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Removed - Chapter 7

EPOV

"So, Jas, how did you meet Dr. Swan?"

I'm thinking through every tattoo that Jasper has and I can't think of a reason he would've needed her services. Most of his ink was done in my presence. We used to get a new tattoo about every six months. The rate has slowed down since we both entered the professional workforce, struggling to keep it all under-cover for the clients, but we still get one now and then. If we were big gorillas like my brother, who's sitting next to me, then we'd have a lot more surface to cover. I'm a little jealous of his size . . . but not that size. The ladies have no complaints about me in that area.

I look across to see Bella smirking at me.

Shit! I might as well start over, chronological this time.

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison . . .

"A drunken night in Cabo, if I'm not mistaken," Bella replies. "Oh, sorry, doctor/patient confidentiality and all that shit," she says, wide-eyed.

"It's cool," Jasper says, chuckling. "I knew we wouldn't be able to keep it a secret forever. In case you haven't noticed, our friends are a bunch of nosy-ass bitches."

"I am not a bitch," Emmett retorts. "Nosy maybe, but not a bitch," he says, as he flips his nonexistent hair over his shoulder.

"You are such a little bitch!" my sister-in-law, Rose, chimes in, always busting Emmett's balls, which is why I love her so much.

"Hey! There's nothing little about me!" Standing up, Emmett's prepared to show us, because . . . well, that's Emmett and he's a bit of an exhibitionist.

"Sit your drunk ass down and keep your pants on! No one wants to see that shit!" I say, pushing him back down in his chair.

"Well—" Rose croons, eyeing Emmett suggestively.

"We're not filming a porno—not tonight, anyway," Jasper laughs.

"Rats," Alice says, pretending to be torn up about it; actually, she's probably really is torn up about it.

"Um, I think someone is avoiding my question," I remind Jasper. There's no way in hell I'm leaving tonight without knowing about this drunken night in Cabo . . . and the souvenir.

"Yeah, well—" he starts, scratching the back of his head. "So, we were on our honeymoon and it was our last night there. To say Alice and I were lit, would be the understatement of the century. It was like a bad country song—waking up and with a waitress beside you and her name on your chest—sorry, Edward," he says, looking across at me.

"It's fine," I tell him, laughing at where this is going.

"Well, instead of a waitress, it was Alice; and instead of a name, it was . . ." he says, hesitating, and if I'm not mistaken, he's blushing.

"Okay, uh, so you all know my obsession for My Little Ponies," Alice says, coming to Jasper's rescue.

There are crazy fan-girls who follow actors around, showing up at every movie premiere . . . camping out and shit. Well, if Alice could stalk My Little Ponies, she would. Jasper even had to promise that she could have one room in the new house for her to put all her memorabilia. It's kind of scary. There's even a life-sized pony in there.

Alice laughs hesitantly before starting again, "Well, I might have talked Jazzy into getting some . . ." her words trail off into a string of incoherent mumbling.

"What was that Alice?" I ask, knowing this has to be good, if she doesn't even want to say it out loud.

"My Little Pony p—" she whispers quietly, looking off into the distance.

"I'm sorry, I still didn't get that," I say, leaning closer.

"My Little Pony porn!" she yells, hiding her face in her hands.

"What the fuck?" I ask, looking over at Jasper, who's now sitting with his shirt pulled up over his head.

So mature.

When Bella bursts out laughing, I look over at her. Her eyes are filled with tears and she's leaning over, holding her stomach. I can't turn away from her. I swear every new thing I see or learn about her makes me like her that much more.

"Applejack was really giving it to Princess Twilight!" Bella squeals, in between fits of laughter.

I don't even know what to think about my best friend having a tattoo of My Little Pony characters screwing. I should be laughing along with everyone else but I'm too shocked. How in the fuck did I miss that?

I sit up straight in my chair as realization dawns on me. "That's why you always refused to take your shirt off this summer! Everytime we went to the beach or worked out you had your shirt on. You even threw a fit and had to switch teams in basketball because you didn't want to be on the 'skins' team!" Now, I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.

"You told me you had eczema, you fucking liar!" Emmett chimes in.

"I was embarrassed! Can you blame me? It took a whole week just to get enough nerve to call Bella for an appointment," Jasper explains.

"He refused to take off his sunglasses at first," Bella giggles, finishing her drink and placing it on the table next to her. When she looks back up, her eyes find mine and she gives me a wink. "I told you I've seen it all."

We spend the next few minutes laughing at Jasper some more before everyone starts yawning. There's no way I can drive and I'm pretty sure Bella's in the same boat, so I decide on offering to split a cab with her.

I find Bella sitting up against a tree in the backyard, looking up at the stars. I swear that I feel my chest tighten; I know I feel my pants get tighter.

I don't want to disturb her but I don't want to be a damned stalker either, so I stride over to her, trying to look casual. Of course, that's the exact moment I step on a stick, breaking it and causing a loud snap to break the silence, and alerting Bella of my presence.

I keep walking toward her, enjoying her laughter, even if it's directed at me.

"Sorry to disturb you, Bella. Are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I was just letting the night air clear my head a little. I didn't mean to drink so much tonight." I think she's blushing, which makes her even more endearing to me.

"Well, I'm heading out, but I've called a cab. I'd be happy to share it with you."

Please say yes. Please say yes.

"Actually, that's a great idea, thanks." She places her hands on the ground like she's going to push herself up, but I quickly hold mine out to her, grateful when she accepts them. I pull her up so that she's standing in front of me and it's like everything gets paused: the crickets hold their chirps and the wind stills as if they're waiting for some big moment to happen. I'm waiting for it, too, but I'm scared to move. Warmth from her fingers travels through mine and covers my entire body as I become entranced by the depth of her eyes.

Bella finally inches closer, her body leaning into me when Emmett calls out to us that the taxi's here. With the spell broken, we both take a step back and collect ourselves. I timidly smile at her before motioning for her to walk ahead of me. I follow, cursing myself for not making a move the entire walk back to the house.

A/N:

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