Thank you guys for taking the time to read my story. It is still very much taking shape so bare with it you will get some E/B soon. Promise.
I just want to let you know I will be updating weekly as long as everything goes to plan and RL allows it. I know how annoying it can be when takes forever for updates so I'll do my upmost not to let that happen.
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Now, for this Chapter I will warn you there will be some swearing and sexual reference. I did give it a M rating, sorry if its too much for you guys, but its just part of there natures.
Once again everything Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Hope you enjoy!
EPOV
"Dr Cullen"
The sound of my name being called hit my ears, and I looked over my shoulder before pivoted my entire body to see Dr Lawson walking towards me. She wasn't dressed in her usual scrubs or overall, so I was assuming she had just finished her shift and was on her way home.
"Is everything okay?" I asked, wondering what she might need to talk to me about. Today was my last day of internship under the supervision of Dr Lawson. She had been my mentor for the last year and with my internship coming to an end and my residency just around the corner I was on edge every time I saw her in case I had somehow done something wrong.
"Dr Cullen why it is that every time you see me your face pales?" She said and seemed surprisingly amused. A dimple forming in her left cheek. I suddenly became all tongue tied and didn't know where to begin, or if I should say anything at all.
"Uh.. Well.. Uh.. I" Apparently my brain had left the building and I stood there stuttering like a fool.
"Its okay Dr Cullen. You have nothing to worry about I meant every word I said yesterday at your review. Its been an honour to have you on my team and I'm glad you're going to be staying with us for your residency" she told me reassuringly and I was relieved, but only in the slightest. I wouldn't be completely at ease until the end of my shift and I was leaving the Hospital and on my way home myself.
"Thank you." I chuckled, more in liberation than actually finding anything humorous . "And, well I'd like take full credit for it all, but I wouldn't of lasted five seconds in this place if I hadn't of had you around" I told her honestly, hoping it didn't come across as if I was sucking up.
"Oh Dr Cullen you've finished you're internship. Gotten your review and I'm off duty, you can stop with the sucking up now" she laughed and then stepped forward and rubbed my arm in a friendly gesture. "Have a good break. You've earned it! And I'll see you when you get back, then you can resume your creeping" she joked and I chuckled myself and nodded.
"I will, and try not to let this place go to havoc without me" I bantered, and watched as her eyebrow rose.
"Oh I think we'll manage just fine, I wouldn't go getting too cocky just yet, else you might see a different side of me when you get back" she told me and I didn't doubt it for a second.
She was only in her early thirties at the most and seemed like she'd been going her god for all of her life. She was by far one of, if not the best doctors in this hospital, and possible in the whole of Seattle. She was head strong, and took her job very seriously but was nice in the most professional manner, but I definitely wouldn't want to get on her bad side. I'd witnessed it, it wasn't at all pretty.
As I had said Dr Lawson had been my mentor for the past year at Seattle's Children Hospital. I'd decided on Paediatrics in my first year of college and maybe even before then. There wasn't any particular reason why, apart from while I was in high school, my dad, Carlisle got me a job volunteering at the local hospital. At the time my dad told me it would give me something to put on my college applications, but looking back I knew I had nothing to worry about, and I think he just wanted me to get a taste of what was to come. Also I had a feeling it was to try and keep me out of trouble. Not that it worked.
I'd decided on a medical career since I was maybe 13 years old. My father Carlisle was a doctor and I would see him at work and what he did and I suppose I wanted to follow in his footsteps.
I had other passions, I loved music, I'd been playing guitar and piano since before I could remember, and I also had a great fondness of photography. How you could capture a whole story in it one moment. But medicine was the decision I made and it was the smart decision.
