DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twlight or Gilmore Girls. Also, the last scene was taken almost word for word from a scene in Gilmore Girls (Episode: Not As Cute as Pushkin). Let me know what you think, I had lots of fun writing this one. Don't worry, revenge is sweet, and you won't need to wait long for Bella's revenge. See the A/N at the bottom for a sneak peak.
Bella's POV
I could have killed Edward. Was he trying to get me fired? When he came to the door looking for Alice, the second he stepped through the doorway, I let him have it. I'd kept my cool with him until now, but I was done.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Edward asked, amused. I didn't answer.
"You look like you want to rip my head off". He was still amused.
"Yeah, I do actually. What the hell is wrong with you?!" I yelled, on the verge of crying. I was angry at myself; I always cry when I'm angry.
"What are you talking about?" He looked seriously confused.
"You slept with Anna! Are you trying to get me fired?!" The more I spoke to him, the more livid I got. He immediately got on the defensive.
"Excuse me?! Mind your own damn business. My sex life is not your concern".
"It is when you are sleeping with prospective students!" I yelled.
"I did nothing wrong. She's 19. It's legal". He calmly defended. I wanted to slap him across the face. He smirked at me, and then continued, laughing a little.
"Oh, I get it! You're jealous!"
"Ugh, get over yourself." I rolled my eyes. Okay, he was totally right, but he didn't need to know that, and increase the size of his already unmanageably large ego. He smiled again, and moved a little closer to me, brushing hair away from my face.
"You call me anytime you want me, baby". He walked away before I even had the chance to react.
It took me awhile to recover from that conversation. I'd never felt so attracted to him, and I hated myself for it. I am not the "one night stand" girl, I am a relationship girl. I needed to talk this over with someone…someone that could be neutral. I couldn't talk to Alice; she would be as disgusted with this as I was. I couldn't talk to Jake, he'd be angry. Then, it dawned on me. The perfect person.
He was sitting in a big armchair at Starbucks reading 1776. He looked up as soon as I walked in. I was relieved he was already there. We agreed to meet at a Starbucks a few towns away so we could really talk without the fear of someone walking in and telling the wrong people about our conversation. He stood as I walked over, and I kissed his cheek.
"Jasper, thank you so much for meeting me." I thanked him, sitting down beside him, slipping off my coat.
"No problem. Can I get you some coffee?" He offered, still standing.
"Sure, a mocha please." I began digging in my wallet, but he waved his hand.
"Jasper…no, you are doing me the favor. I should be buying you coffee."
"I'm not taking no for an answer. If you pay, I'll tell Alice you want to go on a weekend shopping trip to New York City." I'd only known him for a few months, and he already knew how to threaten me. He smiled, knowing by my facial expression that he'd won.
He came back over to the chairs, and handed my coffee with a smug look on his face.
"Alright, spill girl. What's wrong?" He looked sincerely concerned, and for that, I was grateful. I had come to Jasper, because I knew he wouldn't judge. He was close to the Cullen's and knew Edward's big secret, and he knew me quite well.
"Alright, before I tell you what's up, I need you to promise me that what I say stays between you and me. There is a reason I didn't want to talk to Alice yet".
"I understand, Bella. I give you my word that this will stay between us". He agreed sincerely. I was grateful for that, and felt comfortable pouring my heart out to him.
"Okay, this is hard for me to admit, but I'm going to say it, and then I'm going to backtrack, so please hold your reactions until the end". Jasper nodded for me to continue, and took a sip of he coffee.
"So, I think that I have a thing for Edward," Jasper didn't say anything, but his eyes got wide. "I hated him at the beginning and a part of me still does. He's a man whore, I know that. He even slept with a prospective student that I gave a tour to. I don't know how to control it and I know it's wrong. This doesn't make sense to me, Jasper," tears began to slip down my cheeks. "I need to know what to do…" I finished, looking up at Jasper for the first time.
"Bella…I'm not surprised," he smiled reassuringly at me. "The day I met you, when I saw Edward, I told him that I'd met the girl he was going to marry. I didn't tell him who it was of course," he added quickly, winking at me. "And I know you're curious about what's going on with Edward and I wish I could tell you, I really do, but I can't, it's not my story to tell. What I can tell you is that Edward has feelings for you, too. You're not going to like my advice, but I'm going to give it to you anyway. You need to talk to him, Bella. Not now, because he has a lot going on now and I don't want you to get hurt. But soon." He winked at me again and the tears were still falling from my cheeks. I wasn't hurt, or sad, I was angry and embarrassed. Jasper had reacted exactly the way I thought he would and needed him to. But I didn't want to be falling for the biggest player on the Dartmouth campus.
"Bella…I know you think he's a player". I snapped my head up at Jasper. I knew he was a player! I'd seen it with my own eyes! Jasper saw my expression and laughed.
"Okay, okay. He is a player, but Bella, there is more to Edward than that. He's a decent guy when you get past all that". He reassured me. I nodded in thanks, and hugged Jasper before I left.
