Restraint

Chapter Two: That's absolutely barbaric

"Whoa. That was a pretty good prank Bella." Emmett wiped tears away from his eyes. "I never thought you had it in you."

I laughed. "Seriously, it's not a prank Emmett, it's for real."

"Sure." Rosalie snorted. "You guys can't even go one minute without sucking face, and you think you can possibly go a week without touching him?"

I stopped laughing. "Your forgetting the rules! He can't touch me. I never said I can't touch him." I grinned. "I can touch him, except he can't touch me." I repeated in a singsong voice.

"You do know I'm sitting here?" Edward asked.

I ignored him.

Alice giggled. "You seriously are becoming a Cullen. Genius plan, Bella. Without my help."

Edward spoke. "Love, are you sure you really want to do this?" He had this sort of pleading look in his eyes, and he was dazzling me with those topaz orbs of his. But I looked away.

"I'm positive." I stared at the wall, avoiding eye contact.

I heard a low rumble in Edward's throat, but he made no sign of showing his anger. "Fine, Love. I'm going to hunt. I'll be back in an hour or so."

He leaned over to kiss me, but I blocked his face. "Uh uh. See how that feels? Being denied? Hurts, doesn't it Mister? Bye." I gave him one last look, blew him a kiss to show him I wasn't mad, just not giving in, and plopped onto the couch beside Emmett.

"Pretty impressive Bella." Jasper called, walking in from the kitchen. He put his long arms around Alice. "Sure, it's easy now, but I could feel your anguish from the kitchen. Seriously, you'll give this up in two days tops, or at least before the seven days is over. There is no way you won't let him touch you."

"I beg to differ. Us Cullen girls are strong." Alice said, crossing her arms across her chest, huffing.

"Yeah." Rosalie stood up and walked over to me. "Even though Bella is addicted to Edward, she's stubborn. And she'll do whatever it takes to get what she wants."

"What they said." I stood up, linking arms with Alice, who had moved towards Rosalie and I.

"Ooh la la, do I smell a bet coming on?" Emmett asked, standing and pulling a wad of cash from his back pants pocket.

Alice grinned, and then reached into her pocket, pulling out a gold debit card. "Obviously Emmett, I don't need your money. I have plenty, thanks to my uncanny knack to guess the winning lottery numbers." She tapped her head. "It's sort of included in the whole physic thing."

"Fine." Emmett grumbled. "Well, if we win, meaning me and Jasper, you and Rose are our sex slaves for a week."

"Fine, if you win." Rosalie laughed lightly.

"Fine. But we don't need, nor want anything. So, how about this? Until Edward gives in and has sex with Bella, no sex for you guys." Alice said, smiling mischievously. "And when we find out what we want, we'll let you know."

"Nice plan Alice." Rosalie grinned maliciously. "I'm a bit sore from last night's little romp with Emmett, and I doubt I'd want sex for a while anyways."

"So its set." Alice clapped her hands together.

"NO SEX? But…That's probably the foundation of our relationship Rose! Seriously? Why am I being punished?!" Emmett jumped up and down.

"Well then, if that's the foundation of our relationship, then obviously you need sometime anyways to think about why you really love me." Rosalie stormed from the room, her long blonde hair floating behind her.

Emmett ran after Rosalie, and Jasper sort of disappeared. Alice plopped on the couch beside me, and held my hand.

"Look, I didn't want to break you guys up or anything. Okay, maybe I should just call this whole thing off…" I said, trailing off.

Alice shushed me. "No. This is good for you. Seriously, the boy needs to learn a lesson or two. And Rose and I will help you with the seductress parts. You aren't so bad at certain stuff. Like today, when you pushed Edward away when he was trying to kiss you. You just have to keep doing that. Like, let your subconscious and stubbornness take over, okay? And you'll be good. Trust me I me-."

Alice got a blank look, and I realized she was having a vision. I waited patiently for her vision to finish, and then I asked her what was wrong.

She grinned. "My, Bella, you never told me you were such a vixen. Tight shorts and tiny shirts really do suit you." Alice pulled me up and rushed me upstairs. "I knew that outfit would have purpose somehow."

"Uh…" Was all I managed to say before I was stripped down into my plain, white fruit of the loom underwear, and my nude bra.

"Sheesh Bella! You're bra and underwear don't even match. Thank gosh I have a good connection with Victoria's secret. Otherwise, it would have been harder to get all of this lingerie in such a short time. Alice opened a stuffed drawer, extracted a lacy black bra and underwear set. "Here." She shoved them at me, and led me to the bathroom. "Change, and quickly. I'll be back."

I changed, gripping onto the counter because I had difficulty. Alice came back several minutes later, handing me a tiny pair of shorts and a tiny tank top. "It's winter Alice!"

"I know, but it's warm enough in here. Remember, Edward can't touch you, so you won't be constantly cold anyways."

"Oh yeah." I thought sadly. I had the sudden urge to listen to Memories by Barbara Streisand and reminisce.

"Don't back out now Bella! Seriously! This will be fun!"

"Fine." I groaned, and let Alice fix me up a bit.

I emerged from the bathroom, walking slowly because Alice said my toenails were still wet. They glistened a bloody red. My legs looked long and lean in the teeny shorts Alice had put me in.

I looked like me, but sexier. My hair was in a high ponytail, my makeup done lightly.

I stopped at his piano, sitting on the bench, stroking the keys lightly.

"Bella." I heard a soft velvet voice call from behind me.

I turned, and a soft gasp escaped his lips. "You look nice." His voice was strangled.

"Hmm, really?" I smiled softly. His eyes were a soft topaz. "I missed you."

"I missed you too, love." Edward took a step towards me.

"That's good." I stood up, careful not to trip, and walked towards him. "Remember, no touching."

He hesitated, but nodded. I leaned in and gave him a light kiss on his lips, then pulled away.

"You know Bella, you don't have to do this restraint thing. After we're married, we can have that one human experience."

"I know. But this is for me. I'm trying to show you!" I sighed.

"Fine." Edward grumbled. "You know now you're going to have to be extra careful. I won't be able to catch you when you trip."

"I already considered that." I snapped.

Edward smirked. "Okay. As long as you thought about the consequences."

I huffed and stormed upstairs. Stupid smooth vampire with dazzling topaz eyes.