Chapter 12:

I was relieved when it was finally over and Edward agreed to take me home. "Alice is going to force my brain to explode!" I whined as Edward drove through the rainy streets of my neighborhood.

"Alice, will be Alice," he said apologetically.

"Sometimes I wish it was just all over with."

Edward looked at me and though I could not read minds I could see the hurt in his face. "I don't mean it like that…" I stroked his cheek, "You know I'm not much of a party person."

I changed the subject, although this topic wouldn't make Edward any happier, I had suddenly recalled Jake's existence. Maybe it was the wedding but it was way too easy to forget about him lately. I suppose Edward didn't mind that fact. "So is Jacob in Volterra?"

"No, but he spoke with Carlisle last night, he is leaving in a few days."

"Wow, I can't believe he's actually helping the vampires, again."

"What can I say? I'm just that charming." He smiled smugly as he pulled in the driveway.

I slapped his arm, "I think someone's in love with Jacob, ooh I'm telling Emmett!" I teased.

"That was low, Bella I can't even hit you back."

"You could but you wont," I said sticking my tongue out at him.

"I will get you back," he said opening my door, "when you least expect it."

I walked inside, Edward following right behind me. I wanted to get dinner made before Charlie got home. I decided to go for a new recipe of shish-kabobs, with some of the fish from the freezer, I could make it work. I pulled random vegetables out of the fridge and soaked the wooden sticks in water.

I had all the vegetables cut and had to wait for the sticks to soak for a few minutes, it wouldn't have been so fast if Edward hadn't helped.

I took one of the sticks out of the water and poked him with it, I knew he'd barely feel it. "Hey!" he said snatching up one of his own. Before I knew what was going on we had started a makeshift sword fight. I continued to step backward until my back hit the cupboards. I laughed, "You win."

He still moved forward, pressing me farther back until he was right in my face. "Someone's being mean to me today," he whispered beneath my ear and kissing down my cheek. He stopped right at the corner of my lips teasing me back, as he pulled away.

"No fair, that was mean too," I pouted.

He laughed at my face so I poked him harder in the stomach with my "sword". Unsurprisingly it broke in half, "I think I win again," he said.

The phone rang and I walked over to answer it. This was weird I rarely got phone calls when I didn't expect them, something that happens when you spend almost all your time with a mind reader and a psychic.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Bells, you're home. I figured you were making dinner, so I wanted to let you know that Sue is coming over for dinner, and I suppose you can invite Edward too if you like."

"Cool Dad, thanks, see you later."

"Alright. Bye."

Charlie had made a lot of progress, dealing with mine and Edward's news. Surprisingly Charlie had been treating Edward much better these past few days. Evidently he'd decided to deal with it. Renee on the other hand, was a different story. I haven't talked to her or check my email since I told her a few days ago, but that conversation did not end happily.

"You're invited to dinner," I said turning back to Edward, ignoring the guilty thoughts about my mom.

"Oh," he said. Charlie still didn't know about the whole vampire thing. "I already ate Edward said grinning."

"I see," I said grinning conspiratorially.