I know I grossed a few of you out with the last chapter, hopefully this one will make you happier. Enjoy!
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End of Chapter 66
A few minutes later there was another crash as another box flew through the window, barely missing Carlisle. I reached out to grab it and add it to the box that I was currently holding, but was surprised to see a tiny hand reach out and grab it before me.
I turned, expecting Rosalie to be holding the box...but much to my surprise I saw Bella holding the box, the ribbon already half pulled off the box. I looked at her, about to remind her about what Alice said when she pulled the ribbon and opened the box.
The smell hit Rosalie, Carlisle and I before Bella smelt what we all were smelling. I reached out to take the box from her when she dropped it as she screamed. I was instantly at her side, doing my best to calm her as the box it the floor and the finger that was in it rolled onto the floor.
Chapter 67
"Shhhhh Bella," I said as I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to my chest.
She was completely still, not a single muscle moving in her body. I pulled away from her so that I could her face, which was frozen in a mask of horror. I scooted back on the bed, Bella's face held securely in my hands as I looked in her eyes, waiting for her to breath or blink.
"Bella?" I said which seemed to break her of her thoughts. She gasped, tears instantly flowing down her face as she looked in my eyes.
"Was...was that what I thought?" She whispered.
"Yes, I wish that you wouldn't have opened that box." I said softly as I pulled a few loose strands of hair away from her face.
She opened her mouth to say something but at the same time Carlisle's phone rang. I turned and looked at him, waiting to pick from his mind who was on the phone. He didn't know the number, but turned his back on the rest of the room as he answered it. It only took me a second to pick out who was on the phone and instantly I was at his side, my hand held out for the phone.
"What?" I said into the phone as I put it up to my ear.
"Well, that's an interesting way to answer the phone." Gabriel's growled through the phone. "I heard there was quite the commotion up there. Did your precious Bella open the package?"
"Yes." I growled, loosing my temper.
"Touchy, touchy." He laughed. "I seem to remember you being more patient...but that was many years ago."
"What do you want Gabriel"
"Well you know what I want, what my boss wants...Bella. She is not happy that you got her back, she needs to have this...human for some reason." He said, the word 'human' like it was making him sick.
"Well you can tell your boss to go to HELL" I said as I hit the end button and stood facing the wall, not wanting Bella to see me when I was this upset.
I was so focused on my anger and the call that I jumped when Rosalie laid a hand on my shoulder. I turned my head slightly and looked at her out of the corner of my eye, her face full of sorrow.
"Edward," She said as she leaned in and whispered so softly that only I would hear her. "He is trying to upset you."
"And it's working." I hissed between my teeth.
"Stop it." She said loudly. "This is what he wants, he wants you upset. He is waiting for you to misstep so he can take her away again."
I turned my entire body and glared at her, a growl escaping my lips before I could stop. She didn't flinch, didn't even seem phased by the way I reacted. She stood there, her hand still resting on my shoulder as she stared into my eyes, not backing down.
"Look at her," She ordered as she grabbed my head and turned me to face Bella.
I closed my eyes, not wanting her to see me when I was this upset. I opened my eyes and found Bella standing a few feet away from me, her entire body shaking.
"Bella," I sighed as I reached out and pulled her into my embrace. "I'm sorry I upset you, he just knows how to upset me."
She snuggled into my arms, her head resting against my chest as she took a few deep breaths. I turned and walked us back over to the bed, I sat on the bed, pulling her down next to me. I looked at her face, realizing how sad and tired she looked. I knew she would never admit it but she had to have been exhausted. I moved back further on the bed so that I was laying down and pulled her along with me, tucking her into the curve of my arm. She yawned as she got comfortable and I pulled the blankets up, covering her entire body.
I believe she was just about to fall asleep when there was a loud pounding on the door that made all of us jump slightly. Rosalie and Carlisle turned and looked at me as I removed myself from the bed and stood next to them by the door. There were so many voices on the other side that it took me a minute to pick out a voice I recognized. I reached out and moved the dresser away from the door as Carlisle and Rosalie both watched me.
"Please open the door." I said to Rosalie as I grinned.
She looked at me for a minute before opening the door, not really sure what I was doing. She had the door about half way open when Emmett walked in, sweeping her off her feet as he pulled her close and kissed her.
"I missed you babe." He said in between kisses.
A few seconds later Esme, Alice and Jasper walked in, Esme and Carlisle quickly moving off to the side to have a private reunion. Alice walked over and checked on Bella, running her fingers through Bella's hair as they hugged each other.
"Wait, how did you get in?" Bella asked as she looked at Alice and Jasper.
"Well, they do have the place surrounded." Jasper said as he grinned. "But, take my advice. Don't try and keep Emmett away from Rosalie."
We all turned and looked to where the two of them were still enjoying the reunion, their arms wrapped around each other. Emmett turned and grinned as he winked at Bella, the story one that all of us had to hear to believe.
