Disclaimer---- I do not own Twilight, Timbuck II or any stores, in Timbuck II. I do not own Micheal Jackson or any of his family members.
Author's note- Down in part 2 there is a scene that may be a bit more appropriate for ages 15 or older. Just a warning. Yes, and my best buddy Vampireninjagirl helped out with some of the stuff in part 2. Shes cool... I had to write it... shes right next to me... lol.
Chapter 3- Second Day- Tuesday
Part one- Swimming
"Is she awake yet?"
"No not yet, what's up?"
"Change of plans. Today we're just going to go to the mall, Seafood Buffet tomarrow."
"Ok, sounds good. Doesn't matter to me, I probably won't eat anything."
I slowly opened my eyes. Sitting next to me was Edward. I sat up and saw Alice sitting in the red chair across the bed.
"Good morning, Bella."
"'Morning, Alice..."
"Still tired are we?" Edward asked me. I shook my head and stiffled a yawn.
"She's just drowsy." Alice said. She got up and patted my head. "Did you have a nice night?"
"Yeah...I...was dream...less..." I yawned more.
"Why don't you get some more sleep." Edward told me in a conerned voice.
"No, you don't sleep during vacation!" I told him. He shrugged.
"Well Bella, breakfest today is pancakes. JASPER!" Alice screamed out Jasper's name. It startled me. Edward laughed and rubbed my shoulders.
Jasper came in with a tray with pancakes and another (plastic) glass of milk. The pancakes were already cut, just like yesterday. The only thing missing was the red rose.
"Missing something?" Edward said as he held out the rose. He kissed me softly on the cheek as I began to eat. They must think it's fasinating, because they were staring at me eat. I can't blame them though. If I saw them hunt, I'd be pretty fasinated myself.
I finished eating and Alice took the tray and I saw her go up stairs, Jasper followed her. Edward layed his head in my lap. I started rubbing his head. His bronze hair was so soft, and so beautiful. What would I be without him... what a retorical question. I would be a mess, that's for sure.
"What are you thinking?"
"I'm trying to figure what I would be like if you weren't in my life."
"And what's your conclusion?"
"I would be a mess." Edward nodded.
"Not only that, but you would be dead. Don't mean to scare you, but I did save you from Tyler's van."
"Yes...and, also I almost died when I jumped off the cliff..."
Edward laughed. How was that funny? "Just lay off the extreme sports for awhile."
"Will do."
He put his head up from my lap, and I hugged him.
"So when are we going to go to the mall?"
"In a little bit. You want to take a swim with me?"
"Just you?"
"I think Emmett's out there. Rosalie is laying in a chair, trying very hard to get a tan... Alice is with Jasper playing pool or something."
I nodded, "Let me change, please."
He made a face, "Do I have to leave?" I hit his head and he left. Like he said 'I may not be human, but I am a man.'
I changed into my bathing suit, it was a red one piece. It had been awhile since I've been swimming. I ran down the stairs (I tripped once, but caught myself.) and went outside. Edward was on the edge of the pool being splashed on by Emmett. Rosalie was laying in a chair like Edward had said. All three of them were sparkling in the sunlight. I was about to go back inside and forget the whole thing, but I was caught.
"Hey Bella, come jump in, it's not that cold!" Emmett yelled out.
I went down to the deep end and put my foot in the water. I looked over but Emmett wasn't there. Then the next thing I know, I'm in the water, in Edward's arms. He was laughing.
"You ok?"
"What happened?"
"Emmett got out the pool and pushed you in while I swam over to get you. You aren't hurt are you." He started looking around my body looking to make sure I was ok.
"I'm fine." I reassured him.
There was a splash in the water. I looked up and Alice was by the pool, Emmett was in the pool.
"You idiot." Alice yelled at Emmett.
"Alice, you got me wet!" Rosalie yelled.
"Sorry Rose." Alice went back inside and continued playing pool with Jasper.
