A/N: Sorry for leaving you guys hanging for so long. I actually had this chapter all typed up, but then I had to go through all that editing. Hope you guys like it! Next chapter will be out before this Saturday. I promise!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Twilight nor do I own this wonderful plot. That goes to the movie "Something Something." (That's really the name of the movie.)
Bella's POV:
"Alice!" I ripped my hand out of Edward's and ran to hug her. "Alice? Alice, what's wrong?" I pulled back and stared at her tear-streaked face. I panicked. What was Tyler doing here? I remembered that Tyler and Alice used to go out in college…for 2 weeks. She found out he was an alcoholic jerk. He asked me out after that, but I quickly rejected him and walked away before he could say anything else.
"Bella," She sobbed. "Bella, he still has those love letters I sent him. He threatened to blackmail me with them. This is horrible!" She sobbed harder against my shoulder. I gasped and looked up at Edward, pleadingly.
He sighed angrily and disappointed at the same time. "Is this the 'something' that you were talking about?" He grumbled. I almost smiled.
"Edward, we're the only ones that can help her. Please?" I pouted at him and he caved in.
"Fine, let's go." He muttered and walked off.
I kissed Alice's forehead and left with Edward.
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"No." I muttered. "I will not climb on your back." I gulped, looking up at the tree.
We were standing in front of Tyler's house, trying to find a way to get in. His idea was a piggy back ride up the tree. Did he not know how clumsy I was? I would probably end up pulling him down and we would both be buried in front of Tyler's house. What a perfect way to die…
Edward sighed, frustrated. "Bella, it's the only way we can get in the house! Now stop being a coward and jump on my back." He bent down and waited for me to climb on. I hesitated and he sighed again. He grabbed my arm and pulled me onto his back. I bit my lip to stop myself from screaming. I wrapped my arms and legs tightly around him. Somehow, I felt a little safer.
Edward grunted. "Care to give me some air?" He asked hoarsely.
I sighed and loosened my arms a little. He took a deep breath and began climbing up the tree. How tall was this tree? It seemed to go on forever! I closed my eyes shut, resisting the urge to look down. That wouldn't help.
Suddenly, Edward's soft, velvety voice whispered to me. "Not that I object to your loving embrace, but you can let go of me now." I could hear a smirk in his voice. I opened my eyes and noticed we were in a bedroom. The only source of light we got here was the moon's shine. Luckily, no one else was in this bedroom. I gasped and got off of him, my face going red instantly.
He chuckled, but stopped short when I glared at him and tried to hide his smile.
"Ok," he whispered. "You check on this side of the hall, and I'll check on the other side." I nodded as he walked swiftly out of the room, and began looking through the closet, drawers, under the bed sheets, in the pillows, in the bath tub, behind the toilet, under the sink…hey! It could be anywhere.
"Bella…" I yelped and a large, cold hand came down on my mouth. I looked up and saw it was only Edward.
"God, Edward!" I hissed under my breath, once he let go of my mouth. "Don't scare me like that!"
He scowled. "Well, don't yell like that, you could have woken someone up." I rolled my eyes and watched him pull something out his pocket. "Look! I found them." He smiled victoriously. It made his glorious face look so bright.
I gasped and grabbed the papers out of his hands. I looked through them, and made sure they were in Alice's handwriting. I double checked it…triple checked it and sighed. "Ok, let's go."
But Edward was frozen where he was standing. I pulled his arm. "Come on, Edward. Let's go!" I hissed.
He raised a shaky finger in front of him. I looked where he was pointing and choked on my breath.
Standing in front of us was a huge, black pit bull. It looked to be on alert. Its eyes looked right into our eyes. It was pretty creepy. No. It was really creepy. Tyler told us he had a puppy! This was a monster!
I gulped. "Edward," I whispered shakily. "What do we do?"
He stood frozen, but his mouth moved. "We run."
I nodded and took his hand. We ran into a restroom and dashed towards the shower with the sliding doors. Edward jumped in and pulled me in as well. He slid the door shut and leaned his head against the glass.
The dog still stood outside, waiting for us to come out. Its low growls were starting to sound really menacing.
Edward breathed out a large gust of oxygen and looked up at the ceiling, thinking.
I groaned. "Great. Just, great! You could have run out the front door! Did you have to run into this goddamn shower?? We'll be stuck in here until Tyler comes to take a shower…if he ever does take a shower. Oh, god. Then he'll see us and find out why we're here. What if he shoots us?? Or, worse! What if he takes the letters and really does blackmail Alice with them. Poor Alice. What did she ever do to deserve this? Date a jerk. That's what she did. Oh, crap. What will my brother do? And mom and dad and Rosalie! They'll—"
Edward, who was silent through my whole rant suddenly perked up. "Who's Rosalie?" He asked, interested.
