Chapter 108

Rose

Charlotte came alone just as planned and we exchanged notes on how deep the guys had dug themselves in, we couldn't wait for Bella and Alice to get their revenge, it would be good to see the guys squirm. Esme told us that there had been heated words exchanged between Carmen and herself over the treatment meted out to the girls. While Esme disapproved of how far Bella had taken her revenge she wasn't going to stand up for Tanya or her sister. Irina's actions towards Carlisle years ago had ensured that.

Apparently the girls were still getting the paint off and were incensed so they wouldn't be visiting for quite a while. Eleazar's attitude hadn't helped matters, he didn't like the girls to go too far and he felt they had overstepped the mark and paid for their deeds. When he pointed out the revenge could have been a lot worse he found himself sent to Coventry and was considering a trip to Europe until tempers cooled. Of course Carmen and the girls thought it was very unfair that they had been targeted when it had been the boys idea in the first place. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction of knowing that was about to be redressed in spades.

Bella looked radiant when they arrived back and she couldn't stay away from Jasper for more than a few minutes at a time. I had to smile to see my brother felt the same way, he had found happiness and was making the most of it. There was still something a little strange about seeing him standing with his double but I guessed I would get used to it in the end. Alice however made time to drag her away to speak to Charlotte and myself.

"It's all organized, thanks for persuading the guys to stay home together making them such an easy target."

"Oh it wasn't difficult believe me. They didn't want to be anywhere near you two when you got back, they are terrified of what you might have planned for them."

"If only they knew."

"They will soon enough. Do you think they'll turn up here afterwards? Thinking it's over and they can relax?"

"Well why not, they think we've had our revenge so they should breathe more easily shouldn't they?"

Bella had a particularly evil twinkle in her eye as she said this and it reminded me not to get on the wrong side of her or she would be remorseless getting her revenge. I was certainly glad it was the guys in her sights and not me.

Charlotte

We waited to see if the guys would appear and sure enough a couple of days later there they were trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to look penitent. Bella and Alice both greeted them coolly as if to say you are being brave showing up here right now. So of course they had to tell us just how Bella had got her revenge.

"Just one question Bella, how did you knock us both out?"

She looked at him as if puzzled,

"I have no idea what you are talking about Emmett. Do you Alice?"

Alice shook her head,

"You think that would be payback? After what we did to the girls? I don't think so, we'll think of something much more appropriate won't we Bella?"

The guys now looked confused and uneasy as Charlotte rolled her eyes.

"Whatever you two have been up to it seems it had nothing to do with Bella or Alice. Care to tell us why you would make up such a story? Or is it just in case word gets back to us that you really were up to something?"

"What? No, we didn't do anything, they did. Haven't you seen the photographs?"

"What photographs Emmett?"

"They took photographs of us, of what they did to us."

Charlotte and I just looked at each other in confusion and Peter grabbed Em by the arm.

"I don't think they believe us."

"We don't. Why should they?"

Peter

There was something very wrong here, Bella and Alice denied any knowledge of the two girls and what they had done but why? And if it hadn't been them then who? It was too much of a coincidence to think someone else decided to play a trick on us but I felt very fucking uneasy, something was coming, something both Em and I were going to find extremely unfuckingcomfortable. I watched both girls carefully but they seemed to be taking little notice of us.

"What's wrong Peter? You look uncomfortable or is that guilt?"

"Guilt? What for? It's over, they got their own back, I don't care what they say, it was them, those girls who attacked us were down to Bella and Alice."

"You mean the two humans who overpowered you and Emmett and spray painted you? Strong weren't they? And I see no proof of any paint on your anatomy."

"It came off, I told you that already and they had help, we smelled a vampire too."

"Some vampire working with humans and the photographs they were supposed to have taken, why haven't they surfaced? Are you sure you and Emmett didn't dream it all?"

There was no point in arguing, Char was convinced along with Rose that Em and I had made the story up and I have to admit it did seem far fetched, after all they did knock us out somehow, the photo's never materialized and the paint, well it washed off so easily. Why didn't they use the oil based shit like they used on the girls? That was difficult to remove.

I was feeling more uncomfortable by the hour and then I got the itch between my shoulder blades, the shit was about to hit the fan and I had this strange idea that Emmett and I were right in line to get the full effect. The next morning we were sitting in the garden still trying to work out what the hell had happened when Rose and Charlotte came marching out looking like executioners with identical brown envelopes clutched tightly in angry fists. I got up and Em followed suit,

"At last, maybe now you'll fucking believe me, I told you they took photographs."

"Oh they did, or someone did. You filthy, lying, two timing bastard."

Charlotte slapped me round the face with the envelope and I grabbed it from her.

"Oh come on, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration Char? Let me look."

Rose had thrown her envelope at Em and stood arms folded across her chest. He got his envelope emptied first and I saw his mouth drop open, his face go even paler if that was possible,

"That's not….I mean we didn't….I don't know where these….what the hell is going on?"

"I was hoping you might tell me Emmett McCarty."

Now that was scary, Roses tone of voice told me she was taking no prisoners and I slid the contents of the envelope out and looked at the photographs. It took a couple of glances to sink in and then I looked up at Charlotte whose eyes were blazing with anger,

"This is a load of crap. We never did any of this, it must be Bella and Alice, trying to get their revenge on us."

"Oh really? So Em lied when he said that you had him play Jay's part when you were checking out your little scheme?"

"No but….."

She cut me off,

"And that you and Kate were watching to make sure everything worked, in the "control room"?"

"Well no but….."

"Are you trying to tell me that's not you?"

I looked at the photo and shrugged,

"No, its not my best side of course but…"

This time it was a punch not a slap and Char grabbed the photographs from me and threw them on the ground stamping on them in her fury,

"Just stay the hell away from me Peter Whitlock."

I tried to grab her arm, to explain but she shook me off and ran back into the house. Emmett fared no better and we were left outside, photographs scattered around our feet looking at each other dumbfounded.