I had to take a little break but I hope to post a nice strong chapter in a few days or so. I hope my fans love the new chapter and review.
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"Edward get back in the car right now!" Robin yelled frustrated at Edward lagging behind her. "Not until you get back into the car." Edward said grabbing Robin's arm around her wrist stopping her in her tracks. "Let go of me!" Robin hissed. "Look can you both just get back in the car I am driving like two miles an hour." Alice cut in. "Hey you keep out of this you traitor! You knew he was going to show up like that. 'Oh come to town with us.'" Robin said mocking Alice in her anger. She narrowed her eyes and pointed at Jasper. "Don't you even think about it, I mean it Jazz." Robin said pointing at Jasper with her free hand. He held up his hands in defense and tried his best to look innocent, "Never crossed my mind." He chuckled. "Oh this is funny to you? I am out here freezing my ass off and you guys just set me up to look like a foolish fool who foolishly fell into the trap." Robin screamed waving her hand in the air.
"If you are so cold then get into the car." Edward said pulling her towards the car. "I am not that cold." Robin said flatly. "Robin, please." Edward said softly. "Think about what Esme or Carlisle would say…" Alice chimed in. Robin sighed biting the inside of her cheek. Edward had left her stone cold with no warning. There was nothing that he could say that would make her forgive him. Edward's face twisted and he released her wrist. "I will walk home, get in the car." He said softly. "Except that doesn't solve the problem of riding with the traitors!" Robin screamed at the car. "GET IN THE CAR!" Edward snarled at her. Robin could feel her heart palpitating in her chest and scrambled into the car that Alice had screeched to a halt even at that speed.
Once she was safely inside Edward went a little blurry and then suddenly he was nowhere to be seen. "What the fuck is his problem?" Robin scoffed as Alice pulled away from the side of the road. "I don't think that was the welcome home he exactly had in mind." Jasper chuckled. "Yeah well you know, he shouldn't have left. I will never forgive him for it. Ever." Robin said crossing her arms over her chest. Alice scoffed and then suddenly found the road ahead much more interesting than it had ever been before when Robin looked at her. "I hate you sometimes." Robin grumbled. "Oh you know you love me." Alice chimed in looking at her. "What is more that you love Edwa…" "Alice!" Robin warned shaking her head. "You really are mad at him?" Alice asked turning onto their street. Robin got on her knees and turned in her seat. "Jazz how much would I have to pay you to rough up Edward?" Robin cooed sweetly.
"That much huh?" he laughed and shook his head. "How about this, as soon as you can beat me at two board chess we'll talk." Robin balled up her fist and punched his shoulder lightly so she wouldn't hurt herself. "You suck, you know that is a total cop out. It will take me an entire lifetime to beat you in two board chess." Robin whined turning back in her seat. "Right?" she asked looking over at Alice. Alice just grinned and shrugged. "You really are a traitor, you been telling Jazz my moves!" Robin said after a few seconds of silence. "Hey, we have been a team longer then you have been alive." Jasper laughed. Alice turned onto the gravel road they lived on and looked over at her. "So does that mean I have to tell Esme you aren't coming over tonight?" Robin made a face and shook her head. "Tch, as if. I will just have to win despite the fact that Jasper is a cheater cheater pumpkin eater."
"You really aren't going to address this Edward situation are you?" Alice asked pulling into her drive way the Aston Martin now pulled into the garage. At least Rosalie had come through for her today. "Why he didn't address our situation, which I am not even for sure what the situation really was. So why should I address this situation?" She asked shifting her gaze between Jasper and Alice. "You don't know why he left?" Alice asked flatly looking at Robin her dark brow raised. "I have a vague idea yeah. But you know what until he cowboys up I am not going to either." Robin defended herself. "Wouldn't that be cowgirls for you?" Jasper chuckled trying to lighten the mood.
Robin popped the door open and rolled her eyes. "Nice one, Jazz ham and cheese on that one. I will be by after I do my stuff unless you guys don't want me to come over." Robin said stepping out of the car then pushing the door closed to go inside the house.
After she let the dogs out and put food in their bowls Robin headed upstairs to the art room and pushed the door open. If the ornaments weren't going to pan out she would just have to come up with something Esme would love just as much. She pulled her longer bangs back and clipped them behind her head as she stared at the white canvas.
