Bella woke up on Saturday morning with a smile on her face which was odd because she hated waking up. Her phone was chiming beside her and she rolled over to reach for it, when she saw Jasper's name on the caller ID she had conflicting feelings battling in her mind. On one hand, Jasper, her boyfriend, was obviously well enough now to call her. On the other hand, she'd been spending a lot of time with Edward over the past few days and last night was one of the best nights in her life... And Jasper wasn't there.
It was weird that she didn't feel guilty about having Edward there to help her. Even after the wine had left her system, she knew that she could trust Edward and that he had simply instructed her on what to do and helped control the pace. Nothing to feel guilty about... right?
Bella hit the answer button and pulled the phone up to her ear,
"Hey, Jasper! Are you feeling better?"
"Hi, Bella. I'm feeling a bit better, yeah. Thank you. How're you?"
"I'm good thanks. I've missed you."
"I know, I'm sorry. I've missed you too, I couldn't get to my phone to text you back the other day."
"But you're better now?"
"Yeah, quite a bit better."
"Enough for me to come over and see you?"
"I'm always well enough for that!" Jasper chuckled before pausing, "Actually that's not true. I wasn't well enough... obviously!"
"Well, I can come over in about an hour if that's ok?"
"Of course it is, Edward told me the truck died. Do you want me to ask him to come and get you?"
"Um..." Bella thought about maybe just phoning Edward herself but decided it was best not to seem over familiar with him in front of Jasper. "Yeah, that would be great..."
"Ok, hang on... Edward?" Jasper called, obviously holding the phone away from his mouth, "Any chance you could go get Bella and bring her over?" Bella heard Edward mutter something she couldn't make out before Jasper started talking to her again. "He'll be over in an hour."
"Is he ok with this? If not then I could al-" Bella started quickly, suddenly worried that Edward might have changed his mind about seeing her again after witnessing her cum face.
"Bella, it's fine, really. He'll be there."
"Ok, well I better go and get ready. I'll see you soon."
"See you in a while, Bella. Bye."
"Bye, Jasper."
Bella hung up the phone and put it back on her bedside cabinet. Was Edward fed up with her already? Did she do something wrong last night? She guessed that she'd find out when he came by to pick her up and so went to get ready.
An hour later, there was a knock at the door and Bella opened it to find Edward standing there with a huge smile on his face.
"Fancy seeing you here, Tinker!"
"Hey," Bella said sceptically. "Is everything ok? I got the impression on the phone that you didn't want to give me a ride?"
Edward smirked before checking himself and righting it into a small smile, he definitely wanted to give her a ride... all in good time. "I was still half asleep. It wasn't anything to do with you, believe me."
"Ok then, well... Good."
Edward nodded before leading her out to his car, opening her door for her like normal and letting her get in before he shut it and walked around to his side.
The drive was pretty quiet, but it wasn't uncomfortable, just companionable quietness. When they were nearing the turn off for his house, Edward pulled over onto the side of the road and stopped the engine, turning to look at Bella.
"What's the matter?" Bella asked with wide, worried eyes.
"I haven't told Jasper anything..." Edward said with a furrowed brow.
"About what?"
"About last night, or you helping me study. I've only told him about taking you to school."
"How come?"
"Jazz gets really jealous," Edward said, "If he knew we were hanging out then he'd think there was something going on between us and he'd be pissed." Edward knew that the best way of making his plan work was to not have Jasper knowing and making Bella believe that he simply wanted to be friends with his little brother's girlfriend. Everything would have to be a secret. It would increase the thrill and it would make it more exciting for them both. Edward was desperate for this plan to work.
"Why would he think that? We can be friends. That's not a crime."
"Yeah, but... You know what I told you last night, Tinker? About you not wanting to list all of the girls in the school?" Bella nodded, thinking about how she was planning to list every girl in the school to see which he'd slept with. "Well, a few of them were girls that had pretended to be interested in Jazz to get to me."
Bella gasped, "That's awful!"
"I know. I obviously didn't know at the time," he lied, "but Jazz took it hard."
"I'm not surprised," Bella shook her head in disgust before looking at Edward with purpose and a nod, "You're right. We probably shouldn't tell him."
"I still want to hang out with you though..." Edward said with a hint of hope in his voice, hoping that this would work.
"I want to hang out with you, too. You're not as bad as I thought you were," She giggled quietly before Edward leaned quickly over the centre console and kissed her cheek chastely, leaving behind a tingling sensation on Bella's skin.
