I own nothing. Stephenie Meyer is the owner of all things Twilight. I just drove them to therapy.
Yep- 2 chapters at once :) You aren't dreaming.
Love is in the Air
BPOV
Rose led me to a secluded spot in the back of yard. She had a blanket already spread out on the ground in the shade. She strolled over and set the picnic basket in the center of the blanket and waved me over with her hand. "Come sit with me Bella."
I cautiously sat down and felt my hands trembling, I couldn't stand the suspense any more I had to ask "Rose and you going to kill me for having that dream about Emmett ? I swear it wasn't my fault and I am totally horrified by it, I just..."
"Bella, it was all Jasper's doing I know that. Poor Esme had to pin me to the wall most of the night to keep me from running off to Emmett and I'm a vampire. His emotions affect humans much stronger, so there was nothing you could do. I blame him completely. That's why we are going to set my little plan in motion soon, and truthfully, your dream just makes things even easier..." She said, pausing to think about something.
I looked over and rose had pulled a bowl of fruit, waffles, and orange juice out of the basket and was arranging it all on a plate for me. It smelled so good. "Wow Rose thank you, it looks like you went to a lot of trouble." I smiled appreciatively at her.
"I really am trying to make an effort Bella, I know you love Edward and he loves you, and if we manage to get some revenge on Jasper, I will love you too!" She teased as she held out the plate of food to me.
Everything tasted delicious. Esme must have helped her pull this off but I was truly touched by the gesture. As I ate the fruit I could faintly hear Edward's piano in the background, it made me smile. The last piece of fruit crossed my lips when Rose grabbed the plate from my hand and leaned in "Ok, now that you're done eating, time to plan our revenge."
She spent the next ten minutes laying out a strategy to get Jasper into big trouble with Carlisle, since he was the only person Jasper was truly afraid of. Some parts of the plan had me terrified to put it mildly, and some made me blush.
"So Bella what do you think" Rosalie asked wide eyed awaiting my response.
"I think we have to tell Edward what is going on, otherwise he might...overreact, just a little bit." That got a laugh from Rose.
"Yeah, he just might kill one of them that wouldn't be good. I'll tell Edward when we get in the house." She tapped the side of her head to let me know it would be a silent conversation so no one else would find out. "But you need to make him go along with it because he won't like the plan, he has no sense of adventure."
"I can take care of Edward, he isn't allowed to decide anything on his own...What about Emmett, do you want to tell him what I'm going to do?" I assumed she wanted him informed so he didn't do anything rash like Edward, but the grin on her face told me otherwise.
"No, let's keep him in the dark for the first part, He enjoyed the fact that you had a dream about him way too much. He deserves to feel a little uncomfortable." Rose snickered. "Are you ready?" she asked as she stood up and offered me her hand. I placed my hand in hers as she gently pulled me to my feet.
"Let the games begin." I said as I gave her shoulder a little hug.
We came around the side of the house and when we saw the driveway we both froze. Five UPS, Mail and fed Ex trucks were sitting in the driveway unloading box after box onto the front porch. We looked at each other, laughed and said in unison "Alice!"
"Alice! Why does the front porch look like a UPS sorting station?" I asked loudly. Alice's squeal came from upstairs and continued down as the little pixie flew past us to the porch.
As soon as Edward heard my voice he stopped playing and opened his arms to me. I skipped over to him and curled up next to him on the piano bench.
"How was your picnic?" He asked sweetly as he kissed my hair.
"Fun, oh Rose has something to tell you and you have decided to go along with it, got it?" I said as I felt his body tense at my words. I looked over at Rose and could tell she had started laying things out for him. When I looked up he was just shaking his head no over and over.
"Go with the flow Edward." Rose snapped "Bella has already decided for you."
The argument was interrupted by Alice flying around the family room. "What is she doing?" I whispered to Edward.
He stifled a laugh, "Just watch Bella, you have to see this for yourself."
