Chapter 7

I stared at Eddy. I'm going to see Renée today, and that means that I need someone to watch Eddy. First off, I thought of Jacob. Mainly because of the way I saw him playing with Eddy. Though, still, Eddy and Edward need to bond. If not soon, then when?

Of course Edward agreed to watch over Eddy while I was in Florida. Because it's not like he would say straight up that he didn't want to. I know he doesn't, but I know that it'd be to the extreme if he actually tells me.

Now the rest of the Cullens are a different story. Actually, no, Rosalie's a different story. It's not like she dislikes Eddy. She hates Eddy

So still pretty anxious, I started the car and headed to the Cullen House. Yeah, it really should be capitalized, right?

Edward's POV

I have absolutely no idea why I agreed to watching over Eddy for the weekend. NO idea. But I mean, at least Rosalie hasn't killed herself.

That may be because she doesn't know yet.

But she will . . .

The doorbell rang, and I staggered over to answer it. But Rosalie beat me to the punch. Her eyes were wide as she opened the door revealing Bella gripping Eddy's leash tightly.

"Um . . . Bella, hello, but um . . . what is that doing here?" She growled.

I walked up to stand beside Rose, and smiled at them.

"Hey Bella."

She nodded, still a little confused at why Rosalie doesn't know yet.

"Edward. Rosalie." She nodded towards each of us and walked in, handing the leash to me in the process. "Okay, he usually has to go to the bathroom twice in the middle of the night but that won't be trouble for you two." She smiled awkwardly. "And . . . uh . . . I brought his kibble, it's in my truck. And he might not eat the first hour or so that you set the food down because he'll think that you're serial killers that just laid out poison for him."

I cocked an eyebrow and just nodded. "Okay."

"And . . ." she continued. "If the food is laid out for more than an hour, then sprinkle it with lemon juice. But just a sprinkle, because too much lemon with kibble is not a good combo, trust me. And he likes to be read "Good Night Bone" before he goes to sleep."

My eyes widened at her.

But she just laughed. "Ah, I'm just kidding on that last one. But yeah, he might go tinkle in the house because he's not housetrained yet. As much as I tried, he doesn't like to . . . go, when he's outside. It makes him nervous I don't know why. Possibly he thinks that if he opens up to nature then he'll be swallowed by a big black hole."

"What the crap?" Rosalie growled.

Bella shrugged. "I'm just saying. His expression whenever he goes outside is, "if he opens up to nature then he'll be swallowed by a big black hole".

We blinked at her, and she bit her lip. "Well . . ." she leaned on her heal and looked to the door. "I will go get the kibble and I'll be on my way. Thanks again."

As she ran out to the car, Rosalie stared at me, her nose crinkled in disgust. "Um . . . Edward? Yeah, don't let him come into my room."

She stalked off to the upstairs and I looked back through the doorway. Bella was now dragging what seemed like a two-ton bag of kibble. I ran to help her.

"Whoa!" I lifted it for her.

"Thanks." She panted. "Once he knows that you're legit, he'll eat like there's no tomorrow. Well," she looked to her car anxiously, "Good luck! Love you."

I smiled. "I love you too."

She looked around awkwardly. "I was . . ." she cleared her throat. "Talking to Eddy, but I love you so much Edward! Yeah, so much more than anything else and I'll see you later!"

She jumped in her car and drove off as fast as it could. I looked down to Eddy, his ears were down and he was already starting to whimper.

"Hey, dog. What's up?" I mumbled.

He looked up to me, and even he had an, you crazy? Look on his face.

"C'mon," I pulled his leash, annoyed into the house where Alice was standing in the doorway, her arms crossed.

"Edward, Edward, Edward." She shook her head disappointedly. "When will you learn not to be such a pushover? I mean come on! And just so you know, there's a wonderful kennel a few blocks away. I'm sure that little Eddy, here, would be much happier there than in this stuffy old house." She grabbed Eddy's leash and began walking to her car. But I stopped her.

"Now, Alice. I promised Bella I'd watch Eddy myself. She loves this dog so much, she'd never approve of him staying at a kennel."

She laughed. "Edward, Edward, Edward. She never has to know." She chuckled.

I sighed. "Alice, c'mon. This'll be easier than you think. And remember, it's just a weekend. It's not like a whole week!"

She rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "Well can he at least sleep outside?"

"It'll be raining." I murmured. "And you should know, Alice."

She groaned.

"And besides, I'm sure he'll be perfectly content in the kitchen. Remember, you can have nothing to do with him the whole time he's here."

I took the leash back and walked him, along with the kibble that was almost heavy to me, back inside the house and got ready for a weekend of pure, unadulterated horror.