Esme pov

Esme studied Edward, and she didn't try to hide it. Alice had parked the car and Bella was inside. She could see Edward clench his fist and watched his eyebrows draw together as he stared out the window to see Alice moving around the car to join Bella, who was slowly getting out of it. "You can do this Edward, but if you feel, even for a moment like you can't I want you to leave, to go outside and get fresh air." Esme whispered.

"Come on Bella, you'll love the books I've found." Alice's voice reached them all easily and Esme glanced around the room. Esme and Edward were furthest from the entryway, and Emmett was studying Edward carefully from his spot just at the doorway. He'd insisted that he be there, ready to fight his brother if the need arose and it was hard to see how the family all were carefully placed to keep Bella safe. Rosalie stood at the bottom of the stairs, as if she'd just been coming down them. It was staged, carefully planned and it had better work.

"Is this really worth it." Edward muttered and Esme was sure it was her thoughts he was speaking of. Esme replayed the day she'd helped Bella sand down the dresser, and the way the girl filled some part of her that Esme hadn't even realized wasn't fulfilled already. Esme taught Bella, encouraged her, and it felt wonderful.

Edward just sighed heavily and then held his breath as the front door opened.

Alice was holding Bella's hand, gently leading her into the main room. Esme watched as Bella glanced around the room and her eyes lingered on Esme just a little longer. Bella developed a light blush, and didn't look Esme in the eyes at all.

"Bella, this is my brother Edward." Alice spoke up and Esme glanced to the side to see how Edward was doing. He was going to have to inhale to speak and Esme readied herself in case she had to grab him.

He was frowning and staring, and Esme heard Bella's heart pick up a little as the girl stared at him. "Hello." Bella muttered, quietly, looking so shy and reluctant to even be there. Even as shy as she was in the grocery store when Esme first saw her, she wasn't this bad. She wondered what it was about Edward that was making Bella so nervous, and hoped it wasn't that some part of her sensed the danger.

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Bella Pov

Bella stared at his eyes to see how bad it was. They were definitely darker than Alice's had been earlier today. He was a good looking boy, the key word being boy, but compared to what the others looked like, Bella didn't think he was anything extra special. He was a Cullen, and had the good looks, but as men went Carlisle was far more attractive, or if someone were interested in more manly built, it was Emmett. Edward also didn't hold a candle to Rosalie's beauty. It was hard to believe that anyone would look at Rosalie and Edward and wonder who was more beautiful, it wasn't a contest he should have ever won. Clearly picking the most attractive Cullen was a matter of taste, other than the obvious advantaged Rosalie had. As Edward opened his mouth she watched eyes go black.

It was hard, very hard, to relax, but she did notice that there were several Cullens between her and Edward tonight. She had to trust that, because panic would certainly make Jasper suspicious. She pushed that traitorous thought away and turned her eyes to take in Esme. Esme, she let her eyes rover over the woman just a bit slower than normal, for once letting what she saw fuel what she was thinking about.

Esme gave her a small smile and Bella gave a weak smile back, as she envisioned Esme in chains, hanging from the strong beams over the main room, sweating and writhing as Bella pounded into her from behind with the largest, thickest, strap on known to man. "Hey Esme." She said, and did her best to ignore the guilt she felt as she continued to envision herself dominating the too sweet woman, forcing her to her knees to service that too thick strap on with her lips and shoving it into her mouth so she couldn't even dream of breathing.

She risked turning to look at Edward now, and he was still giving her that odd studying look. Bella wondered if his mother would be any good at oral, and if she was willing to play doctor with Bella the next time they went out, and yet Edward didn't react. "So, did you like the movie?" Edward managed to speak and Bella gritted her teeth before wondering how her tongue would feel if she licked Esme all over.

"It was very good." She spoke slowly, while wondering if Esme could turn Bella into a screamer.

"That's good." Edward was awkward as hell with speaking, and it appeared to be a little hard for him.

"I'll go get those books." Alice spoke up and Bella turned to see Alice taking the stairs as a kind of slow pace. Bella wouldn't have minded getting out of here a bit faster than Alice was apparently willing to go.

Whips, chains, chocolate pudding, things Edward likely didn't hear every day, and it made Bella embarrassed to even go there in her head like this. Bella thought all sorts of things while just standing in the room awkwardly. "I painted my bedroom." She told Esme. "And put up some shelves." Her face likely had a blush from her thoughts alone, but she focused on Esme harder. She took in the small hint of cleavage Esme had, or the way Esme's fingers caressed her own hand, a slightly nervous gesture.

"That's good dear." Esme didn't come closer, like she normally would. With the thoughts in her head, Bella was glad Esme wasn't getting too close. Bella found she was extra aware of the curves of Esme's body at the moment.

