The next morning, Jasper arrived to pick up Bella for school like normal. He kissed her quickly and they quietly got into the car.

"How are you feeling?" Bella asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Better, thank you." Jasper looked at her with a look of embarrassment on his face, "I seem to be ill a lot at the moment, I'm sorry. I feel really guilty that you had to look after me as well."

"Well, it was self inflicted so I'm probably not as sympathetic as I would usually be!" She laughed. Jasper put his hand on her knee as he was driving and she faked a bigger smile than was necessary. "You should probably thank Edward, he helped you out more than I did..."

"What's up?"

"Nothing," Bella smiled and shrugged. "Just tired, I guess." The truth was, she'd felt out of sorts since Edward walked out of her house the day before without a word. She'd tried calling him a few times but gave up after three failed attempts.

Jasper pulled over onto the side of a secluded road and released his seat belt to turn and face her. "I bet I can make you feel a little more... energized..." He put one hand on the back of her seat and pulled himself closer to her, turning his head to kiss her. Just as he got close enough and she saw him close his eyes, Bella turned her head to the side and Jasper kissed her cheek.

"Bella?" Jasper asked, a worried frown marring his features.

"Sorry..."

"Bella, is this about next weekend?"

"Huh?" Bella frowned at him.

"You know..." Jasper shrugged. "You don't need to worry about it, I've found somewhere..."

"Found somewhere?" Bella questioned. "What are you talking about?"

"Well, there's this place in the woods that people go to. It's like a cabin or something..."

"A cabin in the woods?"

"Yeah... You know, people go there so they can, have somewhere to-"

"Ok, I get you, Jasper..." Bella hissed out, leaning her head back on the headrest.

"If you've changed your mind..."

"Of course I haven't, I promised, right?"

"Well, yeah... But we haven't... I mean... You and I... We haven't really... Done anything recently." Jasper stuttered out.

"So you thought pulling over to the side of the road on the way to school would be a good idea?" Bella scoffed.

"We don't get many opportunities to be alone!" Jasper exclaimed, obviously exasperated by the turn the conversation was taking.

"FINE!" Bella shouted before clambering out of her seat, pushing Jasper back onto his and straddling him as he sat, shell shocked, his hands instinctively coming to rest on her hips.

"Bella what ar-"

Bella silenced him by pushing her lips against his forcefully. Her time with Edward had made her more confident in herself and she was exerting that confidence with Jasper. Jasper didn't complain or object but gripped onto her hips tightly and kissed her back just as vigorously. When Bella shifted her position slightly she became aware of Jasper's growing arousal. She could tell it was nowhere near as big as Edward's but that didn't matter, right? Edward couldn't even be bothered to say goodbye to her so why was she even thinking about him?

"Ugh, Bella," Jasper said hoarsely during a small break in their kiss.

"What do you want?" Bella whispered coquettishly.

"What do I...? I... I want you..."

"Yeah," Bella smiled before grinding onto his erection slowly but firmly, making him groan and close his eyes. "But what do you want right now?"

Jasper just looked at her, his eyes glazed over with lust so Bella took matters into her own hands, literally. She reached down and undid his jeans, pulling him out of his denim and boxer short confines.

"Shit..." Jasper whispered and let his head fall back onto the headrest.

"Is this what you had in mind?" Bella whispered, running her finger lightly up and down. Jasper simply nodded, his eyes screwed shut and a look of almost pain on his face. Bella took this as a sign to carry on and so gripped him firmly, pumping her hand up and down slowly.

"Bella," Jasper hissed.

"You like this?" Bella smiled.

"Fuck, Bella... You have no idea..." Jasper's said shakily, cracking slightly at the end.

Bella looked over Jasper's shoulder briefly, noticing that a car was coming up quite quickly behind them. She slowed her hand to almost a stop and watched the car get closer... It was Edward.

"Shit, Bella, why are you stopp-"

"Your brother!" Bella shrieked, trying to stuff Jasper's rock solid cock back into his pants. Jasper turned his head in horror as he saw Edward's car pull up just behind them.

"Shit!"

Bella scrambled off Jasper's lap, but obviously not quick enough. There was a light tapping at the window as Bella had one knee either side of the centre console.

Jasper wound his window down and Bella sat quickly in her seat, looking at Edward with a mixture of anger, embarrassment and... guilt. To her surprise, Edward looked at her briefly, an almost hurt frown across his brow.

"Erm... I thought you were having car trouble or something..." He said lowly to Jasper.

"Nope," Jasper rushed out, the flush on his face giving him away instantly. "No car trouble, just chatting..."

Edward nodded casually a few times before his eyes flicked to Bella again and then back to Jasper.

"Don't be late to class..." He mumbled before heading back to his car.

