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PS1: For those that don't know, I posted outtakes for this story. It's about Edward. And I'm working on more outtakes right now.

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After the horrible start to the day, I spent most of the time with my Dad, catching up. We had never been really close, but I had missed him terribly. I had been used to seeing him every day in high school, and every other holiday during college.

Emmett and Edward had been punished to different chores, which Edward complained that he couldn't do, since he was sick. Carlisle had argued that he was perfectly fine, since he had enough strength to fight with his brother. That resulted in Edward faking a coughing fit, only to start coughing for real until he made himself sick. He was sent off to bed rest, while Emmett ended up helping Esme in the kitchen, all the while grumbling about how much he hated his brother.

I was forbidden to go near Edward because apparently I was codling him too much. That came from Esme, so I listened and spent my day in the living room talking with Dad, and playing chess with Jasper.

"So…what are you doing?" I asked Jasper, as I moved my knight. "You're the only one who's been quiet."

"Because I am not doing anything. Actually, I'm doing a little bit of everything," he sighed.

"Huh? Like what?" I frowned. "You can't be a lawyer right away, I get it…but you can work in a firm or something."

"The thing is, Bella, that I changed my mind. I've been working at a garage."

"Really?" I asked surprised. "A garage?"

He chuckled. "Well, not that kind you're thinking of…it's a restoration garage. Old cars. It's nice. The guys there are amazing."

"Well, I'm glad you're doing something you like."

He grinned, looking between the board and me. "Sorry, but I win."

"I'm rubbish at chess," I admitted.

He sighed. "You can't find a decent player these days."

"I could join you."

We turned to see Edward behind me, hands in his pockets, looking down.

"Are you even allowed out of your room?" Jasper teased him.

"I'm not five anymore."

"You can play, but first ask mommy if you're allowed," Jasper teased him.

"Jasper!" I shouted. "Stop irking him."

"Yes, don't make me attack you too." Edward rolled his eyes. "I'm the crazed monster that has to be restrained."

I scooted back, making him room. He sat down gratefully, leaning his head on the back of the couch. "Do you feel ill?" I asked worried.

"My throat bugs me, but I'm fine," Edward mumbled. "Chess?" He turned to Jasper, who eagerly rearranged the pieces on the board.

I decided to go and make another tea, but Edward caught my hand. "Where are you going?"

"To make you tea," I answered.

"Oh, thanks." He squeezed my hand, letting me go.

When I reached the hallway, I saw Charlie there with his bag next to him. Was he leaving? What had happened? He had retired so there were no bad guys waiting to be caught.

"What are you doing?" I blurted out, anxiously.

"I promised Sue I'd be there for Christmas breakfast."

"Does that thing even exist?" I raised an eyebrow. His cheeks turned pink and I couldn't help but giggle. "It's okay to be close to her on Christmas. I understand," I told him.

"Thanks, Bells. I really have to go. My present is under the tree. You'll find it."

"Oh, wait! I have something for you!" I shouted, almost forgetting. "Stay here."

He chuckled. "I'm not going anywhere yet."

I dashed to the guest room and found the window open, probably Edward had opened it the get rid of the smell. I opened our huge suitcase and scrambled through it until I found the present for Dad.

I rushed back to him and offered it to him. "Here, it's from both of us," I explained. "Actually, Edward saw it."

"What did I do now?" Edward groaned from behind me. Then he saw Dad ready to go. "Oh, you're leaving?"

"Yes, I have to. But, I'm glad I saw you. Do you mind if I open this home? I'm quite in a hurry." Dad opened his bag and put the present in there.

"It's okay. Better, actually," Edward said quickly.

Charlie didn't seem to realize it, because he leaned to hug me. I hugged him back, knowing that I'd miss him very much. He shook hands with Edward before he went to say goodbye to the others, leaving me and Edward in the hallway.

"I'm sure he'll love the present," I assured him. "Why did you leave Jasper?"

"Uh, I finished the game. Actually, he finished. I lost." He chuckled, swallowing thickly.

"Tea," I said, slapping my forehead. "I forgot."

"It's okay. Don't worry." He gathered me in his arms. "Will you get my cold if I kiss you?"

