Back to the Past

Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Did that just happen?

Bella

"Why in the hell did you do that!?"

"You are mine. I may not like it, but I'm not willing to die."

"I'm not yours. Not until you can prove to me that you're not an ass. I'm not going to let you belittle me and just so you fucking know the leech and I never fucking did anything but a damn kiss on the cheek!" I yell.

He stands there and just stares at me. I start to walk around him and he gently grabs my hand. I stop and look down at our hands. I look up to see Paul watching me.

"Stay. I'd love to get to know you. I've heard about you before you came back down, but I don't know you. We can play twenty questions for now," he says.

"Paul, I need to go," I say.

"Please, I'll even make dinner, although I may need to run to the store," he says looking down.

Never in my life have I seen him look so defeated. I tell him that I'll stay and if he wants I can make dinner. He tells me we need to go to the store and we'll take his truck. Its still an older truck, but it's newer than mine.

"So, first question, what's your favorite color?" He asks looking at me.

"Silver, always has been always will be. What's yours?"

"The color of my wolf," he says.

I try to think back about what color Paul was and can't remember. He looks at me and I tell him I'm trying to think of something.

"Favorite music?" He asks.

"Pop and country. Although I don't really listen to music anymore," I say honestly.

"I listen to country music," he says turning on the radio.

"Who is you favorite artist?" I ask as a Tim McGraw song comes on.

"I'd have to say it's a tie between Brett Young and Brooks and Dunn," he tells me. "What about yours?"

"I was loving Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, and RaeLynn."

"Those are nice choices. I like Kane Browns song What Ifs."

"Okay, favorite food," I say.

"Anything that is cooked," he says with a laugh.

We talk about several more things as we're walking into the store. I groan as soon as we walk in because there stands Lauren, Jessica, Mike, and Tyler. Paul notices the change and asks if everything is okay. I nod towards the group and he stiffens.

"Great, whore one and two are here," he says.

"Yeah, lets just get the food then we'll head back to your place." I grab a cart.

Paul traps me between him and the cart and he starts pushing it. I ask what he's doing and he tells me to stand on the bar on the cart.

"Isn't that your boyfriend, Lauren?" We hear Jess ask.

"Yes and why is Swan with him? I thought she and Edward were together," she says.