AN:/ Okay so I know that Edward is being a bit of a douche and all but he does have his reasons! All will be revealed in later chapters... Just keep reading my lovelies :) :) I don't like this Edward but hey... I wanted to just try this... I'M SOOOO SORRY EDWARD! I STILL LOVE YOU! Anyway... hahaha read, enjoy and review
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MrsMichaela Cullen xoxo
Chapter 9- 20 Questions
My back! My lungs! My hand! Ouch! I'm so sore... what happened? I thought as my eyes fluttered open and I noticed that my hand was put into a brace and straight as a board and I was lying on my stomach. I groaned in pain as I pushed myself up using my hand and once I was in a sitting position all of what happen before I passed out came flooding through my mind and I groaned again as I held my head in my hands and I got up and absentmindedly walked out onto the balcony only to go running back inside as I noticed I was still only in a bra and pants and it was freezing cold outside and I flopped back onto the bed and yelped in pain and shot up off the bed at the sharp pains in my back and so I walked over to the full length mirror by one of the corners of the room and turned around while looking over my shoulder to look at the damage done to my back and I gasped and I felt a tear roll down my cheek and drop from my wobbling chin and onto my exposed shoulder as I stared in shock, horror and anger at the capital 'E' covering my whole back caused by the whip that Edward had used against me. I heard my door start to open so I dashed into the bathroom and slammed the door shut just as the person walked into my room, I quickly locked the door and slid down it with my butt as to not hurt or make contact with my back
"Bella... Oh Bella" I heard Edward sing happily into the room and I glared at my knees before getting up off the floor and deciding to go for a shower.
After my very painful shower I had a feeling Edward was still outside and waiting in my room so I got dressed in the stuff I was wearing before and grabbed a dirty shirt from the tiny hamper in the corner of the bathroom opposite the shower. After I was dressed I took a deep breath and shut my eyes briefly before unlocking and opening the door and walking straight over to the wardrobe deliberately ignoring Edward as he was lying down on my bed resting against the headboard with his hands behind his head and his eyes followed me and a smirk slowly crept onto his features as I opened up the walk-in-wardrobe and walked in turning on the light as I went and then slamming the doors shut behind me and going straight to the back of the wardrobe and I picked out a pair of Dsquared boot cut washed denim jeans and a Freddy The Club plain black tee with a pair of Iron Fist Ruff Rider Wedge- Pewter. I grabbed a black Zig Zag Beret before walking out of the closet and over to the dresser and I opened the top drawer and took out some eyeliner, mascara and a natural coloured eye shadow before going to the drawer just under it and I grabbed out the curling iron before shutting the drawer and walking back into the bathroom and locking the door behind me all the while ignoring Edward, who was still on the bed. I plugged in the curling iron and I started doing my make-up as I waited for the curling iron. I finished my make-up and I checked the curling iron and found that it was ready so I started curling the bottom half of my hair. (AN:/ find a link to Bella's outfit on my profile)
When I was done I did a quick once over of myself before nodding and smiling at myself in approval I walked out to find Edward still on my bed and with an expectant look on his face but I just huffed and walked out onto the balcony and shut the doors behind me before leaning my arms on the railing and watched as a little blue and green butterfly flew over and landed on my nose and I went cross-eyed trying to look and watch it and after a while it flew of and I just sighed before inspecting my nails like they were the most interesting thing to me and I watched the forest while absentmindedly playing with my left hand pointer finger's nail and I don't know how long I was there for when I suddenly felt two strong, cold arms wrap around my waist and I jumped before trying to get free but it didn't work as I was pulled against him so my back was on his chest and I hissed out before squirming in his hold and I thought it would be better if I turned around so that's what I did I turned around and had my chest instead of back pressed against his chest and I growled softly before awkwardly folding my arms across my chest
"What?" I snapped
"Nothing... Just checking up on you" Edward said
"Well now that you have... I'm fine and now you can go knowing that I'm fine" I said annoyed and irritated by his presence alone yet I felt... different in a way... sort of like... I have a crush on him but I hate everything about him at the same time... or me hating him is making me like him a tinsy bit more and if I did like him then I'm screwed... big time! I kind of felt like I didn't want him to go but I really do!
