Chapter 6: Rock 'n Roll Princess
So…. Here's a funny chapter! It was great to write it, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I certainly did ;)
I couldn't believe I was sitting here. This was not a place to be when you're a princess.
I was currently occupying a bar stoool in a karaoke lounge with Rosalie, Alice, and to my joy, Edward, Jasper and Emmett.
"I still can't believe you got me in here! I'm not 21 yet!" I whispered in Rosalie's ear.
She grinned at me, and then turned to Jasper, who turned out to be her two years older brother.
Alice and Edward were not looking at each other, and they weren't talking to each other either. Emmett was talking to Alice, and Edward was looking around aimlessly.
I kept studying Alice and Edward. It was obvious they were hiding something.
Like they knew each other.
Sometimes, when I would study Edward, he caught me. I could see in his eyes that he knew what I was doing. But I also knew that he couldn't do anything about it, because then he would have to explain things.
"Hey guys! What about a game of Truth or Dare?" Alice said out of nowhere.
Jasper and Rosalie grinned, and immediately agreed. Emmett laughed, and Edward just shrugged.
I raised an eyebrow. "Depends on the rules, because the game I played once wasn't fun anymore. It was just too embarassing!"
Alice nodded, and thought about it for a moment.
"Okay, with a dare, you can refuse three times if you think it's embarassing. But we are allowed to make things more embarassing if you keep refusing. Just remember that: things only get worse if you refuse. About truth: well, no rules about that one. Except that you have to answer, of course." She grinned at me.
I sighed, knowing that I couldn't stand up against the other five. Then I smiled.
"Okay! I start! Bella, truth or dare?"
I laughed, knowing from the beginning that this was her purpose. " I'll start with truth."
Alice nodded, and then smiled. " What is your biggest secret?"
Rosalie and I both stood up, yelling at the same time. " No questions like that!"
" I am not going to answer that one, and you know that!"
Alice put up an innocent face, but I couldn't help that I felt the burning eyes of the boys.
" You have to answer, Bella. Tell me a secret." She winked at me.
I sighed, thinking about what I could tell.
" Well, I didn't want to study at first. At least, I didn't want to study things like Arts History. My parents made me to, and I know I can't refuse them anything."
I shot Alice a pleading look, but her face was clean of emotions.
I sighed, and I said to myself I wasn't going to let this go. " Rosalie! Truth or dare?"
" Dare." She grinned at me.
I sighed, knowing that I was going to lose this. I didn't know any truths or dares.
" Oh! I know one!" Alice screeched happily, and then whispered in my ear.
I laughed, and nodded. That was a good one. " I dare you to kiss that waiter over there." I said, pointing out at the one who was standing at the bar.
Rosalie turned around to see who I meant. " He's cute!" She said, grinning, and she stood up.
I sighed, and laughed too, together with Alice, Edward and Jasper. Only Emmett didn't seem to like it. He didn't like it at all.
Interesting.
When she came back, after her dare, she shot me a look.
I shivered. This was not good. " Bella! Sweetie! I dare you now!"
" But what about the boys?" I said, pleading. She just laughed, and winked.
" They'll be next. But you first."
I tried to smile, but it seemed my face didn't want to work with me. She smiled too, and spoke the last words I ever wanted to hear.
" I want you to sing."
I stared at her, not believing what she just asked me. Jasper laughed.
" If you don't want to, then you can refuse! But remember, things only get worse."
I shot him a deadly look, ignoring Edward's interested eyes from the corner of my eye.
Then I turned back to Rosalie. " Okay, I will do it, but only if you and Alice come with me as my background singers."
Alice and Rosalie exchanged a look, and then Alice nodded, smiling. " Okay, deal!" Rosalie said, and she stood up to arrange it.
" Why?" I asked when she came back.
She grinned at me. " I heard you sing along with some song on your iPod yesterday, and it sounded great! I want the world to hear your voice, not just us."
I bent over so I could whisper in her ear.
" Yeah, nice if the world hears me. Then the tabloid journalists know where to find me. They will know everything about my life here. And then the troubles are going to begin. My parents will know I hang out in a bar with a couple of freaks who love to embarrass the future Queen of England. And then I won't get out of my room till my wedding day. Thanks, Rose."
When I leaned back, I saw her shocked eyes. She hadn't realized any of it.
" You know, Bella, if you really don't want to, I can think of something else…" She said, hesistating.
The others looked at her, and then they looked at me.
I shrugged. " I guess it's okay, Rose. Don't worry too much about it. I shouldn't have said it."
She looked at me, with tears in her eyes.
Jasper looked at me with strange eyes, and next to him Edward and Emmett were looking at me like they saw a ghost.
" Bella, what did you say? I've never seen Rosalie cry before! Not when she fell down the stairs and broke her arm, not when some guy cheated on her with her best friend, never. And you…" Jasper shook his head, not believing what he just saw.
