07- "Leave. Him. Alone"

Bella's POV

I opened my eyes feeling fatigued,  I rolled to the other side of the bed stretching,  until I hit something really hard, I jerked away from the thing covered by the  blanket.

I raised the blanket from the thing, I immediately panicked at what I saw.

I saw a boy shirtless on my bed,  I looked around the room and realised it wasn't my room,  Where am I?

Immediately a loud deafening sound escaped my lips and the boy beside me woke up looking at me with a wide eye.

"Why'd you scream?" He asked worried.

"Who are you?" I asked, maintaining enough distance between us.

"You can't be serious, since when did you have Amnesia" He mumbled under his breath.

"What am I doing here?"  I asked confused.

"I'm Ashton, I helped you when you fainted yesterday and you're in Glendale till this evening when I take you home to San Bernardino" He said and memories of last night  flooded my mind.

"Ohh... Sorry,  I just tend to forget things when  I  wake up in the morning" I said as I stood up to check the time, it was 8:12am,  I have work by ten am,  I need to get ready.

"I can tell," He said, rudely.

I quickly  rushed to the bathroom, took off my clothes, and had a quick shower, I quickly rubbed the papaya flavored shampoo on my hair and rinsed it off,  I wasn't really a fan of  the papaya shampoo,  but I have to use it since it really hard to brush my hair.

After I was done taking a bath I cleaned my body with the towel.

I can believe I'm using his towel, disgusting!

I changed into the shorts and white shirt I wore yesterday,  held my hoodie and walked out of the bathroom.

When I walked into the room the bed was already made and everything looked perfect.

I walked to the kitchen to get some food,  then I realised they don't have food,  so they ordered take out.

"Are you ready for work?" Ashton asked, taking a sip out of his coffee.

"I'm hungry!" I whined.

"Oh please... Yesterday you ate an Acai bowl and you're still Hungry?" He asked, stunned for a moment.

"Every human needs food,  I'm sorry I'm not one of those human Barbies who look excessively thin,  I just don't want to die of starvation" I said with a scowl.

"Let's go, I can't waste another minute of my time arguing with a loquacious person like you" He said

I scoffed.

"I can't waste another minute of my time arguing with a loquacious person like you" I mimicked him, and stuck out my tongue.

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We took a bus to Santa Ana,  which was a thirty-four minutes drive, since we walked for ten mins till we got to the bus station.

Santa Ana was where the diner was situated,  it wasn't too far from San Bernardino and Glendale,  it only took a maximum of fifty-four minutes  from San Bernardino to Santa Ana.

After the long bus ride we arrived at the diner,  we were a little late,  as we walked in together I felt eyes piercing through my soft skin,  it felt like lasers and someone was shooting daggers into my heart.

I looked over to the counter only to find Stella staring at me, her stare could kill, it felt like she was continuously stabbing me.

This  feels uncomfortable...

I went to my duty post as Ashton went to his.

Today the diner was a bit too crowded,  and a lot of customers came, making my work a bit too gnarly.

I kept mixing up the orders and a lot of the customers kept complaining,  it's gonna take a while before I get used to seeing  this many customers.

"I said a Cappuccino, not an Espresso!" Another customer yelled at me, making me spill the hot espresso over myself.

Argh! I hate this job!

"Go clean yourself up, I'll take over from here" My coworker Matt said.

Matt is a pretty nice, friendly, kind, lovely and jovial guy,  he was the first friend I made here,  if not only.  Unlike Ashton he's actually caring and helpful.

He has brown curly hair and brown eyes, with full pink lips and light brown skin,  he's very good looking and  also very nice.

I tried to get the espresso stain off my shirt but it would not come off, I tried every way my Mama had taught me how to get stains off clothes.

"Ahh!" I groaned "I give up!"

Just then Matt walked in "Need help?" He asked coming closer.

"Why'd you leave?" I panicked.

"Its fine, I got Jessie to do it instead"

"You've got so many friends," I said surprised, he just started working here yesterday and he's already got a lot of friends.

"What can I say? The ladies can't resist this" He said motioning at his entity.

I laughed out loud "You wish" I said sticking my tongue out.

"Seems like you're still battling with that" He said pointing at the stain on my white shirt.

"Yeah! The damned thing won't come off" I huffed annoyed.

"It's fine, I'll help you," He said, coming closer to me.

Then bent down to where the coffee stain was he took a napkin and a bowl of hot water.

And started dabbing the hot napkin on the shirt.

"Are you done yet?" I asked uncomfortable with the position we were in.  His hand was just above waist and trust me I didn't like that.

I was shaking impatiently waiting for him to finish.

"I'm done," He said. I looked down to where the stain was,  it wasn't really visible but you could still see the coffee stain mark and it was a little damp.

"Thank you" I said and walked out of the staff room, immediately I got out I headed straight for the counter,  I smiled as I got there.

"Thank you so much for covering" I thanked Jessie .

"You're welcome plus it was nothing" She said with a smile and walked back to the kitchen.

I turned back and continued my work,  after seeing a few customers I decided to take a rest and make a coffee for myself. Of course I paid Ashton  first.

And guess what? He was still his ever cold grumpy and angry self.

I sipped my hot green tea, and leaned back on the counter, as my lips broke into a smile, remembering the times me and Adrian used to have it  together.

I wonder why he's not calling or texting that much,  I hope he's fine.

"If it isn't Bella Stonefield, Westfield High's most notorious whore" I heard from behind me, I stood still in my position.

I know that voice...

Stella...

Stella Wilfred...

"What do you want?" I asked calmly.

"Oh... You know what I want" She said with a smirk.

I could feel her smirking.

"Leave. Him. Alone" She gritted her teeth while saying.

"I don't understand what you mean," I said and turned around.

"Leave Ashton Alone" She said.

"You don't have to worry,  I'm not interested in him" I laughed really hard.

"Good, after what happens with Richard,  don't think you could keep legs together"

"If you say one more shitty thing from your mouth again,  I'll stuff this straw into your nostrils" I said, giving her a death stare.

"Sorry, it's just, I think you should try to control your libido" She said, trying to make me more annoyed.

"We both know I didn't have feelings for him and I didn't want to be with him, I wanted to be his friend and nothing more, so please control your mouth" I said trying not to lose my temper.

"Whatever, just don't steal Ashton from me" She said without uttering any other word she  walked away.

I  turned back and poured my green tea in the sink

She never fails to make me angry.

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Finally work was over and it was time to go home.

"Should I take you or you'll call someone else to pick you up?" Ashton asked from beside me.

I looked it on his chocolate orbs and said "Don't worry I'll call my dad to pick me up"

"Ok, bye" He said and walked away.

"Bye" I smiled.

I took my phone out of my bag,  and dialed my dad's phone number. Immediately he picked it up.

"BELLA!  WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU!" My dad yelled.

"Dad, I'm fine, I'm in Santa Ana," I said, and took a deep breath,  preparing my ears for another round of yelling.

"SANTA ANA?!  that's another city!"

And there goes my ear drums poor me

"That's where the diner I work at is,  please come pick me up and I promise to explain everything"

"Ok,  just send me the address" He said as he took a deep breath,  and exhaled.

A/N

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