Hi guys! A little early but here is the second part of the chapter! It's a bit of a funny filler but we needed it to move on.
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:
-I received a few reviews saying that 'Too Gay For You' plot looked too much like the plot of an Asian TV series. I want to clarify something: On the AN of the first chapter I clearly stated that TGFY was adapted from an Asian TV Series, that I only took the plot and the rest is all me. I work hard on this story and enjoy it; it's a little infuriating that I get criticized because some people didn't read things before starting the story. I didn't lie and told the truth to all of you, if you can't accept it then I guess you just don't have to read. Thank you.
-I have exams coming and won't be able to write much in the next month or so BUT I already prepared a few updates for you including an Esme's Diary update and 6 chapters of my new story, which will be up soon. Maybe a chapter of TGFY but I am not promising anything…
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Too Gay For You
Chapter 6: Our crazy lives (Part 2)
Bella slowly pushed the front door of their little house open praying that Rosalie was either at work or anywhere else but here. She tiptoed into the house toward the living room. There was Rosalie looking at her with an anxious expression on her face.
Edward was right: she does look like hell.
Bella was shocked; Rosalie Swan does not look like hell, EVER!
Her sister did not look like the woman she had grown up with. Her hair looked like she had been tugging on it for hours, black mascara tear tracks ran down her cheeks; her white blouse was wrinkled and her black thigh highs were loose and torn in several spots. She looked like she had been pacing, her phone clutched in her hand.
Rosalie was looking at Bella as if she wasn't sure if she was hallucinating or not. She had every intention of turning away and ignoring her but Rosalie charged at her, hands reaching out toward Bella who instinctively put her arms up to protect her face, thinking Rosalie was going to slap her again.
She was surprised when Rosalie threw her arms around her hugging her tightly and gently rocking them from side to side. Bella considered pushing her away, to make her understand that she was still hurt and angry and wouldn't forgive her that easily…but she heard Rosalie whisper a broken "I'm so sorry" then her whispers turned to loud sobs.
At this point, Bella wasn't sure how to react. Rosalie never apologizes to anyone and she never cries . So what brought this on? Was she regretful and crying for the first time in years was her way of showing it? Bella didn't have time to ponder about that because Rosalie pulled back and grabbed her face between her hands, turning it from side to side.
"Are you hurt? Are you ok?" Rosalie asked in a frantic voice. She gave Bella the once over and gave a sigh of relief when she saw that she was unharmed and perfectly fine. But still she kept on fussing over her to the point that Bella actually had to push her away with a loud and irritated 'Stop that!'. Rosalie immediately backed away her eyes wide, looking like a scared kitten.
Bella had never seen Rosalie Swan look like a scared kitten. Was it a full moon or something? Did she get kidnapped by aliens and replaced?
"What the hell Rose? I'm fine!" Bella snapped.
"I'm sorry…" she had the nerve to look sheepish. "It's just that you didn't come home last night, you didn't even call and Mr. Cullen wasn't answering his phone. I was so worried! Where in the world were you?"
Bella couldn't help her harsh reply. "Oh really? You were worried? Because it didn't look like you gave two fucks about me when you slapped me yesterday! And because of fucking money Rosalie!" she yelled.
Rosalie looked down at her feet and fiddled a little with her hands. When she spoke her voice was low and apologetic. "I know I was wrong, B. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that and I hope you will forgive me."
Bella was gaping like a fish. Now she was convinced this person was an alien. The true Rosalie Swan would have smacked her on the head with a pan for talking back to her like that.
"Who are you and what had you done with my sister? You didn't even threaten to send me to Russia or pinch my cheek for screaming at you… You're truly apologizing…" Bella said suspiciously, cocking her head to the side.
At that Rosalie looked up and huffed, crossing her arms over her chest and glared a little.
"I'm not completely bad, Bella. You are my only family, my little sister and I should have shown you more respect and understanding. So of course, I have to apologize to you. Why can't you just accept it and fucking move on?!" Aaah… There she is! "Now are you going to answer my question or not? Where were you last night? I was worried to death, you know?"
