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Here is another chapter, only four more to go before we are caught up to where I am :/. Sucks I know, but I'm writing as much as I can.

Now for the dinner hehe.

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Chapter 14: Dinner

"Rosalie, I don't know-"

"Bella, you promised you would come tonight."

"I know I did-"

"And Mom agreed to watch the kids again so get ready for dinner. We'll be there in less than thirty minutes to pick you up."

"But Rose-"

"No. No buts. Be ready by the time we get there."

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, Mom, do you want to dress me too?"

"I would but there's no time Bella dear. See you in a few." She hung up before I could protest anymore.

I had a feeling she was up to something, she usually wasn't so persistent. I didn't dwell on it too much because my mind shifted to my dream last night. I dreamt about Jasper. We were at the club and things were different: I had the guts to stand up to that woman about putting her hands on my man and Jasper took me to his place and… well, I woke up about there.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by a knock on the door. "Bella?"

"Momma! Gamma's here!" Alicen exclaimed from the living room.

I set the phone on the receiver and headed towards the door. "Yes she is."

I opened it and let her in. "Hi baby, how was last night?" she asked as she hugged me.

"Hi Mom. It was good, I had fun."

She walked in and set her purse on the table. "Did you meet someone?"

"Have you been talking to Rosalie?" I asked as I closed the door.

She laughed. "Of course. She said you met a really cute musician? Although, honey, a musician isn't very promising as a career…"

I rolled my eyes. "He owns his own company. Music is his part-time thing, for fun."

"Ah, I see. Well, what happened?"

I frowned. "How much did you hear?"

"Not enough."

I sighed. "I came back from the bathroom and this girl was all over him. I saw it, freaked out and ran."

"Ran?"

"Yes. It seemed like the most rational thing to do at the time and now I feel like I was an idiot for doing it."

Alicen gasped. "Momma, you said -"

"I know what I said honey, and don't you repeat it, okay?"

"Yes Momma."

"Why don't you go and watch cartoons for a bit?"

She squealed. "Okay!"

I turned back to Esme and saw the smirk on her face. "Well, you better get ready for dinner. You don't want to be late."

My eyes narrowed. "Why is it such a big deal I go tonight and why is everyone rushing me?"

"No one is rushing you. I'm only thinking of your wellbeing if Rose and Emmett get here and you're not ready."

I nodded. "You have a point." Rosalie would flip out if I wasn't ready to go out. I've seen it before and, as funny as it was after, it was scary as hell during her rampage until I was dressed. The hint was duly noted.

I went to my drawer and grabbed a pair of jeans and my favorite flannel shirt to put over the spaghetti strap I was already wearing. I had just slipped on my shoes when there was a knock at my door.

I opened it and Jackson came in and hugged my leg. "Hi, Jackson. Alicen is in the living room with Gamma. Why don't you go in there with them?"

He gave me his adorable dimply grin and went running into the next room to find Alicen.

"Are you ready?"

"I guess. Let me say bye to Alicen first."

I walked over to Alicen and kissed her on top of her head. "Bye baby."

"Bye Momma!" she said giving me a kiss on my chin and hugging my neck.

I grabbed my purse and said thanks and bye to Esme before I was dragged out the door by Rosalie.

"So Rose, where are you taking me?"

"Your favorite Italian restaurant."

I rolled my eyes. "There's only one Italian restaurant in the city."

"Then you should know where we're going."

We arrived and it wasn't very busy so we were seated immediately.

"Hey, I'll be right back," I said as I headed towards the bathroom.

When I finished and walked out towards my booth, I noticed that my bench was occupied and Rosalie and Emmett were talking to someone with curly blond hair. No! I mentally gasped.

"Here she is!" Rosalie said cheerfully.

I walked up and turned to the person they were talking to. "You," I whispered, my stomach doing cartwheels.

"Bella."

"Bella, do you know Jasper?" Rose asked, clearly happy with herself.

"Yes Rosalie, we've met. How do you know him?"

"Well, Emmett and Jasper were good college buddies and he ran into him at the club. They were talking when I came up to tell Emmett you wanted to leave, so I suggested we should all go out to eat and they can finish catching up. Sit, please."

I scooted in beside Jasper and looked up at my brother. He was trying to not glare at Jasper, his protective side for me threatening to come out and promise Jasper what he would do to him if he hurt me since he hadn't been able to finish the job with Edward.

"So, we're gonna go," Rosalie said abruptly, grabbing Emmett's hand and forcing him out of the booth.

"But what about catching up?"

"Oh, you can do that later. You two have fun." She pulled Emmett's hand and forced him out the door.

There was a moment of awkward silence when I finally turned to him and caught those brilliant blue eyes staring at me, leaving me speechless and making my stomach flutter.

I looked away and tried to compose myself and get my nerves calm. I cleared my throat and asked the first question that popped into mind. "So… you know Emmett?"

He blinked and looked down, "Uh, yeah. We went to college together, played on the same football team. He's a scary son of a bitch but I see why."

I looked down and felt my cheeks get hot.

"Why did you leave Bella?"

My eyes shot up and looked into his blue pools. He was genuinely curious and a little hurt that I left.

"I… I don't know," I murmured. "When I came back I saw you with that girl and it slapped me back to reality."

"Which is?"

"Gorgeous guys like you aren't attracted to dull girls like me."

He stared at me, mouth slightly agape.

"What?"

"You don't see yourself clearly darlin', I am attracted to you. After you left last night, crazy as it seems having just met, you were all I thought about."

"But what about that girl?"

"Maria. I broke up with her months ago. Actually, we were never really together. We went on one date and she thought that meant we were together. I've been trying to get her to leave me alone for months and she hated seeing me there talking to you."

