A/N: Hi Folks! Thank you to all the new people that have checked out my story and the ones that continue reading!
Here goes Chapter 8!
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"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
"Rosie please I need to get out!" I whined into the phone.
"Bells I'm meeting up with Allie today I promised her. We can go tomorrow" Rose tried again.
"Fine! Have fun with your new best friend." I sneered back into the phone.
"Bells you know it's not like that! I'll drop bye tomorrow. Love ya" she said.
"Fine whatever. Love ya too Rosie" I hung up the phone and was really trying to hold my temper.
It had been a week since Rose and I made up. She came over that night and we talked through things. She explained how being friends with Alice wouldn't change our relationship and that I was her best friend in the whole world. I gave up and decided to let it go. This wasn't a competition, Rose was my best friend and the little bitch could not change it. If she was going to try and steal my best friend then doing the same wasn't a crime.
I could see the confusion on Roses' face when it was time for lunch. She didn't know if she should sit with me or her new friend. I agreed to let her be friends with Alice but I wasn't going to let her take my lunch time with Rosie. So I reminded her of her other "friends" and she felt hopeless. Every lunch she spent with us and whatever class they had together they spent together. The arrangement was fine with me. That is until the weekend came. I had to ask her to go places with me instead or just tell her where to meet me. Now she had another friend to do things with and that pissed me off.
Quickly remembering my plan I dialed the only person that could make things better.
"Hello" Edward answered in his smooth velvety voice.
"Hey it's Bella. I was calling to see if you wanted to meet up today. We have an exam on Friday and would appreciate the help." I tried to sound as nice as I could at the moment.
"Well umm I had some plans with the guys' today." he said and I rolled my eyes. Deciding that I wasn't about to stay home on a Saturday night I tried again.
"Aww Edward I really need help with this exam. Do you really want to go with them? We can have a much better time studying. Please." I tried to sound like I was upset.
"Well Bella if I bow out Em will be upset. How about I come by afterwards?" he tried to reason.
"What time would that be?" I was really trying hard not to sound irritated. I was never put second and it was not a good place to be in.
"Well we're leaving here at 5. How about you call me at 8 and I'll make up an excuse to leave." he said and somehow I knew he was smirking.
"Ok I will, but Mr. Cullen you better not stand me up!" I joked with him but was very serious.
"No Miss Swan I'll be there. We have to get you ready for that test." He chuckled.
"Fine. I'll call you at 8. Bye" I laughed and hung up.
Deciding I needed the perfect outfit for the night I called my last resort for shopping. Angela. Spending a few hours with Angela wasn't going to be too bad. She was my go to girl after Rose, but would never be more then an "acquaintance". When she answered I asked her to the mall and she said she had plans but would change them to accompany me. As I said before I wasn't put second so I smiled knowing that I still had it.
Hours later I pulled up to my house and noticed Jasper waiting on my porch. He looked like he was thinking about something so I decided to be nice. When he noticed me he smiled and walked down the steps.
"Hey babe" he kissed my cheeks grabbing my bags.
"Hey. Have you been here long?" I asked as I made my way up the porch.
"Not long just a few minutes. Listen I'm going out with the guys tonight so I wanted to let you know." he said as I opened the door.
"Yeah no that's fine. I'm going to be busy anyways." I really didn't know why he was telling me but I guess he was just that whipped.
"Well I wanted to tell you. I know you freak sometimes and I didn't want to go through that again. Where are you heading tonight?" I really hoped he didn't ask me that.
"Umm…well I'm going out with friends and I don't freak I just deserve to know where you are if you aren't with me" I rolled my eyes and placed my keys on the kitchen counter.
"Yeah I know. Anyways I should get going. How about I take my beautiful girlfriend to breakfast tomorrow?" he asked smiling at me and putting my bags down.
"Yeah. No I will not be awake that early…how about we do lunch?" I asked picking my bags off the floor and heading towards the stairs.
"Yeah that should be fine. Bye love you" he said and kissed my lips.
"Uh huh yeah me too. Bye" I kissed him back and headed for the stairs. "You can see yourself out right?" I turned around as I was approaching the landing.
"Yeah bye" He headed out the door.
At 7:30 I was already bored out of my mind. Instead of waiting until 8 to call Edward I decided to call him early. I knew I should have waited but I was Bella Swan after all and I didn't feel like waiting. I picked up my phone and dialed Edwards's number.
"Hello" he said when he answered his phone. I could hear the guys shouting in the background and rolled my eyes. Boys would be boys.
"Hey it's Bella. I know you said 8 but well I was bored." I said cautiously to see if it was ok.
"Yeah I guess so. It's ok. Hey Em I'll be back I have to take this." I heard Emmett say ok and heard Edward walk into a quieter room.
"Hey you there?" he asked making sure I was still on the line.
