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Chapter 6 – I'm Not a Doctor but I'll Take a Look

Bella was having the weirdest dream. She was trapped on the island of Dr. Moreau and was surrounded by all kinds of human animal hybrids. Alice had strange cat eyes and a cute little pink nose. She kept asking a woodpecker if Bella was going to be okay. The woodpecker just poked at Bella's sore head. When it occurred that people weren't supposed to feel pain in their dreams, Bella knew she was waking up.

"There you are," a handsome man was hovering over Bella. He had blond hair that was styled perfectly and his smile seemed so familiar. "Welcome back Bella."

"Oh thank god Izzie," Alice was standing in the door way. "I thought you were dead."

"Nope," Bella attempted to sit up only to be told to take it easy by the hansom blond.

"You've got a nasty bump and I had to give you a few stitches. I don't think you need to go to the hospital unless you're feeling sick to your stomach."

Glancing at the t-shirt he was wearing Bella doubted his skills on the area, "Thanks for the advice, but I think I'd rather wait for Alice's dad."

"That would be me," he smile the heart melting smile. "I'm Carlisle Cullen. Don't believe everything you've read." He was referring to the shirt he was wearing which said "I'm not a doctor, but I'll take a look."

"It was a gift from my son Emmett. He thinks he's funny and we don't have the heart to tell him otherwise."

"What happened?" Carlisle helped Bella to sit up.

"You got to meet our dog Riggs. He gets excited when new people come around."

"That wasn't a dream?" It was all coming back to Bella. Seeing Edward standing in the door way with that smile and then a giant black beast pounced on her.

"Riggsy is really a sweet puppy," Alice did her best to sound convincing.

Bella had to laugh, "Alice that was not a puppy. I'm pretty sure that it was a horse and not a dog."

"He isn't a horse," Alice pouted. "He's a blue Great Dane."

Before Bella could argue Riggs species, a beautiful older woman came into the room with a look of relief on her face.

"Thank goodness you're alright," she said then introduced herself as Esme Cullen. "It's lovely to finally meet you dear. I've heard so much about you from my children."

Esme was a gentle woman whose smile made you feel loved. It was no wonder that Alice, Emmett and Edward had turned out so kind.

He must have known she was thinking of him because it was then that Edward came into the room.

"The mutt has been restrained," he said while giving his sister an evil look then turned his attention to Bella. "Don't worry Bella; Cujo won't be moving in with you and Alice. Thank Christ."

"Edward," Esme hissed, "language." Even though he wasn't a child his mother still treated him like one.

"Riggs is not a mutt nor is he anything like Cujo. He loves everyone. Well almost everyone." For some reason Alice smiled after saying the words and Bella didn't think that she was on the mammoth dog's hit list.

Riggs had been put in the special kennel that had been built in the back yard. Alice pulled Bella to the back patio window to show her that her baby wasn't the monster Edward made him out to be. She then showed her pictures of when he was a puppy and Bella had to admit that the dog was cute with his big floppy ears. She knew that they had just gotten off on the wrong foot.

"Bella dear are you still up for lunch?" Esme's soft voice asked as she directed her toward the dining room where there was a huge spread of food laid out.

"I guess Emmett's working today," Bella said as she was handed a plate filled with sliced turkey.

"Yes and that is the reason there is still food on the table," Esme laughed. "I already set aside his supper plus seconds."

The food was delicious and the conversation flowed freely as the Cullen's asked Bella for her life story. She told them that her parents divorced when she was nine and that she went to live with her mother Renee. Then her mother got remarried and Bella decided to move to Forks to be with her dad. She told them about her step mom Sue and her brother Seth who she adored.

"Alice mentioned you had a sister as well?" Carlisle said before taking a sip of water from the crystal wine glass.

Bella cleared her throat, "Yes, my step sister Leah. She's married and has a three year old."

"You must love being an Aunt?" Esme was only trying to be nice, but the truth was Bella hated everything about the situation.

"He's a trouble maker," Bella folded her napkin and asked where the washroom was. She needed a break from talking about Leah's happy life.

After getting directions Bella found the washroom or powder room as Esme called it and flicked the light switch on only to be shocked by her appearance.

There was a huge egg shaped lump on her forehead along with an angry red scar. Four tiny bits of threat stuck out from the skin reminded her of Frankenstein's bride. And as if that wasn't enough her eyes were red and puffy because as hard as she tried she could stop the tears that came as she made her way to the washroom.

"Pull yourself together Bella," she said as she splashed some cold water on her face. These people were kind enough to invite her into their home and she had to turn into a freak.