"Thank you Jasper, it feels good to tell someone about this." I said into his chest.
"Anytime Bella. Oh, and one more thing. You should talk to Ali about this, too. I know you think she'll be disappointed in you, but I can promise you, she won't. She wants you to get together with Edward; she thinks it'll be good for you. And we know it'll be good for Edward." He winked, and walked me to my car.
The next day, I was walking to my class. I saw Jasper coming towards me, but he stopped, turned and went the other way. I wasn't sure if he'd seen me, but I hope he wasn't feeling awkward or anything about our conversation yesterday. I had considered his advice and had decided on telling Alice, especially after she told me she thought he was cheating on her. I guess he'd told her he had to meet a friend for coffee and since he was trying to be loyal to me, he was secretive about it and it made her suspicious. She needed to know it was me; I didn't want to cause any tension between them. I had decided to tell her tonight. I was going to take her to dinner and have some girl talk. I also knew that telling Alice meant committing to telling Edward soon; I was dreading that. I arrived in my classroom and sat in the first row of the large movie theater sized classroom. I didn't usually sit in the second row but today I needed a change, and I needed something that would force me to focus on class. Luckily, sitting in the front row did just that.
About 30 minutes into the 90 minute class, I was really into our discussion. We were talking about Jane Eyre, and I was learning a lot. It was nice; I'd read this book at least a dozen times, and I thought I'd gotten out all I could from it. Boy was I wrong! My professor was brilliant! Just then, I heard the door open to the classroom and Jasper burst in. I blushed crimson immediately. He scanned the room for me, and once he found me in the crowd he ran over to me. My heart stopped. Something bad must have happened.
"Excuse me! Young man! I'm in the middle of class!" My professor exclaimed.
"This can't wait!" Jasper yelled back. Something was either very wrong or he had an excellent poker face. My facial expression must have mirrored a deer in the headlights.
"Isabella, you can't just walk out like that after everything that's happened between us! I mean, I was still in bed! How could you do this to me?" He exclaimed, his face anguished. My jaw dropped to the floor, and I couldn't speak or scream. I couldn't move. I was completely frozen with my jaw hanging open.
"Young man, you need to do this later." My professor warned, pointing towards the door. Jasper looked equally angry at the suggestion.
"Excuse me, I cannot do this later!" Jasper turned back to me.
"I love you, Isabella! I love you! What the hell is the matter with you that you won't just let me?" He was seriously upset. It looked like tears would, or should be falling from his eyes.
"Okay, out, right now, young man, before I have you escorted from the room to the dean's." My professor threatened, but Jasper didn't have a chance to respond, because Edward burst into the room next.
"Jasper! What the hell are you doing?!" Edward growled.
"Get the hell out of here, Edward!" Jasper warned.
"I told you, Jasper, let it go!" Edward growled again. "She doesn't love you, Jasper. Bella, tell him you don't love him!" He said, desperately.
"Get out of here! Everything was fine between us before you came along!" Jasper yelled; his voice and face still anguished.
"Oh don't blame me because you couldn't keep her!" Edward yelled, defensively.
"I will kill you." Jasper threatened, and my eyes widened, my jaw nearly dislocating.
"Oh, I would love to see you try". Edward said smugly. Before the professor could do anything but jump out of the way, Jasper jumped on top of Edward, nearly tackling him to the floor. As Jasper fell, Edward grabbed Jasper by the neck, throwing him to the ground behind the teacher's desk. Edward jumped on top of Jasper, and began to punch him. Or at least that was what it looked like. The desk was in the way, so I couldn't be sure.
"Stop that! Stop it right now! Greg-call campus safety!" The professor demanded to the teacher's assistant sitting near the door. Before Greg could move, a large man dressed as an English police man came into the room, blowing a whistle. It took me a moment to realize it was Emmett. I buried my face in my hands, unable to watch anymore. But it was like a train wreck, I couldn't take my eyes away. I watched the rest of this horrid skit play out through my fingers. The professor understood that this was a prank about the same time I did. Emmett went over to Jasper and Edward, pulling them off each other.
"Alright, that's enough you two". Emmett yelled in an English accent. As soon as Emmett had pulled a still struggling Edward and Jasper to their feet, he turned back to face me. "Isabella Swan? You should be ashamed of yourself. These boys used to have pride…they used to have dignity. They used to have balls! Damnit Swan! Give them back their balls!" The class was laughing at this point. Emmett escorted them from the room, and the entire classroom, except for the professor and I, broke out in applause as the three ran back in the room to take a bow. Edward stared right at me and winked. I stared back, and I was sure that if I was a cartoon, steam would be coming out of my ears.
The good news? I no longer had to tell Alice I had a crush on her brother. The even better news? I could talk to Alice about helping me get revenge. I would need Carlisle's phone number, and I would need Charlie to come to parents' weekend this Friday.
Authors Note: Review, please?
