A/N: omg. I can't believe that some of you have put me on story/author alert! Or added me to your favourites. That's way more than I expected, but still thanks. Sorry my personal life interfered with my writing, but here's chapter two :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight *tear*
_______________________________________________________________________ Alice POV
After I was finished talking to Edward I decided to go over the plan with everyone else one more time. I knew Rose and Jasper got it but leave it to Emmett to blurt out in conversation 'By the way, Alice is helping you both realize you love with each other. But I wasn't supposed to tell you.'
I mean, I love Emmett, I really do, but sometimes he can't keep his fucking mouth shut. I learned this only after he ruined a third surprise party.
"Okay, so when they get here we'll all go and sit down. Got it? I added the question with a look at Em from the corner of my eye, I saw him nod in response. We really just need to act normal. Anyway, after a couple minutes I'll say something about whatever Bella's wearing and I'll convince her to let me change her, once Rose and I have her in my room I'll tell her about the plan."
The plan was really quite simple; they both had to make good friends with someone of the opposite sex, in a good relationship. That way their fake boy/girl friend wouldn't start liking them, and vice versa. Of course that was only step one, I haven't thought out the whole plan yet, but I know it'll work. How do I know you may ask? Because I had a feeling about it. And my feelings were always right. Always.
When I told everyone else about faze one, they looked at me like I had two heads. I explained how it would make them both jealous, and then they might tell each other about their feelings. I knew this would take a long time, but what's a couple more weeks when they've been denying their feelings for years?
"This is going to be awesome!" Obviously, Emmett was excited.
"Dude, calm. You'll blow it." Jasper may be able to calm down most people, but it was impossible to make Emmett settle down.
"Sorry Jazz, I'm just so excited! Bella and Edward have loved each other forever! And now they're finally going to admit it!" Emmett was the only one, besides me, that was this excited. This kinda confused me.
"I don't understand how we're the only ones who are excited," I said gesturing between myself and Emmett. "Seriously, why aren't you guys happy?" I really didn't get it. At first I thought it was because Edward was family, but Bella was like family to all of us.
"Maybe because I don't like to use others as my own little lab rats."
"Rose, I never said that! I may have mentioned the word experiment, but I didn't reefer to them as rodents." I mean, ew.
"Yeah, I know you didn't, but Emmett did." When she said that a guilty look clouded Emmett's face.
"Sorry, but when anyone talks about experiments I think of mice and rats. And before Rose hits me, again, I know it was wrong to think about Edward and Bella like that." The look on Emmett's face changed from 'guilty' to kid 'caught being guilty'.
"What about you Jazz? Why aren't you excited? You're always saying that you know t hey love each other."
"Well, the thing is, I think that we should just leave their love lives alone. It'll happen sooner or later" Jasper made it sound like I was five year old asking for ice cream before dinner.
"And I'm just trying to make it sooner instead of later. Besides, didn't you come here as a favour for Edward? Asking me to interfere with his love life?"
"I didn't say I came here willingly as a favour, he has blackmail."
"What kind of blackmail?" I could tell he was hoping I wouldn't ask, but I have a curious nature. Not my fault.
He sighed then answered "Pictures. From sophomore year."
"I'm hurt Jasper, I'm your twin sister and I don't recall seeing these pictures, or even hearing about them." I was glad to have Rose around; she never gave up until she got what she wanted. Some saw it as being pigheaded, I call it being determined.
"Are they the pictures from Halloween when the girls went shopping? Those were hilarious!" Emmett's question only made me more curious.
"Jazzy? Will you tell me what these pictures are of?" I knew he couldn't saw no if I used my 'please face'. After a couple of seconds the face worked yet again.
"Well, you girls were gone and we got bored. After a few drinks we decided to play with your make-up. Then we-"
"YOU USED MY MAKE-UP!"
"It was years ago. Anyway, then we played rock, paper, scissors to see who would be the Barbie. I lost. I guess Edward took pictures. Now he's using them as blackmail."
"That's not too bad." Honestly, I was slightly disappointed.
"It's worse than he made it sound." Emmett was on the verge of cracking up at the memory.
