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"Ow, ow, ow !" Edward trembled as Bella carried him back into the house hours later, the sun was already starting to descend a bit, making the sky a nice haze of orange.
"It's okay, hang on." Bella sat him on the kitchen counter, waiting for Alice who was hurrying in with the first aid items kept in the nearby bathroom for Bella accidents.
"I'm sorry, Bella." Edward said, inside Bella's body, tears filling his eyes, "I didn't mean to ruin your fun."
"It's alright." Bella said from in Edward's body, tearing the jean leg with ease, like it was tissue paper, smiling at her new strength, "I told you, you have my clumsiness. It's not your fault, baby, don't get upset."
Edward gasped, seeing his knee bleeding. There were no other vampires in the room for this very reason, Bella being the only one present now.
"Are you alright?" Edward asked her, looking at his own face, "You're not bothered by the blood?"
"No, not at all." She said without hesitation, dabbing the blood with a wet cloth, letting the warm water soak into the scrapes to ease the pain.
With a hiss, Edward looked at Bella, afraid to admit the pain scared him, not to mention the blood. He didn't want her to think he was a wimp, but it had been a long time since he'd really felt pain and bled, for any reason.
She seemed to read his thoughts then, saying with a velvety soft voice, "Don't be afraid, Edward. I'm with you. This is not bad, you'll be fixed up in a minute."
"Afraid?" he tried to sound tougher.
"Edward…" Bella said softly, looking at her own face as it stared back, "I know you. I know you're not used to this. You can tell me the truth. I won't think less of you."
"I know." He said, dropping the act, "I'm sorry."
"Stop apologizing, too." She said, cleaning the cuts like an expert, then made a nervous face, looking at Edward.
"What?" Edward asked, now also nervous.
"The next thing I have to do to you is really going to hurt a bit." Bella informed, "But only for a minute."
"What are you going to do?" Edward asked, shaking.
"Antiseptic." She said, "It stings. Mr. Medical degrees."
"Oh yea." He blushed, making Bella smile.
"Hold my hand, squeeze as tight as you want." Bella held out her vampire hand and held the Bactine in the other hand, trying to hide it.
"Okay, go." Edward clenched his eyes, feeling the ice cold liquid splash down into his cuts, then, instantly, they turned red hot and stung like a mother fucker.
"RRRRRRRRRR !!!!!" Edward screeched out, and dug into Bella's hand hard. If Edward was in his own body and did this to human Bella, it would've shattered every bone in her hand. Bella kind of liked it that she could take care of Edward, and that he let her. She was always the frail, weakling before. It was nice to see that Edward could be scared and vulnerable too. Even though she hated seeing him hurt.
"Shhhhh" Bella blew her cold breath onto the cuts, easing the agony. He began to quiet after a few more seconds…then Bella put some antibiotic cream and the giant band aid over the area.
"All done." Bella informed, placing a small kiss there, putting away all the first aid stuff and throwing out any bloody garbage that remained.
"Ow." Edward said one last time, the shivering stopped as he smiled with her.
"You were very good." Bella went into the pantry, taking out a mallomar, "This is all yours."
"Oohh!' he lit up inside and took it, Bella stopping his hand.
"Take bites." She ordered, "Eat it slowly."
"Yes, Mistress." He said in sarcasm, grinning.
"Oooh, say that again?" she beamed back, "I wish I could hear YOUR voice say that, not mine."
"You can." Edward informed, "You have my voice, you can hear me say anything you want."
"Oh my God, that's right." Bella sparked to life, deciding to have fun with this.
"Bella, I want to make love to you, NOW." She made her Edward voice say and leapt up a bit in her Edward body, giggling like a schoolgirl.
"Bella, stop." Edward frowned from in his girl body, not liking this. Why did he say anything?
"Get down on all fours and beg me." She kept playing, making Edward say nasty things, the nastier the better, as far as she was concerned.
"Bella !"
"Bella, I'm turning you into a vampire, tonight. I don't care if you want it or not, it's happening, so get ready, bitch." Bella said, loving the way Edward's voice sounded saying it.
