AN: I forgot to mention...I don't own any of these characters blah blah blah...this applies to every chapter in this story. Yeah...anyways, continuing.


Chapter 4

"This was mowst defiantwy nowt on my wist!" I had trouble forcing the words out from between my clenched teeth.

Alice and Emmett had driven me home after the amusement park and instructed me to shower and wash my hair. While I had done that, Alice had wrangled permission from Charlie for a sleepover. He'd only made her promise I wouldn't come back with anything else pierced. At least this sleepover wasn't at the insistence of my over protective boyfriend. In fact, I got the distinct feeling that he would be very unhappy about what I'd done with my week away from him.

After my shower, Alice had dragged me to her house and played Barbie doll with me endlessly. By this time I was terrified as to what would require my looking good when Edward within a hundred mile radius. Alice did my makeup darker than usual, and sprayed my hair until it wouldn't move with out some serious effort. Then, she stuffed me into a flashy red halter top and nice black pants.

Even more ominous, Alice and Rosalie dressed similarly (although they managed to show much more skin and look vastly better than me). Even Emmett was dressed up flashier than normal. I had pouted the entire way to Seattle in the car, until we pulled up to our destination. This was why I was protesting vehemently and refusing to get out of the car.

"You'll have fun, I promise!" Alice argued back, hand on hip. "I have foreseen it…" she added in a mystical voice. I felt angry hot tears threatening to spill out of the corners of my eyes.

"No." I tightened my grip on the door handle. If they tried to force me, I would make a scene. Alice knew that. Unfortunately, she also had the added bonus of seeing what would make me go without a fuss.

"Pleease Bella? For me?" Emmett asked pleadingly. "I want to share this experience with you while you're still human." More likely he wanted to see me fall down as much as possible before became graceful.

"Emmett, why dew yew want may tow dew dis?" I asked desperately.

"It'll be fun, I promise!" Emmett wheedled. "We won't leave your sight, and we'll make sure you don't fall down. Don't you want to have one last memory of what it's like to be clumsy before you never have the chance again?"

"No! Dat is one fing I will newver miss."

To my surprise, Rosalie spoke up. "Please Bella? Just be good, I'll even show you a few simple dance moves that I know you can do." This swayed me a little more. I really would like to get closer to Rosalie.

I sighed defeated, "Awight. But I'm howlding yew pewsonawy wesponsible Awice," I said pointed a menacing finger towards Alice. It was hard to be intimidating when I sounded like the priest off of the 'Princess Bride'. She smiled and helped me out of her Porsche. As if she hadn't known I would finally cave eventually.

Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me into the crowded club. Lights flashed wildly over the dance floor and a heavy beat pulsed. It was so crowded, and so dark I couldn't make out any of the faces that were around me. I held Alice's hand tighter; I defiantly didn't want to get lost in this craziness.

We found a semi-clear spot towards the back of the room and formed a little circle facing each other. "Okay Bella, I'm going to mainly show you things to do with your hands, so that way you don't trip with your feet," Rosalie began. After a few minutes, I was catching on reasonably well and Rosalie nodded in approval.

"That's great Bella!" Alice said excitedly. "Edward is going to be so jealous we got you to dance of your own volition."

"Dat's de onwy weason I'm dancing at all Awice. I down't hawve to make a foowl of mysewl in fwont of him," I replied. I didn't think I could handle it if he had been there to watch my humiliation too.

Emmett and Rosalie eventually wandered off, milling into the crowd and leaving me with Alice. I continued dancing half-heartedly with her, wondering if it was too soon to ask Alice if we could leave. "Don't even think about it," Alice said suddenly. "We haven't even gotten started yet." I guess that answered my question. Stupid future-seeing vampire.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned my head expecting see Emmett. It was defiantly not Emmett.

"Bella!" Mike said enthusiastically. "I never expected to see you here."

"Yeaw, me newither," I told him.

"Where's Cullen?" he asked, trying to pass it off as casual conversation.

"Hew's camping," I replied. He cupped his ear and leaned closer.

"What?" I repeated it louder and he nodded. He looked disappointed. Maybe he was hoping we had broken up.

"Cool, well while you're here you want to dance?" I was about to refuse, when Alice jumped in.

"Go on Bella, I'll find you in a few!" She smiled widely and danced off into the crowd before I could answer. I glowered after her, but my desire not to be stuck alone in the club won over the desire of not wanting to hang out with Mike.

"Thanks for those concert tickets," Mike said conversationally as I moved my arms to the music. "It was awesome!"

"Good, I'm Gwad!" I yelled into his ear. A frown crossed his face.

"Are you alright Bella? You're talking funny," he asked.

"Yewh, I'm fwine Miwke," I replied. "I juwst gowt mey townge perced."

"You what?" He asked, creasing his forehead. I sighed. It was Charlie all over again. I stuck my tongue out and his eyebrows flew up in shock. "Oh! Wow! Umm…wow Bella I never would have expected that. I mean, I only thought that girls that were slu-…I mean I didn't think you were the kind of girl to do that."

I narrowed my eyes at him. I was fairly sure I knew what kind of girl he thought had tongue piercings. "Girwls who awre what Miwke?" I asked dangerously. It was obvious from the look on his face he had drawn conclusions as to mine and Edward's physical relationship being the reason for me to get a tongue ring. As mortifying as it was, the anger over rode that.

"Noo…nothing," he stuttered suddenly looking nervous.

"Swuts?" I asked as I shook my hands in agitation. His face went from red to purple. He looked like he was choking on something, his gazed fixed horrified at my hand. My left hand.

"Whah….What's that?" He choked out. I looked down at my ring.

"Hawvn't you ewver seen an engagement wing Miwke?" I asked, even more defensive. Surely he'd already heard the news, I thought Jessica would have called him first thing. "Diwdn't yew gewt your invitation?" I asked. Alice had sent them out about a week ago, I would have thought he should have received it by now.

"Tyler and I have been out of town for a couple of days," he said, still looking like he was choking on something. "Our mom's finally let us come to Seattle to celebrate graduation since there haven't been any more new murders. But seriously Bella…Marry Cullen? Are you sure you don't want to-"

"Come on Bella!" A deep baritone voice said in my ear. "Let's go dance!" Emmett grabbed my elbow and started leading me though the crowd. Tragically, I'd never know what it was Mike wanted me to do. Darn. Not.

"Later Newton! See you at the wedding," Emmett threw over his shoulder, leaving a shell shocked Mike standing in the middle of the crowd, mouth opening and closing repeatedly.

The rest of the night passed uneventfully enough, the Cullens didn't let me fall down once. It could have been much, much worse. I had defiantly decided though, that I wasn't allowing any of them to pick out my activities from now on. Besides, I knew exactly what I wanted to do tomorrow.