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Chapter 2

BPV

The next few weeks went by really quietly. Alice continued to sneak in at work…just she didn't get busted. We quickly adjusted to life in our new house. No one came by to look at the downstairs apartment which made me question whether or not the owner actually put it in the papers. When we went into work one day Alice's parents called a meeting.

"Alright well we have a few announcements that may change the company a little. If your in the editing or modeling areas you may want to really pay attention for your going to be directly affected by this." Aunt Charlie said.

"Alright first of all we're going to be creating two new posts in the editing department…Bella your going to be the new assistant head Editor so your going to get a pay raise and you'll be assisting our new head editor of our magazine." my Uncle Andy said. Great so I was getting a glorified title of being someone's bitch…well at least I was getting a pay raise and whoever it was could probably kick Alice out of the editing area.

"Also we'll be getting a new brawny male model…Alice you should pay close attention considering your going to be his fashion designer." Uncle Andy continued on. Alice pouted.

"So lets keep up with Brandon enterprises tradition and welcome the new employees when they start in a few days!" Uncle Andy clapped and walked away. Alice followed me complaining until we reached the door of the editing room.

"Great what am I going to do now! My new line is supposed to drape over people…not cling to them…I'm going to have to start over from scratch!" Alice complained.

"Like what the fuck…are they trying to ruin me!" Alice bitched some more.

"At least your not working under someone!" I said.

"No but our luck you'll get the good boss who doesn't give a flying fuck what you do and I'll get stuck with the whining busts threw every piece of clothing you put on them male model!" Alice countered. I then went into the editing room. I noticed that there was a new desk lined up right in front of me…they were so close that they were actually touching. This was going to be wonderful…so they can order me around from right in front of me! I grumbled and went about my work. I was going to have to enjoy my last few days of freedom. Alice came in to signal that we were both on break.

" and then bob said he wasn't going to wear that and I was like…oh yes you are…if I have to get a new model then your wearing that…you know though one perk…I can tell that Dog that I now have the same amount of male models he does…let's see what he says to that!" Alice laughed digging into her hot dog

"Ugh I am so dreading this...keratin and modeling do not mix unless its for Nike !" Alice whined. I really didn't understand what she was complaining about…she at least had the freedom of not working under anyone…she could just tell the model to stop complaining and they would.

"lets talk about something else…what are you going to wear to the Charlie's 50th birthday party…I was thinking lime green tank top, leggings, a black skirt and green flats for myself ." Alice continued on.

"Oh I don't know Alice…that's in like three weeks!" I exclaimed.

"You don't know…WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW…three weeks goes by in the blink of an eye…the entire family is going to be there…even their cousins from NYC are going to be there…you know the one's who think we're still named Charlie!" Alice gasped.

"Alice first of all if they still think we're named Charlie then there is a bigger issue there, secondly it is going to be at my father's house…not your parents palace, thirdly its CASUAL!" I emphasized the last part. That girl really had problems if she was worried about how she looked in front of people that she hadn't seen since she was 17 years old at a party that was going to be held in my father's back yard in like a month!

" the early bird always catches the worm!" Alice exclaimed

" you are so insane Alice!" I joked.

"yep but I'm family….gotta love me!" Alice joked back

"true that." I said

" I wonder how brawny the male model is?" Alice sighed. She was really not looking forward to this. In fact she was really dreading it.

"Alice chill…it probably isn't going to be as bad as you think!" I said

"I hope so…I don't want to have to completely alter my line!" Alice moaned.

"Well breaks over…if I cant get back in in a half hour I'll meet you at the car when it's time to leave." Alice said heading out of the cafeteria and back to her design room.

I headed back to the editing room and continued with my work.

Alice and I got home that night and I popped a chicken in the oven. Alice couldn't cook to save her life…a Swan family trait…the only one that I didn't get…fortunately. After the divorce my father and my mother had joint custody…my father gaining primary custody while my mother got visitation rights since she couldn't find a house before the custody battle ended. So I had to learn to fend for myself…Uncle Andy and my mother had to teach me how to cook. Alice could smell the food and came running.

"Yummy…you make the best chicken!" Alice said digging in once the chicken came out of the oven. I had just finished washing my plate and Alice was playing with her mashed potatoes when the doorbell rang. Alice and I looked at each other and went to the door. When I opened it I was stunned. It was if god himself was sitting on my front doorstep. I only got a glimpse of his bronze hair and green eyes before he opened his mouth to speak. When he did it sounded as if all the angels in heaven sang.

"Hi my name is Edward Cullen and this is my brother Emmett ( he gestured to the heavily muscular man next to him.) ,we're going to rent out the basement apartment and we wanted to stop by and get to know you people since we're practically going to be living together." The man said holding out his hand.

