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Author's Note: Thank you to the two most fabulousest (yes, that is a word) helpers and friends, Forks1 and V's Peach, for their help with this chapter! Without Vegas and a little inspiration, this chapter would still be stuck in cyberspace.

And thanks to Enthralled for the idea of Edward's t-shirt!

BubbleGum Champion by Heartbroken1

Chapter Six - Even

Bella's plan for revenge was coming along, and every time I thought about her vindictive side, I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. She was going to give Emmett a run for his money, of that I was certain.

She was on her knees, investigating the variety of bubblegum. "Edward, do you think this will be disgusting enough for them?" she asked, tossing me a piece of gum.

"Vomit, Bella?"

She laughed. "Yes, I want it to be the most disgusting thing they've ever put in their mouths."

I shook my head and handed it back to her. "Bella, simply talking them into putting the original flavor…"

"Ooo, dirt." A dramatic eye roll from me caused her to giggle. "Okay, fine." Her hands moved slowly over the jars, investigating the contents. "You are going to try it too, right?"

"I don't know. Haven't I been tortured enough already?"

She held out another piece of gum toward me. "Won't you at least try… please."

"If you'll let me chew this, then I guess I can try." Offering her a hand, I lifted her back to her feet.

"Oh…" She leaned down to pick up another piece. "We should probably get one for Rosalie as well. She hasn't really been in on their little torment."

"I doubt you'll ever get her to chew bubblegum, but I guess it's worth getting her a piece of something that shouldn't taste horrific."

When we got to the register, I pulled out my wallet and of course Bella protested, "Edward, no, this is my…"

The pimply teenage kid took my money and placed the various pink blobs into a bag. "Thank you, and come again."

"Thanks," I murmured to him and took Bella by the hand. "I wish you wouldn't argue, love, it's the man's job to pay for things, and there's nothing I'd love more than to purchase this part of the plan."

She rolled her eyes and let out an annoyed snort. "Chivalry isn't dead I guess."

"It never will be with me, love. You're stuck with a chivalrous monster."

"I can live with that." She tugged at my hand, pulling me down toward her, and leaned up to press her lips to my jaw. "I can definitely live with that."

"You don't know how happy that makes me."

Back at Bella's, she ran upstairs for a quick 'human moment'. "Edward," she called, "can you come up here?"

I was standing in her doorway before she'd completely finished her request. Bella had her back to me, staring out the window so I crossed the room and pulled her close. "What can I do for you?"

She cleared her throat. "We still have twelve hours before Alice starts watching again."

"Yes."

"And I've been thinking…" She took my hand and pressed it to her warm lips. "Lying is a sin."

"Bella," I warned.

"I did tell Alice that I was going to seduce you." Her cheeks flooded with color and she turned in my arms so that we were facing each other.

My brows lifted and every cell in my body ached for what she was offering. "Bella," I warned again.

A mischievous smirk tugged at her lips and her eyes twinkled as she pressed her body against mine. "It doesn't mean you have to succumb, just that I tried to shake your self control."

She placed her hand against my chest and pushed me back toward the bed. My damn feet refused to listen to my brain, and eagerly shuffled in to where she would attempt to override my self control.

My calves hit the bed and it moved with a screech.

Bella giggled and removed the navy blue button-up shirt, leaving only her white tank top to cover her. Her soft hands gripped my shoulders and she gently pushed me down, so I was sitting on the bed. She stalked me as she climbed up, straddling me.

My body reacted as though her body called to my lower region like her blood always did to my lust. "Damn, Bella." I ran my hands up her arms and, against my better judgment, urged her to continue.

She leaned down, her lips brushing ever so slightly against my ear. "You like that, Edward?"

If she only knew what she did to me, the fire she ignited from the simplest touch. I groaned.

Her warm breath on my neck caused me to shiver. She was leaving a trail of kisses down my neck, across my jaw before finally crashing her lips into mine. I met her eagerly, our mouths moving in perfect unison.

Bells and whistles of every kind were going off in my head. I knew I was getting in too deep. I needed to stop things before they went too far, but… "Oh, Bella," I moaned as her lips moved down to my chest.

The sounds of Charlie's cruiser and his annoyed thoughts at my existence buzzed lightly in the back of my mind. I broke our embrace and pulled away from her.

"Oh no, you don't." Her breathing was staggered.

I pressed my lips to her neck and whispered, "Charlie's home."

"Oh," she gasped, jumping off the bed, nearly falling into the floor. She grabbed her shirt and began fumbling with the buttons.

"Let me help with that." My fingers made quick work of the little blue circles, then flipped her computer on before returning to the bed where I laid down, crossing my feet at the ankles.

She sat down and waited for the high-tech dinosaur to come to life.

Please don't let them be doing anything, Charlie's thoughts pleaded. The door opened with a creak. "Hi," he muttered.

I kept my eyes closed as though I were really asleep.

"Hi," Bella answered. "I'll be down in a bit to get dinner started. I was just going through my email."

"Th- that'll be fine." Charlie wasn't comfortable with me being in Bella's bed, even if I was completely alone.

