Chapter 10

[BPOV]

I killed me to watch him cry over me. I felt so bad and guilty knowing that it was my fault that Edward was in pain. How I resisted the urge to kiss him and take away his pain through those hours of torture, I don't know. It was excruciating for me to watch the love of my life cry over someone that wasn't even dead. Especially since that someone person is me. I stroked his cheek lightly put I knew he didn't notice. He was in too much pain to notice anything but my presence. I waited with baited breath for him to regain control over his emotions again. I ached to see those entrancing eyes of his. To see his glass-smooth lips form words so beautiful that the voice had to belong to a god.

After what seemed like an eternity I saw his eyes twitch. I sighed in relief. I heard a groan slip from those beautiful lips and I smiled. Even if it was a small smile it was still a smile. I hadn't smiled properly for fifty years. The most I could do was give the shadow of a grin. I know it's pathetic.

Those purplish eyelids fluttered open and I saw a pair of topaz eyes before they closed again. I frowned. What was wrong?

"Poison?" Edward groaned.

"Yeah Edward?"

Edward shot up and looked around wildly. I sat up slowly and patted him on the shoulder. He looked around and jumped at the sight of me.

"What happened? Did you forget about me?" I said teasingly.

"No, I'm just surprised you're still here," he replied shaking his lovely head.

"I wouldn't have left for anything and if I did I would take you with me," I told him matter-of-factly.

He smiled and grabbed my hand pulling me up. We walked over to the door which he held open for me.

"Thanks! Hey how about a race? First one to tap Emmett on the head wins," I told him. He looked surprised but nodded.

"When I say go," I told him childishly. "One, two, three and go!"

With that we were off. We sprinted down and right to Emmett. The others were assembled in the living room watching Emmett and Jasper playing Guitar Hero. They heard the rumbling of our feet and looked around in interest. Even Emmett and Jasper looked around to see what all the commotion is about. When Emmett saw we were headed straight to him, his eyes widened.

Edward and I were so focused on Emmett's head that we crashed right into him, sending the three of us through the glass window-which shattered- and straight into the stream that flowed close to the Cullen's house. When Edward and I surfaced, we dived for Emmett who was frozen with shock and landed on his head.

I win!" We both shouted at the same time. We looked at each other.

"We won!" We shouted and burst into laughs. The rest of the family burst into laughter.

"You have a fish stuck behind your ear Emmett," I said in a small voice.

Emmett's eyes narrowed dangerously.

Edward must have heard his plan in his thoughts in his head because he grabbed my hand and ran for the house dragging me behind me uselessly. He took us to his room and locked the door behind him. We held our breath as Emmett stormed through the house cursing words I was sure Esme wouldn't approve of. Sure enough seconds later we could hear her scolding Emmett who was clearly not listening.

"Emmett mind your language! If I ever hear you using such language than I will certainly take away you video games and sex privileges for a month. Do you understand me?" Esme shouted.

"Whatever! I stop as soon as I find fuckward and his little playmate," Emmett muttered heavily. He was on the second floor now with the family pursuing closely behind.

"Emmett!" Esme shouted with such force that I had to cover my ears to prevent permanent damage. "That's it young man! To your room now! No talking!"

We laughed silently as Esme dragged Emmett by the ear to his room. Esme went back downstairs with the rest of the family.

"Could you two come down for a minute please?" Esme said with strained kindness. We both gulped and went downstairs. When we got downstairs I saw that everyone except Esme had taken a seat. Esme looked furious. Carlisle and the rest looked amused.

"Explain!" She said curtly.

Edward and I looked at each other.

"It was my fault actually Esme. When we were coming down I started the race. The first one to tap Emmett on the head would win. We kind of forgot to stop and crashed into Emmett," I said looking down at the ground like it was the most interesting thing ever.

"I-," Esme started but she was cut off by Edward.

"It's my fault Esme. I agreed to the race and I was so caught up in the race that I forgot," he said looking over at me. I was so shocked b his words that I looked up at him and forgot the floor completely.

Esme started to say something again but I too cut her off.

"No it wasn't. I was the one who made up the race," I said folding my arms across my chest.

"No it was my fault. I forgot to stop!"

"So did I."

"I-well-I'm older!" he said in an offended tone.

"I'm younger so should I get first pick at whose in trouble? So I say it's my fault! So there done!" I argued.

We looked at each other and burst into laughter. We looked back at the rest and they were shocked to say the least. Esme was the first to recover.

"I don't care whose fault it is but you both will be punished," she said in a softer tone. Her eyes held happiness.

"Yes Esme," Edward and I both said in a subdued tone.

"Good! Edward you will fix the window and Poison you will help him," she said happily. Ok now I was getting confused with her mood swings.

We nodded and the rest got up and left. Carlisle was the last to leave and he said something quite shocking to us.

