That's What You Get
Chapter 1: Blame it on the alcohol
If there was one thing that I had learned in the two years that I had lived in this place, it was that girls did not know how to keep their mouths shut. The only thing the girls at Forks High School cared about was who was hooking up and who did something embarrassing. It was annoying at first, but I eventually got used to it, I had learned to block it out. But there was always one person I couldn't help but want to hear about.
His name was Edward Cullen. And he was a complete jackass, but the sexiest one I had ever seen. He was my best guy friend Jacob's best friend, and also one of the most popular guys in school. As much as I tried not to listen to all the gossip that included Edward's name, it surrounded me constantly.
"So last night I went to the most insane party over in La Push." Jessica oozed as she sat down at our lunch table. "And let me tell you, everything you hear about Edward Cullen is true. He is a god." She said as she rolled her eyes in the back of her head.
Please. I thought. There is no way that some guy can have the same affect on so many girls... right?
"Anyway," she continued with a big smile on her face to Rose and me, "they are throwing another big party tonight, and you all should come!"
"I will ask Em if he wants to go, but he will probably want to do other things tonight." Rosalie said with a scandalous look on her face. She was very open about her and Emmett's sex life. It personally made me gag, but for some reason I loved them both dearly, and they were great friends.
"What about you Bella?" Jessica asked as she nudged my elbow.
"I don't know what I would tell Charlie, you know how overprotective he is." I said as I was tried to make a good excuse. "And besides, I need to get started on my term paper."
"Bella, Bella, Bella, when will you ever learn." Rose said as she patted my back. "Tell Charlie that you are staying with me, and you have two months to write your term paper, I think you can take one night off. It's Friday for cryin' out loud, and you need to have some fun every now and again."
"I'm not taking no for an answer." Jessica stated as she nodded her head in agreement.
I took a deep breath and sighed. "Oh, alright, I guess one night won't kill me."
I really hoped that I would not be regretting that statement.
Rose and Jessica gave me a simultaneous hug as the bell rang for us to go to our next class.
"Just come over to my house around 7 and we can get ready there!" Jessica said as she walked out of the lunchroom.
It was 6:57 when I pulled up to Jessica's house. She lived in a cute little one story house with her mom. Her mom had been single since Jessica was 5 and she had a different man every week. She was a cool mom and didn't care when we went to party, so any time I wanted to go out, I always stayed with Jess. Jess and I had been friends for a few years, and we usually got along pretty well. She could be annoying at times, but I tolerated it.
I walked up to her door and lightly knocked. I quickly heard footsteps walking towards the door, and her mom greeted me.
"Well Bella you know you don't have to knock! Come on in!" she said as she waved her arm for me to enter her home.
"You look hot Cathy!" I said as I walked inside. She was wearing a tight, low cut red dress and 4 inch heels.
"Thanks, I've got a hot date tonight." She said as she sat down on the couch. "Jess is in her room getting ready, you all don't need to get too drunk tonight, ok?"
"I know, we won't." I said as I walked down the hallway into Jessica's room.
"Bout time Bella." She said as she put on some lip gloss while looking in her mirror. "Now, what are you going to wear tonight?"
"I don't know, I was thinking a blue jean skirt and my favorite purple halter." I said as I sat my bag down on her bed.
"Typical you," she said as she walked over to her closet. "But it works."
Just as I sat down on her bed my phone went off. It was a text from Jacob.
Beautiful- what are you getting into tonight?-J
Ever since he found out Bella meant beautiful in Italian, he never called me anything else. It was nice at first, but now it's kind of annoying.
You know just because my name means that in Italian you don't have to call me that 24/7. I think me and Jessica are going to a party at Seth's. What are you doing?-B
"Bella, who are you texting?" Jessica asked as she walked towards me.
"Just Jacob, he wanted to know what we were doing tonight." I said as she rolled her eyes and sat down next to me.
"I really wish you two would just get over it already and hook up. You know he is in love with you, right?"
"He is not in love with me Jess, we are just really good friends."
