Chapter Seven: The Men I Married...
"You didn't have to do this Esme." I said.
"It's nothing, really." She said.
I just smiled.
"I want to cook you dinner anyway, so I just thought I would pick up a few groceries." She said.
CRASH!
We both looked to the living room to find out what made the crash.
"Edward?" I said.
He was on the couch rocking back and forth tugging at his hair, my eyes went wide.
"That isn't Edward." Esme said before rushing over to him.
I just stood by the wall.
"Peter, what happened?" Esme asked.
"I-I didn't mean too!" He said.
"I know, what did you break?" She asked.
"The vase!" He said pointing to the shattered vase on the ground.
Esme looked over to me, I just stood there shocked.
"It's okay, its fine." Esme said.
"I need my bath!" He said rocking more.
"Alright, I'll go upstairs and start it. Peter this is Bella, she is nice, she will be here if you need her, okay?" Esme said.
He nodded.
I felt bad, but I almost wanted to beg Esme to stay. I had no idea how to handle this... Did that make me a bad person?
"Bella is a pretty name..." Peter said.
"Thank you." I said.
"Do you like to draw Bella?" He asked.
"Um, yeah. I mean, I'm not an artist. But I like coloring and drawing." I said walking a little closer.
"Can we? Please? Can we color?" He asked acting nervous.
"Yeah! Let me just get some paper." I said.
I rushed to grab some paper and markers, I brought them back and set them on the table. He reached for the markers and paper, we started to draw and color while Esme worked on his bath.
"Alright Peter." Esme called.
"Will you come?" Peter asked.
"Um, well..."
"Please?" He asked.
"Okay.." I said.
We walked upstairs, I stood outside of the bathroom to give him privacy, which was stupid because I have seen him naked plenty of times.
"Bella, you need to see this so you know how to do it." Esme said.
She grabbed my hand and squeezed it before we walked in the bathroom.
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"I know it's scary, I know that it's a lot to take in, but you can do this." She said.
I nodded, she hugged me before leaving. I waved before walking back into the house.
"Peter?" I called.
Nothing.
"J-James?" I asked.
Nothing.
"Edward?!" I asked.
"In the kitchen!" He said.
I almost ran in there.
"What's up?" He said.
"Nothing, just wanted to know where you were." I said.
I hugged him.
"Mom is amazing, I missed home cooked meals." He said.
"I cook!" I said.
"No, you burn." He joked.
"Hey!" I said.
"It's okay, I love your burned food." He said kissing me.
He turned around, and suddenly things changed.
"What the hell is this?" He asked.
"What?" I asked.
"The dishes! Bella I asked you to do the dishes!" He snapped.
"I got busy, I'll do them later." I said.
"NO! You will do them now!" He screamed.
"Excuse me?!" I asked.
"DO THEM NOW ISABELLA!" He yelled.
He took a plate and thew it at the wall, it smashed into pieces.
"What the hell Edward?!" I asked.
He turned to me, "Who the hell is Edward?"
Uh oh.
"Um... Um, I meant James! What the hell James?!" I said.
"Are you cheating on me?!" He asked.
"What?! No! I meant James, I-I was just thinking how you looked like an Edward instead of a James, but then I realized you are a James." I stumbled trying to make something up,
"Do the fucking dishes." He snapped before storming out of the kitchen.
I had officially met them men I married... And I have to say, I liked Edward more.
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"PICK IT UP!" James screamed.
I cried as I got on my hands and knees and swept up the broken pieces of a glass that he dropped.
"FASTER!" He barked.
"I cant!" I cried.
"Stop crying! Did I say that you could cry?!" He screamed at me.
I dumped the pieces in the trash as I took a rag and scrubbed the stain out of the carpet.
"You did this, it's your fault I did it!" He snapped.
I didn't say anything.
"SAY IT!" He screamed.
"It's my-my fault!" I said.
"That's better." He said leaving.
I sat down and leaned against the wall, I covered my face with my hands and just cried.
CRASH!
I screamed, James stood there looking furious, I looked to my left to see a broken plate. He threw it at me! He grabbed a book and chucked it at me, I dodged it.
"STOP CRYING!" He screamed before going upstairs.
I looked around the room and kept crying.
I got up and grabbed my purse before quickly running out of the house. I pulled out of the driveway and headed to the one place I knew I would be safe.
An Hour Later
There was a knock on my window.
