Quick thanks to the reviewers! You make me happy, and persuade me to write more!
Disclaimer: I dont own twilight, nor do I own the characters. I just control what they do. (nods sadly)
Until the extension was built, and it would be a few days, Bella would be staying in my room, on the bed we just purchased. Alice had gotten bedding on her little trip, buying some light blue sheets and pillow cases, and pillows of course, and a heavy blue comforter along with a lighter purple one. We had the bed set up in no time.
I returned to the porch, to wait for Bella and Rose to come home. Esme came out to sit with me. She smiled.
"Since we're adding the second floor, we're going to be making a game room directly beneath. You know, for Emmett and Jasper's game systems, and maybe some things Bella likes to do." She explained. I nodded. Sounded like a good idea.
"You know, Edward. Your going to have to enroll in the high school. It starts next Monday. Bella will be enrolling in kindergarten. It'll be so fun taking her to her first day of school." I could hear Esme's thought on how great it'll be to raise a child, almost like she never lost one. Almost.
It was about an hour before Bella and Rose finally returned home. Rose opened the back door, and picked Bella up. She was sleeping again, but the skin around her eyes was red. She had been crying, and it hurt my heart to know this. I stood up, but didn't run to them, Rose was already to me and Esme.
"Oh, the poor dear. I've already put the bedding on, so take her up to Edward's room and lay her down." She said, patting Bella's head. I followed them inside, and was surprised to see everyone in the front Room. They saw how Bella had been crying, and then they all saddened themselves. Rose carried Bella upstairs, and we all stood around, not quite sure what to do.
"I know!" Emmett suddenly exclaimed, pointing his finger in the air. "I'm going to go get her a present, so she'll feel better when he wakes up." Everyone, including myself, nodded their head that this was actually a good idea.
"Wait! Let's not make this a competition. We should all go and get her something nice. Edward, you stay home with her, because someone has to." Carlisle said. I scowled. I wanted to get her something. But then I decided I wanted to stay with her more. So I went upstairs, just as Rose was coming down them.
"Wake her up, and you'll pay for it." She hissed. I nodded, knowing I would. I crept into the room, and had a seat on my sofa that had been pushed against the wall. I watched her sleep for a while, and then I found a book, and began to read. Every so often my eyes would flicker to her, just to make sure she was still there, and still sleeping.
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We were all in the bedroom now, waiting for Bella to wake up. Even though Alice told us she would wake up in exactly 7 minutes, we were waiting. Alice, Carlisle, Esme and I were seating on the couch. Emmett was pacing back and forth, Rose was seated on the floor by the wall, filing her nails, and Jasper was looking out the window.
They got her a simple toy, a black, soft teddy bear. Alice told them if they got her anything else Bella wouldn't like it as much. I would've thought she would want something more animate, more moving. But nope. She was happy with a simple bear. This was a weird human we were dealing with.
After 7 minutes, Bella made a little groan and her eyes blinked open. Emmett was at the side of the bed in a millisecond.
"Bella, Bella, guess what? We got you something!" Esme smacked him in the back of the head.
"Emmett, let her wake up. Just because her eyes are open doesn't mean she knows what's going on!" She scolded him quietly. Bella sat up, and started rubbing her eyes with her one useful arm. She looked around, realizing everyone was in the room, and staring at her. Her face pooled red.
"Um...hi?" She greeted us, and blinked.
"Bella, we got you something." Jasper said, coming over. Unconsciously, I had come over to the bed too. This of course, made everyone else crowd around, because they couldn't see through us. She was nervous, probably wondering why we were surrounding her like this.
"Um, okay..." Alice handed her the gift wrapped box. As Bella went to pull the wrapping paper off, she cut her finger on the wrapping paper, and her sweet blood oozed out. All eyes were on me and Jasper, and Emmett looked ready to jump someone should they attempt to hurt Bella. I looked to Jasper. He seemed calm and collected, even his thoughts were.
"What?" He asked, sticking his hands out. They all turned to me. I had stopped breathing. I wasn't taken any chances. Carlisle had disappeared, and reappeared with a band-aid. He wrapped her finger delicately. She smiled.
"Thank you." She continued on with opening her present, and I allowed myself to breath again. The faint smell of her blood lingered in the air, but it had no effect on me. My attraction to the blood was just as powerful, but the actual person with the blood flowing through her veins prevented me from wanting to harm her.
She squealed happily, hugging the bear with her one arm.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She cheered happily. Emmett picked her up.
"No problem, you know, it was my idea." And it was, Emmett had suggested the teddy bear, but probably because he has a similar one in his room.
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"I have made a schedule, with the help of Bella." Alice announced, and Bella nodded, drinking a juice box and having her bear, which she named Twilight, seated in her lap. We were all in the kitchen, seated around the kitchen table that was a prop, but was now going to be used for Bella's meals.
"Monday will be Emmett's day, Tuesday is Alice's day, Wednesday is Edward's day, Thursday is Jasper's day, Friday is Rose's day, Saturday is Free day/family day, and Sunday will be split between Esme and Carlisle." Bella said.
"You can also give up your day if you want, I'm sure there's some people who want to spend every waking moment of hers with Bella." Alice said, then said my name in the midst of coughs. I rolled my eyes. Yes, I'll admit, this human has caught my interests because she was so different.
"Aw, so today is free day?" Emmett whined.
"Slash family day. We can do something as a family." Bella said, and took another sip from her purple box. Emmett's attention was drawn to the box.
"Can I have a drink from that...?" He asked. She just looked at him, and blinked.
"I thought you didn't eat human food?"
"We don't, but we can still taste it." Carlisle explained. Bella looked at him.
"Will I still get cooties?" She asked innocently. Everyone busted out laughing. Emmett looked at little offended, but laughed none the less.
"It's safe to say, you will not get cooties." Carlisle chuckled. Bella handed the juice box to Emmett and he took a drink.
"Taste like...grape...and sugar." He commented. Bella smiled, and inspected the straw, possibly for cooties that might exist despite what Carlisle said, and took another drink.
"Because it is. It's grape flavored."
"What are we doing today, other then testing juice boxes?" Jasper asked. We all looked at each other.
"Why don't we let Bella pick." Esme suggested. "Surely she'll know something."
"Um...we can go to the park...?" She said, leaving it up to us to decide.
"I think it's a good idea. It's cloudy, too." Carlisle said. So, we got packed up and ready for the park. Esme got together a small picnic basket for Bella should she get hungry.
"Do we have to drive?" Emmett whined. I shared the same feeling. Cars were too slow; or at least, compared to us they were. We moved much quicker, and drove quicker cars.
"You can run. I'm sure someone will carry me, right?" She made puppy eyes, and began nodding like an idiot. Emmett laughed at me, and I glared.
"If she made puppy faces at you, you'd be nodding like an idiot too." Rose defended. Emmett thought about it, then started nodding in defeat. I smirked.
"So, who's going to carry me?" She asked. I swiped her up just before Alice had the chance to. She growled at me, which for some odd reason made Bella giggle. But then noticed she wasn't giggling at Alice's threat, but at Emmett who was making funny faces behind my back.
Ha, you can't do anything cause you have Bella in your hands. His mind taunted. I smirked, and turned to Alice.
"You know, Alice, I think you should carry Bella." I handed her over, and was surprised to see Bella looked a little upset, but changed her face quickly, so I couldn't tell. I gave her a crooked smile, and she smiled in return. Then, I turned to Emmett. He let out a little shriek, and ran off. I followed pursuit.
