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Hi, my name is Jay. I do not own any of the Twilight characters. This is just a fun fictional story I put together. As of January 11th 2013, this story is currently undergoing consistent revisions, so please bare with me. I have so far taken care of chapters 1 through 4 and am working on the chapters after that.
-Prelude to the specific events-
I watched as Isabella was having a conversation with Alice in the living quarters of our house. She appeared to be involved in the conversation as it did not seem she was looking for me during this time. I knew Carlisle was inside his room, reviewing his paperwork and collecting his thoughts about patients at the hospital. It would be the best time to make such a request and I did not hesitate to approach his room upstairs. I knocked and awaited his answer. "It's open." Carlisle's mind set aside much of what he was occupied with. Entering his room, I observed Carlisle sitting at the desk. His hands were locked in place on the top of the desk, awaiting what I had to say.
"How can I be of assistance?" He asked.
"I would like to ask a favor." My expression offering no eagerness or hope. "Of course. Anything I can do to help." His interest peaked. "May I request that Bella have dinner here?" I kept it to the point, expression the same. "Of course. I assume you have a specific dish in mind, hence the request?" Carlisle attempted to analyze my mood, which still remained unchanged. "Would it be possible to have Mushroom Ravioli prepared?" I was unable to prevent myself from a smile. "We'll handle it. It is apparent that you have memories tied to this dish, so we will ensure it is carefully prepared." He reflected my smile. "I am grateful." I signaled appreciation.
-End of prelude-
Based on her thoughts, Alice had a vision of us deciding to visit. I knew the dish I specially requested would be in the process of creation before our arrival. Her excessively excited thoughts proved this to be fact. Alice and Isabella entered the house before me. We neared the kitchen where Carlisle, Esme, and Rosalie were cooking. Alice stroked Isabella's back before moving to assist Esme. Emmett eyes immediately fixed on Isabella, accompanied by a smirk. "Do anything funny today, Bella?" Seemingly hopeful of a new story of her clumsy behavior. She sighed and turned her attention towards me. It seemed she desired an exit from Emmett's attention, so I based my next move on that assumption. The situation proved convenient as it was imperative that I remove Isabella from observing, before she understood what was being created. "Bella. I need to talk to you upstairs." Staging her rescue from Emmett's fun. "I'll try not to do anything funny without your knowledge, ok?" She turned her attention to Emmett for a moment. Jasper was positioned quietly away from everyone, focusing on his own thoughts. Emmett smiled and changed his attention to Jasper's surroundings, approaching him soon after.
"Try not to look so dead, man." Emmett pushed Jasper's arm.
Jasper laughed and returned the gesture. "The food will be ready soon. Don't be long, ok?" Esme said looking directly at me. Carlisle also looked up at Bella and I, but it was only to smile. I wondered if Bella would remember the dish that they were making? Bella looked a bit worried as she caught Carlisle's smile. "Let's go upstairs now." I said tapping Bella's shoulder. "Oh right." Bella said confused. We made our way to climbing upstairs soon after. "You were serious about talking?" Bella said nudging me in the arm. "Why wouldn't I be?" I said confused. "I thought you were joking just to get me out of the situation?" Bella said confused. "We might be able to get some topics out of the way. I'm sure something's bothering you at this point." I said clearing up her confusion. We made it to my room and entered. We both sat down on my couch and I gazed at Bella's face with a smile. "I'm guessing you want me to start?" Bella sighed. "That would make things easier on me. I hit brick walls with my thoughts." I joked. Bella moved closer to me and leaned her head on my shoulder. "You're not going to like this one very much." Bella said as she looked up at me with sincere eyes. "I walked into this, so it's only natural to say you can ask me anything." I said without expression. "Jacob Black." Bella said gripping my sleeve. "What about him?" I said with a slight disgusted tone. "He's still my friend… Why can't you both get along?" Bella said with pleading eyes. "I don't know what part of natural enemies you missed, Bella." I said annoyed. "But… why can't you just ignore your differences?" She said looking down at the floor. "It's not that simple. I can't deny what I am and Jacob can't deny it either." I said while adjusting her to look at my face. "I'm sorry it has to be this way, Bella. But it's more complicated than human bonding." I added carefully. I pressed lightly towards her lips and pulled away.
