A/N: sorry for the long wait guys, have been on a mad hunt for a summer job plus I appear to have backed myself in a corner with having three stories on the go at the same time!

One more thing as well I thought that I could have this done in a few chapters, like four to six but I think that there is a lot more I can do with this before it gets old and you guys move on. So this will be longer maybe not as long as My Dirty Little Secret but still we get more of our guys, plus I taking the suggestion of sibaruneko and introducing someone else to chuck in a bit more drama!

Anyhoo, here we go! :D


Chapter II – What Should I Say?

Edward POV

The next few days whilst my mom and Emmett where in London were spent visiting the tourist attractions, that me and Jacob hadn't done ourselves since moving here. So on the third day of their visit we hopped on a train to central London for a visit to London eye. When we got there I looked up at what was the London eye and felt the blood drain from my face, Jacob saw my reaction and grinned widely taking my hand and giving it a gentle squeeze turning his head to face mom and Emmett.

"I am not going on that thing" Emmett chuckled and even Jacob let out a snigger but at least my mother had the decency to at try not to laugh, although she did not really seem to be succeeding.

"I didn't know you had a fear of heights"

"I don't" his expression turned puzzled and my brother just laughed harder.

"Then...what's the problem?"

"He's a pu-" my mother cleared her throat to get his attention and shook her head slowly when he glanced at her. "Sorry...he's a wimp. When he was six he got stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel and now he refuses to go on them" Jacob looked from Emmett to me with a raised eyebrow, still holding my hand.

"Yeah, well you rocking the thing didn't help Emmett" I said harshly scowling as he just laughed at me.

"But the London Eye is safe, the thing doesn't even go fast if it stopped you wouldn't even notice"

"Nuh uh, ain't doing it" shaking my head vigorously, I took a step back just in case they didn't get how serious I was.

"Esme why don't you and Emmett go on ahead, I'll stay here with Edward"

"Are you sure about that?" he shrugged off Esme's comment and glanced up at the Eye.

"Sure, don't worry about it" with a smile they went and joined the line as we started walking down the road we had walked up, in the direction of a bar called All Bar One as we had a good solid hour to kill. Getting there a few minutes later we sat at a small table near a window, Jacob ordered two pints of beer for us we fell quiet for a while, sipping our beers and gazing out the window at the people passing us by.

"Edward?" I turned my head to face him raising my eyebrows in a sign that I was listening. "I was thinking about our wedding..."

"Yes?"

"Well do you have any ideas? We haven't really talked about it"

"With mom and Emmett we've barely had a moment alone, so it doesn't leave much time for wedding planning" he nodded and leaned forward, taking a swig of his beer then putting down the glass and leaning his chin on his hand.

"I know that but have you had any thought on how you like to have it?" I shrugged and he looked a little put out though he tried to mask it.

"I'd like something simple, nothing over the top" he nodded getting at what I meant, Bella had been so focused on having the big white wedding and though she wasn't to blame for the deterioration of our relationship, it didn't mean that I wanted to go through the hassle all over again.

"Sure, I get it...simple. We can do that"

"Unless, you wanted something else? Because I'd be alright if you wanted something more" he smiled warmly and reached over placing his hand over mine.

"It is fine, simple doesn't have to be boring" he shrugged and drained his beer "I am perfectly happy with that" flipping our hands over so his palm was facing upwards, I lifted ours hands and laid a soft kiss on his palm earning me a gorgeous smile that made me want to kiss him.

That was until a guy on the table next to our looked at us and sneered, muttering 'poofs' just loud enough for us to hear, the smile on Jacob's face fell immediately and I felt the rage building towards the stranger.

Turning my head round to face him, I saw that he was easily in his late forties with a ruddy complexion and large gut, along with a shiny bald head. He had tiny piggy eyes that glared at me with so much hatred for a stranger, so letting go of Jacob's hand I turned the rest of my body around.

"Is there a problem?" the piggy man scowled at my address rubbing the top of his head, before he answered.

"No, I just came here for a drink so I don't want to see you and your boyfriend making out while I do so. It's not appropriate"

"If my fiancé and I want to kiss in public we have every right too, if you saw a man and a woman kiss I doubt you would bat an eyelid, so we expect the same courtesy" was my curt response though I could almost feel Jacob across from me tensing up.

"That ain't right" the man shook his head looking even more disgusted.

