So I got some very enthusiastic reviews from last chapter about people wanting to murder Tanya, which I have to admit when writing this story I wanted to myself at times but it's all good because she is going away. There is a picture associated with this chapter!
It's Sunday so here you go. Read, enjoy, and review!
Chapter 9
BPOV
The whole ordeal with Tanya was draining but it was all over with now. I groaned as I trudged downstairs to cook some breakfast. Normally before school I didn't go overboard with breakfast, just simple quick things. I felt like an omelet this morning so I pulled the ingredients out of the refrigerator and went about dicing things up and mixing my eggs together when my phone dinged from the countertop.
I smiled as I unlocked the screen to see Edward's text.
Want a ride to school this morning?
I laughed at the hilarity of the situation. It almost seemed too surreal to actually be able to call Edward my boyfriend much less be able to accept a ride to school with him without worry of Tanya or her friends. Edward had reassured me on several accounts after the incident at Tanya's house yesterday that I wouldn't have anything to worry about anymore.
Absolutely, want some breakfast?
Of course anything beats frozen waffles, whatcha cookin?
Omelet. 10 minutes.
I laid my phone down and chopped more fillings up and added more eggs to the mixture before heating the skillet up. "What's for breakfast?" Alice asked as hopped onto a barstool. She was already fully dressed while I was still in my pajamas.
"Omelet. Edward and Jasper, I assume, are coming over for breakfast too." I told her as I pour some of the eggs into the skillet.
She nodded. "How long till it's ready?" she asked as she stood up.
"Five to ten minutes." I told her as she headed back up the stairs. I had no idea what else she had to do to up there but she always looked immaculate wherever we went.
I worked in silence, which is the way I normally liked it in the mornings, as I prepared everybody's omelets. I stuck them one by one into the warm oven to keep until it was time to eat.
Once they were all done, I pulled plates and cups from the cabinet. I filled the glasses with orange juice and sat them on the table along with the plates and forks. Just as I was about to head back to the kitchen there was a knock on the front door. I raced to the door, disengaged the alarm, unlocked the locks, and yanked open the front door to reveal an impeccably dressed Edward and Jasper. "Come on, it's cold out there." I told them as the cold seeped in around the open door.
They quickly came in shedding their coats on the couch, Edwards a leather jacket and Jaspers a fleece jacket. "ALICE!" I screamed up the stairs causing the guys to chuckle behind me.
Within two minutes we were all moaning around the cheesy crunchy gooey goodness of warm omelets. I smiled as I watched everybody rinse their plates and put them in the dishwasher. Edward had about had a conniption fit when he had helped me clean the kitchen after enchilada's Saturday night. Nobody had even bothered to rinse their plates, glasses, or utensils. Hell, they hadn't even taken them off the table. He had quickly remedied that by talking to Jasper who in turn talked to Alice who in turn talked to Rose who talked to Emmett. Now they all rinsed their dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher if they wanted their next home cooked meal.
I stood up to go rinse my plate when Edward took it from my hands. "Go get ready, baby, I will finish cleaning the kitchen up." He said kissing my lips gently.
"Thanks, handsome." I smiled and headed upstairs. He really was genuinely sweet, it showed in his every action not just his words. I walked into the closet and smiled at the put together outfit hung on the rack in the middle of the room. This was every morning for me, Alice loved to dress me because she said I had little to no taste in fashion and style. It's not that I had no sense of fashion or style it's just that my style differed greatly from hers. Mine was all about being comfortable while hers was all about looking good and perfectly put together.
She had apparently known it would be a potentially crappy day for me so she had went for my comfort clothes. She had chosen a pair of simple jeans, long sleeved purple sweater, gray peacoat, black/gray scarf, and my gray Ugg boots. She had also set out a black purse to go with it but she knew I wouldn't use it. It would inevitably end up being left somewhere if I did.
I pulled a pair of matching panties and bra from my drawers, grabbed up the clothes and headed for my bedroom. Within twenty minutes I was completely ready and heading down the stairs with my messenger bag in tow. I found the living room empty except for Edward who sat on the couch tapping away on his phone.
"Everything okay?" I asked him as I walked up behind him.