"Good! Will you come to my next game?"
"I don't think Jasper likes going to the games," Bella shrugged with a frown.
"I didn't ask if Jazz would come. Will you come? We can go out for that dinner I promised you afterwards."
"But what if people see? Won't that get back to Jasper?"
"We can go to Port Angeles. Please, Tinker?" Edward pouted a little and Bella laughed loudly, making him blink in confusion.
"Puppy dog eyes don't work on me, Cullen. You should ask, Jasper!" Edward blanched, not wanting to think about why Jasper would be using the Cullen trademark puppy dog eyes on Bella. "Yes, I'll come to your game. Wednesday, right?" Edward nodded with a smile before turning back to the steering wheel and starting the engine again.
"I should probably get you back, Jasper will wonder why it's taken so long."
"Yeah," Bella breathed out and leaned back on the headrest for the last 5 minutes of the journey.
The rest of the short journey to Edward's house was silent and Bella watched out of the window as he pulled up outside the building. "You can head in, Tinker..." Edward said quietly.
"Are you not coming in?"
"I'm supposed to go and see Emmett. I'll be back later and I'll give you a ride home. If I'm not back then call me and I'll come back."
Bella nodded before climbing out of the car and walking up the steps towards the front door and Edward watched her ass with delight as her hips swayed naturally when she walked. He smirked to himself before pulling out of the driveway and heading over to Emmett's house.
Bella walked into the house, Esme was out with Carlisle for the day as they did every Saturday when Carlisle wasn't at the hospital. She walked through to the living room and saw Jasper lying on the couch watching T.V.
"Hey, you!" Bella said happily, heading towards Jasper happily with a smile on her face.
"Hello to you, too!" Jasper smiled and pulled Bella down onto the couch as he sat up straight and hugged her to him tightly. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you, too. Are you feeling any better?" She leaned back and cupped his cheek in her hand, he no longer had a fever and looked much better.
"Yeah, seeing you has made me nearly new again," He smiled and leaned towards her to kiss her on the cheek, she flinched a little and he pulled back almost immediately.
"What's wrong?"
"You're not... Erm... Infectious?" Bella asked with a frown.
"No... I just had a fever and felt sick but I'm fine now, really."
"Ok..." Bella said hesitantly and Jasper pulled away completely.
"If you don't want me to kiss you, Bella then I won't."
"Jasper, no..." Bella soothed, pulling his elbow so that he moved closer to her again. "Please kiss me, I've missed you."
Jasper moved towards her again and brushed his lips gently across hers. She took a deep breath and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him to her as his kiss turned into a hungry possession of her lips. He pushed her down and lay her on the couch as he ran his hand down her side and rested on her hip.
Bella pushed against him a little and attempted to speak but Jasper silenced her with his lips before pulling away by only millimetres, his lips still touching hers but only just. "I know, I know you aren't ready. I don't want to do it now... Just let me be close to you."
Bella took a deep breath, her breasts pressing against Jasper's chest as she did and nodded ever so slightly, letting Jasper know that he could carry on as long as he didn't push her too far. He began kissing her again and skimmed the hand that was on her hip up to her neck, holding the side of it and brushing the underside of her jaw with his thumb. He growled a little into the kiss and pushed his tongue cautiously through her parted lips and tangled his tongue with hers as their kiss deepened considerably. After a while Bella pushed him back so he was sitting up on the sofa again and swung her leg around his waist, straddling him comfortably on the couch and resting on his crotch which had become a lot bigger and a lot harder. She tried not to be put off by it, knowing that he wasn't pushing her into doing anything and that it was a natural response and so leaned down and kissed Jasper chastely before Jasper pulled her away, his hands either side of her face.
"Don't freak out," His eyes were pleading but shining brightly, obviously another sign of his excitement.
"I'm not," Bella shook her head and leaned down to kiss him again. He groaned quietly and took her bottom lip between her teeth, nipping at it lightly before soothing it with a gentle swipe of his tongue. Bella whimpered and settled a little more heavily onto his crotch, eliciting a little friction for herself and surprising herself with how sensitive she was. Since she experienced what she had last night, she has come to some sort of sexual revelation and felt more alive than ever before.
Jasper's hands were rested on her waist and shifted underneath her a little, trying to get comfortable. Bella gasped at the amazing sensation that it gave her and Jasper grumbled into her mouth.