"That's it, I'm leaving." Edward said, hopping off the counter with his cookie and limping into the living room.
"Oh God, don't get so girly about it, I was only joking." Bella followed but Edward was really mad now.
"I'm not girly, I just don't like this." Edward heard a knocking on the door and without thinking, he went and opened it.
Charlie was standing there, in uniform, smiling at his daughter's face.
"Hi baby." Charlie looked at his daughter with such love, not knowing he was really looking at Edward.
"Uh…hi…Daddy." Edward answered, knowing it didn't sound like the usual bubbly Bella.
"Hey, what happened to ya ?" he asked, seeing the torn jeans, the band aid, "Why are you always getting hurt over here?"
"Hey, I get hurt everywhere." Bella defended a bit loudly, forgetting she was in Edward's body, then her eyes went large as Charlie shot her a look of complete cold rage she almost fell over.
"I mean, Bella has that clumsy thing going on." She said in Edward's voice, trying to smile at her dad, getting no response back.
"Well, I came to take you home." Charlie informed, "Glad I did, too, I can take a look at that knee."
"Uhhh…" Edward was looking at Bella in a panic, not knowing what to do. She looked back, stepping forward quickly, trying to hatch a plan fast.
"I invited Bella to stay for dinner tonight." She said from inside Edward, "I planned to make her a nice meal, the whole family's been looking forward to it all day."
"Sorry, Edward." Charlie shrugged, "Bella's aunt is going home tomorrow morning and I wanted our family to have a night together to visit…alone. You understand, that, don't you?"
"Yes…but…" Bella stuttered, seeing Edward's eyes begging her for any help.
"Come on, Bells." Charlie swept Bella (Edward) up into his arms and carried her, saying, "Say goodnight to Edward."
"Goodnight Edward." Edward almost shivered as he said the words, hating it that Charlie was carrying him like a doll.
"Goodnight Bella." Bella made herself say as Charlie turned, making his way to his cruiser, placing Edward in the passenger seat, closing him in safely and driving off.
Emmett came down just then and Bella said, "SHIT !"
"Where's Edward?" Emmett asked as he came down the stairs.
"I'm going to my house, Charlie just came and took him away." Bella said, hearing Emmett laughing.
"Be careful, Bella." Emmett smirked, "You have Jasper's power controlling your thirst, but don't do anything stupid. You also don't know how to use those vampire powers yet."
"I know. I'll be careful." She said.
"If Carlisle finds anything you need to know about, I'll come get you guys." He said, smiling.
"Okay, thanks." Bella went out the back door, rushing as fast as she could through the woods, safely far from a human's eyes to get to her house.
"That boy do that to your leg?" Charlie asked, now that they were in the car and out of the house's sight.
"NO!" Edward frowned more than he should've, then calmed himself, saying, "I was running after the others and I tripped over an uprooted tree limb."
"Rough housing." Charlie said in a low voice, "Those boys are too rough, you're a little girl, you shouldn't be out in the woods chasing them around. Or were they chasing YOU ?"
"No, I was chasing them." Edward was getting annoyed now, Charlie was determined to hate them all, "We were playing tag."
"Hmmm." Charlie said, not asking anything else.
It bothered him that Charlie didn't like him, it always had. Edward didn't blame him, and he didn't mind doing the work he had to to win Charlie's friendship, but it sounded like this was usual conversation for him to Bella, badmouthing Edward Cullen. Worse, he didn't even have his mind reading abilities now to find the right thing to say to Charlie to stop him. He tried, once more, to assure Charlie of his good intentions, from Bella's body, this time.
"You know, Dad, the Cullens are good to me." He said, "They love me, like I'm one of the family. They don't try to hurt me."
"Bella, please." Charlie snorted, "Even if I leave out the seven months of hell that kid put you through, there's the time at your birthday party you came home with stitches, then your first date with the kid made you wanna leave town, which, afterwards, you were nearly killed falling down the stairs and out a window. And I still don't know the whole story about that, either."