While doing my voluntary work I had become close with many of patients, one in particular. A little boy, Joseph. He was 9 years old at the time, and I gained a soft spot for him, I would go see him any chance I got and we'd talk about cars, baseball, football, all the boys usual stuff. He had Leukaemia, and had been in and out of hospital since he was just 5 years old, but he was strong, he made me realize a few things. But then one day after not going to work for a couple of days I turned up and his family thought it best I didn't see him. He was slowly deteriorating and before anyone knew it he was gone. Just like that. A kid, with his whole life ahead of him. So many opportunities he had. I would never forget the look on his parents faces. The sheer agony and loss. I felt a slither of their pain myself, but also the guilt that maybe I could of done something. Seen something that might of helped him survive, but my father had told me that there was nothing I could of done, there was nothing anyone could of done. His body had rejected everything that was given to him to try and rid of the cancer.
After that I decided I wanted to do everything in my power to try and stop it happening to as many other children as I could, so I choose to specialize in Paediatrics. I have to say it made me more convinced that a medical career was the right choice for me. And I buried myself into my studies and took an accelerated degree, which allowed me complete college and medical school quicker than average and I had anticipated, but I welcomed the constant distraction.
I gave a small wave to Dr Lawson as she walked away, because I turned around making my final rounds of the day, and for the next four weeks. I had no idea what I was going to do with my time. No doubt Alice would find something for me to do. She was never without a plan or ways of keeping me on my toe.
If you are wondering who Alice is, she is my sister. My deranged, excitable, over the top sister. Who I am sure will be making her grand entrance at some point or another.
My shift was due to end in just 5 minutes. I was exhausted, I'd done 36 hour shift so I hadn't slept since Wednesday night, and it was now Friday afternoon. I needed to shower, sleep and eat, maybe not in that order. More than likely when I got back to my apartment I would just collapse on the sofa.
For now though there was one person I wanted to see first, to say my goodbyes. I walked along the corridor until I came to a nurses station and drummed my fingers across the counter, catching the attention of the intern nurse behind the desk. Today it was April, and she looked up at me, painted the familiar smile on her face.
"Hey Edward, I mean Dr Cullen" she said and her eyes darted around the room, checking nobody heard her slip up.
"April its okay, I just saw her leave" I watched as relief flooded her, and the colour returned to her face, and she placed a hand on her chest.
"I swear she was after my guts today. Thankfully tomorrow is my last day and then I am Out. Of. Here" we both chuckled, and I folded my arms and leaned forward on the desk.
"Aww come on she'd not that bad" I stretched my neck from side to side and rubbed it a little, trying to ease the stiffness.
"Well that's because you're pretty and have a penis" she blurted, seemingly annoyed, and I could see by her facial expression she was just as taken off guard as I, at what she had just said.
"Great!" I heard her groaned under her breath, tilting her head down trying to cover the rose that was rising in her cheeks. It gave her ivory skin a nice tint. She was rather pretty herself. She was one of those girls that didn't have to plaster herself in make-up to look attractive, and also one of those girls that never saw themselves as guys saw them. She wasn't striking, she just had an innocence about her. A natural prettiness. If that didn't remind me faintly of someone I used to know, and she didn't work with me, I'd be attracted to her, and probably ask her out. But well, I didn't date.
"Well that might be so, the latter part anyway" I frowned and shook my head, I wasn't exactly sure why I was talking about my manhood right now so I moved swiftly on.
"I don't think that's what she's into" I revealed and watched as what I said dawned on her face and her jaw dropped a little.
"You think…?"
"I didn't say a word" I chuckled and pushed back so I was now standing up straight and with my hands up. I really needed to move on now. April wasn't one for gossiping, but the last thing I wanted was to be found out to be talking about my bosses sexually preferences.
"Anyway, is she alone?" I asked, changing the subject once again.
"Yeah, she'd been waiting for you" April told me, with a small giggle as she slid across the floor in her chair to collect a file she needed from the other desk. And I just smiled.
"Thanks" I said and began taking a step away from the desk, before spinning around and tapping the countered slightly. "Oh and if I don't see you before I hope you have a nice break. Don't do anything I wouldn't do" I gave her a playful wink and spun around on the balled of my feet and started stalking off down the hall, just catching a distant 'pft' coming from April, causing me to chuckle to myself.
