Things Left Unspoken Chapter 4: Surprises, a twilight fanfic

Chapter four of Things Left Unspoken

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The chapter starts out the day after the previous chapter. (The previous chapter was set on a Monday, so the setting is Tuesday in this chapter.)

Important info- In my story, Charlie and Renee are really wealthy, and are not divorced.

Chapter four- Surprises

BPOV

I was checking my email in my office. It was about 5:00 and everyone was hard at work, since we had an interview with Versace about their Spring collection. I found an email from my mother. It read;

Dear Bella,

Hello darling! How are you? It's been a while since we last talked.

Anything new going on? Do you have a boyfriend yet?

Anyway, I just emailed you to let you know that your father and I will be attending

the English Winter's Ball this year. Granted, we attend every year, but this year, we will be hosting.

Have you heard the news yet? Clarke Swan Publications has just been made the top publishing company

in the world! So, to celebrate that, Charlie and I will be hosting. Anyway, I hope to see you there.

Lots of love,

Charlie and Renee

I sighed. My mother was always pestering me about my love life. She had good intentions of course, but sometimes she was just a bit too much. But it was interesting to hear about Clarke Swan Publications though. I had no idea it was the top publishing company.

Clarke Swan was my great great grandfather. He built the publishing company from scratch back in the late 1800s. Thanks to him, Clarke Swan Publishing is now one of the most common companies in the world.

As I was thinking about all this, I heard a knock on my door. "Come in." I said.

"Sorry to disturb you, Bella, but Versace called and said they couldn't make it."

"Ughhh. Can they ever make it?" I asked, annoyed. "Okay, tell them it's fine. But they will have to make up for this eventually. Be sure to let them know that."

"Okay, sure. Can I get you some coffee or anything?"

"Um, if it's not too much trouble, could you get me a Moaca Caramel Latte with extra ice, and a blueberry scone for me please?"

"Sure thing, Bella."

"Thank you so much, Angela." She nodded and left.

I usually didn't ask much of my personal assistant, but I was really busy today, and I wasn't sure I was going to get enough time to eat lunch.

As I started to get back to work, I heard another knock on my door. "Come in." I groaned.

Today was just not my day. Not only was I going to have my mother poking at my "boyfriend" like a tomato, but Versace decided they wouldn't come, I was going to let Alice do my makeover today (since the ball was on Saturday), and on top of all that, I was starving on account of the fact that I didn't eat lunch because there was a crisis in the make-up department.

The door opened, and I saw Edward and Leah entering. "Did we catch you at a bad time?" Edward asked.

"No, I was just thinking about a few things. What do you need?" It felt weird talking to Edward knowing he knew who I was. It was really awkward, and usually annoyed the crap out of me knowing that he liked me.

Not that I believed her of course, but no one should ever bet against Alice unless they want to be wrong. She was usually right about everything. It's like she's physicor something.

Leah answered "So you know how we were working with Lauren Malaroy for the winter wonderland spread with Marc Jacobs?"

"Yes, what about it?"

"Well, she wanted to redo the whole photo shoot, because she didn't like how one picture turned out. She said that one picture reflected the rest of her pictures. She didn't like the winter wonderland theme either, so she wanted to change it." Edward answered.

"Well then," I said sarcastically; "Why doesn't she be the editor and decide how the magazine is layed out? Who hired her anyway? I specifically told Marc Jacobs that I didn't want her for the magazine. I asked Angela to do it, and I even told him myself."

"About that, we talked to Marc Jacobs. He said that all of his models were either busy modeling for another designer, sick or what not, and Lauren was the only one left. He apologizes." Edward said. He was staring at me again. Maybe Alice was right, what if he did like me? It was kinda starting to creep me out.

"Oh. My. God. I can't believe this. I absolutely, under any circumstances don't want her modeling in Vogue. I may sound really demanding right now, but I need someone else to model. It doesn't matter who, just get someone. Please."

"Okay, I'll go see if Gemma Ward is available." Leah said, as she walked out the door. Edward was about to follow her until I called him back.

"Edward wait, I need to talk to you about something regarding the ball on Saturday."

"Sure what is it?" He asked.

