"Dude, stop blowing in my ear!"
I've never felt extraordinary. I have what people tell me is beautiful hair, dark brown, thick and wavy. I have brown eyes, very deep, "soulful" eyes. However, somehow, when they all combine on my face, these beautiful features all seem to cancel each other out and I fade into the background. To be honest, that's how I like it. Well, how I liked it, until I met Edward. How did I get him to notice me? Alice told me we were having a party that night … more like a small get together. Beer pong, some flip cup. And a lot of Guitar Hero. What else are you supposed to do when a blizzard is coming? My heart immediately skipped a beat. I really didn't feel like being teased about having a crush on Edward, but I was dying to know if he was coming. I was giddy over him. Literally the definition of a little schoolgirl. Over the moon over someone I had just met. Even for a girl who liked boys as much as I did, this was a very, very different feeling for me.
"So, uh. Who all is coming?" I asked and Alice and I put our make-up on that evening. I had been trying all day to casually ask if Edward would be showing up.
"The usual suspects, I suppose. Steve, Eric, Emmett."
"What about Emmett's friend? He seemed like he would enjoy a good party."
"Bell … you liked him, didn't you? Have you chosen your next victim?" she teased.
"Hey, hey. They should be honored that I even notice them."
"OH! We're half way there … OH-OH Livin' on a prayer!" Alice's phone started ringing.
"Bells … it's Emmett."
"Put it on speaker phone?" I asked.
"Hey Alice … whats up?" Emmett's voice came through the phone.
"Not much, just getting ready. When will you be here?"
"Um … on my way now. Dude – Edward, stop blowing in my ear!!" He laughed. Alice looked at me and my heart skipped a beat.
"He's coming!!!" I mouthed to her.
"Awesome, well just uh, hurry up. We're ready to get silly."
As she hung up the phone I started to do a little happy dance. He was coming. My giddiness escalated even more. She looked at me and smiled, I think she could tell the difference, too.
About fifteen minutes later Emmett came barreling through the door, Edward in tow. I couldn't bring myself to leave the bathroom yet. I had changed outfits about one hundred and fifty two times. I ended up in jeans, a white shirt and brown boots. My standard uniform. Alice kept coming back to the bathroom, trying to pull me out of there. I tried to convince her I wasn't done doing my hair, or make-up. She told me that was crap and to get my butt out there and entertain our guests. When I finally appeared I noticed it was a pretty good crowd. Jasper had make the long trek from his apartment next door, Joe was there. All the makings of an unforgettable night. And of course there was Edward. Was it possible that he had grown even MORE attractive over night?
As I walked through the living room, I tried to catch his eye … it kind of seemed like a lost cause. He was playing euchre (again) with some of the other guys there, so I made a beeline for the kitchen to get a drink. It was then that Alice and I were informed that we were missing one very, very crucial aspect of beer pong – the ever famous SOLO party cups. I had to have a chance to talk to her anyway, so we announced that we were stepping out to get some cups, and that Jasper would be holding down the fort – it was practically his place anyway. Lord knows he was there enough.
When we got to my car the snow had already started coming. It was going to get pretty nasty.
"How do we get Edward to stay tonight?" Alice asked as we left the store.
"Ha, um. We want him to?"
"WE don't want him to. YOU want him to. Bells, seriously. There is a different twinkle in your eye over this guy. I haven't seen it before. It's different, and you know that as well as I do."
I wasn't really sure how to respond. I generally wasn't that easy to read. I liked to keep things closed in … it was just easier to not get hurt that way.
"Here's what I was thinking…" she finally said when she realized I wasn't going to respond to her comments. "It's snowing like mad out here. But I think we should tell them it's fine, that the snow hasn't hit. Then, if they're even sober enough to leave, they won't be able to because they won't plow the roads for awhile anyway."
I had to hand it to her … she was good. Together we were a pretty unstoppable force. Our plots almost always worked. This one seemed pretty solid, he just had to notice me first.
ONE MORE CHAPTER AFTER THIS TONIGHT. ITS PARTY TIME !!
It'll be longer, and its when the fun starts happening !!