"What ?" Edward trembled. He hating hearing this, because he knew only too well how true it all was. Charlie was the one person who knew something didn't seem right with the Cullen family and was always looking for their dirty secrets.
"Did he push you that night ?" Charlie asked, raising a brow in a serious voice.
"NO !" Edward shouted, feeling tears stinging his eyes, hating the way it felt. He had never cried so much in all his human life, now that he was in Bella, the emotions were so strong that he found himself crying half the day today. It had felt good the first time, now it was just getting embarrassing.
"You're sure?" Charlie asked, "You weren't having an argument and it got out of hand?"
"I would NEVER—" Edward began to seethe, but then changed his sentence, "Edward wouldn't hurt me, Dad. Not intentionally." , he mumbled the last part.
"Why can't you just…try out some other boys?" Charlie asked as if he'd asked this before, making Edward angrier, "It's allowed, when you're a young girl, to play the field, and date other people. You can't base your whole life on one boy, especially this one. Jacob said he'd come over tonight."
"What?" Edward frowned, "I thought Aunt…Susie was spending the night."
Thank God I remembered her name.
"No, she went home earlier today." Charlie smirked, "I just thought it would be nice for you to spend some more time with Jacob. Billy and I are going to watch the game, so you'll have the whole rest of the house to yourselves."
Should I kill him now or wait until Jacob arrives and then make it a double homicide ? – Edward was enraged but trying to hide it a bit.
"You know, Dad, that really is…" Edward tried to think of a good enough word, "evil."
"Excuse me, young lady?"
"I don't like Jacob." Edward spoke a true statement at last, "He stinks like a DOG."
"Don't be like that, Bells." Charlie frowned at her, "You've always liked Jacob. When Edward was gone, you two were inseparable."
Didn't need that lash into my heart, thanks, though, Charlie, Edward thought to himself, seeing Bella and Jacob together inside Charlie's mind while he was away, dieing of his own broken heart.
"Home sweet home." Charlie pulled up into Bella's driveway, coming around to pick Bella up into his arms again.
"No, no.." Edward limped out of the car and into the house, "Don't need to be carried, thanks."
"Put something nice on, huh?" Charlie saw the torn bloody leg of her jeans and followed her inside, muttering, "Jacob, save us."
As Bella often did, Edward limped up the stairs to Bella's room, slamming the door, smiling as he saw his image in the window, waving with a grin at him.
"Hey." Edward had to admit it was great to see her already there as he opened the window, letting her in, "Fast running, good girl."
"I don't know if it's right, but I love it when you call me that." Bella replied, stepping in with grace.
"Get this, the plot thickens." Edward informed Bella, "Aunt Sue is already gone, the reason he wanted me here tonight was because he invited DOG BOY over here to have a date with me – you."
With a gasp, Bella's mouth fell open. "No way."
"Way." Edward looked sternly back at her, "Now he tells me to go get fixed up."
"What is he thinking?" Bella asked.
"Oh, he spent the whole ride over here telling me how I - you should date other boys and play the field. And accusing me and my family of hurting you all the time. He so much as accused me of shoving you down the hotel stairs and out the window that night with James!"
"Oh my God, he's delusional." Bella winced, "I'm so sorry, Edward. What did you say?"
"I told him we weren't like that, from your viewpoint, of course." Edward answered, "He didn't believe me, though."
Bella went to her closet and found a comfortable pair of jeans, tossing them to Edward, "You can put those on, they're clean and not too tight.", Bella said, "I hope – after your little eating party earlier."
"Tell me what to tell him to get out of this thing tonight." Edward sat on the bed, changing into the new jeans.
"I don't know." Bella almost laughed, picturing Edward and Jacob on the couch together, having a date, "Ever since you came back to town he's been trying to get me to date other boys. Poor guy, he has no idea that I belong to you forever."
"Awww." Edward smiled, in his new jeans now, coming up behind Bella, about to hug her but then made a face.
"What?"
"It's so WEIRD hugging and kissing MYSELF !" Edward clenched his jaw tight.
