Written by: twilightlullaby
Disclaimer: I don't own twilight or any pf the characters- they belong to the great master mind of Stephenie Meyer- I just like to put them in what I hope is humorous situations.
The Talk
BPOV
It wasn't odd that Rosalie ordered for a house meeting, consisting of only Alice and I, but what was weird was the fact that she also offered to take us to dinner and to pay for it. When Rose told Alice and I at breakfast to meet her at the local college bar, Grinders, at around five thirty for dinner and that she needed to talk to us about something uber important, all Alice and I could do was look at one another with wide questioning eyes and nod our heads in unison. With that, Rose bounded out our apartment door so she wouldn't be late for work. Being the lazy bums that Alice and I are, we decided to take the day off from our job- working at Target did have it's ups; Getting 30 percent off all makeup products and we were always stocked with extra feminine products- to take our hard earned cash and go shopping.
We were now in Macy's searching through the clearance racks and Alice grimaced at a shirt I just picked up and put over my arm for my 'try on' pile. "You are so not trying on that shirt," she pulled the shirt from my arm and put it back on the rack "it's hideous!" Her light brown eyes had fake horror in them.
"This is why I never agree to go shopping with you Alice." I rolled my eyes and continued to search through the marked down clothing.
"You know you like it. I save you from every major fashion crisis!" She tugged on my elbow and led me to the more expensive racks. She grabbed a black shirt with decorative lace around the bust and at the bottom. "See, this is cute. Try it on." She slug the shirt over my arm with the rest of my 'try on' items. I just shook my head not wanting to argue.
I decided to change the subject. "So, what do you think Rose needs to talk to us about?" I tried to sound nonchalant while pretending to not like the shirts in front of me; slowly moving each shirt across the rack, accusing it with my eyes.
"I thought you'd never bring it up! You don't know either?" Her light brown eyes held real horror now. "You know what happened last time she needed to 'have the talk' with us. . ." her voice trailed off and her eyes wandered off to look at the shoe department.
"I don't think she'll do something like that again…" I tried to stay positive. I looked at my watch. It was three. "C'mon Alice, lets go try on our cloths, or were going to be late. I still have to go home and take a shower."
A hundred and thirty dollars and forty five minutes later, we were on our way back to our apartment.
"You should wear that black shirt I picked out for you tonight." Alice said brightly as she garnered her shopping bags from the couch and started moving towards her room. I couldn't help but laugh at how small she looked while juggling five bags of clothing in her frail looking arms, her black hair peeking out above the mass of bags.
"Here, let me help you Alice." I giggled.
"No, I got it, just go shower…." She got her door open and I watched her throw her bags on her bed. She began to rummage through them.
My shower was nice and warm. I allowed the hot water to loosen all he knots in my back from walking around all afternoon and the smell of my shampoo relaxed me. I was rinsing my body off when my bathroom door swung open unexpectedly. "Alice!" I jumped while turning off the shower water and grabbing my towel to cover myself. "Does it kill you to knock? Jesus…" I wrapped my small, yellow towel around my body.
"Sorry," She covered her eyes and turned around to give me some privacy. "I just wanted to tell you to hurry up; we've got twenty minutes until we have to meet Rose at Grinders and I wanted to get there early…" She walked back out.
I put some lotion on my body, put some deodorant on and grabbed some jeans and a shirt. I put a brush through my hair and threw on my converse. I was waiting in the living room when Alice came out. She shook her head in disapproval at me. "You should have put on the shirt." She whined.
"It wasn't appropriate for the occasion." I whined back at her. "It shows too much boob, and hugs my curves to tight," Her eyes rolled "I'll wear it on my next date, I promise." I hated her being mad at me or seeing her offended.
"That's the whole point of the shirt…C'mon, I'll drive" She grabbed her keys out of the basket on the countertop, in the kitchen, and we were both out of the door. We arrived at Grinders with five minutes to spare. Rose was already there, we could see her red Passat in the parking lot. Alice sighed. "Let's get this over with…"
"Maybe it won't be that bad," I tried to be positive again "Maybe she's just trying to be nice for once!"
When we got into Grinders it was packed, like it always is on Friday nights. Alice and I pushed passed the people inline and turned left to the dinning area. We could see Rose in one of the booths. She was on the phone playing with the ends of her blonde hair, she looked up and saw us walking towards her; she dropped her hair. "Oh, I got to go, but I'll call you back as soon as I'm done telling them…" Alice and I looked at one another. I shrugged. "No, no, I haven't. I'll tell you when I tell them, No, I'll call you. Don't call me….No, I said I'll call, I promise." She slapped her cell phone shut as Alice and I took our seats across from her. "Sorry about that girls." She looked at us snow smiling, her big light blue eyes almost glowing.
"So…Who was that?" Alice began. Thank goodness for her bravery because I know that I would never have the guts to stand up to Rose. Sure, I've known both Alice and Rose since my freshman year here at college, but Rose's beauty and stature still intimidated me. Don't get me wrong, Alice could be just as pushy and just as scary as Rose was when she needed to be. In a way, Alice was like Tinkerbelle; Cute, short, Curvy, but boy, could she have an attitude when she wanted to. I always tried to avoid the wrath of Rose and Alice.
Rose cleared her throat and began "Well-"
Rose was cut off. "Hey, I'm Travis and I'll be your waiter today. Is there anything I could start you ladies off with to drink?" He winked at us.
