Unblinkingly Sweet

Chapter 1

"Bella! Wake up!" cried a tiny, pixie-like girl as she launched herself onto my bed. She grabbed the pillow from under my head and smacked me lightly with it, all the while bouncing at the prospect of a new day.

I groaned and asked, "What time is it Alice?"

"It's already ten o' clock Bella. Get up before I make you," Alice replied grinning. I glared at her but got up anyways, who knows what she might do to me?

"Okay Bella, once you get out of the bathroom, we'll go to the new mall that's opened, Ooooo, I'm so excited, it'll be sooo fun!"

I sighed as she rolled her eyes at me. "Come on Alice, it's Saturday, can't I just sleep in for a little so I can study for the test on Monday?"

She stared at me as though saying, you're kidding right? Who would pass up an opportunity to go shopping?

"But Bellllaa," she whined, stretching the last vowel in my name out. Then she huffed out of our room saying, "Fine, I'll go ask Rose to go shopping with me and she'll make you go too!"

Rosalie was our other best friend. All three of us has been together ever since our parents introduced us when we were five. Along with Rose's brother Jasper, my brother Emmett, an Alice's prat-of- a-brother Edward, we all make a pretty good team. Now the boys had gone away to college and us girls are still in high school. I really missed Emmett and Jasper. Edward? Not so much. We were pretty much enemies ever since we met, as he was always purposely trying to get on my nerves.

I hurriedly put on my favorite pale red blouse with a pink lace hem and bootcut stretch jeans and stepped out to the kitchen, where Rose and Alice sat discussing quietly. They looked over and stopped as I stepped into the room.

Rose's good morning smile was genuine as I sat down and waited for Alice to finish frying the eggs for breakfast.

I was amazed to see that Alice and Rose were already dressed in their casual clothing, all ready for the day.

Alice quickly set down out breakfast and tried to convince Rose to go shopping with her and also to drag me along.

Rose looked confused for a moment and asked, "I thought we were going to your place Alice… you know" she winked at me "to see the guys."

Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten! The guys were all coming back to the Cullen's place for the weekends before school started. Now I'm really excited, I finally get to see my big brother Emmett after four years of him being away!

Alice's face brightened, "Of course we're going to my place, but well, if we have some time left over we could just go to the…"

We didn't let her finish her sentence as Rose and I grabbed Alice's arms and marched to her gleaming yellow Porsche. I stuffed her in the back seat and sat next to her. It was Rose's turn to drive.

Alice was mad; she refused to talk to us during the whole drive to her mansion.

We all hopped out as Rosalie parked the car, I could see Edward's Volvo parked in the lot across from us, and I bet the girls could too since they were bobbling up and down just like me, looking excited. Rose parked hastily and we ran to the door.

Rose's long legs got her there first and she opened the door for us, we all raced in together.

Esme and Carlisle sat in the living room and facing towards them, was Emmett, Jasper, and… Edward?

I froze. There's no way that third young man could be Edward Cullen.

They all came forward to hug their own sister. Emmett was so big, I felt as though I was getting crushed purposely.

"Ouch Emmett, have you been working out?" I asked.

"What? Nah, I was born with these guns." Emmett's eyebrows went up as if I had insulted him but his eyes twinkled.

I laughed and slapped his arm. Then Jasper came forward and shared a hug too, I could see that he was pretty muscular also.

Then the gorgeous young man who was starting to look somewhat like Edward, but way more handsome stepped up to me and smirked. I stared at his huge chest, boy, when did they all start working out like that? I asked to myself.

As though he heard my question, his smirk went wider, "So, like what you see?"

A/N: Alright guys, here's the end of the 1st Chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to send in a review to let me know if you liked it or not. Because it would help a lot if you guys give me things to bear in mind when I'm writing the continuing chapters. Don't be afraid to give suggestions on how you would like the story to continue.

Love, MarieAnthony

Edit: I'm back guys. There's lots and lots of editing to do before I can continue. It's been years since I last touched this fanfic and trust me, I really need to fix/edit/add on to these chapters. Heh. Thanks!