Once I'd reached the right room, I placed my hand flat against the wood and pushed the door open and stepped inside, spotting her face right away, and it seemed to light up. This was why I came to work every day, I thought to myself.
"Well well, Miss Calleigh, don't you suddenly look happy. Is that smile for me?" I asked as I approached her bed, and she tilted her head down a little in shyness, but her smile was still there in full form.
"Aww Calleigh, you aren't going all shy on me now are you?" I playfully teased, and came to sit down on the edge of her bed, and she was weakly shaking her head before lifting it to look at me.
"There she is!" I smiled widely.
"Hello Dr Cullen" She said and I allowed my jaw to drop.
"Hello Dr Cullen? Since when have you called me Dr Cullen. It sounds so old"
"You are old!"
I once again dropped my jaw and, allowed my eyes to widen, pretending to be shocked by what she had just say. "I am not old!" I stated, and then we both started laughing, like little children. Well she was just a child so she was excused.
"So how are you feeling today? A little birdy told me that my favourite patient will be going home on Sunday" I once again smiled at her, and I couldn't be more happier.
Calleigh Halls was 7 years old and had been in and out of hospital since she was six due to Leukaemia. She was diagnosed with Leukaemia, on Christmas Eve of last year. I have been reluctant at first to allow myself to get close to her, because what happened with Joseph, but I quickly realized that this was the exact reason I'd choose to be a paediatrician, to do as much as I could to help stop what happened to Joseph happening again.
Calleigh, was now in remission and going through chemotherapy. Where she needed it to get better it was also painful to see at times. Every day was different. Sometimes she was like she was now, smiling, even through the pain, and other days she would be so out of character. One minute hungry and the next having no appetite at all. There were also mood swings. She would be happily talking away one minute and then she would start complaining, which would lead to spell where she would get sad or agitated for no reason. It was all part of the process, and with her being under the care of Dr Lawson, it meant I got to spend a good amount of time with her.
She was truly the most amazing child I'd ever met, I'd never met anyone so strong and with so much determination, ever. I could feel it this time. With Joseph I had the feeling in the pit of my stomach that all wasn't what it seemed. But with Calleigh I knew she was strong enough to survive it. Maybe it was because I was now a doctor and was allowed access to her test results and file, or because the past couldn't repeat itself with a child with a smile as beautiful as hers.
"I'm feeling better. Dr Lawson said that I'm getting better everyday" Calleigh told me.
"Is she right?" I asked, and she nodded, smiling that toothy smile.
"Well then I have to agree with Dr Lawson. Soon enough you'll be home and back at school with all your friends. Dancing. And then in years to come and you are all famous and winning awards for your dancing, you have to remember me. I want front row tickets. Do we have a deal?" I said and held out my hand, waiting for her to shake it.
"Deal" She said and went to reach out as if going to shake my hand but before she put her little palm down into mine I pulled it away and put the tip of my thumb to the end of my nose, wriggling my other fingers, and blobbing my tongue out.
"Ha ha, got you back" I laughed and she laughed along too. It was a common joke between us.
"I'll get you back!" She stated.
"I don't doubt that for a second. But I mean it, I want tickets." I told her, before smiling once more and she rested her head back and looked a little sad, and my smile faded.
"Hey where's my smile go?" I pretending to pout and she just gave me a half hearted smile.
"Do you not feel well? You've got to tell me if you feel poorly kiddo."
I watched as she shook her head, "It's not that" she whispered once again timid and I will admit I was confused.
"Then what is it? I thought we had a deal, if either of us were having a rough day we tell each other why. Has one of the other children said something to you?" Once again the only reply I got was another shaking of the head and I sighed.
I picked up her chart, decided to check if I'd missed anything earlier. Her moods did change quickly, but for some reason I got the feeling it wasn't that this time. I gave her chart another once over but nothing stood out to me, it was all showing positive. I suppose she could possible just be tired.
