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My sisters and I came out of the dressing room to meet up with the guys. As soon as I walked in the room and saw Edward my mouth slightly fell open to speak. I knew Edward noticed it because his devastating sweet crooked smile was now replaced by an evil smirk.
Not going to happen buddy.
I had to look away from him or otherwise I would of lost. The way he was standing so casually against the wall with his hands in his pockets and legs crossed over one another was my personal weakness. I loved that stance. It reminded me of the James Bond Edward when he broke me loose from Pierce's office at Cushing.
"You guys ready?" Pierce came in and asked.
"Yeah." Jasper answered.
I could feel Edward's stare on me as I started walking out towards the reporters. Just as I was walking by him he grabbed a hold of my hand and started walking with me. I didn't object because I loved the feel of my hand in his, but I didn't dare speak.
No one had spoken except for Pierce and Jasper's answer in return. I wondered how long all of this would actually last.
We walked onto the stage they had prepared for us. There were four microphones lined up; one for Pierce and three for us to share.
Edward made his way to the very end in which I followed behind, with him still holding onto me.
Cameras immediately flashed as soon as we walked out. Reporters were already shouting out questions.
I never liked these press conferences. All the people staring and me, and wanting me to speak while taking my picture was the most uncomfortable thing in the world. Edward must of sensed it because he squeezed my hand gently like he always does when I'm uncomfortable. But, staying strong I still didn't even look up at him.
Edward knew how stubborn I was, maybe he would be the one to give in first.
"I want to thank everyone for coming this evening." Pierce began talking as the noise quieted down. "The Princes will be calling on people to talk, so please only ask your question when it is your turn. First the they have some news to give." Then he turned to us to take over.
The boys looked at each other and silently came up with an order of who was to go first.
Edward leaned in towards the microphone and began to speak. "We are here tonight to publicly announce our wedding engagements." He paused for a second and continued. "I crowned Prince Edward Anthony Cullen will be marring Miss Isabella Marie Swan."
More cameras flashed and people started chattering.
"I Prince Emmett Cullen will be marring Miss Rosalie Swan."
"I Prince Jasper Cullen will be marring Miss Alice Swan."
A hundred hands shot in the air as soon as they were finished announcing their fiancés.
Edward turned to the crowd and called on a young blonde woman in tight clothing.
As soon as she stood up she batted her eyes towards Edward and pushed her chest forward.
I tried controlling my expression as good as possible but I wanted to throw up in my mouth.
"Hi, I'm Colleen from the Daily Dose." Her voice was sweet and it annoyed me. "The big question is when?"
Edward gave her my favorite crooked smile. MY crooked smile that he only smiles at ME.
"The date is set for August the 2nd."
"What about your brothers?" She asked.
Jasper let go out Alice's hand and looked towards Colleen.
He smiled warmly at her and answered. "Ours is for September the 16."
"Rosalie and I will be getting married on the 9th of November." Emmett told her.
Colleen wrote down the information and sat down.
It was Emmett's turn to pick someone. I hadn't even noticed what the question was because I was too angry at the reporter Edward chose to call on.
Calm down Bella, he probably didn't mean to.
I became relaxed after realizing he didn't do it on purpose. Before I knew it, it was Edward's turn again.
"Yes, you." Edward spoke.
I looked out to the crowd and saw an even younger looking woman stand up. Her clothes were tighter, and her skirt was even shorter.
I felt the heat rise to my face. Breathe…maybe it's just another coincidence.
"I'm Suzie Bert of the Lovers in London. Prince Edward, what made you fall for Miss Swan?"
"I'm not sure." He answered slyly.
My stomach dropped and I could feel his eyes on me but I stayed strong and kept looking forward. What kind of answer was that?!
"Sometimes you just got to let your heart control you."
"Miss Swan, what made you fall for Prince Edward?"
I was surprised she asked me a question and was a little hesitant to answer. "Um…his looks."
The reporter looked taken back when I said that, but once I started laughing so did she.
"So it wasn't his money?" She asked me again.
"I didn't even know he was a prince when I first started dating him." I suddenly felt Edward tense beside me.
The reporters went wild with that one.
"Yes, you." Emmett suddenly called on another girl.
I decided to look at Edward, but this time he wasn't looking at me.
"Prince Edward, you didn't tell her when you met?"
"No." He said casually. "That's not really the best pick up line."
That answer made me smile. I could totally just imagine him saying that to me the first time we met…
"Hey, I'm the Prince of England, want to go out?"