"What isn't?" Jacob put I hand on my shoulder, it was a sign for me to stop but I ignored him glaring at the piggy eyed man, he didn't reply instantly. "Are you referring to our public show of affection? Because bigots like you aren't going to stop that"

"Edward stop"

"Well, it doesn't mean I want to see that gross display" gritting my teeth Jacob's grip on my shoulder tightened but I shrugged him off, probably a little harder than was necessary before standing and walking over to the man placing my hands on the table he was sat at and glaring down at him.

"Edward!"

"You should really stop talking" I threatened my voice low as the man started to lose his confidence.

"I can say what I like, it's a free country" my lips twitching I drew my hand back and hit him right on his chin sending him falling backwards off of his chair, his drink sloshing all over the front of his white shirt.

"Asshole" I spat out before I was grabbed by the arm and pulled away towards the exit, I was about to lash out when I realised it was Jacob. "Let me go!"

"What the hell is wrong with you?" he almost yelled at me as I yanked my arm out of his grip when we were stood by the door. The bartender rushed over to the toppled over man, helping him up as he went red and furiously jabbed his fat fist in my direction.

"Did you not hear what he was saying?"

"Yes, I did. You should have ignored him" I looked at him in shock about to open my mouth to respond when the bartender came over to us, not looking pleased at all.

"Time to go, Jake" before he reached us we wasted no time in leaving, walking briskly down the road in no particular direction just away from the bar. We walked for ten minutes in a stony silence, until he stopped by a bench and sat down, stopping as well I sat down too but he moved away from me looking straight ahead.

"You couldn't just be the bigger man and walk away could you?"

"I'm pretty sure he had like a stone on me" I went for humour though it fell flat as he just shook his head and still didn't look at me.

"Is this all just a joke to you?" I sat up straight.

"What? No! No Jake, you know I love you" I put a hand on his shoulder and scotched closer about to hug him but a large crowd of people walked past and so I settled for a pat on the shoulder. He turned his head to look at me change my mind seeing me going from an awkward half hug to the hand on his shoulder, he then looked to the people passing by sitting up straight and shrugging off my hand.

"See you say that, but your actions seem to contradict you. Whenever we go out you stuff your hands in your pockets like you're afraid to touch me"

"Jake I-"

"Don't try and defend yourself because it true. You are still ashamed of being gay, and I am not. I accepted a long time ago and I get that this is still relatively new for you, but that doesn't mean you can just...go all hulk every time someone says something" I stood and stated pacing in front of him.

"But that guy was a total dick!"

"If I kicked off every time someone said something mildly offensive, I'd never hear the end of it"

"What about college?"

"What about it?"

"If I recall correctly, the first time we met you got in a fight with some other guys because they 'said something mildly offensive' in your words" he shook his head angrily.

"That was years ago, you can't use that against me. The point is you can't act like you're not gay in public then kick off when someone says something"

"That's ridiculous"

"If it's so ridiculous...does anyone at work know you are gay? Do ever plan on telling them?" I shook my head and stopped pacing.

"It's work, it's not really any of their business is it?" he nodded and stood up, both of us falling silent for a very long moment.

"So that's a no then" just about to reply I heard my name being called, whipping my head round I saw Jean Rowland walking towards me.

"Jean?" Jacob raised an eyebrow questioning as the fake blond reached us and beamed at me seemingly oblivious to Jacob beside me.

"Edward Cullen, so brilliant to see you!" she was piling on the enthusiasm a bit too much as she continued to grin showing off her bleached and straightened teeth. "Anna told me about your call, glad to see you took me up on my offer!"

"What offer?" interrupted Jacob, looking confused as he glanced from me to Jean and then back to me.

"I'm-"

"Edward is going to record a demo with my studio!" his eyebrows went even higher, threatening to disappear into his hair.

"Really, that's the first I'm hearing of it"

"Jake, I was going to tell you"

"Why would you, it's not like it's an amazing opportunity that could be really great for you if it worked out, right?" Jean seemed to note the heavy sarcasm and looked even more interested now.

"I'm sorry if I've interrupted something. I'm Jean Rowland my daughter is in Edward's class..." she held out her hand as her sentence trailer off, he took her hand and smiled politely at her shooting me a sideways glance as they released each other hand.

"I'm Jacob Black, Edward's fiancé" the realisation dawned on her and her mouth formed a little 'o' before she recovered and slapped her smile back on.

