K, new story. I actually wrote this a day ago at like 2 and 3 a.m. , and I went into my living room and watched some TV, but I fell asleep and forgot to turn my house computer off. And you all know how it is when you wake up after staying up late, you feel like getting up, but not really. I was woken up a few times by my family talking and I kept hearing my mom talking about how my document was up and telling my dad not to get on. But when I actually woke up, my mom came into my living room and said, "That's a cute story you wrote." I was like, "Why did you read it?!" And then she said, "Sorry, but you left it up and I want to find out what happens on the skiing trip." So I added on and finished writing it.
I do not own any of the following: Victoria's Secret, Inside-Out-Burger, Cheesecake Factory, Denny's, Giant's, Kay Jeweler's, McDonald's, Quizno's, Red Robin, Wal-Mart, and Exxon. Oh, and Twilight, (500) Days Of Summer, and any other stuff I don't own unless it's in an imaginary world…So here it is:
"Please, Bells." Emmett begged. Why would he honestly think I'd want to spend my winter break with him and his friends?
"No, how many times are you gonna keep asking?" I asked. He had tried asking me during our family's big Thanksgiving dinner, but of course I declined.
"It's free. What girl wouldn't want. Let me re-phrase that. What senior girl wouldn't want to send Christmas break with 200 hot guys. Snuggling up near the fire. Mmm, I can even picture it now. Rose in a bikini." He said.
"Excuse me?" I asked. "You-you-you said Rose? You have a crush on Rose? The Rose? Like my best friend, Rose?" He nodded. "You can't have a crush on her. …And anyway, it'll be like zero degrees outside, you won't see any bikinis at that place."
"Oh wrongo, sister dear. There are hot tubs there. Hot tubs that aren't monitored because it'll be used by mature, responsible, and if I do say so myself, very good looking college sophomores." He said.
"Fine, I'll go!" I said, tired of all his annoying antics to get me to go along with him on this exciting adventure.
"Woohoo!" He cheered.
"But!" I said. "You and you're friends are not allowed to touch Rose, Alice, or me! Got it?!" I asked.
"No can do, sister." He said. "You see, I don't know if I can get that many rooms, and--"
I cut him off. "--But you said there were three beds to a room, we'll just figure out the arrangements when we get there. Okay?"
"Okay." He sighed like a little boy. I could almost imagine him hanging his head in embarrassment.
"So how long is the trip?" I asked.
"Three weeks." Emmett said.
"Ok. I'll tell Rose. I--"
"--Make sure she brings her bikini." He said. "Please?"
"Fine." I sighed. "Later."
"Bye." He said.
"You guys really wanna go?" I asked Rose and Alice, just to be sure that they actually wanted to go on this vacation.
"Totally." Rose said. "It could be…"
"…Fun?" Alice added in.
"Yeah, exactly. Fun. It could be…fun. Very fun." Rose said.
"And this means…SHOPPING TRIP!!!!!" Alice squealed, directly in my ear.
"Ow Alice, that was my ear." I screeched.
"Sorry Bella, but it's not my fault that I love to shop." She said.
"Actually Alice…I think it is." Rose said. "But yeah, I like totally wanna get something new."
"Fine." I've been giving in a lot today.
When we got to the mall, the first thing we did was buy bathing suits. Mine was a brown and white crocheted bathing suit. Alice and Rose got the same kind, accept Alice's was in pink, and Rose's was in purple.
Next, Alice drove us in to Victoria's Secret.
"I know that you aren't very good at picking out these sort of things, so just go look at the lipgloss or something." Alice told me.
I nodded, and headed over to the lipgloss. How amazing! Let's see, Peach, Mango, Strawberry, Chocolate, Banana, Cherry, Apricot, Raspberry, Blueberry, Orange, Luscious. Wait, that's not a fruit. Apple, Grape, Vanilla, Watermelon… I looked through the endless flavors of lipgloss.
