BPOV

After groaning for a bit, I decided it was better to try and get a little bit more sleep before I was expected to be up for breakfast. It didn't feel like I had closed my eyes for very long before I heard the horn sound, a loud shrill sound that had me sitting up seconds after the note had sounded. I sighed, rubbed my eyes, and looked at Alice. Somehow she was still fast asleep, while looking at her sleeping form, a little prank crept into my mind. Not anything huge, payback for last night needed hours put into it… and more than likely a little dose of the childish entertainment that came from Emmett.

Focusing on back on the task at hand, I quickly got up and had a little rummage through her rucksack, grabbing all her army gear. Putting it in a pile on my bed, I then quickly changed into army gear for the day, placed all my fake hair on, and then grabbed my extra clothes as well. I walked out of the tent , having a bit of a laugh imagining Alice's face when she woke up and found she had no clothes to wear. I was considering hiding them, but instead I just sat next to the tent, I wasn't that suicidal.

The second, and final, horn rang out; my ears were still not impressed. I heard her start to stir, just the slight rustling of bedding, which gave way to little mutterings about needing to pee. Still trying to hold in the beginnings of my laughter, I looked up and out across the field where all the tents were set up. I noticed that quite a few of the men were up, and that Emmett seemed to be standing by himself. I didn't get up, but threw a cautionary hand wave his way. He saw me, smiled and started to make his way over.

"Hey the-" before he could finish, I quickly put my finger to my lips in a 'hush' movement. He looked at me quizzically.

In response I patted the grass next to me, and he obliged, sitting down quietly. "I have all of his clothes," I whispered to him.

His smile grew, "How'd you manage that?"

"Well he hadn't woken up after the first horn, and I wanted to get some payback for last night…"

"Wait, is this it?" he asked, "This is the best you could come up with after last night?"

I smiled evilly, "No Emmett, this," I gestured to the clothes, "Is just the entrée."

"Ah, so what's for the main course?"

I shrugged, "not sure yet, care to be my sues chef?"

"I thought you'd never ask." I gave him a warm smile in response.

I was about to comment on what was taking 'him' so long, when a muffled shriek came from the tent, followed by a string of profanities.

"Where, in the name of all that is holy are my CLOTHES!" Emmett and I just sat there, silently shaking. "I should've known B would do something like this on the first day of this piece of shit camp!"

An involuntary snort escaped me, and I turned to Emmett, wide eyed but still laughing. Emmett gave me a hit on the shoulder, while it may have seen gentle to him, the effect was much greater. I was pushed forward, hitting my chin against the hard ground.

"Shit, Brian! You ok?"

I rolled over to face Emmett; as soon as our eyes met we burst out laughing.

"You Jerk! Give me back my clothes!" Out came Alice, with all her get up on, but her body was wrapped in one of the blankets. The look on her face could've killed Bambi.

Still laughing, I just threw her clothes at her and attempted to stand and pick up the clothes I had dropped. After laughing so much my stomach was hurting so much and my legs had turned to jelly. I had to take some really deep breaths to calm myself, before I could step back into the tent to chuck everything back into my bag. Without saying a word to Alice's scowling face, I quickly left. I just knew that if I looked at her face I would either soil my pants, or just start up laughing again, so I played it safe.

Once outside I saw that Emmett too had composed himself a bit better, "shall we walk to breakfast or wait for Albert?"

"I think he still needs a few moments to cool off, he'll sit with us when he's ready." I reasoned.

He simply grinned and we walked over to the bunch of tables, and the unmistakable smell of burnt food.

…..

Alice eventually found us, and after complaining that it 'wasn't funny' she eventually became happy and bubbly again.

"So Brian, who's your team leader?" Emmett asked as we were cleaning up our trays.

Alice giggled softly but I ignored her, "Edward."

His eyes widened, "You must have had bad karma in another life Brian, after last night I don't think he'll be very easy on you."

