Homework Sucks

Doctor Dover’s POV

I finished entering my report into the computer from my initial visit with the Cullen’s today. There were some major issues I wasn’t comfortable addressing today with our limited time, but I’m sure were closer to understanding why the Cullen’s acted the way they did. Both the girls and the guys had an unguarded moment today where they laughed together and I was able to witness the love that I sensed was there underneath all the anger. I will just have to keep finding ways to remind them.

I had sent them down to the cafeteria so I could compose my report and decide how to proceed from there. I came up with some homework I wanted them to focus on before our next visit. Some of them will a have difficult time, but I believe the items I will have them focus on can help them begin to move forward and start learning to deal with their specific issues.

There was a knock on my door. “Come in.” I said, as Stephenie opened the door and stuck her head in my office.

“The Cullen’s are back, Should I show them to the conference room doctor?” she asked casually leaning against the door.

“Yes, tell them I will be right in to see them. How do they look?” I asked quickly.

Stephenie stuck her head back out the door, “Pretty darn hot if you ask me…”

She really was obsessed, she may need a prescription. “That’s not what I meant Stephenie. Are they getting along, are they tense or are they screaming at each other? I’d like to know what I’m about to walk into, there are quite a few of them.” I asked in a hurry.

Again she glanced out the door, giving a little wave “That tall blond guy is so cute, I think he has leaves in his hair…and what’s up with the sleeve ripped off his shirt. It wasn’t like that before. Anyway, I couldn’t help myself, I had to wave.” She mumbled sheepishly. “Um, they seem to be fine, a little quiet, but fine. No bloodshed for now. Why are you expecting something? Should I call security?”

“No, Stephenie, they are fine, I was just wondering…never mind. Show them to the conference room please and behave…” I stressed behave. She simply rolled her eyes at me and slid out the door.

A few deep, cleansing breaths later, I stood up and prepared myself to go and face the Cullen’s. I knew they would not be happy about the idea of having homework, but it had to be done. I gathered the last of my papers off my desk and headed down the hall. This time when I entered the room instead of hysterical laughter, the Cullen’s looked like they were about to be led to their deaths.

“Come on guys look alive! I know it has been a long day for you…but you look dead on your feet!” I said trying to break the silence with a poor attempt at humor.

Rosalie shook her head in annoyance “You have no idea Dr. Dover, no idea…” I noticed she was glaring at the back of Emmett’s head “Of course it’s nothing a few rubies wouldn’t fix huh Em?” I looked at poor Emmett and he was actually wincing in pain.

“Well, I wanted to to all come together one more time before we ended for the day because I wanted to …” Alice’s scream interrupted me. “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo” was all she said before slamming her head onto the table. Jasper gently reached over and took her hand in his.

Carlisle broke the odd silence. “Go ahead doctor, Alice just has…”

“Cramps.” Emmett shouted.

“Emmett Cullen what would you know about cramps? Does little miss Ruby get really bad cramps? Huh? Does she? That trampy girlfriend of yours…” Rosalie was seething in anger. She seemed to have a lot of resentment towards her brother’s girlfriends…

“Children. You are being extremely rude, Dr. Dover was speaking.” Esme scolded the teens. Silence once again came over the room. “Dr. Dover please continue.”

“Thank you Mrs. Cullen, um where was I…oh yes, I wanted to give each of you an assignment to complete before you come back here for your next session the day after tomorrow. I spent some time, finding one thing I think that might help each of you start breaking down some of the walls that you have put up to protect yourselves. Working on your homework might be painful, but it will help you start dealing with your issues and hopefully in the long run bring you closer together as a family.” I saw them all looking nervously at Alice and Edward who just shook their heads slowly.

“Um, I’ll start with Carlisle and Esme. I would like you two to simply make sure they follow through with their assignments please. The assignments all have a 24 hour duration.” Esme and Carlisle nodded their heads in understanding.

I glanced around and saw Bella was the only one making eye contact with me right now. Of course she looked like a deer in headlights, but still she was looking at me. “Bella, your homework will be to openly discuss the subject of marriage with Edward. Any questions or concerns he asks you about, you need to answer. If something is bothering you or making you nervous about the wedding, you must share that with him.” Bella looked like she was going to faint, while Edward broke out in a huge grin.

“Of all the things, why do I have to do that?” Bella asked quietly. I thought about it before I answered.

“The reason I made that your homework is because I feel like there are still some things you and Edward haven’t discussed. Your concerns about marrying him are important to discuss before you get married and I think it is playing a big role in his behavior towards you. He can’t read your mind Bella, the only way he will know your fears is for you to tell him so that is what I am asking you to do.” The Cullen family exchanged shocked glances and Edward was trying very hard to suppress a smile.

Since Edward was enjoying himself so much, I decided to give him his homework next. “Edward, for your homework, you will let Bella be completely in control. You are to make no decisions, she will make all of them for you. What you wear, where you sit, what you eat, what you watch on TV…all those things are hers to decide. I want you to let go of everything and see how you feel. Bella, he is not your slave and doesn’t have to do what you ‘tell him to do’ but if he has to make a decision, you get the final say. Understand?” Bella looked much happier now while Edward looked livid.

“That is absolutely absurd!” I heard him mumble under his breath.

“It may be absurd, but it is your homework and I have a feeling the whole family is going to make sure you follow through with it, so good luck.” I added.

I looked around and decided to get this one over with…”Emmett, I have an assignment for you. After that little display in the office with your brother, I am still concerned by your sexual choices, so I am giving you a cold shower…no sex for 24 hours. No kissing either…” Rosalie slammed her hand onto the table laughing.

“Oh come on Doc! What did I do to you? I was open and honest and this is what I get for it? Therapy sucks!” Emmett grumbled from his chair. Rosalie however, was beaming.

“Poor pitiful RUBY gets no loving from her grizzly bear Emmett. Ha Ha Ha Ha. Good luck with the homework Emmett. Dr. Dover I swear I will do everything in my power to make sure Emmett has absolutely no physical contact with any female, not even Esme, for 24 hours. I am that dedicated to his recovery. You are a genius doctor.” Her hair swung gracefully over her shoulder as she twisted around in her seat to glare at Emmett.

“I’m so happy to hear how dedicated you are to Emmett’s recovery. Let’s hope you feel the same way about mending your relationship with Bella, because you must come up with two bonding activities to do with her and only her in the next 24 hours. I want you to to get to know each other better and Esme will get final approval on the plans. Does that make sense?” I felt the lasers on my chest as she glared at me. Her smile was completely lost behind the snarl that had appeared. Bella looked terrified again, but Edward gave Rosalie a deadly look, but she ignored it.

“That’s not fair! Why do they get girl time and I get stuck with the boys! I want Bella time…I hate Bella now too!”Alice screeched irrationally, as she bounced up and down in her chair. “Don’t you DARE go shopping.” She spat to them, through clenched teeth.

“Sorry Alice, this is between Rose and Bella, they need to work it out together. I do have some homework for you. Would you like to hear what it is?” I asked like I was speaking to a five year old. She pouted and nodded her head yes.

“I know it didn’t go so well last time, but Alice, I would like you to not shop for 24 hours. Carlisle, I am going to ask you to take the necessary precautions to prepare your home so that Alice will not be tempted to shop.” Alice began vibrating violently in her chair as her eyes grew bigger and bigger and bigger.

“When does the 24 hours start?” She asked in a hurried voice. I didn’t answer fast enough because she screamed “WHEN DOES IT START MAN!”

I had no idea so I randomly chose a time “It starts at 7pm this evening until 7pm tomorrow night.” That seemed to make her relax in her chair a bit. She looked at Edward and then bolted out of her seat for the door.

“Sorry doc!” She took a deep breath and continued “IgottagoshopnowwhileIstillcanbeforeIcan’!” And Alice streaked out of the conference room, the door banging against the wall with such force, that a nearby picture fell of the wall and crashed to the floor.

“This is going to be bad.” Jasper mumbled to himself, Edward nodded his head in agreement. Rosalie once again, seemed to be enjoying her siblings’ torture, her assignment must be looking better and better to her.

I looked around the room, only one person was left, and I was a bit nervous to tell him his, with his having tried to kill Bella and all. I cleared my throat and started talking. “Jasper, that brings us to you. Your homework is going to be difficult for you, but I think it will help you and your family tremendously. For 24 hour I want you to openly express every emotion you are feeling to your family. Make them feel whatever you are feeling, express yourself.” Jasper’s normally stoic face, broke into a huge smile. He briefly made eye contact with Edward who looked really upset.

“Doctor, I will do whatever you say, you are the professional and I am merely the patient. Thank you for this opportunity. I’m sure my family will find it …quite interesting to feel all my feelings. I just hope they can handle it, especially my dear brother Emmett.” Emmett gasped as Jasper’s gaze met his, like a mental light bulb just went off in his head. Emmett lowered his head to the table and muttered about finding a monastery somewhere for the day…

Carlisle looked around the room at his children who were having all different reactions to the homework given. Some were thrilled, some were scared, others annoyed, depressed and panicked. One had even fled the room to go on a last minute shopping bender before her homework began. He rose to his feet and addressed me “Dr. Dover I want to thank you for all your help today. I promise that Esme and I will make sure the children complete their assignments that you have given them to the best of their abilities before our next session.” He extended his hand to me, and Esme did the same.

“Jasper, please go down to the gift shop and pry Alice out of there before there are no ‘get well’ gifts left for the real patients. The rest of you may head home and we will have a family meeting this evening at 5pm. Bella, I will call Charlie and talk to him, I would like you to be at the meeting as well. Please thank Dr. Dover for his patience with us today.”

A chorus of, “Thank you doctor, and thanks doc!” came from the Cullen children as they gracefully exited the conference room. As I followed them to the waiting room, I saw maintenance replacing the pane of glass on the main office door. Stephenie glared at Rosalie as she walked past her desk. I guess I know what broke out here earlier… I thought to myself. Rosalie flashed a beautiful smile at the maintenance workers who decided to hold the door open for her as she exited the office.

As the last Cullen closed the door shut behind them I finally exhaled, I looked over at Stephenie, and mumbled “Hold all my calls, I need a few minutes alone.” I stumbled into my office and sank back into my large, padded chair.

What the hell was I thinking agreeing to this case? They looked so normal...I’m definitely going to need a drink after work.

An Unlikely Alliance

BPOV

We rode back to the Cullen’s in silence. Carlisle had called and explained the situation to Charlie and he agreed to let me spend the next two days at Edward’s house under Carlisle’s watchful eye. My head rested on the cool car window of Edward’s car for a few minutes, while I tried to gather my thoughts.

Edward couldn’t stand my silence any longer “Sooooo how was your session?” he asked tentatively, but with a coy tone in his voice, trying to break the tension in the car.

I glanced at his face and saw the worry hidden behind his little smirk. “Oh, not much. Let’s see Alice admitted she gives my clothes to the River People as kindling for their fires, I outed Alice as a shopping addict, Rosalie said I was marrying you for the sex, so that’s when I said she had an eating disorder, the doctor made her eat an apple and then she threatened to eat me. Then during the group hug, Rose shoved me into Dr, Dover who now thinks I have a thing for him I think…Oh yeah, and she rubbed apple juice in my hair…a good time was had by all if you ask me.” I looked up and saw the shock on his face.

“Didn’t you see any of this in their thoughts?” I asked confused.

He shook his head “No, I told you I was blocking everyone like Carlisle asked. Wow, your session went about as well as ours did.”

My curiosity peaked, I grinned as I asked “And what did you boys talk about?”

Edward took a deep breath “Well, The session started with Jasper and the doctor getting into a Civil War show down of sorts, the doctor was afraid to ask him too many questions with him being an attempted murderer and all, then Jasper made Emmett and I laugh and the doctor thought we were having a break down…so Emmett said Jasper was a cross dresser and he admitted wearing women’s underwear…” We looked at each other and said at the same time “Alice!” and laughed. Edward continued the story. “But then the doctor was starting to figure everything out about Alice and Jasper so I said Emmett was a sex addict which of course he was totally proud of and went on to tell…way too much information to the doctor. And then Emmett almost slipped up and that is where ‘Ruby’ came from.”

“Oh, that explains it, Rose kept saying all this stuff about some tramp Ruby. And then broke the window in the office door…I guess it makes sense in a weird Rosalie way to be mad at Emmett for making up a fake girlfriend which is really her.” I mumbled. “So what else happened?”

“More stuff about Emmett’s sex life, costumes…ugh…and then he actually referred to himself as a sexual hero, still not sure I understand that one…and then Emmett told Dr. Dover I hear voices…” He nearly whispered the last part.

“He told the doctor you hear voices?” I burst out into hysterical laughter. “Oh my gosh Edward what did you do?”

“I went along with it…told him the voices told me to do bad things and when they did I would hit Emmett and Jasper…then we argued about you becoming a vegetarian and then the group hug thing at the end.” He shifted nervously in his seat.

“And was it during the group hug that Emmett made out with you?” I asked trying my hardest not to laugh. I bit my lip as hard as possible without breaking the skin while my body shook from the suppressed laughter.

