Edward's Pov
Aw man, she's going to make us close the pool. Josh gave a frustrated sigh as he looked at the damaged fence. I fought off a laugh knowing it would inappropriate; his thoughts had consistently been on how much trouble he was sure that we were going to be in. Josh had taken this attack very well but Bella had not. Never in my time with Bella have I wanted to read her mind more. She was terrified, that much was clear. Her arms were wrapped tightly around my waist and her head was buried in my bare stomach.
I sighed softly as I gently touched the side of her head; she was breathing heavily which led me to believe she was going to cry. I couldn't handle her crying. "Bella, Bella, we're fine. See? Fine." I lifted my arms to show her that I was in fact in one piece. She wasn't convinced.
Here, Edward. Rosalie walked over handing me a large fluffy towel. I gave her a thankful smile knowing Bella would be getting cold soon if she kept hugging me in her wet swimsuit.
"Bella, everything's fine now, I promise." Alice crouched down at Bella's side and put her hand on her shoulder. Oh the poor thing.
"Are you sure?" She turned her head and looked at Alice.
"One hundred percent" Alice smiled at her. I gave a relieved sigh as Bella's grasp loosened around my waist. Alice took the towel from my hands and wrapped it around Bella's shoulders. It hung to just a few inches off of the ground.
Oh no. My head snapped up as I heard Rosalie's voice in my head, the sound was followed by the sound of Josh doing a cannonball into the pool. Rose snapped into angry mother mode, it was something Esme couldn't pull off as well, for Rosalie it seemed second nature.
"Out of the pool." She stood at the edge of the water and glared at Josh.
Uh oh. His eyes widened as he came up for air. "What's wrong?" Josh raised one eyebrow as looked at Rosalie.
What's wrong? You could have been killed, that is what's wrong. She bit down on her bottom lip and sighed. "Josh, get out of the pool. Now." Rosalie's glare was enough to get Josh out of the water. She wrapped Josh in a towel similar to Bella's and started towards the house with him. Bella and Alice followed a moment later. His head better be okay. I heard Rosalie grumble from inside the house.
Esme and Carlisle are going to be home in fifteen minutes. You guys should put some clothes on. Alice's voice rang out in my head, she had gotten used to using my gift as an instant messaging device. I suggested a change of clothes to Emmett and Jasper and ran towards the house.
I closed the door to my room and opened up my closet, I took my time thumbing through my shirts as I listened to my siblings' thoughts throughout the house. Alice was taking frequent looks into Josh's future and was very pleased as she was able to see him again. Josh was dwelling on Bella, he was afraid that she would think we were monsters because of the vampires that had attacked us. Rosalie was poking and prodding the back of Josh's head, she wasn't convinced that it was just a swollen bruise. Six years ago Emmett's thoughts would have surprised me as he helped Alice get Bella some dry clothes to wear, he couldn't decide if she should have a long sleeve shirt or not.
I decided on a shirt and pulled on a pair of slacks. I walked down to Bella and Josh's room, smiling as I saw Bella had calmed down. I had expected her to be upset a while longer; I was impressed with how she was handling everything. Josh could get over anything in a matter of minutes.
I loved how different the twins had ended up being. There were only a few things that they both loved to do, reading was their big thing; they could spend an entire evening with Jasper in the library. Bella and I would spend hours at the piano on the weekends, during that time Josh was either outside causing some sort of trouble with Emmett or inside building Lego sets with Carlisle.
Josh loved to tell us about his day in great detail while Bella liked to write her thoughts in her journal. She liked having any privacy she could in a house of vampires. She would be furious if she ever found out Emmett read it on a nearly daily basis. Having read his thoughts multiple times on the subject, I knew he wasn't doing it completely out of nosiness; he was genuinely just trying to make sure she was happy. Jasper had found out about some kid in Bella's class was picking on her a few months ago because Emmett had read it in her journal. Jasper in turn tracked the kid down just to find out he had a crush on Bella. I hated the idea of some boy having a crush on Bella, even though it was just a harmless crush, the boys wouldn't always be harmless.
"Edward?" I felt Bella's warm hand grab my cold one. She could ask me anything and I knew I would say yes, I didn't even stand a chance. All she needed to do was look at me with those dark brown eyes. I was putty in her hands.
"Yes, Bella?" I leaned down closer to her height.
"Can we go play the piano?" She smiled sweetly at me.
"For a few minutes, Carlisle and Esme are going to be home soon" I gave a soft chuckle as she pulled me from her room leading me to the piano, clearly having gotten over the horrendous end to our leisurely day in the pool.
A/N – I hope to age the twins slightly in the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Keep reviewing and I'll keep typing.
