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Chapter 11 Who Will Date the Big Bad Wolf?

On Monday, I began asking around for anyone interested in going on a double date with me. I had plenty of takers who delighted in the fact that I was speaking to them. Unfortunately, when I told them who their date would be, they were frightened off. Several asked how I could even be dating Jacob.

"Muscles? Are you mad?" a girl from my history class asked right before fourth period. "He threw my brother into a locker last year. There is no way I'd go on a date with him."

"But I'm sure he's reformed," I fibbed.

We heard the lockers begin to slam and students around us whizzed past. I lifted my head toward the commotion and saw Jacob and the stooges coming up the hall. One boy tripped in front of Emmett. He picked the boy up by his underwear. The boy gave a small holler as Emmett let go after a booming laugh.

"I doubt it," Tanya uttered.

Jacob spotted me and began to walk over.

"I can't believe you're dating Volcano. I thought you had high standards."

I took offense. "Hey Volcano is great, okay. You shouldn't judge people when you don't even know them."

"I know he nearly beat some boy to a bloody pulp or was that my imagination," she stated.

Knowing what I knew about the Felix situation I was unphased. "You really don't know anything," I claimed.

Jacob was almost beside me when I saw two students I recognized as the ones who brought Felix into the Health office. They saw Jacob and did an "about face" and ran. The fear in their eyes scared me.

Could Jacob be so dangerous?

"Hi baby," Jacob greeted in a sweet voice. He lifted his hand up toward me. I flinched back against the lockers. His fingers ran through my hair, tingling the follicles along the scalp. A feeling of ease radiated downward and I relaxed. I smiled and remembered that Jacob had always been gentle with me.

"Hi," I replied, leaning in to kiss him.

I felt so empowered. Kissing him in front of everyone solidified that we were together without question.

"I'll see you at lunch," he murmured.

"I'll have an extra dessert for you."

He chuckled. "You know me so well."

"What are you all looking at?" Paul shouted.

I glanced around and several students stood frozen staring opened mouthed.

"Well beat it!" Paul yelled once more and people scampered off to class.

"Shorty," Jacob uttered frustrated.

"What?"

Jacob's eyes turned back to me and he smiled before heading off to class.

I smiled back until I noticed Jane staring by the far wall. My mouth fell and I headed in the opposite direction.

I tried a few more times during the week to secure a date for Emmett, but no one wanted to risk being alone with him. I explained it was a double date, but it had no affect on their security. He was a hard sell. I myself was still afraid of him, but I was with Jacob—he was Volcano, and right now, no one messed with Volcano.

Friday over a hot plate of baked sweet potato – I began bringing my own lunch, I tried my friends again.

"Guys, please?" I begged. "Don't make me end up with two dates to the concert. It would be so weird. Rose?"

"Why do you always ask me first?" she rebutted.

"Because you are gorgeous and every boy in this school would love a date with you."

"Flattery will get you nowhere. Besides tonight is my date with Robert."

"Can't you move it to tomorrow?" I suggested.

"No."

"What about you, Asia? You don't have plans, do you?" I asked.

"Sure, make me sound pathetic. Well FYI I do have a date this Saturday with Tyler Crowley," she enunciated.

"That's so great, but the concert is tonight."

"And I will be on the phone with Angela deciding what to wear."

"You can't tell her on Saturday?" I queried to Angela.

"No, because I will be with Ben all day. We're going to the Aquarium."

"But it's freezing out."

"It doesn't bother me. I'll bundle up. They just got a new walrus last month," she explained.

"So I'm stuck," I resolved.

"Sorry," they said in unison.

I got up. "Excuse me I'm going to tell Volcano. Watch my food." I left the cafeteria. Before I had a chance to make it to the front lawn, I was intercepted by the girl with long corn silk colored hair.

"I heard you need another girl for your double date tonight."

"Yes, you interested?'

"Maybe. You have twenty bucks?"

"You want me to pay you?" I was desperate, but I wasn't foolish.

"It's with Muscles McCarty. I should ask for more," she bartered.