"You have no idea how much you mean to him Bella, you are all he ever talks about. It's pretty pathetic actually, but cute too." She said confidently.
"We aren't getting together, ever. So you should just quit trying." I said as I got another text.
I would still call you beautiful even if your name didn't mean it. I have to stay with my mom this weekend, but if I can sneak out I will come over there later. Don't do anything stupid tonight, B -J
I secretly wished he wouldn't come to the party tonight. I loved Jake, but he does not hold his liquor well, and he always ends up crying his eyes out like a freaking baby and I am always there to comfort him. I wanted to party without anyone depressing me tonight.
You know I never do anything stupid, J. I have to get ready though, ttyl. –B
Me and Jess finished getting ready and grabbed a quick bite to eat before we left. We had made the mistake of not eating before we drank before, and we were not about to take the chance of puking our guts up if we could help it.
By the time we made it to the party it was a little after 9. There were cars everywhere, it looked like the whole school might be here, and we had a hard time finding somewhere to park. We walked into the house and Rosalie and Emmett were the first to greet us.
"Bell-a!" Emmett yelled as we entered the room.
"Drunk ass!" I yelled back to him.
"Hey, I may be a little drunk," he said slurring, "but at least I know how to have fun. Isn't that right baby?" He said to Rose who was leaning on his arm.
"Yeah babe, you know how to party… among other things." She said as her lips almost touched his.
"Ugh, come on Jess, I need a drink." I said as I walked away from the groping couple.
We walked into the extremely crowded kitchen to find something to drink. There was a huge pail of hunch punch and several liquor bottles sitting on the counter. I grabbed the large bottle of vodka and drank some straight.
"Whoa Swan, had a bad day?" I heard someone say to me from behind. I turned around to see Eric standing there with a beer in his hand.
"Not really, just thirsty." I said as I took another big gulp of straight vodka.
"Beer pong in the living room! We are making a list so come put your name on it if you want to play." Jasper Hale, Rosalie's brother, yelled into the kitchen. I gave Jess our "look" and we made our way to add our name to the list. We were beer pong champs and everyone was scared of us. We were the last team to play, so we made our way to the other side of the room to dance.
"I love the cupid shuffle!" I yelled over the loud music as I grabbed Jessica's arm to lead her to the dance floor.
We danced for what seemed like hours, just having fun with Rose and Emmett while drinking tons of hunch punch. I usually didn't drink this much, but I was stressed out from studying so much and I needed to relax for a change.
Our name finally got called to play in the final round of beer pong. We made our way to the table and Jasper and Edward were our opponents. I hated playing against them, they were most definitely the toughest team to beat, but I knew we could do it.
"Ok Jess," I said as I handed her a ping pong ball. "We can do this, just stay focused, and you know what to do to distract them." She gave me a wink and threw the first ball right into the first cup. Hell yeah! The guys of course groaned, but now it was my turn. I focused the best that I could and landed one in the middle. Double hell yeah!
It was Jasper's turn first. He missed. HA! Edward was up next. He took the ball and was in deep concentration; he aimed and rang a cup in the last row.
Within minutes of playing, we each had one cup left.
"Ok Jess, you know what to do." I said as I whispered to her drunkenly. She turned around to face Edward and Jasper, pulling her already low cut shirt down as far as it would go.
It was Jaspers turn and he took at large gulp, trying to avoid Jess as she leaned over the solo cups with her boobs practically falling out. Edward whispered something in his ear and Jasper nodded his head once. He took on last gulp while holding the ball up to aim. He finally let go of the ping pong ball and it landed right on the rim. Close but no cigar!
"Aw too bad!" I said with my lips poked out like a little kid. Jasper just rolled his eyes and moved out of the way so that Edward could have his turn. Edward didn't even look at Jessica; he just aimed quickly and threw the ball. It landed in the cup. Shit. He turned around and high fived Jasper. They both had huge grins on their faces. Bastards.
"Well it looks like the sluts finally got beaten." Edward said as he turned to face me and Jess.
