Real Women Have Curves (Twilight AU-Human)

Chapter 12: Secret

E POV

I hang up the phone and sigh, like a girl. Well, she didn't say no, but she didn't make it easy either. What was all this nonsense? I pick the phone back up, I have to know what Jacob said to her to freak her out.

I dial Jake's number, he picks up on the second ring.

"Hullo?"

"Hey Jake, me again."

"Sorry man." Jake apologizes. "I tried, she didn't bite. You're going to have to try another approach."

"Maybe not." I muse.

"What? But she said no. She's not up for going on a double." Jake argues.

"No, she just said not tonight." I correct. "When I called her the second time she said that she was busy going to her grandfather's for dinner."

"Yeah she told me that too." Jacob confirms. At least she's maintaining the story if she is lying, but I have a feeling she isn't.

"So," I conclude. "She took a rain check with me."

"ALRIGHT!" Jake congratulates me. "Knew she couldn't resist the Cullen charm."

"I know, I know. I charm my women into submission." I mock. "By the way, what the hell did you say to her to piss her off?"

"Oh," Jake guffaws. "I might have proposed the idea that you two were fuck buddies."

"What?" My voice goes monotone and serious. "Are you fucking high?"

"What?" Jake asks innocently. "It disarmed her enough to agree to go out with you again."

"True." I scratch my chin. "But I'm sure she was also hyperventilating from embarrassment."

"She'll be fine." Jake blew it off. "Oop, Leah's here. Gotta go."

I make the whip cracking sound at him.

"You don't get to make that sound. At least my girlfriend knows how I feel about her. I'm serious man, just tell her. It'll make things so much easier."

"Yeah yeah." I whine. "Shut up and take your girlfriend out."

"See ya!" I hear the phone click at the other end.

"Who's taking their girlfriend out?" Emmett announces as he walks to the fridge. "Cause you sure as hell aren't."

"Jake." I answer hopping up on the countertop to sit.

"Ah," He tosses me a soda then pulls up some countertop for himself. "So did ya do it yet?"

"Do what?" I ask innocently.

"Don't play coy with me Eddie." He warns. "I saw the looks you were giving her Friday night. You have a raging hard on for Bella Swan."

"Come on Em." I wince, "Enough with that." He was right but I didn't want him to think he had me pegged.

"Fine," He takes a swig of soda. "But you didn't answer my question. Did you ask her out or did you pussy out?"

"Kind of both." I answer rolling my eyes. "I did ask her, but only after I had Jake ask her for me."

Emmett splutters, flecks of soda and spit spew out of his mouth. "You what?" Emmett asks incredulously.

"You heard me." I say. "I figure Bella's shy enough, maybe if I were to have someone she knows and trusts already break the ice that she'd be more agreeable."

"Oh," Emmett grabs a paper towel and wipes himself and the countertop up. "So what you're saying is that you didn't have the balls to look her in the eye and ask her out yourself. Just like you didn't have the balls to straight out kiss her on Friday."