Rating/Warning(s)/Note(s): T, Duplicity
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Prompt: Point
The rest of Monday was spent giggling with Alice. She had started to ask me questions about the dates I had been on with Edward, but was quickly sidelined with telling me stories from his childhood. By the time Edward made it home I knew far more about him than he would ever be willing to tell me himself.
"You look yourself," he said with a smile, settling next to me and almost sitting on his sister.
"Hello!" she shrieked, trying not to laugh, "I'm still here!"
"You were in my way," he told her, his eyes still on me. "I needed to be next to my girl." She swatted his arm, making him lean away from her and practically into my lap.
"Hey! No climbing onto my lap," I told him, squishing myself into the arm of the couch.
"You can climb onto my lap, if you like," Edward crooned, pulling on my arm to bring me closer to him.
"I have a question," Alice asked seriously, cutting through the mood. "Why didn't Edward know you were allergic to alcohol?"
"Alice," Edward said in warning voice. "I already told you."
"I want to hear it from Bella," she said, her voice brooking no nonsense.
"What's the point?" he asked. She just arched her eyebrows and looked at me.
"I never told him, because I can drink a little," I said with a shrug. "I just didn't think it was that important."
"Hmm," she said. Edward was now looking at her with an arched eyebrow. "Fine, your stories match."
"What's this about?" I asked, a knot of fear taking up residence in my stomach.
Alice huffed. "Just, some things seem to be, I don't know, off."
The knot was growing exponentially, threatening to send my stomach into revolt again. "What do you mean?" Edward's hand reached over to clasp mine, which were now tightly wound.
"Well, it seems like you know so much about each other, then something big slips through, like your allergy. Do you even know what Edward's allergies are?"
"Bell peppers and penicillin," I told her, really glad that we had that talk yesterday. Alice's lips thinned as Edward began to chuckle.
"Alice, she forgot to tell me, there's nothing else." He turned to wink at me before turning back to her. "Trust me, I spent yesterday trying to rectify that. The last thing we want is a repeat of that."
"Fine," she huffed, folding her arms across her chest. "So tell me how you managed to date each other without anyone at work finding out? Even the security guys had no clue."
"Checking up on us?" he asked, standing from the couch. "Come on hon, let's get some dinner."
If you're thinking this was cut short, you're right. Last night was a mother/daughter night, so I didn't get it finished. Sorry.
