65
It's been two days since Edward and I started executing our plan of revenge on Carlisle. Just as he said he would, he left the box of condoms in our mail box. Thank god Edward got them before the mailman brought our mail. That would have been so embarrassing. Part of me, a very small part of me, felt bad for doing this to Carlisle but he started it and we would make sure he knew not to mess with us again.
I looked over at Edward as we drove back to the hospital. He had been so happy over the past few days. I knew it was hard for him to come back to the house every night while I was in the hospital. It was hard for me to watch him leave. He hadn't stopped smiling since we got home. Of course, I hadn't either. We were finally sleeping again. Of course, we hadn't made love yet. I couldn't help but feel a little rejected every time he turned me away. He claimed that he wanted it to be natural, and maybe a part of him did, but I think he was afraid of making me sick. I was really trying to be patient. I really, really was but I needed to be with him again.
Edward pulled the car up in to the parking space closest to the door and we climbed out. I was slowly getting my energy back. Edward wrapped his arm around my waist as we headed into the hospital. We checked in with the ladies at the front desk, who all commented on my new eyebrows, and took a seat.
We only had to wait a few minutes before Erin called us back. We went back and she had me stand on the scale.
"Look who's gained two pounds," she said with a smile.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes," she chuckled. "That's a good thing. You need to gain some weight back."
"Oh, I know," I chuckled. "Who would have thought that I would be happy about gaining weight. It definitely goes against the girl's code."
"Something tells me the girls will be understanding," chuckled Erin, leading us into our exam room. "Dr. Cullen will be in shortly."
"Thanks, Erin," said Edward. She left and he wrapped his arms around me. "Are you ready for phase two?"
"Yes," I smirked. "I do feel a little guilty, though."
"You shouldn't," chuckled Edward. The door opened and Carlisle came in.
"Morning," he said.
"Morning, Carlisle," I said with a big smile. "How are you today?"
"I'm fine," he said slowly, looking between me and Edward. "How are you?"
"I'm great," I said, shyly, ducking my head. "Really, really, great."
"That's good," said Carlisle. He started looking through my chart. "I see you've gained two pounds back. That's really good."
"Thanks," I said.
"I'm been trying to make sure she eats enough," said Edward, sliding his arm around my waist. "Got to keep her energy up."
"Yeah. I need all the strength I can get," I whispered, leaning up and kissing Edward. He moaned and pulled me into his chest hard.
"Hey, knock it off, you two," ordered Carlisle. I pulled my lips away from Edward's as my face turned bright red.
"Sorry, Carlisle," I mumbled.
"Yeah, sorry, Dad," mumbled Edward. He bit his lip and looked down at me and winked. "We should be more careful."
"Yeah," I murmured, looking deep into Edward's eyes. He moaned again and crushed his lips to mine.
"Ok, Edward, out," ordered Carlisle, pulling Edward away from me. I reached for Edward.
"But-"
"He will be right outside but we are never going to get this done if you two don't stop sucking each other's faces off," grumbled Carlisle, pushing Edward out into the hallway. I ducked my head into my hands and pretended to cry softly as Carlisle shut the door. "Bella, honey, don't cry."
"I'm sorry, Carlisle," I cried softly, looking up at him. "I just can't help it. I missed Edward so much while I was in the hospital. I just feel like I can't get enough of him. Please don't hate us….Dad."
"Oh, sweetheart," sighed Carlisle. I saw his icy exterior melt as soon as I called him Dad. He wrapped his arms around me. "I could never hate either of you. I'm just worried about you."
"We'll do better," I cried. "I promise."
"Ok, Bella," whispered Carlisle.
He kissed my forehead and pulled away. He picked up my chart and started looking over all my blood work. He came over and listened to my heart and lungs before he looked in my ears, throat and nose. I laid back on the table while he pressed around on my stomach, causing me to giggle when he tickled me. He helped me sit back up and leaned back against the sink.
"Well, everything looks really good. You're body is still accepting the new marrow and had started to produce new, healthy marrow. Your blood counts look good," said Carlisle, smiling widely. "Do you have any questions or anything?"
"Well…" I trailed off. "No, I don't guess so."
"What's on your mind, Bella?" asked Carlisle. I looked up at him and sighed softly.
"Well, here's the thing, Carlisle," I said, wringing my hands together nervously. "Edward and I have been really…busy lately."
"Are you saying that you need more condoms?" asked Carlisle. His eyes were huge.
"Yes," I whispered. He opened his mouth to speak but I stopped him. "I know, Carlisle. I just need to be with him so much right now. You don't know how hard… I mean, difficult it was to be away from him. I'm sorry. I know you must be so disappointed in me."
"Sweetheart, I am not disappointed in you," said Carlisle. "I just don't want you to push your body too far."