He smiled at me. "Yeah, it's just Eleazar telling me that Tanya has been booked into Sunset Lodge in Nashville, Tennessee where she will spend the remainder of her pregnancy being watched 24/7. He said the doctor did an ultrasound when she was admitted to make sure everything was okay with the baby. He is emailing me the video of the ultrasound with the doctors' commentary on how the pregnancy is going so far." He explained as he stood up and slipped his leather jacket back on.
I nodded. "That's good, Edward. I know you told Eleazar that you would keep quiet if you got a healthy baby in six months or so but how are you going to pull that off Edward? You both run in similar circles and Chicago isn't that big when you are trying to keep something like a child hidden." I asked as I locked the door behind us as we walked out the front door.
He sighed. "I don't know. I haven't thought about that yet. I know people will start asking questions when I just randomly show up one day with a newborn that I have no intentions to hide or keep secret. I've thought about moving to another city to go to college, maybe going back to Boston, but I kind of want a fresh start somewhere so that I can make memories of my own. But that would take the baby away from Carlisle and Esme and this is their first grandchild." He rambled as he held open the door to his Volvo for me to climb in.
Once we were both in and on our way. "You could always say that you cheated on Tanya and got a girl pregnant and didn't know about the baby until she dropped it off on your doorstep. I'm certain they wouldn't say anything to sway the rumors." I said jokingly.
He sighed but shot me a look of 'are you crazy?' before shaking his head. "I don't know. It's not a decision I want to make by myself, this all involves you, and my parents too. We have a few months before we have to really decide and we will be out of high school before the baby is born anyways. I have applied to colleges all over the US from Texas to California to Georgia to Washington."
I smiled and nodded. "Yep, maybe if we both get accepted to a college out of state then we can just get a fresh start there." I said in agreement because we had talked about me being involved in the baby's life and I told him that while I was afraid I wasn't ready to let him go and he came with a baby so it was what it was. "I've never been to Boston before. Tell me about growing up there with your parents." I asked to change the subject for the drive to school.
He smiled wistfully as he remembered, grabbing my hand to play with my fingers as he recalled stories from his childhood in Boston as he drove us to school. I sat silently listening as he told funny stories of growing up in Boston. "We can go for a visit when we go on Christmas break in a few weeks, if you want to, it's beautiful at Christmas in Boston.. I would love to show you around a little bit and deal with some of my demons." Edward said as we pulled into the school parking lot.
I smiled. "That sounds really nice, I would love to see where you grew up and see the city through your eyes." I told him as he whipped into his parking spot.
I groaned as he got out and walked around the car to my side. I could already feel all the eyes staring at me, wondering what I was doing riding in Edward Masen's car. Edward opened the door for me and helped me from the car before going to his trunk to get our book bags. He slipped his messenger bag back over his shoulder as did I before he took my hand in his. "Everyone is staring." I complained.
He just laughed as we headed for the main building walking side by side. "No, not that guy, he just looked." Edward said snarkily.
I just looked at him in astonishment that this wasn't bothering him in the least, but I guess he had bigger problems to deal with.
"Well it seems I'm breaking all the rules now anyways…" He said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders tugging me into his side as we walked past groups of students "…since I'm going to Hell anyways."
I laughed and he walked me straight to my locker. "I hate that we don't have any classes together in the mornings." He said as he propped up against the locker beside mine as I unlocked it.
I nodded. "It's okay, I'm sure I will have plenty to fill you in on after just a few class periods." I told him as I pulled out the books I need and put the ones I didn't need this morning back into my locker.
He nodded. "Oh, I'm sure. I will see you at lunch, beautiful. Try to not let the rumors get to you, okay?"
I nodded and leaned into his kiss against the side of my head. "Okay. Enjoy your classes this morning." I told him as I headed in the opposite direction from him. He was headed to Calculus and I was headed to French.
The morning was interesting to say the least, with everyone noticing Tanya was missing and speculating as to where she was. It was everything from rehab to expensive European trips to visiting family in Alaska. I had to bite my lip several times from telling them that she was locked up in a mental institution so that she didn't harm Edward's baby. One of her harpies, Irina, cornered me in History.
"Why are you parading around with Tanya's boyfriend?" She asked as she backed me into the corner of the room.
I growled at her and took a brave step forward. "He's MINE now. Tanya lost the right to him when she fucked everything under the sun without a care in the world." I told her lowly so as to not alert the rest of the people coming into the classroom. The last thing I wanted to do was cause a scene and bring more unwanted attention to myself.