“Stupid Jasper sent a wave of lust when Emmett was hugging me and he went monkey nuts and started kissing me. That’s why Jasper ran out of our session. We found him hiding in the bushes out front and after the atomic wedgie Emmett gave him, he apologized. Of course the shirt sleeve was an accident, Esme is a bit mad about that one.”

As he finished his tale, we found ourselves sitting in front of the Cullen house. Neither one of us moved to get out of the car. I turned to see him tapping his fingers nervously on the steering wheel. “How long do you think we can hide out here?” I asked smiling.

“Not long enough. Come on, Carlisle knows we’re here and if we don’t get in there, he’s just going to drag us in kicking and screaming.” Edward said as he turned off the car.

“Can we go hide in your room until the meeting?’ I asked hopefully. Edward gave me a dazzling smile as he leaned over to me and said “We can try…” As he leaned closer to me I heard a tap on the glass. When I turned , I saw Emmett pressed against the glass making kissy faces.

“I would have thought you and Rose would be upstairs…having a moment before your drought starts dear brother. Alice is definitely making the most out of her last few free hours.“ Edward teased Emmett as we climbed out of the car.

Emmett started pouting “Well, I would be up there, however Rose is still a little miffed about the Ruby thing. I just don’t get it, she is Ruby. She knows that right? “ Emmett asked me.

“Yes Emmett, I think she knows. Maybe you should go tell her that Ruby is a miserable slut and you dumped her and realized Rose was the only woman for you. That might work. If it doesn’t, don’t tell her I gave you the idea. Got it?” I said quite seriously. I had to spend time with Rose and the last thing I wanted was her mad at me.

A huge smile broke out on Emmett’s face. “Thanks Bella. That’s a great idea.” He leaned over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Edward shot him a an annoyed glare which made Emmett roll his eyes and give me a big kiss me on the lips. “What can I say, I’m just a sex addict and now I’ve kissed both of you in the same day! Was it as good for you as it was for me?” He teased, but then he looked really nervous. “Just …um, don’t tell Rose I kissed you or I’ll be dead, thanks.”

He ran off into the house and we heard him yelling for Rosalie as the door shut behind him. I took Edward’s hand in mine as we walked up to the porch. Inside the house there was a flurry of activity. Alice was on line and on the phone, feverishly making purchases and cursing about the slow speed of the modem. Jasper was sitting next to her with a pile of catalogs, ready to hand her the next one when she was finished. She glanced in our direction and gave us a quick smile but went back to her ordering. I heard her arguing with the person on the phone about overnight shipping.

My idea must have worked because I saw Emmett scoop Rosalie up in his arms and run up the stairs. “Thank goodness they made up.” I said to myself, but of course Edward heard and was completely puzzled by my interest.

“Why are you so concerned about their love life Bella?” The confusion was written all over Edward’s face.

“Well, it’s for a somewhat selfish reason. I want Rosalie as happy as possible when we do our bonding activities and some alone time with Emmett will help keep her mood up. I don’t want her anymore irritable than necessary.” My words made Edward burst out laughing.

“It’s all about getting through the next 24 hours alive Edward, self- preservation.” A loud crash came from upstairs that got even Alice’s attention. Esme, who had been sitting quietly on the couch just shook her head. “You two may not want to head upstairs for a while…” I nodded my head in agreement. Edward gave a slight shudder and went and sat at the piano and played for awhile to drown out the sounds of Emmett and Rosalie’s love, coming from upstairs.

At precisely 5:00 Carlisle came into the family room and asked us to join him in the dining room. Emmett and Rosalie emerged from upstairs, both with silly grins on their faces, Emmett gave me a wink which made me blush. Edward’s arm wrapped around me as he lead me to the chair next to his. When we were all finally seated, Carlisle stood at the head of the table again and began.

“I want to thank you all for going to therapy today, I know it was not easy for any of you, but Esme and I stand firmly behind our decision to give this a try. I also know that the homework Dr. Dover gave each of you will be quite challenging but I have no doubt that you all will be successful in completing it. Esme and I have decided that you will all complete your homework in the same 24 hour period so from 7 pm tonight until 7 pm tomorrow homework rules apply. Alice, the phone and Internet will be cut to the house to help you. Rosalie will also disable all the cars so no one will be leaving by car. If you try and make a run for it, Emmett has gladly agreed to restrain you.” Alice started tapping her foot nervously.

“As for you Emmett, you may not be alone with Rosalie at any give time during the 24 hour period. Someone must be with you are all times. We are also taking the door off your bedroom just to be safe, not that it would stop you, but …” Carlisle’s voice trailed off as we all snickered. He was right, having no door wouldn’t stop them.

“Edward, you know the rules for you and Bella and I hope that we won’t have any problems with you two fulfilling your assignments. We hope Bella, that you will not abuse the power that has been given to you where Edward is concerned and Edward we ask that you remain considerate of Bella as she completes her homework. A little understanding and patience from you will be expected.” Edward nodded his head alongside me.

Carlisle sighed, “Jasper, Jasper, Jasper.” Jasper let out a small, evil chuckle which gave me goosebumps. “You my son, have the power to make all of our lives miserable for the next 24 hours but I hope that you will refrain from doing so and I personally will be keeping my eye on you.” This time, Jasper sank a bit lower in his chair, knowing Carlisle was serious. “I do not want you thwarting your siblings homework attempts for your own personal amusement. Got it?” Jasper silently nodded his head, but I was still worried because Edward was still glaring at him.

“You all have two hours, use them wisely…at 7pm, homework begins.” The words no sooner left Carlisle’s lips and Alice sprang out of her seat, jumped over Jasper’s legs and sprinted back toward the garage. Jasper was hot on her heels “I’ll be back by seven I swear Carlisle…” Alice shrieked as she tore out of the house. I heard Rosalie’s high pitched squeal as Emmett chased her back upstairs.

At 6:50 pm the front door flew open and Alice stumbled into the house. Jasper’s hair was disheveled and he looked slightly dazed. Edward sprung to his feet and ran over to him “Jasper what the hell happened to you? Did you get attacked?” Jasper shook his head no, but refused to speak. Alice plopped down on the couch next to me.

“Alice, are you OK?” I asked hesitantly. Alice turned to me with a glassy look in her eyes. “It was really scary Bella, I dragged Jazz to the …oh my god…I dragged him to …Walmart! They had so much stuff…it was a Super Walmart and I just ran through the aisles throwing things into the cart as fast as I could. When I filled one up, I hurled it at Jasper and got a new one. People thought I had won some sort of radio contest and only had 2 minutes to shop. After it went on for twenty minutes, people got scared. When they called the police we took off. Jasper is still in shock.” She glanced lovingly over at her husband who was sitting perfectly still at the kitchen counter. Edward’s mouth was hanging open, as he sat there reading Jasper’s thoughts I’m sure.

“What did you do with all the stuff Alice?” I looked around and noticed she hadn’t brought a single bag into the house with her.

“We took it all down to the women’s shelter…they thought they won the lottery.” Alice mumbled as she got up off of the couch and walked over to the still stunned Jasper. “Sorry Jazz, I don’t know what came over me…” She whispered sweetly in his ear.

He held up a hand to stop her. “Let’s never speak of it again Alice.” He glanced down at his watch. “I need to get my emotions under control in the next seven minutes or everyone in a mile radius is going to have a complete panic attack. Please excuse me…” Jasper rose out of his chair and walked up to their room.

With a sad face, Alice trailed after him. “Wait for me Jazz, I’m better now I promise…”

Stunned, Edward and I sat at the kitchen counter when suddenly the lights flickered. “What the heck was that?” I asked

Edward started laughing. “Carlisle is a brilliant surgeon, however his electrical skills could use some work.” From the basement I heard Carlisle shout, “I heard that Edward…you want to come down here and help smart guy?” Edward rolled his eyes “He’s trying to disconnect the phone and Internet but apparently the wires all look the same.”

I giggled at the thought of Carlisle downstairs swearing at the circuit board. “AHA! Success…” I heard Carlisle say as he came up the basement stairs. Rosalie appeared from her room, straightening her hair as she scurried off to the garage. “I’m on it Carlisle…I just got a little distracted.” Edward glanced nervously at his watch.

“One minute until homework starts. Are you ready?” He asked anxiously. I shook my head no. He took my hand in his and lead me out to the couch in the family room.

In the corner of the room, Carlisle was making sure the Internet was disabled completely. Esme came in and watched over his shoulder as he fiddled with the computer. “No online shopping for 24 hours.” He said with a wink.

Emmett reappeared from his room, looking happy as a clam. He was messing with his watch when he looked up at us and explained “What? I’m just setting an alarm, I want to know the second my 24 hours are up!” Rosalie came in from the garage, having just disabled the cars. We were all officially trapped together for the next 24 hours.

“Come on Rose…” Emmett wailed.

She looked up at him totally confused “What are you whining about you big baby? It’s been what, thirty seconds?? Maybe you do have a problem.” He walked slowly over to her and pointed at a smear of grease on her cheek from her working on the cars.

“You know how much I like you all greasy Rose…why would you do this to me when I’m supposed to be living the life of a monk…” He was actually pouting like a baby.

Rose was trying to wipe it off, but missed a part and he just kept whining. Having had enough of Emmett’s tantrum, I got up and walked over to her. “Come here Rose, no look, you missed a spot right here..apparently that tiny mark is enough to bring the big guy to his knees.”

She pulled her long blond hair back to expose her whole cheek. As I raised my hand to wipe the grease off, Rose suddenly grabbed my wrist, and I froze somewhat terrified. Her piercing eyes looked into mine and somewhere in the background I heard Edward yell “JASPER!” but it was too late, before I could blink, Rose planted a huge kiss on my lips.

Everything happened quickly. I heard a huge crash and a lot of swearing but all I could see were Rosalie’s eyes, inches away from mine. She had me in some sort of vampire vice grip that I couldn’t escape from as her lips continued to move against mine, so I simply stood there frozen. Her lips stayed pressed against mine for what seemed like an eternity, until her eyes flew open and she screamed in shock. “What the hell just happened?”

“Um, I think you just kissed me Rose. Was that one of our bonding activities?” I asked nervously. If that was one, I was afraid of what the other would be. I found it hard to believe Esme would have approved of that type of bonding experience.

“Of course not! Jasper, that evil little twit, sent this enormous wave of lust at me right when you got close and I couldn’t stop myself…Jasper you will die…” Her screams finally died down when we both turned to face the rest of the Cullen’s.

Emmett was sitting on top of what remained of Esme’s coffee table with his hand over his heart, clutching his shirt. Edward had his hand over his mouth and his other hand was ripping into the arm of the couch. Carlisle and Esme were laughing hysterically over near the computer and Alice was at the top of the stairs smacking Jasper repeatedly.

“What is it with you and causing everyone to make out today? First, Edward and Emmett and now the girls? Did you watch some perverted orgy movie last night? I thought we blocked all those channels from you guys after the last incident.” She asked with an accusatory stare.

“No, No, Alice, I thought Rose would be with Emmett, and she’d,…you know, jump on Emmett… I had no idea she’s start making out with Bella! Emmett is filling my universe with all his lustful feelings for a greasy Rosalie…I was just letting the family feel my emotions like Dr. Dover said…and then YOU kissed me and I just couldn’t stop myself! But now look at Emmett, he’s paralyzed I think.” My eyes flew back down to Emmett who was panting, but hadn’t moved an inch, his eyes were still going back from my face to Rosalie’s as he clutched his heart. From the stairs, Alice and Jasper’s laughter flowed throughout the house. “Quick Jazz we better hide…”

When it finally sank in that I had just kissed Rosalie, my face turned scarlet and I backed away from her slowly “Sorry Rose, my bad..um the grease is still there, but I’ll let you get it…” And as fast as I could, I jumped into Edward’s lap and buried my face. He sat as still as a statue for a few more seconds and then I heard him exhale slowly. His free arm wrapped gently around my shoulder as he kissed my head.

“So, who’s a better kisser, me or Rose?” he asked casually. I felt his body start to shake from his laughter. Furious, I sat up and looked him in the eye, raised an eyebrow and replied.“Jealous are you Edward? Let’s just say I can see why Emmett enjoys kissing her so much! ” I fumed as I stood up and started walking upstairs. I saw Rose glare at the still stunned Emmett and storm up the stairs ahead of me. She slammed the door so hard, I heard the wood crack. Of course Alice and Jasper had disappeared, fearing for their safety.

As I reached the top of the stairs, I paused, long enough to hear Emmett finally speak. “Dude, that was probably the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.” I smiled, that explained Emmett’s reaction.

What shocked me was Edward’s reply “I know…” as he started laughing with Emmett.

I glanced down the stairs and saw Rose had poked her head out the door and was listening to them too. She had a huge smile on her face. Her eyes traveled up to the hall I was standing in when I saw her hold up one finger for me to wait for her. She silently flew up the stairs and came into Edward’s room, closing the door behind us. A notepad appeared out of her pocket as scribbled me a note.

