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orders. Because now the three of us share the confidence of a tree mold Bella and I get some avocadoand mango quesadillas, and Jazz gets his with ham and sour cream. Alice seems pacified enough andmore than happy to fill the heavy silence with not exactly amusing tales of how her assistant nearlyruined her latest clothing line.By the time the order arrives I'm in dire need of a divine intervention or some booze, preferably both,and Bella doesn't look too happy, either. The food at least is holding up to expectations, even thoughthe company is somewhat lacking.We're halfway through the quesadillas when Alice gets up, immediately grumpy when Bella doesn'tinstantly surge to her feet to follow.“Alice, I really don't have to go to the bathroom ...”“Come on, girl-talk time!”Apparently all women belong to a secret society so evasion is impossible, and after a last, somewhatpanicked look at me, Bella joins Alice, and they leave Jazz and me behind to guard the food, or
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“Let me guess, one of the girls has been the other's girlfriend, right? Only rivalry over some pussy canget guys this riled up.” I stare at her, but her bright grin doesn't even falter.“Nope. Good guess, but completely off.”The waitress taps one lacquered nail against the wood of the bar.“That's weird, really, because I remember you two being pretty tight. I mean your friend's JasperWhitlock, and you're Edward Cullen.” I'm not even surprised that she knows Jazz, I wouldn't even besurprised to find out that she knows him, but usually his skanks don't recognize me, and I'd certainlyremember her if she'd been one of our few mutual pickups.Contrary to him I remember all the faces and names of the girls I've fucked.I still have to ask, out of curiosity.“Oh, I've been working at Zero's before I got the job here, I remember you guys hanging out theresometimes. Come to think of it,” she muses, then puts the small dish with the orange and lime slicesnext to the shots be
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Only that I never actually get her fly open because her fingers wrap around my wrists and effectivelystop me in mid motion. I whine and try to shake her off, but she's clearly doing the stopping I washoping she would do earlier, only that now it's most unwelcome.“Edward, stop! You need towe need toAlice and Jazz will be lookingfor us!”Her words hit me like a freight train, and I need a few seconds to drag my mind out of the gutter andher panties. When I look into her face I see that she's flushed and worked up, but her eyes arepleading with me, and she's clearly not asking for my cock.A wave of rejection follows the initial confusion, and even though the very small part of me that is infact still able to do some thinking is telling me that she's not rejecting me, it hurts. So. Fucking. Much.Rationality quickly follows my horniness into the abyss, and I close my eyes and pinch the bridge ofmy nose in order to restrain myself. I don't know what exactly I want t
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night. It strikes me as peculiar to see Emmett out there in the middle of the night, but who am I to talk?I call up to him, and after a moment he leans forward and squints down into the night.“Is that you, Edward?”“In the soaking wet flesh! Hey bud.”“Hey there yourself,” he replies, keeping his voice pitched low now. “You do realize that it's 2:30and raining cats?”I've noticed, but I seriously don't have the will for banter anymore, nor the energy.“Yeah. Can I call a cab? I'm kind of in need of a ride home.”“I have a much better idea!”And he's gone, stepping inside. Barely a minute later he comes out of the house, a blanket and a packof cigarettes in his hands. He nods at his Jeep parked at the curb, then hands me the blanket beforegetting inside.“Just don't get anything too wet. Rose abhors that wet dog smell.” I roll my eyes at him but put theblanket onto the seat before I climb inside.Em cranks the window down and lights a Camel before he starts the car.
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“You're welcome! Just don't fuck up again, eh?”Chuckling under my breath I get out, and Em swerves right back into traffic.I stare up at the house for a moment, trying to decide what to do now, but really, there's just oneoption. I can only hope that whatever went down after I took off hasn't riled her up even more.Resigning myself to my fate, I walk inside, and hopefully not into war. The condo is dark and empty when I tiptoe upstairs, but the distinct shape of Bella under the coversmakes me let out a breath I hadn't realized I've been holding. Not that I've believed her hilariousthreat about a threesome with Alice and Jazz for a moment, but just seeing her back in our bed is arelief.I see her stiffen as I enter the bedroom but her eyes are tightly shut, and I can read the signs alright.She's avoiding me, pretending to be asleep, and the way she subtly shifts until her back is turned to meis rather telling. I sigh and pad on into the bathroom to dump my wet clothe
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I know she doesn't really want me to do that, but I appreciate her attempt. I still try to come up withsomething better, but after a moment decide to for once heed her words, verbatim.“I just hate how you all are able to just forget what Jazz has done, while you shove all the blame atme.”“No one does that.”I glare at her. “Yeah, right. Ever listened to yourself?” My words clearly hurt her, but I quickly go onbefore she can respond.“But it's not just you, have you listened to Alice of late? She's behaving as if we were mereacquaintances and not friends of over a decade. Whatever I do is wrong, whatever I say is frownedupon, while you both fall over yourselves to fawn over this jackass who doesn't deserve yourforgiveness!I won't say I haven't earned my share of scorn, but seriously, do you even realize how much yourbehavior hurts me?”It feels oddly good to voice the words, even though I know that in so doing I'm hurting her in turn. Theonly indication that my
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“You actually told me you were happy I stopped moping after that Saturday at Beth's. That you wereglad I was done with being so emo. And now you complain that I took your words to heart?”“I didn't mean it like that! Yes, I admit it, having you lurk around and sulk for two weeks was hell!But that doesn't mean that I don't want you to tell me when something is bothering you!”Silence falls, and it's nearly awkward. We both are at a loss for words, and I'd rather roll over andsleep now than continue this. But of course, Bella being Bella, she has other plans.“Then tell me now? Maybe I understand why you don't even try to mend your friendship with Jazzagain when I see the whole picture.” Her voice is calm but her eyes are pleading with me, and onething I can never do, and that is refuse her anything she asks for. I sigh heavily, then pat the couch nextto me and she quickly climbs over the back rest and sinks into the plush cushions.Again I don't know where to start, and
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I have to wake up a lot sooner than I want to, which is no surprise as I only got into bed again fivehours ago. Bella is moderately chipper this morning but trying not to be too obnoxious about it. Iguess she feels like our talk last night has been some kind of important break through or something.Maybe she's right, I can't say.What I am is raw. I'm still feeling vulnerable, exposed, and that makes me edgy. I know it's stupidbecause Bella is the one person in my life I know I can trust with almost everything, and she's morethan just accepting, but that doesn't change that I don't want to be weak.The air between us is a little tense as if we're both stepping lightly around each other, trying to makesure not to unsettle the balance. There are several things I want to ask her, like what she thinks aboutmy decision to try to simply avoid Jasper, but I'm not sure if now is the time for further discussions. Iknow the question will upset her, and I think she needs a littl
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