A/N--Wow, again! Thanks for all the reviews and alerts...that makes me so happy! As you probably already figured out, the song lyrics in the beginning of each chapter also represent the chapter's title. That song usually serves as my inspiration for writing and represents the mood of the chapter...just in case you were wondering. Anyways, here's the promised chapter for the bachelor/bachelorette party. I hope you have as much fun reading it as I had writing it...and I would suggest finding the karaoke songs on iTunes or youtube when you read this, it makes it all that much more entertaining! So here's a little fluff for you...there's some plot development in here somewhere...
BLEEDING LOVE
Hey Sister, Go Sister, Soul Sister, Sister Flow
Hey Sister, Go Sister, Soul Sister, Sister Flow
He met Marmalade down in Old New Orleans
Struttin' her stuff on the street
She said "Hello,
Hey Joe, you wanna give it a go?" Oh
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Ta Ta
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Here
Mocha choca lata Ya Ya
Creole Lady Marmalade
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
--"Lady Marmalade"
Chapter Four
"Hey Bella! Are you ready to go? Come on…we're going to be late and you know who is going to be very upset with us…" Edward called through the door.
Bella grimaced at his voice but still kept throwing clothes through the air as she desperately searched for something to wear. When she had seen what Alice had laid out for her to wear to Emmett and Rosalie's joint Bachelor and Bachelorette party, she eyes practically fell out of their sockets. There was absolutely no way she was going to wear a mini-skirt, let alone a mini-skirt with knee-length spiky heeled boots and a tank top that was practically transparent. Alice had completely lost her mind. She dug through her closet, tossing clothes out left and right, frantically searching because she knew she had run out of time. Ugh. If only she had caught on to Alice's dirty little trick sooner.
Her jaw set tightly as she thought back to how Alice had sneaked into her room several hours before and when she slid out from behind the door trying to go undetected, Bella cornered her almost instantaneously.
"What were you doing in my room, Alice?" Bella had accused.
"Why, Bella, don't look so suspicious! You know I would never, ever snoop in your room." Alice had replied innocently.
Bella's eyes narrowed warily. "Let's say that you were snooping. What would you be looking for exactly?"
"Oh you know… Old Navy or Sears shopping bags…used condom wrappers…that sort of thing."
Bella just sighed and rubbed her eyes tiredly. "What were you really doing in my room, Alice?"
"Well, I was just thinking that I wanted you to look extra special tonight so I was just laying out an outfit for you on your bed. Please promise you'll wear it…please…for me?"
Alice gazed up at her with her best puppy dog eyes and Bella just sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Bringing out the big guns, are we? You know I can't deny you anything, my love." Bella smirked.
Alice let out an excited squeal and practically leapt into her arms. "Oh Bella! I knew you would say yes! I knew it! I can't wait to see you in that outfit…you are going to look so amazing…but…can I trust you to do your makeup on your own?"
Bella shook her head and rolled her eyes. "I think I can handle it."
Now, Bella wanted to wring the little pixie's neck. Maybe she could string her up somehow using those deathtraps called boots. She sighed again as she held up a few shirts. No…Alice had had a point about looking extra special, but that didn't mean she had to wear that awful outfit Alice had so graciously picked out for her. She did want to look good for the party because it was a special occasion. Two of her best friends in the entire world were getting married on Saturday. That didn't happen very often and she didn't want to be underdressed…Rosalie would kill her if she was. At the very least, they had been wise about the party-planning and had scheduled the party on a Wednesday, allowing everyone some time to recover before the big day. It also meant that they, for the most part, would have The Twilight Club all to themselves since Wednesdays were usually dead nights for the club. Emmett had had the brilliant idea to hire a karaoke DJ, which everyone was especially excited for since they rarely had the opportunity for karaoke…except her. She was positively dreading it and she knew everyone was going to make her sing but she hated being the center of attention, which was why the boys could usually only convince her to sing one song whenever they had a gig.
"Bella?" Edward's voice came through the door again. "We're really going to be late…can I come in?"
She sighed and ran a hand nervously through her tousled locks. "Yeah."
His head peeked in the door and within seconds, he was standing inside her room, smirking at the disaster area.
"Wow…it kinda looks like a tornado went through here or something…" He laughed.
She sent him an evil glare and held up two tank tops. "Which one?"
His eyebrows rose in surprise. "I thought Alice picked something out for you already."
She scowled and held up the horrid skirt dangling from her finger. "She wanted me to wear this. There is absolutely no way I am going to wear a skirt…especially since I have a feeling that we're all going to be drunk out of our minds tonight and you know how I fall down a lot when I'm drunk."
