Hi! I wrote this story after being at a kids party and watching a mishap with the cake delivery. It's already written, there are only seven chapters that I'll try to post daily.
Just a few notes before we start:
Volturi's will be a banquet hall that houses party rooms to host kid parties, with jungle gyms, little chairs and little tables, and a couple of ballrooms for more formal settings like weddings. All in the same building.
You may not know it, but Peppa in Spanish is a euphemism for vagina. There are a lot of jokes about that little pig around the internet. Really is disturbing.
This is the first, and maybe the only time, I write a good guy Jacob. Don't get used to it.
So, let's get started.
That morning wasn't like the others at the Cullen household. Though Edward wished it was. He was still basking in that drunken stupor caused by the heavily intense sex marathon his wife granted him last night. It wasn't that their sex life was boring or lacking, no. But she kept this kind of fantasies for his birthday or anniversary. Which brought him back to the present and the reason why Bella was so kind yesterday night. Ugh! Now it was late, and he had to hurry to shower before their family arrived.
"Edwaaard! Please start loading the treats and the games into the car!" Bella yelled from the kitchen.
She loved her husband to pieces, but sometimes it was like she had another toddler to move around. She was up early before sunrise to finish with the last details for the grand event, Lilly's birthday party. Edward convinced her to make it at the party room at Volturi's banquet hall. After last's year mayhem, and after hearing his brother's girlfriend Alice fairytale dreamland extravaganza, which was way over their budget, they decided the party room Cinderella's package was perfect. Truly, it was less work, but she still had to buy the treats, the cake and she had to make sure Edward got his Prince Charming disguise. It was the highlight of the party to have Lilly dancing with him! Lilly would remember this party for the rest of her life, treasuring the dance with her father and the feeling of being a princess for a day.
That was the moment when their eight-month baby, Ethan, decided to make his presence known by throwing his sippy cup which managed to fall in front of Bella, barely avoiding the remaining drops of orange juice that fell when it lost the lid.
"Oh, Ethan! You want mommy to take you out of the chair, right? Could it be that you..." She lifted Ethan from the chair and she noticed his diaper was dirty. "Uff Ethan! You just dropped a smelly one. It's a good thing daddy already finished his shower because that means he's going to change your diaper and put you in the very pretty pants and shirt momma bought for you."
She didn't have to reach their bedroom because Edward was already coming down. She just handed the smelly baby to her husband and left to finish the last details on the treats she prepared for the kids coming to the party.
The front door slammed open and the booming voice of her youngest brother-in-law echoed in the house.
"I'm here! Let's start the party."
Lilly, who 'til that moment was seated on the couch watching cartoons, ran giggling to greet her favorite uncle.
"Uncle Emmy!"
"Princess!" She jumped to his waiting arms, and he twirled her around the living room. "Wait, where's your Cinderella's dress?"
"Mommy said I could change at the party because I want to play in the jungle gym and I don't want to break my dress because it's so pretty." Lilly said, sitting in her uncle's lap.
Jasper and his longtime girlfriend Alice entered into the house too. They made the funniest couple, Jasper all tall and laid back while Alice was a tiny ball of energy that frequently got in the other's nerves with her tendency to push everybody to do as she said.
"Lilly! Where's your Peppa pig dress? I bought everything in pink." Alice whined when she noticed that the treat bags were blue. This wasn't what they planned two weeks ago.
"Daddy didn't let me have a Peppa pig party," Lilly answered, but she didn't sound sad at all.
"Why?" Alice asked in a loud voice, tapping her foot waiting for some kind of explanation. That's why she always offered to plan the parties. If she wasn't there, someone was bound to make a mistake along the way. Lilly deserved a wonderful birthday party and she promised to make it the best for sweet little Lilly.
Edward was coming downstairs with a very handsome Ethan who was slobbering over his favorite toy, a stuffed dinosaur.
"Because there is no way I'm letting my daughter have a Peppa themed party."
"I don't understand," Alice asked, still tapping her foot on the carpeted floor.
"Because Peppa means..." Edward caught up in time what he was about to say and tried to make a sign with his hand pointing to the zone below his waist.
Jasper realized what Edward was trying to say and started to laugh. His college roommate was from Mexico and taught him a bit of colorful Spanish words. "Baby, I totally understand Edward. Yeah, I don't think Peppa is a right theme for a little girl's party."
Alice, who still was unable to understand, huffed and marched to the kitchen expecting Bella would be able to answer to her. As soon as Alice left, Jasper burst out laughing.
"Oh man! I didn't get it until you mentioned it."
"What?" Emmett still didn't have a clue on what was wrong on Peppa, sure it wasn't something he liked but if it was what Lilly wanted... that's when it dawned on him what Edward meant. "Lilly I'm so glad you went with Cinderella for a party. It's way cooler to be a princess than a little pink pig."
