So it's been raining all day. Way to put a bummer on Summer Break.

Edward

Brace Yourself.

He never knew two words could make him want to rip his hair out. It had so many different meanings and no doubt it had to do with the thing Aro wanted from him. But he would never give it to him.

Kayla didn't waver underneath 80 as I directed her to Bella's house. Once we got there local police were taking pictures and collecting information both inside and outside the house. Kayla parked a house down and we went right up to an officer.

"Woah kid no one past this point."

I showed him my tags. "I'm the Captain of the Marines let us through."

He looked surprised and let us pass. Kayla went looking around the house and I went inside. Even more police were inside mostly in the kitchen where he suspected Charlie was shot.

"Edward!" Seth called to him.

"Seth," I greeted. "Where's this message?"

"Right here. but don't touch it we are going to scan it for prints." Seth said.

He held it up for me to see and I looked closely at the small print.

"It just says brace yourself." Seth said.

"Go run it for prints then give it to me. I want a closer look."

"Alright. How's Charlie doing?"

"Pretty good. He was up when we went but Bella was asleep."

"That's good Mom was worried."

I raised my eyebrow. "Your Mom?"

"Yeah she has like this thing for him but she wanted me to keep it a secret." Seth laughed.

I laughed a little too. "I'll keep it a secret then."

"I'll call Quil and Embry to get them to help me with this."

"Where the hell are they anyway?"

"Freaking Hawaii man. They are with their girls relaxing on a beach while we are working our asses off."

"I need to follow their example. I need a vacation."

"Kayla's pressuring me to go to Greece in a couple weeks. I mean Greece."

"She has some roots in Greece, it's very beautiful there. Lot's of beaches and lot's of history."

"I hate history."

"You hate school period."

"It's a good thing I don't go anymore. Hey are we still doing the dance tomorrow?"

"We have to. Especially me. Everyone is coming, no patrols the Coast Guard are covering it."

"Good. I'll watch your back, we don't want you getting drunk again."

"Yeah me neither."

He went home after dropping off Kayla at her house and he skipped dinner and went straight to bed. He was used to skipping meals, or having little to nothing. A perk of being a soldier, lunch time. He had no dreams just an abyss of darkness that was more comforting than a world of color. He was tempted to call Bella and make sure she was okay but it was still early and she still might be sleeping. His breakfast was small and he couldn't keep his hands still. It was a reaction most snipers had. Kayla mostly got her's under control but when she's by herself she can't stop bouncing her leg. To pass the time he watched his father's old helmet cams from his previous missions.

He watched it mostly to hear his father's voice. And to see his mother's face. The video from the day they were killed was deleted from the military archive and no one shared any details. All remaining members of his father's team retired and they wouldn't spill. Not even Billy Black who was wounded in battle and paralysed from the waist down trying to save a soldier from the fray.

He rewinded the tape again and Emmett threw himself on the couch making it move a few inches backward.

"Watching some real life Call of Duty?" he teased.

"Go away Emmett."

"Still mad about me getting drunk?"

"Your lucky Rosalie has asked me to spare your face, cause I'd like to re arrange it."

"Oh Edward, we all know your threats are empty." Emmett chuckled.

He patted my shoulder a little harder than necessary and walked up the stairs laughing to himself. Noon rolled around and Alice was suddenly all over the place.

"Edward hurry up and get ready!" she said in shock when she found me in my sleeping clothes.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I'm going to Bella's house to do her makeup. You need to be ready by the time I get back." she said matter-of-factly.

She walked out the door and he waited until her yellow Porsche disappeared before getting up. He saw his father's uniform hanging in the back of his closet and he didn't want to risk it getting wet again or something worse so he stuck with his uniform. It wasn't the camouflage but the Uniform Blues worn for these kind of occasions and authorized grabbed the corsage and his phone and went to wait in the living room. All the members of his team was there wearing exactly what he was wearing. Rosalie was giving a speech to Emmett about getting me drunk and Kayla was almost choking Seth by fixing his tie.

He sat with Collin and Brady who were looking at Rosalie and Emmett and making bets on if Emmett was going to get me drunk or not. I bet that he wouldn't, not with Rosalie threatening to leave him. An hour later I heard Alice's Porsche pull up and everyone scrambled to make it look like they were not doing things they weren't supposed to do.

Was this woman trying to kill him? His heart stopped and then pounded like a hummingbird's wings as he looked at Bella in her dress. It was a light blue that went to her ankles, her makeup was lighter than yesterday and she was wearing flats. Her face screamed perfection, her body screamed heaven.

"Wow Bella you're a knockout!" Emmett said. "You even have Eddie speechless."

"Um..." I stuttered. "You look beautiful Bella."

She blushed which made his heart race like helicopter blades.

"Oh stop drooling Edward, get over yourself. We have to go now! You're supposed to be there in a half hour!"

"Right, half hour got it. Guess we are not taking the Jeep."

"No guess we arent, we need to get there fast."

"Let's do it! It will be like that movie Fast and Furious."

"Which are you?" Kayla taunted.

"Both I'm just that good."

"I doubt it."

"A race then?"

"Maybe next time, this time let's race time." I said.

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