Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or the characters. The great Stephanie Meyer does.

Chapter 3

BPOV

"Bella!"

I turned to see Emmett walking towards me with a knowing smile. He knows about my little crush on Jasper.

"Hey Bellsie-Poo look at you all prettied up. I just saw you checking out lover boy over there." He loves to embarrass me.

"I was not Em! Keep your voice down!" knowing damn well I was.

"Oh yeah, don't worry Bells I believe ya but I doubt that guy who took the picture will" He replies laughing.

If he wasn't so big I'd kick his ass.

But Jasper sure is lookin good today. I wish he would talk to me. I mean really talk to me not about fighting but talk to me like I'm a woman.

Not that he's ever spoke to me at all. Hell we've only been in the same room a few times when I've been to see his fights and the first time I went to talk to Carlisle and he was training in the gym. But that was years ago and he didn't even look in my direction.

"Come on Bella they are ready to start." Emmett says.

"Okay." We walk to the front of the room where there is a long table with microphone set up on it. That's when I realized I'd be sitting next to Jasper. Carlisle and Jasper are already sitting; they must want a formal apology.

I sit down next to him with Emmett on my other side.

Oh Lord, I can smell him. He smells so good, like summer and sandalwood. There's a hint of cinnamon and a little musk, all man. God his smell even makes me think about sex. I closed my eyes, trying to slow my heart and get my head out of the gutter and focused on the PC.

"Isabella." Oh my. A deep southern drawl says my name. My eyes fly open and Jasper is staring at me.

"Yes?" I all but squeak out.

"I thought I might like to introduce myself to ya." Jasper says in a thick husky voice.

He stuck out his hand"Jasper Whitlock at your service." What service would that be? God I need to control myself.

I put my hand in his large one. As soon as his hand closed around mine I felt a jolt of electricity run through my hand and up my arm. I gasped out loud and looked up to his eyes. They held the same look mine did. He must have felt it too.

*FLASH*

I jerked my hand back. Damn photographers.

"Bella Swan. Nice to meet you Jasper." I smiled at him.

We were interrupted by Jacob Black a fight promoter.

"Hello everyone and thank you for coming. We have Isabella Swan the women's Champ and Jasper Whitlock the men's Champ here today to answer some questions." He kept looking at me weird. Gross."I'll turn you over to them." He stepped down and walked away from the table.

There were a few more flashes, and then reporters started asking questions. The worst part of this job.

"Isabella is it true you're dating a fellow fighter, Mike Newton?" A male asks.

"No! That's totally false. I don't know where you heard that but it's not true. I'm single not even casually dating anyone." I say hoping to get the point across that I'm not with that creep.

"So he's lying when he says that you two are having an intimate relationship?" a woman asks.

"Yes he's a liar. I'm not that kind of girl." I shot back getting angrier by the second.

"So what your saying is that you're a 21 year old virgin?" that same women asks.

I was shocked. In all the PC's I've done in my career I've never been asked something like that. I didn't know what to say. I am a 21 year old virgin but I don't want them to know that. Emmett looked ready to say something but a very pissed of Texan beat him to it.

"Lady that's a real damn personal question to ask someone. Maybe she means she don't get around but it sure as shit aint none of anybodies business but her own. I think you had ought to apologize to Miss Bella." He said in a low angry voice. Miss Bella=swoon.

"What a night and shining armor you are." Replied the reporter. Gosh this lady's a bitch.

"So Jasper what do you think about the accusations that your 'Miss Bella' made about you, just a week ago?" The bitch asked him.

Jasper got a hard look on his face and clenched his jaw.

"That's why I'm here actually. I thought that I'd address Miss Swan's challenge." He paused and looked at me "I accept."

I was stunned now. What the hell does that mean? Before I could even ask a reporter did for me.

"Well if she thinks I'm so useless and haven't had a real fight in two years then she can fight me, just like she wants." Jasper said.

The room went totally silent. Then there were tons of flashes and hundreds of questions being asked but I didn't hear one. I just looked at him. Jasper had this happy look on his face like he'd already won the fight.

He thinks I'm gonna say no…

Well he's got another thing comin….