I DREAM OF RAINBOWS

Disclaimer: The Cullen's, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.

The awesome and talented dowlingnana searched out my errors and corrected them.

The other person she had collided with turned to see who he had backed into and sworn, "Oh, shit damn, no. It had to be her."

CHAPTER 16: MISLEADING FACTS

"No. No. No. Why me? This can't be happening. Not now." He kept rambling aloud to himself as he stared down at the woman he had backed into and sent flying across the hallway only to be stopped by a solid wall which knocked her out cold. Poor Edward was in near panic mold as to how he was going to handle this; he saw different scenarios flashing through his mind of her reaction, her agent's reaction and then the most horrible of them all, was the reaction of his family members.

Edward knew that he was in a shit of a situation and at the moment had no idea how he would fare if anyone ever found out. The one thing that he needed to do at the moment was to get the both of them out of the hallway and undercover. For if even the paps found out about this and who the woman was all hell would break loose as soon as the story hit the streets and the airwaves.

He bent down to pick her up and decided that the best place to go would be back into the room she had just left since that was more than likely her room. Although, at the moment, Edward wasn't taking the time to reason out that he had had his flower delivery sent to a different address when Jasper had told him that Ms. Swan was staying at the other address. Maybe, once the drama had smoothed out he would allow his brain to catch up with his panic.

As he put his arm under her shoulders to raise her into a half sitting position, Edward noticed the keycard lying on the floor. He quickly picked it up and then rose to a standing position all the while bringing her up as well to where she appeared to be standing next to him. That way if anyone exiting from the elevators happened along no one would suspect that any sort of accident had taken place.

He moved them forward to where they both were standing directly in front of the door and he quickly swiped the keycard, so the door would unlock and allow them to enter. Once inside Edward kicked the door closed, got a better hold of Bella as she was slowly starting to slip back down toward the floor and that was starting to interfere with his balance, as well; so, as he reestablished the balance for the both of them he noticed the man lying face down on the couch. But, the man's position was such that Edward wasn't able to see the man's face.

The position that both he and Bella were in was becoming very awkward and extremely uncomfortable, so, he decided to correct the situation. He bent slightly at the knees, slipped his arm underneath her legs and picked her up as he was looking for a place to place her. The only available place was a chair directly across from the couch with the sleeping male form upon it and it didn't look all that comfortable to him. But, he decided that it would have to do for the moment. He needed time and the freedom to be able to look around before making any further decisions.

Edward was a bit puzzled as to what he had witnessed and started to look around to figure out what was fact and what was merely his assumption of things. He wandered around looking for evidence that this was Ms. Swan's suite, but, found nothing in the immediate area. So, he walked into the bedroom and looked in the closet only to find men's suits hanging there. That led him to the bathroom and there was the same evidence by the items that he saw, that only a man occupied the suite. There was nothing showing that a woman was sharing this room as well.

Poor Edward, without realizing it, was about to jump to some wrong conclusions that would indeed bring nothing, but, regrets later. However, at the present time, he used what evidence he thought he was seeing correctly to believe that Ms. Isabella Swan had double standards. Because of that he wondered why she was reacting so violently against what he had said earlier to her in the hallway at his office. In his opinion, he was a hell of a lot better prospect than some joker she picked up in some bar.

After he got through checking out all the rooms of the suite, Edward decided that maybe the current situation with a man passed out on the couch and Bella unconscious in a chair was better left as it was. That way he could leave and neither of the two people unconscious would know of his involvement. In fact, no one would know of his involvement and that would keep any gossip down.

So, with that thought weaving a path through his mind, Edward impulsively acted on it. He left the room after tossing the keycard onto the table beside Bella's chair. But, before stepping out into the hallway, Edward did check to make sure no one else was present as he left the room and wandered down toward the elevators to quietly disappear from the scene.

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Both Alice and Rosalie were so busy enjoying the story that Bella had shared with Rosalie earlier in the day about the meeting she had had with Edward Cullen and sharing a great deal of wine, that they didn't realize how late it was getting. This caused them to miss that Bella hadn't even returned from her evening out with her agent. Finally, the two cousins fell asleep where they were sitting. Well, really, they passed out where they were sitting from the amount of wine they had consumed.

The next morning the constant ringing of a phone managed to slowly begin to seep through Rosalie's unconsciousness. At first, she had a hard time recognizing the noise, but, when she was finally awake enough to realize it was the phone her hand reached out to try to find it. The ringing stopped, so, Rosalie started to doze back off to sleep, but, the peace didn't last for long; the phone started to ring again.