"Well, I recently got an email from my mother, you know, Renee Swan?" He nodded and I continued. "So apparently, she and my dad are hosting the ball this year. And they will be there. So, I'm just letting you know beforehand, that my parents, well, my mother can be very.......um.....nosey about my dates, so if she asks some questions that you know seem like Alice would ask them, I'll interrupt."

Edward thought over this and said "Okay. Sure. Do they know who I am?"

"No, they don't know you specifically, but they know I have a date. So....uh...when things start to get kinda awkward, I'll ask you what time it is and we'll leave."

"Okay. That fine."

"Kay, that's all. I'll see you later, Edward."

As I opened the door for him to leave, Leah came in and said "Good news, Bella. Gemma Ward said she'd model for us on such short notice. Now all we have to do is fire Lauren. Do you want to do that or should I?"

I laughed, imagining the look on Lauren's face when she was told she was fired. It was very unprofessional and somewhat childish of me to do so, but Lauren deserved it. She was one of those people who thought the world was about her, and nothing and no one else mattered. Just like Edward.

"Um....you can tell her that, if that's okay?"

"Sure, that's fine."

Edward and Leah both left my office.

After they left, I typed my reply back to my mom;

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am fine, it's great that you and dad are hosting the English Winter's Ball. I'm not going to comment

on the whole boyfriend question. Regarding Clarke Swan Publications becoming the world's number one publishing company, it is very exciting! It is so great that this has happened.

don't really have anything else to say. See you at the ball on

Saturday! Hopefully this year, I can find a dress that I'll be able to walk in.

Your daughter,

Bella

After I typed the email, I hit send. I sighed. It read 5:15. There was a knock on my door and Angela came in with my coffee and my scone. "Here you go, Bella."

"Thank you so much Angela. You have no idea how much I appreciate this."

"Sure Bella. Anything else you need?"

"No, that's fine Angela."

As Angela was leaving, Alice came in. "Hellooooo Bella! Are you ready for your makeover?" She chirped.

"No, but I'll do it anyway." I groaned. My bad mood didn't seem to affect her because she was just as dapper as ever.

"Come on then! Let's go play Bella Barbie!"

"Yay." I said with little enthusiasm. As we walked out of the building.

.:At the Frederic Fekkai Salon:.

I sat in the chair at the Frederic Fekkai Salon while Alice was talking to him about the best hairstyle for me. After it was done, I had to admit, it looked good. My hair stayed the same length, however, I got layers, and side bangs.

Alice saw me admiring it, and gushed "Wow. Bella, this looks better than I thought it would. You're definitely going to break some hearts on Saturday night. Particularly Edward's." She smirked and pulled me out of the chair.

"Now, come on. Let's go shopping at Barney's."

She dragged me across the store. Alice was shifting through racks of clothes vigorously when she squealed "Ahhhhhh! Bella! This is it! This will look breath taking on you."

I looked at it, and I had to admit, that it wasn't that bad. It was actually kind of cute. It was a black, one shoulder Armani dress with a silver cord strap.

"Wow." I said. "That actually looks kind of cute. I like it."

As soon as I said that, Alice beamed. "See Bella? I'm rubbing off on you! Soon you'll be just like me. Shopping will be your life."

"Don't count on it." I muttered under my breath.

"Now, go change please, and I will try this dress on too." She said pointing to a green colored spaghetti strapped dress.

After I tried the dress on, I had to admit that it actually looked good on me. It looked better than good, it looked great. Alice seemed to read my mind. "Wow! Bella! You look amazing! My work here is done. Well, for dresses at least. Now, let's go look for shoes."

As soon as I changed, she dragged me out of the dressing room and to the part of the store where they had shoes. She kept on giving me shoes to try on, until we finally settled for black Jimmy Choo sandals. However, they were four inches tall, and Alice had to practically beg me to wear them.

"Bella! Bella please! Please Bella? Bella Please? Please Bella? Bella Please? Please Bella? Bella Pl--?

"ALICE! If you say that one more time, I swear I am leaving."

"Please Bella? Why won't you wear them?"

"Oh. Um, let me think. Maybe because I'll fall, and most likely break something, or someone else? Come on Alice. I can't even walk on a flat surface without tripping. You seriously expect me to walk in 4 inch heels? Really?"

Alice then pulled the puppy dog face. I looked away. She knew I couldn't resist the puppy dog face. "Please Bella?" She asked slowly.

