"So..." Jasper started as he shut his bedroom door behind him, looking at Bella who was sat awkwardly on the edge of the huge bed. "You didn't want to see me?"
Bella shook her head, "Not this morning, no."
"What changed your mind?"
"Edward, actually. He's not as bad as I thought he was," Bella shrugged.
"So are you going to shout at me again?" Jasper asked, coming to sit down next to Bella cautiously watching her reaction.
"I think I had every right to shout at you on Saturday, Jasper. But no, I'm not going to shout at you now."
"Oh thank God! Look, I'm sorry about everything. I know I shouldn't have talked to Alice about that sort of stuff. Can you forgive me?"
Bella nodded with a small smile and laughed as Jasper's eyes lit up before he leaned forward and kissed her chastely. As he was pulling away, Bella grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him back to her, their lips millimetres apart and looking into each other's eyes intensely.
"Can we try something?" Bella whispered, watching Jasper's eyes fill with intrigue.
"What do you want to try?"
"Um," Bella took her eyes away from Jasper's gaze and looked down, trying to think of how to word it. "Can you erm... Tou-ch M- Me?"
"Touch you?" Jasper asked, pulling away a little and looking over her body before leaning forward again and resting his forehead on hers. "Are you sure?"
"Slowly," Bella whispered with a nod and Jasper nodded back before brushing his lips very softly over Bella's. He turned his body a bit and pulled his leg up under him, resting a hand on Bella's waist and leaning in to kiss her a little more forcefully she leaned back onto the bed, holding his bicep as he came to hover above her.
He groaned a little into the kiss as his tongue sought entrance into her mouth, she parted her lips and met his tongue with her own, letting him dominate her mouth entirely. His hand was rested on her waist while his other was holding him above her, but he slowly began to run his hand up and down her side gently. He got to the hem of her shirt and slid his hand under it, smoothing it across her stomach cautiously. The shirt inched up with every upward movement that Jasper's hand made and Bella flinched a little but settled back into the kiss quickly. As he began to kiss her neck, Jasper's hand reached Bella's breasts and very slowly he ran his fingers over the lace covering her from him. Bella gasped again and held still. Jasper, noticing her hesitation brought his hand down her side again, following the curves of her body until he reached the waist band of her skirt. He ignored this though and carried on until his hand was on her thigh below the hem of the skirt. In much the same way that he had done previously, his hand worked its way under her skirt, pushing it up as he went. He got to her ass which was still clad in the leggings Bella had put on earlier and squeezed a little, Bella shut her eyes trying not to tell him to stop. Jasper took her non protestations as a good sign and moved his hand around a little to the front of her thigh.
Bella's eyes were clenched when she finally couldn't take it anymore. She reached down quickly and pulled Jasper's hand away from her, pulling her skirt back down as she did so.
"I'm sorry, Jasper. But I can't. I'll be ready in a few weeks, I promise."
Jasper frowned at Bella in confusion, his breathing heavy from his excitement. "Pardon?"
"Your date that you gave Alice. I'll be ready by then. I'll have sex with you."
"Bella, I didn't me-"
"No, Jasper. I'm being stupid, we've been dating for nearly seven months, so I will have sex with you, ok?"
Jasper opened his mouth to answer but there was a knock on his bedroom door.
"What?" Jasper asked irritably.
The door slowly opened and Edward poked his head around sheepishly, holding out Bella's phone. "Sorry, I forgot I had this and your Dad's been calling."
"Oh, I guess I should head home," Bella nodded standing up before looking between the two brothers. "Um... Can I get a ride from someone?"
"Yeah," Both Jasper and Edward said simultaneously before looking at each other with a hard glare.
"I can take her home," Jasper hissed and took Bella's hand in his own. Edward's eyes zeroed in on the action before looking up at Bella's pained expression.
"Ok," Edward said quietly, holding the door open for them to pass him comfortably. As Bella walked past him, he whispered almost inaudibly, "Remember I can help."
The ride home was filled with a palpable silence, the tension was unbearable and Jasper looked like he was fit to burst. As he pulled up outside Bella's house he turned to look at her.
"I don't want you to do this just because I put a stupid date on it."
"I'm not. I'm growing up, Jasper. And I'm ready."
"Are you?" He asked sceptically.
"Well, not yet, no. But I will be, I promise."
"And if you're not ready you'll tell me?"
"Of course," Bella said before leaning over the centre console and leaving a lingering kiss on his cheek before pulling back and smiling at him. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yep. Hey, Bella?" Jasper called as Bella turned to push her door open.
"Mmm?" Bella asked as she turned around to look at him again.
"Can I give you a ride to school tomorrow?"
Bella's smile faltered for a minute second before securing it back onto her face. "Yeah, of course. I'll see you in the morning."
