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Rating: PG13
Everything Goes: Chapter Eight:
Bella and Leah left the pub at the same time. Both waited until they were safely in their cars before they drove off going in opposite direction. Bella drove home thinking about her interesting conversation with Leah. Her boss was pretty wise for someone not much older than herself. She was pretty sure that Leah had vast knowledge of men compared to Bella's meek amount.
When she arrived at the apartment she locked up her car as she made her way across the parking lot. She noticed the light pole closest to their apartment was out. It made the small parking lot seem dark and creepy. She told herself to stay calm and hurry and get inside. Once she was in the apartment she lock the door behind her. She was disappointed to see that Jake wasn't home yet.
She knew she was being paranoid about being alone. She just couldn't shake the feeling that when she was walking across the parking lot someone was watching her. Running her hands through her hair she considered taking advantage of the quiet time to take a long hot bath.
She went to her room to get some clean clothes and then went to the bathroom turning on the water. Pouring a small amount of lavender bubble bath she found herself smiling despite the heaviness she felt in her heart. Alice had bought her the bubble bath for her birthday. She told her that it would help relax her. She complained that Bella was far too tensed and a worry wart for someone their age.
She closed her eyes as she pushed back the tears that threaten to spill down her face. Alice. Poor Alice. She had found time to make a quick call to Angela on her lunch break. Angela was closer to Alice since she still lived in Forks. She went over daily to sit with Alice for a few hours while the Cullen's ran errands. They feared leaving her alone in the house. She was finally eating on her own. They had been forced to spoon feed her because she had refused to feed herself for the first few days when they return home.
Bella could not get the picture of Alice's cold lifeless expression from her head. She tried everything she could think of to try and force Alice to show some sort of emotions. She even tried to piss her off hoping her anger toward Bella might make her snap out of it. Nothing worked. Carlisle and Esme were grateful for her visit even though it had no effect on Alice whatsoever. Esme who had been like Bella's second mom since she moved there made sure to tell Bella that none of this was her fault. Bella knew everyone meant well when they told her that but it just irritated her. It was wrong of Bella to let her leave the club in the first place and secondly she should have called her. She was too wrap up with trying to making Jake jealous that she let her other best friend walk into the arms of danger.
Stepping into the bath she felt the hot water stinging her feet. Lying down in the tub she leaned her head back and exhaled loudly. Taking a deep breathe in and out she felt much better. The lavender did smell nice she noted.
Closing her eyes she wondered what Jake and the guys were up to tonight. Jake had only told her he was staying to fix Embry's truck. She knew he was done with that by now. Jake was a great mechanic. It was one of the reasons that he got the manager position at the shop where he and his buddies work. He had some mad skills with those hands of his. Bella felt her heart skip a beat as she pictured his large, slender hands touching her breasts. His hands were so big that they swallowed up her small breasts. When he pinch her nipples she thought she was going to die. She had literally orgasm just from that alone.
He was an amazing kisser. It wasn't just his technique but something more. She never felt such an enormous amount of lust when she kissed a guy. Sure it was nice and all with other guys but with Jake it was like something you saw on one of those old movies. You know when the girl kisses the perfect guy and her leg slowly eases up giving her and the audience the signal that this guy was the one for her.
Yeah, he definitely had away with the tongue action. She wondered if his tongue could do magic elsewhere on her body. Blushing a bit she found her hand slipping between her legs as she remembered the things they had done before the night had ended on a horrible note.
She slip her finger in between her folds as she pressed on the spot she knew would give her such sweet pleasure while continuing to think about Jake's bare backside and his kiss it did not take her long to climax. Letting out a long exhaled with relief she began to wash up.
Stepping into her Victoria Secret pink and white pin striped shorts and blouse pajama set she began brushing her hair when she heard the door bell ringing. She felt her stomach clench up nervously. The last time she heard that sound, it came with terrible news. Telling herself to stop it she walked to the door and took a deep breathe before she open it partially. Standing at her door was the last person she had expected to see at her apartment. She couldn't help but feel uneasy. How had he found out where she lived and which apartment was hers? She never once gave him that information. Something warned her that this uninvited visit could not end well.
Jake was having a blast watching his friends attempting to their own laundry for the first time. He had also caught a few looks from several young women. He knew the guys were definitely going to get lucky if they played their cards right. Quil got lucky when a cute redhead saw him putting too much soap in his load and stepped in advising him how to separate his colors from his whites. He thanked her and pretty much kept quiet while she talk to him. Jake was impressed.
