Chapter Two:
Connor's POV
I woke up early filled with excitement. I was meeting Leah today. I turned to my left and saw Murphy still sleepin'. We got a hotel room in Forks and stayed for the night. Tomorrow was Thursday, so we would be looking for our own place to live in with all the money we saved after the whole Papa Joe thing.
Rising out of bed, I go to the bathroom and take a shower. Leah was fucking gorgeous. I've never seen or met a woman like her. When I first saw her, I felt something, like a pull leading me to her. It actually feels nice, but when she's not near me, it kinda hurts. Like an empty feeling in my heart.
I shut the shower off and dry myself, wrapping a towel around my waist. I walked out and saw Murphy just waking up.
"Hey, mate. I'm meeting Leah today, maybe you can look around town and find something that interests you. Or even hang out with Bella." His face brightened at the mention of her name.
"She's somethin' different man. I never met a girl like her. Do you ever feel something funny when you're near her? Like you just want to hold her forever and ever?" Murphy asked.
"Yeah, I don't know what this is, but it feels good. I never felt this way for anyone. Who knows, maybe we'll find out what it is in the future." I said. I went through my duffel bag and grabbed a grey shirt, dark jeans, my black leather belt, and my black trench coat.
While Murphy was takin' a shower, I got changed and made sure I had a couple knives with me, which I kept hidden in my boot. Murphy came out and got changed in the same clothes as mine.
We put our rosaries on and hid them under our shirts. And with that we walked out of our hotel room and out the building. We walked out the front door, put on our dark sunglasses, and lit a cancer stick simultaneously.
We walked over to our mustang and got in. Leah said we would meet at her mothers diner where she works. The drive was in a silence, but the radio was playing 'Take Me To Church' by Hozier. Murphy had his seat back, his glasses over his eyes, and his hands folded behind his head.
I pulled up to the place Leah mentioned, Sue's Diner. I looked through the window of the restaurant to see Leah, a man who resembles her, and an older woman Leah resembles. But most of my focus was on Leah. She was wearing an apron, holding a notebook and pen, and an empty tray. I looked around and saw the someone that caught Murphy's attention yesterday.
"Hey, man, there's Bella." He sat up immediately and looked to where I pointed. He had a dazed look on his face and a goofy smile on his lips. Rolling my eyes, I smacked the back of his head bringing him out of his trance.
We hopped out of the car and walked into the diner. I opened the front door and held it open for my brother. Together, we took our glasses off and hung them on our shirt collar. I saw Leah, Bella, and the other people Bella was sitting with look up to us.
Bella and Leah smiled and waved to us. Murph and I smiled back and waved to them. Murphy went to say hi to Bella and I stood where I was as Leah walked to me with a grin on her face.
"Hey, you showed up." She said.
"Why wouldn't I? 'S not everyday a pretty lady invites you to their mothers diner. I just had to come." She laughed a little which made me smile. God I'm turning into a sap. Who cares?
"Come on, your brother is already meeting the gang, you should too." Leah led me to where Bella and Murph was sitting with fourteen other people. "Guys this is Connor, Murphy's brother. Connor, Murphy this is Sam, his fiancee Emily, Quil, Emily's niece Claire, Paul, Jared, his girlfriend Kim, Embry, Seth my little brother, Brady, Colin, Jacob, Victoria, and Laurent, and his girlfriend Irina."
"Nice to meet you all. As Leah said, I'm Connor, this is my twin Murphy. Well, fraternal twin really." I said.
"Cool, he's Irish. Like Leah said, I'm Seth. It's great to meet someone who can bring a smile to her face." Seth said shaking my hand.
"Well, it's always a pleasure to make her smile." I saw Leah blush a little, which made Victoria and Bella laugh a little.
"So what brings you guys to bleary, humid, and the small town of Forks?" Jacob asked, leaning back in his seat, folding his hands behind his head.
"Change in scenery. When we got reunited with our father, he went back to Scotland to our ma." Murphy explained. I took a seat and straddled it, right next to Murphy.
No one else was in the diner, so it was just us people in here. Leah took a chair next to me and leaned forward on the table.
"How long do you think you guys'll be staying?" Paul asked.
