Ebb and Flow (Twilight x Reader)

Chapter 20

Jacob called a couple hours later.

"What did you do?" I demanded as soon as I answered, not even bothering with a greeting.

"Huh?" He sounded worried. "What do you mean? What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong!" I exclaimed. "That's exactly it! Bella is in the best mood she's been in in a long time!"

"Oh." He seemed surprised. "Um, I don't know. We just hung out in my garage while I worked."

"Well, keep inviting her over. It's working like a miracle."

"She's coming over today again, actually."

"Perfect!"

"Hey," he said, suddenly thoughtful, "did Bella invite you to come?"

I scrunched my brow together. "What do you mean?"

"I told her to invite you over to come with her today. Has she not done it yet? Ask her about it."

I hesitated. "Listen, she might not want me to go with her. Which is totally fine, by the way. And I don't want to ruin her mood by asking."

"Well. . . okay. But if she invites you, then come, okay?"

"Okay."

"Oh, and by the way. . . if you do come. . . what you see needs to be kept a secret."

Immediately I turned serious. "What?"

"Okay, good talk!"

The line went dead.

"Y/n?"

I whirled around to see Bella in the doorway of the kitchen. I wondered how much she'd heard.

"Who were you talking to?"

"Oh. Uh, Jacob called."

"Oh!" Her expression was pleased. "I'm going over there right now, actually. He told me I should bring you, do you wanna come?"

I stood in silent shock for a moment before regaining my composure. "Uh, sure!"

Outside, the rain came down like water slopped from a bucket, but eventually we made it through the muddy lanes to Jacob's house. Before Bella killed the engine, the front door opened and Jacob came running out with a huge black umbrella. Another one was in his other hand, closed. He held it over Bella's door while she opened it, then came around to my door to hand me the closed umbrella.

Bella was smiling. "Hi, Jacob."

"Good call on inviting Billy up." He held up his hand for a high five. Bella had to reach so high to slap his hand that he laughed.

"Inviting Billy up?" I asked.

"Oh, yeah. Billy is heading to Charlie's for the game tonight." He raised his eyebrows with a grin. "Less witnesses."

I narrowed my eyes. "Less witnesses for what?"

"You'll see," Bella said, lips still pulled upward.

Harry showed up to get Billy just a few minutes later. The moment the door closed behind them, Jacob turned towards me. "Alright, so. We have this plan—"

"Really, it's Jacob's plan—" Bella interrupted.

"You're the one who suggested it!"

"Yeah, cuz it's my area of expertise!"

"Guys!" I shouted.

They both went quiet.

"What plan?"