A/N: SOO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS STORY? KIND OF HOT ISN'T IT? SORRY GUYS I WAS TRYING TO POST THIS ON FRIDAY BUT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH FANFICTION… I'M TRULY DEEPLY SORRY! HERE WE GO!
DISCLAIMER: TWILIGHT IS NOT MINE!
CHAPTER 2: THE OPEN WINDOW…
We made our way downstairs to where the ball was held – of course fashionably late – and everyone started to greet us. We all went to our separate ways and decided to join later when the boys were already here. The first one to greet me was one of my favorite people in Forks, Jasper's mother; Abigail.
"Bella, my dear, lovely to see you sweetheart" she hugged me and gave me a kiss on each cheek.
"Hello Abigail, I'm glad you could make it"
"Of course, you know I wouldn't miss it for anything; do you have any idea where my daughter – in – law is?"
"Probably with Jasper, they're attached to the hip, nowadays" I smirked, realizing the double sense on that statement
"I bet they are" she winked and left to so I could continue with the greetings, after a few more minutes Emmett made his appearance, he had Rose in one arm and his mother in the other one
"Samantha, it's so nice to se you again" she stepped closer and hugged me "it has been too long"
"Bella sweetheart, it has been a long time, indeed. You look gorgeous"
"Thank you Samantha" she smiled and grabbed Emmett's arm
"Well we'll leave you for now; I'll talk to you later"
"Enjoy the party" she smiled at me and the three of them left, Rosalie winked at me before she disappeared among the crowd, the Hales and the Brandon's appearances followed theirs and they both went smoothly. Unfortunately for me Jacob arrived next.
"Well son, you certainly have good taste, your girlfriend looks ravishing" I turned around just to face Billy and Jacob Black; Billy took my hand in his and kissed it.
"Thank you Billy, I'm glad you approve" my voice was sweet but totally hypocrite; something I've been doing for a while now
"Why wouldn't I Bella, you are simply perfect for my son" Ugh! I turned to look at Jacob and he smiled at me before kissing me, as soon as he was done he whispered in my ear
"You look so hot tonight, I don't know how I'm gonna make it trough the rest of the evening" I didn't even bothered in looking at him, I ignored him and turned to Billy
"So Billy, how you've been?" my fake interest seemed to flatter him, OOPS!
"I've been great Bella, thank you for asking. I must say though that I'm a bit disappointed on you. You haven't been to my house in weeks, I feel quite lonely; but I have the perfect opportunity, since Rebecca and Rachel are coming back this weekend…" I didn't paid attention while he rambled on and on about his daughters, instead I roamed the room looking for someone who might get me out of here, ASAP. I saw Alice talking to Abigail and Jasper across the room and she caught my eye; she said something to Abigail and made her way towards me.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you Billy but I need Bella to come with me, something happened in the kitchen" she was using her dazzling eyes to charm him and it worked.
"Of course Alice, we understand that Bella's job as a hostess is required in here" yeahh right, he is simply too easy to fool "we'll leave you girls alone and we'll talk later Bella"
"Thanks Billy" Alice grabbed my hand and took off in the direction of the kitchen, when we where out of sight I stooped and hugged her
"Thanks Alice, I swear one day I'm gonna end up killing him, he's so fucking boring" Alice giggled and started teasing me
"Why Bella don't be so mean, the poor guy is doing his best charming you. You seem to attract boring guys though. Like father like son"
"Oh shut up Alice" I grabbed her hand and led her to the ball room where the party was held, we quickly spotted Rosalie talking with the boys and went to join them
"Heyy, bitches"
"Hello Bella. Don't tell me you finally managed to get away from douche and co"
"Shut up Em, I'm simply not in the mood"
"What? I didn't say anything" he gave me his best innocent face and sheepish grin
"You better; because I wouldn't want to have Samantha walking in on me if I were you" I smiled deviously and everyone got the hint pretty easy – everyone except Emmett, as always.