"Feel good?"
Bella groaned and pulled him closer still, their hungry kisses becoming frantic and fiery. Jasper pulled away rather suddenly, panting heavily and holding Bella away from him quite firmly.
"As much as I want to continue, I don't think it's physically possible." He laughed, almost seeming embarrassed as he looked up at Bella apologetically.
"That's ok," Bella whispered and kissed him chastely before climbing off him and sitting down on the couch next to him and cuddling into his side as they sat quietly, both of them calming down before they spoke again.
"Thank you," Jasper whispered.
"You don't need to thank me, Jasper."
"What have I missed at school?"
"Not much," Bella shrugged, not wanting to mention Edward at all. "I think Alice had sex with Tyler last night..."
"What?" Jasper exclaimed, obviously shocked. "Why would she do that? There are better people than Tyler!"
"She said she was ready," Bella said quietly. "That they'd been dating long enough now and she wanted to. I'm just waiting for her to call me and tell me."
Jasper shook his head in response and, to be honest, looked a little pissed.
"Are you angry?" Bella asked with a confused frown.
"Not at you."
"Alice?"
"Well what is she thinking? Tyler? I've told her before not to waste herself on someone like him. She's never going to get that experience back."
"You talk to Alice about sex?" Bella asked, a little shocked and a tiny bit annoyed that he would talk to her best friend about sex. Who knew what had been said?
"Not about you and me, Bella. Just generally."
"Just generally?" Bella exclaimed incredulously. "You talk about sex with my best friend just generally?"
"Bella, it's not a big deal, we ju-"
"It is to me! What do you talk about?"
"Just like, what we think it will be like and when we want to do it."
"So...?" Bella asked with an eyebrow cocked.
"So, what?"
"When have you said you want to do it?" Bella asked angrily. "Have you given me some kind of time limit?"
"Of course not," Jasper scoffed.
"So, when did you say?"
"I didn't."
"You obviously did if you brought it up!"
"Bella, I don't really want to have this conversation right now. I'm still not feeling great so i-"
"Oh, you don't feel well? You were feeling well enough a few minutes ago to have your tongue down my throat!"
"Bella, I-"
"I think I'm going to go home... I'll see you on Monday." Bella stood up and walked to the door quickly. She heard Jasper following her but ignored his footsteps behind her.
"Bella, wait..." Jasper grasped Bella's elbow lightly, but tight enough to hold her back.
"Not right now, Jasper. I'm too angry."
"Do you need a ride to school on Monday?"
"No, I'll be fine."
"What about now? Shall I call Edward?"
"No, I want to walk. Now let me go please."
"Can you call me when you get back so I know you're safe?"
"I'll text you."
Bella shook herself free and started off down the driveway to walk back to her house.
"Edward!" Emmett called from his bedroom window when he saw Edward climbing out of his car, "Nice to see you, my man!"
"Come and let me in, you idiot!" Edward laughed, waiting by the door for Emmett to come down the stairs to open the door for him.
"How was your night?" Emmett smirked as he opened the door in his underwear. Edward smirked and walked inside.
"I'll tell you when you put some pants on."
"Oh, so there's something to tell?" Emmett said excitedly. "Looking forward to it!"
He rushed upstairs and so Edward walked through to the living room. Emmett's parents were hardly ever home. They loved travelling and so were nearly always away in some kind of holiday destination, meaning Emmett often had the house to himself. He heard Emmett talking to somebody upstairs and immediately groaned, knowing that it was Rosalie.
He heard two sets of footsteps coming down the stairs and winced a little thinking about having to talk to Rosalie, but as Emmett walked into the room Edward heard the front door open and close.
"Rose not staying?"
"Nah, she's shopping with her Mom today or something... I don't know!" Emmett shrugged before slumping down onto the couch. "So, how was operation 'fuck your brother's girlfriend'?"
"Come up with a new operation name, that's rubbish!" Edward laughed, sitting down next to Emmett on the couch.
"I don't care! Tell me what happened, man! I'm dying here!"
"Well, she'd never got herself off before."
"Never?" Emmett asked incredulously.
"Nope, never."
"Rose tells me she does it all the time!"
"Well, Tinker is innocent. Just how I like them! Anyway, I thought I'd start off slow, so I just kind of told her what to do."
"Did you watch?" Emmett asked eagerly.
"I held her hand."
Emmett's eyes widened infinitely before grinning, "Nice one, dude! What next?"
