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"I'm not helping him, Mom. He's more than capable of doing it himself, he's just being lazy."

"Please, Jasper. Edward needs his grade to improve so he can keep playing football. It's important. He'd do the same for you."

"I'd never need him to!" Jasper replied snarkily.

"Come on, Jazz. It's not like you do much else anyway!" Edward laughed while spinning on the kitchen stool at the breakfast bar.

"I see Bella!" Jasper countered, to which Edward laughed again.

"Exactly! You see Bella! I said you didn't do much else!" He laughed.

"You're such an asshole. Don't talk about her like that!"

"Jasper!" Esme, their mother interrupted.

"Fine!" Jasper huffed. "I'll help you with your history, but if you don't pay attention I'll stop and I don't care if you get kicked off the team or not!"

Jasper walked up the stairs swiftly and shut his door with force, but not slamming it, knowing that it would piss off Esme. He grabbed his phone from his bedside cabinet and found Bella's number quickly, hitting call. After 3 or 4 rings she answered cheerfully.

"Hey, you!"

"Hey, Bella. You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just trying to do this math homework. It seems harder now than it did in class." She sounded like she was pouting and Jasper smiled at the thought of it.

"Did you want to come over? I can help you and you can stay for dinner." He asked hopefully.

"Um... Well, I have to cook for Charlie. I could come over in about an hour?"

"I'll come and pick you up. I don't like you driving at night by yourself."

"Ok, well. I'll see you in an hour then?"

"Absolutely, see you then, beautiful."

"Bye, Jasper!" Bella giggled and hung up.

Jasper smiled broadly and stuffed his phone in his pocket before turning around. He jumped a little when he saw Edward standing in his now open doorway with a smirk.

"Bella coming over for dinner?"

"She needs help with her math," Jasper rolled his eyes at him. "Leave her alone, I mean it. She finds you intimidating."

"Intimidating? Me?" Edward gestured to himself and shook his head. "She can't be thinking about the same Edward!"

"She's just coming over to study, Edward. Please be nice..." He groaned.

"Are you sure she's your girlfriend? All you want to do is study with her! Girls have other uses you know?" Edward quirked an eyebrow in his brothers direction.

"I am aware of that."

"Have you even got to second base yet?"

Jasper frowned before looking at the wall next to Edward's face.

"You haven't?" Edward asked incredulously.

"I w- I want to, ok? I just don't know how to bring it up."

Edward grinned mischievously and opened his mouth to speak, but Jasper quickly figured out what he'd said. "In conversation, Edward."

Edward let out a small laugh and rubbed the back of his neck. "Look, you don't need to. Just... see how far you can go. She'll tell you if she wants to stop."

"That's a stupid idea," Jasper scoffed.

"Coming from the person who hasn't slept with his girlfriend yet! You've been dating for 6 months!"

"Well some of us like to wait more than a few hours, Edward..."

"Oh, whatever. Have fun studying for the rest of your life, Jasper. Just ask yourself what you're going to do to keep yourself occupied once you're out of High School and graduated College!"

Edward left the room and shut the door behind him. Jasper sighed and fell back onto his bed, rubbing his hands over his face roughly. He was lucky to even have a girlfriend to be honest. He was known as the geek at school, well he was a geek in comparison to his older brother, Edward who was the captain of the football team. It had seemed that every girl who spoke to him was vying for the attention of Edward, and each of them had managed to get it at some point, but Bella had been intimidated by the jock reputation and scene and they'd connected quickly.

It had taken a while to get Bella to feel comfortable around him as she seemed so shy and nervous, but after a month of dating they'd moved on from chaste innocent kisses to making out in his car, or their bedrooms if their parents weren't around. She'd once let him grope her tits a bit but since then she'd been apprehensive to let him close like that. He was frustrated, not at her, but at the situation. He thought it must be him seeming nervous and then making her more nervous as a result so was trying to be more assertive and was desperate to have the conversation with her about taking it further. He figured he'd try and broach the subject tonight and see how it went.

