This chapter is dedicated to Critter. Thanks for requesting such an interesting ship!

Sleepover

While the boys are away…the girls will play…

Carlisle and Esme had been out on vacation for a week, and tensions at the Cullen house were running high. It was shaping up to be a long month. Edward, his brothers, and Alice were going to be leaving to hunt-and I was to be left with a frustrated Rosalie-who did not appreciate guard duty. There was another vague threat in a city a few hundred miles from here, and although not entirely unfounded-Edward's concern that I was somehow a target was aggravating.

"You know, I don't think they can smell me from there-it would probably be okay for me to stay at my house with Charlie, and then you guys can all go hunting-Rosalie shouldn't have to stay behind." I knew what the answer would be. Edward did not disappoint.



"Absolutely not," he scoffed, "do you think that even if there was a millionth of a chance of them coming while we're away, that I would leave you unprotected?" He shook his head, unbelievingly. "Rosalie will behave, you have my word. And she is more than capable of keeping you safe while I am gone; if anything, her motivation to keep you human will leave you even more protected than when you stay with Esme." He looked away to Alice. She arched an eyebrow and skipped over.

"I still haven't seen anything," she pouted, sticking out her lower lip and turning to me. "See what happens when you play with dogs too much?" She glared at this, as if it was somehow my fault that she couldn't read what would happen.

"If it's anything major, you'll catch it," I started, hoping for another chance at freedom, "which means that really I do not need supervision, because Alice will keep an eye out while you guys are away." I looked at Edward, who was studiously ignoring me. I made a low blow. "Jacob wouldn't try to force me to stay for three days with Rosalie." I saw Edward's head snap up from what he was doing.

He started to slowly walk toward me, his eyes dark. "You will not-" he started angrily-and then stopped what he was saying. He changed his tactics and a smile spread wide across his face. He moved in close to me, taking my head gently in his hands; his lips caressed my forehead and then brushed my cheek. I stopped breathing because his scent was making me dizzy. He slowly trailed his hands down my neck, then past my shoulders, finally settling around my ribcage. I could feel a slight chill through the fabric of my shirt as he leaned against me, sliding his hands 

up my sides, and then back around to the small of my back. I realized that I had to breathe, because if I was going to be dizzy, it might as well be from his scent. That was preferable to a lack of oxygen. "What were you saying, Bella?" He asked me lightly, his sweet breath blowing into my face and making the room tilt. I tried to remember what had brought this on. Until his hands started moving again, traveling to my sides, and then slipping under my shirt, caressing my smooth stomach, lightly kneading my skin, causing tingles to rush from the places he touched. I gasped and forgot completely what we were talking about. He leaned in close to my face, our lips about to collide-

Crash!

Alice had tipped over the large vase behind us. All of the eyes in the room turned to look at her. "I," she began, "it-was, just…I had a vision, but-" She screwed up her face, thinking hard about something.

Edward's eyes searched hers, before he turned his head away from her. "I will not be able to get that out of my head for a while, thanks." He sighed exasperatedly and backed away from me, turning to Alice. "Would you stop that?!" He glared at her.

Alice smirked, pleased with herself. "Just because you pretend not to think about it, doesn't mean the rest of us don't." She stared into space, caught up in whatever she was thinking about.

Edward shook his head, seemingly trying to clear his own thoughts. "I am so blocking you out now," he said. "I do not need to see you and Jasper-" he broke off, upset. Alice's eyes lit up, excited, and I knew she was hiding something. I felt my own eyes widen at my epiphany. Alice didn't want Edward to know what her vision was-so she had filled her head with images of herself and Jasper together, doing God knows what. From Edward's expression it had to be x-rated. I stifled a laugh, and wondered what the real vision was.

