A/N:
I just realized how great the timing is for this chapter with the world cup going on... lol... (you'll get it later).
Sorry for the wait. I hope it's worth it.
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EATING FOOD AT THE SAME TIME (CONTINUED):
PART 2
Jessica POV
I sat and starred across the cafeteria at the back of a perfectly untidy bronze head.
'We could eat food at the same time… together.' Omigahd! I am such a dumbass! I can't believe I actually said that.
I was still beating myself up over the 'no' that had word vomited out of my mouth earlier that day. Why did I say 'But, no'? Why didn't I say something sexier and womanly like: 'Actually, I thought we could go out Friday night and get to know each other… if you know what I mean'. That would have gotten his attention and gotten me a well deserved and well overdue date.
It had already been three hours and seventeen minutes since I spoke to Edward this morning and, according to Angela, that was plenty of time for a teenage boy to bounce back and move on. I had to make another move soon or I would lose my opportunity. He could save a damsel in distress from oncoming traffic and fall madly in love with her. Imagine! My Edward.
I felt as though I was being pulled in two directions. My heart was telling me to act quickly, run over to him and make him mine. Meanwhile, Lauren was trying to convince Angela that Chad Michael Murray was hotter than that guy on Smallville, which was totally not cool. But this was not the time for who's hot and who's hotter. Now was the time to be bold.
Deep breath Jessica… just do it.
Edward POV
Alice and Emmet sat side by side with a twinkle in their eye and plastic forks in hand. They slowly raised the forks like microphones and began their sportscast.
'And she's off!' Emmet began as he watched Jessica get up from her seat. 'This is going to be a close one folks. Newton has already spotted her and is on his way to intercept her play. Will she make it?'
Alice quickly picked up where he left off. 'She grabs her tray and… Oh, did you see her dodge that passing janitor. She will gain two style points for that move Emmet.'
'Yes indeed Alice. But whatdya know she seems to have forgotten something… her bookbag!'
'She's going to have to retrieve it before she can move any further Emmet.'
'That is an amateur mistake Alice. Three poise points will be deducted from her score.'
'She has gotten the bag over her shoulder and is now back on course with her signature determination and swagger. She might be able to recover from this Emmet.'
'Anything is possible Alice. The real question is whether Newton will be able to catch up. He has covered a lot of ground in the time it took Stanley to turn back.'
'And she fakes left… fakes right… decides to step over the chair in her path and continues toward the finish.'
'Newton has attempted the same over-the-chair move but look! His pants are too low and he is unable to make it smoothly over the chair. That stumble will cost him Alice.'
'You can never underestimate a miniskirt Emmet. Stanley is now approaching the finish at record speed.'
'It looks like Stanley wins this round Alice.'
'Who could've seen that coming?'
Jessica stood at the end of the table, mildly out of breath. She was trying to decide the best way to get me alone.
"(Edward, could I have a word?... A moment?... Hey big boy, I've got something to say…)"
In an attempt to avoid what can now only be seen as the inevitable I hurriedly asked Jessica to join us at the table. Rosalie grimaced while Emmet looked somewhat confused but, nonetheless, entertained.
Jessica pulled up a chair and wedged it into the space between me and Rosalie. Emmet, on Rosalie's other side, shuffled his chair closer leaving Alice and Jasper with half the table to themselves…but they didn't mind.
Jessica grinned nervously from ear to ear. She opened her bag and pulled a sandwich out of a pack lunch. She unwrapped it hastily and took a large bite. That's when she realized not only that everyone was starring at her but also that she was the only one eating, our untouched food pilled on our trays.
She slowly and carefully laid her sandwich down on the table.
"So, how do you like Forks?" she asked tentatively.
"It's annoying" Rosalie said dismissively, turning to Emmet.
"What she meant," Alice jumped in, "is that all this rain is no good for her hair."
"Oh," Jessica tried again, "Well, I'm sure you'll get used to it soon enough."
Jasper nodded the introduction to a long painful silence. Jessica looked down at the table while everyone else looked at her (except Rosalie, she couldn't bother). Eventually, Alice broke through the silence.
"So, Jessica, you've lived here all your life?"
""Yup" Jessica responded, her voice jumping an octave and her eyes bugging out of her head. An inner monologue of rang through my head. It felt as though my brain had been struck by lightning.
Jasper coughed out a laugh into his sleeve as Alice turned questioningly to Emmet who was now practically sitting on Rose's lap, a look of concentration on his face. Rose went to push him off but he clung to her saying," But Rose, Rosie, Ro-Ro, Roses…" until she reluctantly gave in.
Jessica and I were so distracted at the time that neither of us noticed Emmet and Rose until something else began pounding through Jessica's mind that caught my interest.
"(I can't believe he's playing footsies with me! I could get used to this!)"
Entirely confused and quite sure both my feet were firmly planted on the floor I quickly and conspicuously dropped a plastic fork. As I leaned over to pick it up I peered under the table. Sure enough, both my feet were on the floor and not all over Jessica. However, there was a game of footsies going on and Jessica was the object of such foot's attention.
Under the table Edward saw Emmet's leg stretched precariously across Rosalie's lap and around Jessica so as to appear that it was me who was fondling her leg.
As I came up, I felt something else entirely new. Jessica's hand lay firmly on my knee.
The rollercoaster of sexual daydreams, omigahomigahomigahd-ing, stalking, teasing, and now the simple yet suggestive gesture of her hand on my leg… my upper leg all flashed through my mind in a split second. That's it. I was unable to take anymore. I wanted out. So, I hastily got up from the table.
"Jessica, I need to tell you something" burst from my mouth.
Emmet, having removed his foot in the nick of time and sitting in his own seat, looked up at me with curiosity. Jessica, almost as excited as Emmet, looked up expectantly as well.
I racked my brain for an excuse. A reason for her to stop. Suddenly, I blurted the only reasonable thing that came to mind ('I am a vampire' being a little too dramatic).
"I have a girlfriend."
Jessica, Emmet, Rosalie, and Jasper gasped together in astonishment while Alice snickered into her napkin. All eyes were now on me as I finished my sentence… with a name. I uttered the word that I knew would condemn me to incessant teasing from my family but free me from Jessica Stanley.
"I have a girlfriend," I repeated, "Tanya."
Even though Jessica had no idea who this person was she marched out of the cafeteria on the verge of tears. How dare he toy with my emotions, she kept thinking, Men.
PART 2 ½
Jasper POV
I watched Alice twirl around the room, dancing to music only she could hear. Edward sat, moody, starring at the piano.
Without warning, Alice stopped mid spin and her eyes glazed over with the familiar expression of a new vision. Edward's slight turn of the head made it clear that he had seen it too.
A new, overwhelming tide of emotion flowed through my body. Why do I get the feeling Edward is happy. Very happy.
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