A/N- It's at the bottom!!

Chapter 18

It was 5pm by the time we started heading to my house to get me all dolled up for dinner tonight. Jake had got ready at his house. He and Leah were following behind on his motorcycle. According to her it was necessary for her to come with us to my house to get me dressed. She said it would be a disaster if I tried to put something together that would semi resemble sexy. I agreed because well yeah it would be a mess if I had done it myself. We stopped at her house first to pick up some possible choices for me to wear. Leah and I were the same size so I knew her clothes would fit. The back seat was piled with Leah's clothes. I could tell I was in for it.

Jake was dressed pretty simple, dark Levi pants and a button up shirt. He wasn't the type to get all over dressed or one of those high maintenance guys who took an hour just to FIND what they were going to wear. Jake just grabbed the first thing he saw in his closet.

We pulled up to my house and went inside to start the madness. Leah already had that torture look in her eyes that said "Oh you are in for roughness." That looked scared the fuck out of me every time I came upon it. I sucked it up and went to open the front door. Jake dumped the clothes he was holding in his arms on me and went straight for the living room to turn on the T.V. I somehow maneuvered my way upstairs trying to find each step without looking down.

Once I finally made my way to my room, Leah was already standing there tapping her foot.

"About time. I didn't think walking up stairs was a hard task, but I'm once again proven wrong with you."

"Shut your ass and help me get ready."

"Ooooo..Bossy. I love it. Now let's get started."

I closed the door and sat on the bed waiting as Leah put together different options. It would have been a lot faster had I not kept shutting down each one. There was no way I was gonna be caught in a skirt. God forbid I tripped making me moon everybody. I wasn't up for that embarrassment tonight. I told her whatever she chose had to go with jeans. After hearing her groan, she threw all the skirts and short dresses that looked like shirts to the side. All that was left on the bed where jeans, blouses, and different kinds of cami's.

It came down to a pair of black skinny jeans that were so tight, it looked like they had been painted on and that hung a little too low for my liking. They fell just below my dimples of Venus. She paired the jeans with a pleated v neck cami that was tight on my boobs but flowed out above the jeans. I had to make sure not to bend over tonight or someone was gonna be getting a show, or someone would end up throwing nickels down my coin slot. I was pulled out of my thought process when Leah held up a pair of heels in front of my face.

"Heels? I can't wear heels! I'll fall on my ass at some point tonight."

"Don't be so butch Bella and put the damn shoes on. It will just give you a better excuse to hang on to Jake to make your Edward jealous. That's what the plan is right?"

I groaned while pulling the shoes out of her hands and putting them on my feet. After I was dressed, Leah worked on my hair and make-up. She simply tousled my hair and let it hang free and didn't cake on the make-up. She said I had natural beauty and didn't need all of that crap. I just need to make some of my features pop. I nodded my head and agreed to get the whole thing over with quickly; my complaining would just make it worse. Finally, I was finished; I shot a quick glance in the mirror and was impressed at what I saw. Damn, I had to admit, I did look sexy. Who knew that was possible. Leah has some real skills.

Jake and I hopped in my car ready to head to Alice's house. Leah was going to take Jake's motorcycle home since I would be dropping him off after dinner.

"You're drooling Jacob."

"It's just so damn hot watching her ride that bike." He watched as she kick started the bike and headed off in the direction of La Push.

I let Jake have his moment before leaving. I called Alice before I got to her house and she said they were already piled in Emmett's jeep and ready to go, so I didn't have to get off at her house. I did have to admit, I was envious of the fact that Jessica got to sit so close to Edward in that jeep. I plugged in my iPod and turned it up to that to get my mind off of them. It didn't help though. My jealous side wanted to yank Jessica out of that jeep by her hair, but I had to push that idea to the back…..way back.

