The Desire Box
Chapter 5: Morning Sunshine
"Bella! Wake up! Wake up!"
"Ugh. Stop jumping on my bed like a little kid, Edward. Gees," Bella said covering her head with the covers.
"But you promised to take me to the amusement park! Get up!"
Bella groaned. "Five more minutes. It's the weekend; I deserve to sleep in."
"No, up now!" Edward pulled the covers off Bella and slung her over his shoulder. Bella yelled and hit his back.
"You jerk! Put me down!"
"Not until you promise to take me to the amusement park."
"Never!"
"Promise."
"No."
"Please?"
Bella paused to think. "Fine," she huffed.
"Yeah!" Edward yelled punching the air with his one fist.
"Now put me down you big lug."
Edward set Bella on her bed. Bella quickly got back under the covers.
"What are you doing? You promised-"
"I promised to take you to the amusement park, but I never promised you I would take you today," Bella explained, grinning to herself.
"You suck!"
"What are you seventeen or seven?"
"Uh, seventeen," Edward answered, unsurely.
"Then act like one!"
"I am, aren't I?" Edward asked.
"Oh, I give up!" Bella said getting out of bed.
"Yes!"
"Now leave so I can get dressed," Bella commanded.
"Sure thing!" and with that Edward jumped out of the room. Bella groaned, closing the bathroom door behind her. Edward, being impatient like always, continued to bug Bella.
"You are so slow, Bella," Edward said knocking on her bathroom door.
"Be patient, alright," Bella replied.
Edward sighed. "Fine."
Soon Bella walked out of the bathroom in a spring dress.
"So?"
"Whoa, you look great," Edward said, his mouth hanging open.
"You're drooling," Bella joked.
"I sure am," Edward stated, whipping his chin. Bella rolled her eyes and grabbed his hand.
"Lets got before the line gets to long."
"Alright. To the Bat Mobile, Robin!"
"You watch too many cartoons, Edward," Bella said, grabbing her house keys and purse.
"They are just so... so colorful and exciting!" Edward exclaimed dramatically.
"You're so childish."
"And you love it!"
Bella sighed. "Unfortunately."
Edward grinned to himself and pulled Bella out the door.
"Hurry!"
"Gees, I'm coming, Edward. Slow down, before I trip!"
"You're such a klutz."
"And you love it."
"True, true," Edward stated smiling down at Bella. Bella looked up at Edward, glowering. "What?" he asked.
"I hate that you are taller then me and almost by a head, too."
Edward laughed. "Why do you hate it?"
"I feel so short," she whined. Edward laughed harder. "Why is it funny?"
"You're just cute when you're angry," Edward smiled. Bella flushed.
"Shut up and keep walking, you idiot."
Edward smiled to himself and dragged Bella towards the amusement park. Edward caught sight of the Ferris Wheel.
"Whoa! That's so cool! What is it?" he asked. His face lit up, excitement fueling his change of features.
"Oh, that's right you have never been to an amusement park before, have you?" Bella asked. Edward shook his head. "It's a Ferris Wheel."
"Cool, can we ride it?"
"Why not."
"Awesome!"
Bella paid for the tickets.
"Can we go on this one first – no, wait, this one – no this one!" Edward couldn't decide which ride to ride first.
"Oh, not the Whiplash, let's start with something easy. I don't want you puking on me," Bella stated shaking her head at the Whiplash. The people getting off it looked green and Bella knew Edward wouldn't be able to handle it, especially if it's his first ride ever. Bella turned and pointing to the Ferris Wheel. "That one's a better choice."
"Oh, the big one!" Edward dragged Bella over to the Ferris Wheel, laughing all the way.
Bella introduced Edward to the wondrous world of cotton candy and chocolate covered bananas. Edward loved the Ferris Wheel, riding it a whopping fourteen times, but Bella loved the Haunted House the best, especially after Edward knocked out the guy dressed as the Grim Reaper that followed them through the indoor maze.
"I still can't believe you punched that guy," Bella mused.
"He scared me. I though he was going to grab you!" Edward defended.
"Oh, you were scared!" Bella laughed.
"No, not that way! I was just – ugh!" Bella broke out into a fit of giggles. Edward huffed. "You're mean."
Bella smiled up at him. "I know. Come on lets go home."
"Yeah, today tired me out," Edward stated.
"Me too."
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"Hehe, now is the time... we'll get rid of him once and for all..."
