"Ms. Swan," I was just finished rechecking the file when he called my name, he reads minds, I swear. I walked in his office with my pen and notepad.
"Yes, Mr. Cullen" He didn't look up from the papers he was revising when he spoke.
"Could you bring me a cup of water, or are you not done with those files?" I smiled.
"I just finished, I'll bring your water right now, anything else?" he looked up from the papers, took off his glasses and stared at me.
"No, that's all," I got out and went for the water, Mike smiled at me again. He was such a nice guy. Edward had been distant all morning. It was to be expected I suppose, he is the boss. I just thought he might smile a bit more.
The rest of the morning passed just the same, I filed, called people, received messages, and took Edward whatever he needed. This job was sure boring; thank God it was already time for lunch because I was starving.
"Ms. Swan," I heard Edward call, so I walked to his office. "You have thirty minutes for lunch, and on your way back, I need you to pick up Sam," he was typing on his computer.
"Where do I pick up Sam?" Did he have a son? And since when do I have only thirty minutes for lunch?
"Bother someone else with your questions; I don't have time for them. That's all." He said while loosening his tie. No wonder his secretaries didn't last long, he was such a butt hole! You need the job Isabella. Ugh. I got out of the office without another word and walked straight to Mike.
"Who's Sam?" I asked him, and Mike smiled.
"The Cullen's dog, he's probably at Ms. Hale's house." So it was a dog? A stupid dog is going to keep me from eating. At least I could say hi to Rose if she was around. It was still so strange she never mentioned her last name. We never thought anything of it because since she was married to Emmett, she was a Hale. "Would you do me a huge favor?" Mike nodded. "Tell Angela that I'm really sorry, but I won't be able to eat with her," he made a face.
"The first week is always hard. I will, Good Luck" as soon as he said that I practically ran out of the building. I knew where Rosalie lived and it wasn't close. It would take me around thirty minutes to get there, so I might as well go get a hamburger at McDonald's. This was practically an impossible task. I was suppose to have lunch for twenty minutes and then take thirty minutes to pick up the dog and thirty minutes to get back to the office. That was way too long.
Was Edward bipolar or something? He was acting so nice yesterday and now he's being a total jerk. I guess I couldn't expect for him to act any different just because it's me. He won't see me give up though, oh no he won't. Even if I have to eat hamburgers every darn day, I would be efficient and I will stay there for a year. I got to Rosalie's house at 11:56, the servants told me Rosalie wasn't home so I took the dog and left immediately. I called Mike, he was so smart. How was I supposed to know I would need his number?
"Hello?"
"Mike, do you know where I'm supposed to take Sam now?" I asked.
"Take him to the Cullen House which is two streets away from the Hale's, the mansion is blue. You won't get lost." he chuckled.
"Alright, thanks so much" I took a deep breath and he chuckled again.
"It's nothing, you're doing great" he hung up. He made me come all the way over here just to take the dog two streets away? He was insane. I dropped the dog off at the Cullen Mansion and headed back to work.
"Hey Mike," I said when I entered the building. He looked at me with wide eyes.
"You took the dog already?" I nodded. "Did you have lunch?" he asked perplexed.
"Yes, I actually did." I said smiling. "Do you know what time it is?" I asked.
"Its 12:44" my smile winded. I walked to Edward's office.
"I picked up Sam, anything else you need Mr. Cullen?" he looked from the computer to me. Then to his clock, then back at me.
"Did you take Sam back to my house?" I nodded. He ran his hand through his hair and looked at his desk. "Call my dad and tell him I'll meet his at Carle's for lunch. Umm…Record these papers in the computer, then file them, then ask Mike for the other papers and do the same thing. After you are finished come tell me and you can go home."
"Anything else?" he took off his glasses and ran his hands over his eyes. He looked exhausted. Maybe that's why he was so grumpy all the time. He had so much on his shoulders.
"No, that's all."
I Called Carlisle, recorded and filed the papers Edward gave me, asked Mike for the other papers, recorded and filed them in two hours and a half. Mike was looking at me with a weird expression when I stood up to go to Edward's office.
"You're done?" he asked.
"Yes, you?" he made a face.
"You practically did my work, so yeah." I smiled at him.
