The Learning Curve: Chapter 55
Forks High School
Edward wasn't at school the next day, and it was awful how much I missed him. He wasn't there for me to stare at in English, and he wasn't there to steal my food at lunch. Rosalie and Emmett sat with us despite Edward's absence, and I was required to tell them, along with Alice and Jasper, all about the accident and what had followed.
"I can't believe Charlie forbade you from getting in his car," Alice said miserably. She still blamed herself for the accident.
I shrugged. "He'll get over it in a day or two." He always did.
"So how is our Eddie-boy doing?" Emmett asked. "He didn't break anything important, did he?"
"Define important," I said, confused. I'd already detailed his injuries for them.
Rosalie gave a massive roll of her eyes. "He wants to know if Edward can still get it up."
My mouth dropped open when I realized what she meant by "it."
"Emmett, he's in the hospital," I scolded.
"And?"
"And we can't do something like that when his dad works there and his mom is in the waiting room!" I cried. "Oh, and with my dad downstairs in the cafeteria, to boot."
"Pssh," Emmett snorted. "Wouldn't stop me."
"No, but it would stop me," Rosalie snapped.
They bickered for the rest of lunch, which gave me a welcome reprieve. My walk to biology was unexpectedly lonely without Edward, which made it too easy for Jessica and Lauren to literally corner me outside the building.
I sighed, looking at their faces, distorted with malicious glee. I didn't think this happened outside bad teen movies. "What do you want?"
"I just wondered whether Edward is still as good in bed as I remember. I thought he could maybe...use some cheering up."
I saw red. How dare she? Lying about a history with Edward and insinuating she could steal him from me in the span of two seconds? She had balls - and I was going to rip them off of her.
"I doubt you remember much of anything - aside from how good he is at rejecting skanks. And don't worry. He's plenty cheerful."
"You little bitch," Lauren hissed in Jessica's place - because Jessica was moving her mouth without making any sound.
"Excuse me?" The voice came around the corner of the building, and then my angel of mercy appeared in the form of Rosalie Hale.
A/N: I love the variety of response I got to the offer of a C/E side-shot. One begged me not to show them have sex, while another specifically requested sexytimes. And yet another asked me to do Alice instead. I get such a kick out of you all. Thanks. ;) Until tomorrow!