Jasper turned to Bella with a relaxed smile and raised his eyebrows, "See? All sorted, he didn't suspect a thing!"

"Yeah," Bella rolled her eyes. Jasper reached a hand out towards her and she backed away quickly. "You're joking, right? I think we should just go to school..."

"But, Bella-"

"The moment's passed, Jasper."

"Bella! Why were you late this morning?" Alice asked as soon as Bella had sat down at lunch.

"Um, Jasper and I were just talking... We must have lost track of time or something."

"Or something!" Alice giggled, and glanced at Jasper quickly before looking back at Bella. "Jasper wouldn't tell me anything!"

Bella opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by her phone signalling a new text message.

Yo, Bells! You wanna come over tonight? J-Dog x

She frowned at her phone with a small smile tugging at her lips.

"Who's that?" Jasper asked, watching his girlfriend smile at her phone.

"Erm, no one. Just Charlie asking what's for dinner..." Bella shrugged before replying.

J-Dog? Have you joined a 90's boyband? I'll come over, yeah. 7ish? B-Wizzle x

Bella was still smiling when she looked back up at Jasper who was frowning at her. "What?"

"Charlie can't work his phone..."

"I've been giving him lessons," Bella shrugged.

See you then B-Wizz! J-Dog x

Bella didn't want Jasper knowing about her going over to Jake's. The way he'd reacted the last time she'd gone – even though she never actually went – was bad enough.

"I thought you might want to come over tonight?" Jasper asked.

"Oh, I can't tonight Jasper. I promised Charlie I'd watch the game with him."

"You hate sports," Jasper mumbled with a deep frown.

"I'm making an effort to be a good daughter!" Bella said with exasperation at the endless questioning before deciding to add, "I thought that way he might extend my curfew this weekend."

Jasper's eyes widened in excitement before glancing at Alice quickly and then back to Bella. "I guess you better watch the game then!"

On the way to Spanish, Bella saw Edward walking down the corridor towards her. He had quite obviously seen her but quickly ducked his head down and started walking faster. Bella shook her head and smirked at his childishness. If he wasn't man enough to come out and say what was on his mind then she wasn't bothered. Or maybe she was putting on a front. Either was a good explanation.

"Dick," She whispered as they passed each other.

When she got to Spanish her phone vibrated so she looked at it quickly.

What did you just call me? - E

Bella scowled at her phone before hitting reply in anger.

Dick.

"Have you invited me to film your audition tape for Making the Band?" Bella giggled as she walked into Jakes garage and saw him sitting bending over the hood of an old car. "Coz I have a pretty good tripod at home, you could do it yourself..."

Jake stood up straight and turned around, a huge grin on his face. "Bella, baby... With this face do you really think I'd need to audition...? I think not!" He smiled and wrapped her in his arms for a long hug.

"Really? They go for butt ugly now do they?"

Jake swatted her with an old rag and she jumped back, laughing.

"Bella, you're seriously going to murder someone with that razor sharp wit of yours one day. Charlie won't be best pleased to have to arrest you!"

"Pfft! Come on now though J-Dog, why am I here?"

"I can't just want to hang out with you?"

"I guess," Bella shrugged and sat down on an overturned bucket.

"How's Jasper?"

"You want to know about Jasper?" Bella raised an eyebrow. Jake shrugged in response, "He's good. Very suspicious of my sudden daughterly duties tonight!"

"You didn't tell him you were coming here?" Jake asked.

"He's not your biggest fan, Jake!"

"He still sees me as competition then," Jake laughed, more to himself than to Bella. "And why wouldn't he?" He laughed loudly and Bella giggled in response.

"What about you?" Bella asked, trying to move the conversation on.

"Oh yeah, the girls are throwing themselves at me!"

"No, Jake... Guys on the reservation just have long hair..." Bella dead panned.

"Right, that's it!" Jake grinned and started towards her. Bella yelped and ran from her spot on the bucket around the old car, trying to get away from him.

After deciding to take a walk in the woods, Jake and Bella sat side by side on a large tree trunk, looking over a small rock pool.

"Do you remember when we used to do this all the time?" Jake asked with a rueful smile, his foot bouncing off the tree trunk as he swung his leg back and forth. Bella hummed in response, watching a dragonfly hover above the water. "Why don't we do it anymore?"

"Because you beat up my boyfriend," Bella drawled, rolling her eyes at Jake.

"Oh, come on! He was asking for it, Bells! 'Get your hands off my girl' and all that?"

"Yeah, well... He's a bit possessive I guess!"

"I would be if I was bangi-"

"Jake!" Bella shouted, hitting him on the arm.

"What? You can't still be all embarrassed about it, Bella..."