‘Sorry about the kiss. Jasper sucks. I know what our first bonding activity will be. We’re going on a picnic for breakfast. Sound good?’

I nodded my head yes and smiled.

I took the pen ‘What’s on the menu for the picnic?‘

A huge grin came across her face a she scrawled ‘A dish best served cold…’

I read it and gave her a wink of understanding. An unlikely alliance had been formed between us and it had been sealed with a kiss.

Rose started writing again. ‘When we go on our picnic, I need Edward to play the piano until we get back so no one in the house will overhear our conversation. Can you swing that?’

I flashed her the thumbs up, making her grin even wider than before. She gave me a quick hug and disappeared out the door.

Edward was still downstairs, discussing who knows what with Emmett, when I decided to make his first decision for him. I went over to his door, threw it open and yelled “Edward, you have just decided to come upstairs and make sure I am OK after making out with your sister!”

Emmett started laughing “Ha ha, Bella’s making your decisions for you. Ha ha a girl is telling you what to do…”

“Bella?” I heard Edward call up the stairs.

“Yes, I decided you can smack him, use Rosalie’s bonus issue of Cosmo…it’s thicker please!” I replied.

Two loud WHAPS later, Edward was at my side on his leather couch.

“How are you? I’m so sorry my sister molested your lips.” He said meekly. I raised an eyebrow at him in disbelief. “Somehow I just don’t think you’re all that sorry about it.” I quipped.

“Come on Bella, you have to admit it was kind of funny…” he said while poking my side trying to get me to laugh.

“Was it as funny as when Emmett kissed you today? Would you call that funny? At least the only person that saw it was Jasper. I made out with Rose in front of the entire family!” My voice kept getting louder until I was finally shouting at him.

I was taken completely off guard when instead of looking angry, Edward looked amused. “What is so funny Edward? Is my anger amusing to you?” I shouted.

“No love, but it’s not your anger your feeling right now…”

“Damn it Jasper!” I screamed as I ran in to the hall in time to see a blur of blond hair running down the stairs. “You better run Jasper…I’ll remember this…when you least expect it!!” Completely out of air, I bent over and put my hands on my thighs trying to catch my breath. “stupid vampire brother in law” I mumbled as I walked back into Edward’s room.

“Thanks for all your help with your brother Edward.” I snarled. Realizing I was still acting like a rabid dog, I took a few deep breaths while Edward continued to be amused by my current state.

“You are really cute when you are angry, did you know that?” He said as he came over and wrapped his arms around my waist.

“Not funny Edward, I’m still mad.” My mind was racing with ways to bring down Jasper when I felt Edwards face right next to mine.

“You know Bella, I was trying to decide if I should kiss your shoulder or your neck, what do you think?” His icy breath sent chills down my back as his face brushed against my hair.

“Um…well…you should definitely kiss my neck I guess…” Immediately, I felt his lips against the warm skin of my neck. My knees felt weak as my head swam.

“Are you feeling better now Bella?” Edward whispered with his lips still kissing along my neck.

“Yeah…better…much better.” I mumbled as my heart jumped into overdrive. Edward laughed at the thunder of my heart as I leaned back into his chest.

“So Bella, now that you are feeling better…” His lips slowly moved up to my cheek and were creeping slowly toward my lips “MMMHMM” I mumbled incoherently as my eyes closed, waiting for his lips to touch mine.

“I have some wedding questions for you!” My eyes flew open to see his grinning face a millimeter away from mine.

“Fine, but what are you going to wear when you interrogate me? Oh, that’s easy, you just decided to be shirtless when you ask these ridiculous questions. Strip Edward!” I demanded as I flopped myself onto his bed. I laid on my stomach and propped my head up under my elbows waiting for the show to begin.

“Bella, I am not taking off my shirt.” He said stubbornly.

“Yes you are.”

“No.”

“Yes you are…Carlisle!!!!!” I yelled. Within seconds, Carlisle stood in the doorway to Edward’s room. “What did you need Bella?” He asked as he glanced at Edward’s annoyed face.

“Edward isn’t doing his homework and I thought you should know about it.”

“Edward what did you do now?” Carlisle sighed.

“Nothing, Bella is being absurd again. She said I have to take off my shirt when I talk to her. Dr. Dover said I was not her slave.” He said indignantly and crossed his arms.

“I did not say you had to take your shirt off, I asked you what you were planning on wearing when you asked me these questions which requires you to make a decision, which you are not allowed to make, so I get to make it for you and I say you are shirtless. Carlisle you are the judge, did I break any rules here?” I innocently asked as I looked up at Carlisle who was trying to hold in a laugh. His eyes went apologetically to Edward who let out a loud sigh and started unbuttoning his shirt.

“Thanks for the help Carlisle!” I waved merrily as he left Edward’s room, closing the door behind himself.

“See I was right you were wrong…” I teased but then the breath caught in my throat. Edwards shirt was off, exposing his pale chest which was the picture of perfection. My eyes took in the beauty that was a shirtless Edward, burning the image into my memory. As I sat utterly dazzled on the bed, something black hit me in the face and snapped me back to reality. When I looked down, it was Edward’s shirt and it was in my lap. “It’s not nice to throw things Edward.”

“It’s not nice to stare Isabella” He said as his honey eyes looked deeply into mine. He came over and laid down beside me on the bed, resting his head on his arm.

“So, now that I am half naked, can I ask a few questions?” He asked sweetly.

“Yeah- you can pretty much do whatever you want if you’re half naked Edward, to tell you the truth…” I mumbled still under the influences of his dazzling. He laughed to himself and then pondered his first question.

“Do you love me?’

“Of course I love you.”

“Do you want to spend eternity with me?”

“Again, of course I do.”

“Why does marriage scare you so much?”

“My mom brainwashed me.”

“Are you afraid of what Renee or Charlie will think about us getting married?”

“I guess part of me is concerned about that but if they don’t warm up to the idea, I’ll just have you go over there shirtless and unleash all your dazzling powers on them and they’ll be putty in your hands. And then, when I’m a vampire, I can help dazzle them too! But I’ll keep my shirt on…”

“So are you happy we’re getting married or are you just going through the motions to make everyone else happy?” I noticed he held his breath as he waited or my answer.

I took his hand into mine and looked him right in the eye as I answered. “I’m thrilled to be marrying you, terrified of the whole wedding thing, though. As long as Alice behaves, I’ll be fine. Truly, I cannot wait to become Mrs. Edward Cullen.”

“So then you’re not just marrying me for the sex?” A beautifully crooked grin broke out on his face. I gave his shoulder a teasing shove.

“No Edward, I am not marrying you for the sex, however I am expecting it to be spectacular, the sex that is…no pressure of course.”

“Bella, what am I going to do with you?” He asked as he leaned over and kissed my forehead.

“Marry me, have sex with me and then change me into a vampire so we can spend an eternity together. How does that sound?” I asked playfully as I traced my fingers across his bare back.

“Perfect.” He purred in my ear as he started kissing me. I rolled onto my back and Edward moved over me, never taking his lips from mine. I moved my hands up and down his back, trying not to pull him too close or I knew he’d move away.

“Breathe Bella” He whispered as he moved his lips down my neck and across my collarbone. I moved my hands between us and began running my fingers over the perfectly sculpted muscles of his chest. I felt him take a deep breath and whisper my name.

My head was spinning until I was brought back to reality. The door to Edward’s room flew off the hinges and crashed to the ground inches form the bed. “Get off her man!” I heard Emmett shout. “For the love of God are you trying to kill me? I have Jasper throwing buckets of lust at me because of you two! It’s so bad, that Esme has locked Rosalie in an undisclosed location in the house and it’s only 8:30pm. I still have 22 hours thirty minutes to go… Edward where the hell is your shirt?”

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BPOV

“Back off Emmett or I’ll have him decide to take the pants off too and then you’ll really be in trouble because I don’t think even your vampire strength will be able to keep me away from him…” I shot back as I climbed onto my knees on the bed, daring him to tempt me. Edward looked terrified that Emmett would say something stupid that would cause him to lose his pants.

Realizing the insanity of his actions, Emmett fell to the ground and began rocking back and forth on the floor. “I’m not going to make it…this is impossible…maybe I should go find a cave to hide in until tomorrow…” I had never seen Emmett look so pitiful for as long as I’d known him.

Edward walked over to him to give him a little pep talk “Come on Emmett, you can do this…you’ve been away from Rosalie before and you survived. Why is this any different? Come on, Bella we need to decide what to do to keep Emmett occupied, and since that is your department…”

I thought about it for a few minutes and then a brilliant idea came to me, but I had to quickly change my mind before Alice saw what I had planned. I looked at Edward and Emmett. “Do you both trust me?” My smile must have scared them because they looked at me for a really long time weighing their options before finally nodding their heads yes.

I ran into Edward’s closet and grabbed a pile of clothes. “Edward put on as much clothing as possible, but be subtle about it, Alice can’t notice. Wear three pairs of socks, two tank tops under you shirt, shorts under your jeans that kind of thing OK?” The corner’s of his mouth turned up into a smile, even though he couldn’t read my mind, he could see where this was going and was happy about it.

“Emmett, you go do the same thing…remember, be subtle, we don’t want certain people knowing what we are up too…” Emmett slowly got up off the floor and smiled. If there is one thing Emmett loved it was a good prank. “We’ll meet you downstairs in a while.”

I ran into the bathroom and gathered as many clothes as I could find. I even stole a few pairs of Edward’s socks. With my layers of clothing on my body, I grabbed a sweatshirt and threw it on. Edward looked exactly the same, except he choose a more loose fitting shirt to hide the layers beneath it.

I took his hand “You are going to have to trust me OK? Just go with the flow, you know who the target of this little caper is right? I’m sure you can feel it…so use your power when the time is right. Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes.” I said with a wink.

He leaned in and gave me a kiss “Whatever you say Bella, you are in charge today.” As his cool breath hit my face, my knees started to buckle, but I quickly shook off the fog.

“We can’t do this now Edward, think of poor Emmett. I don’t want to see him explode.” I gave his hand a squeeze and he laughed and led me downstairs.

“Where’s Alice” I whispered to Edward.

“She and Jasper are busy at the moment. “ Edward chuckled. “Apparently they decided to hide in the attic closet, but when no one came looking for them, they got bored…now, they aren’t so bored anymore.” I clapped my hands together, this just might work.

“Do you know where Esme has Rosalie hidden?” Edward nodded his head yes. “Good, go tell them how to dress and get ready to come downstairs in a few minutes. Hurry!” Edward ran upstairs, while I hurried into Carlisle’s office and closed the door tightly behind me.

“What can I do for you Bella?” Carlisle asked form behind his desk. My face blushed my darkest shade of red. I was nervous he would object to my plan, but I had to try.

“Hey Carlisle, so um, ..I have a favor to ask.” I said looking down at my shoes nervously.

“So ask me.” I could hear the smile in his voice. I looked up and took deep breath and started rambling.

“Jasper is abusing his homework privileges and making everyone miserable, especially poor Emmett. So I was hoping you would join us for a little game so we can get back a little at Jasper?” I managed to finish the whole speech in one big breath. When I ran out of air, I waited patiently for his response.

I watched his eyes twinkle as a smile came over his face. “Count me in. What should I do?”

I quickly told him to put a few extra layers of clothing on and join the rest of us in the family room. When I finished the explanation, he got out of his chair and hugged me. “You really were made for Edward weren’t you? This family was truly blessed the day you came into our lives. Another evil genius to add to the bunch.” He said with a laugh as he went to find Esme and prepare for the fun.

I ran out to the family room and found Edward, Emmett and Rosalie sitting on the couch. Rosalie was rubbing Emmett’s back gently as he looked lovingly at her. Edward opened his arms and I climbed happily into his lap. “Sooo are they still occupied?” I asked casually.

Edward’s face grimaced “Yes, they’re occupied”

“How occupied?” I asked.

“Very” Edward said as I felt him shudder.

“Perfect.” I said as I winked at Emmett. His face broke out in a grin as Esme and Carlisle joined us.

“Here goes nothing…” I said as I looked at Rosalie.

“So Rose, would you like to go shopping?” 3,2,1

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” A horrible scream came from the attic. There was a crash and a little black blur flew downstairs and blocked our exit. Alice stood in the doorway, her arms extended out at her sides. She was in a crouching position like she was ready to pounce on us if we took one step toward the door.

Her hair was completely disheveled, but what made us all laugh, was the fact that her shirt was on backwards, only one leg was fully in her jeans and she stood there in bare feet. Jasper came running downstairs a few seconds behind her and he looked no better. His shirt was wide open and he stood there in his boxer shorts fuming.

“No one is leaving this house to shop, got it!” Alice growled in my direction. In that second she was the scariest vampire I had ever seen.

Carlisle stood up and walked over to Alice. I felt Jasper send a wave of calm through the room. “Alice, Bella and Rosalie were teasing, they aren’t going anywhere. Come on, get away from the door and you may want to fix your pants there..” He said as he waved a finger in the direction of her exposed leg.

Alice gave a little scream and threw her leg into the jeans in a blink of an eye. “Sorry guys, I overreacted.” Alice mumbled as she joined us on the couch. I gently patted her on the back.

