Disclaimer: Although I am pretty sure it is obvious, I will state again that Twilight is not mine. If it were, I would not be writing fan fiction…I would be getting my shit published.

Thanks to Sweetdreams82 for the Tanya at school for a booty call idea. I tweaked it a little, but used the basis of the idea. Thanks.

I just have to say that I have the best reviewers and really appreciate everyone's comments on the story. Now, no more sap...on with the show…

Chapter 8

BPOV

Another fucking Friday.

It has been three weeks since what I have dubbed The Edward Debacle, or 3 weeks ED if you are looking at it as a calendar era like AD or BC. Yes, that's right. I am calling him Edward now. I no longer respect him enough to call him Mr. Cullen. I don't even allow myself to have naughty teacher dreams about him. Of course, I still have a few fantasies with him in a starring role, but they are no longer featuring me bent over his desk while he pounds into me from behind. Shit. Now I AM thinking about that. Mmmmm…okay, enough of that.

As I was saying before my fantasies so rudely interrupted…

After three weeks of pretending that everything is normal, I am so fucking bored. My days have become a ridiculous routine that makes me want to find a rusty serrated knife and slice my neck open just to add some excitement in my life. The few nights a week that I work at the club are fun, but that's as excited as things get.

Let me give you a rundown of the last three weeks.

Monday - Started back up with my arrangement with James just to spite Edward. Purposely showed up late for Biology with James in tow to flaunt it in front of Edward. Ignored him the entire class and left as quickly as possible to avoid any type of interaction.

Tuesday - Fooled around with James during school, ignored Edward, worked at the club training to be a swing girl. Rose and Alice were unable to work during the week, so Victoria was proud to say that I would be the new swing girl on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Wednesday - Fooled around with James during school, ignored Edward - seeing a pattern here? That night was my first night as an official swing girl. Luckily, I was a natural and we were allowed to accept tips from the guys that wanted to swing with us, so I made a killing. Drunk guys are so easy.

Thursday - See Tuesday and Wednesday regarding James and Edward. Had Rose and Alice over to plan our cage dances for the weekend.

Friday and Saturday - Worked at the club each night.

Sunday - Relaxed and pouted that I was so fucking bored with my life.

Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

The only variation in that routine was last Friday when I was avoiding James and walking down the hall to stand at Edward's classroom door to wait for lunch to be over. As I stood there, I heard giggling and laughing inside.

Flashback

Curious, I looked through the small window high on the door and saw Tanya sitting on the edge of Edward's desk while he sat in his chair in front of her. I moved closer to the door to try to listen to what they were talking about, thinking she was probably there for a booty call.

"I know! Last night was so much fun!" Tanya's annoying giggle rang out after she confirmed something Edward had said. He chuckled.

"I'm just glad I thought about bringing the video camera." My eyes widened at the thoughts of them filming what they were doing the night before. I didn't realize Edward was that kinky.

"Yeah, Tori was a little apprehensive at first, but she really got into it, right?" Tanya giggle again as I realized what she was saying. They must have had a threesome the night before and filmed the whole thing.

"Well, I just hope the guy from the agency like it." Edward rubbed his hand on Tanya's thigh as he talked to her. I was beyond confused. Could it be possible that they made a porn audition tape? I shook my head to clear my thoughts and stop myself from listening further. I quickly ran to the cafeteria to finish the remainder of lunch with Alice and Rose to get my mind off what I had just overheard.

End Flashback

I was still trying to figure things out. After that conversation, I realized I knew nothing about Edward. Thinking back to the very few and very short interactions we have had, we have never had a real conversation. I didn't know what music he liked to listen to, what his favorite food was, if he was allergic to anything.

I knew the size of his dick and what his fingers felt like making me cum. But, I really don't think that is really relationship material. Fuck! With this realization, I knew I couldn't be mad at him anymore. So, we were both attracted to each other and there was certainly a level of lust between us.

But, how can I be mad at him for not telling me he had a girlfriend when I never took the time to talk to him long enough to even ask. Of course a hot guy like that would have a girlfriend! Hating him is so much easier than allowing myself to take some of the blame though!

"Bella?!" The sound of Rose's screech brought me out of my thoughts and reminded me that I was meant to be listening to the conversation she and Alice were having in the front seat of Alice's car.