The rest of the night was fairly uneventful. I excused myself while Bella and Charlie had dinner and returned as Bella was climbing into bed.

"You want to pick up where we left off," she teased.

"I don't think I can handle that twice in one day. You sure do love to push my self control, don't you?"

She laughed and snuggled next to me.

"Are you ready for tomorrow?" I asked.

"Um hum. You got your shirt?"

I laughed. "Sure do. Now go to sleep, we've got a big day ahead of us, love." My fingers laced their way down the soft mahogany strands over and over until her breathing slowed and her heart rate steadied. My Bella was asleep.

The morning sun was still low in the sky as Bella and I walked up to the house. My poor, unsuspecting siblings were already preparing their next course of action. Bella stopped and turned to face me, gripping the pink and white bag containing our revenge in one hand while running the other hand across my fuchsia colored t-shirt. Her fingers stopped for only a moment at the white letters we'd had pressed into the space over the left, upper chest.

"I love you, Bubbles." She winked and started walking again, lacing her fingers through mine.

"You are bad, love."

Emmett's burst of laughter made the walls shake. "What the hell, Edward or should I say…" He squinted from across the room. "…bubbles?"

Rosalie's voice innocently spoke from behind me. "So Bella likes to blow bubbles, huh?"

Emmett and Jasper looked at each other, then at me. I turned around to show them the back of my shirt and the hysterics nearly brought the roof down.

"What am I missing?" the soft question from Alice wafted down the stairs.

Jasper tried to explain through his gasps for breath as Emmett grabbed his sides and plopped down on the couch. "Edward's…shirt." He paused to breathe. "Oh, Alice…Come see." He then mirrored Emmett's reaction.

Alice soon flitted down the stairs, pausing on the second step. "My girlfriend likes to blow bubbles," she read. "I don't get it. What's so funny?"

My lip twitched, wanting to smile, but I forced it into a line and turned so she could read the front.

Her high-pitched tinkling giggles joined the rumble coming from the other two elderly, immature vampires across the room.

Bella turned to look at Alice. How she managed to keep a straight face I wasn't quite sure, but she was pulling her scam off without a hitch. "Alice," she addressed the pixie who hadn't moved from the step. "You promised to give me twenty-four hours of privacy. There is still two hours left on that promise. I expect you to stay true to your word."

"Of course, Bella. I would never go back on my word."

Dark brows lifted as Bella pressed her. "No matter what happens?"

Alice nodded. "No matter what happens."

"Edward," my love purred, one finger motioning for me to follow her. She took off on a run, waving the bag from the lingerie store over her head as she giggled.

An obsessive growl filled the room as my feet gave chase, quickly eating up the distance between us. Her tiny foot hadn't even made contact with the bottom step before I was lifting her into my arms. She leaned into my embrace and pressed a kiss to my jaw.

That's right, Edward. Make me proud. Emmett then started filling my mind with a kama sutra lesson, using himself and Rosalie as the example couple.

I glared at him. "I do not need to see that," I hissed in the frequency Bella was unable to hear.

Innocent Edward, I just want it to be good for you. His chuckles rumbled through my head. As long as you've waited, I'm sure you'll enjoy the release of your… frustration.

"Don't you come near my room, any of you."

"What's going on?" Rosalie asked, unaware of the ongoing feud taking place.

I could hear Emmett explaining the story of Bella's run-in with a wayward bubble and the pain it caused the younger version of my beloved. Then he explained the tactics that they had used to get Bella to blow bubblegum again. The innuendo in Emmett's voice was as clear to Rosalie as it was to me and she saved herself from chewing booger flavored gum when she said, "You three should be ashamed of yourselves. That must have been quite traumatic for Bella." She snorted as her light steps resonated down the front porch.

Just like I'd expected, three sets of footsteps tip-toed their way in our direction."Don't even think," Emmett instructed.

"Like he didn't just hear that," Alice snapped.

Bella took out a Blow Pop from her bag and unwrapped it, then popped it in her mouth.

"Oh, yeah, Bella," I moaned, "that's right." She moved her tongue around the tip of the purple sucker and I responded with praise. "I love when you do that with your tongue. Yeah, swirl it around the tip like that. Mmm-hmm, that's my girl."

The snickers of my dirty-minded siblings came through the door. I wondered if I opened it if they all would come spilling in, one on top of the other, like the slapstick comedy shows I'd seen on TV.

"Edward…" Her voice was husky. "…I'm thinking I'd like you to try and blow…this." She held out a piece of gum that was the same hue as my shirt and I reluctantly pinched it between my fingers.

"I will try this for you…and only you, because I love you."

Good for you, Edward, Emmett encouraged me.

Jasper offered his support. Go get her.

Be gentle. It's her first time and… well, be… gentle, Alice reminded me needlessly.

"Are they buying it," Bella only mouthed the words, careful to keep them completely soundless.