I groaned and rolled my eyes. "Rosalie is my brother's wife, monkey! And she wouldn't fall for idiots who run into showers."
Edward sighed and stood up. "Hey, can you get me the shampoo?"
I glared at him, appalled. "You think this is the time for a shower?" Oh no. He lost it. He really lost it. Now I'm stuck in a shower with a mental case. What have I ever done to deserve this? I always did my chores, fed the animals, cooked lunch and dinner, and I—
"No, silly girl." Edward said, interrupting my silent rant. He rolled his eyes. "I'm trying to use it as a distraction for the dog and—"He stopped and shook his head, looking frustrated. "You know what? Just give it to me."
I sighed and grabbed a shampoo bottle next to me. Dandruff shampoo…I shuddered. It never helped. I placed the bottle in his hands and Edward stood up on the ledge, to see the dog over the doors. I stood up as well to see the dog growling up at us. He gulped and threw the bottle down. Oh, he was playing fetch.
What we didn't expect was for the dog to easily catch the shampoo in one small jump. We stared, wide-eyed at the dog and stepped off the ledge.
Edward ran his hand through hair, nervously. "That dog," He said, seriously, pointing towards the dog. "Is not real. I tell you, it has some mutant DNA in it."
I growled and folded my arms across my chest, refusing to look agree with him. This is all because of that monkey. If he just ran out the front door, we wouldn't have to deal with all this.
Edward sighed and sat down in the tub. He looked up at me. "Please, fair maiden. Take a seat." He said in a corny British-accent, while gesturing to the tub floor.
I rolled my eyes and sat down across him. It was pretty tight, so I huddled my legs up against my chest. However, the monkey wasn't so polite about our seating arrangement. He stretched his legs across the tub and placed each foot on either side of me. Disgusting! What did I look like, a foot stand?
"Hey!" I objected, swatting his feet away.
He immediately pulled his feet back and put his hands up in surrender. "Ok, ok. Chill."
I pouted and buried my face in my hands. I opened the door an inch and saw that the dog was still growling at us. I shut the door closed and let out a small whimper. "This is your entire fault, Edward Masen!"
He let out a frustrated, shaky breath. "What do you want me to do about it?" He growled.
I rolled my eyes and grimaced at him. "Well why don't you sing a song?" I suggested, sarcastically.
He perked up. "Me? Sing?! Is my voice that amazing?"
"No." I snarled. "I want you to sing a song so the dog get's scared and runs away."
He scowled at me and hung his head down. I sighed and looked away.
Who let the dogs out? Woof Woof Woof Woof.
I gasped and jumped at his sudden outburst. He stood up and began dancing around.
Who let the dogs out
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
(woof, woof, woof, woof)
When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)
I tell the fellas "start the name callin'" (Yippie Yi Yo)
And the girls report to the call
The poor dog show down
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast
She really want to skip town
Get back off me, beast off me
Get back you flea infested monger
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
I'm gonna tell Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo
To any girls calling them canine Yippie, Yi, Yo
Tell the dummy "Hey Man, It's part of the Party!" Yippie Yi, Yo
You fetch a women in front and her mans behind Yippie, Yi, Yo
Her bone runs out now
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Say, A doggy is nuttin' if he don't have a bone All dogy hold ya' bone, all doggy hold it
A doggy is nuttin' if he don't have a bone All dogy hold ya' bone, all doggy hold it
Wait for y'all my dogs, the party is on
I gotta get my girl I got my myind on
Do you see the rays comin' from my eye
What could you be friend
That Benji man that's breakin' them down?
Me and My white short shorts
And I can't seek a lot, any canine will do
I'm figurin' that's why they call me faithful
'Cause I'm the man of the land
When they see me they doah-ooooo(howl)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)
He threw his hands up and it hit the shower head. The piece came tumbling off and the water started pouring on us. I gasped and held my hands out in front of me. "Edward! Edward, make it stop!"
He tried to screw the shower head back on, but only got it loosely screwed in. The water was still pouring, so Edward just planted himself between me and the water. "Happy?" he asked, sounding exhausted. I looked up at him and murmured, "Yeah…" I was so confused! One minute he's annoying the hell out of me. Then next minute, he's being a real gentleman. Does he have some kind of multi-personality disorder??