She looked stunned. "I know all about Garrett, Jacob, Edward, Liam, Doug, Caleb, Elliot, and Sam." I told them ticking the men that had been rumored to have been with Tanya on my fingers that Em, Rose, Ali, Jazz, Edward, and I had come up with this past weekend.
I pushed past her and headed for my desk and pulled out my book and binder settling them on the desk waiting for Mr. Greene to come in from the hall.
I felt a tug on my hair and quickly whirled around in my seat to see Irina sitting directly behind me. "What do you want?" I asked her as I pulled all of my hair to the side and over my shoulder, just for safety.
"Are you the one spreading all those rumors and lies around campus? Tanya will hurt you when she gets back if she sees you with her boyfriend." Irina sneered at me.
I chuckled and shook my head at her ridiculousness. "I don't need to spread lies about her when it's the truth and did you just threaten me? You know, Edward has gotten really protective once he heard about some of the incidences involving you and Tanya." I told her calmly.
She just laughed as Mr. Green walked into the room with his book in his hands. "Problem, ladies?" He asked me and Irina.
I shook my head. "No sir, just a minor disagreement. Apparently Irina still thinks people can be property." I told the balding man as I turned to face the front of the class with Irina scoffing behind me.
He just chuckled and shook his head as Irina huffed back to her seat on the other side of the room. I enjoyed the rest of the morning until it was time for lunch. I could hear the chatter as I walked down the hallway towards the cafeteria. I squealed in surprise as someone reached out and tugged me into an empty classroom. "What the hell?" I asked as I whirled around to see who had grabbed me and was pleasantly surprised when I saw that it was Edward.
"I couldn't go the entire day without properly kissing you, Isabella. And you did say I could kiss you anytime I wanted right?" He asked as he stroked a hand down the side of my face gently.
I smiled and bit my lip as I nodded eagerly. "I did." I told him as I looped my arms around his neck sinking my fingers into his hair.
He smiled as he wrapped his arms around my waist. "Hang on tight, baby, it's going to be a wild ride." He whispered huskily.
I smiled and nodded as he bent his head to mine and sealed our lips together in a passionate kiss. I groaned when he pulled my lower lip between his teeth and nibbled on it gently. I tightened my hands in his hair as he backed me into the wall as his hands went to my butt lifting me up so I could wrap my legs tightly around his waist.
There is no telling how long we would have spent in that classroom making out if Alice and Jasper hadn't banged on the door. "Guys, Mrs. Richards is coming. Hurry it up." Alice hissed.
We quickly broke apart running our fingers through our hair as we darted for the door stepping outside of the classroom just as the principal of Northgate High strolled around the corner. We all smiled and nodded at her as she walked down the hall and into the lunchroom. "Wow, that was a close call." I said as I grabbed Edward's hand tugging him down to the lunchroom. "Come on Casanova, I'm hungry now."
We all piled through the lunchroom doors and headed for the lunch line as the entire room got quiet. "They're all staring." I complained as I grabbed a tray.
"It's because they are stunned by your beauty." Edward said as he kissed the back of my head causing Alice and Jasper to giggle behind us.
"Dude, you are going to have to stop with all this shit. You are going to make me look bad." Jasper complained from behind us as Alice just giggled.
We sat down at a table off to the side as we all laughed and ate lunch. I filled them on what had happened with Irina in history class and they were all proud that I had stood my ground.
The rest of the day was uneventful, Edward and I had English together as well as Anatomy but we sat on opposite sides of the room and didn't want to disrupt the class by switching seats with people. For last period I worked in the tutor lab to off my help to whoever needed it.
When the final bell of the day rang Mrs. Richards stepped through the doorway. "Bella, are you tutoring until 5 today?" she asked as she checked her watch.
I nodded. "Yes ma'am, I am scheduled until 5."
"Okay, lock up when you leave okay?"
I nodded and went back to my homework. That was the good thing about the tutoring lab, I could do my homework when nobody was in there needing help.
I was fully engrossed in my homework when a knock on the door caused me to snap my head up in surprise. I smiled as I saw Edward standing there in his basketball shorts and wife beater shirt. "Hey, beautiful." He said with a smirk.
"Hi, Casanova."