Before she could answer, a loud bang resounded in the house and the front door detached itself from the hooks and fell to the floor. Bella and Rosalie screamed in terror and immediately ran from the living room entrance and hid behind their only couch. They huddled together as they heard a voice and footsteps getting closer. Bella was shaking like a leaf so Rose wrapped her arms around her little sister, trying to hide her from view even more.
"What is going on Rosie?" Bella whispered, completely terrified.
Rosalie didn't even need to answer because the moment she finished her sentence, a familiar voice was heard in the room.
"Where the fuck are you two!'
Instantly recognizing the voice, Rosalie sighed in annoyance as Bella looked at her in shock.
"Rose, what the hell is James doing here?" Bella asked her sister, still in whispers.
"I was so focused on trying to find you yesterday after work that I completely forgot to bring him the money." Rosalie furiously whispered back. Bella buried her face in her hands and groaned in understanding, shaking her head from side to side.
"He's going to give us hell now…"
"Don't you think I know that already?" Rose hissed back. The sound of something smashing on the floor made them jump.
"Oh Swan sissies! Come out; come out…wherever you are! We have business to take care of and I don't have all MOTHER FUCKING DAY!" James hollered.
Rosalie cleared her throat, passed a hand through her hair and straightened her skirt before grabbing Bella's hand and pulling her out of their hiding place.
Their eyes took in the broken vase on the floor before settling on the tall and lanky man form standing in the middle of their tiny living room. James Dickhead . Well, Dickhead wasn't really his last name but that's what they called him, it suited him perfectly. He was one of Aro's favorite minions and was in charge of what they called the 'Swan Case'.
Aro Volturi was the head of the most notorious underground gang in Tampa and its surrounding areas. He was old, ugly, creepy and rich. The perfect mob boss. And they owed him money, and a lot of it.
Before leaving the city with Jasper, Charlie Swan made a last attempt to save his company. He gave the titles to the family cars and house as a guarantee to Aro in exchange of a huge sum of money. Charlie had to pay back the borrowed money to get all his belongings back.
But Charlie never paid it back and left with the money. Instead of going after him, Aro decided to keep an eye on the two sisters until Rosalie was old enough to work and appeared on their doorstep one morning to reclaim the money their father had borrowed. At first, their initial reaction was to refuse to have anything to do with any of this business but they soon realized that going against a man as dangerous as Aro Volturi was not wise. They were living in Alice's grandmother's house since their father had left; She offered to help them but Bella and Rosalie refused, stating that it was their responsibility.
From that time they had to give a designed sum of money each month on the same day to avoid trouble. They never missed a payment.
Until today.
"No need to shout James, we're here; you didn't have to break the vase. Or the door for that matter." Rosalie said as calmly as possible, knowing it was the only way to make him leave faster.
James smirked smugly. "I am in a hurry." He shrugged unrepentant. "And I kept calling and you wouldn't answer, the vase was here so… what did you want me to do?" He crossed the room in long strides and flopped down ungracefully on the couch.
"No need to sit down." Rosalie rolled her eyes and retrieved a big white envelope from her handbag, throwing it in James' lap and returned to her place next to an unmoving Bella. "There's your money, you can leave now."
He didn't move. "Is this how to take care of your guests Rosalie? You didn't even offer me a beer or a little cup of tea." He sighed dramatically. "No wonder you don't have friends." He looked around the room before his deadly blue eyes landed on Bella's shaking form. "What do you think pretty little Isabella?"
Rosalie stepped in front of her, effectively blocking James view of Bella and almost growled at James. "I don't want friends; I want you to leave us alone. I already gave you the freaking money so you don't have anything else to do here!"
James gave her a hard look and finally got up from the couch taking the money with him. He stopped just before the door and turned around, glaring at Rosalie.
"I'm letting it go this time because it's the first time you're late. But remember that next time this happens, the door won't be the only thing I break."
Without another word, he left.
"What?!"
Bella, Rosalie and Alice were sitting on Bella's bed, going over the events of the past few days. Alice wasn't taking the "You're my girlfriend" news very well and Rosalie couldn't believe Bella got herself drunk enough to end up in bed with their boss.