She said her goodbye to Jasper and then headed indoors. She'd not realised how much she'd enjoyed her car rides to school with Edward until they were taken away from her so suddenly, but it would be good to spend some more time with Jasper.
She had a plan now and would stick to it. Edward offered to help her and so he would.
The next day at school was filled with Alice describing in every tiny detail how her night with Tyler was, and Bella could now say that she probably knew more about her friend than she had ever wanted to. Throughout her conversation at lunch, Jasper was sat with a scowl on his face, directly pointed at Alice who was oblivious, but Bella definitely noticed. Whenever she would say anything about Tyler touching her in any way he would flinch or grimace, obviously disgusted. Bella decided to ignore it though, not wanting to get into another fight with him about his secret conversations with Alice.
Bella saw Edward around school a few times but never to speak to, he would nod in her direction with a friendly smile or actually just not notice her, but she always noticed him. She needed to talk to him, but obviously this could not be at school, so she would have to call him.
Jasper dropped Bella home after school with a kiss and a smile. When she got inside she grabbed her phone and brought up Edward's number, hitting call immediately as she walked up the stairs towards her bedroom.
"Hey, this is Edward. Leave a message and I might call you back."
Bella huffed and hit end. She was about to put the phone back in her pocket before she remembered that she had somebody else to call. The phone started ringing and an intrigued voice answered.
"Bella? I didn't think I'd hear from you again..."
"Hey, Jake."
"You, ok?"
"Yeah, how're you?"
"Same old, same old. Still with that Cullen guy?"
"His name is Jasper, Jake, and yes I am."
"Well I guess you're not calling me to ask me on a date then?" Jake laughed bitterly.
"Not quite," Bella bit her lip nervously.
"Then what can I do for you babybell?"
"The truck died."
"You want me to come and have a look at it?"
"Would it be a problem?"
"Of course not. When do you want me?"
"Are you free now?" Bella asked hopefully. It would be great to have some independence again and not have to rely on other people to get everywhere.
"I'm free as a bird. I'll be over in ten minutes!"
"Ok, see you soon."
"Bye, Bella!"
Bella hung up and was surprised when she looked up into the mirror and saw that she had a smile on her face.
When she heard a knock on the door ten minutes later she ran down the stairs and opened the door. Jake was standing there with a beaming smile.
"Hey! Long time no see, Bella!"
"I know, thank you so much for doing this. I owe you."
"Hey, I haven't done anything yet. Let's see if I can fix it first," Jake laughed and turned to walk towards the truck. Bella followed him out and shut the door behind her. She sat on the ground next to the truck so that she could talk to Jake while he attempted to fix the truck. He pulled the bonnet open and peered inside, leaning in and doing something inside the engine.
"I think I can fix this, do you want me to tell you what's wrong with it?"
Bella shook her head adamantly, "Absolutely not. That would fill my brain with knowledge that is utterly useless to me!" Jake laughed before nodding and jogging to his car quickly to grab his stuff.
He began working away on the engine and Bella took the time to study him while he worked. He'd grown a lot since she'd last seen him, he was really tall and broad and looked like he'd been working out a lot because his muscles were huge!
"You're huge," Bella muttered under her breath. Jake paused his movements before turning his head to look at Bella with a raised eyebrow. "You're muscles," Bella reiterated. "Have you been working out?"
"Yeah," Jake shrugged before turning back to the engine.
"Well it's working!" Bella laughed before standing up and walking over to the truck, peering over Jake's shoulder. "Anything I can do?"
"Yeah, if you just come a bit closer," Jake said and let Bella move closer to the engine and to him. When she was close enough he leant down quickly and kissed her cheek. Bella pulled away immediately laughing and wiping her cheek.
"Oh my God, Jake! Have you got oil on me?" She got out through her giggles.
"Nope no o-"
Jake was interrupted by Bella's cell phone ringing and Bella pulled away completely to answer while still laughing slightly.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Tinker."
"Oh, Edward!" Bella exclaimed, "Hey!"
"Did you call me? I was at football practice."
"Oh, yeah I did. I, er... Need to talk to you?"
"Again?" Edward said although she could tell he was smiling. "You're going to get fed up of me!"
Bella laughed nervously, looking over at Jake who was working hard on the engine hoping that he wasn't listening to the conversation.
"Are you free? I could come over?" Edward offered and Bella shook her head in response although Edward obviously couldn't see.
"Not tonight, sorry. Jake is over fixing the truck."
"Ooooh," Edward said teasingly. "Does Jazz know?"
"No, and please don't tell him... Please?"
"Of course I won't, Tinker! Hey, are you still coming to the game tomorrow?"
"Oh, about that..." Bella started before Edward interrupted me.
"Don't cancel on me, Tinker. My heart couldn't stand it!"
"I'm just not sure it's a great idea to go to the game..."
"Please, Bella?" Bella's eyes widened at the unusual use of her name and she was stunned into silence. "Tinker?"
