Ch 2 Pre Plan Rushing
We walked down after Edward got ready hand in hand and saw Jasper at the bottom of the stairs talking to Carlisle. "Hey Jazz," I greeted, kissing his cheek. "Hey Bell,"
We walked into the kitchen and found Alice with her head flat on the table looking like she was dead. Edward and I exchanged looks and I had the urge to poke her but I knew that would be a horrible move on my behalf. She'd bite my head off like a bloodthirsty dragon.
No one paid mind to her, continuing with conversing amongst each other. "I have a project that was presented to me and I'm going to start working on it." Esme said with a smile as she placed a piece of pie in front of Emmett, while he licked his lips.
"Really Esme?" I asked excited for her. Esme hadn't been this happy since years that I last saw her.
"Yes, I'm glad to do this. It's all my decision." She clapped her hands and Carlisle chuckled, placing his hand on her shoulders firmly from behind.
"When do you start?"
"Tomorrow," "I'm glad, mom." Edward smiled at his mother warmly, placing his hand over hers while Alice remained limp like a dead corpse on top of the table.
"I think she fell asleep." I whispered towards Edward who shrugged.
"I wouldn't doubt it. You know she can't function without her sleep." Emmett walked over to her and tapped on her head with his index finger, but she remained motionless, her breathing shallow. Oh she's definitely asleep.
"I wouldn't d—" I warned him as he started shaking her fingers causing her head to snap up in a nanosecond. Her eyes held so much fury as they settled on Emmett and she started shrieking incoherent insults at him that we all cringed, stepping back as she unleashed her wrath. Emmett visibly shrank and we all wondered who would be the brave soul to step up and stop her before she killed him by clawing his eyes with the spoon on his plate.
Jasper was that brave soul who slowly made his way over to her and placed a hand in between them. "Al darlin', relax."
"He's a fucking moron! I just want to sleep that's it, I'm so damn tired and even when I sleep for a good fifteen minutes he wakes me up!"
"Let's go sleep then." He offered extending her his hand which she looked at with hope. Her anger seemed to have cooled off just slightly and she grabbed his hand. "But let's leave Emmett and his idiocy alone, okay? No more yelling or cursing today alright?" His voice was so calm and soft that it had its effect on her. She let out a small smile, her tired eyes blinking rapidly to stay open and she nodded once.
He clasped her hand in his and walked towards the living room, giving Carlisle the 'don't worry' look as he took a seat on the couch. We all watched with open mouths the scene that just played in front of us. What. Just. Happened?
I let out a breath from my mouth seeing as Alice giggled in front of a smiling Jasper that whispered hushed words to her. "Your cousin has balls." Edward breathed in astonishment. "I don't think I could've even calmed her down."
Rosalie lifted her eyebrows before blowing air through her lips like an airplane sound. "That boy has some magic. Let's hope this one over here doesn't piss her off anymore." She said sarcastically, jerking her thumb at her boyfriend. He responded nothing for a first and we believed it was the shock of Alice's reaction—we would react the same way in that situation. I don't think I've ever seen Alice that mad because of lack of sleep, I guess he really did keep her up.
After a while things went normal again. Carlisle and Esme excused themselves when they received phone calls. We all wanted to go out so we walked over and saw Jasper leaned against the couch with Alice snuggled tightly into his side, her little arms tucked into her sides while she slept soundly. Her face was not angry anymore as it was before but it was peaceful, her head was under his arm and her legs were brought into her chest, she looked like a little stuffed animal.
Jasper held her tightly to his side while he stayed awake, his expression not holding any sign of discomfort. "She okay?" Edward asked and he nodded trying not to wake her.
"She's going to be, she just needs some sleep."
"We're going out, maybe getting something to drink. Want anything?" Rose asked and he shook his head.
"No thanks."
"Let us know when she wakes up." Edward whispered as we tip toed out. "She's such a demon, I swear. I think she gets it from our father's side."
"Carlisle's a nice person!" I argued and he rolled his eyes.
"He is, but Aro can have the same attitude as her." Ah yes, Uncle Aro. The relative that wanted to marry Edward off to Jane, he was in some way pretty scary. His face was just too kind, warning you to just be careful.
"I don't think I've ever seen Aro get like that." Rose expressed as we made our way into Emmett's jeep, taking just his car instead of separate ones.
"When he worked with Caius he would." She shrugged her shoulders obviously not very interested in the topic, switching subjects.
We stopped by a nearby coffee shop and ordered some donuts. The time was two in the afternoon and I sighed, a wasted afternoon. When we arrived back to the house Alice was now up and awake with a wide smile on her face. She was still in her pajamas and her perky attitude seemed to be somehow regained as she sat next to Jasper's side who stared at her affectionately.
