A/N: Two chapters of American Girl in one day… you lucky buggars! LOL This chapter is for all my lovely readers that love possesiveward... if that even makes sense. LOL
I'm moving to Canada soon, but if anyone wants to move to angerville, or its neighbor fighttown, just let me know!
I don't own twilight, but I do own a gigantic tape measure.
BPOV
Edward's eyes were instantly glue to my breasts the moment I put the red dress on that Alice had purchased for me. When she forced me to get it, I never thought there would be anywhere that I would get to wear it, but after today, I felt the need to feel a little sexy. It was candy apple red and thankfully wasn't too short. In fact, it went to just above my knee and flared out a bit at the ends, making it seem longer than it was. Edward was a big fan of the dress though.
"I'm not sure about this anymore," he said with a smile as we walked into his apartment so that he could get changed. Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper were already there, and several drinks in from the look of things.
"Holy shit Bella, you look good," said Emmett as Rosalie smacked up him upside the back of the head. "Oh, whatever Rosie, you think she looks good. Hell, if this was last weekend, your tongue would probably be down her throat again." I immediately turned several different shades of red and followed Edward into his room to help him pick something to wear. I was partial to a pair of black jeans with a white dress shirt and a black tie, which reminded me of some of the things he would wear in Europe. He finally relented after I begged for several minutes, but I had to promise to go without panties for the rest of the night. Once I pulled them off, Edward shoved them into his pants pocket, which confused the hell out of me.
"So, where's this party?" asked Emmett once we had walked into the room and everyone was fully dressed. Edward poured us each a shot of something clear and handed it to me, taking it eagerly as I listened to Jasper.
"It's up on the upper east side. Some swanky kids I met in one of my design classes are throwing it. Well, their friend is throwing it, but who cares. We were invited, so we're going," he said casually as he finished off a beer and put the empty bottle on the coffee table. I glanced up at the clock and it was now almost nine thirty. "I think we should get the hell out of dodge now. Traffic will probably suck getting up there."
Edward handed me my purse and we followed everyone from the apartment, Japer locking the door as we left. We headed down to Bleeker, where Edward quickly hailed a cab, which was a minivan. As we all stepped in, I was suddenly very excited. "Wouldn't it rock if this was the Cash Cab," I said to everyone else, who all looked confused.
"Sorry hon, I'm not him," said the Italian driver who Jasper gave the address to.
"What the hell is a Cash Cab?" asked Rosalie in confusion as Emmett pulled her closer to him on the backseat.
"It's a game show. Here in New York there is one cab that drives around and it's a minivan. If you get in, and it's the Cash Cab, you answer trivia questions to win money. Just a few days ago I saw three guys win like thirty six hundred bucks," I said happily as they all looked at me incredulously. "Okay, so I'm sure that's couch change for all you rich snobs, but for the little girl from Forks, that's big money." Everyone laughed at my expense and Edward pulled me close to him as we drove towards the other side of town.
It was almost half an hour later when we finally arrived and Jasper graciously helped Rosalie and I from the cab, while Emmett paid. I immediately found myself pulling my skirt down a bit, and then tugging my top back up. I was fidgeting because I was nervous. "You look beautiful, don't worry," said Edward as he noticed my reluctance. Perhaps I just had a feeling this night was going to be as bad as lunch today. Edward wrapped his arm around my waist and we walked into the small house behind Jasper, who had already recognized several of the other people in attendance. They were playing the latest Eminem release, as we wandered through the room aimlessly. As Jasper mingled with everyone, the rest of us found some chairs in a far corner and sat together chatting happily about random shit.
"Mom and Dad called me today," sighed Emmett as Rosalie moved herself slightly on his lap where she had chose to sit down. "They want us to go home next weekend. Did they mention this to you at lunch?" he asked Edward curiously as Edward nodded his head.
"Yeah, we sort of got into a little fight about their absence when we were younger, and they want to talk to all three of us about it. Honestly, I don't think they realize how much it has affected us because they were never around," Edward admitted as Emmett glared at him for a moment. "I told them I wasn't going if you weren't."
"I'm going. So it looks like you girls are alone next weekend," laughed Emmett, no doubt imagining Rosalie and I partaking in some sort of naked pillow fights. Every time someone mentions a slumber party, Emmett always laughs that all girls do is talk about giving guys head and then they enjoy some lingerie clad pillow fights, where all the participants end up naked. Poor misguided Emmett.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we can find something to occupy ourselves with, right Bella," teased Rosalie with a wink as I dipped my finger into my mouth and sucked on it for a moment.
