"Hi.." I timidly replied, already sensing the tension of the room-and it wasn't good.
"Bella." Jacob nodded at me, still standing by the door.
I had to admit, he had changed. His muscles seemed to have doubled, his hair had been cut short and looked like a black mop. I'd admit he was good looking- but that's as far as my feelings went with him. Seeing him made me want to cry, we used to be such good friends- I could talk to him about anything! Then I left him and moved with Renee to Phoenix and then I came back.. And managed to ruin everything.
"Please, sit down." My voice sounded all croaky and weird- I hope he didn't notice.
He nodded again, then came forward and took a seat in front of my desk, I gulped.
I nibbled on my bottom lip before saying, "H-how have you been?" Better to go the polite way..
"Good, thanks' and you?" Jake was always staring at the floor- why didn't he want to look me in the eyes?
"I'm good…" I said, biting my lip again and fiddling with the papers in front of me.
"Your engaged?" He questioned- how did he know that?
Then I realised that he must of saw the ring on my finger when I was subconsciously playing with the papers.
Again I took another gulp before nodding my head- not really caring if he saw or not.
Now he rose his gaze up towards me, his black piercing eyes on mine-it accelerated my heart, but only out of nerves, "Who too?"
Shit. Were him and Edward still enemies? I'd never asked Edward before.. "Edward." I whispered the word like a school child being told off.
Again he just nodded his head, "Charlie said, something about you and him. Congratulations Bella." I smiled- only because I could always tell when Jake was lying- and this time he wasn't. His voice sounded so sincere when he said that- maybe this would all be okay?
"Thank you." I smiled at him, and to my relief he smiled back- the famous Jacob cheesy lopsided grin, that I hadn't realised until now that I'd missed it.
"I'm… I'm actually married." Jacob said even more sheepishly to me.
"Woah! Really?" Well that was a shock, well not really- Jacob was gorgeous, any girl would be more then lucky to have him, "Who too?"
"Lucy… I actually met her while fixing her car." He laughed- his laughter was another thing I had missed so much.
Now all the tension was good, it felt good- being like this with Jacob, it felt easy and comfortable and I had truly missed it. I knew that Nellie would love Jacob.
"Wow! Congratulations Jacob!" I said, honestly very pleased with this news.
"Thanks.. Umm sorry I didn't invite you too the wedding.. But you know." He said, ducking his head again and playing with the back of his neck.
"Don't be silly Jake! It's fine! I'm just soo.. Happy for you!" I chirped- reminding me of what Alice was like this morning.
He chuckled, "So are we going to start this interview or not?".
***
I soon found out that Jacob had been more then brave. A fire had accidentally started on a car, with a mechanic still in the garage, the building soon was all completely of fire. Jake knew his work friend was in there, and went in to save him- he could of so easily died. He was amazing.
"What would you like- I'm paying." Jake asked me. Me and him had decided to go to Starbucks, in my lunch break- neither of us were hungry.
"Err.. Just a latte please- and I'll pay!" I protested, jumping in front of him in the cue.
"Err.. No!" Jake shouted, tickling me from behind- causing me to drop down to the floor in laughing fits.
"Jakee… nooo… stoppp..pleasee…ok! Ok!… you…can…pay!" I giggled in between laughing fits.
Eventually he stopped, and helped me get up- I gave him evil's before walking away swiftly to find a table. I soon found one by a window quite far away from everyone else- as most people had been staring at us and our 'immaturity'.
I still had so much to tell Jacob- mainly about Nellie, so far after the first talk- we'd only talked about the interview so I hadn't had chance. I wondered when he found out how old Nellie was- what he would think.
"A latte for Miss Giggly." Jacob smiled, putting a cup in front of me, I smiled before taking a sip out of it- it tasted good. "And a bag of crisps, encase your hungry." He winked at me before sitting down opposite me and handing me a bag of ready salted crisps.
"Thanks" I replied, opening the crisps, they tasted good too.
"So Bell's, what have you been up too? And where have you been the last few year's-surely not in Fork's… I would of seen you.." He trailed off thinking about it.
"No, no not Forks. I stayed 2 and a bit years in Phoenix, then went to Dartmouth college- to finish my final year." I stated, taking another sip of my latte and watching Jacob's brain work as he thought about that.