"Tell me something I don't know Emmett." I rolled my eyes at him in frustration, "Anyway, who do you have?"

"Edward as well, so I'll be there with my front row tickets" he grinned.

I grumbled in response. There wasn't that much I could really say, for the rest of my duration here I was in the deepest shit known to man. I was about to voice my thoughts on this when another loud horn noise sounded throughout the camp, so instead I looked to Alice with a look of confusion.

"The third horn is to signal it's time for us to gather at our designated areas for training," She explained, "Emmett was there last night so he knows where to go." She turned away and started walking briskly, "You don't want to be late B; you'll have enough on your plate as it is!" She yelled over her shoulder before she was lost in a sea of bodies.

I looked to Emmett, "Care to lead the way?"

"Sure thing BB," he said as he turned down a row of tents.

I had to partially jog to keep up with his strides, "BB? You know Brian only starts with one B?"

He grinned widely, showing his dimples "Yes, but in honour of last night I shall refer to you as Barfing Brian, or BB for short." I scowled at him, and attempted to punch him in the stomach. He laughed and avoided it with ease, "Careful there BB, save that for the training today." He said with a wink and turned away from me.

I growled in response and jumped onto his back once he had turned away, he started falling backwards, but instead of jumping off as he fell, I simply climbed higher up his massive body and swung myself around so I was facing him. He hit the ground with a huge thud and attempted to roll over to dislodge me; I was able to hold on through his attempts and got a few punches in as well. What fuelled my anger even more was the fact he kept laughing at me, having an older brother made me seriously competitive, and my biggest pet peeve was people making fun of me. His laughing and teasing got me to a point where I saw red, my punching was joined by kicking, slapping, biting, and to finish it off – a huge thrust of my knee straight into his manhood. THAT managed to shut the oaf up.

I stood over him with my hands on hips and a smug smile on my face. It took me a moment to realise that we had an audience; my eyes roamed the shocked faces surrounding us. Emmett was still rolling on the ground groaning, "Brian…. How could you?" He moaned, "I wanted children one day you know…"

While I was taking deeps breathes to calm myself down, there was a shout from the outer circle of the men, and all of a sudden they all scrambled away until one lone figure stood before Emmett and I. I squinted at his face; the sun was rising behind him which cast his face into shadows. My gut started to get butterflies, and I groaned, knowing who it was before he even opened his mouth to speak.

"What on earth are you two playing at!?" He yelled at us, looking from me to Emmett, who had managed to get onto one knee.

"Captain," Emmett said with a wince, "just a little friendly rivalry is all." My eyebrows rose in surprise, I was certain he was going to rat me out.

Edward frowned, "Rivalry." He stated, "Between two men on the same side?" He turned to me, "Brian how is it that Emmett has all the evidence of a fight, while you have not a scratch or bruise upon you?"

His eyes practically set me on fire; it took all my will power, and more, to remind myself to keep breathing. In, out… In, out… In, out… his eyes are such a lovely shade of green… straight nose… high cheekbones… I was staring at his lips, and before I could help myself my tongue came out and wetted my bottom lip. His mouth dropped open in response, my eyes widened when I realised what I had just done. To add to my mortification, I could feel a rush of blood rise to my cheeks under his surprised stare.

I have to fix this! "Uh… Well sir, it would seem, I … Uh… was better than him?" To be honest I didn't really hear what he had asked me, it was weird seeing him after last night. It felt like I actually missed being near him, even though it had been mere hours since the train ride.

He chuckled darkly, the noise snapping me out of my thoughts, "I highly doubt that Brian. Why you barely even reach his chest with your height, I'm sure that if he were actually trying you wouldn't stand a chance." It sounded like he was trying to be cold as he spoke to me, but his eyes made me feel warm, so I didn't really take any of what he said to heart.

"Oh yeah?" I challenged, while raising an eyebrow teasingly.

