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Chapter 25

Thunderstorms and Baseball

I woke up Sunday morning with a very heavy heart. Edward was with me, but knowing what today might bring, was shooting fear though every pour of my body. I couldn't figure out why the bed was shaking, then I realized it was me.

"Shh, calm down Bella, your safe, my love." Edward coos as he pulls me into a firm embrace.

"I'm so scared Edward, what if Victoria or James get away, it won't be pretty if they do. I'm worried about any of you getting hurt. I'm worried, they might get away and run amuck in town here, I'm worried…." I just ramble on

"Bella, we know what we are getting into, unlike James, Victoria and Laurent. We have Jasper, remember love? He has this planned out to the last step. You know he would never let any harm come to Alice, let alone his family, remember that includes you Bella." Edwards words reassure me. I just have to remember to have faith.

Edward kisses me goodbye and shoots out the window. The plan is Alice coming to pick me up for a "girls day" while the boys go play baseball. Alice will be here at nine and its eight now, so I get my tail in gear and run through the shower, get dressed in some old jeans and a Harry Potter t-shirt. I know Alice is going to frown, but really who in the hell is going to see me today, let alone care what I wear.

I'm going to locked up in the Cullen house with Esme, while the rest go to the field for the mock baseball game. They will still have to play to lure the trio there, then Carlisle will give the "I'm all for love not war speech" and knowing James character so well, he will won't give a flying fuck what Carlisle says, and go after Alice anyway.

Alice picks me up, and we get to the house. Edward is waiting for me of course on the front porch. He zooms over to my door and opens it just as the car comes to a stop.

"Jesus Edward! You could at least wait until I stopped the car" Alice chastises Edward

"Sorry, Alice, I just couldn't wait to get my love in my arms once again."

"You just saw each other an hour ago!" Alice says throwing her arms up in the air.

"Like you wouldn't do the same with Jasper." Edward responds with a smirk on his well chiseled face. God I just want to lick him right now. There go the panties. I look into Edwards eyes and they turn pitch fucking black, oh my.

Alice glazes over, looks at the both of us, and mumbles "Every time I turn around all I see is sex, sex, sex, from you two." Which make both Edward and I giggle, we aren't having sex, but we are making out A LOT!

Edward whisks me up in his arms bridal style and carries me in the house. I personally love it. I would never let Chuck do this, I was always afraid of his back giving out, and us ending up on the floor in a crumple heap. I know Edward wouldn't have that problem, so why should I fight him to carry me.

Edward sits down on the couch in the living room, with me firmly in his lap. I look around, and the whole crew is here. They explain about the plan, of trapping the trio. They are going to play baseball, when the trio show up and want to join, they will allow it to keep them off guard. Emmett will play catcher, while the rest play the field. When its Victoria's turn to bat, that is when its going down. Emmett will grab James as soon as Victoria hit's the ball and start running, Edward and Alice will grab Victoria, Jasper will come in and help Emmett with James. Carlisle will guard Laurent just in case he decides to fight with the other two, the odds I tell them is low, but better safe than sorry. Alice has seen this in the vision it being a successful mission. Its like we are on an episode of 'Chuck', we are calling it a mission now.

I will be on lock down during this time with Esme at the house. That means the fucking steal shutters are coming down the moment the rest of the Crew leave the house. Esme and I are going to do a bit of bonding I guess.

After the meeting Edward brings me up to his room and we lay down on his bed. We softly kiss and hold each other. We just lay there not moving just gazing at one another, until its time to go.

We go down to the foyer to say good bye to each other.

I hold on to Edward tightly, with tears coming down my face. "Promise me everyone will be okay, Edward. Even if you have to lie to me, tell me you'll be back right after the game." I know I'm being a big cry baby, but this shit he, hell everyone is getting into is big time dangerous.

"I'm not lying to you, love, everyone here will be in the same condition as we are when we leave." He then takes my face in his hands and bores into my eyes "I PROMISE"

He then places his lips on mine, and what starts off as a sweet, tender kiss, becomes one of longing, and desire. Thanks a lot stud, now everyone here knows how turned on I am, how embarrassing. Edward slowly breaks the kiss off, hugs me and walks out the door, with the others giving both Esme and I hugs as they leave.

