Disclaimer : I do not own twilight or any of the characters. Although what I wouldn't give to own Edward Cullen!! *Sigh*
BPOV
Everyone returned to Wal-Mart for the second time today. There was pushing and shoving as the Cullen's got out of their cars and raced each other to the front doors. Everyone had tuned into savages except Edward. He opened my door and helped me out.
The automatic doors rolled open before us. Not 2 seconds in the door and Emmett was in my face.
"Bella, How many eggs do you need to make a cake?" He asked frantically.
"She can't tell you dumb ass." Jasper shouted as he ran away with a shopping cart. I shrugged my shoulders and pulled smiled apologetically at him.
"Great. I'll just make something else then!" Emmett called as he bounded off into the distance. I turned to face Edward.
"So what are you going to make me?" I asked coyly. He smiled my favourite crooked smile and tapped the side of his nose.
"I don't believe I can tell you. You'll just have to wait and find out." He picked up a basket and towed me around the aisles.
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APOV
Okay. Okay. So what can I make that is simple, easy and only used a few ingredients? I'm useless at human cooking. It's totally pointless. I mean I'm a vampire for Gods sake. Why would I want or need to know how to make food. Oooo. What are these here? Smoothies? Do they count as food? I could make one of them with that blender in the cupboard under the sink. What are the ingredients? Strawberries, banana, raspberries and yoghurt. Sounds good to me. Better get something for backup though in case it ends up going wrong. I can't believe I didn't see this coming!
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RPOV
I don't see why we have to cook for her. I mean she can do it herself right? But I still want to win. Okay. Lunch usually means sandwiches so I'll make one of them. What do I put in it though? Let's see. Cheese, chicken and peanut butter? Tuna and pickle? What will go well together? I'll get some of each and decide later. Now for the bread.
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JPOV
Think Jasper think. You've watched one of those cooking shows before. They made beef, potatoes and vegetables. I'll make that then. But how did they cook it? Did they cook it? I can't remember. I was fighting with Emmett over who was better Lord Voldemort or Darth Vader. Damn! I'll figure that out later. Just find the stuff and get home so I can get the best place in the kitchen.
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EmPOV
I know what to make. It will be cheating. Well, no one will know. I'll just be extra careful around Alice and Edward and then I should be fine. I saw Bella eating a pot noodle the other day. I watched her make it as well. All you needed to do was add water. Great! I am so going to beat Jasper. Serves him right for calling me a dumb ass. Fool proof.
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EdPOV
I remember reading a cookbook in Bella's room once. It was the same night that she was sleep talking about the flying shoe and the evil unicorns. That was funny. I never told her about it though. It would embarrass her too much. And I love her far too much to do anything like that to her. I don't want to upset her. Anyway, I think I could make an omelette. It looked easy enough in the book. So I'll need eggs, cheese, tomatoes and cooking oil. It doesn't take long to make either so I won't have to leave Bella for long. Perfect!
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BPOV
While everyone was hurrying around the store, me and Edward were taking our time. He didn't seem to be in any hurry. I think we were finished before everyone else as well because all their cars still were in the parking lot. We drove back to the Cullen's house but on the way Emmett overtook us at high speed and sped off. I was slightly scared but Edward just laughed and said that Emmett didn't want anyone to see what he was making.
10 minutes later the kitchen was full of busy workers. Everyone was looking for the equipment so there was chaos everywhere. There was actually an argument over who saw the frying pan first. I just stood back and observed with increasing amusement. Emmett was finished surprisingly quickly. He must have got here early or else he didn't have to do much. Whatever he made was trapped between 2 plates. It smelled good. This was so unlike Emmett. He walked past me and placed his dish on the table behind me. I looked at my watch. "15 minutes left!" I shouted. Edward whizzed past me and put his plates on the table as well. They were all covering their creations. That made me even more anxious.
"AAAAAAAAAAA" Alice squealed from somewhere in the room. I spun my head around to see what had happened. I couldn't help but laugh. She hadn't put the lid on the blender so there was blended fruit everywhere including all over Alice and Rose as well. Rosalie looked ferociously at her 'sister'. I was scared for Alice. But instead of throttling her, Rosalie just wiped a piece of kitchen roll across her face and said.
"You are so lucky that your weird pink liquid didn't touch my food. Or you'd have been dead." And then she carried on working! Wow. This meant more to her than I expected. Jasper put something in the microwave. Alice forgot about the mess and reached into her shopping bag and started working extra fast.
"Time's up!" I called and took my seat at the judge's table. I smiled as the last entries were added to the group of plates in front of me. "Who's first?" I asked leaning forwards. Rosalie lifted her top plate up. There were 2 sandwiches led on a bed of lettuce. I picked the top one and sniffed it. Something didn't smell right. I took a bite but soon wished I hadn't. "What did you put on them?" I asked forcing the mouthful down. I quickly washed the taste away with some water.
"Well on the top one it is tuna and pickle and the bottom one is cheese, chicken and peanut butter. I couldn't decide which one to make so I made both." She smiled sweetly at me. I can't believe I swallowed that! I smiled back.