"I'm not sure I want to..." Edward said with a... purr? Wow he is weird!
"I'm certain I want you to go" I said with a bitchy smile but I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach telling me that the wasn't true, Edward just purred more at my statement "You know you sound just like my neighbour's cat... but worse" I said placing my hands on Edwards chest as I tried to push away from him but he still had a strong grip on my waist so I tired spinning out of it but that didn't work like I had planned as I was spun out then back in and I groaned really loud and threw my head back "Why can't I just go back to my life at Forks with my family and friends and we forget all of this ever happened?" I voiced my thought as soon as it popped into my head. I looked into Edward's eyes and raised an eyebrow
"Because... you are mine" Edward answered and I bit my lip as to try to not laugh but some little giggles escaped my mouth and Edward raised a perfectly shaped brow
"What do you mean? Why are you always saying 'You are mine'?" I used a deep weird voice when I quoted what Edward has said so many times and I heard a booming laugh from my guess downstairs and Edward glared playfully at me
"1. I don't sound like that" Edward said and I just shrugged in an 'I don't care' gesture "and 2. I say you are mine because it's the truth... you are mine" Edward said and I breathed deeply and angrily through my nostrils
"1. I belong to nobody... I'm not yours and I'm not anyone else's either" I said poking Edward chest "and 2. What the hell do you mean by 'You are mine'? Honestly" I asked placing my hands on my hips
"Well you do belong to me now, so deal with it! And what I mean by it is that you are my mate therefore you are mine and you do what I say when I say it" Edward said sounding annoyed
"Thanks for answering me..." I said slightly sarcastic then went over what he said in my head and my eyes widened "Mate? You're saying that I'm your... mate?" I gulped and Edward nodded and at that moment I wanted nothing more than to hang myself off of the balcony 'Very tempting Bella' I thought to myself "Well you've already lied to me..." I said looking down at the floor
"What? When did I lie?" Edward asked "When I first met you, you said and I quote 'You are free, if you want to be' and you know what... I'm not free... I'm captive, being held against my will literally!" I said looking pointedly at him and he dropped his hands but I just sighed and walked inside
"Even being free has limitations" Edward said as I sat on the bed
"What like being 'marked'?" I asked using air quotes for marked "If I had of known you were going to whip a capital 'E' into my back then one of us would be dead at the moment" I said feeling the anger from before bubbling up to the surface
"That was only to show you and others who you belong to" Edward shrugged
"Maybe... but 'E' can stand for many things like... Equal, Enrich, Eric, Esteem, Ethan, Earl, so on and so forth" I said and got up and walked into the bathroom and went into the little cabinet and got out an aqua coloured nail polish and walked back into the room and then I noticed the blood stain from my back and I started to feel queasy and light-headed so I grabbed a bundle of clothes and tossed them onto the stain and I sighed when I couldn't see it anymore thanks to the clothes and I ignored Edward's questioning gaze as I walked back to the bed and sat down and started doing my nails
"Why did you do that?" Edward asked sitting at the study desk but I just shrugged and continued painting my nails
"Because I can" I said blowing on my left hand to try dry it faster and I started to feel uncomfortable under Edward's intense stare "Do you mind not staring... its rude" I said and Edward just shook his head a bit, like he was trying to clear it
"No, I don't mind" Edward smiled a crooked smile and I think my heart fluttered
"Whatever" I said and did my other hand the best I could, seeing as it was in a brace, as Edward stared intently at my face.