"I know what you mean." Bella smirked, picking up some of her clothes and tossing them into the hamper.
"How long do you think it'll take Carlisle to find a way for us to go back to our own bodies?" Bella wondered out loud.
"I'm not sure." Edward frowned in thought, "He's like me, he will take a long time to check everything before he makes a final decision."
"Great."
"Bella, I'm gonna order us all some pizzas tonight so you won't have to cook. Is that okay?" Charlie shouted up the stairs.
"Ooh, say yes, you're gonna LOVE pizza." Bella said to Edward, "I'll have to make you a nice dinner tomorrow night then."
"Okay." Edward yelled, frowning more, "You'd better order some milk bones to go on Jacob's pizza!"
Bella let out a hard laugh, covering her mouth suddenly as she heard Edward's deep voice echo through the room. Edward winced inside his girl body, waiting to see if Charlie heard it.
"Bella, what was that noise?" Charlie asked, "Someone up there with you?"
Edward knew how to lie well and wasn't even fazed as he said, "No, that was my radio."
"Oh."
"Be careful." Edward whispered to Bella, "Do you realize if he catches you here I will never be able to talk to Charlie again and he'll never let me have your hand!"
Bella smirked at him, loving when he spoke in his old fashioned expressions.
"You're going to ask him for my hand?" Bella asked coyly.
"Of course." Edward's brow furrowed, looking at her.
"You are so cute." Bella giggled, "You know you don't have to, you only have to get me to say yes. And that will be pretty hard all by itself."
"In my day, if the father didn't like you, you had no chance of getting the girl." Edward informed calmly.
"Okay, once we're out of this mess, we'll work on Operation Charlie." Bella agreed, seeing how much this bothered Edward, "But for tonight, I think you should just act like me and not say too much. Jacob will be gone a couple hours after he gets here, and you'll be eating for half that time anyway, or knowing you with food now, maybe you could just eat while he watches you all night."
"Ha ha." Edward said grumpily. It was dark outside now and Charlie yelled up a few minutes later, "Jake is here, Bells !"
"Good, tell him to go lift his leg outside against the tree first." Edward muttered as Bella brushed his long brown hair, finishing. She tapped his head with the brush lightly, scolding, "Be nice or you'll never get a second date."
"Ukkk." Edward stood up, "I can't believe I have to do this."
"Jacob and I are just friends, nothing romantic or weird will happen, Edward." Bella informed.
"Will you stay up here?" Edward asked, looking afraid to be alone.
"Oh yea, I'll be doing my homework." Bella sat on her bed, crossing her legs Indian style.
"Okay." Edward painted on a forced smile and opened the bedroom door, slamming it behind him as he went down the stairs, stomping down each step with an angry thud.
Jacob stood in the living room, taller than a tree, wearing a white t-shirt and tight black jeans, boots on his feet. His hair was long, curled and swept over to the right, half covering one of his eyes. He smiled brightly at her, the white of his teeth almost glowing in the dim light.
"Hi Bells." Jacob looked her up and down, taking a breath. Edward frowned back at him, not liking the way his eyes scanned his Bella's body.
"You look nice." Jacob complimented.
"Looks can be very deceiving." Edward replied with a cold voice, folding his arms to hide Bella's breasts from his canine view.
"Bella." Charlie purred, giving her a look that meant 'Be nice'.
"I brought this for you." Jacob handed her a little rosebud, getting a murderous glare from Bella suddenly, even more than before when he complimented her.
"You murdered a rose for me?" Edward asked, "Nice. It didn't even have a chance to bloom yet and now it's dead. How fitting for me."
But he didn't move to accept the rose. Jacob looked at her in confusion and just held it at his side, looking over his shoulder at their fathers sitting in front of the TV, opening their beers.
"Pizza's here already." Charlie cut into the awkward silence between Jake and Bella, putting an arm around Jacob and taking him into the kitchen.
He never put his arm around ME like that., Edward seethed in his brain as he reluctantly followed the rest of them to the glorious smell that was coming out of the kitchen.
