DONT HATE ME! i'm so so sorry for the late update.
i went shopping with my mom today to for some of my school clothes. then i thought, i'll just read when i get back. then when i did, my brother was home so we watched wrestling. then after that, i started to read over the chapter, but because i didnt have my freaking headphones in to focus, i kept getting distracted as my brother finished up the "The Last of Us" game. it's so interesting to watch (not to play; it looks freaking hard as heck) so i wanted to see the end of it then he was replaying cut screens and like i said, i got distracted.
anyways, you didnt come here to hear my lame excuses. you can here for another chp of O.f.C. so without further ado...
enjoy...
Chapter XXII
(Epov)
I think that game of '"I Never" might have to go up there with one of the things that I could have done without. The questions about sex, of course I drank for all of them, were interest until I found out that Bella was a virgin. I don't know why I was surprise, why any of was. She never had a boyfriend so it should be obvious. But Jasper one had one girlfriend, not a serious one at that, and he wasn't. But it was okay; something about being the first guy. I assume it's like being the man landing on the moon for the first time. It's an exciting thought. For me, it would just be a thought because that never happen to me and I doubt she would let me stick my flag in her moon.
Then both Rosalie and Bella drank on the parent one. Both because of my dad. I should have known when I saw her checking him out in the lobby. Oh yeah, she wasn't attracted to me, but she was to my dad. Every fucking one else but me.
It was going well, until Alice had to ask the ones about having a crush. Of course Bella drank. What was surprised me was Jasper drank. Then she asked about longer than a few weeks, more than a few weeks, longer than a year. All three time, smiling at Bella, he drank. I had a feeling who he was talking about. I don't think Bella noticed. At least, I hope she didn't.
I was going be honest, since I knew I wanted her for myself and not for my friend, I didn't want them to get any closer than they were.
We followed my parents through the doors of our cabin. "Wow." Bella said as Jasper sat her bag down. Back at the airport, when she pointed her bags out, he grabbed them before she could. She was the only who was amazed because everyone else been here before. "You guys own this place?" she asked. I nodded. "This is as big as your house." She said. I shrugged.
"No, it's smaller." Alice said.
"And we're staying here for a week?" Bella asked. We nodded. "And we can do whatever we want?" she asked.
My mom turned to us. "With in limitations. Everyone else knows my rules, but since you've never been with us, I will go over them again. The boys and girls have separate rooms. You are not allowing in the boys room and they're not allow in yours. After midnight, I except everyone to be in their rooms. You don't have to be asleep, but I would like for you be in the room. You all are above Mr. Cullen and me, so I ask this so the floor is creaking all night. Lastly, if you go out to the town, I want you to tell someone so we know where you are. Mr. Cullen and I are responsible all you all for the week. Your parents trust us with you and I would think they would like you in the same shape they gave us you in." she said.
My dad chuckled before touching her shoulder. "I think they got it, dear. Why do you kids go unpack?" he said to us before taking their own bags to their shared room. They were on the first floor the teens were upstairs. They thought it would be nice to trust us a little and give us some privacy. I guess that means they trusts us a little.
"Bella, do you need some help?" Jasper said to Bella.
"You're not a bell boy, dude. I think she got it." I said.
Bella looked at me then back at him. "Jasper, you carried both mine and your bags from baggage claim to the car and then to the door." She reminded him.
He chuckled. "Just want to be helpful." He replied.
She smiled. "I appreciated it. I really do; but Edward is right. I think I can handle the stairs." She said. She picked the bags up from the floor before following Jasper up the stairs.
Rosalie looked her boyfriend. He rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Babe, why can't you be like your friend?' Emmett groaned as he grabbed Rosalie's two largest bags. She had four and he had to carry hers then come back for his. At least she just made him carry two of them. I wouldn't have done that. Then again, I never denied that he was a much better boyfriend to Rosalie than I was to Tanya.
"Because I'm not. I'm weak and you so strong." She said as she touched his arm. She gave him a kiss on the lips.
"You're right." he said smiling before he followed Bella.
Rosalie looked at my sister. "Works every time." She said, causing Alice to giggle. She grabbed her two smaller ones before following her boyfriend.
I was going to followed them when Alice grabbed my shirt. "I want to talk to you." She said when I looked at her.
"What is it?" I asked.
She looked to see Bella at the top of the stairs. Alice turned back to me. "You need to stop" she said.
