I just want to apologize for this chapter taken so long to come out. I've kinda had the case of writers block. I hope ya'll enjoy it. Thanks to my wonderful new Beta Eifeltwr. She has taken me under her beta wing, hehe. I also wanted to say I'm sorry if I got anything wrong in this chapter about the helicopter ride. I've never been to Vegas, so please forgive me.
Bpov.
I woke up the next morning with the sun shining in my face. I groan and roll over, glancing at the alarm clock perched on the night stand. Crap it's already eleven-thirty am. I'm surprised Alice barged into my room yet. I guess her, Rose and Angela stayed out longer than I did. I roll out of bed and go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and to empty my bladder. Once I'm finished I head to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee.
I watch as the coffee starts to brew. While I'm waiting I decide to grab my phone and check to see if Edward has texted me yet. I head back to the kitchen, phone in hand and am shocked to see Angela slouched at the table cradling her head in her hands.
"Good morning, sunshine," I say as I grab two coffee mugs. Ang only groans in responce.
I laugh at her. "Long night, Ang?"
"You have no idea. I'm never drinking that much again." I giggle because it's unlike Angela to get drunk. Well, except when we all went out for her 21st birthday.
We sit in comfortable silence sipping our coffee. I use this time to try and wake up, while Angela nurses her hangover. After we've both inhaled our second cip of coffee Rose and Alice shuffle out of their rooms, looking like death. I stiffle a laugh and make them some coffee.
After I sit back down my phone vibrates in my robe pocket. I pull it out and see it's from Edward. I'm doing a happy dance on the inside, wasn't sure he would call me...well text me. I look up and see the girls aren't paying attention so I read it really quick.
Good Morning. Are you awake?-E
I reply quickly while the girls are still half asleep.
Good Morning to you too. I am awake-B
Wanna meet up for some grub? I'm starving and I'm sure my brothers and Ben wouldn't mind some food to absorb the alcohol in their bodies. -E
I laugh quietly, but I guess not quietly enough, because I had three pairs of eyes glaring at me. I shake my head and try to hide my smile as I turn my attention back to my phone.
Sure I'd like that. How about I talk to the girls and see what their plans are and I'll get back to you. -B
I look back up and Alice quirks her eyebrow at me. I know that look, she's silently asking who I'm talking too or should I say texting.
I clear my throat and all the girls look up again. "So, that was Edward he wants to know if we want to go have brunch with him, his brothers and Ben.
Normall they all would've squealed, especially Alice, but I guess they're too hungover. I get up and head to my room to change out of my pajamas. I riffle through my clothes, but haven't got a clue what to wear. I finally settle on a pair of light blue jean capris and purple tank top. I grab my purple bra and panties and get dressed. Once I'm dressed I head to the bathroom and apply some eyeliner and lipgloss, and straighten my hair. I declare myself ready and walk to the living room. Angela is the only one there. Go figure. Rose and Alice will at least be another thirty minutes.
"So Bella, what's going on with you and Edward?" Ang asks.
"Um nothing, we're just friends, just two people are getting to know each other. Why?"
"Oh I don't know, maybe because I saw you playing tonsil hockey with him last night."
I blush and laugh at her. "Tonsil Hockey? Really Angela, are we in middle school again? Seriously though, um...yeah it was completely unexpected. We were talking and he said he wanted to kiss me, so I said yes." I know my face is probaly beet red by now.
Ang laughs, "That's okay Bella, I think he's hot and you should totally take a chance on him. I haven't ever seen you this happy."
"Thanks Angela. Now I just gotta figure out how to avoid the million questions Rose and Alice are gonna throw my way."
"Good luck with that. I already had mine," She teases. Gah, she's a brat.
Oh well, I guess I'll deal with the questioning when it comes. Maybe I'll get lucky and they won't hassle me. Psh! Yeah right, this is Alice and Rose we're talking about.
While we're waiting on the two diva's I text Edward to let him that the girls and I would love join them for breakfast. Well..brunch or something since it's like almost one in the afternoon.
Finally Alice and Rose come out looking like supermodels as usal and we grab our things and head over to meet the boys at IHop, since they serve breakfast all day long. The boys are already seated and the hostess walks us back to their table.
