Okay, this chapter is to make up for the last incredibly lame chapter.
Again, sorry about that.
ECLISPE IS COMING OUT IN 25 DAYS! YAY! MORE TAYLOR LAUTNER WITH HIS SHIRT OFF! :D
Sorry to all Robert fans, he's hot and all, but the hair on his stomach just doesn't do it for me. -shrugs- I like tan, firm, 8 packs... -drools at picture of Taylor Lautner's stomach- He is just so hot it isn't fair! And FYI, I'm not talking about Jacob Black. I'm talking about TAYLOR MOTHER EFFING LAUTNER!
Random Fact: When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
And I wanted to dedicate this chapter to Layel.C and krazikeo! Hugs and Cookies! 3
On to the chapter!
10. What Did I Say?
We walked to class together silently. I just knew that this was going to tear me up until we spoke again. That's why I gave it till morning. As much as I wanted to deny it, I cared for Edward too much to see him in pain. Especially if that pain came from something as simple as not talking to me. I cast a side glance at him, and caught him watching me, a crestfallen expression on his face. It broke my heart. I stopped outside the door to the classroom, and turned to face him.
"Come on," I said pleadingly. "Don't look like that. You know this is going to be hard on me too. I can't have you looking at me with those eyes."
He frowned, and looked away. "Sorry," he mumbled.
"Not yet you aren't," I said, smiling a little. "Come on.. give us a smile.."
He looked up at me, and then his face became cautious. "No.."
I advanced on him slowly, raising my arms. He took a step back for every step I took.
"Edward..." I warned. "Smile. Or face the consequences.."
He raised an eyebrow at this, but didn't stop his slow retreat. "No.."
"Edward!" I was giggling now. "I don't want to have to do this..."
"No."
"Alright," I stopped, dropping my arms and shrugging. "Don't smile." I turned and walked back toward the classroom, surprised we had gotten so far down the sidewalk. I felt his presence behind me a few moments later, and didn't do anything at first. I checked to see if he was smiling yet. He wasn't, and I smirked. Oh, he was going to smile after this...
"Hey Edward..." I started. He looked at me, and frowned.
"Yeah?"
I quickly turned and threw myself at him, laughing at his shocked expression as he caught me, but fell over onto the floor, not preparing for my sudden move. I fell with him, and laughed even more into his neck. He was completely still for a second, and then his hands rested on the sides of my waist and he started chuckling as he lifted me off of him. I looked at his face, and smirked smugly.
"I knew you would smile," I informed him boastfully.
His grin became a tiny bit wider at this. "I guess I know two psychics now."
"Ah yes. My name will be... Madam Jaz," I brought my hands up and wiggled my fingers.
He laughed and dropped his hands which I hadn't noticed were still on my waist as the bell rang, signaling the end of the period. I turned to the door that was spilling students out of it like daisies, and smiled as Jordan came out. I ran toward him, sneaking up behind him as he turned for the gym, and jumped at his back.
"BOO!" I squealed as he turned at the last second, catching me in his arms and spinning me around before kissing my lips.
I swear this boy's lips were like heaven dipped in sugar. I wrapped my arms around his neck automatically, holding on as my knees gave out. I ignored the catcalls, whistles, and people clearing their throats loudly, just focausing on Jordan's lips, and the fact that he was smiling, before he himself lost himself in it. His arms locked around my waist more securely, his lips firmly against mine. It was my turn to smile now. He was such a sucker.
I laughed against his lips before pulling away, giggling a little more as he followed me with his lips, not wanting to end the kiss yet. I turned my head when I couldn't go back any further with his arms around me, and his mouth planted itself onto my cheek, where he decided it was gonna be awesome to make a slight farting noise. I squealed, and pushed his face away, wiping my cheek free of saliva. He laughed and kissed the tip of my nose.
"That's exactly what you get. I wasn't done kissing you, and you knew it," he informed me, pulling me toward the gym. The corridor was nearly empty now.
I glared at him. "Fine, if that's how you want it, you don't get to kiss me for a week!" I smirked as his eyes widened in shock and his jaw dropped.
