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Chapter 29 Planning and Some Fun
Carrie's POV / author POV details
I could feel myself start to waken, and me being reluctant to do so tried to snuggle back into my pillow. I noticed that my pillow was hard but it still felt nice so I just tried to slip back into the peacefulness that was known as sleep. I knew that it was going to be impossible when I felt my all too constant companion, pain, come back and begin to throb throughout my body.
I let out a small groan of protest and tightened my grip on my pillow. I felt someone begin to rub my back soothingly which helped to alleviate my pain. I slowly opened my eyes and was once again disappointed that I couldn't see a thing. A vision slowly began to form in my mind and I knew then that my pillow was Edward and we were both tangled with in the sheets. Somehow during the night I ended up on his right side from being held to his chest.
Also besides my arm being across his torso holding him to me, my right leg was thrown across his. Our hips were pressed against each other and our legs slightly entangled with each others as well as the blankets. 'This is not how we went to bed last night,' I thought sleepily.
I felt Edward's hand begin to rub my back soothingly again and I just let myself relax further against him. It was then that I learned where his other hand was. I could feel something cool, smooth and soft yet hard trace patterns on the skin of the back of my upper leg. I went to bed wearing a pair of shorts and an extra large t-shirt.
I reached down with my hand and stopped his before it could move any higher than the bit above mid thigh that it already was. I pulled his hand away and up to his chest and held it there with our fingers entwined. Edward let out a small chuckle at my actions. I let out a small snort and tried to go back to sleep.
"You do realize that we have to get up, don't you," Edward said. I knew we did, but that did not mean I had to like the idea.
I sighed and replied with a small whine, "But I don't want to, I am fine where I am at." To prove my point I just snuggled up against him more and pulled the blankets up to my shoulders. I was surprised when Edward moved and I found myself on my back and Edward was lying on top of me. He held my wrists gently in his hands above my head, our legs even more entangled together and the blankets. His face was pressed into the dip of my neck placing small kisses there. I think Edward was accustomed to using sexual teasing to get what he wants; it probably worked when he was with Bella but I am not Bella. And still … I could feel my face heat up in the position that we were in, it was so … intimate. Edward brought his face up and sent me an image of myself as I lie there beneath him. I looked hopefully into his eyes as he leaned down and kissed me.
"We just have one more day this week, you can sleep in all you want tomorrow," he said when he pulled away.
"Promise," I asked hopeful. I was in dire need of some good old rest and relaxation.
"Promise," he said and sealed with another kiss. He then pushed himself off of me to stand next to the bed. He picked me up bridal style and carried me down to the dining room and placed me in my seat.
"Morning princess," Emmett said and I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Morning Teddy," I said, "and if you are here, good morning Alice, Rose, Jaz." I knew I probably looked insane nodding my head in random directions hoping to greet the ones I mentioned. I nodded in the direction that I felt that someone was; I'm not sure if it was the right people or not or if there was anyone actually there.
"Morning Carrie," they responded. Esme greeted me with a 'good morning sweetie' as she placed breakfast in front of me, which consisted of pancakes and sausage. If this keeps up I'll be fat again in no time.
"Make sure to dress warmly today Carrie, they are calling for snow today," Esme said her voice was warm and caring. It was times like these that she truly felt like a mother to me.
"There sure has been a lot of snow this year," Rosalie commented to which the others murmured their agreement.
"Maybe today after school we can have a rematch," I suggested thinking back to our snow fight from when I first moved here. It seems like such a life time ago since so much has happened from the time.
"That's a good idea. We'll totally kick your guy's butts this time," Rosalie said and I could tell she had a Rose style smile gracing her beautiful face.
"As if," Emmett said crossing his arms. I heard his chair creak as he leaned back from the table, balancing on the back legs of his chair.
"I think we can handle that," Jasper said and his southern drawl was more noticeable now that I had to concentrate on voices to identify the speaker.
