Bella cried during meditation before school today. It was very alarming and deeply distressing.

I apologised immediately, asking what I had done to upset her and how I could put it right. She said it wasn't my fault and explained she was thinking of her future and was overcome with worries about leaving her father or becoming stuck in a position where she could never stop caring for him, for fear his loneliness would be too great.

Bella is such a kind soul and it strikes me as most unfair that she feels so obligated towards her father. After all, she should be thinking of college and building her own future at this point.

I patted her shoulder to comfort her and all of a sudden she was hugging me and sobbing into my chest. I feel horrible that her pain caused me such elation, but it did. She was so warm and she smelled absolutely divine. I want to sniff her all over.

Her hair against my neck reminded me of my awful reliquary and everything that had led to this point, allowing me to stay focused on comforting her and avoiding arousal, although later I found myself in quite the pickle. I digress.

I held her and stroked her back like Esme does for me sometimes. This seemed to calm her. My poor sweet Bella, she was so upset. I thought my heart would break in two.

After a rapturous short seconds in my arms she drew back and apologised, clearly embarrassed. I assured her that it was quite alright and asked if she wanted to talk about it. She shook her head and was hiding her face in embarrassment.

I decided this was the right time and said "Bella, why are bananas so popular?" She looked up a little confused and then I said "Because they have a peel."

She sighed and said "For fuck's sake Edward!" but I could see she was fighting a smile. Success!

We gathered our things and made our way to homeroom and went about our days as if the most monumental moment of my entire life had not just occurred in a quiet dusty classroom of Forks High.

I fought and fought with myself all morning, but by lunchtime my inner rogue was firmly at the wheel. I made my way to the school library and logged onto Reddit. I made the critical error of hitting print and made my way over to the machine. It jammed.

I wrestled with the paper a little but it tore, leaving most of the page inside the machine. I hissed and redoubled my attack on the printer, but to no avail. Just as I started hyperventilating I spotted Rosalie returning a book. I let out a strangled squeak which got her attention, then whispered "helpmehelpmehelpme" and she rolled her eyes, but came to assist me.

I told her the printer was stuck and she said to ask the librarian. When I explained that was impossible she said "What the fuck are you printing Edward?" There was no point hiding it and I really needed her help to remove the incriminating picture.

Rose quickly opened the printer and miraculously freed the crumpled image. She pulled a disgusted face and shoved it at my chest growling "No. More. Internet. At. School." I nodded sheepishly, thanked her and scuttled away, having learnt a harsh lesson about when and where it is appropriate to visit r/ankles.

A/N: Please leave a review! Thanks so much to my wonderful beta wh1teow1, please show some love and read Moirai, a reimagining of Twilight for the new decade! Have you ever had an unfortunate printer jam? I have, printing out fanfic at work (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