Heartbreak Boy

Chapter-4: Friend and His Girl

A/N: Sorry for the delay in posting, but we're back on track now.

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Chapter-4: Friend and His Girl

Two days—that's all it takes for Edward to bring his new girlfriend to meet the rest of our friends.

He enters my café with his arm wrapped around her waist and offers me a shit-eating grin before addressing the rest of the gang. "Everyone, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Victoria," he says, keeping his eyes on hers.

Victoria waves and giggles, pressing her mouth to the side of his neck as if to stifle the sound of her giggles. Then she says to him, "I've already met Bella. So why don't you introduce the rest of them?"

As Edward proceeds to do her bidding, Rosalie and Alice look to me with matching dumbfounded expressions gracing their features. "You knew about this?" Alice asks.

"Who the hell is this bitch?" Rosalie asks at the same time, her eyes flashing dangerously.

I just shrug like it's not a big deal. "I was there when they met."

Victoria's giggle reaches me before her claw-like fingers wrap around my shoulder in a friendly gesture. "Oh she's being modest," she says to the girls. "Bella was our very own cupid."

"You set them up?" Alice's voice rises a few octave as she aims an accusatory glare at me.

"Not exactly," I murmur, trying to edge out of Victoria's grip.

Before I can come up with a polite way to explain what happened, Victoria lets out an overly dramatic gasp. "Eddie bear, we have to go or we'll be late. We're having brunch with my friends. Eddie's treat," she informs the rest of us.

Edward's scowl is fleeting, but I still notice it. "I told you I prefer Edward," he grouches.

She turns and pinches his cheek. "You're so cute," she babbles like he's a small child and then wraps her hand around his arm. "Now we really need to leave. Bye everyone!" She waves at us and then they're gone.

For a few moments, no one speaks. Alice is the first one to break the silence. "It's not fair!"

"I know, right?" Emmett agrees. "I mean, why do her friends get treated to brunch and not us?"

Rosalie sighs. "He'll catch on one day," she says to me apologetically. "Em, honey, we have a bigger issue than brunch with the shrew."

It's Jasper who makes my broken heart feel like it would beat again when he places a hand on my shoulder and says, "Don't worry, Bella. One of these days, he'll come around."

Yeah, I think. One of these days.

A/N: Purlysurly, I hope you're enjoying this ride, girl.

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