No disclaimer.

BPOV

I got to the changing room, and Alice, Rosalie and Esme were waiting for me. As soon as I walked in, all 3 of them ran up to me, demanding how it went. I was still surprised that Rosalie was down here—what with her being freaked out when her fantasy was over—so I asked her how she was doing.

"Don't avoid the subject, Bella," Rosalie said. "Tell us what happened!"

"Well," I started. "It was…different."

"Oh, be fair, Bella!" Alice said. "Come on! Give us details!"

"Um, maybe we should continue this in our room," I said, starting to change back into my clothes. "No offense to anyone else here, but I really don't want to discuss it with so many strangers. Not to mention Queen Bitch Lauren Mallory."

"Ooh, mind your language, Bella," Rosalie said. "I think you just swore!"

"I did just swear, Rosalie," I mumbled. "It's not something to call the media about."

"Well, when you swear, Bella, it is," Alice replied. "And stop getting off subject!"

"Alice, please," Esme said. "If Bella wants to continue this in our room, then let her."

"Thank you, Esme," I said. As soon as I was done getting dressed, we headed to our rooms to get ready for bed. We would all meet in my room in about 20 minutes. As I was changing into my pajamas and brushing my teeth, I couldn't help wondering what Edward would think of me if I did decide to wear that outfit that Lauren claimed as hers.

The sexy one.

Rosalie was the first one to come to my room, followed closely by Alice, and Esme was the last. We all sat on my bed in a bit of a circle with me at the headboard, Alice on my right, Rosalie on my left, and Esme across from me.

"So, what happened?" Alice asked, barely stopping herself from bouncing off the bed, she was so excited and anxious to hear details.

"Well…he was dressed as a pirate, and he scared me," I said.

"Bella," Rosalie said. "We want details. Come on, just tell us!"

"Oh, all right," I said. "I played a rich stow away who'd gotten caught by the captain sneaking out of her hiding place, and he was the greedy Outlaw Pirate that everyone knew about.…"

LPOV

Hm.

Something's different about Edward tonight. He doesn't seem as into it as he normally is.

I changed out of my costume and went to go check in to my normal room: The Tower Suites. When I arrived at the check-in desk, I held out my hand for the key-card to my room. But instead of The Tower Suites like usual, I had a room called The Astronomy Room.

"Uh, where is my usual room key?" I asked the check-in clerk.

"Um…well, you see, Ms. Mallory, it's…um—"

"Just spit it out!" I shouted, aggravated by her inability to speak.

"It's been taken," she mumbled.

I just stared at her. "Come again?" I said, unable to believe that Edward and his brothers would let someone else use my rooms.

"Someone has already booked it," she said a little louder. "Next!"

"No, you listen to me, bitch," I said, putting my hands on the counter to keep my balance. "No one but me ever uses those rooms. Those rooms were designed for my use and my use only!"

"No, Ms. Mallory, they were designed for anyone to use. Next!"

"You selfish, insufferable, lying bitch!" I stalked off to go find Edward and his brothers. I arrived at the men's locker room, opened the door and all but slammed myself into Edward.

"Lauren! What are you doing in here?" he asked.

"Edward, someone has booked my rooms!" I complained.

"Lauren, please," he started. "We needed those rooms for our giveaway winner and their friends, and—"

"Oh, those little bitches!" I cried. "First they practically cut in line for the fantasies, and now they steal my rooms from me! Ugh!"

"Lauren, please do not refer to my other guests as bitches," Edward said, his expression hardening a little bit.

EPOV

Okay, this has gone far enough. Lauren has always been a spoiled brat, but calling Bella a bitch is taking it way too far. I snapped.

"Edward! I've just told you what they've done, and—"

I cut her off. "Lauren! Do you even hear yourself? You sound like a spoiled child whose parents have just told them they need to give up their favorite toy. Now please, go to your assigned room, leave Bella and her friends alone, and leave me the hell alone for one night, please!" I told her. It was the first time I'd ever mouthed off to a guest, and it shook me a little bit. She looked at me as if I'd just grown 3 heads, 4 noses and 9 eyes.