Alice immediately got up from the bed and started pacing.
"So if I understand correctly, you're telling me that your boss thinks that you are a lesbian and in a serious gay relationship with me ?"
Bella just nodded sheepishly.
"Bella!" Alice whined loudly jumping on the bed. "How could you do this to me! And I just met this really cute guy and I like really, really like him!"
Bella took a pillow and smashed it in Alice's face. "Hey! It's your fault in the first place so you don't have the right to whine!"
"What do you mean my fault?" Alice cried, offended.
"You were the one who kissed me in the restaurant that night! And he was there! I guess he just assumed we were together and I only agreed." Bella said with a shrug. Alice sat up immediately, looking at Bella with wide eyes.
"Are you serious?" Bella nodded. "He was there when I kissed you?" Another nod. "Oh, Bella I am so sorry! I wasn't thinking clearly that night!" Alice said with tears in her voice, almost lunging across the bed to hug Bella in her usual exuberant way as Bella patted her back gently.
Their friendly hug was broken by Rosalie's loud voice.
"We don't give a fuck about that! Can't you see the real problem here?" When they both gave her clueless looks, Rosalie groaned, irritated. "The problem is that you ," she pointed a finger at her sister "slept with your boss when you are supposed to be a lesbian!"
"I didn't sleep with him!" Bella protested indignantly. "We only shared a bed."
"Same difference. What are we going to do if he starts having doubts? We need a plan." At this point, Rosalie was pacing furiously around the room, rubbing her forehead as if it would help her come up with ideas. Alice observed her for a minute before getting up from the bed, doing the same thing. Bella only looked at them blankly wondering why her family was so crazy.
"Guys…" She said slowly. "I really don't think we need a plan of any sort. I am pretty sure he is convinced I am a lesbian already."
"Of course we need a plan!" They said. Both of their heads snapped in Bella's direction at the same time and it was seriously freaky .
"Listen, B" Rosalie started. "Mr. Cullen is not only a lawyer but he is extremely intelligent. If he discovers we've deceived him in any way… we are so screwed. You can't even begin to imagine. So right now, we need to be better actresses than Angelina Fucking Jolie."
Then Alice eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. She bounced back in the middle of the bed.
"I know! I know what we should do! I have this guy I use to go out with, he owns a drama school. I'm sure if we ask him he would be willing to teach us some things." Alice squealed.
The two sisters looked at her warily. Alice's ideas were never good news when she was acting that way.
"Teach us what exactly, Alice?"
Her eyes twinkled dangerously again.
"You'll see".
…
On their way to meet Alice's friend, Bella was full of question but void of answers from Alice. It was only when they stopped in front of an odd looking theater that Alice finally decided to open her mouth.
"Well, you know I thought about it and I realized that most of the time when there is a lesbian couple, in real life or on TV, there is one acting more girly and one more like… a tomboy." Alice explained. Rosalie seemed to immediately understand where Alice was going with that and grinned widely but Bella just stood there nodding for her to continue. "Well, obviously, I can't be the tomboy so you, Bella Swan, are going to learn how to act like a boy. It's not like you don't have the base anyway." She said gesturing to Bella's clothes and wig.
"You're crazy. No. No. No way." Bella said turning away to leave. Rosalie grabbed the back of her shirt and tugged her back.
"You don't have a choice Bella. It's that or you will have to make-out with Alice in front of Mr. Cullen." Rosalie said.
Bella looked at her and seeing the serious look on her face immediately change her decision.
"I'll do it."
Benjamin Cheney was a strange man. Like really strange.
His hair was colored in blue and red and the middle of his head was shaved 'to let inspiration come in easier' he said. When the girls came in the theater, he was sitting in the middle of the stage, eyes closed; only wearing a long beige sheet wrapped around his body.
Bella and Rosalie were taken aback by his appearance but Alice seemed to find it completely normal.
Without opening his eyes, he told them in a surprising calm voice to come and sit on the stage with him. It was only when they were where he wanted them to be that he opened his eyes and instantly fixed his gaze on Bella.