The doorbell rang and Bella ran down the stairs with her book bag.

"I'm going to Jasper's to study, Dad. I won't be back late."

"Ok, have fun." Charlie replied from the front room as Bella opened the door, he face flushed from her rush to get her stuff together.

"Hi!" Bella breathed with a big smile.

"Hey," Jasper replied softly and leant forward to kiss her softly. "I'll take care of her, Chief Swan." He called to where he knew Charlie would be. He was answered with an hmph and smiled as Bella walked out and shut the door behind her. She took his hand as they walked to the car and Jasper took her bag from her.

Once they got back to Jasper's house, Bella said hello to Esme quickly and then Jasper pulled her up the stairs to his bedroom before Edward could see her and upset her.

"Make sure you two use protection!" Edward laughed as he poked his head out of his room. Bella blushed deeply and Jasper pushed her gently into his bedroom, glaring at Edward. "Hey, I meant keep the lights on and don't sit too close to your books. It's bad for your eyesight!" He shrugged and laughed before shutting the door.

Jasper rolled his eyes before following Bella into his bedroom. She was still slightly red from her embarrassment and he moved to her to comfort her lovingly. He wrapped her in his arms and kissed her forehead softly.

"I'm sorry. You know what he's like."

"I know, don't apologise, ok?" Bella answered with a soft smile and tilted her head up so she could kiss Jasper quickly on the lips.

"Ok," Jasper said authoritatively, "Math."

Bella nodded and turned, bending over to pick up her bag which she had laid next to Jasper's bed. Jasper eyed her ass as she bent over and felt his dick hardening in the confines of his jeans. He closed his eyes and let out a quiet hiss, trying to think of anything that would make it disappear. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Bella looking wide eyed at his crotch.

"Shit, I'm sorry..."

"Um..." Bella shook took a few seconds before she could take her eyes away from it and look at him in the eye.

Jasper suddenly lost control and strode over to her, his hands immediately finding purchase on her hips and moving her back onto the bed, lying her on her back and coming over to hover above her, resting his weight on his arms next to her. He bent down and brought his mouth to hers hungrily, growling a little at the intensity of it. He wanted nothing more than to grind his hips to hers but tried to stop the instinctual movement. Immediately he thought of Edward's advice, and as much as he didn't want to take advice from his man whore of a brother, he was suddenly desperate to show Bella how much he liked her. He tentatively pushed his hips down onto hers and she immediately gasped and lay rigid beneath him. Jasper cursed himself, knowing that he shouldn't have listened to Edward. He climbed off her quickly and sat on the edge of the bed facing away from her.

"I'm sorry, Bella. I didn't mean to."

"Let's not worry about it, ok? I really need to get this homework done. Will you help?"

Edward was sat in his room with his ear pressed up against the wall. They weren't talking, which was odd. Usually Bella was quite the chatterbox while they were studying but there were no sounds coming from either of them. He heard a shuffling and then Jasper apologising.

He'd taken his advice.

Edward's eyes widened in surprise. He couldn't believe that Jasper had actually listened to him. Edward didn't even know Bella very well but he did know that she wouldn't have wanted it sprung on her in that way. To be honest he'd been thinking about it a lot recently. Probably more than a guy should be thinking about his brother's girlfriend, but she was just so... innocent.

He felt his dick stir as he thought about her huge brown eyes and long brown hair.

"Oh my god, stop this..." Edward whispered to himself, the heels of his hands pressing into his eyes as he tried to change the image in his head which was currently those huge brown eyes looking up at him as she sucked his cock timidly.

There was something about virgins that really got Edward's blood pumping, and Bella was no different. The only problem with Bella was that she didn't like him. Oh, and that she was Jasper's girlfriend. He often forgot that vital bit of information as he never cared about girls having boyfriends before.

