Blackmailed for Love

5. Baby girl comon

" what's goin on rose? " natalie barges inside Jacobs kitchen but i can hear her voice from far away. I hope she doesn't find me and just get back.

Now that i know she likes jacob and that words of jacob had hurt her and i dont want to end the bond we've created.

I dont know how she has changed this much but i like her more now as a person. She has stood by me every moment wen i had a tiff with chris or wen i got upset suddenly by something alex did she was always there. She was always there with humoring me with her joke

I guess everybody does change when their conscience awakes.

" rose? "

" oh god I'm in here natalie. Liquor cabinet " i didn't need to tell exactly and she was here already following my voice.

" God this place is huge man "

" Perks of rich parents i guess "

" but your best friend there is a self made man and that is exactly what i like most about him " i stopped dead in my tracks and stood up to face her.

There is a glass here from where we can see living room clearly. John and hazel were dancing and chris and jacob were on laptop probably seeing the updates of mission Alex

Natalie eyes were only on jacob. I had a suspicion that she likes him but now she confirmed it

" Oh my god you like jacob. My one best friend likes another best friend of mine. God we are going to have so much fun. Maariage. kids. names. "

" Hold on hold on rose. I guess he loves you but since we are friends now and i cant stop myself from sharing you but i do like him "

" i thot you might be angry with me "

" not thesame mistake again dude. He loves you but you dont i know it. "

" and even he dont love me nats. We are just like...how do i explain....brother sister love....yes we were in a relationship but its complicated and just some pr strategy....trust me wen i say this we both dont love each other "

natalie turned to me facing away from the glass and there was real pain and relief in her eyes.

" are you serious? I thought i might never have the chance. " she hugged me but back out again " but wait its still not possible "

" why not? Go tell him.your feelings "

" no no.no This is not possible. Yes i do like him but firstly i dont even know if he likes me or not coz he always run away from me. Secondly i dont want to ruin the little friendship we had by bringing this nuisance. And third and the most important point rose you know how much he hates alex and he doesn't know " her eyes were almost glossy. " he doesn't even know that i was a part of alex plan some way or the other. He doesn't know the old natalie and i want to keep it that way. Its ok if he doesn't like me but i dont want him to hate me atleast " with that she hugged me for some comfort and right there and then three points were very clear to me

Natalie just not like him but loves him

and jacob too likes her coz right now i saw him glancing at our direction and he was seeing natalie with a bit concern in his eyes

and thirdly i did realised that this is why I'm iritated. Coz i like alex and i dont want him to hate me.

And what we are doing. Ruining his reputation bringing our relationship in open he might never want to see my face again and that feeling fuck it hurts dammit

We were still hugging finding comfort in each other wen i just popped the question

" How did this happen? How did you started liking him out of all. I mean he's not your type. Jacob doesn't do relationship. He is just a meet and fuck type of guy " she broke out of the hug and smiled at me as she expected this.

Well i have a feeling she loves him but i cant tell her and hurt her more now. " well that makes two of us i guess " she shrugged and turned again to face jacob again. God the way she looks at her. Fuck jacob cant get any one else who loves him more than her

Fuck i forgot the one most important fucking thing

Jacob is gay.

" natalie i was - " i started but she was just under the spell of jacob and i guess she didn't listen to me and continued

" I first saw him when he came out of your room and he was crying dammit and he didn't know where he was heading and i was heading in the same way and we clashed. It was love at first sight rose or i dont know what but i just couldn't take my eyes of him. But that bastard just smiled at me and went away " for a moment she turned at me and surprise was all written on her face that somebody did this to her

" i guess that's what i liked about him that somebody just ignored the hot shot of the college...the one and only natalie. I'm sorry i know I'm in the process of changing and i should get away with this arrogance but some habits die hard " i slap her on the shoulder that its ok and go on.

I had to fake a smile so that she doesn't know that jacob is gay and girls are anyway not his line of interest so please don't underestimate yourself but i couldnt seeing her happy after so long

" I just let it go but rose. I mean if i would have been the old me i would have chased him till he gets on his knees in front of me and begged for my attention but slowly i realised that even i would have been the old me this guy is not the one who can be categorised in pu**y licker guys. He is one of the guys who doesn't view girls as objects and really respects them "

" That my jacob is " i smiled at her and i guess she got a bit disturbed at the term my jacob but decided to ignore it.

" I mean the way he took care of you day and night. Are you sure he doesn't love you? "

" I can give you in stamp papers "

" Then why he just ignores me. God he's hot. I mean its really really damn hard to control myself around him rose "

I know my best friend is hot but he has hots for dicks not chicks. I need to talk to jacob.

" i dont know about anything else natalie but knowing jacob i can tell you that he wont give a shit about your past "

" well what are you looking for exactly? " she diverted the topic and i let it go. But i can sense it soon the topic will shift on me and i sont want that.

" well I'm searching for that damn liquor. it must be here only. You go on. I'll bring the glasses too " she raised her eyebrows as she just caught my move

" i didnt meant that. i mean i came here looking for you coz from past twenty minutes you are searching for something which is right here " she picked the bottle of wine from the upper cabinet which was right in front of me.

" i was seeing you rose from there " she pointed where everybody is sitting " yes i was hurt by what jacob said and i thot about going home but i thot you need me. Chris told me on the way what happened there " i guess he just missed to disclose the most important fact. Maybe even he knows natalie likes jacob.

" its nothing " my voice was choking and bile was rising in my throat

" rose tell me whats going on " i opened my mouth and closed. I shook my head. It was not easy

" baby girl comon "  i look into her eyes and the moment i hear those words i break down. Even she knows it.