I nodded, winked and popped the gum into my mouth. The first burst of flavor wasn't as bad as my thoughts had envisioned. The taste was followed by an aroma that resembled the real thing a little too closely for my enjoyment. But, as Bella smiled her encouragement, I began chewing quickly to get the blood flavored blob into bubble blowing condition.

"Edward, you're almost there. Keep it up. Oh, yes," she said in panting whispers as our audience set the proverbial hook even deeper. "The tongue is the best tool you have." She stuck her tongue out to instruct me. "Now… blow."

The three eavesdropping vampires were laughing too hard to hear the soft footsteps that were going to reveal them. Bella wrapped her fingers around the doorknob and yanked it open in one quick movement. Just as I'd expected they all nearly fell in the floor. Had they not been blessed with supernatural abilities, they would have.

"Well, looky here, Edward." Bella popped her hand on her hip, staring at the guilty faces that refused to meet her glare. "What are you guys so interested in? Edward's bubble blowing lesson?"

Emmett's face was somewhere between disappointed and completely dumbfounded as he looked at me, then at Bella. "So you weren't…" Sorry, Edward. Man, that sucks.

"No, Emmett. If you'd like to try, I've got some extra gum."

I stuck my tongue into the sticky substance, forcing air to replace the space.

"Good," Bella squealed. "Blow just a little harder, but not too hard."

"Where have I heard that before?" Jasper shrugged, moving just in time to miss the flash of Alice's slap.

"Toss me a piece." Emmett held out his hand. "I've been known for being good at the blowing thing." He puffed out his chest as the rest of us rolled our eyes.

Bella's smile of excitement grew as she threw the pink wad at Emmett. "Just pop it in your mouth and chew until it's nice and soft. If it's too hard, it doesn't work as well."

"I've never heard that before." The cocky smirk on Emmett's face melted into one of disgust as his jaw started working the thing in his mouth. "This is…" He chewed a few more times, breathing hard through his nose. "Bella, what is this?" Dry heaves followed his question and the glob dropped onto the floor as he bent down to rest his hands on his knees. "Were you trying to kill me?"

Innocent eyes blinked. "What do you mean? What did it taste like?"

"Like it came out of someone's…" He paused for another round of dry heaves. "It tasted like a fart smells, Bella."

"Oh, please, Emmett," Jasper snorted, holding out him hand. "Hand me a piece. I'll show him how it's done."

Alice extended her tiny hand. "Give me one too." Her eyes darted to Emmett, giving him an annoyed glare. "Of course, it's going to taste gross, but a fart, Emmett, really." Her eyes rolled. "Bubblegum does not come in fart flavor."

Bella dolled out the fuchsia pieces to each of the hands that were waiting. "Here you go. Now, just as I told Emmett, get it nice and soft or you'll be disappointed."

Jasper snickered again, and Alice's hand met the back of his head with a slap.

Emmett's large palm was extended toward Bella again. "Dammit. If they can do it, I can too."

"Only if you're sure." Bella smiled, handing him another piece. "I wouldn't want you to do something you can't handle."

"Can't handle?" he scoffed. "There's nothing I can't handle. Least of which is a puny piece of pink bubblegum." He made eye contact with Alice and Jasper. "Ready?" They all nodded and held the gum up. "One. Two. Three." And with that, they all began chewing violently to soften up the hard blob that Bella had given them.

Emmett was the first to gag, but macho-manned his way through the taste.

Alice's soft features turned hard, then mortified. "Oh, my…" A pink missile came flying out of Alice's mouth, finding its way through the open window. "You have got to be kidding."

"Damn, that is the most disgusting thing ever." Jasper followed Alice's lead and spat his across the room as well.

Emmett continued to alternate between gagging and chewing as Bella innocently looked between the three of them. "I don't know what the problem is. Bubblegum has always been a great treat."

"That was no treat," Alice assured her through a coughing fit.

"Hell, no," Jasper interjected. "Treats do not taste like moldy cheese."

Alice shuddered. "Or rotten eggs."

Emmett let out a horrific sound, a cross between a gag, a cough and a snort. "For the love of all that is holy…" He chewed twice. "I can do this." His nostrils flared with the deep intake of breath.

To add insult to Emmett's injury, I worked the piece of blood flavored gum with my teeth, even managing to successfully blow a small bubble.

How are you doing that? Emmett was jealous with his question.

"Doing what?" I answered him aloud. Just as Bella had instructed, I inserted my tongue into the pliable goo and blew another bubble.

"Oh…Edward…" Bella's erotic tone purred, "I love it when you blow like that."

Time stopped in that moment.

The jig was up, as they say.

Emmett's gum landed next to the other piece he'd so carefully deposited on the floor of my bedroom. "Is there a reason this gum tasted like vomit, Bella?" his question was full of accusation.

Alice's black eyebrows flew up. "Bella Swan, is there such a thing as fart flavored gum?"

Jasper looked from Bella to me and back again, realization replacing his confused features. "You gave us that on purpose." He started to laugh, which earned him glares from both Emmett and Alice. "I'll be damned. We underestimated you, Bella."

A huge smile spread across her face and she laughed. "You'd be wise not to make that mistake again."