"We're done!" Alice just about screamed throughout the store.
"Already?" I asked. I thought that they'd take an hour in here at the least.
She nodded and handed me a box.
"Don't I get to try it on?" I asked.
"No!" She said. "It'll ruin our fun."
"What, you guys think that I'll 'hook-up' with one of Emmett's friends?" I asked.
They nodded.
"No way!" I said. "His friends are too weird."
"Yeah, but that one blond one who came with Emmett for Thanksgiving was kinda hunky." Alice said.
"Yeah, and so was Emmett." Rose said, dreamingly.
"Not you, too!"
"What?" Rose asked.
"Emmett likes you, you like him." I said. "It'd be creepy for us if you guys dated."
"Whatever." Alice broke into our argument. "We need to pack!"
Alice drove us back to my house and we started packing for the trip.
"Truth or Dare?" Rose asked Alice.
We had just finished packing and we decided to play truth or dare to pass the time until the trip; all of us were very excited.
"Dare." Alice said.
"Hmm…I dare you to…" Rose thought for a moment. "I dare you to…walk outside with your bikini on."
"No way! It's freezing outside."
"She has to do it, doesn't she, Bella?" Rose asked me.
I nodded.
"Fine." Alice sighed. She quickly put on her new bikini and we all tip-toed down the stairs, and outside through the backyard. We ran around to the front of the house.
"Am I done yet?" Alice asked.
I was just about t let her go, but I heard a wolf whistle from behind me. I turned around, and came face-to-face with Mr. Newton! Wtf??!!!
Alice let out an ear-piercing shriek that would wake up the whole neighborhood. The next thing we knew, Charlie was outside with his gun. He scared Mr. Newton away, and then made us go inside.
"What were you girls thinking?" He asked, once we were in the kitchen.
"We were playing truth or dare." Rose said.
"Well don't do it again." He took another look at Alice, probably checking her out. "Kids."
He went to bed.
"Let's just go to sleep. I'm kinda tired, anyway." I said.
They agreed, and we went back up to my room and fell asleep.
"Wake Up!" Alice sang in my ear.
I fell out of bed and onto the floor. "What the fuck, Alice?"
"Sorry, but you wouldn't wake up. And Emmett's gonna be hear soon."
"Ok." We all took showers, and finished getting ready right before Emmett showed up in his famous jeep.
"Bells." He ran up to me and gave me one of his bone-crushing hugs.
"Ow, Emmett! You do know that there's a person under here, right?" I asked, breathlessly.
"Sorry, Bells!" Emmett said. Then he saw Charlie. "Dad! He ran over to Charlie and picked him up.
"Emmett." Charlie whispered, barely being able to breathe.
"Sorry, dad." He said. "I just missed you guys, that's all."
"Well, goodbye everyone." Charlie gave us all hugs. "Watch her, Emmett!" Charlie commanded.
"I will, sir." Emmett said. "Let's go!"
We all headed to the Jeep. We put all of our stuff into the back of the jeep, though Alice's stuff barely fit in at all. I sat up front with Emmett, while Alice and Rose sat in the back.
"So how long is it from here to Aspen?" Rose asked. "I can't believe your college is taking you there!"
"Umm…about 22 hours. Well, to be exact: 21 hours and 47 minutes; exactly 1,417.5 miles."
"Whoa! Do we have a long trip ahead of ourselves." I said. "Are we gonna stop at a hotel?"
He shook his head. "Don't you need some sort of reservation thingy for that?" He asked.
"Emmett! You idiot, you didn't book a hotel. Where are we suppose to sleep tonight when we take a break from driving?"
"Come on, Bella." Rose said. "I'm sure Emmett could work something out, just as long as he has his credit card with him, and he brought along his hotness. …Yeah, I'm pretty sure that he did."
"Yeah, Bells. And anyway, if it doesn't work, then we can just sleep in here." Emmett said. "You and Ali can sleep up here, and me and Rose can sleep in the back." Emmett winked at Rose, and I think I heard him even growl.
