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Chapter 10: If Love Makes You Crazy...I Must Be Psychotic

BPOV

That night was peaceful. I slept knowing that I had a man that loved me dearly-and was not to mention is incredibly sexy-as I loved him and my clingy best friend was fine with it.

When I woke up the next day on Tuesday, Jake was smiling so much. It was kind of creepy, but I still smiled back at him.

"So Bells, since you've abandoned me and the guys for so long, I think you ought to hang out with us today." He said in a confident voice.

"I don't know…." I said. Even though I officially didn't have plans with Edward yet, we would talk about that later.

Jake surprised me and didn't look sad or upset. Instead, he was still cheerful. "What? You're too cool for sophomores now? Are you gonna be going bad-ass on me too?" he said and...winked?

I laughed nervously. He sounded like he was trying to flirt. And what was up with the wink? I tried to change the subject a little and said, "Nah, I like to refer to myself as more of a rebel."

He laughed and we continued bantering till I dropped him off. Luckily, he didn't bring the subject up again. I hoped that what I thought I heard this morning wasn't true.

I saw Edward waiting for me at the spot I usually park at. "Hey babe, what's up?"He said as I got out of the car and he put his arm around my shoulder.

I kissed him on the cheek and said, "Nothing much. But I never really got to thank you."

"For what?"

"For the song, for saying you love me, everything! Everything was perfect!" I said.

He smiled at me and said,"I'm glad you liked it." We walked together to my English class and he sighed when we were in front of the door. He looked through the window on the door and chuckled."Newton's in their smirking his ass off. He probably thinks that your two boyfriends left you and now he has a chance."

Edward was now glaring at Mike. "Even if I didn't have you, I would never be with him." I said to reassure him with the truth.

"I don't know how I could live without you." He said to me while playing with a strand of my hair that was in front of my face. I tried to blow it out of the way, but he chuckled and tucked it behind my ear.

"Same here." I said. He leaned in to kiss me and I just couldn't resist.

He deepened the kiss and my hands were in his hair as the bell rang and my English teacher opened the door. "Mr. Cullen and Miss Swan, please separate before I send you both to Mr. Greene's office."

I blushed as I separated myself from Edward. My English teacher huffed and walked away. Edward was laughing and then I realised what just happened as I saw Mike practically blowing steam out of his ears.

I playfully hit Edward on his arm and said,"You planned that!"

He stopped laughing and said, "At least Newton won't talk to you."

"Hmph." I said and crossed my arms against my chest.

"I love you." He whispered into my ear as he pulled me into a hug.

Those words put butterflies in my stomach that fluttered wildly. I smiled and said, "I love you too."

He quickly kissed my lips and ran down the hallway to go to his classroom. I stepped into my classroom and noticed that Mike scowled at me as I walked by. I smiled at him and continued to go to my desk.

For once in my life, I was actually grateful for Mike. Because he told Jake about us, Jake got mad, than he wanted to forgive me, then he saw me and Edward, then I talked to Edward, and then he told me he loved me.

When I explained that to Alice when we were walking to lunch, she just laughed and said "He has been mumbling 'Bella I love you' in his sleep ever since you two became an item. It was just a matter of time before he would tell you."

I blushed and said,"Well at least he told me then. I don't think I could have gone another day without knowing for sure how our relationship would turn out."

Alice giggled and then got serious. "You do love him back right?"

"Of course I do." I said truthfully. "How can you even doubt I do?"

"Did you really think it through? Edward knows for sure that he loves you, what about you?"

Truth be told, I had been thinking about it before. Even though I was never in a real relationship before, I do know what it's like to love. I love Renee, Charlie, Jake, Angela, the Cullens, the Hales, and even Phil. But this love I have for Edward is completely different. I don't even think the word 'love' covers how I feel about him; the word 'love' seems like an understatement. And everyday we spend together makes me love him even more. Even when we're apart, all I can think about is how much I want to be with him.

"Hello??? Earth to Bella!!!! You zoned out on me."