"Good," I walked in Edward's office calmly.
"I'm done recording and filing." I announced. He looked at his clock.
"It's 2:20, usually you would go home at 5:00 but since you're done and I said you could leave, I suppose you can leave." He said calmly.
"It's there anything else I can help you with? Because if you need me, I could stay." He thought about it for a few seconds.
"All I have to do for today is file this papers right here and I already started." I looked at the stack of papers, it was quite big.
"I could help you, if you want. I'm sure you could use the rest." He looked down at the pile of papers and sighed.
"You have to file them in this cabinet." I nodded. It took me thirty minutes to file the papers. Edward looked at me and smiled for the first time in the whole day.
"Thank you, you can leave now."
Five months had passed and I was already used to working with Edward. He was being nicer lately, and I was actually starting to like my job. I mean, I had gotten way better at filing and recording. Faster than anyone at the company. Ever since the night we went to the club, we hadn't gone out again. Alice was getting stressed out by being at the house so much.
"Bella," Edward had started to call me Bella two months ago. Mike was very surprised I was still here but at the same time he knew why Edward kept me around. I had never failed to do something, in the contrary, I always finished early. I stood up and walked in his office with the notepad and pen in hand.
"Yes,"
"Are you done with the papers?" he asked.
"Yes, I finished about ten minutes ago, but I was helping Mike with some other papers," I explained. He nodded.
"Alright, umm...you can go home now."
"You don't need anything else?" I asked, like always.
"No, we're done for today." I nodded and walked out. Then my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bella, want to go out tonight? It's Friday." It was Alice. I had been ignoring her for a while.
"Where, and who's going?" I asked.
"To the movies, I want to watch Seventeen Again. I heard it's really funny. Rose, Emmett, Jasper, and I are going, I think they invited Edward." As she said this Mike waved at me. If Edward went, it would be weird hanging out with him, then seeing him at work as my boss. Sure, he was being nicer lately, but I didn't want to change my routine or get my hopes up.
"Do you mind if I invite someone?" I asked her as I eyed Mike with interest.
"Of course not, invite whoever you want,"
"Ok then, what time?" she squealed.
"7:30, you have time to get ready, are you on your way home?" I could hear stuff ruffling around, she was probably getting stuff ready to play dress up. Yay.
"Almost,"
"Can I help you get ready?" she pleaded, even though she had already started moving things around.
"Yes, Alice. I have to go now. I'll talk to you in a bit!" I hung up and walked towards Mike.
"Hey Mike, what are you doing tonight?" He looked up from his papers.
"I'm going to take Angela to dinner, why?" Well, damn. I guess.
"Oh, it's because my friends and I are going to the movies and I was wondering if you wanted to go. That's fine though, maybe another time, and you can invite Angela as well." I smiled.
"I'm sorry, but sure. Next time maybe we can all go." He was so sweet. Him and Angela made a perfect couple. They definetly deserved each other.
"For sure, see you tomorrow!"
"Bye" I just had to call a taxi and go home now. As walked in the elevator with a smile on my face and I dialed the number for my ride. I was about to push the button to close the elevators doors when I heard someone say my name.
"Bella," Edward was walking to the elevator with his stuff. I guess he was going home. I waited for him to get in the elevator, then I pushed the button to close the doors.
"Hey," I greeted him, again.
"Going home?" I nodded. "What level is your car on?" he asked.
"I don't have one, I'm calling a taxi." He thought about it for half a second.
"I could take you if you want," I turned to face him. Oh god he looked cute when he had his shirt all wrinkled and his coat on hand.
"Oh, no, it's fine. I don't want to be a bother, I could just take a taxi, I do it all the time." He could just be trying to be polite. I shouldn't impose on his time, or take advantage of it. He chuckled.
"I'm not just being polite, I actually…umm…well, I want to take you." In that moment I looked up and our eyes met. Those beautiful green eyes looked so good with that handsome face and that smile, that smile just made my knees buckle. He wouldn't look away, and I didn't want to either. Then the elevator doors opened and I had to look forward. From the corner of my eye I could see him running a hand through his hair while looking another way. I didn't know how to tell him that he could take me home; it was just one of those awkward moments where no one knows what to say.
"So, do you…" he started to ask.