After a few seconds she picked up her hand and started to sketch in her mind seven abstract looking sunflowers. After her mind filled in the flowers it started to fill in the details of soft golden field of wheat in the background of the painting. She opened her eyes and looked at the clean canvas the image she had already painted burning in her mind's eye waiting to be unleashed by her brushes. She smiled and moved away from the canvas and went to the cabinets and started to sort through her different colors of paint trying to decide which colors she should use. She selected a dandelion yellow and a rich mahogany color and started to mix the two colors trying to get her desired golden, mostly yellow with a touch of the brown then. After she was satisfied with how the color dried she picked up her palette and moved to the canvas again.
Once she had filled in the canvas with nice even strokes she set her palette aside and went downstairs to let in the dogs who were barking in protest at the rainy weather. "Well get in here." Robin grumbled. Once inside they ran to their bowls digging in snouts first and Robin chuckled. Food didn't sound like an entirely bad idea, the cheese burger at the rez seemed light years away. She went to the pantry and pulled out a box of mac-and-cheese. "Just add peas and you have a meal fit for a king." Robin laughed grabbing a can of peas from the shelf below.
She out a pan of water on the stove to boil and turned it up then feeling her phone ring. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and watched as it scrolled a number she didn't know across the display screen. "Hello?" She asked pressing the phone to her ear. "Robin?" A deep rich voice asked back. "Yeah, who the hell is this?" she asked dumping the noodles into the boiling water. "Uh…" the voice coughed and Robin raised her brow, was she getting a prank call? "Uhh what?" she asked after a few second. "This is Jake, Jake Black."
"Oh, well hey. How did you get this number?" she asked stirring the noodles with a spoon. "I got it from Clancy, I just wanted to make sure your car was alright." He mumbled out. "Are you sure that is why you called you sound a little nervous to be calling about my car." She mused. "Well that is only part of it. Remember I said you were a pretty girl." He laughed. "Remember there is a line, and it starts with oh I don't know my boyfriend." Robin sighed moving the noodles off the heat to drain them over the sink.
"So you two are on the outs I take it?" Jake asked with a note of hope in his voice. "No, we are fine." She protested going back to the oven to stir in the butter and milk. "Well that is too bad… you sure you don't want to change your mind? No ok it will just make a more romantic story for our grandchildren." He chuckled. "Right, when you say stuff like that it freaks me out and sort of scares me that you got my number." Robin chuckled. "Oh stop playing hard to get. No seriously, now you have my number if you know, anything comes up." He said suddenly getting very serious and sort of dark on his last statement.
"You know ominous and scary isn't your thing Jake. You should keep it light and fun. I like you better that way." Robin laughed dumping the peas into the mixed up mac-and-cheese. "AHA! You do like me." Jake exclaimed and Robin chuckled imagining him pumping his fist in the air. "Whatever, I am going to hang up now and eat my dinner Jake." Robin said rolling her eyes. "Ok, well just call me … you know if you want." Robin laughed and hung her phone up. He was strangely persistent, about everything.
Robin sat down on the counter and started to eat her noodle dinner and made a face. "This is awful! Why did I think it would rock?" She said throwing her spoon into the bowl. She slopped the food into the dog bowels thankful they would eat anything.
Robin went to the pantry and grabbed a can of soup and smiled. "Good old chicken and stars." She chuckled and then put it away. The last childhood favorite she had made turned out to be a bust. "Come on how bad can chicken soup be?" Edward's voice asked from behind her. Robin spun around and bit the inside of her cheek. "Hey." She said after a few minutes. "Hello." Edward said smoothly reaching past her and coming back with the soup.
Robin shook her head and side stepped Edward. She had longed for him to come back. Yet there he stood in the kitchen and all Robin could feel at him was anger. "Well it is better than feeling nothing." Edward offered and started to open the can. "What are you doing?" she asked licking her lips.
"You are hungry and you want chicken soup. I am making chicken soup. It will be good I promise." Edward said holding the open can in one had getting a pan to cook it in. "Really when was the last time you had chicken soup?" Robin snapped. Edward dumped the soup in the pan and then added some water. "Never, not in this manner at least." He said turning the heat on the stove.
