hey guys here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Sorry for all the mistakes I made and missed, I am half asleep after writing this. I really wanted to post again tonight/today. So anyways please enjoy and please let me know what you think, this is slightly a fluff chapter again sorry about that. Hopefully this story gets more interesting in the coming chapters.

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BPOV

I stood by locker bitting my lip. Jasper left after lunch, explaining he had to get to work early but offered to pick me up after work today. I agreed but now it was only a matter of finding a ride. I don't want to call Rose because to be honest I didn't want to have to explain myself to her for the past two days. I was hoping Angela could've given me a ride but to my knowledge her boyfriend Ben already picked her up straight after school. I stared at my speed dial ready to give up on avoiding Rose when a familiar voice sounded next to me.

"Do you need a ride?" Edward asked, his bronze hair a mess as he ran his hand through it again.

"Where's Alice?" I snipped, I didn't mean for it to sound so harsh.

Edward sighed, his upper body deflating. "She had plans with her parents after school. Bella I was serious about what I said at lunch, I want to be friends. I feel awful I truly do."

"And I mean what I said at lunch Edward. You made a fool of me, and quite frankly I can't trust you the way I used to."

"Let me give you a ride to wherever, we can talk in the car and if you don't want to talk to me by the end of the ride then I won't bother you again."

I agreed after looking at my watch and followed him to his silver volvo. Relaxing into his black leather seats I shut my eye for a moment. Clair De Lune filled the air, our favorite song, and I could feel the air getting awkward. It was only two months ago this was Edward and I perfectly. There was no cheating (to my knowledge) and we seemed happy with just a small argument every now and then. I played with the sleeve of my jacket before Edward sighed lightly.

"Are you and Jasper a couple now?" He asked quietly. I didn't know how to feel about the question or his tone. I looked up at him from my fingers, observing his gorgeous face and tousled bronze hair.

"We're just getting to know each other," I responded. Edward in turn tightened his grip on the steering wheel obviously not liking my answer. His brow furrowed as he thought of a controlled answer.

"Bella to my knowledge you've known Jasper since we've been in the fourth grade when he moved here from Texas."

I shook my head. "Things have changed. I hadn't been talking Jasper for a whole year including when I was dating you. We are both different people, we are becoming friends again."

Edward's lips formed a tight line as he stared out at the road in front of him. I gave each sleeve a final yank over my hands and stared down out the window at the green blur that we passed. Every tree, all the moss, all the leaves and grass all blur together into one big mess as Edward sped down the road getting me to Port Angeles with a lot of time to spare. He was always a speed demon, never knowing when to slow down, sometimes I don't even think he knew how to. He rubbed his head for a moment before he let out a deep breath and turned his head toward me slightly, still trying to watch the road.

"Bella, I'm sorry. I just can't think of a good way to put this without it being confusing." He started. Shocker, I thought, Edward Cullen at a loss for words. I bit my lip but continued to look at his perfectly chiseled face. After he remained silent, I sighed and went back to looking at my fingers. Looking out the window, Port Angeles filled my view, as I had said, he made it there in record time. He pulled into a parking spot close to Java and turned to look at me fully now. His elbow resting on the steering wheel, his other hand resting on my seat.

"If I could take it back I would. I wouldn't have been with Alice before breaking up. Maybe if I hadn't even been with her I still would've been with you. And Bella you are amazing, you really are. Nothing will change that in my eyes but I just needed some time to breathe. I loved you Bella, I still love you," My heart skipped a beat at that point. His voice was like honey but his words stung like bees. I could feel my fingers begin to tremble as he continued.

"I just felt like everything was coming before me and I couldn't do anything to make you give me a second thought. I know that probably wasn't the case, but that's how it felt. Bella I'm sorry. I care about you too much to just leave you hanging. We dated for a whole fucking year, and I ruined that I know. I just don't want you to hate me," then he sighed, a frustrated one, I could tell by the way his eyes narrowed. As he said we a dated a year, I knew all those things about him just like he did about me. "None that really came out how I wanted it to."

"I have to go to work Edward," I said, fighting to keep my voice strong. "We can still talk and be friendly, but give me, how did you say it? Time to breathe? I need time to think, and I can't just forgive you and move on."

I opened the door after he nodded slightly but his hand stopped me just before I managed to step out.

"Haven't you already moved on?" He murmured.

I just stared at him before climbing out of the car and rushing to Java's. My heart was pounding in my chest, the drum beat was erratic with frustration, annoyance and pain. As soon as I walked in, it must've ben written on my face because Angela rushed out from behind the counter and wrapped me up in a hug. I was glad no one was here to witness it besides Mike and Tyler. She walked me into the bathroom and handed me some rolled up toilet paper as tissues. I wiped my eyes and laughed at myself. I'm so pathetic.