"Actually that makes sense. Sorry I left."

"It's okay. You're here now."

"What happened after I left?"

"Well, after you disappeared and I called after you, I told Maria, in a very ungentlemanly fashion, to find someone else to stalk. I went to look for you and ran into Emmett. Little did I know that he was your brother and things just escalated from there and here we are."

I smiled.

Our waitress came up to take our order. She was tall, blond and very pretty. "Hi, I'm Amber. What can I get you guys?" she asked, not hiding her eyes wandering all over Jasper. It aggravated me and I didn't understand why.

"Coke please," I said, a little harsh.

"I'll have the same," Jasper said, not looking in the direction of Amber.

"Coming right up," she said putting the order pad in her pouch around her waist. "Hey, aren't you Jasper?"

"Yeah?" he said a little confused.

"Oh my gosh! I was there the other night and you were amazing."

"Thank you."

She stared at him until I cleared my throat. "Oh, I'll be back with the drinks."

I rolled my eyes and looked down. I had no reason to act like that, he wasn't mine. Yet I couldn't help feel insanely protective.

"Hey, what's wrong Bella?"

I glanced up but tried avoiding his eyes. "It's nothing."

"You can tell me."

I sighed. "Did you notice her checking you out?" I asked quietly.

He narrowed his eyes a little. "Yes."

"You could have girls like her."

"I could, but that's not what I want."

"What do you want?"

"Ain't it a little obvious?"

I looked down at my hands and picked at my nails while I felt heat travel up my neck. Most guys wanted big boobs, long legs and an empty brain. I didn't understand why he didn't want all that, or what he saw in me.

"Bella?" he said trying to get my attention. After I didn't look up he held one of my hands in his and placed the other hand under my chin and lifted my head so I could look into his gorgeous blue eyes.

"Don't hurt me, okay? I've had my heart broken more times than I'd like."

"I wouldn't dream of it," he whispered.

I got lost in his blue eyes and barely noticed him look at my lips. Slowly, he leaned in closer and put his lips on mine and my stomach fluttered and my heart skipped a beat. Reluctantly I pulled back and looked into his eyes. It was like looking at the ocean; I could swim in them forever.

I heard a slam and looked away from Jasper at Amber. She was upset about our kiss so she slammed our drinks on the table and one tipped over onto my lap. I cried out from shock of the cold liquid and looked up at Amber. Her eyes were narrowed and she had a smug smile.

"What the hell?" Jasper yelled at her.

"What?" she asked innocently. "I didn't mean to."

By then a manager came by and apologized and offered to comp the meal. Jasper pulled me up and directed me to the bathroom while he talked with the manager.

I cleaned myself up as best as I could and walked out to see Jasper pacing. "Hey," I said.

"Hi, are you still hungry or are you ready to leave?"

"I'm ready to leave, thanks."

He took his coat off and wrapped it around my shoulders and led me out the door. His coat smelled good. It was relaxing in a way.

He held my hand as we walked to his car and I looked up to see him frowning. I stopped and made him turn around. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing."

I looked at him and repeated the words he used on me earlier. "You can tell me."

"It's stupid but I'm a little worried."

"About what?"

"That you won't want to see me again."

"Because of the waitress spilling a drink on me?"

He nodded. "This ain't the first time women have done that to someone I was dating."

"That's what we're doing?"

"Yes. That's what I want. But I also want you to realize the mess that comes with me especially since I perform at the club. You'll probably be dealing with Maria and she is nuts."

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, is this the part where I'm supposed to run away? Sorry. I'm too interested and I will fight for what's mine. Besides, I made the mistake of running before."

"You're mockin' me," he said, amused.

"And being honest."

He took a step closer and a shiver ran up my spine as his arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me closer. A lock of hair fell down, hiding his eyes. I lifted my hand and moved it out of the way as he pulled me closer and his mouth descended on mine again. Heat ran all over and I put my hand through his hair. A shiver ran through me and he sighed and pulled away.

He cleared his throat. "Come on, let's get you home darlin'."

I directed him to my house while I put my number into his cell. He parked in front of my house and got out of the car to open my door and walk me up the steps. He bent down and gave me a chaste kiss. "I'll talk to ya later."

I nodded and gave him another kiss before opening the door and letting myself in. Everyone was in the living room watching TV so I said a quick "hi" to let them know I was there, locked the door and ran to my room to change. Rose and Esme came in behind me.

"Bella, what happened?" Esme asked.

"A waitress spilled my drink on me," I said as I pulled on a clean shirt.

"Why?" Rosalie asked.

"Because she saw Jasper kiss me."

Rosalie smiled. "So you did have fun."

"Yes I did, and thank you."

"You're welcome; just remember this on your wedding day."

"I think it's early to say I'm going to marry him Rose."

"You never know."

I rolled my eyes. "Mom, is Alicen asleep?"

She shook her head. "No, she wanted to wait for you to read her the letters."

I nodded. "Okay, are you guys staying for the whole story?"

"Duh," Rosalie said.

"Okay, give me a few minutes."

I walked out and picked Alicen up and walked to her room. I grabbed the framed letters off the wall and sat on her rocking chair with her down on my lap. I read her the letters till she fell asleep and then placed her in her bed. "Goodnight sweetie," I whispered and tiptoed out of the room.

I stopped in my room to put my cell phone on the charger and noticed I had a text.

Goodnight darlin'- J

Goodnight handsome. Do you want your jacket back?- B

No keep it, I have another and I like the thought of you having something of mine- J

I smiled. I liked it too, liked having a possession of his and making it mine.

Sweet dreams- J

You too-B

I put the phone away and walked into the living room.

"Spill it." Rosalie said.

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