"Wha..? Are you..? Come on!" He whined. "That's not fair!"
I grinned wider, and turned my nose up. "I've made my ruling. Until..." I checked the time on my cell. ".. 2:15 p.m. next Wednesday, your lips are to stay away from these lips. Unless I say so." I smiled winningly at him.
He stared for a minute, and then finally managed, "You're not serious, are you?"
I snorted. "Of course not."
I reached up and pulled his face back down to mine again, kissing him fiercely. His lips were still with shock for a moment before they were moving with matching enthusiasm. By the time we were done, my face was flushed and I was out of breath. Jordan pulled me along and we made it just as the bell rang.
The rest of the day passed without much incident, and I realized that I had to walk Layla when I got home. There went movie night.
On the ride home, Jordan kept sending me glances. He was obviously trying to be subtle about it, but it obviously wasn't working. I'd finally had enough when we were halfway home and he'd looked at me for the 57th time. (Yes, I'd counted.)
"What?" I quickly glanced at him, then back at the road.
"It's nothing," he said quickly. Too quickly.
"Yeah, and Layla likes to morph into a giant dog and go hunting for mutant noodles. What's up?"
"You know, you come up with the strangest things. Mutant noodles?"
"You're changing the subject," I informed him.
He sighed. "I don't know... I just feel like I'm losing you, Jaz. Like that Cullen with the red hair is gonna steal you from me."
I was silent for a moment, wondering if he was serious. Then he continued.
"Just.. make sure that, if you do decide to take a chance with him, that you'll still remember me. And give me a little heads up. Okay?"
I raised my eyebrow. "And just what makes you think I'm even gonna attempt 'taking a chance with him'?"
He shrugged. "Like I said. I don't know. I just wanted to make sure that if you did, it wouldn't hurt so bad. I can tell he likes you."
"You noticed that, huh?"
"It's a little more than obvious," he teased.
I sighed. "You don't have to worry. Edward knows that there's no chance of that. He knows how I feel about you."
"Just promise me, okay?" he asked again.
"I promise."
He smiled, taking one of my hands off the steering wheel and kissing the back of it.
"Thank you."
Later that night, I put on my jogging outfit, which consisted of a pair of stretch cotton shorts and a cotton sweat jacket that went down to the middle of my stomach. I pulled my hair into a ponytail and slipped on my running sneakers, wondering why I needed so much stuff to go jogging. I shrugged it off and put Layla on her leash and set out with my fanny pack (for money) and iPod. She started running immediately, her tiny legs moving faster and and pulling me along with a laugh. I jogged lightly, letting her lead me.
It was quite late, I'd eaten before I left, never a very good idea, but I was starving, and it set our time back. That was fine by me though, I just liked spending quality girl time with her. My thoughts pulled me into autopilot mode and I let Layla take me wherever she may. I wondered at what Jordan meant earlier.
Just.. make sure that, if you do decide to take a chance with him, that you'll still remember me. And give me a little heads up. Okay?
Did that mean that if I were to show Edward some acknowledgement for his efforts, that he would give up without a fight? Surely I didn't mean that little to him... Maybe I was looking into too much. Maybe he just wanted me to be happy, and if that were to be what I wanted, then he would bite his lip and give me away at my wedding along with my father.
Maybe I shouldn't even be thinking about this. It was over in the car. I loved Jordan with all that I was and even more and this was just a little bump in the road on the way to spending the rest of our lives together.
I hadn't noticed Layla heading for the forest until we were well within and I bumped into something. Hard.
I fell back onto the ground, and looked around, confused.
"Jazmine? What are you doing so far in the forest?" I recognized Edward's voice instantly, and I looked at his face as he helped me up.
"Edward? Where did you come from?" I asked him, looking around myself again. I turned my iPod off and picked Layla up as he answered.
"Well, I was going for a run. What are you doing here?" he asked again.
I smirked, and gestured toward Layla. "You have to ask? She and I both needed the exercise."