"Sorry, erm... Ok. I'll come to the game."
"And let me take you for dinner after?"
"As long as it's in Port Angeles and Jasper never finds out..."
"Of course he won't find out. Everything will be fine. I'll come and get you tomorrow before the game?"
"Uh... yeah, ok. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Later, Tinker!"
"Bye," Bella breathed into the phone before putting it back in her pocket and heading back over to the truck to where Jake was wiping his oily hands on a cloth.
"Intense conversation?" He enquired.
"I guess," Bella shrugged. "Nothing too important though."
"Need to talk about it?"
"That's what I was organising actually!" Bella laughed lightly before turning her attention to her beloved truck. "How's it going?"
"Well, if I'm not mistaken. If you were to try the ignition now, then it should start!"
Bella grinned brightly and ran to the cab of the truck climbing in excitedly and turning the key in the ignition. Her smile broadened further as the engine spluttered to life, Bella laughed and jumped out of the truck running to Jake and hugging him tightly.
"You're amazing! Thank you!"
Jake laughed pulling out of the hug as he heard and then saw Charlie's cruiser pulling up behind the truck. Charlie climbed out of the car and smiled at his daughter and her friend.
"Jake, nice to see you!"
"Hi, Chief Swan."
"Jake fixed the truck, Dad!" Bella said happily.
"I told you he would," Charlie replied almost smugly. "Are you staying for dinner, Jake?"
"Oh my God! I haven't started anything!" Bella said turning to run into the house.
"Bella! We'll get pizza, calm down," Charlie said calmly before turning back to Jake. "You staying?"
"I better not, I've got homework to do."
"You should have told me you had homework, Jake." Bella chastised hitting his bicep lightly.
"It's not a big deal, I wanted to come over. Anyway, I should go. See you later, Chief Swan. I'll call you, Bella."
Bella and Charlie said goodbye to Jake before heading inside and ordering the pizza.
Before Bella went to bed that night she sent a quick text to Jasper letting him know the truck was fixed and that she didn't need a ride to school the next morning and then fell asleep.
The next morning Bella pulled into the parking lot next to Jasper's car where he was waiting for her. Before she could climb out of the cab, Jasper had her door open and pulled her around so she was facing him before he kissed her deeply. When he pulled away Bella frowned.
"Not that I'm complaining, but what was that for?"
"Because you're my girlfriend and it's what I'm allowed to do to my girlfriend," Jasper shrugged with a smile. "Come on, let's get to class."
Bella nodded and climbed out of the truck, she looked around the lot before walking off with Jasper and noticed Edward sitting in his Volvo opposite her truck in the parking lot. He was staring at her and Bella felt a shiver run through her before Jasper took her hand and pulled her towards the school building.
"While I'm down here..." Lauren giggled suggestively as she looked up at Edward through her spider like eyelashes.
"If you put even one finger on me I'll tell everyone that you fucked your step dad, now get off me. She's gone anyway."
Lauren's eyes were wide with shock when she sat up straight in the passenger seat of Edward's Volvo. She's taken it upon herself to climb in while Edward sat waiting for Bella to turn up and he couldn't seem to get rid of her, she kept talking about mindless shit that made him want to smash his head onto the steering wheel.
Jasper had been overly suspicious of Edward the night before and had gotten annoyed when he asked how things had gone with their 'talk'. He was pretty sure that the little display that Jasper put on with Bella was for his benefit, but he was glad that Bella wasn't aware of his presence until after the event and then when she did see him she looked a little shaken.
"Get out of my car."
"Why? Where are you going?" Lauren asked in her whiney voice.
"Where do you think I'm going Lauren? We're at school. I'm going to class."
"Why don't we ditch and I'll let you fu-"
"Oh my God, you just don't get it do you? It's never going to happen, now get out of my car."
Lauren frowned before huffing and climbing out of the car jogging off towards the school building, wobbling on her heels as she went.
As Edward walked into the building he saw Bella standing by her locker while Jasper was talking to one of their friends. Bella turned her head slowly and when she noticed Edward smiled nervously before diverting her eyes back to the floor where they had been focussed before.
Once Edward got to class he threw his bag on the desk in front of him and pulled his phone out from his pocket.
Jake fixed the truck! Does Jazz know? – E
Class started and Edward paid little attention, waiting for his phone to vibrate letting him know that Bella had replied to him, about half an hour into class it vibrated and he opened the message immediately.
Dude, what's up? You look like something's up your ass!
Edward shook his head and looked over at Emmett who was sitting a few tables across from him, he shook his head again and looked down at his phone.
Just waiting for a text. Fuck off. – E
His phone vibrated again immediately and Edward's eyes shot up to Emmett wondering how he'd replied so fast, but when he saw Emmett only just opening the message Edward had just sent he looked back down at the phone again.