Rose and Alice saunter up to Jasper and Emmett and shove their tongues down each other's throats. That's interesting I didn't know they were an item now. I shouldn't be surprised though, usually when Rose and Alice see something they like they don't waste any time getting what they want.
I look over and quirk an eyebrow at Ang, she shakes her head and laughs, and sits next to Ben. They give each other a little peck on the lips.
"Good Morning Ben, Edward." I say as I walk over to sit next to Edward.
Edward stands up and kisses my cheek before he pulls my chair out for me. I blush and whisper my thanks. No one has ever done that for me before.
"Good Morning, Bella. Did you sleep well?"
"I did, thank God I didn't wake up with a raging headache and a hang over like these three did. I know when to quit drinking." I smirked at the girls
Rose and Alice flip me the bird and Ang rolls her eyes and sticks her tongue out at me. We all laugh then pick up our menus to decide what we want to eat just as the waitress comes over.
"Hi, my name is Amber and I'll be your waitress today. Can I start you off with some coffee or juice?"
"Yes, can we get four cups of coffee, two glasses of milk and two glasses of orange juice please?" I ask her.
"Can you make that eight cups of coffee? I think we're all gonna need it this morning," Edward laughs.
"Yeah, I'd like a glass of water, too," Emmett says.
"So, we have eight cups of cottee, two orange juices, two glasses of milk and a glass of water?" Amber asks.
"I think that's right." I tell her.
"Okay, I'll be right back with your drinks."
As Amber walks away I notice that she seems to be adding more sway to her hips than she did when she came. Now if only the other knew what they wanted she wouldn't have to make a half dozen trips. But no. we have to wait. Yeah, I'm cranky because I'm hungry, so sue me.
Finally she comes back with our drinks and she takes our order. I just know that this bill is going to be exepensive with all the food the boys are getting. You'd think they'd never been fed.
"I'll put that right in for you. Just let me know if I can get you anything at all." She licked her lips and pushed out her fake boobs, her eyes trained soley on Emmett.
I think I heard Rose growl because the waitress's eyes bugged, she straighten up and scuried off. I couldn't help laughing so hard. I've never known Rose to go all cavewoman on a man.
"What? That bitch was hitting on Emmett! She needs to back off because he's mine and her little skank ass is never going to have a chance with him."
Yeah, I was in tears from laughing so hard. Rose smiled sweetly at me and joined the rest of us in a fit of laughter.
"That's right, laugh it up bitches; you know you'd do the exact same thing is some skank was hitting on your man right in front of you," Rose said.
I blushed because Edward isn't my man. We are just friends because our friends are split into couples, so he's stuck hanging out with me.
"Damn straight, no one is taking my man from me," Alice and Angela say at the same time. We all started laughing again.
The waitress brings our food and we all dig in. It was silent at the table, the only thing you could hear was our silverware hitting the plates and the other people in the restaurant.
Angela finally broke the silence. "What's the agenda for today Alice?"
"Well I wanna go shopping, then go and gamble some more,"
I silently groan, I hate shopping.
"How about we shop a little, then hang out by the pool for a while. I'd really like to try and get some sun before Phantom of the Opera tomorrow night. We can always gamble later tonight since the casino's are open 24/7," Rose suggests.
I love Rose more now than I think I ever did before. I shoot her a grateful glance and smile. She smiles back and winks.
"Boys, you did get your tickets right? I told you to get them before they sold out," Alice reminds as she points her fingers at them.
I laugh at the look on the boy's face. Alice might be small but she can be scary sometimes.
"Yes darlin', we got the tickets last night. We got lucky the section was almost sold out, we bought the last four tickets in the row," Jasper explains.
Alice squeals and jumps into Jasper's lap. We laugh at her. Jasper leans foward and kisses her temple. They are so cute together.
"Hey I've got an idea, how about we take a helicopter ride over Hoover Dam? I've always wanted to see it," I suggested, hopping to get out of this shopping trip all together.