"Rose!! Emmett!!" I screamed. "Mental images. …And anyway, Charlie took away Emmett's credit card because he spent way too much money."
"Oh here, Emmey." Rose said, handing him her favorite credit card. She never let anyone touch it. Ever!!!!! "You can use mine!"
We kept ourselves busy for a few hours by talking about the trip. By around 2, we were all hungry. Only 18 hours left to go. Or as Emmett would put it, 'exactly 18 hours and 47 minutes to go.' Emmett stopped at an Inside-Out-Burger. (I think it's from iCarly. But Idk…) After we all ate, Emmett suggested that we play some road games. We selected the ABC game where the first person to find all the letters wins. The game was pretty stupid, but at least it was fun. Fun kicking Emmett's ass, at least! He always lost, and could never even find one letter. We left him out, but he still tried to play. I only paid attention to what I was saying, because I always won.
We went past a Cheesecake Factory with a barber shop and a Denny's next to it. "A,B,C,D,E,F!" I called out in victory.
"How do you do that?" Rose asked.
"Yeah, I didn't see those letters until you shouted them out!!" Alice said.
"Practice…and skills." I said, showing off a bit.
Next, we saw a Greg's Pancake House, a Giant's. a Jeff's Hardware Store, a Kay Jeweler's, and a McDonalds. "G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P!" We stopped at a red light. "There was a Quizno's, a Red Robin, a Travis' Bedding, a Wal-Mart, an Exxon, and a Yolanda's Hair Salon. "Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z!! Yes, I win!!" I screamed.
"No fair." Emmett said. "I was still on A!"
"It's not my fault that I'm so lucky." I said. Next, we counted flags. By the time we finished, we had 3,685 flags.
"That was enough!" Alice said. "Let's watch a movie."
"How about '(500) Days Of Summer'?" Rose asked.
"Sure." Alice handed Emmett the DVD to put in the DVD player. "Here, Emmett, put this in."
I started falling asleep off and on throughout the movie. All I heard was: "Holy shit." when Tom was in the elevator and Summer talked to him, the part when Paul asked Tom about the 'jobs', and the part where Tom goes to Summer's apartment for her party, and finds out that she is engaged.
"Wake up, Bella!" Alice started shaking me.
"Hmm?" I asked, yawning.
"We're at the hotel." She said.
"Get Emmett to carry me inside." I said, sticking my arms out.
"Come here." Emmett picked me up. I waited as he carried me inside, until I felt my head rest on a pillow. I started closing my eyes, slowly, until I fell asleep.
When I woke up, it was still dark: only 5:30 am. We needed to hit the road, anyway, if we wanted to get there on time.
"Wake Up!" I screamed.
"What?" Emmett fell onto the floor.
Alice and Rose had already gotten enough sleep the previous night, so they got up right away. Emmett, on the other hand, only got up and got dressed because Rose promised him that she'd go hot-tubing with him later tonight.
We were on the road by 6 am, with Alice driving. I was lucky that Emmett's friends had agreed to meet us there, because I was able to sit in the front; his friends liked to call 'shotgun.' Rose and Emmett were sitting in the back, and Rose was leaning against Emmett's chest, and they were whispering in each other's ears! Eww, gross!! Emmett is probably gonna sleep with Rose tonight, and I DO NOT need that going on while I am trying to go to sleep.
We got to the lodge at around maybe 4 or 5 pm.
"Emmett?" I asked, when we were outside of the lodge, getting ready to head inside.
"Yeah, Bells?" He asked. "Whatcha need?"
Did you…be some chance…Ok, did you change the lodge that your college is staying at?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, this one is way better than the one that the school originally planned to book."
The lodge's name was 'The AppleJack Inn'. Of course Emmett had to choose something named after his favorite food, though no matter how many times I told him, he still thought that it was named after AppleJacks.
