Hey guys! Sorry for such a long wait. Had so much stuff going on! Thanks for all the wonderful reviews from the last chap. You are amazing for sticking with this for so long. Anyway. The new chapter. Edward makes a little visit here. Hope you enjoy and remember to review at the end.
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"Sonia? There`s someone on the phone for you." My mom said as she opened my door and disturbed me from my little cat nap I was taking. I rolled onto my back and rubbed my eyes.
"Who is it? It`s not Jacob is it?" I asked, half hoping it would be him.
Jacob and I hadn`t spoken properly since the funeral two months ago. We would see each other at school, at Emily`s, and at Kim and Jared`s place since they had little baby Noah. Nothing was exchanged between us but polite pleasantries, neither of us wanted to take any conversations farther.
I had heard that Jacob was spending more and more time with Bella, for her own protection apparently, since there was a vengeful vampire after her because she caused the death of said vampires mate or some bullshit. The funny thing was that Jacob was less heavy and aggressive in trying to win me back as he promised when he was spending more time with Bella. For me it just proved that he was all fucking talk. Truth was, I missed him terribly, and the angry rage and disappointment of not having him with me anymore boiled down to a bitter acceptance. Bella could have him. She will hurt him and it serves him right for letting her.
"Who is it then?" I asked, getting up and stretching out.
"I don`t know, a guy, sounds really polite." My mom gave me a hopeful smile. She hated Jacob as much as I do now. Good to know what side she`s on. Curious, I put on my Snooki style green slippers and picked up the receiver in the kitchen.
"Hello?" Who could it be? I wasn`t expecting the chill I felt as I heard the persons voice on the opposite end.
"Hello Sonia. May I extend my own and my families deepest regrets over the loss of your grandmother." No! Fucking! Way! Edward the Freak Cullen was calling my house! I was shocked into speechlessness for a while.
"W-what?" I replied dumbly. Shit! "Why are you calling here?"
"We need to speak. Just me and you."
"We don`t need to speak about anything." I snarled down the phone.
"We do. I am asking you politely Sonia. I am sorry about making you come with me the last time."
"Are you for real? Making me come? You kidnapped me and drugged me!" I whispered into the phone, my mom was probably lurking in the shadows outside the kitchen trying to listen in.
"You`re right. I apologize."
"We can`t talk Edward. Do you want Jacob to kill you?"
"Jacob is too preoccupied with Bella at the moment to even think about who you are meeting or talking to." That hurt to the quick. Of course Edward would know what Jacob was thinking, he could read minds after all. I swallowed a painful lump down my throat and exhaled a breath I hadn`t known I was keeping in.
"Why do you want to talk to me?"
"We need to meet and talk. About our mutual situation." He stressed mutual and I got the picture. His Bella and my Jacob. I twisted the telephone cord around my fingers and looked at the spot where my nana collapsed that horrible day.
"It will cause so much shit Edward. And I don`t really feel like having my blood drained today." To my surprise he actually chuckled a little.
"You will come to no harm while you are with me. So what do you think? In or out Sonia?" In or out? What Jacob said to me that day before we went to the beach. Should I flip a coin to decide? Should I go?
"I promise you Sonia, you won`t be hurt. It`s entirely up to you." Edward reassured me again.
"Fine. I`ll meet you."
"Good. Meet me in Forks Diner. I`ll be waiting there for you."
"Forks Diner? When?"
"Now preferably. Bella is coming back in a couple of hours and when she leaves Jacob will obviously check if you are okay."
"I`ll see you there in half an hour." I decided on the spot. I would actually be glad in getting an angry reaction from Jacob. If meeting up in a friendly diner with his mortal (or immortal) enemy was the trick then I was going to take it. Let him smell the leech on me.
"Perfect."
"Bye."
"Goodbye."
A strange sense of excitement rushed through me as I tied up my converse and brushed my hair. Talk about Interview with a vampire. I knew it was a dumb thing to actually agree to meet him in the first place but, in a sense, he and I were in the same boat. We were both being fucked over by people we love. If the pack were to go bananas if they knew I was meeting one of the Cullens then Jacob would go ape shit. Fuck him. I could meet whomever I wanted. If the Cullens spent all their time around humans without draining their blood then I wouldn`t be in that much danger now would I? Christ! This reassuring myself is not working. Maybe that`s why Edward chose a popular spot with people for us to meet. To reassure me that he won`t kill me in front of so many witnesses.
I drove with a sense of panic out of the rez. I was expecting a giant wolf to leap out of the trees at any moment and block my path. But it didn`t happen. Jacob didn`t hear my conversation then. He must be too preoccupied with precious Bella to even listen in on me anymore. Jerk!
Approaching the diner I saw Edward`s infamous Volvo parked next to a rusting pick up. He was true to his word. He was waiting inside for me. I parked next to a real cool Harley and willed my fear away. He won`t kill me. He won`t kill me. He won`t will he?
I opened the door with sweaty hands and looked around the diner. It was full. It seemed like most of Forks High was there. A couple of the boys eyed me curiously and smiled before I spotted Edward sitting in the corner, still as a statue. He was handsome, in an other worldly sort of way. But he was missing something and had extra things that no human shouldn`t have. The beauty, the stillness, it wasn`t normal. Why couldn`t people see it.
