Bodyguard

chapter four

CHAPTER FOUR

I finally ran into the dining room after getting lost about ten times. Of course it was a huge table and the only person there was my dad.

"Where have you been all day." My dad asked as I slid into a seat next to his.

"One of the gardens u have here and all around the halls getting lost more than getting where I wanted to go." I said with a halfhearted smile.

"Yeah I still get lost sometimes." My dad said with a laugh. "So we are supposed to be having a formal party next week and everyone has to bring a date, and I know a young man around your age that would love to go with you, and I was wondering if that was ok with you?" My dad finished up.

"Um...yeah sure, but all I can promise him is friend ship tell I meet him." I said with a real smile this time.

"Good enough for me." He said as our dinner was served.

We had mashed potatoes and stake with garlic green beans. After dinner I managed to only get lost 5 times. My dad had told me that this mystery date was coming over tomorrow at 9am so he would be having breakfast with us. I guess that was his hint to me to wear something nice. I could tell my dad really liked this guy, but the whole time I knew that I couldn't love anyone else right now because no matter how much I didn't want to admit it James owned my heart. I decided to take a shower to relax. After my long hot shower I got out and stumbled into pj’s and right into bed. I guess the workout of getting lost and walking got me really tired because I zonked to a dead sleep, or maybe I just really needed to sleep. I woke up to the beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! of my alarm clock because I had set it so I wouldn't b late for breakfast because it seemed really important to my dad. I stumbled out of bed and decided I'd better take a shower I didn't want my pits to stink. I chuckled at myself for thinking that. Just to make my dad happy I did my hair all fancy and down, and oh my gosh I must have loved my dad I put a dress on. Trust me that's a lot considering how much I hate dresses, but this one wasn't bad it was it was a blue summer dress. By the time I was done beautifying myself it was time to go. I grabbed the map from my desk top and out the door I went. I could tell
I was learning my way around because it was much easier to find the dining room now than it had been before. I finally walked in and I was so confused I saw James sitting with my dad?!!? I was about to walk back out again and just say I forgot about it later, but then my dad saw me.

"Morning Bella."

"Morning dad." I said walking up to the empty seat next to my dad which was right across from James.

"So dad why didn't you just tell me
it was James, I would have known who he was I have seen him a few times." I said glaring at James.

"Oh yeah I guess I could have said that." My dad said.

I didn’t know what to say to James at all I was totally helpless.


I was sitting at the too large table, while James stairs at me. It's a deafening awkward silence tell my dad speaks up.

"So James." He says as he turns his glare from me to James. "What do you have planned for that formal party next week?"

"Oh well I was hoping I could hide away in my room and hope for no one to notice I was gone." He said with a laugh and a smirk on that sexy face of his. Wait no! What am I talking about?

"Oh well you could never get away with that, I would notice you were gone." My dad said smiling. "What about you Bell?"

Oh my god what am I going to say, why would my own father put me on the spot like that. I had to come up with something and fast.

"Oh umm well, I've only been here for a couple of days. I mean even less than a week, I have not made any friends yet, and of course the world doesn't know I exist yet. So my plans are much the same as Mr. Reese." I finished up with a grin the size of a four year olds first time eating ice cream.

"You could not possibly do that either because of course I would notice your disappearance as well." My dad said.

I was going to say yeah sure like you notices my absence when I wasn't here all those years I never even knew u were my dad. But I didn't because I knew it would break his heart. Then out of nowhere James says,

"We'll it looks like we are both in a pickle."

"You two could go together." My dad states more as a command than a question.

Oh crap oh crap oh crap is all that's running through my mind. James has wide eyes, wow he must really hate me. I quickly speak up then,

"Dad no that's ok I mean I’m sure James has someone else he would like to go with. I mean I can go alone, it's totally fine.

James has a surprised look on his face like someone's leg just got chopped off, and is that a hint of hurt? No I thought can't be.

"I know that's not the case, he just said he was going to hide in his room. I insist that you guys go together." My dad says.

"So is this command as my dad or the president?" I ask.

"Either way you have to listen to me." My dad said sending death glares my way, I swear if looks could kill I'd have died on the spot.

"You ca." I started to state before I was rudely interrupted by James.

"I'd love to go with Bella, sir."

"Oh well would you look at that he's got nothing planned." My dad said or should I say the president.

"Ok Mr. President I’ll go with James, may I be excused sir?"

Before my dad could say anything else I stormed out of the dining room and I broke off into one of my long strides I've been doing a lot lately. I stopped because my legs had started to throb with pain, I looked at my map that now was crumbled up in my hand because I had been forming a fist while I ran. How can this man do this to me I thought he makes me unconditionally happy, or mad as hell in a matter of seconds of being with him. I made my way back to my room after a walk that seemed like a mile because of my aching legs, I finally made it to my room and jumped in my bed face down like a star. I didn’t expect to fall asleep intel I did. But I soon awoke to a sharp knock at my door. I slowly made my way to my door and checked it, I thought I had finally learned my lesson, but it was only Miss Potts. I opened the door and she said,

"Your dad told me what happened at breakfast, with James. He told me you might need help picking out a dress."

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