A/N: I will hopefully get caught up on reviews soon.
Thanks to team Shiffy x x
Chapter 12
After leaving Edward, I headed home. I spent the rest of the day in my room. Edward had left my head spinning. I didn't understand why he had helped me or why he was so persistent in persuing me when I had made it clear to him that I wasn't interested in being with him.
It wasn't until we were all sitting at the dinner table that I realized how persistent he was going to be.
"Bella received a bouquet of flowers today," Alice said, in-between bites of her food.
Jasper looked from Alice to me, surprised. "You did?" Jasper asked, raising an eyebrow.
I shrugged. "They were unwanted."
"She wouldn't say who they were from."
I shot Alice a glare. She didn't know when to shut up at times. The last thing I wanted was Jasper hounding me for details.
"Who were they from?" Jasper asked. "Anyone I should be concerned about?"
"No," I said, shaking my head. "Like I said, they were unwanted."
Jasper stared at me for several minutes as if he was thinking something over before continuing with his meal.
"Oh, did you hear from Emmett?" Alice asked Jasper. "Rose called earlier to say Edward got into a fight."
"He did?" I asked, concerned, hoping it wasn't because of me.
Alice gave me a curious look before continuing with her story. "Yeah, apparently he went down to the pier looking for James."
I had suddenly lost my appetite. I dropped my fork down on my plate. I couldn't believe that he had been that stupid. Hadn't I told him to leave me alone?
"Why was he looking for James?" Jasper asked, confused.
"No one knows," Alice shrugged, glancing at me.
"Is he okay?" I asked, worried.
"Rose said he has a few bruises, but other than that, he's fine."
I don't know why, but I felt the urgent need to go and see him. I had to know he was okay. Maybe it was the guilt. Yeah, it had to be the guilt. I felt guilty because I knew the fight was over me. I would go over to his place and make sure he was okay and then leave. That was it.
I scraped my chair back and stood up.
"Where you going?" Jasper said, eyeing me.
"I just remember I have… I have this thing I have to go do." I went over to the door and grabbed my bag, but I realized that I didn't have a clue where Edward lived. "Hey, do you…" No, I really didn't want to ask them where Edward lived. If I did, they would know that the fight was over me and that the flowers were from Edward.
"Do you want me to drive you to Edward's?" Jasper asked, standing up and grabbing his car keys.
He knew? "I ah, yeah… that would be great."