I locked eyes with him and was surprised to see a smile curve his mouth. He stood up and beckoned me towards him. Stiffly, I made my way over to him and sat down opposite.
"You are perceptive Sonia. A skill not a lot of people have." He seemed to be studying me with his strange golden eyes. "Most people find me attractive, not strange looking."
"Most people don`t know what you really are!" I countered, with earned me another chuckle and smile.
"May I take your order?" A waitress appeared from thin air behind me, all eyes for Edward.
"Nothing for me but my companion would like a black coffee." Edward said.
"Okay, if you change your mind about anything to drink or to eat let me know darling." And with that she flounced off, ponytail swinging.
"Does it ever get old?" I asked him.
"Reading peoples minds? I tend to block it out most of the time. It`s a useful gift sometimes but one I wouldn`t wish on anyone."
"So...our mutual situation." I raised my eyebrows at him and he nodded.
"It has gone on for long enough I think. I`m getting sick of it to be honest. Being...who I am or what I am for that matter, change doesn`t come often. Emotional changes. Bella...is the first woman I have ever loved. With...my kind, emotional changes, like love, hate, grief, change us. Humans can fall in and out of love so often that the flurry of emotions that come with them seem so casual. For me, my love isn`t casual. I`m not used to it. Or to any of the other emotions that come with it. Jealousy, protectiveness, physical affection..." He stopped as the waitress came back with my coffee. I thanked her but it fell on deaf ears as she placed it in front of Edward. He gently nudged it towards me.
"So...you`re jealous that Bella is spending time with Jacob?" I asked as I poured two sugars into my coffee.
"I am. So are you."
"I know. But, it`s something I have to get over." I sighed and I stirred in the sugar.
"Jacob belongs with you."
"I hate hearing that...so please...don`t remind me. Soul mates and all that jazz. It`s just getting more confusing."
"You shouldn`t have broken up with him."
"Why not? Because it keeps Bella away from him and with you?" I asked nastily. "I don`t understand you Edward. Why do you tolerate it?"
"Because I love her." He said, almost sadly.
"If she loves you then she would take your feelings into account don`t you think?"
"Jacob helped her when I left. I understand that they have a special bond. Something I could never share with her."
"Edward listen. I really don`t know why you asked me here? You know I hate Bella! I have broken up with Jacob. There`s nothing I can do. If you think that I can stop Jacob from seeing Bella then forget about it. It won`t work. He can`t stay away from her, and her from him."
"Jacob loves you, and you love him."
"Love is complicated. I gave him so much...and he just..." I stared down into the coffee. Every kiss I shared with Jacob, every cuddle, the times we made love, the times he told me he loved me, I let Edward see. He had to understand. Then I thought about how Jacob lied to me, all the horrible nasty things he said to me, how he took from me what I could only give once so happily all the while being in love with someone else, all the while lying to my face. "Is that love Edward? All the lies, all the pain. If you are going to try and convince me to get Jacob out of your perfectly tussled hair then forget it. You said that Jacob loves me...but sometimes love isn`t enough."
"I tried to leave Bella you know, for her own protection. It almost killed both me and her. I vowed never to leave her again. I don`t have your freedom Sonia. Well, you are hardly free being imprinted on but...I don`t have the freedom to break up with Bella. I could never."
"You could. Might show her that it`s you she really wants." I suggested.
"Out of the question. It will hurt her too much."
"Then what? We have gotten no where."
"I know what Jacob thinks. He is foolish, head strong, and he has the ability to be malicious. He loves you though. Maybe not the way you want him to but he will come to realize it soon enough, that you are the only woman for him. Bella is like a mission for him. He wants to keep her human, which I fully agree with, he doesn`t want her to lose her humanity."
"So I keep hearing." I drummed my knuckles on the tabletop, desperate to stop talking about Bella.
"I think it`s about time that I go home Sonia." Edward said, swiftly getting up and paying the bill at the counter. I followed suit and left with him.
"Thank you for meeting with me, even if we got nowhere with our mutual problem."
"It seems like our problems are different." I shrugged, zipping up my parka.
"You are a wonderful dancer by the way. I saw one of your performances last year." I was surprised by his sudden compliment.
"Thanks." I said awkwardly, meeting his eyes.
"Have you thought of any companies you would like to join?"
"I have a whole list of companies I would love to join, all out of my league, and too far from La Push." I laughed, which made Edward smile. He suddenly looked boyish.
"Don`t give up on your dreams. You have the talent, and the passion."
"I know. Well, I better head home. Thanks for the coffee."
"We should do it again some time." Edward said, shocking me.
"Ehhh yeah, sure." Again?
"If you want." He added. If he were human he would be cute.
"Thanks." He smirked at me.
"Don`t let that go to your head. Goodbye Edward. Thanks for not sucking my blood." I turned to my car and got in. Christ that was weird. And Edward was still watching me. Eughh gross.
I let my mind wander as I drove home. I was beginning to regret having that coffee with Edward. The way he looked at me. Calculating. Like this meeting was part of some different plan. I was broken out of my thoughts almost back to La Push when I saw a huge half naked figure standing in the middle of the road just around the bend. Shit! One of the pack. They must have found out. I slowed down my car as I approached him. It was Jacob. And he looked livid.
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