"That's a great idea, Bells. I'd like to see it too. but I don't know about the helicopter ride though," Ang laughs nervously
"Don't worry babe, I'll hold your hand the whole time," Ben tells Angela and she visibly relaxes.
Wow he must have some power over her because she's had a fear of flying. Even on the plane we had to get her a stiff drink to calm her down.
"How about we do couples? Alice and Jasper can go first, then Ben and Angela, Emmett and I and lastly Edward and Bells." Rose suggests.
I glare at Rose because she knows Edward wouldn't want to be stuck in a helicopter with plain old boring me.
Edward must be able to read my mind because just as that thought passes through my mind, he leans over and whispers in my ear, "That sounds romantic doesn't it? I hope I can hold your hand while we're up there. Acutally, I wanna hold your hand now." I shiver because his hot breath against my skin feels amazing.
Edward reaches down and grabs my hand lacing our fingers together. My face is hot and my heart feels like it's going to bust right out of my chest. What is this man doing to me?
We finish our breakfast and Edward pays the bill, before I can protest. He places his finger over my lips and says, "Please Bella let me spoil you. Plus I'm not just paying for you, I'm paying for everyone else too." He smirks at me
Gah, that stupid handsome man knows how to get to me. "Fine, but I'm paying next time," I huff.
"Thanks for brunch, Edward," The girls say, each of them giving me a pointed look.
I blush even more and say, "Thank you Edward for brunch it was delicious."
He kisses my temple and says, "Your welcome, love."
I think my face is going to be permanetly red if I can't stop this blushing.
We leave the restaurant and to head to the hotel to book our helicopter rides. I'm neverous would be an understatement. Not that I'm scared of the helicopter ride itself it's I know I know Edward is only being nice to me because our friends are paired up. I'm defenitley not Edward's type. I've seen the women whe've tried to get his attention since we've been here. Some of them are skanky and some are beautiful. Of course he just ignored them since I was with him, however I'm sure he would be all over them had he not been stuck babysitting me.
"Edward, you know just because our siblings and friends are together doesn't mean you have to be stuck with me. I'm sure you'd rather be with some of the women who have been ogling you everywhere we go." I said, trying to get him off the hook.
"You think I'm being forced to be around you? Just because our friends are together doesn't mean I'm being forced to stick around."
"Well yeah, you'd be left out otherwise. I'm sorry you're stuck here with me."
"Bella," Edward sighs." I...just because our friends are together doesn't mean I'm stuck hanging out with you." He pauses then continues "I wanna hang out with you. If I didn't want to be here I wouldn't. I enjoy your company."
I blush of course, because I enjoy his company too.
I smile shyly at him. "I enjoy your company too. It feels like I've known you forever. Plus you're easy to talk too and I feel a pull towards you."
He gives me his crooked grin and grabs my hand, lacing our fingers together. "I feel the same pull too. I don't know what it is but I'm willing to find out."
I'm glad we're out on the balcony and no one can hear our conversation. Alice was on the phone making our reservations for the helicopter rides, which are going to be at sunset. Rose,Angela, Ben and Emmett were in the living room.
Alice has been on the phone for a while. I begin to wonder what the evil little pixie is up too. Just as that thought enters my mind the pixie herself dances out of her bedroom.
Edward and I head back into the hotel room and take a seat on the floor since all the seats are taken.
"Okay, so I've made reservations for us to fly over the Hoover Dam at sunset."
"Duh Alice, we already knew that," Emmett said causing us all to laugh except for Alice.
"Well I am just letting you know it's offical now, Emmett," Alice pouts
"Oh Ali, that sounds so romantic. It's good thing we all have our boys, huh?" Rose says as she winks at me. I feel my cheeks heat up again and Edward pulls me to his side.
They laugh at me, traders. They call themselves my friends? I huff and cross my arms over my chest and bring the pout out. Of course all this does is make them laugh harder.
"Oh come on Bells, you know we love you. You are just so easy to tease," Angela giggles before coming over and hugging me. I hug her back because I can never stay mad at them. Plus I was never mad.
"Come on girls, let's go get ready for our helicopter ride!" Alice squeals.
"Um Alice, it's only two in the after noon we have a while before the sun sets," I reason.