"Oh," I whispered as I ducked my head.
"Bella, is there something else?" asked Carlisle.
"No, you won't understand," I muttered.
"Try me," said Carlisle. I looked back up at him.
"Well, it's just," I said. "God, this is so embarrassing."
"What?" asked Carlisle.
"Well, it's just that I'm kind of dry…..you know, down there," I said, giving him a look. He cringed slightly and I nearly lost it. "And we were hoping that maybe you could get us some…God, I can't believe I'm having this conversation with you."
"Are…are you asking me to buy you some…lube?" whispered Carlisle. I pulled my knees up to my chest and buried my face in them so I wouldn't bust out laughing.
"Yes," I said. I took a deep breath and looked up at him. His mouth was hanging wide open and his eyes were huge. "Look, don't worry about it. We'll just try to muscle through it, I guess."
"No, no, it's ok," said Carlisle. "I don't want you to hurt. I'll get the condoms and the lube. Just try to make these last more than a day."
"I promise," I said. "Thank you so much, Carlisle."
"You're welcome," he said, shaking his head. He helped me off the table and we went out into the hall. Edward was pacing back and forth. He looked up at us and sighed dramatically.
"Are you ok, Bella?" asked Edward, frantically. He started patting me down everywhere.
"I'm fine, Edward," I said.
"Are you sure?" fretted Edward.
"For Christ sake, Edward, she's fine," sighed Carlisle. "You act like I was doing experiments on her."
"Jeez, I'm sorry for being worried about my wife," said Edward. His lip trembled like he was fixing to cry. God, he was such a wonderful actor.
"I'm sorry, Edward," said Carlisle. "I know you are worried about her but she's fine."
"I'm sorry, too, Dad," sighed Edward. He wrapped his arms around me.
"Well, Bella, I will drop off that stuff later. Take it easy, you two," said Carlisle, giving us both a look.
"Thank you again, Carlisle," I said.
"You're welcome," he sighed.
Edward pretended to look confused so I just smiled and shook my head at him. He shrugged his shoulders and led me out to the waiting room. We stepped onto the elevator and saw Carlisle watching us as the doors closed. We didn't say anything as we made our way down to the car and climbed in. Edward started the car and turned to look at me.
"Phase two?" he asked. I smiled evilly.
"Complete," I said. "I thought the man was going to have a heart attack when I asked him for the lube."
"God, I wish I could have seen his face," sighed Edward as he pulled the car out of the parking space.
"You were brilliant," I said. "I was starting to think he was going to smack you around for kissing me."
"I know," snickered Edward. "You have the tears part down, though. He's putty in your weeping hands."
"The pacing was brilliant. Although, did you really need to feel my boobs when you were checking me over?" I asked with a smile.
"Didn't need to, but certainly wanted to," smirked Edward.
"God, you are such a pervert," I teased.
"I am, aren't I?" sighed Edward, pulling the car into the garage. "Are you hungry?"
"A little bit," I said.
"Why don't we have some lunch and then maybe a nap?" he asked.
"Sound good," I said with a smile.
Edward and I went into the house. Edward instructed me to go into our room and get ready for our nap while he made us some lunch. I wasn't about to argue with him. I changed into a pair of pajamas and climbed up on my wonderful bed with a sigh. I opened my laptop and logged onto my Caringbridge page.
Dear Bella,
I hope everything is going ok. I just wanted to let you know
that Tricia is going home in a couple days. She is doing
really good. She is still struggling with her speech some but
she's slowly been able to put a few words together. The chemo
has been hard for her. Mostly because she can't really tell
us when she is going to be sick. But we are working through
it all.
She's certainly proving to be the strongest person I've ever
known. I don't know if I could go through all that she has.
When she first started showing signs that something was
wrong, I figured she was just going through a growth spurt
or something. She complained about headaches so we took
her to the doctor. He told us they were just tension headaches.
I didn't really believe him but he was a doctor. Then she
started complaining about her eyesight. So we took her to get
her eyes checked. They told us she was doing it for attention.
I might have told them to fuck off. The headaches got worse
as did the vision problems. We took her to a new doctor who
told us that she needed to have some test done. I was so scared.
I tried to be brave for Tricia but I was really scared.
We went through all the test and found out she had a tumor. My
baby, my daughter, had a brain tumor. I didn't handle it very well.
I was in denial. I was convinced that the doctor was wrong and
we needed to get another opinion. Then another after the next
doctor told us the same thing. I just didn't want to think that my
Tricia was going through so much.
I'm sorry for rambling on, Bella. I hope you and Edward are well.
Denise
Denise,
I don't think you are rambling on at all. After my father passed, my
brother found some journals that he had written. I was reading them
one night while we were in New York. He said the same thing you
have. He didn't want to believe that I was sick. He didn't want to
believe that I had cancer. I didn't either.
