A Different Kind of Romance
Chapter 4: Whipped
Bella was twirling around the house. Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice were off to school. She had made it to the Gardens when she tripped and fell, twisting her ankle. She cursed her bad luck and she began to whimper. Finally that whimper turned into a cry, and Bella started wailing at the pain.
Esme ran outdoors to where her baby sat, clutching at her ankle, and bawling. She picked her up.
"Don't worry, Bella. Carlisle would be better, but I'm not too bad." she ran to the refrigerator and yanked open the freezer to grab an ice pack. Bella reduced her wailing to whimpering as Esme placed the pack on her ankle.
"I'm sorry for being such a cry baby, Esme." Bella whispered, ashamed of herself, looking down. Esme lifted up her chin.
"Don't be ashamed, honey. You were blinded by the pain. It's okay." Esme comforted her. Bella suddenly had a strange thought.
"Mommy... was this how Papa (Charlie) felt when Renee died?" Bella asked curiously. Esme froze, and the vase that she had been holding slipped from her hands and broke.
"Bella... you shouldn't talk about that," Esme scolded, coming out of her shocked stage. Bella suddenly had a rage of anger.
"I deserve to know! I'm the reason he died!" she yelled. Esme stiffened.
"Oh.. honey! It wasn't your fault. Charlie wanted to die... to be with his love. Don't you ever let me catch you saying something like that again!" Esme said. Bella felt the need for a change in subject.
"What was my mother like?" Bella asked her. A smile played on Esme's face.
"Oh.. Bella! She was wonderful! She was so full of life, and so... quirky in a funny way. Apparently she couldn't cook to save her life, according to the humans,"; Esme chuckled. "She had your eyes. She died to save you. She knew how it would end, but she didn't care. She loved your father very much, too. They were always together. Charlie was very over-protective of her. Even more so than Edward because she was a full human." Esme smiled at Bella and took her hand. "She would've loved you so much, Isabella. So much." Esme whispered to her.
Bella started sobbing hard and Esme held her.
"I-I w-want t-t-to meet her so b-badly!" she wailed.
"Silly Bella! Don't you know that she's up there in heaven with Charlie, watching over you right now?" (Sorry if you don't believe in heaven, but Carlisle believed in God, remember? He was a Christian,) Bella's big brown eyes widened.
"I know." she whispered quietly. She tried to stiffen a yawn, but failed and smile sheepishly. "Crying makes me sleepy," she admitted. Esme laughed and ran Bella upstairs to her room.
"Sleep, Bella," she said as she tucked her in. Bella yawned again.
"I will," she said. (That pretty much told you what happened to Charlie)
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Bella smiled as she woke up a couple hours later. She heard the cars drive into the Driveway and jumped out of bed, her ankle healed by then. She ran all the way to driveway to where the others were.
"Eddie!" she squealed as she jumped into his surprised arms. He hugged her close, anyways.
"Hello, Bella. How was your day. The whole family was watching her and she blushed.
"I was twirling around the house and I twisted my ankle," she said, pointing to her ankle. Edward grabbed her foot and examined it.
"Oh, god Bella! Out of all the other people, it had to be you! Are you okay?! Does it still hurt? How much?" he rambled on. Bella giggled, as did everyone else.
"Esme made it feel good again. Esme told me about my real Mommy. She said she died to save me. She also said that she was with Charlie in heaven watching me." Bella said. "Mommy had my eyes, too. She couldn't cook at all and was very quirky." she said, as if they hadn't known that at all.
"I want cake," she said randomly. Everyone stifled a chuckle.
"Of course you can have cake, Baby. You can get anything you want." Rosalie said, happy to be able to spoil her 'child'. Bella seemed happy with this.
"YAY!" she cheered. "I want a chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting! And I wanna help make it!" she said happily from Edward's strong arms.
"I want juice, too." she added. "I want apple juice used with 100% real apples. And for dessert, I want candy! I want my cup of blood, too! And I want to watch a movie! I wanna watch Peter Pan!" she said, listing off things cheerfully.
"Is that all, malady?" Emmett asked, pretending to bow.
"Nuh-uh!" she said cutely. "Come here, Emmy!' she squealed. Emmett came closer unknowing about what she was about to do. Bella reached out as if to touch his face, and then in a blur of movement, she slapped him. "That will be all, sir!" she said through her giggles. Everyone but Emmett roared with laughter. Emmett rubbed his face where she had hit him and started muttering profanities under his breath.
"Mommies! Emmett's saying bad words!" Bella tattle-taled, her eyes glinting evilly. Emmett's mouth dropped open as he was pulled out of the room by Rosalie and Esme.
"I'll get you back, Bella! I wiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllll!!!" he yelled as his voice began to fade away. Bella laughed happily as Edward brought her to the kitchen.
"I need baking clothes!" Bella said, grabbing her little apron and tying it around her with her vampire speed. She then proceeded to put on a big white hat like the ones you see in movies.
As Bella and Edward made Bella's cake, they played in the food and made a huge mess. It was no surprise that when they walked out of the kitchen with their clean, beautiful cake and their dirty mussed up clothes. It was a funny sight to see.
"I made a cake! Now I want juice!" she said, joyfully. Rosalie rushed into the kitchen and came out a couple seconds later with Bella's 100% Apple Juice. Bella took a sip and grinned. "I like apple juice." she said, stating the obvious. The Cullens all laughed. Bella turned to Rosalie and smiled wider. "Thank you, Mommy!" she said.
"You're welcome, baby." Rosalie cooed, hugging Bella tightly, who giggled.
"I wanna watch Peter Pan now!" she announced. Everyone started running around, looking for the movie that Bella had requested. She laughed at the craziness. Finally, Edward stopped all of the madness.
"I'VE GOT IT!" he bellowed, proud to have been the one to find Bella's movie. They all got comfortable and Bella sat down on the dividing leg of Edward and Rosalie, watching the movie intently.
"I liked that movie!" Bella said once the movie was over. "Now I want my candy!" Alice jumped up and went to the candy drawer that was filled with all kinds of candy and grabbed two handfuls.
"Here you go, Bells!" she trilled in her musical voice.
"Thanks, Ali!" Bella said, happily. "Today was a fun day." She said, bouncing up and down on her position. The family laughed at her enthusiasm, and Bella beamed.
That day justgoes to show how much she had her family wrapped around her tiny little finger. Hey, you don't have to have a romance to be whipped.
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