“I know you are having a hard time Alice, but look at it this way, only 22 more hours to go.” Somehow she wasn’t soothed by my words.

“Can we do something please…I need a distraction or I’m just going to stare at the clock for the rest of the night.” Emmett whined as he threw his head down into his hands.

Before jasper could sneak out and get dressed I shouted “Strip poker – House rules!” Edward had told me once about the house rules of strip poker which always gave the advantage to the person calling the game. Basically if strip poker with house rules was called, everyone in the room had to play and you could not leave the room to put on additional clothes. You played in whatever you were wearing.

Jasper got mad, really mad because he was half naked. “Bella, I’m not playing strip poker…I’m hardly wearing anything! That’s not fair…”

It was Esme who spoke up and settled the argument that was about to start “Jasper, it is fair. Who was it again that came up with the ridiculous ‘House rules’ option anyway?” Here eyes went from Jasper to Alice immediately.

“That’s not my fault, I did it because whenever we would want to play, Edward would always poke around in my head and then go bundle up like he was going on an Arctic expedition !” Alice whined.

Esme held up her hands for everyone to stop talking. “The game has been called, we are all playing and homework is still in effect. Emmett, I think you shouldn’t sit right next to Rosalie, that might be a bit much. Bella, you still have to make Edward’s decisions for him, so you decide what cards he keeps and which ones he discards. Oh, you also choose what clothing he takes off… I think we’ve covered everything right? Ok let the game begin!”

The boys moved the couches and coffee table out of the way to make a big open space on the floor for everyone to sit. I sat next to Edward so I could chose his cards for him. Esme sat between Emmett and Rose so Emmett would behave. Carlisle sat on the other side of Emmett, just in case. Alice and Jasper were still muttering about how unfair the game was.

The first few hands, we played fair. A pile of socks and sweaters was starting to form on the floor. Jasper was playing very cautiously, hardly staying in at all since he didn’t have much clothing to lose. It was time to start phase one of the ‘real’ game so I gently touched Edward’s thigh and gave it a squeeze. He looked over at me and smiled to tell me he understood the plan was beginning. It was time of Edward and I to get into a fight.

Edward started laughing to himself. All of the Cullen’s were staring at him now, he never just broke out into random laughter, I think they were concerned for his mental health. “Edward dear, what is so funny?” Esme asked very sweetly, not wanting to upset him if he was having some kind of breakdown.

“Sorry everyone, Emmett just had a funny image pop into his head.” Edward said as he regained control of himself. Emmett must have asked Edward a quick question because I saw a look pass between the two brothers and then Emmett started laughing now.

“I was just trying to do distract you a little Edward, no harm in trying.” Emmett turned to a confused Jasper and said “Cat woman” And then they both looked at me. I felt my face turn three shades of red when Jasper joined Emmett’s laughter.

Rose could see what was happening and decided to fuel the fire. “What about Cat woman Emmett?” Her voice was annoyed as she asked.

“On nothing Rose, just something I offered Edward during our session today.” That caused all the boys, except Carlisle, to burst into laughter. All eyes were again on me. Rose put two and two together and shrieked “You offered to lend him my Cat woman costume for her? She wouldn’t last five seconds in the boots alone!”

Emmett doubled over in laughter “I know, that’s what made Edward laugh…I imagined her falling…”

I spun to face Edward “So you find that funny Edward? My falling down amuses you? So glad I could be the joke of your session today!” I sent out as much anger as I could so Jasper would buy it. Of course he didn’t know I was thinking about how mad I was when he got Rose and I to kiss earlier…

“Bella, I didn’t mean…it was just…funny…well..not funny, unexpected…” Edward stammered trying to get out of trouble.

“Alice deal the cards, we have a game to play.” I said as I continued at glare at Edward. I could feel Jasper’s amusement growing.

The next few hands I threw away any cards in Edward’s hand that were higher than a ten. He discarded a pair of aces, three kings and a possible straight. Each time he would huff and puff and once he even shouted that I made him throw in a pair. When Edward ‘decided’ to stay in a hand with a jack high and lost, I made him take off his pants, which earned me a warning glance from Edward. It’s all for the plan, it’s all for the plan…I thought with a smirk on my face.

While Jasper continued to enjoy Edward’s misery, he played his poker hands very cautiously, again , not wanting to make a mistake and lose his shirt or boxers.

We had to get Jasper to be a bit arrogant, so I decided to start bragging about my hand to Emmett, who then followed suit and doubled the pot and offered two items of clothing if his hand got beat. Soon, Rose and Carlisle took the bet, each claiming they had the best hand. The room, filled with bravado and our arrogance caused Jasper to finally stay in for a hand. The fish was nibbling on the hook, time to reel him in. What Jasper didn’t know, was that I was holding an amazing hand, nearly impossible to beat.

Emmett laid down his massive pair of queens, that were immediately beat by Rosalie’s three sixes. Carlisle laid down three nines proudly, until Jasper started grinning. “Feeling confident Jasper?” I asked. I was exuding as much confidence as I could, and I assumed the others were doing the same. If Jasper lost, he was naked if I lost, I still have five layers of clothes to go through before I would remotely show any skin. That thought alone make me more confident that anything.

“Yes, Bella, I am feeling very good about this hand. How are you feeling?” He asked.

“You tell me Jasper…” He looked deeply into my eyes and mumbled “HHHHHMMMMM very confident are you Bella?”

“Yep, pretty confident” My smile just grew as I answered him. Edward leaned over and looked at my cards. ‘Are you sure you want to stay in Bella? Jasper hasn’t gone in on a single hand today, he probably has something really good.” He whispered to me, but we both knew everyone in the room was listening intently.

“I’m staying in, I definitely think I can beat Jasper!” I said even more arrogant than before. I’m sure Edward was beginning to feel as nervous as possible so Jasper would pick upon it and get sucked further into our plan.

Alice started fidgeting, I kept changing my mind about the strength of my hand. She knew something was up, seeing Edward with a tank top under his shirt and Emmett dressed in a similar fashion had already raised an eyebrow from her earlier. That’s why I had to make Edward lose his pants.

“It’s a set up Jazz! Don’t show your hand!” Alice screamed. Her hand flailed around as she tried to grab the cards from Jasper who refused to give them up. In a matter of seconds, the two of them were wrestling around on the floor, “Damn it Jasper give me the bloody cards!” Alice screamed.

“No Alice, I have a good hand, I am not folding. I’m calling Bella’s bluff.” A wave of calm washed over all of us as he tried to pry tiny Alice off his arm so he could lay down his cards.

“Read ‘em and weep Bella! Full house, Kings over tens.” Jasper beamed. His eyes pierced into mine and I had to react immediately. I looked away from him and started to send myself into a bit of a panic attack to make Jasper feel even more confident before I showed my cards and crushed him. Somehow, I even managed to muster up tears.

Ha and Edward said I can’t act. I thought to myself as a single tear cascaded down my cheek. Alice was watching me like a hawk, waiting for the slightest sign I was setting up Jasper. I looked over at Edward who sweetly said “Well, Bella what do you have?”

I let out a sigh and started to lay down my cards one at a time “I really don’t have much, my highest card is this stupid seven of spades, everything else is smaller, look a six, five, four, and three. Oh did I mention they are all spades too?”

Jasper’s mouth fell open “You have a straight flush? A straight stinking flush? No way…Edward cheated, he gave you some cards or something!” Jasper accused as he pointed his finger at the two of us.

“Really! I am offended at the accusation. Carlisle, did we do anything against the rules? Esme you are always the judge in these matters. Did Edward and I cheat?” I looked at Esme for support and a wide smile came across her face.

“Jasper I’m sorry, but they didn’t cheat. You just got beat, badly…by a human I might add.” Esme started laughing at her little joke.

“Come on Jasper! I told you they were setting you up. Edward and Emmett don’t usually wear three pairs of socks and two tank tops under their shirts. Pay attention man! Now you have to get naked in front of the whole family. Let’s get it over with, stand up and drop them.” Alice said with absolutely no sympathy for her husband. I could tell she was annoyed with him for not listening to her warning, her arms were firmly crossed on her chest and a small pout was on her face as she looked at Jasper.

“Take it off, take it off” Emmett started chanting. Rosalie started humming some stripper music to get Jasper in the mood. Esme covered her eyes, not wanting to see Jasper’s bare butt in her face. Edward was shaking with laughter, probably from seeing the thoughts flying through Jasper’s head at this second. I, however, felt my cheeks start turning red when Jasper’s eyes met mine.

Feeling my embarrassment, he made a quick move and decided to kick my blush into overdrive by sending waves of embarrassment throughout the house. In a matter of seconds, we were all so embarrassed we couldn’t look each other in the eye and all our heads were hung down, our eyes fixed in our laps as we played with our fingers. Jasper chose that moment to whip off his shirt and drop his boxers. He stood in the center of the group for the required five seconds, but none of us saw anything because we were still feeling too much embarrassment to even look up and tease him. Damn you Jasper…

When I finally felt some relief from my embarrassment, it was too late. I whipped my head up only to see a shirtless Jasper scurrying up the stairs, Alice was running behind him and acting as a human shield so no one even got a glimpse of his naked rear as he retreated from the room.

“Coward!!” Edward shouted as they slammed their bedroom door.

I looked around at the rest of the family who were just as annoyed as I was with Jasper now. “Well that didn’t go according to plan now did it?” I said sadly. My plan had failed, badly. Edward rubbed my back to make me feel better but it wasn’t helping.

I glanced over at Rose who winked at me and very subtly tapped the side of her head to indicate she had an idea. I would have to wait until our bonding time at breakfast tomorrow to find out her plan to bring down Jasper. I could only imagine what she would do to him…

Esme took Rosalie into the kitchen with her. Carlisle went back into his office and I yawned . Before I knew it, I found myself in Edward’s arms, being carried out of the family room. I heard Emmett sigh.

“Only 20 short hours to go! Shoot me now please…” Emmett groaned as Edward and I headed upstairs.

Dirty Little Secret

EPOV

We were sitting downstairs, all still trying to figure out how Jasper had wiggled out of another revenge scheme. Bella was visibly sad at her failed attempt, but she and Rose were sharing a silent moment. From the look on Rosalie’s face and the fact that her thoughts were blocked from me, she was up to something for sure.

Jasper’s thoughts came to me in that moment. Edward, Bella’s going to pay for that little stunt you know…I hope Alice doesn’t start to get romantic. Otherwise I might not be able to contain the love that will fill the air. Good luck avoiding that emotion brother. Trust me you’ll thank me in the morning.

My head was then bombarded with thoughts of Alice…I shuddered and knew I only had a few minutes to act. Bella let out small yawn so I immediately swept her up in my arms and took her upstairs.

“What was that about Edward?” Bella asked with a confused look on her face.

“You looked tired so I …” The words got caught in my throat when Bella raised an eyebrow at my.

“You decided…that’s the word you are looking for, you decided to take me upstairs. What if I wasn’t tired Edward? See that’s why Dr. Dover wants you to let me decide everything …” Her arms were folded across her chest, even annoyed she looked so cute sitting on my bed.

“Bella, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to, really…Ok…go ahead, free decision…then we’ll be even right?” I watched her reaction closely, not wanting her to be angry with me. I saw the corners of her mouth twitch and she relaxed.

“Good! HHMMM what should you decide…” Her smile made me nervous…

“You have decided you are going to sleep right next to me all night with no shirt on. And no matter what you cannot leave this bed understand?” She asked, waiting for my reaction.

I nodded in agreement, I thought she’d pick something much worse than that, just another reason why I love her so much. That’s when I heard him again. Oh boy, I wonder if Edward can feel this yet…

Suddenly I did feel something in places I didn’t want to, I knew Bella woulds start responding soon so I whipped off my shirt and swept her into bed with me, trying to get her to sleep as quickly as possible. She would never be able to resist all the lust Jasper was going to bombard the house with.

“My aren’t we anxious to get into bed?” Bella giggled.

“Yes, love. I just want to spend the night being close to you. Is that a crime?” I gently kissed her lips.

“You know it is still pretty early Edward, I don’t have to go to sleep just yet…” She trailed off suggestively. Oh no, darn you Jasper … I thought. Now what? I felt her hands start to run through my hair and her body start to press even closer to mine. I had to act quickly.

“So Bella, what are the colors for our wedding?” I jumped into the one topic that I knew would be like a bucket of cold water to her. It worked. I felt her body tense at the question and she released her grasp on my hair.

“I have no idea Edward, ask Alice.” She said with a sigh. I ruined the moment, perfect.

“Don’t you think that is something you should choose, you are the bride?”

“I really don’t care so I told her she should just pick.” She moved farther away from me as I continued with the wedding assault.

“Hey, do you want to go register soon? We can pick out blenders, toasters, ice cream machines, china, stemware…” I could see her becoming visibly annoyed which broke my heart, but this was important.

