Forgotten

Chapter Eight

Forgotten

Chapter Eight

Edward sat at his office waiting for him to arrive. He was dreading this whole meeting and frankly he was starting to doubt his decision to go through with this. Could he really do it? Or was he making, possibly, the worst mistake of his life?

Edward glanced at the framed photo perched on top of his desk and smiled involuntarily. It was worth it, it was more than worth it, actually, because he'd do anything for her. He'd do anything for Bella. His Bella.

A knock on the door startled Edward and he glanced up to see Jacob open the door and walk inside. He walked over to one of the chairs in front of Edward's desk and took a seat.

"So, what's up?" Jacob asked nonchalantly causing Edward's fists to tighten in annoyance.

"Ever heard of waiting till you here the words 'come in' before you barge into any place uninvited?" Edward ground out

"Hey, I distinctly recall a recent phone call where you practically begged me to come here because you needed my help. I'd try to be nice if I were you." Jacob teased him further. Edward's knuckles turned white.

"I requested that you come here because your best-friend needs your help and you're off gallivanting through the country with your lame ass band that's completely devoid of talent, by the way."

Jacob frowned in concern, ignoring that last remark, "Wait, what's wrong with Bella? Is she okay? And, dude, gallivanting? Seriously?"

Edward ran a hand through his hair, agitatedly, this wasn't going to work. It was a grave mistake to ask Jacob for help. The guy couldn't last five minutes without turning everything into a joke. What Bella ever saw in him, Edward would never know. However, Edward knew that Jacob was his last resort now and until he can think of another way out of this, he had to get over his hatred for the guy and ask for his help. It's all for Bella, he reminded himself.

"I know that you and Bella had a close relationship." Edward began, trying to weigh his words carefully.

"You mean when we were together after you broke her heart?"

Edward winced at Jacob's words. He tried as much as he could to block out any memories of that dreadful time. He'd give anything in the world to take it back.

Suddenly, it occurred to Edward that he could take it back now. After all, Bella doesn't remember any of it. Sure, he told her what happened, but she didn't remember the pain that came with those events. If nothing, that in itself is a blessing.

Still, he saw how much pain not remembering caused her and he just had to fix it. Even if it meant resorting to the help of Jacob Black.

"What I meant is," Edward went on, "that you two had a close friendship and I'd like to use that to help her get better."

For once, Jacob did not make a joke.

"What do you mean? How are you going to use that to help her?"

"Well, as much as I hate to admit it, there are things that you know about her that I don't, experiences that you both went through that I'm not familiar with. I need you to remind her of all that in the hope that she regains her memory."

"So, let me get this straight. You want me to remind her of everything? Like the first time we kissed? The first time we made out? The first time we…" Jake asked, stressing the last word.

"Don't push me, Jacob," Edward hissed. "If you so much as lay a finger on my wife, I'll make sure you never see her again. Despite the tough guy act you attempt to put on, I know how much that will drive you crazy."

Jacob scowled at Edward. He knew Edward meant business. With all the money the bastard had, he could very well whisk Bella off to the Caribbean or some unknown island and he'd never lay eyes on her again. The thought caused Jacob's heart to constrict in his chest. Bella wasn't just his best-friend, she was family. He couldn't lose her. Not again.

"Fine, I'll help, but I'm not sure it's going to work."

"Why not?"

Jacob sighed. This was going to be hard. "As much as it pains me to say this, you're the person who knew Bella the most, even more than I ever did. That's one of the main reasons why she agreed to get back with you after what you did." Jacob said with an accusatory look towards Edward. He could still remember the day Bella knocked on his door crying her heart out after what that jerk-face did to her. He'd never forgive him for that.

"Then just…try, that's all I'm asking."

Jacob nodded, "Alright. I'll try."

"Thank You."

"Whatever man, I'm only doing this for Bella." Jacob replied.

"I know, but still…thank you."

"Okay, whatever. I gotta go, I'm late for rehearsals." And with that he walked out of Edward's office without another word.

Edward leaned back in his chair and tried not to worry too much about what just happened. Jacob would never try to take advantage of Bella's situation to get her to fall in love with him, would he?

Nah.

Right?

Bella was absolutely exhausted. She'd agreed to go shopping with Alice at Edward's suggestion. He thought she should get out of the house for a while to get some air. Man, what a mistake that was.

They'd been to three shopping malls so far and in each one Alice had insisted on walking into each and every clothing store. By the time they were almost done with the third mall, Bella was pretty sure that her feet were about to fall off.

"Alice, can we please go home now?" She asked for the hundredth time.

"Alright, Bella Gosh, you're such a buzz kill."

"Alice, do you realize how many stores we've been to? We've even bought enough clothes for the next ten years."

"Okay, okay. We're going. Sorry, I know you're tired, but I just wanted you to have a good time, I guess." Alice pouted.

Bella immediately felt guilty, "I know, Alice, I had fun, I swear I did. I know you're just trying to help me, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I kinda went a little too far this time anyway." Alice grinned.

Bella smiled back, "Maybe, just a little bit."

Alice chuckled, "Okay, then let's get you back to that hunky man of yours before he sends out the search patrol to look for you."

Bella smiled wistfully at the mention of Edward. Although they'd only been out for a few hours, she already missed him a lot.

She'd grown much more attached to him over the past few days. She waited for him to come home from work every day so that they could eat dinner together and then they'd curl up on the sofa and watch a movie. Usually Edward would let her pick any movie she wanted, but when she sometimes noticed him frowning at her choice, she'd let him pick. Even if she lived to be a hundred she'd never understand why men were so find of movies where people blew each other up. It was just plain crazy, not to mention disgusting.

After watching the movie, they'd head upstairs to go to bed, since Edward usually woke up pretty early for work. Bella had started allowing Edward to sleep next to her, but she'd been very careful to keep her distance. They'd both curl up on opposite sides of the bed, very aware of the other's close proximity but unwilling to do anything about it just yet.

When Bella arrived home, she thanked Alice for the trip and got out of the car with her shopping bags in hand. When she walked in, she smiled and yelled, "Honey, I'm home!"

A few seconds later, Edward walked towards her, took the shopping bags from her hands and put them down, then he took her in his arms and kissed her. Deeply. Bell wrapped her arms around him pulling him closer.

Oh yeah. Home sweet home