Alice turned to Edward. "You know," she started, "if my thoughts are upsetting to you, how about I make you a deal that will fix the whole trip." She looked at him, smiling. He nodded, so she continued. "I'll stay here, with Rosalie and Bella. She'll be even more protected; you won't have to put up with me filling your head with naughty images. Also Bella won't try to run away to La Push." Edward considered carefully, and then nodded. Alice jumped up with an excited "squee," and ran out of the room. I laughed lightly, grateful for the turn of events. Alice would, no doubt, insist on makeovers and playing dress up, but it was going to be better than being stuck with an angry Rosalie alone. Edward's eyes searched mine.

"You won't try to leave?" He asked as his hand brushed the hair from my face.

I shook my head. "I can live with this setup, we'll have fun." I heard Emmett's booming voice fill the hall as he announced that it was time to go. Edward looked back at me and sighed.

"Three days, and then I'll be back." He looked pained at the thought of being separated. He held me in an embrace, chaste as he always was when he wasn't trying to get me to see things his way. He then turned and walked out.

The house was quiet for a moment, and I wondered if I would even see Rosalie during our time here together. As I was quietly thinking a small shape came blurring down the stairs. Alice grabbed me around the waist and hurtled back up the stairs. "Ack—what," the world tilted as she placed me on her couch, "Alice, I can walk perfectly well, most of the time."

She pouted. "Yeah, but you're so slow. I want to start having fun!" She brought out a bag. "This has your outfit in it, and I've drawn a bath for you. Go wash up and put this on. I need to redecorate the room so you'll match."

I stared at her. "You want me to match the room." She stood smiling and nodded toward the bathroom. I sighed and walked over, closing the door behind me. I stripped and slipped into the tub. The scent was intoxicating, it was exotic spices and incense, and I wondered where she had found the candles and bath soap. I had fun imagining her deep in conversation with a merchant at a market place somewhere in Arabia, however when Jasmine and Aladdin stepped through the brief daydream, I burst out laughing. I soaked and then scrubbed, cleaning myself thoroughly before getting up out of the tub and letting it drain. I looked around for my clothes, 

but they had been taken and replaced with the bag that I had been presented with earlier. I knew that whatever it was, Alice would kill me if I got it wet, so I stood, wrapped in a scarlet towel and dried my hair with the blow-dryer that Alice had gotten for me last time I stayed over with her. When my hair was dry I dropped the towel into the hamper and eased toward the bag. It surprised me how light it was, and I became apprehensive. I looked in the bag and nearly dropped it. I wasn't sure what I was even looking at; there was a swath of red and gold folds shimmering in the light of the candles. I pulled out the first thing I touched and a beaded skirt unfurled in my hands. I looked at some of the other pieces. There was a top that was also intricately beaded, with the bead strands dripping down from the fabric that would trail on the skin of my exposed belly. There were also two pieces for my arms that attached at my biceps and wrists. I leaned toward the door. "Alice—what are you thinking?! I can't wear this!! I don't even think it'll fit right."

I jumped as I heard her voice from right outside the door. She sounded sultry and purred, "Would you like some help with it, or maybe you could just come out with nothing on, and retrieve the rags you brought with you."

I quickly started getting dressed. "Fine, but what are you planning—dressing me like this?"

She answered easily. "I am going to set up a stage and teach you how to belly dance. You need help seducing Edward, so we are going to practice techniques that will drive him up the wall! Don't worry so much, you'll look gorgeous. Now get out here."

When I was sure that everything was in place I looked into the mirror. I was shocked at the image I saw. I looked incredible. I put my arms up in the air and stretched, arching my back slightly, and resting my hands palms out, on my forehead.