"I expect to see those photos. But Bella and Edward should be here soon so we'll need to continue this later."
* * *
About fifteen minutes later they showed up. They took a little longer than I would have liked.
"So Alice, explain to me why you had to invite me to my own apartment?" I thought Edward would have told her, he tells her everything. "Edward said something about 'real parties' but I still don't get why." I see I thought too soon.
"Well, I kinda miss high school sometimes and in high school if everyone was at my house I'd call it a party. So I'm doing that now."
"Oh, okay. But in high school you wouldn't have needed to invite Edward or Emmett."
"Why does everyone need to bring that up!?"
"What do you mean?"
"When I was talking to Edward earlier he brought that up, now you. Can't I just have a night re-living high school without someone questioning me?" It was starting to annoy me.
"Whoa Alice, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you or anything." Bella apologized a lot, even if it isn't her fault.
"It's okay Bells. I'm just a little aggravated because almost everyone I've seen today is committing a fashion crime." I gave her a second to let that sink in. "Speaking of which, your clothes today aren't bad but still, can I find you something different?"
"Alice, is it necessary?"
"It'd make me feel better. Please Bella?" I knew Bella well enough to know that she'd do almost anything to make her friends happy.
"Fine. Is Rose going to be helping with this 'mini-makeover'?"
"Why wouldn't I? I call her hair!" Her calling dibs was completely un-necessary because Rose always got to do her hair.
"You guys just wait here. We'll only be ten minutes."
"Alice, we all know you never take ten minutes. One thing you and I don't have in common dear sister, is time management." Edward always loved to make fun of me for taking a long time to get ready. But perfection takes time.
"He's right lil sis, do you remember that time you made us late for school in first grade because you couldn't decide which lunch box matched your shoes? And you've only gotten worse since." My brothers just don't understand fashion.
"Well, you guys have just taken up time, so instead of ten minutes, it'll take twelve. But oh well, you three sit here and wait like I said before." After that command I led Bella and Rosalie to Bella's room.
"So, Bella, how do you want your hair?" Rose was the first to speak when we got to her room.
"It doesn't matter what I say because you'll do it however you want no matter what."
"True Bella. You seem to be a bit grumpy today, what's wrong?" Rose and I were always trying to make Bella happy, or at least in a good mood.
"Well, today when Edward met me at the café he had a really big smile on his face, and when I asked him later if he met a hot blond he laughed and said, 'no, she's a brunette." Normally I'd be mad at my idiot of a twin, but I knew that he was talking about Bella. So did Rose.
"Oh Bella, don't worry, we all know that you'll end up with Edward." As soon as Rosalie said that Bella was shaking her head.
"Just because you two want me to end up with him doesn't mean I will. It'd take a miracle." She made it too easy to tell her my plan.
"Well, I know Rose and I are amazing, but calling us miracles might be a bit much. What do you think Rose?"
"I think calling us cupids would suffice."
Bella was obviously confused; the look on the face completely gave her away.
"What the hell are you talking about? What are you up to now?" She actually looked kinda scared.
"We're going to help you with you're love life. And don't even start being stubborn, we are starting on our plan now and you can't stop us." Now she looked torn between being scared and accepting my offer.
"Just say 'thank-you' to Alice and I, and then we can start making you look hotter."
"Thank you Alice, thank-you too Rosalie. Now, as you said, you can start making me look hot." Wow, Bella Swan not putting up a fight on something that wasn't her decision. Amazing.
"So you'll let us do this? You know that I don't do things half way."
"Yes, I'm giving you two control of my love life. Don't make it worse please." I could tell she was joking but she was trying to keep a serious face, I couldn't help it and I laughed a little, setting off giggles from all three of us.
"Thank you Bella for letting us do this. My plan is basically for you to find someone in a great relationship, who'll pretend to be your boyfriend, and their girlfriend needs to know about it. It's simple really. Okay, I'll go find a better outfit, Rosalie will get started on your make-up, hair will come last."
I headed to Bella's closet trying to find the dress I had in mind. It was an off-the-shoulder, dark blue, knee length dress. It had pleats on the bottom and it was ruched on the top.
