This is all unbeta'd so any mistakes you find throughout are mine. Also, forgot to say this all belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
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Chapter 2
Isabella, or Bella as everyone called her, was rushing, she didn't hear the alarm and she needed to finish getting dressed and blow dry her hair before work. She was also starving but that wasn't a rare occurrence these days. Because she had a meeting earlier than usual, she would not have time to stop at her favorite place and get that bagel and honey almond cream cheese she so wanted. She may have pouted.
Her phone began to ring, and she groaned when she saw who it was.
She closed her eyes "Hi, mom."
"Isabella, darling, I hope I haven't woken you!"
"You didn't mom, I have a really early meeting today and I was just getting ready."
"How are you feeling, darling?"
"I'm doing okay."
"How's Jacob? Is he there, can I speak to him?"
Bella closed her eyes. Of course, her mom would want to speak to Jacob, what parent wouldn't want to speak to her daughter's long-term, serious boyfriend? They had been together for a year now and were even living together.
Or so Bella's mom, Renée thought.
Truth was, Jacob had been in Bella's life for a brief amount of time, brief but meaningful. She had not heard from him in months, not since she shared her news, and he freaked the fuck out and moved out of the state.
"Sure, let me just go get him." Bella set her phone down and looked around. Now what? She went into the bathroom and turned on the water, time to stall... again. She walked back into her room and picked up the phone "He's taking a shower, mom." she said, hoping her mother would hear the water running.
"Darling, he's not avoiding me, is he?"
"No mom, he's just in the shower, we both have early meetings today and we have to finish getting ready." Lying to her mom about Jacob's whereabouts had become second nature by now.
"Well, no matter, tell him I'll see him later."
At that, Bella's ears perked up. "What do you mean?"
"I'm in town, darling! Surprise!"
Bella stopped breathing. "I-I thought you couldn't leave London yet," her mouth was dry.
"Well, great news! My paperwork came through two weeks ago!" Bella considered this news to be a lot of things, great was certainly not one of them. "So, I figured I would come to see you and help you both with everything. My plane just landed. I'll see you in a few hours, darling. I'm so chuffed!"
"What?" She was so what?
"I mean I'm so excited, darling! I can't wait to see you and meet Jacob! It'll be brilliant! I'll meet you at work, and we'll have lunch together. I love you, darling!" Bella could hear the smile in her mother's voice.
"I love you too, mom." She said on autopilot. She ended the call, placed her phone down and looked at herself in the mirror.
She was fucked.
-PH-
Edward had a plan. Go into the bank earlier than his 1 PM meeting, ask to borrow a phone and listen to the hold music until he found the one he so desperately needed. Easy peasy.
Well, best laid plans and all…
Edward got a call early in the morning from Tanya, she had forgotten a box of her stuff at his place and wanted it back, she couldn't come pick them up and he did not want to go all the way to the other side of town, nor did he want to see her for that matter. He ended up calling an Uber, it was somewhat of a weird request, just picking up and dropping off a box but they accommodated him. The older man named Billy showed up a little later than Edward would've liked, and he even gave him a business card for any future needs, Edward scoffed internally but shoved the card in the back pocket of his pants. Once Tanya's box was in the back of the car, Edward rattled off the address and off the Uber went.
He was pretty sure that was the right address, anyway.
Edward walked the few blocks to the train station. He had all his paperwork in hand, he would have around two hours to try and use someone's phone before his meeting with Mrs. Webber.
Turns out walking into a bank to ask to borrow their phone so you can listen to their hold music is harder than it seems. After being told "sorry, no" by three different people Edward was left standing in the middle of the lobby, he knew he must have looked odd because a few minutes later he saw the biggest man he had ever seen approaching him.
-PH-
If there was one thing Emmett McCarty was good at, that was being in charge of security for the downtown location of Seattle Regional Bank. His hulking size and muscular frame provided just the right amount of intimidation any potential troublemaker would need to deter their plans. Add a loaded gun to his belt and his keen sense of sniffing out trouble and it was no wonder that for the four years he had been working here Emmett had never had a security issue.
And on this day, Emmett's hyperawareness came in handy, he noticed the man as soon as he came in, with his hair the color of a rusty penny and sticking out in every direction it was impossible not to notice him. But weirder than his hair was his demeanor. Emmett saw him going from cubicle to cubicle asking for something, he saw him eyeing the phone and looking around. Well, if this person thought they could disturb the peace and quiet Emmett so enjoyed he had another thing coming.
Time to investigate.
When Emmett approached the maybe patron, he puffed out his chest and tried to make himself look as big as he could. He could see the puny man gulp.
"Everything okay, sir?"
Edward looked around wildly; he doubted E. McCarty as his nametag read would let him use any phones.
Edward looked toward the wall with all the department names and the people who worked there.
He glanced at his watch, 12 o'clock, there was still some time left. A name stood out among the sea of people. Isabella M. Swan, Credit Lending Assistant. An idea popped into his head.
Edward cleared his throat and faced the human Hulk. "I'm here to meet with Miss Swan."
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