"Bella, we need to get ready now. Actually we're gonna go down to the spa and get buffed. We need to look hot for our men."
"Alice, that's a great idea. We can get mani and pedi's too while we're down there too." Rose says excitedly
"Bells, Ang, come on...please...it's gonna be fun, I promise," Ali insists, throwing in her pout for good measure.
GAH! Why did she have to bring out the pout? I look at Ang and she's smiling.
"Ugh fine, let's go."
The girls squeal with excitement. As we link arms. I look over to Edward and find him beaming at me.
As if right no cue I feel my cheeks heat up and the butterflies attack my stomach. Who knows, maybe something good will come out of all this, I sure really hope so, if not I'm going to get my heart broken. Especially since I really think I'm in love with Edward Cullen.
On the way to the hotel spa Alice calls and let's them know we're coming.
A few hours later, I've been poked,pradded and waxed in some places that never see the sun. Yep, that's right the evil little pixie known as Alice made me get my fu fu waxed along with my eyebrows.
I'm currently sitting in massage chair with my three girls while getting mani's and pedi's, and sipping on mimosas, compliments of the spa.
"Alice, I can't believe you talked me into getting my fu fu waxed. That crap hurt like no one's business," I whined.
"Yeah Alice, I think I'm gonna have to agree with Bells on this one. That junk did hurt." Ang agrees.
Come on you two it wasn't that bad. Quit being such babies." That comment came from my lovely sister Rosalie Lilian Swan.
I glare at Rose and Alice but they aren't affected by it. I huff, since it's done and over with. Angela spends her time laughing at us. I give in and start laughing too love them and couldn't ask for a better sister or friends.
The four of us are all beautified, and as much as I hate to admit it, I had fun. I like having my girly bits nice and clean even though it hurt like a mo fro.
We headed back up to our hotel room where the boys are waiting for us. They left after us to go back to their hotel to change. Alice gave them one of our room keys so they could get back in. When we walked into our suite the boys were watching some kind of sports game on the T.V. and yelling at it.
I look over at the girls and they roll their eyes as we head to prospective rooms to get ready. Apparently Alice wants to go clubbing again after our helicopter rides so we're to dress up. Alice follows me into my room to pick out my outfit, since apparently I'm not capable of dressing myself. Her words not mine.
"Alice, I can dress on my own you know. All the clothes I have with me are the ones you made me pack. Now go and let me get dressed by myself," I huff and she rolls her eyes.
"Fine, but you better look hot or I'm bringing you back in here and making you change."
"Deal." I smirk because she won't have to make me change. I know exactly what I'm going to wear and it's defintely Alice approved. After all, she designed all my clothes.
I grab my midnight blue halter top dress out of my closet. I love this dress, it has sequins along the top to make it sparkle and be a little more flirty, at least that's what Alice told me.
I grab the death traps Alice calls shoes and put them in my bag. I'm wearing flats for the helicopter ride; I'll put them on when we head to the club. I head out to the front room and stop dead in my tracks. Edward is lounging on the couch looking like sex on legs.
He's wearing a pair of dark wash jeans that look almost black and hanging low on his hips, a dark blue button up,which curiously is the same shade as my dress, the sleeves are rolled up to his elbows exposing his gorgeous forearms. I finally meet his eyes and his smirk tells me he know I'm checking him out. He's got that sext crooked smile on his face, and I of course blush furiously.
I take notice that he's checking me out too. Hmm could he really think I'm pretty? Ugh of course not, he's just being polite.
Edward walks to me and brushes a kiss along my cheek before whispering in my ear, "Bella, you look stunning tonight. Blue looks amazing against your pale skin." His hot breath sends shivers down my spine. He pulls back and smirks. Little punk knew exactly what he was doing.
"Thanks," I squeak, then clear my throat,"You don't look bad yourself, Cullen."
He doesn't get a chance to respond as our friends come out of their rooms. Wow, they all look wonderful. Rose is wearing a mid-thigh skin, tight leopard print halter dress and black stilettos. Her hair is pulled up into a half twist. She looks fabulous.