We pulled up to the restaurant. I spotted Edward getting out of the Jeep first. He did a sneaky stretch technique while he was looking around. What was he looking for? Was it for me? I got my answer when he stopped mid stretch as he saw my car coming toward the parking space next to the Jeep. He let out a small smile which was quickly replaced by an angry glare as he noticed Jacob in the front passenger seat. I was too busy paying attention to Edward that I hadn't realized Jessica had come out of the Jeep. She was wearing a skimpy, purple, flowy dress with black tights and flats. Thank god she had the tights on because this appeared to be similar to the short dresses that Leah and thrown at me today which I rejected opting not to show my bare ass tonight.

As I was parking the car, I saw that Jessica was standing too close to the parking spot. Not close enough for me to hit her, but still close enough for my liking.

~~~HONK~~~

Jessica jumped at the noise and backed up quickly toward the Jeep.

"You're a horrible horrible person you know that Bella?" Jacob said while laughing.

"What?!? She was in my way!" I feigned innocence.

"Sure sure, come on let's get this show started." We both got out of the car. Jake waited at the front of the car with his hand outstretched for me to grab. I raised my eyebrow at him silently questioning what he was doing. He came close to my ear tucking a stray strand behind my ear, "He's watching, duh. Don't get too excited." He pulled back and winked.

I giggled at him grabbing his hand like he just told me said something that his mom would have slapped him for, "Oh Jake, you're so bad." I looked toward Edward as who was indeed staring at us with an angry green monster look. I could have swore I saw his nostrils flair with a little bit of smoke coming out of them. I walked past him without a second look.

As we were walking into the cozy Italian restaurant, I stumbled a little causing me to drop my keys.

"Damn it! Stupid heels." I griped. I reached down to pick them up and heard a loud smack behind me.

"Fuck Edward. That hurt bitch." Jasper was rubbing the back of his neck.

Oook….I said mentally as I let Alice go ahead of me and to give the hostess her name. By the name of the restaurant, you couldn't tell it served Italian food, but once you stepped inside and let the smells have a party in your nose, you knew. We all followed her to the table. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rose all took a seat at the round table. Jacob sat down next to Alice which either was going to put me next to Edward or Jessica. Great!! If I was next to Jessica, there was a chance I was gonna get charges pressed against me for assault with a deadly weapon which would be my fork. If I was sitting next to Edward, I was gonna end making a fool out of myself by wanting to be closer to him since he knew how to reel me in.

I heard a loud sigh behind me and instinctively turned around to see who it was. I came to see that it was Edward.

"What kind of fucking idiot doesn't pull out the chair for his date?" He grumbled while leaning past me to grab my chair. I took this opportunity to lean into him and sniff him. I needed my fix like a crack head. I couldn't help it even if I tried. He smiles and shakes his head obviously knowing what I had just done. I gave him a look that said "Yeah I took a whiff…Watcha gonna do about it."

"You're such a strange girl, but I love it." He whispers. "Now sit." His last wish was not so much a whisper but a command.

"Calm down Dom-ward." I rolled my eyes planting my ass in the chair allowing him to push it forward. I buried my nose in my menu after blushing from the words Edward had said before the command. Did he mean that? Someone who love my strangeness? Now that's a keeper in my book. I felt the wall crumbling the more I thought about it. I was pulled out of my thoughts by someone clearing their throat with an annoying high pitched, "Ahem!"

I turned to see Jessica still standing up with her arms crossed as Edward had already sat down and was looking into his menu. He gave a quick glance to Jessica before going back to the menu, rolling his eyes, and pulling out the chair next to him with one hand. Jessica sat down scooting her chair up loudly. With that weight, I wouldn't be surprised if she left skid marks on the floor. Ok she's not fat. I'm just being a bitch but oh well, It's Jessica.

"Thanks Hon." She smiled at Edward.

"No problem."

