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Chapter 4: Playing field

EPOV

"So I can see that you already started your Bella game?" Rosalie asked me while we drove home in my Volvo. She had her own red BMW, but sometimes she drove with me to school. Sometimes as in when I was playing with a girl, and she was too eager to hear about it before we got home.

"Of course, why waste my time? And I see you eying her brother." She looked at me surprised.

"Oh come on. I know you, my dear, and I saw you drooling over him at lunch." I couldn't help but laugh a little. She couldn't hide such things for me.

"Fuck you," she hissed and looked out of the window.

"Don't worry my princess, when I win the bet I will fuck you with pleasure, and I will give you more pleasure than you have ever experienced." I smirked.

She turned to look at me. "I doubt you will persuade her to fuck you. She has been warned you know." Rosalie smirked back at me. It pleased her that I might actually not win this bet. But I would sure do my best; Rosalie was going to get what she deserved from me.

"Yeah I actually do know. It's obvious. But I still have her where I want her to be by now. You know how dazzling I am." I winked at her.

I knew I dazzled Rosalie too, but she was just better than any other girl to "wake up" again; to my dissatisfaction.

"I doubt it," she said and looked away again. She didn't like when I dazzled her.

"So how is it going with your new best friend, Angela?" I was curious.

It was actually quite interesting the way that both Rosalie and I always were up to something, some kind of game. We used the school as our playing field for most of our games.

"She's eating out of my hand. I can't wait to ruin her reputation." Rosalie had turned to grin at me. Her grin looked almost evil. She could be frightening, and some people even thought she was.

"Sounds like we both look forward to something." I couldn't wait to get into Bella's pants. It would be the absolute greatest victory. I knew she would be a tough one, but I could be patient. I would be patient. Take it slowly. First I would gain Bella's trust and become her friend, then I would really use my charm on her, making her think I would be more than just friends, and then I would lure her into having sex with me. I almost got a hard-on just to think about it. I was already beginning to enjoy the game.

I found my journal immediately when I got home, and began writing about the first day of my new exciting game. First I wrote about the bet consisting of me to get Bella to sleep with me. I sat smiling to myself while I wrote.

"Knock, knock." I heard someone say from the doorway.

I looked up to see Jasper standing there with a strange expression.

"Bree let me in, as always." He entered the room and closed the door behind him.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked while I closed the journal.

"Alice told me to come and talk to you." He took a step into my room.

"And you always do exactly what she tells you. You have no backbone. It's actually really sad." I mused and stood up while I continued; "But you're here now to talk to me, like your girlfriend told you to, so let's talk."

I walked around the desk and sat down on it and folded my hands in front of me. I knew exactly why Jasper was here, and that Alice wanted Jasper to talk to me about, but I played innocent. They couldn't know about me and Rosalie's bet which included Alice's new best friend; Isabella Swan.

"I'm sorry Edward. But she told me to tell you that you if you don't stay away from Bella, then Alice will personally castrate you." Jasper winced a little at the last words.

"Aw she really doesn't like me," I played hurt and winced too. I wasn't fond of Alice wanting to ruin my golden crown jewels.

"Tell her to don't worry. I actually like Bella." Jasper didn't look convinced.

"Edward, when are you going to stop being a player?" Jasper sighed.

"Aw that hurts," I placed my both my hands in front of my heart.

Jasper rolled his eyes and me and sat down on my black leather couch, while giving me a meaningful look.

"I know you don't approve of what I have done, but don't worry. I promise to behave nicely." I was a good liar, but Jasper was a really good friend, and he knew me too well, and he knew that I wouldn't change just like that. I would never change. I would always be like this. I knew Jasper hoped that someday a girl would swoop my feet away, and I would change for her, but I knew better. That would never happen. I would never change. Once a player, always a player. And it didn't bother me. I liked how I lived my life, and I wasn't interested in commitment; marriages made me shudder. That could or would never be me.

"Look, just leave Bella alone, would you? Alice really means it. She's pissed and I am really getting bad wipes from her. She is frustrated about the way you acted towards Bella today." Jasper sighed.

"I'm just being nice to her. She is new and I wanted her to feel like home," I shrugged. I really wanted her to feel like home - in my bed.

"She told me to say that she will be watching you." Jasper said while he stood up.

I couldn't help but laugh. That evil little pixie was really going to make this harder for me, but that just made it more appealing and excited. Jasper began laughing too. He and I just couldn't be mad at each other, at least not for more than a few minutes. Jasper was a really calm guy, and you never saw him yelling or something like that. I didn't know how he always was so calm, and everyone else around him was normally calm if he was calm.

"Just at least try to be a decent guy," Jasper was standing in front of me and had placed one of his hands on my shoulder.

"I'll do my best," I told him. I would do my best to win the bet.

I had to admit to myself that I was very excited about going to school the next day. I felt like everything was going like I wanted it to, and I felt Bella was right where I wanted her. Today I would get to know her better. Be a good friend to her, ask her questions about her life, and I would be a good listener. At least I would pretend to be. Her answers didn't matter to me.

Rosalie drove in her own car to school, so I was alone in my Volvo. When I arrived at the school parking lot, I saw Emmett and Bella beside a jeep. They were talking to Jasper and Alice. I parked right next to them. Alice glared at me, Emmett and Jasper greeted me but Bella just gave me a short nod. That wasn't what I had expected. Alice saw my frown, and she smiled hugely.

"Come on Bella, let's get to class," Alice quickly showed Bella away from me, and they were quickly out of sight. Alice was really going to make this harder for me.

I caught Jasper starring at me, so I gave him a shrug and began chatting with Emmett. If I couldn't get to know Bella right now, I could at least get to know her brother. That way it would be easier for me to approach her and get to know her.

