5. Dinner Time

BPOV

We were on our way to the Cullens, with Katy in tow, and I was nervous as hell. Edward says he loves me and will never leave…but, I mean, come on. How am I supposed to believe that? He did leave, right after he said he didn’t want me anymore. Then he says it was all a lie? What else has been a lie? I mean, can you blame me for my skepticism?


I think not.


How am I supposed to talk about my problem, while being sure he won’t disappear in the morning? I already know that my split-personality hang up can get complicated when it comes to socializing with other people. They are just left dumbfounded and confused, most of the time, and I have just never cared enough to talk to them about it. I just let them think that I’m crazy/having a bad day/PMSing/moody, or what have you.


But Edward is different. All of the Cullens are. If I want them in my life, which I do…very much so, then they have to know about what’s going on with me, so they can understand it. So they can accept it.


But what if they don’t accept it?


They will accept me, Bell. After all, I am awesome. I’ll help you explain it, doll. So don't worry your pretty little head she told me. Such a pretty little head...so fucking pretty her voice sang, but soon faded to a whisper.


I squeezed Edward's hand and let myself relax into the leather seat. They will find out about it sooner or later, better to just get it over with now so that it’s out in the open and I don’t have to keep torturing myself with the ‘what-ifs’. I fucking hate ‘what-ifs’. They give me a goddamn headache.


“Bewwa?” I heard a small voice behind me say.


“Yeah baby?” I called, without taking my eyes off the flashing lights and colors on the stereo system in the dash.


“I’m hungwy…” she said in a slight whiny tone.


“Yeah, me too. We’re almost there, okay?”

“Where we goin to?”


“My friend’s house. There mommy made dinner for us. Make sure you tell her ‘thank you’ when we get there, okay munchkin?”


“Kay. Do they got cookies?”


I laughed lightly. “I don’t know, sweets, why don’t you ask Alice? We’re going to her house.”


I sighed and listened to the conversation happening in the backseat now. I wonder how everyone will react to Katy. She is very shy, but friendly at the same time.

Will she be scared?

I shouldn’t worry so much…obviously it will be fine. Alice hasn’t seen anything. After all, she knew about Katy coming over with me to dinner as soon as I decided to babysit her.


Edward leaned over to whisper in my ear, “Your little friend is very sweet. I’m sure everyone will adore her,” he assured me then kissed my cheek.


I gasped. The kiss actually hurt a little.


What the hell?


I put my hand to my cheek, and Marie showed me a flash of this afternoon’s events.


"Fuck you," I said, glaring into his eyes.
*SMACK*
I put my hand to my cheek and could feel tears smarting my eyes. I started to clench my fist.
"Don't you ever talk to me that way again, young lady! Do you hear me?"
I glared at him, my vision blurry because of the tears. I angrily swiped at my eyes, trying to clear my vision. He stood there, staring at me, obviously waiting for my reply. Instead, I balled up my fist and swung as hard as I could, hitting him square in the nose. He groaned and put a hand up to his face to hold his nose.

That motherfucker will never touch you again, Bell. Don’t worry about a thing doll, I took care of it.

“Oh, I’m sorry, love. Does your cheek hurt much? I can get you some ice when we get to the house. I’m sorry baby…”


“Oh my god,” I whispered.

I can’t believe my dad hit me! And, holy shit, I hit him back?! Or, Marie hit him back. Whatever, it’s all the same to him.


“It’s ok baby,” Edward said and then held his cold hand up to my cheek cradling it.

I just sat there, still trying to process this information.

What else happened?


I noticed we were pulling up into the mansion’s driveway now, and put those thoughts in the back of my mind. It was time to introduce Katy and eat some dinner. My stomach growled at the thought.

Had I even eaten all my lunch?


Nope. That sandwich you picked out was kinda gross, Bell. I'm talkin' puke-worthy she said with disgust.

I sighed. It tasted really good, what are you talking about?


No, it was nasty. You're lucky I threw it away when I did. It was probably rotten. Gross cafeteria food...


It was perfectly fine.


It was not, it was fucking gross she argued.


Whatever.


Edward came over and opened my door for me. I got out and leaned the seat forward, to see Katy already reaching for me, bouncing in her seat a little.


“Okay, gimme a sec, Katy. I’ll get you out of there,” I told her while unbuckling her seatbelt and then pulled her into my arms. She latched onto my neck and I closed the passenger door behind me.