I chose it because it had a slight sheen to it, making it good for hanging out. I bought it for her about a week ago, because she said 380 dollars was too much for a dress. I even had to trick her into leaving the store while I paid or else she'd have had a fit. I'm different than her in that way, fashion has no limits. Especially not when it came to money. But Bella hated having money spent on her; therefore, I made buying the dress a secret.
When I came back out I told Bella to get the dress on, Rose started on her hair. She had already finished her make-up.
"I think we should go out to dinner. Rose and me can start getting ready now, you go tell the guys." I don't know hat came over me, but I suddenly wanted to go out to eat. There was still an hour before it would make sense to eat, but that wasn't a problem. It gave me and Rose enough time to get ready ourselves and to fix Bella up for the new circumstances.
Bella was already gone so I turned to Rosalie and said, "I wish I could see the look on little Eddie's face when he sees her in that dress. He loves that color on her."
"Yeah I know, that's what I was thinking when I saw it. Oh well, next time Dearie."
I heard Bella out in the main part of our apartment telling the guys, and they all seemed kinda mad. Too bad boys, deal with it. Edward should be happy, it meant he got to spend not only the ride there with her, but he got to sit next to her all dinner long. You're welcome Edward.
Bella POV
After Edward paid, against my wishes, we headed back to my apartment, where I guess we're having a high school style party.
The ride there was mostly filled with a comfortable silence. I planned on keeping it that way until an earlier thought popped into my head.
"So Edward, when you got to the café you had quite a big smile on your face, did ya meet a hot blonde?" I asked it with a joking tone, but I was completely serious and curious. Not to mention hoping for a negative.
He laughed then replied with, "No, she's a brunette." When he said that I wanted to cry. I wanted to give into the jealousy and anger that ran through me. But his beautiful, musical laugh filling the car stopped me.
I've never liked driving fast, but at the moment I wished his Volvo would hurry the hell up. It seemed like he was driving slowly, but It was probably all in my head. I just wanted to get back to my apartment and talk to Alice and Rose.
It was going to be hard to put on a smile tonight for Alice's 'party'. It would only be worse if she wanted to play 'Barbie Bella'.
After Edwards brunette comment the ride was silence. A jealous one on my part, but Edward seemed almost pleased with himself.
Twenty minutes in a car with Edward was usually a good thing, but now I was happy to be home.
In order to not hurt his feeling, but still get to 'my ladies' (A/N: That's a phrase I picked up from my big sister, I had to put it in.) I challenged him to a race.
It was all going well, because I kind of cheated, by not telling him it was a race until I was 10 feet away. But then we got to the flight of stairs you needed to take, and being myself, I tripped. And Edward, being Edward, caught me.
Not only did he catch me, but he used his amazing muscles, to put me over his shoulder and carry me the rest of the way.
Being so close to him made me feel anxious. When ever I was close to him I felt some kind of electricity going through the air, but I doubt he felt it. Because if he did we wouldn't be best friends, we'd be boyfriend and girlfriend.
As soon as we got through the door Alice was waiting for us. She was probably about to get mad at us for taking so long when I stopped her by asking, "So Alice, explain to me why you had to invite me to my own apartment? Edward said something about 'real parties' but I still don't get why." Of course, it was Alice, she thought differently sometimes, and I'm not referring to the fact she thinks she's psychic.
"Well, I kinda miss high school sometimes and in high school if everyone was at my house I'd call it a party. So I'm doing that now." We may be best friends, but Alice and I were opposites, I'd never want to re-live high school.
"Oh, okay. But in high school you wouldn't have needed to invite Edward or Emmett."
"Why does everyone need to bring that up!?"
"What do you mean?" I was confused by her outburst.
"When I was talking to Edward earlier he brought that up, now you. Can't I just have a night re-living high school without someone questioning me?" Apparently, no.
"Whoa Alice, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you or anything." I always felt horrid if I upset somebody, especially one of my friends.
"It's okay Bells. I'm just a little aggravated because almost everyone I've seen today is committing a fashion crime. Speaking of which, your clothes today aren't bad but still, can I find you something different?"
"Alice, is it necessary?" I had to pretend to be annoyed or else they'd catch on I wanted to get out of the room.
