A/N: Well, it appears to be well liked….if the numbers aren't deceiving me. Glad to see so many of you have your interests peaked by my little ol story here! Again….I don't own a damn thing but the plot...all songs in this story are my personal favorites….some haven't made it to my Ipod just yet….but there's still time (*grins evilly while rubbing my hands together*) If you're not sure what the songs are….or who they're by...PM me and I will make sure to tell you at the end of the chapters or something! So, leave me some love and lets get this party started! I hope you love meddling, mischievous old women….I knwo I do and have one in the family! Love my Granny to pieces...and some of the shit that comes outta that woman's mouth would make a sailor blush ;)
BPOV
Monday:
Today was strange for me. Why do you ask? Well, because people were actually coming up to me and...talking to me. Like I've been their best friend for years. Everyone was currently trapped in the Twilight Zone here.
They were all...dare I say, nice. They came up to my sisters and I and actually asked us questions about our lives. Some even apologized for their previous behavior toward us. Yep, definitely trapped in the Twilight Zone.
All the elders were snickering and cackling at what we did to the dog pound's prized possessions Saturday night. Might I even say, some of the elder women looked upon us with pride shining through their wizened eyes. There was even awe shining through the pride. I guess they never thought we had it in us.
What can I say, you can only take so much until you end up popping your top and all hell breaks loose. The biggest surprise of the day was when the Denali elders came strolling down the main strip, tittering to each other and spewing a bunch of bull shit.
I swear all they do is talk shit. About everyone and everything...including their own flesh and blood. I'd like to say that I felt sorry for the bitch trips...but come on. They deserved everything Karma threw at them plus some.
Yesterday's lunch with the Cullen Clan was...enlightening. To put it mildly, they kept us in stitches...telling us of their antics and pranks they played on each other while growing up under the same roof. I never thought Em would be on the receiving end of a swirlie...courtesy of his brothers.
The high points were amazing...but there were times that they even got serious on us. They apologized numerous times for how they acted when we moved to town. Explained why they stood to the side as we were bullied.
The way they were feeling for us...it clouded their judgement. They were complete gentlemen and prided themselves on just that alone. They weren't cheaters, disrespectful, but at the same time, their chances to explore what they felt were always thwarted by the Denali family. Hell, they did the same shit yesterday.
Them hoity toity snobby fuckers walked into my restaurant like they owned the place. Treated my employees like a pile of horse shit, and still expected to be catered to.
My restaurant, Southern Comfort, was completely based on my family's southern style cooking. Recipes that have been passed down throughout the generations. Well, lets just say I allowed my employees to treat them with our own version of southern hospitality. I pulled all of my employees into the kitchen, while glaring at the Denali's who were hamming it up thinking they were going to get the presidential treatment after throwing their tantrum. Looking at all of my employee's downtrodden and defeated faces, I brought up their spirits.
"I want all of you to take a look at them assholes out there and really put your minds to work. Have you ever seen that movie with Dane Cook called Waiting?" I asked. They all smirked while nodding their heads. Leaning in to whisper into their ears, I straight up told them "Make that shit look like child's play. Make it obvious as well. I've been looking for a reason to blackball their asses from here. Just know, you are all safe. Now fuck their shit up." With that, I left them to their own devices and went back to my lunch date.
I told everyone what was going on with the Denali's and how they were treating my establishment and staff. This just pissed off the Cullen Clan even more.
Just as we were getting into some of the more...colorful details of the Denali gossip, I heard the bells on the door chime. Looking over Edward's shoulder, I saw a few little old ladies come walking in and taking a look around. I held up my finger and got out of my seat, approaching the group.
"Good Afternoon ladies. I'm Bella and welcome to Southern Comfort. Will there be anymore dining with you today?" I asked them as I gathered menus and tried to decide where to seat them.
"Why, aren't you a peach? Dearie, there will be more joining us. About ten of us in all and seat us anywhere close enough to hear what them damn Denali's are gossiping about...but out of arm's reach...if you get my drift?" the shortest one stated causing me to blush, smirk, and nod my head in agreement.
"If y'all could just wait right here, I'll set you up good and proper. I just need to move some tables right quick." I smiled and headed back over to the table occupied by my family and...friends?
Clearing my throat, to politely interrupt the conversation, feeling the elder's eyes on me, I told them what was said from the women and asked the boys if they could help me move some tables for them.
