A/N: So sorry for the really short chapter, but the big Bella/Jacob break up is next and I didn't want to have to split that into two chapters…so the next one should be longer than normal to make up for this.

Disclaimer: You may have noticed the artistic license I have taken with someone else's characters. This is intentional, but not for profit, so I am hoping not to be sued. I think Stephanie should take it as a complement...

Chapter Eight - 10-4 Good Buddy!

JasperPOV:

By the end of the day, I had sold my minimum requirement and was not planning on selling any more tickets. I turned in my money to coach before practice and breathed a sigh of relief.
My relief was short-lived, however, because by the time I got home from practice I had emails from almost every girl who had purchased a ticket, detailing exactly what they would want on their date. The only girls who hadn't emailed me were Rosalie, Alice and Bella. What is with the female population of Forks? Didn't they realize that it was the man's job the plan the evening.

I nearly choked to death on my soda reading Jessica's plans for our evening.
'You'll have to rent a car to pick me up, I can't possibly be seen in that truck. I expect you'll take me to the most expensive restaurant in the area, which means jacket and tie. After dinner, we should go for a moonlit walk, you will hold my hand of course, and when I am cold, you will offer me your jacket. I normally only kiss once on the first date, but for you I'll make an exception. In addition to kissing me, you can touch anything above the waist...' I stopped reading there and deleted the email.

I dialed my phone and waited for Edward to pick up.

"Dude, have you gotten any strange emails tonight?" I asked him.

"As a matter of fact, yes." Edward said, I could almost hear his scowl over the phone.

"What did Jessica's say?" I said, assuming it would be similar to mine.

"I only read the first sentence, when I saw the word 'protection' I deleted it immediately." he answered me.

"Mine wasn't that lurid, I'm insulted." I joked.

"Lauren's was just as bad." Edward groaned.

"I hadn't gotten to Lauren's yet." I said, fear tingeing my voice.

"I recommend deleting it outright." Edward said firmly.

"Jasper…I have a plan!" I heard Bella sing from my doorway.

"Uh, Eddie, I gotta go." I said hastily, hanging up the phone. "What?" I said to Bella, turning to face her.

She was bouncing in a distinctly Alice-like way, holding a cowboy hat, a hobby horse and a CD. I groaned as Bella smiled triumphantly and walked into my room, closing the door behind her.

EdwardPOV:

"Did you sell all your tickets?" Emmett asked me, popping his head into my room.

"Unfortunately." I responded.

"Who all did you sell to?"

"Well, the obvious, and then Angela and some girls from the freshman class whose names I don't even know. Mrs. Cope even asked to buy one, but I told her I had sold them all." I told him.

"Do you know what you're going to do for your dance?" Emmett asked.

"Yes," I hedged, "but I'm not telling you."

"Why not?" Emmett stuck out his lower lip and gave me puppy eyes.

"I'm pretty sure that look only works on girls…and I want it to be a surprise." I answered.
"Now get out of here, I have some research to do." I added, turning back to my TV, which was paused on the very dance I was trying to learn, glad that it was angled so that he couldn't see the screen. Emmett shut my door and I heard him stomp back to his room.

AlicePOV:

"We have to plan Bella's outfit for Saturday." I said to Rosalie, who was lounging on my bed reading People.

"Is that necessary, really?" She asked me.

"Yes, it has to be the right blend of take-me-serious and damn-don't-I-look-good." I said, exasperated. Rosalie was second only to me when it came to fashion, but she had given up on Bella years ago, where I had not.

"You do realize she still likes him, right? She probably doesn't want to make him feel bad with a 'don't-I-look-good' outfit." Rose replied.

"I still say he needs to realize what his creepy clinginess has cost him." I said petulantly.

"I never realized you had it out for Jake." Rose mused.

"It's not that I don't like him, per se, I just think there is someone better for her." I said.

"Do you have a particular someone in mind?" Rose asked, sitting up and eyeing me speculatively.

"Ummm, yes?" I said, giving her my most winning smile.

"Alright, who is it?" Rose sighed.

"Edward!" I practically shouted, plopping down beside Rose on the bed.

"Really? He seems so shy, I've never even seen him show interest in a girl, and believe me I tried when we were younger." Rosalie said, crossing her arms and eyeing me skeptically.

"Well, I think they would be perfect for each other. And I have it on good authority that he's not gay…so why not Bella? Besides, I swear sometimes at lunch he looks over at Bella and Angela and sighs longingly. And I don't think its Angela he's sighing over." I said, grinning at Rose.

"I can see it, I guess. Let's get her split up with her current b. f. before we go hooking her up with someone new, k?" Rosalie said.

I bounced on the bed and giggled, "10-4 good buddy!"