*by Stephenie Meyer*
TWILIGHT - chapter 17 - THE GAME
"So I hear you're getting my girl to watch baseball." Only in Washington would the fact that it was raining buckets have no bearing at all on the playing of outdoor sports.
"Yes, sir, that's the plan." He didn't look surprised that I'd told my father the truth. He might have been listening, though.
"Well, और power to you, I guess."
Charlie laughed, and Edward joined in.
"Okay." I stood up. "Enough humor at my expense. Let's go." I walked back to the hall and pulled on my jacket. They followed.
"Not too late, Bella."
"Don't worry, Charlie, I'll have her घर early," Edward promised.
"You take care of my girl, all right?"
I groaned, but they ignored me.
"She'll be सुरक्षित with me, I promise, sir."
Charlie couldn't doubt Edward's sincerity, it rang in every word.
I stalked out. They both laughed, and Edward followed me.
I stopped dead on the porch. There, beside my truck, was a monster Jeep. Its tires were higher than my waist. There were metal guards over the headlights and taillights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. The hardtop was shiny red.
Charlie let out a whistle.
"Wear your सीट belts," he choked out.
Edward followed me around to my side and opened the door. I gauged the distance to the सीट and prepared to jump for it. He sighed, and then lifted me in with one hand. I hoped Charlie didn't notice.
As he went around to the driver's side, at a normal, human pace, I tried to put on my सीट belt. But there were too many buckles.
"What's all this?" I asked when he opened the door.
"It's an off road harness."
"Uh-oh."
I tried to find the right places for all the buckles to fit, but it wasn't going too quickly. He sighed again and reached over to help me. I was glad that the rain was too heavy to see Charlie clearly on the porch. That meant he couldn't see how Edward's hands lingered at my neck, brushing along my collarbones. I gave up trying to help him and focused on not hyperventilating.
Edward turned the key and the engine roared to life. We pulled away from the house.
"This is a... um... big Jeep आप have."
"It's Emmett's. I didn't think you'd want to run the whole way."
"Where do आप keep this thing?"
"We remodeled one of the outbuildings into a garage."
"Aren't आप going to put on your सीट belt?"
He threw me a disbelieving look.
Then something sunk in.
"Run the whole way? As in, we're stil going to run part of the way?" My voice edged up a few octaves.
He grinned tightly. "You're not going to run."
"I'm going to be sick."
"Keep your eyes closed, you'll be fine."
I bit my lip, fighting the panic.
He leaned over to किस the चोटी, शीर्ष of my head, and then groaned. I looked at him, puzzled.
"You smell so good in the rain," he explained.
"In a good way, या a bad way?" I asked cautiously.
He sighed. "Both, always both."
I don't know how he found his way in the gloom and downpour, but he somehow found a side road that was less of a road and और of a mountain path. For a long while conversation was impossible, because I was bouncing up and down on the सीट like a jackhammer. He seemed to enjoy the ride, though, smiling hugely the whole way.
And then we came to the end of the road; the trees formed green walls on three side of the Jeep. The rain was mere drizzle, slowing every second, the sky brighter though the clouds.
"Sorry, Bella, we have to go on foot from here."
"You know what? I'll just wait here."
"What happened to all your courage? आप were extraordinary this morning."
"I haven't forgotten the last time yet." Could it have been only yesterday?
He was around to my side of the car in a blur. He started unbuckling me.
"I'll get those, आप go on ahead," I protested.
"Hmmm...," he mused as he quickly finished. "It seems I'm going to have to tamper with your memory."
Before I could react, he pulled me from the Jeep and set my feet on the ground. It was barely misting now; Alice was going to be right.
"Tamper with my memory?" I asked nervously.
"Something like that." He was watching me intently, carefully, but there was humor deep in his eyes. He placed his hands against the Jeep on either side of my head and leaned forward, forcing me to press back against the door. He leaned in even closer, his face inches from mine. I had no room to escape.
"Now," he breathed, and just the smell disturbed my thought processes, "what exactly are आप worrying about?"
"Weel, un, hitting a पेड़ - " I gulped " - and dying. And then getting sick."
