The Carver Café [Edward/Jacob]

16

Edward's not supposed to be at work. Besides his blatant injury, Bella's presence had made it abundantly clear that he should take some time away from the place. Still, here he finds himself watching Jasper, while the man tries to find the answers to his current conundrum. 

Something about that growl, the way it came from deep within Jacob's chest, the way he'd reacted to it, the way they hadn't really talked about it, made Edward so curious that he'd contacted Jasper. He climbed over Jacob, making sure to give him his morning kiss before he could fully wake up and start questioning Edward, and hopped in his car. He's been sitting here for about two hours as Jasper flipped through textbook after textbook that he'd gotten from who-knows-where. 

Emmett, just as curious, takes one for the team and does the heavy lifting for the day. He's looking for some form of evidence that Jasper had found on the first victim that had somehow connected them to the third victim. Edward was too worked up about Jacob to really care about the minute details.

"You still having coffee with Newt?" Emmett asks, nodding over to the clock.

It should be a no-brainer. He's been sitting in this chair, staring at the back of Jasper's head for way too long, he should want the distraction. It still takes him a minute to think about it and even longer for him to peel himself up from his seat and head towards the door. If he doesn't go and see the man, he's going to be huffing and puffing to Jacob later when he finds out Edward'd made his way up to the station without stopping to say hi.

Edward saunters into the break room and heads straight over to where Newton is sitting. The man seems surprised to see him, but he beckons him over with just as much enthusiasm, smile slowly finding its way onto his face.

"What are you doing here?" He asks, taking a sip from his mug.

"Had something I needed to run by Jasper." Edward says dismissively with a wave of his hand.

"Oh, didn't think you'd want to be here after the whole thing with Bella..." Newton raises his eyebrows as his words trail off, "Y'know especially with the new thing."

New thing? A new development in the case?

Edward's not sure why, but he doesn't want to give any indication of letting Newton know that he has no clue what he's talking about. Something about the way Newton says it, tells him that it's something crucial.

"We're done. I just...have to get used to her randomly being here for the time being." He says with a sigh.

Mike nods.

"Yeah, I mean, especially now. She'll probably be here when you and Jake get back." Newton replies.

Now, why is that?

Edward gives a nod as if he understands.

"Everyone is starting a family now-a-days..." Newton says in a way that could only be described as wistful, "first Quil, now Bella."

Edward's confused. He's thoroughly confused. He's so confused that he almost forgets to continue his facade as he sharply breathes air in through his nose.

"Oh, sorry," Newton looks genuinely apologetic, "thing is, I just found out this morning through Sam."

Sam? Sam Uley? Why would he be running around divulging such information to one of his officers? Maybe it was important to the case somehow? 

"Sam, huh?" Edward tries to say as casually as he can.

"Yeah, had to let me know so that I could be a bit more tentative to her needs, y'know? Especially after getting attacked."