"What color did you paint your walls?" Edward tried again to talk and when he took a step closer a few people shifted in the room, as if tired of being in one position, but Bella found herself standing closer to Emmett.

"Green, sage green actually." She told him. She stared at him a little and started to really think he would have said something or done something if he'd been hearing her thoughts. She might be okay. Even thinking that, a red flag if there was any, had no response from him. She was a little disappointed in how little control she had of her thoughts, but there didn't appear to be any damage done. Finally Bella started to relax. She glanced around her to see that most of the vampires were watching Edward, or pretending to play chess, but looking awfully ready to stand up if needed. Jasper had turned away from his game and was giving her odd looks though. She wasn't sure she could even come up with a cover for her feelings, so Bella just sighed and didn't try. It had felt almost evil turning Esme into a sex object in her mind, not that Esme wasn't sexy, but she should never be treated how Bella was treating her in her mind just to shock Edward.

"Got em." Alice called out and Bella turned to see Alice gracefully coming down the stairs. "Shall we get you home?"

"Sounds good." Bella told Alice, but she also gave Rosalie a small smile and patted Emmett's arm as she went to leave. "Games at my place Friday?"

"Sure thing Bella Bear." Emmett smiled at her. They'd all been rather quiet, it was an odd thing all together. If she'd really just been a friend dropping by she'd be puzzled as hell, but luckily she was the unobservant one, and she could ignore the tension in that room and never say a word about it.

Bella glanced down at the books Alice had handed over as they were starting to drive away from the house. "You'll like those." Alice spoke with confidence. If it were anyone but Alice saying that, she'd feel safe enough to bet money she wouldn't. "So what do you think of Edward?"

They weren't barely passed the tree line. It was probably within vampire hearing. Bella sighed. "He doesn't talk much." Was all she said. She didn't add that she hoped he was always that quiet.

As Alice was dropping her off at the house and Bella felt a little concerned that she was wrong, and that things would fall apart once Alice got back to her place for the family meeting that was so obviously going to happen. "Alice, I had fun tonight." She had to remember it was supposed to be the end of a normal night out, that she wasn't supposed to know about all the drama that was going on.

"It was fun." Alice gave her a small smile, but then she paused and her eyes didn't blink as she stared blankly for a moment. Bella just stared at her for a moment, but then looked away as she realized she was waiting for the vision to end. "I really need to get back to the house." Alice said, but Bella noticed that Alice was staring at her, studying her, as if surprised. "I'll see you later." Bella hoped that was true, but she just nodded and smiled as she got out of the car. It wasn't like she could beg for Alice and the Cullens to not leave, it made no sense in what she was supposed to know.

Bella lied for everyone's safety really. It was difficult at times, and sure, it might be nice to not have to work so hard at not seeing things, but there was so much that could go wrong if she said anything and so Bella kept her vow to never even consider it so that Alice never got a hint of what was going on.

When she got into the house she noticed Charlie was sitting on the couch watching tv. "I'm going to take a shower and get to bed." It was somewhat late, but still not past their 'not a school night' curfew of eleven.

"Bells," Charlie gave her a searching look. "You aren't dating are you?"

"Not this school year Charlie. Probably not next." She told him with a sigh and stopped her trek toward the stairs to face him. "Alice was teasing me, but she's got a boyfriend, and tonight wasn't a date. Just two friends going to a movie."

"Okay Bells." Charlie gave her another searching look and Bella was already tired, but still too tense from the visit to the Cullens, so she wasn't having any fun dealing with this. "You can be whoever you are, so when it comes time to date, you just find a good person Bells. Someone who treats you right." She was touched, and he gave her a small hint of a smile.

"Thanks." She spoke softly. He'd probably spent the entire night thinking about this. It seems like he'd been about ready to give Alice his approval, if that had been real. That was really nice. "I'm really glad I moved here." She told him softly, before moving to go upstairs. In spite of how tired she was, she didn't expect she'd be able to sleep tonight.

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Emmett Pov

Edward stared out the window as Alice drove Bella away and Emmett kept his eyes on Edward as he did that, to make sure he didn't snap and decide to go through the window to get to Bella Bear. Alice drove away without any problems, but Edward continued to stand there. Emmett sighed and shook his head, before moving to the tv, to see if anything good was on. Obviously there would be a meeting, but without Alice, it would wait.

"I couldn't hear her." Edward muttered after about ten minutes and Emmett glanced over at Rosalie, to verify he'd heard that right. His wife's eyes were a little wider and she looked cautious, so maybe he had. "I couldn't hear her at all." Edward's voice was louder and Emmett took a moment before he slowly started to grin. Way to go Bella Bear, he thought in congratulation to his little BFF. He'd never heard of anyone keeping Edward out of their heads.