"It'd make me feel better. Please Bella?"
"Fine. Is Rose going to be helping with this 'mini-makeover'?"
"Why wouldn't I? I call her hair!" She didn't even need to add the last part, she always did my hair.
"You guys just wait here. We'll only be ten minutes."
"Alice, we all know you never take ten minutes. One thing you and I don't have in common dear sister, is time management." Edward was always going on about that. How Alice hated people to be late and had no patience, when she couldn't be on time if her mortality depended on it.
"He's right lil sis, do you remember that time you made us late for school in first grade because you couldn't decide which lunch box matched your shoes? And you've only gotten worse since." Em's stories of little Alice were always funny. And classically Alice.
"Well, you guys have just taken up time, so instead of ten minutes, it'll take twelve. But oh well, you three sit here and wait like I said before." Then she pulled Rose and I to my room.
"So, Bella, how do you want your hair?" When Rose was in make-over mode she only focused on styles for a good five minutes. I see I'd have to be a bit rude for them to notice.
"It doesn't matter what I say because you'll do it however you want no matter what."
"True Bella. You seem to be a bit grumpy today, what's wrong?" I guess she noticed.
"Well, today when Edward met me at the café he had a really big smile on his face, and when I asked him later if he met a hot blonde he laughed and said, 'no, she's a brunette." They didn't even seem to care. It was kind of hurtful that I considered them my best friends. Honestly, I lived with them, they should show sympathy. They knew how I felt about him.
"Oh Bella, don't worry, we all know that you'll end up with Edward." When Rosalie said that I immediately started shaking my head.
"Just because you two want me to end up with him doesn't mean I will. It'd take a miracle." They were under the impression that Edward loved me too.
"Well, I know Rose and I are amazing, but calling us miracles might be a bit much. What do you think Rose?"
"I think calling us cupids would suffice."
I was completely confused now. Normally Rose and Alice were some what modest.
"What the hell are you talking about? What are you up to now?" I was a little frightened by what they were planning, or at least I think they're planning something.
"We're going to help you with you're love life. And don't even start being stubborn, we are starting on our plan now and you can't stop us." I was kind of scared of their planning, but I wanted to accept their offer.
"Just say 'thank-you' to Alice and I, and then we can start making you look hotter."
"Thank you Alice, thank-you too Rosalie. Now, as you said, you can start making me look hot." They gave me disbelieving looks at the fact that I wasn't being stubborn.
"So you'll let us do this? You know that I don't do things half way." It was true, she never, ever did things half way.
"Yes, I'm giving you two control of my love life. Don't make it worse please." I was just joking, but I was trying to keep a straight face. I didn't work and when I slipped we all started laughing.
"Thank you Bella for letting us do this. My plan is basically for you to find someone in a great relationship, who'll pretend to be your boyfriend, and their girlfriend needs to know about it. It's simple really. Okay, I'll go find a better outfit, Rosalie will get started on your make-up, hair will come last." She was more serious about my clothing than her plan. I'm sure it was good though.
Alice went into my closet and came out with a blue dress she'd bought me. I hated when other people spent money on me, and I don't like surprises either. So needless to say, I was pissed when Alice surprised me by buying me the dress. It was insanely expensive.
When I had the dress on Rosalie started on my hair, and she'd already done my make-up.
"I think we should go out to dinner. Rose and me can start getting ready now, you go tell the guys." I'm not sure why Alice suddenly wanted to go out to dinner, but I didn't care. The way Alice said it, it almost seemed like it was just an impulse.
I went out to the main part and told the guys the new schedule.
"Alice says we're going out to eat. Her and Rose need to get ready so it'll probably be about an hour."
"Aw, come on! I don't want to go anywhere. I just wanted to order pizza and eat here." Emmett had an amazing ability to look deadly but sound like a five year old. Two total opposites, that came together to make Emmett.
"Too bad Emmett, I don't want to go either but are you going to be the one to deny Alice? I know I wouldn't, even if I didn't know Alice as well as I do, I'd do what she says. Plus, Rosalie probably wants to go too." Jasper knew he had him when he brought up Rosalie. That was Em's weakness.