"Nurse April said that today was your last day" She finally spoke and I looked up from the chart right at her.
"Yeah I finish my internship today. You're my very last patient" I smiled, and I was hoping that she would but it only seemed to set of her misery again.
"So.. You won't be my doctor anymore?"
"Dr Lawson's your doctor kiddo!"
"Will.. Will you not be coming to see me anymore?" she whispered so low I almost didn't hear her.
"Of course I will. I'll be here the next time you come in" I tell her.
Her face suddenly lights up like a Christmas tree. "Really?" she asked and sat up.
"You're kidding right, I'm going to be here, whenever you are here okay. I promise you kiddo" I gave her a wink and I held my hand out and this time we both pulled away at the same time and put our thumbs to our noses and blobbed our tongues out, and once again we both laughed.
"So is that what the sad face about, you're going to miss me?" raising my eyebrow.
She nodded before parting her lips to speak. "I thought you wasn't going to be my friend anymore"
"Pft, you're kidding me right, you have me wrapped around you're little finger. We'll always be friends" I promised her and placed my finger gently to her button nose. "I'm just taking some time off, is all"
"Why are you sick?" she asked.
"No no, just taking some time off. As you told me a minute ago I'm getting old and need a break" I reassured her, chucking and I was touched to see she seemed relieved.
"Are you going to spent some time with your girlfriend?"
"Oh, you know I don't have a girlfriend" I chuckled.
"But why?"
"Because.." I paused and sighed "I just don't, I'm too busy to have a girlfriend"
"Nurse April is nice" she hinted, and I chuckled and nodded.
"Yes she is, and she's a good friend. But I don't want a girlfriend, why do I need a girlfriend when I've got you. I'm happy with that" this seemed to make her beam, blush a little too.
It was good to see some colour in her cheeks again. Light in her eyes. Being able to sit up and move about unaided. She still had a long way to do, and there was still the possibility of the cells coming back after her remission, but the only thing anyone could do to prevent that, is hope.
I couldn't imagine what he parents must have been going through. I was a professional and was of no relation, but seeing her at her worst always got me. The worry that she might not make it, or that there would be some long turn damage due to the chemotherapy, it was almost too much for me too bare, so I couldn't begin to think what her parents must of felt, and still feel, knowing there little girl had this horrible illness and for a time wasn't herself and doing every day normal things a little girl at her age should be doing.
Due to the chemo, she had lost her hair. I remember back when she was first diagnosed. She had long blond locks flowing right down her back. I remember her main worry was losing her hair, and afraid of what her friends might think. From what I can gather everyone had been nothing but supportive, and she now wore a head scarf until her hair started to grow back.
"What about you, got any boyfriends I need to be worried about?"
She brought her hand to her mouth to conceal a giggle and shook her head.
"Are you sure? Young Harry seemed to have taken a liking to you" I teased.
"He's nice, he made me a play model" she looked over to her bedside table and my eyes fell on a play dough model of a Turtle. She had a fascination with them. Always drawing them or telling me all about them. After hearing so much I'd gained a fondness of them myself.
"Wow, he made you this? He must really like you to give you something this special. Trust me, a boy who takes this much time on a gift for a girl, he must think she's very special, and well he's right to think that" the colour reappeared in her cheeks again and the way she blushed at any compliment I gave her reminded me of someone I knew along time ago, and with that thought my smile faltered a little, but only for a second before regaining myself. I didn't want Calleigh wondering what or if something was wrong.
After that I decided we should do something, and asked her what she would like to do and she told me she was tired and asked if I could stay and read to her until she feel asleep. And well it was impossible for me to decline her of anything.
I helped prop her up with cushions to get comfortable, and she rested back and I stood up off the bed, and pulled the chair towards me before I began sit myself down on chair. Only to be stopped by Calleigh shrieking at me.
"Mind Timmy!"
I frowned and then looked down underneath where I was half perched and saw a little Turtles head staring up at me between my legs. Not every day you see something like that.