When the Cullen Clan stood up, the ladies gasped and started whispering between themselves. I felt my face heat with my unease of this situation. I refused to eavesdrop on their whispers...until the little ol lady I first talked to came over to me, linking our arms together and leaned in to give me a bit of advice.
"Dearie, these boys right here are good boys. Their mama brought them up right. You'll never find another like them. Genuine gentlemen who will break their own backs and work their fingers to the bone to ensure that you gals are happy. If I were you girls, I'd start off with being friends and see where it goes from there. Trust me, you won't be disappointed." she gave me a salacious wink and gave each of the boys a kiss on the cheek to reward them for their hard work.
As I handed out the menus while they awaited their other guests, good ol Miss Cope pulled me down by my wrist, moving my hair away from my ear. "I really hope we are in for a show. We are really sick and tired of those pompous asses." she stated as she pointed over to the Denalis. "We've been trying to run them out of town since their girls hit puberty. We'll let you know what we hear from them gossip mongers and be sure to keep y'all in the loop." she added while giving me a wink before she started spreading the word around the table like they were playing a game of Telephone.
I couldn't help but giggle as I walked away from them. I'd have to be sure and tell them what happened after the fireworks show that was about to happen in my humble abode. I mean, who am I, but a humble servant of the elders who request lunch and a show? Well, this is one show they will never forget. It will probably have the entire town talkin for years over this stunt.
I went back to our table and as I took my seat, the waitress for their table gave me a beaming smile as she sidled up to the newest table and took drink orders while they wait for the rest of their guests to arrive.
As she was passing our table, she stopped to check in and see if we needed anything. Before she left, she whispered in my ear that the show was about to go on. We both giggled and she headed for the kitchen.
"Um...excuse me, where the hell is our waitress? We've been sitting here forever and would like our appetizers sometime this year." sneered Carmen Denali. The Mouth of the South we call her. Bitch has a huge, loud mouth that is only good for 2 things. Her talkin massive amount of loud ass bullshit...and from what we've heard through the grapevine, she's a hoover. Yep, you heard me right. Bitch can suck a bowling ball through a hose. ..or at least that's what old man Hunter says.
Before I could even speak up, out came Bree with what appeared to be our southern nachos...tortilla chips piled high with all the fixins and...Oh god...what the hell did they do?
From my angle, it looked like the cheese on top was...wigglin? Oh dear. Please tell me they went there! Oh my sweet baby Jaysus...they dug up nightcrawlers and put them in the layers of toppings. Oh this was going to be epic.
I hurriedly excused myself once again, went to my office and grabbed my camcorder. I quietly set it up on a shelf behind the bar to record the entire altercation. I would edit it later and put that shit on youtube tomorrow.
Heading back to the table, the Cullen Clan were all eyeballin me with suspicious looks. I gave my most innocent eyes which made their narrow in retaliation. Yeah, looks like Imma have to spill my guts.
"What the hell are you up to?" Em asked with a brow raised. "Don't even try to hide it. You're like a Mexican Jumpin Bean...constantly jumpin up and down outta your seat."
"Yeah, somethin smells fishy and it's been years since I been out on a lake." Jazz added with a smirk.
"Well, out wit it woman. Whatchu hidin?" Edward asked.
"Why tell ya when you can watch?" I asked just as a piercing scream reverberated around the place.
"THERE'S WORMS IN MY NACHOS! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" screeched Mouth.
All of the guys eyes turned to mine, causing me to blush. My eyes went straight to the table, until I heard them all choking. Chancing a glance, I saw they were all holding their hands over their mouths, trying their damndest to keep their laughter hidden. Their faces were flushed with their excitement over this new development.
Before I could do anything, their entrees were on their way out with fresh drinks. Wait..was that? OH SHIT! I love my staff. They put minnows in their drinks. Small enough to fit through a straw, but big enough to be noticed when looking in the glass.
That caused all the guys to spit their drinks out of their mouths and choke some more. Their faces were red from their coughs, their eyes were pouring out tears as my sisters and I pound on their backs asking them if they were alright while we giggled at the Denali's misfortune.
"Well, at least our lunches look divine." Eleazar stated trying to pacify his Mouth.
Bree walked past us...tears running down her face as she tried not to gag. Oh my...what did they do that could cause my stomach of iron gag like that?
Listening in to the Denali's conversation, I heard Eleazar ask if anyone ever had brown butter. The blood drained from my face. I now knew just what all they did...or at least had a really good idea.
