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I stirred, and rolled over. My head was pounding. I groaned; I'd never had a headache that was this painful before. I slowly cracked my eyes open, to this blinding light. I closed my eyes again; it burned me.
"What's that bright light?" I rasped. Wow, what's wrong with my voice? I cleared it, and then tried again. "What's that bright light?"
I heard Edward chuckle. "That's called sunlight." Oh. I squinted, and sure enough, I saw it was sunshine bleeding through the open blinds. I felt Edward's cool hands around me, cradling me to his chest. His arms felt reassuring and familiar, comforting. They felt like home.
I wondered where we were. I looked around, and saw I was on the couch in the living room couch. Alice was sitting on Jasper's lap, and Rosalie was sitting on Emmett's. They were all watching me intently. It made me self-conscious. How in the world did I end up on this couch? And wait- Edward wasn't wearing a shirt! I looked down, and saw myself wearing it! What! What had we done last night? I wracked my brains. Hhhhmm. Truth or dare. I remembered drinking some vodka… And that was the last thing I remembered! So how in the world did I end up in Edward's shirt?
I saw Jasper start laughing as he felt my emotions. Then Edward began chuckling as he read Jasper's thoughts. I cuddled closer to Edward, my face touching his smooth, cold chest. The rest of my body formed to his, and I felt every line of him against me. MMMmmm. That felt really good. I was still feeling very hot. I kicked off the blanket, then stared. I wasn't wearing shorts! What! How, how, how-
"You are wearing shorts, Bella. They're just short shorts." Alice reassured me. I sighed in relief. I lifted Edward's shirt higher to see the shorts, and wow, did Alice mean short! They were about five inches long! I grabbed the blanket again, and covered myself. All of the vampires in the room began laughing. I scowled at them, and pushed my face into my angel's chest again. He softly grabbed my chin, and lifted it, so my eyes would meet his.
"Don't be embarrassed. Every part of you is beautiful," Edward said. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, Bella. We saw a lot more last night!" exclaimed Emmett.
I blushed, and Edward growled. What in the world was he talking about? I was almost afraid to ask what had happened last night. Edward pulled me tighter against him, and I fell in. I just sat there in his arms, while he stroked my hair. I have no idea how long we sat there, it could have been hours or days. But all too soon, Emmett opened his big mouth.
"Come on!" he whined. "Let's do something interesting!"
I groaned into my love's chest and lifted my head to see everyone with bored expressions. Oh.
"Let's tell Bella everything that happened last night!" giggled Alice. Edward shook his head stubbornly. Hhhmmmm.
"Tell me, Alice." I commanded. Edward looked at me, very surprised. "But-"
"No, Edward, it's fine really. I wanna know what embarrassing things I did." I sighed. If Edward didn't want me to know, he knew it would upset me. It made me curious to think while drunk I would do anything worth upsetting me now, sober.
"I don't have to tell you," said Alice. "I can show you! I put video cameras in every room in the house, except the bathrooms. And in some nearby trees! Even though I couldn't see your future while you were drunk, I still thought you'd do something funny, and would want to experience the moment again, while sober!" Alice looked exceedingly proud of herself. We gathered round the tv in the living room and Alice popped in a DVD labeled Drunk Bella.
There was Alice adjusting the camera. She cleared her throat unnecessarily on the screen. "Tonight, we are going to play truth or dare, and dare Bella to get drunk. I'm sure it'll be hilarious! And Bella, don't be too humiliated when you watch this DVD. We all love you."
Suddenly, it showed me walking downstairs in comfy sweats, after that embarrassing episode between me and a shirtless Edward yesterday. I saw Alice say that we were going to play truth or dare, and the unhappy look on my face. After Emmett came out in that pink and purple cheerleading outfit, we all burst into laughter. I couldn't breathe when Jasper came out in a frilly, lacy pink tutu like a girly ballerina. Then I saw me drinking glass after glass of vodka. Oh my. This was where my memory faded and everything became blurry. I was so embarrassed when I wobbled around shouting about a nonexistent earthquake. I gasped loudly when I slapped my love on the tv, and nearly dided laughing at his nickname: Sexy Eddie!
We all burst out laughing. Emmett and Alice were rolling on the ground, clutching their sides was, too. I couldn't believe I had been so mean! I had slapped Edward!
"I'm sorry Edward." I stated when Edward growled at us.
He looked into my eyes. "It's okay. Just never call me Sexy Eddie again." I nodded. "And I'm sorry I slapped you." I murmured, brushing my fingers on his cheek.
I paused the movie for a moment, and grabbed a Coke in the fridge. When I returned, I pressed play and took a big gulp of soda. When Alice came down the stairs, half the Coke splattered out my mouth, and half came out my nose. I snorted at the screen. Alice's hair was green! And her make-up! Wow. I was speechless when I saw she was wearing a trash bag as a dress.
Alice growled at the tv. "I can't believe you did that to me Bella."
I threw her an apologetic smile. "Sorry?"
She sighed. "You're forgiven."
I couldn't believe my eyes when I watched the forest scene. (Alice had put cameras everywhere in a 10 mile radius, not just the rooms in the house.) Alice looked like she was ready to rip my throat out, but Jasper calmed her down. I slipped out of Edward's arms, and walked over to Alice. Her head was hung with shame. I took her chin and lifted her eyes to mine.
"It's okay, Alice. Nothing happened."
"But it could've! I was so angry… I don't know what I would have done if Jasper didn't talk to me." I hugged her tight, and she squeezed back.
"You would never hurt me Alice. Even if I made you give all your clothes away." I tweaked her nose, and returned to Edward contentedly. I watched me be rude to Edward in the garage, and I was astounded when Rosalie was being nice to me. Then the fire part. Everyone was laughing and I was sitting there with a horrified look on my face. I- I-
"Bella?" asked Japser, sensing my horror and humiliation. Rosalie snickered.
"I- I'm speechless." I said. I couldn't believe it! My brain refused to comprehend what I just saw: me + a wet, see-through shirt. In front of everybody!!
I buried my face in Edward's chest, and remembered the reason he wasn't wearing his shirt. And I was.
Alice came and hugged me. "It's okay Bella! We're your family!"
Edward smiled mischievously. "It's not like I haven't seen you before." Everyone around us gasped. I threw him a dirty look.
"Hey, guys. Didn't anyone ever dare Edward last night?" I asked innocently.
Emmett's eyes went round. "No! We never did!"
Rosalie smacked her forehead. "How could we forget?"
Edward's eyes narrowed. "Thanks Bella."
"Anytime love."
Rosalie smiled evilly. "It's my turn." Edward's face looked like he had seen the Volturi flying at him. He shook his head.
"No! Please, Rosalie! Please!" he implored her.
"Nope! Edward, I dare you to give away your cd collection!" She giggled.
The entire house shook with Edward's roar of fury. We all exploded in laughter, not afraid of him in the least. He dejectedly hung his head, gathered his cds, and returned with them to the living room in about five seconds. He gently piled them on the table, glanced at his beloved collection once more, and sat down. His face reminded me of someone in mourning.
I laughed and walked over to him. "I think of a way to make you feel better," I said. He looked so good, sitting there with no shirt.
"What's that?" my angel asked, playing along though he knew what was coming.
I sat on his lap. I inched closer to him, and leaned in. Against his lips, I murmured, "This."
Okay, a HUGE thank you to Insane-About-Twilight for giving me the idea about making Edward give away his collection. THANK YOU!