Once she got herself composed, she opened the bathroom door only to come face to face with her attacker. Bella slowly backed up but was trapped by the sink. Riggs slowly entered the small room that seem miniscule with him in it, and simply sniffed Bella. She let the breath that she had been holding out seeing that the dog wasn't going to lunge for her throat.

"Hey boy," Bella held out her hand and got on her knees so the animal wouldn't feel threatened. Upon closer inspection the dog really wasn't that bad. He had the sweetest eyes and when she was brave enough Bella reached out and found that he had the softest fur.

Riggs was enjoying Bella's attention to much and pushed into her body knocking her off balance causing her to end up on her back. The dog decided that she was in a good position to lick. He slobbered all over her face sending Bella into a fit of laughter. Try as she might, she couldn't catch her breath to call out for help.

"I can't believe you let him in," Bella heard Edward say.

"How was I supposed to know he was being punished?" Emmett was with him and Bella prayed they saved her before she ended up peeing in her pants.

"Jesus Riggs!" Edward shouted.

Bella felt the weight of the dog being lifted off her body and when she opened her eyes she saw a very concerned Edward.

"Was she being a meany to you baby boy?" Emmett had the dog's front paws wrapped around his neck. The dog was as tall as the eldest Cullen.

Edward helped Bella off the floor and offered her a towel. Thanks to the over friendly dog, Bella was soaked.

"Hey Emmett," Bella said as she wiped her face. "I have a tin of cookies for you out in my truck."

"Wicked!" he was grinning from ear to ear, "I was getting ready to sick Riggsy here on you if I didn't get my poop cookies."

"He's already given me a few stitches today."

"Seriously?" When Bella pulled back her hair Emmett saw his father's handy stitch work. "Shit."

"That's why we put him outside so he wouldn't attack her again. And now thanks to you she's been molested."

Emmett lowered the dog to the floor and scolded him for misbehaving. The dog that had only moments ago been full of excitement got down on his belly and whimpered stretching one of its paws out as if to say I'm sorry.

"Really it's okay. I'm clumsy by nature so I would have ended up injured somehow today. Besides, Riggs and I have made up and are good friends aren't we boy?" Riggs jumped up with his tail wagging, but knew to keep a safe distance from Bella. "I thought you were working today?" Bella continued as they left the washroom, feeling odd that Edward stayed at her side as if to act as her protector. The odd feeling came from the fact that Bella liked it.

"Today was the big family meet and greet with Isabella Swan. I wouldn't miss that for anything. Plus I wanted to say thanks. You're the reason Ali Cat is moving out and I get to turn her bedroom into a games room."

"The hell you will," Alice screeched. "That room is being made into a shrine!"

Both Emmett and Alice began yelling at one another over what would happen to the now vacated room. Emmett had already mapped out where he would put the pinball machines. The jukebox would go in the corner and the Xbox/Wii/Playstation would be in the center of the room.

"I haven't decided if I want a popcorn machine or a nacho chip station," Emmett knew all the right buttons to push with his sister. Alice ran down over the stairs to find her mother.

"Why must you torment her like that," Edward groaned as he helped Bella down the stairs to see who won fight number nineteen hundred and eighty.

They all found Esme in the kitchen with her hands held up in the air. It was the signal to her children that they needed to stop yelling, "One at a time."

"Tell monkey man that he is not turning my room into a Cheeto dust covered, fart smelling, brain cell killing man cave!"

"Emmett honey," Esme took a deep breath and didn't even try to repeat the rant Alice just went on, "you are not turning your sister's room into a games room."

"Ha!" Before Alice could breakout in her snoopy dance her mother stopped her.

"Nor is the room being kept the way it is. Your father is turning it into an office for me so I can work from home." Both Emmett and Alice opened their mouths to argue but were stopped by the hand again. "I don't want to hear another word on the matter. Alice honey you are moving into a place of your own and Emmett what you are describing we already have downstairs. Now please stop shouting at each other. I can't speak for Bella, but I am getting a headache."

"I am the worst friend in the world," said Alice. "We can skip the movie today if you aren't feeling up to it?"

"Actually yeah, I really don't think a loud theatre is such a good idea today."

"I'd offer to let you lay down in my room, but as my charming mother so eloquently put it I no longer have a room in this house...If you will excuse me I need a moment."

Bella watched as Alice made a dramatic exit. Esme quickly followed to make sure her daughter wasn't too grief stricken with Emmett on her heals trying to make a deal that they could split the room.

"Alone at last," Edward said. "I would apologize for them, but that would mean taking responsibility for them."

This made Bella laugh which in turn made Edward smile which in turn caused Bella heart to flutter.

Get a grip! Bella thought.

"So I was thinking I could drive you to the loft and maybe if you're feeling up to it you could show me how to make those cookies."