Oooh, food ! Edward remembered, at least he could have a little fun trying the pizza, even if he did have to sit next to a flea bitten mongrel to get it.
Charlie got pizza for himself and Billy and excused himself quickly, leaving Bella and Jacob alone at the kitchen table.
Edward sat down silently, watching Jacob fold his slice in half then putting it to his mouth to bite into it. He copied that, taking a bite and making an extra loud "UUUHHHMMMMMM" sound, enjoying this immensely. Hot food was even better than the cold stuff he was eating this morning…and this white melty stuff on top was indescribable! He wished Bella could be here to have some. She loved pizza, or, she used to, before she was doomed to end up in his body.
"Like it ?" Jacob laughed, watching "Bella" eat with such enthusiasm. She usually just nibbled on things, this was new.
Edward chewed, feeling the rich tomato sauce on his lips but he didn't care, all the more better to turn off lover dog next to him.
"Soooo GOOOD!" Edward punched the table near his plate, inhaling the slice of pizza within seconds, grabbing another one.
"Want a soda ?" Jacob made a slight face, opening one for her and sliding it over.
He's talented, Edward thought to himself, A dog with opposable thumbs who can open soda cans.
Taking a sip of the soda, Edward's eyes gaped open. He had never tasted anything like this – it fizzed and sizzled but it was so cold and refreshing…and tasted so sweet. He downed the whole can without taking a breath.
Slamming the empty can to the table, Edward licked his lips and exhaled, just sitting there, remembering how wonderful it was. Then he dived back into his next slice of pizza.
"Uhh, Bella," Jacob tried to eat while watching her at the same time, "I know I haven't seen you for awhile…"
"Yea, it's been great." Edward commented, still eating.
Jacob's eyes went dark for a moment then continued, "I was wondering…I wanted to ask you if maybe you and I could…go out sometime."
Only one thing could make Edward stop eating. Bella.
He put the pizza down and swallowed, wiping his mouth on a napkin and stared into Jacob's eyes fully now.
"Like, a date?" her voice was like ice.
"Uh, yea ?" Jacob looked scared now, making Edward smirk wickedly back at him.
"If you want to." Jacob added, shrugging.
Wow, what a show of confidence and what a talker he is, Edward laughed internally, This boob is not even one third good enough for Bella.
"What about Edward?" he asked, trying to make himself sound innocent.
"What about him?" Jacob frowned now, not liking the subject of the bloodsucker.
"Well we are going steady." Edward informed, "Surely you're not suggesting I cheat on him, are you ?"
"It's not cheating, Bella." Jacob said, "You're not married to the thing!"
"Thing?" Edward raised a brow, "Is that Edward you're referring to now?"
"Bella, don't get mad." Jacob tried to calm this down, "If you wanted to go out with me, all you'd have to do is tell Edward that you have other plans that night. You don't owe him any explanation. He doesn't OWN you, you know."
"And you don't think Edward is smart enough to catch on to this?" Edward asked, smiling pleasantly as Jacob revealed his true nature to the one person he didn't want to see him for what he was.
"I don't care if he knows about it or not." Jacob got a little louder, "I'll go tell him myself right now if you want. I'm not afraid of him, like you are !"
"Afraid?" Edward asked with that smile still on his face. Bella was afraid of nothing…well, except gym class and high heeled shoes and needles…and being the center of attention.
"I'm not afraid of him, Jacob." Edward stated, "I just prefer him over you. And I know what that does to you."
"Bella, listen…" Jacob leaned in, whispering, "Before he came back, we were so close. I felt it. I thought you did too."
"Felt what?" Edward whispered with a jealous sneer, "How you tried to take advantage of my sadness, my loneliness, calling it love?"
"I DO love you, DAMMIT !" Jacob stood, kicking his chair back from himself and jerking Edward's arms up, grabbing his lips hard in an intense kiss as Edward screeched out, clenching his eyes tight and biting his lips hard.
"OUCH, DAMN IT, BELLS !!" Jacob yanked away, holding his mouth, cringing in pain, "What the hell'd you do that for ?"