He nodded with a big smirk on his face. "You fall down a lot, Bella."
She exhaled in exasperation and shook her head. "Yes, but can you imagine, me falling down, wearing this?"
He bit his lip to keep from laughing and grinned widely. "I suppose I see your point…but you know Alice is going to be really upset if you don't at least wear one thing she picked out for you."
She sighed and a pained expression crossed her face. "I know, I know…maybe I could wear the shirt she picked out if I wore a tank top underneath it…"
He laughed again and shook his head. "Well, I suggest you make up your mind soon because we need to get going."
Bella groaned in frustration and winced. "Alright, alright…just give me a minute."
After he quickly shut her door behind him, she hurried threw on the first black tank top she could find, then that stupid transparent tank top that was much too low cut for her taste, and then she settled on a pair of dark form-fitting jeans and black heels to appease Alice…who she knew would very upset to see that Bella hadn't worn the skirt. Maybe heels would be good enough for her tonight.
Edward and Bella sat in silence during the cab ride to the club. They hadn't had much to talk about since the weekend before but to his credit, when they did interact, he seemed to be much easier to handle. She figured he was just keeping his distance after everything that had happened and she couldn't blame him for that. Their conversation in her bedroom had been their first real conversation since he had been bailed out of jail and if anything, it had been fairly pleasant.
Alice practically tackled them when they walked into the club. "You're here! Yay!"
When her eyes surveyed Bella's outfit, her lips curled downward. "Bella? Why aren't you wearing that skirt I picked out for you…I'm hurt."
She continued to pout as Bella laughed. "Did you really think I was going to wear that sorry excuse for a skirt? Come on, Alice…you know better than that."
"A girl can hope." Was the sullen reply.
Still, Alice took Bella excitedly by the hand and led her into the club with Edward following closely behind.
"Oh, Edward?" Alice called, turning her head slightly. "I'm supposed to tell you that your man-whoring is to be put on hold tonight. You are not allowed to pick up any women tonight, per Rose's orders."
Both Alice and Bella giggled when they heard Edward's exasperated sigh behind them. When Rosalie caught sight of them, she all but leapt over the table to throw her arms around her two best friends.
"Ah!! I am so…happy right now!" Rosalie shrieked. "This is going to be the best night ever…I've already had three shots! Hahaha!"
This was going to be a loooong night.
With Jacob behind the bar mixing up the poisons, all six friends stood up to start the night off right with a shot.
"Tequila…all around, Jake!" Emmett yelled, slapping his hand down on the bar.
"Ooo wait, make sure to get salt and limes too, Jake." Rosalie called out behind Emmett, wrapping an arm seductively around his neck. "We are going to be so drunk tonight!"
"Just for the girls, Jacob…we men don't need training wheels…" Jasper replied, garnering a smack on the head from Alice. "Oww, babe, sorry…but it's true."
She put her hands on her hips and glared at him, causing everyone else to break out into laughter. "Fine. I'll show you I can take it like a man. No salt or lime for me, Jacob."
Jacob just shook his head as he set out the shot glasses in front of Emmett, Jasper, and Edward. Then he slid two limes and a salt shaker over to Rosalie and Bella before placing their shot glasses in front of them. He slid a shot glass cautiously over to Alice, with his eyebrows raised in apprehension.
"You sure about this, Alice? You'll probably going to regret this later."
"I don't care, Jacob. I'm doing it." She stuck her tongue out at Jasper before picking up her shot glass.
When all six had their shot glasses raised in the air, Emmett called for the best man to give a bachelor-bachelorette party toast.
Edward nodded to him, grinning from ear to ear. "Alright, Em…here goes nothing. To my big brother and the love of his life…I wish you all the happiness in the world together…and I'm just fucking glad it's not me."
"Hey…" Rosalie replied while the others chuckled and the boys dutifully took their shots.
"Oh, just take your shot already, Rose." Bella whispered behind her.
They nodded to each other, licked the salt clean from their side of their palms, and took the shots in one gulp, quickly bringing the lime to their lips. Alice, however, was not so lucky. As soon as the liquid entered her mouth, she spit it back out onto the bar.
"Ahhh! That was horrible! That was the most disgusting thing I have ever tasted! Ugh! Sick! Jacob, can I have some water, please? I have to get this taste out of my mouth! Ahhhhh!"
While everyone else laughed hysterically behind her, Jasper wrapped a comforting arm around her waist. "So I guess you're off of tequila for a while, right, babe?"
