........

"There's just a hiccup in the engine, that's all," Jacob assured her. "The repair should only take me an hour or so."

Bella sighed in relief. "Great. I thought the car was going to blow up on me, it was jerking so much."

"Not yet," Jacob laughed. "But with this sort of fixer-upper car, expect it sometime in the near future."

Bella laughed too. "I'm sorry, Jake. It looks like I'll be here a lot, then."

He didn't look like he would mind that very much—or at all. "That's alright, you're welcome here anytime. But…just one thing, Bella…"

"Yes?"

"Why did you bring him with you?" Jacob jerked a thumb at Edward, who was standing quietly behind his girlfriend.

"His name is Edward, for your information, not him. And he invited himself," she replied.

"Did he," said Jacob suspiciously.

"He did," said Edward. "I have a bit of a talent with cars."

"That's nice," Jacob said coldly, looking nettled. "But Bella came to me with her car, not you, so obviously she wants me to fix it. Not. You."

"Can't I just take a look?"

Without waiting for an answer, Edward pushed Jacob out of the way and took his place by the hood.

"Hmm... This wire looks like it does something or other...." In one smooth motion, Edward snapped the cord in question right out of the car. Bella took a startled step back as sparks flew from the end of the wire. "This thing seems like it might be important...." That was quickly pulled out too, a long cylinder near the back coming out with it. Jacob was grimacing. Edward moved all the remaining wires around, pushing and pulling different devices to opposite wherever it was they were supposed to be. He disconnected cords, connecting them elsewhere or not connecting them at all, and stepped back proudly. He wrapped his arms around Bella almost protectively and said, "It's done."

The engine promptly blew up.

After the smoke cleared, the bits of car settled, and Jacob and Bella stopped coughing, they caught sight of the battered, smoldering remains of Bella's truck.

What else was there to do? Bella and Jacob gaped.

Edward smiled sweetly. "Lucky for you there's a porsche with your name on it at my house."

(A/N: Pshh. Yeah. Edward wishes :) )