Edward spun around to glare at him. "No, it's not 'cool'. How am I supposed to figure out when she starts to realize something is wrong with us? How can I make sure she isn't suspicious?" He turned to stare at Carlisle. "How is this possible? I've never been blocked before, never." Carlisle must have thought a question, Emmett hated when they talked with Edward that way. "It was like a fog was around her and I couldn't penetrate it!" His voice rose, but Emmett found himself slowly starting to grin again.

"Could that be a result of her amnesia?" Esme asked and stepped closer to the rest of them.

"No, I don't believe so, if that were the case Alice would be immune as well." Carlisle muttered and then there was a quiet staring contest between Edward and Carlisle, where they'd only say a word or two. It was rather rude. Emmett wanted to hear about his Bella Bear too.

"So you're saying that Bella is immune to Edward's gift." Rosalie spoke up, her voice firm, as she interrupted the mysterious conversation Carlisle and Edward were having. "And you don't have a clue as to why." Emmett gave Rosalie a small grateful smile for interrupting the ping pong conversation that had been going on without them. If anyone deserved to know what was happening with Bella it was him. He was her friend first.

Carlisle turned to them just as the front door opened and Alice slipped into the room. "I can't determine a cause, but the fact that she blocks telepathy is interesting." He turned to Jasper. "Were you able to sense her?"

"I always have been." He said and Emmett smirked as the empath beat the telepath. "She was feeling rather odd tonight though." Jasper frowned and leaned forward in his seat. "The strangest combination of lust, guilt, and disgust I've ever felt." He glanced at Alice. "What were you two up to tonight?"

"Nothing that interesting." Alice muttered and glanced at Edward and Carlisle. Emmett chuckled just a little at her. "While it is different, she's always been a bit different. I don't see that we need to panic."

"I can't read her." Edward hissed, still having a diva fit about someone getting a little privacy for once. Emmett had just finished that thought when Edward glared at him, but before Edward could say anything Alice was talking again.

"I don't see any problems. I don't see her getting suspicious, I don't see her acting oddly, I don't see her causing problems." Alice spoke firmly. "I can watch out for her as well, so can Jasper. We don't need to panic just because she blocks Edward's powers. It isn't like he'll be spending much time with her anyhow. It would have been up to Jasper and I to watch her, it always was going to be."

"This is dangerous." Edward hissed, but Emmett glared at him when he said that. Alice had to be protesting so hard for a reason.

"This is getting a bit more complicated." Carlisle spoke up.

"Because Edward can't read her mind? Come on, she's mentally quiet, not Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Rosalie protested. "Alice can see problems before they happen, if she's willing to work harder on that, then we're still good. I wasn't going to let Edward within twenty feet of Bella, in case you all forgot that she's his singer. We're working hard on ways to keep them apart, to avoid temptation, it wasn't like he was going to be able to monitor her anyhow."

"Well, that is true." Carlisle admitted and Emmett sighed; his angel to the rescue again.

Edward didn't look happy, but he spoke more quietly. "How can she block me?"

"It would take more research." Carlisle muttered. "Perhaps it is a symptom of her condition, there is a chance it has something to do with her being Edward's singer, since he is the only one affected, but it could just be that she has a power, even as a human."

"I pick the coolest BFF's." Emmett muttered, considering that last possible reason. Edward glared at him, but he could hear his Rosie chuckle as she moved to hold him from behind the couch.

"Don't do anything in trying to figure this out that would make us have to leave." Rosalie spoke up. "I'm sure most of us want to finish up our time here." With Bella, Emmett thought to himself and Edward.

"I can handle being around her if Edward isn't there." Jasper spoke up. "His hunger makes it hard to concentrate on what she's feeling."

"Next time I take Bella out, you can join us." Alice said and Emmett watched her move to lean into Jasper gently. "Or you could visit her in the library during lunch, you like libraries."

Emmett grimaced as he didn't need a power to tell that his Bella time was going to be shared even further now, but if he had to share her to keep her, well, he'd just make sure they got to play regularly anyhow.

"That could be a good idea. Perhaps you could find something to do with the girl that I could join you for as well." Carlisle spoke to Esme and Emmett wasn't thrilled with his own 'prediction' coming true. "Seeing her as a Doctor won't be easy, I'll need to gain her trust to get a chance to examine her in more depth. There are some tests I'd like to do, to see if we can pinpoint where her immunity to Edward's gift is really coming from."

"Kids why don't we call this meeting over for now. Carlisle and I are going to go hunting." That was code for she disagreed with Carlisle and didn't want witnesses as she explained to him that no, she wasn't going to help him trick Bella into seeing him as a Doctor. Emmett gave Esme a brief smile of appreciation. Carlisle got a little too intense with any mystery he found and Emmett knew Bella was sick and tired of doctors after the parade of them her mother made her go to. Besides what did it matter why Bella could block Edward? All that mattered was that she could, and Emmett kind of wished his BFF could share on that little talent.

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