Suddenly, I had some sort of adrenaline rush and started jumping around saying "I love him! I love him! I love him" about a million times. Alice was laughing at me and I didn't even care that people were staring at me like I was crazy. If love makes you crazy, I must be psychotic. I don't think I would ever have done that if I wasn't intoxicated and under the influence by love....and Edward.

"Wow." Was all Alice said after she finished laughing. "Let's go before you make a bigger scene than you already did."

I blushed and walked with her to the cafeteria. I then saw Edward from across the room and ran over to him. I jumped on him, put my arms around his neck, and my legs around his waist and pushed him back. He looked surprised of my position and that his back was now to the wall. He just smirked and before he could say anything, I said in between kisses: "I" Kiss. "Love" Kiss. "You" Kiss. "So" Kiss. "Much!" Deeper kiss.

A minute later he chuckled and said, "I love you too."

I giggled and then got off him. After paying for our food, we started walking towards our regular table, hand in hand. "Where did that come from? Not that I object...just curious." He said, with the smirk still plastered on his face.

"Curiosity killed the cat." I told him and blushed at the second adrenaline blush I had in a row.

"Your already killing me every time you walk by. You'll be the death of me, I swear."

I giggled and sat down. Everyone was trying to regain themselves by laughing at what they must have just saw so I said, "Ugh, I don't care. Laugh all you want." With that being said, everyone let loose, including myself, and we started laughing uncontrollably.

Between fits of laughter, Emmett said, "I thought you were going to molest him."

That made us laugh more and Edward replied saying, "You wouldn't see me fighting back."

After we were done laughing, Alice said,"Bella, we're having a small party at our house Friday night. Carlisle and Esme will be gone over night. I'm thinking about inviting all of the junior class. And then you could sleepover! It's going to be so much fun!"

"Sure." I said. We started talking party plans and of course Alice and Rose just have to take me shopping on Thursday for the perfect outfit. Hello more unwanted-from me-Bella Barbie time.

The rest of the day went by quickly and Edward had plans to come over later so we could work on the science project. Well, that's what we would tell his parents. Edward said he had to go to a doctor's appointment and then would go get the poster board he bought for our project and then be back in about one hour and a half. Hopefully, Jake would be way too absorbed with something to really care that Edward was there. I know he said he was cool with me being with Edward, but it would still be embarrassing to have him walk in on something like what we were doing yesterday.

But before I could even walk to my truck, Jake texted me saying he would catch a ride with Embry. Edward was next to me and I heard him scowl but before I could ask him why, I saw Mike, Tyler, and Austin-other wise known as the perves according to Edward-staring at us while leaning against Tylers car. After staring at us, they got in the car and drove away. I rolled my eyes, but then I remembered something when I saw Austin.

Jake's birthday present! I still had to pick it up and I might as well do it today while Jake isn't with me and hopefully, Austin wouldn't be home.

"I'll see you at your house later, love." Edward said and kissed me on my lips but sadly, pulled away. But not without saying,"I love you."

"Love ya too." I said and walked to my car. I had to smile thinking about what Jake's reaction would be to the motorcycle, and I knew he would love it!

About ten minutes later, I walked out to go knock on the Markses' door. Sadly, I had seen Tyler's van in the driveway. Ugh, I had been hoping they would be at Mike or Tyler's house. I will just have to unhappily deal with it.

I rang the bell three times before Austin answered it. The look on his face turned from annoyance and irritation to confusion, pleasure, and lust. Ewww.

"Hey Bella! Wanna come inside?" He said. I could hear Mike and Tyler in the background making their way over to the door and they had the same looks that Austin has on his face. Triple ewww.

"How much for the bikes?" I said while rolling my eyes.

"Those?" Austin said while pointing to the For Sale sign I saw a few days ago. I nodded and he looked at me again while smirking. "You can just take them." he said.

"For free? You sure?" This time he nodded, with a foolish grin on his face. "Cool, thanks."

"You want us to help you load them in your truck?" Mike asked, popping into the conversation.

"Um, ok." I said and walked towards my truck with them behind me. I felt very unsafe for some reason, but I didn't want them to know that and bring my fears to reality.