He fought back a smile. Then he bent his head down and touched his cold lips softly to the hollow at the base of my throat.
"Are आप still worried now?" he murmured against my skin.
"Yes." I struggled to concentrate. "About hitting trees and getting sick."
His nose drew a line up the skin of my throat to the point of my chin. His cold breath tickled my skin.
"And now?" His lips whispered against my jaw.
"Trees," I gasped. "Motion sickness."
He lifted his face to kis my eyelids. "Bella, आप don't really think I would hit a tree, do you?"
"No, but I might." There was no confidence in my voice. He smelled an easy victory.
He kissed slowly down my cheek, stopping just at the corner of my mouth.
"Would I let a पेड़ hurt you?" His lips barely brushed against my trembling lower lip.
"No," I breathed. I knew there was a सेकंड part to my brilliant defense, but I couldn't quite call it back.
"You see," he said, his lips moving against mine. "There's nothing to be afraid of, is there?"
"No," I sighed, giving up.
Then he took my face in his hands almost roughly, and kissed me in earnest, his unyielding lips moving against mine.
There really was no excue for my behavior. Obviously I knew better द्वारा now. And yet I couldn't seem to stop from reacting exactly as I had the first time. Instead of keeping safely motionless, my arms reached up to twine tightly around his neck, and I was suddenly welded to his stone figure. I sighed, and my lips parted.
He staggered back, breaking my grip effortlessly.
"Damn it, Bella!" he broke of gasping. "You'll be the death of me, I swear आप will."
I leaned over, bracing my hands against my knees for support.
"You're indestructable," I mumbled, trying to catch my breath.
"I might have believed that before met you. Now let's get out of here before I do something really stupid," he growled.
TWILIGHT - chapter 17 - THE GAME
"So I hear you're getting my girl to watch baseball." Only in Washington would the fact that it was raining buckets have no bearing at all on the playing of outdoor sports.
"Yes, sir, that's the plan." He didn't look surprised that I'd told my father the truth. He might have been listening, though.
"Well, और power to you, I guess."
Charlie laughed, and Edward joined in.
"Okay." I stood up. "Enough humor at my expense. Let's go." I walked back to the hall and pulled on my jacket. They followed.
"Not too late, Bella."
"Don't worry, Charlie, I'll have her घर early," Edward promised.
"You take care of my girl, all right?"
I groaned, but they ignored me.
"She'll be सुरक्षित with me, I promise, sir."
Charlie couldn't doubt Edward's sincerity, it rang in every word.
I stalked out. They both laughed, and Edward followed me.
I stopped dead on the porch. There, beside my truck, was a monster Jeep. Its tires were higher than my waist. There were metal guards over the headlights and taillights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. The hardtop was shiny red.
Charlie let out a whistle.
"Wear your सीट belts," he choked out.
Edward followed me around to my side and opened the door. I gauged the distance to the सीट and prepared to jump for it. He sighed, and then lifted me in with one hand. I hoped Charlie didn't notice.
As he went around to the driver's side, at a normal, human pace, I tried to put on my सीट belt. But there were too many buckles.
"What's all this?" I asked when he opened the door.
"It's an off road harness."
"Uh-oh."
I tried to find the right places for all the buckles to fit, but it wasn't going too quickly. He sighed again and reached over to help me. I was glad that the rain was too heavy to see Charlie clearly on the porch. That meant he couldn't see how Edward's hands lingered at my neck, brushing along my collarbones. I gave up trying to help him and focused on not hyperventilating.
Edward turned the key and the engine roared to life. We pulled away from the house.
"This is a... um... big Jeep आप have."
"It's Emmett's. I didn't think you'd want to run the whole way."
"Where do आप keep this thing?"
"We remodeled one of the outbuildings into a garage."
"Aren't आप going to put on your सीट belt?"
He threw me a disbelieving look.
Then something sunk in.
"Run the whole way? As in, we're stil going to run part of the way?" My voice edged up a few octaves.
He grinned tightly. "You're not going to run."
"I'm going to be sick."
"Keep your eyes closed, you'll be fine."
I bit my lip, fighting the panic.
He leaned over to किस the चोटी, शीर्ष of my head, and then groaned. I looked at him, puzzled.
