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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 14:16:06 GMT -5
"Alice Cullen!" she cried. Though she wasn't sure exactly what Alice had meant by that statement, knowing the look on Alice's face it couldn't be good.
She opened and closed her mouth a few times before settling on just removing the arm cover from the couch and tossing it at Alice.
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 14:19:21 GMT -5
Alice laughed as the cover went too far and way off from where she sat. "Bella I'm just teasing you!" she said, shaking her head. "You and Edward are both so easy to get rilled up when it comes to anything about the other. No wonder Emmett spends so much effort into bothering Edward when he's here."
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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 14:25:47 GMT -5
Bella rolled her eyes. "Emmett would tease us just the same and with the same amount of effort whether we were easy to rile up or not," she said as her stomach growled.
Laughing, she stood up and stretched. "Did anyone throw out that ice cream I brought over last week?" she asked as she turned towards the kitchen.
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 14:28:42 GMT -5
"Probably true," Alice said with a nod.
The growl of Bella's stomach caused Alice's musical ringing laughter to return as she stood up as well. "I made sure they didn't throw out the ice cream. I'm pretty sure that Esme bought you some chocolate syrup to go with it if you wanted it."
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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 14:38:21 GMT -5
Bella laughed and hurried off to the kitchen. "I'll have to be sure to thank her when she gets back," she said as she pulled out everything she needed.
In just a couple of minutes, she was sitting on the counter holding her bowl of ice cream in one hand and the chocolate syrup in the other. After pouring a generous amount over her ice cream, she picked up her sthingy and raised it to her mouth.
Swallowing the bite of ice cream, she looked at Alice and asked, "When do you think they'll be home?"
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 14:58:40 GMT -5
Alice watched amused as Bella set about preparing her cold treat. Taking a seat on one of the tall stools at the bar type counter she crossed her arms on the table and rested her chin on her arms as she watched her. Bella sure liked the chocolate syrup. Alice had a feeling they'd be buying some more very soon.
"Hmm? Oh probably in a few hours. It's a bit torn at the moment. Edward wants to get back to see you but Carlisle wants to make sure everyone is well fed before coming back."
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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 15:12:02 GMT -5
Bella rolled her eyes. Setting her bowl on her lap she said, "Boys will be boys, I suppose. Always finding something to fight over," she laughed.
Folding one leg under the other, she laid her head back against the cupboard and took another bite of ice cream. "I wish you all didn't have to be so careful with me," she sighed after a moment.
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 17:40:01 GMT -5
Alice perked up and looked at Bella a bit oddly, "What brought that up?" she asked. Sure Bella could be random but something about this sounded like it was really bothering her. Not liking her friend sounding so down she swiftly stood up and wandered over to the counter and hopped up to sit next to Bella.
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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 17:49:47 GMT -5
Bella shrugged her shoulders and tried to keep up as Alice came over and hopped up next to her. She sighed and rested her head on Alice's shoulder, trying to find the words to say what was on her mind.
"It's just -- I love you all so much -- you all are the family that I never really had," she whispered. Sure she had had Renee and Charlie but they were more like friends than family.
"And I hate the fact that you all have to be so careful. I mean I'm like glass around you -- I break so easily. A lot of that is my fault, if I'd only watch where I'm going half of the time I wouldn't be as bad off as I am. But that's not the point. The point is that I hate to be a source of struggle for the family. I'm always around which causes Carlisle to want to make sure that everyone has ate their fill before seeing me and all that jazz," she said, setting her bowl into the sink, her appetite gone.
"It's not fair to you all to have to put up with that struggle -- I know that...I don't know," she muttered, suddenly hopping down off of the counter, "maybe I should just go home before everyone gets back."
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 18:14:33 GMT -5
"Bella what are you talking about. You're practically family to us too.." she started.
"OH," Alice said, eyes widening as Bella babbled on. She tilted her head before shaking it. "Bella, you are not a source of struggle. The only reason we're so careful is because we don't want anything bad to happen to you. It would upset any one of us if anything were to happen to you. You know that."
Alice thought to earlier that year when they'd protected Bella from James. She hopped off the counter as well and gently gripped her best friend's hand. "Please. Stay."
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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 18:23:53 GMT -5
Bella didn't try to tug her hand from Alice's -- she knew it would be useless to attempt it. So she turned her gaze to the floor to ceiling windows and stared out of them, a chill running down her spine at the complete and utter darkness outside.
"Why? Is something bad going to happen if I leave and go home?" she asked quietly. It was the only reason she could think of for Alice not wanting her to go home -- unless Alice planned to show her that she was wrong.
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 18:29:22 GMT -5
Frowning, looking a bit confused to Bella's question she shook her head. "What? No..I just." Alice sighed. "I just didn't want you to leave thinking that you shouldn't be around us." She wasn't quite sure what to say. There were a few different ways the conversation could go and she was pondering it carefully.
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Post by Bella Swan on Aug 14, 2008 18:34:05 GMT -5
"And I really shouldn't. Isn't that what Edward has been trying to tell me all this time? It's dangerous? I suppose it just took something as simple as Carlisle wanting to make sure everyone was full for me to see that," she shook her head and rested her free hand on the counter.
"I don't know -- nevermind, forget that I said that. I suppose it's just the lack of sleep talking. I love you all, you know that, I just don't want to be the reason for any slip ups -- especially with as much as I get hurt," she sighed, closing her eyes and ignoring the stabbing pain in her hand from the cuts and bruises from falling and knocking and Alice's forehead.
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Post by Edward Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 18:45:50 GMT -5
Edward's eyes were deep golden as he drove to the Cullens Mansion, a light smile on his face. He wanted to see Bella so bad. He missed her during all day, or at least, during the last few hours. Carlisle made him and his brothers hunt before getting home, since Bella would be there. At first Edward didn't want to listen to him, he just wanted to get home. But after some moments hunting, he realized how thirsty he was, and how dangerous it would be for him to be around Bella. The other way around, actually. How dangerous it would be for Bella to be around him.
It didn't take long before he saw his house. Edward quickly parked his car, glad to see the lights on through the windows of the mansion. His ride seemed to take hours, but it only lasted a few minutes, due the speed he always drove. But it was always the same way. Time was a bit crazy when he wasn't around Bella.
Edward opened the door, and hurried to the kitchen when he heard a conversation coming from there. He smiled immediately when he saw both Alice and Bella. "Hey there, Alice", he said to his adoptive sister, and then turned his gaze to Bella "Bella!", Edward said, a little surprised when he saw her with all those cuts and bruises. "Oh my God, what hapenned this time?" he asked, walking toward Bella and taking her hand.
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Post by Alice Cullen on Aug 14, 2008 18:53:12 GMT -5
Bella perked up as a vision of Edward arriving entered her mind. "Oh thank God," she mumbled. Before she could say anything to Bella however Edward was already walking in, calling out. Alice watched as he entered the kitchen and said a greeting back to him before he examined Bella and started his normal look over of the damage his girlfriend had managed to wreck on herself.
"I believe she tripped and knocked on my forehead. And she was then claiming that she should leave because she upsets the family." There. Bella was busted. Alice grinned at her.
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