I don't own Twilight. What I own is my character's behavior, personality, background, and the plot of the story.
Author's note at the end of the chapter.
Edward storms away and after giving his retreating form a last look, Marco enters Bella's room. "What crawled up his ass?"
Bella shrugs then tells him, "Hell if I know."
Marco slowly lowers himself to the chair opposite Bella and raises an eyebrow while saying, "Yep you do."
"Nope," Bella mutters popping the P.
"Bella," Marco mutters in a warning tone.
"Marco," Bella replies not missing a beat.
"You know what happened," Marco tells her. Bella might be good at lying, but she isn't so good that she can fool him.
Bella digs her heels in by shaking her head and stating, "I don't know what you are talking about."
Deciding on a different tactic, Marco tells her, "I can't stop him from doing stupid shit if I don't know exactly why he is angry."
Deciding to give him something, Bella twists her arms across his chest as she tells him, "I refused to budge and he is pissed that he didn't get his way."
Marco stares at her for a full minute of silence then nods his head and replies, "That's believable but not the only reason why."
Bella huffs at his insistence then plasters a smile on her face and tells him, "The other reason doesn't concern you. Don't worry."
"Bella, what is it?" He demands to know.
Knowing full well that he won't budge, Bella decides to cut to the chase and tells him, "Fine, he is angry at me because when I mentioned him falling in love and he told me that he already is, I assumed that it was Tanya and apologized for what he must be going through ."
Marco breaks into laughter at her answer which lasts for a full minute. "See. It's laughable. Why is he even angry at me? Who else could he be in love with? He told me explicitly that he hasn't been with anyone since Tanya," Bella tells him.
Marco collects himself and stops laughing then asks her, "Sweetie, what makes you think that I have gotten worse at detecting your lies over the years?"
Bella throws her hands over her face as she groans then tells him, "What do you want me to say, that I knew that he meant me but played dumb."
"Was that so hard to admit?" He asks her smirking.
Bella just stays silent and looks in the other direction and then a minute of silence makes her turn to look at Marco and finds him tilting his head to the side while staring at her contemplatively. "Don't look at me like that."
"Like what?" Marco asks his face neutral.
"Like you feel sorry for me," Bella replies glaring at him.
Marco shakes his head and tells her, "I don't."
"Yes, you do. You are thinking poor Bella is resorting to playing dumb to run away from her problems," Bella states glaring at him.
Marco shrugs his shoulders smirking and replies, "You said it, not me."
"I am not running. I simply don't want to spoil things. Things will change if I tell him that I understand. I don't want to deal with the change. I am doing this for Cece, not for selfish reasons."
He looks into her eyes for a moment then tells her frowning, "You are also doing it because you are afraid that if you reject him, he will change with Cece."
Bella's silence is all the answer he needs. "Bella, let's assume that he will change with Cece, would you rather have him break her heart now, or a month later."
"I will take my chances," Bella tells him sticking to her plans.
Dusting his pants, he gets up and tells her, "I am not going to tell you what to do, but I want you to know that Edward wants to stay with the two of you until this issue gets solved and I don't see a problem with that."
"Are you fucking kidding me? Stay with us! That is literally the most exploited plot line in Wattpad romance novels!" Bella exclaims angrily in frustration.
Marco smirks at her as he opens the door and tells her, "Well now that you are aware of the plot, you can avoid it."
"No!" Bella exclaims ready to yank the IV out of her arm and beat the idea out of him if she has to.
"That's your only option to stay safe unless you want Charlie to move in with you," he states then winks at her. She reached for the glass of water near her but by the time it shatters against the wall he is out of the door.
Hello lovely people,
I had a different idea for how I wanted this chapter to go, but I felt that it would have made the Bella of this story too similar to the one of my other story, so I decided to sit on it and see if I could think of a different reaction and I did.
Also, to the commenter who is asking, my grandma arrived. She is my maternal grandma and the only grandparent we have left, which makes her the most awesome person ever. I actually lived for over a year with her when I was fresh out of high school. She isn't high maintenance at all. My mum is just a Virgo.
Does anyone have a Virgo mum? If so, can we start a support group together for Virgo mums' children?
Did you like the chapter? What do you wanna see next? What do you expect will happen next? What was your favorite part? What do you think will happen when those two get stuck together under the same roof?
Until my next update,
Stay Safe.