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The hour passed quickly in Bella's office with the two occupants hardly leaving the other's arms. Both had their bags packed and out in the bullpen ready to head off to Florida with the rest of the team.
"How are we going to do this Edward?" Bella said finally breaking the comfortable silence that had fallen between them. "Are we going to tell the team or are we keeping it a secret while we work things out?"
"Bells, we'll be fine. We always were." he said. "The team will understand but this is about what you need not about them."
"Can we keep it between us, please? I don't want to have to explain to them why we split in the first place." She spoke so softly he had to strain his ears to hear her; especially the last sentence.
He didn't reply just held her tightly in his arms and tucked her head into the crook of his neck. He glanced up at the time and saw that they only had 15 minutes to get to the airstrip so he gently pried her arms from around him and smiled a her startled face. "We've got to go. The plane leaves in 15 minutes and we have to meet up with the team." She nodded her head and rose up from his lap. Both headed to get changed for the journey in her small bathroom that was attached to her office and exited the office to grab their bags.
~Bad~Intentions~
The team dispersed after Rosalie's 'pep' talk to Alice as nothing any of them said would make them stop in their pursuit of Edward. Esme was worried about Bella, she already seemed so fragile and although on her own Alice couldn't do much damage with Rosalie's help she hated to think what could happen. When the team was out on the road without her to calm everyone down she could see it building to a catastrophe.
Carlisle and Esme were saying their goodbyes when they saw the door to Bella's office open quietly and Edward and Bella stepped out. It was almost as if you could see all of the tension had left Bella's shoulders and Edward was visibly brighter than he had been for all of the years they had known him. You would have had to have been blind to not see how happy the pair were together. They grabbed their bags and left to go and climb in the FBI's SUV to take them to the airstrip. Jasper left immediately to follow them and Rosalie left soon after. Alice looked heartbroken at the way Edward was looking at Bella. We all knew she wanted to be the centre of his world and have him look at her like that. She grabbed her bag and nodded at Carlisle as she passed.
"You're making a huge mistake letting Alice go with you instead of her staying behind like normal." Esme warned him but Carlisle just shook it off.
"She needs the closure, love. When she's there she can get to know Bella and get Edward out of her system and move on. She can't do that if she is stuck here."
"I still think this is a mistake. Something is going to go wrong I can feel it."
"It'll all be fine." And with that Carlisle swiftly kissed her on the lips and joined the rest of his team in the SUV.
"Oh, Carlisle. What have you done?" Esme whispered as the SUV pulled out of the Quantico parking lot and away from her.
~Bad~Intentions~
Edwards opened the passenger side door for Bella and then went around to climb into the drivers seat. "Still not so keen on others driving then, huh?" Bella asked with a smirk on her face once he'd climbed in and started the engine. Edward just stuck his tongue out at her.
"Very mature"
"I know, I thought so too," he said with a cheeky grin on his face. They were soon interrupted though by a agitated Alice knocking on the passenger side window so Bella rolled down the window to talk to her.
"You're in my seat," was all Alice said.
"Ally, come on it's just a seat."
"Don't call me Ally, only my friends call me that, and that is my seat." Alice persisted. Edward had been watching the confrontation with astonishment. What had gotten into Alice? It was only a seat and sure whenever she came with them on a job he gave her the front seat but it wasn't that big of a deal was it?
"Baby doll, come on it doesn't matter who sits where."
Bella could see Alice building up into a frenzy so with a quick smile and "it's okay Edward" she unbuckled her seatbelt and looked up to see Alice smirking at her through the window. After she'd slid into the back of the car next to Jasper she looked to see Alice trying to flirt with Edward up front. When Carlisle slid in next to Rosalie, Edward looked around to him and with a nod they were off.
"She loves him, you know" Jasper said quietly from his place beside her.
"What?"
"Alice. She loves him. She's been trying to get him to notice her for years now. He has always called her baby doll since he arrived and I guess she thought that after her accident in the field that it would bring out his protective instincts of her and it did. But not in the way she was hoping for."
"Jazz, why are you telling me this?"
"Bella, a blind person would know that you and Edward are made for each other. You don't deserve to be treated like Alice just did and Edward's cool behind his whole 'I'm-a-meat-head' façade. He's like my big brother and I don't want him to get hurt." Jasper said seriously but Bella couldn't help but laugh at him calling Edward a meat-head.
"Thanks for the warning Jazz," Bella said as she laid her head on his shoulder. "And Jazz..."
"Hmm"
"Just call me Bells that's what my family call me, little bro." Jasper's face split into a grin and he kissed her on top of her head.
Hey just a short update to keep my story actually on people's radar. Hope you all enjoyed the little Bella/Jazz scene in the car and tell me if you want more interaction between them.
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