A/N: This chapter will do much better than the last chapter…if not than ya'll suck.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
Cops and Robbers
"Sorry that's the first time I ever touched anyone's nipples, it felt weird." Mike quoted before he laughed loudly as we stood in line at the bank. Gollub had us doing his dirty work for him again. We were supposed to deposit our newspaper money into the bank. I groaned. The magazine came out earlier today and Mike keeps quoting all the stupid things I said. The nipple comment is his favorite.
"I get it Mike." I mumbled as I we took another step in line.
"Honestly Bells this has to be the greatest article ever." He laughed as he continued to read the article.
There was a small picture of me on the side laughing as Edward stared at me. A caption was written on the bottom, "Bella laughs in the middle of a photo shoot, screaming 'sorry that's the first time I ever touched anyone's nipples, it felt weird.'" I blushed.
"I didn't scream it," I mumbled. Mike looked up at me. "I was laughing too hard to scream it."
Mike laughed, realizing that I was talking about the nipple comment. "Not much could be done during the photo shoot," Mike quoted again, "Because Edward and Bella kept on making." Mike stared at me as he read it. I rolled my eyes. I really wished they hadn't added that.
"For the record, he's the one that started it." I mumbled.
Mike continued to laugh as he skimmed through the article. I grabbed it from him, ignoring his protests, I wasn't interested in reading it, I was too afraid of what they had said about me. I turned it to the beginning of the article. It was a picture of Edward and me in the meadow.
Edward was smiling at me. His hair was still a mess the jacket he wore at the beginning was now laid across the blanket. The cuffs to his buttoned up shirt was rolled up and he was pouring me another glass of champagne (the photographer made me pour out the first glass after I refused to drink it). I glanced at what I was doing, I was blushing (it was a real blush, the photographer made me wipe off the blush on my cheeks because I kept on blushing and the blush on my cheeks held no real purpose), my face was low but the hat that I was wearing wasn't hiding it. My shoes were lying next to me and my tights were peeking out under my dress. It was a beautiful picture of both of us.
"I love that picture of you two." Mike told me. I looked up at him and smiled.
"I like it too." I admitted.
I turned the page to see a black and white picture of Edward holding me. My face was pressed against Edward's chest, his arms were wrapped me protectively. His cheek was pressed against the top of my head; his eyes were dark and intimidating. I glanced at my face, I was staring at the camera with wide eyes, I looked like I was about to cry. It was a very dark picture of us. I couldn't help but be drawn to it. I understood why she picked it up.
I flipped the pages and stared at the small pictures of us. There was the nipple picture, and another picture of Alice doing my makeup. We were both laughing as she did my eye liner; it was for the first photo shoot. The caption read on the bottom, "Edward's 'adoptive' sister does human girlfriends', Bella Swan, makeup for first photo shoot." I read.
I flipped the page again it was another picture of us in the meadow. I was sitting on his lap while he was read Anne Rice to me (they had a hard time taking this picture because I kept on cracking up, it was funny listening to a vampire read a book about a vampire). I was leaning my head on his chest as he held the book out in front of him, I almost looked like I was a sleep (which I
was for a very short period of the time but I'm pretty sure this wasn't one of those pictures). Edward's hand was on my hip and he was leaning his cheek on my head with his crooked smile.
"What do you think Charlie will say about these pictures?" Mike asked over my shoulder.
I turned to him and shrugged. "They could be worst."
I turned the page; it was the last page of the article. It was another black and white picture. Edward's hands were on my hips, my shirt bundled over his hands, he was kissing me. I blushed as I stared at the picture, both of our eyes were close and it was just a simple kiss on the lips but it looked so intimate. Charlie would hate it.
"I didn't see that one." Mike told me as he took the magazine out of my hands. "He looks so protective." He looked up at me while he said it.
I shrugged and look the other direction. I guess you could say he was a little protective, but weren't all boyfriends like that? I groaned when I realize that I had no idea what a real boyfriend was like. Maybe I was secretly in an abusive relationship that I didn't know about…but didn't that usually have to mean he had to hurt me? I don't think Edward has intentionally hurt me. I sighed, I was thinking too much again.
I glanced at my watch it was almost noon. "Hey Mike after we get done boosting Gollub's ego do you want to get some burgers?"
Mike looked up from the magazine and nodded. "Yeah, there's a new restau-"
Mike never got to finish his sentence. The doors to the bank opened loudly, Mike and I both turned to the loud noise. Three men walked in with pigs masks over their faces, they were holding out guns. Loud screams escaped from one of the women behind the front counter, my heart was pounding in my head and my breath was coming out in gasps, I didn't have time to scream.
"Everybody get down!" One of the men, I think it was the middle one, screamed at everyone.
Mike grabbed my arm and threw me against the wall with him. My back hit the tile wall as I slid down to the ground, my hands clasped onto my heart. Mike sat next to me, I looked up at him. He was breathing just as hard as I was. I turned back to the robbers.
They were walking slowly to the front counter of the store. The employees were hiding behind the counter as their customers cowered on the floor, their hands over their head. I was trapped against the wall, praying that they would just take the money and run.
"Bella," Mike whispered to me. I glanced over to him and nodded. He was staring at me from the corner of his eye. "I want you to text Edward." He moved his hand closer to mine. I noticed a black cell phone was under it.
I gave a quick nod. The receptionist had probably already notified the police (they all had a special button under their desks for this type of emergency), but the police could only do so much, especially if the robbers decided to hold a hostage. Edward was much quicker (so I've been told) and would probably be able to handle the situation better than Charlie.