Normally Quil ran his head off from being so nervous. Tonight Quil was less like himself. Jake wondered if he was still experiencing some trauma from finding Alice that night. At work he talk to them but Jake noticed he said less than normal. He didn't make too many jokes. He didn't even notice the women when the stopped in needing repairs. Normally he was the first one to spot out a beautiful babe.
The sweet girl who was assisting him with his laundry seem to be relaxed around Quil. That was also an unusual sight to behold. Normally when Quil spoke with women he made them look almost terrified. It was so sad that it was not even funny. But tonight his new friend seem to be smiling back at him. Jake felt for the first time in a long time hope for Quil's love life.
"Dude your underwear is pink." Collin burst out laughing when Embry pulled out a load of clothes from the washer where he had thrown a new red shirt in with some of his white clothes.
"Shit." Embry muttered under his breathe.
"I WARN YOU." Jake shouted across the room as he burst out laughing.
Embry shot him the finger before turning his back toward Jake and getting the rest of his clothes out of the washer.
Collin gave Jake a thumbs up. Jake rolled his eyes as he sat back down in the chair where he had been reading a magazine.
Quil and his new friend were putting his clothes in the dryer. Jake was considering approaching them to learn more about Quil's new friend but he worried it might make Quil nervous.
Collin plop down next to Jake and sighed heavily.
"Dude the tall blonde keeps checking me out." Collin bragged as he flashed the girl a wolfish grin.
Jake chuckled under his breath as he kept his eyes toward the magazine. He did not have the heart to tell Collin he suspected the tall blonde was actually a guy in drag.
He figured it was best to let Collin learn on his own.
"Quil seems to getting along with the red head." Collin pointed out.
"Yeah. Leave him alone. It seems to be working for him. Don't screw it up. You guys already hurt his feelings when you abandoned him at the club last Friday." Jake looked at Collin with a disgusted face.
Collin looked away. He knew Jake was right they had been treating Quil rather shitty lately.
"So how come you are out and about tonight. I know you got several numbers last week." Collin ask curiously.
They watched as Embry found himself in a conversation with two older women who were giving him tips on how to prevent from making the rest of his clothes red from now on.
"I didn't find any of them interesting enough." Jake replied casually.
"Really? Because I saw several that were hotter than hell that were practically dry humping your leg. You seem to be more interested in our Bella than any other available woman that night." Collin decided to bring up what he had noticed going on at the club last week. Sure he had been pretty out of it but he saw the way Bella kept looking at Jake when he wasn't looking and Jake did the same. He had a strange feeling that Bella and Jake were hooking up and not letting them know about it.
Embry had even mention that when he saw them dancing he could have sworn they were kissing. He could not be positive because there was several people around the couple but their faces were awful close.
"Shut up!" Jake laughed as he nudged Collin with his shoulder.
"Look if you're hooking up with Bella I get it. She is a nice girl." Collin shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm not hooking up with Bella. Geez. She is my best friend Collin." Jake cried out nervously.
"Hey its normal for friends who are of the opposite sex to find themselves at some point lovers. They are more relaxed with one another. Now where it leads would depend on the couple." Collin replied as he watched Quil talking to his new friend.
"Where the hell is this crap coming from?" Jake frowned at Collin. It was not like Collin to give Jake advice on women or relationships. How would he know about friends of the opposite sex?
"I read it in a book." Collin confessed as his cheeks burn with embarrassment.
"You can read? What book?" Jake teased.
"It was a book my mom kept in the bathroom. I was bored so whenever I went to take a …you know I would read it." Collin continued his awkward confession.
Jake laughed so hard. He could just see Collin sitting on a toilet trying to push out a terd while reading a Dr. Phil book.
"Laugh but I can read." Collin stated with such a serious affirmation.
"Okay. Calm down." Jake struggled to fight back his laughter. He could tell that he had hurt Collin's feelings.
"You're just trying to upset me to get me off the subject of you and Bella. I forgot what the scientific term is called but you're definitely trying to put me off so I will get upset and go off onto another subject that you are more comfortable to speak about." Collin's face beamed with pride. He knew he had outsmarted Jake. He rarely got one over his friend but at the moment watching Jake look so stupefied he knew he had succeeded today.
Jake wasn't sure how to respond to that. Normally the things that come out of Collin's mouth pertained to food, cars, sex, and more sex. Jake rarely had the opportunity to have a deep meaningful conversation with the guy. If he wanted to talk to one of his guy friends about something serious he usually spoke to Quil. He knew that Quil would give him his best advice and truly listen to what he spoke about. Embry and Collin were good friends. They were the sort of guys you had fun with. He would hang out and do stupid things with. They were the best buddies ever but they were not always the most intellectually inept sort of guys.