This time the ringing was starting to get through to Alice and she, the same as Rosalie had done, reached out to find the phone. But, the same as with her cousin, the ringing stopped. But, unlike her cousin, she began to become more awake and felt the need to take care of her body's private demands in the bathroom. And, two of those demands that were making themselves very well known were a pounding headache and a rolling stomach. The latter was the one that sent Alice running to the bathroom the quickest.

While Alice was taking care of business, in a manner of speaking, the phone began ringing and that noise once more jarred Rosalie out of her sleep daze once again. And, like the last time she had heard it, she was too late once more to answer it. But, it had brought her to the surface of awareness more than the time before, so, like Alice, her body made her aware of certain needs it was demanding to be taken care of. The biggest was a feeling of all she had consumed the night before demanding to make an encore appearance.

She didn't take the time to head for the nearest bathroom, but, ran into the kitchen to the sink and let her stomach take control for the moment. Just as she had gotten through and had filled a glass full of water, she hears a squeal from Alice which startled the hell out of her. Running back into the living room she saw Alice with her phone held up to her ear listening to something as she was dancing around in a circle.

And, as she was about to ask Alice what was going on her phone began to ring again. Impatiently reaching to answer it, she demanded, "What?!" She hadn't taken the time to check the caller ID to see who was calling her. Then she was momentarily stunned into silence as she listened to the voice that was speaking to her. And, although, she very much was acting like Alice on the inside, her outside appearance was that of a very calm, refined actress on a business call.

Business call is exactly what it was since she was being told that she had made the final cut for the part that she wanted in the new film that Emmett Cullen was going to be making. Her agent explained that some of the finer details in the back office had to be ironed out as yet before filming could begin, but, no one had any doubts as to everything being wrapped up in no time. It was further explained that it was expected that she would be called for the final audition in a few days' time. "So, be ready for a moment's notice, Ms. Hale." Were the parting words of her agent.

Once, each of the cousins got off their phone call they both began talking at the same time telling the other what their call was all about. Rosalie was yelling about receiving a final call back and Alice was yelling that she had received the offer to do the entire designs for the new movie that she had been asked to consider. And, as it so happened, both cousins named the same director, Emmett Cullen, and the fact that it was the same film. The only thing missing from what they were saying is that neither Rosalie or Alice knew the name of the upcoming movie, or, what it was all about as of yet.

During their time of celebration, Alice and Rosalie had forgotten about their ailments for a short time; that is until those ailments began making themselves known once more. Splitting headaches, sensitive to loud noise and the constant jumping causing their stomachs to demand attention once again. The only difference this time was that Rosalie had other demands that required the bathroom which she moved toward at a dead run, almost.

However, Alice moved to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge. She had taken a couple of Aleve out of the bathroom cabinet and was using the water to wash them down while the whole time hoping that her stomach would settle down once more.

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Edward awoke with no idea about how he was going to deal with Ms. Swan after the knowledge he had gained concerning her last night. On one hand, he felt guilty about being the cause of her being knocked unconscious, but, on the other hand, it delivered the knowledge that she wasn't as much of a prude as she wanted others to believe.

Now, he needed to have the time to think about how he can use this information to his advantage on two different levels. On one level, to get her to sign the damn contract that he wanted and on the other level, getting her into his bed. But, the main thing he did realize, was that both areas needed to be handled in just the right manner to where nothing would come back to bite him in the ass later from his family.

The first thing he did need to do was to get Ms. Swan to sign the contract so Emmett was made happy and he could begin to make his movie. Yeah, that was the main thing because Emmett wasn't a joke when he wanted something and there was interference from either Jasper or Edward. If Edward was the reason why this didn't happen, there would definitely be pain. Yup, pain, not just from Emmett, but, also from the rest of the family as well. And, that wasn't going to happen if Edward could prevent it.

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Bella was brought back to consciousness by a groan and then the sound of something falling. Quickly opening her eyes, she had a hard time at first recognizing exactly where she was. But, then hearing the moan coming from the couch and seeing the head that was slowly rising above the coffee table, the events of the night before quickly flashed across her memory. And, as that happened she asked herself 'how the hell had she gotten back into Mark's room?'

She remembered backing into something that was hard, and the force of that impact had pitched her forward into the wall, but, that was where she had no further memory.

A/N: Alice and Rosalie are celebrating while suffering from the ill effects of drinking too much. Edward is trying to figure out a way that he can use what he thinks are actual facts to his advantage. And, Bella is completely bewildered as to how she ended up back in Mark's room. How are things between Edward and Bella going to go next?

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