"Fine. You go through with the date and we'll see. What's your name?"

She became excited. "Lauren Mallory. I'll take your number and we could arrange the time."

I began to question her motives from her bipolar-ness. "Um . . . how about I take yours since we will probably be taking my Mazda." She wrote her name and number on a piece of paper and I stuck it in the pocket of my Fairsmith pink denim skirt.

I went out to the front lawn to give Jacob the good news, but he and the stooges weren't there. I resolved to catch up with him later and headed back to the cafeteria.

"Hey guys I found a date for Muscles," I announced. I sat down to an empty plate. "What happened to my food?"

"Take a guess," Angela dared.

"He has no shame, does he?" I stated.

"No," they all agreed.

"Who's the unfortunate soul who agreed to go on the date?" Asia asked.

"Some girl named Lauren came up to me and offered."

"That's odd," Angela voiced. "Just like that?"

"Well she wanted to get paid, but I'm not sure she's in it for the cash."

"Are you going to pay her?" Rose pondered.

"We'll see. I want to speak to Muscles about it first," I answered. "What are you going to do on your date with Robert?"

"I'm not sure. I'm so excited though," she admitted. "We'll probably go to Bistro Italiano for dinner."

"Isn't that in the city?"

"Yes, 35th and Main. Why?"

"The concert is in Club Dread on 59th and Broad. You could have dinner and go to the concert afterwards. I'm sure he would enjoy it. Savage Gord is a really awesome band. I really liked them."

"I guess," she mulled the thought over. "I'll let you know."

I discovered Jacob after school speaking to Jane. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but it seemed friendly. I kept my distance, frightened Jane will attack me again, but I felt I should interrupt them somehow. I pulled out my cell phone and dialed Jacob. I could see him grab at his phone and tell her to hold on.

"Hey Sweetness," he answered.

I was caught off-guard by his response. "Um . . . I found a date for Muscles," I said while watching him.

"Really, who?" He turned his back on Jane. She gave an exasperated groan and tapped her foot.

I smiled. "Lauren Mallory."

"Lauren! Oh, bad idea. Muscles hates her. He went out with her once and she hadn't stopped calling him since. You need to—" Jane stepped behind Jacob and wrapped her tentacles around his waist. "Get your hands off me!" I saw him yell and pull out of Jane's grasp. "You have to stop."

"Jacob?" I started walking toward him. I didn't care if she pounded my face in.

"Oh Bella, I wasn't talking to you." I stopped mid-step. He was mumbling and pointing for her to leave. She gave a pout and stomped away. "I was just dealing with Jane."

"Jane?" I expressed with just the right about of surprise.

"Yeah. We have last period English and I was explaining the assignment for homework. I turned my back and she got frisky."

"Oh you were just explaining homework." I gave a sigh of relief. I cued him back to the Lauren conversation. "What were you saying before Jane unjustly put her hands on you?"

"Right. You need to tell her the date is a no go."

I noticed Lauren coming out of the school. "Okay, I see her now. Talk to you in a minute." I closed my phone and ran over to her.

"Lauren, Lauren," I called. "There's a little problem."

"What? You low on cash?"

"No. My date, Volcano, said . . . um." I didn't know what to say.

"Oh. You told Volcano? Don't believe a word he says," she muttered defensively. "I don't call Muscles that much. It's all lies!"

At that moment I felt a pair of arms go around my waist. I instantly thought it was Jane and let out a yelp.

"Relax," Jacob's voice crooned in my ear. He chortled slightly as I calmed.

His head turned to Lauren. "What did I tell you about bothering Muscles?"

She gulped. "Ah, Bella I don't think I could make it tonight. Sorry," she uttered and ran off.

"You really strike fear in people," I said as I turned around in his arms.

"And you were watching me before."

"Maybe a little bit," I indicated holding up my index and thumb slightly apart from each other.

"Ahmm," was the last thing I heard from his lips before he touched them to mine.

AN: I know this chapter was a bit short, but I was trying to keep events set. The concert is next and you don't want to miss that. Read and review. I love to know what you think.