"Well it's certainly different. And I can honestly say that I've never had anything like it in my life." I tried to think of something nice to say. That was the best I could come up with. Rose carried on smiling so I guess I hadn't offended her. "Next?" I asked cautiously. Jasper revealed his meal. It was like a Sunday roast except it wasn't roasted. In fact it wasn't even cooked. There was blood dripping from the meat; the potatoes were whole and raw and the carrots still had the green leaves on top. "Jasper." I said trying to think what to say. "I hope you won't be offended when I say this but I can't eat this." I looked apologetically at him as I spoke.
"Why not?" He asked almost sounding defeated. I didn't want to tell him but I had to.
"Because it's not cooked. If I eat this then you will have to deal with one very sick human for a few days. Sorry!" And I generally was.
"It's okay!" He bounced back. "I can tell that you really feel bad. I don't mind. Anyway, I will not be clearing up piles of puke if you get ill so don't eat it." I giggled and he smiled.
"Thanks." I grinned. "Next?" Alice put a bowl in front of me that contained lots of chopped up fruit.
"I kind of gave up on the smoothie thing. I figured that this was the safer option." She chimed. I picked a grape up and popped it in my mouth.
"Well, it's edible!" I joked looking at Jasper. "It's great. Thanks Alice. Who's left?"
"Just me and Emmett." Edward said as he moved Alice's bowl aside and put his own plate in its place. There was an omelette on it with melted cheese and tomatoes on top. Yum! Well it passed the appearance test but would it pass the taste test? I cut a bit off with my knife and fork and lifted it to my mouth.
"Perfect! So good! Wouldn't change anything!" I beamed at Edward stood next to me.
"Okay so you've had the rest now taste the best!" Emmett shoved Edwards food to a side and pushed his plate in front of me. Noodles. They looked like the ones I had the other night. I tried one, sucking it into my mouth.
"Emmett?" I questioned. "This tastes familiar. In fact this tastes exactly like the pot noodle I ate the other day." Everyone gave him a quizzical look. Emmett looked around warily before shouting, "Busted" and running upstairs.
"Disqualified!" I shouted after him. "And the winner is Edward!" I said clapping. No-one joined in except Edward himself. "What?" I asked.
"That's favouritism. That shouldn't be allowed. Just because he's your boyfriend." Rosalie was accusing me of biased judging.
"You want a reason why he won other than the fact that we're dating?" I asked. "Okay then. Well, you're sandwiches were quite disgusting actually. Under no circumstances do you mix pickle and tuna. Or cheese, chicken and peanut butter for that matter. Alice only cut up some fruit and although it was nice it was very simple. As for Jasper…" I pointed to his plate on the table. "… It isn't even edible! I can't even eat it. No offence." I added.
"Non taken. Although in my defence they did call it a microwave oven. They should change the name to microwave that-doesn't-really-cook-like-an-oven-oven." He said back.
"Emmett was disqualified so Edward won. Okay? Is that fine with everyone? I'm not being biased or bribed in any way?" I looked around the room.
"I take it back then. Well done Edward." Rosalie smiled at him. I couldn't tell if it was genuine or not. "I'd better go and get Emmett before he does something stupid." She walked out the room.
"You think she's upset?" I asked Edward. Maybe I'd been a bit harsh. Edward snickered and so did Jasper.
"She's not upset. Just embarrassed. Nice work Bella!" Jasper said from by Alice's side. "Anyway, I'm going to go and help Alice clean up the disaster that happened before. You should eat your food before it goes cold." He nodded in the direction of the table. I listened to him and started to eat.
When I had finished I had eaten the omelette and the frit salad. I was clearing my plates away when Emmett appeared beside me. I dropped a plate but he caught it. I mumbled thanks and put the dishes in the sink for me to wash up later. "I'm sorry for cheating Bella." Emmett said in a half-hearted voice "Cheating is wrong and I know better because I am defiantly old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. But please. Don't make me eat the noodles. I don't like noodles. I can play with them but I don't want to eat them." He pleaded. I pretended to think about it for a second.
"Fine then. I'll let you off. This one time. You do it again and I'll make you eat a whole pizza. Box and all." I warned." Emmett ran away back to Rosalie I guessed so I turned to do the washing up. Someone had already done it and that someone was stood behind me and picked me up so I screamed in surprise. "Edward put me down." I scolded him playfully.
"I know when I'm beaten." He said as he set my feet on the ground again. "There's still time to do something if you want?" At that moment Carlisle walked through the kitchen with a trail of people behind him.
"I'm going to the hospital for a bit. I appear to have some followers. You can come as well if you want as long as you don't cause any trouble." He picked up his car keys from the side.
"Okay!" I replied and took Edwards hand as we walked to his car. But I think that everyone knew Carlisle and all that trouble would defiantly be following us around the wards. The best he could hope for would be that at the end of this visiting session no one would end up feeling worse than when they came in.
I know the ending was a bit predictable but I honestly thought Edward would be the only one with a chance of winning. Sorry it's been a while since I updated but I couldn't. I literally couldn't my stupid computer wouldn't let me! Anyway, hopefully I will be able to update soon. Thanks for all the reviews I have got so far. Nearly 100!! Wow !!! :D Keep them coming. What did you think of this chapter and what do you think should happen in the hospital?? XX