"I don't care," I muttered, twisting my neck so I could press my lips to his. He hugged me tightly to his chest as he angled his head to the other side. I had missed his kisses, and when I licked his lower lip, he pulled back, shaking his head. I snorted out. "We definitely switched personalities somewhere along the way."

"Do you know how many microbes are in my mouth right now?"

"Oh my God!" I doubled over in laughter.

"It's not funny! I don't want to get you sick."

"Edward! Why are you out of your room?" Esme asked sternly from behind me.

"Uh, you see…I needed some fresh air…" he mumbled, keeping me pressed to his chest. Why did I have to be his human shield?

"Don't give me that innocent look. You just can't listen to me!"

"Mom, really, I got bored to tears. I couldn't sleep and I had to get out," he insisted.

"Go and help Rose and Alice settle the table," she told him before unlocking the front door.

Dad and Carlisle came from the kitchen talking about something or another, engrossed in their conversation. I got another one-armed hug from Charlie before he grabbed his bag and left, continuing his conversation with Carlisle, who was walking him out.

I made to go after Edward to help set the table when Esme caught my arm. "Honey, can I talk to you for a second?"

I felt like I was being scolded. "Uh, yeah."

"Bella, Edward is like a little kid and will always love the attention, but sometimes, he needs to be alone and to figure things out. What he did this morning was very wrong."

"I know," I said quickly.

"In a few words, he lashed out everything on Emmett."

"What do you mean?" I was shocked. He didn't have any reason to be upset at home.

Esme sighed, taking my hand and leading me to her room. Once there, we sat on the bed.

"It's hard in the beginning, trust me, I know. I've been with Carlisle since high school and only after college when we moved in together; I realized who he really was."

"What do you mean? In a bad way?"

"Oh, no, sweetie. I just realized how it was to actually live with him. Alone."

"Oh, I think I know what you mean." I laughed.

"Of course, you do. Men are all the same. What I meant to say, you need to talk."

"We talk," I told her. "Every day, we talk about work, about us, about…everything."

"Do you, really? What does Edward tell you?" she asked gently.

"Uh, that practice was good, that he didn't feel like going to have a beer with the others because he missed me, that…" I stopped, realized he wasn't actually talking about his teammates.

"That's how Carlisle was when he was in med school. After three days straight of being in the hospital, he was coming home, telling me everything was okay and how he loved what he was doing."

"Was something going wrong?" I wondered.

Esme sighed, taking my hands. "No, but he wasn't allowed to do much. Of what he was boasting at home that he was doing…that was what the doctors were doing. He was drawing blood, saying his opinion on some diagnostics, following the doctors around, not at all what he was telling me. He felt bad to tell me that he wasn't doing much."

"But isn't it normal? I mean, he was still in school."

"Of course. And I was young and naïve and was so proud of him…until I visited him to bring him lunch." Esme laughed, shaking her head. "He was near an old lady, coaxing her back to her room. That night he told me everything."

I nodded, somewhat understanding Carlisle. "Uh, but what does this have to do with Edward? It's different."

"It's not, Bella." She smiled. "I know him like the back of my hand. You may not see it, but I do. Something is bothering him. I don't know what Emmett told him, but that outburst wasn't something that normally happened. Sure, they destroyed countless things around the house with their wrestles, but it was never so violent. I think you should talk to him."

I tried taking it all in. What was happening? Was something going wrong at the Bulls? Edward hadn't mentioned anything.

I just nodded, not really knowing what to say.

"When you get home, try talking to him."

I nodded again, still wondering silently what could be so wrong to make him so angry. Why hadn't he talked to me? Every time I asked him how his day was, he said fine. But then again, fine is the universal answer of whatever that can mean anything, fine or something is wrong or…anything.

I started panicking that things weren't going okay at his work and Esme saw it on my face.

"Home," she said softly, hugging me to her side.

"Okay," I agreed, trying to think of something else.

"MOOOOM!" we heard Alice yelling.

Esme sighed, getting up. "I better go see what happened now."

I giggled, following her out the door. It was never a dull moment in the Cullen family.

"…freaking idiot! That's what you are!" Alice finished screeching just as I stepped into the kitchen.

