Dear Reviewers, thank you so much for pointing out that I didn't have this chapter in! I actually had to re-write it, because somehow it disappeared! Anyway, I think this one is better than my first anyway!
As you know, I don't own Twilight. Bella would SO have ended up with Jacob.
Enjoy!
Bella was sitting in her overstuffed chair reading when the bell on the door chimed, signaling a customer. Rose handled the customers, so Bella as usual ignored it. Time passed.
"Uh, Miss?"
Bella looked up, startled. She hadn't heard footsteps. She always heard footsteps. "May I help you?"
"Uh, yeah, I'm looking for a book for my English class, Dracula? I looked in the supernatural and myth section but I didn't see it."
Bella smiled at the boys mistake. "Dracula is a classic novel, so it's in the classics section. Here, this way."
Bella felt her way around the counter and down the one step. She stepped at the perfect time and avoided tripping as she sometimes did. She walked forward until she touched the shelves and then counted as she went until she reached 13. She then felt for the little number place that read 789 and knew she was where she needed to be. She walked straight up to the shelf and got on her tip toes, feeling the letters imprinted on the spine of a book. Then she went down the shelves, reading with her fingers the letters on the spine of the book. It took her a moment and she was squatted down on the floor. She could have sworn the felt eyes on her, but told herself she was imagining things. Finally she found "Dracula" imprinted on the spine of a book with a silky hardcover and she stood up.
She smiled as she held out the book. "Here"
"Hey, thanks. I didn't exactly know it was a classic."
Bella laughed softly. "No worries, you're not the first. Come on back to the desk and Rose will ring you up."
Bella walked toward the direction on the front but tripped on her first steps. Warm arms grabbed her waist and held firm. She stayed upright with the help of the boy. She realized in her split second mind that she was practically laying against his chest and stood spine straight, backing away. Her face was hot, and she was sure, beat red.
"I'm so sorry-"
"No, my foot was in the way. I should be more careful, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left it where you couldn't see it." His last comment was what made Bella not like him.
"This way. Rose will check you out." She said in a cold voice and walked toward the front, this time not tripping.
"Rose!" Bella yelled loud enough for Rosalie to hear her upstairs. She reached the counter and stepped up, walking the distance to her chair and sitting down, tucking her legs back under her.
"Bella? Oh! Hello, sorry I didn't see you there. You ready to ring up?"
"Uh, guess so." The boy's voice sounded defeated, sad.
"Okay, just right here Sweets."
Rose used her sweet talkin' flirt voice so Bella knew the boy was probably drop dead gorgeous. Great, you just have to be they typical klutzy blind person in front of a cute guy! Go Bella, she thought to herself.
"Uh, hey miss? I didn't mean to offend you. I'm sorry if it came out that way. Anyway, yeah. Sorry."
And he was gone, the bell on the door chiming.
"Come Back Soon!" Rose yelled loudly after him.
"Bella Marie Swan! That boy was gorgeous! And was he just flirting with you? He didn't stop staring at you the entire time I was ringing him up! And he was a Reservation boy! You know those boys with their warm chocolate skin and pink lips and all their muscles…mmm Bella you lucky girl!"
"Rose I'm probably the first blind person he's ever seen. I'm the freak Rose."
"You're not a freak Bella. And what did he mean by offending you?"
"He tripped me, and-"
"Oh my God Bella I'll hunt him down and kill him! Tripping a blind person is good enough reason for death!"
"Thanks for the offer Rose but he didn't do it on purpose. You know I just don't like being reminded and he reminded me."
"If you say so Bella. But if he ever does it again, I won't take your word for trying to protect him."
"Well ya know nothing would have happened at all if you had been downstairs to help the customers! You know I hate working with people!"
Rose cringed.
"Yeah, I know, but I was talking to Emmet! Did you know they're coming up this weekend? Him and Edward. And you know what that means!"
I groaned. Double date! Edward was in love with me, had been since we were in sixth grade. I had yet to return his feelings, but that didn't discourage him.
Rose met Emmet after we moved to Washington and was in love at first sight. Emmet was a gorgeous man, and Rose was the prettiest girl that lived. Emmet had told Bella that once, and she believed him. Emmet liked the attention Rose gave him, and he followed her around the same as she followed him.
Rose was one of the few people who Bella actually knew what she looked like. During a conversation one day Rosalie had asked Bella how she pictured everyone in her mind and Bella had told her about finger pictures, where she traced the persons face with her hands to form a picture of them. Rose had been obsessed with the idea and insisted Bella do it to her immediately, though Bella didn't want to. Rose was adamant and said she liked the idea of Bella knowing her better.
After forming the picture of Rose in her mind, she agreed that she was the prettiest girl she had ever met.
"Rose, no double dates this time. I'm not leading Edward on to something that's not gonna happen. Give me this one, okay?"
"We'll see Bella, we'll see."
Bella and Rose left at the same time. Rose offered her a ride like she always did, and as always bella declined.
"You best hurry, skies look almost ready to pour."
"Okay Rose, ill hurry. See you tomorrow!"
Bella went down her path after she heard Rosalie's car speed away. About halfway home Bella heard footsteps of a jogger behind her and kept her pace, ignoring them. She could tell it was a man from the heavy steps. Bella became afraid when the person slowed down when passing her, and Bella became scared when he stopped in front of her.
"Hey, you're the girl from the bookstore."
Bella sighed, only partially relieved to hear the familiar voice of the boy from earlier.
"Yeah, I am."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be a creeper or anything, I just thought you might want to hurry home. There's a storm comin'. "
"Storm? How bad?" Bella's voice dropped.
"Oh, not like deadly or nothing, just a loud one, lots of thunder and lightning."
"Oh, well thanks. I live just up the path here, so I'll be home soon."
"Okay. And hey, thanks for helping me earlier…uh…..Sorry I don't know your name."
"Bella. Bella Swan."
"Well, nice to meet you Bella."
Bella was in her driveway now and only paying half- attention, feeling the rain start to fall.
"Same" Bella muttered.
"I'm gonna get out of the rain. See you around Bella."
Bella was another few steps when she swung back around. "Hey, you didn't tell me your name!"
She heard a laugh, much closer than she thought it should be. "Jacob Black.
Bella smiled. "Nice to meet you Jacob."
Bella could hear the smile in his voice. "You too Bella."
You know the drill!
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