"UGHHH. Fine! Alice! I'll wear them. But if I break anything you're paying for it. And that includes my emergency room bill."

She instantly perked up. "Yay! Now come on, let's go to dinner. I don't know about you, but I'm starving."

.:Saturday Night at the English Winter's Ball:.

I stepped outside the limo and arrived at The Plaza. As soon as I stepped out, I was blinded by cameras and photographers. I smiled gracefully for them, though in my four inch heels, I felt anything but. Alice had done my hair and makeup before she got ready herself, since she was going to the ball too. She worked for Vogue as well, however she worked in the closet. Which was a perfect job for her seeing as she loved clothes. I grimaced as I remembered how she played Bella Barbie on me while getting ready.

.:Flashback:.

"Bella, do you want to do your make up or hair first?"

"Alice, if I had my way, we wouldn't be doing either."

"Okay, let's do the hair first."

She fidgeted with my hair and put it up un a messy but elegant bun with strands of hair hanging down.

"Kay. Now make up. Close your eyes."

She applied ice cold light pink eye shadow and black eyeliner on my eyes. Then she applied mascara. Alice skipped the blush seeing as how I could produce that myself. And she put red lipstick. She sighed. "Okay Bella. My work here is done. You are totally going to break Edward's heart tonight."

.:End of Flashback:.

As I got to the lobby, I saw Edward. "Hello Edward." I said.

"Hey Bella. Wow. You look amazing." Edward stuttered.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself." The statement was true, kind of. He did look really handsome in his tux, and any other girl would have fallen for him in a second. Except me. Because in my mind, he still looked like the jerk he'd always been. "Come on, let's go."

He took my hand, and I flinched. We walked up to the guy in charge of the guests. The guy said "Name please?" As he said that, I could of sworn I saw him wink at me.

"Swan. Bella Swan?"

"Ah. Please come in Miss Swan. Is he with you?" Motioning to Edward.

"Yes, he is." I said ruefully.

The guy didn't look happy about it, and I saw Edward smirking. "So Edward, is this your first time coming to the English Winter's Ball?" I asked, my tone conversational.

"Yes, it is. I--"

He was interrupted by Walter himself. "Bella! Hi! It's so great to see you! Edward."

"Hi Walter." I said.

"So, Bella. Do you want me to get you a drink?" Walter asked.

"Actually, I was just about to get Bella a drink myself." Edward answered. I tried to control the shocked look on my face.

"Oh. Well, let's get her a drink together." Walter smirked.

"Um, I'd just prefer it if one of you got me a drink, seeing as how it would be a waste if I didn't drink the other one."

"I'll get it for you. Bella." Walter said quickly and walked away.

Walter walked back and handed me the drink. "Thank you Walter, shouldn't you be getting back to your date now?"

"Oh yes. I said I would get her a drink. Goodbye Bella. Edward."

After he left, Edward turned to me. "Wow, um, he really likes you."

I laughed freely. "Yeah. He does. So Edward, tell me about yourself." Asking Edward things about himself was part 3 of Alice's plan. I would drop hints then.

"Well, I was born in Forks, Washington. I've lived there most of my life." I was really surprised he gave this away. Almost everybody in Forks knew each other.

"Really? Me too! Huh. You'd think I would have known you. Forks is such a small town, almost everybody knows each other. How old are you?" I answered.

"I'm 27. How about you?"

"I'm 27 as well. This is really weird." It wasn't weird at all, of course, I had to keep in character.

As Edward started to talk, we were interrupted yet again. This time, by my parents.

"Bella! How are you darling? How long has it been since we've last seen you?" Asked my mother giving me a hug. My dad then gave me a hug.

"So Bella, who is this?" Renee asked motioning to Edward.

"Uh, this is Edward Cullen. He's the photographer at Vogue." I said. I saw that my father was glaring at him. Charlie did this for all of my dates. It wasn't his fault though, I would imagine almost every father did that. I think Renee noticed his look too, because she gave Charlie a look.

"Nice to meet you Edward. I'm Charlie." My dad said, forcing a smile. They shook hands.

Renee however, was ecstatic about meeting Edward. She gave him a hug and said "Great to meet you Edward. I'm Renee, how long have you and Bella been dating?"

Edward answered. "We've been dating for five months." I gave him a I'm-going-to-kill-you look. He looked at me and then looked at Walter, who looked like he was having a deep conversation, but kept on looking at us repeatedly.