"Hey guys!" She waved excitedly.
"No comment." Rose replied under her breath taking a sip of her coffee latte. Emmett remained in the back and she rolled her eyes and ran over to hug him.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you like that, I was just so tired!" He ruffled her black hair and she frowned. "Do you want a round two?"
"No." He said too quickly and we all laughed at these two.
Before I left home Alice already told me we'd be doing wedding arrangements with her tomorrow. Rose and me all day with her and we could sleep over—actually it wasn't really an offer, it was more of a, 'you're going to sleep over regardless of what you say.' I reminded her about Charlie and she waved her hand saying to leave it up to her.
"Dad, Alice is going to take me to start planning her wedding tomorrow." I said and he nodded placing a plate full of cold Chinese food into the microwave to warm up.
"No problem, Bells. I'll be here around six like always, I have no late shift." "Well," I started and he raised an eyebrow removing his gaze from the spinning plate in the microwave.
"What is it?"
"She kind of wants me to sleep over." I squeaked and he shook his head. "You know I've never had a problem with you sleeping over her house, but now that you and Edward are an item…" He trailed off while I remained silent. What could I say? It's not like he wasn't completely crazy for thinking that. "I don't know, Bells."
"Come on, dad." I pled.
He stayed in deep thought for a second, running his thumb through his mustache. "Are you protecting yourself?"
I literally choked on my saliva and he watched me intently. "What?"
"I don't want you getting knoc—"
"Dad!" I shrieked waving my hands in the air.
"Well protect yourself, you never know."
"Don't do this, I heard it once, I don't need it again." I plugged my ears and he shifted his feet feeling how uncomfortable this really was. The sex talk and advice was just not a father-daughter thing, it was just plain weird. It felt a little more normal if it was a mother-daughter thing, maybe because it's the same sex.
"I'm just making sure."
"Let's just get off this topic, it was a complete sidetrack." The microwave started beeping and he nodded.
"You can go sleep over, but just please Bella." I knew what he meant and I sighed. My father wasn't dumb. He could be oblivious but not dumb. I think he smelled the fact that I had sex like any father but chose to play it off so he didn't have to go through this. "I don't want some unexpected news in nine months." He muttered.
He was getting too ahead of himself. First off, Edward and I didn't even have a lot of sex that was his condition—he didn't want to push himself on me even though "if it were up to me, you'd never leave that bed," he said in his own words. I was okay with that—at times, others I would go crazy. But I understood he was still being cautious with me.
And second of all, we always used protection. Edward always had condoms in his wallet and he blamed Emmett relentlessly when I found them, saying he liked to refill them for him and Jasper when he would get a new batch. I inwardly laughed at the memory when I pulled out at least six from the wallet and his jaw dropped.
I assured my dad he had nothing to worry about and left him to eat his Chinese food, heading back up to my room. It was fairly neat, just had the same textbooks scattered across the hardwood floor with that same haunting yearbook closed on top of the stack. I walked over to it and ran my fingers over the gold embroidery on the cover before opening it to that picture.
"Hunter J. Matthew—headstrong, brilliant, outspoken man who strives forward to attain all of his goals." The yearbook complimented him endlessly because he was loved in that school. He was one of the good looking kiss asses that girls would drool over.
When we went out everyone questioned how that worked and some even came up with the conclusion that I paid him—both monetarily and sexually. I shuddered at the mere thought of that being true. If you didn't know him, you'd want him all for yourself. The page was blurred out near the bottom right corner from the endless tears I cried when I received the year book and I saw his picture.
I felt such anxiety and frustration but I've come a long way since then. I shook my head and closed that stupid book tossing it back into the pile hearing it fall behind somewhere onto the floor with a thud.
I got ready for bed and lied in my bed after replying back to Edward's goodnight message. Soon enough I just willed my eyes to shut and sleep for the rest of the night, hoping it'd be as peaceful as the night before and the night before that.
Edward's POV
It was ten thirty in the morning and Alice was shoving me out the front door with all her might. She had a good night's rest and was being her usual bossy self, trying to kick me out of the house so that she could be in peace with Rose and Bella planning her wedding. "Alice, this is my house!"
"Yeah, but I need it just for a while." She grunted pushing me harder and I put my hand on the door frame for support against her hard shoves.
"What am I supposed to do?" I asked. "Where do I go?" She huffed, blowing some hair out of her eyes and gave me on last shove somehow pushing me out of the door frame to the front porch.
