BPOV
"Can we please go to some normal restaurant?" I asked nervously.
I didn't have anything nice to wear!
Aah! How nice it felt to go back to having such trivial problems in life!
"Define 'normal'." He said.
"Nothing too fancy. I mean, not somewhere you'd go usually," I said.
Knowing his extravagant taste, I was pretty sure he'd take me to some over fancy restaurant where I'd look completely out of place!
"Why?" He said.
He was going to make me say it out loud, wasn't he?
"Ummm... I don't think I have got anything good to wear." I said, feeling embarrassed.
He chuckled.
"I see." He said.
"Hey... Don't make fun!" I said.
"I won't." He said, still smiling!
"Ummm... Why don't you select the restaurant?" He said.
"Ummm no, that's not what I meant," I said.
"Bella, it's fine. We can go whatever you select." He said.
"Ummm okay," I said.
And then I started thinking!
Italian? Mexican? Or something traditional? What kind of cuisine should I select? I asked him, and he said he was fine with whatever I selected.
Was he even going to like something that I selected?
God! This was such a tough job!
I should have let him select it!
"Bella..." He said in the car, "You need to tell me now. I need to take the car somewhere." He chuckled, "Honestly, don't think too much! Just take me anywhere!"
"Pressure!" I joked.
"Can you please relax?" He smiled, "Honestly, I just want to spend some good time with you, and I'm really, really hungry! I don't give a damn about where and what kind of food I'm going to have!"
"Yeah okay..." I sighed, and decided on one of my favorite Italian restaurants.
"It's not fancy... But the food is good." I said once we settled at our table, "I mean, I like the food. I'm not sure if you'd like it."
God! Why was I so nervous!
"Can you please just relax?" He smiled, "I love the ambience."
That's when I got a call from Jasper.
"Oh, Jasper is facetiming me." I said.
"Jasper as in... Jasper?" He asked.
"Yeah. Just a minute. I need to answer this." I said. He said he'd call me in case he had some question about selecting the gift.
"Sure, go ahead." He said while taking a sip of water.
"Hey Bella... I hope I'm not disturbing you," He said, "I'm really confused. God! There're so many options!"
"Yeah, tell me." I said.
"Which one is good?" He asked as he showed me two handbags.
"Black one is good." I said. She'd love it!
"Sure?" He asked.
"Yeah." I smiled.
"Cool! Thanks a lot!" He said.
"No problem!" I smiled, "Ummm... Edward is here. You want to say 'Hi' to him?" I said.
"Oh is it? Sure." He said.
"Hey... What's up?" He said to Edward.
"Hi." Edward said in a grumpy tone.
What?
Why did he look mad?
"Looks like I disturbed you guys," Jasper said to him.
"Ummm... Naah." he replied, still looking mad for some reason.
"Alright, I'll talk to you guys later then." Jasper said.
"Bye." He replied.
"Bye Bella." Jasper shouted.
"Bye." I said, "Have a nice trip."
"Is he going somewhere?" Edward asked me after I disconnected the call.
"Ummm... Yeah... Chicago." I said.
"I see." He said.
Huh! Still looking angry for some reason!
"So..." he said, "Jasper and you are friends now?"
"Ummm yeah," I smiled, "He's really nice."
"Yeah, that he is." He said.
Why did that sound like a sarcastic comment!
Why was he sounding mad for God's sake!
"Is there any problem?" I asked.
"No... I mean, yeah... I mean, I had no idea you're friends as in friends who facetime each other!" He said.
Huh?
What did he mean?
"We don't facetime each other all the time! He is going to Chicago tomorrow and he just needed my help to select a present for Alice!"
"Alice?" He asked, looking confused.
"Oh, you don't know?" I said, "I guess guys don't share everything with each other, like us women!" I chuckled weakly.
"Share what?" He said.
"Alice and him are dating. I was kind of the matchmaker," I said proudly.
He stared at me.
"What?" He said.
"Yeah, I mean they're in a long distance relationship, you know? I guess they're just trying to figure it out how it goes," I said.
"What a fucker he is." He cursed.
"Ummm... what?" I said, feeling confused.
"He never mentioned that to me," he said, "And he has been giving advice to me about our relationship!"
"Oh!" I said.
"Never mind..." He said, "I'm glad to know that they're dating. Happy for them."
"But you look mad at something..." I said, "Is everything okay?"
"No, it's just..." he chuckled.
"What?" I said.
I couldn't see what was so funny.
"Aah... It's embarrassing! I'm not even sure I should say this or not," he chuckled, "You know, when I saw you with Jasper, you know, when Dad was hospitalized... I mean, I don't know... I felt very jealous for some reason... You know, I didn't like how comfortable you were with him... Like, you were showing him something on your phone... And... I felt really jealous! I wanted you to be that comfortable with me! It's stupid... I'm sorry for thinking like that..."
I gasped.
What the hell was he talking about!
"Edward... I don't know what the heck you just said... And I don't know how to react." I said.
He just... laughed in return.
Was he really jealous of Jasper?
But why would he feel something like that?
And what was I showing him on my phone? Oh yes, it was Seth's photos for God's sake!
"I was showing him Seth's pictures on my phone," I said.
"That's... That's hilarious!" He laughed out loud.
"I'm not finding it funny," I said.
"Look, I'm sorry. See, you don't believe me when I say I've never felt anything like this for anyone ever before. I've been acting crazy. I was kind of going crazy with this stupid jealousy... "
"But why would you feel jealous?" I said incredulously, "I've literally never met Jasper after that day at the hospital. I just talked to him over texts or a call, and that too just for Alice's matter. Did I do anything inappropriate?" I asked.
God! Why was I such an insecure person! Why was I even doubting myself? I haven't done anything wrong!
"Bella... Please, stop!" he said, "Please don't give me any explanation. I told you, it's my fault. I was thinking irrationally. I never said you did anything wrong. There's no reason for my stupidity. I even felt jealous of Emmett once or twice... I'm sorry! I'm just... an idiot, I guess!"
He was feeling jealous?
Like, how I felt for Jane and that woman?
Huh!
Well, this was new information!
I never thought he'd ever get insecure!
"Edward..." I said, "You've got no reason to be jealous of anyone."
"I know," he smiled.