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O...k...I'll try posting it again! LOL
Here’s another one for ya!
Here’s another one for ya!
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I sucked at this.
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Chapter 64
I made my third pass around the train, and I still didn’t see any sign of the guy who had been following us before, but I wasn’t stupid enough to think he couldn’t have any friends. We changed trains when we stopped in Stuttgart and headed to Luxembourg. We bought multiple tickets again there, and switched again at the last possible minute to head back to Paris.
I had to practically carry Bella to the train car, she was so tired. It was afternoon, and we hadn’t slept all night. As soon as we entered the private car, I shut the door, pulled the shade down to block out the sun, and let her lay down on the seat with her head in my lap. She was out about thirty seconds later, leaving me to think.
I was doing a lot of thinking lately, and I didn’t like it. Not at all.
I kept thinking about some of the things Bella has said about me and trying to wrap my head around them. I didn’t want to just tell her she was wrong, but I was pretty sure all I had really wanted was sex, because jerking off sucks and I was tired of having to deal girlfriends who were expecting more from me. I never wanted more. I didn’t want to take women out to movies and dinner and shit like that. There was no interest on my part to go tour a fucking museum or go watch some concert with a woman. I didn’t have any desire to walk in the park or go dancing.
I ran my hand over Bella’s shoulder, and she sighed in her sleep. I remembered dancing with her…well, if you could call what we were doing dancing. I recalled how she felt in my arms, and wondered if I would take her somewhere where there was actual music to go with it. Of course, I didn’t really know how to dance, but I might be willing to just hold her and sway around a bit again, even though I would look like an idiot in the process.
Maybe if I just got some decent music in a hotel room, it would be good enough.
I sucked at this.
Emmett called, and I answered quickly and quietly so it wouldn’t wake up Bella.
“Harry said he’s never heard of the guy,” Emmett told me. “Seth either. We’re looking for the name, but so far we got nothing. Probably not his real name at all. Got a picture?”
“It was dark,” I told him, “but you might be able to get an image off the security cameras.”
“I’ll get Rose on it.”
“Thanks.”
“She wants to talk to you.”
“How is Bella?” Rosalie asked.
“Sleeping.”
“Not what is she doing, how is she doing, you idiot.”
“I don’t know,” I answered. How was I supposed to answer that?
“Tell her to hang in there – she won’t have to put up with you much longer. Let her know we’re close on the chip. Maybe another week.”
“Okay.” I hung up.
Another week. Still four days past her birthday, but at least it was close. Bella rolled slightly, and I had to keep hold of her so she didn’t fall off the bench all together. She didn’t wake up, and I was glad. She needed the rest. I put my head back and closed my eyes for a minute.
One more week, and Bella could go back to her family and I could go back to my business. As much as I wanted her to be with her family again, I hated the idea. I didn’t want her to be nearly a whole freaking continent away from me. I wondered what it would take to relocate to Seattle or something. I started mentally listing all the crime businesses in the area, thought about some of the names and wondered who I would have to fuck up to make it happen. The list in my head wasn’t bad, at least. I’d have to do a little more research.
Research.
I pulled my phone back out, went to Google, typed in “being romantic” and hit the search key.
There was a freaking “wiki” on it. When I was done reading it, I felt like I knew even less than I did before I looked.
I tried another one.
It didn’t help.
Frustrated, I tossed the phone on to the bench and closed my eyes again. Everything seemed to be assuming you were in a real relationship, not that you had recently married your ex-master and were now hiding from unknown villains as you traipsed across Europe.
I picked the phone back up and Googled that, but nothing that came up made any sense at all. One was about vampires in books, and another about Nazis. Yeah, not working. I sighed, wanted to just say fuck it and forget the whole thing, but then I looked down at the girl in my lap. For once, I wanted to do something the right way. I wanted to give her the wedding night she dreamed about, sex or not. I wanted to make her feel wanted…cared for…lo-
No…fuck, no. I couldn’t think like that. It was far too fucking wrong. Still, I wanted to do something for her. At least get a decent hotel room and maybe some flowers and Champaign. That seemed so trite though, and I didn’t want her to be disappointed because it was kind of boring romantic, either. On the other hand, we’d had a little too much excitement lately.
Maybe boring was the way to go, right?
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Chapter end notes:
Go ahead and google the whole sentence – “had recently married your ex-master and were now hiding from unknown villains as you traipsed across Europe”. You know you want to. You really will find shit about vampires and nazis. At least, I did.
Next update – probably tomorrow.