“Edward, why in the world would we register for those things? When, after I am changed, are we ever going to use an ice cream maker? Is blood flavored ice cream all the rage in the vampire world?” She snapped. “You know what Edward, I’m tired. You just decided it was time for me to go to sleep, and you decided to sing my lullaby to help me sleep. Start humming!”

Perfect! I laid my head closer to hers as I started humming. All I could think about was how much I loved her and how close I wanted to be to her. She rolled over and pressed her head against my chest, closing any distance between us. Fall asleep, Fall asleep. I started chanting in my head as the waves of lust continued rolling into the room.

Halfway through her lullaby, I heard her gentle snores and knew she was safely asleep, and now, all I had to do was lie here, in bed with her, without my shirt, all night, while Jasper sent a barrel of lust through the house. This could easily be the longest night of my life!

A few hours later her sleep talking began. My hands were still clutching the comforter as I tried to stay in control of myself. Jasper had sent love, lust, passion, joy, and anger in a rotating assault. I never knew what was coming next, and neither did anyone else. When the wave of anger would roll through, I’d hear a loud crash and Emmett yelled “What the heck was that for Carlisle?” From his thoughts, I gathered Carlisle was having a hard time staying away from Esme, but he didn’t dare leave Emmett alone during Jasper’s romantic assault.

“Edward…” My angel whispered “Oh Edward…” it started turning into more of a moan and I stopped breathing. “Please Edward let me help you with that…” Help me with what? I thought.

She let out a sigh and then started giggling. With her giggles, her body shook next to mine and it made me feel so…good. I wanted so badly to run to the other side of the room or lock myself in the bathroom, but I couldn’t. Bella said I had to stay in bed with her no matter what. Then she started talking again.

“Oh stop it…wow you look really hot…Emmett” What did she just say? Emmett? She was now fantasizing about Emmett?? I gasped in shock and grabbed my chest. Before I could think I heard her say “Jasper you big strong vampire…let’s get you out of that shirt too…” The sultry sound of her voice was burned into my brain forever.

Before I could do anything, Bella sat straight up in bed and screamed “ Oh my God I just had a dirty dream about you and your brothers!! My eyes…Edward my eyes.,…ew Jasper…oh god I took off his shirt and Emmett…ugh I can’t even say what happened there! Ew…” Her body began shuddering violently, and even though I knew I should be upset, I started laughing hysterically.

The dream repulsed her…it was all from Jasper’s meddling emotions. I was filled with relief. Then it started.

Bella had a dirty dream? Esme thought

Emmett was in her dream, I’ll kill her! Rose snarled

I bet she thought I was hotter than Edward. Emmett bragged.

Sorry Edward, I’ll talk to Jasper about it, don’t kill him. Alice thought

Ha Ha I told you not to mess with me Edward… Jasper gloated.

At least she’s repulsed, that’s good right? Carlisle added.

“Bella love, calm down please, you are fine…it was all a bad dream.” I said soothingly as I could.

“But UG, I touched Emmett…and he had no shirt on Edward…”

Wow I was shirtless, I wonder what else I wasn’t wearing …

I instinctively pressed my finger to her lips to stop her from saying anything more. She looked surprised by my behavior and waited for me to say something.

“Don’t get upset Bella, but um, I think your forgot just how powerful vampire hearing is…” I could see her mind trying to decipher my words. Her eyes grew huge when it clicked she started shaking her head no, but I simply said “Sorry, love they heard everything you just said. Emmett is wondering if his shirt is the only thing he was missing…”

Her face turned scarlet and she started to hyperventilate. “Bella, calm down…Bella breathe, slowly” But she just wouldn’t listen. I began to get panicky myself and I couldn’t think clearly…Jasper again.

“Carlisle control him or I will!” I said loudly. Seconds later I heard a crash and the panic left my body completely, Bella however wasn’t calming down. I did the only thing I could think of to help her to slow her breathing, I kissed her. My hands gently caressed her face as out lips met. Her breathing began to slow, and I felt her body relax into mine.

“Feeling better now?” I asked, as she composed herself.

“Nope, I need another kiss.” She said as she tugged my shirt toward her. “And you decided to do what I asked since I was just traumatized by your brother.”

“How could I say no to that argument?” When I leaned in to kiss her again, my door crashed open, nearly breaking the hinges. When I looked up, Emmett’s goofy face was standing in the doorway.

“So Bella, tell me, now that you’ve fantasized about me with out a shirt…and Jasper too…which of us is the hottest…come on truthfully. Don’t worry about hurting Edward’s feelings.”

Rosalie appeared next “I am going to try very hard not to freak out Bella, just tell me… was he naked in the dream?” Bella shrieked “Oh God no Rose, no, no, no!” I saw Rose relax her posture toward Bella in relief.

That made Rose happy, but Emmett looked truly disappointed. “Why did you say it like that Bella? Don’t you want to take a peek at this perfect physique here in front of you?” He started reaching for the bottom of his shirt when Bella screamed and fell out of bed trying to hide her eyes.

Any anger Rose had been feeling toward Bella disappeared when she saw her reaction to the thought of seeing Emmett shirtless in the flesh. Alice and Jasper floated into the room in time so see Bella bury her face in the side of the bed.

“Emmett please remain clothed while you are in my room. Bella, love, come back into bed. They were all just leaving.” I growled in the direction of my intruding family.

“Now Edward, if Emmett was shirtless, I need to know how much of Jazz Bella got a look at in this dream of hers!” Where Rose and been upset about Bella’s dream, Alice was curious. And curious Alice, was at times worse than angry Rose.

“Tell me Bella, did Jasper have his shirt on or off?” Alice asked.

“Please don’t make me say this Alice, I just want to go back to sleep and forget the whole thing ever happened.” Bella whined. Alice began pouting around the room.

“Come one Bella, we heard you call him a big, strong vampire…which he totally is. But then you said let’s get you out of that shirt…so I just want to know if you ever got him out of it before you woke up. I’m your friend Bella you can tell me…just forget he’s my husband.”

Bella looked at me and then I saw her eyes as she gave in to the inevitable. She opted for full disclosure to get it over with rather than having it drag on and on for days. I saw her take a deep breath and she began answering Alice’s questions.

“I took his shirt off.” Jasper covered his chest in false modesty. Emmett laughed.

“Did he look cute?”

“I though so in the dream.” Emmett whistled.

“Did I look good?” Emmett asked.

“Again, I thought so but only in the dream.” Bella mumbled, turning bright red.

“Come on, Bella, out of the three of us, who looked the best shirtless?” Emmett was slightly obsessed with that question.

“Edward.” My love answered.

“You’re just saying that because you love him.” Jasper whined.

“No it’s true. He is the only one of you I want to ever see shirtless again, so he looked best. Are we done?” Her voice was begging.

“For now…” Alice said as she took Jasper’s hand and led him to the door. “Sweet dreams Bella” she said in her hypnotic vampire voice as they danced out the door.

“I’m way hotter than Edward…” I heard Emmett complain as he followed after them.

“See you in a few hours for breakfast Bella!” Rose said much happier that I expected.

“I don’t suppose you have some secret vampire power you have been keeping from me that could make them forget everything that just happened in the last half hour do you?” Her eyes were so sincere, but I just sighed and said “I’m sorry Bella, they will remember this conversation for eternity.”

“Stupid vampire memory…” She mumbled as she threw the covers over her head to sleep. I heard a muffled “If I say anything other than your name please hit me on the head with a shoe or something.”

Bella slept peacefully for the next few hours until the door swung open, revealing a very chipper Rosalie and a large picnic basket “Good morning Bella, are you ready for some bonding time?” she asked in the kindest voice she has ever used when speaking to Bella. My mouth fell open in shock as she struggled for words “Um…yeah…sure Rose…just …um can I have a minute and I’ll meet you downstairs”

“No problem Bella. I’ll be waiting.” She smiled and gracefully exited the room.

“I’m a little scared Edward..” I just laughed. “Her thoughts were kind Bella, she’s actually looking forward to it, if you can believe it.”

Bella hopped out of the bed and hurried as fast as she could, I’m sure not wanting to ruin Rosalie’s good mood by making her wait too long. As she was about to walk out the door she paused and turned to me. “Edward, you just decided what you are going to do while I’m gone.”

“I did?” My eyes widened in surprise.

“Yes, you are going to play the piano the entire time I’m gone. And play your loudest pieces please…” She said quickly.

“Why my loudest pieces?” It was a strange request especially since most of the time I played my gentler pieces for her.

“Oh, I just want to make sure I can hear them in the yard on my picnic. You know how I love to listen to you play..” She said sweetly. I just had to go over to her and wrap my arms around her.

“I’ll miss you while you’re gone.” I whispered in her ear as we walked down to meet Rosalie.

“Ready Bella?” Rose asked still clutching the picnic basket. I gave her hand a gentle squeeze for luck and started walking over to the piano as Bella had asked.

When my fingers hit the keys, I heard Bella say to Rose “Now I’m ready let’s go!” And they disappeared out the front door.

Love is in the Air

BPOV

Rose led me to a secluded spot in the back of yard. She had a blanket already spread out on the ground in the shade. She strolled over and set the picnic basket in the center of the blanket and waved me over with her hand. “Come sit with me Bella.”

I cautiously sat down and felt my hands trembling, I couldn’t stand the suspense any more I had to ask “Rose and you going to kill me for having that dream about Emmett ? I swear it wasn’t my fault and I am totally horrified by it, I just…”

“Bella, it was all Jasper’s doing I know that. Poor Esme had to pin me to the wall most of the night to keep me from running off to Emmett and I’m a vampire. His emotions affect humans much stronger, so there was nothing you could do. I blame him completely. That’s why we are going to set my little plan in motion soon, and truthfully, your dream just makes things even easier…” She said, pausing to think about something.

I looked over and rose had pulled a bowl of fruit, waffles, and orange juice out of the basket and was arranging it all on a plate for me. It smelled so good. “Wow Rose thank you, it looks like you went to a lot of trouble.” I smiled appreciatively at her.

“I really am trying to make an effort Bella, I know you love Edward and he loves you, and if we manage to get some revenge on Jasper, I will love you too!” She teased as she held out the plate of food to me.

Everything tasted delicious. Esme must have helped her pull this off but I was truly touched by the gesture. As I ate the fruit I could faintly hear Edward’s piano in the background, it made me smile. The last piece of fruit crossed my lips when Rose grabbed the plate from my hand and leaned in “Ok, now that you’re done eating, time to plan our revenge.”

She spent the next ten minutes laying out a strategy to get Jasper into big trouble with Carlisle, since he was the only person Jasper was truly afraid of. Some parts of the plan had me terrified to put it mildly, and some made me blush.

“So Bella what do you think” Rosalie asked wide eyed awaiting my response.

“I think we have to tell Edward what is going on, otherwise he might…overreact, just a little bit.” That got a laugh from Rose.

“Yeah, he just might kill one of them that wouldn’t be good. I’ll tell Edward when we get in the house.” She tapped the side of her head to let me know it would be a silent conversation so no one else would find out. “But you need to make him go along with it because he won’t like the plan, he has no sense of adventure.”

“I can take care of Edward, he isn’t allowed to decide anything on his own…What about Emmett, do you want to tell him what I’m going to do?” I assumed she wanted him informed so he didn’t do anything rash like Edward, but the grin on her face told me otherwise.

“No, let’s keep him in the dark for the first part, He enjoyed the fact that you had a dream about him way too much. He deserves to feel a little uncomfortable.” Rose snickered. “Are you ready?” she asked as she stood up and offered me her hand. I placed my hand in hers as she gently pulled me to my feet.

“Let the games begin.” I said as I gave her shoulder a little hug.

We came around the side of the house and when we saw the driveway we both froze. Five UPS, Mail and fed Ex trucks were sitting in the driveway unloading box after box onto the front porch. We looked at each other, laughed and said in unison “Alice!”

“Alice! Why does the front porch look like a UPS sorting station?” I asked loudly. Alice’s squeal came from upstairs and continued down as the little pixie flew past us to the porch.

As soon as Edward heard my voice he stopped playing and opened his arms to me. I skipped over to him and curled up next to him on the piano bench.

“How was your picnic?” He asked sweetly as he kissed my hair.

“Fun, oh Rose has something to tell you and you have decided to go along with it, got it?” I said as I felt his body tense at my words. I looked over at Rose and could tell she had started laying things out for him. When I looked up he was just shaking his head no over and over.

“Go with the flow Edward.” Rose snapped “Bella has already decided for you.”

The argument was interrupted by Alice flying around the family room. “What is she doing?” I whispered to Edward.

He stifled a laugh, “Just watch Bella, you have to see this for yourself.”

Very systematically, Alice started opening the boxes and arranging the contents onto the dining room table. She cleared off a set of nearby shelves and began stacking clothes on them. In ten short minutes, Alice had created her own store in the Cullen’s dining room and hallway, complete with her own full length mirror and partition divider. I stared unbelieving, she had made a dressing room.

She spent the next 45 minutes ‘shopping’ through the house. She must have ordered clothes she would never wear just so she could scoff at them and say how ugly they were. She also got multiple sizes so when she would try something on and it wouldn’t fit right she could keep searching for the correct size. We watched in horrified amazement and Jasper just watched from the couch in stunned silence.

