THANK YOU! Ya'll have made this clear that 100 mark already...I guess you really do like it?

One more before I head out...maybe the last for the day depending on my mental state after this appointment.

~7~

After taking Bessie for a quick stroll around the yard, I found a shady tree near the edge of the yard and tethered her to it. I went back into the house and into the kitchen where I began rummaging through the cupboards, looking for some old Tupperware that I could use as a water bowl.

While my head was buried in the cupboard, my ass hanging out, I swear a throat cleared, startling me so that I banged my head on the wood as I backed out. I muttered under my breath as I found I was still alone in the kitchen. Damn old houses, always creaking and making weird noises.

I squatted back down and grabbed two of the Tupperware bowls. Next I scavenged through the refrigerator, finding some half eaten oatmeal, limp lettuce and other things that looked like they were on their last legs and loaded it all into one of the bowls.

Breakfast of champions...for pigs.

I took Bessie her breakfast and filled the empty bowl from the hose. Just as I was finishing, a car pulled up and Esme and Emmett climbed out of the front as Edward and Jasper climbed out of the back.

"Morning!" I waved at them and they came over. I asked where they'd been and Esme waved it off, just saying she'd had to see a man about some widow.

We chatted about Bessie and plans for dinner later. Esme wanted to cook for me as today was actually my birthday and she wanted to know what I wanted.

Edward was trying to push her into doing mushroom ravioli and I threw up a little in my mouth just at the mention. Sorry...my birthday was NOT going to include fungus...unless it happened to be of the hallucinogenic variety.

Emmett wanted a lasagna dinner, which was okay, I guess. Except that after years of my mom shoving that boxed crap down my throat, lasagna wasn't high on my list either.

I racked my brain, trying to decide what sounded really good and then it hit me and I started grinning like a fool.

"Tell us, Bella," Esme encouraged.

"I scream," I giggled as I looked to Alice who had joined us shortly after the others had arrived. She started grinning and added, "You scream."

The others caught on and all together we threw our arms up in the air and shouted, "We all scream for ice cream!" I was laughing freely as we linked hands and danced in a circle. I happened to look over towards the house and noticed the curtain falling back into place in the window before my eyes settled on Carlisle, stood on the porch, his intense eyes watching us closely.

If I didn't know better, I'd say he was watching me. Especially when he smirked and gave me a quick wink before turning and going back into the house.

Dammit. Why did I have to keep having physical reactions to my friend's fiancée? I was beginning to think Bessie wasn't the only whore around here.

I turned my attention back to the group and as we fell into a game of Ring Around the Rosy, we decided if we were doing a sundae party, it would be better to eat early so we didn't go to bed with heavy stomachs again like last night.

~V~

An hour later and we were all in the kitchen. Well, everyone except the elusive Riley. He couldn't be found anywhere so we decided to start our party without him.

Esme had gone back into town and gotten every ice cream topping she could find along with several cans of whipped cream, a jar of maraschino cherries, two packs of Oreos and five gallons of assorted ice cream flavors. A bag of colored marshmallows, gummy bears, mixed nuts, sprinkles and a couple bunches of bananas rounded out the spread.

We all made our sundaes, each person getting more creative than the last as we tried to outdo each other in our creations, and then gathered on the back porch which overlooked the lake.

We happily munched on our treats, eventually realizing the gummy bears were a bad idea as they got very hard when cold. We ended up tossing those at each other which resulted in a full blown food fight.

Bits of banana, cherries, even the whipped cream cans came out until we found ourselves all coated in a sticky mess.

I couldn't remember the last time I'd had so much fun.

It got even weirder, and oddly more fun, when they decided I was a human sundae and as the birthday girl, needed to be licked clean.

Have you ever had six tongues on you at once? Insane right! Even over clothes, particularly since one of those tongues was Edward's...although he insisted on keeping to perfectly safe places to lick me. Much to my disappointment.

The guys quickly lost their shirts and we weren't far behind, though I drew the line when they wanted to take my bra off. I finally started feeling way too aroused and actually a bit gross from the whip cream and mixture of saliva on my skin, so I pulled away, going inside to shower. Everyone else decided they were just going to jump in the lake in the remaining clothes they had on.

I was almost to my room when Carlisle came out of his and Alice's room next to mine. The tension in the hallway built up as we stood staring at each other.

He finally broke the silence, though ratcheted up the tension even further when he stepped in close to me, "You look good enough to eat, Bella," he whispered against my ear and then licked it, slowly, letting his tongue dip into the curves as he dragged it back down and finally sucked my earlobe into his mouth.

He might as well have been sucking directly on my clit at that moment, because that's what it felt like he was doing. That's how my body was responding.

It was only by sheer willpower, that I placed a hand on his chest and pushed myself away from him, breaking his contact with me. No Bella, bad girl, this isn't not right! I chastised myself, and him, for putting me in this position.

"I'm, um, you and me...can't happen, so I'm going to go...shower...and um...yeah..." I spun on my heel after my eloquent speech and rushed into my room. Closing and locking my door behind me.

Anybody hungry?