Chapter Two All's Fair in love and War

Rose, Alice, and I were sprawled on Alice’s bed, having kicked the guys out of the house for the afternoon. Edward’s job was to get Demetri out and about for the day. To say that he was resistant was putting it lightly. Demetri absolutely didn’t want to go anywhere, but especially with Edward and company.

We’d spent the last hour breaking down the wonderful evening I’d had with Edward last night, but that was not why I’d wanted them here and the guys gone.

“You two have nothing on me and Emmett,” Rosalie giggled as Alice elbowed her in the ribs playfully, her eyes full of laughter.

“No one could be that addicted to sex. I swear you two spent more time…”

Rosalie clamped her hand over Alice’s mouth. “No more, please,” she begged as laughter kept trickling from her lips. “We’re supposed to be giving young Bella here a hard time,” she reminded.

“Edward already gave her a hard time,” she snickered.

“You guys,” I whined, mortified by their dirty minds.

“What?” They both asked innocently. “There’s no shame in enjoying the many pleasures that your husband has to offer,” Alice grinned widely her voice tinkling across the room musically. Thank God all the boys were out of the house. I so did not want them to hear Alice’s and Rosalie’s breakdown on our night of passion.

“As fun as this has been,” I said sternly, trying to rein their embarrassing comments in, “I have other things I need to discuss with you both.” They both waited silently, small smiles still on their faces and eyes full of naughty mirth.

“So…” I said hesitantly sending them a sideways look as I tried to broach the topic of Demetri. “I have an idea about…how to make Demetri…uh…happier.” They were both staring quizzically at me waiting for me to go on. “I was kind of hoping you two would help me with it.”

They both stared at me puzzled. I guess it was odd to ask them for help with Demetri. Neither one spent much time with him. Alice had tried, but he really did seem to prefer me.

When I didn’t explain, Rose prompted, “Well, it would be easier to help you if we had some idea what you expected from us.” Very snippy. Very Rose-like. I hadn’t been subjected to this side of her in a while. It definitely took some getting used to again.