Chapter 15: Bet

Bella: Okay, so, you apparently love me. But it can't be love love, since that would require you to have imprinted on me, right?

Jacob: Correct.

Bella: Then how?

Jacob: I don't know, but I do. Almost like I'm drawn to you. Or at least a small part of you. And I want it so badly.

Bella: Well that's just creepy.

Jacob: Please tell me you love me too.

Bella: As a friend, yes.

Jacob: I meant more than that.

Bella: No.

Jacob: Come on, please?

Bella: Jacob, you're sixteen. You don't know what love is.

Jacob: Physically, I'm more like twenty-five.

Bella: Yeah, and biologically you're a teenager, so I get cramming a teenager into an adult's body is probably causing some level of confusion…

Jacob: Speaking of teenage me cramming something into your adult body…

Bella: Jesus Christ Jacob…

Jacob: Okay, okay, maybe you don't love me yet. But maybe, if I do this… *starts leaning closer towards Bella*

Bella: Jacob, what are you… *Jacob kisses her, and she immediately starts trying to push him off of her*

Jacob: *ending the kiss* Do you love me now?

Bella: Jacob?

Jacob: Yes?

Bella: *throws a punch into Jacob's face, only to hear bone cracking sounds* Please tell me I'm stronger than I think and that your jaw is now broken.

Jacob: Nope.

Bella: Didn't think so *screams in agony*

*on the drive home*

Jacob: I can't believe you thought you could hurt me.

Bella: I can't believe you sexually assaulted me.

Jacob: Silly Bella, we didn't have sex.

Bella: That's not what…ugh, whatever, just take me to the Cullens.

Jacob: Why would I do that?

Bella: So Carlisle can have a look at my broken hand.

Jacob: It's not broken.

Bella: You can literally see the bones poking through the skin, Jacob.

Jacob: Shouldn't bone be singular since it's supposed to be one bone, just broken?

Bella: …I fucking hate you right now.

Jacob: Anyway, here we are at your place.

Bella: I told you to take me to the Cullens.

Jacob: Yeah, but I didn't want to do that.

Bella: Fine, I'll call them when I get inside.

Jacob: Is your dad going to be pissed about your hand?

Bella: Probably. On an unrelated note, how do you wolves hold up against shotgun blasts at point blank range?

Jacob: Probably tickle a bit, why do you ask?

Bella: You'll see in a moment *enters the house*

Charlie: Hey Bella, what happened to your hand?

Bella: I broke it punching Jacob in the face.

Charlie: How many times do I have to tell you: keep your thumb over your middle finger when you make a fist in order to avoid injury. Why did you punch him, by the way?

Bella: He kissed me.

Charlie: YOU'RE FUCKING TWO GUYS NOW?!

Bella: I didn't consent to it.

Charlie: Oh, that changes everything *grabs Old Betsy* Hey Jacob, I need to talk to you about something.

Bella: And I need to call a doctor *picks up the phone and dials as a shotgun blast is heard in the background*

Jacob: Hey, that tickles.

Charlie: Damn it Betsy, don't just take it easy on him.

Edward: *on the phone* Hi Bella, what's up?

Bella: Hey, is Carlisle there?

Edward: *on the phone* Yeah, why?

Bella: Because I think I broke my hand punching Jacob.

Edward: *on the phone* Why were you punching Jacob?

Bella: Because he forcefully kissed me.

Edward: *on the phone* Oh…be there soon *hangs up*

Bella: How soon does he mean by… *suddenly hears a car screech up to the house* …ah, that quick apparently.

Charlie: Bella, your boyfriend's here. And if you don't tell him you were cheating, I will. More to see if he'll break up with you or not.

Bella: I already told him on the phone.

Charlie: You did? Okay, one moment please. Don't let those two start without me *runs into the kitchen*

Bella: What does he… *sees Charlie come back with a bucket of popcorn* Of course that's what he meant.

Edward: Hey Jacob. Heard you got into some funny business with Bella.

Bella: I wouldn't call sexual assault 'funny', but whatever.

Jacob: Yeah, sorry about that.

Edward: You should be. You know she likes you as a friend, why would you want to screw that up?

Jacob: I just…really like her, you know? I was just hoping she'd like me back.

Edward: Dude, is that what this is about? Don't stress about it, someday you'll have someone who likes you like that.

Jacob: Yeah, I hope so.

Edward: Don't worry, I know so. Come on Bella, let's get you to Carlisle.

Bella: This isn't even close to how I thought this would play out.

Charlie: You're telling me. I thought there'd be bloodshed. BOO!

*in the car*

Bella: Why's the chapter called Bet, by the way?

Edward: Emmett and Jasper have a wager about whether you'll kill someone in your first year of being a vampire.

Bella: Is it relevant to the plot?

Edward: Not really.

Bella: Okay, good…what, you thought this chapter would end on a joke?