"Stop what?" I asked.
"You know what you're doing. First at the diner. I understand that because you were right about her doing what she did for a certain person. But then you were telling Jasper he shouldn't have asked her to the party and that whole thing on plane with the game. Every time they were having a moment, you would infer. "
"What the hell is your point, Alice?" I demanded. I wondered if she noticed I didn't deny any of what she said. Probably not. And why was she bringing up all this? To remind me of my jealously? I knew I was feeling something and doing things I shouldn't be. I didn't need a damn reminder and I sure as hell didn't need to hear it from my sister.
She sighed hard. "My point is, every time she is talking to him, you interrupt. I don't know why you're doing that. The whole damn plan was to get your grades up with her help and she gets his attention with you help. You did your part."
"That was the plan."
"Then you need to stop."
"I'm not doing anything." I insisted.
She sighed again. "Just don't do it." she said.
"Do what?" I asked. She was starting to irritate me. I hated it when she start a statement and don't go on with it. I guess I'm supposes to know what she's thinking and what's she trying to say. Too bad that nine of out ten times, I don't know what the hell my sister is talking about.
"You know that thing you always do." She answered. There she goes again.
"Please enlighten me on this thing I 'always do'." I said, rolling my eyes.
"When you don't want something or you think something is lame, you give it away. Whether you give it to me or Jasper, you still decided to give it up. Then you see us having fun with it. When you do, that's when you decided you like it and you want it back. Don't do that with Bella. She's not a toy and her feelings are not games. Don't play her like she is. Leave her alone."
"I don't know if I can leave her alone since she's still helping me with school." I reminded her.
"I'm serious, Edward. Don't go there. We did all this work for Jasper; that's who she wants, not you." She reminded me. She sighed. "If you can't stop what you're obviously doing for me or for her, do it for Jasper. You know, your best friend. Don't want back what you gave up." she warned before grabbing her bag and going towards the stairs.
I knew she would figure it out sooner or later. She probably did before I did. She was good for things like that.
She tells me not to want Bella back. I can't not do what I was already doing. I can't want back what I never had. But I take what I never had. So technically, I was following instructions.
XXX
"You guys, can you believe this might be our last trip together?" Jasper said as we unpacked our bags.
"Yeah, we need to make it the best one." Emmett agreed as he put his underwear in one of the drawers.
Jasper chuckled. "I don't that will be a problem, at least not for me." he said with a shrug.
"What makes you say that?" I asked.
He looked at me. "Come on, dude. The sexy snow bunny right down the hall. I could have a lot of fun with her. And the best thing is, she will be coming back with us."
"You mean Bella?" I asked.
"Well the other choices are my sister and a friend who is way too young for me; So yeah, I mean Bella." He said with a chuckle that implied the "duh" he had behind his voice.
"You thinking of making a move; I mean more than being her personal pack mule?" Emmett joked.
Jasper chuckled and then shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. I don't think I decided on that yet."
"Well, I think you should." Emmett said.
"Really?"
"Yeah; maybe if Bella is busy with you, I can have my girlfriend for myself more often."
"You don't think it's too soon?" Jasper said. There it was; the perfect time to interject. Here I thought there wouldn't be a great time. And once again, I wasn't taking back. More like keeping away.
"I do." I mumbled loud enough for them to hear me, but low enough to seem like I was just thinking aloud.
"What was that Edward?" Jasper said.
I looked up from unpacking my shirts. I gave a shrug. "I'm just saying. I think maybe you should slow down with her for a while."
"Why?" Jasper said.
"Have you ever thought maybe she doesn't want to date right now or want to have a boyfriend? Think about it, if she wanted it that bad, she would have said yes to a half of dozen guys by now. I think she wants that right now. And besides, her father is a police officer. Do you really want to mess around with someone whose father can throw your ass in jail for something stupid like missing curfew?" I said. Unlike the last times, I had a lie to back up my lie.
He gave a thinking look. "I don't know. I don't think I ever thought of it like that." he said.
There was a knock on our door. "Knock, knock. Are you guys' descent?" Alice joked as she opened it.
"We are." I told her. She opened it wider and walked in. "What's up, sis?" I asked.
"The girls and I are going to the hot tub when we find our swimsuits. You guys should meet us down there." She offered.
I looked at the other two. "Sounds fun." Jasper said.
