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CHAPTER 4
When Paul and Lexi pulled up in Jacob's yard he met them outside.
"Does he look mad?" Lexi asked nervously.
"A little upset maybe," Paul said. "Come on." he told her and they got out of the truck and walked over to him.
"Hey Jake," Lexi smiled.
"What took so long?" he asked. "What have you two been doing?" he asked getting upset.
"Nothing Jake," Lexi told him. "I promise."
"Well it should not have taken this long for you two to go to the grocery store and back," he pointed out. "Unless you two made a stop somewhere."
"Jake we ran into Sawyer's secretary while we were shopping and then the little bitch obviously called him and told him she saw Lexi with some guy and Sawyer called her when we were on the way home and she was upset so I wanted her to calm down some before we drove back."
"Sawyer called you again," Jacob said his voice softening.
"Yes Jake," Lexi said and walked to Paul's truck and started getting the groceries out.
"Don't Lexi I'll get those," Paul said and grabbed all twelve bags and walked towards Jacob's house.
"Lexi are you ok?" Jacob asked worried.
"I'll be fine Jake," she told him. "I need to go get the food put up," she told him and he nodded and they walked towards his house and went inside.
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about this?" he asked her.
"Yes Jake I'm sure," she sighed.
"I'm just going to go home," Paul told them.
"6:00 Paul." she said as he turned to walk away.
"Huh?" he asked confused.
"Dinners at 6:00," she told him.
"Oh, see you then," he said and turned and walked away. Lexi let out a sigh and started unpacking the bags. Jacob leaned against the counter and watched her unpack the groceries.
"So you like Paul," Jacob stated and Lexi rolled her eyes.
"Yes I like Paul," she stated.
"How could you like him, he's rude, insensitive, has a bad temper…and that's just the beginning."
"We all have our faults Jake, no one is perfect," she told him. "But I don't like Paul the way you're asking," she said. "I can see that he's rude and insensitive and a bit of a jerk but he also speaks his mind and says the truth and right now that's what I need Jake. Someone who isn't going to dance around my feelings and sugarcoat things." she told him and walked over and stood in front of him. "Jake," she said softly. "Paul and I will be nothing more than friends."
"Ok Lexi," he sighed. "I just don't want you to be hurt anymore."
"That's sweet Jake," she said and laid her hand on his cheek.
"That's what all the girls say," he sighed an Lexi looked over at him.
"So who's Bella?" she asked.
"How do you know about Bella?" he asked.
"I don't know anything about Bella, Paul mentioned her but didn't tell me anything," she said.
"Why would Paul mention Bella?" he asked.
"Well he mentioned her when he told me not to hurt you because you had been hurt enough by this Bella girl." she said.
"Its just Bella doesn't have the same feelings for me I do for her," he sighed. "Even though I'm much better for her than her boyfriend could ever be." he sighed.
"You love her." Lexi whispered and he nodded.
"Yeah," he whispered. "She doesn't love me the same way though."
"I'm sorry Jake," Lexi said softly.
"Its ok," he said. "After a while you get used to girls not feeling the same way about you that you do about them." he added. "So what did you buy?" he asked and Lexi knew he was intentionally changing the subject. No guy really wanted to talk about their feelings, especially unreturned feelings. She couldn't imagine what girl wouldn't want Jacob though, this Bella girl obviously has bad taste.
"You mean what did I buy after I put half the stuff back Paul threw in the cart," she told him and Jacob smiled.
"I should have warned you he likes to do that," he told her.
"Well tonight is meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans," she told him. "And I bought some other things for breakfast, I thought I might make blueberry pancakes for you tomorrow."
"Like real homemade blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries?" he asked hopefully and Lexi smiled.
"Yes."
"That sounds wonderful," he sighed.
After Lexi got the groceries put up her and Jacob went into the living room and he turned on the TV.
"So how long had you and Sawyer been together?" Jacob asked.
"Well we dated on and off throughout high school," she told him. "We moved in together and three months after graduation he asked me to marry him. We were eighteen," she said.
"So you've been engaged two years," Jacob said surprised.
"Yeah and now I'm really glad I didn't rush into marrying him," she sighed. "And the only reason we aren't married already was because of my parents death," she told him.
"That's a good reason to put off a wedding, you had a lot to deal with," Jacob said and she nodded.