Bella shot up in bed. She couldn't remember what her dream was about, but it scared her, more then anything that had scared her before.
"Edward?" she called.
No one answered Bella as she looked up from the couch. Bella and Edward were so tired last night that they collapsed on the couch. Edward was here last night, wasn't he?
"Edward this isn't funny, where are you?" Bella stood up and looked in the kitchen. Hm, maybe he went to school early. Bella thought. She got ready for school and looked through the house once more, not realizing the Desire Box was missing.
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Bella took her seat in class and waited for Edward to come into class. She had expected him to already be there, but he wasn't. What is up with him? He never leaves me alone. Why now? Bella asked herself. Was he tired of me? Bella tried to shake the thought away from her mind.
"Your Edward's not coming?" Lauren asked, smirking at Bella.
"That's none of your business," Bella retorted.
Lauren's smirk widened. "Maybe he is boxing you out." Bella was confused about what she had said concerning Edward, but she vowed to find out.
After class, Bella secretly followed Lauren and hid behind a corner, while Lauren whispered to Mike.
"Do you have it?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, we are going to have to destroy it if we want to get rid of any chances of it getting back into her possession," Lauren confirmed.
"Right."
"This little box is going to be a pile of ashes by tonight," Lauren laughed.
Little... box? Bella peeked around the corner and saw Lauren holding a palm sized box: her Desire Box. That rotten little – she broke into my house! I can't let her burn it! Edward will never come back! Ever!
"You keep zat safe and vhen your desire comes true, don't let anyvone steal it away from you. If zeh box is not in your possession, zhen your desire vill soon disappear along vith zeh box," Madam Sulleman told Bella. Bella had only a little time before the box would either disappear or be burned. Bella had to stop her or else. However, one question confused her: How did Lauren know about the box?
Bella felt daring, this might be the only way to save Edward. She broke out into a run and rounded the corner colliding with Lauren. She and Lauren fell to the floor. The box flew into the air and Bella scrambled up to catch it. And she did, just in the nick of time. Lauren yelled and she and Mike came running towards Bella. Bella's eyes widened, as they got closer. She ran out of the school, trying to get away from them. With Lauren and Mike on her tail, she ran home and locked the door behind her.
"Open up, Bella!" Lauren yelled pounding on the door.
"Never!" Bella said leaning against the door, hugging the box. Edward, I need you! Please, come back! she wished with all her heart. Hot tears streamed down her pale face and splattered on the Desire Box; with a small flash of light the Desire Box was gone. "What? No! This can't be!" she screamed. "Edward!"
Bella heard the unlocked back door open and she ducked behind the couch. She is going to have to permanently lock the stupid back door when this ordeal was over… if she made it out alive.
"You go upstairs and I'll stay down here," Bella heard Lauren instruct Mike. She heard Mike head upstairs and Lauren's footsteps leave the room she was hiding in. The kitchen was facing Bella and she soundlessly rolled into it, James Bond style. Grabbing a frying pan from the sink, Bella quietly made her way back into the living room, to find Lauren. Lauren was in the family room, looking in a coat closet. Bella slowly approached the open door. The floorboard under Bella cracked.
"Mike, I didn't find her yet," she said closing the closet door. Before the door was closed completely, Bella swung the frying pan. With a loud cling, Lauren fell to the floor, KO'd.
"Hey, Laury, what was that-" Cling.
Bella inhaled deeply and dropped the frying pan. She was shaking and a million thoughts raced through her mind. Edward. Phone. Police. She ran to the nearest phone in the house and dialed 911. She explained the situation to the police and they were on their way to pick up Lauren and Mike. I finally did it. I stood up to Lauren! But Edward...
The police picked them up. Bella went to Lauren's window in the police cruiser.
"How did you know about my... box?" It even pained her to say it.
"I'm not a moron. I used the internet and researched it after I heard Edward ask you about it," she said matter-of-factly. Bella frowned. Bella watched as the police cruiser drove off.
Edward...
After everything was over, Bella fell asleep with tears dried to her cheeks. How could a small box cause so much happiness and sadness at the same time? How is she going to survive without Edward? And it's all that mysterious box's fault!
She didn't want to wake up, but she still had to go to school, Edward or not. The sun's rays burned through her eyelids as she slowly opened them, and a small smile formed on her face.
"Morning Sunshine!"
The End…
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