"I'll have a strawberry daiquiri," Alice said looking at the menu.
"Mmm, that sounds good," Rose looked up at Travis "I'll have the same except I want extra whipped crème on mine, please."
Travis turned his gaze to me "And you?" His eyebrows rose.
"I'll just have some lemon water, plea-""nonsense, she'll have a strawberry daiquiri also." Rose spoke up for me. I looked at her and she was smiling.
"Alright, I'll be right back with those." Travis said walking back to the bar.
"What was that, Rose?" Alice giggled. I joined in as well. "I'm not complaining, because you're paying, but you must really want us to not be mad at whatever you need to tell us. Buying us drinks like that. . ."
Rose looked at her fingernails like she was going to bite them, something she only did when she nervous.
"Thatbad? Huh?" I said trying to lighten the mood a little. Just then Travis came back with our drinks.
"There you are ladies, I'll give you a few more minutes to look over your menus and I'll be back." He winked at Rose, but she didn't notice it because she was still starring at her nails.
"Oh, c'mon, Rose, the suspense is killing me!" Alice whined. Again, I was thankful for her bravery.
"Well," Rose began again "You know how I have a twin brother? Jasper?" Alice and I both nodded. We've never met him, but we've seen pictures of the two of them from when they were younger and in high school together. "Well, he's transferring to this school for this falls semester of school-"
"That's great, Rose! I'm happy for you!" Alice said taking a huge sip of her daiquiri through her straw.
"Let me finish," Rose sounded annoyed that Alice had interrupted her little spiel.
"Well, it being the summertime and all I-"
"So, have you ladies decided what you would like?" Travis came up to our table ready to take action with a pen and a pad of paper in his hands. Alice sighed while Rose rolled her eyes. "I could give you a few more minutes…" Travis trailed off noticing he interrupted our conversation.
"No, it's cool," Alice said nicely at him smiling. "I'll have, thee, uh, garden salad and today's special for the soup. She closed her menu and handed it to Travis.
"I'll have the same." I said avoiding eye contact as I handed him the menu.
"Make it three." Rose said handing him the menu.
Alice waited until Travis was out of hearing range "Anyways…" She said this with and annoyed, exasperated sigh.
I looked back up at Rose and took a sip of the daiquiri; it was good so I took a bigger drink. "Yeah, so anyways," Rose stated, getting back to her story "it being the summertime and all, with two months before we actually have to start classes again….I said that my brother and his two friends could stay with us until they found jobs and until the apartment they are supposed to move into is cleared out-"
"OW!" I yelled while slapping my hand on my forehead. When the pain of the brain freeze passed I looked up to see Alice's light brown eyes and Rose's blue eyes wide, staring at me. "Brain freeze." I clarified in a weak voice.
"Oh! Thank gosh!" I thought you were mad about my brother and his friends coming to live with us." Rose's voice sounds relived.
"Live?" Alice said looking back at Rose.
"Well, just to stay for a few days. Just until the guy leaves the apartment that they are supposed to move into. I know that you guys wouldn't mind, but I wanted to make sure. They don't have anywhere else to go and I know that Jasper would do the same for me and you girls if we were in their situation…transferring schools and all." Rose turned her eyes, pleading to Alice. I didn't really have a problem with it as long as none of them were jerks or something like that. . .
"How long is a 'few days?'" Alice said taking another sip of her daiquiri.
"A week, maybe two…at the most." The relief in Rose's voice was returning. She poked her spoon in her whipped crème and ate it.
"Where are they going to sleep?" Alice asked.
"Well, I was thinking two could sleep out in the living room on the pullout then one of them can sleep on the other couch…and we have three bathrooms…." Rose explained in a hopeful voice to Alice and me.
"I am not sharing my bathroom with a man!" Alice chirped. "Especially if it's not for fun reasons…" I giggled at her fake accusation.
"Awe! Thanks Alice! I knew you'd pull through!" Rose tried to give Alice an awkward hug from across the booth. "What about, Bella? Are you okay with it too?" I looked up at Rose's begging light blue eyes.
I sighed. "Yeah, I'm okay with it, just as long as they are not perverts or something like that."
"It's just my brother and his two best friends." Rose reassured me.
"Here you are ladies: Three salads and three soups. Enjoy!" Travis placed our food in front of each one of us and walked off.
"So, when are they going to be here?" I asked while digging into my salad…Rose bit her bottom lip.
"Tomorrow…We have to pick them up at the airport at ten…" Rose looked over at Alice. Alice rolled her eyes and swallowed the bite of salad she had just chewed.
"Rose! A longer warning would have been nice to get the apartment cleaned up and what not." Alice sounded annoyed.
"It's just my brother Alice and two of his best friends." She stressed this fact again. "It's not like it matters." Rose rolled her eyes and stuck a spoonful of soup in her mouth.
"It does matter," Alice whispered to me "One of them better be hot!" I giggled at Alice.
A/N: Well, I hope you enjoy the first Chapter. I've got about half of the story done in my head, but I would love some feed back before I continue writing it. So, let me know what you think of it so far, please…& just so you know, what wouldn't be a good story without a bet? Aha. Please let me know what you'd like to see happen and what you wouldn't like to see happen in the future of this story- It Depends on you!!
Thanks everyone!