Here we go… I'm gonna LOVE writing this chapter!!
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EPOV:
Bella hadn't talked to me the whole week. Now it was Friday again and my weekend was filled with stuff I didn't want to do anymore.
Weeks ago before I even knew Bella, my parents planed a weekend trip to California for just the two of them. When I heard I would have the White House for myself for a whole weekend I had just one thought. Party! And not any party but the party of the century. I was famous for my wild and awesome parties but since Bella was here I didn't even feel like having a party- it was weird. I sighed. A party tonight and all I wanted right now was to straight things out between Bella and me. She was hiding behind Natalia the whole week. When ever I tried to talk to her she made sure Natalia or Alice or Rose was there. She started to drive me insane and right now everything was just too much.
I sighed and waved my parents good bye who were just leaving together with Talia. Talia started crying because she had to leave Bella and me and for some reason she even made me sad!
The car was gone and Bella and I were standing outside alone.
"Listen." I started but she turned around already. I rolled my eyes. This was going on my nerves. I ran after her. "Ok listen I can't take it anymore! Tell me what I did wrong because I really suffer right now and it's driving me crazy because I don't know why!"
Bella turned around and gave me a surprised look.
"I'm sorry, did you say something?" She said and pulled an earplug out of her ear and grabbed into the pocket on her butt and pulled her iphone out. "Alice put all this music on my iphone it's amazing. Did you know that the iphone can safe more than 500 songs?"
"BELLA!" I yelled. She looked at me even more surprised.
"I'm sorry... you were saying?" She said and gave me an amused smile.
"What's wrong?" I asked desperately and resist the urge to pull on my hair.
"Ahm... nothing. I just like my iphone!" She said really slow as if she wanted to make sure I would understand everything.
"Forget your stupid iphone. I'm talking about us." I said and she laughed.
"Us? You are my brother... an us would be... sick." She said and looked like she was about to puke. I rolled my eyes.
"We are notsiblings Bella!" I said a little bit more aggressive than I wanted to. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Ok." She said and walked up the stairs.
"So you don't want to talk about it?" I yelled.
"No... I mean... I have no idea what you are talking about." She said and gave me a fake smile. I looked to my right and discovered an ugly vase just for a second I thought about throwing it at her head but decided against it.
"Ok... what ever... I just wanted to tell you that I have a party in the backyard... it starts at nine. I know you are a loser and you rather sit in your stupid room for the whole night. But in case you decide to do something normal you are invited... even though you don't deserve it." I yelled and she froze on the stairs. I held my breath and prayed that she would turn around and yell at me but she just shrugged her shoulders and continued walking.
"Thanks for the invitation Eddie... I think about it. And now please excuse me and don't disturb me... you know we loser like our privacy..." She said and was gone.
I stood there with my mouth wide open and couldn't believe what I was hearing.
BPOV:
I was walking up and down in my room. Stupid Edward... stupid Edward... He just can't let me be. AAAHHH I HATE HIM! I bit into my pillow so that I wouldn't start yelling any second. I couldn't wait to go home. He is just stupid.
I sat down on my desk and checked my e-mails on my laptop. My mom and I were writing e-mails back and forth all the time... she was just missing me too much and couldn't let go. It was weird because for some reason I wasn't missing her at all. I know that sounds heartless and I REALLY love my mom. But the relationship to my mom is so good that I don't have to miss her because I know I'm going to see her in a couple of months. My mom is always worrying that Edward and I get too close... that's why it is easy to answer her e-mails in moments like this because right now I'm sure I HATE Edward... but being sure about my feelings was kind of hard in the last weeks.
Edward was the weirdest guy I've ever met. First he was all macho, than suddenly he is so sweet, the next moment he is hurt, and than he is a macho again. So WHO is Edward and WHAT is he thinking about me? And WHY do I care? And now he has this stupid party- a complete macho thing again. How can someone sleep in one bed with Natalia because he loves her like a sister and wants to protect her and has sex the next night in the SAME bed. It doesn't make sense to me!
I answered my mom's e-mail and turned the laptop of. It was time to find an outfit for tonight!