After I got done eating Alice helped me to get an outfit together and made sure that I put it on correctly. Edward and I rode to school in his Volvo while Jasper drove the others in Esme's car since Rosalie's needed some maintenance done. (I got tired of Rosalie always driving.)
We arrived at school and parked in our usual places. It was a bit nippy so we headed inside and sat in the cafeteria. We were sitting at our usual table but in different seats. I was sitting in Edward's lap. Jasper got his little magnetic chess board out and challenged me to a game and we played until the bell rang. I have yet to win a game against him or anybody, but I would not let that discourage me. One day I will win a match!
Edward walked with me to my locker where he showed me that the flowers were still there. They were a bit droopy, but they were still there. We walked hand in hand to my English class where he unpacked the things that I needed and left after giving me a English we were doing group worksheets. I was in a group with Angela, Eric, Tyler, Mike and Jessica. Angela gave me a hand in filling out the worksheets and she would read the questions and anything out loud so I knew what was going on. The boys offered some help as well; Jessica didn't do much of anything.
Emmett was there to walk with me to Latin where we reviewed Dante some more, mainly discussing the important people mentioned in the story. In physics we handed in our lab reports and took a test. Rosalie was allowed to help me after she handed in her test and she was only allowed to read the questions and answers quietly in my ear to ensure that we or anyone else could cheat.
Edward greeted me after class with a kiss and we headed to biology. The teacher was a bit late so Bella turned around and started talking with us. We all seem to be getting along just fine compared to earlier in the school year. The teacher came into the class stating that he was late because he had to print off our tests. To prevent me from cheating he sat with me in the back corner and read the test to me. I held up the appropriate number of fingers to indicate what answer I wanted.
I was a couple of minutes late getting out since it took a while to read the questions out loud. Edward was waiting for me though and after a stop at my locker we headed to the cafeteria to see that someone had already bought a lunch for me. Jasper and I continued our chess game. I was getting better but I was nowhere near as good as Jasper or anyone else in my family. At least I was no longer losing in four moves like at first.
In math class we went over our homework for the week and did more practice problems. Well I tried to, I was having trouble understanding it and it didn't help matters that I couldn't see it, but I tried my best. Alice tried to help me by describing the problem in a way that I could paint a mental picture.
In gym we played dodge ball. The teacher told me that I could sit it out but I didn't, I just stuck close to one of my family members holding a ball. They would occasionally shout out a clock position and a distance and I would try to throw the ball that way. I got lucky a couple of times and managed to hit someone. One of which being Mike right in the back of the head as I was told. They would also tell me to jump and dodge and I used my senses to determine how to dodge. That I didn't do too great a job of so I had to of have help from one of my siblings, Edward mainly. I think he just used it as an excuse to hold me, not that I was complaining any.
I was happy at the end of the school day; there was no homework for the weekend. I just grabbed a couple of reading books that I was to read for English, and my math books and headed home with Edward. As the radio had said it had been gently snowing all day and still was when we got home.
Esme was waiting for us in the living room and she had a cup of hot chocolate ready for me on the coffee table. We all curled up somewhere on the furniture as Esme asked us about our day. I mainly complained about the math class. Edward told me that he would help me and that we could get started then. I told him we could get started tomorrow because for now I just wanted to relax.
I was cuddled against him, finishing my cup of hot chocolate when Alice suddenly disappeared. She came back and she was balancing some boards and sleds and inner tubes. "How about we go and have some fun in the snow," she said. We all agreed and Esme took me up to my room so I could change into some more appropriate clothes that would stay dry and keep me warm. Sometimes I think they forget I'm blind. I know that they would never let me get hurt or anything, but what fun could playing in the snow be if I could not see. How much fun could sliding down a hill be if I could not see the trees whizzing by me? Sure the wind might feel nice but I can get that effect by running with Edward. Knowing this I still agreed to go for their sakes if not my own. Plus I was a bit apprehensive about being out in the snow, considering the circumstances last time I was out in it.
