Once again thanks to my awesome beta, Dawn. I hope you all enjoy this chapter please read and review. WARNING: This chapter contains LEMONS!!! Twilight and all its characters belong to Stephanie Meyers.
Chapter 3
The rest of my week went smoothly including the catering event on Saturday. On Sunday I allowed myself to sleep in until 9:30 am to get some much needed rest. I got up and decided that I would make me and Jacob Pasta and Salmon Salad for lunch this afternoon. I spoke to him early Saturday morning and he said he would arrive at my house around 1:00 pm; giving me plenty of time to prepare. I checked my email, put on some coffee and started to straighten up the house a bit. At noon, I began to make our salads and set my table. When I heard the doorbell ring at 12:45 pm, I went to answer it and found Jake standing on my porch dressed in jeans and a tan button down shirt. He looked so nice I had to keep myself from staring at him too long. He was holding flowers in his right hand and a bottle of white wine in his left. He noticed my eyes go to the flowers and handed them to me looking a little self-conscious.
"Thought I should get you something for inviting me to your home and making me what I'm sure will be a delicious lunch. I brought wine as well, hope you like white," he said
"The flowers are beautiful, thanks! White wine is great, my favorite actually. Come on in," I said as we walked into my living room. "Have a seat, I just finished making our lunch. Are you hungry now or would you like to wait a little bit?"
"I could eat now," he replied with a smile lighting up his handsome face.
"Ok, well come this way," I said as I walked him to the dining room. "Have a seat. I'm going to put these flowers in some water and I'll bring our plates out in a minute. You can hand me the wine and I'll put it in the fridge. I have some wine that's already chilled."
I took the wine and left to get our food. As I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a vase to put the flowers in, I started to feel butterflies in my stomach. Jacob had always been just a friend but after seeing him on Thursday and talking to him everyday since I started to feel differently about Jake. He has grown into such a good man and he's definitely gotten better looking with age. He's the sweetest guy I've ever known and I feel completely at ease around him. Hmmm, I wonder if he's dating anyone….slow down Bella you just got back in touch with Jake he probably just misses your friendship.
After putting the flowers in the vase of water, I walked back into the dining room grabbing our plates and the chilled wine on the way. Once I sat Jake's plate down in front of him he tore into the salad. "Bella, this is so good!" he said excitedly in between bites. "Man, I really missed your cooking when I was away. I missed you period."
"Glad you're enjoying it. I really missed you too. I have yet to find a friend as loyal as you were to me," I replied. "Hey Jake? Why did we lose touch? I thought our friendship would last regardless of how far apart we were," I asked with a bit of sadness lacing my voice.
He looked up at me with a strange look on his face, then looked back down at his plate and pushed it away. After a while he finally said, "Bella I didn't expect you to know this but, I had the biggest crush on you ever since we were eight years old. When I went away to college I thought my feelings would fade but they only seemed to grow stronger. I convinced myself that you would never feel the same way about me and I felt like I was just torturing myself every time I talked you. I decided that it would be better if we didn't talk so much and talking to you every once in a while eventually led to hardly talking to you at all." After he confessed he had an apologetic look on his face.
"I never knew you felt that way about me, Jake. I wish you would have said something, maybe our friendship would still be intact if you did," I said shocked and bitter at the same time. I had no idea Jake had feelings for me but I felt like he should have talked to me instead of throwing our friendship away altogether.
"I'm sorry, Bella, I know I handled it all wrong. I really regret letting our friendship go. It was really stupid and immature on my part. I just hope we can be good friends again," Jake said looking very remorseful.
"I hope so too Jake. I'm really glad you're back," I said and gave him a sincere smile. I really was looking forward to getting to know Jake again. We always had such a good time together; who knows maybe it could lead to more than friendship. I wouldn't push it though. I just got him back and didn't want to ruin our relationship before we reestablished it. Plus I don't think I'm quite ready for a relationship; a big part of my heart still belonged to Edward and part of me thinks he will always have a hold on me.
We continued to eat our lunch and talk. Jake informed me that he had an appointment later today to meet with his realtor to see a town home in the Old Town neighborhood. He asked if I would go with him and I agreed. His appointment with the realtor wasn't until 4:30 pm so I took him on a tour of my neighborhood so he could get a feel for it. He really seemed to like it and decided that he'd tell his realtor to focus on finding him a house in the area.
At 3:30 we headed out to meet his realtor. Jake's company car was quite impressive. I don't know much about cars but it looked really fancy and it screamed money. He insisted on driving, so we hopped in his car and jumped on Lake Shore Drive heading north. We arrived at the town home about twenty minutes early and decided to take a quick walk around the block to check out the neighborhood a bit. We circled the block and when we got back in front of the building Jake spotted his realtor pulling up. She got out of her car wearing a tight fitting brown skirt and matching jacket with a low cut light pink blouse underneath. She was a very attractive woman and looked to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. She had fiery red curly hair and curves for days. As she walked toward us she looked slightly shocked to see me there. She approached us smiling, and greeted Jacob warmly "Hi Jacob" She extended her hand to me and said "Hello, I'm Victoria"
I shook her hand and introduced myself "Hi, I'm Bella Swan".