"Yeah, I guess I will..." I assumed he was asking me if I still wanted a ride.
"My car is right here…umm…." We were both looking away feeling even more awkward. The awkwardness was so funny that we both started to laugh.
"Bells!" I turned around to see Jake, the guy from the club, walking toward us. We had been hanging out lately, and had become pretty good friends.
"Hey Jake, what are you doing here?" I asked smiling. He hugged me.
"I called Alice and she told me where you worked, I actually thought I would have to wait for you to get out," He said smiling. His smile was so cute; it was like the sun was smiling at me, it just made me smile even more.
"Oh, it's 'cause I finished my work for today and I was going home…" Then I remembered. "Oh, God, Sorry! I completely forgot about the dancing classes!" I slapped my hand on my forehead. How could I forget?
"It's fine, it's been a while since we agreed to them. Do you still want me to teach you?" I sucked at dancing so bad, and Alice had convinced me to ask someone to teach me. I didn't know who to ask, and the conversation came up one day with Jake, so it was settled.
"Of course I do! I really need them," I said laughing a bit.
"Do you want me to give you a ride home so you can change into more comfortable clothes?" Crap, Edward. I was such an idiot. I turned to him and smiled sheepishly.
"Actually, Edward was going to take me home…umm...maybe you can meet me there and then…" my phone vibrated.
From: Alice
Hey are you going with Jake or coming with us? He called and asked where you worked because of your classes or something like that.
"Ugh, sorry Jake. I'm not going to be able to go with you today; I promised Alice I was going with her somewhere…maybe…tomorrow?"
"Sure, sure. No pro" he said still smiling. He hugged me and left. I looked at Edward to see his expression but he was looking away.
"Umm…sorry about that, I have a really bad memory and—"
"Don't worry about it, you don't have to explain anything to me, are you ready to go?" he sounded cold and indifferent, like he cared less. Wait. Why do I care if he cares?
"Yes," I answered slowly.
"My car is over here," We walked to his car in silence. How did we go from serious, to awkward, to laughing, to indifferent? It was his silver shiny Volvo. He opened the passenger door for me and then went around the car and into his seat. When he turned on the engine the stereo turned on as well and a song started playing. He stopped it immediately and I could see him began to turn red.
"Why did you stop it?" I asked curiously. He revved the car looking embarrassed.
"You don't want to hear that song," he said. He was blushing!
"Why not?" I pressed.
"Er, because it's really bad music and it's not finished—"
"What do you mean it's not finished? Did you make that song Edward?" I asked smiling. The beginning sounded beautiful, I could only imagine how he would sound singing.
"Yeah, I was a little bored I guess"
"Edward Cullen, bored?" I said raising my left eyebrow.
"Yes, I' am human you know," he said chuckling. My shoulders relaxed a bit.
"Can I listen to the song?" He bit his lip. He actually bit his lip, he had no idea how hot he looked doing that, gosh, he made me want to do him right here and then. OMG! What is wrong with me? He looked at me with a confused expression.
"You're blushing?" damn, I should've known. Me and my stupid mind.
"Don't change the conversation." He smiled and bit his lip at the same time. Did he want me to have a heart attack or something?
"Okay, you can listen to it, but another time okay?" I nodded, then curiosity sparked again.
"I didn't know you played guitar," I said. He chuckled.
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me." He was probably right. I mean, I barely met him a couple months ago. The only times we talked were at work, and I wouldn't call that talking much.
"Do you promise?" I asked.
"Promise what?" he asked a bit taken aback from my sudden question. He glanced at me with a confused expression.
"Promise me you'll let me listen to that song as soon as you finish it." I bit my lip, and he glanced at me again, then sighed.
"I promise," at this time we were already far away from the parking building. I looked out the window. We didn't talk for a few minutes.
"Does it have a name?" I asked him. He seemed startled.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Your song, does it have a name?"
"Not yet," I didn't ask anything else, I just enjoyed being there next to him in silence.
When we arrived at my apartment we saw Jasper's car in the parking lot. We looked at each other.
"He spends a lot of time here doesn't he?" I nodded. Jasper came to visit Alice every day. He practically lived here.
"I would ask you to come in but you probably need to get home now," I said quietly.