After I did my nails I sighed "Is it just you that lives here?" I asked bored as I was in a bedroom and the most interesting thing here was going out onto the balcony and reading
"No, there's my family as well" Edward replied and my eyes bugged out of my head
"W-What?" I stuttered
"Yeah... there's me, Emmett, his wife Rosalie, Jasper and his wife Alice, they're my siblings... we're not blood related though... then there's Carlisle and his wife Esme... they're like our parents" Edward shrugged and I just nodded trying to soak it all in and I've come to a conclusion... I was taken by a vampire named Emmett and then I met his brother who I am supposedly his mate, I escaped, got re-captured, escaped again only to be captured again and be 'marked' as the vampire, Edward's then I find out that I'm in a house with 7 vampires and they expect me to be happy and do everything that my 'mate' wants me to... well this shit ain't ok with me
"Ok then..." I say awkwardly
"Let's play 20 questions" Edward suddenly suggests and I raise my eyebrow
"I'm pretty sure you know everything about me" I said
"Surprisingly... I don't" Edward said and I sneezed but it sort of sounded like a cute kitten sneezing instead of a plain Jane who is 18 and recently kidnapped
"Sorry...um... sure why not" I shrugged and bit my lip out of habit
"Ok... What's your favourite colour?" Edward asked
"It changes day to day" I answered with a shrug
"What is it today?" Edward asked but I shook my head
"You can ask that on your next turn" I said and Edward chuckled "Hmm... What's your favourite music?" I asked
"Classics like Debussy" Edward answered immediately
"Claire de Lune" I said nodding and Edward looked slightly taken aback
"Ok... What's your favourite colour today?" Edward asked
"Aqua or Turquoise" I answered shrugging and Edward nodded "What instruments do you play?" I asked and Edward looked slightly confused
"How do you..." I cut Edward off with a shake of my head
"I play the piano" Edward said and I pumped my fist into the air
"Yes!" I cheered 'I knew it! Hahaha I would've been the best music teacher in the world!' I thought to myself
"How did you know I played an instrument?" Edward asked
"Well... I just do… my little secret" I winked and Edward raised a brow and I sighed
"Because I do… I do music and other stuff that I'm not going to tell you about" I said and paused "Where did you come from? Like... where were you born and raised?" I asked
"Chicago" Edward said "What about you?"
"Forks. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week" I smiled and mumbled a quick "Until recently" but then quickly remembered a question that I really should know "How old are you?" I asked and suddenly he went all uncomfortable and started shifting his weight as he mumbled something too low for me to hear "Pardon?" I asked and Edward looked up at me
"I'm… I'm 109" Edward said and I gasped then scrunched up my nose
"109… wow" I said scratching the back of my head 'Well I don't think we'll ever get together... paedophile' I thought while mentally rolling my eyes
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Edward asked and I snorted
"I already have grown up... I am of legal age to drink and shit like that... but I know what career paths I wanted and now that they've been stolen from me there's no point in bothering to even continue with it" I said looking down and admiring my newly painted nails "I was forced to grow up fast because of my past... I didn't have the chance to be a child because of it... I never got a dad to threaten any guys who came over, never had a mother to fuss over me and talk girly to me... I had my grandma and that was it... besides my second family of course but it's just not the same as the real thing" I said gently tracing my thumb nail with my pointer finger as the nail polish was still freshly dry and I didn't want to ruin it
"Oh" was all Edward said
"My turn" I grinned "Can we stop playing?" I asked feeling like I've already told him too much about myself, I didn't want to get close to anyone let alone him. Edward just chuckled
"That wasn't a question about me" Edward replied and I huffed folding my arms over my chest while glaring I really wanted to stop revealing stuff about myself to him
"Fine then... Do you care if I stop playing?" I asked and Edward just chuckled again so I just mimicked his chuckle sarcastically and got up and walked towards the door and when my hand was about to touch the door knob I was suddenly on the bed
"What the..." I started
"You aren't getting away again" Edward growled at me and my eyes widened and my hands flew up in a surrender gesture
"Jeez... I'm stuck in a house of vampires and I'm not even allowed to watch T.V. to occupy myself and try not be so bored" I huffed and walked over to the bookshelf "That's fine with me... as long as I'm alone" I emphasized the word 'alone' for his sake as I grabbed a random book from up high and turned to him and looked at him pointedly as he hadn't moved and I walked over to the stereo and turned it on "I think I already gave you your cue to leave" I said raising my eyebrow and rolled my eyes when he was just staring at me like I had just become his idol or hero or something like that
"So you know that we are vampires yet you don't care? We could kill you with just a light touch" Edward asked astonished and I just shrugged
"I don't care that's why, besides if you wanted to kill me or if you were going to kill me you wouldn't have "marked" me and just killed me already... I thought we had stopped playing 20 Questions" I said but it came out more like a question and I used air quotes for 'marked'
"You did, I didn't" Edward answered with a smirk
"Whatever... just please" I said gesturing to the door and Edward shook his head but started walking out and I sat on the floor with my legs crossed and I grabbed the remote and pressed play and then started reading as 'Love the way you lie' by Rihanna feat. Eminem started playing.