Apple bottom jean (jean) boots with the fur (with the fur) she got the whole club lookin' at her.
I gasped and clutched the back of Edward's tux. What was that? Where did that come from? Oh no…Oh no…
Edward turned around to smirk at me. He stuck his hands in his pocket and pulled out a cell phone. Oh… "It's called a cell phone, Ms. High-tech."
I grimaced and turned away. Nice ringtone…idiot.
"Excuse me?" He turned his chin towards my hands that were still clutching his shirt for dear life. I gasped and let go.
He smirked and flipped his phone open.
"Hello… Hey, babe!"
"Hey, babe!" I imitated under my breath.
"Yeah, I'm in the shower…Yeah, I miss you, too."
"I miss you too." I mocked under my breath again.
"Ok, gotta go. See you, baby."
He flipped the phone shut and placed it back in his pocket.
I tried not to let the curiosity get the better of me, but I had to ask. "Who was that?" I could hear the slight irritation in my voice. I hope he took that for the situation we were in right now.
"My girlfriend…Does that upset you?" I could hear the smile in his voice and it sounded like he expected as much.
"No. Why should I care?" I sneered.
He shrugged and remained silent.
We stood there in silence for a few minutes, waiting for the water to stop. I finally broke it. "How many do you have?" I asked.
"How many what?" He sounded confused.
"Girlfriends." I sneered and scowled at the plural form.
He laughed. "Oh…about thirteen." He replied. My eyes went wide. THIRTEEN?! What a stupid inconsiderate monkey! "Including you." He added.
"What?" I asked surprised. "Hey, I'm not one of your no-life girlfriends, Edward."
"Well," I could almost hear him smirk. "Girls usually mean the opposite of what they say in these matters."
Oh… "Well then, in that case…I guess I am one of your no-life girlfriends." I grimaced.
"That's what I'm saying! It's nice to know you finally understand." He snickered.
I ground my teeth together and looked up. "Hey, the water stopped."
"It's been like that for the past three minutes, Sherlock." He muttered, sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes and moved away from him as he turned around. "Hey!" he exclaimed. "I have an idea!"
"What?" I asked, excited. We're getting out, we're getting out!!
"Ok, so you run out first as the dog's distraction, then I'll take the papers and run away!" My smiled faded and turned into a scowl. What was worse was that he actually seemed serious about that.
"Edward. That's the stupidest plan I've ever heard. I'm not going to die for you to escape. Why don't you run out first, I take the papers, and leave."
He shrugged. "Ok." He opened the door and was about to step out, when I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "Hey! Don't, it'll bite you."
He closed the door. "So you do care about my existence."
I groaned. "Not to state the obvious, buy you're really annoying, you know that?"
He smirked and stared at me. After awhile, it got annoying. "What are you looking at?" I snapped.
His face broke into a crooked grin, and I gasped under my breath. "You look really hot when you're wet from the shower…and in that dress."
I grimaced, and blushed, looking down. "And," he continued and I looked up. "You're blush is so lovely."
I composed myself and rolled my eyes. "Thank you. Now find a way for us to get out. And seriously, a way for both of us to get out."
He looked up at the ceiling, thinking. "I got it!" I looked at him, expectantly.
"Ok, so I will slide open this door and the dog will jump in. You slide open that door and we'll both jump out that door and shut it, leaving the dog stuck in the shower. Serves it right, evil mutant mutt." He glared through the glass doors at the dog.
I sighed. "You could have said this before." I muttered.
"Well, at least I came up with it, ok? Now get ready." He opened the door slightly and started to get the attention of the dog. It came over to Edward's side and growled at him. Edward motioned his hand towards me. "Now!" I slid the door open and jumped out, with Edward hot on my heels. He shut the door before the dog could make another move. I sighed and looked up at him.
"Ok." He said. "Let's go."
I took his hand. I don't know why but it just felt right. We walked towards the front door and were about to open in when the lights turned on. I gasped and spun around.
Standing just three feet in front of us, in all his drunken glory, was Tyler Crowley. Oh no…Oh no…Oh no…
He smiled hazily at us and pulled something out of his back pocket. A gun. I gulped and felt Edward tug me behind him. I hid my face in his back and tried to hold back the tears that were threatening to spill. This was it. I was going to die. Alice's life would be ruined. There's nothing we can do now.
"Tyler." Edward spoke, in his soft, velvety voice. "Tyler come one, we can solve this differently. There's always another way other than violence, right?" I peeked around Edward's body and saw Tyler's face snap to mine. I flinched at his drunken stare.