Mike and Tyler put the rundown motorcycles in my truck while Austin talked to me and said they need a little bit of mechanic work but after that, they should run fine. I knew Jake would be able to handle it and would be psyched he would get to do some work on them anyway.

"Thanks again Austin." I said and started to walk away until he pulled on my hand.

"Are you sure you don't wanna come in?" he said and I heard Mike and Tyler say stuff like, 'Dude, you got no chance' and 'I called dibs first.'

"Positive." I said and got myself out of his grip. I started to walk quickly back when I noticed they were still following me. "Guys, go back to your porn and go masturbate or something. Just stay away from me."

They laughed and Tyler said,"Don't worry Bella, we'll be thinking of you when we do."

I gaged before climbing in my truck and speeding away. Well...I wouldn't exactly call it speeding in my truck, but let's just say I went faster than I could run. Luckily, they didn't follow me.

I decided to go to the Cullens' house to drop off the motorcycles so Jake wouldn't find out about them. When I rang the doorbell, Alice answered the door and I asked her if I could put the motorcycles in the huge garage they had. She agreed and we asked Emmett to take them out of the truck and in the garage. He did what Mike and Tyler did with less time and he held one in each hand in one shot.

"Thanks Em." I said and he patted my shoulder.

"No prob, Bells. Just please don't tell me your the one going to ride it." Emmett said.

I said,"I'm probably not. It's a gift for Jake."

"Good. Wouldn't want you getting hurt trying to ride one." Emmett said. I stuck my tongue out at him and he chuckled. "Just kidding, Bells."

"Bella, why don't you stay till Edward comes back?" Alice asked eagerly.

"Yeah, Esme made snacks!" Emmett said acting like a little kid and started clapping his hands.

We laughed and I agreed. Esme had in fact made snacks and we ate them in the living room. Alice and I were talking while Emmett was watching ESPN.

Just on time like he said he would, Edward came in the room. I smiled at me and he made his way over to me behind the couch. I rested my head on the top of the couch to look up at his gorgeous face and sparkling green eyes. He leaned in and kissed me on my head and said, "Hey, love. Ready to go to your house."

"Yeah. Let's go." I said and he picked me off the couch and carried me bridal style to the door. I fought with him to put me down but he didn't.

As we reached the door, Alice said, "I thought you two were going over to Bella's house to work on your project?'

"Oh...right." Edward said and put me down. He ran upstairs and came back down a minute later with the poster board. Just then he tried to find a way to balance both me and the poster board. Emmett and Alice were laughing and I was blushing. Ugh, he had to be a show-off.

"Edward, I don't think that's going to work out."

He smiled at me and bent his knees down. "Hop on."

"No way." I said, taking a step back.

He chuckled and then looked to me. "Please, I love you."

"Ugh." I said and walked back towards him. He grinned at me, knowing those words would make me do anything for him, and I hopped on to his back.

"That's right Spider Monkey, let's go." He said and I let my head rest on his shoulder.

"Wait!" Alice said.

"What?" Edward and I both said.

"Say cheese!" Alice said and took a picture of us.

"Alice!" I whined and rubbed my eyes from the affect the flash of the camera had on them.

"Awww....you two look so cute." she said, ignoring my previous statement and looked at her camera.

I rolled my eyes and told Edward, "Let's go." He nodded and we were out of there.

We talked a little and then made it to my house. "Whose car is that?"

"Huh?" I said confused and then saw what he was looking at.

I turned and saw a somewhat familiar car.....Jake's Rabbit....and in perfect condition!

"Oh my God!" I squealed. Edward looked at me in confusion so I said, pointing at the Rabbit,"Jake made that car, himself! I can't believe he finally finished it."

"Wow" Edward said, with not much enthusiasm, as I gave my keys to Edward so he could unlock the door.

When we opened it, I was shocked. "Bells!" I heard two girly voices say.

"Jane, Claire! What are you doing here?" I asked as I leaped off Edward.

"Jake invited us over." Claire said, still excited.

"We missed you Bells!" Jane said and they both hugged me.

When we let go of our embrace, Quil and Embry said, "Hey Bells!" I smiled at them and said hi back.