"Ok well, that is all well and good, but why are you making the soup?" she asked putting her hands on her hips. What was he playing at? Did he think he could just waltz in there and make her chicken and stars like he hadn't left her all alone for some mysterious reason.
Edward sighed and turned around. "Robin…" he started. Robin moved and went to the kitchen table and leaned against it looking towards the door then to Edward and back at the door. "You want me to leave?" Edward asked. Robin bit her lip, no she wanted things between them to be good. "Then let me make them good." Edward said moving to encircle Robin in his arms. She looked into his topaz eyes and sighed, not a happy sigh, or a I forgive you sigh. "You really are annoyed with me?" Edward asked. Robin nodded and stayed silent.
If he wanted to be forgiven he had a long way to go. "I am sorry; just the way you looked at me and said you only saw one option…." Edward began and both of Robin's dark eyebrow disappeared into her hair line. Was he really having a panic attack over commitment issues? "I don't want you that committed." Edward said flatly. Robin's face hardened and she tried to push him away to no avail. Edward wasn't the type of guy you just date, but if he didn't want to commit to her then what was he doing?
"I ask myself all the time. You deserve better." Edward said smoothing her hair. "Then why did you come back?" Robin asked jerking her head away from him. "I couldn't stay away." He said grinning at her. Robin took a deep breath why did he have to be so damn… well there were no words to really describe him. Edward kissed the corner of her mouth grinning wider now. "Oh you are so not forgiven trust me." Robin grumbled. "What if I really do make chicken soup?" he chuckled.
Robin made a face and pushed against him. "I take it with a bunch and I mean a bunch of saltines." She sighed her face corkscrewing in defeat. Edward smiled at her and Robin sighed, he kept smiling and his smile was becoming more victorious with each passing second. "Well…" Edward began smugly. "You know what, just…" Robin pointed at him then her hand formed a claw then went back to wagging her finger before she turned storming out of the kitchen upstairs.
Robin turned the stereo on the Scene Aesthetic started to play softly as she sat down in front of the canvas. After she was satisfied with the relative dryness of the first coat of the back drop she started to coat another second one on top. Her sure even strokes covered the canvas quickly and easily. She turned the ionic fan on to help the process and moved to sit in an overstuffed chair with her sketch book and oil pastels. It didn't take long for her long stems to drape over the arm of the chair her foot jingling to the music as she drew her flowers. Seven sunflowers the top most sunflower's center was pure black and the bottom most one had a topaz center the intermediate flowers would have a mix of the two.
"You are pretty good on your own you know that?" Edward asked from behind her. Robin turned her head to find him gazing at her from the door frame bowl in hand. "Been there long?" Edward shook his head and offered her the gelatinous mix of a pack of saltines in a can of soup. "Thanks." Robin smiled at him lifting the spoon from the bowl to her mouth. Inside her mouth the mush was cold and too salty. Edward crookedly grinned at her looking through his long lashes. "I might have been watching for longer then I let on."
"Loser." She grunted and kept eating the horrible mix anyway. "Why don't you let me take you to dinner? I know you like Italian…" he prodded. "Can't" Robin said shaking her head her mouth grimacing. She had vampires to see, chess games to win, outfits to plan, a whole evening. "They will be fine without you for one single night I am sure." Edward mused. "I don't know, I…" she bit her lip and looked at the bowl. If she said that she had grown very accustomed, well to really like, if she was going to be honest, love his family he might freak out and run again. "will just eat this." She shook her head. Edward took the bowl and raised his brow. "I might freak out if you don't eat something other than mush, cold mush." He smiled at her crookedly. "I am not the one who can't make canned soup there buddy." Robin snorted.
Edward sighed and pulled her to her feet. "Don't be so stubborn." He shook his head pulling on her arm. "You must have forgotten what I was like on your little vaca Edward." He brought her to his chest and took a deep breath burying his face in her short hair. "On the contrary you haunted me every day. I spent a small fortune buying things for you, all to picture your smile." "And yet coming home would have been free." Robin retorted pulling out of his arms and turning. "And it would have made me smile more." She said glancing over her shoulder as she left the art room bowl in hand.