He heard Jasper offering to go and get them both drinks before they started working and Bella agreed so Edward listened out for when he was certain that Jasper was downstairs before he moved quickly and quietly out of his room and went to Jasper's door which was slightly ajar. Edward could see Bella lying on her stomach on the bed with her book in front of her. She was chewing her pen oblivious to how seductive it was. Edward rolled his eyes; he couldn't even apprehend how Jasper was managing to contain himself around her. Taking a deep breath he pushed the door open, Bella looked up at him casually but when she realised it wasn't Jasper she gasped and quickly sat up on the bed.

"Edward? Wh- What are you doing here?"

"I just thought I'd apologise for embarrassing you earlier. I was just joking." Edward rubbed the back of his neck.

"Does Jasper know you're in here?" Bella asked nervously, she blushed and looked through the open door behind Edward.

"Um, no. I actually think he'd kill me if he knew I was talking to you." Edward laughed a little and turned to check behind him, making sure Jasper wasn't near them. "Look, Bella. I know you don't like me, and I know I haven't made it easy for you..." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper, toying with it nervously. "Here's my number. I thought maybe if you'd like to talk or something?"

Bella frowned at him in confusion, reaching towards his now outstretched hand and taking the paper from him. "What about?"

"Anything," Edward was alerted to Jasper's presence by his footsteps coming up the stairs. "Just know that the offer is there, ok?" He smiled in a friendly 'I don't want to fuck you' way and turned to leave Jasper's room.

Edward shut the door behind him and when he turned around, Jasper was stood at the top of the stairs, still as stone with two drinks in his hands. "What were you doing in there?"

"Nothing," Edward said innocently with a shrug, to which Jasper glared.

"Seriously, what did you say to her?" He pushed past Edward and opened the door to his room where he saw Bella studying like he'd left her.

"Like I said, nothing!" Edward smiled and turned back to his room, shutting the door behind him. Once he was in the safety of his own room, Edward smiled deviously and started to formulate the plan in his head. If he could get Bella to trust him, then it would definitely work.

Jasper walked into his room and handed Bella her drink, sitting down on the bed next to her.

"Is everything ok? He didn't upset you?"

"No, he was fine. He just apologised for embarrassing me earlier." Bella decided not to tell Jasper about Edward giving her his number. It's not like she would call him anyway, so there was no need to tell him.

"Bella," Jasper murmured, running his hand softly over her hair and stroking her cheek gently. She looked up at him expectantly and he leant down to brush his lips over hers delicately, she took a shallow breath as his other hand took the other side of her head and held her to him firmly while he kissed her languidly. Her body stiffened as he pushed her down onto the bed and he pulled away breathlessly. "Just relax, baby."

Bella took a shaky breath as Jasper came to hover over again. One of his hands ran lightly up her side following the curves of her waist and hips. "You're so beautiful," He whispered. He leant his head down and placed soft, barely there kisses on her neck and up to her jaw.

"Jasper," Bella breathed out hoarsely.

"I know, just relax. I'll make you feel good, Bella. Just relax." Jasper clenched his eyes shut, knowing that Bella would stop him. He continued to kiss her jaw softly while his hand rested on her hip, moving down her leg slowly and rounding her leg until he got to her inner thigh.

"Jasper, please. Don't." Bella's voice was barely above a whisper, but Jasper had been listening out for it intently and so heard it almost as if it had been screamed in his ear. He pulled away and sat next to her in the middle of the bed. Bella sat up and crossed her legs beneath her.

"It's not that I don't want to," She whispered. "I just... I want to be ready."

"I can wait," Jasper nodded. "I wasn't pushing you, I-"

"I know you weren't Jasper," Bella pressed her finger to Jasper's lips to shush him. "Just give me a little bit more time, ok?"

Jasper nodded and Bella took her finger away. "Can we do this homework please? Because I literally have no idea what I'm doing here!"

Edward listened on the other side of the wall again with a huge smile when Bella refused him again. That was all he needed to hear for the evening so went down the stairs to see if Esme needed any help with the dinner.