"What's up?" I tried to act like I wasn't just contemplating how annoying things have gotten with my life with a nice nonchalant response.

"We were just saying…" Rose's exasperated reply was cut off by Alice.

"That since we have this weekend off, we should drive to Seattle and visit Emmett and party there." Alice smiled at me through the rearview mirror. "And we could skip school to go shopping before heading there." Sweet! No acting like I am having fun with James and no Edward!

"I'm in!" I smiled for the first time that morning realizing my day was turning out to be better than I had anticipated.

"Now that we have that cleared up…" Rose turned in her seat to look at me better. "Mind telling us what has gotten into you lately?" She narrowed her eyes at me in the evil look she knows I always give into.

"I really can't talk about it." I knew they thought I was being a huge asshole and keeping things from them, but the truth was that I didn't want to say anything that could potentially get Edward in trouble. Sure, he was a complete fuckface and was leading me on while he had a girlfriend. But, he didn't deserve to lose his job and have his reputation ruined because of it.

"Bella. Please. We are your best friends and it kills us to see you like this." Alice gave me a pout in her rearview mirror. Even with it not being the full force of her pout, I felt myself giving in.

"I know. I just don't want you guys to do anything that could get someone in trouble." I knew I had said too much because now they were going to force it out of me and the look on Rose's face as she stared at me from the front seat told me I better start talking. And I did. I told them everything.

I told them that I figured out that OGY was Edward, aka Mr. Cullen. I proceeded to tell them about the remote vibrator, our time in the lounge at the club, everything. When I got to the girlfriend part, I saw Rose's eyes flash with fury and I quickly told her we are not going to do anything about it. I finished by telling that he had the nerve to come after me that night to talk about things, but I wouldn't let him and have ignored him ever since.

"Fuck Bells!" Alice shook her head.

"You really know how to pick them." Rose joined in with the head shaking.

"I know." I sighed and slouched in the seat, waiting for them to tell me how stupid I am.

"I think you need to talk to him and find out what the fuck he was thinking." Alice kept her eyes on the road, probably realizing I would give her a death glare for that comment.

"Not happening." I replied curtly.

"I agree with Alice. I think on Monday, you need to go to his class at lunch and give him 5 minutes to explain himself." Rose nodded once to confirm that she thought that was the best plan of action.

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes. "Let's just have a good time this weekend and worry about The Edward Debacle some other time."

The rest of the day consisted of me following Rose and Alice from store to store at the Seattle mall, complaining the entire time. I wasn't even having a bad time. It was just fun to complain and irritate the hell out of them. At one point, Rose even threatened to chop off my tits if I didn't shut the fuck up. Good times!

I did perk up when we hit Frederick's of Hollywood to get our outfits for the party at Emmett's house. He decided to go Hugh Hefner on us and planned a pajama party. He insisted that the three of us had to be his dates for the evening since "Hef" is never seen with just one girl.

Finding our outfits was pretty easy since we know the store quite well. Rose found what she was looking for as soon as we walked in the door. She quickly grabbed a red and black stretch satin chemise, finished with elegant vine embroidery and sheer mesh side panels. It had adjustable and detachable garters, so we paired it with a matching G-string and some sheer black stockings and were done with her.

Alice only had to look 5 minutes to find something she deemed appropriate. She, of course, found a little pink babydoll that was satin on top with rosette detail, accented with contrasting ruffle trim. The matching G-string was the only other thing she needed.

I took a little longer to find something. For some reason, I felt insanely picky and at the same time wanted to just get everything I saw. It was pretty annoying. I thought about just getting some rosette pasties, but Alice and Rose thought that might be considered indecent. They always spoil my fun!

I ended up falling in love with a purple and black lace chemise that showed off my body in all the right places. The stretch lace covered my breasts, along with a small piece that acted like the shortest skirt I have ever seen and was accented with strappy details in front and back. It also had adjustable garters, so I grabbed a pair of backseam thigh highs and a matching G-string was all set.

Once we had our outfits purchased, we made our way to the shoe store. I went with some simple black peep toe, t-strap sandal with 4" heels. Rose found a great pair of platform peep toe sandals with an ankle strap and 4" heels. Alice went crazy and got a pair of pink platform sling back, peep-toe sandals with black satin lace detail on 4" stack heels.

Since that was the last stop for the day, we made the decision to go to Emmett's and take a nap until it was time to get ready for the party. I was exhausted from shopping and knew I would need to rest if I wanted to be the life of the party.