She finally put her ‘purchases’ in a shopping bag that she had probably found in her closet and skipped upstairs happily, “Jazz, I just got back from shopping, I’m going to run upstairs and reorganize the closet again. I’ll be back in a bit.”

“Simulated shopping isn’t going against the rules of homework?” I asked Carlisle with a questioning look in my eyes.

He simply shrugged his shoulders. “Bella, there is only so much I can do.”

I could feel Jasper’s irritation flood the room, “She’s doing her best Bella. This is very hard for her you know.”

“I know Jasper, I was just asking! Thanks for all the irritation though, that’s a lot of fun..” I snapped back to him.

“I didn’t hear you complaining about my emotions when my lust made you have dirty dreams about us last night!” He shot back.

I felt him change his emotions immediately and now the room was filled with regret. “I’m sorry I made fun of Alice, Jasper.” I said apologetically.

“I’m sorry I laughed at her before too.” Emmett added sadly.

“Thanks guys. I’m sorry, I’ve just been trying so hard to keep her calm, that I feel completely emotionally spent. Forgive me?” He asked sweetly.

“Of course I forgive you Jasper. How could I stay mad at you when you are filling the room with all this happiness?” I teased. Overcome with emotion, Emmett ran over and hugged him,

“I better go check on her.” Jasper said softly before heading upstairs.

“Hey Edward, I wanted to talk to you about getting some more power under the hood of the Volvo. Can you join me in the garage?” Rose’s suggestion was the signal to launch the plan into action.

“Edward decided he will join you Rosalie. Have fun…” I waved as Edward shot me an apprehensive look but he grudgingly followed Rose.

I went over to the couch where Emmett was sitting and flopped down next to him.”Hi Emmett. How are you holding up?” I asked with concern.

“Seven more hours right? I can make it as long as Jasper backs off a little bit. Hopefully Alice’s little freak out will occupy him and make him put a cap on all that lust he was sending at me last night.” Emmett grumbled.

That was just the segway I needed to launch Rosalie’s plan into motion. Forgive me Edward… was all I could think as I moved closer to Emmett.

I let out a huge, fake yawn and leaned onto Emmett’s side. He chuckled and raised his arms up so I could snuggle up next to him and then draped it across my shoulders.

“Tired Bella? I guess you really didn’t get a good night’s sleep with all those dreams you were having and all.” Emmett teased.

“Oh, yeah. Those dreams definitely kept me awake last night.” I purred into his side. I snaked my arm across his stomach as I laid there in his arms. I immediately felt his body tense.

“Um…well it was just a dream and all Bella, you know…no big deal.” He stammered. The plan was working.

I pulled my head away from his side and asked innocently “Emmett, can you keep a secret?”

Happy I wasn’t attached to his hip, literally, he relaxed a bit “Sure Bella, I am a great secret-keeper!” He said enthusiastically.

“Want to hear my secret?” I asked playfully.

“Sure!” He said. It was now or never, and I had to keep a straight face. I pulled myself up onto my knees and leaned over him putting my lips right up to his ear. He stopped breathing as I leaned in and whispered in the sexiest voice I could muster “You looked really hot in my dream Emmett. I think even a bit hotter than Edward if I’m being completely truthful.”

The next thing I knew my face was crashing into the couch cushions, because Emmett had disappeared from under me.

“HELP!! SOMEONE HELP!!” Emmett started screaming. I saw Jasper on the top of the stairs and Carlisle came running in from the office.

“Emmett what in the world is wrong?” Carlisle demanded. Edward and Rose appeared in the corner of the room, Rose was biting her lip to keep from laughing and Edward looked ill.

Emmett held out a shaking finger in my direction “Sh…She just…I think…Bella just came onto me!”

Carlisle’s eyes immediately went over to Jasper on the stairs. “Jasper, I thought we had a talk about this! You can’t keep doing this to Bella!”

“What? I didn’t do anything!” Jasper gasped.

Carlisle gave him a warning glare “Behave Jasper…behave!”

Jasper threw his arms into the air in frustration and went back to his room. I could hear Alice screaming about needing more hangers.

Rose came over to me and Emmett jumped in between us “Rose baby, come on, don’t hurt her. She just couldn’t control herself around me after that dream. It’s all Jasper’s fault, let it go.”

Edward rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms tightly around my waist. “Get a grip Emmett, she was acting.” I could no longer contain my laughter.

“Sorry Emmett, you were a pawn in the plan to bring down Jasper.” He looked to Rose who smiled and nodded her head.

“That’s what you get for being so happy Bella had a dirty dream about you Em. Be happy I didn’t take out my anger on your Jeep.”

“Oh thank God! That was freaky Bella, don’t ever hit on me again okay, I don’t think my heart could handle it…I need to shower I feel all dirty.” Emmett mumbled as he walked off alone.

“Well done Bella, lets move onto the next phase of the plan.” Rose said excitedly. We had to be patient and wait for Jasper to come back downstairs before we could begin. Edward went off and found Emmett and the two of them headed off into the woods so Edward could tell him the final phase of the plan.

Rose and I were sitting in the family room when Jasper finally came downstairs looking exhausted. Alice flew past us, ‘purchased’ a few more items from the ‘store’ and ran back upstairs to her room to continue to live in her own fantasy world.

“How are you holding up Jasper?” Rose asked kindly as she flipped through her magazine.

“Six hours, nine minutes, and thirty nine seconds until she can shop again…but who’s counting.” He mumbled as he sat in the chair, laying his head back and closing his eyes.

Rose winked at me and started asking me questions. “So Bella, tell me more about this dream of yours..”

“Rose do we really need to talk about it again? I told you guys everything.” I said as I shifted uncomfortably in my chair. Jasper kept his eyes closed, like he wasn’t listening. I thought of the most embarrassing moment of my life and let the blush flow into my cheeks.

“But I mean honestly it must have been a really hot dream.” My mind went to a vision of a shirtless Edward pressed against my body and I allowed my feelings of lust to grow. Jasper twitched.

“No, it wasn’t that great really.” Now, Jasper thought I was lying.

“Did you think Emmett looked hot?” I thought of an eye surgery I saw on TV once and felt repulsed, Jasper started smiling.

“He looked nice Rose, that’s all I can say.” Jasper was hanging on every word now and Rose could see it too.

“What about good old Jasper there, I bet he wants to know what you thought of him.” Rose said barely keeping her voice steady.

I closed my eyes and thought about the first time I kissed Edward, and let the passion and love I felt fill my entire body. The emotion hit Jasper so strong he fell back out of the chair with a loud thud. He was convinced those feelings were about him…

Emmett and Edward walked in right at that moment. “Jasper man are you okay? What happened?”

Jasper looked like he saw a ghost when he heard Edward’s voice. “Nothing, I just fell… going to go help Alice…bye!” and he scurried upstairs in a flash.

“I don’t even want to know.” Edward mumbled as he came and sat next to me on the couch. “Are we almost done with this whole thing?”

“Almost. Emmett baby are you ready to put on a show?” Rose asked in her sweetest voice that could get Emmett to do anything.

“It’s kinda weird and really uncomfortable Rose. She shot him her sweetest smile. “Come on, Em it will be fun.”

“Well if you guys think it will work, I’ll give it a shot. Just don’t let Carlisle kill me please…” Emmett’s was extremely concerned.

Esme came out of Carlisle’s office a few moments later. Rose grabbed her arm and dragged her into the backyard, now the new family meeting spot to tell her the plan. For this to work having Esme be surprised wouldn’t be a good idea.

Edward hugged me tightly while they were gone. “So are you having fun yet?”

“Actually I am. This plan is the best bonding activity Rosalie could have come up with!” I answered with excitement. Edward looked baffled by my enthusiasm.

“You girls really get into these little plans of yours…” He mumbled as he kissed my neck.

“Hello, Brother not allowed to have sex standing right here…can you get your lips off her neck please?” Emmett growled from the corner of the room.

‘Sorry Emmett, just trying to get you in the mood for your part…” I giggled. Emmett and Edward both shuddered at the thought.

“Not funny Bella.” Emmett said.

Rose and Esme were back from the yard and Esme didn’t look nearly as angry as I expected. As a matter of fact, she looked excited to be in on the plan. Edward chuckled quietly, her thoughts were amusing to him. She winked at Emmett who’s eyes got huge as he started pacing silently back and forth.

Sensing his apprehension, Rose walked toward Emmett and said “Don’t move.” She put her mouth up to his ear and whispered something at vampire speed. Edward cringed either because he heard what she said or saw the image it conjured up in Emmett’s head. Either way I assumed she was telling him how he would be rewarded for his participation in her plan.

With new motivation, Emmett grinned, took a deep breath and headed into the kitchen after Esme. Rose nodded her head at me and I said to Edward “what in the world is going on with Emmett and Esme?” Knowing it would have two effects. First being Carlisle would catch it, but not think anything of it and second, it would peek Jasper’s curiosity. Like clockwork, I heard Jasper come up behind us and say “So, what is going on?”

Edward pointed over to the kitchen where Emmett was leaning back against the counter next to Esme as she washed the dishes from my picnic with Rosalie. While she was looking down in the sink, her hair fell over her shoulder and Emmett leaned over and brushed it back behind her ear. Esme stopped scrubbing the soapy dish and smiled at him. His hand move from the side of her head to her shoulders. We heard Esme moan when he touched her which made everyone in the room jump up and run over for a closer look. Emmett had moved behind her and was massaging her shoulders.

I threw my hand over my mouth at the sight before me. Jasper’s face was priceless as he stared at them in disbelief. I could sense him trying to get a feel for everyone’s emotions but Emmett and Esme must be selling this one well because he was completely buying it. “Look, he’s hitting on Esme!” Jasper said quietly. Edward was chuckling because I was sure Esme and Emmett’s thoughts were hilarious right now. But unexpectedly, his head snapped toward the study, he must have heard Carlisle’s thoughts which were probably murderous when he heard what Jasper had said.

Carlisle flew into the room and stopped in the center of the kitchen. Esme dropped the dish she had been scrubbing into the sink in surprise. Emmett jumped ten feet away from Esme. Rose and Edward exchanged a frightened glance and I immediately looked down at me feet, not wanting to see the rage in his eyes.

“Jasper…” Carlisle hissed.

I waited for the rest of his reaction, but it never came. I looked up and was surprised to see him still glaring at Jasper. Without a word, he walked over to the phone and dialed. “Hello. Yes this is Carlisle Cullen. I’m sorry to bother you over the weekend Dr. Dover, but we need an emergency session, my son was hitting on my wife, my daughter in law seems to be is hitting on her brother in laws after a dream she had last night, and Alice is hallucinating that she is shopping in her own bedroom. Yes. Fine we’ll see you in thirty minutes. Thank You.”

He snapped the phone shut and turned to all of us “Get yourselves in the cars, we’re going in for an emergency session with the doctor. Emmett, you ride with Edward and Bella so I don’t kill you. Jasper get your loony wife down here, tell her you’re taking her to the mall but she’s going even if we have to carry her into the office kicking and screaming. And if I feel a single emotion, other than peace and tranquility from you, I will ask Dr. Dover about a lobotomy for you. Rosalie Hale, you will come with Esme and I, I have some questions for you young lady…”

Cat’s out of the Bag

Dr. Dover POV

“Do you think you need to see me right away? OK, give me at least thirty minutes to get to the office please. See you there Carlisle.” I hung up the phone and heard my wife’s loud sigh from behind me.

“Benjamin Dover you are NOT going into work on your day off. Call whoever that was back, and tell them too bad!” My wife Eileen was furious. We had planned on going to a pottery class this afternoon, and now with this call from the Cullen’s our plans were ruined.

“Eileen, please listen, that was Dr. Cullen on the phone. He has been at the hospital for a long time and it was a very difficult decision for him to bring his family to therapy in the first place and believe me these kids do need help…if you only knew the issues they were dealing with…” I trailed off not wanting to breach doctor patient privilege, but wanting her to understand that this was very important.

“Fine, go save the world one nut job at a time! I will be at my pottery class.” She whipped her purse off the back of the chair and stormed out of the house.

“She took that well…” I mumbled as I picked up my keys and headed into the office.

When I walked in to the office Stephenie was sprawled out across her desk asleep. “Um, Stephenie? Hello?” Her head popped up immediately at the sound of my voice.

“Dr. Dover! What are you doing here? It’s your day off…” Her voice was hoarse, as she smoothed her hair down and gave her cheeks a little slap to wake herself up.

“Dr. Cullen called. He and his family are coming in for an emergency session…it sounds like things haven’t been going well since they left yesterday.” I dug through a file cabinet for their chart and excused myself to my office so I could have a moment to collect my thoughts before they arrived.

I ran through the phone call again in my head and scribbled some quick notes:

Son hitting on wife – probably Emmett the sex addict- did Esme respond??

Future daughter in law (Bella) having erotic dreams about Emmett and Jasper… side effect from lack of fulfilling sex life with Edward.

Alice hallucinating shopping…withdrawal symptom…possible medication needed.