"Most definitely Miss Rosalie," I replied as Edward scooped me up from my chair and sat me on his lap, most likely to hide the erection I could feel against my ass. "Perhaps I'll have to show you some of the things I bought at Agent Provocateur."
"Over my dead body," snapped Edward, as though he was upset. I rubbed my hand up and down his chest, trying to soothe him.
"You can show me," laughed Emmett as Edward punched him on the shoulder.
"Calm down, both of you. Bella and I are kidding. If anything we'll do homework, laundry and force Jasper to come over to get drunk with us and Garrett," replied Rosalie happily. We continued our conversations for a little while longer, until Jasper came back to join us.
"There's a keg in the kitchen if any of you are interested," he said casually as he sat down in the seat I had occupied before Edward lifted me to his lap. I immediately stood, and went towards the kitchen to get both me and Rosalie a beer. I had one shot before we had left the apartment, but beer was definitely what I was craving tonight. As I grabbed a red cup and waited in line, I suddenly felt a hand on my lower back, and quickly assumed it was Edward.
"Are you sure you don't want to go lower?" I asked as I turned around, mortified to find Jacob standing there.
"Why yes I would. Want to go find somewhere quieter?" he whispered into my ear as I pushed him away from me.
"I thought you were Edward, so you can leave now," I snapped angrily at him as I turned back around and handed my cup to the frat boy pouring drinks.
"Well, since he's not here, maybe now we can actually have a conversation," said Jacob forcefully as he grabbed my hand in his after the frat boy handed me the beer. Jacob pulled me to the other side of the kitchen and down a small corridor where random people appeared to be playing a very bad game of quarters. We were outside on the back patio before I even had a chance to push myself away from him.
"You have two minute Jacob, and then I'm going back into the house with Edward," I said in frustration as he let go of my hand and I sat on the picnic table on the deck.
"I'm sorry, again, for losing touch with you back in Forks. Trust me; if I could go back in time, I would Bella. Honestly. I'm not here to fuck up your relationship with Edward either, I didn't know you'd be here tonight," said Jacob as forcefully as he could, trying to convince me of his words. I wasn't excited to be sitting back here with him, and the moment Edward noticed I was gone, I knew all hell would break loose, but I wanted to hear him out, even if I didn't believe him.
"Keep going," I urged him.
"Your mom was giving me very different signals about you and me, which is why I came to your place a few weeks ago. I'm sorry if I came off as some aggressive asshole, because I really haven't changed that much since we were friends, and I wasn't that way. I'm not that way," he said succinctly. For a few moments, I saw a flicker of my friend from Forks, not the jerk I had been dealing with recently.
"How about you just don't listen to my mother anymore?" I recommended as leaned back onto my palms, still sitting on the top of the picnic table.
"I think that's a great idea. She actually called me last week to see how things were going. Did you tell her you and Edward got back together? You did get back together right?" he asked curiously, albeit a little hopeful.
"Yeah, we're back together," I replied as I rubbed my hip as a reminder of who I truly loved more than anything.
"What's with the hip?"
"Don't tell Renee or Charlie, but I got a tattoo yesterday for my nineteenth birthday," I said eagerly. I was still pretty excited about the entire thing, especially its meaning, but Jacob didn't need to know the specifics, and I would tell my parents eventually.
"That's very rebellious of you, Bella. Is there an unplanned pregnancy in the future too," laughed Jacob at my expense.
"I'm not rebelling Jacob. I've wanted one for years, so Edward and I went yesterday to get them. He got it for me as birthday gift." I realized after I said it, that I probably shouldn't have said anything at all about Edward's but I didn't care.
"Edward got one too?" I simply nodded and didn't reveal any other details. "Can I see it?" asked Jacob enthusiastically as I continued to rub it, easing a bit of the pain. There was no way I could show it to him without lifting up the bottom of my dress completely, and that wasn't going to happen since Edward had my panties in his pocket.
"No way in hell," responded Edward who was walking out the back door towards us. I hopped from the table and immediately stepped between them. Jacob was relaxed, but Edward was angry and I didn't want to deal with a fight tonight. "I thought I told you before to stay away from her."