"Oh sorry Timmy" I said and picked up the cuddly toy. "That was a narrow escape, its good somebody has there eyes open today" I chuckled and passed the soft toy over to her and she lay him on her tummy, cuddling him tightly into her chest.
I'd asked her if she was comfortable enough and if she needed anything, she answered yes to the first, and no to the second, so I settled myself down and slid the book of the bedside table, and began to read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
For every character I would use all different voice, mainly a girly voice for Alice, which seemed to trigger a few light giggles from a sleepy Calleigh, and I really hoped they were no camera's around. My brother Emmett would never let me live it down if he heard me right now. But it kept her entertained so I didn't mind at all.
I would peek up at Calleigh every now and again and I would see her eyes beginning to grow more tiresome as I continued to read the strange children's story. I swear, Lewis Carroll was high on drugs or drunk when he wrote the novel.
Approximately twenty minutes later I looked up once again and Calleigh's eyes were closed and her little pink lips parted slightly as I heard her shallow breathing indicated that she had fallen fast asleep.
Placed the bookmark between the pages, I closed the book, returning it to the spot in which it once sat on her bedside table and stood up, squinting as the chair joints creaked from the release of pressure. Thankfully she didn't wake, and seemed away in her own little world. I clicked on the small nightlight, not wanting her to awaken to the darkness and possible get scared.
I wasn't worried about leaving her, it was coming close to five O'clock and her parents always arrived at five, so I pulled her sheets up a little further so she wouldn't get cold. "Sleep tight, kiddo" I whispered and then began making my way across the room to the door. Once I was on the other side I closed it behind me and placed my hands to my face and rubbed it slightly, feeling the stubble growing upon my chin, prickle into the palm of my hands .
Now I just wanted to go home.
Ten minutes later, I'd changed out of my scrubs and into my ordinary day to day clothes and splashed my face with some cold water ready to head home. As I walked the corridor, I gave April a small wave bye, because she seemed to be in the middle of something but she managed to return the gesture and then I left.
Once outside, I pulled out my keys and phone. With my keys I pressed my keyless, and heard my car as it unlocked, and wandered over towards it as I turned on my phone, suddenly getting numerous alerts of new messages and voicemails.
I groaned to myself and once at my Volvo I opened the door and climbed on in. I went to the text messages first. Four from Tanya, which I decided to not even bother reading and one from Alice.
Call me when you finish work. Axx
I sighed, some people would see nothing wrong with the text, but it was from Alice and I didn't have to hear her speak the words to know she was being demanding.
Next I went to my voicemail.
"You have five new messages" The automata told me. 'First new message. Message received, 12:31pm on Thursday…. Hey Eddy baby, its me." Tanya. "Haven't seen you in awhile and getting lonely. Give me a call when you get this message."
I groan, before hitting delete.
'Second new message. Message received 1:05pm on Thursday….. Hey Edward its me again. So you must be busy. But if you're not give me a call. I'm really missing you baby. I can't stop thinking about you and your huge…."
Delete.
'Third new message. Message received 1:23pm on Thursday… Edward! Why the hell haven't you called me back? I seriously need you right now! Or is that just it, you come to me when you need a fuck but when it comes to my needs you don't give a shit. Well I'm sure I can find someone who will. Your loss."
I felt like banging my head against the steering wheel, that's how crazy the women… Women wasn't the right word. Bitch. Had driven me. Like I gave two shits if she went and got her skanky ass and plastic tits, another guy. Good riddens I say. I feel sorry for the poor guy.
Tanya was my… go to girl. Like she said in the message, I go to her when I needed a release. Nothing more, nothing less. Yeah maybe that made me a dick, but when it came to Tanya, I seriously didn't give a shit. I hadn't been too her in awhile anyway. It didn't really do anything for me anymore, not that it ever really did. It was just easy and there. Now I was too busy and my right hand had become my best friend.
