A/N Hiiii! I am so sorry I haven't updated in like...a long time. I've just seriously been busy, the costs of being a junior. I hate how my life has turned to school, eat, hhomework, sleep. Over and over, I have no spare time, its like the teachers don't realize were only kids! We can only take so much before exploding. Or having a mental break down. Anyway here's the next chapter.
Chapter 5- Next door to Satan.
We walked over to the training room, Edward at my side, Jacob behind me with his people. I walked with confidence, stared ahead with determination, and was trying to find a way to defeat him without getting punched in one of my many sore spots. I pushed through the doors and walked over to the center of the mat, awaiting my arrival. Edward sighed and walked over to the sidelines, watching me the whole time. Suddenly people started pouring in, Alice, Jasper, Rose, Emmett, Garrett, and everybody else within the 2 divisions walked in through the doors.
"Go Bella!" Emmett shouted and clapped from beside Edward. I smiled at him and looked at Jacob, walking towards me.
"This being a bet, there must be a request from both sides, you've made yours now I make mine." I said staring him down, he merely nodded. "When I win, you apologize to me and Edward, you become Edward's assistant for the remainder of the week, and I get your Harley." I stated. He laughed and crossed his arms.
"What are you talking about? I don't own a bike." He said smiling, any other time I would have believed him, for he was a good liar. His only mistake was lying to me.
"I am talking about the big black bike in the picture of you and some other girl, in the back of your teams office. That with the helmet I saw in one of the chairs, and the keys you gave to Seth, am I correct in saying that you arrived today in a bike?" I said my eyes never faltering. He quirked an eyebrow at me challenging me. "Seth?" I asked without looking away.
"You are correct." He laughed. Jacob turned to glare at him, and I smiled.
"Do we have a deal?"
He glared at Seth and sighed, "Deal." he confirmed.
"Good," I extended my hand out to him and he shook it once.
"Alright guys, first one to pin the opponent to the mat wins ok?" Jasper said from the sidelines and we both nodded. "Commence." He said and Jacob wasted no time, he threw a punch at me and I ducked. I had to find a way to bring him down without...bringing myself down. As he punched and kicked at me, I studied his patterns, he seemed to be stronger on his right side, leaving his left side unprotected. I tucked and rolled over to his left and swung as hard as I could, hitting him right in the jaw. He faltered, and I took the chance to kick him behind the left knee, bringing him down to one knee. I wanted to tackle him right then and there, but I had a feeling he expected that.
"Come on Bella!" I heard from the sidelines. Unfortunately I looked at who yelled and Jacob took it as the chance to hit me in the stomach, right where it hurt. Fire raced through my veins, all of it centering on my stomach. I felt the air escape my body, and I collapsed, landing on my knees and then falling to my side, all the while my hands clutching my stomach. Jacob towered over me, looking down at my broken body.
"How good can you be, if all it takes is one blow?" He questioned, I coughed for breath and I heard struggles from the side lines, but I couldn't see what was going on, my vision blurred with my tears. He stepped over me and prepared to pin me down, that was it. I knew what was coming next, complete failure. But I couldn't give up, not when I had so much to prove, not just to my future colleagues but to myself as well. It was time to prove who I was and my capabilities. Every muscle in my body screamed give up, but as Jacob descended on to me, I lifted my leg and kicked his abdomen as hard as I could manage. He stumbled back a little and I kicked again, then I swept my other foot into the back of his knees. He feel on to both knees and I that's when I tackled him. I pushed myself off the ground and lunged at him. I landed on top of him and I put all my weight and strength into my arms and pinned him to the mat.
"Match!" Jasper shouted from the sidelines and I got off of him.
"If you're going to attack, attack, don't ever gloat or do the philosophical questioning." I said as I slowly got to my feet, I winced as I straightened.
"Yeah Bella! Wooo!" Alice squealed as I made my way over. I smiled and grabbed my water bottle. Before I could drink my stomach imitated a whale's mating call. I tightened my stomach and blushed.
"Sorry." So now it was in the mood for nourishment, why couldn't my stomach ever agree with me.
"Bella when was the last time you ate?" Rose asked suspiciously.
"Ummm...lets see. On the plane maybe?" I said taking out my oatmeal bar from my bag.
"What?!" Surprisingly it was Emmett that exclaimed. "How can you go with out food for that long? I get hungry while eating breakfast because I was thinking about lunch." He exclaimed. I laughed and shrugged. "I just haven't had the time or stomach to eat." Everybody crossed their arms and turned to Edward with a serious expression.
"Why is everybody looking at me like that?" He asked confused.
"She didn't have any time to eat. Did you not let her rest or get a break?" Alice questioned and I swear Edward looked frightened.
"She never mentioned needing a break." He defended.
"That doesn't mean she didn't need one!" She argued back.