"Dude, we were just talking. I already know she's your girl, so relax. Fuck, you've already got your name or whatever tattoo all over her. 'Property of Edward' right?" replied Jacob as Edward continued to move closer to him. "Although, I'm shocked you left her alone at this party. She's been away from you for five minutes and anything could have happened to her. You're not doing a good job protecting her." Jacob had a death wish apparently, because he was pissing off Edward and if he kept it up, I wouldn't be able to protect either of them.
"First of all, don't call me dude. My name is Edward. Secondly, I'm not going to take advice from a guy who ditched the best girl in the world for three years. I thank god everyday you were a complete fucking moron and ignored her, because she's mine now and she'll never be anyone else's. You're the one who fucked up Jacob Black." I stepped back from Jacob for a moment and he was fuming, more than Edward was. Before I had a chance to say anything, Jacob's fist was raised and he was reaching out for Edward. I ran into the house and found Emmett, pulling him out to the backyard, where Jacob and Edward were now fighting down on the lawn.
EPOV
When Bella seemed to be taking a long time to get her beer, I headed into the kitchen and found nothing. "Hey, have you seen a brunette in a red dress?" I asked the guy handing out the drinks at the keg.
"Yeah, she headed out back with some tall Indian looking guy," he remarked casually as he poured another drink. There was only one Indian looking guy that I knew of, and I was praying to god that he wasn't with Bella. As I got to the end of the hallway, I noticed a door leading out to the patio, and there was Jacob and Bella talking outside. I stopped before I stepped out the door, listening to part of their conversation.
"That's very rebellious of you, Bella. Is there an unplanned pregnancy in the future too," I heard Jacob say as he started to laugh at her. I felt like ringing his neck just for being in the same space as her, even though he was on the opposite side of the deck.
"I'm not rebelling Jacob. I've wanted one for years, so Edward and I went yesterday to get them. He got it for me as birthday gift." I could hear the happiness in Bella's voice as she spoke, and I knew she wasn't regretting anything about yesterday, especially me.
"Edward got one too? Can I see it?" Well if that wasn't a sign, I wasn't sure what was. There was no way Bella would show him anything, let alone her tattoo, but I was livid he even asked, because he knew where it was. Hell, she had been rubbing her hip the whole time I had been watching.
"No way in hell," I yelled at Jacob as I walked out the door and onto the porch, my entire body shaking in fury. Bella tried to jump in front of us to protect both of us, knowing full well I would never touch him with her between us. "I thought I told you before to stay away from her."
"Dude, we were just talking. I already know she's your girl, so relax. Fuck, you've already got your name or whatever tattoo all over her. 'Property of Edward' right?" replied Jacob as I stepped closer to him, imaging my right hand punching his cheek again. "Although, I'm shocked you left her alone at this party. She's been away from you for five minutes and anything could have happened to her. You're not doing a good job protecting her."
"First of all, don't call me dude. My name is Edward. Secondly, I'm not going to take advice from a guy who ditched the best girl in the world for three years. I thank god everyday you were a complete fucking moron and ignored her, because she's mine now and she'll never be anyone else's. You're the one who fucked up Jacob Black." I watched intently as Bella backed away from Jacob, who now looked as livid as I felt. I looked down and immediately saw Jacob raise his fist towards me, but I managed to duck out of the way. Had Bella not moved, she would have been in the line of Jacob's punch and that set me off. I pushed Jacob down the two steps and onto the lawn. He never fell though, just stumbled backwards and caught himself before landing on the ground. I reached forward and grabbed the collar of his shirt in my hands tightly, pulling his face towards mine. "Leave her the fuck alone."
I released my grip on his shirt and pushed him backwards, but apparently he was a relentless idiot, and he came back to punch me again. I caught a quick hit to the stomach before my hand reached up and hit his jaw firmly. I felt Emmett's arms around me a second later, trying to pull me away from Jacob, but the rage was building in me further. Jasper and some unknown guy were wrapped around Jacob, pulling him back towards the deck, where I noticed Bella was standing with Rosalie, their arms wrapped around each other. Bella looked at both of us in complete shock. Jacob headed back up the stairs and across the deck, stopping briefly to say something to her, but by the time I got up there, he had already slipped back into the house.
