Sorry guys, this chapter's a bit shorter than the rest, it took a while to get through...and then it took me forever to finally get on here, grrr, which I'm sure you all know. The next chapters are alrady in the works! Would love to hear from ya!
EPOV
What the fuck just happened? All I did was show up to the house to grab dinner with Jake and I seem to get involved in some relationship breakdown. I'm not exactly sure what just happened, but for the brief moment that Bella looked at me, she looked like she was about to rip my fucking throat out while managing to look disappointed at me all at the same time. I rubbed my hip a little - that push hurt, not because she had pushed that hard, but because she, I would say almost strategically, pushed me straight into the door knob.
I turned my attention to Jake, who was rubbing his face and standing at the bar making himself a drink. I had only caught the last part of what had happened - Jake kissed her, Bella slapped him, and told him to stay away. Her slap didn't seem unwarranted, the kiss was pretty forceful, but I don't know their relationship, maybe that's just their foreplay. I don't know what happened before this, because before this I was safe at Alice's discussing which color pallet worked better in the fall for the upcoming dance, away from the drama. I kinda wish I had stayed there longer, but I was already half an hour later than I said I would be.
"You want anything to drink?" he said calmly, not the tone of someone who was just dumped by their girlfriend.
"No thanks," I lifted my shirt, checking for the early signs of a bruise; it was red and tender, but didn't look like it would turn into anything. "You know, we can do this another night or something if you want," still standing in the doorway, unsure of what was going on.
"Why would I cancel? I'm fine, where do you want to go to eat?" lounging across his couch and looking pretty content.
"Wherever is fine with me, I could go for anything."
He looked up; I suppose he was thinking about the limited food options available in Forks, "How about sushi, Hakata's should still be available. It's the middle of the week, shouldn't need reservations."
"I'm down."
He finished his drink in two big gulps - I guess I'm driving tonight - and grabbed his jacket. We headed to my M6 but made sure to say our goodbyes to Lu before we left.
We got in and waited for the car to warm up before I backed out of the driveway. It was silent, Jake wasn't talking, which was strange - he always talked, even when there was nothing to talk about or when he was upset, so this was just weird. He didn't look upset, in fact, if I hadn't walked in on the break-up, I would think that nothing had happened, except he wasn't talking. I didn't know what to say so I just reached for the radio and looked for something to take away the uncomfortable silence. Luckily, the drive wasn't far, so it would take less than 10 minutes.
As I drove my mind wandered, it could have gone many places, but for some reason it landed on Bella. I couldn't help but think of the look that she had given me when she walked out; I get that she was mad, but why the disappointment? Did she think that I was taking sides and that I was choosing his side over hers? That would be ridiculous; I was just standing there and hadn't said anything. I hardly knew her, how could she expect me to choose sides when I didn't even know what was going on between the two of them. The only thing I knew was what I'd seen at the party the night before - that she and Jake were together and that they had some argument – and, that it appeared that they broke up tonight. Whatever, why did this even fucking bother me and why was I wasting my time thinking about Bella Swan? I had been thinking so much about this whole Bella thing that I drove a block and a half past the valet stand.
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Now, the tension was gone, as were the three sakes we had. Jake was back to his normal, very talkative, self and I was feeling good, I'd be fine to drive as long as I kept drinking water now and let him drink the rest.
"So Cullen, have you scoped out any prospects for the upcoming year? That sister of your has a pretty sweet ass...but unfortunately, for you that is your sister – so good news for me..." with a devilish grin on his face.
"Around here? No one has peaked my interest… at least not for anything serious. Come on, all the girls who are actually worth something are all related to me," which was true. There wasn't anyone here I would waste my time on; they were good for a fuck every now and then, but that was about it. "Well, aren't you moving on quickly, not too heartbroken are you?" looking at him as he put a roll in his mouth, he slightly winced, attempting to pass it off as too much wasabi; maybe he was upset over the whole Bella thing. "So you might want to stay away from Rose, she's pretty good friends with your girlfriend, or should I say ex?"