"Oh! So you are...you two...Oh! That makes so much sense!" this caught me off guard.

"Wait, wait...what makes so much sense?"

"Well, a few of the other mother do have a bit of thing for you. But you never seemed to respond to any of them, plus you are a little too well groomed"

"What? There is nothing wrong with being well groomed, it's called looking after your appearance!" my voice started to get high pitched and Jacob simply pressed his lips together.

"You do get your eyebrows done"

"You promised you wouldn't tell anyone!" he shrugged then checked his watch for the time.

"I'm sure Jean won't tell anyone, you probably shouldn't tell anyone he's gay either who knows what that would do to his reputation at school"

"Jake!" I called out as he started to walk off, in the direction of the Eye were my mom and Emmett would be coming off of soon. "Sorry Jean, I should go. See you"

"Bye!" she called out as I ran up to Jacob, as he kept weaving his way through the groups of people that seemed to have popped out of nowhere in the last hour.

"Jake!...Jake!" catching up to him, I grabbed his arm and forced him to stop. "Hey what was that about?"

"Oh I don't know, why don't you ask Jean? Why didn't you tell me about the demo?"

"I haven't even recorded it yet! It could never see the light of day, once I've finished it"

"Then why the fuck didn't you tell me? I thought we didn't hide things from each other, and it is a big deal that's a new career that is a big change" I sighed and slumped my shoulders.

"I might be crap" he snorted and I raised an eyebrow at him.

"This is you we're talking about, your music is brilliant I should know I've heard you playing enough times since college" he sighed heavily and rubbed his chin looking down at the ground. "It's big Edward and there must be a reason you didn't tell me"

"I didn't want to jinx it, I haven't even been to the studio so I didn't want to get my hopes up if it failed. The first time I tried it dive bombed before it could even get off the ground remember? How can I prove it to you?" he thought about it, crossing his arms and looking at me for a long time.

"Kiss me"

"Right now?"

"No, next year. Yes of course, right now" he uncrossed his arms and I took a step closer to his before taking his face in both of my hands and closing my eyes leaning in for a kiss, at the last moment he pulled away.

"Really?"

"Just messing with you" was his reply before kissing me, it was a quick closed mouth kiss meaning he was still angry but he'd get over it. Pulling away first he jerked his chin in the direction we needed to walk down. "Let's go" I just followed him as he walked on a step ahead with his hands shoved into his jeans pockets.

~X~X~X~

The next day and my mother and Jacob were talking about possible venues for the wedding, as we had lunch at a restaurant that was normally a little out of our price range but a place that my mom had declared 'simply darling' and so we had to try it.

"There are plenty of registry offices in London, so it's really just a matter of finding a place for the reception" lead Jacob.

"How about The Savoy? I hear that it is beautiful and it would be wonderful to have the reception there!" I shook my head getting Jacob's attention, he raised an eyebrow aiming his next comment at me.

"What is it?"

"The Savoy? There is no way we could afford that, not with what we make" he pressed his lips together but nodded in agreement before turning back to my mom.

"He's right, we don't want to go into bankruptcy do we?"

"Well...I have money, my company seems to be doing well even with a recession going on..." she took a sip of her sparkling water glancing at the two of us pointedly, whilst Emmett dug into a steak so rare it almost walked of his plate.

"I know what you're thinking mom, the answer is no. We will pay for it ourselves, keep it unpretentious, right Jacob?" he frowned but sighed and nodded, my mother frowned probably at my word choice but as her upbringing had taught her she said nothing about it, choosing to remain straight backed as she ate.

"Yeah, we don't need a big wedding, at a fancy five star hotel and all that" he didn't sound at all convinced but I choose to ignore it, as we all finished our meal.

"Let me at least pay for lunch then" said my mother when the bill came, she snatched it up before any of us could protest handing over a shiny black credit card that almost made the waitresses eyes pop out.

"You didn't have to do that" she smiled at me warmly as I held out her coat for her, patting me on the shoulder.

"It was nothing dear" walking out of the restaurant she then announced that she and to go shopping at least once at Harrods's. "So would anyone like to join me?" Emmett and I, frowned distastefully shopping was not our idea of fun, especially not when it included our mother and a black card.