"Its nice to meet you , my name is Bella and this is Alice…I'm sorry please excuse the house it's a little messy…Rob ( the owner) neglected to tell us that you were going to be stopping by so we were just eating dinner but please, please come in!" I said gesturing inside and stepped to the side. Alice grumbled "the male model better not be that muscular!" as Emmett walked into the living room.

"So when do you guys move in?" Alice asked.

"Oh in two days…if that's alright with you guys?" Edward asked as we sat down on the couch. From what I could tell he seemed really nice…which meant I didn't have a chance. Emmett hadn't spoken so I couldn't tell about him.

"Oh that's fine with us!" I said. Alice grunted and I stepped on her foot. Alice would of liked ten years notice before they had moved in but that didn't happen.

" so we're all going to be living together right…what's your favorite foods, favorite music, favorite movies…" I started to ask.

"Well my favorite food is chicken parm, my favorite music is anything by Debussy, my favorite movie is Romeo and Juliet…the 1960's version, my favorite book is Dracula, and I really couldn't tell you my favorite store…I do wear a lot of the Brandon line "immortal" so anywhere that carries that is a good store" Edward answered. From the look in her eyes I could tell Edward was automatically in Alice's good graces…that was the first line she ever started for men only. She whispered "I knew I recognized that top from somewhere!" how the hell did he pick up on the book?

"My favorite food is pizza, I'm more modern than Edward in my music tastes…got any R&B or rap and I'm all set. I like to read anything about sports and any sports movie is my favorite except for figure skating and any sporting goods store is my favorite store." Emmett said.

That's…lovely." Alice gasped .

"So what about you guys?" Edward asked.

"well I'm a pasta girl myself, my favorite music is also Debussy, my favorite book Wuthering Heights, my favorite movie is also the 1960's version of Romeo and Juliet, and I wear a lot of clothes made by the Brandon's" my eyes subtly reverted to Alice as I said this.

"my favorite food is Broccoli, I'm into songs like "Barbie Girl", I don't need to read books when I can read 17 magazine, my favorite movie is "The Devil Wears Prada", and I cant decide between Gucci , Coach, Prada, or Channel as my favorite stores." Alice answered. Only Alice.

"Jobs?" I asked

" oh we just quit…don't worry though we'll be starting new one's soon and we have the money to afford the rent till then." Edward answered.

"You?" he asked.

"Well Alice is a fashion designer and I edit the magazine that she designs for." I answered.

"Ehem…head fashion designer!" Alice added as if it made her sound like a CEO or something.

"Oh excuse me Alice is the head fashion designer." I said rolling my eyes.

"Oh so you must have been the one that picked out the furniture!" Edward said to Alice while staring down at the hot pink couch he was sitting on.

"Yep that was me! You don't wanna even see what would happen if Bella bought furniture!" Alice said. I was offended by this. Just because I didn't pick out a limited addition hot pink Gucci couch didn't mean I had bad taste in furniture.

"Geez thanks Alice!" I said. Edward and Emmett looked like they wanted to laugh.

Two days later we helped the boys move in. The boys carried the heavier things in and I took everything else. Alice…who was supposed to be helping me was too busy planning the alterations to her new line to help any of us out. She followed me around blubbering about all the changes to the stitching that she had to make, how spandex wouldn't go and the such. It was to the point where I actually had to shove boxes of clothing in her arms because it felt like my arms were going to fall off. Emmett's room was a death trap to me…he had left a bunch of weights on the floor in the attempt to organize his room…I must of fell like ten thousand times.

"Emmett didn't I tell you to not to leave your weights on the floor…to put them in your closet for now!" Edward said picking me up for the tenth time.

" But I want to work out after I get everything done!" Emmett whined.

"Emmett we have so much stuff to move in that we're not going to be done till late…better just put those away…your getting a work out anyways." Edward said.

" ugh…your right…I'm getting a work out anyways." Emmett said starting to put his dumbbells away. He looked wistfully at them. I had a feeling that wasn't the last time we'd see the dumbbells. I invited the boys to dinner since they didn't have any food in their kitchen and they accepted. They seemed a little nervous at trying my food but once they tasted it they seemed to like it.

"Yum this is good shit…damn you can cook Bella!…between the two of you I'm never going to go hungry" Emmett said pointing between Edward and I while digging into his baked potato which I had stuffed to high hell with every sort of filling imaginable. We were having baked potatoes and pork chop's…I ran to the market last minute and brought like three pounds extra. Edward had an extra serving of food and Emmett had like six so I guessed they really liked the food.

"Be warned…Emmett cant cook to save his life…just so you know!" Edward said as he helped me wash dishes.

"Yeah well Alice cant either…I'll cut you a deal…if I ever see Emmett near a stove by himself I'll stop him and the same goes for you and Alice?" I asked.