"I've convinced her to not tell Jasper that we hang out, and I've invited her to the game this week. I've left her with Jasper for a while coz he's been sick, but I'm going to head off soon and break up play time just in case I've awakened something in her!"
"I don't understand though. If she thinks you're just friends then why would she let you fuck her instead of Jasper?"
"Because hopefully, she'll trust me enough that when I say she should get ready for what's to come then she'll let me get her ready."
"How do you come up with this shit, Edward? It's amazing!"
"I just like virgins," Edward shrugged. "And they like me!"
They continued talking for a while before Edward decided it was time to head back to the house to make sure his plan could carry on without Jasper getting his dick in her first. He was pretty certain it wouldn't happen today because Jasper still wasn't entirely better and he'd want to be at the top of his game but he didn't want Jasper gaining any ground on the subject.
In the car on the way back to his house he saw someone walking along the road with their head down. He was certain it was a girl because she had long brown hair and was small in stature. It was quite a quiet road so he was careful to pay attention to the girl as he drove past. As the girl obviously heard his car, she looked up and Edward immediately pulled over and ran across the road to Bella. She was crying, which was unfortunate because Edward wasn't great with crying girls.
"What's happened, Tinker? Why didn't you call me?" He held her shoulders and looked over her body, making sure that she wasn't hurt in any way.
"Your brother is an ass!" Bella sniffled, "He's been talking to Alice about when he wants to have sex!"
"What?" Edward frowned.
"He told me he wouldn't press me to have sex, and then I hear he's told Alice when he wants to do it. I'm obviously under pressure to do it before a certain time!"
"I'm not sure that's exactly wh- Look, come to the car and I'll drive you back home."
Bella nodded and followed him to the car.
"Can you give me a ride to school on Monday?"
"You're really not going to let Jasper take you?" Edward asked.
"I don't even want to see him, Edward." Bella shook her head as Edward started driving to Bella's house.
"Then of course I'll give you a ride, Tinker."
The ride back was mostly silent, with just the sounds of Bella sniffling in the passenger seat. When Edward pulled up outside her house he turned to look at her, "You don't have to do anything. I think you need to know yourself a bit better before you do anything."
"You have sex a lot, right?" Bella asked, wiping the tears away from her eyes and looking at Edward with steely determination.
"I guess you could say that," Edward shrugged, not wanting to talk to Bella about it.
"When did you first do it?"
"Bella, I-"
"I'm not asking for details, just... were you dating the girl for a long time?"
"I dated her for a few weeks, but you're not me, Tinker. I really don't think you're ready. If you wanted to do it, you would have. Don't make the decision lightly."
"Do you think Jasper's ready?"
"I think Jazz has been ready for a while now, Tinker."
Bella sighed and rested her head back on the headrest.
"It's not really surprising though, I mean... you're..." Edward shook his head, pretending to be nervous and swallowing thickly.
"I'm what?" Bella sniffed with a confused pout.
"Well, you're beautiful, Tinker."
Bella blinked before smiling shyly. "Thanks."
Bella looked at Edward for a few seconds, his deep green eyes almost hypnotising as she continued to gaze at him. Suddenly she shook her head to clear her mind of Edward.
"I should go," She turned quickly to the door and pushed it open.
"I'll come by and get you on Monday. Have a nice day tomorrow."
"Thank you, you too."
She smiled before turning and jogging to her door before pushing it open and disappearing from Edward's sight.
"What the fuck have you done, Jazz?" Edward whispered to himself while shaking his head before speeding home.
Edward pushed open the front door and stormed up to Jasper's room and shoved the door open, Jasper wasn't in there.
"Jazz!" Edward shouted, "Where are you?"
He heard Jasper call him from downstairs and so he took the stairs two at a time to get to the living room.
"What did you say to Bella?"
"What?" Jasper asked, "How do you know ab-"
"I was driving back and saw her walking along the road in tears. I've just had to drive her home."
"Is she ok?"
"I think so. What happened, Jazz?"
"She got annoyed that I've been talking to Alice about sex. But I've never even mentioned her name so I don't know why she got so stressed!"
"Did you say that you'd been discussing when you wanted to do it?"
"Yeah, she seemed to get pissed at that."
"Are you surprised, Jazz? You've told her that you'll wait and now she hears that you're discussing with her best friend when it's going to happen! What if she's not ready?"
"Why do you even care so much, Edward? I don't understand, Bella's my girlfriend and really has nothing to do with you!"