Catching our expression Jacob, rolled his eyes and stepped forward taking her arm and giving her a charming smile. "Esme, I would love to go with you. We can leave the boys here, to do their own thing" she smiled back at him, enraptured with the idea, as he glanced at me I mouthed 'thank you' at him and he gave me a knowing smile and a slight nod of his head.

"Sound's good, you have fun mom and we'll meet back at the flat for dinner and a movie?"

"Alright sweetheart, you and your brother have fun"

"See you mom" her and Jacob walked down the road in the direction of where we had parked whilst me and Emmett headed towards the train station. I had shopping to do so we headed for a local Tesco's and after dropping off the shopping we decided to go for a beer at a local pub where some football match was being shown.

It seemed to be clear from the hoots and shouts at the television that even across the ocean, men though acutely aware they could not be heard thought that by yelling loud enough the player would be able to hear the advice they had. Emmett grinned in an amused way as the football team in white shirts, presumably the England team missed another goal, causing a bald, middle aged man to slam his hand down on his table causing his half-drunk beer to fall and soak his arm and lap.

At this point Emmett laughed and I got in the drinks, we sat by the bar as we slowly drank our beers and occasionally sniggered at the men yelling at the screen.

"You know, I have a feeling mom is getting very attached to Jake, she treats him like her only son" I smiled at that, it was true that they got along very well they always had and it meant a lot that since my move that hadn't changed.

"It's nice, at least one parent likes my boyfriend"

"Fiancé" I nodded.

"Yeah, fiancé. Never thought I try getting married again"

"Because it worked out so well for you the first time, you didn't even get to the actual wedding" I glared at him, not that I needed reminding of Bella and the disaster of that failed engagement.

"Have you heard anything about Bella?" he shrugged, not really interested in her.

"Apparently she's dating some accountant, named Matt or Mitch something dull like that, according to Rose anyway" I nodded and took another sip of my beer, turning back to Emmett with a smile.

"What about my niece how is she?" as expected Emmett smiled widely as he thought about his pregnant wife.

"Good, two more months to go they are both fine though Rose keeps complaining about being fat"

"She is pregnant what does she expect?"

"She's just anxious, you know because we had been trying for a while" I nodded again, glancing at the game to see England were up by one to nil.

"Thought of any names?"

"We were thinking of Scarlett or Peyton"

"Nice" at the moment my phone rang, I recognised the number as of that of the studio. "Sorry Emmett I have to take this" leaving him by the bar I went outside, zipping up my jacket as a chilly breeze picked up, I took the call.

Jacob POV

Opening up my laptop I browsed the website for The Savoy with a deep sigh, there was no way Edward would go through with it. Hearing a key in the lock I shut the laptop and stood up as Edward walked in, I felt a guilty for looking at the sites when I knew it wasn't what he wanted and that was probably clear from the look on my face, hence why he raised an eyebrow questioningly when he walked in and saw me.

"You okay?"

"Sure, why wouldn't I be?" he still looked like he didn't believe me, but shrugged keeping his jacket and scarf on.

"Anyway, do you want to come down stairs?"

"Why?" he dropped the eyebrow and gave me that gorgeous crooked grin as he walked towards me.

"Because I have something in the car I need help with, now c'mon" intrigued I pulled on my sneakers and grabbed a jacket before following him outside and to his car. He opened the back seat door and pulled something out, holding it to his chest before turning back around to face me, in his arms was a puppy, a brown and white Jack Russell that looked round inquisitively as Edward grinned at me.

"Ohmygoshheissofreakingcute!" he raised his eyebrows as he looked at me.

"Was that even human?" he handed over the puppy and smiling widely I hugged the puppy to me and he promptly licked my cheek.

"Aww"

"I take it you like him then?" nodding vigorously, I leaned closer to him and kissed his cheek.

"He is so adorable, what's his name?"

"You pick, he's yours. Don't say I never gave you anything" he said scratching under the dog's chin, to the pleasure of the dog who closed his eye and stretched out comfortably.

"How about...er...Charlie?"

"Sound's good, why don't you take him upstairs and I'll bring the rest of this in?" he reached back inside the car, taking out a couple of bags filled with all of the necessities.

"Sure" I then proceeded to talk like a deranged fool, at the bundle of cuteness I held in my arms, while Edward just chuckled and shook his head as we walked back upstairs.

"Is this why you were late?"

"Yeah, in fact I actually have to go back out" he said as he put down the bags by the door and I stopped and turned around, with Charlie still in my arms.