He seemed to notice for the first time what I was wearing, because he gasped, looking embarrassed and angry at the time.
"What on Earth are you wearing?"
"This."
"Yes, I can see that. You're gonna catch a cold walking around like that!"
I snickered. "Well, what you're wearing isn't exactly what you would see someone running in at a park. I'm dressed normally compared to you."
He looked down at his jacket, sweater, and jeans as if noticing for the first time what he had on.
"Touche."
He took off the leather jacket and held it out for me to put on. I looked at him incredulously, raising an eyebrow.
"No thanks. I'm good."
"I'd rather you didn't get sick."
"It's cool. I'm heading back anyway. I'll be fine."
He tried the eye thing. "Please, Jazmine?"
Even though it didn't really work, I gave in. "Fine."
I set Layla down and put my arms through the sleeves, flipping my hair out of the back. I turned and smiled at him.
"Thank you Edward."
His face went blank for a second. I had to hold back a giggle. That was how you dazzle someone.
"Er.. you're very welcome, Jazmine," he mumbled.
I went to pick up Layla's leash again, and then turned back to hook my arm through his. He jumped at the contact, and I chuckled this time. He just wasn't used to contact, was he? I began walking, pulling him along with me.
"You see? What did I say? I didn't even last until morning!" I joked lightly.
He laughed. "That's true. I guess you just love my company."
I raised my eyebrow. "Oh, says the person who sneaks into my room every night to watch me sleep?"
He probably would've blushed if it were at all possible. Instead, he just ducked his head in embarrassment.
"You knew about that?"
I laughed. "If I hadn't, I would now. A little advice, don't be a lawyer."
He laughed with me. "I'll keep that in mind."
"But, yeah, I did know about it. The first time you did it actually."
This shocked him. "How?"
"Well, Jordan came into my room the next morning... and the fact that the book that has you guys in it... has a version on the internet with your point of view," I said it like I was talking about the weather or a new blouse I bought.
"Okay... just how far does this book go? And how do you know about the version with my point of view?" Ha. He must've thought that the book isn't really that popular and that I'm just some really obsessive fan that scours the Earth and Internets (all the Internets?) for anything and everything Twilight related.
"It's, like, the biggest deal in the entire world right now. And trust me, I wish I was exaggerating. There are people that would kill for this book. Plus there are movies. And anytime you even mention the name of an actor participating in it, people go completely ape shit! I mean, they friggin' lose their minds! And the only reason I know about the one on the internet is because it was gonna come out as a book, but then someone leaked like, half of the draft, and the writer got pissed off, and after a few months, she just said screw it, and posted the draft she had for the first twelve chapters of the book, and then was like, 'I might finish it. A few years from now, when everyone's forgotten about it.' Which, I understand. She said that if she continued in that state of mind, that she would probably kill off the Cullens and-" I cut myself off. He didn't need to know about James...
"And?" he prompted.
"And... she would feel terrible."
Edward stared at me. "You're ly-"
"Making my way downtown. Walking fast, faces pass, and I'm home bound."
He stopped, and then started laughing. "What the hell?"
"I just felt like singing, and that song is stuck in my head. Shall I continue?"
He laughed some more, and nodded. "Go for it."
I sang all the way to my house, and by the time we were there, Edward was singing with me.
"That was great. I didn't know you could sing," he said in my driveway, leaning against the back of my truck.
"That's because I can't."
"You couldn't hear yourself? It was amazing."
I rolled my eyes. "Your opinion may be a little biased."
"Except that it's not."
I laughed. "Goodnight Edward."
I leaned forward and pecked him on the cheek, stifling a laugh as he tensed up again. I gave him his jacket back and picked Layla up, walking to the door. I looked back at him as I opened it to see him still standing there, his hand touching his cheek. I giggled quietly and closed the door. I walked into the living room and noticed Jordan was the only one in the living room. I walked to the kitchen to get a bottle of water, kissing his cheek on my way past him.
"Hey, Jo."
I then froze at his words.
"Just give me a heads up."
XxX
Yay! Okay, an extra long chapter to make up for the last one! :D
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