I walked out and into a much different room than the one I had left. I stared at the ceiling, it seemed that the room had been swallowed in red and gold fabric, sweeping from a center point in the air and flowing out and down the walls. The same heady scent was here, and the room was filled with dancing light. The carpet was a plush velvety red that my feet sank into. A cool hand covered my eyes and felt myself being pulled into a chair. "Keep your eyes closed." I complied, having not missed the fact that Alice knew what she was doing. Her hands quickly and easily applied make-up, ran through my hair, and brushed over my exposed skin. I felt a very warm sensation developing inside of me as she did all of this, and my skin flushed. Her voice broke through my thoughts. "Alright, take a look in the mirror." There was a full length mirror across the room and I walked over to it. My eyes were smoky and dark, my lips painted a garnet red, my hair was tousled and messy, tumbling over my shoulders and down my back, and my skin was shimmering with what looked like a light golden powder that had been brushed onto me. I gasped and stepped back, unbelieving. Alice crept up beside me, and my eyes widened at her own outfit. It was a beautiful black and beaded number, slightly different than my own, with tendrils of beads that dangled down her legs, instead of a skirt. The top also had beads that danced against her skin, lightly brushing her marble body.

She grinned at me and pulled me into a circle of candle light, her arms lightly brushing the skin at my waist. I heard the door open, and Rosalie walked in, her hair in a complicated mass of curls and waves, beads running throughout, her own outfit sparkling in the light from the flames. She was beautiful, as always, her eyes were seductive and her lips full. The outfit she was wearing was an incandescent white, which draped from her shoulders and hips. Embellishing it was a black and red beaded bra, and more beads that wrapped around her waist at the top of the skirt.

I was speechless. I noticed the exotic music filling the room from a shadowed corner as they came to stand next to me. Alice placed her hands on my hips as Rosalie lifted my arms. Rosalie's voice murmured in my ear, "You use the movements of your body to express yourself," she started, demonstrating the movements; while Alice helped my hips find their rhythm. They stepped back for a moment, and with a deep breath I swayed with the music, letting it fill me as I closed my eyes and swept my hips in an undulating circle. My hands danced, seemingly of their own volition, and my arms wrapped together and then separated, as Alice joined me in the circle. We moved slowly around each other. Her movements matching mine perfectly as she anticipated my next step. When the music slowed to a stop, my heart was racing. I closed my eyes, and when I opened them Alice was a few inches from me. I looked deeply at her eyes as they searched mine. She smiled and pressed her lips to mine. The feeling was different than that of Edward's mouth. Her small lips parted my own as I felt her tongue brush mine. Her cool hand pressed into my lower back urging me to meet her. I felt Rosalie behind me sweeping my hair back as she pressed her lips down to my shoulder. Alice pulled away and smiled wickedly. I gasped. "You saw this?" I asked, incredulous. She nodded.

"I thought about you being here alone with Rosalie, and when I considered staying with you two, the vision hit." She shook her head. "I couldn't let Edward see, so I tried to picture everything that I like to do with Jasper and Emmett when Edward and Rosalie go to work on cars together." She smirked lightly. "He likes the freedom of the relationship that most of us have, even if he pretends to be uninterested in joining in the fun."

I tried to understand what she was saying. "You have a relationship…with both of them?" I asked, and looked to Rosalie to gauge her response. She smiled so widely that my heart ached at her beauty.

"Alice, Jasper, Emmett and I have a complex relationship. Carlisle and Esme are the only ones, aside from your Edward, who remain exclusive. What Alice saw was not just you with us, but that what would happen here would impact Edward's somewhat old fashioned way of thinking. We've tried to get him to lighten up before, but if you show him-" she broke off at this turning me to face her, and pushed the hair from my brow. "Alice saw you eventually convincing him to have some fun."

I was stunned. "You want to sleep with Edward?" I asked, astonished. She laughed.

Alice spoke quickly, "We aren't talking about us having fun with him, we are talking about you. His attitudes about sex need to be updated. The two of you have been in a committed relationship for two years now. The tension is driving everyone crazy. What I saw us doing, what's going to happen here, will get him to lighten up and be with you, not us. It is past time for him to stop feeling evil about every stray thought that crosses his mind. It's unhealthy." She smiled. "The four of us that live this way didn't start out all together, and our relationships remain exclusive in some ways…but after being with the same person for decades, change can be appreciated." At this she reached out and trailed a hand down Rosalie's arm.