"Well whether you like it or not, I'm involved now. I like her, she's cool, and you're being an ass."
"Oh fuck off and go and find Jessica Stanley."
"You're an idiot, sort it out..." Edward muttered as he walked out of the room.
He didn't want Jasper to fuck Bella but obviously, it wasn't as fun if she wasn't dating Jasper and it also meant that he wouldn't have enough of an excuse to talk to her regularly.
When Bella got home her phone immediately rang and Bella saw Alice's name come up on the screen.
"Hey, Alice."
"Hi, Bella..." Alice sounded a little tired.
"Everything ok?"
"Yeah... Oh my God, Bella... It was horrible! It hurt so much, I never want to do it again!"
"But it's supposed to get better, right?"
"Yeah, but you don't understand! He was like a jackhammer... Oh my God it was just awful!"
"You're really making me want to do it now, Alice..." Bella said sarcastically.
"I'll tell you more on Monday. What have you done today?"
"I had an interesting chat with Jasper..."
"Oh yeah?"
"Hmm, you always tell me the truth right, Alice?"
"Obviously, Bella."
"You and Jasper talk about sex. He told you when he wants to do it..."
"Oh... That..."
"Yes, Alice. That." Bella rolled her eyes, "When did he say?"
"You should ask him."
"He won't tell me, which probably means it's soon. So I thought that you could tell me."
"Bella, I-"
"Tell me, Alice."
"We... Erm, well we had the conversation just after Christmas."
"So, like, 4 months ago..."
"Yeah, well... He said by the end of May."
"The end of May? That's 3 weeks away!"
"I know, Bella, but it's not a big deal. It's not like he'd force you..."
"I know that!" Bella snapped, "But now I know that's what he wants I..." She sighed, not wanting to talk about this anymore. "I'm going to go. I'll see you on Monday."
"Bella..."
"Not now, Alice. Bye."
She hung up and threw her phone across the room.
Bella spent all day Sunday doing her homework and dodging calls from Jasper, it was nice for her to have such a relaxing day. She tried hard not to think about anything Jasper related and so when she completed her homework, sat down to watch some old movies.
Jasper wanted to have sex in three weeks time. Bella wasn't ready, but there was a way she could be ready... She thought.
Monday morning, Bella rolled out of bed and into the shower. She did her hair nicely, letting it fall in waves down her back and found a black jersey skirt and cute purple check shirt which she teamed with some leggings because it was still a bit cold. She put on a small amount of make up and went downstairs to get herself a quick breakfast. When she had finished, she was about to sit down on the couch to wait for Edward, but heard his car pull up and so headed to the door instead. She opened it before he got there and he smirked at her.
"Eager are we?"
"Duh!" Bella rolled her eyes, "School is the highlight of my day!"
"Well, I prefer the ride to and from school more," He said quietly as Bella came down the steps. She blushed deeply and Edward laughed. "Come on, Tinker. Jazz will kill me if you're not at school before the bell rings."
"Urgh, why?" Bella groaned.
"He wants to talk, I guess," Edward shrugged. "He was in a shitty mood yesterday because you wouldn't answer his calls. He was asking me if I would call you."
"You?" Bella frowned. "I thought we weren't telling him anything."
"Well, I told him that I took you home on Saturday and that we're friends. He already knew that so it's no big deal. Now, let's get in the car."
"I don't want to..."
"Why?" Edward frowned.
"I can't face Jasper right now. Can't we ditch and go somewhere else?"
"Come on, Tinker. I think you should talk to him."
"Why can't we just talk more? I think you know me better than I know myself..."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"Well, you have experience and stuff, right? So you know what he wants..."
"You want me to tell you what he wants?" Edward frowned, thinking that this was a completely new aspect to his plan. Bella was asking him to help her... Well she was asking him to talk to her about it, but he had a much better plan. Bella was chewing her lip nervously as he looked at her over the roof of the car, "Get in the car."
Bella immediately got in the car and pulled her seat belt across her. Edward climbed in with a steely look on his face. "If Jazz asks?"
"Then I refused to go to school," Bella shrugged.
Edward nodded before putting the car into drive and peeling away from Bella's house.
"Where are we going?"
"The meadow. It's quiet there."
