Chapter 10

"Did you see how hot Jazz was looking?" Alice sighed as we walked around the green.

"Not really." I shrugged back in reply.

We were walking around the green and looking in the shop windows. There were the typical news agents and the souvenir shop, and then the bakery. My mouth was watering from the smells that were coming from that place. Nothing beats the smell of fresh bread in the morning.

We bought a fresh loaf and some nice looking cream cakes and made our way back to the house.

Alice wanted to get in a quick shower before we left for...well where ever Jasper was taking us.

I was sitting in the living room in a pair of jeans and pretty print top. It was warm today, you could tell that summer was on the way, but the living room was always in the shade, so it was comfortably cool.

I was flicking through the TV channels when the house phone started ringing. Jasper was still sleeping for all I knew so I answered the phone.

"Hello." I said hesitantly.

"Bella?" asked a male voice that I recognized but couldn't place.

"Yes, who's this?" I asked.

"It's Carlisle, is Jasper awake yet?" He replied.

Carlisle, just the thought of him made me blush, well I was thinking about being tag teamed by Edward and his dad...

Whoa, there Swan, back that thought up you perv!.

"Um, not yet." I said shyly, I was seriously blushing on the phone here, thank God that Alice was upstairs.

"Typical." Carlisle huffed out. "Can you please tell him that Nora needs his draft by tomorrow afternoon?"

"Yeah, no problem." I answered totally confused.

Draft? What the hell was that?

"Ok...Oh and Bella." Carlisle said and waited for me to acknowledge him.

"Take it easy with Edward, he's probably a little rusty in the bedroom department."

"What?" I managed to get out, I was fucking dying here.

Carlisle then started laughing quietly down the phone.

He was laughing at me while my mind had retreated to my stomach.

"I'm just teasing you Bella. Esme told me what she said to you. You have to forgive her. She can be a bit blunt sometimes." He said in her defence, but still laughing.

"Oh right," I said with a nervous giggle.

"Can you remind the boys that you are all invited to the BBQ tomorrow?" Carlisle asked me.

"Sure Mr Cullen." I managed to get out.

"Please Bella, call me Carlisle."

There was an awkward silence then, because I sure as hell didn't know what to say, my brain was still in hiding. Carlisle must have thought I was retarded or something.

"Right, see you tomorrow Bella." Carlisle said then hung up the phone.

Yep, defiantly thought I was retarded.

As I placed the phone back in the cradle, I heard Alice making her way downstairs while talking to Jasper who was walking behind her.

"Who was that B?" Jasper asked with a flick on his head at the phone.

"Oh, that was your dad. He told me to tell you that Nora needs the first draft by tomorrow afternoon."

"Cool." Was all Jasper said with a shrug.

I noticed that Alice was doing her little bouncy thing where she wanted to ask a question but didn't, if you know what I mean.

I would usually love to watch her squirm, but I wanted to know what the hell the 'draft' was too.

"What draft would that be Jazz?" I asked casually.

"For my book." Jasper said while flopping down on the sofa.

"You wrote a book?" Alice and I asked together.

I was totally shocked. He didn't look like the type to write. He looked like a typical surfer dude, not intellectual at all. Not that I thought he was thick or anything, but if truth be told, he looked like someone who wouldn't hold down a serious job.

Oh I sound like such a bitch.

"Don't sound too amazed there ladies. It's actually my third book."

"B loves to read, wonder if she's read any of them?" Alice asked while turning to look at me.

I tried to think back to the bookshelf in my room, I couldn't see his name on any of them.

"What genre are they?" I asked while still trying to wrack my brain for his name.

"You wouldn't see anything with Jasper Cullen on them B, I used a fake name."

"Why?" Alice asked while sitting next to Jasper on the sofa.

I couldn't help but notice how close she sat next to Jasper. I mean their knees were brushing up against each other whenever either of them moved.

"To be honest, I don't want people to know what I do for a living. I mean I do it for the enjoyment, not the money, that's just a bonus." He said sincerely.

"So name me a book then." I said, eager to find out if I had read anything that he had written.

I really want to know if I have read one of his, it was seriously intriguing me.

"The Mystic Mountain Muse." he stated, slightly embarrassed.

OH MY GOD!

"You're Anthony Whitlock?" I almost screamed at him with excitement.

I was totally shocked. Anthony Whitlock was one of my favourite new authors. His books were kind of fiction fantasy. I would totally get lost in the world that he created.

Alice just looks between us, not having a clue what we were talking about.

"Al, it was the book that I read five times after it came out and I would swoon and tell you about the main character..."

"Masen." Jasper and I said together.

