Title: Edward, Are You Gay?

Genre: Friendship, Romance

Pairing: Edward/Jasper (Em POV)

Word Count: 6,342 (total)

Warnings: No beta, different POV, slight bad language

Chapters: 5

Rated: T

Summary: Emmett's best friend is gay and is crushing hardcore on his brother. The problem is, Emmett doesn't know if his brother is gay or not. And Emmett will do almost anything to find out. AU/AH/EJ/EmPOV

Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Twilight or the its characters.

A/N: All five chapters are fairly short and could probably compile into a relatively short one-shot but I decided to post them separately to make the story flow better day-to-day. This was written as a personal challenge to see if I could write an entire romance themed story from an outside perspective. Let me know how you like it. I contemplated labeling this as an E/Em story as Friendship and Humor but decided more people would read it posted like this.

Chapter 4:

Friday 3:30pm School Parking Lot

The next chance I get to talk to Jasper isn't until right before school get's out during English.

"Well, the good news is that he's not asexual. So at least we know he's interested in somebody. I found a porn folder on his laptop but it's password protected and I couldn't break into it. And I found an unopened box of condoms so he's obviously hopeful about something." Jasper doesn't look any happier. I thought it was good news.

Jasper just hangs his head and looks disappointed. I really wish that I knew what to tell him. I want him to be happy and I wouldn't mind if my brother made him happy. The only thing I can think to do is just ask him. I decide to get Jasper's opinion on that idea, "Jazz. What do you think would happen if I just ask him? You know, sit down and have a man to man chat with him."

The blond looks up at me and shakes his head. "I don't think that's a good idea man. If it's the only option left, I guess you have to take it. But I don't want to make him uncomfortable. If he's not gay that will be really hard to explain and he'll probably be mad at you."

I know he's right but I don't see any other option left. Before I go home I ask Jasper what he's doing this weekend so we can make plans to hang out. He works Sunday afternoon but he's free other than that. I tell him I'll call him tomorrow and we'll hang then.

JE+JE+JE+JE+JE+JE+JE+JE+JE+JE+JE

I'm laying on my bed, my next plan in action when Edward walks by my room. He stops mid-step when he hears what I'm listening to and pokes his head in the door.

My laptop blares: "…Because you see, if it were me, I would feel free to say, that I was gay. But. I'm. Not. Gay…If you were queer, I'd still be here, year after year, because you're. Dear. To. Me. And I know that you, would accept me toooooo. If I told you, today, hey guess what, I'm gay. But. I'm. Not. Gay."

Edward started to laugh and join in with the song, "I'm happy, just being with you. So what should it matter to meeee, what you. Do. In. Bed. With. Guys…" He dances around and waves his hands to add emphasis to certain words and when the song ends we both bust up in laughter.

When the song finishes he looks at me and asks, "Why are you listening to that?"

The atmosphere in the room changes from lighthearted to heavy in a second. "Well I was just thinking about how jasper is gay ya know. And I got to thinking, 'is anyone else I know gay?' I mean, hey, I'd like them anyway. I would still like people if they were gay. I don't care as long as my loved one's are happy. Ya know? As the song says, it's in their DNA, right?"

Edward looked uncomfortable. But did he look uncomfortable because I had hit the nail on the head or because he was a closet homophobe and didn't like gay people? But if he didn't like gay people then he wouldn't hang out with Jasper when he came over, right? And because he always did hang out with him, he was fine with it, right? So if he was fine with it, then the only reason he was uncomfortable was because he's gay and he knows I know? Fuck it. "Eddy, you know I wouldn't care if you were gay, right?"

"You think I'm gay?" he asked. His face was a carefully hidden mask and I couldn't tell what he was thinking.

I stumble over my words, "Well, I…I mean…That is. It would be pretty cool to have a gay brother," I finish lamely. "So…are you? Gay, I mean?" I can't keep the hope from my voice.

He stares at me for a long time and when he finally speaks he doesn't answer my question, "Why do you want to know?"

Now what do I do? I could tell him I have a friend who thinks he's cute but then he would know right away that I was talking about Jasper (I only have one gay friend). I could tell him I'm doing a school project on gay closeted youth but I don't know if he would believe me. I could just drop it and I'm sure he would let it go but I need to know. I settle on, "I overheard these two girls at school talking at lunch and one of 'em was talking about how much she liked you. And it got me thinking, you've never had a girlfriend before and girls obviously like you, you know. And, well, maybe you've never had a girlfriend because you don't like girls?" I look up at him and wait for him to say something.

He takes a few steps toward me and sits on the end of my bed. Letting out a heavy sigh he explains, "No, I don't like girls. But I don't really like guys all that much either. I only like one guy. He's it. Sometimes I'll see other guys that kinda look like him and I'll think their attractive but I can't bring myself to really like them, ya know? I guess I just really like this guy's personality, not what he looks like or what type of genitalia he has. Does that make sense?" He looks at me, pleading with his eyes for me to understand. I'm not sure I do.

I simply shake my head 'no.' His cheeks are red and I can tell he's embarrassed but he keeps talking anyway. "Okay, let me try to explain it more scientifically. I'm not straight and I'm not gay. And I'm not really bi either. I looked it up on the Internet and I figured out I'm pansexual." At my confused look he explained, "Being pansexual is when you like someone for who they are as a person. You don't like them because of what gender they are, what race, religion, background they come from, or anything else like that. I'm not attracted to the physical appearance of a person, at least, not at first. I'm attracted to the person they are on the inside. Does that make more sense now?"

It does, in a way. I just don't see how a person isn't attracted to people's physical attributes first. "I guess. I mean, it makes sense logically but it doesn't make sense at the same time. I just can't imagine not finding people attractive."

"It's not that I don't find people attractive, it's that I'm not limited in what I find attractive. I potentially think anyone is attractive- regardless of any label society puts on them. The guy I like, well, I don't like him because he's male. And I don't like him because he's white. Or athletic. Or smart. I just like him because he's him. I'm sorry, I can't explain it any other way."

Maybe I won't ever fully understand what Edward means but at least he's told me he likes a guy. I can only hope the guy he likes is Jasper. "So, who is it," I ask.

He turns away and stands up. "I'm not ready to tell anybody yet. I'm just not ready to tell. Sorry."

"It's okay," I mumble. And it is. I feel so much closer to my brother than I did an hour ago and if he's not ready to tell me who he has a crush on, I'm fine with that. I'll just have to tell Jasper that Eddy is pansexual and leave it at that. Jasper may be my best friend but Edward is my brother and family will always come first.

Edward leaves my room and I let my head fall back to my pillow, our conversation playing over again in my head. I guess Edward is as far from asexual as possible. Huh.

Before I pass out I make sure to text Jasper saying that Edward likes a boy but he won't tell me who it is. I also tell him that Eddy's pansexual. My phone quickly buzzes back with a smiley face and the word 'woot!'

A/N: I'm rather surprised only one person got the musical right from the last chapter-Avenue Q. And because I just love it so much, I had to add in some lyrics to this chapter. If you haven't heard the song in this chapter please look it up. It's called "If You Were Gay" and it's also from the musical Avenue Q. The song from the last chapter was "The Internet is For P0rn." Thanks everyone for reading. I love all the reviews. The last chapter gets posted tomorrow. It's about twice as long as the others. Hope you enjoy.

Raise of hands, how many of you are pansexual/know someone who is?

-Laura