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The next morning I woke up in my bed and still in my club dress. I don't remember getting home, I might've fallen asleep in the car after crying and Edward probably carried me in. Thinking of Edward made the memories from last night float back into my head. I groaned I just wanted to go back to sleep so I wouldn't have to face him, I mean how was I supposed to act professional? Was I just supposed to get over him? Great.
It was already ten thirty so I went to the bathroom to shower, taking my time as I washed the makeup off and tried to relax. I felt like just letting it all go then, cry my heart out, I had no idea why I wanted this guy so badly, and I had only known him a couple days for Christ's sake! I didn't give in to myself, I had to start moving on whether I liked it or not.
I brushed my teeth and hair, then got dressed in some skinny jeans and a white long sleeve I walked downstairs. Everybody was in my kitchen, Rose and Alice must've stayed with Emmett and Jasper last night, I didn't mind, at least they had someone to stay with.
"Morning Bella." Alice piped.
"Morning sunshine." I tried to smile at her.
"Someone was getting her beauty sleep." Emmett teased.
"We left some French toast and bacon for you." Rose gestured toward a plate on the table. I saw Emmett and Jasper sitting across from Alice and Rose but I didn't see Edward.
"So what happened last night? Edward told us he had to get you away from that pervert." Alice asked looking at me with her deep dark brown eyes.
"Yea the guy was just too touchy and I wanted to go home." I didn't want to tell them about everything that was said; besides Emmett and Jasper were listening too.
"I'm so sorry me and Jazz weren't there…" Emmett apologized.
"Don't worry about it, you guys needed a break." I tried smiling at him, but I felt so fake.
"Well Edward went to the Starbucks down the street because you were out of coffee so I think we might have to go to the market soon." Alice got up. "Bella can I talk to you in the other room?" She requested.
"Yea." I got up and followed her into the living room; I didn't really have an appetite anyways.
"So what really happened last night?" She questioned.
"I don't know what you're talking…" But she interrupted me.
"Don't play dumb Bella that just wastes time, I haven't seen Edward so down before. What happened after the club?" It was like she was interrogating me.
"Nothing Alice, the truth is I like Edward but he doesn't feel the same way so I'm just gonna have to get over him, simple as that."
Before Alice could answer Edward came through the front door carrying a crate full of coffees.
"Coffee anyone?" Edward offered. He came into the living room first, offering me and Alice one.
"Thanks." Alice thanked him but narrowed her eyes at him; I knew she would say something to him later.
"No thank you, I actually gotta make a grocery run to the store." I managed to say without making eye contact with him. I walked towards the front door, putting on my coat. I needed an excuse to get away; I couldn't face him just yet.
The ride to the grocery store was pretty short since I made a grocery list while Emmett drove and Rose talked about what a shame James was a pervert because he was actually pretty cute, Emmett didn't like that very much.
It took us about ten minutes max in the grocery store; it was much smaller than the ones in Phoenix and Emmett knew where pretty much everything was. All the lines looked like they had the same amount of people so I just stood in the closest one. When we got to the front I paid the girl at the register and then I heard a husky voice from the bagger asking me…
"Paper or plastic?" I looked up to see a tall, tan and muscular guy, about my age, looking at me with familiar black eyes. My eyes fell on his nametag that said JACOB. It couldn't be.
"Jacob Black?" I asked meeting his eyes with mine; he seemed to give off this warm and home feeling.
"Bella? No way!" He threw his arms around me tightly; I could see Rose and Emmett just watching. "I haven't seen you in years! Are you back in Forks?"
"Yea I'm here to stay until college at least, my mom past away so I came to live with Charlie for a while."
"Oh I'm sorry Bells. We should catch up later or something. I could stop at your house after my shift if you want." He gave me another warm smile.
"Um actually my house is kind of crowded right now because some friends are staying over. How about we go somewhere?" I proposed, I didn't want it to be awkward with Jacob in a house with all my friends and I didn't want to have to explain the bodyguard situation.
"Alright sounds good, my shift ends in about three more hours so I'll pick you up then." Jake agreed, my friendship with him was so easy even though we hadn't seen each other since we were 12.
"Okay see you then." Rose and Emmett helped me grab the groceries and we left. Rose immediately started asking questions once we got into her Mercedes.
"So you're going on a date tonight?" She asked sounding shocked.
"It's not a date and why do you sound so shocked?"
"Cause it's obvious you like Edward." Emmett murmured and Rose elbowed him.
"It's just Edward can be a moron sometimes and if you wanna be with him I don't think that going out with some other guy is going to work." Rose explained.
"For the second time I'm not going out with Jake it's just two friends hanging out and so what why should Edward care?"
"Cause he wants to do you." Emmett mumbled again.
"Emmett please." Rose gave him one of her looks.
"But it's true." He shrugged as she rolled her eyes.
"Let's just see what Alice thinks." Rose left it at that and I didn't feel like saying, I didn't want to talk about Edward anymore; it made me remember how he didn't want to be together. It hurt too much.
Meanwhile at the house…. (Edward's point of view)
"Edward you can be such an idiot sometimes." Alice said as she sat down on the couch next to me. "Bella's a great girl and she clearly likes you. She better than any of the other girls you dated. She's better than Victoria, Jessica, Tanya…" I didn't let Alice finish.
"Ok Alice I get it." I snapped.
"I'm just saying because frankly Edward I don't think you do get it. You're letting her slip right through your fingers. She likes you and you like her. It's so damn simple but you choose to be so dramatic and complicated about it. Take a leap and faith that it will work out."