After I was changed into more appropriate clothing I was lead to the door where I met up with Edward and Rosalie. They too had changed into something more appropriate, not that it mattered to them. Edward was holding some snow boards in his arms and Rosalie said that she would be the one carrying me to where ever we were going. She also handed me the gloves that she got for me so long ago and helped me to put them on my hands.
"This way I know that your hands are taken care of," she said. I know I have been told by a few different people about how 'mean' or 'rude' Rosalie is, and while I can imagine it I don't see it. Rosalie and I have an understanding or more along the line that we understand each other. We have both been abused by males who are supposed to love us while this is sad we don't want anyone's pity. It is our refusal to be seen as weak that bonds us.
I heard some noise and turned toward it. Alice, Emmett, and Jasper came toward us. Emmett was carrying more snow boards, Jasper was carrying skies and Alice was carrying the ski poles.
"I already moved everything else there, this is all that's left," Alice said as she gestured to what she and the guys were carrying.
"Go have fun, Carlisle and I will meet up with you later," Esme said with a all said our goodbyes as we exited the house. Once we were on the front yard Rosalie picked me up and placed me on her back. "Race you there you guys," she said as I felt the cold air brush against my face, signaling that she had began to run. She wasn't as fast as Edward or Alice, and all the snow was slowing her (all of them) down but she was moving faster than I ever could hope to.
Even though they were all weighed down it was a close tie between all of the vampires as we arrived at our destination. Emmett was a few seconds behind everyone else. His feet hit the ground repeatedly sending a drum like sound echoing through the forest soon followed by a strange whooshing sound and Rose was forced to take a sharp turn as snow brushed us. Obviously Emmett was trying to bury us in the snow. (As he ran toward us the snow moved out of his way as if he was a train coming down the tracks. The snow was flying up on either side of him and we had turned away as he came to a stop or we would have gotten a face full of snow.)
"Where are we," I asked uneasy with the idea of never knowing exactly where I was when I was not at home or at school.
"At one of our places we go when we want to have fun in the snow," Alice said with a grin and a slight hop I can just imagine.
"Hang on," Edward said. I heard some noise signifying that he was putting down what he was carrying. He came up behind me and held my hands in his. Slowly he began to show me the clearing. It was astonishing; it looked like something that would use at a ski resort. There were gently rolling hills that gradually increased in height. There were fewer trees so I wouldn't be running into anything. There was also a few hills that were a straight line down (at angle of course) that would be perfect for sledding and inner tubing. There was also a flat clearing that would be perfect for snow fights and making snow angels and snow forts, things like that.
"Well just don't stand there, let's get started," Emmett stated with a fist pump in the air. With that said we each grabbed something and headed off to do our own thing. Rosalie and Jasper grabbed some skies, Emmett grabbed a snow board and Edward, Alice and I grabbed a sled or inner tube. Edward carried me up to the start of one of the sloping hills, the smaller one and set up the sled he was carrying.
I set the one that I was holding down and was about to sit down on it when I felt someone grab me from behind. They pulled me down to their level and wrapped their arms around me. The person leaned forward so that they could whisper in my ear, "Hold on tight," Edward said. Then louder he said, "Alright Alice, go ahead."
"Roger that," she said. Edward began to show me what was happening. We were currently sitting on a long, wooden sled on the flat part of the hill. Alice placed her hands on Edward's back and gave us a push to go over the edge. The push was hard enough where we went out and dropped down ten feet later. Despite the drop we had enough momentum from the push to keep us going. We gained speed as we traveled down the hill and the sled hopped when we came to a bump that was hidden by the snow.
When we stopped I was laughing, the ride was so much fun. "That was a ride," I said when I managed to catch my breath. Edward leaned back and since his arms were still around me he pulled me down with him. Okay so I was wrong about it not being fun because I could not see. I had not factored in the idea that I would be able to see because of Edward. He has given me so much and now he gives me his eyes. I don't think I will ever get use to the giving nature all the Cullen's seem to have.