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Motherfucking cockfuck shit! Two hours. That's apparently how long it takes for someone to look like they just rolled out of bed. Alice and Rose wouldn't listen to me when I told them that if they just let me sleep up until the party started I would genuinely look like I just rolled out bed. Somehow my logic was completely lost on them, so they forced me to get up and sit through them brushing and straightening my hair only to turn around and tease it to give me bed head. Seriously people. These are my supposedly smart friends.

"Oh oh oh!" Alice began jumping around the room and clapping just as we finished getting ready. "I have a fantabulous idea!!" She squealed as Rose and I patiently waited for her to calm down enough to tell us about the idea. Unfortunately, it became apparent that she wouldn't be doing that anytime soon, so Rose stepped in.

"Calm the fuck down pixie!" Rose grabbed Alice and threw her on the bed and straddled her to get her to stop moving around. I jumped up on the bed to join them.

"What is this wonderful idea little one?" I tweaked Alice's nose knowing how much she hated it.

"I didn't say it is wonderful. I said FANTABULOUS!" Alice huffed and swatted my arm with her hands. "And get off of me!"

"Nope." I threw my hands in the air and grabbed her hands with mine and raised them above her head. "And to make you happy. What is this fantabulous idea?"

"I say we pay homage to the Pussycat Dolls tonight and dance to Buttons." I rolled my eyes. That was Alice's favorite song and she was constantly coming up with any reason to dance to it.

"Alice! That was it?" Rose looked at her incredulously. "Fuck, man."

"Sure Al. Whatever." I replied to make her happy. I leaned down to give her a quick kiss on the cheek just as the bedroom door flew open.

"Hells yeah! That's what I'm talking about! Just pretend I'm not here girls!" Emmett's booming voice startled us and we all quickly turned in his direction.

"Pig!" Rose narrowed her eyes at her boyfriend as she got off of Alice.

"Oh don't I know it. But, seriously. I can't wait to tell everyone what I walked in on!" Emmett rubbed his hands together mischievously.

"Ew. Em. You do realize I'm your cousin." I said as I jumped off the bed.

"Only by marriage. We're not blood related!" Emmett threw his hands in the air as if I had said the dumbest thing in the world.

"What did you want anyway?" Alice questioned him from her spot now at the mirror where she was working on correcting her strategically placed spikes.

"Party is starting bitches and I need my girls." Emmett put his arms out to have Rose and me latch onto him. Alice hurried to my side and hooked her arm in mine as well and we all walked down to the party.

The party was pretty typical as far as Emmett's parties are concerned. There were tons of drunk frat boys, a shitload of hot drunk football players, and way too many stupid sluts whoring themselves out to the first guy with beer glasses thick enough to think they are hot. The girls and I did our job of getting everyone to start dancing and us dancing to Buttons seemed to be a hit.

Jacob and I danced a bit, but I was finding that every time I was around him, I just felt friendship toward him and nothing else. He was obviously wanting more by the way he was feeling me up and pressing into me, but it just wasn't there for me.

Things got interesting when I felt someone tap on my shoulder when I was dancing with Seth, one of Jacob's friends. I turned to find Tanya standing behind me with a smile on her face. She didn't say anything to me and I had to stop myself from making a comment about learning to speak to people.

"Um…hi?" I chose to say hi to her not meaning for it to come out as a question.

"Hey. Can we talk?" I looked at Seth and saw he was already moving on to another chick, so I shrugged and nodded.

"Come on. We'll go upstairs to my room." I grabbed her hand to lead her through the crowd. On the way there, I was stopped by Jacob, who proceeded to wrap his arms around me and lean down to place a kiss on my forehead. I was about to let him, but saw Tanya pull him away from me and glare at him. Psycho!

Finally, we made it upstairs and I sat down on my bed waiting for Tanya to talk.

"Listen. I think you need to give Edward a chance to explain things." Tanya remained standing near the door, staring at me with her arms crossed over her chest.

"What are you talking about?" I didn't know what Edward had told her and I wasn't sure why she wanted me to talk to her boyfriend about what happened between us.

"I know all about you and Edward. And I'm not mad at all." She sighed when she saw the wide-eyed expression on my face. It was then that I again thought back to the conversation I overheard between her and Edward. I could only assume they were going to have me be part of one of their videos and that's why she wanted me to talk to him.