“I’ve got her bag, Bella,” Alice informed me.


“Thank you, Alice,” I responded and then took the hand that Edward was holding out to me.


We walked up to the front door to have it being opened for us by Esme. She had a bright smile on her face and came out to hug me.

“Bella, sweetheart,” she cooed while wrapping me in a motherly hug. She gently patted Katy’s back as she let me go.


“Hi, Esme. Umm…” I started, while gesturing to Katy in my arms, “I hope this is alright? I’m babysitting…” I said, unsure of what else to say about the subject.


“Oh, of course it’s alright dear. Alice already informed everyone that the little one would be joining us tonight. It’s perfectly fine,” she assured me.


I smiled and we walked into the house. Everyone was in the front room, ready to greet us. Everyone. I’m sure it was mostly about greeting Katy though. Which was good. The sooner she knew them, the sooner she would be comfortable here. I looked at all of them, then to Edward to see him nod at me a little.

I sighed, “Ok, here goes…”


Katy’s little arms were still tight around my neck, something she usually did around new people or new places. I let go of Edward’s hand and rubbed her back for a few seconds, while staring at the vampires before me. I mouthed to them, ‘she’s shy’, to which they all nodded and continued standing there, waiting patiently. I decided to go for ‘bright and playful’ as opposed to the ‘calm and luring’ technique I would usually do if she had just woken up.


“Hey munchkin!” I said happily.


She lifted her head and smiled at me, “Hi!” she squeaked back at me.

I heard light laughter in the room, but kept my focus on Katy. Her arms were still pretty snug on me and I held her tightly.


“Do you wanna meet my friends?” She didn’t respond, she just stared up at me and sighed a little, so I tried again. “They are really nice,” I said in a persuasive tone. Then I whispered in her ear, “I’m pretty sure they have cookies, too.”

She started giggling a little, so I started tickling her sides gently, goading her on. After a second , she was full-on laughing and I nuzzled her neck, tickling her there too. Tickling always loosened her up. After I stopped and her laughter died down, I looked up to find all the vampires smiling brightly at our little display.


I looked at Katy, who was keeping her eyes trained on my face, and nodded my head towards the crowded room. She let go of my neck and I moved her onto my hip, as she turned to face the Cullen coven. She gave a little wave, and they mimicked her in an equally small wave. At that moment, I was very thankful that they were letting me take this at a slow pace.

I turned to my side to see Edward with a smile on his face and gave him a kiss then said, “I’m going to introduce her to the family.”

He nodded and I walked up to Carlisle first.


“This is my friend, Carlisle,” I told Katy.


“Hello, Katy,” Carlisle said softly.


She stared up into his eyes and smiled. She seemed to be fascinated with their eyes. She pointed at his with her little finger and looked at me, in question.


“Pretty, huh?”


“Pwetty…” she whispered and nodded in agreement. She looked back at Carlisle and greeted him. “Hi,” she said shyly. He smiled down at her and she giggled a little bit, tucking herself into my side more, and laying her head on my shoulder.


And so, the introductions went along down the line. Katy seemed to be fine with all of them. When we got to Rosalie to exchange the ‘hellos’, I couldn’t tell if she wanted to grab Katy up and hold on for dear life, or run out the door, stomping her feet and throwing a fit, whining about ‘why can’t I have a baby’ like she usually did.

She is so fucking annoying.

Agreed I heard Marie murmur inside my head. I don’t like her.

“I’m hungwy,” Katy repeated what she had said in the car.

This seemed to get Esme into full mother-mode again, because she dashed off to the kitchen, announcing that she was making our plates. I muttered a ‘thanks’ and then walked over to the dining room table, placing Katy in the chair next to mine. After I got seated I looked over to her and saw the top of her blonde head peeking out over the tabletop.


Well, that won‘t work.

“Ummm…” I said as Edward walked into the room. He saw the same little head peeking out and started laughing a little. I turned to him with a smile on my face. “I need something that will work as a booster seat. Umm…a thick book, maybe? Phone book?”


“I’ll get it!” I heard Emmett say.


I yelled out, “Thanks, Em!” and then he was walking into the room with not one, but two phone books. I picked Katy up out of the chair while he situated them.


“There you go, shorty,” he said with a wink towards Katy and she beamed up at him in response. He smiled back and Esme came into the dining room with our plates in her hands.