"Deal!" Edward said. I could really see myself becoming close friends with him. He seemed really nice and I hadn't seen that in a while. We went to bed soon after…Alice grumbling about meeting the male model the next day. She was still making a big deal out of that. I headed into my room …which fortunately I prevented Alice from going crazy in the redecorating department. The only things I couldn't stop her with was my bed covers which read "Princess " in pink over a black background and the huge vanity which was now in the corner. I grabbed the new Victoria's Secret pj's that Alice had gotten me and went to into bed. The black abyss didn't last long enough.

I was awoken at two in the morning by the sounds of Emmett working out. It was so loud that I could hear him even though I was on the third floor and he was in the basement. I groaned and threw my pillow over my head.

"1,191...UMP!" Emmett yelled. Please god shut him up.

"1,192! YEAH WHO'S THE BEAST…WHO'S THE BEAST!" Emmett shouted excitedly. Alice then ran past my room wearing a sleeping mud mask, sleeping mask with eyes the exact color of her natural ones, and curlers in her hair.

"I'LL GIVE YOU BEAST…CANT BE A MOMEN'T PEACE WITH YOU!" Alice roared. I followed her down stairs. I didn't want there to be a fight …I didn't know who'd win. Emmett had the muscle but Alice had the passion…she could take down a person at least twice her size with ease.

" SHUT THE FUCK UP EMMETT…SOME OF US NEED OUR BEAUTY REST!" Alice roared once she reached Emmett.

"1,193 UMP!"

"YOU WANT THOSE TO GET BIGGER!" Alice roared shocked. This got Emmett's attention. His eyes widened in fear at the sight of Alice…but not at the pissed off look on her face.

"AHHHHH MONSTER…MONSTER…SOME ONE KILL IT…GREMLIN!" Emmett roared running behind his bed. I swore I could see the bed shake.

"GREMLIN…GREMLIN! I'LL GIVE YOU GREMLIN!" Alice roared running after him. Emmett then whacked her with a broom.

"OWW!" Alice shouted.

"LOOK JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO TOMORROW DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF US DON'T HAVE JOBS YOU KNOW…WE NEED TO SLEEP…GOD HOW DOES EDWARD DEAL WITH IT !" Alice shouted. It was then that Edward crawled in clad only in boxers.

"SHUT UP THE BOTH OF YOU…I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE…EMMETT THAT'S NO MONSTER THAT'S ALICE IN A ANTI AGEING MASK WHICH WONT WORK…YOU'LL STILL GET WRINKLES…YOU WANT TO PREVENT BAGGAGE THEN GO TO SLEEP…EMMETT YOUR MUSCLES ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED MUCH IF YOUR SO TIRED YOU CANT LIFT YOUR ARMS UP...NOW GET TO BED!" Edward spat. Both Alice and Emmett looked shocked. Emmett put the weights away and Alice strutted up back to bed. I followed after her hearing her complain about all the muscled freaks in her life.

We woke up early the next day and the guys were nowhere to be found. I had figured that they were still asleep. Alice ambushed me practically restraining me while doing the works. It took her about three hours before she was finished with me…something. about looking good in front of the new people. When she was finished with me she ran into her room and finished herself up. She walked out dressed like she was in the 40's or something like that. Today was mostly going to be a party day…not much work was going to get done. Alice and I jumped in my old 1960's truck. Alice wasn't a big fan of it but not all of us could afford to drive yellow 911 turbo Porches.

"You really need a new car Bella…you've had this for how long!" Alice exclaimed as the truck made a shot gun blast noise in it's attempt to start. It didn't have much life left in it but I was afraid of what Alice would do in a car dealership.

"Don't disrespect the antique!" I said.

"Antique requires restoration…this is just old!" Alice countered.

"Whatever Alice…it's older than you…it's seen history!" I said.

"Yeah and it's pretty close to becoming it…it doesn't sound like it's going to last too long!" Alice warned.

"yeah well not all of us have new cars Alice!" I said.

" not my fault…I offered to buy you a car for your birthday last year…you said no!" Alice said.

"yeah well last year my truck was operating better than this!" I said as my truck broke down again. A nice man pulled over and helped us temporarily fix it.

"You know the offer still stands…think of it as a belated birthday gift!" Alice said.

"ill think about it." I answered.

" I could so get you an F-150, maybe a hummer…god knows you need a tank, or we could go more sporty!" Alice said dreaming of the day I got a new car.

"I didn't say yes!" I said.

"but it wasn't a no either!" Alice countered

"Alice!"

"Bella!" I gave up….I couldn't change her mind. I had a feeling that one day soon I would be seeing a new car sitting in my driveway.

"Favorite store?" Alice cut off. I was going to ask favorite books but whatever.