"Who knows? We may be here for a while. But we do know that friends or family of our will be visitin'." I said.
"Yeah, lord knows Doc will definitely be checkin' up on us, literally gettin' a plane over from Boston to Forks just to make sure we aren't causin' rough bar fights." Murphy mentioned.
"Who's Doc?" Paul asked.
"He's a buddy of ours, we would always head over to his bar. Thing is, he has tourette's, so whenever he speaks, out of the blue he yells at the top of his lungs 'fuck. ass.' No matter where we are, church, elementary school, hospitals, anywhere, he can't keep quiet." I say.
"He may seem crazy to others at first, but once you get to know him, he's like a grandfather to everyone." Murphy said.
We talked the whole day in the diner, swapping funny stories with each other, joking around, teasing each other. Sue, Leah and Seth's mother, joined us as well, telling stories about her son and daughters childhood. Claire was sleeping in Sue's office in the back. Right now, Murphy and I were telling them about the time Ma called us when we were in Boston.
"So we ask Ma to give us the goods. Murph asks 'who came out first?', then she says 'Well, I suppose you have the right to know. Are you ready?'. We say 'yes', and she bluntly says: 'the one with the bigger cock.'" This made everyone bust out laughing, Seth and Brady fell out of their chairs, still laughing. Jared had his head on the table, his shoulders shaking, his left fist pounding on the table. Jacob was clutching his stomach and leaning back in his seat. Leah had her head on my shoulder, laughing uncontrollably. Bella and Murphy had their arms around each other, holding themselves as they died laughing.
"Oh my god, your mother is awesome. She sounds like she doesn't take shit from anybody." Paul said still laughing.
"Bit really, did you guys ever find out who was the first born?" Kim asked.
"No, we tried asking da, but he said the same fuckin' thing. It's like ma and da have the same thoughts when it comes to the older twin." I said shaking my head. Sue looked at the clock above the door to the kitchen and stood up.
"Good god, it's getting late everyone. We've got to close up the diner. Now, help tidy up a bit and we'll lock up." Sue said. We all got up from our seats and started to clean up the diner.
Once the place was cleaned, Emily grabbed a sleeping Claire out of Sue's office and we filed out of the diner. Sue locked up and her and Seth drove in her car, saying 'bye' to everyone. Emily and Sam went into their truck with Clair and Quil. Jacob, Paul, and Embry went into their rabbit. Jared and Kim went to her car. Leah and Laurent took their silver chevy. Victoria winked to Leah and Bella and drove in her red convertible. They all drove home. The only cars left here are Bella and Leah's and mine and Murphs.
"Today was fun, Leah. We should do this again sometime." I said to the beautiful woman next to me. She smiled brightly.
"Well, why don't you meet us at the bonfire this Saturday. The tribe elders; my mom, Jakes dad Billy, and Quil's grandpa Old Quil; we eat, talk, have fun, cliff dive, and then at night they tell the legends of our tribe. You and Murphy should come, it's really great."
"Sure, we could define- wait, whoa whoa. Did you just say cliff diving?" I asked, the tone in my voice showing surprise.
"Yeah, we always do it. And since Bella is the newest member of the group, it's going to be her first time cliff diving. You two should try it." Leah said. I thought for a minute before nodding.
"Yeah, sounds exciting." I said rubbing my hands together in anticipation. Leah looked over my shoulder and smiled widely. I turned around to see Murphy and Bella flirting like crazy. Jesus my brother moves fast.
"They seem to like each other." Leah commented.
"My brother is like that, he only met a few women, but he said that Bella is special in a different way."
"Well, I guess we'll see each other Saturday for the bonfire." Leah said.
"Countin' on it." I said. Leah stepped up to me and gave me a cheek peck. I felt a jolt of electricity crawl over my skin. Stammering like an idiot, I started to walk backwards to our car. But then I saw the other two still flirting.
Rolling my eyes, I grabbed the back of Murphys trench coat like he did to me yesterday.
"I will see you tomorrow, Bella. And we will definitely be at the bonfire. Hey, Jesus fucking Christ Connor. Don't pull so hard, I can't breath."
We finally got into the car. Turning on the ignition and waving to Bella and Leah, I pulled away from the diner and started to drive back to the hotel.