When I first got sick, I didn't want to think about the fact that I was dying.
Maybe that's why I really proposed to my husband. Now, don't get me
wrong, I love Edward but I didn't really know him when we got married.
In hindsight, we rushed through it and are lucky that we happen to fall in
love each with other. I don't regret my decision to marry Edward when I
did but I often wonder what it would have been like to have gotten to know
him as a normal, happy, health teenage girl.
Tell Tricia I told her to hang in there. Tell her I said, it's worth it all. She'll
know what I'm talking about. Take care of her, Denise, but make sure you
take time for yourself too. And for Ashton, Jack, and Martin, too. Remember,
Denise, that I am just a message away.
Bella
I shut my laptop as Edward brought our lunch in. He handed me my bowl of soup with a soft kiss. He changed into his own pajamas and climbed into bed next to me. After we both ate, Edward set our dishes on the table next to the bed and we wrapped our arms around each other. He started humming as I fell asleep.
I was shaken awake by the phone ringing. I groaned as Edward reached over and answered it.
"Hello," he said. "We were napping…sorry, Alice, we were tired…I'm not telling you what we were doing…that's gross, Ali…I don't need details to yours and Jasper's sex life…I'm hanging up if you don't stop."
"Let me talk to her," I said sticking my hand out. Edward chuckled and put the phone in my hand.
"…he does this thing with his tongue-"
"Alice, stop," I said.
"Oh, hey, Bella," she chirped. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm really tired," I said. "What do you want?"
"We were wondering if you were up to us coming by," said Alice.
"Sure," I said. "Who's all coming?"
"Just me, Jasper, Rose, and Emmett. Garrett, Kate, Ben, and Angela are going to the basketball game," said Alice.
"Why aren't you all going?" I asked.
"We don't want to," said Alice.
"Oh, ok," I said. "When are you going to be here?"
"A few minutes," said Alice.
"Ok," I said. "I'll see you soon, Ali."
"Ok, Bella. Tell Edward I said Jasper's fantastic," squealed Alice.
"Sure," I chuckled before I hung up. I looked over at Alice. "Your sister is disturbing."
"Been saying it for years," chuckled Edward. "They coming by?"
"Yes," I said, rolling onto my back. "I don't think I'm ready to leave the bed, though."
"Ok, they can come in here," said Edward as the doorbell rang. "And they're here."
"They were eager," I chuckled, pushing myself up so that I was sitting up against the headboard.
Edward chuckled as he climbed off the bed and went out to open the door. I heard Emmett's booming laugh echo through the house. Edward just shook his head as he led them back into our room. He climbed back on the bed next to me as they came over and hugged me.
"You guys look so cute in your sterile gear," I teased. They all rolled their eyes and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"We all know that is a load of shit, Bella," sighed Alice. "Seriously, these gowns are hideous."
"True but you have to wear them," I smirked.
"I know," she grumbled. "Anyway, how are you feeling?"
"Pretty good," I said. "I still get tired pretty easily."
"So how's everything at school?" asked Edward.
"Good," said Rose. "Mike and Jessica's wedding is this weekend."
"I still can't believe she's pregnant," I chuckled. "How's everyone at school treating her?"
"Surprisingly good," said Rose. "Before you got sick, she would have been the object of everyone's teasing but everyone seems to have changed. Of course, Lauren's made it clear that she is not to be messed with."
"Sounds like Lauren," I said, laying my head on Edward's shoulder.
"Yeah, there are a couple of underclassmen who are trying to start shit but everyone is ignoring them," said Jasper.
"Who?" I asked.
"Remember that Sophie girl who blasted us about getting married?" asked Alice.
"Yes," I said.
"Her and her friend, Kayla," said Alice. "I think they are thinking that since we are all graduating that they will have reign over the school or something."
"That's stupid," I said. "Leah and Tanya will both be still be here. We all know that Leah will not let anyone take over the school while she is here."
"They are just freshman," snickered Emmett. "They have so much to learn."
"So what else is going on?" I asked.
Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice stayed for about an hour before they left. I enjoyed just hanging out with them. Edward and I shared our plan about paying Carlisle back for the condoms with them. Alice and Emmett both thought it was gross that we were even alluding the fact that we were having so much sex but they, along with the others, thought our plan was hilarious. We all laughed even harder when we heard Carlisle's car stop outside the house. We crowded around the window and watched him place the bag with the condoms and lube inside the mailbox while he looked around. His checks were bright pink and I don't think that it had anything to do with the weather, either.
After they left, Edward made us some dinner. He refused to let me help. I had a good man. We ate in bed and watched TV until we fell asleep.