I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT SAGA!!!! STEPHENIE MEYER DOES!!!

Chapter 25:

"Taylor," Edward warned.

I threw my hands up in exasperation.

"Fine! I'll go get the book!" I ran upstairs. I felt under my mattress for my book. I pulled it out and went back downstairs.

"Here's the stupid book!" I flopped down on the couch where I had just been sitting and flipped through the book for the page.

"I thought you knew the book by heart," Edward taunted.

My eyes narrowed. "I need to find the exact page so I can read it to you straight."

I started flipping through it again. "Wait!"

"What?"

"I was right. Me, Bella, and Rose were right! You all wanted to kill Nessie, but we didn't let you. You didn't even listen to me when I could have showed you proof! Meaning we were right! Ha!"

He rolled his eyes. "Carlisle, why did we adopt her again?"

My mouth dropped open.

Carlisle spoke up. "Because her family died in a car crash."

"That was a mistake. Doesn't she have other family? We can ship her off." My mouth got wider with every sentence. I would show him.

Edward POV

Her mouth dropped wider with every sentence. She stood up.

"Well, then! You can just forget about it! Figure it out on your own!" She stomped upstairs.

"Edward!" Jasper yelled at the same time Rosalie hit me.

"What? I'm serious. She has caused us nothing but trouble since she got here."

"Edward, she has some valuable information," Carlisle said.

"Yeah, she's helped us!" Rosalie said.

Jasper added, "Without her, who knows where we'd be?"

"I don't care," I said. "I still think we should ship her back off to her other family."

"Here I was about to give you another chance!" Taylor's voice came. I twisted my head and she was standing on the steps. She went back upstairs.

"You just had to offend her, didn't you?" Jasper asked.

I threw my hands up. "I'm sorry!"

Taylor POV

I sat back down on the couch and continued with my sketching.

"You know, there was really nothing you could do to prevent it anyway," I said.

"What do you mean?" Edward asked.

"Well, unless you go all Victoria's-coming on her, there's nothing you can do."

"Victioria's-coming?" Emmett asked with a laugh.

"She's dead," Edward added.

"I mean, if you go all overprotective on her like you did Bella when Victoria was on the loose, not letting her go anywhere, then it's pointless." I shrugged.

"If it's for her safety then I will do just that."

I snorted. "That won't work. This whole perfect-innocent-daughter routine is just an act. That whole playing-with-the-spoons-and-twisting-the-spoons-and-throwing-it-on-the-floor thing, no. Her acting all adorable, though she is, and pointing and laughing and giggling, no. She's not like that at all. You give her everything she wants, and if she wants to go out, then she will. She has you all wrapped around her little finger."

"She has you, too," Jasper countered.

I laughed. "No, she doesn't. I could easily refuse her, but I have no need to because she know's that. That's why she always go to all of you. Besides, me and her are so much alike, anyway. Once I'm done with her, say bye-bye to that innocent little girl. Especially when she starts hanging out at La Push. You might as well enjoy this while it lasts."

"Well, that's settled!" Emmett boomed, making me jump.

"Bella, are you still going to arm wrestle Emmett?" I asked, annoyed with him for scaring me like that and being so loud.

She grinned. Renesmee stirred in her arms, blinked a few times, and touched Bella's face.

"Charlie will be back tomorrow." she assured her.

Alice's laughter echoed. Jacob and Seth stuck their heads around the corner.

"Oh yes, Taylor," Bella said with her grin still plastered on her face.

"What?" Emmett growled.

"Emmett, how do you feel about a bet?" Bella asked.

"Awesome. Bring it. Unless you're afraid . . . ?"

"You. Me. Arm-wrestling. Dining room table. Now."

"Er, Bella," Alice said quickly. "I think Esme is fairly fond of that table. It's an antique."

"Thanks," Esme mouthed.

"No, problem," Emmett said with a gleaming smile. "Right this way, Bella." Oh I had to see this.

I followed them out the back, towards the garage. There was a largish granite boulder near the river. It was perfect. Emmett placed his elbow on the rock and waved Bella over. Bella set her elbow on the rock.

"Okay, Emmett. I win, and you cannot say one more word about my sex life to anyone, not even Rose. No allusions, no innuedoes---no nothing."

His eyes narrowed. "Deal. I win, and it's going to get a lot worse."

Bella's gonna win, Bella's gonna win, I sang in my head.

Emmett taunted her some more before she said, "One, two---"

"Three," he grunted, and shoved against her hand.

Nothing happened. Ha! Emmett grunted. Bella let him sweat for a few seconds, before she got bored. She flexed; Emmett lost an inch. She laughed. Emmett snarled.

"Just keep your mouth shut," she reminded him and then smashed his hand into the boulder. Boo yah!

Emmett kicked the rock fragment across the river. He was so mad. He he he! They echanged a few words before Bella started smashing the rock. It was pretty neat. She punched and kicked the rest of the rock fragments. Then she stopped when she heard Nessie laugh. Bella turned away from her game.

"Did she just laugh?"

"Yes," Edward said.

"Who wasn't laughing?" Jacob muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Tell me you didn't let go a bit on your first run, dog," Edward teased.

"That's different. Bella's supposed to be a grown-up. Married and a mom and all that. Shouldn't there be more dignity?"

Nessie frowned and touched Edward's face.

"What does she want?" Bella asked.

"Less dignity. She was having almost as much fun watching you enjoy yourself as I was." I went back inside, letting them have their moment and mostly because I already knew what was about to happen.

I had lied to Edward when I said I didn't remember what happened and needed to flip to the page. I already knew the book inside and out. I had just been trying to stall. That was the only way we could get the Volturi off our backs, and they could all finally rest about Renesmee. I tried to tell them so many times, but of course they didn't listen to me. Only Nessie listened to me.

AN

I know this was shorter than my usual chapters, but I though I should start a new chapter where the book starts a new chapter. Other than that, how is it? Edward is getting very frustrated with Taylor. Are they going to go back to where they started with him seeming to not like Taylor? You'll just have to wait and find out. Click the button and type!

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