"Ok I got an idea, but Rose you have to get into the pool!" Emmett said.
"Let me here the idea first."
"Lets play chicken! Rose you get on my shoulders, Bella on Eddie's shoulders."
"What...what...WHAT THE HELL DID YOU CALL ME?" Edward practically screamed at Emmett.
"Sorry, dude. Well how about it?"
"'Sorry, dud?' Don't think so, you aren't getting off that easy!"
Edward leaped over at Emmett and started hitting him. I watched them. It brought me back to when Jacob turned into a werewolf and fought with Paul. I couldn't take that again.
"STOP!" I yelled at them. They stopped as soon as I yelled it. "Can we just play the game now, please." I fought back tears. I knew I couldn't so I just dove right under. When I got back Edward was right next to me.
"Are you ok?" He whispered.
"I think so."
Edward grabbed me and held on to me. He kissed my head and let go. "I love you." He whispered.
"I love you, too." I whispered back.
Edward picked me up and put on his shoulders. I was a bit nervous having to fight with Rosalie. I looked over and Emmett had put Rosalie on his shoulders already.
"Ok lets begin!" Emmett yelled.
I don't know how to explain this, but it didn't last long. Rosalie kicked me once and i fell off Edward's shoulder's and fell in the water. Edward grabbed me before I hit the bottom. He was laughing. He held my body and I felt him shake as he laughed. I was so glad when Alice came out to tell us to get ready to go shopping.
I went into my room and took a shower. When I got out I brushed my and hair and got dressed. Today I wore capri pants and a blue t-shirt. I got out the bathroom... and there was a sight. Apparently Edward started getting dressed after me, because when I went into the room, Edward was only wearing boxers. He was bent down about to put on dark blue jeans. He heard me open the door and looked at me. All I could do was stare, I've never seen him like this... but I was finally able to speak.
"Oh my... Edward... err... Sorry." And I went back into the bathroom and slammed the door. I must've looked like an idiot. I was leaning against the door, but Edward opened it and I fell back. Edward caught me of course. He would never let me fall. But when I thought about that, I did fall... off a cliff... well ok I jumped, and it was my fault... I just wanted to hear his voice...
Edward still held me. I looked at him, he had put his jeans on, I guess so I wouldn't be speechless again.
"Sorry, Bella. Shouldv'e gotten dressed quicker."
"No, I should've knocked..."
Edward laughed. "Please. Well, I'm just going to let you know, that WON'T be a last time thing."
After he said that my heart skipped a beat, surely he wasn't thinking what I thought he was thinking. I was only 18 after all. I tried laughing, but it was just a little noise that came out my throat. Edward put his head on mine.
"Don't worry," he said, "you won't get pregnant."
Oh yeah that was reassuring. He let go of me and went back in the room. I sat on the bed waiting for him. He put a black shirt on and combed through his bronze hair.
"Have to look good for my woman." He said, kissing my head.
"Not that hard to do..." He laughed at my response.
"HEY YOU TWO LOVE BIRDS, GET DOWN HERE SO WE CAN GO!" I heard Emmett yell at us from downstairs.
Part 2-Shopping
We did as we were told and went downstairs. Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice all rode in Rosalie's convertible. Me and Edward rode in his volvo. We drove down to Timbuck II, it took about half a second. We all got out the cars. I looked at what they were wearing. All black. If I didn't know them I would think they were gothic. But it did work, their skin wasn't as sparkly in the sunlight.
The mall was pretty big. Malls in Phoenix are bigger, but I haven't been there in awhile. From the looks of it, there were alot of jewelry stores, that was nice... For me, Alice, and Rosalie.
"Ok, there's this nice store called Mystic Jewel. The jewelry is pretty expensive but the stones are real." Alice said.
"How expensive?" Emmett asked.
"I'd say the most expensive necklace is maybe almost $200."
All the guys looked over at her.
"Who spends that much on a necklace?" Jasper asked.