I was shocked when I looked in the mirror at 9:30pm... This was so much sexierthan I expected it to be: I was wearing a baby doll dress that ended about 4 inches above my knees and had a bow on the back. The color was kind of black-gray. It looked so... I don't know. On the one hand it was really daring on the other hand it was absolutely me! I wore some silver high heels to it and checked my hair for the fourth time. I had fixed my hair so that it was hanging down in big, smooth waves. I smiled. This was perfect.
I went back down into the backyard and saw the huge white tent. Someone was standing at the opening with a list of people that were allowed to enter. Already from the outside I heard thousands of different voices and the loud music. The woman on the door smiled at me.
"Welcome Miss Swan!" She said with a smile and opened the tent. I entered and stood there for a minute. Completely surprised. The whole tent was decorated in white and the only contrast were the lights and the people. There were couches in white and bars in white. All the drinks were white and everywhere were white roses. I couldn't help it. My mouth fell open- Edward did this?
"This is nothing. You should have seen his Oriental Party last year. He imported Turkish delight!" Alice said who just appeared next to me. I looked at her in complete surprise and she smiled.
"Hi!" She said while she hugged me. "I missed you! You were gone for so long."
I laughed.
"Alice. I really want to apologize for the one night in the club... I don't know what happened to me. I really can't believe I used my friends... I am really sorry." I mumbled and she laughed.
"Oh I already forgot that! That is completely fine. We all just love you! And I mean if I would have to live with Edward like you do I would lose my mind, too." She said and rolled her eyes. I laughed in relieved. She made a step back and looked at me.
"Wow Bella!" She mumbled in aw. "You look amazing!"
I blushed and shrugged my shoulders. "Thanks!"
I walked around. Talked to people and tried to have fun but for some reason I felt really tired. I even met Emmett and Rose. Well I more or less saw them dancing on the dance floor. I even caught Edward stare at me. When he noticed my look he gave me a head nod and looked away. I rolled my eyes and turned around just to see Alice talk to Rose in a corner not far away.
EPOV:
I was leaning against the bar and watched everyone being happy. Planing this party was a lot more work than it usually was. With Talia and Bella I had less time than usually.
"Hey dude! Long time no see!" Emmett said and gave me a beer. I put it on the bar.
"Long time no see AND no alcohol... are you sick?" He asked and gave me a worried look.
"Ah no... I just had no time... there was a lot of stuff going on." I mumbled and recognised Bella at the door.
She looked amazing. The dress looked so sexy on her and her hair looked even smother than usually. I was jealous of ever guy that could touch her tonight. She was looking around, taking everything in with her eyes, and than her mouth fell open. I smiled. This made it SO worth it.
Suddenly I saw Emmett's hand blocking my view and I looked at him.
"What's wrong?" I asked and gave him an aggravated look.
"Nothing- I was just asking myself why you aren't listening when I tell you something and than I saw your little love bird appear and knew what was going on."
"Love bird?" I asked confused.
"Call it how ever you want but DO something because I am sure it is not healthy to loose that much spit in one night." He said and made a dumb imitation of a caveman.
"Wow that looked like you in your Math class." I said and gave him a fake smile. He pat my shoulder and went away.
I turned around again and watched Bella. She was talking to Alice and looked like she was relieved. After that she went around, talked to different people and I just watched her. I have no idea why but I just couldn't look away...
BPOV:
"So... Edward and you are together yet?" Rose asked when I stood there with her and Alice.
"Ah no... and we will never be because he is a jerk! Why are YOU not together with Edward?" I asked her.
"Because I already got a jerk... and so does Alice!" She said and gave me a winning smile. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well I don't want a jerk. I want someone nice." I said and Alice sighed.
"Come on... Edward is the best boyfriend you can get." She said and I tried to figure out if she would start laughing any moment.
"You're kidding right?" I asked and she gave me a serious look. "You... are not kidding?"
Alice shook her head.
"No Bella. He is really nice." She said and I laughed.
"Well that's not enough!" I responded.
"What's not enough?" Edward asked and appeared between Alice and me.
"Ahm... nothing." I said and he gave me a suspicious look.
"So... you guys like the party?" Edward asked.
"Of course we do!" Alice and Rose said and hugged him on either side. He laid his arms around there shoulders and looked at me.