"Yeah, I can go for it." Emmett agreed.
I turned back to my sister. "I guess we're coming down." I told her.
She smiled. "Good. See you boys down there." She said before leaving the boys room to go back to her room she shared with Rosalie and Bella. She closed the door behind her.
"Let the fun begin." Emmett said with a grin. Jasper chuckled while I rolled my eyes. Fun for whom? I finished unpacking my clothes.
The guys and I finished unpacking. We all changed into our swim trunks before going to the hot tub that was right outside the cabin. At first I thought it was a bad idea when the parents told us this cabin had it. I mean winter, cold, and snow and water. What about that says good idea? But then I got in it for the first time and it was better than I thought.
The guys and I were the first ones down. I shouldn't be surprised. I bet they were getting all pretty to sit in water.
It was about five to ten minutes later when they finally walked down. Alice and Rosalie just had a towel to cover themselves while Bella had on one of her oversized shirts to cover herself. I don't see why they felt the need to cover up at all. They were just coming down the stairs.
"What took you three so long?" Emmett said when they walked through the slid door.
"Sorry." Alice said as the last person, who was Bella, closed the door back. "Bella was trying to find reasons not to wear her swimsuit." She teased.
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here." Bella said to my sister. Alice and Jasper laughed.
"It's fine." Jasper assured her. Of course he would be the one to. "Get in." he invited.
"Don't have to tell me twice." Alice said, dropping the towel to the ground, revealing a black one piece with the sides cut out, exposing her sides and parts of her stomach. I was never a fan of that thing. I thought it showed my friends way more of my sister than I would have liked. She stepped up the steps and stepped in the water.
"Me either." Rosalie agreed, dropping her own towel, revealing her light pink and white striped bikini top and bottom. The separation between the two showed off her matching butterfly dangling from the middle of her stomach. Of course, she looked like she just stepped out of a damn magazine, like she always does.
"I have I told you, that's my favorite outfit of yours." Emmett said with a grin.
She gave a smiled back before rolling her eyes. "You're such a damn pig." She teased. She followed Alice's lead before settling herself between her boyfriend and my sister. When she did, Emmett grabbed her by her chin and kissed her.
Alice looked at Bella. "Your turn Bella." Alice said, making everyone turn their attention to her. She still had her shirt on. She didn't even drop the towel.
"Can't I keep the shirt on?" she asked.
"No." Rosalie said. I would think to hear some like that from Alice. "Come on, Izzie, it's not that bad." She said to her friend.
"I can take it off for you." Alice said; but I felt like it was mote a threat than anything else.
Bella sighed. "I got it. Thanks." She said sarcastically. This should be interesting. She loosened her tight grip on the towel and allowed it fall. She grabbed the hem of her shirt, before looking to see everyone still looking at me. "Do you guys have to look at me?" she said.
"We're to going see it when you get in anyways." Alice reminded
"So quiet stalling." Rosalie added.
Bella sighed hard again before lifting the hem of the shirt. We saw what she had on under it before she even got it fully off. She had on a dark red two piece. The top looked more like a tank top. The thing was, it was slip from under a band all the way down the middle. Where it opened was just enough to show her light blue butterfly charm she showed us earlier, dangling from her belly button. "There. Happy?" she said as she kicked her shirt next to her towel.
"Don't ask us." Alice said before nodding to the person next to me. Both Bella and I looked towards Jasper. His eyes were wide open and his mouth slightly opened.
"Close your mouth dude before you catch something." I mumbled. I saw Alice look at me. I rolled my eyes away as if I didn't just say what I know she heard me say.
He did what I said and shook his head. "You look…" he stopped and looked for a word. "Great." He settled on. That was a damn understatement. She looked way beyond just "great", but I guess that was he could think of.
But understatement or not, she still blushed and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, just like any other time he said something to her and about how she looks. "Really, it's not too much?" she asked him.
He shook his head. "It looks good." He said before standing up. He held his hand out to her and she took it. Why wasn't I surprise? Right, because she fucking takes any chance she gets to touch him.
"I think she can handle getting in, Jasper." I said as he helped her up the stairs and all the way in the tub.
He chuckled. "Just be helpful." He replied as he guided her to sit next to him. If there was another choice, I was pretty she wouldn't have taken it.
"My brother, such the gentleman it." Rosalie teased.
