Bella The Babysitter: Chapter 21

Bella the Babysitter

Chapter Twenty One

Bella Swan POV

Christmas was approaching faster than I had ever anticipated. I found myself in a panic trying to pull together a wonderful experience for both Lucas and Edward. It was our first important holiday other than Lucas's birthday and I wanted it to be perfect. Laurel was in jail and I'll be damned if I was going to allow someone else to ruin our happiness.

Perfection included a god awful black eye I received the day after Thanksgiving when a woman wanted the last tricycle I had just placed in my cart. After an intense game of tug of war with the item that was clearly in my possession, the woman became hysterical causing a scene. As soon as the security people (who knew Target actually had their own security guards?) came and grabbed the ridiculous lady, she let go of the bike causing me to fly back and the handle bar to smack me right in my eye.

I woke up in the backseat of Rose's car with the two of them completely freaking out while my head felt like someone had stomped on it with soccer cleats.

"No Edward, Carlisle can handle it." Alice sighed into her cell phone. "He'll be able to tell if she has a concussion quicker than those assholes down at county general can get her signed in. She passed out and the security people were kind enough to escort us through an express check out, it was pretty fucking cool. We should just do that every year to keep from having to deal with the long lines." she pulled the phone from her ear. "Alright alright, sorry I was just kidding jackass. We'll meet you at your parent's house in like ten minutes."

"I take it he's as over protective as Emmett is of me?" Rose laughed.

"Yeah he thinks we should take her to the hospital for a cat-scan or some shit but my father in law can be the judge of that. Besides if we drop her off there, we can still hit the sales at Circuit City. I'm dying for the new iPod and I need to pick Jazz up some new guitar strings."

"Wow Ali, sorry for making you miss your sale. Next year I'll make sure to duck when a tricycle comes flying at my face." I groaned holding my throbbing eye, I could feel that it had swelled. "Ouch."

"Yeah you might not want to touch it Bells." Rose chuckled. "We'll be at the Cullen's in a few minutes and I'm pretty sure Edward will be waiting in the driveway with a giant bag of ice and some morphine to numb the pain. You'd think Alice told him that you got shot in the leg or run over by a car with the way he's acting."

"It's true Bella. He's freaking out. I could hear him running down the stairs and getting in the car with Lucas while he was on the phone. Hilarious." Alice trilled. "He'll definitely be there before us."

"My head is killing me." I groaned. "I'm pretty sure I left my eyeball back in the toy isle."

"Yeah, you'll definitely be feeling that in the morning." Alice giggled. "I'll be sure to run by the beauty shop and grab you some concealer because it's already turning blue."

"Thanks Alice. Seriously your humility is blowing my ass out of the water. I need a painkiller."

"I got some." Alice cheered opening her purse and pulling out her giant pill stash. I watched her rifle through the massive amount of pills before pulling out a small round white one and passing it back to me. "Here I have an extra bottle of water too."

"Thanks but umm, what exactly am I taking here doctor?" I eyed the pill but couldn't make out the numbers written on it due to my double vision.

"Oh it's just a mild pain killer. Have no fear you'll be feeling white as rain in no time. Here, eat these crackers so you don't get queasy." she passed a small package of crackers back to me.

"Damn Alice you're like a walking pharmacy." Rose joked.

"Eh, some people knit others keep loads of pills in their handbags for times like these." Alice shrugged. "Bella will be thanking me in a little while."

I should have known not to take the damn pill from the evil pixie. I have absolutely no tolerance for pharmaceuticals but I never learn from my mistakes, ever. One minute I was sitting up and munching on crackers the next Edward's shaking the shit out of me trying to wake me up.

"How could you let her go back to sleep? She could have had a concussion you idiots." he snapped pulling me out of the car with a little less grace than was necessary.

"Edward she's fine. She was talking with us until the pill kicked in. I'm sure she's fine." Alice insisted.