"Would you mind if we stayed here for awhile," it must have been the bump on her head but Bella didn't want to leave the Cullen house. There was something not just about Edward, but the entire family that made everything just seem better.

"Sure, we could watch some television?"

"Or we could make the cookies here?"

"Yes we could," Edward burst into motion opening cupboard doors and closing them again all the while taking different ingredients, funny considering he had no clue what actually went into the cookies.

"Edward stop." Bella pushed him out of the way and retrieved the correct ingredients. "We need honey, butter, and one egg. Some vanilla extract, whole wheat flour, some cocoa powder and grape nuts. That's if you want the chocolate recipe. There's also a gingerbread recipe. It all depends on how dark you like your...poop."

"Let's go with the chocolate one," Edward opened the pantry and took out two aprons and handed one of them to Bella.

They stood at the sink and washed their hands and began the deep shit cookie lesson.

"The trick is to first microwave the honey until it bubbles," Bella said as pour a non specific amount into a measuring cup.

"How much honey?"

Bella shrugged her shoulders mumbling something that sounded like I don't know. "My Gram Swan never measured anything. I used to think that was a bad thing. Like cookie chaos, but she told me you just have to feel it."

"Become one with the cookie?"

"Something like that."

They both had their hands deep in the mixture, covered almost up to their elbows in the chocolaty batter. At one point Edward's cheek became itchy and he made the mistake of scratching and getting a smear of chocolate across his cheek.

"Bella," Alice shouted from the other room.

"We're in here," Bella laughed as Edward tried to clean his face and failing miserably.

"Hey," Alice entered the kitchen holding Bella's cell phone in her hand. "Your phone is ringing."

"Um, could you answer it I'm kind of stuck."

"Hello, Bella Swan's phone. Alice Cullen speaking," Alice smiled as the person on the other end spoke. "Oh hey Seth, how are you? Your sister and my brother are covered in chocolate in a non sexual way."

Bella made quick work of cleaning her hands so that she could talk to her brother only to find out that Seth had called to talk to Alice. The girl strolled out of the room deep in conversation.

"Okay then," Bella said ready to get down and dirty again when Edward said that there wasn't any need.

"It's almost ready to go in the freezer so there's no need for you to get messy again."

Bella was about to argue when the song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones began to play.

Edward cursed letting Bella know that it was his cell phone and at the rate it was ringing there was no way he could get clean in time to answer it. "I'm expecting a call from one of my distributers. Do you think you could get it?"

The phone was in one of the pockets of the jeans and Bella was grateful that it was the back one because her face would have gone nuclear if she had to slip her hands in his front one right next to his...

Bella quickly slid the phone out and decided to follow Alice's lead. She hit the button with the green coloured phone on it and said, "Hello, Edward Cullen's phone, Bella Swan speaking." Following Alice's lead was Bella's first mistake. The second was saying, "Yes he's here, but he just needs to clean up before he can come to the phone."

"Put. Him. On. The. Phone." Edward's supplier was not a very nice person.

Edward used a damp tea towel to clean most of the mess from his hands and took the phone from Bella.

"Sorry about that Irina I was just in the middle of," his explanation was cut off. It wasn't Irina, his French roast supplier. "Jesus. I am so sorry." There was a pause as the other person spoke. "I know we were supposed to meet at four I just lost track of time." The person on the other asked a question to which Edward answered, "Yes I was with Bella the whole time." There was one final before Edward told the person that he would meet them in forty five minutes.

"Bella I am so sorry but I have to go. I forgot that I was supposed to be somewhere an hour ago."

It occurred to Bella why Irina was so irritated by her answering Edward's phone. It was because it wasn't Irina at all. It was Tanya...his now thanks to Bella's big mouth very upset girlfriend.

"Go. I'll clean up here," Bella offered.

Edward thanked her and rushed out of the room leaving Bella to clean up the mess all by herself.

Same old, same old.

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I'm the birthday, I'm the birthday, I'm the birthday boy or girl! Well peoples, this week was my b-day and no that was not me fishing for birthday wishes. I got all kinds of Twilight swag including a Rob Pattinson cookie jar, a compacted mirror that has Mr. Rob's picture on it and three Twilight birthday cards (one that even plays music!).

For those of you who are interested I've put the link to the Deep Shit cookies on my profile. I just want to let you all know that I have no connection to this recipe. I Googled weird cookie recipes and thought this one would be perfect for the story.

This week's REC is "Rebel Child, And A Preachers Daughter" by "i'm random girl". Summary: Bella is trying to break out of the mold her Baptist preacher father has made for her. She tries to remain true to herself while falling for the bad boy. Follow her on her road to self discovery. AH.M-rated for language, sex, drugs, drinking, religious ref. I love this story and am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next chapter.