Chapter 2

"Here you are, Edward!" Peg said, beaming. She placed the clothes in Edward's arms and pointed to Kim's room.

"You can put those on in there, sweetie," said Peg.

Edward smiled and walked to Kim's room. Once he was out of earshot, Jade whispered to her mom, "Mom! How do you expect him to change? He'll cut himself trying to get dressed!"

A look of worry spread over Peg's face as she realized what she had done.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"Oh dear…Jade, why don't you go help him? I'll get the door."

Before Jade could say anything, her mom was gone, leaving Jade standing in the hallway.

What was she thinking! I'm a girl, and she wants me to help a guy change…sometimes I think that woman is crazy…

Jade took a deep breath and headed for Kim's room.

"Edward?" she said gently, "Do you need help?"

She heard a muffled 'yes', so she went inside. She held back a laugh at the sight before her; Edward had tried to put on the shirt but it had gotten stuck on his hands and hadn't gone over his head completely.

"Let me help you."

Jade stepped behind him and reached up to pull the white shirt over his head. She then pulled the sleeves over his arms, but did it carefully so the shirt wouldn't rip.

"Ow!"

Jade pulled her hand away and held it as shimmering red blood leaked out.

"I'm…I'm so sorry, Jade."

Jade could see the sadness in his eyes as he looked to the floor guiltily.

Jade lightly touched his pale cheek, and he looked up at her shyly, smiling at her touch.

"Don't be sorry, Edward. I know you didn't try to hurt me. You wouldn't hurt a fly." She returned his smile and finished pulling his shirt on.

Suddenly she pulled her hands away and nervously looked at Edward.

"What's wrong, Jade? Did I hurt you again?"

"No, it's not that…I forgot my hand was bleeding and got blood on your shirt."

Edward looked at his sleeve and as she said, the crisp white fabric was stained with her blood in a few places.

"I'm sure it will wash out. Let's go get Mom. She'll know what to do."

"Okay," he said meekly.

They went into the kitchen where Peg was sitting, looking worried. When Peg saw the blood, she gasped and said, "What happened! Come here, Jade, let me put a towel on that."

She sat Jade down at the table and motioned Edward to a chair.

"I was helping Edward put his shirt on and accidentally cut my hand. It's fine though, the only thing I'm worried about is his shirt."

Jade pointed to the stain on Edward's sleeve.

"Oh, don't worry, that will come out in a flash," Peg insisted. "Here, Edward, let me see your arm."

Edward carefully placed his arm on the table while Peg scrubbed the stain with a soapy cloth.

"It'll be out in no time, don't you worry, dear."

"So who was at the door, mom?" asked Jade.

"Oh," she said, returning to her state of worry. "It was the neighbors…they saw Edward when we went into the house, and they insist on having a barbeque here tonight at 5."

Jade rolled her eyes. "That's just like them. What did you say?"

"Well, I didn't really say anything…they just planned it, and walked off…"

"How rude! Well, I guess you can't expect much from them, they are pretty rude already."

"Oh, dear, don't say that, they just like having parties. They're good people!"

Jade could see that Peg wasn't being completely honest with herself, but Jade didn't push the subject.

"Whatever. So I guess we should get ready then."

(A/N: I am so sorry for taking so long with chapter 2! I had to re-do it because I messed up the plot. But I got my DVD! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has reviewed/alerted my story That's what got me off my lazy butt to write this thing xD Anyway, I'm almost done with chapter 3, so expect an update soon! R&R as usual please :D)