(For the record, I totally wrote this on a whim. Before, I knew this wasn't even a possibility. I didn't consider it. In my other story, Typical Fanfictions, I kind of laughed about it. But I got inspired, and I had to write about it. I couldn't stop thinking about it. So... here it is. It has typos and things because I just wrote it all out and posted it. The other chapters will be better written. Thanks!)
Gross. Mushroom ravioli. I would never think of it as the romantic, italian pasta dish Edward bought me for dinner in Port Angeles. I would think of it as the disgusting food mixed with the entire contents of my stomach, staring up at me from the porcelain toilet bowl after Edward bought me dinner in Port Angeles.
"Can you grab me my toothbrush?" I asked Jasper. Yes, Jasper. I had to be left alone with someone in the family every day for a week until I got changed. Just to get to know them better as a human and talk about things. I guess.
"Uhh... yeah. Sure." Apparently, Jasper hadn't taken care of many sick teenaged girls in his lifetime. Lucky man.
"Thanks." He had already coated it with a little toothpaste, so I flushed the toilet and started cleansing my mouth.
"Want me to call Edward? Alice?" Poor Jasper. He must have been feeling nauseous too. Well, I guess nausea wasn't exactly an emotion. But I was feeling crappy and disgusting.
"Eck. I don't know. Edward will worry, and no one wants that. I guess I'm coming down with a flu bug... which means all I need is a sleeping bag, a book, and a 12 pack of ginger ale. I'll be camping out here for the day," I said disappointedly. It was too bad, really- first thing in the morning, I had to run to the bathroom. I was going to miss the entire day.
"Sorry about this, really, Jasper. I know it was supposed to be our day today." He didn't look all that disappointed.
"That's okay, Bella. But I can do better than a book and some pop. I'll be back." He left and, about fifteen minutes later, returned with a little TV, a stack of movies, a thick fuzzy blanket, packages of ginger ale and water bottles, mouthwash, Edward's iPod, a deck of cards, and Pride and Prejudice.
"Wow, Jazz. Where'd you get all the stuff?" I checked over the items with awe.
"All I needed to buy was the mouthwash and drinks. The rest we had here," he shrugged.
"Thanks. Wanna pass me a water bottle?" He complied and turned on the TV to one of those stupid, bad acting, cheesy soap operas. That I AHEM totally do not like. And AHEM have never watched in my life.
Funny thing was, I only threw up once more during the day. I felt a little gross for the remainder of it, but by 3 or 4 I felt a lot better.
"That was weird. I guess it was just dinner last night that upset my stomach," I concluded as I folded up the blanket.
"I suppose so," Jasper nodded in agreement. "And for the record, this day wasn't all bad." Jasper had to leave the small bathroom a couple times to get some air and clear his head from my scent swirling in his nostrils, but other than that he was pretty good and seemed comfortable by the end of it. Just like when we were in the hotel room in Phoenix.
"I'm glad," I smiled. "Sorry it still kinda smells like puke in here." If I could even minutely smell traces of it, it must have been terrible for him. Stupid vampire smell.
"That's fine. It's actually a lot easier to be around than the blood," he chuckled. I laughed too... a little nervously.
"Well? Shall we go downstairs to wait for the family's arrival?" He extended a hand to me and, after pulling me to my feet, got a strange expression on his face. He leaned in, sniffed me, and cocked his head to the side.
"You smell bizarre," he concluded.
I automatically sniffed my shirt. I had worn it to bed, but I had just showered last night. I couldn't smell that bad.
"No, no, not smelly. Just... different. I guess I hadn't been sitting close enough to smell it all day." He looked confused. "It's faint, but detectable. I know I've smelt it somewhere before... I just can't place my finger on it..." Suddenly, comprehension flooded his face. He tried to cover it up quickly. "Oh well. I forget. I can hear the cars pulling in, they'll be here soon and I can talk to Alice-" he was already walking out.
The bathroom was tidy, and with a little sprtiz of vanilla air freshener, it was good as new. I walked into Edward's and my room, found a pair of black yoga pants and a light tank top and changed quickly before I heard the Cullens pull into the driveway. What was Jasper's problem? Oh no. What if I had some scary virus? Or what if I was just about to get my period and he knew it? Crap. How embarrassing.
"Bella?" I heard Edward call quietly, just loud enough for me to hear, from the main floor. His voice filled me with warm feelings and brought a grin to my face, just hearing him say my name. I ran quickly, almost tripping over my feet, to get to him. Of course he met me halfway and pulled me into a tight hug. "Hello, my love. How was your day?"
"Good. Me and Jasper watched this confusing movie called Lucky Number Slevin and another one called I am Legend. Then we played Go Fish three times, I won by fluke once, and-" I stopped when I saw a look of panic cross his beautiful angelic features.