"I'm not embarrassed. I just don't want to talk about it with you!"

Jake frowned and looked down at the rock pool, swinging his leg again.

"What did I say?" Bella asked.

"So you are then?"

"So I am... what?"

"Sleeping with him. Jasper."

"What? No!"

"You're not?"

"No! I mean... Well we're... No..." Bella stuttered, shaking her head. "Can we change the subject?" She blushed.

"I love it when you do that..." Jasper said wistfully, gazing deeply into her eyes.

"Huh?"

"When you blush."

Bella was about to respond when Jake leaned in towards her, obviously going to kiss her. She stopped him, putting her hand on his chest and exerting a little pressure.

"What's the matter?" Jake asked.

"Friends, Jake. We're friends."

"Yeah, but we could be more. I'd like us to be more."

"I know, and I'm sorry but I can't. I just don't..."

"Is it Jasper?" Jake asked with a frown.

"No," Bella shook her head and then her eyes widened and she looked up at Jake quickly. "I mean yes. I'm with Jasper."

"Just give me a chance, Bells... We could be so good together, you and me. Just give me a chance..." He whispered the last part and Bella's heart broke for him.

"Jake, I... I can't..."

"You know what?" Jake spat as he hopped down from the tree trunk and looked up at where Bella was sitting. "You could. You could if you would just fucking try. But nothing I do is ever going to be good enough for you is it?"

"Jake-"

"No. I'm not done. Jasper is a fucking idiot, and he quite clearly has eyes for your friend Alice. I can see it from a mile off and I've only met them a handful of times! You're so clueless. You know that you don't want Jasper, but you know... I'm not going to sit around and wait for you to choose me anymore. I've wasted too much time on you. I'm not sure you're worth it."

Before Bella had the chance to speak, Jake ran off into the woodland, leaving her sat on the trunk alone. She jumped down and followed in the direction he went in until she found herself in an area of sparse woodland.

"Shit," She whispered to herself, looking around for any familiar trees or clearings. "Shit!" She said a bit louder when she didn't recognise anything. "Where the fuck am I? JAKE? JAKE?"

There was no answer so she pulled her phone from her pocket and scrolled down to Jasper's number, she was about to hit call when she realised that she would have to explain why she was out there in the first place and thought better of it.

There was only one person she could call who she knew wouldn't say anything to Jasper.

She hit call on Edward's number but he never picked up. Bella let out a distressed whimper and hit redial.

"Come on, come on, come on..."

"Hello this is Edward Cullen if you'd just like to lea-"

"Ugh!" Bella groaned and shoved her phone back in her pocket. She walked back in the direction she'd walked from and found her way back to the rock pool.

I know I've been a bitch. But I desperately fucking need you to answer the phone right now Edward. If you care about me even a little bit then please answer you're fucking phone!

Bella pressed send and hoped that it was enough to get Edward to answer her call.

She left it five minutes and then called him again, this time he answered on the second ring.

"What's wrong?" He asked, concern lacing his voice.

"Edward!" Bella gasped down the phone and sobbed desperately in relief.

"Bella? What's the matter? What's happened?"

"I'm... lost... in... the... woods..."

"Fuck." Edward hissed as he got up from his bed and pulled on his shoes. "Where are you? I mean... You're in the fucking woods... Erm...What can you see?"

"Um..." Bella choked back another sob but Edward could hear the emotion in her voice. "A big tree trunk and a rock pool... It's dark, I can't se-"

"Ok, I can think of a few places like that. I need you to stay where you are though. Do you understand that, Bella?"

Bella hummed her approval down the phone as Edward rushed down the stairs and out of the door without an explanation. "What are you doing in the woods anyway?"

Bella started sobbing again and Edward couldn't make out the words she was saying but he thought he heard the name Jake in there somewhere.

He got in his car and sped off to the first clearing he knew of that looked like Bella had described, hoping to God he would be right.

"Where are you now?" Bella asked shakily, cold and shivering with fear as she curled in on herself on the floor.

"I'm just walking up to the next place I know. I only have one more after this Bella. If you're not there then I'm not su-"

Bella could hear something in the distance and stood up quickly with a gasp.

"Edward?" She called.

"What? Huh... Bella?" Edward's line cut off and Bella looked down at the screen briefly before hearing her name called again. "Bella?"

"Edward!" Bella shouted back.

"Fucking hell!" He shouted again and ran to her, through one of the small clearing in the trees.

"Oh my God, Edward!" Bella immediately started crying again and collapsed into Edward's arms as soon as he reached her, fisting his shirt in her hands before Edward pulled away.

"What the fuck were you doing out here?" He asked with a frown, pulling off his leather jacket and pulling it round Bella's shoulders.