"Females." All three of us girls answered.
"Don't worry Jasper, we're just the guys who carry their bags for the girls." Emmett said. Jasper nodded. Edward strod over to me.
"Buy whatever you want, I'll pay for it." He whispered in my ear. I looked at him, he knew I didn't like him buying me stuff. But the way he said made it seem like I didn't have a choice either way.
We went into the store called Mystic Jewel. The jewelry was nice. The stones were beauttiful. Edward asked me multiple times if I wanted anything. I told him over and over that I didn't want anything. Alice bought a necklace with a saphire in it and Rosalie bought a necklace with diamonds. Our next store was Carolina Moon. Now here is a store for my taste. Everything was beautiful. Edward insisted that I buy something here, he wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer. From there he bought me a a bracelet with stars and moons. He also bought me those inscentes. They were vanilla scented. I got hungry so we went to eat at this place, I forget the name but it was good. Edward and I sat at a booth alone.
"So this brings back memories, doesn't it?"
"I guess so." I answered Edward. "Lets just hope there isn't a waitress here who will stare at you." I gritted my teeth. I don't like pretty girls checking out my vampire.
"I wouldn't notice anyway, trust me." And that's all I could do was trust him. That's all I'm meant to do in my lifetime, trust him and not die so he'll stay alive...Or whatever...
"Hi I'm Brian. How may I take your order, miss." I looked over at Edward, I could tell he was trying so hard not to laugh.
"Umm, I'll have a coke, please."
"Anything for you?" But Brian didn't look away from me, even though he was talking to Edward.
"No thank you." Edward said. Brian left. Then Edward couldn't hold it anymore. He bursted out laughing. "Wow, was that Deja vu or what?" I giggled.
"Well, I'm not going to notice what he looks like. Or even look."
"The guy's pretty attractive."
"Oh yea? Well I didn't notice."
"I bet you next time your'e going to check him out."
"No, if I can trust you not to check out girls, then you can trust me not to check out guys."
"Most likely not."
"Here you are, miss." Brian handed me my coke.
"Excuse me." Edward said seriously. "That's MRS. Cullen." I stared at him with wide eyes.
"Oh... I'm sorry, Mis-"
"MRS.!" Edward practically screamed at him.
"Umm... Can i order my food, please?"
"Oh, yes of course. What would you like?"
"I think a crabcake sandwich, please."
"Yes Mrs. Cullen." Then he left looking very disapionted.
"Mrs. Cullen? God Edward!"
"What?" He said defensively.
"Awww were you jelous honey" I said sweetly.
"No." He said alittle ashamed.
"Right..." He smiled at me with is crooked smile, my favorite smile.
"Here you, ma'am..." Brian gave me my food.
"That's better." Edward said. I smiled at him.
"Yes, um thank you... Are you... uh sure you don't want anything...?"
"No thank you."
Brian left and I started eating. The sandwich was really good. I took a few bites. Edward was staring at me. I ate my sandwich down.
"Edward..."
"Yes?"
"Do you mind?"
"Mind what?"
"Not staring at me while I eat. It makes me feel weird..."
"Let me think... No"
"But..."
"I love watching you eat. I'm not going to stop. It's very rare I get to see somebody eat like you."
"Edward... You're with me every day... You see me eat every day... How is today different? 'Cause I don't see anything rare about this."
Edward laughed. "Just eat." I glared at him. And took another bite. But in my mouth was not only food, but a piece of paper. I swollowed the food and spit out the paper. Edward saw the paper and snatched it from me. he opened it up and read it. His mouth hung open. I heard his mutter a string of profanities. LOTS of profanities.
"I'll be right back. Stay here."
"Edward...!" Edward got up, I saw him go over to the table with the rest of the vampires he showed them the note and Edward left with Emmett and Jasper. Alice and Rosalie went over to my table.
"Are you ok?" Alice asked.
"I don't know..."