"Where?"

"To the recording studio, they were able to fit me in for a couple of hours today or in three months" I let out a sigh and put down the puppy, who walked over to Edward and started sniffing around his legs. I felt like I had been deal with a bit of good news only to cushion the blow for this, so with a heavy sigh I stepped to the side and picked up one of the bags.

Taking it over to the dining table I peered inside and pulled out a squeaky pig toy, the sound of which caught Charlie's attention, his head looked in my direction and so I threw the toy at him, it landed on the floor in front of him with a squeak as it hit the floor, he then grabbed it with his teeth before trotting off to sit underneath the coffee table and play with the toy.

"Alright then , have fun" I aimed for a casual indifferent tone even though I knew he could see right through that.,

"Don't be like that"

"Like what, go if don't want to be late for your slot" there was a slight note of bitterness in my voice and detecting it he narrowed his eyes at me momentarily, then he dropped my gaze and shook his head.

"I thought you were alright with this"

"I am" he looked back at me looking at me hard before frowning.

"Well, you don't seem all too pleased. If something is bothering why don't you just tell me?" stubbornly I just pressed my lips together and kept silent, turning my head to see Charlie chewing on the leg of the toy causing it let out another squeak. "Alright then, I'll see you later"

Turning on his heel, he opened the door and left letting it swing shut behind him.

~X~X~X~

Standing by the car in the workshop, I had a pair of gloves on which like the front of my overalls was covered in grease, I was poking around in the engine when I heard a pair of footsteps. Without looking up I let out a sigh and took a step back, peeling off my gloves as I glanced up and saw two people walking towards me, with good aim I threw the gloves in the nearby bin as a tall heavy set man and a much shorter female that looked to be around the same height as Alice walked in.

"Hey Jane, who's the newbie?" I said addressing the female as I ran a hand through my hair and took a swig of water from a bottle on the worktop near me. Jane came to stop a few paces away from me, as always looking inexpressive as she looked down her nose at me her hands clasped behind her back as she spoke a dull monotone.

"Jacob this is Demetri Marchenko" she spoke his name with a flawless Russian accent, turning to him and whispering something that I barely made out. "Eto gde vy budete rabotatʹ, Iakov budet obʺyasnitʹ, gde vy nachnete" he nodded and looked at me.

"Okay then, what is he doing in my garage?" the man she identified as Demetri took a step forward and held out his hand, which I stared at for moment before he dropped his hand but gave me a small smile.

"Priyatno vstretitʹsya s vami...it is nice to meet you. I look forward to working with you" he spoke English well though his heavy accent made it a little difficult to understand what he said.

"We are going to be working together?" I said directing the question at Jane because for some reason I was not informed of this I really didn't want to be baby-sitting a Russian whilst I tried to get some work done.

"Technically, you are his boss"

"That makes me feel so much better, why wasn't I informed about this earlier?" she unclasped her hands and took a step closer to me, still remaining some distance away from me as she distastefully eyed the greasy stains on my overalls.

"You were sent an email over a week ago, consider yourself informed. Now you can get Mr Marchenko acquainted so he can start properly on Wednesday, thank you Jacob" before I could come up with a witty retort, she spun round and walked out with a swish of the expensive looking silk scarf she wore.

Turning back to the big Russian I sighed heavily, and picked up the bottle of water and taking a deep swinging wishing it was vodka even though it was barely eleven in the morning.

"I'm Jacob as you know by now" holding out my hand he took it and shook my hand his grip tight, this guy would probably have been right at home in a ring or a body building competition. The guy could probably crush me with one hand and without flinching, he released my hand and he stood still and looking round with some interest at the garage where up to now I had been working alone and I had quiet liked it. "Right then, look up till now this was my space and I like my space, so you do your thing and I'll do mine and we'll along great, okay?"

"Okay" he said without hesitation, just shrugging as if totally unconcerned.

"Good"

~X~X~X~

We seemed to work well together though quiet silent, he kept his head down working with such intense concentration I almost forgot he was there. That was till I occasion looked around every now and then and caught sight of him looming over the car, though I was engaged I did occasionally check him out.

After all I did kind have a thing for big guys, not that I would ever do anything for one we worked together and I like my job it beat being in a stuffy office all day and trying to sell cars I sucked the sales part. I got paid to fix out the kinks in the new models as well as the occasional test drive, what was there not to love?