When dinner was ready, Jasper and Bella came down the stairs and when Bella saw Edward wiping his hands on a towel she blushed a little.

"Ah, it's the study bugs!" Edward joked as he walked to the table and saw Jasper and Bella. "Did you get your homework done?"

"If you spent a little more time studying and a little less time winding up your brother then you might not need him to help you stay on the team, Edward." Their father, Carlisle commented with a small smile in Jasper's direction.

"It'll be fine, Dad. Maybe we could all study together. What do you say, Tinker?" He turned his gaze to Bella and she blushed deeply again.

"Tinker?" Jasper aked.

"You know, like Tinkerbell," Edward shrugged.

"Since when did you start calling Bella..." Jasper looked at Edward who was smirking. "Never mind."

"It's alright, Jasper. I don't mind." Bella said, resting her hand on Jasper's forearm.

After dinner, Jasper drove Bella home. He let the car idle while he turned to face Bella.

"I'll see you tomorrow then," Bella said softly. She leant over the centre console and kissed Jasper softly on the lips.

"Mmm," Jasper hummed with his eyes shut. "Do you want me to pick you up in the morning?"

"Don't be silly, it's completely out of your way."

"You know that I wouldn't mind."

"Jasper, I have the truck. I'll meet you in the parking lot, ok?"

Jasper nodded and kissed Bella again. "Good night, beautiful."

"Night, Jasper. Drive safe."

She climbed out of the car and jogged to the door, turning and smiling at Jasper before letting herself in to the house and closing the door behind her. Jasper took a deep breath and let it go before driving back home.

When he got home, Jasper was met by Edward who was stood on the porch outside the door.

"You ok, Jazz? You look a bit frustrated."

Jasper sighed and ran his hands over his face, "I took your advice. It didn't go to plan."

Edward smiled inwardly, letting Jasper continue. "She said she's not ready."

"Well wait for her then, man." Edward shrugged before turning and walking into the house.

Bella let Charlie know that she was home before heading up to her bedroom. She packed her bag for school the next day and then pulled her phone from her pocket. As she pulled it out, the piece of paper given to her by Edward fluttered to floor, and Bella bent down to pick it up. She stared at his number for quite some time before programming it into her phone and putting the piece of paper in the bin. Then she found Alice's number and hit call.

Alice had been her best friend for years and she told her everything, and so with everything that had happened this evening she just had to call Alice to let her know.

"Hey, Bella! Have you done the math homework? It's really hard. I'm going to copy your answers tomorrow."

"No problem, Jasper basically did mine so whatever."

"Oh, have you been to Jasper's tonight? How was everything, he ok?"

"Yeah... He tried to um... Well I think he wanted to have sex tonight."

"Tonight?" Alice exclaimed, "Just like that? No build up or planning? No romantic evening? Just math homework?" Bella laughed a little before composing herself.

"It was weird, like it was out of nowhere."

"You didn't do it then?"

"Of course not!" Bella said, "I'm not ready for that yet. He said he's going to wait."

"Well that's alright then, I've always thought he's really nice like that. Considerate."

"Another thing happened tonight though..." Bella started, knowing that Alice would help to lead this conversation.

"Something happened? What happened?"

"It was Edward..." Alice made a scoffing sound, she never liked Edward and his jock friends and so was always reluctant to hear anything about him.

"What did he do now?"

"Well, actually he was really nice. He was a bit of an ass when I first got there but he came and apologised to me. Then he said that if I ever wanted to talk about anything then I could call him, and gave me his number."

Alice was quiet for a few seconds. "And this was all said in a non douche bag, man whore way?"

"Yeah, he was just really friendly. Completely innocent."

"What did Jasper say?"

"Um..."

"You didn't tell him?"

"Well, no. I didn't see the point. It's not like I'm going to call Edward so there was no need to tell Jasper."

"I really think you should tell him."

