Chapter 7: Party
At 8:30 I left my house, got on my bike and began my journey up to Forks to Rosalie's house.
I hadn't spoken to Leah since the incident of the locker room.
I ignored her in our last class of the day and football practice had been canceled because of lightning so I went straight home without speaking to her.
I knew Leah would be there tonight at Rose's, just because I would be there, and that made me not want to go.
But a promise is a promise and I had told Rosalie I would go and I did want to hang with everyone else that would be there.
When I pulled up there was already a tone of cars parked out front.
It looked like every light in Rosalie's house was on from outside and the music coming from inside vibrated and shook the ground under the cars outside.
I smiled, Rose always threw the best parties.
It was possible to do so because she lived a large mansion like house on the outskirts of Forks.
Nobody was around to complain.
When I entered the house there was a lot of action going on to take in at once.
A lot of people were dancing, a lot of people were standing around with red cups clutched in their hands, and a lot of people were running up and down the stairs.
I recieved a lot of greetings as soon as I walked in.
Almost every senior was in attendance and a lot of juniors had crashed too it looked like.
"Hi Jake!" One of the junior girls said grinning ear to ear and putting her hand on my chest.
"Hey there," I said then passed on into the kitchen where I thought I might find a drink.
Everyone was in the kitchen it looked like.
Emmett, Edward, Alice, Jasper, and the rest of Rosalie's lunch group.
"Hey Jake!" Emmett called raising his plastic red cup.
"Drink?"
"Yeah thanks." I said reaching out.
Just then Rosalie appeared.
She looked stunning a low cut purple shirt and a jean mini skirt.
"Hey Rose."
"Jake!" She smiled hugging me and kissed me full on the lips.
She was already a little tipsy.
"You're so happy to be here Jake!" She drunkenly yelled.
I chuckled.
"Yes, I'm happy to be here."
"Me too!" She screamed happily.
"Here, take a shot with me!" She grabbed a bottle of Grey Goose.
"Alright."
I laughed as she sauntered off and grabbed onto a junior guy, who looked thrilled, and dragged him onto the dance floor with her.
Emmett suddenly started to look gloomy.
"Go dance with her," I said nudging him.
He sighed and forced his eyes in the opposite direction.
"Where's the ping pong table? I wanna play beer pong!"
I shrugged and pulled my drink up to my lips.
Suddenly I saw her.
Leah.
She was dressed like Rosalie, in an aqua blue halter and micromini skirt.
She saw me and immediately began to her walk toward me.
"Shit," I sighed turning away.
Edward chuckled seeing my delima.
"I'll just leave you to talk with her for a minute," he said shaking with laughter.
"Fuck you Cullen," I growled at him.
He grabbed another drink and walked out of the kitchen to the couch to sit next to a pretty girl in a plain green top.
"Jake." Leah said when she reached me.
"Ugh, hey Leah."
Her eyes narrowed.
"Excuse me?"
"What do you want Leah?" I snapped back at her.
A look of fury came over her face very quickly.
"Are you upset about what happened today Jake?"
I was in so much disbelief that she would even question that.
Roughly I grabbed her arm and yanked her out on the back porch where there was less people.
"Leah are you an idoit or not?"
"What?"
"Are the you that dumb to ask me if I'm upset about today?"
"So you are mad?"
I stared at her.
She stared back.
Finally: "It's not that big of deal Jake!"
"Leah I told you it wasn't a good idea!"
"You have nothing to be upset about! I am the one that has EVERY right to be upset!"
"You! About what!?"
"You left me there Jake! You went off and chased... chased... HER!"
I was taken aback.
I defintely didn't want to go there.
I didn't know what the hell it was I was feeling for Bella.
"Leah! YOU are my girlfriend! Not Bella! Ok?"
Leah's frown suddenly smoothed out and she looked at me in disbelief.
"Can you not see that I am trying to make an effort here Lea?"
"But.. then why did you chase after her like that?"
I sighed.
"I don't know. Maybe cause she's a family friend and I don't want that getting around back to her dad or mine."
Leah continued to stand with a shocked expression on her face.
It was kind of the truth, I really didn't want my dad and espcially Bella's dad to think I messed around at school like that.
It was a priviledge to go to school at Forks, I didn't want to put in in jeopardy and have to leave football and all my friends.
But that was only a part of why I had chased after Bella.
I had felt so bad that she had seen me and Leah in that position.
I felt wrongful for allowing it and disgusted with myself.
It felt like I was betraying Bella or something.
I had done a lot in one small week to give Bella the wrong impression of me.
But it's fucking ridiculous.
Bella was a part of my life when I was five!
Years have passed!
I don't even know her today!
Why should I even care?
All I know is that she is attractive and I when I see or think about her, I want to be around her.
But I'm dating Leah.
Leah's my girlfriend.
If we work things out I wouldn't mind staying with Leah.
"Jake?"
"What?"
"Do you promise that you're not playing me for her?"
"Leah-"
"I'm serious Jake. I'm the only one for you right?"
After a few seconds, I lied.
"Yeah."
She smiled and hugged me.