"How could I know you were behind me?" Emmett groaned, dodging her and hiding behind Rosalie. So it was a Cullen thing to hide behind their other significant half.

"Your twin antlers should have worked!"

"Alice, sweetie, I'm sure he didn't mean. Come on, let's finish setting up the table. Emmett, you better stay away. One of your siblings will kill you today," Esme warned him, but I could see she looked amused by the whole thing.

By the time we had dinner, everyone had calmed down.

We had decided to share our presents after dinner since the morning had been hectic. I'd probably never forget this Christmas.

I insisted to help Esme with the dishes, but she told me that we'd take care of them in the morning. The presents were waiting and I was sure it would take a few hours to be done.

Esme and Carlisle were the first to offer everyone presents. I shouldn't have been surprised when I had one of my own, but I was surprised to see one with both our names on it.

"You can open that first," Carlisle told us, nodding to the one with our names on it. "It's a present for moving in the new house. We wanted to find something nice and in the summer we've been too busy to search carefully so here you are."

"Oh, Dad, you shouldn't have!" Edward said slightly embarrassed.

He opened the present and as he revealed the contents his eyes widened. "What the…um, what's this?"

It looked like a rectangular something covered in brown paper bag. It could have been anything.

"Just open it," Esme said warmly, smiling at us. "I really hope you like it."

Edward, the savage he was, tore the paper away to reveal a gorgeous collage. Of us. I had no idea how they got their hands on our pictures, but I was thankful for whoever helped.

"Wow," I mumbled, taking the framed picture in my hands. "It's so beautiful."

Esme beamed with happiness. "Jasper and Rose helped me find the pictures, which I might add was quite hard."

"Yeah, you're a sore sight for the camera," Jasper agreed, snickering.

"I think I've seen at least five pictures of Eddie in the past month on the paper," Emmett interjected.

Edward scowled at him, fisting his hand, probably refraining from flipping him off. "Yeah, it's really nice. Thanks," he addressed to his parents.

His personal present was a handmade woolen sweater, which was a deep green. It would bring his eyes out. I couldn't wait until he wore it. I got a similar present from his parents, though mine was navy blue.

Actually, everyone got handmade sweater. Esme had outdone herself.

Alice, Rose, Jasper and Emmett bought us house warming gifts too. I was glad of that because they hadn't spent money on things that weren't durable like the usual Christmas presents people get. They had gotten us a set of plates and glasses. It was something we really lacked.

"Oh, this is really great!" Edward said excided. "We've being abusing the only two plates in the house." He chuckled.

Esme's eyes widened. "Why didn't you call and tell me you didn't have plates? I would have sent you some or money to buy."

"Mom, we chose to buy only two plates because really…we don't need more. We have four glasses though," he added, laughing. "But the whiskey glasses are used as bowls for ice cream."

Alice screeched loudly then covered her mouth. "You said you gave Bella ice cream on her birthday…when…you put the ring in it."

"Yeah, so? I know it's stupid, stop rubbing it in my face. What's done is done," Edward grumbled.

I caught his hand and squeezed. I had loved that day no matter how much he thought it hadn't been right.

"Not only did you put the ring in ice cream, which she could have swallowed, but you put it in a whiskey glass?" Alice yelled, getting up. "Are stupid, Edward? Did your parents drop you on the head when you were a baby?"

"Alice," I groaned loudly. "Leave him alone. I loved that day no matter what anyone says."

She hmphed, plopping back down next to Jasper, and glaring at Edward, who was looking at his lap. This Christmas wasn't meant to be peaceful.

"Oh, that is part of the present too," Rose added softly after a few minutes, pointing to the table in the corner of the room. There was a small plant in a pot.

"Really?" I asked shocked.

"I heard that every house has to have a plant." She shrugged. "I bet you don't have one."

"Thanks, Rose," Edward whispered. "It's very…interesting. What is it?"

It looked kind of weird and there were no flowers, but it was winter so…maybe it didn't have flowers in the winter.

"It's called Dionaea muscipula and it-" Emmett started explaining like he knew what he was talking about only to be cut off my Edward.

"Did you buy us a carnivorous plant?" Edward shouted, shocked.

"What? No! The guy told me it kept the flies away or some shit and I thought it was a good thing," Emmett said, shrugging.