"Okay. I don't know what the fuck is up with your relationship, but I'm not like that. I'm up for kinky stuff, but I don't want to be a third person in a relationship." I got up the bed to signal that the conversation was over, but noticed Tanya looking at me in confusion. She shook her head as if to clear her thoughts before responding.

"I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I assure you that whatever you are thinking is not the case." She walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Please just let him explain things."

The sincerity in her eyes and voice made my resolve crumble to pieces and I found myself relenting.

"Fine." I sat back down on the bed. "I'll talk to him on Monday. I was already planning on it anyway." I looked up to see Tanya smiling at me.

"Better idea." She handed me a slip of paper. "He'll meet you at this address at 10 tomorrow morning." Before I could say anything else, Tanya gave me a quick hug and left the room leaving me alone. I looked down to see the name of a small coffee shop I frequent every time we come to Seattle, with the address.

I hid the slip in my purse and rejoined the party to get my mind off the confrontation I would be having the nest day.

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EPOV

I had been sitting in the small hole-in-the-wall coffee for almost an hour thanks to my nerves forcing me to get there to scope out the place early and make sure we would have a hidden spot to talk. I wanted nothing more than to tell Bella that I have been in love with her from the moment she walked into my classroom on my first day of teaching. I may have even been in love with her when I walked in on her fooling around with her little boy toy. I figured I wouldn't put that out there, yet, but I wasn't sure I would be able to be around her very much without professing my undying love for her. I'm such a pussy. I know. I think I will go home and eat ice cream while watching chick flicks after this.

After that first site of her in my class, I had a hard time controlling myself around her. There were many times that she would walk by my desk on her way to her table in class and I would have to restrain myself to not grab her and take her in front of the entire class. If only I taught sex ed or anatomy. I could claim that it was part of the lesson.

I really hated being her teacher, and found myself almost angry with her when I realized that becoming a teacher was the dumbest thing I could have done. I needed to figure things out and seeing her every day was really messing with my brain. Not to mention watching her at the party dancing with her friends and other guys. When I saw her dancing with Jacob at Emmett's party, I had the desire to rip off his head, but I couldn't do anything about it.

Finding her alone in that room that night was perfect. I knew it was dark enough that she wouldn't see anything and it was obvious that she liked it. I wanted to do so much more with her, but I couldn't risk her finding out who I was. I just needed to get my fill of her and use the memories of touching her during my fantasies. Things were going great and I was getting more and more comfortable with the situation until that night at the club. Watching her cum while she was dancing with her friends in front of hundreds of people was the single hottest thing I have ever seen.

And the things she can do with her mouth...well, I can't even let myself think about that without needing to run to the bathroom. Unfortunately, that is the night everything crashed and burned. I had been allowed back into the lounge to talk to Bella and warn her about Tanya, but we got distracted and I ended up forgetting. It killed me to watch her freak out after finding out that I have a girlfriend. I just have to hope she will listen to me long enough for me to explain this time.

9:55am

Only 5 more minutes until I can see Bella. Hopefully she will give me some time to explain this whole situation. I knew I should have told her before she was faced with Tanya, but it just never happened.

9:56am

Seriously? How fucking slow is that clock? I still have 4 minutes before she is to arrive?

9:57am

God fucking damn it! I think I am in some type of space-time continuum.

9:58am

2 minutes. 2 fucking long-ass minutes left.

9:59am

Only 1 minute left! Oh shit! What if she is late? What if I have been counting down to 10 o'clock only to find out that she is 10 minutes late. What am I going to do if…

The jingle of the bell at the door of the small coffee shop pulled my attention away from the clock on the wall next to me and I found Bella standing in the entryway searching for me. I moved slightly so she would see me sitting in this dark corner of the shop and saw a smile spread on her face before she composed herself into an expressionless mask.

I fought to control my breathing as she cautiously made her way to where I sat. When she reached me, I stood to welcome her, but wasn't sure what was appropriate, so I went with an awkward one-armed hug. Smooth Cullen. Real Smooth.

"Thank you for coming. Would you like me to get you a drink?" I fidgeted and looked back at the counter for a means of escape to get my thoughts together.

"No, I'm fine." She answered me curtly and sat in one of the overstuffed chairs. Damn. Okay.