I sat Katy back down and pulled her chair close to me, because I knew I was going to have to help her eat. Edward took his seat at my other side and rested his elbows on the table, watching all of my exchanges with Katy very closely.


Esme placed a plate in front of each of us, then placed her hand on my shoulder. “Enjoy,” she said simply.

I smiled up at her, “Thanks” and then Katy exclaimed loudly, “Yummy!”

Emmett and Edward laughed at her little outburst while I started cutting up her chicken. Esme patted Katy’s head softly and then went back into the kitchen to clean up.


Edward interrupted me, “Let me, love,” gesturing towards the knife in my hands.

I nodded and pushed Katy’s plate toward him.

“Hey…” Katy protested with a small pout.


Edward smiled softly at her, “Just a second, Katy. We have to make your food bite-size,” he informed her while cutting the meat.

Before she could respond he gently nudged the plate back over to her, complete with bite size pieces of chicken, and she beamed up at him in appreciation.


She went straight for her fork, with sharp edges on it, and I shot my hand out to cover it and stop her.

“Uh-uh,” I said firmly.

She immediately took her hand away and whispered, “sowwy,” to me while eyeing her chicken intently.

I picked up her fork and stabbed a piece of chicken, holding it up to her mouth. She bit it off and chewed appreciatively, humming the whole time. Once she was chewing, I allowed myself a few bites of my food.

Damn, this chicken is good.

I looked over at Katy and hummed along with her. She nodded in agreement and I gave her another bite of her food.


Edward stayed silent while watching me feed Katy and have little conversations with her, encouraging her to eat a few bites of her corn. A few times, he would touch my cheek and caress where the bruise was forming. I heard a low rumble in his chest when he would do that. I knew he was very angry at my father. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do about that situation. It hurt to think about it.

God, I can’t believe he had hit me.


Don’t you worry about what that fucker did to our pretty face, Bell. He won’t be doing it again.

Between Marie and Edward, I’m sure that statement was very true.

I finished all of my food, much to Edward’s satisfaction and it was clear that Katy was finished. More than half her food was still on her plate, but that was because she got the same serving sizes as me. There was no way she could eat that much. When she started to kick her feet and whine about wanting to get down, I told her to wait a minute and asked Edward to make sure she stayed seated while I got our plates and took them to the sink. When I came back into the dining room, it seemed Katy and Edward were deep in conversation.

“…she’s my best fwiend,” Katy smiled up at him.

“That’s really nice,” Edward responded softly.

“Hey,” I said, announcing my return.

“Bewwa, I want down…” Katy whined again.

I nodded and reached for her. She lifted up her arms, allowing me to pick her up.

“Hey baby, we were just talking about you,” Edward smirked at me.

“Oh yeah?” I asked, then turned toward Katy. “I hope it was all good stuff,” I said while giving Katy an Eskimo kiss.

“It was!” she announced and giggled.

“I hope so,” I smiled at her.

Edward came over to my side and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, whispering in my ear, “We need to talk, Bella,” he reminded me, then kissed my bruised cheek.


I nodded to him, and said quietly, “I know, I just need to get Katy situated and entertained. There are a few movies in her bag that Alice packed up for her, and her coloring books are in there too.”


He rubbed slow circles into my lower back, “Ok, angel,” he nodded and led me and Katy back out to the living room where everyone was gathered.

I sat Katy down on her feet and pointed to her bag. “Go get your stuff for me,” I told her while I sat down on the floor.

She nodded and skipped over to her bag. When she brought it back over to me, I opened it up and looked through my options. I grabbed her princess coloring book, and a pack of crayons, then three dvd’s out of the bag. I laid the movies out in front of her.


“Ok, shorty, pick which one you want to watch while I take care of a few things in the other room,” I told her.


She eyed the movies carefully, as though this were a very important decision, but after a few minutes, she eventually picked Monsters, Inc. Holding it up to my face, she said, “Pwease?”


I nodded and pointed her towards Jasper. She turned to look back at me, puzzled, and shoved the dvd back in my face.

I shook my head and explained, “Munchkin, the dvd player is Jasper’s. Go ask him, very nicely, if he will put it on for you so you can watch it. Ok?”


She turned slowly back to Jasper’s direction and he smiled softly down at her.

She gave a small, short-lived smile back and without taking her eyes off him, leaned in to whisper in my ear, “Is he nice?”

I nodded.

“Is he gonna say yes?” she whispered again.

Jasper smiled wider at that.