I mouthed "Oh" and turned back to my parents.

Charlie said "So Bella, are you visiting us this Christmas? How long has it been since you've been to the Christmas and New Year's party? You have to come this year. You have no excuses honey."

Before I could answer Renee said "Yes! You should definitely come! In fact, you and Edward should both come! You have to! We're going to be at the beach house in Cape Cod. We're not taking no for an answer!"

Edward looked at me with uncertainty in his eyes. I sensed it because I said "We'll let you know later."

"Sorry Bells, you two need to tell me now. We're already behind on planning, and we don't need you two calling at the last minute and telling us."

"Sorry mom, we can't make it. I'm sure Edward wants to spend Christmas with his family too."

"Actually, Carlisle and Esme are usual guests at your guys' Christmas and New Year's party so we'll be there." Edward smiled.

"Oh! You're their son! I'm so stupid! We remember you Edward! I can't believe I didn't make the connection! Cullen! We haven't seen you since you were three Edward! We can't wait to see you there Bella!" My mother said.

I grimaced. I am going to kill Edward after my parents leave. He is so dead. I forced a smile.

"Great! We'll see you then. Bye honey." They said as they left to go talk to Walter Buffman. His family was known very well in the publishing industry so naturally we were close family friends. "Oh, and Walter and his family are going to be there too. One more thing, you guys should be here buy the 17th, next Wednesday."

I smiled and turned to Edward as soon as they left. My smile faded as I whisper yelled "What the hell was that Edward? You really want to spend Christmas with me at my parents house? Who are Carlisle and Esme?"

EPOV

The limo dropped me at the front of the Plaza hotel. I had planned to tell Bella who I was tonight. She deserved to know, and she deserved an apology. I had just come in when I heard Bella's beautiful voice. "Hello Edward."

"Hey Bella. Wow. You look amazing." I stuttered. Smooth. I thought.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself." I smiled when she said that. "Come on, let's go."

We walked up to the guy in charge of the guests. The guy said "Name please?" As he said that, I could of sworn I saw him wink at Bella. I stiffened.

"Swan. Bella Swan?"

"Ah. Please come in Miss Swan. Is he with you?" He asked motioning to me.

"Yes, he is."

The guy didn't look happy about it, and I smirked at him. "So Edward, is this your first time coming to the English Winter's Ball?" Bella asked me.

"Yes, it is. I--" Before I could finish my sentence, we were interrupted by none other than Walter.

"Bella! Hi! It's so great to see you! Edward."

"Hi Walter." Bella said ruefully.

"So, Bella. Do you want me to get you a drink?" Walter asked.

"Actually, I was just about to get Bella a drink myself." I answered.

"Oh. Well, let's get her a drink together." Walter smirked.

"Um, I'd just prefer it if one of you got me a drink, seeing as how it would be a waste if I didn't drink the other one." My Bella said kindly.

"I'll get it for you. Bella." Walter said quickly and walked away.

Walter walked back and handed Bella the drink. "Thank you Walter, shouldn't you be getting back to your date now?" Bella said clearly annoyed.

"Oh yes. I said I would get her a drink. Goodbye Bella. Edward."

After he left, I turned to Bella. "Wow, um, he really likes you."

She laughed freely. It sounded like bells. "Yeah. He does. So Edward, tell me about yourself."

"Well, I was born in Forks, Washington. I've lived there most of my life." I said as I hoped this didn't give too much away.

"Really? Me too! Huh. You'd think I would have known you. Forks is such a small town, almost everybody knows each other. How old are you?"

"I'm 27. How about you?"

"I'm 27 as well. This is really weird." She said. I was so glad she didn't recognize me just yet.

As I started talking, I was interrupted yet again. This time by a couple who I assumed to be Bella's parents.

"Bella! How are you darling? How long has it been since we've last seen you?" Asked Bella's mother, giving her a hug.

"So Bella, who is this?" Her mother asked again referring to me.

"Uh, this is Edward Cullen. He's the photographer at Vogue." Bella said. I saw Bella's father was glaring at glaring at me. It made me a bit uncomfortable.

"Nice to meet you Edward. I'm Charlie." Bella's dad said as he shook my hand.