She just glared up at him, causing the others to grip their stomachs tightly with laughter. When she turned her evil glare on them, the laughter immediately ceased.
"Alright!" Rosalie yelled. "I'm ready for some karaoke. And I want my future husband to serenade me. Right now!"
Emmett immediately blanched, a horrified look on his face. "What? Rosie…I can't go first…can I at least have a couple more drinks before…please?"
Rosalie smirked and slowly shook her head. "Nope. You told me you would do whatever I wanted tonight. Well, Emmett my love, this is what I want."
He gulped loudly and quickly asked Jacob for two more shots of tequila. When he had downed them within thirty seconds of each other, he smacked the shot glasses down forcefully on the bar. "Fine, Rose…what my lady wants, my lady gets."
He sauntered confidently over the DJ while everyone took their seat at the table, waiting for the show to start. They watched in amusement as Emmett spoke to the DJ. He started flipping through the song listing but stopped when the DJ said something to him.
"Oops, that's right." Rosalie smirked. "I forgot to tell him that I already told the DJ what he would be singing and to not let him sing another song, by order of his bride."
"Oh this is going to be good." Bella and Alice squealed in unison.
Emmett jumped up on stage as the music started playing. When they recognized the song, Bella and Alice yelled in excitement at the top of their lungs, and Edward and Jasper shook their heads while Rosalie leaned forward expectantly with a huge smile on her face.
He sent her a dark look as he gripped the microphone tightly.
He started singing very quietly, with pure mortification on his face:
"I love myself I want you to love me
When I feel down I want you above me
I search myself I want you to find me
I forget myself I want you to remind me."
As the chorus picked up, he started rocking his hips a little to the music.
"I don't want anybody else
When I think about you I touch myself
Ooh I don't want anybody else Oh no, oh no, oh no!"
Rosalie was screaming at the top of her lungs now: "Yeah, baby! Shake it!"
Emmett responded with huge grin and raised his free arm to the top of his head as his hips gyrated seductively to the music. His head bopped from side to side as he continued to sing horribly off key.
"You're the one who makes me come running
You're the sun who makes me shine
When you're around I'm always laughing
I want to make you mine."
He spun around as his body moved from side to side. His shoulders finally got in on the action and he turned around, shaking his butt out to the audience, eliciting a loud scream from Rosalie.
"I close my eyes and see you before me
Think I would die if you were to ignore me
A fool could see just how much I adore you
I get down on my knees I do anything for you."
He leapt off the stage, dragging the microphone's cords behind him. He shook his hips right in Rosalie's face then spun around to create the same motion with his butt. Her hands shot out to grab it and he playfully slapped them away, shaking a finger at her as he continued to sing, his hips rocking to the beat with a finger trailing seductively down his chest.
"I don't want anybody else
When I think about you I touch myself
Ooh I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no."
The song ended to an eruption of applause, whistles, and screams as Emmett grinned widely and put the microphone back in its place. As soon as he returned to their table, Rosalie leapt onto him, pulling him into a long, lust-filled kiss.
Alice rolled her eyes and turned her attention to Bella, an evil twinkle sparkling in her eye. "I think it's Bella's turn now."
Bella groaned and her head fell into her hands. "Please, no…"
Suddenly, she was bombarded with encouragements and slaps on the back.
"Oh come on, Bells." Emmett grinned. "If I can make a complete fool out of myself then so can you."
She sighed and pinched her nose. "Alright, Alice, what am I singing?"
Alice tilted her head to the side, a thoughtful expression crossing her face then she grinned brightly. "I know! Sing... 'Material Girl', I love that song!"
Bella sighed again and shook her head. "Alright, 'Material Girl' it is."
She grudgingly made her way over the stage and put in her request. Taking her place by the microphone, she dutifully crooned out the song as it started playing.
As the song began, Alice cocked her head to the side and watched Edward thoughtfully. He felt her eyes on him and he abruptly shifted his eyes to meet hers.
"What?" He snapped.
"Nothing." She smirked.
"Why were you staring at me then?" His eyes narrowed suspiciously.
Alice sighed and pulled Edward down to her so she could speak over Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie's loud whistles and screams for Bella.
"You know, I never got the chance to tell you this because everything happened so fast and I know Bella probably didn't say much to you but…I wanted to thank you for beating the living daylights out of James last Saturday."
His expression changed rapidly and his eyebrows rose in surprise. "Oh…"
She smiled softly and lightly kissed him on the cheek. "You're a good guy to have around sometimes. You really…you really care about her, don't you?"