"You smell so good in the rain," he explained.
"In a good way, या a bad way?" I asked cautiously.
He sighed. "Both, always both."
I don't know how he found his way in the gloom and downpour, but he somehow found a side road that was less of a road and और of a mountain path. For a long while conversation was impossible, because I was bouncing up and down on the सीट like a jackhammer. He seemed to enjoy the ride, though, smiling hugely the whole way.
And then we came to the end of the road; the trees formed green walls on three side of the Jeep. The rain was mere drizzle, slowing every second, the sky brighter though the clouds.
"Sorry, Bella, we have to go on foot from here."
"You know what? I'll just wait here."
"What happened to all your courage? आप were extraordinary this morning."
"I haven't forgotten the last time yet." Could it have been only yesterday?
He was around to my side of the car in a blur. He started unbuckling me.
"I'll get those, आप go on ahead," I protested.
"Hmmm...," he mused as he quickly finished. "It seems I'm going to have to tamper with your memory."
Before I could react, he pulled me from the Jeep and set my feet on the ground. It was barely misting now; Alice was going to be right.
"Tamper with my memory?" I asked nervously.
"Something like that." He was watching me intently, carefully, but there was humor deep in his eyes. He placed his hands against the Jeep on either side of my head and leaned forward, forcing me to press back against the door. He leaned in even closer, his face inches from mine. I had no room to escape.
"Now," he breathed, and just the smell disturbed my thought processes, "what exactly are आप worrying about?"
"Weel, un, hitting a पेड़ - " I gulped " - and dying. And then getting sick."
He fought back a smile. Then he bent his head down and touched his cold lips softly to the hollow at the base of my throat.
"Are आप still worried now?" he murmured against my skin.
"Yes." I struggled to concentrate. "About hitting trees and getting sick."
His nose drew a line up the skin of my throat to the point of my chin. His cold breath tickled my skin.
"And now?" His lips whispered against my jaw.
"Trees," I gasped. "Motion sickness."
He lifted his face to kis my eyelids. "Bella, आप don't really think I would hit a tree, do you?"
"No, but I might." There was no confidence in my voice. He smelled an easy victory.
He kissed slowly down my cheek, stopping just at the corner of my mouth.
"Would I let a पेड़ hurt you?" His lips barely brushed against my trembling lower lip.
"No," I breathed. I knew there was a सेकंड part to my brilliant defense, but I couldn't quite call it back.
"You see," he said, his lips moving against mine. "There's nothing to be afraid of, is there?"
"No," I sighed, giving up.
Then he took my face in his hands almost roughly, and kissed me in earnest, his unyielding lips moving against mine.
There really was no excue for my behavior. Obviously I knew better द्वारा now. And yet I couldn't seem to stop from reacting exactly as I had the first time. Instead of keeping safely motionless, my arms reached up to twine tightly around his neck, and I was suddenly welded to his stone figure. I sighed, and my lips parted.
He staggered back, breaking my grip effortlessly.
"Damn it, Bella!" he broke of gasping. "You'll be the death of me, I swear आप will."
I leaned over, bracing my hands against my knees for support.
"You're indestructable," I mumbled, trying to catch my breath.
"I might have believed that before met you. Now let's get out of here before I do something really stupid," he growled.
Renesme's POV
After hours of weeping, I stopped walked over to my dresser and threw a maroon जैकेट on, I then put my hair up with a rubber-band knowing it would hurt my hair later. I was going to sneak out, I slipped on some कॉनवर्स and made some recordings on my laptop, So if mom या dad try to come in I would have something recorded. I had 5 recordings set. 1: "No thanks" 2:Go away!" 3: I dont want to talk right now sorry" 4: Im not hungry. 5:I'm tired, I'm gonna go to bed. It was pretty corny but eh what else can I do? I thought. When i was all done I slipped out my window and jumped to the ground. When I was sure no one was watching I dashed off in the direction of Alice's house.
