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Bella Swan/a deer caught in headlights
I think I felt Esme coming.
I swear the air in the room got colder right before she showed up at the bathroom door.
She gasps.
From behind, it probably looks like I'm giving her son a hummer in a hospital.
I stand up too fast and knock the top of my head into Edward's chin rather painfully.
"Fuck," we both yell.
I get lightheaded and stumble because I lost a lot of blood when I got stuck on that fence.
And I got off work late so I skipped dinner.
Edward tries to catch me with one arm but I fall into Esme and almost knock her down instead.
"What is going on in here?" she demands after I right myself.
"I had to pee, and Bella came to help me."
"I'm sure." She eyes me, probably critiquing the torn jeans and worn band T-shirt I'm wearing.
It's casual Friday, and I took advantage. Sue me.
"He couldn't get his pants open. It was completely innocent," I explain, holding my hands up.
She doesn't believe me.
This woman.