"I'm so pathetic," I voiced my thoughts to her.

"What happened Bella?" She asked leaning against the wall. "Is it Jasper?"

I shook my head. "I got a ride here from Edward since Jasper left early to go to work."

Ang gasped slightly. "Why didn't you call me? Ben could've given you a ride! Why ride with that asshole?"

"It was either him or Rose and I told him at lunch I would let him talk to me about something. I guess I didn't think it would be so painful."

"Stay here, I'll be right back." She commanded, before exiting the room leaving me cluelessly staring after her. She emerged through the door a few seconds later with her bag from behind the counter. I stared at her as she smiled lightly. "The boys are covering our shift. Me and you need some girl time shopping. Don't groan or complain, it's going to happen and it will make you forget everything. Then we will go out for a late dinner at Jack's."

I managed to smile through my tears at her and she went to change in one of the two stalls. I reached into my bag and touched up my eyeliner and mascara, due to the fact half of it was wiped off by the multiple use of tissues. When Angela came out we left our bags with the boys, who both gave me awkward hugs telling me not to worry, and we headed out to "shop". First stop for her was The Body Shop. The aroma of perfumes, soaps and exotic fruits welcomed me warmly as we entered, Angela smiled browsed around after telling several bored employees we were just looking.

I ended up with a grapefruit lip balm and strawberry body wash. Angela had a discount card so of course she paid but reluctantly took the money I owed her for it. As we walked down the street just window shopping she wrapped her arm through mine.

"Are you ready to talk now?" Her voice was soft and comforting.

I nodded slowly. "He wants to be friends. He apologized for cheating on me, and he sort told me I was suffocating him but at the same time ignored him too much. And he said he still cared about me, and loved me still but reminded me he was with Alice. And he brought up Jasper…"

Angela looked annoyed after hearing was I had to say. "What does he mean by suffocating but ignoring him?" She seemed outraged by the comment.

"He said he needed the time to think, so he would've broken up with me whether he cheated on me or not. At least that's how I interpreted it. He said work and school were coming before him too much and I wasn't giving him a second, that that's how it felt to him."

"What an asshole," Angela muttered, surprising me. I must've looked shocked because she giggled and pulled me into Hollister. "I'm sorry Bella, but that seems like it was awful for you. What did you tell him? And what about Jasper?"

"I told him I needed time to think and that I couldn't just forgive him and move on so quickly. He brought up Jasper when he asked if we were a couple and then he questioned Jasper and I before I got out the car because I said I couldn't move on quickly. He took my words the wrong way."

Angela stopped and looked at me. She studied me before giving me a hug right in the entrance of the store making aft we people look at us. We both blushed and laughed it off before looking around at the clothes.

"I'm sorry Bella that you had to go through that. Gosh I hope you and Jasper turn out better than that."

I laughed at that and shrugged it off. "I don't know how far we are going to get, he's great but we haven't been friends for a while."

"Whatever happened between you and him?" Angela asked, looking for a pair of jeans in her size. "You guys used to be joined at the hip."

I smiled, just at the thought of the old days with him and how happy we used to be. I think we were getting close to being properly that happy together again. I played with the tips of my hair before answering in a quiet voice. "We drifted apart, I guess. Things just kind of changed, we fell into new crowds."

"You really like him, I can tell." Angela said.

I wanted to deny it but somehow deep down I couldn't bring myself to do it. Playing Pretend, I reminded myself over and over again. We were just playing a game of pretend, and so far it was working. My unaccounted for feelings reacted to Angela's statement and my stupid cheeks darkened with pink. Angela nudged me as we looked and shopping. After a few hours it was coming close to seven as we left Victoria Secret, both of us were starving so we started to head over to Jack's. Just the sound of the name made me hungry, the food there was to die for.

Jack's is a bar/restaurant that is comfortable like a Chili's but nicer like PF Chang's. Since I knew we were going there, I bought a new pair of skinny jeans (I was in desperate need of a new pair) and changed into them after buying them at American Eagle. Walking into Jack's we were seated almost immediately surprisingly. The place was packed, I was shocked they had a few tables available. Angela and I sat comfortably in a booth near the back of the restaurant and I glanced at the menu not really needing to since I already knew was I was in the mood for.

Our waiter came over, introduced himself as Tom and gave me a charming smile. "What can I get you ladies to drink tonight?"

Angela winked at me as I smiled. "We'll both have a coke with lemon."