After a while I couldn't concentrate on the book so I put it down and got off the floor just as 'I'm not Afraid' by Eminem started and I started singing along and dancing around the room then it changed to 'Fearless' by Taylor Swift then 'It's all your fault' by P!nk followed by 'Dream catch Me' by Newton Faulkner and as I was singing along to 'All Summer Long' by Kid Rock I finally decided to grab my hair brush and I started singing into that while dancing around, swaying my hips, waving my arms in the air and jumping around and just as it got to the last chorus I turned around and my voice got caught in my throat as I saw Edward leaning on the doorframe smirking at me and I blushed tomato red as I turned away a tiny bit
"How long were you standing there?" I asked as I stared at my feet
"Long enough" was Edward's reply and I took a step back and tripped over my own feet and landed on my butt with a soft 'thud' and I only blushed harder as I stood up and turned off the stereo before turning to face Edward. I gasped as I jumped back in shock because when I turned I was only a few inches away from Edward's chest
"Personal space much" I mumbled as Edward reached over me and put something into the stereo and turned it on before pressing play "Claire De Lune" I commented nodding my head and as I went to walk around Edward he grabbed my right hand and put my left hand on his shoulder and then put his hand on the small of my back and then started slow dancing and I chewed my lip and when he spun me out I was unsure of what to do as I've never slow danced let alone danced or even did what I was doing earlier in front of someone, but then again I didn't know that Edward was watching me
"What's wrong?" Edward asked as I was slowly spun back in
"I... I can't dance" I said looking down
"You were before" Edward reminded me smirking
"Yeah but I was on my own, I didn't know you were watching and I've never slow danced before... with anyone... ever" I said 'Besides I don't want to dance with you that's also a part of what's WRONG!' I thought
"Well you have the best singing voice I've ever heard and I'm sure that will make up for your lack of slow dancing skills" Edward said and I blushed letting go and turning off the stereo
"Thanks I guess... the only person who's ever heard me sing was my grandma" I said
"What happened to her anyway? Your grandmother I mean" Edward asked
"Brain cancer" I said simply
"Oh... I'm sorry" Edward said and I shrugged
"Not your fault" I said as I sat on the end of the bed as I still refuse to call this room mine and all the things in it mine, except all of the stuff that actually was mine.
Edward sat beside me on the bed "What happened in your past? With your parents and all" Edward asked and I gulped
"I don't want to tell you… I barely know you… plus I haven't exactly warmed up to this" I gestured around me "yet" I said looking the other way to Edward
"Bella" Edward said but I just took deep breaths to try not cry as that day replayed in my mind like a movie or as if it just happened "Bella" Edward said again but I just shook my head and crawled up the bed and lied down on my side just staring at the wall in front of me.
I felt two arms circle my waist and pull me into their chest and I kept from hissing out in pain "Please... don't" I sighed and tried to wriggle out of Edwards arms "No... what have we talked about earlier?" Edward asked rhetorically as he started to trace his 'marking' on my back and I cringed away from him
"Why? Why do you think that we are ever going to be together? What makes you think that I'll ever love you, or even like you? Huh?" I asked turning over to look at Edward but when I did we were chest to chest and I was breathing heavily
"I just do... besides you're my mate." Edward said softly
"Look I understand that you're a vamp and all but seriously! You kidnapped me and expected me to run into your arms like I've known you since I was born and that I'm madly in love with you but honestly... it's the opposite" I sighed and looked down at our touching chests and quickly looked back up at his eyes "To be perfectly honest... if you hadn't of kidnapped me and had of let me meet you at school or something like a normal person then I might of actually liked you but you didn't... instead you took me and are now forcing me to like you and spend time with you" I said and placed my palm on his chest and pushed away slightly ignoring the electric current that suddenly pulsed through me and got up and sat down at the study desk and took out a piece of paper and a pencil and started doodling until I heard the door open and close lightly and then I flipped it over and began writing.