AN: Here is the second chapter, hope you all enjoy it! Thank-you to everyone who reviewed the first one! :)
Chapter 2- Bye Baby
Bella's Perspective
Warning: A bit OOC!
Three years earlier
"Just ask him out already" Angela giggled and Ben just nodded in agreement as they followed my eyes across the room to where Jared Cullen had just come through the lecture theatre doors.
"He wouldn't say yes to someone like me, sure we are friends but that's it, there is no way someone like him would be interested in someone like me" I sighed.
"You're amazing, he would be stupid to not say yes to you, trust me" Angela assured me.
"Hey Bella" Jared smiled as he approached us and took the seat next to me. "Hey Angela, Ben."
"Hey Jared" they greeted.
It was fifteen minutes before our lecture was due to start, we were all studying to become lawyers, that was how we had all met, in this very theatre a few months earlier.
Angela and Ben had started their own little conversation among themselves obviously trying to give me the chance to ask Jared out on a date.
"Um… Jared, ah I was wondering if you had anything planned this Friday night" I started.
"Nothing, why?" he asked.
"I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go out with me?" I smiled but it probably came out more as a grimace than anything else. I could practically feel myself shaking in anticipation of his next words.
"As in a date?" he asked in what seamed an almost nervous voice.
"Yeah" I answered looking down at my feet, this was where he would reject me.
"Ah Bella there is something I have to tell you. I don't exactly know how to say this but I can't go out with you. It's not you really, it's me and I am not just saying that. I am…gay" he explained.
Wow. That was most definitely not what I was expecting.
Now
We were all in the car and on the way back to the apartment; it had taken us a while to get to this point since Tanya had decided to bring six massive suitcases full of God knows what which she expected us to carry for her.
Honestly who needs six suitcases of stuff?
Jared had stolen the keys out of my back pocket before we had reached the car and insisted that I let him drive. I didn't argue or put up a fight, I had punished him enough for one day.
Tanya had also insisted that she sit up the front because that back seat didn't provide enough support for her back. I had just rolled my eyes at her which unfortunately didn't go unnoticed by neither her or Edward, she just shot more daggers in my direction and Edward surprisingly laughed which I wish he hadn't because that just increased the amount of anger and hatred Tanya had towards me. Was she really so insecure?
I was stuck at the back with Edward who I could see out of the corner of my eye was sneaking peaks at me every now and then. Did I have something on my face or had he caught me drooling before and though I was insane for drooling over him when I was meant to be his brother's girlfriend.
That brought me to something new entirely, I was Jared's girlfriend. It took all the strength I could muster to not blurt 'since when?' when Jared had introduced me is his girlfriend. If I hadn't been hypnotised by Edward's charming looks I am pretty sure I would have.
Jared was gay for crying out loud and I was curious as to why he was suddenly introducing me as his girlfriend. I made a mental note to question him as soon as I got the chance to, something was definitely going on.
We arrived at the apartment and started unloading the car. As we were unloading the car another car pulled up next to us and out got an extremely good looking couple.
It turned out that they were Tanya's parents here to pick her up. There was no doubt about where she got her good looks from.
Once they were gone we headed upstairs to our apartment. Now that Tanya was gone there was hardly any luggage to carry. All Edward had was two duffle bags and his laptop.
Once we reached the apartment, we showed Edward his room and he excused himself for a shower.
I couldn't help but picture him in the shower, I quickly snapped out of it though when Jared clapped in front of my face, clearly noticing that I had zoned out.
"Picturing him in the shower?" he smirked.
"No" I lied.
"Liar" he laughed, "You totally have the hots for him."
"I have no idea what you are talking about, besides he is getting married in a few months, remember, he has a fiancée" I pointed out.
"Ha, so you do like him you just scared of that monster he thinks he loves" he grinned.
"If you don't have the hots for him then why were you practically drooling when you saw him, why were you totally checking out his ass when he was walking in front of you, why were you sneaking peaks at him from the corner of your eye the entire car ride and why were you just zoned out picturing him naked in the shower?" he questioned.
"You can be extremely observant when you want to be can't you?" I murmured.
"Yes, yes I can be" he smiled.
"Oh I know what you're doing" I scowled, "You are trying to distract me from interrogating you."
"Now why would I need to distract you, it seems to me like the thought my brother naked in the shower is already distracting you" he smirked.
"Shut up" I growled, "Now tell me, since when am I your girlfriend?