"Then I forgive you."
I closed my eyes and sighed.
This definitely didn't feel to me like we had gotten anywhere.
"But Leah-"
"Jake lets us just leave now and go to my place!"
"Leah."
"Yes?"
"I'm not sure you get that I'm still not ok about all this?"
She frowned.
"I don't understand."
"Leah I don't want us to be like that at school again."
"I was just feeling adventurous Jake."
"Yeah well it's pretty risky obviously."
"Well it doesn't matter if she sees it."
"I don't want anyone to see."
She smiled.
"You want me all for yourself Jake?"
"That's not what I meant."
She began to pout.
"Then what did you mean."
"Jesus christ Leah don't ever pull shit like that again ok? That's all I'm saying!"
"Fine! Whatever. Can we just go back to my place now Jake?"
"No."
"No!?"
"No. I'm gonna stay here and hang with my friends."
"Jake this party is so lame! C'mon-"
"No Leah. I want to stay. I'm going to."
"Why can't you try and make me happy?"
That was it.
"Leah I fucking do everything to make you happy. What more can I do? Not do things that make me happy? Will that satisfy you?"
Leah stared at me.
"But being with me should always make you happy."
"Not every minute of the god damn day!"
Leah roared angrily.
"I thought we had just fixed this situation but NO, there's always something left to bitch about!"
I walked away leaving her there.
"JAKE!?"
I ignored her.
Rosalie's party was definitely a new experience for me.
There was a lot more people there than I had anticipated.
It was the first party I had ever been to and I couldn't believe how many drunk people there were.
Forks had surprised me all week long.
There were tan people, people who rode bikes, a football team that was State bound, an old childhood friend who was now very different and apparently the people knew how to party.
I was sitting on Rosalie's couch watching her dance drunkenly with some blonde dude when I felt the side of the couch next to me sink in.
I turned to see one of Alice's brothers smiling at me holding out an extra cup.
"Drink?"
I thought about refusing wondering if he had slipped something in it when-
"I promise it's not spiked. I would never do that."
He smiled genuinely and I suddenly remembered that his name was Edward... I think.
"Sure," I took it.
"Thanks."
"I'm Edward," he said confirming my suspicion.
"Hi, Bella," I said shaking his hand he had put out.
"How come you're not dancing?" He asked me.
"Oh... uh nobody asked and I uh... don't dance."
He chuckled and then asked me to dance.
"But I've just said that I can't dance."
"Let me teach you." He said with a grin.
"Oh.. umm...."
"C'mon it will be fun, I promise."
"Alright."
It was fun.
Edward put his hands lightly on my hips and moved his body against the back of mine.
He was a very good dancer and led me so I wouldn't have to make a fool of myself.
I got the hang of his rythmn and we began to grind like everyone else on the dance floor.
His hands moved lower so that they settled on my thighs.
I didn't mind, I was really enjoying myself.
We danced three songs and it was sweltering hot from everyone elses body heat from dancing.
"I need another drink," I shouted so he could hear me over the music.
"Alright lets get one."
We walked, with his hand on the small of my back to the kitchen and got two new cups kool-aid mixed with vodka.
"What I tell you? Fun isn't it?"
I nodded smiling.
"I did like it."
"Wanna dance some more?"
"Yeah, just let me go use the bathroom."
I felt a little buzzed as I walked to the down stairs bathroom.
I opened the door and saw a couple, vigorously making out on the toilet.
I shut the door and went upstairs in search of another.
I went back into the party ignoring Leah's screams and grabbed another drink.
I went to the living room and watched some people dancing.
Some girl with red hair grabbed me and yanked me into her grind line.
I let her go crazy with my hands resting on her hips and grinded back into her.
She laughed and giggled drunkenly and I couldn't help and laugh myself.
I looked up from the red head and saw Leah looking at me murderously.
"Aw shit," I growled leaving the girl dancing alone on the floor.
"Jacob Black!"
"If you know what's good for you leave me the fuck alone Leah." I growled.
She stared after me appalled as I climbed the stairs and grabbed a drink from someone.
I walked straight to Rosalie's room and slammed the door shut behind me and locked it.
The room was dead silent and I angrily let out a furious roar, then fell back onto Rosalie's bed.
I closed my eyes and suddenly heard a faint groan of a door being opened.
I opened my eyes and saw, low and behold, Bella.
She was curiously looking at me from the doorway of Rosalie's bathroom.
She was wearing a pair of skinny dark wash jeans, a plain green shirt and her hair was down around her neck and shoulders.
"Hey." She said.
I lifted myself up and couldn't help, but smile.
"Hi."
I couldn't believe she was talking to me.
"How are you?" Sha sked walking toward me.
"Oh... fine I guess."
She smirked and laughed.
"Let me guess: Leah?"
I laughed and nodded.
"Yeah..."
"Oh well sorry," she muttered.
"I guess I'll see you Monday in science," she said awkwardly walking toward the door.
"No."
She turned to look at me.
"What is it?"
"Oh umm... well uh why don't you stick around and we can hang... talk you know."
"Alright." She said.