"Okay, okay. I'll shut up, scouts honor" he held his right hand up and grinned
"Em dude, you ain't a boy scout"
"Yeahh, but I always wanted to be one though"
"Fine, fine; I believe you" he smiled and hugged me
"Well Bella, what do you have in store for us this lovely night?"
"Not much Rose. Lauren and Jessica, third bathroom on the left, blue pills; Mike and Tyler, second floor, third door on the right, making out; Samuel and Victoria –"
"Second bathroom on the third floor, passed out, blue bourbon" I was cut off by one of the voices I knew would only make my day better. I turned around to find a set of green eyes watching me.
"ESMEE!!!!" the girls and I ran to where she was a few feet away from us and hugged her like our life depended on it
"Hello, my lovelies; I certainly wasn't expecting this kind of greeting" her voice held amusement but she hugged us back anyway, when we were done she hugged the boys.
"Of course you did; that's why you always make sudden appearances"
"True, Rose, so true" she smiled and continued "but I want you guys to come with me please"
"Oh please, don't tell me that almighty Esme can't deal with his son's escort"
"Unfortunately Alice, I can't. She's way too stupid for her own good. And also Carlisle wants to greet you" that made me smile; I hadn't seen them for a while now.
"Then what are we waiting for. I'm dying to finally see how they look together"
"I knew you'd love my suggestion Bella" she grinned and I smiled back
"Well as much as I would love to see that; I'd rather not. I'm not in the mood to puke right now" I had to bite my lip in order not to laugh at Jasper's blatancy.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Jasper, you shouldn't be rude, she's such a lovely hoe" Emmett was mimicking the perfect voice, my mother's. She would be royally pissed if she knew what we were saying. Fortunately for us, Esme was the total opposite of my mom, so she just shrugged and chuckled.
"I agree with you guys, but unfortunately for me I can't really escape them"
"Well, Esme, then you must excuse us and tell Carlisle that we'll greet him later; Emmett and I must take our girlfriends to the dance floor" they took their girlfriends' hands and led them to the center of the room.
"Okay Bella, it seems like we are the only ones" she seemed thoughtful for a second but recovered quickly "unless you would like to miss the show" she knew that there was no way I was going to let her go alone; this would be the highlight of my day. She offered me her arm and I took it greedily.
"Oh Esme, I almost forgot. Thanks for the dresses, they are lovely"
"I'm glad you like them; they look perfect on you girls. I told you that Franza does an excellent job"
"Yeahh, he definitely does" Esme had brought our dresses in her last trip to Paris and they had been shipped to us, we had seen them a couple of weeks ago in a really well-known designer's last catalogue in his page. Franza di Revone. They had been a last minute request; but anyone would do a favor to Esme Masen-Cullen. We finally arrived to where a beautiful couple and a man that I considered as my father were.
"Carlisle, I want you to meet someone" he turned around and gazed at me briefly
"Esme, dear, don't tell me this is who I think she is?"
"Well, Dr. Steamy, who would that be?"
"Bella dear" he hugged me and smiled "I knew it was you; I've never met someone else that could pull out such grace and confidence and still be deathly rebellious"
"Yeahh, I'm pretty amazing if I do say so myself" I grinned smugly and he grinned back
"Besides, you look more gorgeous than the last time I saw you"
"Well Love, four years do make a difference, don't you think Bella?" Carlisle had been in Paris for the last four years because of his company but Esme was constantly making trips to Forks and she stayed for a semester or so each year.
"Of Course Esme, but I'm glad that Carlisle is finally back"
"Obviously, I wasn't going to miss the fist charity ball hosted by Miss Isabella Swan"
"Well then, I expect a really generous check from the Cullens"
"I'm sure you'll have it dear. But first there's someone I want you to greet" we turned around and Edward and Tanya were there "you obviously know my son Edward and his lovely friend Tanya Denali" Esme made an emphasis on the word friend and I smirked; she obviously didn't approve of their relationship. I stepped in front ad hugged them both, kissing each of Tanya's cheeks.
"Hello Mr. Cullen; Tanya its amazing to see you dear, I thought you were traveling with your sisters"
"Bella please call me Edward, we are not in school anymore and well Tanya arrived a few days ago from her trip" I already knew this, of course, I knew everything happening in this boring shit-hole, but I had to keep up the façade for everyone's sanity.