"What is with girls needing to have their chair pulled out for them and the door opened? Come on, they have two hands. My girl doesn't need all that. She's independent and quite capable of doing stuff on her own. Not one of us wears the pants in the relationship. We are equal, and she doesn't need me to do that kind of stuff. Right, Alice?" Jasper ranted.

"Sure, whatever you say Jasper. Could you hold my purse on your chair because it bugs me on mine?"

"Oh yeah, sure thing babe." Jasper turned to hang her purse on the back of his chair while Alice gave us all a quick wink.

The waitress finally came over and asked what we would all have to drink and placing the bread on the table. She left leaving us to carry on a light conversation. When she finally came back to take our orders she had a bit of an attitude as she went around with her little tab asking us what we wanted. I'm sure she was acting like that because the size of the party. She knew she was going to actually have to work with us on a busy Saturday no less, but I'm sure she dealt with it since she knew she would get a good tip either way, stupid large party gratuity rule.

When it came to Jasper, I couldn't help but want to laugh or cry at the situation he was in when it came time to put his order in. You could tell by the look in his eyes that he was over the moon excited. He seemed to have a twinkle in his eye and color in his cheeks and he said his order.

"I'll have the lasagna please!" He smiled widely.

" I'm sorry but we don't have the lasagna on the menu tonight. We just ran out of the ingredients to make it about 20 minutes ago." The waitress said in a monotone voice.

"Wh..wh…what?" He stuttered. "No lasagna at an Italian restaurant?" He pouted letting his lower lip hang. All the color drained from his face and the twinkle was replaced now dull blue eyes. I could have sworn I saw a tear fall.

"No sir, but we have a great dish of manicotti. It's close to lasagna." She shrugged.

"Manicotti? MANICOTTI?" His face turned red and he narrowed his eyes at the waitress maybe hoping death rays would come out of them.

"Ummm…yeah manicotti." She gave him an odd look like who the hell let you out of prison early?

"Fine….I'll take the manicotti." He sighed.

I tried…I mean I reeeally tried not to laugh since that was obviously a traumatizing situation for him, but I just couldn't help it. The look of defeat plus the lasagna face put me over the edge as I started laughing.

"Shut it Bella!"

"I'm sorry Jasper, but you seriously are a lasagna fiend! There has to be some sort of rehab or 'I lasagna anonymous meeting. You should really look into that." I continued laughing.

"I really love lasagna damn it! Nobody makes it for me so I crave it all the time and I refuse to get the oven or microwave shit because it's not real lasagna!"

"Awww poor lasagna lover. One day your prince will come and sweep you off your feet with a pan of homemade lasagna. On day, just hang on to that one day. Until then cheer up buttercup and enjoy you manicotti." I winked.

"Brat!"

"Lasagna freak!"

"Punk!"

"DORK!"

"DOOFUS!"

"Ok knock it off you two. I swear you guys fight like brother and sister, maybe worse like mortal enemies. Now say something nice to each other." Alice demanded.

"Fine! You have a nice coin slot. Did you tuck your car keys away in a safe place?" He smirked.

I gasped automatically looking back and pulling up the stupid pants. "Yeah well, you have good taste. The lasagna would have been an excellent choice IF they had it. You know what. Maybe I'll make lasagna sometime next week." I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Blah! You two are hopeless." Alice threw up her arms.

Jasper and I smiled at each other knowing there were no hard feelings behind the words we had said. We just liked to push each other to see who would when the battle. I couldn't tell you for the life of me who had won the most, so I'll just say we are tied.

"Did you see my new haircut Edward? Do you like it? It's short but not too short to give it a good hard yank." She giggled.

"Uhhh….Yeah cool Jess." Edward replied.

"cough slut cough"

"You ok there Bella? You need a drink of water or something." Edward asked.

"Yeah, I had something in my throat." I put the glass up to my lips.

"Sorry about that Bella." Jacob smiled and winked making me spit and choke on my water.

"Whoa, easy there spitter!" Jacob contemplated what he just said, "Well maybe spitter is not the best nickname."

Edward cleared his throat and pushed himself away from the table and headed to the restroom.