"It's time to go downstairs." I noted as soon as I read Alice's excited thoughts about the meal being ready.
Bella sighed in defeat and we both got up. We exited my room and made our way downstairs to the kitchen. Bella's eyes widened. "That… smell." Bella said trying to remember. I made sure she was the first to enter as I followed behind her. Alice stood in front of the table hiding the food with her body as she smiled at Bella. "It's behind her." I said pointing in the direction. "It seems so familiar." Bella said trying to identify it. I looked at everyone in the room and noticed they were all looking forward to Bella's reaction. Bella stood in front of Alice looking confused and Alice stepped aside. "Oh… wow." Bella said cracking a smile. "It's mushroom ravioli." Esme said happily. "Edwards idea." Carlisle added. Bella turned to look at me with an embarrassed smile. "Hey Bella. This time we got plastic plates!" Emmett said while spinning a plastic plate on the counter as an example. I looked directly at Jasper and he had apologetic eyes while glancing at Bella. Her focus was on Emmett, so she didn't seem to catch that.
"I'm sure you remember eating this, right?" I asked.
Bella nodded at me in agreement. "Déjà vu" Bella said silently. "Well… are you going to sit down?" Alice asked eager to see Bella take a bite. Rosalie was also smiling but remaining as silent as possible. I pulled the chair back for Bella and she sat down. Emmett moved closer to Alice's side so he could get front row. Bella prodded the ravioli with her fork and stopped to look around at everyone. "I'm getting a bit of stage fright." Bella said nervously. I lowered my head to Bella's ears. "Humor them." I whispered. Bella seemed to have calmed her nerves when I said that as she took a bite. "Tell us how it is!" Alice said not helping Bella's nerves. Esme just smiled at Carlisle and he smiled back. Jasper seemed to have caught on to the moment and smiled as well. Emmett… when isn't he in the mood to smile when Bella's around? Rosalie called Emmett over to her side and held his shoulders. I didn't care much of what Bella thought at this point. I was hoping she'd say something to loosen everyone up and end the show. "It's really good. Almost better than when I first tasted this." Bella turned around and smiled at everyone. "Oh thank goodness!" Alice sighed with relief. "I think we can call off this event before we give Bella a heart attack." Carlisle said. Esme didn't say anything. She seemed proud of everyone's efforts and gestured everyone to leave. "She's going to finish the food, right?" Emmett said while being pulled away by Rosalie. That didn't need to be answered. I knew Bella was hungry at this point. Everyone left except Bella and I, so I pulled up a chair and waited.
"You're going to watch me eat?" Bella said with relief that mostly everyone left.
"Is that a problem?" I said concerned. "Oh no… I was just wondering." Bella said with a smile. "You'd better eat the food then. Out of good faith to their efforts." I smiled back. "It's actually pretty good. I'm going to finish it regardless." Bella chuckled. Bella reached towards an empty spot on the table. "Something the matter?" I asked confused. "…I usually drink something while eating." Bella said while swirling her finger on the table. She got up from her chair and planned to get herself a drink before I stopped her. "I got it Bella. As our guest, it's the least I can do." I said pointing her back to the chair. I walked to the fridge and opened it. It didn't seem like we had anything for Bella to drink in this area, so I opened a few shelves. "I'm fine with water." Bella noted from the table. As soon as she said that, I spotted a few bottles of water we had in the shelf. I haven't the slightest idea on how they got there, but I wasn't going to waste any time questioning that. "We've got bottled water it seems." I said while walking towards Bella and flipping the bottle in the air playfully. She looked up at me from the table with a smile as I placed the bottle of water in her hand.
"Nothing like natural spring water… huh?" Bella said still smiling.