Everyone could here our quiet conversation, but she didn’t know that.


“Go ask him and find out,” I whispered back to her and softly patted her behind, sending her on her way.


She stayed planted by my side though, and kept staring at him. She reached out and started absentmindedly running her tiny fingers through my hair. I softly rubbed her back in return and after a minute, she whispered in my ear again, “Will you come wif me?”


I shook my head slowly, “You’re a big girl,” I whispered back. “I’ll be right here the whole time, munchkin.”


Now she finally looked at me and whispered with conviction, “Pwomise?”


I nodded seriously and held out my pinky for her to take. “I swear it, baby,” I said softly.


She took my pinky in her own and after we swung our joined hands back and forth a few times, I gave her my best reassuring smile and she stepped away from me. Twenty-six very small, very shy steps later, she was standing in front of Jasper’s seated form on the recliner. He had smiled at her all throughout her journey over to the couch and kept eye contact with her, trying to reassure her. She stared up at him, but didn’t talk so he broke the silence first.

“Hi there, little darlin’,” he spoke with a southern twang, and she finally smiled back at him.

She offered the dvd to him in her little outstretched hands and said shyly, “Pwease?”


He immediately nodded, earning himself a beaming smile from her and then he took the dvd out of her hands, and walked over to the entertainment center.

She ran back over to me, excited and smiling brightly and exclaimed, “He said yes!” then wrapped her little arms around my neck, earning herself laughter all around.


I nodded, “I told you so,” I said playfully.


She just nodded in acknowledgment and let go of my neck to stand in front of me.

“You’re a big girl,” I reminded her.


“I am,” she stated with confidence.


I stood up then, and Edward wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and cooed in my ear, “She adores you.”

I nodded slowly. I already knew this.

He kept speaking into my ear, though, his cool breath, a welcome caress against my aching cheek, “I’m really enjoying listening to her thoughts…her mind is so refreshingly innocent.”

I put my own arms on top of his that were around my waist and ran my fingers lightly over the skin on his hands, thankful that they were being accepting of Katy.


As the tv screen lit up, signaling the start of the movie, Katy squealed excitedly. She tugged on my jeans and told me, “My monsters are comin on!” pointing to the big screen tv hanging from the wall.


Edward loosened his arms around me and I squatted down to Katy’s level. “Ok, your princess book is right there on the floor,” I said pointing to it, “and I am going to be in the next room if you need me, ok? I’ll be in the room where we had dinner.”

She nodded, eyed glued to the screen.


I think she’s addicted to television…I should talk to her mother about that.

Yes. Yes, you should Marie agreed with me. Look at her…she’s in a fucking trance!


I stood back up and faced Edward, grabbing his hand to anchor me. I needed his reassurance right now. I needed to know that after I told him everything, nothing would change. I needed to know that he wouldn’t leave me.


He nodded towards Carlisle and Alice who were watching us and lightly squeezed my hand. We started walking back to the dining room, Carlisle and Alice following, his gaze on me the entire time. I sat down in the seat I had occupied a minute ago, and everyone else took a seat around me, Edward to my left. He kept my hand in his and started lightly stroking my wrist with his cool fingertips.

EPOV

Ok, the evening was going well, so far. Everyone seemed to take a liking to little Katy and I could tell by her thoughts that she felt comfortable here, as long as Bella wasn’t too far away. Bella seemed to be Katy’s security blanket. And it really was precious how those two interacted with each other. I enjoyed watching them, although it brought along a feeling of deep regret that I would never be able to provide Bella with a baby. She seemed to be great with kids. Actually, ‘great’, was an understatement. She was absolutely perfect with that little girl. Their playful banter, her protectiveness over the child, the gentle way she handled her with those soft caresses and kisses she would occasionally give Katy. Even the way Bella had scolded her about the fork and insisted that she eat her vegetables was handled with care. She would make a fantastic mother. I found myself becoming sad with these thoughts.


Don’t dwell on it. It won’t do anyone a bit of good to feel sorry for yourself. Of course you can’t give her a child. You’re a monster.


I sighed and looked over at Bella as I continued to lightly run my fingers along her wrist. We were seated at the table with Carlisle and Alice and I could tell that my Bella was nervous. I wasn’t sure about what though. Yes, her behavior had been strange throughout the day, but it was nothing that I couldn’t handle. I just needed to know that she was alright. That she was feeling okay. It was all of the not knowing that was driving me insane.


