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Chapter 25

Accusations

Edward

As I parked in front of our house and got out, I heard a discussion inside that was noisy for vampires and uncharacteristically heated for the Cullens abruptly interrupted.

My attention was instantly taken by the scenario that presented itself to me through the glass front.

The main opponents were obviously Alice and Emmett. Rose and Jasper appeared relatively uninvolved - as they usually did - but spatially clearly assigned to their partners. Carlisle stood with folded arms behind Esmé, who put her fists energetically into her hips. With difficulty, my family members suppressed their thoughts, which of course inevitably led me to conclude that it was about me, Bella, or both of us.

My mother gave us a quick glance as I helped Bella out of the car, then hissed a certain "Stay out of this!" to my siblings, confirming my suspicions.

She then came out of the door with her husband to meet us.

Carlisle initially exhibited a very indefinable expression, but then forced a smile. And she looked almost pitiful as they greeted us, then immediately took their leave to go hunting.

An uneasy feeling crept up in me and Bella did not look exactly enthusiastic. However, in view of the events of last night, that was not very surprising.

"Whats going on with Esmé?" she was interested as she held out her hand to me and we walked toward the entrance.

Of course, she hadn't noticed anything except the pitiful facial expressions. Basically, I didn't really want to find out the cause of this and was too eager to follow the impulse that told me, 'Throw her on your back and run! Far away.'

But since it seemed a bit too ridiculous and cowardly, I had to admit willy-nilly, "Knowing my sensitive and considerate big brother, I'm afraid we'll find out right away."

As we entered the living room, Alice and Emmett were engaged in a silent duel of staring each other down, which might have seemed almost amusing due to their disparate physiques, had I not felt their imaginary Damocles swords hovering over my head.

"What's going on here?", Bella asked, slightly puzzled.

Alice's features changed from menacing to pleading as Emmett started to speak.

"I'd like to know ..."

"No, please don't!", Alice whimpered desperately, while - surrendering - she sank down on an armchair and hid behind her hands.

"... why I was dragged out of bed and into Forks last night in the most inappropriate situation - barely in my boxer shorts, mind you - by this nearly distraught elf ... Only to be stopped again five hundred yards from Charlie's house and turned back without explanation - as if nothing had happened. And now I'm expected to take that quietly? No chance!"

I could not pay much attention to the quiet astonishment about such a long speech from him, the overwhelming confirmation was too upsetting for that ... Alice had seen us in that worrying position and in a short-circuit reaction had wanted to prevent some catastrophe scenario. And - I really had to give her credit - she had obviously not revealed any details so far.

But now she jumped up like a fury and sped furiously toward Emmett.

Bella's lower jaw collapsed onto her chest, she turned bright red and looked like she would like to be far away real fast.

"Why didn't you explain things to him properly? Didn't he talk to YOU? What kind of bullshit did you tell him, that it could come to such a situation ...?", she nagged in a much too shrill voice and poked her index finger into his chest. "She's a human being, damn it! In all your remarks, didn't you once give a thought and take that into consideration? Do you actually know what could have happened? Usually you open your mouth at every opportunity, but when it comes to saving your brother from a precarious situation and you could use your supposedly oh-so-extensive experience sensibly for once, you don't switch on your brain - and just crack stupid jokes as usual ..."

With all this ranting, she had stretched herself further and further on her toes until she almost bumped the tip of her nose against his chin.

"As if Edward would ever listen to me, let alone listen to me ...", he snorted, then took a step back and faltered. "Wait ... ! Does that mean ...?"

He looked back and forth between Alice, Bella and me, first confused and then incredulous, until he stopped at me. He stared at me with narrowed eyes, a grin spread across his face and he began to mentally list the handful of possibilities, carefully monitoring my reaction.

Although I knew exactly what was in store for me, I could neither block out his unspoken questions nor avoid him reading from me at the appropriate action. I did my best to freeze motionless, but he simply knew me too well.

"Fuck, Edward! ... No, damn ... Shit! Bella? ..." His surprised thoughts raced.

"Man, can't you save something like a 'deep throat' until after the transformation?"