"It's okay." I said slyly. "We will get you guys back, eventually. After all, we can only beat you so many times in a row." This was our tenth time to play them, we were 8-2.
The music was calling my name, and I pulled Jess to follow me back to the dance floor in the living room. We danced for what seemed like forever, just enjoying our drunken state.
"It's freaking hot in here!" I screamed into Jessica's ear. "I'm gonna step outside for a minute. I think you, however, should go dance with Mike. He has been starring at you all night!" I said as I shoved her towards his way. She obliged, and walked straight over to him.
I made my way through the kitchen and to the back porch. We had partied at Seth's before, so I knew my way through his house pretty well. There usually wasn't anyone on the back porch; everyone went to the front deck to take their smoke breaks. I didn't really like to smoke, or smelled like it, so I made my way to the back to get some fresh air. I opened the screen door and stumbled over the ridge in the door way.
"Sh-it" I mumbled under my breath. I stumped my toe and it hurt.
"Well, someone is drunk." I heard someone with a soothing voice say to me. I looked up, away from my pounding toe, and saw Edward's face.
"Hey you." I said as sexily as I could to him.
There was one thing that alcohol gave me, and that was confidence. it was now my chance to see what all the hype was about. I walked up to him and placed one of my hands on chest. I took my other hand and grabbed his cigarette out of his hand. I never took my eyes off of his, and he had a very confused look on his face.
I gently pressed my lips to his, and he immediately responded back with his. They were so soft, and perfect. His lips parted slightly and I slid my tongue in between them. I moved my tongue from one side of his mouth to the other, before lightly licking his bottom lip and pulling away.
"Holy shit, Bells." He said as he grabbed his cigarette back and took his fill.
"What?" I said as I leaned back against the house.
"I'm fucking shaking. No girl has ever made me shake after just kissing, and- what the hell was that for, anyway?" he said huskily and almost out of breath.
"I heard you were a damn good kisser, decided I would find out for myself." I said as I looked down at his hand, it was still shaking.
"Well?" he said looking concerned. All I did was take another step closer and place my lips to his again. Our wonderful kiss was abruptly broken by someone opening the door. It was Jasper. We quickly pulled away and faced him.
"Whoa," Jasper said as he held both of his hands up. "Not what I was expecting to find out here."
"Don't tell anyone, dude. Especially not Jacob." Edward said as he walked quickly back inside, slamming the door behind him.
I bit my lip and looked down. That kiss was amazing, and I really didn't expect Edward Cullen to have such an effect like that on me. I mean, I had kissed like, 7 guys before Edward, and none of them even came close to how amazing I had just felt. I had originally just wanted to find out what all of the talk was about, and I was now scared that I made a big mistake. I did NOT want to have feelings for such an arrogant, selfish, beautiful, and mesmerizing Edward, but I think it was too late for that now.
I looked up at Jasper who was just starring in disbelief. "Just don't tell anyone, ok Jazz?"
"I won't Bella, just be more careful next time, what if I would have been Jacob?" he said with concern.
Ok, I admit it. I know that Jacob is in love with me. He hadn't come out and told me, but from what he had told other people, and the way that he acted around me, I knew that it was true. And I didn't want to hurt him. He was my best friend.
"I know, I was just being selfish. But I seriously doubt it will ever happen again. I mean, I kissed him, and it didn't mean anything."
"Ok, Bells, your secret is safe with me." He winked at me and started to walk back inside.
"Oh yeah," he said as he turned back around to face me. "Jessica is looking for you, I think Mike pissed her off and she is ready to leave."
I rolled my eyes and followed him back inside. This is usually how we left every party, with Jess pissed off at some guy she hooked up with that night. I made my way back through the crowd to find Jess sitting on the couch with her arms crossed.
"Well aren't we just a ray of fucking sunshine." I said sarcastically to her.
"Let's go Bells, I don't want to be here anymore." She said as she stood up.
"Ok, give me the keys." I said as we walked towards the door. I always held my liquor way better than she did, and with that kiss I had just experienced, I was practically sober.