"But that's just it, it won't end well, it'll just end up hurting me and her." I wasn't protesting because I didn't want to be with Bella but because I couldn't let what happened to Tanya happen to Bella, I liked her too much for that to happen.
"Believe that it will end happily ever after otherwise you might just end up with twenty cats like that one lady who lives down the street from us." Alice shuddered.
"Alice I don't know…"
"Edward do you want to see Bella with other guys?" She interrupted me.
"Of course not but…"
"Then move your damn pride aside and whatever else is holding you back and make a move before I turn eighty Edward. I promise you it'll be fine." It was hard to disagree with her now. I really did want to be with Bella and I certainly didn't want Bella to be with other guys, that's why I broke James' nose.
"Alright I'll talk to Bella later." I agreed. Alice had finally persuaded me.
"Yay." Alice cheered clapping her hands. "Edward and Bella sitting in a tree…" she sang as she skipped off to find Jasper.
(Back to Bella's point of view)
When we got home Rose and Alice helped me put the groceries away and then we met up with the guys in the living room. They were watching a repeat episode of American Idol. When the episode was over I got up and started walking for the stairs.
"Where you going Bella?" Alice had an innocent smile on her face. What was she up to now?
"I'm gonna go curl my hair." I said as I walked up the stairs. It would give me something to do until Jake came.
"What's the occasion?" Alice must've asked Rose because I was already upstairs but I stayed at the top stair to hear them talk.
"At the grocery store Bella reunited with this guy Jacob. She said they're only friends, I guess they were best friends when they were little, and he's gonna pick her up later so they can hang out." Rose informed.
"The look in his face looked like he wanted to do a lot more than hang out with her though." Emmett chuckled.
"Edward I think you and Emmett should accompany Bella and Jacob on their date." Alice suggested. Oh man, I had totally forgot they were gonna have to come with me while I hung out with Jake to keep an eye on me.
"Why? That would make things awkward." Edward answered.
"Yeaa but you need to make sure this Jacob doesn't put the moves on your girl." Emmett agreed. I smiled when he called me Edward's girl. They were making this such a big deal, Jake used to be my best friend, I didn't think of him as anything else.
"Fine but I'm not gonna be right next to them the whole time." Edward said.
"Just sit at the next table or something and you can use your excuse as being her bodyguard from keeping them from doing anything too private." Rose added.
"This is gonna be fun." Emmett laughed. I didn't want to hear anything else so I went to the bathroom and turned on my curling iron. I decided since it was only Jake I could stay in my skinny jeans and white long sleeve. My hair took a long time since I wasn't really skilled with a curling iron. I rarely curled my hair unless it was a special occasion like a wedding or something, and even then my mom would curl my hair. I chose that since I did my hair I didn't want to wear any makeup besides a little bit of lip gloss to make my lips shine.
I was pretty much ready but Jake wouldn't be here for another half an hour at least so I decided to clean my room a little bit. I picked my clothes off the ground, made my bed and found my Withering Heights book under my bed so I pulled it out and started reading it. A little while later I heard the doorbell ring.
Downstairs (Edward's point of view)
When the doorbell rang everybody looked at me to go and open it. Did they all know I liked Bella? Whatever, all I really wanted to do was tell this guy to back off. I got up and opened the door. I could tell this guy probably lived on the nearby reservation because of his strong Native American features. His hair was grown out to just under his shoulders and he was taller than me but not by much. His black eyes met mine.
"Um is Bella here?" He asked.
"Yea. Who are you?" Rose had already told us his name but I asked him anyways.
"I'm Jacob. I'm just picking up Bella because we're supposed to go hang out. Who are you?" He asked raising an eyebrow at me.
"I'm a friend of Bella's."
"Oh do you go to school with her?" Jacob asked. Why was he asking me all these questions I was supposed to be interrogating him.
"No I go to an academy. Where are you gonna be taking her?" I questioned.
"I have a couple places in mind but I'm not sure yet. It depends on what she wants to do." He answered. "Don't worry I won't have her home too late, but don't wait up." He smirked and I could tell this guy was provoking me. Who the hell did he think he was and why was he so cocky?
"Actually I hope you won't mind me and my brother will be accompanying you two, its Charlie's wishes. We're supposed to be keeping an eye on her while he's gone, but don't worry we'll keep a short distance." I smirked back and Jacob's smirk disappeared.
"Does Bella know about this?" Jacob questioned me again.
"It doesn't matter, it's our orders." I smirked again but saw Jacob's attention shift towards the stairs. I turned to just in time to see Bella reach the bottom stair. I loved when Bella looked did the natural look without makeup, it made me more attracted to her, even though with makeup she looked absolutely gorgeous too. Her curls were pretty but her hair could've looked like a haystack and I wouldn't have cared. Her slight blush made me adore her even more.
"Ready to go Jake?" She looked at Jacob.
"Yea." He smiled. If that boy did one thing out of line I would make sure he wouldn't be able to smile again. At this point Emmett appeared next to me.
"You know the rules Bella. Edward and I will have to keep an eye on you but we'll try to keep it at a distance. Just don't be creeped out if you see us a few tables away or something."
"I know." Bella beamed a smile towards me and Emmett but I could tell it required a lot of effort to put it there. And with that she walked out the door with Jake.
I reached instead my jeans to get my car keys. "Come on Emmett."
"Woohoo." Emmett boomed. "Let's go get your girl." When he said that I couldn't help but smile, yea Bella was my girl.
A/N: I've been trying to update as soon as I can but I would like some more REVIEWS please :] It really boosts up my confidence so I can update even sooner and I wanna know what you guys think.