Very systematically, Alice started opening the boxes and arranging the contents onto the dining room table. She cleared off a set of nearby shelves and began stacking clothes on them. In ten short minutes, Alice had created her own store in the Cullen's dining room and hallway, complete with her own full length mirror and partition divider. I stared unbelieving, she had made a dressing room.
She spent the next 45 minutes 'shopping' through the house. She must have ordered clothes she would never wear just so she could scoff at them and say how ugly they were. She also got multiple sizes so when she would try something on and it wouldn't fit right she could keep searching for the correct size. We watched in horrified amazement and Jasper just watched from the couch in stunned silence.
She finally put her 'purchases' in a shopping bag that she had probably found in her closet and skipped upstairs happily, "Jazz, I just got back from shopping, I'm going to run upstairs and reorganize the closet again. I'll be back in a bit."
"Simulated shopping isn't going against the rules of homework?" I asked Carlisle with a questioning look in my eyes.
He simply shrugged his shoulders. "Bella, there is only so much I can do."
I could feel Jasper's irritation flood the room, "She's doing her best Bella. This is very hard for her you know."
"I know Jasper, I was just asking! Thanks for all the irritation though, that's a lot of fun.." I snapped back to him.
"I didn't hear you complaining about my emotions when my lust made you have dirty dreams about us last night!" He shot back.
I felt him change his emotions immediately and now the room was filled with regret. "I'm sorry I made fun of Alice, Jasper." I said apologetically.
"I'm sorry I laughed at her before too." Emmett added sadly.
"Thanks guys. I'm sorry, I've just been trying so hard to keep her calm, that I feel completely emotionally spent. Forgive me?" He asked sweetly.
"Of course I forgive you Jasper. How could I stay mad at you when you are filling the room with all this happiness?" I teased. Overcome with emotion, Emmett ran over and hugged him,
"I better go check on her." Jasper said softly before heading upstairs.
"Hey Edward, I wanted to talk to you about getting some more power under the hood of the Volvo. Can you join me in the garage?" Rose's suggestion was the signal to launch the plan into action.
"Edward decided he will join you Rosalie. Have fun..." I waved as Edward shot me an apprehensive look but he grudgingly followed Rose.
I went over to the couch where Emmett was sitting and flopped down next to him."Hi Emmett. How are you holding up?" I asked with concern.
"Seven more hours right? I can make it as long as Jasper backs off a little bit. Hopefully Alice's little freak out will occupy him and make him put a cap on all that lust he was sending at me last night." Emmett grumbled.
That was just the segway I needed to launch Rosalie's plan into motion. Forgive me Edward... was all I could think as I moved closer to Emmett.
I let out a huge, fake yawn and leaned onto Emmett's side. He chuckled and raised his arms up so I could snuggle up next to him and then draped it across my shoulders.
"Tired Bella? I guess you really didn't get a good night's sleep with all those dreams you were having and all." Emmett teased.
"Oh, yeah. Those dreams definitely kept me awake last night." I purred into his side. I snaked my arm across his stomach as I laid there in his arms. I immediately felt his body tense.
"Um...well it was just a dream and all Bella, you know...no big deal." He stammered. The plan was working.
I pulled my head away from his side and asked innocently "Emmett, can you keep a secret?"
Happy I wasn't attached to his hip, literally, he relaxed a bit "Sure Bella, I am a great secret-keeper!" He said enthusiastically.
"Want to hear my secret?" I asked playfully.
"Sure!" He said. It was now or never, and I had to keep a straight face. I pulled myself up onto my knees and leaned over him putting my lips right up to his ear. He stopped breathing as I leaned in and whispered in the sexiest voice I could muster "You looked really hot in my dream Emmett. I think even a bit hotter than Edward if I'm being completely truthful."
The next thing I knew my face was crashing into the couch cushions, because Emmett had disappeared from under me.
"HELP!! SOMEONE HELP!!" Emmett started screaming. I saw Jasper on the top of the stairs and Carlisle came running in from the office.
"Emmett what in the world is wrong?" Carlisle demanded. Edward and Rose appeared in the corner of the room, Rose was biting her lip to keep from laughing and Edward looked ill.