"Nice!" He said and with a wink to us he left.

After a few seconds of silence I spoke.

"OK!" I said slowly. We looked at each other again and burst into laughter.

"Oh-my-god! That was hilarious!" I gasped.

"Your telling me! Now I got Emmett back for all the times he called me Eddie! Seriously! No sex for a month is going to kill Emmett," he told me between laughs.

"Shhh! Someone will hear us," I said in a whisper.

"Oh right! Come on let's go buy that glass," he said and grabbed my hand. He pulled me into the garage which sheltered more than a dozen vehicles. He took me to the Volvo and opened the passenger door for me.

"Thank you," I said quietly as the flashbacks hit me. My breathing hardened and I started to see spots. Oh no! I can't be having a flashback now! Someone say something so the flashbacks won't start.

"Are you okay?" Edward's voice said pulling me out of the almost nightmare.

"Yeah!" I gasped. As we drove into town Edward put on Debussy.

"Ah! Beautiful music to my ears," I said.

Edward smiled a small smile.

"What are we going to do about your hood? I mean it'll look odd if you walk into the hardware store wearing a hooded cloak," he said looking at me.

"Oh I'll just shape-shift into some other random girl," I said as my body shimmered under the cloak. I could feel my hair shortening into soft black curls and my body inched downwards. My eyes remained golden. I took off the hood of my cloak and Edward's eyes' widened.

"This isn't the real me you know," I teased him. He smiled and shook his head.

The next few minutes were silence.

"How old are you?" He asked out of the blue. I was surprised.

"Um sixty-seven?" I said uncertainly. His face twisted into pain for a second but it disappeared as fast as it had come. I opened my mouth to ask if he was okay but he interrupted before I could say anything.

"We're here!" he announced. I looked around and saw that we were at the hardware store. I made to open my door but Edward beat me to it.

"Thanks!" I said. I'm sure that if I were a human then I would be blushing like crazy. We walked into the store.

"Okay! You look at a design you like for the window while I get other supplies," Edward instructed.

"Sure," I said and walked over the window designs as Edward walked in the opposite direction.

I had been only looking for a few minutes when a guy came up to me. He looked like he might have been Mike Newton's little brother.

"Hey sexy! Michael Newton. So where have you been all my life?" he said to me in what was a poor imitation of a sexy voice. Boy did he know cheap pick-up lines.

"Hiding from you," I said in a bored tone.

"Haven't I seen you someplace before?"

"Yes, that's why I don't go there anymore."

"Your place or mine?"

"Both. You go to yours, and I'll go to mine," I said giving him barely a glance. He was practically grinning.

"So, what do you do for a living?"

"I'm a female impersonator."

"Hey baby, what's your sign?"
"Do not enter"

"How do you like your eggs in the morning?" Ew! He is so gross.

"Unfertilized," I replied. I had to resist the urge to puke up my dinner, which was probably not a good idea.

"Your body is like a temple."

"Sorry, there are no services today," I said rolling my eyes.

"I would go to the end of the world for you."
"But would you stay there?" I asked raising my eyebrows.

"If I could see you naked, I'd die happy."

"If I saw you naked, I'd probably die laughing," I said which was probably true.

"If I could rearrange the alphabet I'd put u and i together," he said coolly.

"Really, I'd put f and u together," I said emotionlessly.

"I'd," he started but he was interrupted by a growl. I felt an arm slide around my waist. I recognized the scent as Edward's. I sighed in relief.

"Hey sweetheart," he whispered in my ear loud enough for Michael to hear. He was frozen in shock.

"Oh hey honey," I said in a sugary voice. "Edward this is Michael! Michael this is my husband Edward."

I smiled. Michael mumbled something and ran away as fast as he could go.

Edward and I burst into laughter.

"Thanks!" I said sincerely as soon as I could talk.

"No problem. I was walking over and I saw him flirting. I could tell from your face you didn't like it," he explained.

I nodded and sighed. I just wasn't used to this happy thing. I guess I could say the same thing for Edward because his face had gone back to sad.

After we paid for the window and supplies we were back in the car and on our way home. I had my hood back on and my appearance was back to normal. Edward looked pretty miserable and the song playing on the radio matched his mood. I guess he really did miss me.

When we pulled up to the house we were greeted by Emmett talking to Rosalie. By the looks of it he was allowed out of his room.

"Rosie what's this word?" Emmett whined. Edward and I exchanged confused looks and walked into the living room. What we saw made our jaw drop.

Emmett. Was. Reading. A. Book!

Edward and burst into laughter again.

"Emmett I want that one-page summary on the book by tomorrow morning," Esme called from the kitchen.

Emmett groaned.

"So Emmett how's the book so far?" Edward asked mischievously.

"Fine thank you!" Emmett said curtly.

I just shook my head and made my way to my room.