Bella nodded and Edward watched her out of the corner of his eye while he was driving. He took nearly all of his girls to the meadow at some point. It was normally a deal breaker because Edward would make it sound like it was his own personal space where he never let anyone in, and that whichever girl he was with at the time was the first to go there with him. It was nicely hidden away from everywhere and right in the thick of the woods and so he was never disturbed when he was there.
After a while, Edward stopped the car and climbed out, gesturing for Bella to do the same. She got out of the car and walked around to his side of the car, looking at him questioningly.
"We've just got to walk a while. You ok?"
Bella nodded, biting her lip while looking up at him with those huge innocent doe eyes. Edward stifled a groan and felt himself harden in his jeans before he took off in the direction of the meadow.
They reached the meadow after a ten minute walk. Bella had need Edward to help her up a few times as she stumbled over tree roots and other things on the ground that she hadn't been expecting. He'd laughed a little but graciously helped her up each time, making sure that she was ok.
"We're here, Tinker." Edward announced and turned around. She was lagging behind just a little but he waited on the outskirts of the clearing waiting until she got there. She stopped next to him and gazed into the open space.
"Wow, this is really beautiful." Bella looked around at the wildflowers and the long grass surrounded by towering trees and a small amount of sun shining into the centre of the meadow.
"Shall we go and sit down?" Edward asked and waited until Bella nodded. He led her to the middle of the meadow where the sun was shining and sat down on the grass before lying down flat on his back, shutting his eyes as he felt the heat from the sun wash over him. He could hear that Bella hadn't sat down yet but refused to open his eyes.
"It's not wet if that's what you're worried about," He murmured before adding, "Just lie down... Relax."
Bella didn't answer but he heard her moving and then felt her presence next to him and heard her lie down on the grass.
"Do you come here a lot?"
Edward smiled at the question. Every girl that he brought here asked the same thing so he had a rehearsed answer.
"I like to have some place I can come to think, you know? Where nobody else comes, where I can be alone."
"You've never brought anyone here before?" Bella asked with a sound of incredulity in her voice. Edward smiled again, this was text book conversation, like it always was.
"I trust you, Tinker."
"Good," Bella whispered.
They lay in silence for a while before Bella's phone rang, disturbing the peacefulness that had settled over both of them.
"No phone's in my meadow, Tinker," Edward smiled as he sat up and took her phone from her hands. She was sat up as well now, facing him with a smile. He looked at the screen and saw Jasper's name and a picture of him and Bella on it, he swiftly turned the phone off and put it in his pocket. "This stays in there until we leave."
"Your meadow. Your rules!" Bella laughed
"So you wanted to talk to me, Tinker?"
"Um," She cleared her throat, "Yeah..."
"About Jazz?"
Bella nodded before licking her lips in concentration, Edward bit back a growl and shifted a little to make himself more comfortable.
"Alice told me he wants to have sex by the end of this month..."
"That doesn't mean you have to though."
"Yeah, but... If you were dating a girl for nearly seven months and she hadn't slept with you yet, what would you do?"
"Tinker, what I do and what Jazz does are completely different things."
"You would dump her, right?"
"Jazz wouldn't dump you."
"You can tell me that for certain, can you?"
"Obviously not, I can't tell you anything for certain. But don't think that because he's told Alice a date that you have to stick to it."
"Should I be ready by now though? I mean, Alice had sex the other night and she's been dating Tyler for much less time than I've been with Jazz and I hardly even let him touch me."
"Maybe you're just not comfortable enough to be touched yet, Tinker. It's not a crime."
"So you think I should get more comfortable with being touched?" Bella asked hoping that Edward would give her some advice.
"I think..." He cleared his throat. "I think you should definitely talk to Jazz about all of this." He didn't want to offer to help her, she was going to ask him... but maybe not today.
"I'm too nervous with Jasper. I feel more comfortable with you," Bella admitted with a nervous smile, biting on her lip innocently.
"Well I can't touch you! You're Jazz's girlfriend!" Edward exclaimed, pretending to be shocked but planting the seed for the next phase of his plan. Bella's eyes widened and she blushed deeply, shaking her head furiously.
"I didn't mean that! Oh my God, I'm sorry! I wasn't meaning that! I meant that I don't feel comfortable talking with Jasper about it."
"Well if you don't feel comfortable talking about it with him then just let him... touch you..." Edward grimaced a little thinking about his brother's unskilled and inexperienced hands on Bella's body.
"Maybe," Bella whispered with a small nod.
They both lay back on the ground again and let the sunlight wash over them as they lay in silence.