Emmett and I actually got along great. He was easy to talk to, and he had great humor, so we laughed a lot. It was a major plus that he loved baseball like I did. I invited him to play baseball with the group the upcoming Saturday, and he agreed immediately.

When the bell rang for Biology I hurried to the class room, and hoped that Bella would do the same. To my luck she arrived only a minute after me. She looked shocked to see me at the table.

"Hi," I smiled crookedly and she sat down beside me.

She sat as far as me as possible at her chair. I inconspicuously shifted closer to her, and she didn't notice.

"Hey," she breathed while she slowly looked slightly to me side, before she looked away.

So she didn't want to make eye contact with me, maybe she was afraid that I would dazzle her. I chuckled under my breath, but that she noticed and she turned her head a little again. I was sure she would snap at me, demanding why I was chuckling, but she didn't say anything. I was slightly disappointed, but also amused because I liked that she surprised me by her reaction. She didn't react the way I had hoped for; she didn't react like most others would do. Bella Swan was actually interesting; she seemed to me like an unsolved mystery, which I just had to figure out.

When Mr. Banner announced that we were going to be working in pairs, I was certain that I heard Bella sigh. I just smiled to myself. This was going to be interesting, if she wanted to avoid me. It certainly seemed so.

Mr. Banner told us what to do, and while I had grabbed the items we needed, while Bella still sat frowning at her stool, I hurried back to our table.

"You want to start, partner?" I asked her.

She finally looked up and met my gaze. "Sure," she murmured.

Bella was actually good, I was prepared to do the whole thing myself, but she figured the most out while I just stared at her, planning on how to spend more time with her. She actually looked really pretty, and I had noticed that a lot of boys at the schools looked at her with lusty eyes.

We didn't say much to each other while we worked. She obviously didn't want to talk to me about other than Biology related stuff. But I knew I would have to ask her some private questions, I had to get to know her. Pretend like I only wanted to be friends, and pretend to be a nice person.

"So what are you doing this Saturday?" I asked her when the class was almost over.

Bella made a face. Maybe she thought I was going to ask her out. It looked like she debated whether to tell me a lie about her doing something, or just tell me to fuck off.

"Eh, I uhm… Don't know… Actually..." She murmured.

"Would you like to come and play baseball with me and the others? Emmett is coming too." Then it wouldn't sound like a date, and it wouldn't be a date. I would wait to invite her on a date with me.

Bella seemed to relax when she realized I hadn't invited her on a date, and I was sure she was relieved that Emmett would be there too, if she decided to come.

"Alice is also coming," I said and smiled at her. She actually smiled back. So she was most likely glad that Alice would be there too.

"I'm really no good at playing baseball, but I'll come anyway." I couldn't help but flash my crooked smile, and she blushed.

"That's okay. You can watch," I chuckled; mostly because I made her blush.

The week went quickly even though it was quite boring. Bella didn't want to talk very much with me, to Alice's satisfaction. It really pleased her that Bella didn't show any interest towards me, but I acted like I didn't care and that Bella hadn't caught my attention. But in Biology I would ask her some questions about her life which she reluctantly answered. It seemed that it really bothered her that I was friendly towards her, and it amused me that she felt that way.

When Saturday finally came I was relieved. I wanted to have some action with Bella now; I wanted her to talk to me. Rosalie and I drove together in my Volvo, and for the first time in a while she actually looked like she looked forward to the game. I knew why; because Emmett would be there. Those two had looked at each other the whole week, and they had been flirting like there was no tomorrow. It was obvious they wanted to get into each other's pants.

"So tonight is the night?" I asked her while we drove.

"Will you finally sleep with Bella?" She laughed.

"I more thought of you and Emmett. I'm patient with Bella. She really has something against me." To my dissatisfaction.

"Ha! So you're playing the patient guy? That's a first. You always get into the other girls pants almost immediately." Rosalie snorted.

"Yeah but Bella is different, you know about her stupid idea of wanting to wait to have sex until after marriage." I grabbed the steering wheel tighter. It was actually annoying to be a sweet and patient guy. I wanted to get to her already.

"You're not getting soft, are you Edward? When you first start to think of her as different…" I abruptly cut her off. How could she even think that I, Edward Cullen, would fall for a girl?

"Of course not! Look, I will win this bet no matter what. And you haven't set a time limit, so I can take all the time I want." I hissed. There was no way that I was beginning to get soft, especially not to an insignificant girl like Bella.

"Maybe I should set a time limit. I really want that car of yours." Rosalie mused while I parked the car. We were the last ones to arrive.

When I got out of the car I greeted the others. They all seemed happy to see me like always, even Emmett my new very good friend, because of her sister. But I really did like him in a way. The only two that didn't seemed amused to see me was Alice and Bella. It didn't bother me that Alice wasn't happy to see me, she never were, but it did bother me a little that Bella acted like she hadn't seen me. She was really playing hard to get, but it was okay. It would only make this more fun.

Before we began the game of baseball, we all stood casually and talked. Sometimes I would glance at Bella who only stood few feet's away from me. One time I caught her looking at me, and before she looked away blushing, I winked at her. I apparently had some effect on her; maybe that was the reason why she wanted to avoid me. I had too much of an effect on her. That thought amused me more than I thought it should.

"So how are things going with Miss Innocence?" James nudged me in the side.

"Keep it down." I looked around to see if anyone had heard, but no one had and I continued whispering; "It's going slowly. Too slowly for my liking, but I have it under control."

"Yeah, just keep pretending that you have it under control. It seems like she ignores you." James laughed.

"Come on let's play some baseball!" I yelled, ignoring James. I didn't want to talk to him about this now, and not with the others around us. Right now I only wanted to play baseball and show off to Bella.

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