He nodded carefully. "She's one of my best friends, Alice."
She nodded knowingly. "I know, Edward…I know."
Within moments, Bella was sitting back at the table with them. This time, she was the one with the evil grin on her face.
"Alright, ladies," she smirked. "I think it's time we all got up there."
Rosalie was immediately on her feet, clapping her hands excitedly and downing the rest of her drink. She was already up on stage before Alice finally stood up, shooting daggers at Bella the entire way. Rosalie threw her arms around Bella and Alice's shoulders and started gyrating her hips before the song even started.
"What are we singing, Bella?" Alice hissed as she gripped a microphone tightly.
Bella just grinned widely as the song started playing and Rosalie threw her arms in the arm when she recognized the song. Bella and Rosalie started dancing wildly to the music while Alice stood stiffly to the side as they began singing.
"Tarzan and Jane were swinging' on a vine"
Candyman, Candyman
Sippin' from a bottle of vodka double wine
Sweet sugar candy man."
Rosalie and Bella swung their hips seductively to the music as Alice kept to the side, barely singing along. Rosalie nudged her in the elbow and whispered lowly into the microphone, "Come on, Alice, if you don't start having fun up here, I'm going to rip you a new one…"
At that, Alice rolled her eyes but started shaking her hips a little as the song really got going, feeling a little more encouraged when Jasper whistled loudly.
"I met him out for dinner on a Friday night
He really had me working up an appetite
He had tattoos up and down his arm
There's nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm
He's a one stop shop, makes the panties drop
He's a sweet-talkin', sugar coated candy man
A sweet-talkin', sugar coated candyman."
The girls had the entire bar whistled and clapping loudly as they continued to dance on the stage. Soon, all three girls were grinding into each other to the beat, with Rosalie in the middle, running her hands scandalously along the hips of Alice and Bella.
"He took me to the Spider Club at Hollywood and Vine
We drank champagne and we danced all night
We shook the paparazzi for a big surprise
the gossip tonight will be tomorrow's headline
He's a one stop shop, make my cherry pop
He's a sweet-talkin', sugar coated candy man
A sweet-talkin', sugar coated candyman."
Now the crowd was really going and Emmett and Jasper were on their feet, yelling, clapping, and whistling loudly. Edward was still sitting, covering his mouth in laughter and shaking his head. Rosalie waved coyly to the boys before abruptly turning to kiss Alice on the lips. Then she turned to Bella and kissed her too, causing the crowd to erupt into a frenzy.
"Sweet sugar candy man
He's a one stop, gotcha hot, making all the panties drop
Sweet sugar candy man
He's a one stop, got me hot, making my uh pop
Sweet sugar candy man
He's a one stop, get it while it's hot, baby don't stop
Sweet sugar candy man, he got those lips like sugar cane
Good things come for boys who wait
He's a one stop shop with a real big ahh
He's a sweet-talkin', sugar coated candyman."
As the song came to an end, the entire crowd was on their feet, clapping wildly and the girls beamed out at the crowd as the boys whistled loudly from their table. They took a small bow and then jumped off the stage to return to their table.
"Wow…ladies, that was quite the show." Emmett yelled.
Edward and Jasper continued to shake their heads as they made room for the girls to breathlessly take their seats.
"What can I say," Rosalie replied seductively. "I got…inspired."
Emmett grabbed Rosalie by the waist and captured her lips roughly on his, much to the chagrin of the other occupants of the table.
"Oh God!" Alice exclaimed with shock.
Edward shook his head and gestured to the bar. "Let's go get another shot and leave these two idiots alone for a little while."
Emmett flipped them off, his lips still securely attached to Rosalie's as the others snickered and left the table.
"God, those two are disgusting!" Jasper laughed.
Jacob came over to them behind the bar and bit his lip. "Well, Bella, Alice…that was quite the display you guys put on."
Alice and Bella beamed at each other before giving each other a congratulatory high five.
"Alight, ladies, that's enough." Edward smirked. "Hey Jacob, can we have four shots of…"
He glanced at Jasper questioningly before continuing. "Four Apple Jacks, Jacob."
Jacob smirked and nodded before setting to work on making the shots.
"Ugh. I hate Jack." Alice whined.
Bella just shook her head and poked Alice playfully in the ribs. "Oh come on, Alice…take it like a man."
Alice stuck out her bottom lip but still took the shot glass that was offered to her. After they downed the shots, they smacked the glasses back on the counter.
