And between you and me it is far less boring, studying together."
"Yes….Good idea." she retorted back.
"And I have something else to ask you. Don't feel any obligation though."
"Yes…What Edward?"
"I have this interview on Wednesday morning…and that photo session… I am always nervous as hell…I always don't know what to expect…ummm…I would like you to come with me."
"Are you sure? …I don't know. Will you be less nervous if I go with you?"
"Yes….You calm me…I would like you to be with me…I would like it a lot."
"Okay, then"
"Oh! Great! So do you want to study tonight? Maybe around 7:00? What about those verbs?"
"Yes…Okay with me…See you at 7:00…"
We were finally at the condo. I got out of the SUV, and I opened the door for Isabella.
She kissed me on the mouth, gently brushing her lips on mine. She crossed the street, opened the door and went into her condo.
BELLA
Fuck…I was so perturbed now. That day at school…And Embry…What the hell? ...He wanted to invite me for a drink…Why? ....He wanted to talk to me…And that look in his eyes…that lust…Did he have feelings for me? ...I was not sure. I definitively had no feelings for him at all. I knew though I was falling for Edward…and that was so fast…How could someone fall in love after one week?
And in the Porsche while Edward was driving me back to Laval. That song…the words…and he was singing the words. I knew there was a meaning hiding behind those lyrics. And I knew Edward was singing the song for me.
I had to call someone. I dialled Rosalie's number, and I began to talk as soon as she answered.
I told her everything, trying to breathe and to make sense. Embry, Edward, the school; Edward driving me to school, asking me to study with him, to accompany him to the interview, the song and the words of the song…and my feelings for Edward.
And Rosalie listened, trying to calm me.
"Bella…Take a deep breath now…calm down…I agree with you…Dealing with all these new things that are going in your life right now are tumultuous...But a good thing though… you see Edward with new eyes …he is not the bad guy you thought he was…You are in love hun…and I'm pretty much sure he is in love with you, too."
"As far as Embry…well you will have to talk to him too. It is not an easy situation. But the three of you in the same class…you don't have the choice right now. Make yourself clear…Tell Embry that you don't have feelings for him…He will get hurt…but you can't let it go…"
"And for Edward…well, follow your heart…not your head. If something has to happen it will. The die is cast, darling. He wants to spend time with you…driving you to school…wanting to study with you and now the interview. Why do you think he wants to be with you almost all the time? I think both of you are in love now…It may be fast…but when love strikes, it doesn't send a warning. That's the power of love, hun. Stop placing your head in the sand Bella, and admit it. Stop fighting against it."
"I won't fight, Rose…I can't…I don't have the strength to fight back…I'll just try to collect my wits now and see…I'll see how the week goes…I can't throw myself at Edward like that."
"Well, maybe he will throw himself at you?" she retorted now, laughing.
"Yes…maybe…I wish he would. Thanks for listening to me. I love you, Rosalie."
"I love you, too Bella, and call me this week."
"I will, Rose…I will…Bye."
"Bye, darling."
Then I hung up. The truth hitting me full force. I was in love with Edward now… The inner voice was silent. Because we were on the same wavelength. We both knew that there was a man. The man who was now holding my heart and my soul in his hands. Edward Cullen was that man.
End of chapter 14
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Finally Bella is falling for Edward. And Edward… we already know his feelings for her. But…There are Embry and Rob, too… How is she going to deal with these two? Edward wants to mark his territory…Well…More actions ahead…
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