Victoria gave me a good once over before leading us into the Town home. I noticed her subtly flirting with Jacob the whole time we were viewing the town home. I thought it was very rude; how did she know that Jacob and I weren't a couple? I found myself becoming very upset with "Vicky", as she asked Jake to call her, and was really ready to get out of here. Once we finished the viewing, Jacob thanked the owner and as we headed out the door, asked Vicky to set up some viewings in the Hyde Park area. She added a little note in the folder she was holding and we were on our way. In the car Jake looked over to me and asked, "So what did you think of the town home?"
"I thought it was very nice. It was very spacious and I absolutely loved the kitchen. But I'm not the one looking for a home, how did you like it?" I replied
"It's the best home I've seen so far. I still would like to view a few homes in your area but if I don't find anything I think I'll make an offer on this one," Jake answered sounding optimistic.
"Great, well it looks like the end to your house hunting is in sight," I said and smiled knowing Jacob was more than ready to find a home.
"I noticed that Vicky seems to really like you," I said attempting to get an impression of how Jake felt about her.
Jake smirked and said "Yeah, when I first got to town and started my house hunt she offered to show me around town. Apparently she didn't know that I was originally from Chicago."
"Oh? So did you guys go out?" I asked trying to squeeze more information out of him and hopefully dissolve the pang of jealousy I felt in the pit of my stomach.
"No. Vicky's not really my type. I like brunettes," Jake replied casually glancing at my long dark brown hair.
"Oh," I said trying to hide the smile that tugged at the corner of my lips. "Well I'm sure she was disappointed but she doesn't seem to be too discouraged."
Jake smirked but didn't say anything else. We arrived at my house around 6:00 pm and I asked Jake if he'd like to stay for dinner. He agreed and as we walked into my house it looked as if he Jake was in deep thought. "What's on your mind?" I inquired
"Nothing," he replied quickly looking as if I'd caught him doing something wrong
Instead of probing for more information I let it go and led Jake into the living room. I told him to have a seat while I whipped up a quick dinner. "Hey Bella, why don't we just order a pizza? I could really go for a Giordanno's deep-dish sausage pizza. It's been years since I had one," Jake suggested nearly salivating at the thought of Giordanno's pizza.
"Yumm that sounds good. I haven't had deep-dish pizza in a while myself. Let me go find the number and place our order," I handed Jake the television remote control and headed to the kitchen to find Giordanno's take out menu. When I found the menu I placed our order and headed back to the living room. Jake of course had the television tuned into Sports Center.
"The pizza should be here in about 45 minutes," I said as I sat down next to Jake. "Would you like to watch a movie?" I asked hoping he said yes because I really was not a sports fan.
"Sure what do you have?" he inquired
I got up and walked over to my DVD collection to pick out a movie. "What are you in the mood for? Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, or Horror?" I asked looking up from my collection at Jake.
"Why don't you decide? Surprise me," he said, smiling sweetly.
I grabbed the movie Atonement, put it in the DVD player and sat on the sofa next to Jacob. "Alice bought me this movie a few weeks ago after she found out that I hadn't seen it yet. She's been raving about it for almost a month now. I told her I watched it and loved it, but between you in me this is the first chance I've gotten to actually sit down and watch it," I told him "You haven't seen it yet have you?"
"No not yet but I've heard it's really good," Jake replied
I started to press play on the DVD remote but paused "Maybe I should wait until the pizza guy gets here before I play the movie. I don't want to get into the film and then be interrupted by the pizza guy," I explained
"Good idea," Jake agreed. He turned to face me and asked, "So Bella where's the man of the house? Aren't you dating anyone?"
"No. I'm not seeing anyone. My catering business keeps me so busy I don't really have the time to date," I replied. Before he asked anymore questions about my love life I asked about his, "Are you dating anyone? Leave any wives behind in Washington?"
"Ha. Ha. No, I'm not seeing anyone. My last relationship ended about four months ago," Jake answered.
"What happened?" I asked
"Jessica got a job offer in California and moved away. I don't do well in long distance relationships and I didn't love her enough to want to move to California," he answered very frankly. Shifting the conversation, Jake jokingly said, "Well I'm glad you made the time to fit me into your busy schedule, Ms. Swan. I feel honored."
I giggled at his silliness. "You're welcome; anything for a friend."
