I fixed Edward with a hard stare and was pleased to see a little embarrassment flame his cheeks. On the outside I looked angry but collected, when in all reality I was berating myself for my earlier actions.

I don’t know how I came up with the courage to blow Edward in front of his parents! And I was pretty sure his father knew what was going on. All that was running through my head before I started was Alice’s advice.

“Don’t let him keep the ball in his court, especially if he is one of those player types. Assert yourself, leave him wanting more and don’t give it to him”

I definitely believe that I had the ball now; I was pretty sure my message came across loud and clear.

“We should start working now, don’t you think?” I asked, placing a hand on my hip and examining my nails nonchalantly.

Edward’s emerald eyes were watching me closely.

“Bella,” he sighed finally.

I looked over at him and put one hand up.

“Save it,” I said icily, “I just want to do my job.” Edward sighed and shrugged.

“Fine then,” he muttered, turning away from me and leading the way out the door. I let a small smug smile grace my lips for a few seconds, before it dropped away when I saw Jessica’s expression.

“Good morning Bella, I didn’t see you enter Dr. Cullen’s office this morning,” Jessica said, her tone cold and calculating. I forced an innocent expression on my face and gave a nervous laugh.

“Must have just slipped right past you,” I said in what I hoped was a calm voice.

Jessica narrowed her eyes at me and huffed; I didn’t like this image of me as the hospital tart. 

“Well, you two have a patient in room 2,” she finally said, directing her attention to Edward. Edward nodded his head and politely thanked her before heading off to room 2, me trailing behind.

“You’ll start with the basics on this one, and I’ll be in the room watching and helping.” Edward said in a neutral tone. I nodded my head but didn’t reply.

We walked into the room and the patient turned his head to watch us both. His eyes lit up when he saw me and I smiled kindly at him. He was okay looking, about average height with blue eyes and a boy band haircut. No Dr. Cullen though, damnit.