The Roommate Chapter 10

BPOV

I couldn't help but glare at Edward and Alice. Edward was giving her his full attention, while Jacob was trying to keep mine. Much to my surprise, Emmett and Rosalie were finally hitting it off.

"We should all do something one weekend," Alice said, mostly to Edward. "Like a mini vacation!"

"That sounds fun," Edward smiled back. I gnashed my teeth together.

"So Jacob," I asked, ignoring them. I absentmindedly tore pieces of my napkin apart. "How was New York?"

"It was nice at some places," he explained. "But other places were too much for me." I nodded, now a little more interested. Edward shifted uncomfortably beside me, and I glanced at him. I could see out of the corner of my eye he still wasn't on good terms with Jacob. Emmett was ignoring him much easier than Edward.

"What made you come here?" Edward asked suddenly, with a bitter edge to his tone. Jacob's face hardened a bit as he turned to Edward.

"I have family closer here," he replied. Edward didn't say anything else; he just stared at the table.

"Jacob," I said, "You never did tell me why you moved." Alice glanced at him quickly, and Jacob shifted in his seat.

He shrugged. "I dunno."

I frowned, confused. "We were best friends and you decided to leave me. And you 'don't know' why?" Jacob looked down.

"I'm really sorry, Bella seriously. I just had to move. If could tell you I would but-"

"Sounds like a private discussion to me, don't you think?" Alice looked a bit angry at both me and Jacob.

"You're right," Jacob said. He turned to me. "We're suppose to be having fun and eating pizza," he joked. I smiled glumly. "Come on. We can talk about this later, okay?" I nodded.

"Bella can I talk to you for a minute?" Edward asked me after a little while.

"What is it?" I asked, not looking at him.

"Alone?" I sighed but got up anyway. Edward took my hand and led me outside.

"What's wrong?" he asked me not letting go of my hands.

"Is it that obvious?" I muttered sarcastically. Edward sighed.

"Sort of. You haven't looked at me once since we got here. You've barely been talking to me."

"Because you're spending all of your energy talking to Alice!" I exploded. "You say you don't like her that way, and you don't believe anything I tell you when I say something is up with her! You seem happier with her, and found pictures of you and her!" Edward frowned.

"That doesn't mean I like her that way, Bella! I love you, but lately you've been so difficult! She's just someone I can reach out to!"

"Difficult?" I lashed. "What…what kind of sense does that make? Did Alice tell you to say that?"

"That's what I'm talking about!" he snapped. "That. You're jealous of Alice."

I froze. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

Wait. Yeah I could.

He was taking Alice's side. Again.

I didn't say anything else. I just walked away to Rosalie's car. I was really grateful she drove here.

…

"What exactly did he say?" Rosalie said as she took me back to the campus. "Aw, Bells, please stop crying. You're going to make me cry!"

I couldn't help it. I possibly ruined everything. Maybe it was jealously, maybe not, but I'm not crazy. I know some things about Alice, but I doubt Edward would believe me anyway. I could've just told him, but that could put him in danger as well. And Rosalie and Emmett looked really happy together at last, but I ruined it by calling her crying and telling her to please take me back to the campus.

"I'm sorry," I sniffed.

"Why are you apologizing? I should go kill Edward! What did he do?"

I sighed. "He thinks I'm jealous of Alice and him."

She gasped. "What a…"

"Don't!" I sobbed. "He doesn't know about her."

"But he knows you! Or at least, I thought he did. Why doesn't he trust you?"

I shrugged. "I guess this means nothing to him," I muttered, taking off my ring.

"Bella…are you sure?"

"How can we get married when I know he doesn't trust me? We can't," I cried answering my own question.

"But this is huge. You need to think about it…"

"Whose side are you on?"

"Yours. But I know how much you two mean to each other. You can't let this one argument ruin everything."

"I've tried to tell him that Alice isn't right, but he'd always defend her!"

"Just…think about this, okay? I don't want you regret anything." I know she meant well, but right now, I wasn't having it.

…

"What happened?" Alice said , running into the apartment where Rose and I were. "Edward's in tears!"

"So is Bella," Rosalie said defiantly. Alice glares at her, but Rosalie didn't step down. "Her so-called fiancé is a…"

"Rose!" I said, lifting my head. "Stop. Please." I looked up at Alice.

"What happened?" She asked. I narrowed my eyes.

"Nothing…" I muttered. The last person I needed to talk to was Alice. "He can cry all he wants," I muttered.

"I think you should talk to him," Rosalie suddenly said through her teeth. "I mean, there are things you need to straighten out with him."

Oh. Oh…

"I guess…tomorrow…" I murmured.

"No…now. You talk to Edward." She turned to Alice. "Where's Jacob?"

"He was talking to Emmett," she stated. What? "But I think he went to his apartment." Rosalie nodded.

"Bella, let's go find Edward," she said. This must be part of her plan.

It's dangerous, but we need all the facts. Now.

And something told me Jacob knew everything.

A/N: I'm baaaack! I'm so sorry! I had computer problems (again) so whenever you notice me not posting for a long time, check my profile.

Also…*drum roll* I'm looking for a beta! I really think my stories need an extra push to get noticed, and I really think a beta is exactly what I need. Not for this story, however, but for my other story, "Life as We Know It." The beta has to meet my standards, so if you are a great beta, or know someone who is, PM me and I'll tell you everything you need to know to help me out. I'm also accepting beta requests this week and this week only since I'm on SPRING BREAK! So, let me know if you have a good beta for me, or if you'd like me to beta your story. Honestly though, I really would like a beta first… thanks guys! :)