He frowned at me, "We'll see how you go up against him today Brian, if you beat him. You can fight me." A murmur went around the group of trainees.

I rolled my eyes; Edward was apparently the best fighter this camp had ever seen – that is until I turned up. I smiled wickedly, "You're on."

He nodded curtly and turned around, "Everyone form half sections and FOLLOW ME!" he yelled.

I quickly helped Emmett stand the rest of the way up and dragged him into place, "hey," he said, "I didn't need any help to stand."

"Then why on earth were you still on one knee clutching yourself?"

"I think I was in shock," he chuckled, "I think you just made today ten times worse for yourself Brian, seriously… As if last night wasn't bad enough! Now you're duelling Edward, did you know he was – "

"The head guard in Her Majesties castle. Yes Emmett I know, just as I know I can take him down and wipe that smug little smirk off his face."

He looked at me dubiously but didn't say a word.

…

By the time lunch time came around I was stuffed. I collapsed at the table that I had found Alice sitting at, and placed my head on the table. Wincing as the muscles in my back seized up as I stretched out.

"What happened to him?" I heard Alice ask Emmett.

"Edward was twice as hard on him as anyone else, if the troop had to do thirty push ups, our little Brian here had to do sixty." He snorted, "Brian actually kept up really well, but that seemed to make Edward really mad. So by the end of it Brian was nearly doing three times as much."

Alice gasped, and I felt her weight lift from the other side of the table and place itself next to me, "B?" she asked, "How are you feeling?"

"Like I'm dying…" I moaned to get the point across.

"Oh B, stop exaggerating! Here, I'll work on your muscles during lunch."

I turned my head to look at her, "But you need to eat as well."

"Don't worry I will," She said reassuringly, "Jasper barely made me do a thing so I'm really not that hungry."

I groaned, "You lucky pixie…" I looked at her hopefully, "Swapsies?"

Emmett laughed, "Oh no you don't Brian, after all, you still have your duel after lunch."

Alice looked at me sternly, "B? Care to explain?"

I sighed, "Well I may have gotten angry at Emmett earlier."

"Yes, yes, I heard about that. Get to the good bit."

"Edward didn't believe that I had beaten Emmett without Emmett letting me, as I hadn't been hit." She nodded encouragingly, "I said I was just better, so Edward said if I beat Emmett without cheating," I rolled my eyes and so did Alice, "Then I could prove myself up against him."

Alice raised an eyebrow, "Him being…" her eyes widened. "B, I know you're a great fighter, but you said no didn't you?"

Emmett laughed again, "He said yes Albert."

Alice looked at me in horror, "No!"

"Yes!" I retorted defiantly.

"No!"

"Yes!"

"NO!"

"YES!" I screamed. All the tables went silent, the only noise coming from Emmett as he tried, unsuccessfully I might add, to hide his laughter. "Excuse me," I muttered.

I quickly got up and made my way through the tables, attempting to ignore the whispering as I past. I never thought men could be as bad as women, all the gossiping and the lies that come from the observers. When I had made it out of their sight, I took off running towards the group of gum trees that were next to the camp. There were wattles trees spotted around the place, providing a bit of cover as I continued to run. I don't know why but I couldn't stop, my lungs were burning for more oxygen than I could get in, and my already fatigued muscles were screaming in pain.

Suddenly my foot hit a rock and I went sprawling against the ground, pain hit my face but I couldn't be bothered to get up. I hurt too much. I ended up rolling over and watching the galahs and cockatoos screeched in the trees above me. Why am I here? I asked myself, I claim that it is to save my brother from being here… but I never had to sign those papers… Why must I be so rash? Mother would be disappointed in me for not being a proper lady… I let the tears start to fall. I wished my parents were still here, I wished that I hadn't let Alice chop all my hair off, I wished I could just be a normal woman in our town, and most of all I wished I hadn't lied to Ben. My dear brother.