I gulped and shrugged. I opened my mouth to say something, but Rosalie was faster.
" It's not important, Jazz. I just overreacted." Jasper looked at his sister, and she didn't look away.
It seemed they exchanged some information. Then he nodded, and she sighed.
"Bella! We're up in five minutes! Let's prepare!" She said to me.
I groaned, but I obeyed anyway.
I stood there on the stage, and I knew this song so there wasn't a reason to be so nervous.
Then why were my knees shaking? And why did I have the feeling I wouldn't be able to catch a note?
The first notes of the song began, and I took a deep breath.
I saw
him dancing there by the record machine And I could tell it wouldn't be long YEAH Me And I could tell it wouldn't be long YEAH With me Singin' I love Rock 'N'
Roll Ouw !
I knew he must have been
about seventeen
The beat was going strong
Playing my favourite
song
until he was with
me
until
he was with me
So put another dime in the jukebox, Baby
I love Rock 'N'
Roll
So come and take your time and dance with me
I smiled, knowing it wasn't so bad. I caught all the notes, and Rosalie and Alice were great singers too.
All the conversations had stopped as soon as I had started singing. I saw a few people dancing on the dance floor, and I smiled.
I catched Edward's eyes, and blushed a little.
That wasn't a good idea. Now I had to remember the lyrics. Luckily they were on the screen before me.
Yeah with
me Singing: I love Rock 'N' Roll I love Rock 'N' Roll 'cause it
suits my soul
He
smiled, so I got up and asked for his name"
That don't
matter," he said, "'cause it's all the same."
I
said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
And
next we were moving on
and he was with me, yeah, me
And we were
moving on
singin the same old song
So put another dime
in the jukebox, Baby
I love Rock 'N' Roll
So come and take your
time and dance with me
I love Rock 'N' Roll Yeah...
I looked at Edward again, and I smiled at him. He was smiling at me too, I noticed.
Strange,
how such a short distance could mean the difference between shyness
and knowing what to do. I
said, "Can I take you home where we can be alone?" Yeah with
me Singing: I love Rock 'N' Roll So come and take your time and dance with me I love Rock 'N' Roll (I Rock 'N' Roll) I love Rock 'N' Roll(oh...) I love Rock 'N' Roll So come and take
your time and dance with me(dance with me) I love Rock 'N'
Roll So come and take your time and dance with me!
And
next thing we were moving on
and he was with me, yeah, me,
And
we were moving on
and singin that same old song
So put another dime
in the jukebox Baby
I love Rock 'N' Roll
So come and take your
time and dance with me
I love Rock 'N' Rol l(I love Rock 'N'
Rolll)
So put another dime in the jukebox Baby
I love Rock 'N'
Roll
(dance
with me)
So put
another dime in the jukebox Baby(so dance with me)
I love Rock 'N'
Roll
So come and take your time and dance with me(dance with
me)
So put another dime in the
jukebox Baby(oh...)
So put another dime in the jukebox Baby
I love Rock 'N'
Roll
I blushed when the crowd errupted in loud applause. Alice and Rosalie came forward and and together we bowed. They started chanting "We want more! We want more!"
I couldn't stop smiling when we left the stage.
I turned around, to face Alice and Rosalie. At their faces I saw the same excitement I felt myself. We hugged each other, and then I said, completely stunned about the reactions of the public:
"That was absolutely amazing!"
They both laughed, and we went back to the boys. They applauded too, and Jasper hugged his sister. Emmett hugged Alice, wich was very funny if you saw their sizes. Edward hesitated, but he hugged me too.
I enjoyed his scent in my nose, and I wanted to hold him, but all too soon he let me go.
"Now… It's your turn." I smiled.
They stopped smiling and looked at each other.
Alice laughed. "You better be warned! Okay, Bella! Pick one!"
"Jasper! Truth or Dare?"
"Dare?" He asked, looking at Rosalie.
"Nice!" She grinned.
He had to dance in a very strange way as dare, and everybody started looking at him.
We just laughed so hard our eyes were tearing, and when he came back he laughed too.
Rosalie had to drink a really bad-looking cocktail as a dare, and Emmett confessed he still had his bunny from when he was born. Then Rosalie had to to tell about her worst boyfriend, wich caused another erruption of laughter.
I hold my stomach that hurt from laughing so hard, and I wiped my tears away when Rosalie picked Edward.
We all stopped laughing when he thought about it.
"Dare." He said.
Rosalie grinned her evil grin at him, and suddenly I had a bad feeling about this.
We all stared at her when she opened her mouth.
"Edward, I dare you to kiss Bella."
Haha! I'm laughing so hard now! Because I know what's going to happen next, and you don't! Haha! Sorry
Anyways, what do you guys think? I think the next chapter will be up Saturdaynight, depends on how much time I have to write. I'm full of inspiration now, so I guess the updates will be every two, three days now.