"You're probably right. I need to do some stuff." He said, and his fingers stayed on the steering wheel.
"Thanks for the ride," he gave me a crooked smile.
"You're very welcome," I smiled at him then got out of his car and walked toward the apartment. When I got in I saw Alice and Jasper in the loveseat watching t.v.
"We were waiting for you," said Jasper smiling. "How's work?" he asked.
"It was good, why were you waiting for me?"
"Was that my brother out there?" he asked while peeking out the window. I could feel my face turn hot.
"Yeah, he gave me a ride from work," a ride that was freaking awesome and interesting! Well, the time we talked anyway.
"I see," he said quietly. I was about to ask him why he asked when Alice interrupted me.
"Go take a shower, we need to get ready. Jasper was just waiting for you to get here so that he could go get ready too." I rolled my eyes at her.
"Alice, is not like something is going to happen to you if you are alone at the house for the whole morning,"
"You never know," she said, "Is not like something was going to happen to you if you took a taxi home," she said teasingly, I was about to answer back but again, she interrupted me. "Anyways….go take a shower, we only have like four hours to get ready and you take freaking long showers so, GO!"
I took a deep breath and walked to the kitchen to get some juice. She was watching me all along, I drank my juice slowly then washed the cup, put the juice away. I was doing everything slow to make her mad. When I was done I walked to my room grabbed my towel and walked back to the living room.
"See you in a bit Jasper," I said then walked really fast to the bathroom before Alice ran to me and choked me. She made my day.
Three hours and a half later….
I let Alice have her fun with me. I didn't want to make her too mad. I made sure I looked decent though, I didn't like looking like a slut. Alice had made me wear skinny jeans with a black shirt that didn't show much but it was quite tight, so it made my body show some curves I hadn't seen in months. Alice had begged for me to wear high heels but I convinced her that for the movies, some floor shoes would do. She got me back with the hair though, she straighten it and spiked out the tips. I thought she was done but then she made a bump which looked real nice.
It was kind of weird how time went by so fast, it was already 7:00 pm. Alice had just finished with my make up when someone knocked the door. She literally ran to open it. I stood up and went to the bathroom to look at myself. Again, Alice had done an amazing job. I was beginning to like getting ready; maybe I would even start getting ready on my own. Maybe.
"Bella, let's go!" I guess Jasper was here. I imagine he took a really quick shower, its either that or he drives insanely fast. I walked out of the room and into the living room. I was a little distracted thinking about how fast Jasper could've driven.
"Hello, again" I knew that voice. I looked up to find no other than Edward Cullen standing in the middle of the living room. My instant smile betrayed how much I liked seeing him here. He was looking as hot as he always did, with a gray turtle neck shirt that showed his muscular body to perfection.
"Hello," I looked around the room because his stare was making me jumpy and the way he looked in fresh clothes and out of work made me want to…
"If we stay here waiting for you two we won't make it to the movie and I really want to see Zac Efron looking hot in that big screen!" we all started laughing at Alice's outburst, except Jasper. When Alice saw his expression she made a puppy face.
"I was just joking, you know I love you. It's just that I really want to see that movie," she was so whiny.
"Alright Alice, let's go." I walked to Jaspers car when I realized I wasn't suppose to go with them and to be honest I really didn't want to. I stopped walking and so did Edward, who happened to be walking right next to me.
"May I ask where you are going?" said Edward while raising his perfect left eyebrow.
"To watch a movie," I answered him slowly.
"And hw exactly are you getting there?" I could see he was containing laughter. So he wanted to play did he? Why couldn't he be playful at work?
"I'm taking a taxi," he rolled his eyes. I turned away from him and walked another direction while I took my cell phone out of my pocket.
"Come on little girl, get in the car," I heard him say from behind me. Little girl? He did not just call me a little girl. I dialed the taxi's number and waited for an answer. Alice and Jasper had already left and Emmett and Rose were supposed to meet us over there.
"Taxi's America," they finally answered and I was about to say I needed a taxi when my phone was taken away from my hand.
I turned around to face Edward and demand him to give back my phone but when I turned his face was way to close.
Didn't change much in this chapter either, just minimal mistakes. Hope you enjoyed it! :)
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