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Rosalie Lillian Hale should be happy. This was supposed to be the best day of her life, the one day she dreamt off since she was a toddler. The day she finally walked down the aisle to her husband. Sadly, she felt like she was carrying the world's weight on her shoulders. Why didn't she feel excited? Oh, right. It was because she didn't love Royce.
Royce was the son of her father's best friend. Since they were toddlers, their mothers started to plan this wedding. Sure, she considered him a friend her whole life, but when he confessed his undying love to her in front of both set of parents, she felt pressured to accept a date. One date turned into twenty, then she found his charming ways acceptable enough to become his girlfriend. Then, after one year of dating, he surprised her by proposing; of course he did it at the Christmas family party and again she felt pressured to accept. He wasn't a bad guy after all.
But now the date she dreaded finally arrived, and instead of feeling happiness radiating from her, she felt the anguish of entering into a loveless marriage devouring her. If she only could find the guts to stop all this madness.
Sadly, she would never find the support in her family. She tried to talk with her mother about her lack of passionate feelings on her fiancé, but her mother told her they would come with time and stated that Rose should feel some gratitude of finding such a wonderful man so eager to marry her at such a young age.
If only she could find a way, an excuse to run away...
"Come on Rosalie. Our appointment at the hairdresser is in twenty minutes, we're going to be late."
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At the other side of town, the Newtons were having the same problems as the Cullens. Minus the satisfying and exhausted smile that Edward Cullen so proudly boasted.
" Michael Raymond Newton. You better be loading those bags of treats to the car, or so help me God I'm going instead of you with your friends to the cabin."
What Mr. Michael Newton exchanged for his help in this expensive party, was the chance to spend the next weekend with his college buddies.
"And just why do I always give in? Last fall you decided to pile all the leafs that fell from the woods and jump to them from the roof. It was such a luck Ryan only broke his arm. You're not that young to keep doing such foolishness. My mother was so right, you'll never grow up. I feel like I have three kids instead of two!"
Michael decided it was wiser to take the gigantic bag with the treats to the car and let his wife rant alone. At that moment, he was so glad her brother took the kids for a sleepover. Anne, the birthday girl, was an angel. He gladly paid everything for this party if it made his sweet angel smile. Michael Jr. was the little devil at six, always running, jumping and getting in trouble. He was one of those kids who always manage to rip his pants at the knees for all the activity they had. No, his girl was the opposite. All dainty and demure. She deserved this kind of party, where he would have to dress as prince charming for his baby and he'll do it gladly. Not that he never threw a party for Jr., he just asked for something different, like laser tag or the time he asked a magician.
He was back after dropping the first round of bags, and Jessica was still ranting. She wasn't usually like this, it was that she felt the pressure to make this party perfect otherwise Michael's mother and his sister Lauren would make sure to make her feel like rubbish. He always tried to keep them away with their negativity, but he was forced to invite them for Anne's party. Whether Michael like it or not, they were the only family left on his side.
"Daddyyy!" Anne came running to him, already dressed in a blue Cinderella t-shirt and jeans. Jessica would go ballistic if Anne ripped her Cinderella dress before the party and the father-daughter dance. They agreed it was better to let Anne play around in jeans and have her to change minutes before the dance.
"Sweet pea! I missed you."
"And me?" Jr also came running, but because he felt he was big boy now he didn't jump to his father's waiting arms.
"Of course I missed you too, champion. Did you have a good time with your uncle Jacob?"
Both kids nodded excitedly. Jacob and his wife Leah weren't blessed with kids yet, and they loved to babysit Anne and Jr everytime Michael asked.
"Hey, Mike!" Jacob came and gave Michael a fist bump. "Anne said you weren't going to the Plant vs. Zombies theme."
"My witch of a mother made Anne feel bad for choosing such a 'unladylike' theme. So, Cinderella was her next choice."
Jacob shook his head. He hated when Michael's mother or worst, that bitter harpy Lauren messed with the kids. There was a reason why both women were alone.
"Leah had her flower suit ready, you know? I was still unsure of what zombie would suit me, but the whole disguise party sounded great to us. Jessica would be a terrific sunflower with her blond locks as petals. You could borrow an afro wig and become the disco zombie." Jacob even did a few silly dance steps, but he lacked coordination so the kids were giggling at their uncle Jacob.
Michael smiled. You could always count with Jacob and Leah to make everything better.
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Gianna was the first to arrive at Volturi's banquet hall. Her position as the manager forced her to get here really early and always be the last to leave. This would be a busy day, with those two kids parties early in the afternoon and the big fat ass wedding at night. She managed to get all the flowers and catering ready for the kids parties, and she called to the wedding planner to see if something was missing for the lavish night event. Everything seemed right and nothing was missing, it was her duty to keep things this way.
Her cousin Heidi, the makeup artist was the second to arrive and she was yelling to her boyfriend who just dropped her and speeded up his car. Gianna sighed. Why Heidi always picked up losers who always managed to break her heart?