Jake's a magician! Jasper doesn't know so please don't tell him? Xxx
Of course not, he would wonder how I knew! What have you told him you're doing tonight? – E
I haven't told him anything yet but he hasn't asked me to do anything so I have time to think of something. Xxx
As long as you're still coming then I don't care what you tell him. – E
At lunch, Bella walked to her usual table and sat next to Jasper who had saved the seat next to him. As soon as she was sat he pulled her towards him and kissed her chastely on the lips; It was unusual for him to do it because normally he was quite a private person, but Bella didn't question it.
Jasper and her went to go and get some food together, and as they worked their way back to their table they walked past Edward. Jasper as usual, ignored him, but Bella shot him a quick smile before they went to sit down again.
"Do you want to come over tonight?" Jasper asked, "Edward's got a game so he won't be there to annoy us."
Bella frowned momentarily, stopping herself from saying that Edward didn't annoy her. She panicked though, wondering what she could say.
"Um... I can't tonight, Jasper, sorry."
"Why what are you doing?"
"I er... Look... You're not going to like this ok? Jake came and fixed the truck yesterday so I said I'd go and hang out with him tonight..." Bella reasoned that telling him about Jake was less of a problem than telling him about Edward, but by the look in Jasper's eyes she was wrong.
"Jake? Are you kidding me?"
"He was the only one who could fix the truck, Jasper."
"But why do you have to hang out with him? You know how he feels about you!"
"It's not a big deal, he knows we're just friends."
"You said that last time," Jasper mumbled; obviously still remembering the state of his face after Jake had beaten him up.
Bella reached her hand towards Jasper's knee and brought it up a little higher although she was too scared to actually touch him at school.
"It'll be fine, I promise. I'll phone you when I get home if you like..."
When Bella got home after school she dumped her bag by the door and went up the stairs to choose something to wear. She wasn't sure where Edward would be taking her for dinner and so didn't want to go too casual. She picked out some dark wash skinny jeans and a blue shirt and grabbed her black leather jacket before going back down the stairs.
She made Charlie dinner and sent him a quick text saying that she was going to Jasper's to study and to have dinner, hoping that he wouldn't try calling at any point. She was taking a risk by telling two different lies but hoped that there would never be a reason for either Jasper or Charlie to find out what she'd actually been doing. Charlie probably wouldn't be home by the time she came back but he always liked to know where she would be in the evenings, just in case.
As she was putting a few things into a bag, there was a knock at the door. Bella pulled the door open and was greeted by a smiling Edward.
"Hi, Tinker. Good day?"
"The lies I've had to tell just for this night," Bella shook her head with a rueful laugh.
"It'll be worth it though, right?"
"Better be!" Bella laughed and stepped out of the door, shutting it behind her.
"You said you wanted to talk to me?" Edward asked as they walked towards the car.
"Maybe later?"
"We have all night, Tinker..." Edward said as he opened her door for her and then went around to the driver's side and climbed in.
"You look really hot tonight, by the way. I should be jealous of Jasper!" Edward laughed as he drove.
"If you were jealous of Jasper then going out with you wouldn't be safe would it?" Bella smirked.
"Safe?"
"Well, what with your reputation..."
"Ah, back to this..." Edward rolled his eyes. "I'm not all about the sex, Tinker."
"Oh, no... You're about the hair as well!" Bella laughed.
Bella was sat as inconspicuously as possible watching the game. She hadn't thought that she would be sitting alone, an oversight on her part, but even if she had come with someone it would have given everything away and ruined all of her awesome lying. She cheered at all of the appropriate moments but was not really into the game as much as everyone else. She found herself at all times searching for Edward and watching him as he played, what everyone else seemed to be saying was "the best game of his life".
The game finished and they'd won quite convincingly. Bella sat for a while, knowing that Edward would be in the locker room for some time with the rest of the team. She took this time to read through her emails on her iPhone. There seemed to be nothing of interest there and was quickly bored. When she put her phone back in her pocket she looked up and saw Edward standing on the field looking at her.
"Are you coming or are you going to sit up there on your own all night?" Edward shouted.
Bella stood up quickly and started down the steps towards the field. As she reached the bottom step she met Edward who was smiling brightly.
"Did you enjoy the game?"
"You were amazing," Bella felt herself blush. "It's not really my sport though."
"Oh," Edward shrugged. "That's ok, we just need to find a sport we both enjoy, hey, Tinker?"
Bella blushed again before Edward laughed and took her hand, leading her towards the parking lot. Bella attempted to pull her hand from Edward's grasp but he stopped and turned to look at her.
"Everyone's gone home already, and this isn't cheating..." He lifted their joined hands up, Bella looked at them and then back at him with a quick nod and a nervous smile.
The car ride to Port Angeles was quiet but comfortable, when Edward pulled into a parking space he turned to look at Bella.
"We can either have Italian or go to a diner for a burger... What do you fancy?"