"I guess you are the one I am working with today?"
Bella only nodded, a little worried.
"GET UP!" He screamed suddenly making Bella jump and scramble to her feet.
Ben circled her slowly; the beige sheet reaching his knees was making a whooshing noise. After a few minutes, he came to stand in front of her and grabbed her shoulders, squeezing hard.
"You can't be a boy but I can make it so to anyone else you will look like one. You just have to follow me, little one." Bella nodded again. "First, we have to connect!" He told Bella while looking at her right in the eyes. This lesson was becoming more and more strange.
In a grand movement, he raised his hands high in the air making the sheet ride up, and Bella made a disgusted face. Let's just say that the question whether he was wearing underwear or not under it was answered.
Slowly, Eric started to undulate his body like a snake, his arms still in the air and making little hissing noises. He looked possessed . Bella threw a helpless look at her sister and best friend and saw Alice mouthing 'Do it, do it' to her.
So she did.
Bella started to move her body too, trying to imitate Eric and after a while she thought it was quite funny and got really into it. They rolled on the floor behaving like animals until Ben decided that they were connected enough for now.
Bella returned to her place next to Rosalie in a daze, wondering how that was going to help her.
"Now that we are warmed up, let's start the lesson!" Ben exclaimed.
Ah, it was only the warm up… Great.
Alice leaned over and whispered in her ear "Now you know why I broke up with him…"
Bella ignored her, reached for her bag and took out a note pad and a pen, ready to take some notes but Eric snatched it from her hands and threw it across the stage.
"DON'T TAKE NOTES!" he screamed in her face. "Use your body to remember…"
It was going to be a long day.
Edward was sitting at the dinner table facing his niece and nephew in complete silence. He didn't know how long they had been sitting like that but it was starting to seem like a long time.
When he decided to stay for the week-end he forgot to take in consideration that he had absolutely no idea what children do for fun. He tried to talk to them about his work but they didn't seem to care that much about law, he even tried to play scrabble with them but obviously it didn't work out well with a six and a three year old. They have been stuck like this, in awkward silence ever since.
The worst part of all was the expectant look in Esmeralda and Carlisle's eyes fade as the minutes passed by.
Finally, Edward cleared his throat and broke the silence.
"So… what do you usually do to have fun?"
"We pway." Car answered sweetly. And Edward couldn't help but laugh a little at his simple statement.
"What do you play?" He asked looking at Esmeralda. She stared right back and shrugged.
"Depends. Sometime, we just watch TV but other time we play with the toys in our room." She said and Edward frowned, wondering why he hadn't bought them more things to pass the time.
"Yestaday, we pwayed wata' guns with Bewa! It was sooo funny!" Carlisle cried clapping his little hands.
"Water guns? You have water guns?" Edward said surprised.
They both nodded but he didn't remember ever buying them water guns…
"We brought them with us when we came from home." Esme simply answered seeing his confused look.
Edward felt a little pang of hurt when she called their old house 'home' but he was conscious that he didn't do enough for them to feel like 'home' here.
Suddenly, Carlisle got up from his seat and darted up the stairs only to come back down a few seconds later with both water guns. They were almost too big for his little body but he managed. He threw one on Edward's lap and gave the other one to his sister. They took the time to fill the guns and some of the recharges and from there all hell broke loose.
They started spraying each other in earnest, using the furniture to protect themselves and when the guns were empty they resorted to full water bottles. Edward was drenched but he couldn't remember the last time he had so much fun and the children's laughter was only adding to it.
Their game was interrupted by the doorbell. Edward got up from his hidden position behind the couch, put down his water gun and went to open the door.
And standing on the other side was… Isabella Swan .
But something in her behavior wasn't right and Edward knew it at soon as he saw her.
She was wearing a pair of denim overalls, baggier than her usual overly large clothes. Underneath, she was wearing a black T-shirt with 'I DON'T GIVE A SHIT' written in big, white, bold letters. The short wig was back on her head and she wore a backward baseball cap. Her hands were stuffed deep in the pockets of the overalls and moving up and down; as if she was scratching her junk, while chewing loudly on her gum.
