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Chapter 46 – Head Case

EDWARD

We dressed the boar and set the pieces of it up to smoke in the rock smoker I had built to cure meat. I left Captain Whitlock in charge of cooking the boar and warned him about Emmett's ability to consume the whole damn thing himself, so he needed to keep an eye on him.

Jackass had better not touch my bacon. I hadn't had bacon in FOREVER! Yeah, I was going to eat it slowly and happily and moan like a porn star as I savored the taste.

Alice's mind called out to me, shooing me off to get ready for my date with Bella. I hurried toward the waterfall to shower, and my nerves caught up with me. I was going on a date with Bella. I mean a real date…okay, it was kind of a real date, but as real as we could get right now. There would be sitting and talking. That was what you did, right? She would sit and expect me to speak to her and say all the right things. Oh, fuck, I was so screwed. I couldn't speak to people like a normal human.

The cold waterfall did nothing to soothe my tight, panicking muscles. I was wound so tight and stiff by the time I started drying off, I could barely move. I had to cool down, before I made a fool of myself. At the rate I was going, I wasn't going to be able to get two words out to Bella over dinner.

BELLA

I was freaking out. I didn't date. Not really. No one ever asked me out for more than coffee, but it had never gone past that, which I didn't mind. I was never impressed with the guys. I just wanted free coffee. Of course, Edward was different. I wanted more. I wanted more than coffee and a polite goodbye, where we never spoke again. I wanted him to not just like me, but love me. He had said he thought he was falling in love with me. Did that mean he loved me or did that mean he wasn't sure? I wanted him to be sure, because I was.

The thought of not being with him was upsetting. I had decided to take him home and keep him to myself, but Emmett had told us that they were working to clear his name. He would be free to leave and not hide anymore. Would he still want to stay with me? I wouldn't make him stay in the basement. Oh, God, what if he left?

I had worked myself into such a panic that I almost didn't notice Edward standing in front of me until he awkwardly thrust some shrubbery at me. I looked up at him confused. "What is this, another seasoning for the meat?" I asked.

He frowned at me and shook his head no. I finally realized that it was covered in little white flowers, and it clicked in my head. Flowers! He'd brought me flowers! "No one has ever given me flowers before. Thank you, Edward."

He just frowned more, and I was starting to panic. This date was not going as well as I'd hoped it would. He led me outside to our makeshift table that Jasper had made for us. He was an odd man, but very kind as well. I could see why Alice was so taken with him.

Edward cleared his throat, pulling me out of my musings. Emmett brought over our dinners and winked at his brother and nudged him, earning a scowl before he scampered off. Edward cleared his throat again like he wanted to say something, but just ended up frowning again. I think he may have been nervous as well. At least that was what I hoped it was and not that he'd decided he didn't like me after all.

He cleared his throat again and grimaced. I took a bite of our dinner and moaned in pleasure. "This is so good, Edward. It's not fish, so I know you'll love it."

He smirked at me a little, and I relaxed some. He took bite and moaned like he was enjoying it as well.

"Good, huh?" I said.

He nodded his head yes.

"Jasper is a good cook. Well, I think anything that tastes half decent and I didn't make is good," I giggled. I had never missed fast food so much in my life. I'd had to cook EVERYTHING!

Edward chuckled a little.

"So, when we get home, I'm so getting us the whole Burger King menu. We'll work our way through it in the basement together. What do you say?"

He smiled wider. "They have bacon cheeseburgers, right?"

"Yes, yes they do," I said and took another large bite of dinner, moaning obscenely again.

He started laughing and shook his head. "It sounds like a plan," he said, and I almost missed it, but it made me feel better that he planned on hiding out in my basement with me and eating an obscene amount of food to make up for all we'd missed out on. I would have to dust off the weights in the basement so I didn't turn into a fat cow. Maybe I would only eat half the box of Little Debbie's snacks. I could always offer the other half to Edward, and then it would only have half the fat!

Edward cleared his throat again, and I wondered if he was feeling alright. I would hate for him to be feeling sick. "Are you feeling alright, Edward?" I asked.