"So, how have you been?" I was nervous and unsure how to start the conversation I wanted to have, and wanted to find something else we could possibly talk about.

"Cut the shit, Edward. I'm here for you to 'explain things', so get to it." Bella stared at me coldly and I almost shrunk back under her glare.

"Okay." I nervously ran a hand through my hair. "First. While Tanya and I have the titles of girlfriend and boyfriend, we are anything but that." I paused to get the nerves to tell her about our arrangement.

"Well, that makes complete sense. Thanks for that explanation." Bella rolled her eyes and made to get up and leave, but I caught her and got her to sit back in her seat.

"Ugh. This isn't coming out right." I sighed. "What I am trying to say is that we are only acting as a couple because we have an agreement and are helping each other out." I took a sip of my coffee.

"By helping each other out do you mean by fucking each other?" I'm sure my face showed my complete shock and I realized I was seriously fucking up this explanation and decided to put it all out on the table.

"God no! Tanya and I have never had sex!" I almost laughed at her, but quickly got back to what I was saying. "Tanya is a lesbian." I saw extreme confusion in Bella's eyes, so I continued. "She comes from a very wealthy family who would disown her if they found out she was with a woman. So, she asked me to cover for her and be her faux boyfriend. We've been doing that act a while now."

"Then, when I allowed myself to give into how much I wanted you, I talked to Tanya and we came up with the fact that by he being my girlfriend no one would suspect me to be with a student. It became a mutual agreement that we would cover for each other." I watched as Bella thought about what I was telling her and hoped she was understanding what I was saying.

"So, who is Tori?" Bella narrowed her eyes at me and I could tell she was having a hard time believing me.

"Tori is Tanya's partner's nickname. Your boss, Victoria, and Tanya have been happily together for a few years now. In fact, they are working on adopting a child together. I have been helping them with the process and we sent a video of them in their home to the adoption agency recently and things are looking good." I knew I was giving too much information, but I needed Bella to trust what I was saying and Tanya did tell me she was fine with me telling Bella everything.

I stopped when I noticed Bella in deep thought as if reliving a memory. I wanted to give her a chance to work through everything and think of any questions she wanted to ask. But, then I thought of something.

"How do you know the name Tori?" I asked her and cocked my head to the side. "I know I have never said that to you." She blushed and looked down.

"Um. I overheard you and Tanya the other day in your class talking about videotaping something the night before with someone named Tori." She looked up at me with a blush still on her cheeks. I nodded and smiled at her.

"So, why does Tanya hate Jacob?" I was confused by her question, but remembered that I saw Tanya constantly glaring at him when we were at the club.

"Oh, he hit on Tori. Well, that and you were all over him and she was pissed that she thought you would pick him over me. She's a little protective of me." I laughed thinking about the rant I had to listen to about Jacob after that night. Bella giggled.

"Eh. Nothing to worry about. He is just a friend." She shrugged and the friend comment reminded me of something I have been meaning to ask her.

"So, are you and James…" I trailed off not sure how to ask her the question afterall.

"Yeah, but you have to understand where I was coming from. I thought it was a lost cause and went back to something I knew." I could tell she felt bad about the misunderstanding and I could hardly blame her for finding something to comfort her.

"Is there a chance it could be over again?" I watched her hopefully, but she didn't answer me. She just looked me in the eyes and asked me a question of her own.

"So, when you say you didn't want someone to suspect you of being with a student…" Bella leaned in closer to me "does that mean you want to be with a student?" I almost groaned when she bit her lip waiting for my answer.

"Oh fuck. More than anything." I mimicked her and leaned in toward her, but she abruptly leaned back in her seat.

"Anyone I know?" She gave me a sly smile and I couldn't help the grin that graced my face.

"You know her quite well." I grinned at her.

"Then, yes. It is definitely over with James." My cheeks began to hurt from the smile that broke out on my face at that news.

"Go to dinner with me tonight." I meant it to come out as a question, but a demand came out instead.

"Okay."

A/N: So, I hope the explanation of the girlfriend thing was enough to make sure there would be no burning Edward at the stake for being an asshole. And I hope the EPOV was okay. I don't know if I will be including again, but thought I would just throw it in here to give some of his thoughts on this whole thing.

Just a little teaser for the next chapter, I just have three words for you: Date, Talking, Lemon

Peace out!