Before he could respond Quil and his new friend approached.
"Jake, this is Misty." Quil made the introductions.
"Nice to meet you Misty." Jake shook her hand. Getting a closer look at the red head he saw she was cute as a button. She was a bit homely for his taste but she definitely had a sweetness about her.
"You too Jake." Misty smiled cautiously at all of them as she stood closer to Quil.
"Misty was kind enough to help me with laundry. Jake here was suppose to teach us." Quil explained with an embarrassed chuckle.
"That was so nice of you Jake. I take it you do your laundry by your self." Misty stated as she glanced up at Quil with a shy smile.
"Yep. These guys are discovering a new world without their mothers around. I am sorta like the den mother of these three stooges. " Jake replied politely as he gave her a friendly wink.
She giggled softly.
Quil shot Jake a pleading look that told Jake he feared that Jake might win his girl from him if he kept acting like the polite gentleman he was raised to me.
"Well, I should go help Embry." Jake nodded at the couple as he walked past them to find Embry pulling out his dry clothes muttering under his breath as he threw the clothes on top of the folding table.
"Sweet Mary these clothes are hot." Embry rubbed his lower arms where they burned.
"Yep. Especially the jean buttons. Get me every time." Jake agreed as he reached down helping Embry fold his clothes.
Collin came up soon after with his own dried laundry.
"This is sad." Collin sighed sadly.
"What?" Embry and Jake said in union.
"We are at a laundromat hoping to find single desperate chicks while Quil is the only one out of the four of us making any progress. Maybe this is for the geeks." Collin replied.
"Why do you do that?" Jake's eyes flared up as he stared hard at Collin.
"What?" Collin was surprised by Jake's sudden anger toward him.
"You always put Quil down. Does it make you feel bigger or better?" Jake demanded.
Embry reached out pulling Jake behind him. He was standing between his two friends.
"Guys! Come on let's not fight here." Embry looked at them both with a frown.
"It's not like that. I was just joking." Collin defended himself.
"Yeah, well it's not a joke when you're always on the receiving end. You guys can be such jerks to him. I'm tired of it." Jake warned them both.
"Jake is right. We have been shitty to Quil." Embry agreed flashing Collin with a serious expression.
"Fine. I won't pick on Quil….as much." Collin added the last part to irk Jake. He knew that Jake felt like he had to be Quil's protector. The two went back along way.
"Hey guys. I'm going to grab something to eat with Misty. Can you take my laundry back?" Quil pleaded with them.
"Sure." Embry agreed as he flashed Quil a smug smile.
"Go get her champ." Collin patted Quil on the arm showing his approval.
"Cool. Thanks." Quil's eyes widen with excitement as he walked away.
"See that wasn't so hard was it." Jake looked at Collin.
"Nah." Collin shrugged his shoulders.
"Are you ready to go?" Jake ask them. They had rode over in his truck and he was tired. He wanted to get them home so he could get back to his place where he hoped Bella was. She had not called or text him since she informed him she was at the pub with her boss.
"Hold on. I have to go get that blonde's number. I'm telling you she is so into the Collin." Collin patted his chest with a prideful smile.
Jake covered his face with his hands.
Embry look up at Jake trying to figure out why he did not want to watch Collin in action.
"What gives?" Embry ask curiously.
"Collin is hitting on a guy." Jake replied as he stared up at the ceiling trying to keep from erupting into a fit of laughter.
"That isn't a guy Jake. You need to get your eyes examine. That is a sexy woman. Look at those legs. Okay her breasts are not too big but everything else identifies her as a woman in my book." Embry shook his head disagreeing with Jake's theory.
Jake watched as Collin talked to the guy and then he saw his backside tense up. Jake knew then that Collin was realizing his mistake. Jake grabbed up the laundry and raced out of the laundry mat. He could not hold back the laughter a second longer. The moment he was safely outside he laughed all the way to his truck. A few seconds later Embry and Collin jump in the truck.
He saw the way Embry kept staring confused at Collin.
"What do you mean she wasn't your type?" Embry demanded.
Jake just laugh and laugh.
Collin glared angrily at Jake.
"Shut up Jake! You could have told me." Collin cried out.
"Told you what?" Embry continued to demand answers.
"That was not a chick Embry. His name is Carl except on the nights he dresses up as a woman he goes by Carly." Collin finally blurted out.
Embry blinked a few times before he joined Jake with the laughter that rang in the truck while they drove back to the guys place.