I called this little meeting, so I would speak first. I cleared my throat, “Carlisle, I would like for you to give Bella a sort-of check up. I’m sure you have noticed that she is a little underweight now, and she has been losing a lot of sleep in the past, as well as recently. I was wondering when and if I could get her on some vitamins?”


I turned to look at Bella, who was already looking at me. “They will make you feel better love, give you more energy.” She nodded, so I turned back to talk to my father. “Also, her behavior today seemed a little erratic. She had a panic attack in the school parking lot and she expressed extreme anger towards a student in class today. I couldn’t calm her down.” I heard Bella breathe out a shaky breath and I turned to look at her, reassuringly. “It’s alright, sweetheart. Whatever is going on, with your health, or your moods…we’ll take care of it. We will help you. Always. I love you.”

I gave her a small smile and she tried to smile back but it came out as more of a grimace. I leaned forward and gave her a kiss. “I love you,” I repeated for the millionth time today. She nodded and murmured a ‘love you too’, before giving my hand what I’m sure was a death grip for her. I let her continue to assault my hand and used my other one to lightly run my fingers through her hair. I knew how she loved that.


Carlisle spoke up then. “Of course, you can buy her some vitamins whenever you like,” he said to me then turned to face Bella, “they will be to sure to improve your health and energy.”

She nodded.

She had a little worry wrinkle coming out on her forehead from the expression on her face, so I smoothed it out with my thumb, then kissed her forehead. “My beautiful girl,“ I murmured against her skin.

When I pulled back to look at her, she was smiling softly at me.

“I love you, Edward,” she told me.

I gave her my crooked smile that I knew she loved so much, “I love you too, my sweet Bella.”

The expression on her face turned serious as she spoke again, “You have to promise me, swear to me, that whatever happens tonight…whatever you find out, whatever I tell you…you won’t leave. Promise me,” she demanded.


I squinted my eyes at her in worry, “I promise you, Bella, I’m not going to leave.”


She continued on, “Even if it’s ‘for my own good’, “ she said, doing little hand quotes for a second, “you can’t go anywhere,” she stressed. “Do you understand, Edward? I won’t live through it,” she said in a sad, breathy voice. She took a deep breath then said in a steady, firm tone, “I swear to God, I’ll kill myself,” looking me dead in the eye.


Like hell you will.


My eyes widened at her declaration. “Bella, no,” I told her in a hard voice. “I’m not going anywhere. You are my life,” I repeated with conviction. Before I could stop myself, I snarled at her, “And don’t you ever fucking say that again,” as I met her stare dead-on with one of my own. I’m sure my eyes had turned black with fury.


She didn’t recoil from me, or show any fear from my lashing out at her, she just simply, nodded and sighed, “Okay…” and I softened my gaze at her reply.


Carlisle interrupted our staring contest. “Bella, what could you have to say, or…what would happen tonight that would make you think Edward would want to leave you?


She turned her gaze on Carlisle then. “You’ll see…” she whispered cryptically with a troubled look.


He seemed puzzled, but after a minute let the subject drop and asked, “What happened to your cheek, Bella?”


She tore her eyes away from him and looked down into her lap, ashamed. She started mumbling, “Ummm…well, uhhh…”


I interrupted her and told Carlisle what had happened between her and Charlie this afternoon. I couldn’t help the low rumbling in my chest that came out with my explanation, but he seemed to understand my anger.

In fact, he showed a bit of his own. “I will have to speak with him,” was all he said on the matter, though.


Getting back to the matter at hand, he said, “Bella, I can prescribe you something for your sleep loss. The medicine would guarantee that you get a healthy 8 hours a night, alright?”


“That’s fine,” Bella told him, keeping eye contact.


He continued, “Also, there are some protein shakes that Edward can buy, along with your vitamins, at the health food store in Port Angeles that would help you gain some weight. I can monitor your progress on the scale weekly, if that’s alright with you?”

She nodded.


He nodded back in response, then said, “Alright, I’ll be right back.”

He got up from his seat and rushed off to his office. A few seconds later, he was back at the table, a small floor weight scale, a leather book, and a piece of paper in his hands. He placed the prescription for sleeping meds down in front of Bella, and I snatched it up, folding it and put it in my pocket.

She smiled at me and then got up. Carlisle placed the scale on the floor by her feet. She stepped on it, and after second, the scale’s digital response came across the screen.