The doorbell rang just then and I got up to answer it. Jake followed me and when I opened the door Jake took the pizza from the pizza guy and handed him $40. He told him to keep the change and walked the pizza into the kitchen. I followed him and grabbed the plates for our pizza along with some soda and headed back to the living room. We ate our pizza and watched Atonement, which we both really enjoyed. When it was over Jake decided it was time for him to get home and thanked me again for coming with him to see the property in Old Town.
I walked Jake to the front door and he gave me a big hug. He smelled so good that I felt nearly intoxicated as he enveloped his large body around my small frame. He looked down at me and asked, "Do you think you can fit me into your busy schedule on Friday night? I'd like to take you to dinner."
I thought about his question for a minute, mentally checking my schedule for the week and said, "Sure I only have one catering event this week and that's on Thursday afternoon."
Jake smiled and said, "Good. Now I have something to look forward to all week."
The way he looked at me sent a familiar sensation through me. I felt a warm tingle between my legs and it shocked the shit out of me. I hadn't felt that since Edward. The sensation wasn't quite as intense as I felt when I was with Edward but it was damn close. It scared me and excited me at the same time. I told Jake goodnight and closed the door as he walked to his car.
I walked into living room, cleaning up our mess and putting the remaining pizza in the fridge. Then I walked down the hall to the bathroom to start some bath water. As I started to undress and get in the tub my mind wandered back to the first night I spent alone with Edward.
My roommate was spending the night at her boyfriend's house so Edward and I had my dorm room to ourselves for the night. I was nervous as all hell but so ready to experience love in the physical sense, if you catch my drift. Edward and I were lying across my bed in the middle of a hot and heavy make out session. Edward rolled over so that he was on top of me kissing and licking my neck drawing quiet moans from me. He had his hand up my shirt caressing my breast. I could feel his hardness on my thigh and it was making me even hotter. He looked up at me his eyes hooded with lust and said, "Bella, I love you and I want you so bad right now, but I want you to be sure your ready for this."
I looked into Edwards beautiful green eyes and said, "I love you too Edward and I want to show you how much I love you."
Edward crushed his lips into mine kissing me hard. He slipped his tongue into my mouth caressing and stroking mine. Our breathing became heavy and he brought his hands down my legs, up my skirt and started rubbing my thigh. I brought my hands to his shirt and tugged on it. He sat up and quickly pulled his shirt off. I pulled my shirt off as well and he was back on top of me in seconds. He moved his hands between my legs and traced the elastic along my panties with his finger. I moaned long and deep as he pulled my panties to the side and rubbed his finger between my lips. He moaned into my ear and said very huskily "Damn Bella you're so wet." He started rubbing his fingers up and down my wetness causing me to breathe faster and moan into his mouth while he was kissing me.
I reached down, unbuckled his jeans and pulled his length out of his boxers. I grabbed it firmly and started to stroke it. Edward's moans mixed with mine as we worked on each other. His finger moved to my entrance and slid in slowly. He moved his finger in and out of me so slowly it was driving me crazy. My moans became louder as his finger continued to work inside of me.
Edward pulled his finger out and put it in his mouth sucking my juices from it. He looked down at me and said, "Bella you taste so fucking good". The sight of him licking his finger sent me into frenzy. I pulled off my skirt and panties and started to tug at his jeans. He pulled them off along with his boxers and leaned down to take off my bra. His body was gorgeous; it was pale, smooth and muscular. His dick was beautiful; long, thick and rock hard. He laid me back down and proceeded to kiss my right breast, he drew my nipple into his mouth and began to suck gently while he massaged my left breast with his other hand. I didn't think it was possible but it felt like I grew even wetter as he did this. He moved from my breast and started to lick and kiss his way down my stomach all the way down to my center. He placed his tongue in between my wet lips and began to lick me slowly. He took my clit between his lips and sucked it gently. I felt something building in me slowly and as he slid his finger inside me and stroked the right spot and I exploded.
Edward grabbed his jeans from the floor reached into his pocket and pulled out a condom. He looked over at me as I was lying on my back recovering from the amazing orgasm he'd just given me and asked, "Bella are you sure?"
I looked at him and nodded my head yes. He ripped open the condom package and slid the condom on. He climbed on top of me, spread my legs and placed the tip of his dick inside me. He leaned down to kiss me as he eased inside me a little bit at a time. I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt. But once I'd gotten past the pain of it, it felt absolutely amazing. The man I loved was making love to me and if felt so incredible. As Edward stroked me he looked into my eyes and I saw all of the love he felt for me. It was so overwhelming tears fell from my eyes. Edward saw my tears and paused to ask if I was ok. I told him I was fine and that I loved him. When he was certain I was ok, he began to move inside me again and proceeded to bring me to my next orgasm and it was even better than the first.
I brought myself back to reality feeling hot and bothered. Damn Bella why did you have to go there? I got out of the tub, dried off and headed to my room. I opened the drawer of my night stand and pulled out my vibrator. I got myself all worked up might as well finish myself off.