Then I saw Jake and I quickly said, "Jake! You finished the Rabbit! I can't believe it! It looks amazing!"

He pulled me into an unexpected hug and he rested his head on mine. I giggled. Guys get so emotional with their cars. I heard a cough and turned to see Edward looking un-included....and worried? I could see Quil, Embry, Jane, and Claire were glaring at him.

"Ummm..guys, this is my boyfriend, Edward." I said to them as I pulled out of Jake's hug. I saw Edward smile and awkwardly wave at them. Their glares remained the same. "We were just going to work on our science project now."

I dragged Edward to the kitchen and he placed me on the kitchen counter. "What do you think?" I said while biting my lip. I hope they didn't scare him or anything.

"I think you look incredibly sexy right now." He said and kissed me.

After a few minutes, I pushed him away and wanted my answer. I tried to be serious and managed to stifle a giggle. "No, I mean my friends."

"Yeah, you're friends are really friendly. Maybe we should make each other friendship bracelets and tell each other secrets." He said sarcastically.

I said, "Sorry, I didn't know they were coming. " He huffed and I cuddled up to him."They just need to get to know you, don't worry." I said and put my head on his chest as he hugged me. A few minutes later, I pulled away and smiled. "You wanna go meet them."

He groaned and pulled me in for another kiss. "Come on, Bella. Your friends can kill me another day."

I giggled and said,"They're not going to kill you."

"Hmph." he replied and we stayed like that in silence for a long time, just in each other's arm while our lips stayed together. I put my hands in his untamed hair while he played with mine.

We both jumped when we heard the door open and saw Quil stumble in. "Oh..um..sorry. I was just going to get some chips..." he started, not looking either of us into the eyes. I rolled my eyes and went to the cupboard and pulled out the chips we had. I threw them at Quil and he caught them. "Thanks Bells." he said and walked away back to the living room.

"You see? If you don't play nice with them now, things are going to go get just as awkward." I said to him.

Edward sighed and said, "Fine."

I smiled at me and quickly kissed him on the lips. "Let's go." I dragged him by the hand into the living room where I saw everybody leaning close together and whispering. I raised an eyebrow and said,"What are you guys talking about?"

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JPOV

This morning I decided that until I could figure out a plan, I would just go on acting like the Jake I was portraying last night. But who said he couldn't flirt....?

I tried it this morning but I could tell she wanted to change the subject and not flirt back. Shit, it was probably the wink. Oh well. She better get used to it, though. There's more where that came from.

I talked to Quil and Embry this morning and told them what happened yesterday. I felt like instead of trying to help me, they were giving me pity. I don't need their pity though....well maybe I deserve it, but I don't want it.

So I explained them about my epiphany last night while listening to Nickelback. They gave me different ideas on how to get her to be mine instead of getting rid of Edward. But all in all they resulted in showing her that I'm better than him. Psht, that's so true anyway.

After school, Quil and Embry said they wanted to work on the Rabbit. I texted Bells and told her I would catch a ride with Embry. I was going to tell her that I would be home a little late, but Quil said I should make her worry about what happens when I'm not there.

After an hour, we worked on the Rabbit and I was extatic. We finally finished working on it! I couldn't wait to show Bells!

Even though it was against the law, I rode the Rabbit back to Bells' house. I could just imagine Charlie pulling me over and being shocked when he saw it was me driving. Not wanting that to happen, I paid attention to the rode. It was hard to do so, since I was just thinking about showing Bells the car. All the things we could do in here.....

But when I got home, bringing the guys and their girlfriends with them-ugh,it sucked being the fifth wheel-, we noticed she wasn't home. I started to get nervous but Embry told me to chill. I did as I was told, for my on sake, not cause Embry told me too. He was the oldest out of all of his and was really bossy, but me and Quil can always deal with it.

About a half hour after we got at the house, we hear the door start to unlock. I had a huge smile on my face, not containing my excitement of seeing Bells reaction to my car.

But when she opened the door, it wasn't just her. She was there...on his back, grinning. The scene in front of me was almost worse than the picture Mike showed me. I quickly turned away to control my feelings while Jane and Claire went to hug her and Quil and Embry said hi.