Mouth was complaining that her white gravy was a bit too salty and the consistency was off. I snorted like a damn pig and covered my mouth trying to hide my laughter and feeling my face flame a delicious candy apple red. Looking at the rest of my table through watery eyes...the rest of them were in my same predicament.
It was after this comment the entire restaurant lost it. "I never knew mashed potatoes could be crunchy."
Everyone started laughing...causing the Denali's to drop their forks in horror. To make it all the better, the lovely Miss Cope blurted out…"See what happens when you treat people like shit? You get bug filled mashed potatoes with a side of shit butter and cum gravy."
We all lost it. The tears were pouring, the stomachs were aching, and laughter was so hard it was silent, and we were all drooling on ourselves. Leave it to Miss Cope to tell the truth and drive the final nail in their coffin in this town.
"Bout damn time the shit of this town eats shit." As she sits down, a round of applause is heard throughout my restaurant causing her to pause. "Maybe this'll teach ya to be kind to the people you put in charge of your food." Then the lil ol lady takes a bow and blows everyone air kisses and pronounces "I'll be here everyday this week to take out the trash." She throws me a beaming smile and a wink then takes her seat.
EPOV
Tuesday:
I was still snickering to myself over that shit that went down at the restaurant yesterday. Imagine Bella's surprise when she found out not only did she tape the reactions, her humble employees taped what they did as they did it.
When Em found this all out, he offered to put the videos together and post them on the internet. I'm just glad that the restaurant name wasn't within the video. Although, the written tutorial throughout the video tells us all why we should be kind to all wait staff...it would still be bad for business if the health inspectors caught wind of what others may or may not do to other people's food.
The only thing we knew for a fact was that it was EPIC! I still fist bump the air when I think of how Bella handled the situation. Sure, it was great at the time...but a bad idea overall. I don't think her employees will have any problems with unruly customers ever again though. Considering most of the comments on the video were from people around town.
After that day, we haven't seen hide nor hair of the Denali's. Only the "Bitch Trips" as the girls call them.
Apparently, they had to find their own way out of town. Since they don't work, that's gonna take a while. Guess they're waiting for their next Sugar Daddy to sweep them off their feet and ride them into the sunset.
Just the thought of it sends shivers down my spine. To think that could've been me and my brothers.
We owe the Swan's a huge debt for opening our eyes to the wickedness that is the Denali's. They ran the real trash out of town and it seems...lighter around here now. The Chief was one proud peacock when he heard the news. Hell, even my parents were overrun with joy at what they managed to accomplish. That bat shit crazy Miss Cope, she keeps us in stitches whenever she comes around. There is definitely a method to her madness.
It was Tuesday afternoon and my brothers and I were on our way to meet the girls for lunch. It's slowly becoming our new routine. The more we hang out with them, the more entranced we become. We learn something new about them everyday. Yesterday was all about their devious sides. We came to one conclusion. Never piss them off. We don't want to end up on their shit list. Worst place to be...EVER.
As we pull up to Southern Comfort, we see the Black brother's trucks sittin out front. This is not going to end well. Where they are, trouble follows shortly.
We get outta the truck and head to the front door. As soon as we walk in, we are overtaken with the smell of knock off perfume which means only one thing. The bitch trips were here. I could hear yelling over towards the bar, so we made our way over to the area where Tanya was screaming and yelling at Bella...Irina and Kate on each side of her. Alice and Rose weren't there yet which means Bella was on her own...until now.
"How the hell could you run my parents out of town? What did they ever do to you?" Tanya screams in Bella's face.
"Are you kidding me right now? Y'all ran us out before you even gave us a chance. Was it because you caught your men's eyes wandering? Were you afraid to lose them? Cause it happened anyway. They left this shit town and left you to your own devices...although you were the ultimate demise to your relationships when you spread your legs for every Tom, Dick, and Harry and wound up knocked up." Bella ranted. "The Cullen Clan have been nothing but gentlemen and that is how you repay them? All your entire family is are money grubbin whores. Y'all wanted a piece of the honey comb the Cullen's had to offer...but you blew it for your parents and your selves by cheatin on em. That's not our fault. That's yours." she added before crossing her arms across her chest taking a defensive stance.
"Yeah, well, we got the better end of the deal anyways. " they smirked as they displayed the new additions to their left ring fingers proudly.