Alice is wearing a knee length black strapless dress that's covered in sequins. Her hair is the same as it always is short and spiky. She has a pair of red stilettos that add to her short stature.
Angela is wearing a black and white single sleeved dress, and a pair of black heels. Though her shoes aren't as high as Rose and Alice's she still looks stunning.
"How the hell can you get away with not wearing seven inch heels, but I can't? I only get to wear flats during the helicopter ride, then I've gotta wear the death traps," I whine as I glare at the girls.
Angela smirks at me but doesn't say anything. Stupid brat, she totally sucks.
"Ya'll suck you know what?" I stuck my tongue out at them.
I feel Edward wrap his arms around my waist and he whispers, "I think you'd look sexy in heels. Don't worry, I'll make sure you don't fall."
GAH! What is this man doing to me? His voice is pure sexy. I rub my legs together a little in responce.
Someone cleared their throat and I look up to see it was Emmett. He has a big goofy grin on his face. I roll my eyes, but can still feel my face is still on fire.
Emmett, Jasper and Ben are basically wearing the same thing, dark wash jeans with a shirt to match their girl's dress. I have a feeling the little pixie had something to do with that.
We leave the hotel room and head for the elevator. We rented a huge SUV to fit the eight of us comfortably. Alice thankfully got one that had a GPS so we'll know where we're going. It's supposed to take us forty-five minutes but with Alice behind the wheel it only takes us twenty minutes.
"Good God, woman! Do you always drive like a mad woman? Or are you just trying to kiss us all?" Emmett screamed from the back row.
"Oh, she always drives like this. You get used to after a while. The first time Alice got her license and car, Bella, Ang and I decided to ride to school with her. I was nerver more scared in my life. For about three months after Bella refused to get into the car if Alice was driving. Angela actually jumped out of the car and kissed the ground, while I gave Alice the third degree," Rose explains
We all laugh at Alice while she pouts, but soon she's laughing along with us.
We all climb out of the SUV and head towards where the helicopter pilot is waiting for us.
"Hi, my name is Mark and I'll be your pilot and tour guide tonight. This is my co-pilot Andy." The pilot greets us.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Alice, this is Jasper, Emmett, Ben Edward, Rosalie, Angela and Bella."
"So, you siad on the phone you are wanting to go in pairs? Who's going first?" he asks.
"That would be Jasper and I. Then Ben and Angela, Emmett and Rose and last but not least Edward and Bella." Alice smiles.
"Okay, well since there are so many of you why don't we go ahead and get started? The sun is starting to set. The ride is about forty-five minutes long." We all nod and Alice and Jasper follow the pilots to the helicopter.
I'm so exicted, I've never been on helicopter before. I think this will be the longest wait of my life. Especially since there are three other couples ahead of me.
Rose, Angela and I are practically with excitement. I think we've been friends with Alice way to long. I giggle to myself, but I guess it wasn't a quiet giggle since everyone is looking at me weird.
"What are you giggling about over there, Swan?" Ang asks.
"I was just thinking that we've been friends with Alice way too long. Look at us, we're almost vibrating with excitement, exactly like Alice," I answer
"Yeah I know right, we need to cut the little pixie loose," Rose says trying not to laugh but loses the battle and laughs.
"Poor Alice, she'd beat our ass if she knew you said that." I tease, and Ang nods in agreement
After I said I feel a pair of strong arms wrap around my middle. If it wasn't for the electrical current flowing through my entire body right now I'd be screaming my head off.
"What are you ladies talking about?" Edward asks as he rest his chin on top of my head.
"Bella was just saying that we are acting like Alice since we're so exicted we're vibrating. Alice does that all the time when she's exicted about something," Rose explains, rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, I noticed that th other day. It kinda looks like she's jonsing for a drug fix or she's had too much caffeine," Emmett snickers.
"That's just Alice, she's ten times worse if you ever give her coffee," Angela says with a laugh.
We continue to chat for a while and before I know it's Alice and Jasper are back.
"So how was it? Was it as beautiful as you thought it would be?" I ask and the girls nod their heads too.
Alice squeals, "OMG! It was better than I ever imagained."
"I agree with Alice, it was breathtaking, but I don't want to ruion it for you. Ben and Angela, you're next," Jasper drawls.