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End of Chapter 66
A few minutes later there was another crash as another box flew through the window, barely missing Carlisle. I reached out to grab it and add it to the box that I was currently holding, but was surprised to see a tiny hand reach out and grab it before me.
I turned, expecting Rosalie to be holding the box...but much to my surprise I saw Bella holding the box, the ribbon already half pulled off the box. I looked at her, about to remind her about what Alice said when she pulled the ribbon and opened the box.
The smell hit Rosalie, Carlisle and I before Bella smelt what we all were smelling. I reached out to take the box from her when she dropped it as she screamed. I was instantly at her side, doing my best to calm her as the box it the floor and the finger that was in it rolled onto the floor.
Chapter 67
"Shhhhh Bella," I said as I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to my chest.
She was completely still, not a single muscle moving in her body. I pulled away from her so that I could her face, which was frozen in a mask of horror. I scooted back on the bed, Bella's face held securely in my hands as I looked in her eyes, waiting for her to breath or blink.
"Bella?" I said which seemed to break her of her thoughts. She gasped, tears instantly flowing down her face as she looked in my eyes.
"Was...was that what I thought?" She whispered.
"Yes, I wish that you wouldn't have opened that box." I said softly as I pulled a few loose strands of hair away from her face.
She opened her mouth to say something but at the same time Carlisle's phone rang. I turned and looked at him, waiting to pick from his mind who was on the phone. He didn't know the number, but turned his back on the rest of the room as he answered it. It only took me a second to pick out who was on the phone and instantly I was at his side, my hand held out for the phone.
"What?" I said into the phone as I put it up to my ear.
"Well, that's an interesting way to answer the phone." Gabriel's growled through the phone. "I heard there was quite the commotion up there. Did your precious Bella open the package?"
"Yes." I growled, loosing my temper.
"Touchy, touchy." He laughed. "I seem to remember you being more patient...but that was many years ago."
"What do you want Gabriel"
"Well you know what I want, what my boss wants...Bella. She is not happy that you got her back, she needs to have this...human for some reason." He said, the word 'human' like it was making him sick.
"Well you can tell your boss to go to HELL" I said as I hit the end button and stood facing the wall, not wanting Bella to see me when I was this upset.
I was so focused on my anger and the call that I jumped when Rosalie laid a hand on my shoulder. I turned my head slightly and looked at her out of the corner of my eye, her face full of sorrow.
"Edward," She said as she leaned in and whispered so softly that only I would hear her. "He is trying to upset you."
"And it's working." I hissed between my teeth.
"Stop it." She said loudly. "This is what he wants, he wants you upset. He is waiting for you to misstep so he can take her away again."
I turned my entire body and glared at her, a growl escaping my lips before I could stop. She didn't flinch, didn't even seem phased by the way I reacted. She stood there, her hand still resting on my shoulder as she stared into my eyes, not backing down.
"Look at her," She ordered as she grabbed my head and turned me to face Bella.
I closed my eyes, not wanting her to see me when I was this upset. I opened my eyes and found Bella standing a few feet away from me, her entire body shaking.
"Bella," I sighed as I reached out and pulled her into my embrace. "I'm sorry I upset you, he just knows how to upset me."
She snuggled into my arms, her head resting against my chest as she took a few deep breaths. I turned and walked us back over to the bed, I sat on the bed, pulling her down next to me. I looked at her face, realizing how sad and tired she looked. I knew she would never admit it but she had to have been exhausted. I moved back further on the bed so that I was laying down and pulled her along with me, tucking her into the curve of my arm. She yawned as she got comfortable and I pulled the blankets up, covering her entire body.
I believe she was just about to fall asleep when there was a loud pounding on the door that made all of us jump slightly. Rosalie and Carlisle turned and looked at me as I removed myself from the bed and stood next to them by the door. There were so many voices on the other side that it took me a minute to pick out a voice I recognized. I reached out and moved the dresser away from the door as Carlisle and Rosalie both watched me.
"Please open the door." I said to Rosalie as I grinned.
She looked at me for a minute before opening the door, not really sure what I was doing. She had the door about half way open when Emmett walked in, sweeping her off her feet as he pulled her close and kissed her.
"I missed you babe." He said in between kisses.
A few seconds later Esme, Alice and Jasper walked in, Esme and Carlisle quickly moving off to the side to have a private reunion. Alice walked over and checked on Bella, running her fingers through Bella's hair as they hugged each other.
"Wait, how did you get in?" Bella asked as she looked at Alice and Jasper.
"Well, they do have the place surrounded." Jasper said as he grinned. "But, take my advice. Don't try and keep Emmett away from Rosalie."
We all turned and looked to where the two of them were still enjoying the reunion, their arms wrapped around each other. Emmett turned and grinned as he winked at Bella, the story one that all of us had to hear to believe.