Bella made Edward stand outside the door while she ran to her room to put a robe over her. It wasn't like Edward had not seen her with a lot less clothes on. Still it felt inappropriate at the moment. When she returned he still had a forlorn look on his face. Bella stepped back allowing him to come inside. Once he was seated on the couch she offered him a beverage. He had agreed on a beer which she decided she was in need of as well. She had had a long day and having Edward in her apartment unexpectedly was a bit unnerving. She couldn't fathom how he got her address or why he thought making a sudden appearance in her life would be the most smartest thing.
Sure they were still in contact since the break up but when he had suggested last week of meeting up she thought it would be somewhere outside of her apartment and a lot more sunlight outside. She hated that she just got out of the bath and her hair was still wet clinging to her neck and back.
She made sure to sit on the opposite end of the couch from him as she pulled her leg underneath her with one foot on the ground.
"So how did you find me? When did you get here?" Bella stumbled with her questions. She was still quite flabbergasted by his presence. She had nearly forgotten how he had such rugged good looks. You could just see him on a magazine. You know the kind where the guys wear the sexy three piece suits with a cigar in their hands. He definitely had a businessman sexy look going for him. At the moment he had his top three buttons undone and he removed his tie before he came to her door.
"I'm sorry for not calling you first. I told you last week I might stop by if I got a more concrete time but my assistant did not inform me I would need to be in Port Angeles until four hours ago when I landed at the airport. I have a luncheon tomorrow with some clients. When I landed I tried to call Alice and instead I got Aunt Esme who told me about the horrible ordeal you and Alice suffered." Edward explained. The beginning of the conversation he had wore his famous crooked smile that always made Bella feel giddy when it was directed toward her but by the end of it he wore his serious frown that always made her feel small.
"Oh yeah. I thought you knew already. Sorry." Bella sipped on her beer.
"No apparently my family thought it was no concern of mine since I was away and there was nothing I could do about it." Edward sighed with a furious grunt.
"They should have told you anyways." Bella understood his frustration. She often got upset with her family and friends when they withheld things from her and giving her the excuse it was to protect her.
"I know right. So anyways Aunt Esme gave me your address." Edward finished answering her questions.
"Oh. I have to say I was surprise to see you." Bella admitted.
"I thought surprising you would be fun. I rarely got to do that when we dated." Edward's face lit up with mischief. Bella rolled her eyes her at him.
"I think anytime you were available to go out was a surprise to the both of us." Bella teased.
"True." Edward agreed as he chuckled softly.
"So here you are." Edward glanced around the cozy apartment. It wasn't nearly as bad as he feared. He feared with her low income that she might not be able to find anything decent in Port Angeles.
"Yep." Bella smiled proudly.
"I have to say you look good Bella." Edward sat his beer down on the table as he scooted closer to Bella.
Bella held her drink with both hands in between her legs. She wasn't sure what to do. Normally being alone with Edward would be one of the highlights of her life. That was before she discovered her unknown true feelings for Jake.
"Bella I hope you don't mind if I kiss you." Edward whispered with a soft sensual voice that actually made her heart flutter a bit. Not nearly as much as when Jake kissed or touch her but it did flutter.
Bella look at him as he leaned over with his hands bracing himself in front of her. Bella licked her lips wondering if kissing Edward was such a good ideal.
She felt his breath on her face as his lips puckered up coming closer to her mouth. She knew it was a now or never moment. If she kissed Edward would it help erase her feelings for Jake? Did she really want to let go of Jake and these feelings that were growing between them?
His lips grazed her mouth as she jumped slightly causing her beer to slip over and pour out on her legs and onto his hands. They both pulled apart as they laughed at the spilt beer.
"Yuck. Here let me take you to the bathroom so you can wash your hands and I can clean off." Bella sat her beer down next to Edwards as she led him to the bathroom.
Edward took off his jacket as he washed his hands pulling the shirt up to elbows.
Bella wiped her feet and legs. Bella began to follow Edward out of the bathroom when she slipped on some water that was left over from her bath. Edward turn to catch her just in time before she fell to the floor.
"I guess I should carry you back in there." Edward joked reminding her of the times he had been a witness of her clumsy nature.
Walking into the living room with Bella in Edward's arms Jake Black stepped inside of the apartment with a big grin on his face until his eyes landed on the scene in front of him.
Bella noticed that Edward stopped laughing abruptly as she looked in the directions his eyes were staring she saw why Edward looked suddenly nervous.
Jake Black was staring at them both so hard that if they were glass they would have shattered.
"Jake your home." Bella cried out.
Jake just stood there looking between them both with a dumbfounded and truly pissed off look that could kill.
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