"Guys!" I shouted getting all of their attentions. "It's okay, he's right I didn't say anything because I was fine." I smiled opening my snack bar before my stomach growled again. Alice grabbed the bar from my hand and tossed it in the trash.
"Oh no you don't missy, you need to eat and you will eat. The way you're going to be training you'll be burning calories by the second, so you need to consume them twice as fast." She said crossing her arms.
Edward sighed, "She's right, I was foolish, I didn't take what you'd be losing into account. Guys if it's okay with you, I'm going to take her to get something to eat." He told them. They all nodded and talked about a new case. "Edward I'm fine, can we just go back to training?" I asked hopeful, I hated when I was treated like a child.
"No, she's right you have to eat. Also there are some things we need to discuss." He stated.
"But-"
"That is final." He added. I shut my mouth and frowned at him.
"Well done Bella!" Seth congratulated me slapping me on the shoulder, I shut my eyes from the pain but ignored it and smiled. "Thank you." I breathed out.
"Here is your key." He smiled as he handed me the key that used to be on the chain. "Enjoy." He said and walked away, probably back to their office.
"How bout getting something to eat... on my new ride." I said smiling and dangling my key. He laughed and nodded, "But first I think my assistant has a message for me and you." He smirked and we walked over to Jacob. When he saw us, he rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Bella...Edward," He said his name through gritted teeth, "I apologize to the both of you, and...I'm at your services." He spat out quickly. I smiled and Edward laughed.
"Yes, please pick up my dry cleaning and drop it off at my apartment, then I want you make a poster in which you accept I am better than you." He smirked. I giggled and walked away, I was really craving a chicken sub.
I walked out to the agency's garage and found Jake's- I mean my bike. I hopped on and was startled by a hand on top of mine.
"What are you doing?" Edward asked, confused.
"Umm, getting on my bike so I can drive it." I stated confused.
"Bella I'm not riding in the back." He frowned. I blinked and took a sec to let that sink in, then I burst out laughing.
"Come on Edward, you know you're my bitch." I said and laughed as his frown deepened. "Alright, alright, you can drive, but only because I don't know any restaraunts around here." I said scooting back. He climbed on in front of me and I handed him the key, "Hold on." He said as he brought the engine to life.
"Ummm." To what? I thought. Am I supposed to...to.. like grab on to him? Would I even live if I did?
"I'm not going to bite." He chuckled.
"One can never be too careful." I responded as I wrapped my arms around his lower abdomen. I felt weird, when I met him, I did not expect me to be riding on the back of a motorcycle with him, with my arms wrapped around him. He revved the engine and took off. It felt amazing to have the wind flow through my hair, but the cold stung at my face so I buried it in his back, trying to find warmth in his leather jacket.
After a while I felt us slow down, and turn, then the engine died. I removed my face from his back, and slowly slid my arms back to my side. I got off the bike and waited, he handed me my key, and led me inside a nice cozy restaurant.
We went in and sat at a table for 2, and ordered our food, although he made me order extra than I needed.
"So what's with you and Jacob?" I asked after a moment of silence.
He looked at me for a few seconds and sighed. "We've just never gotten along, we were both top of our class, both training for the same area, to be field agents, so there was always some sort of competition between us. Then the final test arrived, and he just couldn't understand why if we were so alike in just about every aspect, that I came out on top. He didn't understand why he was the top student, the best agent. He always said that I was prefered because I was related to Carlisle. Then when I pointed out that if that were the case, Emmett would have been the top student, he started saying that everyone pitied me because...well because of..." He struggled to get the last few words out, but I didn't need to be a mind reader to figure out what he wanted to say.
"Because of your parents death." I whispered. And he nodded.
"He just can't seem to let it go." He shrugged. I nodded, thinking back to how tense they seemed around each other, but something told me there was more. The waitress brought us our things after a while, and we ate in silence. I had the feeling of being watched, and I did a quick sweep of the room, all eyes were on us.
"Why are they staring?" I whispered and tried not to move my mouth too much.
He didn't even have to look up to know what I was talking about. "It's part of being a field agent, you're supposed to mix in and stand out at the same time, thus attracting the attention of your target. But the inconvenience is that wherever I go, I have watchers." He shrugged and took another bite of his burger.
"The burden of being incredibly handsome." I nodded understanding. Then it hit me, what I had said. Oops, I thought. I looked up from my sub, to find him smirking at me.
"So I'm handsome huh?"He asked smugly. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks.
"I can't be the first person to have told you that." I countered looking down at my sub.
"No you're not, it just surprises me that you think I'm handsome." What was that supposed to mean?
"Well I...I can't deny the obvious, you are indeed handsome. Which aids you in your job, or am I wrong?" I struggled to say the words, all I could think about is how in the world had those words come out of my mouth without passing brain inspection.