"You're the one who's been working up an appetite, what do you want?"
"I could definitely go for a burger right now..."
"Diner it is then!" Bella laughed and stepped out of the car.
"So, how's things with you and Jazz?" Edward asked as he shoved a fry into his mouth.
"Um, good I think."
"Really?" Edward asked in surprise, "So you let him t-"
"Oh... erm... no."
"No? Can I ask why?"
Edward watched as Bella blushed deeply. He smiled to himself, knowing that his plan was about to put in full swing. Bella took a deep breath and looked up at him with steely determination in her eyes.
"You said you would help."
"And I will, what do you need help with?"
"I want you to touch me."
Edward choked on his food for effect before looking up at Bella with a mock look of disbelief and hesitation. He couldn't just agree outright or it would be obvious that he'd planned it.
"Pardon me?"
"I've said I'll have sex with Jasper by the end of the month, but I have no idea what I'm doing and being with him makes me nervous..." She paused and looked up at him but he had nothing to say. "You don't make me nervous."
"I can't have sex with you, Tinker."
"I know!" Bella exclaimed, "I am aware that Jasper taking my virginity would mean not having had sex with anyone else!"
Edward tried to hide his grimace from Bella. The thought of Jasper touching Bella or even anywhere near her in that way made him feel a little sick but he shook it off quickly.
"So, you want what exactly?"
"Show me what it will be like..." Bella breathed.
Edward nodded with a frown before shoving another fry in his mouth.
The rest of the meal was quiet while Edward pretended to be thinking hard about Bella's proposition. The bill was paid and they got back to the car, still without having said anything.
The drive home was awkward, with only small talk to occupy themselves and short, minimal responses. When Edward pulled up outside Bella's house he turned to look at her. "Where's Charlie?"
"He's on the night shift. Do you want to come in?"
"I don't think that's a good idea, Tinker. Thank you for coming tonight, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Um... Ok," Bella frowned in confusion. She turned and climbed out of the car and Edward watched her until she got through the front door.
Edward grinned and drove around Forks for a while, wanting to occupy himself for half an hour. After about twenty minutes he pulled up just down the road from Bella's house, he could see that her bedroom light was on and shut the engine off.
He got his phone and found Jasper's number, it rang for a while before a grumbling Jasper picked up.
"What do you want, Edward?"
"I just wanted you to tell Mom that I won't be home til late."
"Found a new girl to fuck, have you?" Jasper asked snarkily.
"Something like that!" Edward laughed happily. "What's up with you? You sound pissed."
"Bella's been out with Jake tonight. I've only just got a text from her to tell me that she's back."
"Wow, she must have had a good night with him then if she's only just got back... Isn't Jake the one that beat y-"
"Fuck off, Edward."
The phone was abruptly cut off and Edward pulled it from his ear, laughing as he turned the engine back on and drove up to Bella's house, stopping outside.
He climbed out of the car and eyed the tree by her bedroom window... Although it would be romantic, that wasn't the stance he was going for so he walked up to the door and knocked three times.
He heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Who is it?"
"Tinker, it's me..." Edward said softly as if nervous.
The door opened slowly and Bella stood staring at Edward for some time before opening the door a little further and letting him through.
"Tinker, I..." Edward started and then shook his head, looking down at the floor. "I... I want to help you." He looked past her and to the stairs which lead to her bedroom.
Nothing was said as Bella nodded and then turned and started walking up the stairs.
Knowing that Bella wasn't looking at him, Edward grinned and gave himself a little fist pump before following her up the stairs.
Bella sat on the edge of her bed, looking up at Edward with those huge, innocent bambi eyes.
"I'm going to tell you something, Tinker... I'll probably... Well... Have a natural reaction to what we're going to do."
Bella blinked a few times before he saw her focus on his crotch and her eyes widened in realisation.
"Is that going to be a problem?"
"Um..." Bella looked up at him with those eyes and swallowed thickly, "No."
"Ok," Edward sat down next to her and turned a little to face her. "You have to tell me what you need me to do."
"You're hands," Bella whispered almost inaudibly. "Like I did on Friday..."
Edward nodded and then touched Bella's chin lightly, pulling her face up to look at him.
"You have to trust me."
"I do," Bella whispered.
Edward nodded before running his fingertip down her jaw and neck, he ran it along her collarbone and in between her breasts.
Edward looked up into Bella's eyes, watching as her gaze moved from his hand on in between her breasts to his eyes, she chewed on her bottom lip nervously.
"What have you let Jasper do?" Edward said softly.
"He touched my breasts once... And my ass..."
"Over clothes?" Edward smoothed his hand down to her waist and let his hand rest there. Bella nodded in response, "Did you like it?"
He couldn't take his eyes off Bella as she breathed deeply a few times, she opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out and she looked frustrated.
