A/N: ok, so now to get into the massive drama blood clot (lol) I have created for this story… italics in this one either mean text message or thought process… but most likely a text…Read. Enjoy. Review…

Trip Around the Sun

Chapter Eleven – Potentially Problematic

About a month passed of me secretly courting Carlisle, and going over to see Carlisle saying Alice wanted to go shopping. Today, it had been relatively nice out, and they had had to skip work and school because of the sparkle effect. They had gone 'hunting' so that they would be able to live around me, or rather I would be able to live around them. It was Friday, so there hadn't been much going on at school, except for the text that I had kept on getting from Carlisle. One apologizing for not being able to be there for our one month anniversary, which I replied to with he had an eternity of anniversaries to make it up to me, and that it wasn't really a big deal. He then replied rather quickly, pleading with me to come over Saturday and spend the day with him, he didn't have to do much pleading on that one. Then there were various others throughout the day telling me he loved me and that he was thinking about me, I started to feel bad for Jasper.

"Hey, Bella," called Lauren, one of the more annoying girls, as I walked in a crowd of people towards the parking lot, "Where're your friends?"

"Doctor Cullen's mother is sick," I said, it felt weird calling him 'Doctor Cullen' instead of just Carlisle, and they had just told me to make something up if I was asked where they were, so here I was.

"Oh, sorry," said Lauren and I nodded, proceeding to my truck without anyone else bothering me.

I went straight home, and sighed heavily out of frustration when I saw the Black's new truck in the driveway. I was not up for an anti-Cullen lecture today, especially when I missed them so much already. I slowly got out of my truck, as if if I took long enough they would be gone by the time I got in there. I almost literally dragged my feet over to the door and walked in.

There was an instant crash and I looked around as I set my school bag down by the door. Standing in the middle of the room was Jake, or at least I thought it was Jake. He was at least six and a half feet tall, and was very well built, his t-shirt was stretched over well defined muscles. He was a far cry from the lanky teen I had seen on the beach not even two months ago. He looked at least twenty-five, and he smiled nervously over at me while his eyes were watching me with care and adoration.

"Oh, hey Bells," said Charlie, oblivious to the way his buddy's son was looking at me, as he walked in with a dust pan and brush, neatly picking up the glass that was around Jake's feet.

Billy rolled in not too far behind Charlie and opened his mouth to yell at his son for breaking a glass, but then stopped. He looked at the look on Jake's face, then smiled in a satisfied manner. Finally, Billy was looking at me to, only with a more wise and knowing look. With both of them staring I started to get more than a little uncomfortable. I smiled impishly as my phone started to vibrate in my pocket. It was Carlisle.

Hey you ok? Alice was watching you… she worries… you disappeared…xoxo

She worries? What about you… I'm fine.. Love you…

"Hey, Jake," I said, sending my reply and shutting the phone and really just wanting the staring to stop, "Wow, you really shot up, huh?"

"He's growing like a weed," said Billy, reaching up and clapping his son on the shoulder.

My phone vibrated again.

Of course I do babes… just Alice was freaking out and demanding we come home

"Who's that?" Charlie asked curiously as he stood up.

"Alice," I said without skipping a beat.

"Oh? Where are the Cullens?" Charlie asked, looking over my shoulder as if he was expecting Alice and Jasper to burst through the door behind me.

"They had to go to Alaska," I said, "Ca- Doctor Cullen's mom, she's really sick, so they went up so they could be with her until she passes. Alice says the doctor said she only has a few more hours."

"Oh, that's too bad," said Charlie sincerely as he went to dump the glass into the trash in the kitchen.

Billy just glared at me from the moment that I had mentioned the Cullens, and Jake's eyes seemed to have gotten darker than they usually were, but neither looked away from me. They both were obviously upset that I was still hanging around with the Cullens, but they were just going to have to deal. I kind of wondered what their reactions would be if they knew that I was dating a Cullen, and not just any Cullen one that the public thought was fourteen years older than me. I dismissed myself to my room in order to answer Carlisle's text. I felt Jake's eyes follow me until I reached the upstairs landing and got into my room, and sat on the edge of my bed.

No need to come home early if you dont want to… oh and your mom is dying…

My mom died quite a few years ago…

No its the cover up… for you all being away… youre in Alaska with sick mom…

That's a pretty morbid cover up… should I be worried?

No, gtg.. love you… dads got Billy and Jake over…

Say no more… I love you…see you tomorrow…

"Hey Bella," said Jake, leaning on the door frame to my room.

"Hey," I said, slipping my phone back into my pocket, and noting that Carlisle – even with his perfectly calm nature - wouldn't appreciate the way Jake was looking at me, it gave me the shivers, "What's up?"

"Not much," He said, "Billy decided to drag me out here with him, you?"

"Not much," I replied looking at my phone willing Carlisle, Alice, Jasper, anyone to text me, "I usually hang around with the Cullens after school, I'm pretty bored when they aren't around."

"You hang out with them a lot then?" said Jake, he seemed curious, not as accusing as before.

"Yeah," I said, "Alice and Jasper are like my only friends up here, well except you of course."