I tried to gather the facts. "So you and Jasper are a couple, Rosalie and Emmett are a couple, and you all sleep together…and what we do today, whatever you saw happening, it leads to Edward sleeping with me?"

She sighed. "He's going to start being more at ease with his needs, as well as yours. He'll be more accepting of his feelings, and not treat them like some evil thing that needs to be locked away." She shook her head and put her hands on my shoulders. "You are in control here Bella. I think you are beautiful, and I love you. I want to be able to express that love physically. Rosalie has felt the same way for a while, but didn't recognize it for what it was."

I looked at Rosalie. Her eyes were on mine and I felt a strong sense of desire, regret, and passion from her. She spoke, her melodic voice dancing with the flames of the candles. "I do love you, Bella. I didn't notice it at first, because I saw how Edward looked at you, and it made me jealous. I also wish for you to remain human, which I've already discussed with you. Your delicate beauty is enthralling, and the way that you've taken care of Edward, and warmed him has brought you closer to my heart than I ever dreamed possible." She reached out and put a hand on the exposed skin of my waist. "If you aren't comfortable, or if you don't return these feelings for us, then you can simply tell us, and we'll go back to the belly dancing lessons, or leave you alone."

They both sat back for a moment, watching my expressions, and trying to gauge what my response would be. Rosalie had a look of loving concern and Alice looked like she was trying not to smile. I thought carefully. I realized that I did love both of them, and not in a sisterly way. Thinking of Edward's reaction was harder. Would he hate me, would he consider it a betrayal, or would he accept what happened? I thought of the way he loved me, always cautious, the way he had said that he would always love me, how he wished that I would be true to my feelings. I knew then. I would show him that these feelings are good, are natural, that they are to be expressed rather than suppressed. I smiled at the two beautiful females in front of me, and leaned forward to meet Alice's mouth with my own. I wanted this, and it sensed that it was right. I felt her lips move in synch with mine as Rosalie's arms wound around my midsection. I leaned back into Rosalie and her hands caressed my skin gently as her lips moved softly over my neck and shoulder. Alice picked me up in her arms a slowly sank down into the plush carpet, holding me on her lap. She laid me down on my back and stripped the top off of me. Rosalie lay down next to me, and brushing the hair from my face kissed her way up my neck and along the line of my jaw. She buried a hand in my hair and molded her perfect lips to mine moving them sensuously and softly, her tongue teasing my lips and then separating them, sliding into my mouth smoothly as I began to return her kiss more passionately. One of my hands wound in her hair as Alice's mouth found my nipple and began to tease it, nipping lightly and tracing circles around it with her tongue. Her head moved to my other nipple and repeated the same actions, causing a heat to flush through my body. When her hand slipped down the front of my skirt I moaned into Rosalie's mouth, and increased the intensity of our kiss. Alice's hand moved gently over my hip bones, traced lower, and then slipped between my legs. One of her cool fingers pressed into my core as my back arched at the sensations surrounding me. Rosalie's mouth moved lower, kissing every inch of skin on my neck, teasingly sucking on the soft skin there before continuing down to my chest as I felt Alice remove the skirt from my hips. As Alice took her head away from my nipples, Rosalie's mouth found one, drawing it into her mouth as her hand manipulated the other. I gasped out loud as I felt a cool tongue dart out and begin caressing my folds. Alice's superhuman strength held me immobilized as she licked and teased at my swollen lips, lapping up the juices she found there before finding my clitoris and rolling it and gently sucking on it, even biting lightly. My hips strained to move but she held me still as her mouth continued to work over me, spreading heat through my body and building a forceful pressure within me. I reached out caressed Rosalie's face, urging her back up to my lips. I felt my hands dance across her smooth skin and she quickly removed her top and held herself above me, her breasts softly brushing against my own, resulting in a truly beautiful sensation. I put my hands on her hips as I kissed her, then slipped one down the front of her skirt and stroked her, moving my fingers in slow circles at first, before matching the speed Alice was using on me. Rosalie moaned and buried her face in my hair as my hand moved in tighter circles. She shuddered and moaned at nearly the same second Alice's teasing tongue pushed me violently over the edge into a climax that sent waves of pleasure throbbing through me. I sat up with some help from Rosalie and threw my arms around Alice's shoulders, still shaking from the force of my pleasure. She laughed and pretended to have been knocked over, which resulted in my body lying on top of hers. Our legs were locked tightly together as I kissed her smooth lips, my own taste still lingering there. Rosalie removed Alice's bra and pressed her arms to the floor, holding them there. I pulled back and watched the two of them interact as Rosalie's mouth was pressed to Alice's. I stroked Alice's nipples lightly with my fingertips and watched as the sensation arched her back. I put my mouth on one nipple and teased her biting gently and rolling her soft skin in my mouth. She tasted unbelievably sweet and I moved lower, licking a trail down her midsection, circling her belly button lightly before continuing lower still. She gasped and moved slowly in response to my actions, and I glanced up to meet her eyes before Rosalie leaned in for another passionate kiss with her and my tongue found her soft folds. I mimicked as best I could what she had previously done to me, remembering the stimulating feel. The juices I found in her were exquisite and I inhaled her beautiful scent as I licked and nibbled her skin gently, pushing my tongue inside of her. Her moan filled the room as I moved my mouth faster, and placed my hands on her inner thighs to brace myself. Rosalie held her hips down as I moved my mouth on her opening and pushed a finger inside of her, stroking the sensitive spot within her that caused her to tremble. I felt her shaking and added a finger to the one already inside of her and pumped in time with the movements of my mouth. After doing this for a few seconds I felt her muscles tighten around my fingers as she cried out, gasping for unnecessary air. I sat up breathlessly as she rose to meet me, and kissed her before moving my mouth to Rosalie's lips.