"Ready to go again," his voice caressed my ears and I was forced to close my unseeing eyes in pleasure. He was getting harder to resist as more days pass. From what I heard from Bella mainly he was never this 'hands on' before. Sex was not a word in his vocabulary when used in the same sentence as a human girlfriend so, why now? Was he alright with the idea of having sex with a human? When Bella confided in me she had told me she went to Jake ultimately because Edward was not willing to satisfy those human needs. She had complained that he would get her all worked up then force them to stop. I knew she was just trying to justify her reason for cheating even though she did not have to. I also knew that Edward must be acting this way because he was afraid of losing me for the same reason. I hoped he realized that I was not Bella; I would not cheat on him because we were not having sex.
"You bet," I said with a smile as I sat up and went to stand. I was glad that I could block him from my thoughts whenever I wanted. My mind was no place for a boyfriend to be especially when I was having thoughts of said boyfriend. Edward got up grabbed the board, then grasped me around my waist and we were at the top of the hill again. Alice was already on her third time down on the inner tube. I sat down on the sled with Edward standing behind me. He gave me a push to get me started and as I was tilting down Edward hopped on behind me and we went down the hill again.
The three of us took turns going down with each other or by ourselves either on the sled or the inner tube. Whenever I got on the inner tube when Edward or Alice would push me they would make sure that I was spinning. When I got to the bottom I was so dizzy that I ended up on the ground unable to walk straight. It was after one such single ride when I heard Emmett speak to me.
"Hi there princess, what are you doing down there," he asked his voice clearly conveying his amusement to me.
"Hey Emm, I'm down here because I'm too dizzy to walk," I said. I could sense that he was going to ask me why so I just kicked the inner tube that was lying on top of my leg. It was there because I tripped over it on my last attempt to stand up.
"Ah I see, they put a little extra spin on it didn't they," he stated more than asked with a chuckle. "Well come on, we can't have you lying in the snow all day." He reached down and hooked the inner tube on his snow board and grabbed a hold of my wrist. He then proceeded to pull me up the hill. At the top of the hill Rosalie and Jasper had joined Edward and Alice. There were more sleds, tubes, skies and snowboards next to them. "Hey guys, look what I found," Emmett said as he pulled me up so that I could stand on my feet. I was still a little disoriented from my ride.
"There you are Carrie, we were wondering what you disappeared to," Rosalie said.
"Oh I was just down there, waiting until the world stops spinning so rapidly so that I could stand up," I said and I could feel myself wobble a little as I tried to stand on my own.
For some reason Emmett just started laughing his head off. It sounded as if he was trying to say something but he was laughing so hard that nothing could escape. I'm standing there wondering what he would find so funny. Was it something I said? He finally managed to calm down enough so that he was no longer laughing. "You know," he said, "sometimes you are just too cute."
What the heck did he mean by that? I'm beginning to wonder if vampires could get high or something. Emmett once again began to start laughing. Me, being confused as why he was laughing, just said, "Oh shut up Emmett," as I gave him a shove. That shove caused him to start to slide down the hill since he was so close to the slope. Emmett started to flail his arms about but it did him no good. Edward showed me the image of Emmett toppling backwards and rolling down the hill, snow flying everywhere.
When Emmett finally stopped at the bottom he was not moving. I was beginning to worry until he jumped up and started sputtering so we started laughing at him. I then felt someone shove me in the back and I started to fall down the hill. I grabbed the closest thing to me, which was Jasper, hoping to prevent myself from falling. I just brought him down with me instead. We rolled down the hill, bumping against each other and our limbs slightly tangling with each others.
We finally came to a stop about six feet away from Emmett. Jasper was face down in the snow and I was on my back across his upper legs. I let out a small groan because I was dizzy again. If you thought that it was disorienting before, try being blind and dizzy, you lose all sense of direction. I felt Jasper stir underneath me so I rolled off of him the best that I could.