I met Tanya in High School. We didn't exactly date. She was the popular girl. A Daddy's little angel as her family would think. Little did they know she had blown off every guy on the schools basketball team by the time she was 15. And been with most of the guys in school by the time junior year came to an end. Oh but she always had her soft spot for me. At first I hadn't been interested at all. Her parents were friendly with my parents so it made it hard to avoid her.
Then our parents decided to play match maker and set us up on a date. God your love life must be beyond shit if your parents are having to set you up.
Anyway the closest we got to the date was making out in the back of my car and her going down on me. I'm not going to lie. First blow job, I thought it was awesome. But I had no interests in dating her or having a repeat performance.
Well that plan went tits up when one night of junior year. Parents were out of town. The whole school found out, and thought it was a good idea to turn up at the house for a party. Ended up getting drunk. Woke up the next morning with a killer hangover and a naked Tanya Denali at the side of me. I know, epic way to lose ones virginity.
I didn't even remember. Still don't.
Then after High school, went to college. Got my head down and focused. As much as it was possible at the time. My life was free on Tanya until my last year old college when I was having my 'wild period' as my father so kindly puts it. I got in with it with Tanya and she's kept reappearing since.
Trying to get rid of her is liking to convince the world Paris Hilton deserved a Noble Prize.
"Fourth new message. Message Received at 1:43pm on Thursday… Hey Edward, its Rosalie. Emmett says you're at work but for the love of god when you finish can you call Tanya. She ringing me every five minutes asking where the hell you are. Oh and Emmett told me to tell you, quote. To man up and stop being a pussy and just tell her to fuck off. I agree. Bye"
A groan mixed with a light chuckle passed my lips. My brother was right. I didn't say that often. Actually I didn't say that at all. Least not to his face. He'd have a field day.
Thing was if I'd of known how to get rid of Tanya I would of done it by now.
I grunted to myself as tossed my phone onto the passenger seat. I didn't bother listening to the last message. I wouldn't be surprised if Tanya had thought it would make me jealous to leave me a message of her screwing some other guy. It wouldn't be the first time. And trust me, that stuff is just sick.
So for now I forgot about Tanya, wishing that it could be permanent and started up my car and began the journey to back to my apartment.
For what should only take 10 minutes to get back to my apartment, because of the rush hour traffic it took thirty.
I finally pulled up in my designated parking spoke, grabbed my belonging, before climbing out the car and locking it behind me, heading the short way to the front of the building.
"Good evening Mr Cullen" I was greeted by the building security guy, Dean.
"Dean, serious. Call me Edward" I chuckled. "And good evening yourself" I smiled politely, offering a nodded as I walked on past and then stop and turned around.
"Oh Dean. If a blonde women arrives by the name of Tanya. Don't let her up" I told her.
"Certainly Mr…. Edward" he corrected himself, and I nodded and thanked him before resuming my travels across the lobby and to the elevator.
Once I finally reached my apartment, I felt as if I couldn't walk another step, and was preparing myself to fall through the open door, more than walk.
My mom always said her three children were the
I managed to keep myself from falling, and as soon as I was in my apartment, I closed the door behind me and stumped back against the solid wood, and closed my eyes, sighing heavy.
Home at last. Now I just needed my bed. No, the sofa's nearest. That will do.
"I told you to call me once you'd finished work!"
I almost leaped out of my skin, and I'm surprised I didn't knock myself out, with how hard I had banged my head against the door behind me.
"Fuck!" I yelled. Now I was personally pissed. Was I just not suppose to sleep today?
"So dramatic!" Alice stood there like she owned the place, hand on hip and rolling her eyes at me, like what had just happen was completely normal.
"What are you doing here Alice?" a growl grumbled in my chest, as I pushed myself off the door and stood up straight.
"Well nice to see you too Edward. Here I am being the amazing sister I am and coming to see her brother and what do I get - yelled at. Seriously Edward your manners are appalling" I rolled my eyes seeing that she was finding it amusing.
"I'm sorry okay I'm just tired and well you startled me. How did you get in here anyway?" I asked tossing my things down, not at all bothered right now where they landed, and dragged my feet across the floor, trying to kick them off as I went.