"Go find Emmett and Jasper and do guy stuff, bye!" She shut the door in my face and I heard the locks clicking into place. I growled and reached for my phone letting Jasper know I was on my way there with Emmett after I picked him up. He replied instantly agreeing and I drove off, seeing Rosalie's convertible take my spot. I stopped abruptly and craned to see if Bella was with her, but the seat next to her was empty. "Tough luck!" She shouted to me as she hopped out of the driver's seat walking over to the front door laughing, pushing her designer sunglasses on top of her hair. I scowled and beeped at her, driving away.
Bella's POV
Carlisle and Esme had gone to work today and now it was just us girls in the house surrounded by mountains of magazines and sticky notes. "How about this one?" Rose suggested a beautiful strapless gown that ruffled near the bottom but without looking over done.
Alice took one look at it, scrunching her nose up and shaking her head, sticking her face back into another magazine. "No, it's a winter wedding. I don't want strapless." She was her own little wedding planner along with Esme; I wouldn't be surprised if she already knew what type of dress she wanted. "I already have an idea of what I want." I knew it.
"What colors were you thinking about?" Rose asked.
"Winter is all about bold colors, so I was thinking either blue or red." She answered biting at the edge of her pencil. "I'm leaning just a tad bit more towards the red."
"Red would be nice." She scribbled it down and we had managed to tackle down one item of this list. Jasper had called Alice and told her that he was kicking the guys out because he had to go to work, she groaned and whined but finally gave in. After all, Jasper was trying to make more money so he could help with the wedding finances.
"We did a lot today." I mentioned. "We picked out colors, looked at halls and already picked out invitations. I think we deserve a break."
"I second that motion." Rose said raising her hand and strutting out the door. We sat around the island and ate a bag of chips with a water bottle—healthier than a soda at least!
We heard laughter and the door opening and we knew the two trouble makers were back. "Bella, Rosalie!" Edward shouted probably up the stairs. Rose arched her back, peeking around the kitchen threshold with a humorous look.
"Over here!" Their heavy steps were heard through the house until they rounded the corner, huge smiles on their faces. Edward raced over to me, tilting my head back and planting a long romantic kiss onto my lips. My fingers let go of the chips and flew to his wrist that cradled my cheek, locking themselves there.
I heard the sound of a picture being taken but we ignored it, just smiling as we kissed. I pulled back losing my breath to see him grinning from ear to ear down at me. "Hello beautiful," he kissed my forehead and I giggled.
"Hi baby," Emmett had his arm wrapped around Rosalie's small waist that looked like he could fit two other women in there with the space he had.
"Did you guys do what you needed to do?" He asked and Alice nodded.
"We got some things done."
"Some?" Emmett questioned. "We were gone for four hours and you only got some done?"
Alice looked like she was ready to protest but Rosalie beat her to it. "Weddings take a long time to plan. Months actually so hours are really nothing."
"Months?"
"What did you expect?"
"It should be as easy as planning a birthday party." He mumbled and I giggled.
"If it was, we'd save ourselves a lot of headaches." I responded.
"That's what we have the whole summer for!" She reminded us throwing her arms in the air. Edward immediately shook his head.
"Hell no, I refuse to let you take Bella every single day of the summer. I need her too." He argued and Alice rolled her eyes.
"You can have her afterwards!"
"No."
"She was my friend before your anything, mister." She retorted playfully her eyes light with amusement.
"Yeah, but I want to be with her too." He answered draping his arm over my shoulders. "As long as it's not every day, we'll be fine."
"Yeah, you can't take Rose every day either." Emmett complained as Rose laid her head on his shoulder.
Alice sighed, putting her plate she used for a dip into the dishwasher. "Boy do I wish I could send you both on vacation. Fine! But I will need them a few times."
"You could just ask us, you midget." Rose murmured in her tired voice and Al stomped.
"All right, gigantor." They both glared at each other and I burst out laughing. They took such offense to their height differences it was too comical to not laugh at.
I was all cuddled up next to Edward on his bed. I didn't feel so strange sleeping here anymore. I had grown accustomed and particularly selective about sleeping in his arms, I felt safer then sleeping on my own.
He was playing with my fingers, as we whispered in the huge room. "Summer's only began." He mumbled. "It's nice to be spending it with someone so special." He nudged my head with his nose, kissing it softly.
"It's going to be a memorable summer." I agreed sliding under the covers to hold tightly against me. He laughed.
"Is the baby cold?" I nodded.
"The ac is on full blast, Antarctica would be summer compared to the temperature in your room." He rolled his eyes snorting. "Let's no exaggerate. We're not all used to the baking oven you lived in for years in Phoenix."
"It's not even that bad!"
"I felt like a turkey in the oven on Thanksgiving." He scoffed rolling over to charge his phone. "My first layer of skin must've melted off."