I closed my eyes and took deep breaths, slowly the tears stopped and I was able to think clearly. Mum and Dad wouldn't have wanted me to give up, Edward is just a man, there are plenty more. My hair will grow back, and once I am done here Brian Swan would've never existed. I sat up and looked around at my surroundings, it was late afternoon and the sunset was starting to colour the sky. With a sigh I stood up, my muscles even worse than what they were before. I started walking back in the general direction of the camp, surprised by how long it actually took me to get back. I hadn't realised that I ran that far.

"B!" I turned to the sound, only to be knocked to the ground by Alice, "B I was worried when you didn't come back. I'm so sorry for trying to control what you wanted to do, please forgive me!" She sounded really upset.

"Al, it's ok. I swear, I just needed time to think about what I really wanted." I put my arms around her and gave her a hug. "Just let me get up so then I can apologize to the Captain, I'll meet you in our tent ok?"

She nodded, and lifted herself off me. "Okay," She said through a watery smile, "I'll see you soon then." I nodded in response and she walked off.

As I was approaching the Captains tent I heard yelling, not sure what was going on I slowed my pace and tried to listen.

"Where could he be? What if he got hurt? This is all my fault!" It sounded like Edward, but who could he be yelling about?

"Edward calm down," I was able to recognise Jasper's voice, "I'm sure Brian will turn up, just wait until morning." I froze. They were talking about me? The tent flap opened and Jasper stood in the opening. "Just go to bed mate, it'll be fine," he said before walking off.

I really didn't want to go into the tent to see Edward now, but I knew that I had too, for his sake at least. I approached the tent flap cautiously, not sure how to announce myself I simply coughed. "Who is it?" Edward snapped.

Instead of replying, I simply opened the flap and walked in, what I saw made me gasp. All his belongings were thrown all over the place, his bed sheets torn into strips and broken furniture in the corner. He looked up from his chair, miraculously the only thing not broken, and relief flooded his features. He stood up and in what seemed like seconds he was in front of me.

My voice failed me, with him so close it was all I could do not to lean into him and place my arms around his waist. I tilted my head up as he was so very tall compared to me, and I studied his face. He seemed confused about something, and a small crease had turned up between his eyes. Smiling softly, I lifted my hand and smoothed it away. He closed his eyes in response.

EPOV

"What are you doing?" I asked him. His fingers immediately left my face, and I was disappointed. I didn't want him to stop. I opened my eyes, "No…" I whispered as I took his hand, "Don't stop," and I placed his hand onto my cheek.

His eyes widened as he felt my skin under his palm, and all I could do was stare into the deep brown eyes that always held me captive. With one hand holding his to my face, I snaked my other arm around his impossibly tiny waist, marvelling at how soft he felt under his clothes. Suddenly he ripped himself away from me, and went to the other side of the tent.

His hands were trembling, and his eyes looked panicked. I started towards him again, I felt like a predator stalking its prey. Some little voice in the back of my head was telling me to stop, telling me to think about what I was doing. Brian spoke up, "Sir, I just came to apologise for this afternoon. I didn't mean to cause trouble, or mislead you. I'm only interested in women, also if you do try anything with me, I will tell the whole camp.

I raised an eyebrow at his words, "Need I remind you Brian," I took another step towards him, "You started this back on the train."

He nodded and took a deep breath, "Yes, but I didn't think you were gay, so I didn't think anything of it."

I stopped, and frowned. "I-I'm not…" I shook my head. I'm either gay or not, which one will it be Edward? I thought of Bella, and how she had decided on someone else. My feelings towards her were still strong, and I couldn't do this to another man if I were ever to make her mine. I looked back at Brian, "I'm not gay." I stated, "Apology accepted, you may leave." He nodded quickly and practically ran out of my tent.

I sat down on the last remaining chair, and put my face in my hands. I was decided; I would win Bella back from the man I saw her with. Now all I needed to do was make it through a few weeks until the training break.

She will be mine.

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