My hand reached out slowly to the phone, my hand rested on his, Mike moved his hand away. I could feel the plastic phone under me. I looked down as I tried to slide it closer to me. I was about to scoot it under my thigh and flip it open when a black boot stomped on my hand. I gasped out in pain and shock and looked up.
One of the robbers was staring right at me with his pig mask on. My eyes widened and I fought the urge to vomit when I noticed that it was a plastic mask that you bought at the store, he was wearing a pig's face. I stared at him as I swallowed my breakfast. He pushed his foot harder onto my hand, I screamed out in pain and tried to move it away, I had no success.
"Who are you trying to call sweetheart?" He asked. I looked at my hand before looking up at him.
"My roommate, I need to remind her to pick up some milk while she's at the grocery store. You can't eat cereal without any milk." I tried to pull my hand away from under his shoe again.
He laughed at me. I could see his chin go up and down under the pig skin. He turned back to me. I could only assume he was smiling under that pig's face. I made a mental note to be become a vegetarian if I survived this.
"Hey Lucy," one of the other robbers called out to him. Lucy (he must have pulled the short straw) turned to the robber. "Stop playing with the humans and help me get the money."
Lucy pulled his foot off of me. I pulled my hand away from the phone and rubbed it to my chest. Lucy bent down and grabbed the phone. He flipped it open as he held it front of my face. He broke it in half with the flick of his wrists. I could feel my heart break along with the plastic phone. He threw the broken pieces onto the floor before stalking off to meet the leader of the trio.
He was half way across the building when his foot hit the magazine Mike and I were looking through earlier. My breath caught in my throat as I shook my head. I started to mentally pray that they didn't recognize me or care enough to hold it against me. I scooted closer to Mike. He put his arm around me protectively. I kind of wished I dragged Jake along instead of Mike. Jake was a werewolf and Mike was just a scrawny human.
Lucy squatted down and picked up the magazine. I could see the black and white picture of Edward and I. I bowed my head, still looking at Lucy through the corner of my eye. He was looking at me, his eyes wide and a smile growing on his face. He walked back towards me, his eyes shining. Mike pulled me closer to him. He kneeled down in front of me holding the magazine in front of his face, his smile grew into a grin.
"You're Bella Swan." He almost yelled out, he grabbed my shoulder and pulled me onto his feet.
"Hey Ricky, Fred!" He yelled out to the other robbers that were now behind the counter. "Look who we just happened to run into." He pushed me in front of him. I stood there not wanting to piss anyone off. He wrapped his arm around me and pushed something against my back. God I hoped it was his gun.
They turned to him. "What are you talking about Lucy?" A female yelled out to him. Part of me wanted to know why he was called Lucy and she was called Ricky or Fred.
"It's Bella Swan." He moved his hand into my hair. "The bitch that's dating the vegetarian." His hands grabbed onto my hair and yanked at it. I hissed as my neck straightened. "And look at this, she's all clean." His breath was cold against my neck.
I could feel hard lips gently kiss my pulse on my neck. My body shivered out of fear. I swallowed the lump that was growing in my throat. "Oh God." I whispered.
"Come out with your hands up!" Charlie's voice echoed through the building. My heart fluttered.
Lucy turned me around in his arms and stared at me. "Do exactly as we say or else you die." Lucy growled at me. "Do you get it?"
I nodded.
He pushed me forward. I staggered and ended falling to my knees. Lucy grabbed me and pulled me to my feet. The two other robbers followed after us, a bag of money in their hands and a new hostage in the other. Two other women were being held hostage along with me, one of them was a bank teller and the other was pregnant. I bit back my tears that I could feel building up inside of me.
Lucy kicked the door opened as he pulled me in front of him. He held a gun to my head. I looked around for Charlie, he was in the middle with a bunch of cop cars. They'd called for backup. Charlie stared at me in horror, the microphone shaking in his hand.
"Have your men put down their guns or I'll kill her." Lucy yelled at him as he pushed the barrel closer to my head. I stared at Charlie pleadingly.
"Hold your fire." He screamed at his men.
Lucy lifted me up in the air, his gun in his front pocket. I started to kick and scream, trying my hardest to be a nuisance. Lucy carried me to the car along with the two girls. They were walking quietly walking in front of their captors. Ricky (or Fred) opened the door for Lucy, he pushed in the pregnant lady in the car and his partner pushed in the bank teller. Lucy moved to push me in the car. I lifted my legs in the air and placed them on side of the car. My skirt was riding up my legs. Lucy pulled me away from the car. My legs fell from the side of the car. I didn't have time to pull my legs in the air again, before he pushed me through the open door. I fell on top of the bank teller.
Lucy closed the door. I glanced at the front seat. Ricky and Fred were already in the car. One of them was starting up the car, turning on the engine and putting it in gear. Lucy scooted into the front seat and looked at us. The bank teller and the pregnant lady were holding onto each other. Ricky (or Fred) pressed on the gas and the car jerked forward.
Lucy removed his mask to reveal a smile, my eyes widened and my heart stopped.
"Hello Bella." James smiled at me.
End Chapter.
A/N: There's a reason I gave James the name Lucy, NOT because I'm trying to be funny or silly! There's a reason! I promise. Basically I used all the I Love Lucy characters, but there's a reason that I gave him Lucy, so don't be like that's really stupid. I wanted to update this yesterday but that didn't work out to my advantage. :( Stupid FanFiction, it threw me off. Coffin of Love will l hopefully be updated later today. When Life Gives You Lemons will defiantly be updated.
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