Then she said the words that brightened my day: "Jake! You finished the Rabbit! I can't believe it! It looks amazing!"

Again, I couldn't control my feelings. This time, they were joyful feelings. I quickly pulled her into a hug and and put my head on top of hers. I smelled her hair...mm...it smelled like strawberries as always. I snuggled my nose up to her hair and just breathed in the sweet scent of Bella. I looked up and then watched as Edward's eyes widened at what I did. I smirked at him and he had enough of what I was doing. He coughed but as Bella turned around, I didn't let go. She eventually found a way to get out of my grasp, much to my disappointment, but her back was to me. While she couldn't see I glared at Edward, just like my friends were.

I can admit that I envied him for taking away my Bells. Shit, did I just say that. My Bells....my Bella. I kept saying that in my head and it made me grin. I didn't even notice that they left.

I started looking in different directions before Embry's voice cut me off. "They're in the kitchen."

"Oh..." I said and had my eyes fixed on the kitchen door.

"What's with the smirk?" Quil said and I remembered why I was smirking. I grinned thinking about it again, until he pulled me out of my thoughts "Aren't you supposed to be angry or something.

"Right." I said.

"What do you think they're doing in there?" Jane said and her eyes were fixed on the door like mine were. I'm really glad my friends didn't like Edward.

"I dunno. Why don't you find out?" I said.

"No way. You do it, Claire." Jane said.

"Nuh uh." Claire said. She looked at Quil and smiled at him. She walked up to him and started to stroke his chest. He shuddered and it took everything in our power for me, Embry, and Jane not to laugh. Claire then asked in an alluring voice-well, to Quil anyway-, while batting her eyelashes, "Quil, will you go find out what happening in there?"

He automatically nodded, probably unaware of what he just agreed to. When he got to the door to the kitchen, he was about to say something when Jane opened the door and Embry pushed him in there. Jane giggled as she and Embry high-fived each other.

I rolled my eyes and in less then a minute, Quil came back in with a bag of chips. I looked at him questionangly and he said,"Cover story."

I nodded and grabbed the chips from his hand and started eating some. "So what were they doing?" Embry said.

"Making out." Quil said.

I spat out the chips in my mouth and heard Claire and Jane say "Ewwww."

I grudgingly cleaned up the mess with a napkin that was on the table and cursed under my breath. When I finished cleaning up, I said to Quil, "Could you not say that while I'm eating. I think I'm going to barf now."

I heard Jane and Claire come up with another round of 'Ewws', but I honestly could care less. That's what they get for hanging out with guys.

"Jake, you gotta make a plan soon. I think they could really be in love." Embry said.

I said,"Ugh, now that's really going to make me barf."

"So you tried Embry and Quil's way." Claire said glaring at my best friends. "Why don't you take some advice from girls?"

"That's actually a pretty good suggestion. What do you have in mind." I said to her.

"For one, never, ever, ever bring up Edward when it's just the two of you hanging out." Claire said.

"Be a little sentimental, but still give her that bad-boy vibe-you don't want to seem like a pussy." Jane said.

"Flirt with her, but not over-the-top. Give her some signs that you really like her more than a friend." Claire added.

"Always make sure she knows that you're there for her." Jane said and the list went on and on of things I should do and shouldn't do. It's actually very confusing; I can't tell her straight forth that I like her but I have to give her clues and signs that I do. Bells hates cryptic shit like that, but I know that this is the choice I have for now.

"What are you guys talking about?" We heard Bells say.

"Nothing." We all said and leaned back in our seats. Wow, I hadn't even noticed we were huddling, like talking strategy. In a way, this is kind of like strategy though;getting Bells to like me and ditch Edward might take a lot of work.

Edward and Bella came out, hand in hand. Ugh, so lovey dovey. Bells was never like that. I guess wasis the keyword. Though I would do anything to trade places with that asshole.... even make out with Leah Clearwater again...shudder.

"Hey guys, you mind if Edward and I hang out with you?" Bella said.

"Umm..." Claire said, obviously wanting to say no just like I want to.