"Sounds great!"
My thoughts were shattered when he was asked another question.
"So Prince, when did you tell her?"
Before he had a chance to answer I did.
"When his fiancé came into town." I instantly felt guilty for that one, that was a low blow.
"I mean, he didn't want to marry her, but he had to." I tried to making it sound better. "He thought they were broken up."
The words started coming out of my mouth in jumbles and I didn't know what to do.
Tears started to fill my eyes when he dropped my hand to answer the many questions being fired off at him.
"There was a whole misunderstanding but it was resolved." I heard him tell them. "I wasn't going to be with anyone except Bella."
A tear sprung down my cheek as he spoke. He didn't call me Isabella, or Miss Swan to sound formal, he had called me Bella. I regretted ever bringing up the subject. I made him sound like a terrible guy, and he was far from that. I was the terrible person.
Jasper and Emmett were soon able to get the attention away from us which I greatly appreciated.
As soon as the conference was over Edward immediately headed for the exit, not even waiting for me.
As we walked into the lobby of the news station I almost ran up to him to apologize. But when I saw him laughing with his brothers I realized he wasn't angry…he was playing dirty. Sure, go ahead and make Bella feel guilty…There was no way I was going to give in now.
Once the guys saw my sisters and I approach they straightened up and began to act angry once again.
"They're just playing us." Rosalie muttered to Alice and I, which we nodded our heads in agreement.
Pierce escorted us back to our car. I was contemplating on how to deal with Edward realizing he wasn't going to give up anytime soon. I wondered of playing the guilt card would work-me acting upset about what I said, and him feeling guilty in return for not saying everything's okay-or to just completely ignore him. I decided a little bit of both would do the trick.
He had looked somewhat upset on the car ride over so maybe I was about to win.
My sisters and I followed the boys upstairs when we arrived home. I had a strong feeling that they wouldn't be able to go to bed without saying good night…but boy was I wrong. They walked up the stairs, went straight to their rooms and shut the doors. Not one word was spoken. Not even a glance back at us.
I heard Alice whimper beside me.
"Be strong." Rosalie encouraged. "They're weaker than us."
Alice scowled at Jasper's door and growled. "You're right. Make them pay." Her words came out slow and deadly. I knew she meant business now.
Hearing how determined my sisters were to win made me stronger. Honestly, this couldn't go on forever and the boys are weaker than us. It's only a matter of when.
When I walked in my room and shut my door I suddenly felt a wave of depression. It had been over 12 hours since I last spoke to Edward, and he didn't give me my goodnight kiss. No Bella, be strong! You got this! You lived 18 years without him, a few days couldn't hurt…but let's just hope it doesn't last that long.
XX XXX XX
I woke up the next morning half expecting Edward to be laying next to me on my bed. But, he wasn't and I groaned as I tried to sit up. It looked to be a rather hot and sunny day out.
I glanced at my clock and saw it was only 7 so I took my time getting dressed for breakfast not knowing if my sisters were up yet.
As I was blow drying my hair I had received a text from Alice telling me her and Rose were heading down to eat, and the guys still wouldn't talk. I wasn't looking forward to another day without talking to Edward.
When I walked into the dining room I noticed it was just Alice and Rosalie at the table eating.
"Where is everyone?" I asked them.
Alice shrugged her shoulders. "Not sure."
Not really caring at this point I sat down and poured myself a bowl of cereal.
"Oh girls there you are." We looked up to find Pierce standing in the door way. "The boys are in a very important, stressful meeting this morning and were wondering if you would mind waiting for them in the study?"
My sisters and I looked at each other and immediately cheered up. "Of course." I told him.
We stood up as quickly as possible making it seem as if we weren't too desperate and headed straight for the study.
"See I told you they would give in first." Rosalie snickered.
To get to the study you had to take a hallway that was covered in windows that looked out towards the pool. It was one of my favorite parts of the palace. The light blue water in the pool was like glass as it sat untouched.
Pierce met up with us in the study and told us the boys would be in as soon as possible.
XX XXX XX
It was an hour later and the boys still had not shown up.
"They're just probably really busy, give them some time." Alice said as I walked out of the room to us the restroom.
I was walking back down the hall of windows on my way to the study realizing Alice was right, they were busy. I took a peek at the pool once more and I saw all three guys swimming peacefully out in the pool. Edward was standing on the diving board just about to jump in, with Emmett and Jasper hitting the beach ball around. My first thought was how good Edward looked, the next thing I felt was pure anger.