"Oh Edward, honestly!" she was shaking her head like I'd just asked her to strip naked or something. Okay should of definitely used a different example, I thought as I cringed to herself.
"I've had a key ever since you moved in." she finished and once again rolled her eyes like I was the one being ridiculous. If I actually had the energy I'd make a fuss out of it, but today I didn't so I just flopped down on the my black leather recliner. Resting my head back.
"So was there any reason why you're here Alice or have you just come by to annoy me as usual?" I asked with my eyes closed. And even thought I was blind to what was going on around me, I knew Alice would be either rolling her eyes or shaking her head, but she never got time to answer, when a loud, obnoxious voice snapped my eyes open.
"Edward serious man, what pussy ass food is this? Muesli and Greek yogurt. Dude! Even mom doesn't eat this shit" bellowed Emmett's voice and I opened one eye and saw him standing there with the cereal box in one hand and the yogurt in another looking from each of them, to me, in disgust.
"Well nobody is telling you to raiding my kitchen are they. Hey if you don't like it, here's a crazy ass idea, why don't you go and eat your own damn food at shit hole apartment" I was now beyond annoyed.
"Hey! No need to get testy, whats got your balls in a vice?"
"I'm not testy!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah sure, seriously dude you need to get laid. Trust me, it's the answer to ever problem. Unless that is the problem. Is little Eddy not getting any action?" he was smirking at me, and walked over and flopped his giant ass self down on the sofa opposite me. I closed my eyes tightly, and added pressure by rubbed them using the palms of my hands.
"There comes a time in a lot of guys life when they go through.. A dry spell. I don't know of it first hand, but you are showing all the signs. You need to get yourself some ass, even if its Tanya. Beggars can't be chooses" Emmett advised me.
Seriously what planet was I on?
"Eww gross!" Alice chirped in, and I flopped my head back, maybe a little dramatically and groaned.
Emmett was the typical guy. But worse. He is three years older than Alice and myself, but in more ways he was still a child in that pea brain of his, and did most of the thinking with the brain in the more southern region. He had no brain-mouth filter what so ever, and whatever Emmett thinks he says. And he will actually be thinking right now as he tried to give me a piece of advise that he was helping me. When in fact he was only making my headache worse. I believed he was honestly doing all this out the goodness of his heart, and a lot of the time, some of the things he says are actually funny. But not right now.
If you look from Alice to Emmett, you'd think you were watching some sort of remake to the movie 'Twins'. They couldn't be more different. Alice stood no higher than 4' 11". She was tiny, and where people grow when puberty hits, Alice seemed to shrink. But her volume level made up for that. Then there was Emmett. He was born at nearly 11 pounds and has never stopped growing, now 6'4" and built like a grizzly bear.
He was a bear to be honest, most person wouldn't dare cross him. But at heart he was a teddy bear. Well that's what Rosalie his girlfriend says. If he was dating any other girl, I would say she deserved a medal. But he wasn't he was dating Rosalie, and well they seemed to be a perfect fit. Even if she was a bitch at times. But that was just Rosalie.
I pulled my hands away from my eyes and pinched my nose. "Emmett! I know you love to give advise, but I hate to burst your bubble, the least of my problems right now is how long it is since I got a lay. I am annoyed, I have just done a straight 36 hour shift. I'm hungry, need a shower and beyond tired. So if you will bothtell me why the hell you are here right now, so then you can both leave before I blow a fuse" I grated my teeth together.
I heard Alice sigh.
"Edward I'm sorry okay, I know you're tired. It just I wanted to come here and tell you something, and I thought it better I come and tell you in person" she came and sat on the arm of the chair and she suddenly looked nervous.
"What is it Alice? And why if you're the one having to tell me something, is Emmett here?" I asked.