How did all this happen in 19 short hours? I thought to myself. I wonder if I have enough tranquilizers handy if I need them…

There was a quick knock at the door. “Come in”

Stephenie stuck her head in “Dr. Dover, I just thought you’d like to know that most of the Cullens are here…two of them however, are missing.” Shae said glancing back out the door.

“OK Stephenie well, when the last two arrive we can start…” I started to say, but Stephenie interrupted me “Um, Dr. Dover, it might be a while until the others show up…apparently there is a bit of a situation right now.”

“What kind of situation?” I rose up from my seat and started following her down the hall to the waiting room.

“Carlisle!” I said extending my hand to Dr. Cullen who looked more stressed than I had ever seen him.

“Ben, thanks so much for seeing us today. I apologize for bringing you in on your day off, but I didn’t know what else to do…” His voice trailed off as he shook his head and looked helplessly at his wife.

“Who are we still waiting on?” I asked as I scanned the room.

“Alice and Jasper, they are here but they are just being … delayed.” Esme said quietly as she placed her hand upon Carlisle’s arm to get him to sit down with her.

“Delayed? Actually, Dr. Dover, I got a call from the gift shop, Alice I think her name is, well she is refusing to leave and is accosting the other shoppers. The blond guy is with her trying to get her out, but she has climbed to the top of one of the shelves and won’t come down but security is on their way…” Stephenie explained with great enthusiasm.

“Edward, Emmett, please go get your sister” Carlisle commanded. Both boys immediately exited the office and about twenty seconds later Carlisle’s phone rang. When he picked it up all you could hear was someone screaming “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” he closed the phone shut and smiled up at me.

“They are on their way. Shall we wait in the conference room?” Carlisle stood up and offered Esme his hand. “Girls, please come with us.” Bella and Rosalie nodded and followed him into the conference room. Stephenie offered them something to drink, but they all refused.

There was a loud crashing sound in the hall outside my office and I heard male voices cursing. The office door flew open and in walked Jasper and Emmett carrying Alice. Jasper had her feet and Emmett had her arms and Alice thrashed wildly until she saw me looking at her in horror. Then she settled down and smiled.

“Good afternoon Dr. Dover. How are you today? I just want you to know for the record, I didn’t purchase a single thing, I was merely window shopping before I was forcefully removed from the gift shop, which I believe wasn’t against the homework you assigned. Would you please tell them…” But I never heard the end of her argument because her brothers continued walking her into the conference room where I eventually heard a small thud.

Edward smiled and said “For someone so small, she’s amazingly strong.”

Before I walked into the conference room after them, I grabbed one extra notepad, I had a feeling I was going to need it. I composed myself, gave a last glance over to Stephenie and walked into the room.

The Cullen’s all sat silently in the conference room. I notice Alice was seated between Jasper and Emmett who had his arms wrapped around the back of her chair. He looked ready to pounce if she so much as moved. All eyes turned to me as I sat down in my chair back at the head of the table. I fumbled with my notebook and clicked the pen open nervously.

I decided to ask the question that started it all last time “So where should we begin?” Last time when I asked this question, all fingers pointed to Edward, but this time they all pointed at Jasper except Jasper who was pointing at a shocked Bella. He looked around the room and groaned. Edward grinned mischievously.

“I was just doing what Dr. Dover instructed me to do. Will you all stop ganging up on me please?” I could see and feel Jasper’s frustration. All of his family members rolled their eyes including Carlisle and Esme. I swore I heard Carlisle hiss under his breath “Peace and tranquility Jasper, peace and tranquility.”

As soon as he said that, inexplicably, I was filled with a sense of peace. Probably just reading Jasper’s body language I thought to myself.

“Well can someone tell me what Jasper has done that has you all so upset with him?” Bella started blushing immediately, Emmett just shot Jasper a dirty look, Edward ignored him completely and Rosalie who said very little in our last session, half jumped out of her chair pointing at Jasper.

“He has been torturing poor Emmett. He has tried so hard to be good, but Jasper has to go and… aggravate everything.”

“Explain what you mean Rosalie.” I prodded as I jotted notes. Again she’s defending Emmett…

“Well, it’s just that Jasper can be so charismatic sometimes, actually always. If Jasper is happy, we all are happy. If he is angry, we all get mad. If he feels…um…in the mood…oh crap if he feels horny, then we all can feel it and it has away of… rubbing off on us!” Rose was utterly frustrated when she got done speaking.

Emmett however began snickering “That really sounded dirty Rose…Jasper rubbing off on us when he’s horny…HA!” Rosalie’s eyes were furious.

“How dare you Emmett Cullen! How dare you! After I spent all night locked in a room with Esme keeping watch over me just to make it easier for you to go 24 hours without sex, and this is the thanks I get?”

Rosalie was locked up so Emmett would be able to not have sex? Why would that help unless…

“Rosalie why would you being locked in a room with Esme help Emmett with his homework?” I asked quickly hoping the question would catch her off guard and get her to spill a little more information.

“Why? Because the guy can’t keep his hands off of me most of the time and add to that the Jasper ‘heating things up’ problem it was all we had left to do!” She half shouted, her face livid. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Edward slip Jasper some money, Bella blushed, and Carlisle slapped himself on the forehead.

“So you and Emmett…” I began

“Yes, Emmett and I Dr. Dover. And stop looking at me that way, Alice and Jasper are sleeping together too!”

Holy Crap! All the Cullen kids are having sex with each other, except Edward that is, and he has the only girlfriend who isn’t a sibling! How crazy is that… I quickly composed myself.

“What about Ruby?” I asked confused.

“Ruby is some dirty slut Emmett made up so you wouldn’t find out about us.” Emmett shifted uncomfortably in his chair and winced as he looked up at Rosalie. I turned my attention to Carlisle who remained unnaturally composed at such a disquieting revelation.

“Carlisle from your reaction, I am going to assume none of this is news to you?” It was half question, half statement.

“We have no secrets in our family.” He said quietly. Esme gently patted his hand in support.

OH my gosh, don’t freak out…keep it together Ben. They aren’t blood relatives, so it isn’t really incest…just freaky. I wonder how long it has been going on…

“If I may ask, Rose how long have you and Emmett…been together?”

She looked at me with fire in her eyes “Since the moment I first laid eyes on him. I have loved him as long as I have known him.” I could feel the intensity of her love for him in that moment.

Quick mental math…so since they were in their early teens…love at first sight? I guess it’s possible.

“And Alice and Jasper, how long for you guys?”

Alice smiled “I loved him before I even met him. And the first time we met, I told him he was going to fall in love with me and he did!” Jasper looked over at her lovingly and squeezed her small hand.

Why am I feeling happy right now? This is totally insane, and yet I am filled with…happiness…and love. Well I guess you can’t help who you love…

“OK, well I thank you for your honesty about your relationships…I think we can explore all this later in some couples sessions…um back to what brought you in today…Alice would you like to share what has been going on with you?” I asked as I flipped to a fresh sheet of paper.

“Well doctor, I really don’t know what the problem is. I have done nothing to violate the restrictions your homework put on me. They are all just overreacting..” Alice said as she casually waved her hand at everyone and continued flipping through a catalog furiously circling items.

Edward laughed. “Doctor she turned our dining room in to a mini mall, and then spent the morning ‘shopping’.”

“Where did she get the items for this mall?” I asked. She probably emptied a dresser…

“I bought everything before 7pm last night and had it shipped overnight , please give me some credit.” Still, her face was pressed to the catalog.

OK, this is getting scary....

“Alice, can I have the magazine please?” A growl erupted from Alice as I reached my hand out to slide the magazine away from her. Emmett’s arm instantly restrained her and Jasper jumped to his feet and leaned over to me “Just let her keep the damn magazine, okay?”

He wasn’t threatening, he was pleading. Did she just growl at me? What is going on with these people??? Who growls?

All my anxiety about Alice’s behavior left and was replaced with peace and tranquility. “Fine Alice, you go ahead and read. I actually have a question for Carlisle. When you called before, you said your son hit on your wife…I assume that was Emmett right?” Carlisle nodded and glanced over at Emmett who hung his head in embarrassment. Esme however looked over at Rosalie and winked.

Did she enjoy having Emmett hit on her? And why did she wink at Rose???? Are they..sharing Emmett… I shuddered at the thoughts running through my head.

“Emmett, do you care to explain what happened?” His eyes went to Edward who gave his head a slight tilt to the left.

“Doctor, I would rather discuss that in private, during my session with Roselie if that is alright?” He sounded very sincere.

“I can understand that Emmett, that would be fine. I guess that leaves the only other reason for this meeting we still need to discuss is…well you and your dream Bella.” I turned to face her and saw two terrified brown eyes looking up at me. Her cheeks again turned red and she bowed her head down so her face was hidden behind her hair. Edward reached around her and caressed her back, the whole time looking amused.

Why is he so amused about her having erotic dreams about his brothers…Oh god, they aren’t all like swingers or something…If that’s the case I’m out of here…

“Can you tell me about the dream Bella?” I asked softly, not wanting to embarrass her even more.

Her head shook ‘no’ in response and eventfully her head hit the table in embarrassment.

“I can tell you all about it doc!” Emmett volunteered happily. “Bella sleep talks, so actually we all heard it.”

“Shut up Emmett” Bella’s voice was muffled by her arms. She slowly raised her head and said “Let’s just get this over with please…then can we promise to never speak of it again?” She looked around at the other Cullens. Edward was giving each of them a fierce look, daring them to disagree with her. Grudgingly they all nodded yes.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes to make it easier to get the words out without looking at the people around her. “So in the dream, I was in the meadow with Edward and we were…getting romantic…just kill me now please…anyway…he was touching me and then I don’t know what happened, but Emmett came over and he was there…doing stuff…” She banged her head on the table again. Emmett took the pause to jump in..

“And I had no shirt on, she left that part out, I looked hot with no shirt…go on Bella, tell him the rest…and don’t leave anything out. We want details..” Rosalie smacked him so hard in the back of the head I thought he might pass out, but he just winced and quieted down.

Bella raised her even redder face up and glared at Emmett “Fine you had no shirt on, god how I wish I could forget that image…anyway, then this stuff happened and Jasper comes out of nowhere and I…I offered…Edward please don’t make me say it…” she looked at him with pleading eyes.

He is really taking this well, I would have thought he would be in a jealous rage, but he’s not, he’s amused.

“She called him a big strong,…guy and wanted to get him out of his shirt.” Edward said matter of factly.

Jasper and Emmett exchanged some look as if sizing each other up. “Bella, how did the dream make you feel?” I asked getting back on topic.

“Dirty, very dirty and not in a sexual way in a ‘I am revolted to the point of vomiting’ kind of dirty.” her hand went to Edward’s for support.

“Come on Bella, you liked the dream, you even admitted it. You said in the dream you thought we were hot.” Emmett said proudly.

“In the dream Emmett, but do you remember what happened when I woke up? I screamed… a lot!” Bella’s embarrassment was being replaced by frustration. “And the fact that you guys keep asking me who I thought looked the best shirtless isn’t helping!”

“Bella, have you tried just answering Emmett’s question?” I asked.

She turned to look at me incredulously “Yes…as a matter of fact I did, but he won’t listen. I told him Edward.” Both Emmett and Jasper scoffed at her answer.

“And I take it you gentlemen think she is lying?” I asked with raised eye brows.

“Totally”

“Absolutely”

“She’s being completely truthful.”

“Can’t we just drop this guys? I know you are all competitive, but this is crazy.” Bella begged. She was obviously being tortured by the constant questioning. I got an idea…

They’ll never do it, and the mere suggestion may be enough to make them so uncomfortable they’d drop the subject forever. It was worth a try. A bit of reverse psychology…

“Emmett, Jasper and Edward…could you please stand up?” I asked quite seriously. They all slowly stood up from their chairs and exchanged glances. The girls and Carlisle looked at each other nervously.

“We are going to settle this once and for all so this issue can be put to rest, and Bella won’t be asked again. Gentlemen, go stand along the wall, and please remove your shirts.” I picked up the phone “Stephenie can you please come in here for a minute.”

YUMMY!

CPOV

My ears couldn’t believe what I just heard. I glanced over at Esme whose eyes were huge with fear. I heard Bella gasp while Alice and Rosalie snickered.

I knew I should have checked this guys references…that better be a real medical license on the wall and not one he made on his computer…I fumed. This is going to end badly, no good could come from this.

“Dr. Dover…isn’t there another way…” I begged, trying to spare my sons, and daughters for that matter, from this humiliation.

“Carlisle, if they aren’t going to drop the subject, then I feel we need to settle this for all their sakes.”

Idiot. I thought. Edward of course started laughing Get out of my head Edward…or I can scar you for life with a thought or two..

Immediately Edward winced and stifled his laughter. Dr Dover held his hand up to the wall and all three boys got up from their chairs and stood against the wall as instructed.

Emmett was grinning from ear to ear. Edward stood there stone faced and completely stubborn, his jaw clenched. Jasper kept glancing at Alice nervously, his panic starting to fill the room. Bella looked like she was going to run for the door, Rose and Alice looked like they might kill someone.