As soon as Carlisle fine ass leaves the house, Esme walks over to an alarm control panel by the front door, presses a bunch of buttons. Moments later, all over the house, you can hear the motors running and see solid steal shutters slowly descend over the great windows of this home.

Esme and I spend the next hour looking through photo albums. There are pictures of the family over the past several decades. In all of them Edward tries to appear happy, but the smiles never reach his eyes, his whole body is tense. Every photo the same expression. With as much tension he showed, I was starting to wonder if vampires can get ulcers. It was fun going down memory lane with Esme, her telling me the stories behind some of the photos.

My favorite photo was taken after Edward lost a bet. The bet was if Edward could go through one day without a girl or woman try to hit on him. He wasn't allowed to stay home, he had to go to the mall. Needless to say Edward lost the bet almost as soon as he walked into the mall.

Because of that lost bet, he had to go see a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show, dressed as Dr. Frankinfurter. Now the gang was nice enough to also come in characters, Emmett and Rose were Brad and Janet, Jasper and Alice were Riff-Raff and Magenta. From what Esme told me, when they started doing the time warp, Edwards corset fell off half way through, which cause a stampede of both men and woman, and they had to run out the back.

This sent both Esme and I into a fit of giggles for at lease fifteen minutes. God, I wish I was there for that. While we were coming down from our giggle fest, I heard the first hit of thunder, and froze. Then another, and another. I was slowly curling up into a ball on the end of the couch. Esme was trying to reassure me that they will all be fine. I knew they would, but that isn't the total reason for my onset of a panic attack.

"Esme, I know they will be fine, but I'm really afraid of thunderstorms. For years, I didn't know why, just that thunder and lighting storms cause me big panic attacks. Just like someone who is afraid of heights or spiders. I'm convinced if I move during a lighting storm, it will find me." I tell her in a shaking voice.

"What will find you dear?" Esme asks in a concerned voice.

"The lighting." I whisper then a big boom rattles the house, and I jump off the couch into the nearest bathroom, thank god there isn't any windows. Fuck the plumbing, it can get me through the plumbing. I run back out of the bathroom and into the hall closet. I must look like a total freak to Esme.

"Bella, Bell, calm down." Esme tries sooth me, and get me out of the closet.

"Esme, I know my fear seem irrational to everyone, but it's a deep fear of mine that lighting will seek me out and kill me. Even if the nomads weren't going to show up today, and it was going to be a normal game for you guys, I still wouldn't of come. The thought of being on that field while a storm rages overhead, is a thing from my nightmares."

"Bella, dear, what happened?" Esme brings me up into a cold but loving hug.

"I didn't know until a few years ago, while my fear is so bad." I start "My sister told me when I was two, I used to love the storms, and watching the lighting streak the sky, I thought it was pretty. During one bad storm, she and I were watching it out the front window, when a bolt of lighting sudden hit the house across the street from us, and burned to the ground. From that day on when ever a storm hit, I would hit in my closet until it passed, not moving for hours sometimes."

"Oh you poor baby." Esme fuss and holds me.

Esme continues to hold me until the storm passes. Three hours after the crew left, Esme receives a call from Carlisle. James and Victoria have been taken care of, Laurent is heading up to Alaska to Irina with an escort from Jasper and Alice. I let out a sigh of relief. Thank god that is over.

Ten minutes after Carlisle's call, Esme cocks her head, gets up and goes to the alarm control. After disarming the system, the shutters slowly roll up, and the front door opens.

Emmett is through the door first, and sweeps me up in one of his bear hugs.

"G Bear, can't breathe" I gasp as he twirls me around.

"Emmett put her down!" Rose scolds as she comes through the door. Queenie is amazing, looking at her you would never know she played baseball let alone kill and dismember two vampires, not a hair out of place. I wonder what hair spray she uses?

Emmett finally puts me down, and I hug Queenie and tell her thank you. Carlisle comes in next, after a hug from Esme I give him a hug also, and again thank him.

Edward was the last through, the look on his face was amazing. He looked so happy, and the stress of the pass week has lifted from him. Edward picks me up and kisses me hard, murmuring in my ear that the worse was over, and happy days lie ahead.

I like to believe that, but again I live in reality, I know something else will come along, I can only hope it won't be for a long time.

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