"No?" Edward answered for her, "If you don't like what he does, or what I do for that matter, then you have to tell him... or me."
"That won't upset him?" Bella asked before adding, "Or you?"
"It's extremely sexy when a woman knows her own body," Edward shook his head. He looked down at his hand that was resting on her waist, he looked at his watch and snapped his head up to Bella in a panic. "When is Charlie due home?"
"Um..." Bella looked at Edward a few seconds longer before she shook her head and snapped out of her stupor. "Shit! In like 10 minutes!"
"I better go," Edward said quickly standing up and smoothing his hands down his jeans. "I'm sorry, Tinker."
"It's not your fault, Edward." Bella stood up and followed Edward as he made his way down stairs.
"I am going to help you, it might just be... difficult to find the time when we can be alone."
Bella stood by the front door as Edward opened it, "I'll try and think of something."
"Ok, well... I'll text you. See you later, Tinker." He leant down and kissed her cheek before jogging to his car and leaving just 5 minutes before Charlie arrived home.
"Bells, I'm home," Charlie called as he walked through the door. "You home?"
"In here, Dad," Bella replied from the living room. Charlie walked into the room and saw her sitting watching the television, "Your dinner is in the kitchen. I think I'm going to head up to bed."
"Sure, no problem. Thank you, sleep well."
"Yeah, night, Dad."
Bella pulled into the parking lot the next morning and saw Jasper standing by his car looking at her intently. She climbed out of the truck and walked over to Jasper who looked agitated by something.
"Hey, Jasper..." Bella said cautiously. "Everything ok?"
"Did you have a good night?" Jasper asked, not moving to hug her or kiss her like he usually did.
"It was fine," Bella shrugged. "Jacob knows that I'm with you."
"So will you be seeing him again?"
"I don't know, probably... I'm allowed to have friends, Jasper."
"I didn't say you weren't!" Jasper snapped.
"You know what?" Bella replied angrily, "When you've gotten over your little bout of jealousy then you can come and apologise to me. Until that time I suggest you stay away from me." With that, she turned around and stormed off towards the school building for her first class.
Edward had been standing with Emmett by his car watching Jasper's argument with Bella.
"Things don't seem to be going too well for your little bro, dude!"
"He's an idiot," Edward shook his head and scowled in his brother's direction. Jasper took this moment to look at Edward and scowled in return.
"Things are progressing with you and Tink then?"
"Yeah," Edward replied, still scowling at Jasper before giving up and turning to look at Emmett who was smiling broadly. "Things are going perfectly," He smiled.
"How far have you got? Rounding the bases yet?"
"We would have started last night but the Chief was due home."
"Ah, I guess you're not going to have many opportunities to be alone."
"Exactly," Edward sighed and watched as Jasper walked towards the school building with Alice. The bell rang then and so Edward and Emmett made their way inside as well.
Jasper said you had a fight this morning?
Are you not talking to him?
A x
Bella frowned at the note that Alice passed to her during second period. Alice and Jasper obviously confided in each other quite often, but he knew that Alice was loyal and that any information given to her she wouldn't pass on to Jasper.
He's just jealous and felt the need to snap at me.
I'm waiting for an apology. Once he's man enough to provide one then I will talk to him.
It's up to him now.
B x
Jasper was on his way to the cafeteria for lunch when Edward shoved his shoulder.
"Dickhead," Jasper said in response. "What's the matter with you?"
"You're fucking things up with Bella, bro."
"And you know that, how?
"I saw you arguing this morning. Just because she won't fuck you doesn't mea-"
"We're going to do it at the end of the month, actually." Jasper raised one eyebrow and smirked at Edward.
Edward, who knew he had to step carefully just in case he let slip that he knew more about the situation than he ought to, softened his expression before speaking. "Nice one! Then why are you arguing?"
"I told you last night, she was out with Jacob last night."
"What? And now you're jealous?"
"I'm not jealous, I just don't like the kid!" Jasper's expression was hard but then he spotted Bella behind Edward, walking into the cafeteria. "Look, I need to go and apologise to her. I'll see you later."
"Yeah, see you later, Jazz."
Edward smiled as he walked away in the opposite direction, pulling his phone out of his pocket.
Jazz is on his way to apologise. – E
As he was walking past Mr Banner's class room door he suddenly felt a tug at his arm and was pulled into the class.
"What the fuck?" Edward hissed as he turned to see who had pulled him inside. He smiled when he saw the vibrant blue eyes of Tanya Denali. "Hello, you. Long time no see."
"You've been avoiding me," Tanya pouted and scanned her eyes over his body hungrily.
"I haven't, I've just been busy with a... Project. Have you missed me?" He stepped towards her and followed her as she walked backwards until she was sitting on top of one of the tables. He stood in front of her and rested his arms either side of her, his hands flat on the table.