He smiled at me before leaving and Angela giggled, kicking me slightly under the table. "Jasper better watch out, I don't think he knows what he's signed up for."

I shrugged with a smile. "We'll have to see."

When Tom came back with our drinks, he smiled me when taking our order. Angela ordered their spicy chicken stir-fry while I ordered a small caesar salad and a side of fries. Tom smiled at me directly after writing down our order. "I'll get this out quickly for you ladies, see you in a bit."

Angela sort of laughed before taking a sip of her Coke and peered over to look at my bags. "So what else did you get?"

I shrugged, "Just The Body Shop stuff, the jeans, a t shirt and a few things from Victoria Secret. The same as you."

"I'm glad Mike and Ty were there to cover our shift tonight, we needed this. It has been too long since we've hung out properly and had a good time all the way through without interruptions."

I agreed with her and we just chatted while thankfully avoid the E subject now. I could Angela wanted to press more questions about it and about Jasper but she knew me and she knew what I could handle. Angela suddenly had to take a quick phone call so her focus was in the corner of the booth trying to hear, and my gaze fluttered over the restaurant just taking in the people and someone very familiar caught my eye. Across the room at a table with an older couple was Jasper dressed as a waiter taking their order.

I bit my lip and watched him, his blonde hair was perfectly messy on top while his muscles were defined through his plain black T. Angela hanging up brought my attention back to her only for moment as Tom brought our food and I looked around him to see Jasper who looked up from the door of the kitchen and saw me. Poor Tom gave me a nice smile but I walk too distracted to really notice as I saw Jasper coming over to our table.

Angela just looked at me for a second shaking her head unsure of what was going on and dug in to her food. I looked away from Jasper and smiled at Angela. "Ok I am definitely going to have to steal some of that."

She smiled. "As long as I get some fries, you can have it Bells."

I laughed and bit my lip when I saw my man come to the table. "Hey Bella, Angela," he drawled with a smile.

Angela looked at me and then at him before smiling, "Hi Jasper, I didn't know you worked here."

"Funny thing is I didn't either Ang," I smiled looking up at Jasper.

"I thought you had to work tonight?" Jasper asked looking at his watch. I felt my face fall slightly just thinking about Edward's words and Jasper noticed in an instant.

"We took the night off," Angela explained for me. "She didn't have to best of ride to work."

Jasper looked at me, his fingers moving to caress my face. "You okay Bells?"

I nodded, "Yes, I'll tell you about it later."

Jasper nodded and looked around with a sigh. "I'm done in like twenty minutes, I'll give you a ride home. Do you need one Angela?"

She shook her head with a polite smile. "Ben is meeting me at Java, we still need to get our bags."

He nodded and looked at me one more time. "I'll see you ladies in a bit."

I grabbed his hand quickly before he left, "Jazz, come here."

He leaned a little closer and I kissed him lightly on the lips. I gave him a warm smile as I pulled away and he winked with a smile before pulling my hair lightly and walking away with a quick "Hey Tom."

Angela laughed as I blushed, "You're so into him."

As we ate dinner sharing our food, Tom's visits to the table lessened after the witness of Jasper and I's kiss, and I was just really looking forward to going home and sleeping the night away to get away from everything else. It seemed like less than twenty minutes and Jasper was back at out table dressed in what he wore to school, taking a seat next to me. I fed him one of the last of our fries and he smiled, kissing my forehead. After turning down dessert, Tom gave us the bill quietly and Jasper being the guy he is paid for it, ignoring Angela and I's objections. I glared at him lightly and he just chuckled pulling my hair, "Don't look at me like that Miss. Swan."

Jasper walked us back to Java and took our bags, being the gentleman Ellen raised him to be. Ben picked up Angela promptly at eight o'clock and Jasper walked me back to his truck in silence. I think he wanted to ask what was wrong but didn't want to press it instead he smiled down at me with a devious smile.

"What's in this pink bag Bells?" he asked holding it up. I blushed ten shades of red as he laughed and wrapped his arm around me. I shook my head with a small glare.

"None of you're business Jazz."

"Oh come on, I thought I was your boyfriend?" he teased as we reached the truck.

I laughed and nudged his shoulder. Once in the truck, Jasper invited me to his house since his dad was gone until tomorrow afternoon. So I texted Angela asking her to cover for me, and she responded right away with a wink face agreeing completely. Then following that, I texted Rose telling her I was staying with Angela, whether she believed it or not didn't really matter, she texted me 'ok have fun love you xx' and in a comfortable silence Jasper drove back to Forks, where I would explain every thing and spend the night with him alone in his empty house.

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