Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of its characters, SMeyer does. I do own an obsessively amount of Ben & Jerry's and the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack.

Sweet little sixteen

She's got the grown up blues

Tight dress and lipstick

She's sportin' high heal shoes

Oh, but tomorrow morning

She'll have to change her trend

And be sweet sixteen

And back in class again

-Chuck Berry

Chapter 2

Bella POV

"Oh God, take your shirt off!"

"Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Yes, it's a fantastic idea. I took my top off too. Now, take your shirt off."

"Should I take my pants off too?"

"Did you spill on them too?"

"Emmett, how stupid can you be to hug Bella when she had coffee in her hands!" Rose interrupted.

"Well, Honey, I was just happy to see my baby sister and I didn't notice the damn coffee." Em said now shirtless. Rose's eyes were sparkling when Emmett took his shirt off. Em had a show stopping body, which was not much a surprise if you knew he owned a body shop.

I was just about to place the cups of coffee on the coffee table when a booming voice roared from the front door. Before I knew it, Emmett muscled arms wrapped around me and were hugging the life out of me. The coffee flew everywhere. My white top became a see-thorough brown piece of textile. Thankfully, the coffee wasn't hot anymore; it was just warm enough to be acceptable to drink.

Rose and Emmett have been married for ten years. When, Lily, their daughter was four, Em decided it was time to go down on one knee and propose to his woman. The wedding was big, bold and beautiful. The theme was lilies and roses, everything and everyone was covered in either red, white, or pink. Rose, of course, was in a white strapless wedding gown with a long train and a red embroidered flower pattern stitched along the bottom edges of the dress. She looked more stunning then I had ever seen. Emmett was lucky with her and he knew it.

Rose and Emmett met in high school; they had been typical high school sweethearts. Emmett and Rose broke up just before college and three years later they found each other again. She got pregnant of Lily that year; it was an immense surprise but after the shock, came the absolute happiness and understanding that it was their destiny.

Emmett helped me raise Alice like he was apart of the family. I don't know how I would have survived without him. He gave us a roof above our heads when we were so broke that I couldn't even afford food. Em lent me money for everything, from Alice's need for a new haircut to the bill from my therapist, Kate. When I got better jobs, I paid him back every penny I had ever borrowed from Emmett. I wonder how my life would have looked like if I hadn't meet him, if he hadn't come into that precise bar, if he hadn't noticed my tears when I was sitting on someone lap, if he hadn't hugged me without even knowing anything about me, if he hadn't been the person that he is.

"Gitchy gitchy ya ya ta ta... hey hey hey... Gitchy gitchy ya ya here... Mocha chocolata ya ya... Creole Lady Marmalade…" Seth's Moulin Rouge ringtone from Alice's mobile filled the living room.

"Got to go! Tell Lily that we need to shop sometime soon!" Alice yelled to Em and Rose as she walked to her room with her vibrating phone in her hand.

Seth has been Alice's friend for years. Seth and Alice's passion for clothing, the movie Moulin Rouge, hot actors, and attractive singers made them inseparable. Seth is proudly gay and makes it a point so that everyone notices. Seth was very insecure in the beginning but Alice helped him through the awkward coming out stage and helped to make him who he is today. Alice was the first person that he told and she convinced him that it wasn't something to be afraid of, but something to be proud of.

Today, they sang together to 'A Thousand Miles', 'Vogue', 'Beautiful' and every song from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Their common dream for their futures is to become a performer, so they took singing, acting and dancing classes together. Alice found her way in singing and Seth in dancing. Seth is the most elegant boy I've ever met; his graceful movements make him an unbelievable ballet dancer. He auditioned when he was 13 for The Juilliard School in New York. He was accepted and has been there ever since. Seth is going to be 'big', according to what the teachers said to his parents one day.

Alice still takes singing classes; she almost enjoys them as much as shopping. Alice's voice was magical. She always sings pop songs, but the art of her voice comes out of her when she sings songs with depth, with a story. Her voice is so emotional, that you'll believe everything she sings. Alice didn't show her talent often, it was like a secret you had to earn the right to know.

"Bella, did you read the paper today?" Rosalie asked softly with concern lacing her tone.

"Just the title, it was enough."

"Are you okay, sis? I could call Kate if you want?" Emmett asked while he took his favorite cookie from the plate with a silly smile.

"No, it's fine, really. I've got Alice's party later and I work tomorrow, so that will relieve some stress." Drawing always made me calm, I could concentrate on the design to the point that I would forgot where I was.

Rose and Em decided to stay to help for the preparation of the little party for Alice's birthday party. After an hour Alice came back from her room with an excited grin painted on her face. Whatever the grin was for, I would find it out later because making edible snacks for her friends needed more time than I thought it would.