His eyes shot up to mine panicked, and he swallowed hard and then nodded his head yes. I offered him a soft smile. I think he was still just nervous. We finished our food in relative silence, and Edward fidgeted a little.

"So, come here often?" I joked and he smiled. I got up and walked to his side of the table, and he pulled me in front of him, pushing his plate out of the way. I leaned down and kissed his cheek, and he cupped my face and moved to my lips. I sighed in relief and lost myself in the kiss. Edward just wasn't a talker, that was all. He had told me that before. It had just been a while since I had seen that side of him, all nervous, tight and lost. I'd do my best to loosen him up again. There was no reason for him to hesitate with me. He should've known by now that I was a sure thing.

I noticed as we were kissing, he would stop and glance toward the cave. I had a feeling someone was imposing on his thoughts and making him uncomfortable. I just needed to get him away from the cave. "You want to take a walk down the beach with me? Isn't that what couples do? You know, 'I love music, wine and long walks on the beach,'" I joked and he smiled, standing up and pulling me to his side. I hoped we could get far enough away that their thoughts weren't so loud and imposing as they had been before. Of course, I didn't know how that worked. Did they get quieter the further away he got, like it would if you were listening with your ears?

He cleared his throat, and my eyes caught his nervous ones. I squeezed his hand in mine, letting him know he was doing fine.

EMMETT

I was so happy that my little brother had finally found a woman who would put up with him, but what kind of brother would I be if I didn't have some fun at his expense? A slacker, that was what kind, and I never went halfway when it came to annoying Edward.

Their hairy little jokester, Ollie, seemed to take a liking to me, and damned if I didn't have a serious case of primate love for him in return. Wait, that sounded wrong. Never mind. He and I bonded on some level, and I began to wonder what that said about me.

I was messing with Edward in his head, doing my best to play a porno soundtrack in my mind. I figured he'd need a little hump music if he was gonna get his groove on. I then decided to give him a short tutorial on proper hip thrusting. A little swivel always drove the girls wild. I was doing said thrusting, when I noticed movement to my right. Ollie had taken to thrusting with me. "That's right, hairy man, just rock and then roll 'um, then give them a good spank, uh-uh." I swatted my pretend blonde's ass, and Ollie got into it, too. "That's it, baby."

Ollie started chattering up a storm. I could only guess he was dirty talking in monkey. He had a naughty make-believe monkey girl. His girl was getting spanked. He was spanking the monkey! I fell to the ground cackling after I realized that.

EDWARD

Once we reached the beach, I let out a sigh of relief and took in a deep breath.

"So…would you like me to tell you about the basement?" she asked.

"Um, no, that's fine. I've seen it," he answered nervously.

"What?"

"Alice, she can see it, and I can read her mind, so I saw it, too. Old plaid couch, blue walls, black painted coffee table…" I started describing what I had seen to her, and she let out a chuckle. "Sorry," I said not sure if I'd said the wrong thing. Maybe I should've let her tell me about it. At least we would've had something to talk about. As it was, I was freaking out, because Emmett had been humming porno theme songs in his head all night and making wild obscene gestures that Ollie was picking up. He confused me when he started singing 'Blow the Man Down'. I didn't quite get that addition to the 'bow-chica-wow-wow' stuff he'd had in his head.

"Hey, you know you can loosen up a little," she said pinching my side.

I smiled down at her and smacked her butt in return. I'd do my best not to dwell on the future, but on the moments I had with her now.

"Hey, Edward?" she said in a seductive voice.

"Yes?" I answered her.

She smacked my chest and took off running. "YOU'RE IT!" she shouted over her shoulder.

I let her get ahead of me a little and then took off after her. She looked back and squealed when she saw I was gaining on her, and it made me laugh in response. She was so funny and sweet. I couldn't wait to get my hands on her, so I ran faster, catching her around the waist and lifting her off the ground. I wanted to hear her laugh and started tickling her sides. She was squirming, trying to get away and laughing hard, and I was laughing with her, until she accidently knocked me in the nuts. Oh, that hurt!

I released her and fell to my knees in pain. She was in front of me, panicking and apologizing over and over. She was kissing me all over my face and hugging me, telling me how sorry she was. In my painful state, I lost my balance, and she tumbled over, too, landing on top of me.