He just laughed and shook his head. "What time are you getting out of here?" He asked quickly.
I sighed. "Not until 5. What time is practice or whatever over?" I asked him because I had ridden to school with him today.
He laughed. "5. I will meet you by the car a little after, okay?"
I smiled and nodded. "I'll be there. Have fun beating things up." I told him as his coach called him from the hallway.
He nodded and blew me a kiss. "Have fun learning things." He tossed over his shoulder as he jogged away.
Time flew by as a few students filtered in needing help with some assignments and before I knew it the alarm was going off on my phone signaling that it was ten minutes until 5.
The rest of the week flew by just as quick as Monday did just with less drama and before I realized what was happening I was standing on the bleachers screaming at the idiot that had just sacked Edward sending him sprawling out on the football field. "That was a cheap shot and you know it!" I said in irritation as I watched the coaches and other players surround a very still Edward. "You better hope and pray to everything you know that he is okay!" I screamed at him before Rosalie tugged me back down into my seat.
"I think he gets the point, Belle. Edward will be fine." She told me trying to hold in her chuckles.
I gritted my teeth and bounced my knee in nervousness and irritation.
"I think it's kind of cute how protective you two have become over each other in just a week of dating." She said between chuckles.
I quirked an eyebrow at her because she and Emmett started out as a one night stand in the ninth grade and have been together ever since.
She held her hands up. "I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. I have no room to talk about moving too fast, I know." She said as I nodded and turned to watch the team guide two EMT's over to Edward and help them load him onto the stretcher.
"I have to go with him." I told Rose as I scrambled down the bleachers and out to the parking lot where the ambulance was always located.
I paced behind the ambulance's open doors until I saw the EMT's rolling the stretcher towards it and I raced up to it, scared out of my wits. "Casanova, are you okay?" I asked when he reached for my hand.
He shook his head and had tears in his eyes. "I don't know, it just hurts." He said from between gritted teeth.
I nodded and gripped his hand tightly in mine. "I will follow you to the hospital, okay?" I told him as I had to let go of his hand so they could load him up.
He shook his head adamantly. "No, baby, please ride with me. Distract me from the pain. Please." He begged me from between gritted teeth.
I looked at the EMT's who shrugged their shoulders. "You can ride on the bench right beside his stretcher. We are taking him to see Dr. Cullen." One of the EMT's told me as she motioned for me to climb in ahead of her.
I nodded and climbed in the ambulance gripping Edward's hand in mine. "It's going to be okay, Edward, I promise." I told him kissing his knuckles repeatedly.
He shook his head. "I don't like this, Bella. I don't like getting hurt and worrying everybody who cares about me needlessly. I don't like it at all." He rambled shaking his head as he gripped my hand tightly in his.
I nodded. "It's going to be okay, Edward, I just want to make sure you are okay." I told him with a reassuring smile.
He shook his head again just as we pulled into the hospital. "It's not okay, Bella." He said just as the back doors opened up to reveal Carlisle. I had only met him a handful of times but he seemed like a really nice guy.
"It will be fine, Casanova, I promise. I will see you in a little bit after Carlisle checks you out, okay?" I asked him as I kissed his lips gently.
He pouted but nodded. "Okay, baby, will you call Esme?"
I smiled and shook my head and pointed over my shoulder. "She's already here, baby, I'm going to go wait with her while you get checked out. Don't forget we have a date to keep tomorrow night." I whispered the last part in his ear causing a huge grin to spread across his face.
I pulled back and let Carlisle have him. "I don't think I even want to know what you said Bella to cause that grin."
I laughed and shook my head as I headed for Esme who was shifting nervously from foot to foot. She immediately wrapped me up in her arms. It was nice to have such a sweet woman around, I assumed she was what a normal mother was like and I relished in it. "Oh, sweet girl, he's going to be just fine. Carlisle will have him all fixed up in no time." She said as she stroked my hair softly.
I smiled and nodded. "He keeps saying it's not going to be okay though. I don't know what to make of that." I told her as she looped arms with me and guided me to Carlisle's office. I had loved waiting in his office during the paternity test because it smelled of old antique leather instead of a hospital, it reminded me of my grandfather's old home office that I had visited when I was little before he had died. We settled in on the couch to wait it out. Again.
As for the next story I'm working on, how do you guys feel about cyber Edward?