"I wouldn't know. It's been a long time since I've had water." I said while returning her smile. She opened the bottle and proceeded to drink it. I placed myself back on the chair facing her direction. Bella finally finished her food and gave me a confused look. "What now?" I asked also confused. "Can I keep the water?" Bella asked with sincere eyes. "Yes you can." I said laughing lightly. Bella got up from her chair, put her plate in the sink and I got up as well. She started to look around the kitchen. "You can say thanks to everyone from here Bella. They'll hear you." I said with a smirk. Bella looked at me for a moment and then returned the smile. "Thanks everyone!" Bella said with her eyes shooting in every direction. I read everyone's minds at that point and they heard her for sure. "We'd better get back to your place before Charlie tries looking for us in his cruiser." I said with a slight laugh. Bella sighed and as we began to leave the house. We made it to my car and I stopped before getting in. Bella stopped also and looked at me with slight worry. "Did you want to try driving again, Bella? That last time didn't count and you know why." I said while pulling out my keys. "Oh sure!" Bella said almost completely excited. I quickly put the keys in her hand and placed myself in the passenger side. Bella walked towards the driver side and entered. She started the car and turned to me with an unusual expression.
"Is there anything I missed?" I said confused.
Bella then smiled and shook her head. "No… I was just wondering if I could try to be fast like you?" Bella said while pointing at me. I stared at her with confusion at first and laughed. "So you're tired of being humanly careful? I'm all for it." I said with a smile. Bella pulled out and we were on the road. "Whenever you think you're ready Bella." I said seriously. Bella attached her seatbelt and turned to me for a quick smile. Then she glanced at the speedometer and pushed the gas increasing her average 40-mph to 80-mph in just a few seconds. We were moving down a long straight path so there was no worry of her taking sharp turns. I caught the thoughts of someone very familiar at that time. "Bella slow down!" I said quickly. "Why? Getting scared now?" Bella said teasingly. "No! It's not that!" I alerted her. She didn't slow down in time so we passed Charlie at 80 miles an hour before decreasing in speed. Apparently he was expecting me to be the driver so he would pull me over. The sirens went off as Charlie pulled out from being badly hidden near the trees. Bella gasped and looked directly at me with worried eyes. "It's Charlie. He's expecting me to be the driver… not you." I pointed at the steering wheel and gestured her to let me have it. "No. I'm the one that speeded past him. Not you, Edward." Bella said with a sigh as she pulled over to the side of the road. Charlie parked up behind us and walked towards the passenger window. He was confident of me sitting right there with a worried face. He soon found out that the worried face belonged to Bella as she rolled down the window.
"Bells?" Charlie said surprised and shifted his attention to me in the passenger side.
"Hi… dad." Bella said in a nervous voice. "Do you have any idea how fast you were going young lady?" Charlie said in a controlled angry tone. "80 miles… an hour" Bella said looking more and more nervous as the time passed. I had to do something to place the blame more on myself. 'It's my fault sir. I encouraged it." I said lying to Bella and Charlie. "You're damn right it's your fault." Charlie said shifting his controlled anger at me. "Bella you're coming home with me." Charlie said leaving little room for her to decline. "I'm sorry about speeding dad, but I want to go home with Edward." Bella said still nervous. Charlie looked at me with anger in his eyes and looked back at Bella. "We'll talk more about this when we get home. Edward can take you, but I'm following to make sure he doesn't speed himself." Charlie said as calmly as he could. Charlie went back into his cruiser with his light still flaring. I got out of the passenger side calmly and Bella switched seats inside my car. I sat in the driver side and turned the car on again. I kept my speed at 40 and Charlie kept his pace behind us with his lights still flaring. Bella looked at me with apologetic eyes just then. "Sorry…" Bella said while grabbing the back of my hand."It's fine Bella. You were just experimenting. Besides, Charlie's anger is aimed more at me than you. You should be fine at this point." I said while turning my hand over to grab Bella's hand. Bella's expression didn't change at what I said.
"I… don't want him to resent you more" Bella said while looking back at Charlie's cruiser.
I didn't say anything at that point because we already made it back to Charlie's house. I pulled in and Charlie shut off his lights as I did the same. He got out before Bella did and walked next to her door. Bella looked at me with worry as Charlie opened the passenger door. "Let's go, Bells." Charlie ordered and waited for her to come out. I got out of the car and Charlie threw a glare at me. "Look sir, there's no reason for you to be at all angry with Bella. She was just experimenting. If you want to take out your anger on anyone, I'm right here." I said while returning Charlie's glare. Bella got out of the car quickly and put her hands in front of Charlie. I waited on the driver side of my car in anticipation of Charlie coming around. "Is this kid crazy?" Charlie mumbled. "Dad… Let's get inside now. I'll take my punishment in full." Bella said with a desperate voice to prevent him from coming to me. Charlie nodded at Bella and she walked him towards the house. I clenched my hands into a ball and couldn't believe I let my anger get the best of me. I could've hurt him and Bella would've never forgiven me. I got into my car and pretended to leave. I made my way into Bella's room once more.