"Really, Alice. Trust me, there's no need."

Bella pulled up to the parking lot and parked in her usual spot. She immediately saw Alice stood with Jasper, Angela and Ben at Jasper's car. Jasper looked up at the sound of Bella's old truck and waved in her direction before heading in her direction. As Bella climbed out of her car she saw Edward parked two cars away, he was stood looking bored as Lauren Mallory talked incessantly at him. He looked up momentarily and caught Bella's eye, making her blush. He smiled and raised his hand in an unmoving wave, Lauren noticed his attention had been compromised and turned to give Bella the stink eye.

"Good morning, Beautiful!" Jasper said happily, he stroked her cheek with the back of his fingers, "Blushing already?" He chuckled a little before leaning in and planting his lips on hers. She let him lean her back onto the side of her truck but was acutely aware of the fact they were in the school parking lot. She opened her eyes to make sure nobody was watching and was shocked when she saw Edward looking at them both with an amused smile. She immediately pushed Jasper away from her gently while Edward continued to smile at them both.

The bell rang and so Bella grabbed her bag and headed into class with Jasper walking next to her.

"Hey, man!" Edward said as he approached his friend and team mate, Emmett in his English class.

"Edward, nice evening? I saw you talking to Mallory."

"Urgh, if I have to hear once more about her hair extensions I'll feel compelled to rip them out!" He laughed as he swung his bag onto the table and took his seat next to Emmett. "I just spent time with the family last night, you know. Nothing special."

"Winding up the little brother again?" Emmett laughed.

"His girlfriend actually," Edward replied with a smug smile.

"His girlfriend? The little brunette?" Emmett asked interest in his eyes, "Not bad. What do you want with her?"

"What she won't give to Jasper," Edward smirked.

"You wanna take her V Card? How are you going to do that?"

"A bit of time and patience, Emmett. Jasper can have her after. He's not experienced enough to take that from her. I'll make it good!" He laughed and then turned to the front when the teacher started talking.

Once the lesson was over, Edward threw his stuff into his bag and stood up waiting for Emmett.

"So you just want to fuck her and then hand her back to Jasper?" Emmett said quietly as they walked down the corridor.

"She's just... She's got these innocent eyes, Em. Seriously, I just need to take it from her and then I won't need to worry about it anymore. I just need to get her to trust me."

"What is it with you and virgins? You've had everyone in our year so you're heading for the younger ones?"

"Something like that, Em!" Edward laughed and then headed to his next class.

At lunch Edward was on his way to the cafeteria when he saw Bella by her locker putting some books in there. One of the books she'd been balancing fell to the floor and so Edward rushed over and picked it up for her.

"Dropped one!" He said with a smile and put into her locker for her. Bella blushed and thanked him, putting one more book into her locker more carefully this time. Edward noticed a photo of her and Jasper stuck to the inside of the locker door.

"How long have you been dating my little brother now?"

"Like, six months..."

"Six months, that's quite a long time. Things still ok?"

Bella frowned in confusion, "Yeah, why? Has he said something?"

"No, no. Don't get me wrong, I was just checking things were ok with you both. I know you don't get a lot of time to yourselves so it can be hard to get enough... well... You know, don't you, Tinker?" Edward smiled in a friendly way, although making it obvious what he was referring to. Bella blushed again and looked down at her feet.

"Um... Yeah, well. That's not really... We... Well, we haven't..."

"Oh," Edward's eyes widened in fake surprise.

"Can we not talk about this please? I don't even know why I told you that," Bella said while obviously embarrassed.

"Hey, don't be embarrassed, Tinker." He rubbed her arm soothingly, "I said last night that you could talk to me about anything. I meant it. I know quite a lot about this stuff, and Jasper for that matter. If you need me, you have my number. You still have it, right? You didn't lose it?"

"I programmed it into my phone," Bella looked up at him with a tentative smile.

"Excellent. Well, if you come around tonight I guess I'll see you then, if not then I'll see you tomorrow."