"Great to meet you Edward. I'm Renee, how long have you and Bella been dating?" Her mother asked me. I was a bit taken aback when she asked me that. Then I remembered what Bella said about her mother being like Alice.

"We've been dating for five months." Bella gave me an I'm-going-to-kill-you look. I then looked at Bella and then looked at Walter, who looked like he was having a deep conversation, but kept on looking at us repeatedly.

She mouthed "Oh" and turned back to her parents.

Charlie said "So Bella, are you visiting us this Christmas? How long has it been since you've been to the Christmas and New Year's party? You have to come this year. You have no excuses honey."

Then, Renee said "Yes! You should definitely come! In fact, you and Edward should both come! You have to! We're going to be at the beach house in Cape Cod. We're not taking no for an answer!"

I looked at Edward with uncertainty in his eyes. I think she sensed it because she said "We'll let you know later."

"Sorry Bells, you two need to tell me now. We're already behind on planning, and we don't need you two calling at the last minute and telling us."

"Sorry mom, we can't make it. I'm sure Edward wants to spend Christmas with his family too." Bella answered.

"Actually, Carlisle and Esme are usual guests at your guys' Christmas and New Year's party so we'll be there." I said. I don't know why I said it, but I did.

Bella gave me a look as though she wanted to kill me and she forced a smile.

"Great! We'll see you then. Bye honey." They said as they left to go talk to Walter. "Oh, and Walter and his family are going to be there too. One more thing, you guys should be here buy the 17th, next Wednesday."

Bella smiled and turned to me as soon as they left. Her smile faded as she whisper yelled "What the hell was that Edward? You really want to spend Christmas with me at my parents house? Who are Carlisle and Esme?"

I took a deep breath.

"My parents and your parents are best friends, so this wasn't the first time I had been asked to go to their place for the holidays. Carlisle and Esme are my parents. They were making me come this year anyway, so I thought why not incorporate this to your parents asking us to be there? It would be better than any other explanation."

I watched Bella slowly take that in. It was rather amusing and interesting to watch.

BPOV

I remained quiet as that slowly sunk in. I decided to get back at him by saying "Oh yeah! I remember Esme! She used to volunteer at Forks High! For the fundraisers and stuff. You think she'd remember me?"

As I said that, he stiffened. I said this because I knew for a fact that Edward used to get lectured by Esme about being nice to me. I also knew that Edward got grounded once or twice or more than that for doing all the things he did to me. I knew that Esme would remember me.

"She might." Edward said. Emphasizing the word "might", which I think was for his own personal benefit.

Edward looked at me nervously. I knew what he was thinking. Why didn't she remember me? She remembered Esme. The truth was, I was kinda looking forward to visiting my parents now.

It would really be fun getting back at Edward with his mother. Alice's plan didn't really work out, because I couldn't think of anything to say that would send him hints that I knew who he was. "I'm going to go get more champagne. Do you want some Edward?" I asked sweetly.

"Um, sure. I'll come with you."

Much to my dismay, I got up and almost fell on my face. However, Edward caught me just in time. "Thanks Edward."

He simply smiled. Just then, I heard a familiar voice. "So Bella, have you billed me on anything yet?"

I smiled at Alice and Jasper. "No Alice, but I was remarkably close. Are you and Jasper coming to Charlie and Renee's holiday parties this year?"

"Duh Bella. We always come. You might want to think about returning the favor. It's kinda sad that their own daughter can't make it, but her best friend can." Alice said teasingly.

"Alice, Edward and I are going to be going this year." I said making a face.

Jasper then hyped up and said to Edward "Good you're coming this year! Mom and dad have really missed you during the holidays."

Edward smiled. Alice made a face back at me and said "Bella, can you come to the bathroom with me for a sec please?"

"Sure Alice."

When we came in to the bathroom, Alice nearly attacked me. "BELLA! Why did you invite him to your parents house?"

"I didn't, Alice. Calm down." After she calmed down a bit, I explained everything that happened. Including my plan for revenge. Alice of course thought this was a great idea and wanted to help.

I now couldn't wait for Wednesday to come. Revenge was going to be sweet. And Edward deserved revenge.

Sorry I took so long to update! I wanted a twist in my story, and it took me forever to think of one. Looks like Bella's getting snobby! That's okay though. Edward deserves it. Which brings me to my next point of interest.

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