Bella chuckled. "Well, thank you for being such." She said to him. He nodded. Yeah, because getting in a hot tub is so fucking hard. "I can't believe you guys have a hot tub. This is my first time being in one." she said.
Alice chuckled. "You don't get out much, do you?" she teased.
Bella smiled and shook her head. "Not really." She admitted.
"Well, that's why you're here. To change that." Jasper said.
"Or hang out with friends." I added. Or more preferably, just me. I wish it was just me. But, as much as I hated it, I knew she probably would not have come if it was just me and Alice. Well, maybe fore Alice, but not just for me.
"I can do both." She told me.
"What I can't believe is this girl has a fucking belly ring." Emmett gestured to Bella. "That has to be one of the most sexiest things you could have ever told us." he said, changing the subject. Bella blushed. It wasn't because of Jasper this time. Surprise. She must not be used to being called that. If she would have taken off those baggy clothes, she would be by now.
Rosalie hit her boyfriend's arm. "Emmett, can you not." She snapped.
"What, you want me to lie to the girl. It is. Don't worry, yours is still hotter." He said before kissing her cheek.
Bella giggled. "It's fine Emmett. And thanks." She answered.
"And to think we would have never found out without that game." Alice said.
Bella rolled her eyes. "You would have seen it sooner or later; we are sharing a room this week." She reminded her.
"But the guys wouldn't have." I said. Alice looked at me again. What was her problem? I was just pointing out the obvious. What, I'm the bad guy for pointing out what everyone else was thinking? To her, probably. Because she's just assuming I'm going to try to get Bella for myself. I never said I wasn't, but she still shouldn't assume.
"And I'm happy we did. By the way, I'm also fine with the way we found out." Jasper said smiling at Bella. She smiled back.
"I do have a question." Alice said. Bella looked at her. "When the hell did you get it and why didn't you tell me about it early? You know the kind of outfits I could have put you in?" she said.
"Yes, and that's why. Besides, I didn't feel the need to. Like I said, you would have found out sooner or later. I put it in every now and then so it won't close. Just the times you've seen me shirtless, I haven't it in." She explained. That also explains why I didn't see it the first and only time I saw her shirtless.
"That doesn't explain the when?" Alice pointed out.
"I told you. It was just last year when Rosa turned seventeen." She answered.
Alice turned to Rosalie. "So we have you to thank?" She said. She turned back to Bella. "You're definitely showing that thing off when we get back to school.
"Alice, please." Bella said, rolling her eyes.
"I'm serious." She said.
"Fine." Bella sighed. "It's just a belly ring, can we stop being amazed by it, therefore stop talking about it?" she asked.
"Can I ask a question about it first?" Jasper asked. She turned to him and smiled before nodding. Of course she would let him, and with no problem. I bet if it was me, she would roll her eyes and breathed hard and might not even let me ask the stupid question. I had to say, yeah, I was jealous about that. "Why did you get it? Was it to impress that one person?" he asked.
"No, she got it because I asked her to." Rosalie interrupted. Bella looked at her best friend before turning back to Jasper.
She tucked a hair behind her ear. "Why? Do you think it will?" she asked shyly. It was funny. No matter how hot she was, she was still shy. It was cute.
He chuckled. "Well, it impressed me." he said, causing Bella to giggle like a little girl.
Okay, was I the only one who thought this shit was getting really fucking annoying? Probably. Did they have to fucking do that in front of me? It was making it really hard to for me to keep my cool. I think it was time for that topic change she was asking for. My sister should be happy. I was being helpful.
"Bella." I called her attention. She looked at me. "How did you get your dad to let you come on this trip with us? I thought he didn't like me." I said.
She chuckled. "Edward, I wish I can say you're wrong, but I don't think I can." She answered, finally admitting I was right about her dad.
"I told you." I said, causing her to laugh again. Everyone else looked at us. Yes, I had a somewhat of an inside joke with Bella. I wanted to rub it in Jasper face, but I didn't. Gotta keep it cool, right?
"Anyways, I told him Rosa was coming." She answered.
"Oh crap." Rosalie cursed then. We both looked at her. "Your dad, did you call him?" she asked Bella.
"Shoot, I didn't. I'll be right back, everyone." She said before getting out of the tub. She quickly grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself before sliding the door open and going in.