"No you're not." He answered.
"I know." I smiled. I looked at his perfect face, and blushed again. You'd have to blind to not see that he was gorgeous. But there's more than what's on the outside, and then there's the small fact that he could quite possibly hate my guts.
"But if you notice, it's not only the females staring." He added on, frowning.
"Well then you must be better than you thought." I said after looking around the room, and noticing all the men staring.
"Or they could be looking at you." He pointed out. I took a second to let that sink in and then burst out laughing. "What's so funny?" He asked confused.
"Why would they be staring at me for?"
"Why wouldn't they?" He retorted confused. Ummm...very good question, I wasn't necessarily ugly, I know that. But I just wasn't... look at me, I'm hot and a goddess...material.
"Uh..." I looked at him confused and he smiled. I rolled my eyes and continued eating my sub. We ate and chatted a little more, I would say talked but we weren't quite there yet, every once in a while there would be silence. I could tell that he was struggling.
"Why?" I suddenly asked. He finished chewing his bite of apple pie and looked at me confused.
"Why the change. A couple of hours ago, I could have sworn you would have killed me in my sleep." I elaborated.
He dropped his gaze, and using the fork, he played with the whipped cream on his plate. "I...I'm not sure. After what you said last night, about trying to correct the past...I-it got me thinking. Was I trying to correct the past? Or merely trying to make my present easier? Then Emmett spoke to me after training, and even though he could say the stupidest things ever, he actually made some sense." he tried explaining.
"What he'd say?" I asked eating my cheesecake.
"It doesn't really matter, it just got me thinking that's all." He shrugged and continued eating.
"Why did you have Jacob apologize to me? He insulted you." He asked me after a few seconds.
"I don't know, because he insulted you as well, and he tried to take your car, but even though you're not my most favorite person. I do respect you, and your leadership." I explained, in part it was true, but even I felt there was a reason missing.
The waitress suddenly appeared with a oreo milkshake, "Here you go miss." she said setting it down in front of me.
"Um, there must be a mistake I didn't order that." I stated confused.
"Oh no, this is from the gentlemen over at that table." She gestured to a table a few feet diagonal to us. When I looked over 2 young men waved and smiled. I nodded and smiled.
"Thank you." I told her and she walked away.
"Looks like you've got admirers." Edward said chuckling.
"Yeah, well what can I say?" I chuckled as well. I picked up the shake and took a drink from it. I raised it up to the guys as a sort of toast/thank you, and drank more of it.
The check came and we got up to go pay. When he turned the reciept over he laughed.
"What?" I asked and he showed me a number with the words "Call me." on the back. I chuckled and rolled my eyes. We walked out to the street and walked over to where we had parked the bike.
"So are you going to call her?" I asked, I had to admit I was curious. Did this happen a lot?
"Nah." He said shaking his head.
"Oh right cause Tanya wouldn't like that." I said chuckling.
"What does she have to do with it?" He asked confused.
"Um that she's your girlfriend?" I added on getting confused myself.
"Tanya isn't my girlfriend." He stated.
"Have you told her that?" I asked laughing.
"I've tried but she's persistent." He said chuckling.
"I'd be careful, there's nothing more dangerous than a heart broken woman." I stated.
"How bout a crazy woman?" He murmured with a bit of anger.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I questioned irritated.
"Well, I'm just saying. I've never seen a broken hearted woman kill my parents before." He stated.
"Are you inferring that my mother was crazy?" I asked through gritted teeth.
"Hey it would explain a lot about you." He retorted.
"You son of a-" I said raising my right hand to slap him, but he stopped me, by grabbing my wrist.
"Tsk, tsk, not this time." He snapped.
"Fine. How Tanya sees anything in you is beside me." I said yanking my arm back.
"Hey I wasn't the one who called me handsome." He retorted.
"I was trying to suck up to you. But I'd rather do this the hard way, if it means spending as little time with you as possible." I hopped on the bike and drove away leaving him there. I parked in my apartments space in the garage and walked into the lobby and into the elevators. As they were about to close, a hand stopped them and in stepped my mentor...or tormentor.
"What are you doing here?" He snapped.
"What am I doing here? I live here. What are you doing here?!" I snapped at him.
"I live here." The elevator doors opened on my floor and I stepped out... with Edward right on my heels.
"Great, this is bloody perfect." I said getting to my door. I watched as he stopped at the door right next to mine. "You've got to be kidding me." He snapped.
I can't believe I live next door to Satan.
A/N There it is, again i am soooooo sorry. I really hate it when an author takes forever go update their story cause sventually i lose interest. So being one sucks, i swear to try to update sooner. I just need to figure something out. Anyway let me know what you thought about it. And let me know of any suggestions you have, and hopefully i'll be posting soon.