Not just anger, I was completely outraged.
I stormed back to get my sisters.
"What's wrong Bella?" Rosalie asked.
"You will never believe what I just saw."
"What?" Alice asked frantically.
"Well, you know how 'stressed' the boys are because they are in a 'meeting'." I paused to laugh. "Yeah, well they sure don't seem stressed. They are enjoying themselves in the pool right now."
Rosalie's face became livid. "They tricked us."
"They made me sit in here for an hour waiting for them when I had plans to go shopping today?!" Alice screamed furiously.
Then Rosalie laughed. "Pierce is in on it too. Well two can play this game, let's go talk to Esme."
On the way to find Esme we stopped in front of the pool to take a look at the dirt bags themselves.
Alice had her face smashed up against the window almost in tears. "Look how good Jasper looks."
Rosalie rolled her eyes and peeled her away. "There's no time for that."
I took one last look at Edward before following after Rosalie.
We soon found both Carlisle and Esme sitting in front of the television in their sitting room.
"Hey girls." Carlisle said, then he noticed our expressions. "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" I asked. "Your sons. That's what's wrong."
"Yeah." Alice added. "We need help."
He laughed to himself and then asked, "What can we do?"
"We need a way to get back at them for standing us up like that." Rosalie said still steaming with anger.
"They didn't tell you they were going to the pool?" Esme asked.
"No!" I shouted. "Pierce told us they were in a very important and stressful meeting, but they wanted us to wait for them in the study!"
Esme was shocked. "They didn't."
We nodded our heads.
"Well girls, I am definitely on your side. I can't believe they didn't tell you about Oxford." Before we had a chance to ask how she knew about that she continued. "I have an idea though, and I think it is perfect." Then she turned to Carlisle. "Are you on our side?"
He once again laughed to himself. "Call me Switzerland, I'm neutral."
Esme stood up and pointed to the door. "Then get out, us girls have some planning to do."
Carlisle didn't say another word and left the room still amused by the situation. On his way out he told us, "Good luck ladies."
Esme got down to business right away. "Well when they come in wondering why you guys didn't come stomping out and screaming at them they will want to know where you are." She began. "You guys will be out in town though."
"How will that make them mad?" I asked her.
"Well, just this morning they were talking about how since the weddings were officially announced you girls should have security guards with you at all times. Which I agree with, especially when you use Greg as a body guard."
My sisters and I looked at each other. "Who's Greg?"
Esme giggled to herself. "They boys never said anything about it? Hmm…figures. Greg is my nephew. Edward, Jasper and Emmett have never, ever got along with him. They always seem to be competing. You see Greg is very good looking and has a lot of muscles. Girls are all over him. I think my boys feel threatened by him, but of course they would never admit to that."
I soon understood where this was going.
"He lives close, I could give him a call right now and he would absolutely love to escort you to town today." Esme smiled. "Then when the boys ask where you guys are, I can say, 'Oh, Greg took them to town today. Don't worry, they are safe with him.' Edward, Jasper and Emmett will go crazy with jealousy."
My sisters and I were laughing at this point.
"You're genius!" Alice said hugging her.
"And we aren't cheating on them, because they did want us to have a body guard and there is only one of him, it looks completely innocent!" Rosalie said happily.
"This is perfect." I agreed. "Oh and maybe when we get back we should invite Greg to dinner right in front of them!"
"That's a great idea!" Esme cheered. "Give all your attention to Greg while you're eating."
"Will he get mad for using him?" Alice suddenly asked.
Esme thought about it for a second. "He doesn't need to know, plus it's not like he actually thinks there would ever be a chance. You girls are engaged."
"True." We all agreed.
"Okay, it's all settled. I'll go call him right now." Esme said rushing to the phone. "Go get something hot on!" She turned back at winked at us. "Just something extra to make the boys go mad."
My sisters and I rushed to our rooms to get ready.
This is going to be great! I smiled as I thought over the plan. I knew exactly what the guys were thinking this morning, too bad it didn't work…ha.
I had to admit, it was a good plan but they obviously don't know us too well. They had planned for us to see them, then run out completely angry causing us to lose. Then once we saw them without their shirts we would forgive them. I laughed evilly at their failed attempt. Sorry guys, we don't give in that easily.
XX XXX XX
Edward's POV:
My brothers and I were a little upset how our plan didn't exactly go right. In fact we hadn't even seen the girls at all today.