Emmett held out a shaking finger in my direction "Sh...She just...I think...Bella just came onto me!"
Carlisle's eyes immediately went over to Jasper on the stairs. "Jasper, I thought we had a talk about this! You can't keep doing this to Bella!"
"What? I didn't do anything!" Jasper gasped.
Carlisle gave him a warning glare "Behave Jasper...behave!"
Jasper threw his arms into the air in frustration and went back to his room. I could hear Alice screaming about needing more hangers.
Rose came over to me and Emmett jumped in between us "Rose baby, come on, don't hurt her. She just couldn't control herself around me after that dream. It's all Jasper's fault, let it go."
Edward rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms tightly around my waist. "Get a grip Emmett, she was acting." I could no longer contain my laughter.
"Sorry Emmett, you were a pawn in the plan to bring down Jasper." He looked to Rose who smiled and nodded her head.
"That's what you get for being so happy Bella had a dirty dream about you Em. Be happy I didn't take out my anger on your Jeep."
"Oh thank God! That was freaky Bella, don't ever hit on me again okay, I don't think my heart could handle it...I need to shower I feel all dirty." Emmett mumbled as he walked off alone.
"Well done Bella, lets move onto the next phase of the plan." Rose said excitedly. We had to be patient and wait for Jasper to come back downstairs before we could begin. Edward went off and found Emmett and the two of them headed off into the woods so Edward could tell him the final phase of the plan.
Rose and I were sitting in the family room when Jasper finally came downstairs looking exhausted. Alice flew past us, 'purchased' a few more items from the 'store' and ran back upstairs to her room to continue to live in her own fantasy world.
"How are you holding up Jasper?" Rose asked kindly as she flipped through her magazine.
"Six hours, nine minutes, and thirty nine seconds until she can shop again...but who's counting." He mumbled as he sat in the chair, laying his head back and closing his eyes.
Rose winked at me and started asking me questions. "So Bella, tell me more about this dream of yours.."
"Rose do we really need to talk about it again? I told you guys everything." I said as I shifted uncomfortably in my chair. Jasper kept his eyes closed, like he wasn't listening. I thought of the most embarrassing moment of my life and let the blush flow into my cheeks.
"But I mean honestly it must have been a really hot dream." My mind went to a vision of a shirtless Edward pressed against my body and I allowed my feelings of lust to grow. Jasper twitched.
"No, it wasn't that great really." Now, Jasper thought I was lying.
"Did you think Emmett looked hot?" I thought of an eye surgery I saw on TV once and felt repulsed, Jasper started smiling.
"He looked nice Rose, that's all I can say." Jasper was hanging on every word now and Rose could see it too.
"What about good old Jasper there, I bet he wants to know what you thought of him." Rose said barely keeping her voice steady.
I closed my eyes and thought about the first time I kissed Edward, and let the passion and love I felt fill my entire body. The emotion hit Jasper so strong he fell back out of the chair with a loud thud. He was convinced those feelings were about him...
Emmett and Edward walked in right at that moment. "Jasper man are you okay? What happened?"
Jasper looked like he saw a ghost when he heard Edward's voice. "Nothing, I just fell... going to go help Alice...bye!" and he scurried upstairs in a flash.
"I don't even want to know." Edward mumbled as he came and sat next to me on the couch. "Are we almost done with this whole thing?"
"Almost. Emmett baby are you ready to put on a show?" Rose asked in her sweetest voice that could get Emmett to do anything.
"It's kinda weird and really uncomfortable Rose. She shot him her sweetest smile. "Come on, Em it will be fun."
"Well if you guys think it will work, I'll give it a shot. Just don't let Carlisle kill me please..." Emmett's was extremely concerned.
Esme came out of Carlisle's office a few moments later. Rose grabbed her arm and dragged her into the backyard, now the new family meeting spot to tell her the plan. For this to work having Esme be surprised wouldn't be a good idea.
Edward hugged me tightly while they were gone. "So are you having fun yet?"