"Fine." His face was now showing his inner child in a sulking mood.
"What, you're not going to complain Edward?"
"No, it's an unattractive quality."
"Oh heaven forbid Edward Cullen was unattractive."
"Exactly." I could tell he was joking, but he still must know nothing could make him unattractive,
"Hey, Eddie I just noticed that you called me ugly. I'm hurt little brother." Emmett was always saying stuff like that.
"Oh, don't worry Em, you're plenty handsome."
"Thanks Bells."
"No problem Em. Ya know I love ya."
"Love you too Bells, but don't tell Rose."
"I defiantly won't Emmett." I said with a chuckle.
While I was waiting I realized that going out to dinner would mean I got to spend the ride there and back sitting next to him in the car and probably when we were eating too. Thank you Alice.
Edward POV
Once I had paid, Bella and I got in my Volvo and headed to her apartment.
Half way there the only sounds in my car were the melodies of Debussy, Clair de Lune to be exact. Bella broke the silence by asking a question she seemed to pull out of thin air.
"So Edward, when you got to the café you had quite a big smile on your face, did ya meet a hot blonde?" The question would sound like a joke to anyone else, but to someone that spends as much time as I do with Bella, it was more. But I decided to ignore it for some unknown reason.
I laughed then said "No, she's a brunette." Her expression changed a bit, although I may be just seeing things. Little did she know I was referring to her.
After that the ride passed in silence. I do admit, because the five minutes it took us to eat wasn't long enough, and neither was the ten minute ride, I stretched it out another five.
When I pulled up to her building she seemed to be eager to get away from me, and it hurt more than it should have. My heart was already in pain and then once I'd parked, she started walking faster.
It pained me even more. But it helped a bit when she turned around to say 'It's a race! GO!"
She was already ten feet ahead of me when she told me, but I knew I'd still win.
To get to Bella's apartment you had to pass through the lobby and up a flight of stairs then down a hall, I didn't think she could make it the whole way there without tripping so I stayed behind her.
Of course I was proved right when she stumbled on the flight of stairs. But I caught her before she hit the ground. When I did, my arms ended up around her waist, and I didn't really want to let go. Because when she was close the air was filled with a sort of tingling sensation. So instead of putting her back upright on her feet, I threw her over my shoulder. I wish she felt the electricity in the air too, because maybe then she would fell the same for me as I did her. But if she did feel the same, we would spend our Friday nights on dates, not hanging out like tonight.
When we walked in the door Alice didn't look completely pleased. I looked at the clock and realized she'd think we were late.
"So Alice, explain to me why you had to invite me to my own apartment? Edward said something about 'real parties' but I still don't get why." It's a good thing Bella started talking before Alice, she was easily distracted.
"Well, I kinda miss high school sometimes and in high school if everyone was at my house I'd call it a party. So I'm doing that now." Even in high school she'd have only needed to invite Bella and the Hales.
"Oh, okay. But in high school you wouldn't have needed to invite Edward or Emmett." It sounds like Bella and I think alike. Is it weird that I kind of like that?
"Why does everyone need to bring that up!?"
"What do you mean?" Poor Bella, she didn't deserve Alice's attitude.
"When I was talking to Edward earlier he brought that up, now you. Can't I just have a night re-living high school without someone questioning me?"
"Whoa Alice, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you or anything." Bella didn't really need to apologize, but it was her nature.
"It's okay Bells. I'm just a little aggravated because almost everyone I've seen today is committing a fashion crime. Speaking of which, your clothes today aren't bad but still, can I find you something different?" Alice did this every time.
"Alice, is it necessary?"
"It'd make me feel better. Please Bella?" Well played, sister, she knows Bella would do anything to make someone feel better.
"Fine. Is Rose going to be helping with this 'mini-makeover'?"
"Why wouldn't I? I call her hair!" Wow, what is it with women and hair? I don't think I'll ever know.
"You guys just wait here. We'll only be ten minutes."
"Alice, we all know you never take ten minutes. One thing you and I don't have in common dear sister, is time management." I couldn't help but make fun of her for her time skills. Her excuse was always 'Perfection takes time dearest brother, but you wouldn't know that.'