"Are you okay?" He asked, lifting me up bridal style. As if I were about to collapse or something.
"Of course I-" Oh. He must have heard Jasper's thoughts. "I'm okay now. Earlier I got a little sick, but I'm fine. Excited to see you." I kissed him lightly.
I could barely hear the front door open and close. "Who was that?" I asked, confused as to who would be leaving again.
"Jasper and Alice. All he's thinking is 'She'll know what to do'. It's strange; he's been acting weird since we got back." He pulled his eyebrows together for a moment, probably thinking as to why that might be, then his face relaxed into a peaceful smile. "Would you like to go to our meadow? It's supposed to be warmer than usual overnight, and I was thinking we could go camping."
Camping? My stomach sunk as I remembered the bitter cold surrounding my entire body only a few short months ago. That was something I tried to erase from my memory, but every time somebody brought up the word 'camp' the experience flooded back into me, as if I were reliving it all over again. Edward seemed to realize this and laughed.
"Bella, we will not be anywhere close to the last place. We will be in our beautiful meadow, under a tent, bundled up in a warm sleeping bag and drinking warm drinks. Hell, I'll even bring a heater if you want it. Okay?" I couldn't argue when he looked at me like that. Damn vampire.
Just as I was about to accept the invitation, the front door opened again. "Alice? Where'd ya go?" they weren't gone long.
"Just to...get some air. I couldn't help over hearing your plans for an overnight adventure. As you may or may not remember, Edward, tomorrow is my day with her." She reminded him.
"Your day is actually the day after tomorrow. Rosalie's is tomorrow, and I asked to switch with her." Oh my god. It was like fighting over who was on dish duty.
"Well, then I guess you'll be hanging out with Bella on the last day, as planned. Because I switched with Rosalie too, and she said she takes back your switch. So mine is now tomorrow, hers is the day after tomorrow, and yours is the day after the day after tomorrow." That would have been hard enough to understand if a regular person was saying it. But I had to listen to a vampire say it. Not to mention an always-hyper vampire.
"You can't un-switch."
"Yeah you can."
"Since when?"
"New rule."
"You don't make the rules."
"I'm not making the Rules I'm making a rule. Just like you made the rule you could switch in the first place!"
"It's not a rule I made, everyone knows that you can always switch."
"CARLISLE!" Alice yelled. "WE NEED YOU!" She probably didn't need to yell, really. I guess she was just doing what people did on TV.
Carlisle was there in an instant. "What is it, Alice?"
"Well..." she explained the situation to him. Or at least, I think she did. Her lips moved really fast and I couldn't make out what she was saying.
"Alright, this will be official. You ARE allowed to un-switch! Now no one else bug me, please." He walked off, shaking his head. "Another day in the Cullen house," he murmured to himself.
"That was unnecessarily immature. Hundred year olds acting like 5 year olds." I shook my head.
"We all just want to spend the day with you!" Alice giggled. "Now, rest up. I suggest you sleep now-"
"Alice, it is 5 o'clock." Did she really forget what time people went to bed at?
She rolled her eyes. "Bella, how many hours of sleep do you usually get?"
Let's see. I fall asleep around eleven and get up around nine. "9 or 10 hours?"
She smiled. "Well, if you want that much sleep, then I suggest you go to bed now. I want the entire day with you. We've got lots to talk about." She walked back outside.
Edward turned to me. "Hey Bella? How come Alice and Jasper are translating the national anthem into Japanese and then singing it backwards in their head?"
I shrugged. "Beats me. But I better hit the sack." He, of course, followed me upstairs.
"Get out while I change." I demanded while looking for pajamas.
"Why? It's not like I haven't seen you nak-" I put a hand over his mouth.
"Shut up, Edward. I'll be changed in ten seconds." He smiled and left, and I quickly pulled on my cotton pj's in a rush to see him again. "Come in!" I called.
He was still smiling when he returned, and I hopped into the giant gold bed. He followed and laid down beside me.
After ten minutes, I wasn't even tired. Obviously. It was only a little after five. I fiddled with my wedding rings, listening to Edward lull me to sleep with my lullaby. It seemed impossible, but with the lights out and the dark cloudy skies outside, I was eventually able to fall asleep next to my husband.
"Okay! Rise and Shine! It is 12:01 am and it is time for our day to start! Edward, out!" I could barely comprehend what was happening as I wiped the sleep from my eyes and blinked at the pixie dragging a 6'2 man out of my bed.
"Alice! Settle down! You can wait until morning like a regular person-" he was cut off by a higher pitched voice.
"It is morning. And since when are any of us regular people? Or even people at all? Get out, hurry, hurry, hurry!" Alice seemed to be rushing him out pretty quickly.