"Four more, Jacob!" Alice yelled with an evil smile.
Jacob shook his head while Edward slapped Alice heartily on the back.
"Yeah! That's my baby sister! Who taught you to drink?" He yelled proudly.
She turned to him and looked at him with a wide grin. "You did, big brother!"
They gave each other exuberant high fives while Jasper and Bella rolled their eyes.
"You sure you want to be part of that family someday, Jasper?" Bella asked with a smirk.
He laughed and nodded as Alice wound her arms tightly around his neck. "You better believe it!"
This time, Edward and Bella rolled their eyes as Jasper pulled Alice in for passionate kiss.
Bella exhaled in annoyance and Edward nudged her with his elbow. "What is it with everyone tonight…you'd think there was a full moon or something…"
She laughed and took another sip of her drink. "Oh well…they're just in love…nothing special or anything like that."
He smirked at her and gripped her elbow to lead her back to their table. When they sat down, Rosalie and Emmett quickly untangled themselves from each other and smiled sheepishly at Edward and Bella.
"Sorry guys…" Emmett blushed. "I guess I got a little carried away for a while."
Edward rolled his eyes. "Yeah, well, you passed it along to Jasper who is sucking our sister's face right now."
Emmett's head whipped around and his mouth dropped open in horror. "Jasper! Release my sister! Right. Now!"
Jasper jumped at the sound of Emmett's voice and immediately let go of Alice, who stuck her tongue out at her brothers, to Rosalie and Bella's benefit, who were laughing hysterically.
Jasper took Alice's hand and led her back to the table. When they were seated, Rosalie looked at the three boys with a wicked grin.
"Oh boys…" she slurred in a sing-song voice. "You know what would make me really happy right now?"
All three bit their lips nervously and shook their heads, eyeing each other worriedly.
Rosalie laughed evilly and clapped her hands together. "You boys are going to get up there and sing us a little song!"
Alice and Bella immediately cheered and smack their hands down on the table chanting: "Sing, sing, sing!"
"And I know just the song…" Rosalie was abruptly on her feet and glided over to the DJ. She whispered something to him and came back to the table with a triumphant grin on her face.
She pointed to the stage. "Get up there. Now!"
The boys looked at each other and shrugged. They saluted Rosalie and downed the rest of their drinks before rising to the occasion.
"Well, boys, I guess we're too drunk to remember this in the morning so why the hell not?" Emmett said, slapping the other two on the back as they made their way over to the stage.
"Rose, what are they going to sing?" Bella asked excitedly.
Rosalie opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted when a collective "What!?" came from all three boys on the stage. She laughed and clapped her hands wildly.
"You'll see…oh, this is going to be absolutely fantastic." She cheered as Alice and Bella turned their attention to the stage.
Edward grabbed a microphone and growled: "You are absolutely insane, Rose!"
"Sing the damn song!" Was her reply.
"Seriously, Rose…" Jasper pleaded.
"I'm the bride! I'm the bride!" Was all he got from the audience.
Emmett just shook his head at the other two, having already learned his lesson. When Rosalie wanted something, she got it.
Edward threw his hands up in the air. "Fine! You want a show, you got it!"
He nodded to the Emmett and Jasper, who nodded confidently in return. The music started playing, when caused Alice and Bella to squeal in anticipation. All three boys started rocking their shoulders as they started singing:
"Hey Sister, Go Sister, Soul Sister, Sister Flow
Hey Sister, Go Sister, Soul Sister, Sister Flow."
They started swinging their hips to the music and pumping a fist in the air as the crowd started clapping to the beat. Jasper did a little spin and took over the singing while Emmett and Edward shook their hips.
"He met Marmalade down in Old New Orleans
Struttin' her stuff on the street
She said "Hello,
Hey Joe, you wanna give it a go?" oh
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Ta Ta
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Here
Mocha choca lata Ya Ya
Creole Lady Marmalade."
They stuck out their butts and shook them in the air as they started singing together:
"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?"
They were moving their hips wildly and waving their arms in the air as they sang. Somehow, they all ended up in the same position as Alice, Bella, and Rosalie had been in for their song and started grinding together, thrashing their heads to the beat. Now it was Emmett's turn:
"He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
The boy drank all her magnolia-wine
On the black satin sheets oh I swear he started to freak
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Ta Ta
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Here
Mocha Choco Lata Ya Ya
Creole Lady Marmalade."