"But why did you wait 2 years to finish your last year?" He questioned, pulling a funny confused face.
I took in a deep breath and decided to be honest- "I had a baby."
I watched Jacob do a double take and his eyes instantly widen, "Edward's?" He questioned.
I nodded, and watched him relax a bit, though he was still shocked, "Woah- how long have you been with him?"
This would be the hard bit, though technically I never cheated on him, "The last 3 years, before that- well he didn't know about Nellie.."
Jake's face scrunched up again in confusion, "But wait that mean's your child is 5.. So what happened?"
I took in another deep breath, and let it out again, "Well.. Just before I left.. Fork's- me and Edward.. Well you know." I blushed, causing Jake to smile, " But then.. Tanya- his girlfriend, had breast cancer.. And he couldn't leave her- though he loved me not her.. So I ran away, everything was just so complicated with you and him I… just… I'm sorry Jake." I could feel my eyes swell up but made myself not cry.
Jake caught hold of my hand- but only in a friendly reassuring way, "Bella, it's okay. It was year's ago, we were both such different people and what matters is now. And now I couldn't be happier!" I looked up to see his genuine smiling face and smiled back.
"Neither could I be." I spoke honestly.
Jake leant in for a hug and I hugged him back, again missing his vice-tight teddy bear like hug's.
The rest of the time, we mainly spoke about Nellie- I showed Jake some pictures of her, and he couldn't believe how beautiful she was or cute. I told him stories about her, I told him about Alice's wedding and how me and Edward got together, I also told him about last night. In return it told me lots about Lucy, and their romantic first meeting and about what sounded like a beautiful wedding. He told me that Billy and Charlie had been good in my absence and often spoke about me.
I visited Charlie every other week-end with Nellie and sometimes Edward. He was a bit at first upset about Nellie, but soon he came around her- like everyone did.
Soon it was time for me to get back to work and Jake had to go to the insurance company about the garage, we said our goodbye's promising we would meet up soon and exchanged phone numbers.
***
I came back home, to find Alice with a million wedding magazine's- oh dear, was all I could think of.
Edward POV:
It was 3 o'clock again which meant time to pick up Nellie. I went to her school and waited outside her classroom, like all the other parents. Each kid came out one by one on their own, but everyday Nellie came out- Miss Stanley was holding her hand and walking with her too me. I had no clue why, but was starting to get a bit confused by it all- the women had been weird with Nellie, ever since she first saw her. I decided I would ask her about it.
"Daddy!" Nellie screamed, trying to run towards me, but Miss Stanley wouldn't let her go..
"Nellie!" I called back, running towards her and picking her up- so that she had to let her go.
I turned around to face Miss Stanley, "Um.. Miss Stanley-"
"Please, call me Jessica." She interrupted me, her eyes never leaving Nellie's face.
"Okay, Jessica- does Nellie ask for you too guide her out?" I questioned, catching her attention as she gave me a frantic, scared expression.
"No, no. Why?" She looked confused- though I could see quite easily that it was false.
"Well I was just wondering why all the other kid's walk out on their own everyday and you always walk out with Nellie?" It was a fair enough question.
"Um.." I could see Jessica's mind working and her face blush slightly, "Miss.. Miss Pescod asks me too- she says Nellie is fragile or something- as she knows about her past." Jessica whispered into my ear.
But how did she know about that? Why would Bella tell a teacher that? Nellie was probably too small to remember it anyway.
"Hmm.. Well come on Nellie, let's go see Mummy." I said putting her down and turning around, holding her small hand.
"Bye, Taylor!" I swear I heard Jessica say, but she must be saying it to another kid.
***
I got home, to find Alice and Bella in the lounge, with a million different wedding magazines. Bella gave me a 'help me' look as soon as I walked in with Nellie. I decided that Bella didn't need the extra worry of 'Jessica' with the wedding, so decided not to tell her about it.
I let go of Nellie's hand, and went over to my beautiful fiancé, to pick her up from the floor and give her a soft tender kiss on her plump lips.
"Thank you." She whispered in my ears, before letting go of my waist and walking over towards Nellie.
"Baby! Good day at school?" She asked her- obviously over-exaggerating the excitement in her voice, I tired not to laugh.