"Moral support" Emmett poked as he dipped a spoon into the yogurt and then brought it up to his mouth and tasted it, and scrunched up his face in revulsion. But seconds later it faded, and he was nodding to himself, apparently he didn't think the yogurt was all that bad. Honestly, he was a vacuum, he'd eat anything. Especially if it was free.
I shook my head, and looked back to a Alice and something suddenly came to me. "You're pregnant!"
"What? No, I am not pregnant. And even if I was, do you seriously think Emmett would be the first person I went too?" Alice told me, and I sighed with relief.
"Hey!" Emmett whined, we both looked at him and rose an eyebrow. "That's not fair" he grumbled.
"Em, the only reason I wouldn't tell you first is because you'd probably want to go and kill Jasper" Jasper, was Alice's fiancé, and my best friend.
"Yeah well you're too young to be having children. Plus you're saving yourself for marriage. So we don't need to worry just yet."
Alice burst into laughter. "Oh Emmett, I know you both get protective of me at times, but to think that its going a little far" she was still sniggering.
"What? No, I heard you tell dad" Emmett looked completely confused.
"Emmett. I was 17 years old. Just been caught making out with a guy. I was telling him that to keep him happy and to avoid the embarrassment of 'The Talk'"
"So you're not waiting for marriage?" Emmett seemed to still need confirmation.
"No Emmett. I'm sorry, but your little sister hasn't been pure since high school" Alice admitted, and even though I already knew this, I wasn't in a great hurry to hear it.
Emmett's face was priceless. His jaw was hanging open, and the spoon hung out of it, pointing south. He pulled it from his mouth and started stuttering. Even in my current state of exhaustion I could never miss the chance to see Emmett speechless. Alice seemed amused too.
Suddenly Emmett's whole expression changed and he looked angry. "Jasper Fucking Whitlock, I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch" Suddenly Alice didn't look amused.
"Emmett Cullen, you will not lay one finger on him. You might be a lot bigger than me, but we both know I am capable of kicking your ass. So save yourself the embarrassment." Alice warned. She had that look upon her face, the look that if you didn't agree with her, you knew you were in for a long and miserable week.
"Did you know about this?" Emmett was now directing his attention to me.
"Em, Jasper is my best friend and roommate in college, unfortunately I have the proof, disturbingly imprinted in my mind." I shivered, and Alice slapped my arm, pinking faintly in the cheeks.
"Well this is just great. You know Dad is going to freak"
"Why the hell is dad ever going to find out and I'm pretty sure the only person who believed the whole celibacy thing was you. Now can we please go back to the reason we are actually here?" She asked.
"Yes!" I agreed. They were my family and I loved them but they drove me crazy and when I am tired I'm not the happiest person to be around.
Emmett huffed and returned to his yogurt, relenting rather easily. Probably because he knew getting into an argument with Alice was a waste of time. He would never win. Nobody ever won with Alice.
Alice turned her attention back to me and was leaning into me, with her arm around me. "So Edward you know how you love me, and well you want to do anything to make me happy?" She was creeping, didn't take a genius to work that out.
I exhale noisily, closing my eyes. "What do you want Alice?"
"Well we all managed to get the time out of work and I thought we should all spend some time together. We've all been pretty busy and been unable to just chill and have fun"
Lolling my head back and resting my eyes I nodded, and hummed slightly. "Okay Alice. Sure whatever you want. Just as long as its not tonight, and you leave and let me sleep"
She threw her arms around me and rested her head against my shoulder. "Oh Edward, you're not going to regret it." she hugged me in her death grip and planted a wet kiss on my cheek.
"Okay okay Alice, I get it. Now your turn to hold up the end of the deal and leave" I struggled against her grip and she let go and bounced off of the armrest.
"Come on Emmett, lets let Mr grumpy pants, get some sleep" Alice was all full of excitement now.
"Oh and Edward, we'll be by to pick you up at nine in the morning. Our flights at noon. And don't worry I already packed for you." My eyes snapped open.
"Flights? Packed? Where they hell are we going?" I called out, it a bit of a stutter.
"Skopelos!"
No. Fucking. Way.
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