"Have a nice trip there princess," Emmett said. I could tell that he was smirking because I could hear the amusement in his voice.
"Oh I don't know Emmett why don't you tell me, you took the same trip that I did," I said to him as I stood up. I brushed myself off and looked in the direction that I felt and heard someone standing. "Who the heck did that?"
"It was Rosalie," Jasper said quietly. I can tell from his tone that he is already planning his payback, but for me or Rosalie I wasn't sure.
"Oh really," I said as I marched forward to where I thought the hill was.
"Ah Carrie, the hill is the other way," Emmett said sheepishly.
I stopped moving and turned around sharply and started marching in the correct destination. When I felt that I was at the very bottom of the incline I shouted out, "Rosalie, get your pretty blond head down here now!" To emphasize my demand I reached down and grabbed some snow, made it into a snow ball and threw it at an upward angle as hard as I can.
"You missed," Rosalie called out tauntingly.
"Oh yeah," I said to myself. Then louder I said, "Oh Eddie…Alice, Rosie is being mean." I crossed my arms and added a little pout and lip tremble for effect.
I heard Rose say, "Don't you dare Edward, Alice…no…no," was shouted and I heard what sounded like large rocks clash together. Both Edward and Alice shared a look to each other then Rosalie before they tackled her, causing her and them to tumble down the hill. Oh how I wish I could see it.
I could hear them coming down the hill. I had a feeling that I should move out of the way so I began to back up. My moves were a little bit too late, I felt someone collide with me, as if I was tackled, and I fell to the ground with them on top of me. I was sprawled out on the ground, my hands up by my head and my left leg was bent out (naturally). The hat that I was wearing was knocked off. The person on top of me had their head next to mine, their left arm was by my right and the other was pinned between us, their legs were between mine, a very compromising position.
I felt the person on top of me pull their head up and I could feel their breath brush against my cheek. From what I could smell and what I could sort of feel the person on top of me was none other than Edward Cullen, my boyfriend. Just call me Carrie the tomato because that was what I was sure to look like at the moment, with how hard I was blushing at our position.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here," he questioned with a slightly husky voice. "What have I managed to catch as I was tumbling down this hill?" he asked and nuzzled my cheek with his.
"You know, they were right about you. You sure do manage to sweep a girl off of her feet, I just never imagined that it would be by tackling them," I said breathlessly.
"I don't hear you complaining any," he said as he moved around a bit and removed his arm from between us. Gods I missed the ability to see, I could just imagine the way his eyes were sure to be smoldering as he looked at me; the way his eyelids would lower and give him the 'bedroom eyes' effect. He is just way too sexy to be healthy.
"I'm not complaining, but could you get off of me anyways," I said as I wiggled a tiny bit to emphasize my point. A girl could only handle so much you know?
"I don't think so, I like where I'm at just fine," he said as he grabbed my hands and pulled them closer to my head and a bit above them. I could feel the feather light touches of his lips against the skin of my face and lips.
"I'm starting to think that you are a pervert or something, at least attention starved," I said playfully hoping that I did not hurt his feelings.
"Would you love me even less," he whispered into my ear as his nose lightly brushed my skin of my cheek as he pulled away to look at me.
"No," was my answer. Edward leaned down and captured my lips in a soul searing kiss. I responded slowly, still not quite use to this sort of attention, but you won't find me complaining. Edward took his left hand and brought it up to hold the right side of my face, his thumb softly stroking my cheek. I brought my free hand up and placed it on his arm.
We were cut off as a snow ball hit Edward in the side of head, the rest fell into my face. Edward turned his head and sent a glare to the one responsible for the snow ball. Alice was once again standing there with a camera in her hands with a huge smile on her face and Rosalie was looking over her shoulder at us sporting a small grin as well. Jasper was next to them looking indifferent as always. Emmett had his arms crossed over his chest with a big grin on his face.