"Ah yeah... right... no." I said and Alice rolled her eyes. Edward let go of the two and looked at me.
"So you don't like it?" He asked and made a step towards me.
"Well I didn't say that, did I?" I responded and made a step towards him, too.
"So what did you say?" He asked and came farther towards me.
"I said I wouldn't hug you!" I said and closed the gap between us.
"Well..." He said and trailed off. He looked me in the eyes and I did the same.
"Well what?" I asked with a winning smile.
"This comes pretty close, doesn't it? I mean... I'm just going to put my arms around you..." He said and I saw his arms moving towards me and was shocked.
"You trapped me." I said.
"No, you wanted to be trapped." He said and I saw his arms coming closer. I was just about to say something when...
"Hi Edward!" Tanya said and Edward froze in surprise. I smiled and used the moment to make a step back. Edward recovered and turned around.
"I was looking everywhere for you!" Tanya said and had him in a death grip.
"Well... here I am." Edward said aggravated.
"I thought we might as well continue what we didn't do the last time?" She asked and gave him a wink.
I turned to Alice and Rose who looked at Tanya and Edward with shocked faces.
"Recover your faces... that's what you get when you live with Mr. Masen here." I said and gave them a wink. They didn't think that was funny and I didn't care. I suddenly felt a weird presure behind my eyeballs. I had a headache and was tired. I gave Rose and Alice a smile.
"I really enjoyed this party... but I have to go to bed." I mumbled. They gave me a worried look.
"Are you sure you are ok?" They asked and I laughed.
"Sure I am... it's just... the stress. I have to lay down." I mumbled and walked away.
I walked out of the tent and looked around. I needed to lay down right now but the house was so far away. I looked to my right and saw the pool house. I made my way over there,took my dress of, got in the bad, and was happy that it was finally quiet. I had my knees up to my stomach and sighed. It was so hot in here... why was I freezing than? I was shivering and my teeth were chattering. I wanted to stop it but when I tried to it got even worse. My cheeks were burning.
In one sentence: I had a fever. I should do something against that. Maybe I could get some aspirin from somewhere. I imagined it- but I didn't do it.
With the time I found myself in a weird state between being awake and being asleep. I would have liked to have another blanket. I would have liked to have a glass of water. But after some time I wasn't sure anymore if I did it or not. I thought about it and tried to figure out what was real and what was not.
Apparently I had been in that state for a longer time because it was a lot darker when I noticed someone else in the house. I was scared.
"Bella?"
I tried to get things straight. Edward's face appeared somewhere in the fog.
"Hello." I said quietly.
I couldn't let go of the blanket under my chin because I feared the cool air against my hot skin.
"Is everything ok? Are you ok?"
"Yes." My teeth were chattering again.
He looked worried and put his hand of my forehead to check my temperature.
"Man, you're hot."
I wanted to laugh and make a joke out of it but I couldn't... I was too tired.
"I think I got the flue."
"You have something."
Worried, almost automatically he wiped the hair away from my forehead. That felt so good. Deep down in my fever I felt home and happy. He touched my hot cheek, his hand felt surprisingly cold.
"Do you need medicine? Shall I call the doctor?"
"Don't worry. It's nothing special." Because I was so tired I could just speak very slowly. "I have this kind of fever really often. My mom always says..." I took a deep breath to get new energy. "... I would heat up to 105 degrees when I only get a cold."
I didn't want it to seem so dramatically but Edward looked completely disturbed. I guess he felt sorry because he knew about my parents and all.
"I don't think we can get any kind of doctor at this time except of the ambulance... but I can get you some medicine. Are you allergic against something?"
"I swallow everything."
"I'm back in a second. Don't go away ok?"
My cough sounded like a weak laughter.
"That I can promise."
For me the time passed in a really strange way: always a little bit forwards and than a little bit backwards. Somehow I noticed that Lauren and Jessica came in the house. They probably thought I was sleeping but that didn't keep them from turning the light on, to talk really loudly, and turn the music up. They were probably drunk by now- at least they smelled like they were.
Some time later Edward came back and just needed a second to understand what was going on. He was furious.
"Don't you see that Bella is sick? Why are you guys making such a noise? What the hell is wrong with you?"