"Nope we don't mind." I forced myself to say. Edward and Bella sat down at the couch where I was sitting and I instantaneously moved closer to her. He better know he's up for some good competition.

"So...." Bells started to say. "What were you guys doing before me and Edward came in."

"Nothing much, just talking about school." I said. Claire, Jane, Quil, and Embry looked at me with dissaprovement in their eyes and I knew it was a bad excuse.

"And the Rabbit!" Jane said and Bells smiled. Of course, Jane would mention my car. She knew how much Bells liked it and was proud of me for building the car. Not trying to be smug here, but I am awesome.

"It's so cool, Jake." She said and smiled. I smiled back at her and almost forgot that Edward was there.

Like I said, almost forgot. Bella elbowed him to say something and he said,"Yeah, it's um, really cool."

"Thanks....Bells I'll take you for a ride later. You know, so we can take it on a test drive or something." I said. Jane and Claire slightly nodded their heads symbolizing that's a good idea.

Bella laughed and said,"Yeah, let's hope the car doesn't break down while we're driving."

After a few more minutes of talking about my wonderful car, I tried to put my arm around Bella's shoulder. As I was trying to do so, I felt another pair of arms doing the same thing as me to Bella. Ugh, Edward. We glared at each other while Bella animatedly talking with Jane and Claire about something. He got to her shoulders first and Bella turned to look at Edward and cuddled close to him.

I sighed in defeat and brought my hands back to where they were before.

About a half-hour of conversation later, Edward pulled Bella onto his lap while we were talking. She was smiling and so was he. They acted as if nothing was wrong with that. I wonder what would happen if Charlie walked in on that, oh no, wait. Charlie's Team Edward. Since he doesn't care and is just interested in moping about his and Renee's past love life. ..

Sensing my discomfort, Claire said, "Didn't you say you two had a science project to work on?"

"Ohh...right." Edward said. Bella stood up from his lap and they went to the kitchen. We all followed them and they turned around surprised.

"Can we help?" Jane asked.

"Ummm...sure." Edward said.

Let's just say, things weren't how they turned out to be.

Edward was the life of the party. He was making jokes with Quil and Embry and chasing all the girls with crickets. They all ended up having a great time...except for me.

Two hours later, my 'friends' said they had to go home. I walked them to the door and 'lightly' punched Quil and Embry on their arms.

"Ow." Quil said while rubbing the spot I punched.

"What the fuck is your problem." Embry said.

"My problem?!?! My problem is that everyone is going Team Edward now! What happened to helping me?" I yelled at them.

"Dude, chill. He was just cool to hang out with." Quil said.

"Hmph, more like funny looking."

"Haha, very mature Jake. It's not like we're gonna ditch Edward for you. Just cause he's cool to hang out with, doesn't mean we're on his side either. Right Quil?" Embry said.

"Right." Quil said. I sighed, knowing that at least they were still on my side. "But maybe he's good for Bells. You know we all want the best for her. Maybe we should just leave them alone." I glared at him and he said, "Or maybe not...."

"So are you guys still going to help me?" I said.

"Look Jake, we'll help you try to win Bells, but you shouldn't force her. And we're not going to do anything to physically hurt Edward." Embry said.

"Sure sure." I said and slammed the door in their face.

I went into the living room and felt miserable. So far, my plan is not working. I just need something else...or someone else.

I quickly grabbed my cell phone out and searched the contacts.

The phone was ringing and every ring made me even more impatient. Finally, he answered. "Jake? What's up bro?"

"Hey, Seth. Listen, I got a problem, it's about Bells....I need reinforcements."

"I'm on my way." He said and hung up.

I smiled smugly to myself and put my phone away. If anyone could convince Bells of anything, it would definitely be Seth.

A/N: Cue James Bond music.... Yay Seth is coming! I love that guy and couldn't wait to bring him in the story. Don't worry, he's not in love with Bella, but they do have some kind of past....dun, dun, dun! Lolz.

My beta Helena has some really good ideas and suggestions for my story and I bet you do too! Tell me and you might be surprised if it ends up in the story.....

So with that being said.....review, Pm me, and suggest ideas for the story! Luv ya all!!!!

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~*Margi*~