"Jake and I were talking... And then we had a row, and he... He left me here!" Bella started sobbing again.

"Shh, it's ok..." Edward hugged her to him again, tucking her head under his chin and looking up into the sky to thank God that she wasn't too far in to the woods to be found. Stupid fucking Jacob.

"Edward," Bella whispered with her shaky voice.

"Shh," Edward frowned as he looked down at her, her big, wide, innocent eyes trapping him there. Quickly, he leant down and caught her lips with his own. Bella gasped but then tangled her hands in his hair and pulled his head down to hers, their kiss filled with desperation and relief.

Before he knew what he was doing, he had pushed Bella back until she was sandwiched between him and the huge tree trunk. Bella whimpered as he pulled back and began to pepper kisses along her jaw and down her neck. "Never been so... Shit..." Edward mumbled before he found her lips again and his hands found her ass, hoisting her up against the log.

"Ungh," Bella groaned wrapped her legs around Edward and felt his erection pressing into her centre.

Edward was holding Bella so that his lips could only reach her neck and below so he started to plant soft, wet kisses along her collarbone and up and down the column of her neck while he thrust against her gently.

"Oh my God..." Bella whispered, her head falling back against the log and her hands running through the back of Edward's hair.

Edward growled as he thrust a little quicker. "Harder, Edward..." Bella breathed out, pushing her hips forward to meet his thrust for thrust. The feeling was incredible and she wanted nothing more than to kiss him and take him back to her room to do this again... preferably naked. Woah. This whole thing with Edward was definitely working.

Edward took her on her word and thrust harder against her, the friction feeling amazing for his aching cock. He felt her starting to buck against him in a less than steady rhythm and knew she was close so he went even quicker and sucked hard on the skin of her neck.

"Aaah, Sh- Fuck... Edward, Ed-WARD!" Bella called as she came hard and euphoria clouded her senses.

"Shit," Edward hissed as he brought Bella down from the tree trunk and put her gently down on the ground. Her legs opened almost instantly as he knelt between them and kissed her lips hungrily as he continued his assault on her body. Bella used what little strength she was left with to hold his shoulders and meet him thrust for thrust and he continued to kiss her.

Edward sped up a little more before he made two slow strokes and buried his head in her neck and whispered her name as he came.

After a few minutes of satiated silence, Bella turned to Edward who was now lying on his back beside her, looking up at the dark sky.

"You left."

"You called me a dick."

"Because you left."

"You were fooling around with Jasper in the car this morning."

"I was angry."

Edward turned his head to look at her with a frown.

"With you."

"So that made you suck Jasper off in the car?"

"Urgh!" Bella made a disgusted face. "I did not suck him off."

"So you gave him a hand job?"

"Why are you asking me this?"

"This is the whole point, right? So you know what you're doing... with him."

Bella turned her head back until she was looking at the sky again. "Yeah..."

Edward turned towards the sky again.

"So... this weekend..." He frowned into the darkness, knowing she couldn't see him.

"Yep," She frowned as well.

"Is it all planned? A big romantic night out?"

"A cabin in the woods..."

Edward snapped his head to look at Bella again. "Excuse me?"

"There's some cabin tha-"

"No fucking way!" Edward snapped and sat up. "You're not going there!"

Bella sat up and looked at him, "Jasper said that everyone goes there."

"Jasper is a fucking idiot!" Edward seethed. "Tell me you won't go there."

Bella frowned, "I won't..."

Edward then took a deep breath and looked around the dark woods, "I should take you home. Charlie will be going mental."

"No he won't. He loves Jake, he knows I'm safe with him."

"Well he knows wrong then," Edward mumbled and got to his feet, helping Bella up also. "If I hadn't found you tonight Bella I don't know wh-"

"Hey," Bella put both her hands on Edward's chest and looked up at him. "I'm here. I'm safe. Because of you."

"I would never have left you out here on your own," Edward whispered.

Bella nodded and used the leverage she got from his body to push herself up onto her tip toes. She cocked her head to one side and ghosted her lips over Edwards once, twice before he took her lips fully with his and kissed her slowly.

"I'll take you home."

"My truck's at Jakes..."

Edward nodded and then led Bella back to his car. He made sure she was secure in her seat before getting into the driver's seat and driving to Jake's house where Bella had to talk him down from knocking the door down and killing him.

Bella got into her truck and drove home with Edward following behind her. When she climbed out Edward got out also and walked over to her.

"I'll see you tomorrow. I'll try not to be a dick."

Bella smiled and nodded as Edward turned around to head back to his car. "Will I see you again this week?"

"If you can come up with a good enough excuse, Tinker!" He winked and jogged to his car, getting in and driving off.