Even through my foggy brain I noticed that this wasn't the Edward I knew.
"Calm down, man." Lauren hissed. "Who do you think you are to tell me what to do anyway?"
She was too drunk to understand how mad Edward was and the fact that I was sick apparently didn't matter.
Edward kneeld down next to me and put his hand on my forehead again. Then he leaned over to my ear.
"I don't want to leave you here with those two. Do you want to go in the house? I locked my room so it's empty and you can get some rest up there."
I nodded thankfully.
I was just wondering how he wanted to get me up there without killing me. Especially because I was just in my underwear.
But he had found a solution for that, too. He put his arms underneath me and lifted me up with all the blankets. He carried me out in the night while Lauren and Jessica stared at us with shocked faces.
I felt so light in his arms and laid my burning face against his neck. He pulled the blankets tighter around me and put his chin on my head.
I tried with all my might to remember every little detail of this night so that I could think of it later because this night was amazing. Maybe it would be the best thing that would ever happen to me.
I just hoped that this was not like the glasses of water and extra blankets... I wanted it to be real.
Please let it be real. And if it's not real- please just let me stay here forever.
He opened the door to a room and put me really carefully on a bed- his I hoped. I wanted to smell his scent while he was tucking me in my blankets again. I tried to stop shivering.
"I would give you another blanket but I'm afraid you could be too warm than."
I nodded. There was a plastic bag hanging on his wrist.
"Here."
He pulled medicine, a bottle of water, a bottle of orange juice, a thermometer, and a paper cup out of the bag.
"I had to get down to the nurse wing - the nurse was gone unfortunately but I can get to her medicine chest if we need more."
My eyelids were opening and closing when I tried to concentrate on his serious face.
"The medicine chest was open?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Now it is."
He pured water in the cup and put medicine in the palm of his hand.
"Ready?"
He helped me sitting up.
I tried to find a way of getting my hand out of all the blankets without letting the cold air rush in. I got my right hand out of all blankets but held the blankets tight around my body. Than I took the cup and drank the whole water. I was really thirsty. I drank to more until I felt my mouth lose some of the annoying dryness.
"Poor you... so thirsty." He said.
I swallowed the medicine and felt how it seemed to be stuck in my throat. Everything was so swollen.
"Thank you."
I laid back down and felt tears coming because his friendliness seemed like such a great gift to me. He placed his cool hand on my cheek.
"I worry about you." He said quietly.
I looked in his eyes and felt bad for ignoring him the whole week... if he just wanted to be my friend I would accept that!
He took the thermometer.
"Open your mouth." "Are you sure..." I knew that my temperature would be high. He nodded so I opened my mouth. He waited until the thermometer started beeping. He narrowed his eyebrows when he told me the result.
"Oh my god! 104 degrees... is that dangerous?"
"I had that once." I said weak.
Why does everything always be so dramatically when I have it?
"Shall I call for the ambulance?"
"I think I will be fine." I answered truthfully. "I'm not afraid or anything."
He laid on the couch parallel to the bed and leaned his head in his hand and watched me.
"I'm going to call your dad." He said and sat up. He pulled his iphone out of his pocket.
"Please don't." I said quietly. "He is... not there."
"It's afternoon in Germany... where could he be?"
"No, I mean..." I trailed off. "He is just not there... not for me."
I was too tired to explain it.
He looked at her. He looked sad. He laid down again.
I tried to stop the shivering but that just made me shiver even more. I didn't won't Edward to be worried because of me.
It seemed like Edward couldn't stand my shivering anymore because he got up and stood in front of the bed I was laying on. He lifted me up and placed me a little further in the middle. To my HUGE surprise AND joy he placed himself next to me, laid his arms around me, pressed my face against his neck, and I felt like my heart would explode any minute.
He held me and it seemed like he was sucking all the fever, sickness, and the sadness because I didn't have a dad I could count on out of my body. He stroked my hair and laid like this for hours.
And maybe he even sucked the pain out of my body because in his arms I found the sleep I needed so badly.
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Ok guys... before I say anything I want to say SORRY to the people that recognized the fever part. Sorry about that but you have to admit that it looks really good in there!
Sorry again! And oh yeah... Bella's dress is on my profile!!