"He's right lil sis, do you remember that time you made us late for school in first grade because you couldn't decide which lunch box matched your shoes? And you've only gotten worse since." That was Alice's first ever 'fashion emergency'.
"Well, you guys have just taken up time, so instead of ten minutes, it'll take twelve. But oh well, you three sit here and wait like I said before." We knew it'd be more than 12 minutes.
"So Eddie, do you want to hear about Alice's plan?" I despised when he called me that.
"Yes Emmett I'd like to know the plan. I'd also like for you to stop calling me Eddie."
"Oh well, you don't always get what you want. Anyway, Alice's plan is to…um….What is it again Jazz?" Poor Em, he probably didn't even listen. Or he started to, but his short attention span ruined him.
"Okay, so, Alice's plan is for you to find a girl that'll pretend to be your girlfriend. You have to make sure she's already in a relationship, a happy one. The boyfriend needs to know too."
"But if I want Bella to love me then I need to be available." I was listening to them?
"Seriously Little Brother, I know you don't have experience with girls but I thought you were smart. If Bella sees you with another girl then she'll get jealous and tell you how she feels." It seemed like he was fighting the urge to say 'Duh' but it would be unnecessary, because his tone implied it.
"But Bella doesn't have any feelings for me."
"You just keep saying that."
It was quiet for a moment until Emmett spoke.
"Have you guys ever wondered what goes on in there?"
"What do you mean?" Jasper and Emmett talked about the most random topics.
"Well, what do they do? What do they talk about? For all we know they could be talking about us. They could be making fun of us."
"Emmett… I highly doubt they spend all their time talking about us. Maybe sometimes, but not always. They probably just talk about what all other women talk about."
"Which is what exactly?" He actually had a point.
"I-"Jasper was cut off when Bella came out from her room.
She looked absolutely breath-taking. She was always beautiful, but whenever she got dressed up, she was stunning. The knee length dress she had on was a color of blue that made her skin look beautiful. Even if she only had minimal make-up. Her hair hung to the middle of her back in loose curls. The eyeliner Alice or Rosalie had put on her was barely noticeable but made her gorgeous chocolate brown eyes stand out. And the lipstick she wore made me want to kiss her more than ever.
Wow, I'm deeply in love with my best friend and she doesn't even know.
"Alice says we're going out to eat. Her and Rose need to get ready so it'll probably be about an hour." That explained the dress.
"Aw, come on! I don't want to go anywhere. I just wanted to order pizza and eat here." Emmett may be the oldest and by far the largest, but he acted like a child all the time.
"Too bad Emmett, I don't want to go either but are you going to be the one to deny Alice? I know I wouldn't, even if I didn't know Alice as well as I do, I'd do what she says. Plus, Rosalie probably wants to go too." Jazz obviously knew how to get Emmett to agree. He'd do anything for Rosalie.
"Fine." Now my big brother looked like he thought he was five. He was even pouting. Oh how I wish I had a camera with me.
"What, you're not going to complain Edward?"
"No, it's an unattractive quality." My mother had always taught me that, she gave up on Emmett.
"Oh heaven forbid Edward Cullen be unattractive."
"Exactly." Of course I was only joking.
"Hey, Eddie I just noticed that you called me ugly. I'm hurt little brother." Once I thought about that I realized I had, but I didn't mean it so I just shrugged.
"Oh, don't worry Em, you're plenty handsome." Bella was always like that with Emmett.
"Thanks Bells."
"No problem Em. Ya know I love ya." Even though she was kidding, I wish she'd say that to me. It might give me some false hopes.
"Love you too Bells, but don't tell Rose."
"I defiantly won't Emmett." She laughed when she said that. God I loved her laugh, it was like bells.
After that we just waited for the other two girls to finish. Then it hit me, I'd get to be beside Bella for the drive there, and through out the dinner. I didn't know if I should thank Alice for that, or if I should be a bit irritated that I'd have to feel that electricity for the rest of the night.
This chapter was abnormally long. I don't know why. I'll have to make Alice's POV shorter, unless you guys like long chapters. Review please.
Alyshiajean