"So you liked the books then?" Jasper asked looking a little smug with himself.

"Oh my God Jazz, you have no idea." Alice said with a giggle. "I heard B talking about Masen in her sleep."

"Shut the fuck up Al." I said embarrassed.

"Really?" Jasper asked with a raised eyebrow.

I didn't like the way he was looking at me, like he knew something that I didn't.

"Spill it." I said to him.

"You know that Masen is based on Edward, right?" He said smugly.

"What? No." I said not believing him.

The main character from Jaspers books was a warrior on a mission to save the damsel in distress from the wicked god of the underworld. Masen was described as having bronze hair, and emerald green eyes...

Oh fuck.

Jasper must have noticed that my expression changed when the pieces clicked together.

"See, I told you." Jasper said with a nod at my obviously stunned expression.

"B is always saying how Masen is her ideal man, and it's Edward!" Alice said excitedly, bouncing in her seat.

I was totally dumbstruck at this point. Not only had it turned out that the last two books that I read were written by surfy looking Jasper, but that the man that plagued my dreams, as horny and hot as they were, was actually based on Edward.

What was I supposed to do with that?

"Shit." I said quietly while leaning back in the chair, that I didn't even realize I was sitting on by the way.

"How much of Masen is actually based on Edward?" Alice asked Jasper, with a little too much enthusiasm.

"All of him really, I mean physically, and then some other stuff too." Jasper said.

"Like...?" Alice asked.

"I don't think that he'd be too happy if I were to pinpoint some of his past misdeeds." Jasper replied with a smile.

Oh this shit just got interesting.

"Jazz, I've read the books. I'll just ask him." I said slyly.

"NO DON'T!" Jasper said while jumping up off the sofa.

"Why not?" I asked totally confused.

I mean surely any normal person would be tooting their own horn about the fact that they are a major character in a series of books that are doing brilliantly well and have been possibly picked up to become movies.

"The only reason that Edward let me base the character on his appearance and stuff was if I didn't tell anyone."

"Well that sucks." I said with a huff.

I could have had so much fun ribbing Edward about the fact that he's Masen. Although, I had some rather naughty dreams about him, I mean Masen, well actually I've had naughty dreams about them both, but they're the same person. God, I'm confused.

"Please don't say anything." Jasper pleaded.

"Fine." I said with a wave of my hand. "But I'm not the one you have to worry about spilling, its big mouth over there that you have to worry about."

I pointed at Alice to make my point and her eyes go wide as my finger lands on her.

"What? Me?" Alice asked in mock shock.

"Yeah Gobby Gobson, you."

"You won't, will you Alice?" Jasper pleaded with Alice, with a look on his face that would make a puppy look like the devil incarnate.

"My lips are sealed." Alice said while pretending to lock her lips and throw away the key.

Can't wait to see how long that actually lasts.

"Right can we go out now?" I asked, trying to change the subject away from Edward and Masen. I didn't need to mess my knickers.

"Yep, let me just grab a jumper just in case it gets cold later."

Jasper then put his hands either side of him and push himself off the sofa, but of course of his hands land on Alice's knees and her face lights up at the innocent contact.

"Hell B, I wanna have kids with that man." Alice swooned, as soon as Jasper was out of hearing range.

"Alice for all you know, he could be a total wanker who leaves clothes lying around the place and doesn't flush the toilet."

I say these examples to her because she has used these as reasons why she has ended relationships before.

"I would endure anything for that man." She answered breathlessly.

Oh shit, she's got it bad.

We left the house just after 10am and made it into Swansea Town Centre by half past. It was your typical town centre, although I was used to the huge vastness that was London, I liked Swansea. All the shops were close together and they had all my favourite shops, so I was very happy. Alice, not so much. Not one major designer shop in sight.

"What the hell?" She said when she realized that the most upscale shop they had was a Zara's.

"Oh suck it up and get your ass in Top Shop." I said to her while nudging her in that direction.

Jasper was patient with us while we looked around the shop, and I found him sitting in the corner when we had finished. He was fiddling with his iPhone with a frustrated look on his face.

"What's up Jazz?" I asked him.

"Um, nothing." He said while putting his phone back in his pocket.

"No, come on. What's up?" I asked again.

"Just not sure about my draft." He said with a shrug as we all walked out of the shop.

"I'll read it for you, if you want." I said casually while inside I had everything crossed that he would let me pre-read it for him.

"You sure?" he asked while looking at me surprised.

"B loves to read, she's probably the best one for the job." Alice said while looking in another shop window.

I could have kissed her for that vote of confidence.

"That would be brilliant." Jasper said with a smile.

"Can you make a start when we get back?" He asked.

