"Lauren", Jacob finished, sighing blissfully, at the sound of her name.
"Lauren?", I screeched, obviously catching him off guard. This couldn't be happening.
An image flashed through my head dangerously: Lauren and Jacob holding hand, Lauren and Jacobs married, Lauren and Jacob having kids. I shuttered violently at the thought.
"Jake", I started, breathing carefully, "how could you ever fall in love with", gulp, "Lauren. She's terrible, always bringing out the absolute worst in everyone around her. And I've never even done anything to her! She's just always just hated me for no reason", I ranted furiously.
"Bella, stop." The vicious undertone of Jacobs voice made me cringe in surprise. "Don't ever talk about her like that, are we clear, leech-lover" , he finished acidly, venom dripping threateningly off of every word.
I gasped in uninhibited shock. Then the line was dead, the monotonous beeping penetrating my thoughts, and abruptly subsiding the cloud of hurt swirling persistently around me.
I had no right to judge Jacobs love choices. I left him, I chose Edward. I should be elated that Jacob finally found someone in his reach. But instead I found myself in a pool of boiling jealous, treading desperately to keep from slipping under.
I took a deep breath. Ugh, but did it have to be with Lauren? I suddenly knew what it must have been like for Jacob, to see me with Edward. Except most likely a thousand times worse for him. He hated Edward much more than I Lauren, but he never had someone he loved to relieve the spearing pain. I was his someone, yet I was the cause.
The thought of Edward pulled me out with a sense of what I hoped to be finality, relaxing me immediately. I would apologize to Jacob, and attempt to be as courteous to Lauren as possible. It couldn't be that hard. Well, at least I would have Edward with me. Jacob couldn't oppose to that now that he had his "love" with him. I shuttered involuntarily again, and strode outside, slamming the door defiantly behind me. I needed to see Edward.
As I drove the familiar winding road leading to the Cullens, a pang of despair shot through me, quick and sharp. It would be just a few weeks before I would leave Forks behind forever, never to see the beautiful angular entryway of the Cullens, or the chromatic vegetation again.
But I would get to take the best part of Forks with me: Edward. And in the end, that was all that mattered.
I cut the roaring engine of my idling truck, and hopped out, only to be greeted by the omnipresent ecstatic face of Alice.
"Hey, Alice, I know I'm supposed to be helping you with the reception seating tonight, but I really need to speak with Edward", I pleaded
Alice pouted, but seemed to think better of it, and smiled dazzlingly. "Of course, Bella", was all she said, dancing gracefully back inside.
I wasn't quite sure what to make of her reaction, but decided to shrug it off. I bounded up the steps, and into the glistening foyer.
"Edwards in his room", Emmett mumbled, never taking his eyes off of the wrestling match he was intently watching. Rosalie rolled her eyes at him, turning her attention back to the bulging magazine she was flipping through.
I walked up the stairs, careful not to trip and bleed, virtually the worst thing possible in a house of vampires. Once I safely reached the top, I quickly turned into Edwards's room, finding comfort in the familiar setting.
He was lounged on the couch, lazily shifting through a pile of unopened CD's. He looked up at me, his glorious face morphing into my favorite crooked smile. My breath abandoned me.
"Hello, beautiful", he whispered as I somehow found myself nestled into the couch next to him. I felt all of my worries melt away, as he kissed my hair, trailing his finger lightly up and down my jaw.
"I love you", I told him, looking intently into his warm ocher eyes.
He tightened his arms around me, and leaned in to press his lips devastatingly against mine. My heart as if it was on the edge of failure, weakening more every moment. He surprised me by continuing the kiss, molding his body intimately to mine, and tangling his long alabaster fingers in my hair.
Slowly he pulled back, grinning wickedly. "I love you too", he whispered softly in my ear, his icy breath causing me to shiver.
We layed there for hours, him contently stroking my hair as I went in and out of consciousness, my dreams filled involuntarily with only one thing: Jacob and Lauren.
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