Tyler put the gun down and smiled evilly. "You're right, man." He slurred. "There is another way. How about this…You give me the papers and Bella, I screw with her for one night, and then you can pick her and the papers up tomorrow morning." I felt Edward tense and held his shirt tighter. This can't be happening. God, no.
Edward growled. "You will not lay a finger on her, got that? I guess we'll have to do this the harder way." He snarled and ran forward, punching Tyler's face in. Tyler let out a pathetic yelp of pain and fell to the ground. I gasped and stared at Edward, wide-eyed. (A/N- I actually wanted to do this huge fighting scene, but I'm not so good at those…sorry.)
Edward sat on top of Tyler "And that," He growled threw his teeth. "Is what you get for threatening my cousin." He took the gun that had fallen to the ground and held it in front of Tyler's head. "And you can take this for even thinking about Bella like that." He was about to pull the trigger, but I ran forward and pulled his arm back, causing him to shoot the vase close by. It fell onto the hardwood floor and shattered into a thousand pieces.
"Edward." I choked out, still clutching his arms. The tears began to poor down my face. "Don't."
He sighed and socked the gun against Tyler's head. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he succumbed to unconsciousness. Edward got off of Tyler and turned towards me. He immediately wrapped his arms around me and held me close. I cried in his shoulder, grabbing fistfuls of his shirt for support. Being there in Edward's warm embrace reminded me so much of being with my brother. His arms were just as protective as Emmett's. I realized that I really missed Emmett. A lot.
The tears kept falling relentlessly, soaking his expensive tux. He didn't say anything. He just held me close and stroked my hair, whispering soothing words in a hushed voice.
As the sobs became soft whimpers, I felt my body beginning to shut down. Sleep began to take over me as I snuggled into Edward's embrace.
Emmett… I miss you, my brother...
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Edward's POV:
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!"
Ok, if Bella could sleep through Alice screaming like that, then she is one heavy sleeper. Alice's voice could have been heard through the whole street. We were currently sitting outside on a bench near her pool. Bella was still sleeping in my arms. Her face looked so peaceful, like an angel. It felt so right to have her in my arms. We fit like puzzle pieces. The words that she mumbled in her sleep rang throgh my head.
"Emmett…I miss you, my brother."
Now and then she would mutter that name again
I ripped my eyes off Bella, but held her closer. I met Alice's frantic glare and sighed. "It was nothing, Alice. She's just tired, that's all. It's almost 12:30 AM and she's had a long day." I winced at the understatement, and remembered what Tyler said he would do to her. She didn't deserve to hear that, especially from that black mailing fool. If she had let me, I would have shot him in the mouth, and shove his face into a snake-filled pit, and burn him alive, and rip his arms off, and feed them to the rats and—
'Did you get the papers??" I shook my head, focusing on Alice again.
"Huh? Oh…yeah. One sec." I reached my left hand into my pockets and made a show of finding the papers. "It's here somewhere…" I resisted the urge to laugh at Alice's freaked out face.
"Edward?" Her voice came out shaky and tears began to find its way through.
I laughed out once and pulled the papers out of my back pocket. "Kidding, kidding. Here."
She gasped and glared at me. "Not. Funny. Edward." She huffed and stomped away.
I chuckled and sighed. She looked so funny when she was about to cry like that. My eyes wandered back to Bella's dreamy face. Her face was smooth, pale, and calm—like Sleeping Beauty. I sighed and carried her upstairs to her room. She was very light—maybe 100 to 110 pounds. She shivered as I placed her on her bed and placed the blanket on top of her body. She stopped moving and sighed happily. I smiled and stroked her face softly, enjoying the warm feeling the coursed from her skin to mine. She was so beautiful.
I sighed and turned around to walk away. I looked over my shoulder for one last glance and closed the doors softly, so as not to wake her up.
And now for my slee—
"Eddie!!"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I slapped my forehead and looked up. Tanya was standing in front of my door with a plastic smile on her face. Well, at least she didn't cook "sweets" this time.
"What do you want Tanya? It's—" I looked at my watch. "Almost 1:00 in the morning. Can we save this for later?" I could hear the annoyance and grogginess in my voice.
She pouted. "But Eeeddiiieee!! I came to see you!"
I rolled my eyes and pushed past her. "And I came to sleep." Her eyes brightened. "Alone." I growled through my teeth and slammed the door in her pouty face.
Can some people ever take a hint?
A/N: So? Did you like it? Hate it? Totally boring? Please please review!!