Edward groaned. "It eats flies, spiders and other small insects. Of course, it keeps them away!"

"How could I know I had to ask for instructions? I bought a plant, not a Gremlin!"

I snorted, shaking my head. "The gesture counts. Besides, it's aesthetical," I added.

"It's also called Venus Flytrap. Did the guy you bought it from failed to mention that?" Edward asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Boys!" Esme said loudly over their quarrel. "Emmett, if I'd known I would have told you what it was. You should have asked me."

"You should name it Gremlin," Emmett muttered under his breath.

"The difference is you have to wet it," Rose added, laughing.

I decided to give everyone our presents only to stop the fight that could escalate between Emmett and Edward.

Alice put on a movie and everyone watched, but when it was over, it was midnight so Esme and Carlisle bid us goodnight and retreated to their room after making us promise we wouldn't fight.

Edward grabbed the remote control and started flipping though the channels, sinking in the couch.

"Stop there," I said suddenly when I saw an interesting Christmas movie.

"That's shit," he mumbled and kept flipping though channels.

"Give it here." I made to grab the remote only to have him move it out of my reach. "Hey!" I protested. "Give it to me! It was nice!"

"I thought Mom and Dad taught us it was nice to share," Alice said amused, watching us.

"I wasn't there when they said that," Edward told her, hugging the remote to his chest. "Back off, Swan!"

"Come on, Edward! I want to see that movie!" I moaned, pulling on the remote.

"It's mine! Take your hands off it!"

"No!"

"Do you do this home too or is it just for us?" Jasper asked between snorts of laughter.

"Actually, home he allows me to hold it," I told them.

"That's right. You hold it after I settled on a sports channel and take the batteries out. See? I'm a good boyfriend." He kissed my cheek.

"I hate you," I mumbled, going back to my side of couch.

"Are you joking?" Emmett asked, laughing loudly.

"Nope. Since she insists to hold the remote, I make sure she can't move the channels and then it's all hers," Edward told him, beaming.

"You're such a misogynic pig!" Rose exclaimed.

"I'll take it as a compliment."

"What else happens under that roof?" Alice asked curiously.

"Wouldn't you like to know, sis?" Edward shot to her playfully.

"Ew! Gross!" she moaned.

"No, seriously, what else do you do? You've always been inventive," Emmett said seriously.

"Yeah," I said loudly, angrily. "You know what people with ideas are called?" I said through gritted teeth. "Idiots," I hissed.

"Aw, come on! I'll leave one battery next time," Edward told me smirking.

"I hate you!" I growled.

"You keep saying that but you'll go to bed with me tonight."

"Bite me!" I snapped, getting up. "You'll be sleeping here, on the couch. You have Gremlin there to keep you company," I hissed, grabbing a cushion and hitting him with it.

"What's wrong with her? Is it that time?" Emmett wondered.

"Argh!" I screamed, raising my arms before stomping to the guest room.

I wasn't actually upset. I had no idea why I acted like that.

We always laughed about it home when Edward gave me the battery-less remote control to hold. The first time he did it, I had hit him with it everywhere I reached, but that was a day before my period so I was excused. But now? What the hell was wrong with me? Must have been the negative waves rolling off everyone the whole day. After I had finished my hysterical moment that time, Edward had told me he let me hold the remote control like in Adam Sandler's song. How could I hate him after that? I had apologized and cradled the remote to my chest every time he offered it to me. It was our little inside joke.

Maybe I didn't like battery-full remotes? I snorted, flopping back on the bed.

I heard the door of the room opening and closing then the bed dipping next to me. It wasn't Edward.

I opened my eyes and found Rose and Alice next to me.

"What's up?" Rose asked, leaning against the headboard.

"Nothing, Rose. You know that's how we are," I mumbled, putting my hands over my face.

"Today's been interesting," Alice admitted. "We've all been all over the place."

I nodded, sighing. "Is Edward upset?"

"He was worried he upset you, so we decided to come and pacify you," Alice whispered.

"I don't know what came over me." I shook my head.

"Probably the same thing that came over Edward when he attacked Emmett this morning," Rose suggested. "After all, you're so much alike it's scary sometimes."

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