A Game Gone Wrong
Let's put it this way, if I owned any of these characters, I wouldn't be typing on a laptop that likes to crash or twisting the story around for my own amusement
Ch 6
The next morning Bella was up with the sun. Unfortunately so was her dinner from the night before. When she came back out of the bathroom, she found Jasper waiting for her. She groaned aloud.
"You heard me didn't you?"
"Of course not," he said. The look on his face said otherwise however. Bella glared at him. "Alright, I might have heard a little bit. But I come bearing gifts." Bella noticed what he had in his hands then.
"Coffee! And aspirin! Oh god, Jazz you're a lifesaver."
"No, I'm an empath remember. You have a headache all day and I go insane with it too. This is totally selfish."
"Uh huh, sure." Bella smiled and took the aspirin with a grimace. "I really hate black coffee."
"Payback for the Jack last night."
"It could have been worse you know. At least I picked a whiskey that tastes reasonably good to humans. It could've been even worse. Like straight moonshine or something." Jasper just shook his head.
"I'm just gonna leave you to shower." When she looked like she might argue, he added, "That's an order darlin'."
"Yes sir Major," she said with a smirk. Jasper shuddered. Hearing her say his title sent a pulse straight to his groin. He hurried from the room before she could notice anything.
The hot water and steam from the shower, combined with Jasper's remedies, were just what she needed to rid herself of any lingering effects of the alcohol. She stepped out of the bathroom in her towel having forgotten to bring her clothes in with her. Humming a song from the night before, she began to dress, not noticing the figure on the bed. She pulled her shirt over her head and turned to the nightstand to grab her hair brush when she finally noticed him sitting there.
"Edward! What are you doing?" Her hand had flown to her chest in fright when she first noticed him but now it slowly lowered, clenching itself into a fist when it rested by her side.
"How long have you been sitting there?"
"I averted my eyes Bella. Although I have seen it all before." She blushed, not because his comment reminded her of any intimate moments but instead of how many times he spurned her advances.
3 months earlier
He had gone for a hunt with Alice but promised he would be back before she went to sleep. Sleep, however, was the last thing on her mind. She was lying on the bed when he returned. When he entered the room, he immediately turned his head and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Bella, put your clothes on." She rose to her knees, the moonlight glistening off her pale skin.
"It's so hot tonight Edward, I couldn't sleep. Would you come help cool me off?" She made sure to keep her voice innocent even as her body flushed with excitement as he moved closer. He wrapped his arms around her, and she made her next move.
"Edward, can you take your shirt off? It's soo hot tonight." Reluctantly he removed the offending article. But when she moved to kiss him, to press herself against him, he flew from the bed.
"Bella, no!" She flushed again but this time in embarrassment.
"Am I doing this wrong? Do you not want me, even when I throw myself at you? Am I not pretty enough?"
"You could get hurt. You know this. If I lose control for even a moment you could…"
"I know, I could be injured. I could die. You sound like a broken record Edward!"
"Just put your clothes back on." He left the room and she threw her nightgown over her head. He wasn't there when she fell asleep but as always when she woke up, his arms were wrapped around her.
"Yes well, I suppose you didn't need a pathetic little human when you had Alice to satisfy you."
"Bella, please. I didn't come here to argue. I want to explain. Please?" He looked so hopeless and forlorn that she couldn't tell him no. She perched on the edge of the bed, as far from him as she could manage.
"Talk."
"I never meant for it to happen. Alice had had a vision that the family would go hunting leaving you behind with Jasper. So we did. I was against it at first, but Alice and Esme convinced me it would be a good chance for you two to bond. Then Alice asked me to go with her, so I did. She showed me another vision she had had, one she had kept hidden from me until then. It was us, together and happy, and then she kissed me. When it was done she really kissed me. I couldn't stop myself Bella. I was missing you, and you had me so riled up from all your seduction attempts, and I couldn't break her. It just happened. And then it kept just happening until I couldn't stop anymore." He glanced up to see her reaction.
"Wait a minute. You said the first time was when you went hunting and left me here with Jasper?" He nodded. She erupted. "Y-you…you fucking LEECH! That was TWO YEARS AGO! You've been cheating on me with my best friend for TWO YEARS? I gave up everything for you! I agreed to marry you! And this is what you give me?" She stopped, realizing she had been screaming in a house full of vampires. Edward was sitting stone still, having never seen her react this way before, ever. She continued in a much quieter voice, quiet enough that she hoped they at least couldn't hear her downstairs.
"Fine, you wanted Alice, now you have her. And I hope you live every day in hell with your decision because whether you like it or not, I'm here to stay. I am going to be part of this family forever because the Volturi will make sure of it one day soon and I am not dying for YOU. And when I am like you, I'm going to kick your ass for making me feel inadequate for 3 damn years." With that, she took the engagement ring that hadn't left her hand in those 3 years and through it as hard as she could at his head. Then she left the room.
When she reached the foot of the stairs, she was ensconsed in a giant hug that could belong to only one person.
"Em, can't breathe." Laughing he put her down gently.
"That's my Bellabear. Did you hit him?"
"No but I'm all of a sudden glad that he gave me a diamond that big because I'm pretty sure in left a crack on his pretty little face." Emmett gave a loud cheer and went to pick her up again but was stopped with a gentle hand on his arm from his wife.
"Bella, I know I may not always like you all that much. I still think you're stupid for wanting this life, but what they did was wrong. And I just wanted to tell you…if you want me to hit them for you, I will." Rosalie finished her little speech with a smirk that Bella returned with one of her own.
"Thanks Rosalie, but I think I'll just wait until I can do it myself." The blonde nodded and left the room, dragging her bear of a husband with her so that Bella was left with only Jasper.
"Bella, if I had heard him go in there…"
"Jazz it's not your fault. Besides, I had to face him sometime." She smiled at him and he returned the look. He grabbed her hand and led her the way Rose and Emmett had left.
"Come on darlin', let's see if we can't beat those two at a little Xbox." As she followed him, she couldn't help but notice just how perfect her hand felt in his.
A/N Another chapter done. And fast enough that it hopefully makes up for the length between the last few. It seems that our dear Bella is beginning to have her own feelings for a certain cowboy. Review J