Bella's POV:

I slowly made my way downstairs, taking time to collect myself.

I was still slightly high from the feeling of Edward's lips on mine, and his body pressed tightly against mine. I was kind of surprised at myself for being so ... physical with him, so soon. I was usually extremely reserved to those who I haven't known for very long, but with Edward it became different. It was so easy opening up to him, in more ways than one. When we talked, words that have been left unspoken for so long seem to flow effortlessly out of my mouth. When we touch, an internal fire is ignited and my body literally craves for more.

I walked into the kitchen and saw Charlie and Jacob hunched over the counter. "Ah hem." I pretended to cough to gain their attention of my presence.

Both of their heads popped up in surprise and they turned to face me. "Hey, Bells!" Jacob said, while putting his pizza down and clapping his hands together to remove the crumbs from them.

Charlie simply waved at me, seeing as his mouth was stuffed with peperoni pizza.

"Hey, Jacob. You didn't tell me you were coming over today." I walked over and gave him a hug.

"Dude, this is like my second home. It's not like I need an invitation to come here." He smiled, and walked over to the fridge to get a few cokes.

"That is true." I nodded.

"So, what have you been up to, Bells?" Charlie asked, while catching a coke Jacob threw at him.

I hesitated. I couldn't necessarily tell Charlie that I was just upstairs, in my room, making out with my boyfriend, on my bed, causing him to get a huge boner so I sent him to the bathroom so he could relieve himself a.k.a masturbate. Charlie was a cool parent, but he wasn't that cool.

"Um, I was upstairs studying... with Edward." I said slowly, gauging Charlie's reaction.

"Who's Edward?" His eyebrows scrunched up in confusion.

"He's my boyfriend?" I really wished Edward would hurry up, so I wouldn't have to face the sharks alone.

"You have a boyfriend?" Jacob asked incredulous. His eyes became wide, and his jaw dropped.

I guess I should have expected Jacob to be surprised about hearing the news of my finding a boyfriend. I swore that I wasn't girlfriend material, and maybe I wasn't to any other guy but Edward.

"Maybe," I said.

"Well, where is he? Am I ever going to meet this Edward fellow?" Charlie put his pizza down, and crossed his arms.

"Yes, he had to use the bathroom. He should be down in a few minutes." I silently prayed that it wouldn't take him a few minutes, hopefully he'd be down here and present in a few seconds.

"Hey, everyone." Edward said nervously.

We all turned around, and my eyes instantly went to his penis to make sure the situation was resolved. And I internally let out a huge breath when I realized it was gone. That would have been so embarrassing.

"So your the boy my daughter is dating?" Charlie asked.

"Yes, sir. I'm Edward Cullen." Edward put out his hand for Charlie to shake, but he just blew it off and pretended as if he didn't see it.

"Let's talk in the living room, shall we?" Charlie led the way to the living room, and Edward obediently followed, but not before he winked at me behind Charlie's back, causing me to smile at him.

"What do you think they're talking about?" I asked Jacob while picking a pepperoni off a piece of pizza, and eating it.

"What made you decide to get a boyfriend?" Jacob asked without answering my question.

"I didn't really decide, technically. I just did. I like Edward, Jacob. So I took your advice, and put myself out there, and said yes to him." I explained.

He smiled when I said that. "I'm proud of you, Bells! But I hope you know, both Charlie and myself will be questioning this guy to make sure he is the real deal. I trust your judgement Bella, but I have to check him out for myself also." He said sternly, as if he were my father.

"Jake, you're not my father. Charlie is, so I guess he has the right. But you don't, never forget that. You know me, Jake. Don't try to run me because it won't end well for you." I warned.

He held his hands up to surrender. "I'm sorry. I keep forgetting we're not little kids anymore, huh? Boy, have times changed. My little sis has her first boyfriend!" He ran over to me and pulled me into a soft hug.

Jacob always made me feel better when he hugged me like that, it made me feel safe. And his scent was so nostalgic. He had the scent of my childhood, and it made me smile every time I got a whiff of it.

Suddenly, his arms got tighter and tighter around me, before he lifted me up into the air and threw me over his shoulder. "Jacob, put me down!" I said, while laughing.

"No way, little sister." Jacob spun around, making me dizzy.

"Jacob Ephraim Black put me down this instant!" I tried my hardest to sound daunting, but I just couldn't hold back the round of giggles that erupted from my mouth.

"Bells, you're not scary, you know that?" He asked, while walking in some random direction.

I bit his lower backside, seeing as it was the closest body part to me. He yelped in surprise and instantly dropped me on the couch. "Geez Bella! All you had to say was put you down!" He rubbed the spot I had just bitten.

"That's all I did say!" I argued, and smiled when he shrugged and sat down on the floor in the direction of the TV.

I looked around and realized Jacob dropped me on a very surprised Edward's lap... in front of my dad. I blushed and scrambled off to sit beside him.

Charlie didn't seem to like that very much seeing as his eyes were slightly narrowed towards Jacob, but he didn't say anything about it.

"So, what did you guy talk about?" I whispered to Edward since Jacob and Charlie were engrossed in the game that was playing on TV.

"Um... nothing much. Just getting to know each other is all." He replied. I noticed a hint of hesitation in his voice, but ignored it.

Edward's POV:

"Let's talk in the living room, shall we?" Charlie said, and I instantly followed, not wanting to upset him.

He waited until we were both seated to start talking. "So tell me about yourself, Edward."