"Oh and how was it Tanya?" my fake interest was obvious but this girl has a peanut instead of brain so it didn't really mattered; of course it earned me a chuckle from Esme and Carlisle.
"It was absolutely perfect Bella, but I don't want to bore you with it right now, maybe another time we'll talk about it" dang! I had forgotten how good she was for this, her voice held the perfect amount of interest and sweetness, it wasn't enough to fool someone like Esme but I could see that she had Edward wrapped around her anorexic finger.
"Of course Tanya, maybe we could have brunch sometime on the weekend so you can tell me all the details" she seemed taken aback with my comment; the last time we had a talk it had ended really bad, she used to know exactly which buttons to push but not anymore; I had learned from the best and I overcame her a couple of years ago. Not even Esme could tell if I was faking it or not.
"Sure Bella, it'll be lovely" I gave her my sweetest fake smile and inwardly smirked because after so many years I finally had the upper hand. But not everything goes according to the plan, right? Because right in this moment Jacob decided to step in. Someone up there must really hate me.
"Bella, aren't you going to introduce me to this people" my perfect smile was intact but on the inside I was furious.
"Jacob, I see no need in it, you already know them. Edward is our teacher, Esme and Carlisle Cullen are his parents and Tanya Denali our old friend" I motioned to each of them as I said their names "Guys, Jacob is my boyfriend" something flickered in Edward's eyes but I couldn't place the emotion because it was instantly gone, Carlisle and Tanya seemed indifferent and Esme was simply amused
"Jacob, I didn't knew you were dating Bella"
"Well Mrs. Cullen, it's something new, we started dating the past summer"
"Really?"
"Yeahh, but if you excuse me I'll steal my girlfriend for this one dance" he offered me his hand and I grudgingly took it.
"Excuse me please, we'll talk later" Jacob practically dragged me to the dance floor to the place where my friends were dancing, I was pretty graceful but Jacob had two left feet, he was an awful dancer.
"Bella, you look so HOT in those clothes, but I bet you'll look even better with nothing on" Ugh! He is simply disgusting
"Jacob, you failed again, you don't tell a girl she looks hot, you tell her she looks pretty or beautiful; hot is just an insult" I had told him this hundredths of times but he never remembered; Rose was right, he was like a dog on training.
"Sorry Bella, it won't happen again" I ignored him and let my mind wander; midway through the song Jacob had stepped on my feet four times but thankfully someone cut the dance before time by tapping lightly on his shoulder
"Excuse me; may I have this piece with Ms. Swan?" I knew that voice; I would recognize his voice from meters, that voice had called my name over and over earlier today. Jacob turned to look at Edward and nodded briefly before leaving me there with my savior; he took my hand and we started dancing swiftly, Edward was really better than Jacob. He leaned in my ear and whispered
"You look especially ravishing tonight; that color suits your alabaster skin gorgeously" I couldn't help myself, I started comparing Jacob and Edward in my mind and Edward won by far. He surely knew how to be the perfect gentleman and how to flatter a girl
"Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself" he chuckled and started teasing me
"I'm glad you think so, but I do have a question"
"Shoot"
"Who looks better; your boyfriend or me?" he spat the word boyfriend like if it was venom
"Why? Are you jealous?" I smirked and waited for his answer
"No beautiful, just curious"
"Curiosity killed the cat… and the sexy teacher"
"So, you refuse to tell me" it wasn't a question
"Why? You need to be assured that I'll gladly fuck you any day instead of him"'
"You would?"
"Of course, you are far better than him" Edward didn't know that I was not having sex with Jake; he after all was fucking his gold-digger of a girlfriend Tanya. No need to let him into more on my private life
"As long as I'm on first place then it doesn't really matter"
"Don't worry about that Mr. C; I don't think you have any competition"
"That bad, huh?" I shrugged and we continued dancing, after a while the song ended and we separated. Everyone was watching us dance, couples were standing there, mouths agape watching our performance. My mom and Esme instantly came rushing to the dance floor.