"Ok, see you later, Edward." Bella waved a tiny wave before shutting her locker and heading for the cafeteria and to her usual table where Jasper and her friends were waiting for her. She had no idea why she'd just decided to tell Edward about the lack of sex that her and Jasper had been having, there was just something about him which made her think it was safe to talk to him. After all, he was her boyfriend's brother, so maybe she should make more of an effort with him.

She sat down next to Jasper who was frowning and looked a little white.

"Jasper, are you ok?" She asked as she placed her hand on his knee.

"Yeah, I just feel a bit sick. I'm fine though," He turned and forced a strained smile.

"You don't look right, Jazz. Maybe you should go home?" Alice suggested looking at him worriedly.

"No, I'll be fine, really."

"Jasper, I think Alice is right... Just go home, rest and get better," Bella said quietly in his ear.

Eventually they managed to get Jasper to head home to get better, which left Bella at the lunch table with her friends. Alice looked at her expectantly; Angela and Ben were in their own conversation so Bella spoke to Alice.

"What is it?"

"Did you tell him about Edward?"

"What about Edward?" Bella asked, worried that Alice had seen them talking next to her locker. Although they hadn't done anything wrong by talking, Bella couldn't work out why she was trying to keep it secret.

"That he gave you his number!"

"It's really not a big deal, Alice. I'm not going to call him so it doesn't even matter."

Alice let out a little hmph before biting into a stick of celery. "He's looking at you by the way."

"Who is looking at me?" Bella asked, rolling her eyes.

"Edward. He thinks he's being discrete but I can totally tell."

"Don't be ridiculous," Bella said turning around to where she knew Edward would be sitting. Sure enough he was looking at her inquisitively. He furrowed his brow and mouthed 'Jasper' to her. Bella mouthed back that he was sick before turning back around to Alice. "He just wanted to know where Jasper was. That's not a crime is it, Alice?"

"I guess not," Alice shrugged. "So tell me what happened with Jasper last night."

"Nothing much, we were just kissing and he... well his hand kind of ca-"

"Sorry to interrupt, ladies." A smooth voice came from behind her, she turned and saw Edward standing there with a friendly smile, she smiled back. "I just wanted to check if Jazz was ok? Do I need to call my Dad or anything, Tinker?"

Bella heard Alice mumble something behind her but ignored her, looking up at Edward.

"He just said he was sick, I don't think he needs Dr Cullen."

"You can call him Carlisle, you know, Tinker. He's told you it's ok."

"I know," Bella shrugged. "It just seems a bit weird."

"Well, it's up to you! I was just checking Jazz was ok, I'll see you soon. Bye Alice."

Alice grunted a goodbye as Edward walked off with his friends. Bella turned back around to Alice who was looking at her incredulously.

"What is it?"

"Really? You need to ask? Why is he calling you Tinker?"

"I don't know, Alice. It's a nickname."

"Don't you think it's a little... over familiar?"

"Alice, it's a nickname. He's not groping me..." Bella rolled her eyes at her best friend. "It's about time we started to get on better, I've been dating Jasper for 6 months and hardly spoken to him."

"I guess he didn't really do anything out of the ordinary, maybe he's more decent than I give him credit for," Alice mused as she stared at the door he had exited from.

Bella got home from school that day and started on her homework immediately, wanting to get it done before she phoned Jasper to see if he was ok. She only had a little bit to do so it took her just over an hour. She started the dinner and then sat at the kitchen table scrolling through the names on her phone until she found Jasper's, when she got to Edward's number she smiled but quickly became straight faced again as she couldn't imagine why she would be smiling at his name on her phone.

She hit call when she got to Jasper's number and it rang for quite a long time before a rough sounding Jasper answered.

"Bella?" He croaked out.

"Jesus, Jasper. Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine..."

"Don't lie to me, Jasper."

