BELLA'S POV

I was waiting for Edward to come down from the guy's dorm when my cell phone rang.

"Hello?" I breathed.

"Hey, Bella. Um, it's, me, Jacob." I sighed in relief. Although it didn't sound like him, it was him.

"Hey, you doing ok? I heard you were sick…mono…"

"Yeah, I'm um, fine now."

"Don't you get mono because of…kissing? I remember reading it somewhere in Forks." Did I kiss Jacob when I was drunk? No, I couldn't have. He was long gone.

"I don't know. I haven't actually kissed anyone yet. I'm saving my first kiss up for someone special." Then how did he get mono?

I was getting suspicious. "So…you still coming for the holidays? Hagrid's already cut down a tree. It's humungous."

Edward came down at this point. I mouthed "wait a second" to him.

"Yeah, I guess I'm still coming. It's for a whole week, right?" He said, his voice as husky as ever. Although there was something hidden in it…

"Hmm…yeah, a week. Well, see you soon, Jake." Then I hung up. He sounded weird. Like he wasn't the Jacob I knew.

"He's coming over? For one whole week?" Edward said, standing up.

"Yeah. He is. So…what do you wanna do?" I said, trying to break his tension. I always knew that Edward and Jacob would never get along.

"I don't know. What do you wanna do?" He said, messing up his hair.

"I don't know. Can we just…take a walk outside or something? Wait, no, it's cold out there…and it's snowing…can we just stay indoors?" I said, shivering at the thought of trudging in the cold, cold snow. Yuck.

"Sure. Where do you wanna go?"

"Hmm, not the library." I said, then we both laughed.

"Nice one. So, what do you wanna do?" He said, twirling his wand.

"Hmm…what about we just, hang out or something…" I said, keeping my cell phone in my pocket.

"Sure. Where, though?"

"Uh, how about just here? I don't feel like walking anyway."

He smiled. "Sure."

We sat down on the carpet by the fireplace and talked. We talked about all there was to talk about, school, life, shoes, teachers, batch mates, parents, family, homes, rooms, parties and even the weather.

"Tell me again, why do you hate the cold so much?" He said, while I was staring at the snow falling down on the window.

"I just don't like the cold. I never did. I love the heat, though. I love feeling it on my skin." I said, closing my eyes and imagining how life would've been if I didn't choose to move to Forks…

Horrible.

"What are you thinking? You seem so…quiet. I feel like I'm the only one talking." He said, waving his hand in front of me.

"Sorry. I was just wondering about how things would've been if I hadn't moved to Forks." I said, opening my eyes once more.

"And….?"

I took a deep breath. Okay, time to explain. I knew I couldn't keep anything from Edward.

"Well, if I didn't move to Forks, I wouldn't have met Jessica, Angela, Ben, Eric and Mike. If I didn't move to Forks, I wouldn't have been 're-united' with my now best guy friend, Jacob. If I didn't move to Forks, I wouldn't have met your family and, well you. If I didn't meet you, I wouldn't know anything about 'vegetarian vampires'. If I didn't meet you I wouldn't have…never mind. That's, well, in short, if I didn't move to Forks, a lot of good things wouldn't have happened." I said, blushing as I said the last part. I was getting a little bit to close to telling him about how I still loved him.

He seemed impressed. "Wow. That's a lot of things, Bella. I'm a wee bit curious about that last part though…"

I blushed another shade of red. "Um…..are you gonna try and mesmerize me with your eyes and make me tell you the truth?"

"Well, yes. You know me well." He said, smiling darkly at me.

"Okay. Fine. I have no choice anyway, but I'm warning you…this is going to ruin everything. Are you sure you wanna hear it? It's kind of embarrassing though." I said, blushing harder.

"It's fine, Bella. I can handle anything now. Go ahead, I won't laugh. Promise." He said, adding a touch of sincerity to his speech.

I sighed. "Okay…here goes…"

"If I didn't meet you, I….I…." I hesitated. If I said this, it might in our whole relationship. I mean sure, we're friends and all, but…

"Go on." He said lightheartedly.

"Um…sorry, I really really can't say it. I mean, it would so ruin everything. I'm so sorry."

"It's okay, Bella. You didn't have to tell me if you didn't want to." He said, stroking my hand. I sighed and let him do it. God, I was weak.

I decided to change the subject into a lighter topic.

"Hey, how do you get Mono?" I said, casually playing with his hand.

He seemed surprise. "And why would you ask that?"

"I…well, um, you see, Jacob's kind of sick, and well, I was talking to him a few moments ago, and he didn't sound like the Jacob I knew. He sounded….different, like he was a whole other person." I said, worrying.

"Jacob is sick?" He said, still playing with my fingers.

"Well, not entirely. I mean, he was sick. I don't know if he still is."

"Well, you get Mono by…kissing. I've read about it hundreds and hundreds of times. But then again…who'd Jacob kiss? Just after the ball?" He said, wondering.

"That's kind of the problem. I keep getting flashbacks, you know, from that night. I saw myself…well, kissing someone and…what if it was Jacob? But, God, I don't actually think I kissed Jacob. I mean, yeah, he's my best friend and all but…I wouldn't kiss him." I said, still playing with his hand.

Edward seemed to cringe a bit when I mentioned the kissing stuff.

"Well, I don't recall you kissing Jacob. But, I guess since you're getting flashbacks of kissing someone, I guess you did kiss someone, you just don't remember who." He said, kind of mysteriously. Hmm…

"Well, I hope he gets well soon. I'll interrogate him when he arrives here for the holidays." I said, standing up.

He stood up too.

"Okay then. Suit yourself." He said, smiling at me. It didn't reach his eyes, though.

"Uh, yeah, so um, I have to get to class. I have Herbology next. I'll see you later." I said, reluctantly letting go if his hand.

I was already on my way out of the portrait whole when he said;

"Hey, Bella! Can I ask a question?"

I turned around. "Sure."

"When…Jacob gets here, where is he gonna sleep?"

I suppressed a giggle. Of course I wouldn't know where he would sleep. Dumbledore hasn't told me anything yet.

"He's gonna sleep with me of course! In my bed? I mean, where else is he gonna sleep?" I said, throwing a fit of giggles.

"WITH YOU?!?" He said, his eyes becoming scary.

I cringed and stopped laughing.

"No, silly, not with me. The school would never allow it! I was just testing your reaction. I don't really know where he'll sleep. Dumbledore hasn't said anything."

He seemed to relax a bit.

He walked to me using vampire speed and said;

"Very funny, Bella." Then he chuckled darkly and walked away. I stared at him in amusement. Oh, Edward.

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