I heard a movement in the doorway and glanced over to meet Edward's shocked expression.

My heart raced and I wondered how long he had been there. Alice's melodic laugh broke the silence as she answered my unspoken question, "He walked in just as you decided to follow what you were feeling, when you leaned in and kissed me." I looked up at him again, wary of the shocked expression on his face. A wicked thought entered my head as I pretended to notice the remaining juices from Alice still left on my fingers. I brought them slowly to my mouth and cleaned them with my tongue, before standing up and swaying over to him.

"They were teaching me belly dancing. Would you like to see what I learned?" My heart was racing so fast that I thought I would pass out. I was so anxious of what his response would be, and I was painfully aware of my nudity as his incredulous look met my eyes. He seemed to be trying to remember how to speak.

"We—forgot something," he started slowly, "I saw their thoughts…but I didn't, I mean—I'm away for a few hours and you-" he broke off, and shook his head as though to clear it. Alice laughed lightly, and before either Edward or I could glare at her she pranced over, having dressed quickly, and placed a chaste kiss on my lips.



Rosalie also swayed into view, and stroked my cheek saying, "I love you, Bella. You are an incredible woman." She pressed her finger to Edward's chest. "You are incredibly lucky to have her—don't blow it!"

Alice laughed again and smiled at the two of us. "That's really unnecessary, Rosalie…he's speechless for an entirely different reason."

A door downstairs opened, and Edward quickly called out, "Go ahead; I'll meet up with you later!" My eyes widened at him as I heard the door close and the house was still. I looked around to gauge Rosalie's or Alice's expressions, and saw the door close gently behind me, before realizing that Edward was only a few feet in front of me, and that we were alone in the room. He stalked toward me with a look of unmistakable need in his eyes, and I felt a surge of gratitude toward Alice for the day's events.

The End…until the next chapter!

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