While she was gone, everyone went on talking. While they did, Alice came and sat next to me. "What the hell was that just now?" she said in my ear so the others wouldn't hear her.
I smiled at her. "I was just making conversation, sis. Besides you heard her, she wanted to stop talking about her belly ring. I was just giving her what she wanted." I told her.
"Edward…" she warned.
"I thought I was being 'helpful'." I said, mocking what Jasper said.
She sighed. "Okay, bro, but remember the conversation you and I had earlier. Leave them alone." She repeated.
"Okay, you know what, you might have been right early. And yeah, maybe I should. But it's not like I'm doing anything on purpose. How the hell can I not be fucking annoyed when they do that shit in front of me? how the hell aren't you guys annoyed by it." I snapped in a hush tone.
"Edward, they are very fucking tame compared to Rosalie and Emmett or you and Tanya; which, by the way, last time I checked, that's you are dating. Not Jasper or Bella. So that shouldn't even bother you." She reminded me. Oh yeah, Tanya, my girlfriend. This is her fucking fault too. If she would have just not been a damn baby and came on the stupid trip, I wouldn't have to listen to Jasper and his stupid ass flirting or see Bella in her hot ass two piece or see her blushing at Jasper's stupid flirting. Alice sighed. "If it's bothering you that much, maybe you should just leave." she said.
"I think that's the best idea you've had in a long time." I mumbled back. I stood up. "I think I'm going to bed." I told everyone before getting out the tub. I grabbed my towel for the floor before walking into the cabin, closing the door behind me.
While I was walking, Bella was coming back down. "Hey, everything's good with your dad?" I asked her.
She nodded. "Yep. He just wanted to make sure we land safely. He told me to have fun and not to forget his gift." She said.
"Know what to get him?" I asked.
She shook her head. "Not yet. I'm sure I will find something before we head back to Forks. Are you leaving?" she asked when she saw the towel in my hand.
I nodded. "Yeah, a little tired." I lied. "Why, want me to stay?" I couldn't help but asked. I would have if she said she did and just took everyone I wasn't that tired after all.
She shrugged. "Not if you're tired. It will just be weird hanging out with your friends without you." She said.
"I think it's safe to call them your friends too now." I joked with a small smile. It was small, because if she couldn't call Emmett and Alice her friend, she could call Jasper that, maybe a little more; and she knew it too. The fact that I knew that too only allowed a small smiled. I was surprised it allowed done at all.
She chuckled. "Yeah, maybe. Edward, I haven't told you this, but I'm glad we did this agreement of ours." She said.
I nodded. "Me too." I told her.
"I mean, without you, I wouldn't be talking to Jasper let along sitting next to him in a hot tub. You held up you end of the deal and better than I would have ever thought. So thank you. I don't know about the others, but I can definitely call you a friend. And a good one at that." she said, smiling the whole time.
I wish I could have given a genuine smile back. But I couldn't. Only because she said that damn word. Friend. I don't even call Rosalie my friend. I call Alice that, but she was my sister, what else would I call her? Unless it was me saying it to them, that wasn't a word I took well when it came to females. Unless of course it was a friend with benefits. If it wasn't, they might as well been saying "I won't date you or hook up and there's not much you can do to change that". I don't like people telling me I couldn't have something and there was nothing I could do to change it. It does nothing but make me want to prove them wrong.
And that made me do what I did next.
"Yeah, you too. And as your good friend, I should probably tell you something." I said. She nodded for me to go on. "You are getting really close to Jasper really fast." I pointed out.
She smiled. "I know, isn't it great?" she said.
"I guess. But I don't think you should rush things with him." I said.
"Why not?" she asked, smile dropping.
Guess it was time to sell it. "Because, if you let him see how much you like him, he might take avenge of you or something." I said.
"You think he would do that?" she asked. Please, goody, goody Jasper? Hell no. I don't even think he knew what the hell the words meant, let alone how to do so. But I wasn't going tell her that.
I shrugged. "I'm just thinking from a guys' point of view. Guys like easy; so when they see that don't have to work hard to get something, they will take the chance. Also, I don't think he even wants a girlfriend right now. I mean, senior year; it's time to have fun. And what if you guys go to different schools next fall? He told me he didn't want to be tied down during his first year of college with some high school girlfriend." I said, keeping a straight face with the whole lie. I had to say, I think I was quite proud of myself for doing so. But it probably helped that I already told this lie. Therefore, I knew exact what to say and how to sell it.
