Great big thanks here to Alice De Nola and her help with the Italian translation and of course to Kitty, Mary, & Donna for their incredible help!

Posting from my phone so forgive any errors.

Day 10

Bella…

I made the four am call to Italy as Tanya had requested and within the first thirty seconds I realised this was going to take a while.

"Non parlo Inglese," The lady who answered said and I groaned.

"Um… what?"

"No talking Engerlish," she tried again.

"Oh… crap… um… Denali?"

"Si, si! Tanya Denali. Si."

"Yes!" I said exuberantly. "Her order?"

"Orrrderre?"

"Just hold on while I…" I grabbed my IPad and opened the translate app. "I'll be right with you."

"Non capisco," she continued to babble. "Cosa stai dicendo?"

"Okay, okay, here I go…" I tried to read the translation on screen and hoped it was right. When will Miss. Denali's order be ready? "Quando sara consegnato l'ordine della signorina Denali?"

"Si, si, due giorni."

"Um… could you say that again… slower this time."

"Non capisco," she said again.

"Due? Two, right?"

"Two, si."

"Two days?"

"Si.. days… giorni."

"Okay, phew, so it's ready in two days." I typed in my next question. When will it be delivered? "Um… Quando sara consegnato?"

"Sara consegnato il quindici," she said and I almost cried.

"Huh? What?" I was too tired and too annoyed to be dealing with this. "Quindici?"

"Si, quindici."

"Quin… is that five?"

"No… five… five-teen."

"Fiveteen… um… the fifteenth?"

"Si, si!"

"So it's ready in two days… due giorni and you'll deliver on the Quin… something. The fifteenth?"

"Ah! Si!"

"Oh thank god that's over." I sighed in relief. "Grazie."

"Grazie, ciao!"

I decided that at no point in the near future would I add leaning another language to my bucket list.

I was more than proud of my achievement but, Tanya, however didn't share my enthusiasm. She just whined that taking another two days to finish could have implications on the timely delivery of the order and she suggested I become more fluent in Italian before the next phone call. I almost spat in her orange juice for that.

Miss. Never Satisified was also late getting back from the spa so of course her food was cold and naturally that was my fault. "I can't eat cold food and there's pulp in my juice," she said, utterly exasperated. "It's just not acceptable, Isabella." She pushed the plate away and asked for a mineral water instead.

"You asked for it at seven-thirty," I told her, trying to remain calm. "It was delivered at seven twenty-eight. You didn't arrive until eight-fifteen, Miss. Denali and I can't see any pulp. I was quite specific about that when I placed the order."

"I don't want to hear excuses, Isabella, they bore me. I have a photo shoot this afternoon and dinner with Eddie later. Hopefully he'll turn up this time. I don't know what's going on with him lately. He doesn't return my calls, and he never wants to see me." She studied her nails. "I have the perfect polish to compliment a diamond. I expect he's trying to throw me off the scent and is really planning the elaborate spectacle as we speak."

That's what you think. I smiled to myself and cleared away her untouched breakfast.

Edward had monopolised my company for considerably more than one coffee last night, it turned into three drinks and a slice of cake. He drove me home and we chatted for almost two hours outside my door in the freezing cold. I thought inviting him was overstepping the mark and I also knew I was much more likely to pounce on the guy if he was anywhere near my bedroom.

It had been close to midnight when I finally got into bed but being tired was worth it. The release I got in his company was inexplicable. I literally had no care in the world when I was with him and as wrong as it was I craved his company.

I even planned on telling him I was the elf, but I just needed Alice's help with the exact words.

The bad start to the day didn't improve. Tanya had me here, there and everywhere all day and I didn't get home until almost seven. Alice was out with Jasper and I wasn't in the mood to be alone, so I headed over to the hospital.

Mrs. Cope was asleep, but I decided to read to her anyway. I think I was enjoying Little Women more than she was. I started to read but almost immediately my eyes started drooping. I shook my head to try and wake myself up and resumed reading. The next thing I knew, it was almost six the next morning and I had a grey comforter around my shoulders.

"Sleep well?" Dr. C laughed. "The nurses said you've been here all night."

"It was a long day yesterday, Dr. C." I stretched out my arms. "Really long day."

"Then I'm forbidding you to come anywhere near the hospital over the weekend," Dr. C said firmly. "Under no circumstances."

"Come on, Dr. C. I'm the only single one, I'd only be stuck at home all night watching movies and eating thousands of calories in ice cream," I joked and held up the book. "Besides, Mrs. Cope and I are getting to the good part."

"Then I'll come and read to her. I'm serious, Bella. It's a wonderful thing that you do to help these people, but you need a break too." He refused to budge and waited until I gave a somewhat edited version of the doctor's oath and swore I wouldn't come back until Monday at the earliest.

These Cullen men really were pushy.

More to come tomorrow! How's the Tanya hate? Have a little patience with me, pretty please?

xxxx