Ok, I was in a weird mood this afternoon, and though I wasn't going to write one of these today….. I couldn't resist. And now, back to add more to the 1300 words I wrote for LNE today :)


Penname: kyla713
Creative Original or Derivative Fiction: Derivative

Rating/Warning(s): T

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Prompt: Dinosaur

"Bella, I'm begging here," I groaned, holding my head in my hands as I laid on her bed while she typed out an email to her mother. "Come on, even Charlie is complaining."

"I don't hear a thing," she growled through clenched teeth.

"Well, he sure is thinking it," I retorted, standing up as she clicked send on her email, racing to her desk and pulling the power cord out of the back. "And now we're both happy."

"Edward! That's really bad for the computer, you know," she snapped, rising from her chair and folding her arms over her chest.

"Well it is really bad for my eardrums. A jet engine is discreet compared to that."

"Don't exaggerate. It works fine, it's just a little old," she stood her ground stubbornly.

"Bella, I'm younger than that computer!" She narrowed her eyes at me and stormed into her closet to change for bed. "Fine, at least older than you."

"You know, I really don't see what your problem is. It's not your computer. You complain about everything! If it's not my computer, it's my truck..."

"Oh don't get me started on that thing."

"Shut. Up." She stepped out of her closet and pointed at me. "I like my truck, and I like my computer. And they aren't dead yet, so back off."

"You seem to have an affinity for old things," I grinned, walking toward her slowly.

"Do not even try sweet talking me, mister. That's really disgusting by the way."

Sliding my arms around her waist when I reached her, she turned her face to the side and I kissed her cheek instead. "It's just a computer, Bella."

"And 'just a computer' is going to turn into 'just a car'. And then that's going to turn into 'just college tuition'. Then what?"

"Why are you so stubborn?" I chuckled, holding her against me as her arms hung limply at her side.

She fought against the smirk that was threatening to break through, glancing over at me from the corner of her eye. "An eternity is a long time, you could get quite annoying in that time span."

"You could always change your mind," I whispered suggestively in her ear, kissing her jaw.

"No!" she answered quickly, her head spinning to face me and then narrowed her eyes at me again. "You don't fight fair."

"I thought that much was obvious by now," I smirked, brushing her lips with mine. "I got the girl, didn't I?"

She rolled her eyes as I brought her left hand to rest on my chest, running my fingers over my mother's ring now residing on hers. "Next time, I'm just going to get you guys tape measures, I swear."

I laughed but didn't comment, though she did slap my shoulder lightly at the insinuation.

"If I let you buy me the computer, will you leave my truck alone?"

"Until it dies, which God willing, won't be long."

"And let go of the college thing?"

"Bella..." I warned firmly. "You know that's not coming off the table."

"It's just a ruse anyway. I'll have plenty of time to go to college, over and over and over... and then some."

"Not as a human."

"This is not something I'm going to regret, Edward. Any more than I regret being with you, or becoming like you."

"Someday you might, and I'm not leaving anything for you to regret as a result of being with me. I think you're underestimating how long forever is."

She sighed heavily, her fingers tracing along my bicep. "Then at least the truck?"

I pressed my lips to her forehead with a smile. "Fine, I'll leave your precious beast alone."

"Thank you. Now I'm tired, I'm going to bed." She climbed onto her bed and got under the covers, waiting for me to join her and then suddenly sat up, pointing to her computer. "That better still be there in the morning. I'd like to at least have a choice of what it's being replaced with."

I laid down over the blankets beside her, kissing her gently. "Sounds fair."