"Really?" she said.
"You should be having fun too." I added.
"I didn't think of it like that." Then she gave a nod. "I guess you make sense." She looked at me. "Thanks." She said before walking to the door.
"You're going back in?" I asked.
She turned to me and nodded. "For an hour or so, then I'm going to bed. I didn't know flying can take so much out of a person." She said.
I smiled. "Then good night. I'll see you in the morning."
She smiled back. "Night Edward." She said before opening the door and stepping out.
Yeah. This trip should be the most fun. Or at least the most interesting.
XXX
"So it will be yo bailar?" Bella said as we sat across from each other in the middle of the cabin living room floor.
I chuckled. This was the first time, school wise, where I was the smartest person between the two of us. "Balio." I corrected. "It's a verb so you have to conjugate it." I told her.
She laughed back. "I don't why you wanted my help." She said.
"Because you're my tutor." I reminded her.
She chuckled again. "This is true, but I told you I was the French speaker, not Spanish speaker." She reminded me. "Why do you want to work this now anyways? The last time I looked at your schedule, it said you Spanish essay wasn't due until a week after we go back to school." She reminded me.
I shrugged. "I wanted to get a head start on it so I can forget about it for a while." I answered. That was what I was telling her. The truth was, we've been at the cabin for three days now and this was the first time I got spend time with her. It seem like she was always with Rosalie or Alice doing something. It was like the only time we get time uninterrupted is when we're studying.
"Okay, I guess I can understand that." she grabbed the paper from me again. "You have to write a reach paper on either something from Spain that has become Americanized or something having to do with the history and culture of Spain." She looked at me. "You chose to do it on the Spanish Renaissance. Why?"
"I like art and music." I told her.
"Really?" she crocked an eyebrow. I nodded. She gave a hum. "I didn't know that."
"There's a lot you don't know about me." I reminded.
She chuckled. "True. you're not really the sharing type. Have you done some of the reach?" she asked. I nodded. She sighed. "Okay, I can help you with the English one, but I don't know about the Spanish one. I don't know enough of the language to read and edit a whole essay in it." she told me. She was talking about the fact my teacher wanted us to write the essay twice; one in English and the other in Spanish. The first one was to get the point across. And since it's Senior Spanish, she said we had to learn how to write more than a few sentences in it. That's what the second copy was for.
It was a good thing the paper only had to be three to four pages or this would be harder.
"Okay, maybe we should start on the English one first then." I suggested. I can always go back and translate it. That might be easier. She nodded.
"Can I see some of the reach you did?" she asked. I handed her my laptop so she could look at the things I was brainstorming with. Then she was stopped. "Eep." She squealed. I looked up to see why. It was because Jasper poked her in the waist.
Of course. Because why I would I be able to get a few minutes alone with her?
She turned to him and smiled as he crouched down next to her. "Hey cutie." He greeted.
"Hi." She smiled back. I rolled my eyes.
"What are you guys doing?" he asked, looking at me.
"I'm teaching Bella Spanish." I said, half joking.
She chuckled. "I'm helping him with his Spanish paper." She corrected.
Jasper looked at me. "The paper that's not due for like two weeks?" he asked me. He knew about it because he was in my Spanish class and had to do the same thing. I nodded. "Why are you working on that now?" he asked.
"I wanted a head start." I told him.
He chuckled. "I understand that, but dude, we're on vacation. Why not work on it when we get back home? It just doesn't seem like a good way to spend the trip." He pointed out. Bella giggled, probably because she agreed with him.
"Well, what are you doing?" I asked. And whatever it was, could he do back to doing it and leave Bella and me alone?
"Today, I went into town with Rosa to get our parents some late Christmas presents. Then I beat Emmett three games to two in darts. Now I'm about to hit the slopes a few times before dinner." He said. I had to admit, riding the slopes did sound like fun.
"Hit the slopes?" Bella questioned.
Jasper turned to her. "Snowboarding." He clarified.
"I didn't see you pack your board." I said.
He looked at me. Then he shrugged. "It broke last year, remember?" when he said that, I remembered. The last time we were here, he tried going down the largest hill here. He wiped out and broke his broad in half. He messed his ankle a little too. "I haven't had the time or the money to get a new one. I figure I can just rent one." he answered.