"Are you hungry?" Edward asked, breaking the silence.
"A little."
"We should go back to mine and eat. School will be out soon and you can see Jazz when he gets back."
He stood up and held his hand out to help Bella up onto her feet, "Sound good?"
"I'm not sure..." Bella looked at him sceptically but took his hand anyway, letting him pull her up.
"The sooner you make it better, the sooner we don't have to ditch!" Edward laughed and headed off towards the trees again, Bella followed with a responding laugh.
"Ooh, does Edward Cullen not agree with ditching?" She teased as she caught up next to him, Edward wrapped an arm around her neck and pulled her close to him in a friendly gesture.
"I'll never mind ditching as long as it's with you."
He smiled when he realised she couldn't come up with a response.
When they got back to his house, he opened the door and let Bella in first. When he followed he called out just in case Esme was home but it seemed that she was out. He fixed them some lunch quickly and they sat at the breakfast bar as they ate.
"Where's your Mom?" Bella asked.
"I don't know. She's been doing some interior design for some of her friends in Port Angeles recently so she's probably there."
"It's weird being here with you," Bella said before watching Edward's frown, "I mean, I'm usually here with Jasper... It's just different."
Edward cleared their plates before gesturing to the living room, "You want to watch T.V?"
"Um..." Bella looked at the couch where her and Jasper had made out, "Do you mind if we do something else?"
Edward frowned, looking between Bella and the couch where she was staring. "Is there something wrong with our couch?"
"No, no... Nothing like that. Jasper and I... kind of... well we made out the other day before the fight."
"On the couch?" Edward asked with another frown, watching Bella nod. "I seriously need to teach him some things!"
"What's the matter with the couch?"
"Anyone could have walked in on you, Tinker! That and well... It's you..."
"It's me? What does that mean?"
"It means you deserve better than a quick make out session on the couch," Edward mumbled before taking Bella's hand and leading her to the den.
He sat on the old leather sofa that was in front of the huge T.V. usually used for his games console and pulled Bella down next to him.
"Is this where you usually are when I'm around?" Bella asked, looking around the room with wonder.
"Mmm, yeah," Edward nodded. "Jasper never comes down here for some reason."
"I like it," Bella nodded.
"Yeah, me too. Just so you know, there's usually a no girl allowed rule." Bella raised an eyebrow at Edward and he laughed, holding his hands up in surrender. "It's Emmett's rule, don't blame me."
"Well I'll make sure not to tell Emmett I've contaminated it then!" Bella laughed, hitting Edward in the stomach with a cushion.
They sat for a few seconds just looking at each other before Bella spoke. "So... Are you... I mean... Do you have a girlfriend?"
"I don't really do the girlfriend thing, Tinker. That's more Jazz's thing."
"Why not?" Bella asked with a frown.
"Didn't work out well in the past," Edward shrugged nonchalantly. "It's easier to just keep things casual."
"Keep things casual..." Bella wondered, "You mean sex?"
"Like I said before, Jazz and I are very different."
"Yeah, but do you not care about sex then? I mean you're just using these girls, right?"
"Tinker, I don't think we should be talking about this."
"But if it means so little to you then why are you helpi-"
"Tinker!" Edward said catching her eyes and holding her wrists firmly, stopping her from waving them about as she ranted, "I wouldn't help anyone else, just you."
Bella opened her mouth to speak again but then heard the front door open and close, she stood up quickly and rushed up the steps to get to the hall, leaving Edward in the den.
"Bella?" Jasper asked as he put his bag down next to the stairs. "Why... How come you're here? You weren't at school."
"I know," Bella frowned. "Edward came to pick me up and I refused to go to school because I didn't want to see you."
"So you're in my house... In Edward's den, because?" Jasper looked pretty pissed but Bella couldn't really blame him considering what Edward had told her about his experience with girls in the past.
"He brought me back here to talk to you, so that we could talk in private rather than at school."
"In the den?"
"No, we were just in there because I couldn't face being on the couch again. And obviously we weren't going to go to his bedroom."
Jasper frowned again a little before looking up at her and gesturing with his head for her to go to up to his room.
"We can talk in my bedroom if you like."
Bella nodded and started up the stairs just as Edward was coming up from the den. Jasper looked at him suspiciously but Edward pointed at him in warning.
"Don't you start, Jazz! She wouldn't be here if it wasn't for me, you owe me!"
Jasper grunted before following Bella up the stairs and into his bedroom.