I am sorry for the late update again... my laptop was sent to the computer man for repair... yikes! I hate virus! There goes the down side of technology...

So... wolves, huh? Figured out only wolves can scarfed down a six-course meal cooked by the vamps... ENJOY! Also, thank you so much for all the reviews! I really appreciated it!

PS: Thanks for Sheeiur 22 for pointing out that there´s no Edward/Bella´s sweet scene of reunion! Well, you´ll see some soap opera here! that´s to make up for my forgetfulness!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!

Chapter 27: Love Me Tender

BELLA´S POV

Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump.

My heart beat so fast I'm afraid it's going to pop out of my heart. Edward was smirking as he walked slowly, so tauntingly slow towards me. His eyes glinted brilliant gold, his crooked smile so strangely perfect, and his smile...

"Breath, Bella, breath," he whispered in my ears, suddenly appearing by my side.

"Oh, Edward," I moaned. "How I've missed you!"

"I know, love, believe me, I missed you too," his voice turned so soft I melted in his stone cold arms. We kissed and it's like all the months and days without him, all the cold and lonely nights had disappered in that one kiss.

Of course the kiss turned into something more... in his arms I had all but forgot the prescence of -

"EDWARD! Put on your chef hat and get your butt moving!"

Edward groaned. "Shut it, Emmett," he twisted his lips to answer his brother and continued to kiss me. But we haven't even got lost in each other when Edward suddenly disappeared in front of me. I stumbled and fell flat on my nose because I had been leaning all my weight against Edward. I barely acknowledge the shock of pain the shot through my arm when I heard growling and snapping of vampire's jaw.

"What the hell, Emmett!" Edward snarled harshly. "You made Bella fall!" he walked forward to help me up but Emmett pushed him to the wall.

"We need to prepare, OK, Edward?" Emmett growled. "We will be judged in three days. THREE DAYS, Edward! What we've achieved in the past THREE MONTHS will be judge in THREE DAYS! Time to focus on what's important! Women... they're our life and soul and we would do anything for them. But I realised we have to prove to them that we DESERVE their love! So get your head around and START WORKING!"

We all stare at Emmett in shock. Carlisle had come to my side to help me up but he had froze with one arm around me. My mouth had dropped open. Alice and Jasper stopped their kissing and stared at Emmett too. Rosalie, on the other hand, looked like she might actually cry.

"And sometimes," said Emmett passionately. "You have to know what's right in the right time," Emmett strengthed himself up and put on his chef fat like a soldier putting on his helmet before marching to war. "Even if that means sacrificing your time and life for the women you love,"

Rosalie ran to his arms and planted a big kiss on Emmett. She carassed his hair and whispered. "Go and get'em, my brave boy!"

Emmett saluted, and marched into the kitchen. We are still in shock at Emmett's speech. Then Jasper said,

"He's right. We should get started," he looked deeply into Alice's eyes. "I'll see you at the day of victory,"

Jasper turned to Carlisle and Edward. "You guys coming?"

"Yes, after I've see to Bella's hand," said Carlisle, finally getting me up from the floor. He made me sit down and checked my arm. To my horror Carlisle said he had to wrap it up because the bone was a little moved. After a painful ten minutes, he finished his job and got into the kitchen, too.

"Though I love curing people, I must admit Emmett had a point this time," Carlisle whispered to Esme before he left. "I must prove myself,"

Esme smiled proudly. "I see that the exile had really made my boys into better men,"

Edward kissed me once again, and I found it hard to part with him. He had just got back and now he's back in the kitchen. It's depressing.

"I must leave," said Edward. "Though, like Carlisle, I rather stay with the thing I love, I must leave to the battlefield,"

I kissed him once more. "Go, Edward. Get the wolves' stomach for me!"

Once again the boys were unleashed in the kitchen, and this time it felt that a disaster bigger than ever is arriving.

On the second day, the boys recieved a message from the wolves:

Vampires,

We are looking forward to attend the feast tomorrow. Be warned that we are looking forward to it with great appetite. We are very interested in your cooking skills and is willing to be your judges. However, if any sabotage should arise, for example as a cover to poison the rest of the wolf pack to extinction, you are sure this is not the end you hear from us.

We are WATCHING you.

The wolves.

Next to the word was a big ink-print of a wolf paw. It looked very threatening to me, and the boys were indignant, but for different reasons. Emmett was angry that the wolves were making fun of his cooking skills, and he changed the menu for the hundredth time, probably making a sixteen-course meal instead of six. Carlisle was sorrowful that the wolves thought they might sabotage and poison the wolves. Jasper and Edward was working with more vigour than usual.

The three days passed, and on the night of the appointed day, the doorbell rang.

I am really afraid to open the door.

Don't worry! Mystery reveal tomorrow - promised!