"No problem." I said trying to act all cool and calm, but inside I was jumping for joy.

We had been in town for about two hours when we came across the best shop EVER!

It was called Sugar Cane and it was an old school sweet shop. It had every sweet that you had when you were younger. There were Kola Kubes, and Sherbet Pips along with a multitude of other sweets that I used to love as a child.

"Oh my God, DipDabs." Alice squealed from the other side of the shop.

"Emmett would be in his element." I said in wonder while looking around.

Shelf upon shelf were filled with so many sweets that just looking at them were making my teeth rot in my head.

After twenty minutes and just as much money spent, we left the shop with a bag full of different sweets.

"This is my favourite place ever." I said as we walked out clutching the full bag to my chest.

"Shall we get going back to the house for lunch?" Jasper asked.

"Sure, why not." Alice said while trying to get every last bit of sherbet out of the little packet that she held in her hand, like it was made out of gold.

We casually walked back to the car talking about what we were going to do tomorrow.

Jasper had to get his draft sent, but he said that we should be able to go somewhere tomorrow afternoon. He mentioned the beach, and seeing as the weather was warming up, it sounded like a plan.

When we got back to the house, we unloaded our bags and I pulled out the sweets that I had bought for Emmett and placed them in my handbag so I would remember to give them to him later.

Jasper had run upstairs to grab the draft for me to read. I think he was eager to get someone else's opinion on it.

"Doesn't any of your family read it for you?" I asked him.

"Um, I don't ask them." Jasper said while looking at his feet.

"Why not?"

"I get embarrassed, and none of them like fantasy fiction, so they wouldn't get it or just think that it's dumb." He said with a shrug.

"Well I love this shit." I said while snatching the manuscript out of his hands and made my way out the back garden to read in the sunshine.

"Oh I meant to ask." I said while spinning on my heel to look back at Jasper.

"Where did you come up with the name? Anthony Whitlock I mean."

"Oh, Anthony is Edward's middle name and Whitlock is my grandfather's name, I never met him so I thought it was a nice tribute to him." Jasper said with a small smile on his lips.

"That's nice." I smiled back in reply.

"I'll get started on lunch then." Jasper said with a smiling.

"I'll help." I heard Alice say sweetly.

I walked into the garden and sat on a nice comfy looking reclining garden chair, seeing as I was going to here for awhile, I thought I may as well make myself comfortable.

I was glad to be sitting out here on my own where no one can disturb me. I mean Alice knows that once I get into a book, I totally zone out and get absorbed.

I started reading about how Masen must travel through the four parallel cities to find the clues that would help him rescue the princes 'Zulay' and defeat the Lord High Master who wanted a virgin bride to carry his evil child. The way that Jasper described the way Masen would take down the enemy was hot in itself, but now I found myself picturing Edward as Masen, and I must say, it made me enjoy the story so much more.

I was getting thirsty and that was when I realized that there was a sandwich and a cold drink on the table at the side of me.

I didn't hear anyone come outside, but then again I was lost in this fictional world, so no wonder.

I ate my sandwich while I got sucked back into the book, and I wasn't sure how much longer I had been sitting there reading before I needed the toilet.

I brought the manuscript back into the house with me and placed it on the kitchen counter. There was a note on the counter saying that Alice and Jasper had gone for a walk.

I rolled my eyes just thinking about the puppy eyes and smooth moves my sister was throwing Jasper's way.

The house was silent, not that silence bothered me. I walked up to the bathroom and noticed that Edward's bedroom door was open and couldn't help but take a quick peek inside.

His bed was made and his room looked neat and tidy. I could just make out the smell of his aftershave still lingering behind after him.

I really had to stop this little infatuation thing, but since I found out that Masen was actually Edward, I was swooning more than ever.

I did my business and went back downstairs and out the back to read some more. I knew that we would be going over to Emmett and Rose's tonight and I was sure that it wouldn't be long before Alice and Jasper came back. I wouldn't be able to finish reading it today, but I could get a shit lot done.

I looked at my watch and was amazed to see that it was almost three already, I had been out there for hours.

This story was epic, it was all bloody and mythical. Masen had just rescued Zulay and they were hiding out in an old hut and she was being all breathy and asking how she could 'Repay her hero.'

Jasper could write some good ass smut, and I was getting carried away.

I was imaging myself in Zulay's place and Edward as Masen (not much difference but the clothes, or lack of). The way Masen told Zulay that the only way she would be safe from the Lord High Master was that if she was no longer a virgin, and Zulay was all like 'Would you de-flower me?'. And of course Masen being the hero that he is, willingly took that task upon himself.

