EPOV

The next morning I found myself lying in a…bed. I was warm and someone had their arms wrapped around me. Who could it possibly be? I turned my head slightly so as not to wake them when I saw long blonde hair. All the things that had happened last night came rushing back to me. Had I really confided all my bullshit to this girl, and where the fuck were we?

I felt her shift and realized I was wearing a pair of comfortable sweatpants. Last thing I remembered was her hugging me and telling me everything was going to be okay. I turned to look at her again and this time her astonishing eyes were looking back at me. If I wasn't in the predeicament I was in now, I would have fallen in love with her at first sight. She must have noticed the way we were staring at each other because she blushed and looked away. She was so pretty and so nice, if what I remembered of last night was true. The door to the room opened abruptly.

"Good morning sun—" The greeting was cut off when Jessica caught sight of my hair, here, in another girls arms. She huffed and turned away muttering "figures he'd like blondes better" and closing the door. The girl next to me began to giggle and blushed even more when she saw I was still looking at her.

"She's my step-sister. She's ok, once you get to know her." I shrugged internally. Realizing that we had nothing to do but stare at each other, we both started to get out of bed. I looked around and realized that this was the very room in which we had been the night before.

"So," I stopped there. All that shit had happened last night and I didn't even know what her name was. She must have been thinking the same thing because she blushed again furiously and stuck out her hand.

"Tanya." I nodded and smiled.

"Edward, though you may call me 'God' whenever you see fit." I winked. She groaned and seemed t melt into a puddle of mortification.

"I'm sorry. Last night I was trying to prove something to Jessica and you were there and you were so attractive and it felt so good and you looked so upset and I really liked you and—" I cut her off with my hand.

"It's ok, I think I've got the gist." Her eyes looked so sorry and so sad so I smiled at her to reassure her that I wasn't mad at her. In fact I was glad I wasn't the only one who had wanted to that for the wrong reasons. She seemed to relax when I smiled. Enough so that she licked my hand to get it off her mouth.

"Eww! How old are you?" I wiped my hand on the sweatpants I was wearing.

"I'm 4 and a half, thank you, and you had way more than that in your mouth last night." I thought about it and saw she was right. She giggled at my defeated expression. I smiled back weakly. Her eyes lit up like Jasper's when she laughed like that. As if sensing my melancholy, she pulled me into another one of her fierce hugs.

"You were thinking about him again, weren't you." I nodded, ashamed.

"Don't worry about it. From what you told me, he's with that Bella girl because he's known her for so long and because it's comfortable and safe for both of them. You just have to show him that a little danger and excitement is much more fun." I laughed half heartedly while twirling a lock of her hair between my fingers gently tugging now and then.

"Just one problem: I'm a guy. I don't even know if he likes guys. I mean, sure, he kissed me once, but that was to escape Jessica. It didn't mean anything to him." She looked thoughtful for a moment.

"I think we'll think better if we had something in our stomachs, don't you think?" I let out a genuine laugh this time and followed her downstairs. I hoped she and I could be friends.

JPOV

I had a strange dream that night. Edward and I were fighting. Fighting over Bella. If he thought I didn't see the way he looked at her, he was dead wrong. If he continued, he'd just be dead. I had seriously had enough of him looking at her like he wanted to eat her. She was mine.

I woke up with her arms around me, the way I wanted to wake up for the rest of my life. It felt warm and safe, like her arms were my home. She made me feel like I was on top of the world and I never wanted to come back down as long as I was with her. I loved her. Seeing her smile and laugh made me feel fuzzy inside and, when she was sad, all I wanted to do was find whatever had made her that way and kill it.

I bent my head to look down at her while she was sleeping, her delicate eyelids fluttering as she muttered something incoherent and fell silent again. Maneuvering myself out of her grasp without waking her up, I went into the kitchen to make some coffee. It seemed like the chief was already gone which was a good thing. He didn't mind me coming over, but still being here in the morning? Death sentence waiting to happen. I did not want to be on the wrong side of that gun he walks around with…

I heard a car pull up and pulled back the curtain over the sink. It was just Emmett's obnoxiously large Jeep, making itself at home in Bella's driveway. He hopped out of it and walked through the front door. He spotted me and his eyes lit up. I knew he had something to tell me. I rolled my eyes. Emmett gossiped like an old biddy. He was incorrigible.

"What, Emmett?" He looked offended for a second and decided it was better not to pretend.

"Guess who got laid last night?" I sighed and put my palm over my eyes.

"I really don't want to hear about you and Ros—"

"It's not about me and Rose! I'm talking about Edward. You know Jessica's cute, shy step sister, Tanya? The one who never talks to anyone? Yeah, well I saw her dragging him up the stairs last night and his mother says he still isn't home!" I sighed in relief. Maybe now that he had gotten some, he would stop eyeballing my woman.

"Hey boys! Oh, Jasper, you made coffee! You rock!" Bella walked in, interrupting my train of thought. She was wearing nothing but my t-shirt from the night before hand her small panties. She had no issues coming out here dressed like that with Emmett around because they were like siblings, but boy did she look fine.

"Looks like Edward's not the only one who got laid last night." Bella turned around quickly.

"What?"

"Edward got some action from Jessica's sister, the cute blonde. Pulled an all-nighter too." Bella took a sip of coffee to hide her expression. But I caught it, the brief look of disappointment on her face. I didn't know whether to be worried or to ask her what was up. I just shook it off. Emmett and I talked Football for a while, as Bella took a shower and said she was heading out for Alice's place. We waved her off and set out on our own, going to the park.

BPOV

WHAT? He slept with Tanya? Wow, the boy had very high standards, I'll admit. Way above my standards. She was perfect and beautiful and so kind and shy…no wonder he preferred her. I needed to talk to Alice. I drove over to her house as soon as I could, telling the guys to lock up and get gone when they were done.

Alice's house wasn't far from my own, just a couple of streets down. I was going to get this shit figured out fast. I was so confused, but then again who wasn't?