"Sawyer didn't see it that way," she told him and pulled out the band holding her hair up and Jacob watched as her hair fell around her shoulders and fought the urge to run his fingers through her hair. It looked so soft and she smelled good like raspberries. "He was upset my parents funeral interfered with what could have been our wedding." she told him and ran her fingers through her hair. "I had just gotten back from identifying the…I don't even know what word to use to describe what they looked like, there bodies were mangled, I guess is a good word…definitely a closed casket service and Sawyer just didn't even care. He was sitting on the couch going over a business proposal that could have waited. He could have left it so I didn't have to go by myself." she said and wiped a tear that ran own her cheek. Jacob looked over at her. He would love to meet this Sawyer guy and kick his ass for the way he treated Lexi. What kind of guy didn't go with their fiance and future wife to identify the remains of her parents bodies? What kind of guy didn't even care that the woman he was supposed to love had to plan a funeral for her parents and probably needed help and some comfort and sympathy from her future husband. Jacob had no idea why Lexi stayed with this guy so long because he was obviously lacking in every department. She could have gone out and gotten any guy she wanted, she was so beautiful but she stayed with a guy that obviously didn't really love or care about her at all.
"He barely made it to their funeral because of a business meeting." she told him and Jacob shook his head. What an asshole, but asshole was definitely to nice a word for him.
"Why did you stay with him so long Alexandria?" Jacob asked.
"I don't know," she shrugged. "No other guys were asking me out."
"I find that hard to believe," Jacob told him. "I'm sure they were asking, maybe you weren't listening," he added and Lexi looked over at him.
"Maybe," she sighed.
"Alexandria they had to be asking or at least hinting they wanted to take you out, they'd be crazy not to."
"Jake," she said embarrassed.
"Its true Lexi," he said quietly.
"Why couldn't I have met you before I got engaged to Sawyer," she said.
"Maybe you didn't need me then," he said.
"Maybe not," she sighed.
"So you want the news about your car?"
"Yeah," she sighed.
"Well I did have to order that part for it and it will be here Monday," he told her. "You definitely need some transmission work done, an oil change, new hoses and a fuel filter."
"Great!" she said sarcastically.
"But I didn't tell you the good news," he said.
"There's good news?" she asked skeptically.
"I can fix all of it," he told her.
"Jake, I can't ask you to do that," she said.
"You didn't ask," he told her. "And as far as a place to stay you can stay with me at least until your car is fixed."
"Jake I…."
"Please don't argue," he said. "Tomorrow is Saturday so I can get started on the parts of your car I can fix without the one I ordered" he told her.
"Ok and I'll get a paper and start apartment hunting so I can find a permanent place to live." she told him.
"Alright Lexi," he agreed.
"I don't even know your last name," Lexi told him.
"Its Black," he said.
"Alright," she smiled. "I need to go get started on dinner if its going to be ready at 6:00," she told him.
"Alright." he sighed and she stood up and turned to walk away but then turned back to look at Jacob.
"You can come talk to me and keep me company if you want," she told him and she saw him smile.
"Ok," he agreed and got off the couch and followed her into the kitchen.
Jacob sat down at the table and watched as Lexi pulled bottles and boxes of stuff out of the refrigerator and cabinets.
"So where is everything?" she asked. "mixing bowls, pans, spoons?"
"Cabinets and drawers by the stove," Jacob told her. "Do you need me to do anything?"
"Just stay out of the way Jake," she told him and he smiled.
"I can do that." he said and watched as she stared mixing things together and then put the meatloaf in a pan and slid it in the oven.
At 6:00 Paul showed back up for dinner. Lexi was still finishing up so he sat with Jacob in the living room.
"Everything going ok?" Paul asked Jacob.
"Yeah," he sighed and looked into the kitchen where Lexi was setting everything on the counter so they could eat.
"Jake, if you like her you should ask her out or something." Paul told him.
"Ok and what happens if I imprint, I really don't want to take the risk of hurting her," he told him.
"I get it Jake," Paul told him. "So why do you think she stayed with him so long?" Paul asked. "You think it was his money?"
"No I think she actually loved him," Jacob told him. "A lot more than he loved her, if he even loved her at all." he added as Lexi walked in the room.
"Dinners ready boys," she said and the two of them stood up and went to the kitchen to eat.
The three of them sat down and started eating.
"Wow Lexi, this is really good," Jacob said as he took a bite of meatloaf.
"Thanks."
"Its definitely good Lexi," Paul told her and she smiled. "So can I ask you something and if you get offended I'm sorry but I just want to know."
"Alright Paul." she said.
"Why did you stay with Sawyer so long? Was it because of his money?" he asked.
"Paul!" Jacob exclaimed.