"I think we've overstayed our welcome," laughed Emmett as he pulled me back down the steps and out the side entrance of the backyard. We were now on some side street, with Rosalie, Jasper and Bella following close behind us. Bella was wrapped in Jasper's long sleeved plaid shirt to keep her warm, but Emmett wouldn't let me go to her yet. He wouldn't let go of me. "Relax first," he kept whispering to me as we walked back to the main street and he flagged down a cab, another minivan.
"I don't suppose this is the cash cab is it?" I asked curiously once we were all seated. Everyone laughed but Bella, and sadly, it still wasn't the cash cab. We were back at our apartment a lot quicker than I thought we would be and as soon as we walked in the door, Rosalie took Bella into the Emmett's room and locked the door behind them.
"Okay, so are we signing up for anger management classes in the morning?" asked Jasper as he tried to break the tension in the room. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and quickly drank the entire thing, not really paying attention to anyone else.
"What do you think they are doing?" I asked Emmett and Jasper as we all sat down in the living room, practically staring at Emmett's bedroom door.
"Probably just talking, but I'm hoping for a lingerie pillow fight," laughed Emmett as Jasper threw a pillow at his head, narrowly missing him.
"Do you think she's pissed? It's not like I haven't been jealous possessive Edward around her before; hell it was only a few weeks ago that I punched Jacob in the hallway. She didn't care then," I said casually, even though I was actually worried.
"Maybe she's just scared. What were they talking about when you interrupted them? asked Jasper curiously as he pulled his shoes off and threw them towards the front door.
"Jake asked to see Bella's tattoo," I admitted ruefully. "Then he accused me of basically stamping her as my property because she got it." Emmett looked up at me in complete shock.
"She has a tattoo? Fuck, that's hot. Can I see it?" asked Emmett eagerly as I stared him down angrily.
"No, you can't see it shithead. We both got them. Hers is on her hip and mine is on my shoulder." Emmett started to talk to me about the pain we both went through while getting the tattoos, effectively turning Jasper off from ever getting one, and before we knew it, it was almost two in the morning. I gave up and headed to bed, with Jasper deciding to do the same.
"Well, I'm gonna go bust them up. I need to my beauty sleep," joked Emmett as he knocked hesitantly on the door and Rosalie opened it up. I looked back, but I couldn't see Bella in the room, so I closed my door behind me, leaving it unlocked as I undressed to climb into bed.
It was almost an hour later when I felt my bed shift, waking me from my restless slumber. "Bella?" I called out quietly.
"Yeah, go back to sleep Edward," she said anxiously. I could tell her voice was sore, but I didn't want to push her.
"I love you," I said as I put my head back down on my pillow and curled up under the covers. I felt her body slide down the mattress, and she slipped beneath the sheets, our backs against one another. We'd never slept like this, away from each other just seemed unnatural to me.
"I love you too," said Bella quietly. I tried to sleep, but sleeping beside her, but away from her was disconcerting and caused me to worry more than any words possibly could. I was wake all night, until I heard Emmett and Jasper fighting over Rock Band around ten, in the living room. Bella was fast asleep, so I stepped from the room quietly and joined them, immediately making a huge pot of coffee.
"So, did you guys talk?" asked Jasper when I had finished preparing the coffee and he had won the chance to play guitar after a game of rock, paper, scissors with Em.
"Nope. Everything has been so fucked up lately. We got tattoos and met mom and dad on Friday. Then yesterday, I practically told them all that I wanted to marry her and I would chose her over them in a heartbeat, only to run into Jake and fight with him. It's no wonder we didn't talk," I replied as Rosalie stepped from Emmett's room.
"Is she okay?" I asked desperately while Rosalie simply grabbed a coffee mug and held it out to me. "It's still brewing."
"She doesn't understand your anger or your jealousy," sighed Rosalie as she sat down on a stool and put her head in her hands, clearly nursing a headache or lack of sleep. Once the coffee was finished, I poured Rose and I each a mug, and we sat quietly in the living room as we watched Jas and Em play video games. It was almost half an hour later when Bella walked out of my room, completely dressed and clutching her overnight bag.
"Can you give me a ride home?" she asked as she looked at me. I nodded my head, eager to be alone with her. "We can talk when we get back to my place."
Oh shit… we need to talk. Christ on a Cracker.
A/N: The talk between Bella and Edward, as well as the entire Cullen clan will happen next chappie.