"Well, there's not much to say. You know both my parents, Carlisle and Esme Cullen. I have an older brother, Emmett, and an adopted sister, Alice. I make pretty good grad-" Charlie interrupted me.

"Edward, this town is pretty small, wouldn't you agree?" He asked randomly.

"Yeah, I guess it is." I instantly became suspicious.

"Since we live in a small town, I hear things." He said cryptically and continued, "Everyone knows everyone else's business. I know your business and I'm pretty sure you know mine." He said, and I instantly knew what he was talking about.

"The Player" thing was back. But this time it was threatening something really important to me. Bella and I's relationship. I was not going to let this out-of-control lie affect the best thing in my life.

"Sir, with all due respect, I know what your talking about and it's not true. I know the word around town is I'm a player. I'm not an idiot, I hear what people say and think about me, and it couldn't be further from the truth. I'm not what you think." I said defensibly.

"Edward, calm down. I'm not judging you, I'm simply telling you what you already know. As a father, you have to know my concerns about you dating my daughter. This is how I see it: You've never been in trouble with the law. You have pretty good parents. And besides that little tiny rumor going around, there are no reasons for me to not like you. I just want to make sure that you will not hurt my daughter in any way." He said calmly.

"I promise to never hurt her, ever. That's the last thing I ever want to happen. Bella told me that I was her first boyfriend, and I will never abuse that fact." I said honestly, while looking in his eyes.

"Good." He said, then returned his attention to the TV. "Just one more question, if that's okay?"

"Sure."

"Were you and Bella really upstairs studying like she says?" His eyes never left the TV.

Shit! No the hell we weren't. In fact, studying was definitely the last thing on our minds.

"Yes, sir!" I lied. There was no fucking way that I was telling Bella's father that we were upstairs making out like wild animals, that just was not happening.

"Okay..." He said, unconvinced.

A few minutes later we hear a commotion coming from the kitchen, and then see Jacob walking towards us with a struggling Bella thrown over his shoulder.

"Bells, your not scary, you know that?" He asked her.

She didn't respond, but a couple seconds later he yelled out loud, and dropped her onto my lap. Any other moment, I would have been tempted to kiss her, but her father was right there and that would have been super inappropriate.

"Geez Bella! All you had to say was put you down!" He rubbed the spot I'm guessing she just bit him at.

"That's all I did say!" She yelled at him, and then smiled.

She looked around and then met my very surprised eyes and when she realized she was situated on my lap, her eyes became wide and she scurried off my lap and moved to sit beside me instead.

I didn't dare look over at Charlie to see his reaction. I had a pretty good feeling that it wasn't anywhere near close to happy though.

"So, what did you guy talk about?" Bella whispered to me.

"Um... nothing much. Just getting to know each other is all." I said.

I stayed over for a couple more hours, just watching TV and whispering to Bella, seeing as we were the only two NOT watching the baseball game. I really wanted to go up to Bella's room and talk with her there in private, but I didn't really have the nerve to ask her father that. "I have to go." I announced to Bella.

"Oh, well I'll walk you out." Bella's face fell slightly, and I thought about staying over for maybe an hour more, but I quickly decided against it because I promised Esme I would be home around 11.

"That's okay, Bells. I can walk him out, I'm leaving anyway." Jacob said, while getting up and stretching.

I raised my eyebrows at him, but he chose to ignored me and headed to the front door.

"It was nice meeting you, Edward." Charlie stood up to shake my hand and walked upstairs.

"Likewise." I called after him.

"So, I'll see you at school?" Bella asked as we both stood up, but made no move to leave.

"You don't want to come over tomorrow?" I frowned.

She shook her head and said, "I can't. I've avoided doing my homework all weekend, so I really need to get it done before Monday. Okay?"

I pouted a little and made my eyes big to feign innocence. "Do you have to?"

She looked at something over my shoulder and then back at me before she quickly kissed my pouting lips, turning it into a full-blown grin. "Yes, now get out."

I laughed but hugged her hard and did as she said.

Jacob and I walked outside into the now dark night to our separate cars, none of us saying anything all the way there. Once we reached them, he decided to speak, "Hey man, as you know, Bella and I are extremely close. Always have been."

I watched him warily as he walked up to me and replied, "So?"

Once he reached me, I realized he and I were the exact same height. "So you seem like a cool dude, but..." He lowered his voice, making it sound threatening and continued, "...If you hurt Bella at all, I don't care if it's something as petty as a little scratch, if she's ever harmed by you, I will come after you without any hesitation. Do you understand me?"

I narrowed my eyes at him and clenched my jaw, "Is that a threat?" I asked in the same menacing voice.

"It is if you want it to be."

"Look, don't worry about me or Bella. I will never hurt her so you don't need to worry about that at all. Do you understand me?" I got even closer to him, so we were face-to-face.

His whole demeanor changed from one of maliciousness to almost calm. "I'm just saying so we're absolutely clear. You hurt her, I'll hurt you." And with that he walked off into his car and sped down the road. I watch him until his rear view lights were no longer visible in the distance.

His little "threat" was absolutely unnecessary, there was no way in hell that I would ever harm my Bella... ever.

A/N: YOU LIKE IT? Yes, Jacob and Edward had a little... altercation at the end, but that was just Jacob being a good friend. He doesn't want Bella to get hurt, so he threatened Edward a little to make sure that never happens. But best believe, Jacob will definitely follow through with his threat if it does... hmm maybe it will. Oh yea, and I decided to make Edward and Jacob the same height because I wanted to. REVIEW FOOL!