She wore a short black and white dress with a glittery black bow on the front. I was wearing a simple, but stylish black dress. Seth was going to be here, so you better make a good appearance, or he'll explain every trend that was 'in' now, every color theme that just was unacceptable and eventually say that your outfit sucks more than hairy balls in a Cosmo. Alice would add that they were sweaty too, because she happily completed Seth's colorful remarks.

The doorbell rang and Alice chirped that she would get it.

"Hi, Miss Swan! You look fabulous!" Seth appeared from the doorway and ran to me to give me two little kisses on the cheek.

"Hello Seth, you look rather fantastic too." I remarked on his chic black and grey suit.

"Well, it's my girl's birthday. I bought this outfit as a present for Alice to look great as her best friend, of course. "

Alice was ushering the guests in when I saw some unfamiliar faces. There was a boy around seventeen with golden locks and light blue eyes who was at the side of Charlotte, Alice's friend from school. Charlotte was a very sweet and endearing girl. She was as small as Alice and had short blonde hair. Probably her boyfriend, I thought back to the boy at Charlotte's side. Alice was talking animatedly to a boy with long blonde hair; he looked older than the rest of the group of friends Alice had invited.

More of Alice's friends entered the kitchen as I gave Seth a drink. I saw Mary walking up to me and I smiled at her. She was my favorite girlfriend of Alice's, we talked about poetry and art. She convinced her parents to let her go to an interview for the school I work for so that she can attend after she graduated.

Mary was always dressed in black. Everyone thinks she's a gothic, people judge so quickly it's sad. She wears black because she thinks black is the color where you can see emotions in. Alice finds black the ultimate color of fashion, so she didn't judge Mary from the outside and saw that she was shy and lonely in the inside. Alice was a year younger than Mary, but that didn't stop her from befriending and protecting her. Alice brought her to over to our house uncountable times over their friendship, and Mary tended to stay here longer than a day most times. She had troubles at home with her dad Randall and she didn't like to go home, which I understand completely.

"Hi Bella!" Mary said as she gave me a hug.

"Hi hun. How are you?"

"I'm fine. I've been reading poetry by Robert Frost. He's an interesting man. The way he describes objects is surreal. I really like reading Into My Own."

"I love Frost; he's one of my favorite poets and he -"

"Are you two talking about books or poetry again?" Alice interrupted us sharply. Mary and I nodded. "Well it's my birthday, so deep conversations are not allowed." she pointed out.

Mary and I smiled widely at each other as understanding that we'd talk later. Because if there's one thing Alice hated was that she couldn't take part of a conversation. Well that and the slutty Kardashian sisters.

"Mom, I would like you to meet Peter and Jasper." Alice gestured to the two young men standing next to her. Jasper was the boy with the blue eyes and Peter the one with the long hair.

"Is that your mom? Wow." Peter said impressed like I wasn't just standing before him.

"It's nice to meet you, ma'am. I'm Jasper Whitlock."

I like this boy much more than the Peter kid. Jasper was very charming for his age and I was immediately won over. I saw the look on Alice's face and I knew why she was grinning earlier on. She definitely liked Jasper a lot.

"Call me Bella and it's nice to meet you too, Jasper. So how do you know Alice? Do you to school with her?" I asked curiously

"I'm Charlotte's brother but I also go to school with Alice, I'm a senior." I hummed as a response and took a sip of my wine. Alice took my hand and lead me to the living room where seemed like an argument was going on between two girls. One of the girls I know, her name is Makenna. She has history and English with Alice. Alice and I took our places on the sofa and watched the show.

"So who are they and what's it about?" I whispered to Alice, I didn't want to disturb the fight in front of us.

"You know Makenna and she's fighting with Tanya because apparently Charles, Makenna's boyfriend, soon to be ex-boyfriend, kissed Tanya. Charles says Tanya kissed him and Tanya says he kissed her and it wasn't the first time. Makenna found out thanks to Seth, my lovely drama maker, and all hell broke loose." she whispered back to me but never losing focus on the girls.

"How dare you, Tanya! You evil bitch! Charles is mine, you knew that! Why did you kiss him? Was it because Edward didn't want you! He might be a whore but he didn't want you in his bed!"

This fight just became very interesting.

"Who's the man whore?" I asked Alice while Seth took a seat next to us with a bowl of popcorn in his hand. I took a handful of the sugar covered goodness.

"His name is Edward Cullen. He's older than the rest of us and he's stunning, like drop dead gorgeous. Bad thing that he sleeps with everyone, says the rumors." She answered and Seth continued.

"He's Jasper's best friend, nobody knows why, because they have nothing in common that we know of. But they go way back apparently. The rumor goes that he just has to lick his lips or go through his hair with his fingers and the women are begging him to take them home. I never saw him, but people say straight men would go gay for the infamous Edward." Seth's tone sounded impressed.

