Disclaimers to Stephenie Meyer and Tomoko Hayakawa.

I'm feeling nice so I'll update another chapter. (Although, because I have nothing better to do, I may just update another chapter later. That's if I'm a good mood though. This was added later: YAY. 100 Reviews. I will definitely add another chapter today :P )

Haha. It's killing you to find out when Bella and Edward FINALLY kiss. So basically I'm going to like throw salt in a wound and give you a taster:

"Truth or Dare, Eddie?" Alice teased.
"Dare."
"I dare you to...kiss Bella."
"Sure."
Eeeeep much?

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"How can I continue to live like this? I had hoped when I moved here that I would have a peaceful lifestyle, never having to interact with Auntie's tenants...and here I am cooking for them," Bella muttered to herself rapidly. She wasn't happy about what had happened in the weeks that had passed. She had lived for four years a peaceful lifestyle. She went to school, went to martial arts class, went home, cooked for herself, she kept herself to herself, which benefitted her education at school and at the martial arts school as well. Bella deftly flipped a hamburger over.

"Oh, you're making hamburgers?" Carlisle asked, "Could you add an egg onto mine?" Bella nodded. She hated being disturbed whilst she cooked.

"No, you should make hamburgers with tomato and lettuce," Jasper said, walking in the kitchen. Carlisle rounded on him and they began to argue.

"Are you arguing about what to put on hamburgers?" Emmett asked," Eggs or tomato and lettuce? You seriously have no taste; it's obvious you have cheese and ketchup." Bella clenched her teeth together as Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle all began arguing about hamburger toppings. Bella backed away, and she felt someone behind her. She felt some kind of energy run down her back.

"Making hamburgers?" Edward sniffed at the aroma around them. He smiled at Emmett, Carlisle and Jasper. Bella jumped in fright and walked away from Edward.

"It's obvious you have onions and chilli sauce on hamburgers," Edward told them. He was dragged willingly into their argument. Bella couldn't stand the noise that they all made

"GET OUT!" Bella screamed at them, pushing them out and slamming the kitchen door shut. It was unbearable. Bella was at the end of her tether. Why did Edward have to join in with the commotion? Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle were dazzling enough, but Edward was like the sun on a cloudy day. He was much too dazzling. And they touched, again. They had accidently brushed against each other before, but it was way too much contact with him. Bella didn't like how some kind of jolt bolted through her body whenever he touched her, no matter how short it was. His voice would send her blood sprinting through her veins. No, it wasn't love. It couldn't be. Bella smiled. She would probably only love one person. No, these feelings were because he was so dazzling and he was finding a way to convert her. He was out to get her. Bella pushed the thought of Edward temporarily out of her mind as she concentrated on her cooking.

Half an hour later, plates sat in front of them. Carlisle had an egg on his hamburger, Jasper had tomatoes and lettuces on his, Emmett had cheese and ketchup on his hamburger and Edward had chilli sauce and onions on his hamburger. Bella just ate hers plain, with bread. They all ate appreciatively.

"I got some good news," Emmett said, after he had swallowed a bite. Carlisle and Jasper looked interested. Edward was only interested in his hamburger.



"Auntie said that one of her restaurants are short-staffed and asked if we wanted to work there, it's 200 a shift, and it's only 5 hours, plus there was free food," Emmett told them. Carlisle and Jasper nodded at the offer. Edward choked on his hamburger when 'free food' was mentioned.

"And Bella will have a bit of peace whilst we're not in," Emmett smiled at Bella.

Yes, take the jobs, then I can live my life quietly, and wither away quietly, she thought deeply.

"But, it's not the same if Bella doesn't cook," Edward said selfishly, "she has to cook for us!"

"Bella isn't our maid, Edward!" Jasper said loudly. Too loudly for Bella's liking. Bella shrunk in her chair.

"But...," Edward started, but he was distracted by an advert on TV, "What's a hotpot?"

Bella didn't know. Too everyone's surprise Carlisle knew what it was.

"It's a Chinese cuisine, you basically have a pot of hot water, you can flavour it with salt and whatnot, and then you put things like meat, vegetables, seafood, wontons, dumplings and such in it. It's not bad," Carlisle explained. Bella, Jasper, Emmett and Edward looked at him, stunned.

"My family had one, it's a kind of get together thing – our neighbours showed my parents and my parents decided that they try it with us, it was a great night," Carlisle said.

"Now that you say so, I think that I've had something like it," Emmett considered, "Like when my parents couldn't be bothered to cook they would throw stuff in a pot and simmer it and when it was cooked they'd share it out and such."

Jasper had no recollection to tell, he had never eaten much at the dinner table at his own house to know. Bella was the same; she had heard about it but had never experienced it. Edward's head hung low. He didn't have many recollections of his parents anyway; never mind eating at the dinner table.

"That's decided, we're having a hotpot," Edward said.

"We don't have a pot," Bella said flatly.

"And we haven't got anything to heat it with," Carlisle added.

"But we have to have it!" Edward said, his voice like a seven year olds.

"Okay." Bella said.

"We need ingredients," Carlisle said stubbornly. He didn't like the idea of Edward forcing extra work on Bella. Jasper and Emmett didn't like it as well. Bella was technically Auntie's niece. If Bella wanted, Bella could get them all kicked out.

"And whilst you're at it, get a pot," Edward ordered. Jasper stood up.

"Edward, stop it. That's just plain selfish," Jasper told Edward. Edward smiled.

"Get it yourself." Carlisle told Edward. Edward frowned.

"Bella, get it." Edward said towards Bella.

"Okay," Bella repeated.

"No it's not okay," Jasper said, defending Bella, "I mean - you can't expect a girl to carry a pot and ingredients by herself, do you Edward?"

Edward cursed Jasper under his breath.