"Actually I am. This plan is the best bonding activity Rosalie could have come up with!" I answered with excitement. Edward looked baffled by my enthusiasm.
"You girls really get into these little plans of yours..." He mumbled as he kissed my neck.
"Hello, Brother not allowed to have sex standing right here...can you get your lips off her neck please?" Emmett growled from the corner of the room.
'Sorry Emmett, just trying to get you in the mood for your part..." I giggled. Emmett and Edward both shuddered at the thought.
"Not funny Bella." Emmett said.
Rose and Esme were back from the yard and Esme didn't look nearly as angry as I expected. As a matter of fact, she looked excited to be in on the plan. Edward chuckled quietly, her thoughts were amusing to him. She winked at Emmett who's eyes got huge as he started pacing silently back and forth.
Sensing his apprehension, Rose walked toward Emmett and said "Don't move." She put her mouth up to his ear and whispered something at vampire speed. Edward cringed either because he heard what she said or saw the image it conjured up in Emmett's head. Either way I assumed she was telling him how he would be rewarded for his participation in her plan.
With new motivation, Emmett grinned, took a deep breath and headed into the kitchen after Esme. Rose nodded her head at me and I said to Edward "what in the world is going on with Emmett and Esme?" Knowing it would have two effects. First being Carlisle would catch it, but not think anything of it and second, it would peek Jasper's curiosity. Like clockwork, I heard Jasper come up behind us and say "So, what is going on?"
Edward pointed over to the kitchen where Emmett was leaning back against the counter next to Esme as she washed the dishes from my picnic with Rosalie. While she was looking down in the sink, her hair fell over her shoulder and Emmett leaned over and brushed it back behind her ear. Esme stopped scrubbing the soapy dish and smiled at him. His hand move from the side of her head to her shoulders. We heard Esme moan when he touched her which made everyone in the room jump up and run over for a closer look. Emmett had moved behind her and was massaging her shoulders.
I threw my hand over my mouth at the sight before me. Jasper's face was priceless as he stared at them in disbelief. I could sense him trying to get a feel for everyone's emotions but Emmett and Esme must be selling this one well because he was completely buying it. "Look, he's hitting on Esme!" Jasper said quietly. Edward was chuckling because I was sure Esme and Emmett's thoughts were hilarious right now. But unexpectedly, his head snapped toward the study, he must have heard Carlisle's thoughts which were probably murderous when he heard what Jasper had said.
Carlisle flew into the room and stopped in the center of the kitchen. Esme dropped the dish she had been scrubbing into the sink in surprise. Emmett jumped ten feet away from Esme. Rose and Edward exchanged a frightened glance and I immediately looked down at me feet, not wanting to see the rage in his eyes.
"Jasper..." Carlisle hissed.
I waited for the rest of his reaction, but it never came. I looked up and was surprised to see him still glaring at Jasper. Without a word, he walked over to the phone and dialed. "Hello. Yes this is Carlisle Cullen. I'm sorry to bother you over the weekend Dr. Dover, but we need an emergency session, my son was hitting on my wife, my daughter in law seems to be is hitting on her brother in laws after a dream she had last night, and Alice is hallucinating that she is shopping in her own bedroom. Yes. Fine we'll see you in thirty minutes. Thank You."
He snapped the phone shut and turned to all of us "Get yourselves in the cars, we're going in for an emergency session with the doctor. Emmett, you ride with Edward and Bella so I don't kill you. Jasper get your loony wife down here, tell her you're taking her to the mall but she's going even if we have to carry her into the office kicking and screaming. And if I feel a single emotion, other than peace and tranquility from you, I will ask Dr. Dover about a lobotomy for you. Rosalie Hale, you will come with Esme and I, I have some questions for you young lady..."
Well...what did you think? Rose did a pretty good job...Jasper took the fall for all the crazy things that happened. Dr. Dover will return in the next chapter...
Go vote on my profile for the poll...it's only up a short time The final showdown for Favorite line by Edward in Twilight. And as always...review!