"Urgh," He moaned. "I feel so shit, Bella. I don't think I'll be in school tomorrow. I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologising?" Bella asked with a frown, "You're sick, you're not avoiding me... Are you?"

Jasper let out a strained laugh, "Of course not, don't be stupid."

"Then don't apologise for being ill." Jasper made a groaning sound on the other side of the phone and Bella grimaced, "Look, you need to sleep. I'll call you tomorrow and see how you're getting on, ok?"

"Ok, bye, Bella."

"Night, Jasper."

Bella hung up and put her phone on the table, she thought about texting Edward to get him to clarify that Jasper was ok and not, in fact, dying. That thought quickly left her head when the front door opened and Charlie came through to the kitchen for dinner.

"Yo, Jazz! Tinker said you were sick, you ok?" Edward shouted as he walked into Jasper's blackened room.

"Fuck off, Edward. I'm not in the mood for your shit..." Jasper groaned from what Edward imagined was his bed, but he couldn't actually see in the lack of light.

"Woah, I was only checking you were ok, man. Do you need me to get Dad or will you be ok?"

"I'll be fine, thanks. Sorry."

"No problem," Edward shrugged although he knew Jasper wouldn't be able to see him. "I brought you a drink so you wouldn't have to get up. I'll just leave it here," He placed it on Jasper's bedside cabinet and then headed out of the room again. "Get better soon, bro."

"Thanks," Jasper groaned again before Edward shut the bedroom door behind him.

The next morning Bella woke up groggily, she couldn't sleep last night thinking about Jasper being ill. She wasn't very good with sick people and felt bad that she couldn't be a better girlfriend and go round and check he was ok. She rolled out of bed and walked over to her closet, stubbing her toe on her desk on the way.

"Shit!" Bella hissed as she hopped around her room while she regained feeling in her toe. She filed through her clothes, not knowing what to wear. Eventually she picked out a black hoody and some jeans and headed through to the bathroom to have a shower. Charlie had already left and so she wouldn't be rushed so took a nice long shower. When she got out, she realised she was now running late and so dressed quickly, throwing her hair up into a messy ponytail and putting a bit of mascara on. She ran down the stairs and grabbed a pop tart, holding it in her mouth as she searched for her keys in her bag when she got out to her truck. Putting the key in the ignition, she turned it and blinked angrily when it made a groaning sound before dying completely.

"Fucking hell!" Bella shouted, grabbing her phone from her pocked and going to her contact list. She got to Jasper's name but then realised that he wasn't coming in to school, she groaned again, thinking she could call Alice but Alice was super early every morning for some reason, so she was too late to get a ride with her.

She went through all of her contacts before realising there was only one person that might be able to help. She found Edward's number and reluctantly hit call, he answered almost immediately, startling Bella.

"Hello?"

"H- Hi, Edward."

"Who is this?" Edward asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"It's Bella."

"Oh!" Edward said and immediately his voice softened, "Sorry I just wasn't expecting you to call me, is everything ok?"

"Um, well... my truck won't start and I d-"

"I'll come by and get you, no problems. I'm on my way already so I'll be there in like 5 minutes ok, Tinker?"

"Yeah, thank you."

"No worries. See you in 5!"

"Yeah, see you soon," Bella hung up and pushed her phone back into her pocket. She sat in the cab of her truck to wait for him, intermittently turning the key in the ignition to see if the truck would start.

She soon heard a car pull up behind her and a door opening and then closing, just as she was about to open the door of the truck to get out, she saw Edward jogging up to the front door and ringing the doorbell. Bella climbed out of the truck and walked around it, carefully watching Edward rubbing his hands together to keep himself warm.

"Hey," Bella said softly, hoping not to startle him. He jumped a little but smiled when his eyes settled on Bella.

"Good morning, princess!" He said brightly. "Having a bad morning?"

"You have no idea!" Bella rolled her eyes.

"You might want to change quickly before we head off, Tinker."

"Huh?"