"How could you go speeding like that?" Charlie asked.
Charlie's voice was light. Apparently my anger infused moment put more of the blame on me than I expected. "I'm sorry dad. I was just trying out the car… I didn't expect to speed forever. It won't happen again." Bella said sincerely. "It sure won't. You're not allowed to see Edward for a week after this stunt. You could've gotten killed!" Charlie said in anger. "That stupid kid is careless. You shouldn't allow yourself to be influenced by him." Charlie added. "But!" Bella was unable to finish her sentence. "Go upstairs, Bella." Charlie demanded. Bella grumbled and climbed upstairs towards her room where I waited on the tip of her bed again. She opened the door and slammed it shut behind her. Bella looked directly at me with a shocked face. "What were you thinking?" Bella said gesturing her hand behind her to remind me. "I'm sorry Bella. Charlie really got on my nerves this time. I'm really sorry for letting it get to me." I said while getting up and walking towards Bella near the door. "Well… thanks for taking most of the blame." Bella said truthfully. "I'd give my life for you, Bella. This is just part of the deal." I smiled and grabbed Bella. "So it seems we're breaking rules, right?" I added. "We are?" Bella said confused. "You're not supposed to see me for a week, remember?" I said jokingly. "Oh right… like I could live without seeing you for a week." Bella said with a bitter expression.
"It's possible." I noted.
"No. It's not. We're in too deep for me to stay away for a full week." Bella said as she rubbed my arms and then hugged me. I heard footsteps coming upstairs and knew Charlie intended to make amends with Bella for what just happened. "Charlie's coming up." I whispered to Bella. She blocked out whatever I said and just kept hugging me. I didn't want to break away, but she'd find out he's outside eventually. A few pounds on the door made Bella jump and let me go. "I'll be in there." I whispered while pointing at the closet. "Bells?" Charlie said with slight worry in his voice. I knew he wanted to re-work his harsh sentence because he's come around to almost fully blaming me. "Yeah, dad?" Bella said in a low voice still a little shaken by the scare. "Can I come in?" Charlie said calmly. "Sure, dad." Bella said louder this time. Charlie entered the room and I just listened at this point. "I'm sorry for being so hard on you. What you did was very bad and it shouldn't go unpunished… but I'm adjusting my strict order. You can see Edward as much as you want to, but leaving this house during that time is restricted to 7 days." Charlie said blankly. "Really? Thanks dad!" Bella said with enthusiasm.
"But I'm not letting up on this kid, Bella." Charlie added.
"What do you mean, "not letting up?"" Bella said confused. "I'm going to be monitoring his time here for these 7 days." Charlie said confidently. Bella was silent for a moment. "…Deal." Bella said blankly. "All right. Get some sleep Bells." Charlie ordered lightly. "Ok. Good night dad." Bella said happily. Charlie left the room feeling better about his decision with Bella, but his anger towards me only shot up higher. I left the closet and walked up to Bella as she stood in front of her bed. "Awful nice of him to lift the burden." I said with a smile. "It was the best deal he could offer" Bella said blankly. "Of course you know, he now hates me twice as much now." I said with a plain face. "I know. I'm sorry you had to worsen it to begin with. If… only." Bella said stopping to sigh.
"Bella. I've already said taking risks for you is my priority." I assured her.
Bella looked at me with sincere eyes and hugged me again. "You make me so happy." Bella started to cry lightly. I pulled Bella away from me as gentle as I could. "It's time for you to sleep, Bella." I said while drying her tears. Bella shook her head in disagreement. "I have to get ready first." Bella said as a reminder to me. I let her go out of the room and waited for her return. She eventually came back in and looked at me with an odd expression. I guess it was because I didn't move from the spot I was in before. "Now I can sleep." Bella said smiling and walking herself to her side of the bed. I walked and placed myself next to Bella as usual and she hugged me again. We didn't say anything this time, we just stayed in this position until she fell asleep.