"OH MY GOD! Bella, Edward you guys were amazing"
"Thanks Esme but it was nothing"
"No Bella, Esme is right. I mean I knew you were a great dancer but you guys were perfect"
"Well Renee, with such a great partner, how couldn't I?" Edward was using his charm on my mother and it was working beautifully; I could almost see the drool from here.
"Mom, are we gonna start with the main event already?" she turned to look at me and nodded, she cleared her throat and finally spoke
"Yes dear, Rosalie is going to start with the introductions for the night"
"Well ladies, I'll leave you to your preparations; my escort is waiting for me" he gave me his crooked grin – my grin – and left to her. Ugh!
"Oh God Esme, that boy surely is handsome"
"I know Renee, but he has no taste in woman; I mean he has a lot of girls to choose from and he picks that skank"
"Don't worry; I'm sure it's nothing serious" as soon as my mom finished, Rose's voice blared from the speakers.
"Good Evening everybody, my name is Rosalie Hale; I'm here to let you know which are the events for tonight" the young part of the crowd cheered and she continued "our gorgeous hostess and also one of my best friends Isabella Swan will be leading today's auction after dinner; this auction is not the one you are used to, we will be auctioning the most beautiful ladies at Forks and you'll place the bidding to win a lovely dinner with her; in this one auction, only the young gentleman would be part of, that doesn't mean that the rest can't enjoy the view, which is quite good if you ask me" the boys went wild at the idea "the other part of the night would consist of our usual Charity Ball tradition, my other best friend Alice Brandon will be receiving your checks throughout the night and she will announce the amount of money raised for Fork's Hospital on this time at the end. I really hope you all have a lovely night and enjoy yourselves" the crowd went wild and started clapping and shouting as Rose made her way down the platform where the sound was. She and Alice made their way towards me and we decided to go outside for a while until it was time to do the auction.
The garden was decorated beautifully; it was covered by millions of pink candles, they were hanging from the trees and lighting the path to the fountain and to a nearby bench, we took a seat there and started chatting
"Bella; who will be auctioned tonight?"
"Well Al, obviously us" she nodded and motioned for me to continue "Jessica, Angela, Lauren, Victoria, Alicia, Massie and Kristen, its ten girls on total"
"UGH! I hate that we had to be auctioned too"
"I know Rosie, I mean I know that Jasper and Emmett are totally going to place the highest bid for us… but we also know that Ms. Popular in here" she said pointing a finger to me "is surely going to cause turmoil later, she is after all the most wanted single girl in Forks"
"Alice, I'm not single, remember Jacob"
"Oh please Bella, I think it's the same, it's not like you really care about him; actually everyone thinks of him as a rock in the road to win Bella's heart"
"You're such a drama queen Rose" we stayed silent for a while but broke the silence so we could go inside "Bitches, I think we should start getting ready, dinner must be over by now"
"Ya' right Bells, better go inside before it starts raining in here" Alice was right, today was supposed to be no rain but with a place like this anything could happen. We went to my bedroom and I unlocked the door – I always locked it when there was going to be a party in here; no need to have strangers in my bed, right? – We fixed our hair and makeup and made our way downstairs. The auction was ready to be started, I stepped on the platform and the girls went 'backstage' to get this over with.
"Good Evening everyone, may I have your attention please" the room felt silent and I smiled "thanks, well we are ready to start the auction. Like Rosalie said a while ago, we will be auctioning people, the one with the highest bid is going to go on a date tomorrow with one of our girls; it's up to you the place and time for the date but they have to end tomorrow at midnight" the people were paying close attention to my words so no one interrupted me " there would be ten girls auctioned tonight, previously selected by a strict jury" if they knew we had taken the other seven girls' names from a hat "so with nothing else to say; let the auction begin. Our first girl is Jessica Stanley" well needless to say the first seven girls left the platform quickly and my girls obviously left with their respective boyfriends; I was the only one left and it was surely going to take a while; Alice came and took the microphone and motioned for me to go to the center of the stage.