She started sobbing openly now, and I pulled her down to my chest, trying to calm her down. She was still apologizing, and I was starting to feel better in my nether regions. "Bella, love, please, I'm fine." Her watery eyes met mine. "Really, I'm fine, I promise."

She sniffled a little.

"Hey, if you don't believe me, you can always kiss it better," I winked at her, expecting her to recoil and smack me, but that didn't happen.

She smiled wickedly at me and started moving down my body. She pushed my shirt up and kissed my abs, licking along the edge of my shorts. She surprised me by opening them up with her teeth. Holy Hell! She was actually going to kiss it better!

I lifted my hips, allowing her to pull my clothes down. My cock was only at half mast, still whimpering from getting knocked, but still trying to rise to the occasion.

She kissed my hips and nipped them, carefully moving closer to where I wanted her to be. Her lips descended, giving me a chaste kiss, causing my body to react to her touch. She leaned down and enveloped me with her mouth, and I moaned in pleasure. This was definitely better than bacon.

BELLA

I loved having this control over him, his body writhing beneath me as he bucked up, seeking me out. I smirked as I finished him off, leaving him panting.

He pulled me up to him and kissed me softly. "I want to make you feel good, too. I had a feeling you'd have a hard time relaxing with so many people on the island, and honestly, I don't want to be interrupted once I get my hands on you."

I felt his hand sliding up the bottom of my dress. When he made it to my thigh, he pulled me in for another kiss. When his hand moved to my butt, and he realized there was nothing under the dress, he moaned and squeezed my backside, pressing me hard down into him.

He pulled back panting, "God, Bella, really, nothing?" He squeezed my butt to emphasize his point.

"Alice said that I'd enjoy the evening better without them."

He rolled us, pinning me under him. He paused for half a second to close up his shorts and then flipped up my dress, wearing a wicked grin.

"It's time for dessert."

Yes, Alice was right. I would definitely be enjoying the evening.

EDWARD

After we relaxed a little, I took her to my meadow. I wanted to retrieve my recorder and maybe play a song for her.

"Hey, Edward, I never asked, and you don't have to answer, but why do you have nightmares?"

I looked over at her frowning. I honestly was surprised that she hadn't asked sooner. They'd all but gone away completely since we'd really started being friends. I knew they'd get bad once we got back to civilization. I had to warn her.

"I can see inside people's minds, and they're not nice at all. Most people are barely hanging by a thread, ready to snap. Have you ever imagined hitting someone or thought about dropping something on their head? People don't act these things out, but they think them, a lot. Most people are a lot more violent than they portray themselves to be. I guess I have bad dreams, because I'm stuck watching horror films all day, and they catch up to me at night."

She pulled me down to kiss her. "That makes sense. So how does it work? Is it like talking? When you walk away, does it get quieter?"

"Yeah, in a sense. I can still hear people pretty far away, further than I could just by listening with my ears, but the farther away I get, the easier it is to tune them out. It's why I was startled by the pirates. I hadn't heard anyone but Jacob, and then there was a mess of jumbled minds getting closer. If we were home, I wouldn't have been able to pick them out of a crowd. There's so much noise back home. It's like the beehive in my head, a constant humming, and angry or upset thoughts are the loudest. When someone thinks about me, I automatically tune in, just as you would if someone said your name. When you hear your name, you can't ignore a person, no matter how much you want to. It's maddening, and why I do my best to stay away from people. The less I interact with people, the less they think of me. Besides, it's definitely difficult to be pleasant when the person across the street is mentally shouting and picturing shoving some idiot in front of a bus."

She pushed me down to sit by the log I usually relaxed by. She giggled and straddled me. I kept trying to hold back and ignore the fact that if I popped open my zipper, I could finally be buried deep inside her. "Edward, I love you."

I looked at her stunned, she'd implied it before, but she'd just outright said it. After I'd just told her how unpleasant a person I was to be around, she told me she loved me. I pulled her in and kissed her hard. "I love you, too," I whispered against her lips, "I love you, so much."

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