He ignored the last part of my statement, "Who says she'll find out?" again with that stupid grin on his face. Bella didn't look stupid, in fact, she appears to be pretty astute - she must know that he cheats on her, which was probably the cause of the majority of their fights.
I watched him take another sip and flirt blatantly with our waitress, "So, what exactly happened tonight?"
"You mean with this lovely lady?" kissing her on the hand and looked into her eyes, "nothing yet.." She giggled and walked away.
"No, you know who I'm talking about." At that same moment I felt my phone go off in my pocket.
Why the fuck are you at Jake's? Are you retarded?
Alice. What a big surprise that Bella told her I was over here.
"You mean with Bella?" some of the enthusiasm slipping from his voice. I nodded, hoping that would be a clue for him to proceed. "Well, we got in a fight, again. Surprise, surprise. She tried to break up with me, but I'm sure in a couple weeks we'll be back to normal again."
So, maybe I was right, the forceful kiss is just their foreplay. I reached for my phone and proceeded to text Alice back.
We're at dinner, why does it matter?
"What was the fight about?" Under normal circumstances I would have left his answer alone, but in his drunken state and with Alice's obvious irritation that I was with him, I pushed on with the questions, knowing I would be badgered later about every sentence and small utterance that was made.
He half smiled, "You know, normal girl shit. They want more from the relationship than you do and pestering me with stupid, fucking questions. And when she didn't get the answers she wanted she broke up with me - for like the fourth time in the past two months. We always fucking fight but end up getting back together because we both know we belong together. She just keeps thinking she can do better than me, but I do care about her; otherwise I wouldn't have asked her to be my girl in the first place."
My phone was going off again. I hit the button to read the message.
Didn't you see Bella? What happened? What did you see?
I automatically responded, knowing this was these were the questions she probably wanted to hear most about.
Yea, I saw her, she looked pissed. He kissed her; she slapped him and then said to stay away. Why?
"We both know as soon as I go away for a while she'll be calling me again, begging me to take her back, cause honestly who's she gonna fuck around here? Fuck Emmett, he's got no fucking chance!" obviously still upset with the kiss they shared the other night. "She's never been into him. Jasper - not that I know him well, but he just...doesn't seem her type. Then there's you -" he drunkenly eyed me suspiciously.
I raised one eyebrow back at him, "Yea, what about me?"
He held his gaze, but then the waitress came around again, diverting his attention. He grabbed her and brought her to his lap, again she giggled and just sat there while he rubbed his nose along her neck, "You, my friend, are another matter entirely." Opening his mouth to talk, but then pausing- trying to choose the right words to say, "You wouldn't do anything to ruin our friendship - besides, she'll never go for you after she's had me, " he said with a laugh then turned his attention to the girl. "Wouldn't you choose me over him?" the girl looked over at me, and shook her head, but her eyes said something else, more along the lines of, 'I would fuck you right now if this asshole wasn't holding me down', I laughed silently to myself. "Of course you wouldn't, no one would. Would you break up with me, I'm a fucking catch!" She whispered something in his ear that I couldn't hear. For someone who allegedly cares about the girl who just dumped him he sure is taking it well and moving on pretty damn quick.
What the fuck was that supposed to mean, does he think that Bella actually liked me and therefore felt threatened by me? Apparently he doesn't know her that well, because I definitely did not get that vibe; most girls fall all over me, some would say throw themselves at me - she on the other hand kept her distance and generally was kind of a bitch towards me. And really, did he really assume that we were that we were that close that I would stop to think of him if I actually liked a girl, that happened for no one, maybe Em or Jasper on occasion, if I was feeling generous, but on the whole I was pretty selfish son-of-a -bitch when it came to things that I wanted. The phone went off again.
That's what she said, but something seems off - it just went too according to plan. Has he said anything? Just be careful, he seems like he's up to something. Don't trust him.
