Oh how I wish I could take the credit but we all know who it belongs to.
Thank you so much to my pre-reader shpwhitney and my betas jakejunkie and ajr818.
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BPOV
Jasper kept his promise. Two days after Jacob Black turned in his application, Jasper called and offered him the job. I never put too much emphasis on the way I looked, but on the morning I knew Jacob was starting I got up early, did my hair and put on a little makeup. Usually, I left my hair down and I rarely wore any makeup.
When I got to work, Jasper informed me that I would be training Jacob, since it was my pleading that got him hired. Jasper was trying to kill me, I just knew it. I could hardly get thru a day without spilling something or knocking something over. Now, he wanted me to train him? This was going to be a disaster. I could barely talk to him when he first came in and now I was going to have to be in close proximity with him all day. Great, I was screwed.
Cool Beans opened at six in the morning, but Jasper had Jacob arrive after the morning rush ended. Around nine o'clock, he came strolling in and I watched every movement of his body as he strode through the café. He was beautiful. I'd forgotten how beautiful he actually was. My gaze lingered and I could feel the flush warming my cheeks.
"Hey, Bella"
"Hi, Jacob right?" Even though he hadn't told me his name directly, I essentially had it imprinted in my brain after studying his application like a creeper.
"Yea, I'm starting today. Do I need to talk to Jasper?"
"Nope, you're stuck with me today. I'll just have you watch and I'll show you how to do things as we go along, ok? If you have any questions, just let me know."
"Ok."
The rest of the day was an absolute disaster, just as I knew it would be. It started by me dropping a drink and spilling it all over Jacob. I felt so bad, even though he said it was ok, I knew he wasn't happy about walking around in wet clothes. Less than hour later, I smashed his hand in the pantry case. Then right before lunch, I smacked him right in the head with the blender when I turned to pour a drink.
"Oh my god Jacob, I'm so sorry. We still have about twenty minutes before lunch, but go ahead and leave so you can change and rest. Don't worry about being late getting back. I'll let Jasper know what I did."
"Ok, bye." This time he didn't even try to hide the fact he was mad. As he grabbed his stuff, I heard him mumble under his breathe but I couldn't make it out. I bet he doesn't even come back.
On my way to lunch, I went to tell Jasper what had happened, that Jacob went to change and I wouldn't be surprised if he called and quit.
"Way to scare off the new guy," he joked.
I felt the tears starting to form in my eyes; I was so humiliated from this morning.
"Bella, its ok. Don't worry about it. You're only human and accidents happen. They do happen more to you then anyone I've ever met, but still, they were just accidents."
"Thanks Jasper. Maybe, you should have Alice or Angela train him the rest of the day. He does seem to catch on quickly and I'd hate for him to quit."
"You can handle it, Bella. I know you're just nervous. What is it, they always say? Just picture him in his underwear and that will help."
Surely he isn't serious; picturing Jacob in his underwear would be the last thing that would help, that would be even worse. "Thanks for the advice, but that's not going to help at all. Please, just let one of the other girls train him. I'll do anything. I'll even work the next Saturday shift you are in Florida."
I was serious. Every three months, Jasper goes to his parents place in Florida. He's always asking me to work the long Saturday shift, which is a double, but I always say no. I'd have to be here at 8:30 and work until 12:30 am. Other than me, Alice and now Jacob, he only has two other employees: Angela, whom is sweet and Jessica who is a royal pain in my butt. Angela and Jessica always worked the long shift, but Jessica keeps threatening to quit if he makes her work another one. However, he keeps having her work, and she never quits.
"Ok Bella, I'll have Angela take him the rest of the day, but when I ask you to work a long Saturday, you have to do it, with no whining. Can you go find Angela for me and I will let her know?"
"That's fine, Jasper. Thank you."
I went and found Angela and told her Jasper wanted to talk to her. She was more than happy to train Jacob. She thought he was hot too and didn't have a problem talking to him.
Jacob actually came back on time from lunch. I thought about hiding but decided to tell him Angela was going to train him the rest of the day.
"Jacob, I just wanted to tell you that Angela will be training you the rest of the day."
"Ok, sounds good. I'd rather keep all my limbs in-tact."
"Yea, sorry about this morning. I hope this afternoon is better for you. This is a really fun place to work." That was a lie, but I didn't want him to leave.
The rest of the day went without incident for Jacob anyway. I was still fumbling everything, damn that man made me nervous; if I was going to work with him I needed to get a handle on things. However, this was the only time in the past two years that Jake and I had worked for more than two hours together. Jasper knew it was safer for the entire shop if we didn't work shifts together, just a few overlapping hours.
"How was your day, Bella?" Alice asked as soon as I walked into the apartment after work. I'm sure I looked exhausted and defeated.
"Alice, it was horrible! I asked Jasper to have Angela train him after lunch, because I didn't want to cause him anymore harm."
"What happened?" She said, scrunching her eyebrows.
I was getting ready to tell Alice all the horrible details when there was a knock at the door, and I knew it was going to be Jasper. When I opened the door, sure enough, it was and he had a smirk on his face.
"Glad to see you made it home alive. It would've been so sad if you weren't able to come to work and provide us with ongoing entertainment."
"Shut up, Jasper." I hit him on the arm and walked away.
"Hi baby, how was your day?" Alice said, jumping up to give him a big hug and kiss.
"It was quite entertaining; didn't Bella tell you the trail of destruction she left behind?"
For the rest of the evening, they made fun of me, and the fact that I couldn't function around Jacob. They bet he would not last long because I would injure him beyond recognition with hot coffee.
Oh my goodness, poor Bella she had a rough shift. Have you ever worked with someone you had a huge crush on and always messed up around them?
As always a little love is always appreciated, it definitely keeps me motivated.