We walked into the kitchen where our mum was happily scrubbing away.
"Hey Mum." I called to her.
"Hey boys."
Not wanting to sound conspicuous I asked, "Uh, where's Pierce?" He was suppose to be helping us.
"Oh he is in a meeting right now with your father."
Jasper came up beside me and whispered in my ear. "Maybe he didn't see the girls this morning and that's why they didn't come out."
I looked at him and shrugged my shoulders. "Maybe."
"Have you talked to the girls today?" Mum asked as I rummaged through the fridge for an orange.
I finally found one and turned back to my mom, "No, where are they?"
She stood up from the floor she was cleaning and looked at me confused. "They went to town, didn't they tell you?"
"No." Jasper said quickly.
I suddenly became worried, they weren't suppose to leave without someone watching them. "Mum, you let them go alone?!"
"Of course not." She said.
I relaxed and began to peel my orange.
"Greg escorted them to town today."
I heard Emmett somewhat growl behind me so I knew I heard my mum right. Becoming absolutely angry I accidentally squeezed my orange too hard causing it too explode between my hands. The juice dripped all the way to the ground.
"Edward Anthony!" My mother yelled. "I just cleaned the floors!"
"Sorry Mum, but you're joking right?" I asked between clenched teeth.
"About what?"
"About having Greg take them to town!" Jasper shouted before I had the chance to answer.
"I can't believe they went with him!" Emmett growled again.
"Oh boys calm down. They are perfectly safe with him." She said taking the matter completely lightly. "Don't be so jealous."
'What?!" I fumed. "We are not jealous!" I pinched the bridge of my nose calming myself.
She came up to me and rubbed my back. "Okay dear." Then she walked out of the room. "They'll be back soon don't worry."
"Let's go find them!" Emmett suggested.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, then they'll really not talk to us."
"Why?" He asked.
"Because they'll say we don't trust them." Jasper told him.
"We don't." Emmett said.
Jasper and I laughed. "Yeah we do. It's Greg we don't trust."
"Oh, you're right." Emmett said flexing his forearms. "Well what do we do then?"
I paused for a second. "We wait."
Jasper walked up closer to Emmett and I, "Come on, this isn't a big deal. They just went shopping. When they come home we'll talk to them and end this thing."
We looked at each other and then nodded our heads in agreement.
"But if that guy makes one move on Bella…" I began.
"Dude, chill." Jasper laughed. "It's Greg, he may be good looking but he isn't that much of a ladies man."
XX XXX XX
Bella's POV:
Our day in town was actually quite entertaining. Greg was a cool guy, we enjoyed having his company.
When we got back home Greg walked us to the door and was about to leave when he dragged him inside.
"Come on, Greg! Esme wants to say hi." Alice urged pushing him through the doorway.
"Well…" He thought for a second. "Okay."
I laughed knowing his reasoning for not wanting to come inside.
"Esme!" We called walking through the halls.
As we got closer to the kitchen we heard her and the guys. Perfect.
"Hi Aunt Esme." Greg greeted her with a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Greg, you look great! I haven't seen you for a while." She turned around to Edward, Jasper and Emmett who looked quite angry. "Boys, say hi to your cousin."
"Hi." They muttered together.
"Hey." Greg said sheepishly.
"I'm glad you girls just got back, dinner is almost ready." Esme told us.
It was then that Alice decided to start Part B of our plan. "Oh Greg you should stay for dinner!"
Jasper's jaw dropped, everyone saw it but Alice ignored it. "Come on, please?" She gave him her best pouty face, the one no one was able to turn down. And, just like always, it worked.
"Is that okay?" He asked turning to Esme.
She smiled brightly. "We would love to have you!"
Alice, Rosalie and I cheered happily, still ignoring the guys. But it was easy not to notice them since they didn't move or speak. I think they were stunned, it was great.
Esme had asked Edward, Jasper and Emmett to set up the table. When it was ready and Carlisle had joined us we all went and sat down.
"You can sit by me, Greg." Rosalie purred as she took a seat next to me.
He didn't turn down the request and happily sat beside her causing Emmett's face to turn red with furry.
"So how was shopping today?" Esme asked us sweetly.
"Great!" Alice chimed in.
Then I saw an evil gleam in Rosalie's eye as she began to talk. "But the best part was when we were on our way to the department store."
The only thing I could think of was when Greg saved the…Oh, haha!