"Well guys, the time you all have been waiting for, our last girl for the night and that is sure to cause a commotion. Isabella Swan" I walked on the stage like on a runway and the boys were speechless. All the bids started with a hundredth so from there they started bidding.
"150"
"1000"
"25000" the boys were going crazy and neither Edward nor Jacob were there, not that I expected any of them to put a bid; Jacob didn't had the money to waste just to go on a date with his girlfriend and Edward would just raise suspicions because a teacher wouldn't bid for his student. A man dressed in black stepped at the front and placed a bid that no one was willing to overcome.
"My client says that he offers 100 000 dollars for Miss Isabella Swan"
"OH MY GOOOOD!!! Okay 100 000 dollars on one… 100 000 dollars on two… and 100 000 dollars on three. Sold to the man in black on the front row. Congratulations!" I stepped out of the platform and the girls immediately rushed to me
"Bella, what was that?"
"I don't know Rose, who the hell would pay that amount of money to have dinner with me?"
"I have no idea Bella but the man there said 'his client' and he's talking on the phone right now"
"Alice is right Bella, maybe he can tell us something" we made our way to the man on black and he shut the phone and faced us
"Hello sir"
"Good Evening Miss Swan"
"You too… ummm, we were wondering if you could tell us who paid so much money to have dinner with me"
"I'm sorry Miss Swan but I'm not allowed to tell you, you'll find out tomorrow at noon, I'm really sorry"
"It's alright, thanks for you help" he nodded and left, the girls and I started discussing possible bidders but we came out more confused than when we started, after a while the boys joined us but they couldn't solve this mystery either, I mean it was kind of illogical; if he wanted a date so much he could have asked, there's no need to pay so much money. I was broken out of my thoughts by my mother calling me
"Bella dear, there's something I want to ask for before the night is over"
"Sure mom, what is it?"
"I wanted you and Edward to dance one more time; he already agreed so I wanted to know if you could do that for me; please?"
"Sure mom, I'll dance one more song" she grabbed my hand and led me to where Edward, Carlisle, Tanya and Esme were.
"Esme! She agreed to dance"
"That's great Renee, I think the next song would be perfect after all it's the last one" what the hell are they up to?
"Of course let me ask for it Esme" my mom left and a little later the voice from man in charge of the orchestra blared trough the speakers
"Well ladies and gentleman, are you ready for the last song of the night" the crowd cheered and the orchestra started playing a beautiful slow song
"Bella, would you dance with me?" Edward offered me his hand and led me to the middle of the dance floor, he placed my hands behind his neck and his hands on my hips and we started swirling gracefully, I was actually enjoying myself.
"What do you think is going through their fucking minds?"
"I have no idea, but as long as I get to spend time with you I'm not about to say a damn thing, no complaining here"
"I guess ya' right" I rested my head on his chest and we continued dancing
"You know something?"
"Mhmh"
"I really missed my time with you after practice" his voice was low and seductive and it was making my skin to burn wherever he touched
"Well maybe we can fix that" my voice was husky and filled with lust for him
"Yeahh, how so?" I stood on my tiptoes and placed my mouth in his ear
"There's a tree on the back of my house and it ends on the third floor, exactly where my bedroom is, enter through the open window" the song ended and he kissed my hand and we both parted ways, I was praying for this party to go faster but it just seemed to drag forever.
A/N: I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CHAPTER BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO LONG SO I CUT IT BY HALF AND I'M GONNNA POST THE CONTINUATION LATER ON, IT WILL BE CALLED THE OPEN WINDOW PART TWO AND IT WILL CONTAIN JUICY LEMONS! GET READY FOR A NAUGHTY BELLA AND SEXY AS HELL EDWARD!!! REVIEWW IF YOU LOVE A CULLEN BOY WITH NO SHIRT!!! OME! REVIWW PLEASE!
TODAY'S STORY:
THE TEENAGE ANGST BRIGADE» A deal was made, a pact to keep five friends from the pitfalls of high school disparity. If only Edward hadn't wanted Bella, it might have lasted...ALL HUMAN. OOC.
XOXO *A & V*