"Well, you can have them...but I feel the need to warn you. They will stray the minute something new grabs their attention. I really hope you're not knocked up. That'll have them runnin for the hills faster than you can spit."
We all notice the Bitch Trips go white as a sheet. That gives us our answer right away. They are fucked...and not in a good way.
Speak of the devils and they will appear. Out of the restrooms comes Jake, Embry, and Quil. We step back to see how this will play out before we step in.
"Well well well, just the person we came to see. You owe us a shit load of money for the damage you did to our trucks. You and your sisters." Jake sneers at Bella.
"I don't owe you a damn dime. Maybe if you had insurance, you wouldn't have to pay outta pocket on those pieces of shit you call trucks." Bella gives back as good as she gets.
"Don't matter. it's obvious who done it. Now we want our money back." Quil spats out.
"What makes you think my sisters and I done it? Was it because our names were carved into the seat?" she asks with the mother of all innocent looks."Where's your proof? Did you see us cause the damage? Did you find our fingerprints on the truck? Did you forget that we dated you guys when this happened? Although we broke up that night...where's your proof?" she demanded revealing the devious smirk she tried to hide. "Show me the proof and I'll show you the money."
Before I can say anything...Embry smacks her across the face and I see nothing but red. That's all it took for my brothers and I to knock the shit outta them. I grabbed Embry and started wailing on him. How dare he hit my Bella. This fucker needs to die.
I was so pissed I didn't feel anything but mosquito bites to my face and body. My fists repeatedly landed on some part of Embry. We were rolling around on the floor, screams were echoing around the joint, and I didn't stop till I heard the Chief yell in my ear and pull me off the now unconscious Embry.
My chest was heaving from the exertion of the fight, my head was throbbing from the adrenaline, and my nose and mouth were dripping blood. The Chief and his other officers drug us to a table screaming for ice all around and putting as much distance between us and the Blacks as possible.
Taking a seat in front of us, he waved to Bella to join us. She had ice packs for the three of us, and she sat down beside me, cowering into my side as she placed an ice pack along her cheek.
"Baby girl, what the hell happened here and why do you have an ice pack on your cheek?" Chief asked in a demanding voice.
Bella sniffled and removed her ice pack causing the Chief to gasp. "Who baby girl? Who did this?" he asked while gently caressing her cheek.
"Embry did. Why do you think the bastard is unconscious?" I asked as I sneered in their direction.
The Chief pounded his fist on the table causing us all to jump 10 feet outta our skin as he stood up and headed over to the assholes.
Em moved to sit on her other side while Jazz sat in front of her making sure the assholes couldn't see her and she could focus on us instead of them.
I raised her face with my knuckle under her chin so I could get a good look at the damage. It wasn't too bad, but there would be a huge bruise along her right cheek. Gently, I ran my fingertips along the bruise and asked if she was alright.
Bella nodded as a tear leaked outta her eye and rolled down to her chin. Just as I went to wipe it, her sisters threw the door open and ran over to our table. They took one look at us, noticing us all busted up...then they saw Bella's cheek and the shit hit the fan...AGAIN!
Rose and Alice both flew at the assholes hurling insults and landing a few punches of their own giving Jake and Quil were given broken noses with black eyes to match. I was impressed. So was the Chief. He snatched up the girls and whispered something in their ears causing them to let out a sob and nod their heads. When he released them, they ran back to our table and attached themselves to my brothers, letting the sobs wrack their bodies as they tried to talk.
Bella was staring down at the table as tears rolled down her cheeks. I slowly brought her chin up with my knuckle once again, so I could look into her eyes. She seemed a bit lost. I gently wiped away her tears, and before I could second guess myself, I placed a delicate kiss to her bruised cheek. Looking back in her eyes, I just had to ask her again "Are you alright darlin?"
She cocked her head to the side with a confused look on her face. "Yeah, I'm alright. Coulda been worse if y'all weren't here to save my ass." she chuckled as she shook her head.
"He never shoulda put his hands on you. Has this happened before?" I had to know what I was dealing with.
"No. They never got physical like this. Guess I now know where their hearts lie and it never was with us. We were nothing more than glorified arm candy." she chuckles darkly while shaking her head once again.
"Well, if you were my girl, I'd show you how treasured you should be." My eyes widened as my mouth ran away from me. "Uh…" Before I could say anything else, Bella pressed her lips to mine in a light chaste kiss.