When she looked up at Edward, she belched loudly in his face and made her way inside of the house with a tap on his shoulder and a "Whass'up Man?"
She started toward the living room but stopped when she realized that he wasn't following. She didn't need to turn around to know what kind of face he was making at the moment. Probably, a very surprised one… She slowly turned around and didn't look at his face because she took in what she hadn't seen when he opened the door.
Edward was completely wet . All over . His shirt was sticking to his delicious muscular chest, his sexy pecs standing out even more that when he was shirtless. His hair was drenched, water still running down his face and Bella followed with her eyes a drop of water as it fell on his forehead, ran down the length of his nose and ended on his lips just when he swiped his tongue slowly over them.
Bella could feel her heart hammering in her chest and the insane desire to lick him came back full force and she could feel herself tremble as she lost herself in Edward Cullen's Sexy Land.
And suddenly, he was right in front of her holding her chin up so he could look her in the eyes. Green on Brown. She could smell him and it made her slightly dizzy. Hmm… honey, mint and a little of chocolate…tasty!
"Are you ok Bella?" he asked in a low voice.
"Huh?" she answered stupidly.
"I kept calling your name but you weren't answering… and to be honest, you look a bit strange." He said frowning.
His statement pulled Bella out of her dreamy state as she remembered ' the plan'.
Be tough, Bella! Remember you are supposed to be a boy! Don't let yourself submit to Cullen's sexiness. Cullen is not sexy, Cullen is not sexy, Cullen is not sexy…
Her mantra in place, Bella pushed him as far away as possible with her short arms and cleared her throat, trying to make her voice sound lower than usual.
"Wo, man! What cha' think you're doing? Don't touch my body or I'll fuck you up, you got me?" Bella said with a glare, falling back into character just like Ben taught her. Edward apologized still looking at her strangely.
Yeah, something wasn't sitting right for sure.
She turned away from him still feeling his eyes on her, resumed her loud gum chewing, and entered the living room, her walk more sluggish than usual, shoulders slumped and hands stuffed deep in her pockets. Seeing the children and room completely soaked and the water guns thrown in a corner of the room, she didn't need to think hard to understand what happened and smiled internally, happy that Edward made some effort to play with them.
"Hey, little fellas! Seems like you had some cray-cray fun here without meh!" she exclaimed, after popping a bubble.
"Bewa!" Carlisle cried and run to her at top speed, crashing in her legs. "Bewa, you haiw go again?" he asked, gesturing to her head.
She snorted in response. "Whatya talkin' bout, Sunny? Hair is woman shit! I am badass, I don't do hair!" she said, nervously glancing back at Edward who was watching her from the doorway with a frown marring his pretty face.
"You said a bad word." Esme stated from the other side of the room, her accent rolling with her words.
"Sorry, !" Bella answered, giving her a cheeky grin. "Had a cray-cray day, driving me nuts and chips…" she flopped down on the couch but jumped up immediately when she felt the water on it wetting her butt. "What the fu… frungitus!" she yelled, remembering about the swearing at the last moment.
"What is a frungitus?" Esme asked curiously.
"Yes, what's a frungitus, Isabella?" Edwards added, raising an eyebrow. He was now watching her with a mildly amused expression. What she was trying to prove was becoming more and more obvious to him.
"A frungitus… well I don't know yet, but when I do I promise to tell you, details and all." Bella said seriously, nodding. She looked at the clock and quickly added: "If ya wanna go shopping, you better go get your little butts dried and changed before it's too late" she drawled watching them leave the room to get ready as she started to pick things up around the room, cleaning a bit.
"I know what you are doing." A voice said just from behind her making Bella jump and turn around ending face to face with her boss. She thought that he left to get changed too but clearly not.
He was standing way too close again, staring at her with big playful green eyes. She could see how long his eyelashes were and she almost reached out and touched them but she managed to control herself.
"Wh- what? What am I doing?" she stammered, afraid that she was already busted.
"Don't play coy with me Bella." Edward said giving her a slightly disapproving look.
Does she really think I am stupid? He thought.