I leaned against him heavily as we walked up the stairs of the Cullen house, manor, the fucking place was huge. I got lost the first time I came here trying to find a damn bathroom. The thought made me giggle and once I started, it was a downward spiral.

"What did you give her Alice?" Carlisle asked, I could detect the humor in his voice but couldn't find the strength to lift my head off of Edward's shoulder.

Carlisle's shoes didn't seem amused much to my amusement.

"Oh just a percocet." Alice waved it off. "If you don't mind Rose and I will be going we have plenty of stuff to pick up."

"Alice you gave her one of your percocets? Those are very strong." Carlisle scolded. "That wasn't smart Alice. Those are for emergencies. She only would have needed a couple of aspirin."

"Sorry, she was crying and writhing in pain. I had to help a sister out that's all." Alice cried. "We'll be going."

"For the record." I slurred lolling my head back and taking in the room. "Hi Esme, I didn't know you were here."

"Hi Bella." Esme waved from where she sat on the floor with a wide awake Lucas despite it being around three or four in the morning. He looked over to me and gave me a big smile showing of the three teeth that he now had.

"Mama?"

"Baby." I cried holding my arms out to him.

"Bella you can play with Lucas once I get you checked out and you take a little nap. You're going to need to sleep that pill off for a couple of hours." Carlisle grabbed my still distended hand and sat me down in the kitchen. "Edward why don't you make Bella a sandwich or something."

"Peanut butter and banana with chocolate chips please." I demanded as Carlisle began his examination on my eyeball.

"Well it doesn't appear that you have a concussion but you do have a very nasty black eye. Keep some ice on it for the next two or three days and a healthy regimen of ibuprofen and you should be fine." he said closing his bag.

"Here you go babe." Edward said placing a plate in front of me.

I picked up the sandwich and took a hearty bite moaning in appreciation. "Oh god I forgot how good these things were. I haven't had one of these since I got high in junior high with my friend Ashton." I blurted out.

Everyone started laughing at me which caused Lucas to start giggling and me to join in.

"You've gotten high before?" Edward asked.

"Edward asking someone questions when they are clearly under the influence isn't very smart." Carlisle asked.

"Yeah home boy I'm clearly stoned off my ass." I scolded. "Have some respect."

Everyone started laughing again and Lucas decided to toddle over to me. I shared the rest of my sandwich with him making sure that he drank some milk to clear his mouth of the sticky feeling. Edward decided that he didn't want to drive seeing as how early it was and that Alice had woke him up when I had my accident. We settled in his childhood bedroom. Esme insisted that she keep Lucas with her and Carlisle so that I could rest due to my condition.

She had helped me change into a pair of her pajamas before leaving Edward and I to catch some Z's.

"Is it hideous?" I asked Edward gesturing towards my eye. "Do you find me absolutely unappealing now that I'm a one eyed freak?"

"Are you serious? The swelling has already gone down, not that it made any difference. I'm in love with you not the way you look. I'd take you web toes and all." Edward kissed my hand obviously not wanting to get close to my Cyclops face.

"You love me even though I got high when I was in junior high?" I asked playing with a strand of his hair that seemed to fascinate me.

"I love you for all of your quirks baby." Edward chuckled. "Why don't you get some sleep."

"Why don't you kiss me and make me feel like I'm beautiful despite my shiner?" I countered.

"You're beautiful with your shiner." Edward argued. "But I'll kiss you anyways."

We spent a few minutes kissing the hell out of each other before I stifled a yawn on his cute butt chin.

"Sorry. I guess I should sleep." I mumbled.

"I guess so too." he chuckled.

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight babe."

"Hey Edward."

"Yeah Bella?"

"Did I at least get the damn tricycle?"

"Yep, while you were knocked out, the girls got it for you. It's downstairs with all of the bags they left."

"Well then seeing his face when he opens it on Christmas morning will make it all worth it." I yawned again snuggling into his warm embrace.

I fell asleep listening to his quiet laughter too stoned to pray that I wouldn't be hideous the next morning.