First thing was first she needed to get some food in her stomach, something edible and hot. Then she would make sure she looked alright and head over to hang out with Rosalie and Emmett, at least they hadn't betrayed her today. Maybe by then she would cool down and be more reasonable and less susceptible to Edward's affections. She couldn't keep riding the roller coaster where she was so furious at him and so dazzled within seconds of each other it was too tiring. "Edward…" Robin said pausing on the stairs and turning her head to look at her silent boyfriend, only to find him absent. "Doesn't that boy know how to use a door?" she wondered aloud.
Thirty minutes later Robin was the proud owner of a full stomach and a wet head of hair as she climbed out of her car and made her way to the Cullen front door. "Yo, yo, yiggity yo?" She called out opening the door into the Cullen home. At this point Robin was far beyond knocking with the Cullen clan and they had never knocked, so it was merely a formality. "Hey, I am in here!" Emmett grunted from the front room and Robin made her way into the roomy living room. Surprisingly Emmett was the only person in the room his finger seemingly unmoving while the channels flipped through too fast for her eye to track. Her enormous friend was stretched out on his stomach on the couch his head resting on his folded arm.
The leggy brunette knocked into the vampire's legs for him to move, but he only grinned lazily at her. "Lame sauce you know that Em?" Robin asked sitting down in front of the couch. "So where is everyone or is it just us tonight?" she asked leaning her head back so it touched his stone thigh. "Well Carlisle is at work, Jasper and Alice are having alone time…" Robin made a gross face and shook her head. "Jealous?" Emmett asked looking at her wiggling his brows. "Not at all I am getting alone time with you Em, now take off your fangs and lift your skirt a little higher for me?" Robin shot at him her face a strange mix of mild amusement and disgust. "You know I like you." Emmett said grinning at her. "What can I say? My milkshake brings all the vamps to the yard." She grinned and reached over grabbing the remote so channel surfing would be at her speed.
"So at leaves half unaccounted for, so where are they?" Robin asked stretching her legs out in front of her. "Well Rose is test driving the Lotus, she rebuilt the engine I guess. Esme is out buying stuff to remodel the kitchen. E…." he stopped abruptly and returned his gaze to the television. "It's ok, I have seen him, uh twice." Robin said holding up her pointer and index finger. "Oh, well do you want to uh talk about it?" Emmett asked meeting Robin's eyes. "Sure as shit don't." she shook her head. She needed time to think and get her head straight, she didn't need anyone else in her head at the moment. "You want to play Super Smash Brothers on the Wii?" he asked grinning at her sitting up. "Hell yes I do." She smiled pushing herself off the ground to grab two Wiimotes. "Have I told you that you are my favorite lately?" Robin asked tossing him one. "Not lately no." Emmett grinned turning his controller on before she could. "P1 baby." He laughed. "I hate you, you know that?" Robin laughed sitting on the couch heavily.
"First Jazz then you…." Robin shouted as she frantically swung her wiimote. Emmett laughed as he finished the last of the girl's life. Robin growled in frustration and threw the controller away from her. "You suck." "Don't hate because I have better skills at life." Emmett taunted. "News flash you aren't alive." Robin growled lulling her head to look at him. "Well then you are admitting to sucking so bad that you lost to a dead man." He chuckled at her. "Whatever." Robin said pushing herself off the couch so she could go to the kitchen. She grabbed a coke from the fridge and popped it open. She took a swig and moved back to the living room. "So I am pretty tired of…" she paused seeing Edward standing in by the coffee table.
"Hey." She said giving a nod to him. "Hello." He said softly. "Uhhh…" Emmett said from the couch standing up effortlessly. Robin pulled her lower lip into her mouth and took a deep breath. She had to talk to him and set things straight, "It's ok Em." "Em it is alright." Robin and Edward said at the same time. "Riiight." Emmett said rolling his eyes. "No really we are going to go talk upstairs in Edward's room." Robin nodded. "Oh go get her big boy." Emmett laughed as Robin mounted the stairs her soda in hand.
Robin entered Edward's room for the first time since she had slept over; the bed he had ordered was set up with lots of pillows and a beautiful bed set. "I am glad you like it." Edward said as Robin set her soda on the bed side table and then climbed onto the bed. "Yeah it is nice." She nodded licking her lips nervously. What would she say to him? That him leaving had felt like a part of her heart had been taken from her again? That she had had trouble sleeping without his fingers running through her hair? That no matter what she was always to hot? That she had just settled into things without him and she couldn't bear to have him up and leave again? "Robin…." Edward cut into her thoughts. "Right. I forgot that…" she sighed.