She was saved by Esme and Carlisle loudly running down the stairs. They weren't completely dry but their clothes were changed, so it would do.
"Bewa, we go shapping now?" Carlisle asked her sweetly.
She immediately ran to his side, side stepping Edward's big form. Her moment of panic had made her forget 'Boy Bella' for a second but she couldn't get distracted, maybe it was a trick. He was a lawyer after all.
"Well bud, we'll go when your cray-cray uncle over there gets ready." She said in her low voice, scratching at her fake junk again. Edward decided to go get changed with a last narrow look in her direction.
The shopping trip to the grocery store went as smoothly as expected with Bella acting the exact same way if not worse, scaring more than one passerby in the process. They still managed to buy the things the children needed and Edward even took some notes so he would be able to do it alone.
He didn't say anything more to Bella about her sudden change of behavior until they were alone in the kitchen putting away groceries.
"I think it's ok for you to go home for today, Isabella. You won't have to come tomorrow too; I think I will be able to manage on my own." Edward said smiling gently at her. She smiled hesitantly back.
"Are you sure…?"
"I am, don't worry we will be fine and see you on Monday. We are going to have some 'Cray-cray' fun as you call it." Edward said chuckling.
Bella turned to go, remembering at the last moment to walk like 'Boy Bella' should.
"And Bella? No need for all of that next time." He warned, gesturing at her attire. "I already know and am convinced that you are a lesbian, you have nothing to prove to me." He finished, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
She gaped at him. He knew from the start, the bastard!
"Why didn't you say anything before!" she cried, turning red.
"It was funny." He said simply, shrugging.
"I can't believe you" she grumbled, stomping her way out of the house.
It was the next morning at the crack of dawn that Bella was roused from her sleep by her phone persistently ringing. She glanced at the clock and saw that is was only 6:30 am.
Who the fuck was calling her at this hour on a Sunday morning?
She reached for her phone and answered blindly, mumbling a sleepy greeting.
"Bella? I am very sorry to wake you so early but I need you to come and watch the kids." She heard Cullen's voice say quietly to her. At first she thought she didn't hear him right but she realized she did, she quickly sat up and tried to rub the sleep out of her eyes.
"On a Sunday? I thought you were staying with them today too?"
"I know." He sighed loudly, sounding dejected. "But I have an emergency at work and I really need to go."
"I'm on my way." She said hanging up. She was so pissed at him suddenly. He couldn't even keep his promise to stay with Esmeralda and Car for the week-end and she could already imagine the disappointment on their faces. She rode her bike to the Cullen villa and found the door open with Edward waiting for her; already dressed for work.
She couldn't even look at him at this moment, feeling disgusted by his behavior. Bella pushed her way inside completely ignoring him. The lights were still out so she assumed that the children were still sleeping.
"Isabella." Edward called grabbing her wrist. She tried to shake him off but he was persistent. "Isabella, listen to me, please. Could you tell them that I am sorry? But I don't have a choice I need to go." He pleaded.
She glared at him long and hard, a feeling of protectiveness spreading through her body. "You fucking promised them." She hissed at him, taking back her wrist.
"Don't you think I know that?" he almost yelled, tugging roughly at his hair. She didn't spare him a glance and turned stubbornly the other way. She only heard him sigh loudly and close the door behind him.
She cooked a big breakfast with eggs, bacon and French toast hoping that it would soften the blow when the children would wake up but her hopes were crushed when Esme padded into the kitchen, looking around and her smile disappeared when she didn't see her uncle anywhere. Bella fiddled with her hands awkwardly.
"Listen, Esmeralda…" she started but the little girl stopped her.
"He left, didn't he?" Esme asked in a cold hard voice, the same as when Bella met her. Bella could only nod, pleading with her eyes to understand.
Bella was expecting her to throw a tantrum or give any kind of reaction but Esme surprised her when she just turned around without a word and went back up the stairs, leaving a confused Bella behind.
Bella couldn't help but worry.
She was worried about the coldness that took over her eyes when she learned that Edward left.
She was worried because she felt that this time, they were really losing her for good.
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