Chapter 20

Chapter 20
BPOV
"Stop moving Bella!" Alice, and Rose screeched curing a strand of my hair.
"Well stop trying to pull it out! And you trying to poke my eye out." I screeched back. My head was aching from all of the tugging Alice was doing, and Rose with her mascara wand."Chill Bella! You'll be done soon." Alice smiled, and I closed my eyes so Rose could work on my makeup.
The two of them dragged me shopping yesterday, and my feet still hurt. I was dress in a halter black number that tied at the bow at the base of my neck. I had recently upgraded my boot so that it was basically like an ankle wrap, so I could wear shoes. They were some black boy themed patent leather shoes, and even I had to admit they were cute. I was going to catch a cab and meet Jake at the restaurant. Edward supposedly had a date also tonight but didn't speak much about it. All he had told us was that her name was Leah, and that they were going out at 8 for dinner. My heart tugged a little bit at this realization. I shouldn't be jealous, cause he was never mine. Alice had stepped out, to go grab some earrings from her room. Rose did the same and went to hers to grab a clutch and ring. I went to grab my phone when I noticed I had a text message. I hoping it was Jake when I noticed it was from an unknown sender I quickly opened it, and read…
Good little Bella!Someone finally took the hint.
Just remember I got my eye on you.
-unknown sender
Okay? Someone was indeed watching me the question was who? I tried to think of people who had my number, only the Cullen's, and my friends Angela and Irina. What hint? What was so good about what I was doing. This was some crazy psycho. I didn't want to alert the others so I decided to figure it out later.
Alice and Rose stepped back in. Rose gave me a black clutch, and chrysocolla ring. Alice let me wear her wolf claw necklace, and when I looked in the mirror I had to say that I looked good. My eyes were a smoky grey, and my lips looked full and pouty that I could give Angelina Jolie a run for her money. Rose perfectly did my face that you couldn't even see the faint bruise against my nose. Alice had my hair in an intricate braid pinned into a twist with curls falling at the sides of my face. She was a miracle worker. Rose had called the cab earlier, so it was waiting patiently for me outside. Alice handed me a leather jacket to complete the look, that and it was about 60 degrees outside. Emmett, and Jasper were downstairs playing on their wii. When I cam down they all wolf whistled at me. I felt my blush heat up my face. I looked around to see where Edward , was but Alice must have seen me, cause she answered my unspoken question.
"He left 5 minutes ago." She smiled quirking an eyebrow at me.
"SO what are you guys going to do?" I ask.
"Go see a movie. We've been cooped up for too long." Rose grinned."Well I'll see you guys later." I called, heading out the door.I heard a call of "Bye Bells" and jumped into the taxi. I gave him quick directions, and in about 15 minutes or so we were in front of Roberto's. I quickly paid the Taxi cab driver and stepped out. I pulled my jacket tighter to me as the air became colder. I flattened down my dress, and took a big breath. As soon as I stepped in I lost my footing, and fell forward. I closed my eyes, and waited for impact with the floor, but it never came. I opened my eyes into the confused green ones of the one I never thought I would see.
EPOV
I had 15 minutes till my date. I hurried and got dressed. I didn't want Bella to see. It wasn't that I wasn't happy for her I was. It just hurt to see her go out with another guy. I scurried down the stairs but was caught by Alice, and Rose.
"So a date? Aye brother of mine." Rose said."Yeah with Leah. So?" I answered. I knew they were going to interrogate me.
"You sure you're not going out of spite?" Alice asked quirking her eyebrow at me.
"Spite from what?" I asked, although I knew who they were probably talking about.
"Hmm, maybe from a certain brunette with brown eyes, who's clumsy as hell, and blushes as red as a tomato." Alice grinned.
"What makes you think that?" I said nervously.
"Nothing. Just a hunch." Rose grinned. Stepping into Bella's room. Alice slowly trailing behind but stopped turning her face towards mine.
"Edward." She called.
"Yeah Al?" I responded.
"Just f.y.i. Were not as clueless as you think. She winked at me and closed the door behind her.
"Crap!" I muttered under my breath. So they knew. I better stop making myself so obvious around her. I grabbed my leather jacket and bounded down the stairs. Emmett, and Jas were downstairs arguing over what game to play on the wii.