"Emmett!", sounded from two mouths indignantly and synchronously with mine .

Somewhat taken aback, my gaze darted briefly to Rosalie before I continued to express my horror, "How could you even think I could do that?"

Bella looked at me in a richly uncomprehending way, which made me groan inwardly - the next unpleasant explanation was pre-programmed - and my brother stood, ignoring me completely, in a duel of glances with his wife.

"What?!" Seeking help, he turned to Jasper, who, however, was only mildly amused by what was happening. "Without a swallowing reflex and gag reflex, the whole thing only makes ..."

In a flash, Rose had punched him hard in the back of the head, causing him to stumble forward two steps and almost fall over his little sister.

"What do you know about oral sex with human women?", she was indignant.

"I was human for twenty years ... and never claimed to have been innocent!", he quickly defended himself a little haspishly ...

Apparently, anything that came to his mind at the time.

"But there you only run the risk of being bitten - and that's really no fun without vampire skin ... After all, what woman keeps still when she gets her mouth stuffed to the hilt?"

And again, a hard thud echoed through the room and Em found himself confronted with a now fuming Rosalie.

Well, at least I could save myself further explanations ... But I couldn't really be grateful to him for this extremely sensitive choice of words either.

"Shit, Rose! Can you stop doing that for a minute? And anyway, why am I being cross-examined here? Why didn't you tell Bella about the risks when you saw what she was up to?!", he turned his attention back to Alice.

Who flinched at the same time as Bella, but did not turn a few shades redder like the latter.

"I was told often enough to stay out of their sex life," the defendant whispered guiltily.

Bella's compassion seemed to outweigh her shame, as she released her fingers from my hand, walked over to her best friend and put her hand on her shoulder.

"Alice, you didn't do anything wrong. It ... all went well."

The brief hesitation was not only noticeable to me ...

Four more skeptical glances were directed at my beloved.

"Now can we leave it at that? I'm OKAY. Isn't that enough?", she verbally extended her claws in anger.

"Oh, while we're at it. Have you found her A spot yet?"

Instantly Rose was sitting on his back and covering his mouth.

'Rose has none', came the mental information and I was now completely confused.

"A-spot?", and looked questioningly into the round.

Alice just leaned back rolling her eyes, so I let my gaze continue to wander to Jasper, who presented about the same facial expression, but then softened and enlightened me.

"This is a relatively new theory, just as unproven as the G-spot. And our brother dear has been driving everyone crazy with it since he discovered it on the Internet."

Emmett successfully wrestled with his blonde on her back, freed his mouth and swung her over his shoulder into his arms.

"After seventy years of marriage with unwavering energies and demands, you have to be informed from time to time and can offer something new."

Bella got wide-eyed and I raised my hands defensively.

"It's okay, Em. We'd rather not know."

"Oh, now all of a sudden I'm supposed to shut my mouth again ... A few harmless suggestions never hurt," he complained.

"The main thing is that everyone is satisfied with their sex life."

Jasper probably felt for once that he had to calm the situation verbally.

"Now that we all have one!", Alice grinned at me.

'By the way, congratulations, brother dear', she mentally congratulated me and waved a well-known blood-stained bed sheet in front of my inner eye.

I could not prevent the first irritated, then annoyed - and for all visible - expression.

'I told you that you could do it! I'm proud of you ... Even though I was surprised that you didn't plan this meticulously beforehand ...', she continued to pester me with a joyful glint in her eye.

I still tried to make the misinterpretation clear to her non-verbally with minimal facial expression changes, but it was too late.

'Huh? ... What?'

My brothers had already smelled a rat.

"What's up, dude? What are you not telling us?", Emmett spoke out, which was clearly written on Jasper's face - although he was trying hard to be disinterested.

"There is nothing to conceal nor to tell ... that would concern you!" I turned to Bella. "Dear, I think it's better if we spend the day somewhere else today," I said, extending my hand to her.

"Oh man, don't be like that!", Em pouted loudly. "... I tell you everything too!"

"WHAT?!" chimed in Rosalie.

And I grabbed my fiancée, who was crying out in surprise, to get her out of the line of fire.

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