"About time you two stopped that, I was beginning to think that if things got much hotter you were going to melt the snow," he said and the others let out a small laughs. Edward let out a small growl/ hiss like thing and got up off of me. He reached down to pick me up, and I stood up I handed him the snow ball that I had made. He took it and chucked it to Emmett, hitting him square in the chest.
That started our snow ball fight. It was Edward and I against Rosalie, Alice and Jasper, poor Emmett was by himself. I sat down in the snow and got started making snow balls and placing them in a pile for Edward to use, not that he need help since he was so much faster than I was. I would throw one out but I stuck to mainly making them. Edward was in front of me, off to the side, blocking most of the balls from coming my way, but I still got hit occasionally.
Our game stopped when Carlisle came into the clearing and said that it was time to go home. We didn't realize that we had been out her for about four hours or so and that it was so late in the day. Carlisle came up and picked me up bridle style, he carried me back to the house while the others carried the toys and things. When we got home Carlisle carried me to my bathroom and told me to hang up my wet clothes. He handed me some pajamas and left so that I could change. I hung up my clothes as best as I could and changed into the flannel pajamas then headed to the living room.
Before I could sit down on the sofa I heard Esme call out that supper was ready so I headed to the dining room and took my seat. That night she made chicken parmesan with a side salad. We told our parents how our day at school went and the fun that we had in the clearing. They offered that we all go to the clearing tomorrow or Sunday since it was too late at night for us, mainly me, to go out again.
After dinner I gave Esme a hand with the dishes which she objected to but I did so anyways. Edward gave me another piano lesson which lasted a couple of hours. Then I sat in the living room, listening as Emmett played against Carlisle on a game which he (Emmett) had challenged him (Carlisle) at. It was about ten thirty at night when I went to bed with Edward as my pillow again.
Edward's POV
The next Morning (Saturday)
I left Carrie's bed around four o'clock in the morning. I put a pillow in her arms that way she would have something to hang on to and pulled the blankets up around her. Even though she has been getting plenty of sleep the pain meds and other things that Carlisle has her taking has been leaving her tired as well, plus she is recovering still yet. The rest of the family was sitting in the living room reading books so I sat down on an unoccupied love seat and did the same. The phone rang at around five o'clock; it was the hospital asking if Carlisle could come in to fill in for a doctor who had to take an emergency leave of absence.
That was about an hour ago, Carlisle had left for work and Esme was in the kitchen, planning today's meals. Alice got up suddenly and headed to the front door. After exchanging some looks with the others we got up and followed her. She was standing next to the door as if waiting for something so we stood at the base of the stairs that were near the door.
Soon enough we heard the sound of an engine coming up the drive; we all recognized it as Bella's truck. 'Why is she here, especially so early in the morning?' From the smell I could tell that the wolf Jacob was with her. Now I was even more curious as to why they were here and how Alice knew they were coming since werewolves usually black out her visions. I heard as they approached the door and ring the bell. Before the bell finished ringing Alice had the door open and was hugging Bella.
"Oh Bella it is so good to see you, we never have any time to talk anymore," Alice said as she pulled away. "Hi Jacob," Alice greeted also to be polite.
"Hi Alice, I hope you don't mind us stopping by so early," Bella said greeting Alice just as happily if not a little awkwardly.
"Not at all, do come in out of the cold," Alice said as she stepped aside and opened the door wider to allow them access. They came in, took their shoes off and hung their coats on the coat rack.
"Hi guys," Bella said to us as she walked towards us heading to the living room, Jacob was right behind her. We gave our own greetings and led the way to the living room.
"Who was at the door," Esme asked as she came out of the kitchen. She spotted Bella and Jacob and went over and greeted them. I could hear Jacob's thoughts and they were still somewhat prejudicing, but not as bad as they used to be. He still distrusts us as a species. "What are you two doing here so early in the morning?"