"Thanks," He said, he seemed pleased with his friend status, "Would you maybe want to go out to dinner with me sometime?"

"Like a date?" I asked, maybe Alice had been right about him liking me, and I wondered how I was going to get myself out of this one.

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry, Jake," I said, trying to figure out how to word it right, "I'm already pretty interested in someone right now. It just wouldn't be fair to you, me, or him."

"Oh, right, sorry," said Jake, he seemed disappointed but he wasn't letting up on the looking at me as he left the room.

Had Alice seen that coming? Why wouldn't she have warned me? Then I remembered what Carlisle had said about her not seeing me right now. Then I also remembered the small fact that when Alice had announced that Jake liked me about a month ago, it was primarily to get Carlisle jealous for me. Apparently her ploy to make him jealous had worked, but how had she not seen this with Jake?

"So it seems Jake's got a little crush on you, Bells," said Charlie once they had left and I had seen it fit to come out of my room, clutching my phone, hoping Carlisle would call or text me.

"Yeah," I said, entering the kitchen, "Let's just hope he grows out of it, and quick."

"What? You don't like him?" said Charlie as he too walked into the kitchen, "I thought you might give him a chance now that he's not so scrawny anymore."

"That's not all I care about," I said, getting myself a glass of water.

"Didn't say it was," said Charlie and I nodded as I sipped my water.

"Mrs. Cullen passed about an hour ago," I told him, "I think I'm going to be pretty much spending the weekend over at the Cullens, you know helping in any way I can. They said they'd be back in the morning."

"Ok then," said Charlie as I headed from the kitchen to my room and he called after me, "I'll be fishing with Billy tomorrow if you need me!"

I stepped into my room and plopped down on my bed ready for sleep when my phone started to ring.

"Hey sweetie," I answered, falling back on my pillows, figuring it was Carlisle calling to say good night.

"It's Alice, but I guess I'll take sweetie." said Alice giggling and I chuckled.

"No, sorry Al, I only have one sweetie," I said and she laughed.

"He's standing right here if you want to talk to him," said Alice and I smiled.

"In a minute," I said, not really sure what I was going to tell him about earlier with Jake, "Why'd you call?"

"Just to let you know we're home, I know you're planning on coming over tomorrow," said Alice and I sighed.

"Yeah," I said, "Could you possibly go somewhere where my amazing prince – Who I know can hear me - can't hear us?"

"Yeah, sure, hold on," She sounded concerned, there was a pause in which I knew she was running somewhere out of earshot of Carlisle, "Oh, shoot. What's wrong Bella?"

"Just something potentially problematic," I said, rolling my eyes, "It's just Jake was over today, and he akind of asked me out to dinner. I obviously, said no, and I told him that I liked someone else… anyways, I just wanted to know your opinion on telling Carlisle. Should I? Should I not? It's not like he tells me about all the nurses that must try and hit on him daily. I don't want to make him upset or anything."

"Bella," said Alice, "I personally think you're overreacting just a tad. Should you tell Carlisle? Definitely, you don't want to hide anything. Will he get upset? A little, but that's understandable you're the world to him and don't worry he won't be upset with you. As for when, I'd wait until you could talk to him in person… like tomorrow. And Bella? They don't try and hit on him anymore, just to let you know. They gave up about a month after we moved here and he made it clear that he wasn't interested."

"Thanks," I said, that seemed like the perfect plan, and the nurse thing was good to know, "Wait even before he even met me, he was never interested in anyone?"

"Not for almost four hundred years now Bella," said Alice, and I was momentarily shocked, "Bella? You're not starting to develop feelings for Jake, are you?"

"Alice!" I said shocked that she could even think that for a second, "Alice really? With Carlisle it's like everytime I see him a lightning bolt goes right through me, when I hear his voice it's my favorite song, and then when he kisses me-"

"Ok," said Alice, "Don't need any more detail than that."

"Seriously, Brad Pitt next to Carlisle is blah," I said, "You hav nothing to worry about from Jacob Black."

"Good," said Alice, "You wanna talk to him now?"

"Of course!" I said and she laughed a little at the excitement in my voice.

"Hello, Beautiful," said Carlisle a moment later, in greeting to me, I could see the smile on his face in my head, "Will asking what you and Alice were talking about do me any good?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow," I said, my whole body simply calming down to his voice.

"As you wish, Bella," He said sweetly and I smiled, then yawned, "You're tired. Go to sleep, I'll see you in the morning, my love."

"No," I said, "Talk to me until I fall asleep?"

"Of course my dear," He said and he hummed for a few minutes before he started to speak, my eyes were fighting to stay open, "How was school?"

"Boring," I replied sleepily, "Hunting?"

"Jasper almost got himself into too much trouble for him to handle by himself, but all in all we were fine," said Carlisle and then his tone changed, "Bella?"

"Mmhmm?" I said barely awake,

"I love you, sweet little Bella, I will see you in the morning," He said ,"Sweet dreams."

"Good night, Carlisle my love," I said and I heard him hang up as I let go of the phone and drifted off to sleep.