I pulled Jacob by the ear and harshly whispered, "That as too far Jacob!"

He laughed it off taking a big gulp from his coke and rubbing his ear, "Well it's too late to take it back now." He shrugged.

I rolled my eyes and started to play with my napkin while the others carried on their own conversations. I kept glancing back toward the restroom to see if Edward had come out yet. I quickly turned once I spotted him heading back to the table. I had to let him know that what Jacob had implied was not true. I know I was playing a game with him trying to make him jealous, but he didn't know that, and I didn't want him to think that I had backed out on our deal of casually dating till I was ready for him. Blow jobs were not part of casually dating last time I checked. Well, at least not in my book.

Edward pulled out his chair and sat back down. The food had already arrived and we all began eating. I had lost my appetite though. I had to let him know, but I couldn't tell him and let the others hear, so I did the next best thing, I texted him.

"What Jake said isn't true. Please don't believe it. He was just being dumb." I pushed send and waited for him to get the text.

I heard the vibration of his phone indicating the message had gone through. He pulled it out of his pocket and read it before putting it back in his pocket and continued eating his food.

He ignored it. I looked down at my plate and began to push the food around not really eating any of it. I felt my phone vibrate, and I quickly picked it up to check. It was a message from Edward.

I believe you….now please eat.

I smiled down at my phone and put it back in my pocket. I reached for the fork and began shoveling the fettuccine into my mouth.

The night was coming to an end. We had all finished dinner and the ticket had been paid. We were just waiting on Jessica to come out of the restroom. She had been in there a while, probably putting on another coat of hairspray. Once we saw her heading back to the table, we all stood up to start heading to the door once she got to us, we also noticed people staring and laughing at her as she walked by.

"OMG…People are just looking at me tonight. It must be the new haircut." She giggled and turned heading toward the exit. That's when we saw what they all were laughing at.

Jessica was strutting and shaking her hips as her dress was tucked into her tights. We all started laughing including Edward.

"Holy shit!" I laughed, "Go help your girl out Edward."

"Hell no. It's her fault she doesn't know how to get dressed." He laughed. "Let's stay a little back so she can have her moment." We stood back then all followed her out of the door.

"She was already standing next to the Jeep door. "It's a little windy out tonight. Hurry up and open the door Emmett."

"Chill the fuck out woman and wait." Replied Emmett.

"Well, I'll see you guys later. Bye." I looked at Edward last and gave him a smile before turning and going into my car. He held up his hand saying bye as I pulled out of the parking spot.

I headed back to La Push to drop Jacob off.

"I'm sorry I got mad at you Jake. I know you are just doing all of this because I asked and I appreciate it. I shouldn't have yanked your ear."

"What?!? I can't hear you out of this ear!" He smiled. "It's cool…I admit I went a little far, but it just came out of my mouth. You know I can't help the stuff that comes out."

"Yeah I know. So are we still good for Monday." I asked.

"I am if you are." He nodded.

"Yup, I'm still up for it."

We drove to Jacob's house without another word just listening to the music.

"Later Bella!"

"Bye Jake. Go hug your motorcycle chick for me and thank her for helping me today."

He nodded and slammed the door. I was tired. I just wanted to crawl into bed and fall asleep. Once I got home, I stripped off the tight clothes that cut off my circulation and crawled into bed. I checked my phone out of habit and noticed a text from Edward.

Sweet dreams Bella…..Oh and nice ass dimples. I see you have been touch by an angel. I'm next. ;)

I laughed and replied…..Maybe you will maybe you won't ;) Good Night!

Sunday passed as it always does. I bummed around and switched from reading, to watching TV, to washing clothes, and back to reading.

I went to bed earlier anxious for what Edwards's reaction would be to my plan tomorrow. I woke up that morning in a damn good mood. I threw on my jeans, favorite Ramones t-shirt, and sweater and waited by the front door. When I heard to roar…I knew it was time. I put on my backpack and headed out the front door toward Jacob.