"Its fine Jake," Lexi assured him. "No Paul it wasn't because of his money. If I only wanted Sawyer for his money I would still be with him now." she sighed. "I actually loved him." she told him and he nodded.
"That makes sense I guess," Paul said. "And just so you know you can cook for me anytime you want." he added and she smiled.
"Well I'm glad you two like what I cooked," she said quietly as they finished eating.
After eating Lexi cleaned up Jacob's kitchen and put everything back where she got it from. While she was finishing up Paul walked into the kitchen and leaned against the counter next to her.
"Something on your mind Paul?" Lexi asked as she wiped the counter.
"Always," he said and she looked over at him and let out a sigh.
"Well you might as well go ahead and say it Paul," Lexi told him.
"So are you going to move in with Jake permanently?" Paul asked curiously.
"I doubt it Paul," Lexi told him. "He hasn't asked, he said I could stay until he fixed my car."
"And how did he say it?" Paul asked and Lexi let out a sigh and looked over at Paul.
"Well he said he could fix everything that was wrong with my car and that I could stay here at least until he fixed it and when I tried to argue he told me not to argue with him about it."
"Ok," Paul smiled. "He said at least until your car is fixed," Paul pointed out and Lexi looked at him and put her hands on her hips wondering what he was trying to hint at or say.
"And?" she asked.
"Maybe he's hinting he wants you to stay longer than that," Paul told her.
"Or maybe you're reading way to much into things," she told him and he shrugged.
"Maybe, but I doubt it," he smiled and she shook her head.
"Where is Jake anyway?" she asked.
"Oh he got a phone call so he stepped outside and I thought that since you were in here all by yourself that I should bother you a little," he said and Lexi smiled.
"You're not bothering me," she told him.
"Really?" he asked surprised. "Because believe it or not I seem to bother most people."
"I can see where you would bother or annoy most people," she said and Paul looked shocked at her. "But I'm not most people Paul."
"Good to know," he smiled.
"So you have a girlfriend Paul?" Lexi asked as she folded the dish towel she was using.
"No I don't really do the whole serious girlfriend thing," he told her.
"Oh so you just sleep with random girls?" Lexi asked as Jacob walked in the kitchen.
"I need Paul for a second," Jacob told her.
"No problem Jake, I'll just finish what I was doing in here," Lexi said. "You know before Paul interrupted" she teased and he smiled.
"Ok," Jacob said. "Come on." he added and Paul followed him out of the kitchen.
"What's going on?" Paul asked.
"I don't think its anything to worry about and neither does Sam but Quil picked up a scent when he was out."
"Leech?" Paul asked.
"Possibly, Sam wants me to run a quick check with Quil just to make sure."
"Ok," Paul said.
"I really don't want to leave Lexi by herself," Jacob said. "So do you have plans tonight?"
"No Jake, nothing at all," Paul told him.
"Would you mind staying with Lexi until I get back?" Jacob asked.
"I would definitely not mind," he told him.
"Alright I'll go tell Lexi," Jacob said.
Jacob found Lexi still in the kitchen wiping down his counters.
"Lexi," Jacob said and she turned around and smiled.
"What's up Jake?"
"I have to run out for a little while, Sam needs me to help him but Paul is going to stay with you until I get back."
"Ok Jake," she said. "But I am capable of staying by myself."
"I know Lexi, I'd just feel better if someone was with you."
"Ok Jake," she agreed.
"I'll be back as soon as I can."
"And until then you're stuck with me," Paul said and gave her a smile.
"Well I guess there are worse people to be stuck with," she said. "We'll be fine Jake."
"Ok I'll be back soon," Jacob told her and he looked at Paul giving him a warning glance that said not to try anything.
"I'll behave Jake," Paul assured him and he nodded and walked out of the house.
"So what were we talking about?" Paul asked.
"That you don't do serious girlfriends." Lexi reminded him. "So apparently you just sleep with various girls."
"Yeah." he sighed.
"Why?"
"I just don't think I'm going to find a girl that would ever really love me."
"Why would you think that?" Lexi asked. "What do you think is wrong with you?"
"Lexi I…" he sighed. "Well I have a bad temper sometimes, I annoy a lot of people, I can be rude." he went on. "I'm definitely not the romantic type, I don't do all the flowers and romantic stuff girls like."
"Because you've never had to Paul," Lexi told him. "I bet you could do all that for the right girl."
"You think so?" he asked surprised and Lexi smiled.
"You don't seem so horrible to me," Lexi told him and let out a sigh. "Well I'm done in here," she told him and he smiled.
"We'll watch a movie or something, come on," he said and led her into the living room.