I looked at her and smiled signaling to go on with the story.
"What happened?" Esme asked intrigued. Edward, Jasper and Emmett had stopped eating and were now looking at Rosalie.
"Well." She began. "There were these little boys playing with a bouncy ball on the sidewalk, but then one of the boys bounced it too hard and it went into the street. He went to go get it but a car was coming around the corner." She paused for a second to look at Greg. "Well Greg happened to see the boy and ran out and saved him! It was amazing!"
Greg turned a slight shade of pink. "Rose, it really wasn't that cool."
I had to hold back a laugh when he called her Rose, I could only imagine what was going through Emmett's mind right now…
"What are you talking about Greg? You stopped a full size car with your hands!" Rosalie gleefully explained.
I looked at Edward who rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath but I couldn't really tell what. He was probably thinking how he could of done that too.
"Wow, that does sound quite heroic Greg." Esme said amazed.
"No really, it was nothing. The car wasn't going that fast."
Rosalie slapped him on the arm and rolled her eyes. "Don't be so modest."
I loved how thick Rosalie was laying it on. All three of the guys were going crazy.
All through dinner Edward had been the most agitated. He couldn't sit still for one second. He kept fidgeting, and I could feel his stare on me.
Most of the time I wanted to throw my fork down, run over to him, hop in his lap and kiss him but I forced myself to stay seated. That probably would have been embarrassing when everyone here.
At the thought of going through another night without getting to hug Edward, or talk to him my enjoyment of making the guys suffer was starting to feel terrible.
Edward, Jasper and Emmett lead Greg to the door where they said goodnight. My sisters and I were close behind to watch carefully.
"Well Greg, it was nice seeing you buddy." Jasper said almost sounding sincere.
"Yeah man, we should hang out some time." Greg answered.
"It wasn't that nice Dude." Emmett said, now showing the anger in his voice.
"Uh, yeah." He answered becoming slightly frightened.
Edward walked up to where they were facing each other eye to eye. "Thank you for taking care of the girls today." He said politely holding out his hand.
Greg relaxed and shook it. "No problem, it was fun."
"I'm glad they had a good time…because it won't be happening again." I could hear the menace in Edward's voice. I saw the veins in his hands slowly start to pop as Greg's face began to look strained.
"Edward." Jasper said tugging on his shoulders.
Edward looked down at his hand and let go. Then he flashed his evil toothy smirk, "Sorry." I had never seen Edward look so…so scary.
Greg rubbed his hand slightly laughed. "Yeah. Okay, well bye guys." and with that he was gone.
Rosalie, Alice and I ran away so they wouldn't know we were watching and went back to the dining room.
Esme and Carlisle were still seated talking.
I was almost out of breath as I sat down. My sisters and I tried calming ourselves before the boys got back.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Carlisle chuckle to himself.
The guys soon walked in right after us and looked straight at their parents.
"If you would excuse us for the night, we are going to bed." I could hear the depression in Edward's voice. I looked up in his eyes and saw how unhappy he was.
"Night." Esme said noticing it too. She walked up and kissed each of them.
"Remember the council meetings all day tomorrow." Carlisle said as they walked out.
"Yes sir." I heard them muttered.
Great. A whole other day without Edward.
I slumped in my chair and laid my head on the table. I heard Alice and Rosalie sigh beside me.
"Girls, they'll come around soon." Esme said soothingly.
My sisters and I just nodded our heads and left the room. "Night." We mumbled as we left.
"Good night girls." We heard them call.
All three of us unhappily trudged up the stairs to our rooms.
"This sucks." Alice complained. "I'm giving in."
My eyes widened at her words. "Alice, is giving up?!"
She lowered her head in defeat. "Tomorrow."
"Me too." Rosalie sighed again. "I can't take it anymore."
I looked down the hall towards Edward's room. "Same here."
We said our goodnights to each other and shut the doors of our rooms.
I was heading to my bathroom when I heard a knock on my door. I slowly walked over to his knowing it was just either Alice or Rosalie.
I opened it up and gasped when I saw Edward standing in my doorway. I opened my mouth to speak but his green eyed penetrating gaze made the words stick in my throat.
"I surrender." His voice was too smooth. It was heart stopping. But before I had a chance to say anything he pulled me into his arms and crashed his lips to mine.
Well i hoped you liked it! i still have a couple more chapters to do, so i'm actually not quite sure when this story will be over. it's hard to end it! thanks for reading, please review!! :D