"You ready?"

"Yup…Where's my helmet?"

"Right here dork girl. Safety first." He helped me put the helmet on. I didn't have to worry about my hair being messed up because well, chances are it would make it look better. "I can't believe I'm finally getting you to take a ride on the bike."

"I can't believe it either. Now let's just go before I back out."

Jacob turned on the bike and headed to the school. I held onto him for dear life hoping I wouldn't fall off the damn thing. I let out a sigh of relief as I saw the school in the distance. Five minutes on this bike was enough for me. Jacob drove into the school parking lot passing Edward's Volvo like I told him to. I wanted to make sure he got a look at me on it otherwise this would have all been pointless.

As Jacob parked, I took off my helmet and caught a glimpse of Edward marching my way. Oh shit. It wasn't pointless. Edward looked pissed. I handed Jake the helmet and mouthed "uh-oh" to him as I felt my arm being grabbed and pulled toward the school. No words were spoken. I didn't even know where we were going. I just let him lead me into the school and around hallways. The more we turned, the more it became secluded. Edward pulled open a door that said storage, "Get in."

I went in and looked around. It was indeed a storage room. I turned around to face Edward but as soon as I did, he had his hands tight on my hips and his lips against mine. It took me a moment to realize what was happening but once I did, I grabbed onto his hair pulling him closer to me while tip toeing to deepen the kiss. As he pulled my hips closer to him letting me feel him against my stomach I moaned into his mouth allowing him granted entrance into my mouth. He pushed me back toward a counter and lifted me sitting me down on top of it. I wrap my legs around his waist to bring him even closer to the place I want him most. I pulled away from his lips to catch my breath as he places kisses along my neck while running his hands up my shirt and cupping my breast causing another moan to slip.

"I'm so glad to finally have you as mine." He says in between kisses.

"Me too….I'm so glad you gave in first, I was so close to giving in last night." I say with what little breath I have.

"Mmm…me too." He goes back to kissing my mouth and grinding hard against me, but then he pulls back. "Wait what do you mean give in first?" He asks while breathing hard.

I'm still trying to catch my breath but speak anyway, "You know. With the whole Jacob and Jessica thing."

"No I don't know. Why don't you inform me?" Shit of course he doesn't know. How would he know?

"Well the whole thing with you using Jessica to get me jealous and me using Jacob for the same thing."

"The Jacob thing was all a trick? It was all planned?" His voice got louder.

"Well yeah. I mean you did it first!"

"But instead of you coming to me, you decide to play your own little game and string me along right? You play with my emotions just for the fuck of it?!?" He stepped back away from me. I hopped off the counter and started walking toward him.

"No it wasn't like that." I try to explain. Was it like that?

"Don't bother to explain. Fuck it. I knew I shouldn't have let myself fall for you. I should have just stayed away from you like I planned from the beginning. I put myself out there letting you know how I feel about you Bella. Letting you know that I was ready to let myself love you. ME Bella!!"

"But it…"

"Whatever, find another guy to play your games on. I'm out." And with that he opened the door slamming it behind him leaving me there in the storage closet alone…..yet again.

A/N- Ok I have to give a shout out to Kyle aka DC who has inspired SOOO many things in this story. You have him to thank for the Ramones, Family Guy, and LASAGNA loving Jasper, his personal experiences that I've put into the story like the hurdling face plant, and the laughing at his date's skirt being tucked into her hose and so many more. He's like my ghost writer. Lol…..HAPPY NOW DORK!!?!?!

Ok now my apologies for the lonnnnng wait. Of course you've all heard this before but I had some issues come up that took my mind off of writing…..*cough* hit a curb that dented all 4 or my rims *cough* Excuse me….

I'll try not to take so long on the next chapter. I know it doesn't look good from here, but believe me…It will next chapter

If my writing is getting shitty or shittier, let me know…I'll TRY to work on it!