"Fine," she snarled when she finally regained her composure. "If that's how you treat well-paying guests here, then consider me no longer your customer." She stalked off toward the door—managing to break a heel in the process—walked out of it with what little dignity she felt she had left, and slammed it in her wake. Truthfully, I was glad she was no longer a customer here. I was getting tired of her pettiness towards all the other female guests and her slutty behavior in front of the men who attended here once in a while. And her weekly visits were starting to get on my nerves, especially when she would act possessive of me like we'd been going out for ages when I'd really only taken her on 1 date in our sophomore year of high school.

I went to sit on a bench when Jacob came from around the corner.

"Damn, Edward, what happened? Yeah, Lauren's annoying, but I never thought I'd see the day when you would mouth off to a customer, let alone a female customer!" he said, laughing a little bit on the end.

"Yeah, well, first time for everything," I mumbled.

"So, what did she say to make you snap?" he asked.

"She called the girls bitches," I said. He absorbed that for a moment, then his features turned hard.

"She did what?" he asked flatly.

"Jacob, don't worry about it," I told him, getting up and walking toward where my brothers were. None of us were needed for the fantasies right now—the current customer being male—and my brothers and I were relaxing for a few minutes. Jacob followed me until I was surrounded by my brothers.

"Shit, Edward," Emmett said, giving me a colossal bear hug. "I didn't know you had it in you!"

"Had what in me, Emmett?" I asked.

"I didn't know you would actually tell off Lauren like that!" he clarified. "Damn, I think you just broke a couple of your rules for yourself!"

"Emmett, she called the girls bitches, and it caused me to snap," I told him. My brothers all looked at me and said at the same time the same thing Jacob had asked me when I told him. Jacob then spoke up.

"Guys," he started. My brothers and I looked at him. "I understand your guys' antagonism towards Lauren, but—"

"No, Jacob, I don't think you do," Emmett started. We all looked at him like he'd grown a 2nd head. "I don't want her to simply leave the girls alone. I want to hurt her."

"Emmett, don't," Carlisle said. "You can't just go around hurting people because they insulted a girl you have a crush on."

"Carlisle, don't pretend you're not as pissed off as I am," Emmett replied.

"Emmett, I am upset that Lauren would refer to Esme as a bitch, but, as much as I would like to hurt someone, I am trying to keep control of my temper," Carlisle said.

"Emmett, your anger towards Lauren will only get you into trouble," Jasper said. His voice barely contained his fury.

I looked at Jacob to see what he thought of this exchange; my brothers and I pissed at Lauren for calling 4 girls he considered his sisters bitches. Then he surprised me.

"Guys, let me get something straight," he started. "You all have crushes on them?"

"Yep," Jasper said. "Emmett on Rosalie, Carlisle on Esme, Edward on Bella, and me on Alice."

"Well, at least you're honest," Jacob mumbled. "I trust you guys to take care of them, but if you ever, ever hurt them, I will hunt you all down, and kill you with my bare hands."

We all stared at him. Then Carlisle spoke up.

"Well, then be rest-assured that we have no intention to hurt them, Jacob."

"Thank you, Carlisle," Jacob said. "But unfortunately, I don't put that much trust in other guys' promises considering the girls. They've all had really bad hardships in the past—especially Rosalie and Alice—and I really don't want to see them get hurt again."

"Jacob, we understand," Jasper said, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. "You're the big brother they never had, and they're your little sisters, in a way. We understand your instinct to protect them. Keep in mind, the 4 of us are brothers, and we would do anything for each other."

"Jasper, I know, but…I just want them to be happy," Jacob said. "They deserve it."

I was right. That was fun to write! Lauren is such a bitch. I hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it! I told y'all Jacob was gonna go protective on the Cullen boys!