Jacob's POV
Bella dropped Lexi off a few minutes ago and now she is bouncing around my living room singing along to some super annoying kid show. It's a good thing I love her.
"Jake, mommy says you can tell me the goblin story tonight!" She says as she bouncing into the kitchen. So much bouncing. Yes, I'm sure Bella did say that. Leah is laughing from the next room.
"Hope you weren't planning on sleeping tonight, Jacob!" Everyone is against me.
I love spending time with Lexi. I can't imagine loving another kid as much as her. Leah loves her too. Even though she's not my kid she's still a package deal. Her and her mother who is probably never going to come to dinner at my house again after tonight. It was Leah's idea to set her up. After Paul and Seth I quit. But Leah is persistent.
"Jake! I want to paint. Can I have a cookie? Oh let's go to the park!" I think Bella feeds her sugar cubes before she brings her over.
"Lex, chill out! I don't think we have any cookies. And you can paint or we can go to the park." I tell her.
"We do have cookies Jake, in the pantry, and you should take her paint to the park." Leah suggests. I will never have kids with this evil woman.
"You'll come too Leah?" Lexi asks her with her you can't tell me no voice.
"Aww I would love to but I have to make dinner honey. You and Jake have fun. I will go pack you a lunch." She walks off to do just that. I go get her paints and a backpack to put everything in.
By time we get to the park she forgets about her paint. She runs and slides and swings for an hour before she eats lunch and then does it all again for another hour. I don't know where she gets all this energy from! On the way back she crashes in the car so I carry her to bed and offer to help Leah with dinner. She declines. Apparently in the kitchen my help makes things worse.
So I'm chilling out watching TV thinking how much Bella is going to hate her supposed to be date. Leah is a nurse at the hospital and this is some super hot pharmacist. I for one have never heard of a hot pharmacist. But that's not the problem; the problem is he's 12 years older than her. That's just screams dirty old man taking advantage of the hot young girl. Yes, I think Bella's hot. Apparently I fall asleep because suddenly Lexi is jumping on me and screaming Jake! Wake up!
Then the hot pharmacist (Leah's words, not mine) shows up and he's not nearly as bad as I imagined him.
"Come in Sam, this is my boyfriend, Jacob and this is his friend's little girl Lexi. Her mom Bella will be here in a little while." Leah introduces us all.
Lexi likes him almost immediately which is rare for her. She's incredibly standoffish usually. He's good with her too. And who cannot like someone who's good with kids? Probably Bella. I don't think our last setups going badly had so much with the guys as with Bella being standoffish like her daughter. Lexi's father really hurt her. She loved him so much and he was great until she got pregnant. He wasn't going to let a baby ruin his life, he told her. Lexi has not ruined anyone's lives. He has no idea what he's missing.
But back to Sam, Lexi is bouncing around the house showing him all her paintings and her toys and books. You would think she lived her here as much stuff as she has here. And he is playing the part of interested very well.
"Are you here to meet my mommy, Sam?" Lexi asks. Ha! I guess we should have figured she would eventually catch on to that. I'm waiting for his answer when Leah whisks her away telling her she needs help with dinner. Sam looks at me and I change the subject to sports.
Thirty minutes later Bella shows up and I prepare for the awkward dinner ahead. Only it's not awkward. They get along really well. She and Lexi are almost fighting for his attention. It's pretty hilarious to watch. And he divides him time between almost perfectly. Lexi gets a tad bit more. She's a lot more demanding. Me and Leah basically cease to exist. I don't like this. He's way too old for her!
Leah drags me into the kitchen and goes on and on about well it is going. And I guess she can see my doubt because she tells me to stop thinking about anything except how happy Bella looks. And I watch from the doorway at her laughing at something he said and she does look happy. Then Lexi tells him a lame, 5 year old joke and he cracks up.
I don't hate him but I don't love this either. I guess what really matters is what Bella thinks of him though.