After hours of weeping, I stopped walked over to my dresser and threw a maroon जैकेट on, I then put my hair up with a rubber-band knowing it would hurt my hair later. I was going to sneak out, I slipped on some कॉनवर्स and made some recordings on my laptop, So if mom या dad try to come in I would have something recorded. I had 5 recordings set. 1: "No thanks" 2:Go away!" 3: I dont want to talk right now sorry" 4: Im not hungry. 5:I'm tired, I'm gonna go to bed. It was pretty corny but eh what else can I do? I thought. When i was all done I slipped out my window and jumped to the ground. When I was sure no one was watching I dashed off in the direction of Alice's house.
I am sorry that i hvae not been on in almost a साल i discovered FanFiction.net and fell in प्यार with it.
I'm also sorry to say that i may not finish this story. I will either change to where it is Bella and either Jasper, Sam या Paul. I am leaning और to Jasper. The reason for this is because I have fallen in प्यार with Jasper, Sam and Paul being with Bella. Along with a little bit Jared.
या I will allow someone to take over this story. I already have someone in mind to cintinue it if that person still wants to write it.
I have yet to decided which one it will take me a while to choose which one with school softball and explorers.
Please commett cause I will look at those and they will also help me decide which one
I'm also sorry to say that i may not finish this story. I will either change to where it is Bella and either Jasper, Sam या Paul. I am leaning और to Jasper. The reason for this is because I have fallen in प्यार with Jasper, Sam and Paul being with Bella. Along with a little bit Jared.
या I will allow someone to take over this story. I already have someone in mind to cintinue it if that person still wants to write it.
I have yet to decided which one it will take me a while to choose which one with school softball and explorers.
Please commett cause I will look at those and they will also help me decide which one
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Renesme's POV
I laughed, Jacob was a great guy and very funny. I loved him, I mean who wouldnt?! He's cute smart, Buff, and Funny. I think even mom has a crush on him! "Ness!"Jacob shouted/laughed. "Huh? Oh I'm sorry jacob what were आप saying?" I dumbfoundly asked. "I कहा do आप want to go to रात का खाना with me on friday?" He smiled. "I would प्यार to! But I have to ask my mom and dad... My dad will probably say no.. He dosnt like you" "I know, call me ok?" He ask's. "Okay!" I say cheerfully.
1 घंटा later.
"Mom, Can I ask आप something?" I dubiously said. "Sure hunny" Then mom put down the paper and gave me a warm smile. "Well आप see jacob kinda asked me out on a date." "Really? Well I would say yes but the final desicion is up to your dad" She कहा seriously. I sighed, I then sent mom a mind message saying, "I know".
I laughed, Jacob was a great guy and very funny. I loved him, I mean who wouldnt?! He's cute smart, Buff, and Funny. I think even mom has a crush on him! "Ness!"Jacob shouted/laughed. "Huh? Oh I'm sorry jacob what were आप saying?" I dumbfoundly asked. "I कहा do आप want to go to रात का खाना with me on friday?" He smiled. "I would प्यार to! But I have to ask my mom and dad... My dad will probably say no.. He dosnt like you" "I know, call me ok?" He ask's. "Okay!" I say cheerfully.
1 घंटा later.
"Mom, Can I ask आप something?" I dubiously said. "Sure hunny" Then mom put down the paper and gave me a warm smile. "Well आप see jacob kinda asked me out on a date." "Really? Well I would say yes but the final desicion is up to your dad" She कहा seriously. I sighed, I then sent mom a mind message saying, "I know".
Nessie's POV
I looked around curiously, I starred at the strange objects moving around my head. What were they? I looked around और and और and became scared of my surroundings, I let out a small cry and started to kick and wiggle about. A moment later and tall dark haired man appered-My father Edward Cullen. He scooped me up and gently started rocking me back and forth. "Shhh Ness, its ok" He rocked and kissed me for a few और मिनटों then set me down into my बिस्तर agian. Soon I fell asleep.
I looked around curiously, I starred at the strange objects moving around my head. What were they? I looked around और and और and became scared of my surroundings, I let out a small cry and started to kick and wiggle about. A moment later and tall dark haired man appered-My father Edward Cullen. He scooped me up and gently started rocking me back and forth. "Shhh Ness, its ok" He rocked and kissed me for a few और मिनटों then set me down into my बिस्तर agian. Soon I fell asleep.