98lbs. With her shoes on. So that meant she was really somewhere are 96lbs.

I grimaced and Carlisle quickly recorded the information in his leather bound journal.


“Alright Bella,” he said looking back up at her, “Our goal is going to be 110lbs. How does that sound?”


“Good,” she responded and gave him a small smile. “Thanks, Carlisle.”


“Always a pleasure, Bella. You’re my favorite patient, you know,” he said lightly while returning her smile.


I took her hand and led her to back to her seat. After we were both sitting back down, I asked Bella if she would please explain her behavior today. Carlisle took his seat again, and I knew that we had both Carlisle and Alice's full attention.

I started to lightly rub her slightly swollen wrist that she had gotten from hitting her father earlier, and asked, "What happened today, love? Both at school and this evening. I couldn't calm you down when you were railing on Newton, and then earlier this evening, I came up to your room to catch you smoking marijuana with Katy across the hall," I said, slightly exasperated. "Smoking weed is unacceptable, but to do it around a baby? Bella, you know better," I scolded her.

She nodded her head and a look of suprise came across her face. Before I could continue on, she held up her handing, stopping me. Maybe she's finally ready to explain herself.


She looked me in the eyes and said, "Edward..."


"Yes, Bella?" I asked in anticipation.


"You know I never lie to you...keep that in mind, alright?"

I nodded, wondering where she was going with this.

"I don't know what you're talking about..."she shook her head a little. "Smoking weed? I don't do that. And even if I did, I would never do it around Katy," she said sincerely.


I shook my head, disappointed that she was, in fact, lying now. I know I wasn't hallucinating seeing her beautiful body laying half naked on that bed with a fucking pipe in her hand, ready to light it up.

"Bella," I said reproachfully, ready to just put her over my knee and stop all this nonsense, once and for all. I was getting fed up. "I saw you. I took the pipe away from you, and threw it out the window. I even yelled at you."

She looked sad and just shook her head slowly in response.

I paused, staring at her, watching the pitiful shake of her head. "Don't you remember?" I asked, truly concerned now.


"That wasn't me, Edward," she whispered so low I wouldn't have been able to hear it if not for my vampire senses.


"What do you mean it wasn't you? Bella, it was you - I was there, why are you lying?" I said, my voice rising a little.


She shook her head again and gave me a desperate look, "I'm not lying, Edward."


Alice interrupted us. "Bella, what exactly do you mean, when you say 'it wasn't me'? You're going to have to be specific hun, and stop beating around the bush."


Bella looked like she was starting to panic a little. She whispered, "I'm not lying," through harsh, rushed breaths while giving Alice a pained look.


Carlisle, watching the scene play out before him, murmured, "Interesting..." while Alice and I tried to calm Bella.


After a minute, Bella's breathing slowed and she looked down at her lap, playing with the hem of her shirt. All was silent except for the tv playing in the other room. When Bella lifted her head back up, I was planning on starting back up with my questions, now that she was calm, but the look on her face along with Carlisle's thoughts made me pause.


Let her speak first, Edward. Give her a chance to explain Carlisle's thoughts rang clear in my mind.


I nodded and all our gazes were fixed on Bella, waiting for her to start making sense of the fuckery that had happened today. I was desperate for answers, for an explanation.

What's wrong with my Bella?


Bella's stare was penetrating and it was trained on me. She cocked her head to the side and smirked. I smirked back at her, causing her smirk to turn into a devilish smile.

"Hello, Edward..." she purred.

Her voice was sharp and sure, when just a few seconds ago it had been shy and quiet.


Fucking confused, again, I asked her, "Bella, wha-"


She interrupted me with a hard look and a sharp tone, "It's Marie."


...what?


Come again? Alice thought


Amazing! Carlisle seemed a little too excited about all of this for my liking.


A second later, the rest of my family's thoughts from the next room clouded my head.


She doesn't wanna be called Bella anymore? Emmett questioned.


Oh dear... Esme worried.


This is going to be a problem Jasper's thoughts informed me.


So she's crazy now? Rosalie guessed.


I growled at her thoughts. No matter what this was about, my Bella was not crazy.


I was interrupted from my vengeful thoughts towards my sister, by Bella's slight giggle. I stared at her, slightly confused about what was happening, but before I could talk again, she beat me to it.


"So growly..." she chuckled, "hmmm, so motherfucking sexy," she said with a smile.