After Ben and Angela left we all sat chitchatting, getting to know each other better.
Emmett is the oldest, the Jasper who we found out was adopted by the Cullen's when he was in middle school. His parents had died in a car accident and since Jasper's parents and the CUllen's were best friends they'd agreed to adopt Jasper if anything happened to them.
Edward is the youngest, like me. Ben is their best friend and has been since they were all in diapers. No wonder our group gets along so well, we have so much in common.
Ben and Angela come back with wistful looks on their faces, kind of like the looks that Jasper and Alice had when they got back.
I can't wait until it's our turn to go. Rose and Em are next and then finally Edward and I. I just wish it'd hurry up; I've never been so impatient in my life.
I hear snickers coming from behind me and see that it's Edward. I throw him a dirty look which only makes me him laugh.
"Come on love; settle down, we're next. It shouldn't be too much longer," Edward said while holding me tighter.
GAH! I love this man so much even though it's only been two days. My body melts into his. We're a perfect fit.
"I know, I'm just so excited. I've never been on a helicopter let alone ride in one over the Hoover Dam."
Just as I said that I heard the helicopter and I couldn't stop the squeal that came from my mouth. It's finally our turn.
The gang was laughing at me. What the hell is this, laugh at Bella day? I'm too excited to care though. The sun was at a perfect spot in the sky for our last ride.
"Oh my goodness that was absolutely breathtaking. It's so much better than what everyone was saying," Rose rambles on. I tuned her out, not wanting to ruin the surprise.
Edward grabs my hand and laces our fingers as we head to the helicopter. Luckily the piliot had shut it off after he'd landed. I've always been kind of scared of the blades spinning.
Edward, ever the gentlemen, helped me up into the helicopter making sure I didn't show my goods to everyone in the process He then climbed in after me.
We got seated and buckles as the pilot gaves us headphones to help block out the noise and hear him talk.
The chopper than lifted off, I held Edward's hand the whole time. I glanced at him, he was mirroring my own huge grin, only his was crooked just like I love
It was so beautiful up here. I've flown in a plane a few times, but this is a hundred times better than looking out a little square window.
"We are now flying over the Hoover Dam," Pilot Mark says.
I can't keep the smile off my face as Pilot Mark gives us details about the Hoover Dam. Everyone was right, this is spectacular. I'll have to make sure I thank Alice for paying for the this chance of a lifetime
Edward squeezes my hand and I turn to look at him. He leans over and kisses me chastely at first, then he deepend it a little at a time, I guess he's testing the waters. After we break apart my face is flushed and I'm sure it's not from my blush, it was from that kiss. This has been an amazing trip so far. I really need to thank the girls for dragging my behind out here.
We head back to where the rest of the gang is waiting for us. I can't believe the forty-minutes is up already.
We land and Edward climbs out first and he helps me out. Just as I put my feet on the ground the girls come over to steal me away from Edward.
"So how was it?"
"Wasn't it so romantic?"
"Did Edward kiss you?"
"Whoa girls, calm down!" I laugh
"To answer your question Alice, not it was so much better than I thought it would be."
"Angela, yes it was very romantic. I couldn't have picked a better thing to do than watch the sunset over the Hoover Dam. Ya'll know you were there too." I laugh
"Of course we were silly but now answer the damn question SWAN! Did Edward kiss you?" Rose demanded
"Yes!" They all started squealing
"GIRLS CALM DOWN!" I shout. "It's not the first time he's kissed me, Angela you should know this, remember you were the one who saw us kissing the first time."
"What? He kissed you before and you ddin't tell us? Why Bella?"
"It was a spur of the moment thing. I didn't think it was a big deal, but now I think it is since kissed me again."
"Of course he likes you Bella, you should see the way that boy looks at you. We all see it," Rose says.
I shrug and don't say anything. I'm just going to go with the flow. If something happens between us then so be it.
"Okay let's go, I'm ready to par-tay," Alice yells before walking away. I'm guessing to gather up the boys.
We all climb back into the SUV, this time Rose is drivning and head to the club. This should be an interesting night.