"Jas I wanna play Super Mario.!" Emmett boomed.
"No we played that yesterday. Mortal Combat!" Jasper said.
"You guys are at it again." I grumbled.
"Well excuse us. Mr. Prissy." Emmett scoffed, Jasper just glared at him."What?" He asked.
"Em, you have to have a better comeback than that." He said."Uh no." Emmett said scratching his head.
I laughed, and went to retrieve my keys off the key hook.
"So ready for your big date?" Jasper asked when I returned."As ready as I will ever be." I said truthfully.
"We all know your jealous right." Jasper spoke."Huh?" I responded, I was confused.
"You know what. As soon as Bella mentions a date, you disappear. I might add for an hour and a half, leaving us starving. Only to come home, not hungry and with a date." He beamed.
"That obvious?" I answered.
"Yep. Pretty much to everyone but her." Emmett smiled."Well that's great. I better go before she comes down." I grumbled.
"Yeah but remember, you are doing this out of jealously. Sometimes more than one person can get hurt you know that right." He said in a stern tone.
"I know. I really don't feel like talking about this anymore so I'm just gonna go." I moaned.
"All I say is watch it." He grinned, but I still could tell he was serious.
I waved once more, before hurrying out. I stopped for gas and soon arrived at Roberto's. she had texted me yesterday to meet her at 8. I stepped in and notice a guy with russet colored skin, waiting in the front also. He looked in my direction, and we gave each other nods. I still had 5 minutes so we made small talk.
"So you're waiting for your date?" He asked.
"Yeah. You?" I said.
"Yeah she should be here in about 5 minutes or so." He said."Edward." I said pushing out my hand."Jake." he responded. The voice seemed so familiar, but I just couldn't pinpoint it.
"I'll be back. I need to use the restroom, so if I don't see you again, Later man." Jake said before heading to the bathroom. As soon as he went inside in stepped Leah.
'Hi Edward." she grinned, and I gave her a hug.
"Leah. You ready?" I asked."Hold on. I need to use the restroom." She said, as I gave her a head nod.
As soon as she went in. I waited patiently till I heard an oof, and something come crashing into me.
I instinctively reach out my hands, and the all too familiar scent consumes me. Freesias and strawberries.
"Bella?" I gasp.
"Edward?" Her face flushed, and eyes wide.
"What are you doing here?" We both said at the same time. We laughed at the fact, and I gestured for her to go first."Um.. Well my date's here. You?" She breathed.
"Same here." Then soon enough Leah came out from the bathroom, and then out came Jake. They both gasped.
"Leah?" Jake breathed."Jacob?" Leah breathed.
"Uh you guys know each other?" I said. Bella leaned, in my ear and whispered."Looks like it." Her breath tickled my ear, and I shuddered in delight.
"Maybe, but wait how do you too know each other?" Leah asked."We live together." I said.
"What!" They both screamed in protest. I realized my error but Bella butted in.
"Not like that. We all live together with his siblings my best friends." She spoke.
"Yeah what she said so how do you two no each other?" I asked.
"Uh we might have been married, and still are," He mumbled looking at the floor.
"What!" Bella screeched."You guys are married?" I looked to Leah. The server was looking us as if she was watching Jerry Springer.
"Well yeah." she mumbled.
"What the hell? Are you two some kind of freaks?" Bella moaned.
"Well we have an open marriage so.." Jake grinned.
"That's sick." I shuddered just at the thought.
"Well, you didn't seem to have a problem." Leah glared at Bella.
"I didn't even know. And if I did I wouldn't have agreed to this….." Bella fumed.
"Wait Jake you didn't tell her." Leah glared."Uh Hello I didn't know either." I added."Looks like you didn't either." Jake spoke.
"Well I was going to tell her at dinner." Leah said."Well so was I." Jake spoke up. I was about to interrupt but Bella intruded."Well, now that this is all settled. I think I would like to go home now." Bella said her face a deep red, and her usually full of life eyes, gleamed with unshed tears.
"I'm with her." I added.
"Look you don't have to leave, he doesn't matter. It's just him and the kid.. It oka….." I stopped her right there."Kid? You have a kid and a husband and you're trying to get me to go out with you?" I was appalled. I looked over to Bella who's face was so red that she looked like she wanted to melt onto the floor.