I gasped and held my breath until she separated her mouth from mine. "I think I have to have a dinner date before you can call me your girl." she giggled as she blushed. I couldn't stop the smirk even if I tried.
"Well, in that case, Miss Bella Swan, would you do me the honor of being my date for dinner tomorrow night?" I asked as I fell down on bended knee and put my hand over my heart; causing her to giggle again.
"Why Mr. Cullen, I thought you'd never ask." She said breathily before she blushed and giggled with her sisters now that they were paying attention to us.
"Aaww look Jazz, our Eddie is finally growing up." Em stated in a high pitched voice while Jazz giggled like a girl and managed to blush like my Bella, while the Chief just snickered over what he was currently seeing.
We all busted a gut laughing at the scene my brothers and I created until the Chief knocked the playful atmosphere right outta us with a warning.
"If you even think of doing to my girls what them dogs did, I have a gun, shovel, bag of lime, and one hell of an alibi. Treat my girls right and we won't have a problem. Got it?" he asked as he cocked a brow at us while fighting to keep the smile off his face.
We all gulped and nodded our heads while mumbling yes sirs all around, making him chuckle as he walked off. He already knew he had nothing to worry about, but it was his parental right to warn us.
The girls snickered at our unease, but still managed to calm us with a kiss to the cheek. "Pick us up around 6 tomorrow night and this will NOT be a group date. I'm sick and tired of those." Alice stated.
"Yeah, I could use some one-on-one time to get to know ya...properly." Rose stated as she eye fucked my brother and licked her lips.
"I agree. That was part of the problem with the dog pound. If it wasn't all of us together, it didn't happen." Bella added.
As we stood to leave, I wrapped Bella in my arms and gave her a kiss to the crown of her head, then pulled away to place a kiss to her forehead. Looking into her eyes, I could see my future.
Riding on the back of her bike, picnics in the park, swimming in the lake, a house, kids, I could see it all. Baby steps Cullen...I had to remind myself. Step one is a dinner date.
"What are you smilin at?" Bella asked breaking me outta my own head.
I chuckled and just hummed. "Dinner tomorrow. I can't wait!" I squealed like a damn girl. Didn't know I had it in me, but if it made her laugh like she was now, I'd do it all over again.
"Wear jeans and boots." Bella said as she unwrapped herself from me.
"Why?" I asked.
Leaning in to me and pulling me down by the collar of my shirt she whispers, "Just because you're pickin me up doesn't mean you're driving." She let go of my collar and smirked at me with a mischievous sparkle in her eyes. "I don't want to know where you are taking me...but I will need directions." With that, she left me standing there with my jaw on the ground. Making it to my truck, my brothers were in the same state as I was. We looked at each other and then squealed like girls. "They're taking us on their bikes!"
With that thought, we floated through the rest of our day.
That night, our parents dropped by to see what the hell happened at the restaurant. So, we filled them in on what we heard, saw, and done. Our parents were outraged, and proud. They couldn't believe the gall they had to smack Bella. When I told them I may be getting a call about beating the everloving shit outta Embry, my parents shrugged and said it's a good thing we have a great lawyer on retainer. They decided to call him when they went home, but had to question the dreamy smiles on our faces and goo goo eyes we were sporting.
"You have dates with the Swan girls don't cha?" Ma squealed as she gave Alice a run for her money on the theatrics. Paw just smiled his secret smile knowing that this was it. Our chance to FINALLY get what we always wanted.
"They're taking you on their bikes aren't they?" he asked while he snickered at the looks on our faces.
"They're going out with us period." we stated...then added "The bikes are just an added bonus." causing him and Ma to chuckle.
"You have to tell us how it turns out. We know how long you've been wanting this." Ma stated as she squealed again. "I'm so excited and happy for y'all."
With our promise to call her the day after our dates, she grabbed Paw's hand and they headed home.
That was the first night I dreamt about my future with Bella Swan.
A/N: I normally do this...but got out of the habit! Sorry...but if you want some great reads that I'm reading or have read...check out these stories:
The Walk, The Assignment, The Siren's Song by aushapasha
The Prophecy by TwistyCliffieBtchs (Ausha and I's collab story)
Nova by cupcakeriot (Read all her stories! You won't be disappointed!)
THE DARK DANCE by maliciouspixie5
Heat by PrincessRachael (2 chapters left and should be finished on Saturday)
The Betty Chronicles by Emily Bowden
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