That Eddie boy must be good in bed.

While eating more popcorn the fight went on.

"Charles was going to break up with you anyway! I'm way better for him like Jolie was better than Jenn for Pitt!" Oh, she's bringing out the big guns.

The teenage drama is what I enjoy the most these days.

I never finished high school and I missed a lot of the spectacles. I had to grow up so very fast, I never was a kid when I'd supposed to be one. Fortunately, I've found my inner child again.

"Okay, that's enough. It's a party, girls! No bitching." Tyler stopped the whole thing. There was a lot loud booing from Alice, Seth and I and Peter and Tyler were giving us strange looks because of that.

They clearly didn't know us, yet.

Jasper just smirked and went back talking to Charlotte.

After three hours of dancing, talking, gift giving and another entertaining cat fight the party was over. Fucking finally!

Jasper was the last one Alice had to say goodbye to. "Thanks for inviting me to the party Alice. I had a great time. We should hang out more, don't you think?" Alice nodded fiercely, "Good, I'll see you tomorrow at school then. Bye Alice." He bent a little and gave Alice an adorable kiss on the cheek. Alice blushed a light pink. That's bizarre, she never blushes.

Seth and I awed which made Alice blush even more.

"How do you feel about Jasper?" I asked eagerly while we, Alice, Seth and I, were passing Ben & Jerry's to each other. Our game was easy, you ask a question to a person, you answered honestly and you get a spoon of the heavenly Ben & Jerry's cup. Tonight's winner was Alice favorites, since it was her birthday after all, Caramel Sutra. Oh, how she loved caramel. She took the cup and she answered the question easily. "Jazz is cool and handsome." She grabbed a spoonful and the spoon was almost in her mouth when Seth stopped her. "Oh no, Missy, you're not getting away with it like that. Spill the beans."

Alice hesitated but she knew we'd find out anyway, so she gave in. "He's soooo amazing! And he whispers sweet nothings in my ear all the time and I just melt when he looks at me with those sea blue eyes. He's such a gentleman, you know, he's different than the other guys at our school. He's so smart but not in a geeky way. Oh God, I think I'm in love." Alice ate the spoonful of Ben & Jerry's and took another one. "This answer deserves another one."

"Allie, that's huge! Keep eating 'cause there's gonna be a question storm." Seth yelped as he was almost bouncing off the walls with the news he just received.

"Seth's right. Do you know him at all? Have you kissed him yet? Have you been on a date with him? What are you hiding from me, Alice Mary Swan?"

She answered all those questions as quickly as she answered the first. When the cup was out, it was time to go to bed.

"Good night, my girls!" Seth shouted from his little car. Alice and I said our goodbyes to Seth and went back inside. The house was peacefully quiet and I liked it this way after the rough day.

I settled myself in my bed that I always sleep in alone even if though there's space for three. It's kind of sad to miss the days that Alice was little and crawled late at night into bed with me because she had a nightmare or just didn't want to be alone.

I drifted off to sleep and prayed for a good night sleep.

"Shut your fucking disgusting pie hole, Isabella!" his voice was rough and cuts like knife in your skin. You could smell the alcohol on his breath. It made me thirsty. When was the last time I drank? "Your mouth is only good for one fucking thing, you hear me?" Afraid of what would happen if I answered, I just nodded.

"Let them eat something, Phil, please." Renee asked Phil so softly I wondered if he had heard what she said. He did. Phil shoved some food in front of our feet. "Share, you fat whores."

I was starving but she was worse. I gave her the plate and gestured to the food that I would let her have, I'd survive. Her eyes were watery but she gave in and put some food in her mouth. The sight of the food made my stomach hurt, my stomach stopped growling after some time, but now it was signaling me that I was famished by shooting burning arrows of pain in my stomach. She ate everything in no time flat since it wasn't much Phil had given on the plate. He didn't look happy that I didn't eat something from the plate he gave us.

"Isabella, get in the fucking room!" Phil yelled at me. I saw her crying next to me and it broke my already shattered heart. "It's going to be okay, angel. Always remember, you are loved." I whispered in her ear before Phil took my shoulders and dragged me brutally into the room.

A/N:

I hope you liked the second chapter of Bliss and the little angst at the end of it.

Thank you Lexie (Lexington Rose) for being a wonderful beta!

IMPORTANT notes:

1.

You can find Bliss goodies on my livejournal. Here's the link, you just have to replace the '(dot)' with a ' . '

http :/ thedazzlingelle (dot) livejournal (dot) com/7197 (dot) html

2.

I really love to know what you think of my story and I think you'd love more of Bliss.

So I think this will work: review = teaser of the next chapter.

It's called a compromise. :]

Elle