"Well as you know Jake and I are going to get married and I want Carrie to be my maid of honor. There are some sales going on and I wondered of Carrie felt like coming with us so that she can help me pick out things for the wedding and reception, stuff like that," Bella said but it sounded more like a question. She said it like she was asking permission for Carrie to come with them to shop.
"Oh can I come along please, please," Alice asked, practically begging. Bella nodded yes a bit unsure of why Alice seemed so eager. I could tell that Jacob wasn't all that happy about what Bella was doing but decided to keep quiet. "Good because as it is Edward is going to tag along or at least follow you whether you want him to or not; he is so protective of Carrie."
"So where is Carrie," Bella asked looking around the room obviously trying to spot her.
"She's up in her room sleeping still, it is still early in the morning," Rosalie said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. It would seem that Rose still holds her dislike of Bella.
"Oh well, we can come back later, when she is up," Bella said looking toward Jacob but before he could answer Emmett chimed in.
"Or we can just go up and wake her up, that way this isn't a wasted trip," Emmett said. He disappeared and then reappeared right next to me holding something out toward me. I held my hand out and he dropped an ice cube in my hand. I looked at him questionably and he just said that it was to make sure that she woke up.
I motioned for Bella and Jacob to follow me, which they did. I knocked on Carrie's door to be polite before I opened it. I turned on the light then went over to the window to open the curtains. I then opened and tied back the curtains around her bed. I was standing so that my back was to the window and I reached forward to lightly shake Carrie awake. She stirred some so but didn't wake. I tried again a little harder calling her name and dripping some water from the ice cube on her face. She just let out a groan and pulled the blankets over her head.
I let out a sigh and looked up at our two guests who were watching me. I turned to look back at Carrie who was completely covered by the blankets now. I let out another sigh and reached under the blankets with my ice free hand. I thought that maybe my cool skin would rouse her some from sleep so that it would be easier to actually wake her. No such luck; when she felt my hand, she just grabbed it, pulled me closer and wrapped herself around my arm. Even with my arm like this I could feel how thin she still is; you can still feel her bones to some extent but she isn't a skin covered skeleton any more.
I tried to pull my arm away but her grip was surprisingly strong. The only thing that I managed was that she was freed from most of the ball of blankets that she had created. I heard Bella and Jacob let out some quite laughs and attempt to stifle any louder ones. They were both amused at my predicament. I guess I have to use the ice that Emmett had given me. I move my other hand to go under the blankets then brought it back up under her shirt. I could feel the heat of her back and prepared myself for what I was about to do. I silently counted to three in my head then pressed the cold wet ice cube against her woke her up; she released my arm and stood up on the bed, patting her back trying to get the ice cube out of her shirt. I couldn't help myself, and the others couldn't either, we started laughing. Carrie apparently heard it for she shouted, "Darn it Emmett, what have I told you about the ice."
"I didn't do it," we heard Emmett holler from the living room his voice and thoughts gleeful.
"Then who," Carrie said 'looking' around her room. Her flannel pajamas, which were lavender in color with yellow crescent moons, white stars and purple clouds, were wrinkled and slightly skewed from sleep. Her eyes were like too peas in the snow, heavy with and from sleep. Her hair was all tousled, sticking up and lying weird, a classic extreme pillow head. She just looked so cute then, as Emmett would say; I think it just added to her appeal.
"Sorry Carrie," I said, "it was me."
She slowly turned her head and glared in my direction. She walked to the edge of the bed and stepped off onto the floor still glaring at me. "Edward…you better run," she said with a small glare. I backed away from her; I made sure that my foot steps were loud enough so that she could follow me. She chased me around the room a bit, but the sound of Bella and Jacob laughing stopped her in her tracks. "Edward who is in here," she asked getting into a defensive mode. You wouldn't have recognized what she was doing if you didn't know her.
"Bella and Jacob, they were wondering if you were free to go look at stuff for their wedding," I told her.
"Oh what time is it," she asked as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"Going on six thirty," Jacob answered her.