"You know how to snowboard?" she asked in amazement.
He nodded. "Since I was nine." He gloated. "Would you like to join me?" he asked.
"I don't really know how. I've never been." She said. Alice was right, she didn't get out much.
"I can teach you." He offered. When he did, she got the biggest grin on her face.
"Really?" she asked.
He nodded. "Join me." he invited.
She looked at me. When she did, it was like she remembered why she was sitting across from me. She shook her head. "I can't." she told him. She was blowing him off for me. Why? I would be happy; I should be happy. She was finally choosing me for once. But I couldn't. I will feel like she's was just being with me to be nice. I want her to be with me because she wanted to, not because she felt she had to. Where was the damn victory in that?
"Go." I said.
"Really?" she said, smiling again.
I nodded. "It's fine. We can work on it later." I told her.
Jasper tapped Bella's arm. "Are you coming?" he asked. She turned him and nodded. He smiled. "Great. I'll wait here while you go get ready." He said. She nodded again before standing up and going up the stairs. He stood up. "I thought about what you said." he said when she was out of earshot.
"What are you talking about?" I asked as I gather my things.
"About slowing down with her." he clarified.
"Are you?" I asked.
He shrugged. "Maybe. I don't think I have to date her to keep having fun. I think I just like hanging out with her." he said.
"Yeah, she pretty cool." I agreed before standing up. When I did, I looked at him. "It might be good to just be friends with her." I told him. My plan was working. It was working better than I thought. I was glad it was. But I also might feel bad that I am glad. But why; it wasn't like she was dating him or something. She was fair game until then. "Have fun." I told him. I didn't have a problem saying that, knowing he was going to try the whole "just friends" thing.
"You can come with us." he offered.
I chuckled. "You don't want me to come." I told him.
"I won't hate it." he said with a shrug.
I thought about. Maybe I should go. I mean, I could make sure he stayed true to what he was saying. Plus, I haven't been out there since I got here. Then I shook my head. "Nah. I think I might hang out with Alice or something. Maybe tomorrow." I told him. He nodded again.
Just then, Bella walked back down the stairs in her one piece dark blue snow suit. She even looks good in that. "Ready?" Jasper asked her. She nodded. When she did, he removed his gray coat from him arm and threw it over his black turtle neck sweater. He zipped it up. "Let's go." He said to her as he held out his black gloved hand out to her. She smiled and took it.
"Bye Edward." She said to me.
"See you when you get back." I replied before they left.
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so i got a lot of feedback about the question i asked two days ago. that is good and thank you. but here's what i was thinking. i think if i keep asking, you all are going to get sick of it or i will keep getting the same answers. so i was thinking i would ask for only four chps. the last one, this one, the next one, and the last one would be the one after the next one. then i will make my decision and try to write accordingly without giving too much away; though you all might know the outcome. but who knows? but keep telling me what you think. rather it's "I want something different. Bella and Jasper." or "Team Edward all the way!" or "i dont care. this is good." or "hey, you suck and so does cena."...ok, dont say the last one. it will hurt my feelings. anyways, what i'm saying is i want to hear what you have to say so keep them coming, please and thank you.
oh...before i forget. there is this freaking awesome person. i can't say their name because, well, they didnt give one. and it sucks because i can't to this shout out properly and that kinda upsets me. anyways, so i was two short from 100 reviews and then this person commented twice in a roll just and her two comments made me make it. d i dont know who you are, but you do. and you are (excuse my language) but fucking awesome. (or howesome, for anyone who remembers that word. i know. been a minute since i used it). you have all helped me get here in such a short time. it was just the fact that this person without an account took time to make two small comments just to help me. i was so touched. when i saw it, i almost cried. i didnt because i was in a store when i saw it on my phone.
all of people just care about making lemons or about how many reviews and veiws they get. i dont care it's the same two people or the twenty plus people. there is someone reading my ideas and it just makes me so happy that there. i just have great fans and i honestly wouldnt be writing without you all.
okay, i'm rambling. i should stop before i make myself cry all over my keyboard. i'm sorry. once again, sorry for the late update. smh at myself.
alrightly, time to end this thing. love you guys, thanks for the all the favs, alerts and reviews. (one freaking hundred. how great is tha?.) you guys dont know how much they all mean to me and how much i love you all. thank you again and i'll see you all in two days. (on time this time. promise.)
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