"Yeah I'm here. Am I interrupting? If you're busy we can do this another time" I asked trying to sound considerate when in reality I was far from that.
"No that's ok. Listen I'm going to excuse myself and I'll meet you at the restaurant I mentioned the other day. Is that cool?" Ugh it seemed like I would have to drive myself to meet him.
"Yeah that should be fine. I'll see you there in about 20." After agreeing we hung up and I headed to my bathroom to finish getting ready. After curling my hair, applying makeup and checking my outfit once more I headed to my Porsche.
The restaurant was only 10 minutes away from my house so I made it there quickly. When I looked around I noticed Edwards silver Volvo sitting outside the building. I looked down at my watch and noticed that I was over 20 minutes late. I knew he was not going to be happy about waiting. I walked in and noticed Edward sitting at a table in the far corner with a frustrated look on his face. I walked straight towards him and saw how he rolled his eyes when he noticed me. I sat down and placed my bag on the chair beside me.
"Hey Edward I'm so sorry. I lost track of time." I placed my hand on his. When I touched his hand I felt the surge of electricity run through me again.
"If you say so, listen Bella I know you think that you can do what you want but I don't have time to sit here waiting." he said irritated and removed his hand from under mines.
"Well I know that I can and I already apologized. No one is forcing you to be here." I rolled my eyes and pulled my hand back.
"Whatever. Lets just get started" he took out his books and motioned for me to do the same.
"Hey. I'm really sorry. Can we start over?" I wasn't going to let him ruin my night so I decided to play nice
"Alright fine, I'm sorry for being a jerk. How about we get something to drink" he sighed and smiled at me.
"You're forgiven. Forgive me for being late. And yes I would" I smiled back.
After ordering our drinks and some appetizers Edward started explaining our English assignment to me. Already knowing the assignment I ignored his talking and stared at him instead. He looked so gorgeous with a pair of jeans and white button up shirt that was rolled up to his elbows. His arms looked so strong and muscular. When he talked I could see how his bottom lip poked out a little under the top one. His lips looked like they were so smooth and kissable. I found myself wanting to press my lips to his just to taste them. Wait was I thinking?!
"Umm Bella, are you paying attention" I was brought back to reality by Edwards hand poking my hand.
"Umm yeah I am but can we eat and then study more" I motioned to the food that had arrived somewhere between my ogling.
"Yeah sure." he pushed the books aside and started to put some of the appetizers in his plate. I did the same and then looked over at him.
"So Edward tell me a little about yourself" I asked.
"umm what do you want to know?" he asked looking up at me.
"Well how about what do you like to do?" I asked grabbing my drink and taking a sip.
"Well I like to read and well I write some music." he said and grabbed his drink too.
"Sounds cool, when will I hear one of you compositions?" I asked thoroughly interested.
"Well like I said I'm not that good. I don't know" he said timidly and looked down at his plate.
"Well Alice gets to listen so why can't I?" I asked trying to sound seductive and sweet. I don't know why I tried so hard but something about Edward intrigued me.
"Alice is my best friend and she knows everything about me so of course she's heard my work."
"Well I'm your friend aren't I?" He did say I was his friend so why not use it to my advantage.
"Yeah but we just met. Maybe one day ok" he said and didn't look me in the face. I could not believe he was turning me down again.
"Whatever you're not obligated. Forget I asked." I dug into my food and ignored looking at him. After finishing our food Edward started explaining the stupid work to me again and I zoned him out. After about 30 more minutes of listening to him ramble on I interrupted him.
"Listen I have a headache. Can we pick this up some other time?" I asked and started packing my books without hearing his reply.
"Yeah sure, are you ok Bella?" Edward asked grabbing my hand.
"Yeah sure, I'll see you around. Bye" I shoved my hand away then grabbed my bag and placed some cash on the table to cover my bill. I got up and walked out the restaurant towards my car.
"Bella" I heard Edward shouting from behind me. I huffed and turned around to see Edward bending over with his hands on his knees.
"Bella what's going on?" he said breathless and straightening up.
"Nothing Edward, you talk all that crap about being friends but you can't even let me listen to you play. You're so full of it. You know what, that's fine. I know you just met me and think I'm a stuck up bitch and are just tutoring me to defend your little friend so whatever. Thanks for the help. Bye." I turned and got in my car without letting him get in a word.
I turned on my car and backed out of the parking space and headed home. I did not have the time to try and play nice with someone that kept saying no to me. Who did he think he was saying no to me? How could he say I was his friend and then say no to one simple stupid request? He probably was a horrible player. Yeah that was exactly it. Who was I kidding I knew that Edward was good probably even better then some of this centuries great composers. I wasn't even his real friend so I shouldn't really care. But for some reason I did care. It did bother me that he wouldn't let me hear him play. But why did it? Why did I care what Edward thought of me? Why did I care if he said no to me? It really bothered me but I wasn't going to spend another minute thinking about it.