Instead of answering, Tanya brought one hand up behind his head and caught the hair at the nape of Edward's neck in her fist, pulling herself up to meet his lips with her own. She opened her legs immediately, letting Edward stand between them. Their lips were hungry against each other's and their tongues fought for dominance as Edward grabbed her hip with one hand and pulled her towards him a little. The other hand quickly found her breast and he squeezed it gently, loving the sound of Tanya whimpering into the kiss at the sensation.
Edward groaned when Tanya put both hands on his chest and pushed him away, her lips were delightfully swollen and red and she looked up at him coyly.
"So, I'm having a party at my place this weekend. Do you want to come over?"
"A party? You mean a 2 person party in your bedroom, right?" He smirked and went in to kiss her again but she laughed and held him away again.
"No, silly! A proper party. I'm going to invite everyone, I just wanted to give you an extra incentive to be there..."
"So, what we're doing right now...?"
"... Is a preview."
"Damn, Tanya." Edward moved backwards away from her and groaned.
"You'll come to the party?" Tanya asked demurely from her spot on the class room table.
"Well you owe me now, so yeah." Edward grumbled and turned for the door. "Text me the details or whatever. I'll see you later."
"Bye, Edward!" She laughed as Edward closed the door behind him.
Lunch was nearly over so he decided to head to his next class a little early. Tanya and he had fooled around quite a few times over the years. About a year ago, Edward decided that he could probably put up with her enough to date her properly but she'd said she didn't want to be tied down to a relationship. It was just after this that he'd found out that she was also fucking Emmett, Jack and Jason. That didn't stop them from seeing each other when the need arose though, and although they'd recently had a little break, it would seem that Tanya was ready to start it back up again.
He pulled his phone out of his pocket while he was waiting for class to start.
Thanks, I know it's stupid considering I didn't even see Jacob but it annoyed me! Xxx
He smiled at Bella's text but didn't reply.
After the last class of the day Jasper ran up to Bella who was heading for her truck and wrapped his arms around her middle from behind, pulling her against him before putting her back down.
He'd apologised for being a dick at lunch and Bella had accepted quite quickly for which he was pleased. He didn't want to have an argument with her, especially over Jacob, he just wasn't worth it.
As he put her back down on the ground Bella turned and smiled brightly at him.
"What was that for?"
"Because I love you," Jasper shrugged. "Come here," He pulled her towards him by her belt loops in her jeans and kissed her soundly before Bella pulled away.
"Everyone's watching," She whispered nervously.
"I don't care."
Jasper kissed her again, this time circling his arms around her waist and pulling her tightly against his body.
"Not on school grounds children," Bella heard a smooth voice from behind her and pulled away from Jasper quickly, turning to see Edward smirking at her. "This is an educational establishment... You're tainting it with your lewd acts!" He laughed.
"Fuck off, Edward."
"Jasper, he was joking..." Bella reasoned with Jasper before turning to Edward again with a smile.
"Hey, are you two going to Tanya Denali's party this weekend?" Edward asked in a purely friendly way.
"Oh, I heard about that at lunch, I don't know..." Bella turned to look at Jasper.
"Do you want to go?"
Bella shrugged in response.
"I think you guys should come," Edward said, making both Bella and Jasper turn to look at him in surprise. Usually Edward hated having Jasper near him at parties. "I mean... You don't go to them very often, high school parties can be some of the best nights of your life."
"I guess," Jasper shrugged. "We'll think about it."
Edward looked down at Bella and saw Jasper's arms surrounding her protectively, he smiled. "It would be good to see you both there, that's all."
Bella was getting ready for Tanya's party in her bedroom on Saturday evening. She'd not managed to speak to Edward since he told her that he wanted Jasper and her to go to the party.
Bella had never spoken to Tanya; only seen her around school occasionally. She knew that Tanya used to spend a lot of time with Edward but that was when Bella kept herself to herself and so she didn't know any details about their relationship or maybe lack thereof.
Bella pulled on her black denim mini skirt and a blue shirt before curling the ends of her hair and putting on more make up than usual around her eyes. Just as she stepped back to look at herself in the mirror there was a knock at her bedroom door. She opened it and saw Charlie looking at her with the narrowed eyes of a protective father.
"I've been called into the station, Bells. Some Port Angeles kids are on the run after stealing a car and setting it on fire and their Chief needs our help. I probably won't be back til morning but that doesn't mean you can stay out all night either."
"Ok, Dad."
"And you know the rules, no drinking."
"I know, Dad. I'll just have soda."
"Good girl. I'll see you in the morning."
"Be careful," Bella called down the stairs after him just before the door closed.
About ten minutes later she heard a car pull up outside so she grabbed her phone and ran down the stairs, opening the door just before Jasper knocked.
"Hey," She breathed happily before using his shoulders to pull herself up and kiss him chastely.