I glared at Jasper who realized what was happening, and the feelings of calm came back to the room. At that moment I heard a knock on the door and Stephenie stuck her head into the room.

“Yes Dr. Dover? You called…” She looked nervously around the room and stopped when she saw the boys.

“Come in Stephenie. I think we might need your help for this.” Dr Dover extended his hand toward a chair near his. Stephenie was utterly confused as she sat down staring at the Doctor.

“We are going to do a little exercise. Gentlemen please take your shirts off.” The words came out of his mouth and the next thing I knew, I heard a rip and the clicking sound of buttons bouncing all over the floor. Emmett, of course felt the need to be dramatic in his shirt removal, his bare chest now exposed for all the world to see. Rosalie sat up a bit a taller in her chair at the vision of her husband. Bella covered her eyes.

Edward conversely, folded his arms tightly across his chest and simply glared at Dr. Dover. “Edward, what is the problem?” Dr. Dover asked seeing his reluctance.

“This is absurd! I am not going to take my shirt off to be gawked at. I bow out of the competition and happily take the third place trophy, let these two fight it out.” He growled as he took a step back toward the table. Much to my surprise, Bella was on her feet suddenly pointing back to the wall.

“Edward, I believe it is my job to decide if you will or will not participate in this competition and I say you have decided to compete, please take your shirt off.” I was impressed with the way she stood up to Edward. He however, looked completely stunned that Bella would do that to him. Still on her feet, she asked Dr. Dover if she could speak to Edward for a moment. He graciously allowed her to join him at the wall.

With my vampire hearing I could listen to their quiet conversation. “Edward, just do this please…I don’t want Emmett ripping his shirt off every time I come over for the rest of my life, which will be really long. Please for me?” She begged. I knew Edward would agree, he cannot refuse her anything. All it took was him rolling his eyes for her to know she had won. Her arms went around his neck and she began kissing him with all her human might.

For a few seconds, they forgot we were in the room. Edward…earth to Edward, there are 8 people here staring at you. He started smiling and gently separated Bella from himself. She pouted and headed back to the table.

With as much dignity as one could have while being forced to strip, Edward went back to the wall and began unbuttoning his shirt, never taking his eyes off of Bella. Esme leaned over to me “Bella may faint. Do you have smelling salts on you? Uh Oh look at Stephenie, she may need them first.”

When Emmett ripped his shirt off, her mouth had fallen open and her breathing stopped for a short time but when Edward started unbuttoning his shirt, her breathing picked up into an almost panting rate. Edward of course was trying to dazzle Bella, but I think he was missing his mark by a chair or two…Stephenie was beginning to hyperventilate.

Dr. Dover’s voice broke the awkward silence “Jasper…can you please remove your shirt?” Jasper eyes immediately went to Alice who was doing her best to contain her laughter. Any thoughts of shopping had flown from her mind. She was too busy watching the train wreck before her.

“Dr. Dover is this absolutely necessary? I don’t think my sons…” Esme tried to talk him out of it, but was interrupted by, of all people, Stephenie.

“Mrs. Cullen I am sure Dr. Dover knows exactly what he is doing. He is a trained professional, now take that shirt off like the doctor told you to Blondie.” Stephenie demanded. Jasper seemed to jump back from whatever emotion he was sensing from her. Slowly, he removed his shirt and I felt Esme grab my hand. She was just as worried about this as I was.

“Ok, now gentlemen, I know this might be a bit uncomfortable, but I am going to ask Stephenie to choose which of you is the best looking, alright?” Immediately the girls flew out of their chairs.

“Why is she deciding?”

“That’s not fair!”

“She better keep her hands to herself!”

Dr. Dover spun around in his chair “Ladies! Stephenie will be completely appropriate, I have great faith in her.” For some reason that comment made Edward snort. Jasper shot him a look confirming whatever made Edward laugh.

Do I even want to know? I thought. Edward’s head made the slightest move to the right and then to the left.

Esme leaned over “Carlisle should we do something? She is looking at my boys like they are the last pieces of food on Earth!”

At that moment, Alice had a vision that made her fall out of her chair laughing. Edward immediately went to her thoughts to see what was up, and he too erupted in laughter.

Edward, what did Alice see? How bad it is?

Stephenie cleared her throat and looked back at Dr. Dover “Uh, if the point is to figure out who the best looking Cullen is without a shirt I believe we have one more contestant who needs to come up here…” Stephenie looked at me with the same ‘hunger’ she looked at my boys with and I suddenly felt the need to shower.

Esme flew to her feet. “This is just outrageous! My husband is NOT removing his shirt in front of any of you!” My poor sweet wife. I had never seen her so possessive before, though it was very endearing.

The boys were once again laughing hysterically at the thought of me joining their humiliation. The girls however, were all on Esme’s side seething in their chairs and somewhere between grabbing their mates and running out of the office or gang tackling Stephenie and locking her in a closet in some remote hallway of the hospital.

“Stephenie makes a good point, for now the argument is between the boys, but who’s to say that next week it won’t be between all of you…let’s settle this once and for all.” Dr. Dover insisted.

“Jackass” I heard Esme mumble under her breath. It caught me so off guard I almost tripped. She smiled at my stumble and whispered “Good luck dear… if she touches you I will eat her for dinner.”

Stepheinie’s POV is out there…be warned! Think cougar. ;)

STEPHENIES POV

Dr. Dover called me into the conference room. Great another coffee run…he doesn’t pay me enough for this…

I was shocked to find out there was going to be some sort of contest to end an argument between the Cullen’s. They were each more perfect than the next, their flawless skin, their perfect features and bodies most people would die for. I sat quietly in the chair Dr. Dover ushered me over to while he explained my part.

The three boys stood along the wall of the conference room. One of them looked thrilled to be there, one looked so mad he could spit and one, Blondie, looked afraid of his own shadow. Oh, little one, let mama make you feel better…

I was taken out of my fantasy by the greatest words ever uttered in my life. “Gentlemen please take off your shirts.” Now we’re talking. I wonder if he has a radio in here…we need some music.

Then the big one, Emmett, just ripped his shirt off all Incredible Hulk style, buttons flying everywhere. I started fanning myself at the sight. Wow…I wouldn’t kick him out of bed…

When I looked over at the other two, they were still dressed. Edward tried to excuse himself from the competition by claiming third place and trying to sit out. His girlfriend however the one according to the notes I snooped through today is marrying him for the sex, talked him into doing it. WOAH! Look at that kiss…they definitely need to have sex before one of them explodes.

With the most annoyed face in human history, Edward removed his shirt and what a sight it was! I was ready to go over and hug Bella for talking him into doing that. My eyes admired his developed shoulder muscles, his tight pectorals and his washboard abs made my face get hot. I think he should walk around like that 24/7…god’s gift to women that one. Lucky girl that Bella!

Blondie was instructed to take his shirt off next, but his mom had to open her big mouth and try and stop him. I had been waiting for this moment with great anticipation, she wasn’t going to blow it for me!

I had to speak up. “Mrs. Cullen I am sure Dr. Dover knows what he is doing. He is a trained professional, now take that shirt off like the doctor told you to Blondie.” So I can can get a look at what your mama wants to keep hidden, yummy. I thought He jumped back to the wall. Scared? You can come sit on my lap, I’ll take good care of you..

“Ok, now gentlemen, I know this might be a bit uncomfortable, but I am going to ask Stephenie to choose which of you is the best looking, alright?” Dr. Dover was my new personal hero…

“Why is she deciding?” because he said I could HA!

“That’s not fair!” Life ain’t fair sweetie, get used to it.

“She better keep her hands to herself!” I make no guarantees. You’ve seen the dog shows, sometimes you gotta feel the goods to see who wins best in show!

Dr. Dover spun around in his chair “Ladies! Stephenie will be completely appropriate, I have great faith in her.” Sure I will…sure I will…God the things could teach them…

There was only one thing that could make this moment any better, any more perfect. I had to act quickly, “Uh, if the point is to figure out who the best looking Cullen is without a shirt I believe we have one more contestant who needs to come up here…” I glanced over at Dr. Hottie as a small bead of drool escaped the corner of my mouth.

Once again his wife had to jump in. “This is just outrageous! My husband is NOT removing his shirt in front of any of you!” Now come on honey, I don’t bite… I’ll be gentle with him.

“Stephenie makes a good point, for now the argument is between the boys, but who’s to say that next week it won’t be between all of you…let’s settle this once and for all…” I like this new doctor, he’s not stiff like the rest of the ones I’ve worked for. I watched as his wife mumbled something to him before he came over to join his sons.

God they look like a magazine cover…. I stood up to get a better look and I heard growling from behind me. I spun around to see four of the most hostile faces I’d ever seen, glaring at me. “the growling really isn’t necessary ladies. I’m just doing my job!”

The first one I examined was Edward. He was lean, but muscular. Pale skin and defined muscles. He smelled really good and as I leaned closer to examine his pecs, I felt a sudden surge of lust towards him. I was about to plant a kiss on his face when he shoved Emmett into Blondie who fell to the ground with a crash and it really ruined the mood. I reached up and pushed a piece of bronze hair out of his face. “Edward! You just decided to put your shirt back on and come sit with me NOW!” His girlfriend shrieked. A smile broke out over his face as he grabbed his shirt and joined Bella. Young love…barf!

I moved down to Emmett, the largest Cullen. His muscles were bigger than any I had ever seen this close before. He could snap me like a twig. A piece of fuzz from his shirt was still on his chest so I gently touched his chest to remove it when I heard a crash from behind me and the blonde girl had knocked over her chair and was ready to pounce on me. I held out my hand and said “Fuzz…relax sweetie.” So possessive…Of course, just touching him made me feel all tingly inside but no one knew but me.

Next was blondie. Oh how I have thought about this moment since he walked into the office yesterday. He was intimidated by me I could tell because when I approached, he took a few steps back. Younger men, they had so much to learn… His arms were covered in scars that had a hint of sparkle to them. “Where did you get all the scars Blondie?” I asked.

“My name madam is Jasper and I was in an accident when I was younger.” He said timidly.

“Are you afraid of me?” I whispered in his ear as I walked behind him to check out his back.

“Utterly and completely.”

I ran my hand down his arm “You have nothing to be afraid of where I’m concerned, I’d take good care of you.”

“Hands off my man Mr. Robinson!!” The gift shop addict yelled from the top of the conference room table. Her eyes were as black as coal as she glared down at me.

“Easy babe, I’m just kidding. So insecure…” there was another crash behind me as the blonde and Bella both tackled Alice to the tabletop.

Finally I approached the granddaddy of them all, Dr. Carlisle Cullen. The man who’s name made the female employees of the hospital swoon. His skin was pale as his sons, but his look was more mature, more developed muscles, more years of experience. I could tell he was uncomfortable having me this close to him, his wife probably never let other women get this close. I’m sure she was afraid of losing him with all the competition… If Edward smelled good, Carlisle smelled ten times better. He had the whole package, age, brains, looks, compassion…any woman’s perfect man.

I again walked behind him to take in all angles and as I passed behind him I let my arm brush against his backside. I felt his cheeks clench at my touch. What I wasn’t expecting was his wife to come wrench my arm into the air and hiss in my ear. “If you don’t get away from my husband right now, you will lose this arm Stephenie! I will rip it off myself…” Carlisle grabbed his wife and pushed her into the corner of the room. Her children were stunned by her behavior and Dr. Dover was furiously scribbling in his notepad.

Having evaluated the men, I went back to my seat to deliberate who would win the honor of best looking Cullen without a shirt. Decisions, Decisions…

“After careful deliberation I have decided to go with the one man who had the whole package, brains, brawn and experience…” I said as the room went silent. “Congratulations Dr. Cullen, you are the yummiest Cullen of them all!”

“I was robbed!”

“Thank god this is over.”

“I feel violated.”

“I will never live this down…”

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tami skriver:

11 september, 2009 kl. 16:27

jag vet att cullens killarna är snygga men det var inte kul att se dom från stephanies pov. eller det var visst kul. jag blev samtidigt äcklad som road:P

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Molly skriver:

19 oktober, 2009 kl. 19:44

Jag läste slutet av Cat’s out of the Bag, och har aldrig skrattat så mycket i mitt liv. Det var inte väntatXD

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Amanda skriver:

7 november, 2009 kl. 00:19

Seriöst, det här är bland det roligaste jag har läst någonsin x’D

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Simone skriver:

18 januari, 2010 kl. 15:50

Asså, äckel. Seriöst, är det inte obvious att den person som hon ska välja är den som helt enkelt är så het (eller, cool i deras fall xD) att han vet det själv? ;o

GO TEAM EMMETT! Hahaha

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Angelikka skriver:

16 februari, 2010 kl. 10:34

Gaahd, jag läste slutet på kapitlet cat´s out of the bag, och jag skrattade så jag höll på att ramla ut ur stolen, sedan gick jag ock duscha, och då out of no where började jag skratta så mycket åt det igen så att jag var tvungen att sätta mig ner!! :D

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