"No, no. It's fine, Edward, really." I tilted my head up to look at him, smiling at him as reassuringly as I could so that he wouldn't get mad at them on my behalf. I had always been a bad liar, but I was trying my hardest this time. I didn't want any of them to know that it really did hurt to hear what Jake was telling me. It hurt to know that he wasn't going to look at me the same way, that he no longer held me in such high regard.
I mean, I didn't want to be selfish or anything. I knew I would lose him at some point, I just didn't think it would be this soon, was all. But he was my best friend, so shouldn't I at least try to be happy for him?
"Of course, Jake. It just caught me by surprise, but I'm really happy for you!" Another lie, but I felt as if my smile was pretty convincing. I also tried making amends to Leah, whom I had a feeling never really liked me too much. I glanced her way with a more genuine smile, "You too, Leah. This is great news."
Leah:
I rolled my eyes when she started yacking, saying how great this was and how happy she was for us. Blahblahblah. What a freak. I remembered Bella back when she used to come up to Forks for the summer, her and Billy would come over to La Push to hang out with the Blacks. I don't know why, but I'd never liked her. And I disliked her even more now. She was disgusting to me.
And what the hell was she thinking anyway? That I wasn't good enough for Jake? Well, yeah. I'd probably be the first to admit that, but dammit, I was going to get pissed real quick if she kept using that tone. At least Jacob was being awesome. Standing up for me and all. That felt nice.
"Gee, thanks," I said bitingly, sarcastic as per usual, "Lord knows we wouldn't know how to live with ourselves if we didn't have your approval."