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When Bella and Jacob had walked out on to the porch hand in hand I wanted to do one of two things. I was torn between punching Jacob Black in his smug face and going off on my ex for bringing him here. Bella had to be purposely hurting me in order to get me back for being engaged to another woman. She had this mentality where she thought that if she couldn't have me then nobody should be able to. She had always been that way back when we were dating and apparently that had not changed one bit. She would do anything to hurt me because in her mind I had hurt her by moving on to someone else even if the relationship in question was a fake one.
"Hey Edward you remember Jacob don't you?" Bella asked in her usual sweet tone. The expression on her face told me that she was trying to look innocent, but she was doing a piss poor job of pulling said look off.
"How could I forget?" I shot back with a scowl on my face. The images of her Jacob Black in our bed would be forever burned in to my brain. "The last time I had the pleasure of meeting him you had your legs spread wide open for him in our bed. It is kind of hard to forget something such as that, don't you think?"
My ex set her hands on her hips at my behavior. "Why are you acting like a jealous boyfriend? It is not as if you haven't moved on and with the first girl you could find apparently. We came here to show you how we support the two of you. I did not know Jacob was friends with Leah until he told me about this dinner."
Leah set her hand on my shoulder. "Hey do not bring me in to this. I had no idea that Jacob was even back in town. I haven't spoken to him since I found out he had been having an affair with an engaged woman."
Jacob shook his head and reached out to embrace Leah in a hug. "I've missed you Lee. You are my best friend and I know that you don't approve of how I hooked up with Bella, but in the end it was my choice and you found a great guy. If I hadn't screwed around with her you never would have hooked up with Edward. You should be thanking me the both of you should actually if you take the time to think about it."
I shook my head at his stupidity and grabbed Leah by the hand to pull her in the direction of the house. I turned to face Jacob once we reached the doorway. "Thanks for nothing. Don't get me wrong because I am glad I ended up with Leah and not the bitch on your arm, but the next time you are trying to do me a favor and make sure you talk to me first instead of fucking the girl I am with."
Once I had Leah inside I pulled her against my body and kissed her. At first she was completely stunned because we had agreed to no touching unless it was absolutely necessary. In my mind this was one of those moments because if I didn't distract myself I was going to go back out on to the porch and give Jacob Black the worst beat down of his life. Even though it had been years I was still rightfully pissed. I may not love her anymore and yet she had betrayed me so that was always going to sting somewhat.
I let my hands tangle in her hair as she wrapped her arms around my next. My left hand traveled up and down the length of her back and we continued this way until I heard someone behind us clear their throat. The Quilette female and I broke apart quickly and turned around to face her brother. "Uh mom wanted me to tell you guys that dinner was ready, but I can tell you are busy if you want. I am sure I can buy you guys a few more minutes of alone time if that is what you want."
"No, we were just getting ready to come in anyways. Give us a minute and we will be right out Seth." Leah pushed away from me before running her fingers in her hair to make sure it was smooth as she shook her head. As soon as he left the room she set her fiery gaze on me. "What the hell was that? I thought we agreed there would be no touching unless it was for the sake of those around us? Since nobody was even close I want a real explanation and I want it now!"
I rolled my eyes at her outburst. "It was just a kiss. If I didn't know any better I would think you are angry over the fact it is over so soon. When are you going to admit that you like me? We have played this game for a long time and while we play it well you need to stop living in denial. You want me bad and it would be easier for all those involved if we just gave in to what we want instead of fighting it. They say if you have a problem the first step is admitting it so I dare you to admit that you want me."
My roommate shot me a dirty look. "When are you going to realize I am only doing this because we are friends? We aren't even close friends and so I should have let you deal with your skanky ex all on your own, but because I am nice person I figured that I would do the right thing and help you out. If you pull anything else like you just did without my permission then I am going to tell everyone the truth about our fake engagement. Now can we please try to get through dinner without a scene? We have gone through enough drama right now."
I nodded and followed her. She was really kind of bitchy today more so than usual and I wondered what was bothering her? I suppose I would have to corner her later and figure out what was on her mind, but that would have to wait until after dinner. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for a round or five of twenty questions. This should be the exact opposite of anything which could be considered fun. "Whatever you say honey doll."
She whirled around and poked her index finger in to my chest. "Oh and another thing, if you insist of calling me by some stupid pet name think of something better than a want to be stripper name."
TBC…
AN: A short chapter because I was tired and am not feeling well. Let me know if you all liked this or not and since the next chapter is the actual dinner part I promise to make it longer. Let me know what you want to see and I will try to work it in there somehow.
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