"Give me a minute, Alice! I should get new clothes..." he tried to walk to the wardrobe but man, that little girl has a lot of power! With one good shove, she had locked him out of the room. He could have ripped the door off its hinges easily, but that would upset Esme. So he settled for knocking.
"Read the note, Bella," Alice said quickly, shoving a piece of paper at me.
"Bella," it read,
You are going to throw up in one minute. I need to bring you as far as possible from the house so Edward doesn't hear. Rosalie's distracting him with an argument about cars, and he can't resist. Get ready, cuz we're leaving in 3..2..1...
I was suddenly scooped up and outside, the wind in my face. Oh god. I felt the nausea coming on.
"Okay Bella, I'm putting you down." She said, just as I was about to vomit.
I got sick quietly. Ew. It was all ginger ale and water.
"Why am I sick again?"
Alice only looked at me confusedly. She didn't reply. It was silent for a few minutes while she gave me some napkins, water, and saltine crackers.
"So... what's the agenda today?" I asked after I had rinsed out my mouth.
"Well, we are going shopping!"
"Where?"
"The drugstore! Yaaayyy!"
I stared at her. She stared back.
"There isn't any medicine for a stomach virus at the drug store." I informed her.
"Uhh.. Pepto Bismol?" she tried. I shook my head.
"Actually, Alice, I don't feel that sick anymore. My sinuses are acting up, but that's about it." I shrugged.
"Well, we need some Clairtin then! See, I had this, uh... this vision of you having allergies... because that's all they are... allergies... so we need some, er, allergy medicine! Off we go!" She pulled me to my feet and we started walking towards town. When she had run off with me, she had actually run towards Forks; good thing the Cullens lived on the outskirts of it and not the center. We only had to walk for five or ten minutes before I saw the 24 hour pharmacy come into view.
She pulled me into the small store; only a mother and her baby were there, picking up some diapers in the middle of the night. The tired looking shop owner nodded at us before scanning the newspaper.
"Alright, aisle 3..." Alice murmured, towing me along.
"Alice? Allergy medicine is aisle 5." I guess she never had the need to come in here before...
"Right. Well, you go pick that up. I just have some things to pick up here, and I'll meet you in... uhh, the women's bathroom in five minutes." What a strange girl. What did she need in the feminine aisle? All there was, pretty much, was tampons, hair clips, pregnancy tests, and tweezers.
"Erm, the women's bathroom it is...see you there?" I quickly spotted the allergy medicine I needed, paid for it, and went to stand in the women's bathroom. A few minutes later, I heard Alice's footsteps.
"Hey Bella! I had the most hilarious idea EVER. Let's pee on these pregnancy tests!" Wow. Maybe Alice should have stayed in that insane asylum.
"Umm... you can't pee, Alice. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news." She was acting so strange tonight. Maybe she had taken some vampire drugs.
"Oh. Too bad. Anyway, you'll never have another chance in your life to pee on one of these. Every woman in the world should use one at least once. Do it now before it's too late..." Okay. Maybe I'd do it just so I could go home and sleep.
"Alrighty, Alice. Whatever floats your boat." I yanked the bag out of her hands and went into the bathroom stall.
Ew. Pee on my hand my accident.
I exited the bathroom, dropped the piece of plastic in the garbage, and washed my hands.
"Bella! What are you doing!" I heard the little pixie exclaim, digging through the trash. I widened my eyes.
"Uh... all you wanted me to do was pee on it. Can we go home now?" I yawned.
"No. The whole point of a pregnancy test are those 5 minutes of hell. I watch my tv dramas. The girl and her best friend are supposed to count down the seconds until they flip over the test and look at it. You're ruining this experience for me!" Alice pouted.
"Oh. For you. I 'forgot'. Don't you already know what it's going to say? You're the psychic. Then again, it doesn't take a psychic to know what the answer is gonna be... I mean, all Edward has in there is venom. Hah." I rolled my eyes and dried my hands off before opening the door. "Coming?"
Alice pouted and picked up the plastic test. "Three minutes left. You're staying."
"Why does this mean so much to you?" I groaned, but walked over there with her anyway.
"Two minutes and 45 seconds.
Two minutes.
One minute thirty seconds.
One minute." With Alice getting so into it, I couldn't help joining in.
"Fifty seconds," I said. She smiled, happy I was participating.
"Forty."
"Thirty"
"Twenty"
"Twelve" I started the countdown. I was glad I didn't actually have to be nervous, and this was just for fun.
"Eleven!" Alice squealed. I guess she was happy I wasn't pregnant?
"Ten" We started counting together.
"Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two..."
I smiled, glad I could finally go back to my own bed and sleep until a decent hour.
"One." We flipped the test over.
Oh Shit.