"Six thirty," she shouted. She whirled around so that she could face me. She was a little bit off and I moved so that I was directly in front of her "I thought that you promised that I could sleep in," she demanded crossing her arms with an adorable pout.
"I did but I didn't know that they would be coming to take you somewhere," I said adding a defensive tone to my voice so she would be able to tell I was sorry.
"Fine," she said with a sigh, "send someone up to help me get dressed, I'll be down when I am ready." I stepped toward her and gently grasped her shoulders. I leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead. I pulled away and motioned for the others to exit and I led the way to the living room.
"Rosalie, go help Carrie with her clothes," I said to Rosalie and she got up from where she was looking through a magazine and went up to her room.
"Breakfast is almost ready, if someone would set the table for me please," Esme said into the living room. Jasper and Emmett got up and headed to do as Esme asked. Alice went over and sat on the sofa next to Bella and began talking with her.
Esme called us into the dining room and we all took our seats. Jasper, Emmett and I took our usual seats, Esme sat in Carlisle's seat, Jacob in Alice's seat, Bella in Carrie's and Alice was in Rosalie's usual seat. Bella was complaining lightly that Esme didn't have to feed her and Jacob when she placed a plate of food before them both. Esme just said that she needed to eat, she was eating for two and it was rude not to offer food to everyone who was there when food is being served.
Rosalie and Carrie came in then. Rosalie had Carrie dressed in a pair of faded flair blue jeans, a baby blue v-neck knitted sweater, like the one that was ruined, with a dark navy blue turtle neck under that. Her hair was left loose due and her makeup was done to go with her outfit. I noticed that Carrie was headed to her regular seat, she could move around pretty well now unaccompanied. I motioned to Rosalie to bring her over to me and she did. Carrie seemed slightly confused but didn't argue. Rosalie brought her over to me and I just pulled her into my lap and sent her picture of what was in front of her. Rosalie sat in Esme's usual seat.
"Oh goodie, French toast," Carrie said as she grabbed her glass of orange juice. It was a silent the only sound was the sound of Carrie's and Bella's utensils moving across the plate as they ate. Carrie stopped eating for a moment and I was about to say something but she beat me to it. "You're not eating Jacob?"
"How do you know," he asked slightly shocked.
"It's not that hard to figure out. I only hear two sets of utensils moving, mine and those across from me, which is Bella," she said.
"How could you tell that," Jacob asked still clearly not understanding.
"You don't always need your eyes to see and sometimes sight blocks the other senses. Besides I have always been observant, it is something that I have had to learn to survive all these years. I can tell from my hearing and smell that you are not sitting across from me. You breathe heavier and deeper than Bella. Your scent reminds me of burning pine and somewhat of a dog when Bella's scent reminds me of Freesia and strawberries. So I ask you again, why aren't you eating? Esme didn't poison the food or anything," Carrie said.
Jacob just let out a huff and crossed his arms. Bella had stopped eating by now and was watching their interaction.
"You have got to be a little more trusting. I know that you have legends about vampires, the cold ones, but what reason do you have to dislike my family. They are not the same ones that terrorized your ancestors; they are only the ones that were found hunting on your lands. So they are different, you are different also; we are all different from anyone else. If we were all the same, it would be a boring world in which we live." Carrie stated her tone sounding more like a teacher informing the know it all brat that he was misinformed.
"My family is not mindless blood sucking beings and without them I would most likely be dead if I didn't trust them. I'm not sure where I would be if I didn't open up to them. All I ask is for you to be a little bit more open also so I ask you again, why you are not eating," Carrie asked.
Jacob just sat there staring at Carrie with a shocked look on his face. Carrie was just facing his direction, her eyes closed and a small smile on her face. Bella had returned to her meal by now and Jacob finally let out a sigh a picked up his fork to begin eating his now cold French toast. "You sound as if you are an elder or a wise one," he mumbled. Carrie just smiled a bit bigger before she turned back to her breakfast.
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