A/N: Salutations! Thank you for the 1 review you hold a special place in my heart!
and the favorite/follows
I appreciate it! So I will hopefully be posting regularly! Until I figure out a schedule. Also downloaded app and have no idea what I'm doing! My chapters won't typically be this long if you consider this long!
Also a little insight on my Bella & Edward they will be a bit OOC and sometimes they may even be aggravating.
With that being said hope you enjoy the first official chapter!
Don't forget to review! :D I'm needy.
Chapter 1
.
"Alice I've been sitting in this restaurant holding a damn yellow rose for an hour and 15 minutes! The guy clearly isn't showing up." I hissed.
"Bella please just give it five more minutes you've already waited this long and remember this could be your one." My best friend pleads but all I can do is shake my head no like she can see me.
"Alice I'm going home this was a fail and I'm ok with that. I'm over getting these pathetic looks from people here and never mind the fact that I look like a dick holding this rose." I say sighing while dropping said dreadful rose on the table and making my way to the front door.
"Ugh I feel terrible for pushing this on you and then this to happens I will make it up to you I promise! I just don't understand why Jacob would do that." Alice continues rambling in my ear. At this point I've stopped listening I know she feels bad I get it but I'm over this debacle of a blind date.
"Ally cat please stop beating yourself up over this maybe there is a reason he didn't show up. Take me to lunch tomorrow and we are even. I gotta go I'm about to jump on the train. Love you!" I say rushingly as I hang up.
In the corner of my eye I see a handsome man. Now I've seen my fair share of handsome men living in New York City but there is something about him. Something that called me to him. I don't know if it's his wild hair or the odd shade of it or how tall he was compared to my 5'4 frame. I couldn't take my eyes off him I feel like a stalker.
Of course as luck would have it during my stare down beautiful green eyes catch my brown ones. He gives me a sexy smirk like he knew he just caught me mid drool watching him. Bashfully I break our eye contact putting my head down while making my way to get a metro card.
Fighting with the machine because it's not taking my wrinkled dollar I feel rather than see an arm come between me and the damn machine. Chuckling quietly he takes it lightly from my hands.
"You know typically when you try forcing the machine to take your wrinkled dollar it's just going to continue to spit it out. You gotta have some patience and viola!" My mystery man with the beautiful green eyes says. Miraculously after flattening the dollar out the machine from hell took it.
"Wow well thank you I obviously didn't have the patience for much right now. So thank you.." I say shyly hoping he catches my drift to tell me his name so I can finally put a name to this face that has me currently mesmerized.
"I'm Edward and you are?" He says expectantly as his hand shoots out to shake mine.
"I'm Bella short for Isabella wow Edward that's a great name." I nervously start rambling because his hand feels amazing in mine. I'm also trying my hardest not to come off as a weirdo which I think I'm failing at. Though he puts me at ease when he laughs.
"Well thank you Bella I've grown to like it." He says jokingly as we both walk side by side through the turnstile and on to the same platform. I do an internal happy dance.
"So Edward who helped me with my dollar dilemma what are you up to tonight." I asked flirtatiously intrigued by this stranger. He smiles enjoying our banter
"Well Bella I'm actually meeting up with some of my friends and then heading to a bar. How about you? What has you put tonight? Hot date?" Though he's joking I cringe which he doesn't miss.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to pry or bring up bad feelings." He says apologetically. I cringe yet again because I don't really want to tell this handsome stranger I got stood up, but I also feel bad because he's being sweet about it.
"It's ok it's just my best friend she set me up on this blind date and I was suppose to show up with a yellow rose. Long story short I was waiting there for and hour and 15 minutes holding a yellow rose." I finish off embarrassingly blushing like mad. To my surprise he lets out a big laugh.
"That sucks. I didn't realize people were still desperate enough to do the blind date thing. So what do you think happened? He saw you and left? Or he didn't bother to go at all?" He says while his laughing subsides. Shocked and hurt that this guy who barely knows me just insulted me not once but twice.
"Uh wow thanks for the insults I didn't realize I was having a conversation with such a judgmental person." I say full of attitude.
Rather than looking properly chastised or remorseful for coming off as insulting. The jerk sat there smirking.
"I wouldn't consider myself judgmental. Though that comment about being desperate would say otherwise. I consider myself as being honest. Brutally sometimes. If that offends you then I do sincerely apologize." He smiles apologetically at me trying to appear genuine.
"Yeah well thanks for that half ass apology." I say quickly standing as my stop approaches
"It's not half ass. I really am sorry for offending you. I didn't mean for it to come off that way." He says smoothly.
"Yeah well it did and it's fine. I get it anyway I would say it's nice meeting you but would contradict how I'm feeling right now. Have a good evening at the bar." I said evenly while walking up to the door waiting for it to open.
"Wait let me make it up to you somehow. Take you out to dinner. How about tomorrow night?" He rushes behind me. The doors open and I step out on the platform and he follows.
"What are you doing? I say annoyed. "Don't you have friends to meet? I don't need a pity date Edward." I say in a tone that lets him know I'm over this disastrous encounter.
"I can catch the next train it's fine. Listen there's something about you. Maybe it was the way you were open and honest with me. Maybe it's the way you called me out on being a dick. All these possibilities have me willing to step out of my comfort zone. So what do you say? Will you go out to dinner with me tomorrow?" He looks at me imploringly.
A bit taken back by his honesty I bit my lip and ponder what my next move with him will be. Looking up at him a bit hesitant I decide I might as well give him a shot. What's the worst that could happen.
"Fine. I will give you one chance Edward. One dinner. I don't like to waste my time. I'm also a very straight forward person and can come off strong." I finish rambling listing reasons for him to not bother with the dinner. I hold my hand out to him.
"Phone please. I'll add my number for you." I say patiently. He looks up at me confused but smiles sweetly as he hands me his phone.
"Thank you for having an open mind Bella I promise you won't regret it. I will give you a call sometimes tonight or tomorrow." He smiles flirtatiously at me.
Flustered by the sudden change our encounter has taken I simply say sounds good and walk away and wave my goodbyes to the mysterious yet judgmental handsome stranger.
•
•
•
•
love it hate it? Let me know if chapter two should follow!
Also apologize for any misspelling or grammatical errors you may find!
Toodles!
-mamasmusings