"Yup." Nellie said, nodding her head, "Ooh! Magazines!" She said, walking over towards where Alice was sitting.
Sometimes I wondered if really Alice was Nellie's mother…
"Yeah Nel's, wedding ones!" Alice said, patting her to sit by her.
"Well I'm going to need my maid of honour and flower girl to help me with my wedding aren't I…" Now after that you'd expect Nellie to scream in delight, but oh no.. it was my sister.
"Ahhhh!!! Oh my God! Really Bella?!" Alice screamed and jumped up in delight.
All Nellie did was nod her head, while looking at the magazines, I ruffled her hair, causing her to giggle softly.
"Yes Alice!" I heard Bella 'try to scream' from behind me, and turned around to see Alice nearly knocking Bella to the ground- for the second time today.
I was glad Bella had asked Alice- it was very thoughtful of her and obviously made Alice very happy.
Bella POV:
Well today had been eventful but also very good. I'd decided that there was no need to tell Edward about Jacob- I mean I never told him when I meet up with Rose or Alice?
I came out of the bathroom door, into our bedroom- seeing Edward lye so sexily on our bed, instantly images from last night illuminated my head…
Edward smiled a seductive grin at me, as he saw me walk in with very short shorts and a camisole- nearly see through top. I smiled back, before getting into bed by him.
He instantly wrapped both of his big muscular arms around me, circling me like a cocoon and pushing my face against her sweet smelling chest. I managed to find both of my hands and started to stroke his hard chest. I heard him sigh in contentment.
I felt his head move above me and kiss the top of my head, then nestling his chin into my hair. I felt so safe and happy being like this, like Edward could protect me no matter what, no evil's could ever hurt us.
"Sorry about Alice." Edward mumbled on top of me.
"Don't be- if it wasn't for her, then this wedding would never start to get planned." I laughed into his chest, taking in a soft intake of his sweet smell.
He laughed too, "And thank you for making her maid of honour- it was very kind of." He kissed my hair again, and brought one hand off my back to start fiddling with my messy hair.
"No worries- she's helped me so much over the last few years- it's the least I could ever do." I said, starting to now kiss his firm abs.
Edward's hand that was playing with my hair, suddenly came under my chin, so he could push my head upwards to give me a very intense passionate kiss.
"Your so beautiful." He whispered afterwards, cupping my face in his hand and stroking my cheek.
I leant in for another kiss, this time more fierce, so I could feel his tongue wrap delicately around mine, taste his sweet delicious breath and so our breaths wound into one.
This was heaven. Nothing could ever, again ruin my life. All of the badness was out of it forever, nothing would ever go wrong again. Well that's what I thought…
A/N: I hope you have had a Happy Christmas :D Ahh a boxing day update- you guys are lucky ;) What did you get then? I got a new phone :D (as my old one went in the washing machine.. Yeah we don't talk about that :'() and I'm getting an ipod touch with my wages (:- excitedd! I also got twilight scene it :D its AMAZING, but played against my family and beat them in like 5 secs :/ so was like yeah.. So cant wait for my twilight lover mates to come round and play it tbh :D
Well everyone is out today :/ so I was alone so decided to update :D Though I know barely anyone will read this today- he keeps me occupied okay :P
Soo.. I wasn't guna make Bella and Jake hate each other again- because I'm fed up of it to be honest, so now they can be great friends like they are supposed to be :D sorry for only mini- drama ):
So Jess is already going back to her physco way ;) and by the way Bella can't know about Jess yet, because she just can't ;) there IS reason :D
Hmm I was re-reading this and some of my writiing is soo crap in this chaper :/ its just like.. Bland and I'm sorry- I must be too tired from yday :L
Also- I think there is only guna be 5/6 chapters left at the most, it could be more :L I'm not 100% sure. No ideas have came to me for a sequel :/ so sorry to all though who voted yes for one- keep voting btw if enough DO vote yes then I am up to negotiation ;)
Also- my beta is still on holiday, so sorry for mistakes :P
Okay that's all- have a BRILLANT rest of boxing day :D (my household will just be full of arguments (N)) there will be no update 2mrw as I am at my wonderful families… |-) joys :L
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