"So what. It's life. Won't you stay?" She begged, Jake was just standing back watching this all unfold.
"How about no." I said stern grabbing her hand from mine.
"Fine it's your lost. Do you know how any guys would kill for this?" She said ."Apparently not your husband." I grabbed Bella's hands, and we strolled out.
We walked over to my Volvo, and we both settled in. We sat there not moving, for who knows long. I closed my eyes and ran my fingers through my bronzed mane. At this moment I really wish someone could have explained to me the irony of this situation. We both get dates, only to meet up at the same place, meet the guy, find out Jake has a date with Bella. And my date is Bella's date 's wife. I swear we deserved our own soap opera. I looked over to Bella, who had her eyes closed and I could see slow but silent tear fall from her eyes. It broke my heart . I should have drove home but I was too stunned to drive. I know where my thoughts were, but I really wished I could be inside of her mind right now.
BPOV
"Bella, how do you always end up in situations like this." Charlie would often saw to me, when always ended up in some weird predicament. The same words replayed again in my head when Renee first left. Now here I am again. I am so embarrassed. Here I am thinking a guy actually likes me when all I am to him is so freaky sexual fantasy. I mean really. What did I do to deserve this. I wasn't sad. I mean I had gotten my hopes up, but I was angry and embarrassed more than anything. That should have been the first then he said to me.
"Oh hi. I'm Jake, I'm married, have a kid, and I'm in an open marriage." I should have seen the major red flag right there.
Stupid me. Edward looked just as embarrassed as I was. We walked out quickly, and sat down in the car. The silence was unperceiving. I couldn't help the tears that fell from my eyes. Maybe I was undeserving of love. I don't know. This is just the same repetitions. I need to stay away from guys for awhile. This is just too much freaking drama.
We sat there for another 30 minutes in silence, till Edward spoke.
"Bells?" He asked in almost a whisper."Yeah?" I spoke in the same.
"Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant." he spoke and I grinned. We would do this when we were younger if we were feeling down or sad. We would quote each other about life or the ironic situations we were put in until that person couldn't come up with a quote.
"He was happily married – but his wife wasn't." I said. It was a quote I heard from one of Phil's friends back in Phoenix.
"Violence won't solve anything….But it sure makes me feel good." he breathed. I couldn't blame him, I was still just as angry , at the thought of it.
"Where did you graduate again? The university of DUH?" I laughed. I was feeling better. Of course we had some built up frustration. Even me quiet timid Bella wanted to bash Leah's head in.
"Hey that's not my fault. And I haven't even graduated so hah!" He laughed.
"Dude…" I laughed.
"Your just jealous because the voices only talk to me." He smiled poking me in my arm.
"Yeah jealous. I'd insult you, but the sad truth is that you wouldn't understand and if I tried to explain it to you, your brain might implode from information overload." I joked.
"Damn." He grumbled, and I giggled. He was trying to think of something to say."Fine you win, how about we go get some ice cream to ease our broken hearts aye?" He grinned.
"Whatever. And you know you could have made a good comeback. Besides
"People say that laughter is the best medicine…so your face must be curing the world!" I laughed and he just started the engine and drove over to the store, We both went inside to the ice cream section. Edward wouldn't look at me. I know he wasn't angry about what I just said. Could he.
"Eddie?" I said in a baby voice.
He didn't answer me he grabbed a tub of out favorite ice cream Pecan praline, and strolled over to checkout.
"Eddie you're not mad about what I said huh?" I asked again. He quirked an eyebrow at me, and I saw that he was trying to resist smiling so I knew he wasn't angry a me.
"Aww.. I'm sorry. You're not ugly. You're pretty!" I smiled batting my eyelashes."Pretty really Bells?" He asked/
"Yeah you remind me of ken, from when me and Alice used to play with Alice.
He scoffed and glared at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Plastic couldn't even compare to this." He started doing the various hand movements form Vogue. I was trying my hardest not to bust out and complete laughter from it.
"Wow what a way to boost your ego huh Edward?" I smiled
"You know it. Now lets get home in our pajamas, watch some movies, and dig into some ice cream.
