Chapter Twenty One
Kagome was so involved with her work, having gotten through the first three chapters of the book, that she jumped and let out a loud squeak when someone shoved a paper bag in front of her face.
"Ekkk!" She blushed as she looked up from her tangled spot on the floor, where she had fallen when she jumped and looked up at an amused Edward, the family's laughter echoing lightly in her ears. "Geez Edward! Way to give me a heart attack!"
Edward smiled lightly as he crouched down in front of her and once again held out the bag. "Sorry I tried getting your attention but you were in 'the zone'. Here it's some Chinese food from Woks Kitchen."
Kagome blinked and accepted the bag gratefully the scent of the delicious Chinese food made her mouth water and she realized she hadn't eaten anything since lunch. "Thanks. Um should we eat it in the kitchen?"
Esme smiled from her spot on the couch and shook her head. "It's fine if you eat in here. Besides we've already all eaten. So it will be just you eating and I don't think you want to eat alone in the kitchen."
Kagome nodded as she placed the bag of food on the coffee table and began pulling out the spoils of war from the Chinese place. "Ohhh Beef and Broccoli! And wontons! My favorite! How did you know?"
Edward chuckled as he took her previous spot on the couch and shrugged picking up the forgotten dictionary. "Just a lucky guess now eat. I'll keep working on this."
Normally Kagome would have said no to his offer of help, feeling a sense of responsibility when it came to school work, but hey she was hungry and they had a deadline. So with a happy smile and a quick but cute 'let's eat' she dug into the food.
She had barely picked up the chopsticks when her cell phone began to ring and with a disappointed sigh, she dug it out of her pocket and answered it. "Hello." She frowned at the voice that greeted her.
"It's me, Bella, get home now Dad wants to talk to you, and let me just say I told you so. You're in so much trouble, you never should have slapped me or gone over to those disgusting Cullen's house."
Kagome frowned as Bella's snooty tone echoed in her ear. "I'm doing homework I'll come home when I'm done."
Bella snorted. "No come home now." With that Bella hung up making Kagome huff in anger as she shoved her cell in her pocket and began angrily gathering her things and shoving them in her bag, ingoing the worried looks from the Cullen's.
Kagome quickly grabbed her books and dictionary from Edward's hands and shoved them in her bag. "Hey is Emmett back with my car yet? I need to go." She gave them a strained smile hoping Emmett was already back."
Esme nodded and held out Kagome's keys. "Yes, he got back half an hour ago…is everything okay hun?"
Kagome took the keys and gave another strained smile. "Yeah, it's just something came up at him and I have to go. I'm really sorry about this I'll try and come over tomorrow I promise." With that, she gave a small wave and ran out of the house into the pouring rain outside before anyone could offer any objections.
Everyone turned to Edward with questioning looks and he scowled. "Bella." He spit the name out like it was poison.
Rose hissed lightly as she got up to stand by the bay window and watched Kagome yank open her door and toss her bag into her car before getting in and slamming the door shut. She narrowed her eyes at Kagome's retreating car a small scowl on her red lips. "Damn that Bella bitch even now she's a thorn in our side."
Emmett sighed as he wrapped an arm around Rose's waist and lead her away from the bay window. "There, there hun I think we made great progress. Plus she did say she was coming over tomorrow as well."
Rose nodded the scowl still on her face as she cursed Bella Swan to hell and back. The girl was a thorn in her side even when she wasn't in their lives...they would have to find a way for her to leave them alone.