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If myself, Leah, and Bella had not been in the bar I am almost positive that it would've been so quiet you could hear a pin drop or a cricket a mile away. The two girls looked at each other as if sizing the other one up. I had to admit I liked being a pawn in their game of tug of war even if I knew that Leah was only doing it because we were friends. Well I hoped we were friends because that was a step in the right direction after all. I made sure to slip my hand in hers as I smiled at my ex. In my head I was singing the childhood song 'na na nana na' in my head hoping that I had hurt her even a fraction of how badly she had hurt me.

To her credit Bella managed a small smile. If I hadn't seen the anger in her eyes then I would have thought that maybe she could be genuinely happy for me. After all it was not like she knew my relationship with Leah was actually a great big lie meant to rub my fake happiness in her face. "How long have you two been together?"

I had decided to play this up for all that it was worth. I wrapped an arm around my Native American roommate's waist as I nuzzled her throat. It wasn't hard to play crazy in love because I knew every sweet word and gesture in Leah's direction was a knife in the heart of Bella. "A year and eleven wonderful months."

I chose that date for a specific reason which was also meant to hurt my ex. You see if I had been dating Leah for exactly one year and eleven months it would mean that it had only taken me a month to get over Bella. This would kill my doe eyed ex because if she hated one thing it was the thought of being easily forgotten and I did not want her to know how much she had constantly been in my mind for the last two years.

"Is it serious between you two?" She asked and I saw the glittering hope in her eyes. A hope that I wanted to crush in to dust.

A blinding smile came to rest on my lips and I securely wrapped my arms around Leah's waist, one of my hands resting against her stomach. I had been planning to go with a simple yes and yet that is not what came out of my mouth. The words which spilled out between my lips were not something I thought I would ever hear myself say. "I would say so considering I just asked her to marry me."

I could feel Leah stiffen beneath my fingers and knew she was going to blow it if she didn't relax. Being so tense was a dead giveaway to the fact we were not a happily engaged couple. I ran my hand over her stomach in a way to get her head back in the game. She must have taken the hint because I could feel her relaxing almost immediately. To be fair she was the one who had started this by pretending to be my girlfriend. I am simply playing along in a game she had technically started.

"You're getting married?" I could detect a rise in Bella's tone. Her hands were twitching at her sides and from my experience of knowing her I knew that she was close to either hyperventilating or having a nervous breakdown. Yes score one for me! Her next question thought caught me off guard. "Am I invited to the wedding?"

It was Leah who actually answered this time because I had been too busy trying to think of a nice way to say no. Honestly would it have been rude of me to say no to my ex for wanting to go to my fake wedding? I mean who wants an ex at a wedding fake or not? Why was I even worrying about this because I wasn't getting married and so there was no reason to worry about something that would never happen.

Leah's voice was chirpy and that in itself was a miracle since I knew that she could not be happy with me. "Well sure you are invited. I am surprised you did not get the invitation yet. I mean at first Edward was afraid I wouldn't want you at the wedding, but I see no reason why you shouldn't be. I mean you are a part of his past. I don't see a relationship that is over as something I should fear."

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Bella stuck around for a total of ten minutes before she found a reason to leave. She made sure to give me her number and told me to call her the next day so that we could do lunch. I had been planning to throw her number away and forgetting it, but Leah took the paper and said we would be delighted to do lunch. It was odd because I figured she would want to have this whole pretend relationship with over as soon as possible. As soon as she left though I got the anger I knew my roomie had been hiding under the surface.

"What the hell was that pretty boy?" She turned and unleashed her rage on me. Her hand shot out to slap me upside the head. I could feel stars in my eyes from the force of her blow. "Pretending to date is one thing, but now we have to pretend to be engaged?"

I wanted to point out that it had been her idea and yet I did not because I figured she would just hit me some more. In my experience with angry women I had learned that it was best to do whatever I could to placate her. I put on my best calm expression and motioned for Jasper to get her a Bloody Mary which happened to be her favorite drink. "It won't be forever Leah."

The Quilette women rolled her eyes obviously not buying in to my 'everything will be alright' vibe I was trying to send her. She took the drink my soon to be brother in law handed her and drank it as quickly as she could without choking. The glass slammed down against the wooden counter when she was done. "No just until we have a fake wedding because you invited her!"

"Are you angry because it is a fake wedding?" I said with a smirk falling back on flirting as a safety net of sorts. I let my eyes trail over her body slowly making my statement pretty clear. "I can give you a real honeymoon if you want."

"Don't make me lose my lunch." She snapped and grabbed her jacket as she started to head in the direction of our apartment. I followed her for lack of anything better to do. "I'm pissed because I actually have to pretending I am marrying you. I can't tell her the truth now because that bitch will win and I don't lose."

"Well I say game on baby." I replied as I reached out to smack her ass and she whirled around so quickly I was lucky that my head remained attached to my body. I tried to play innocent. "What? We need to start acting like a happy couple so you had better get used to me touching you."

My reply from Leah was a roll of the eyes as she sprinted up the stairs mumbling something under her breath that I could not understand. I smiled because for the first time since Bella showed her face I felt as if everything would be alright. On the bright side I would be allowed to kiss and touch Leah without worrying about a restraining order. My day was looking up and I did not want this good streak to end.

TBC…

AN: Now we are actually getting to a plot of this story and I am quite pleased. I hope that you all agree with me and I hope that you are liking the turn this story took. The next chapter is going to be interesting and I am excited to write it though it will be after my trip. Let me know what you thought of this chapter.

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Preview for the next chapter:

"You want to what?"

"Well we want to prove to her that we are getting married right?"

'Yes."

"Well what if we had a wedding, but didn't file the paper work? It would be just the ceremony."

"You're serious about this?"

AND

"Alice will you be my maid of honor?"

"Aww even if this wedding isn't going to be real I am so honored!"

"Jasper will you be my best man?"

"I suppose, but don't think I will supply free booze."

"When are you telling your mother Leah?"

"I didn't know I had to. Can we just pretend we invited her and the invitation got lost in the mail?"