Rosalie screamed wildly and clapped her hands while Bella and Alice whistled. They stood up and started dancing along to the music at their table. Rosalie jumped up on the table and started swinging her hips lower and lower until she was almost touching the surface of the table. The boys followed her lead and sunk lower and lower totally in sync, causing another uproar of yells and screams from the crowd.
"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?"
Edward spun around and fell to his knees as he belted out:
"Touching her skin feelin' silky smooth
The colour of cafe au lait
Made the savage beast inside
Roar until it cried, More, More, More
Now he's back home doing 9 to 5
Living his grey flannel life
But when he turns off to sleep
Old memories meet, More, More, More
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Ta Ta
Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Here
Mocha Choco Lata Ya Ya
Creole Lady Marmalade."
He jutted his hips from side to side, his shoulders bopping up and down as he danced, which only caused all the girls in the room to fly into a frenzy. They finished out the song and after bowing to the crazed crowd, jumped down from the stage, grinning like Cheshire cats.
Rosalie leapt off the top of the table and directly into Emmett's arms and started kissing him wildly. "Oh my God, baby, that was so hot! I don't even care that you're a horrible singer!"
"Umm…guys…" Emmett managed to gasp out into between kisses. "I think we're going to get going."
He carried her out of the bar, with Rosalie's legs wrapped tightly around them with the others watched with amused grins.
"I think we should get going too, Jazz…" Alice whispered seductively as she traced circles on Jasper's leg. He gulped and immediately jumped up from the table, grabbing Alice's hand to pull her to the exit.
"Bye guys!" Alice called out as they practically sprinted to the door, leaving Edward and Bella sitting alone at the table.
Edward grimaced as he watched Jasper and Alice leave. "Ugh…that was something I didn't really need to see."
Bella shrugged as she finished the rest of her drink. "So what? She's happy. Isn't that all that matters anyway?"
He nodded and nudged his head towards the door. "So do you want to get out here or what?"
She finished sucking down the rest of her drink and nodded. "Yeah, I'm feeling pretty drunk. I shouldn't have anymore or you might have to carry me out of here."
Edward laughed and grabbed their coats before running over to the bar to say goodbye to Jacob. Bella stumbled clumsily towards the door before falling flat on her face.
"Ow." She groaned into the floor and quickly pushed herself when she realized she had just fallen face first onto a dirty bar floor.
It only took Edward a few seconds to get to her side and he helped her stand. "Geez, Bella, I can't take you anywhere, can I?"
She frowned and smacked him on the shoulder. "Shut up and take me home."
"Your wish is my command." He smirked as he helped her stumble out of the bar.
When they walked out into the brisk winter air, Bella somehow tumbled out of his grasp and directly into the snow.
"Ah! Crap!" She yelled.
He laughed and once again, helped her stand. She wrapped an arm around his neck and leaned into him.
"So are you sad, Edward?"
He looked down at her and frowned. "Sad about what?"
Bella shrugged as he helped her steady herself. "Well, Rosalie said you couldn't take anyone home tonight…sorry for cramping your style."
He just laughed at her and smirked, raising an eyebrow. "Well, technically, I'm taking you home."
She made a face and hit him on the shoulder. "That doesn't count! We live together!"
He shook his hand and laughed again. "Let's just get you home, Bella."
"Ow!" Bella yelped as she tried to take off one of her heels.
Edward sighed and took her foot in his hand, quickly undoing the strap that she had been struggling with. He helped her sit down on her bed as she managed to get the other shoe off by herself. He pushed her gently onto the bed but she just huffed and leapt off the bed.
She threw off her shirt and kicked off her jeans, leaving them in a pile at Edward's feet. She struggled to get off the tank top that had been underneath that stupid shirt Alice had forced her to wear but her arm got caught up in the side of it.
"Ow! Edward…help me, I'm stuck." She gasped.
Edward froze and shifted his eyes away from Bella, who was standing in front of him in her underwear, with her arm caught in her shirt, partially exposing her black bra to him. He swiftly grabbed the fabric, trying to advert his eyes as much as possible from what was below him, and lifted the tank top over her head. He threw it gingerly onto the pile of her discarded clothes and rose an eyebrow when she fell back into bed.
"I'm so tired…" she mumbled sleepily.
He smiled gently and pulled her comforter up around her, tucking the edges around her. He reached out to smooth her hair but his hand jerked back when she opened her eyes to whisper good night. Then he was gone.
As Bella drifted off to sleep, she could have sworn she heard the sound of the shower running off into the distance.
A/N---I hoped you liked it!! I bet you all thought something was going to happen at the end, didn't you? Oh well...things are just going to get a little more complicated from here...R/R!!!