At the end of the next day we still had hardly spoken, but when it came time to wrap up and leave he smiled and left with a nod of his head and I did the same, subtly checking out his ass as he walked away.

Getting back home, I was greeted by Esme who opened the door for me and gave me a hug whilst Edward and Emmett watched a basketball game. After returning the hug I went to the kitchen and poured myself a glass of gin, knocking it back in one go and then pouring another to a pointedly raised brow from Edward as he walked towards me. Childishly I stuck out my chin at him, whilst Esme went to sit next to Emmett and Edward swiped my glass taking a sip and then leaning closer to kiss me, I could taste the gin on his lips and swiped out my tongue to lick his bottom lip and intensify the kiss.

Pressing his lips against mine harder as well as pulling my body close to his, it was only when we heard the loud throat clearing of Emmett that we broke away. Grinning at each other with his cheeks a little flushed and his eyes bright, giving him a quick peck on the cheek I snagged my drink back and drained it, taking step around him and depositing the glass by the sink before turning to his brother.

"Hey Emmett, what's up?"

"Now that you guys are done I suggest we go out" I looked from him to Esme and back to Emmett.

"Go out?"

"Yeah, go out for a drink, are there any good clubs around here?" I nodded and turned to Esme with a raised eyebrow in confusion.

"Do you both want to go?" she nodded and smiled widely it was then I noticed what she wore, for a woman in her early fifties she looked good in a bottle green long sleeved wrap around dress and black wedges and a matching oversized clutch. I also noticed the mark on her left hand, she had taken off her wedding ring a while ago but there was still the faint tan line from over thirty years of marriage.

"Yes, it sounds like fun" she was very upbeat and I turned to look at Edward who looked a bit apprehensive, but he needed some fun as well so with a shrug I turned back to Esme and Emmett, turning my head.

"I know a good place; just let me have a shower and change"

"Cool" said Emmett excitedly as I walked to the bathroom, he focused back on the game as did Edward.

Twenty minutes later I was standing in front of the bathroom mirror tweaking my hair, Edward came in and leaned against the door frame, his arms crossed as he looked at me.

"Hey any chance of leaving today?" I got a bit out wax in my hand and worked it through my hair.

"Looking this good takes time"

"You better without all that gunk" was his response as he took a few step closer and sat on the edge of the bath tub. I snorted derisively, leaning forward to take a closer look before turning my head side to side and nodding in satisfaction, wiping my hands on the hand towel nearby and turning to him. "I mean it"

"Sure, sure" he stood and kissed my cheek then taking my hand we walked back into the living room.

"Finally!" said Emmett. "I thought we'd never leave!" with a roll of my eyes, I let go of Edwards hand and grabbed the car keys leading them outside to my car. Piling in with Esme and Emmett in the back as I drove, Edward switched on the radio to a station that was playing an old Usher song. He drummed his fingers against the dashboard in time to the beat and I remembered that I hadn't asked him about the recording session, when he came home the other night I was asleep and yesterday morning I woke a little late so he had already left for work. After that I kept forgetting to ask and he didn't bring it up either, I glanced over at him clearing my throat to get his attention.

"I forgot to ask how is the demo coming along?"

"Needs some ore work still" was all he offered turning up the radio and starting to hum along. Getting the hint I dropped it, concentrating on the road ahead as I drove to the club, Emmett and Esme chatted lightly not hearing what we said a few moments earlier.

When we got there we got in surprisingly quickly considering that it was a Tuesday and it was a student night, then I saw the bouncer check out Edward and I realised why. Of course Edward was totally oblivious he just smiled at me when we got in, it baffled me how he could read people so easily but when it came to flirting he was entirely clueless, although what did occur to me was that he could just be being purposefully ignorant.

That idea seemed more likely when he took my hand in full view of the bouncer who looked a little put out, but merely looked away as Emmett steered us to the bar and proceeded to make us, including Esme do a shot of tequila each.

She dutifully knocked it back making a face as she did so and with a look of distaste insisted that Emmett not force any more shots onto her, he nodded and ordered another round a gin and tonic for Esme, two Budweiser's for him and Edward with a large whisky for me.

I got a reproachful look from Edward, so as an act or rebellion I gulped it down quickly and ordered another. He didn't say anything but he nursed his beer, taking his time as he still had an early start tomorrow.