"Sounds like a date to me." I smiled.
"Yeah lets hope it doesn't end like earlier." He smiled
"Wait Edward?" I called.
"What?" he answered.
"You're not married are you?" I smiled.
"Shut up Bells." He laughed and we pulled in the driveway. Emmett's jeep was gone so they must have left for the movies.
I slowly but carefully stepped up the stairs and changed into some sweats, and a Tank. I washed my face an undid the braid, and shook my hair out. I made sure Nessie had some food, but she was asleep in her little doggie bed. I went downstairs to see Edward on the couch.
He was dressed in the same attire I was, except he had his glasses on. Again naughty thoughts Bella.
"Hey we match." He grinned and I just laughed.
"I ordered take out if that's okay. He spoke.
"That's fine. So what do you wanna watch?" I asked.
"It doesn't really matter to me." He answered.
"Really?" I said.
"Yep," He smiled crookedly, and I felt my heart jump. I could be in the foulest mood, and his smile could lighten up my day.
"Well you're in for a girl's night. A Walk to Remember, Titanic, My Best Friends Wedding, Steel Magnolias, and Pretty Woman." I grinned and his smile faltered.
"Really Steel Magnolias?" He said skeptically.
"Yep." I grinned, than there was a knock at the door.
"Food!" I boomed now Eddie go get the food, some of us didn't get a chance to eat dinner."
I smiled at the expression on his face.
"Trust me I know." He grabbed the bag and paid the delivery guy. I hopped up, careful of my leg to go get us something to drink. I returned to see Edward setting out the boxes.
"Aww you even got my favorite. Honey braised chicken, with sesame seeds." I grinned grabbing for that box first."Nope we share." He said stealing the box dumping his chopsticks in for a bite.
"That was mean.: I groaned.
"I know." He laughed at my shocked expression,
"Aww here. He raised his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of chicken and put it near my mouth. I was about to grab it with my mouth when he pulled it back, and stuck it in his own mouth..
"Edward Anthony Cullen!" I screeched, he was full out laughing. I crossed my arms at him and glared.
"Fine, he grabbed another piece, and raised it to my mouth. I glared at him to do it again, and he actually let me bite it off his chopsticks.
"See all better!" he smiled.
"Yeah you're lucky this chicken tastes so good, or you would be a goner." I smiled.
"I know. Now put a movie on." He laughed.
I put in A walk to Remember first. I loved this movie. The perfect love story, but ends in tragedy. I always cried at the end when Jaime's character dies. I was even surprised to see Edward's eyes tearing up.
"OMG Edward are you crying?" I scream skeptic.
"No." His voice raspy.
"You so were, wait till Emmett finds ou.." My sentence was cut short when Edward began tickling me . I gasped for air as he continued tickling me.
"Promise." He laughed.
"Never!" I laughed . My stomach was hurting so much from the laughter.
"Promise!" I squealed again as started tickling me more."Fine I promise not to tell Emmett." I laughed.
"Tell Emmett what?" Emmett questioned coming through the door, the others trailing behind.
"Oh that Edward cried on the end of .." Edward slapped his hand across my mouth to block my sentence.
"End of what?" Alice quirked/
I bit his hand, and he instantly removed it. "A walk to Remember." everyone laughed, and Edward groaned.
"Bella." He moaned."You're supposed to be my best friend." He pouted.
"That was for the chicken thing," I laughed poking my tongue out at him.\
"Did I hear chicken?" Emmett smiled.
"Yep, and none for you. This is for me and Edward, since we didn't have dinner.
"Well why didn't you guys have dinner. I thought you guys had dates. ? Jasper asked.
"Long story, I tell you in the morning," I smiled. Alice groaned and stomped up the stairs.
I knew in the morning she would be bounding us with questions. Everyone went upstairs, as we finished up the rest of the food. Edward went and got the tub of ice cream, and two spoons. I put in Titanic, as we dug into the deliciousness that was Pecan Praline ice-cream. We soon finished the tub, as I felt my body wear out. I looked up to see Edward's face mirrored mind. He stifled a yawn, and slowly closed his eyes. I leaned against his shoulder and felt my own eyes close the last thing I remember was Leo's Dicaprio's character Jack Dawson scream "I'm the King of the world!"