Possession
By LilyAurora
Chapter 12
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Bella sits awkwardly on Emily's sofa. She's not comfortable enough to relax like Jared's doing. All muscular limbs dangling over the arms of the chair, he's taken up residence in. Bella shifts again, eyes flicking towards the door once more.
Jared smirks.
"You OK Bella?" He asks, not so innocently.
"What? Oh yes I'm fine." Her eyes shift again.
Jared's smile widens.
"So." He draws out the word. "Are you seeing anyone at the moment?"
Bella coughs as she takes a sip of her drink, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand as she sets the glass back down on the table.
"Jared!" Emily shouts from the kitchen. "Leave the poor girl alone, shouldn't you be more concerned about your own relationship than what's going on with Bella?"
"I'm just curious." He shouts back. "Plus it's an imprint, not a relationship." He adds smirking, just to annoy Emily.
Bella's eyes widen at that, but Jared just waves her off.
Emily bangs around in the kitchen. Drawers slamming as she grumbles to herself. Jared laughs.
"Do... will they be long?" She finally asks.
"Who? The pack?"
Bella nods.
"That depends if they find anything. If they pick up a strong scent then they can track it for miles."
Her fingers twist in her lap as she looks towards the door yet again.
"He'll be fine."
Her head snaps around, eyes wide as she looks at him. "I don't know..."
"Please, I've been around the pair of you, don't think I can't sense something between you..." He holds his hand up to stop her protests. "Even if nothing has happened, yet. It will."
"I hardly know him."
"Then get to know him. It's not hard Bella, he's a decent dude. My best friend and yeah I'm going to say the sun shines out of his ass because he's my bro and it does." He throws a wink at her. "You don't even have to say anything if you don't want to, you don't seem the type to overly cling, just hang out together as friends."
Bella nods. "Yeah I can do that. I mean I haven't had much experience apart from Edward and that one time I went to the movies with Mike and Jake."
Jared chokes on his sandwich. "I'm sorry what? You went on a date with Jake?"
"And Mike?" She looks confused.
"Oh my god. A threesome?"
"It was not... Jared. No! It was just friends, a group of us..."
"Dirty minx, a gang-bang."
Bella just gapes at him.
"A group of friends, from school." She rolls her eyes at the smirk he's giving her. "I'm not even talking to you. You're disgusting."
Jared's full-out laughing, snorting and everything from his seat.
"Jesus Paul's going to flip his shit. It was bad enough when he found out you kissed Jake."
"I did not kiss Jake. He attacked my face with his lips and I punched him for it. Why would Paul be upset because of that?"
"No reason." Jared answers too quickly, shoving the rest of his sandwich in his mouth.
Bella just glares at him. For someone so tiny she could be very intimidating.
Talking of intimidating he thinks as Emily breezes into the room with more food. Jared just rolls his eyes, snagging a huge slab of sugary goodness from the plate.
"Don't eat everything Jared." Emily snaps, slapping at his hand as he attempts to steal a cookie.
"Ouch! Well stop bringing them out and tempting me you, confectionery devil you."
"You're going to get fat." Emily glares.
Jared laughs. "Doubtful. I have way too much sex."
"Oh my god." Bella laughs before she's burying her face in her hands. Emily just cuffs him around the head and walks back in the kitchen.
"What?" He asks around a mouthful of food. "There's nothing wrong with sex Bella. Especially if you're in a relationship with someone..."
"I thought it was just an imprint?" Emily yells from the kitchen.
"Be quiet woman and make some pies, you know, something different from those fucking muffzillas you make us eat."
Emily slams open the kitchen door and throws a muffin at Jared who gracefully ducks and laughs when the muffin dents the wall.
"How can they be a food source. Dangerous to our health. I'm telling Sam."
"Tell Sam and I'll tell him you skipped patrol last week so you could sneak off and see Kim before she went away." Emily gloats crossing her arms.
"You would not." Jared looks scandalized.
"Try me." Emily smirks before turning back towards the kitchen.
Jared's gaping at the door. "How does she even know that?"
"Women know everything." Bella explains looking serious.
"God I hope not." Jared laughs before leaning back in his chair.
They're silent for a while, Bella looking towards the door and window every few moments and Jared is fighting his way through yet another piece of sugary goodness.
"Did you sleep with Edward?" Jared asks totally out of the blue.
Bella chokes, eyes wide as she stares at him. "I'm sorry what?"
"Edward, did you sleep with him?" Jared's just watching her now.
"No, I um... he didn't want me. Like that."
"Why?" He looks generally interested.
"I really don't know. I thought at first it was due to blood-lust and control, but the more I thought about it, the more I realised it was to do with him, not me. He is old fashioned in many ways, still stuck in the era he was born in. He was also very immature. I realize that now, I didn't back then."
"Wow." Jared breathes out. "So he was a prude?"
"I guess he was. Yes." Bella agrees laughing.
"How old is he?"
"Old enough that he should not be a virgin."
Jared splutter's. "Wait? What? Edward's a virgin? Oh good god." He's full-out belly laughing. "That is fucking priceless."
"There's nothing wrong with being a virgin." Bella snaps.
Jared's eyes soften as he looks at Bella. All traces of the comedian slipping away.
"You know there's nothing wrong with you, right?"
"I know." She looks away chewing on her lips as she tried to find the right words. Just any words. "It still hurts though."
"Of course it does. You're human, you're allowed to make mistakes and get hurt by someone else's reactions. Especially if that someone is a person you love and trust."
"He never made me feel, special. Not in a sexual way. It was always about my humanity. How I should keep it and grow old and he would always be there by my side."
"I'm sorry, what? He expected you too, what? Have a non sexual relationship with him? No sex, which means no kids, but of course he's a vampire so the no kids thing, totally get. Frozen sperm. Yeah, it can never be too hot for that kinda ice cream."
Bella snorts into her hand. Jared beams at her.
"I was serious about Paul though Bella, get to know him. And who knows maybe you'll even like him." He gives her a knowing look, which she ignores.
"Doubtful, but OK." She laughs, blushing before reaching for another cookie.