Esme looked very out of place until a guy around our age started chatting to her, she didn't notice the way he looked at her, though to her sons' disgust they realized right away so they intervened, with a subtle threat from Emmett. I tried to disguise my amusement but both Esme and Edward realized.

"Something funny?" I nodded at Edward.

"Just the idea of your mom being a cougar" he balked and shook his head emphatically, taking a deeper gulp of his drink.

"Thanks for that mental picture, Jake" I winked and nudged him with a smile.

"Anytime" I put down my empty glass down on the bar, just as someone bumps into me initially the guy is so big I think he is Emmett until I turn around and see Demetri.

"Jacob?" he says and I can just about hear him over the booming music. Then Edward grabs my arm to get my attention, I then stand up straight looking from Demetri to Edward.

"Oh, erm...Edward this is Demetri from work" I motion from my fiancé to my co-worker. "And Demetri this is Edward my fiancé" Demetri gave him a small smile his expression not changing much when I introduced Edward, he held out his hand, Edward shook his hand looking him up and down with a tight lipped expression.

Releasing each other's hand with Edward nodding curtly ad then shoving his hands into his pockets, he looked from him to me as Demetri spoke again to me.

"Sorry, it's quite crowded in here"

"It's alright, hope you'll be alright for work tomorrow?" I asked only half serious, as I didn't plan on staying sober though I was starting to feel the alcohol, I already had I my system. His smile got wider as he realised I was joking and nodded.

"Yes, I will be"

"Good"

"I'll see you tomorrow?" I nodded and then he walked away to a booth where another guy who was skinny and blond passed him a bottle of beer, which he accepted. Looking back to Edward he still wore that tight lipped disapproving look on his face.

"What is it?"

"Did you know he was gay?"

"What?" he huffed and crossed his arms after putting down his empty bottle, looking very surly as he did so.

"Two things; firstly he was checking you out and secondly you may want to take a closer look at his companion" looking round him and at the both he sat down at the other guy put his hand over Demetri's and leaned close to speak in his ear, then pulling away slightly Demetri kissed the blond guy.

"How did I not know that?"

"Because you have shit gaydar" I laughed causing him to laugh too earning us confused glances from Esme and Emmett.

"Okay then, how bout a dance?"

"Sure" I then led him onto the dance floor, getting lost in the crowd and coming to a stop near the dj box near a speaker where I threw my arm round his neck and started doing some very explicit moves.

He wasn't exactly objecting, as I had my back to his chest with barely an inch of room between us. He kissed the side of my neck before growling something in my ear, I couldn't quite make it out but it sounded something like 'so sexy'.

Later on I was on either my fourth or fifth drink since we got to the club, when Edward came up to me after going to the men's. Esme having opted to go back to the hotel, but Emmett stayed with us, Edward snatched my drink as I raised to my lips, spilling some in the process.

"Hey what's your problem?"

"You have work tomorrow you can't go getting wasted the night before!" he voice got louder attracting the attention of the people nearby.

"I am a grown man, I know when I've had enough" I reached for my drink but Edward slid it away.

"I don't think so, it's getting late let's go home"

"I'm having fun, you can go if you want" his jaw tightened and Emmett came over to us, putting a hand on his brother's shoulder seeing the expression he wore.

"Guys, having a bit of a scene here maybe we should go?"

"Yes we should" agreed Edward, but I shook my head.

"Stop being such a fucking control freak Ed, you'll end up getting an aneurism" I only called him Ed to wind him up, knowing how much he hating the common nickname.

"And you'll end up needing a new liver" I rolled my eyes at the dramatic overstatement that was so typically him.

"Whatever, at least I know how to have fun"

"While off your face, what kind of fun is that?" he then shook his head, looking to the exit. "Fine, make a fool of yourself. Just don't expect me to watch while you do it" he stormed off and with a glance at me Emmett followed him, leaving me behind.

Picking up my drink, I looked at it for a second before bringing the glass to my lips relishing the taste and waving at the bartender.

"What can I get you?"

"Same again" I tapped the glass and put down a few notes. "Keep them coming"


A/N: that was a long chapter, well thoughts anyone? Next chapter will be in Edward's POV all the way through as the wedding preparations start and Esme and Emmett leave London. So the drama starts to pile on Jacob and Edward.

Until next time, ciao!