"You're hoody is inside out. Did you get dressed in a hurry?" He smiled in amusement and she blushed while nodding.

"Give me a second," She ran into the house quickly, taking her hoody off before turning it the right way around and putting it back on. She walked back outside and smiled, "All done."

"Excellent. Let's go then!"

Edward walked to his car and opened Bella's door for her. She paused with a frown before getting in, as she was fastening her seatbelt, Edward climbed in and looked at her strangely.

"Does Jazz not open your door for you?" Bella shook her head and Edward sighed, "That was one of the first things I ever told him to do for a woman. He obviously doesn't listen!"

"It's not a problem, I can get it myself."

"Yeah, but it's just decency, Tinker. Common decency," He laughed and turned the key in the ignition and pressing the accelerator.

"Thanks for doing this by the way, I didn't know who else to call."

"It's really not a problem, Tinker. It's my pleasure to give you a ride to school."

They both smiled at each other briefly before Edward turned his attention back to the road. This distraction gave Bella the opportunity to look at Edward properly. She'd never really paid much attention to him before because he seemed so inapproachable and intimidating. What she saw now was something so entirely different that her head was swimming in confusion. His eyes were a deep but bright green which complimented the browny bronze colour of his hair that was always messy. She wasn't sure if he styled it to look like he'd just got out of bed or if he had actually just got out bed, but either way, it suited him perfectly. He had a strong jaw bone and beautiful cheekbones not an-

"Everything ok, Tinker?" Edward asked with a cheeky glint in his eye.

"Um... Yeah. I was just thinking how you look nothing like Jasper."

"Yeah well, I've been trying to tell him he's adopted for most of his life but as I have seen pictures where I'm with my Mother who is quite clearly pregnant I guessed it's not really the case!" He laughed and turned back to the road.

They pulled into the parking lot minutes later and Edward tried to dodge all of the students milling around getting in his way. When he finally parked he turned to look at Bella.

"Well, Tinker. You're here safe and sound."

"Thank you, Edward. You didn't have to, but, thank you."

"Stop thanking me, Tinker. Meet me here after school and I'll take you home, ok?"

"Oh, no. That's fine, I'll get Alice to take me home."

"Ah, see you don't understand, Tinker. I can't do half a job. If I take you somewhere, then I have to be responsible for taking you back safely as well. If something were to happen to you on your journey home I'd never forgive myself!" He laughed and Bella giggled lightly.

"I'm surprised you don't want to keep tabs on me all day as well!"

"Oh, I think you're onto a good idea there actually, Tinker. What's your timetable?"

Bella looked at him in shock and with wide eyes which she was snapped out of when Edward laughed again. "I was joking, Tinker. You'll let me take you home, right?"

"Yes, thank you, Edward."

"No problem. Now get out and go to class or you'll be late."

They both laughed and climbed out of the car. Bella was a little shocked to see everyone was staring at them. One of Edward's friends, a huge guy whose name Bella didn't know walked over to them with a huge smile on his face.

"Hey, Edward. Good night?"

Bella turned to look at Edward over the roof of his car, he looked relaxed but his eyes were wider than normal, "Tinker's truck wouldn't start and Jazz is sick. I thought I'd give her a ride."

"How very gentlemanly of you to give her a... ride." The big guy laughed and Edward smirked a little, he turned to look at Bella and the smirk turned into a smile.

"See you after school, Tinker."

"Bye, Tinker!" The big guy called as well as Bella walked to meet Alice who was standing with her hands on her hips.

"What was that?"

"The truck died. I needed a ride to school and Jasper's still si- Oh shit."

"What?" Alice asked.

"Nothing," Bella shook her head before walking to her first class. "Come on, we have to get to class."

Bella had been in a car with Edward for 15 minutes. Bella had been in a car with Jasper's brother for 15 minutes. Bella had been in a car with Jasper's brother for 15 minutes and not once asked if Jasper was ok. Shittest. Girlfriend. Ever.