"Mmm," Jasper hummed with his eyes closed. When he opened them again he smiled brightly, "Hey. You look beautiful."
"Thanks," Bella giggled before Jasper took her hand and led her to the car.
"Where's Charlie?"
"He's been called to the station to help the Port Angeles police. He'll be gone all night."
Jasper turned his head to look at her with an eyebrow raised.
"Don't get any ideas," Bella rolled her eyes with a laugh as she got in the car.
Edward was sitting on the couch in Tanya's living room with a beer in his hand, surveying the crowd and trying to spot when Jasper and Bella came in. When he got bored, he made his way into the kitchen where Rosalie was sat on the countertop with Emmett between her legs, conducting in a little PDA.
"Alright, enough of that, you two..." Edward muttered as he walked further into the kitchen to get another beer. "My innocent eyes can't stand it!" Emmett turned to look at Edward with a huge smile on his smug face.
"Cullen! I saw your little brother earlier, you decided to finally let him come to parties, huh?"
"Jazz is here?" Edward frowned. "I haven't seen him."
"Yeah, him and his little girlfriend got here about an hour ago," Rosalie said with an annoyed tone to her voice.
"Right, ok. I better go... Have fun!" He added just before he left the kitchen in search of Jasper and Bella.
He worked his way through the crowd searching for his brother and Bella but couldn't seem to spot them anywhere.
"Hey, Edward!"
Edward turned around at the voice and while he was pleased to see Tanya, he wasn't looking for her at the time and was a little distracted.
"Hey," He walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek. "You haven't seen Jazz have you?"
"Your brother, Jazz?" Tanya frowned. "Since when did he start coming to parties? Anyway... I'm a bit bored of playing hostess to everyone. Do you fancy some personal treatment upstairs?" She grinned coyly and ran her hand up Edward's arm, over his shoulder and tangled her hand in his unruly hair, attempting to bring his mouth down to hers.
"I really should find Ja-" He was cut off by Tanya's lips claiming his forcefully and quickly gave in to the feeling of her lips on his. She pulled away quickly and twirled her hair in her fingers.
"Coming upstairs?"
He nodded silently and followed her up the stairs towards her bedroom. When they reached the top of the stairs Edward heard a familiar voice coming from the bathroom.
"Just try and drink some of this water..." The answer was an incoherent mumbling but Edward definitely knew who it was inside that bathroom.
"Edward, it's this way remember?" Tanya giggled, taking hold of his hand and attempting to pull him towards her bedroom.
"Wait, Tanya." Edward shook his hand from Tanya's grasp and pushed open the nearby bathroom door.
"Sorry, this bathroom is occup- Edward! Thank God you're here, he's drunk and won't stop being sick!" Bella was kneeling next to Jasper who was slumped over the toilet, white as a sheet and looking like he was ready to be sick again.
"Shit," Edward murmured and pushed into the bathroom, crouching between Bella and Jasper. He bent his head down so he was level with Jasper whose eyes were heavily lidded and glazed over. "Jazz, how much did you drink?"
"Edward, leave him he can sleep it off... Come back to b-"
"Fuck off, Tanya. This is my brother, go and find somebody else to fuck, it's never been a problem for you before so why should tonight be any different?" Edward seethed and didn't even turn to look at her. "Jazz?" He looked at Bella who was looking at him with an odd expression, "Do you know how much he's had?"
"He was playing a drinking game with Tyler Crowley, I lost count."
"That's Alice's boyfriend, right?"
"Aal- ssss."
Edward and Bella both turned to watch Jasper try and come up with a coherent word but he failed miserably just before vomiting again.
"I think I should get him home," Edward sighed and stood up before helping Bella up from the floor. "Jazz brought his car, right?"
"Um, yeah..." Bella said awkwardly.
"What's up, Tinker?"
"Jasper drove me tonight."
"I'm driving you home as well, Tinker," Edward rolled his eyes. "You think I'm just going to leave you here on your own?"
Edward managed to manoeuvre Jasper to his car and pushed him into the back seat so he could lie down. He was practically asleep now which was the best thing for him so Edward checked that he was lying in a position whereby if he was sick he wouldn't choke himself before opening Bella's door for her.
"Hey, where's the Chief?" Edward asked as he pulled up outside Bella's house a few minutes later.
"He's helping out Port Angeles police with something, he won't be back tonight."
"So you'll be on your own?"
"Yeah," Bella shrugged. Edward shook his head and looked behind into the back seat where Jasper was sleeping.
"You're coming back to our place," He stated and pulled away from the house immediately.
"Edward, wait-"
"No, Tinker. I don't want you on your own all night, you can come back and sleep in the spare room."
"But I don't have any stuff," Bella argued.
"We have plenty. You forget who I have for a Mother, prepared for every eventuality."
"It doesn't seem like I have a choice then I guess."
"Nope," Edward turned to her and grinned. "You don't!"