"It's ok, I didn't forget how it could be with you." Edward said softly. Robin flopped onto her back and sighed. "Edward. I know you are afraid of… I don't know? I mean Carlisle and I had a talk…" she sighed unable to put into words how she felt. "I am worried about you getting so attached that you won't live your life." Edward said reaching over his cool hand resting on her stomach. "I am attached, but because something about you helps me live my life." She never felt more like her old self than when she was palling around with his family, she was happy holding his hand or tracing patterns into his pants.
"I am not saying forever… I don't think I am. Forever is a long time and I am not even sure where I want to go to school. But for now, can't it be enough that I love you and want to be with you?" she asked placing her hand on top of his. "I am just worried about when for now turns into forever." He said softly. Robin smiled and looked up at him. "You have been in here, you know how fast my mind changes." She teased. "Not to fast I hope." He responded. "Well it depends on if you kept the coat or not." Robin joked. "Not, it is hanging in the closet, Alice told Esme to not to bother returning it." He grinned crookedly at her. "I guess that means that I don't have to pay Jazz or Em to rough you up." She joked.
"Does that mean you love me again?" Edward asked moving to lay beside her. "I guess… it does mean I love you again." She sighed playfully. Edward grinned and picked her hand up and kissed it tenderly. "Stop…" Robin whined but made no attempt to free her hand. Edward placed another cool kiss on her hand and the pale girl flushed with warmth. Robin sighed and rolled over to lie on top of Edward. "Now see what you have done? I am entirely too warm." She placed a kiss on his strong jaw line. Robin sighed in contentment this smell of fresh and pure Edward filling her button nose.
After a few seconds Robin felt intoxicated by his smell and started to kiss his neck were his pulse should have been racing. She gave a playful nip before she started to suckle at his neck mimicking a vampire feeding. Below her she heard Edward growl, but not in anger it was something different as his thin fingers skirted the hem of her shirt but never crossing the invisible boundary. Robin moved her mouth to his kissing him fiercely her hands finding the buttons of his shirt and working them open with surprisingly sure fingers.
Edward gave another low rumble causing Robin to giggle into the kiss and before she knew it Edward had used his strength to place her under him with only briefly parting their lips. The stormy grey of Robin's eyes drank in Edwards hard marble chiseled body before running her hands up his strong core her flesh blazing against his. With passion Edward bore his mouth to hers and the girl closed her eyes opening his mouth tugging on his lower lip. After a few seconds of teasing Edward's tongue moved into her mouth surprising her with its softness and skill; almost a velvet oasis in a sea of marble. After a few seconds Edward moved his mouth to travel her neck causing Robin's heart to palpitate irregularly in her chest. Within a matter of seconds he found a ticklish spot and continued to tease it becoming pleased with her soft giggles. After a few minutes of abusing her sweet spot the giggles turned into soft moans and Edward stiffened above her. "What is the matter?" Robin asked her eyes opening at her solid boyfriend. "I think you should go…. School in the morning, you have missed a lot lately and this is your only go around." He said moving off of her in an instant. "I could just stay, I be good I promise." She said sitting up on her knees.
"I don't think it would be a good idea. I will be by in the morning to pick you up though if you want." He said tensely. "Umm ok, see you in the morning." Robin said moving off the bed. Had she done something wrong? Was she a bad kisser? She wondered leaving the room biting her kiss swollen lips. "Alright…. Now there is a one half of a happy couple." Alice teased from the couch. "What are you talking about? If I was happy I would still be up there." Robin sighed. "Don't worry you didn't do anything wrong Giggles." Emmett teased and received a high five from Jasper. Robin flipped them the bird and shook her head. "So I take it you are to, umm entirely too warm to play chess tonight." Jasper asked. "Go eff yourself Jazz." Robin said slipping her shoes on. "Oh no you see that is an activity I do with a partner, unlike you tonight." "Whatever, see you in the morning." Robin mumbled leaving the Cullen house.
One thing was for sure, as much as she hated to admit it Jazz was probably right about how she might finish her night out.