"What did he say to you?" Rosalie yelled.
"He asked what I wanted to drink and eat. he kept calling me 'miss' until Edward said I was Mrs. Cullen, he called me 'miss' a few more times, until Edward snapped. Why?"
"Did you see the note?" Alice asked.
"No, Edward just took away after I spit it out..." I thought i saw Rosalie wipe her hands off, but she did it so quickly I could barely see.
"I wonder if Edward would like me telling you." Alice said.
"It doesn't matter to me what Edward thinks right now. Well it kind of does... Just tell me!"
"Ok... Here you go." Alice handed me the note, it said:
Dear Mrs. Cullen,
Ditch that ass of a husband or whatever and come with Brian, the sexy man. If you want some of this then meet me at midnight behind the resturant. But I got to say, this is going to happen whether you like it or not. See you later sexy thang!
Your Sex buddy,
Brian
After I read it I sarted shaking. He was planning to rape me... No wonder Edward got so pissed off. And Emmett and Jasper went with him. Hopefully to tell his boss and not kill him... Even though he deserves it. And Rosalie got so pissed off, too.
"Bella...? Are you ok?" Alice asked.
I just kept shaking, it was hard to tell if I was ok or not.
"Hey Bella, Edward, Emmett, and Jasper are going to take care of this." Rosalie said with a very concerned voice. I just nodded.
A man came over to our table, he had the same uniform as Brian. This must be his boss.
"Hello. My name is Simon. Are you Bella?" He was very friendly. I nodded knowing I could trust this man. "I'm very sorry about this. Your boyfriend explained everything. Brian is going to be arressted and he may be fined, we'll see how that goes in trial. Your boyfriend, Edward, is going to sue him. He's going to have Dr. Cullen go into court for him. What I'll do for you is give you the meal for free, and give you a note so any stores in Timbuck II will be free for you. I am again very sorry."
I got my voice back but it was shaky. "Umm... What... is he going to be... sued for...?"
"Sexual harrassment and food poinsoning, the note was tamporing with the food."
"Ok... Thank you so much... Mr. Simon..."
"Simon please." He smiled at, not that 'Ooh I'm gonna rape you smile' but a friendly smile.
Edward, Emmett, and Jasper walked behind him. Simon turned around.
"Ah, hello gentlemen. Have the cops arrived?"
They all nodded. "Again, I'm very sorry. I knew I should'nt have hired him when I found he was Micheal Jackson's cousin..."
Everybody, including me stared at Simon with wide eyes.
"Thank you so much for your help. Here please take this..." Alice said and she handed him some money.
"No I can't take that, I'm the one who hired the perv..." Alice kept waving the money in his face. Until she gave up and put it in his pocket. "I'm not taking-"
"Just take and be quiet!" Rosalie yelled. I could tell he did want the money, but was to nice to actually take it. But when Rosalie yelled at him, I guess he decided it was best to take it.
We left the resturant when Simon came up to me and whispered in my ear, "Good luck with Edward." He patted my back and smiled. Edward looked over and smiled at him. "Thanks." I said to Simon and smiled back at him. I could tell he was alone in the world, unlike me. And Edward seem to know this, too.
We got in our cars, thinking best that we come another back another day. In less than half a second we were home. Edward carried me to the bed, we said goodnight to everybody on our way up.
When we got to our room, Edward layed me down.
"I'm going to call Carlisle then we'll talk, 'kay?" I nodded.
Edward picked up his phone and dialed Carlisle's number very fast. "Hey Carlisle...Yeah, we're good... That's great... Well today we got into a mess... yea a guy... oh really... ok... thank you... bye." Edward hung up the phone.
"Why didn't you tell him?" I asked.
"Alice told him already."
"Ah..."
"So..." Edward got in the bed with me. He got under the covers and indicated me to do so also. I did. "You ok?"
I thought about it. It was hard to say if I was or not.
"Go to sleep, Bella." I did as I was told.
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