I looked up to see Jasper standing there, he slowly opened the door.
"Bella." He said.
I looked back at my steering wheel.
"Bella, come on. Come inside." He said.
"I don't want too." I said.
"Come on, we'll talk." He said stretching his hand out.
I took his hand and he led me in the house, Alice tried to talk to me but Jasper stopped her. He led me upstairs and into his and Alice's bedroom and shut the door. I walked over to the bed and got on it hugging my knees.
"What's going on?" He asked sitting in front of me.
"I met James." I whispered.
"Yeah, and how did that go?" He asked.
I started to cry.
"I want my husband back!" I cried.
"What did James do Bella?" He asked me.
"He threw a dish because I didn't do the dishes, and then he made me get on my hands and knees to clean it up. He screamed at me while I did it! And then he threw a plate at me and a book because I wouldn't stop crying! That's when I left!" I cried.
He hugged me.
"I know it is hard, I remember." He said.
"How do I live with this Jasper?" I asked wiping some tears away with a Kleenex.
"It wont be easy Bella. It wont. We need to find out what triggered this, and once we do we can start trying to get the DID under control." He said.
"I don't know if I can go back Jazz..." I said.
"You can stay here tonight, we will figure this out Bella." He said.
I nodded.
In The Morning
"Bella." Jasper said.
I grunted.
"Bella, it's Edward." He whispered.
I opened my eyes, I took the phone from him.
"H-Hello?" I said.
"Bella?! Where are you?! I woke up this morning and you are no where to be found! You aren't answering your phone, I've been texting and calling you for hours!" He said panicking.
"I'm at your parents house." I said sitting up.
"Why?" He asked.
"Uh, well... Alice wanted to have a sleep over, sorry. I left a note, you must not have seen it." I told him.
I looked at Jasper who kind of smiled.
"When are you going to be home?" He asked.
"Well, I think she may have plans for us later on." I said.
"I'm going to come over, I just have to get dressed." He said.
"You don't have too Edward." I said.
"I want too, I haven't seen my wife since yesterday." He said.
We talked for a few minutes before hanging up.
"He's coming over." I said.
"Maybe it has passed." Jasper said.
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"That's great Mom." I said.
I looked over and saw Edward come in, I came back home and he was just getting back from work.
"Yeah, yeah I will call you next week. I love you too." I said.
I hung up.
"What's great?" He asked.
"Mom and Phil are working it out, she said it seems to be working." I told him.
"That is great!" He said.
"I know, I'm so glad." I said.
"I'm glad for you love." He said kissing me.
"How was work?" I asked.
"Long. All I wanted to do was come home to my lovely wife!" He said.
"Well, you are home now." I said.
He smiled wrapping his arms around me, I looked up at him and smiled, this was my husband. I hugged him laying my head on his shoulder, I missed him. I laughed.
"What's so funny?" He asked kissing my head.
"My mom is going out on dates." I laughed.
"With Phil? That's funny." He said.
"Yeah, it's been years probably since they went out on an actual date. They've both been so busy." I said.
"Well, that won't happen to us. We will make time for each other, and go on dates until we are a hundred and twelve." He said.
"A hundred and twelve eh?" I asked.
"Yeah." He said.
The phone rang, I groaned not wanting to let him go.
"Hello?" Edward said.
I looked over to him.
"What?! Who is this?! How did you get this number?!" He asked.
"Edward?" I asked.
He held his hand up.
"Is that a threat?!" He asked.
"Yeah, it is! You meet me to talk tomorrow, or something bad is going to happen to the people you love!"
My eyes went wide as I heard what the guy said.
Edward hung up on the guy.
"Edward! Who was that?!" I asked.
"No one. Let's go have dinner." He said.
I decided to leave it alone, I didn't want to risk triggering James. We had dinner and called it an early night, we both had work tomorrow. I didn't sleep so good though...
"...Or something bad is going to happen to the people you love!"
I gasped sitting up.
I swear these chapters seem long in Open Office... Oh well, more chapters for you guys I guess! Sorry it took me so long to get this out.
Have you ever had a cut on the tip of your ring finger? I cut myself on a slicer at work (not bad obviously) and it is on the tip of my right ring finger. So it hurt to type! Every time I tried to type the chapter it would hurt! It's not fully healed now, but it isn't hurting as bad thankfully!
So you guys got to meet Peter and James in this chapter... What did you think? Did I do a good job? Could I do better?
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