"Whatever, let's just go to our rooms." I said. "What are the numbers?"
"218 & 219." Emmett said.
"Ok, well I only have a few bags, so I'll find the room myself. Why don't you help Rose and Alice with their stuff? They have a lot of it."
He nodded, and proceed to help Rose and Alice get their bags out of the trunk.
I picked up my bags, and headed to room 219. There were beds for three people. A bunkbed was on the left side of the room, and a king-size bed sat on the other side of the room. I assumed that room 218 was set up the same way. I quickly unpacked my stuff, and then went into the bathroom to freshen up. Wow, a bathroom in the room. Maybe Emmett does know how to pick a lodge, no, it was just his love of AppleJacks. The room even had a microwave and a mini-fridge.
I went back into the room, and changed into pajamas, before falling asleep in the huge, nice, and very comfortable bed.
I really need to stop waking up like this. It was 6 am. At least Emmett didn't pick me up and put me on the bunkbed, so he could have the king-size all bed to himself.
But his friend wasn't here. I decided to get up and take a walk. I quickly changed into some sweatpants, a long-sleeved t-shirt, and a sweater. I, very quickly and very quietly, opened the door, and tip-toed outside. While outside, I saw a shadow.
"Hello?" It called; a man, I could tell, by the voice.
"Yes?" I answered.
"Is this The AppleJack Inn?" He asked. His voice was kind of sexy, though. Could he be one of Emmett's friends. No, probably not. I doubt that Emmett would have any sexy friends.
"Yes, it is." I said.
"Thank-you." He called very quickly, before heading inside. Ok. I jogged around for a while, before heading back to the room.
When I opened the door, some guy was in boxers. His suitcase was under the bunkbed, so I assumed that he was one of Emmett's friends. His pants were on the bed next to his shirt.
"I'm so sorry." I said quickly.
"No, it's ok." He pulled on a shirt, and dove under the covers.
"Are you Emmett's friend?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, one of them. I'm Edward."
"I'm Bella." I said. "…Wait, you just got here, right?"
"Yeah." He said. "Why?"
"Were you just outside like a half an hour ago?" I asked.
"That was you?" He asked.
I nodded. "Yeah, that was me."
"Oh."
"Hey, do you want to annoy Emmett?" I asked.
"Absolutely." He smiled wickedly.
"Ok, when I scream, go to sleep." I said.
He nodded.
I screamed, before both of us pretended to fall asleep.
"Ha, what?" Emmett fell out of bed again. But, he kinda fell on Edward.
"Ow, my balls." Edward said.
I couldn't help but laugh at first. "Sorry." I said.
"It's ok." He said. "At least Emmett fell." He laughed, and I joined in at laughing at Emmett.
"Ha!" Emmett pointed at Edward and laughed.
"Shut up, Emmett!" I hissed at him. "Bu I really am sorry." I said. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Edward said.
"No, seriously, do you want me to hurt him?" I asked.
"Nah, I got it."
"Ok, suit yourself." I smiled at him. "Well anyway, I'm going back to bed. Night."
"Goodnight Bella." He whispered, but growled mysteriously, "Night Emmett."
The way he said my name made me feel something inside.
When I woke up, it was 10:30 am. I quickly grabbed a change of clothes and a towel, and headed into the bathroom.
After showering, I had realized that I left my bra on the bed. Oh crap! Edward or Emmett better not wake up and find it. I shut the water off, wrapped a towel around myself, and opened the door. Edward was standing in front of the door with my bra in his hand.
'Looking for this?" He asked.
I nodded. "Yeah, thanks!" I took the bra out of his hands and shut the door. I could have sworn that I heard him say 'cute' or 'sexy' or something along the lines of a compliment. But why would a sophomore in college have a crush or even merely like his best friend's little sister? Ugh, I just know he doesn't like me.
I sighed, and sank to the floor in embarrassment.
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