"See that's a funny story" he laughed nervously. "What would you say if I told you that Edward, my parents and the rest of my family didn't know I was gay?"
"What?" I gasped, "How could your family not know something like that, how could you not tell them?"
"Well I am scared about how they will react" he mumbled.
"Carlisle and Esme love you, you know that right?" I questioned, pulling him into a hug.
"Yeah I know that" he said into my hair.
"They would never judge you or love you any less because you're gay" I said.
"Yeah but, what about everyone else?" he asked.
"Edward, Emmett and jasper would still love you the same too" I stated.
"Yeah well you have never met Emmett; he would tease the shit out of me."
"I'm sure he wouldn't, everyone would still love you the same, your parents and your half brothers" I promised.
"Ok, I will tell them, just not yet, please just pretend to be my girlfriend until I tell them" he begged.
"Why do I have to pretend to be your girlfriend?" I questioned.
"Why do you have a problem with pretending to be my girlfriend?" he smirked, "It is because you don't want my super sexy, god like brother Edward to think your taken?"
"Ok I will keep up the girlfriend façade, but there are two conditions" I smiled.
"Oh know why do I have a feeling that I'm not going to like these conditions?" he asked.
"Probably because your not" I grinned, "First condition, you are not aloud to bag me about 'Having the hots' for Edward and the second condition is that whenever we got out, I'm the one driving… your car."
"Fine" he smiled through gritted teeth, but you better make one hell of a girlfriend.
***
We had been sitting on the couch watching T.V for about five minutes when we heard the water from the shower turn off.
"Quick do something girlfriendish" Jared begged.
"Like what?" I questioned.
"I don't know, lie down with your head on my lap or something" he suggested.
I couldn't think of anything else so I did just that. Two minutes later Edward walked out of his room in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, so casual, yet so hot.
"I'm not disturbing anything am I?" he questioned, gesturing towards our position, it didn't look the intimate did it?
"No" I laughed, about to move to make room for Edward to take a seat on the couch with us, "Take a seat; it's your place now too."
"Don't move" he said, stopping me from moving to make room for him. He just lifted up my feet, sat down and placed my feet on his lap. All I could think was 'wow'. As before when I shook his hand, as his skin came into contact with the skin on my ankle I felt the surge of electricity pass through me.
We both looked at each other, once again Edward looked confused but also slightly amused, he had definitely felt it again too.
I noticed Jared swallow his laughter, was what had happened really that obvious?
We both Edward and I ignored what had just happened and we all turned back and focused on whatever was playing on the T.V.
About ten minutes later the phone rang and Jared shifted my head off his lap and onto a pillow so he could answer it.
"Hello?" he answered into the phone.
"Oh hey Mike" he laughed.
Mike was the owner of four nightclubs both Jared and I worked at, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and breaking Dawn. He was a nice guy he just couldn't take a hint. He always tried to make a move on my despite how many times I had told him I wasn't interested in him.
"Ok I will let her know, yeah alright, later" he said as he ended the call.
"What did Mike want?" I asked when he returned to the couch and took his seat under my lap.
"He wants us to work tonight" he explained.
"But we specifically asked for tonight and tomorrow night off" I stated.
"Yeah but Jacob called in sick and Lauren has to Lauren has to leave two hours early" he sighed.
"So you have to take Jacob's shift and I have to do the last two hours of Lauren's?" I asked.
"Yep, I have to head in now, because Jacob's shift is from five until midnight" he explained, "And you only have to do from ten until midnight."
"Where?" I asked.
"Eclipse"
"Ok I will meet you there later" I said, there was no point heading over to the club this early.
"Keep Edward company, take him to central park and show him where Iced is or something" he smiled kissing me on the forehead, "I will see you later."
"Um…alright" I said a little nervously, I was nervous about spending the afternoon, alone with Edward.
"See you Edward, look after my Bella for me" Jared told Edward and I couldn't help but roll my eyes, of course he saw it and just smirked at me.
"Will do" Edward promised as Jared walked towards the front door.
"Bye baby" I called, remembering I was meant to be acting as his girlfriend; he just turned around and blew me a mocking kiss before he exited the apartment.
"So do you want to go to central park and get and ice-cream from Iced or something?" I asked.
"Um, yeah sure" Edward answered in his breathtaking, musical, velvety voice while giving me a crooked smile.
"Let's go" I smiled.
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