My mouth hung open. "Can you repeat?"
Rosalie was just smiling evilly as Alice pressed her lips together to keep from laughing. "Well you have to go to a guy and tell him that you've missed him, and you have to touch his arm seductively. We have to choose a guy with big muscles," she looked around her for a brief moment and my heart stopped as I saw her stop on Edward Cullen. I knew I shouldn't have told her about my little crush on the silver Volvo owner. She looked back at me, grinning, "Him."
I knew that if I had begged a little, they would have let me pass on that dare with a small punishment, but I didn't like to be shy Bella. I wasn't shy Bella anymore; ever since I hung out with the girls, to be honest. So I decided to do it. I wanted to prove to them that I could be like them. I mean, what could go wrong?
"Okay, I'll do it," I said with confidence. Alice and Rosalie smiled at me and shoved me in the direction of Edward Cullen and his 'clan'. I was a bit nervous as I approached him; my hands were shaking so I hid them behind my back. The fact that he wasn't alone wasn't helping but I knew I could do this. The big one let out a wolf whistle as I stopped in front of them, and I smiled at him. The not so big one looked confused and was watching me curiously.
I looked at Edward and he had an eyebrow raised. "Hello, Bella," he said. Aww… how sweet of him. I almost laughed in his face.
"Hi, Edward," Time to use my hands. I held up one hand on his arm and traced my fingertips on his strong muscles. It was a good thing he had a sleeveless shirt because it would have been funny watching me touching his sleeves. The contact of my hand on his bare skin almost made me jump backward, but I managed to stay still.
"I've missed you," I said, looking him in the eyes, trying hard not to laugh or blush. I made a pretty good job because he looked confused.
"I've missed you, too," he said nonetheless. I wanted to burst out laughing. It was the first time he was talking to me and he had missed me. I smiled instead. "Umm… Bella, this is Jasper and Emmett. Emmett, Jasper, this is Bella," he said pointing to the right person.
"Nice to meet you, guys," I told them. They nodded.
"Um... may I accompany you to class?" Edward offered after an awkward silence.
"Sure," I said. "Bye, guys." I looked at Alice and Rosalie as I passed by them, and they gave me a thumps up behind Edward's back. We reached my next class and I looked up at him.
"See you later," I said.
"Yeah," he answered. With one last look at me, he left.
I sat down on my seat and sighed. He probably thought I was retarded. Screw my chance with him. Barely a minute passed before the girls joined me. We were very early so they would have all the time to question me.
"You were fabulous!" Alice squealed and hugged me tightly.
"How sweet of him to walk you to class," Rose said.
"Sweet. Ugh! I bet he thinks I'm retarded," I frowned.
"Silly Bella. I'm sure he doesn't," Alice said. "And at least you did the dare." Well that was surely a satisfaction.
About halfway through the class, a small piece of paper landed in my lap. I opened it and read.
Want to do something this weekend? We could go watch a movie – Mike.
I looked at mike from behind and I saw him smile. I shook my head slightly. He raised an eyebrow, and I sighed. I scribbled back on the paper.
Sorry Mike. I've already planned something with Alice and Rose. Maybe some other time – Bella.
I passed the paper on to him, and looked back at the teacher. Just before class ended, I saw a piece of paper shot right in front of me and land on the floor. The teacher was on his feet at once and picked it up. Unfortunately, he was one of the teachers who read the notes out loud.
"Bella, care to come with me to the dance next Friday? From Tyler. How sweet. Detention today, Tyler. Miss Swan, do you have something to say?"
"I wasn't sending any notes, Sir," I said innocently. The teacher quickly announced the end of the class and I mouthed "Sorry" to Tyler.
I gathered my books and made my way out of the class. "I have the perfect dare for you," Alice announced, appearing instantly at my side. "You have to say no to every invitation to a date, and you have to give a new excuse each time. Considering how popular you are among the boys of this school, I think it might be fun to watch what you come up with."
This might actually be fun, I thought. "How much time?" I asked.
"You've got one week. The dare ends next Friday," Rose added. "And to make you more creative, if you give in or if you can't find a suitable excuse, we are going to sell your truck."
"What?" I gasped. "No way!"
"You don't care for your truck, then?" Alice asked innocently.
I glared at her. "I mean 'no way, I'm going to win this dare'; but what do I get if I win?"
"No more makeovers for a month," Rosalie said. Alice stared at her in disbelief but Rosalie patted her back gently. "You'll survive; and don't forget if she fails, we can sell that old, rusty truck." She looked at me. "Deal?" she extended her arm.
I took her hand and shook it, as Alice pouted beside us.
"Deal," I said.
I left the girls and told them I would meet them later at Alice's place. I hopped in my truck and made my way home, more determined than ever. I was going to win and Alice wouldn't be allowed to put any of her face paint on me or force me to try on clothes all day for a whole month. Plus, I was going to keep my truck. This was going to one of the easiest and rewarding dares I had ever done. I was used to tell the boys of my school 'no', after all. I mean, what could go wrong?
Hello all of you! This idea occurred to me some days ago and I decided to give it a try. I have a feeling this is going to be fun to write, so tell me what you think of it to see if I should continue or not. Thank you!