"You didn't melt, you Popsicle. Relax yourself." He laughed and buried his nose in my hair, sniffing away. "You smell so good." I hummed in response with my eyes shut and we kept murmuring little gentle words to each other the entire night until we fell asleep.
Edward's POV
There was a knock on the door but I ignored it taking a deep breath. Bella stirred in my arms, sighing in response before staying still once again. The knock was there again, but again I chose to brush it off. If it was Esme, she'd probably leave not wanting to be late to work.
"Wake the hell up you lazy craps!" Emmett banged on the door forcefully and I heard a hiss in response.
"Emmett! I said kindly!" Rosalie's voice was threatening.
"Kindness is not going to wake this guy up." Bella opened her eyes, stretching her arms and looked around. "Wake up, Bells!"
"Is that Emmett?" I nodded groggily feeling no energy whatsoever to talk. She stood up when the banging wouldn't stop and walked over to the door, her small feet paddling against the hardwood floor heard. She pulled it roughly, her hair looking wild and messy from the back and Em laughed before Rose silenced him.
"Morning, Bells." She kissed her cheek.
"Morning," She grumbled, sleep still clear in her voice.
"I would absolutely love to leave you guys sleeping but it is past midday and Alice is demanding another plan for her wedding today when she gets back from Jazz's." Bella sighed and I groaned slamming a pillow over my head.
My sister is kidnapping Bella again and we'll have no say in this. "Okay, let me get dressed." Rose nodded and pulled a snickering Emmett away from the door by the arm.
"Don't get distracted when undressing!" He shouted as he was pulled away and Bella shut the door.
"I don't want you to go." I said, pouting and she smiled, crawling into bed to sit on her knees in front of me.
"It's for Alice, be nice." She nuzzled her nose with mine and I sighed in resignation. "Plus," she kissed me. "We'll be," kiss. "Together." Kiss "Soon." My hands flew to her waist and pulled her to me, tugging her on top of me, her fingers digging into my shoulders to be even closer. She moaned slightly and hitched her leg around my waist driving me insane. I tugged on her black t-shirt she wore to bed and she giggled pulling back.
"Morning sex?" I asked innocently like a child and she threw her head back laughing before she sat on top of me, her legs astride—on either side of me. We've yet to have morning sex even though we've slept in the same bed many times—I always controlled myself a little more than I was used to for her sake. I felt like the controlled one of the relationship, which was odd, usually I was the one demanding sex at all times possible.
"Not today, baby. I have to be ready or Alice will kill me." I grimaced knowing she was right. "Plus Rose and Emmett are downstairs."
"Please," I drawled. "They don't care who's around when they start undressing each other. We were in the middle of a conversation one day and they just started tongue raping each other, I didn't even know what happened."
"She did say he was good…" She trailed off and my mouth dropped. Bella didn't even know what good sex was in terms before, let alone did she like when people talked about it around her—now she just threw the term in front of me. "I'm going to go get dressed." She kissed my lips, hopping off and nearly falling onto the floor. I sat up and reached for her but she was already up and dusting her shorts. "I'm okay."
When Alice returned everyone was ready to go, the girls left and it was just Emmett, Jasper and me for the rest of the day until they decided to come back. "Well, I guess we'll be having a lot of these homo-bro days."
I nodded. "I have a feeling we will too." We got into my Volvo and drove around town to find something to do. Of course we'd have to take my car and waste my gas, what wonderful friends I have.
The day seemed to fly by and by the time I got back home both Rosalie and Bella had gone home while Alice sat on the table, smiling from ear to ear. "Thanks for letting us know you were back." I said sarcastically.
"Let's be real, it wasn't to see moi that you wanted to know when I got back home."
I shrugged. "You're right."
"Hey!"
"Well you asked!"
"All right, children." Jasper mocked standing by his fiancée, trying to hide his amusement.
"Oh hush, it's just one day." She waved her hand in dismissal, shutting her notebook placing the pen behind her ear.
"Says the girl who cried forever when she left years ago," Emmett retorted and she glared at him. "Shush it,"
Esme walked through the door first, her hands full of sketch books and pencils. She sighed dropping it onto the dining room table freeing her hair from the high ponytail it was in. She walked in and kissed us all. "Hello, darlings, how is everyone?"
"Depressed Esme," Emmett responded with a sigh and her eyebrows furrowed.
"Why dear?"
"Your daughter will never let me see my Rose until she gets married." Esme laughed and patted his shoulder.
"I'll make sure Alice leaves the girls alone to spend time with you."
"Mom!" Alice complained not liking the interference. "You have time until December let's not rush things." She huffed angrily but nodded, sulking and muttering words under her breath. Emmett grinned and stuck his tongue out at her leaving with Jasper in triumph. I chuckled and shook my head.