I was getting carried away and had to rub my thighs together to get some friction. I had read smut and shit before, but this was some seriously hot stuff.

If I was at home I would probably have had to go and 'relieve' myself, but I couldn't exactly do that here in someone else's house.

I was at the part where Masen had his face between Zulay's legs and was making her scream in ecstasy like her life depended on it, and I couldn't stop my hand from pinching my obviously erect nipples.

A moan escaped from my lips when I heard someone clear their throat from behind me.

The manuscript fell out of my hand and I shot around in my seat to see Edward standing in the doorway.

"Interesting read?" Edward asked smugly.

SHIT!

I could feel my face burning under Edward's gaze and I had to turn my head away to try and get my thoughts in order.

"Um, yeah." I managed to get out while leaning over grabbing the manuscript off the floor.

"Is that Jazz's?" Edward asked surprised while nodding at the paper in my hand.

"Yeah, I've read his last two books and he wasn't sure if he thought this was good enough to go out, so I offered to have a read." I said quickly trying to disguise my shame.

"Really, you've read his other books?" Edward asked.

I could see that he was feeling nervous at this fact, probably waiting for me to make the connection between him and Masen. I can see now why Jasper didn't want us telling Edward, he was obviously uncomfortable.

I decided to change the subject to save both us from any further embarrassment.

"Aren't you meant to be in work?" I asked with a smirk.

"I've been." He said looking at me like I had two heads.

I looked at my watch and was amazed to see that it was 4:30pm. Where had the time gone?

Oh yeah that's right, the time was spent with Masen and Zulay and that was time well worth spent.

"Are Alice and Jasper back yet?" I asked while trying to look past Edward into the house.

"They've gone straight to Rose's, Jasper asked me to come here and get you." He said while nervously grabbing the hair at the back of his neck.

"Oh right, well we'd better get going then hadn't we?" I said while standing up and having a stretch.

I heard Edward gasp quietly and noticed that his eyes went straight to my still aroused nipples and the way he looked at them did nothing to dampen the feeling from between my legs.

"We'd better get going." He said while looking back to my eyes.

He knew that I had caught him looking at my nipples and he smiled that panty dropping crooked smile, and the warm feeling between my legs got worse.

"Sure whatever you say Edward." I whispered out seductively.

I knew how to get him back.

I walked slowly back inside while Edward held the door open for me. I swung my hips a little as I walked past him and looked over my shoulder to see him staring at my ass.

"Have you read any of Jazz's books?" I asked over my shoulder meeting Edward's gaze.

"Um, no." Edward answered gruffly.

His eyes finally look up to meet my gaze and I quirked my eyebrow at him.

"No?"

He was just staring at me and shook his head.

I stuck my ass out a little more for effect and said as seductively as I could,

"Masen is so fuckable it's not even funny."

His eyes went wide when I said this, and it took him two seconds to process that I knew that he was Masen.

Before my brain could register that he was moving, I could feel him pressing himself behind me. One of his arms wrapped around my waist while the other snakeed across my torso and his hand landed on my tit, which he squeezed with the perfect amount of pressure.

I could feel his lips at my ear as he said "If it wasn't for the fact that Emmett and Rose were expecting us, I would be bending you over right now and fucking you until you couldn't walk."

His tongue came out and gently licked my ear, which got a moan from me.

I could feel his hardness poking into my back, and I couldn't help the wetness that seeped into my knickers.

"How long have we got?" I asked breathlessly.

I mean until they would miss us, but Edward knew what I meant anyway.

"Not long enough for me to fuck you the way I want to." He said gruffly while placing a gentle kiss on my neck and giving my tit another squeeze.

The next thing I knew, he had moved away from me. I turned to face him, and the lust in his eyes mirrored my own.

"I thought you had some making up to do?" I asked him quietly, not liking the distance between our flaming bodies.

"I do, but not this way."

His emerald green eyes bored into mine, and I could see that he didn't want this to be a quick fuck.

"Okay." I said, trying to slow my now heavy breathing.

"Come on. Let's go before they send a search party." Edward said with a nod in the direction of the front door.

As I walked passed him towards the front door, he gently palmed my ass and moaned behind me, and I'm sure I heard him whisper 'Fuck'.

I was standing in the middle of the green waiting for Edward while he locked up.

The sun was still shining, and I wasn't sure if my conversation with Alice was going to do any good.

Sure I wanted to take things slow with Edward, but I couldn't help my body's response to him when he was around. It was if it knew when he was near and it wanted to be joined with him

I mean, could I get into this with Edward and walk away and not let myself fall for him?

Or did I want to fall for him?

After all, he is Edward, but he's also Masen.

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So what you all think?