"How DARE you kiss me without asking first !" Edward was screaming now, wiping off his mouth with both hands, trying not to vomit, which would be very hard now that he was human and stuffed full of food.
Edward was making gagging sounds when Charlie ran in, Billy wheeling himself in right behind him.
"What's up, kids?" Billy asked with a smirk.
"Your son is a DIRTY SAVAGE, that's what's up." Edward yelled, then looked up at Charlie's stern face, adding, "He yanks me up with no warning and KISSES me! I was just eating for God's SAKE !"
Charlie hid a smile, but not that well that Edward missed it.
"Yea, smile, Charlie !" Edward shouted, "It's so funny, inviting your daughter's ATTACKER into the house and laughing it up while she has to fight off his DOG INSTINCTS ! Maybe I should just bend OVER while he humps me and gets it out of his system, right DADDY ?!"
"HEY!" all three men shouted back at once, each taking offense in his own way.
"Leave ME ALONE !" Edward felt the angry tears gathering in the corners of his eyes now, his face felt on fire.
"I'll be in my room." Edward grabbed two boxes of the pizza and the six pack of sodas and shoved past them all, shouting, "Don't follow me !!"
He stomped up the stairs loudly, slamming the door hard behind him, leaving the men in silence.
"Oh my God, what happened ?" Bella was trying not to laugh, smiling as Edward sat on the floor, laying his pizza boxes down carefully.
"I don't want to talk about it." Edward said simply, opening a soda can.
"Alright." She said, not pushing him.
"I'm trying to eat in peace and MUTT MAN is pawing his smelly hands all over me!" Edward was talking about it, shouting louder now, "He forces his ass smelling MOUTH on mine just out of nowhere, without even ASKING first ! Oh, after he tries to ask me out on a date, but DON'T TELL EDWARD, he doesn't have to know !!"
"Oh no." Bella held her lips together or she knew she'd burst out giggling.
"Oh yes." Edward washed his mouth out with the soda, trying to kill the taste of DOG ASS from his lips.
"Has he done this to you before ?" Edward suddenly thought to ask Bella.
"No." Bella answered, "We've just been buddies, I swear."
"You don't have to swear, Bella, I trust YOU." Edward lowered his voice, "I hate the thought of some other BOY thinking of you that way. I mean, if you care for him that way, I'd step aside and let you be happy with him…"
"No, Edward." Bella sat on the floor next to him, curling her arm into his, "I love YOU. I don't want anybody else. For the five millionth time."
"I love you, too." Edward closed his eyes, not wanting to see his own face as he leaned in to kiss her.
A tap knocked on the window, stopping the kiss as Bella turned to see who it was.
"Alice." She said, opening the window, letting her lean in.
"Edward." She said to Bella, then remembered, "Oh, sorry, EDWARD." She looked at Bella's body now, "You guys have to come home for awhile. Rosalie stole one of the cookies from the jar and is coming here to switch bodies with Bella. She's been plotting it since it happened. She wants to be human again, even if it's only for a little while."
"Oh no." Bella looked at Edward, who looked twice as frightened.
"Seeing me eating and all must've pushed her over the edge." Edward thought out loud. He hadn't even stopped to realize how hard that must've been for Rosalie. She never wanted to be a vampire. She longed to be human again with everything she had. This was her golden opportunity.
"Take the pizza." Edward told Alice, as if that was top priority. Edward came towards Bella, asking, "Is it okay if I ride you?"
Bella's eyes nearly glowed in response as she laughed, "Are you kidding? I've been waiting for you to ask me that for so long…"
"You think you're so funny tonight, don't you?" Edward squinted, not laughing with her and Alice as Bella lifted Edward up onto his back, going to the window.
"I thought it was humourous." Bella chuckled.
"Well it wasn't." Edward grumbled, "Go."
"Yes Master." She saluted, leaping out with a happy howl, running like the wind through the maze of the trees.
See next part soon
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NEXT – you will die when you see who switches with Bella's body now and the fun this next switch brings !!!